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[ot[[spam][crazy] tiny decision tranaformer lib
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

https://github.com/xloem/datadecisions/blob/main/testcase.py new inhibited puzzle. this lib project rose as incentive for me to share idea steps publicly in the future # write here a way to reproduce the tutorial more usefully and simply # ensure it is easy to make new environments and provide custom data, # without needing to refer to external documentation or many different files

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Cryptocurrency: Action - Squeeze George Soros Evil Nutsack Till He Pays
by grarpamp 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Soros shorted Silvergate (SI) the crypto friendly bank, so now crypto coiners are throwing money into SI to force Soros and the rest of the anti-crypto shorts to buy back at an infinite price squeeze. Justice Served Soros Style ;-) search: Silvergate Squeeze Soros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSyczwuTQfo Soros Psychopath Long history of amoral diabolical activities easily searched, from Globalist, Fiat gambling country wrecker, hypocrite Jewish persecutor, Socialist Marxist Communist funder and supporter of violence, and now to Anti-Crypto friend of GovBankCorpPolFiat. Sound money crypto has already achieved global charitable giving and, when held and used distributed in the hands of a Free Conscious Humanity, shall end these global tyrants and politicians, and their wars, genocide, theft, murder, and rape.

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Revealed: USAID’s workforce crisis
by Gunnar Larson 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Low morale and empty desks, aid workers who say they are treated like office supplies, warnings against organized strikes, and a “virtual caste system” of inequitable hiring mechanisms — the U.S. Agency for International Development is in the throes of a workforce crisis. For years, USAID has been warned that its workforce system is broken. Now, it’s becoming harder to ignore. Interviews with key members of Administrator Samantha Power’s team and aid workers bearing the brunt of two decades of dysfunction, and dozens of reports and internal documents, paint a picture of an agency in an increasingly untenable position. The situation is threatening its ability to respond to unprecedented levels of humanitarian need. Power has pledged to tackle the issue — but can she?

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[ot][spam][crazy] having working memory issues is like being a short context model
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

except you make human behavior instead of marketing

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[spam][crazy] coping around codex32 share
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

codex32

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Private Key Recovery Fwd: [bitcoin-dev] Codex32
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Russell O'Connor via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev(a)lists.linuxfoundation.org> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 21:16:02 -0500 Subject: [bitcoin-dev] Codex32 To: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev(a)lists.linuxfoundation.org> I've been asked by Dr. Curr and Professor Snead to forward this message to this mailing list, as it may be of general interest to Bitcoin users. Dear Colleague: In 1967, during excavation for the construction of a new shopping center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, workers uncovered a vault containing a cache of ancient scrolls[1]. Most were severely damaged, but those that could be recovered confirmed the existence of a secret society long suspected to have been active in the region around the year 200 BC. Based on a translation of these documents, we now know that the society, the Cult of the Bound Variable, was devoted to the careful study of computation, over two millennia before the invention of the digital computer. While the Monroeville scrolls make reference to computing machines made of sandstone, most researchers believed this to be a poetic metaphor and that the "computers" were in fact the initiates themselves, carrying out the unimaginably tedious steps of their computations with reed pens on parchment. Within the vault, a collection of sandstone wheels marked in a language consisting of 32 glyphs was found. After 15 years of study, we have successfully completed the translation of what is known as "Codex32," a document that describes the functions of the wheels. It was discovered that the wheels operate a system of cryptographic computations that was used by cult members to safeguard their most valuable secrets. The Codex32 system allows secrets to be carved into multiple tablets and scattered to the far corners of the earth. When a sufficient number of tablets are brought together the stone wheels are manipulated in a manner to recover the secrets. This finding may be of particular interest to the Bitcoin community. Below we provide a summary of the cult's secret sharing system, which is graciously hosted at < https://github.com/apoelstra/bips/blob/2023-02--volvelles/bip-0000.mediawiki >. We are requesting a record assignment in the Bibliography of Immemorial Philosophy (BIP) repository. Thank you for your consideration. Dr. Leon O. Curr and Professor Pearlwort Snead Department of Archaeocryptography Harry Q. Bovik Institute for the Advancement [1] http://www.boundvariable.org/task.shtml -----BEGIN BIP----- <pre> BIP: ???? Layer: Applications Title: codex32 Author: Leon Olsson Curr and Pearlwort Sneed <pearlwort(a)wpsoftware.net> Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-???? Status: Draft Type: ???? Created: 2023-02-13 License: BSD-3-Clause Post-History: FIXME </pre> ==Introduction== ===Abstract=== This document describes a standard for backing up and restoring the master seed of a [https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki BIP-0032] hierarchical deterministic wallet, using Shamir's secret sharing. It includes an encoding format, a BCH error-correcting checksum, and algorithms for share generation and secret recovery. Secret data can be split into up to 31 shares. A minimum threshold of shares, which can be between 1 and 9, is needed to recover the secret, whereas without sufficient shares, no information about the secret is recoverable. ===Copyright=== This document is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license. ===Motivation=== BIP-0032 master seed data is the source entropy used to derive all private keys in an HD wallet. Safely storing this secret data is the hardest and most important part of self-custody. However, there is a tension between security, which demands limiting the number of backups, and resilience, which demands widely replicated backups. Encrypting the seed does not change this fundamental tradeoff, since it leaves essentially the same problem of how to back up the encryption key(s). To allow users freedom to make this tradeoff, we use Shamir's secret sharing, which guarantees that any number of shares less than the threshold leaks no information about the secret. This approach allows increasing safety by widely distributing the generated shares, while also providing security against the compromise of one or more shares (as long as fewer than the threshold have been compromised). [https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0039.md SLIP-0039] has essentially the same motivations as this standard. However, unlike SLIP-0039, this standard also aims to be simple enough for hand computation. Users who demand a higher level of security for particular secrets, or have a general distrust in digital electronic devices, have the option of using hand computation to backup and restore secret data in an interoperable manner. Note that hand computation is optional, the particular details of hand computation are outside the scope of this standard, and implementers do not need to be concerned with this possibility. [https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki BIP-0039] serves the same purpose as this standard: encoding master seeds for storage by users. However, BIP-0039 has no error-correcting ability, cannot sensibly be extended to support secret sharing, has no support for versioning or other metadata, and has many technical design decisions that make implementation and interoperability difficult (for example, the use of SHA-512 to derive seeds, or the use of 11-bit words). ==Specification== ===codex32=== A codex32 string is similar to a Bech32 string defined in [ https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki BIP-0173]. It reuses the base32 character set from BIP-0173, and consists of: * A human-readable part, which is the string "ms" (or "MS"). * A separator, which is always "1". * A data part which is in turn subdivided into: ** A threshold parameter, which MUST be a single digit between "2" and "9", or the digit "0". *** If the threshold parameter is "0" then the share index, defined below, MUST have a value of "s" (or "S"). ** An identifier consisting of 4 Bech32 characters. ** A share index, which is any Bech32 character. Note that a share index value of "s" (or "S") is special and denotes the unshared secret (see section "Unshared Secret"). ** A payload which is a sequence of up to 74 Bech32 characters. (However, see '''Long codex32 Strings''' below for an exception to this limit.) ** A checksum which consists of 13 Bech32 characters as described below. As with Bech32 strings, a codex32 string MUST be entirely uppercase or entirely lowercase. The lowercase form is used when determining a character's value for checksum purposes. For presentation, lowercase is usually preferable, but uppercase SHOULD be used for handwritten codex32 strings. ===Checksum=== The last thirteen characters of the data part form a checksum and contain no information. Valid strings MUST pass the criteria for validity specified by the Python3 code snippet below. The function <code>ms32_verify_checksum</code> must return true when its argument is the data part as a list of integers representing the characters converted using the bech32 character table from BIP-0173. To construct a valid checksum given the data-part characters (excluding the checksum), the <code>ms32_create_checksum</code> function can be used. <source lang="python"> MS32_CONST = 0x10ce0795c2fd1e62a def ms32_polymod(values): GEN = [ 0x19dc500ce73fde210, 0x1bfae00def77fe529, 0x1fbd920fffe7bee52, 0x1739640bdeee3fdad, 0x07729a039cfc75f5a, ] residue = 0x23181b3 for v in values: b = (residue >> 60) residue = (residue & 0x0fffffffffffffff) << 5 ^ v for i in range(5): residue ^= GEN[i] if ((b >> i) & 1) else 0 return residue def ms32_verify_checksum(data): if len(data) >= 96: # See Long codex32 Strings return ms32_verify_long_checksum(data) if len(data) <= 93: return ms32_polymod(data) == MS32_CONST return False def ms32_create_checksum(data): if len(data) > 80: # See Long codex32 Strings return ms32_create_long_checksum(data) values = data polymod = ms32_polymod(values + [0] * 13) ^ MS32_CONST return [(polymod >> 5 * (12 - i)) & 31 for i in range(13)] </source> ===Error Correction=== A codex32 string without a valid checksum MUST NOT be used. The checksum is designed to be an error correcting code that can correct up to 4 character substitutions, up to 8 unreadable characters (called erasures), or up to 13 consecutive erasures. Implementations SHOULD provide the user with a corrected valid codex32 string if possible. However, implementations SHOULD NOT automatically proceed with a corrected codex32 string without user confirmation of the corrected string, either by prompting the user, or returning a corrected string in an error message and allowing the user to repeat their action. We do not specify how an implementation should implement error correction. However, we recommend that: * Implementations make suggestions to substitute non-bech32 characters with bech32 characters in some situations, such as replacing "B" with "8", "O" with "0", "I" with "l", etc. * Implementations interpret "?" as an erasure. * Implementations optionally interpret other non-bech32 characters, or characters with incorrect case, as erasures. * If a string with 8 or fewer erasures can have those erasures filled in to make a valid codex32 string, then the implementation suggests such a string as a correction. * If a string consisting of valid Bech32 characters in the proper case can be made valid by substituting 4 or fewer characters, then the implementation suggests such a string as a correction. ===Unshared Secret=== When the share index of a valid codex32 string (converted to lowercase) is the letter "s", we call the string a codex32 secret. The subsequent data characters in a codex32 secret, excluding the final checksum of 13 characters, is a direct encoding of a BIP-0032 HD master seed. The master seed is decoded by converting the data to bytes: * Translate the characters to 5 bits values using the bech32 character table from BIP-0173, most significant bit first. * Re-arrange those bits into groups of 8 bits. Any incomplete group at the end MUST be 4 bits or less, and is discarded. Note that unlike the decoding process in BIP-0173, we do NOT require that the incomplete group be all zeros. For an unshared secret, the threshold parameter (the first character of the data part) is ignored (beyond the fact it must be a digit for the codex32 string to be valid). We recommend using the digit "0" for the threshold parameter in this case. The 4 character identifier also has no effect beyond aiding users in distinguishing between multiple different master seeds in cases where they have more than one. ===Recovering Master Seed=== When the share index of a valid codex32 string (converted to lowercase) is not the letter "s", we call the string an codex32 share. The first character of the data part indicates the threshold of the share, and it is required to be a non-"0" digit. In order to recover a master seed, one needs a set of valid codex32 shares such that: * All shares have the same threshold value, the same identifier, and the same length. * All of the share index values are distinct. * The number of codex32 shares is exactly equal to the (common) threshold value. If all the above conditions are satisfied, the <code>ms32_recover</code> function will return a codex32 secret when its argument is the list of codex32 shares with each share represented as a list of integers representing the characters converted using the bech32 character table from BIP-0173. <source lang="python"> bech32_inv = [ 0, 1, 20, 24, 10, 8, 12, 29, 5, 11, 4, 9, 6, 28, 26, 31, 22, 18, 17, 23, 2, 25, 16, 19, 3, 21, 14, 30, 13, 7, 27, 15, ] def bech32_mul(a, b): res = 0 for i in range(5): res ^= a if ((b >> i) & 1) else 0 a *= 2 a ^= 41 if (32 <= a) else 0 return res def bech32_lagrange(l, x): n = 1 c = [] for i in l: n = bech32_mul(n, i ^ x) m = 1 for j in l: m = bech32_mul(m, (x if i == j else i) ^ j) c.append(m) return [bech32_mul(n, bech32_inv[i]) for i in c] def ms32_interpolate(l, x): w = bech32_lagrange([s[5] for s in l], x) res = [] for i in range(len(l[0])): n = 0 for j in range(len(l)): n ^= bech32_mul(w[j], l[j][i]) res.append(n) return res def ms32_recover(l): return ms32_interpolate(l, 16) </source> ===Generating Shares=== If we already have ''t'' valid codex32 strings such that: * All strings have the same threshold value ''t'', the same identifier, and the same length * All of the share index values are distinct Then we can derive additional shares with the <code>ms32_interpolate</code> function by passing it a list of exactly ''t'' of these codex32 strings, together with a fresh share index distinct from all of the existing share indexes. The newly derived share will have the provided share index. Once a user has generated ''n'' codex32 shares, they may discard the codex32 secret (if it exists). The ''n'' shares form a ''t'' of ''n'' Shamir's secret sharing scheme of a codex32 secret. There are two ways to create an initial set of ''t'' valid codex32 strings, depending on whether the user already has an existing master seed to split. ====For an existing master seed==== Before generating shares for an existing master seed, it first must be converted into a codex32 secret, as described above. The conversion process consists of: * Choosing a threshold value ''t'' between 2 and 9, inclusive * Choosing a 4 bech32 character identifier ** We do not define how to choose the identifier, beyond noting that it SHOULD be distinct for every master seed the user may need to disambiguate. * Setting the share index to "s" * Setting the payload to a Bech32 encoding of the master seed, padded with arbitrary bits * Generating a valid checksum in accordance with the Checksum section Along with the codex32 secret, the user must generate ''t''-1 other codex32 shares, each with the same threshold value, the same identifier, and a distinct share index. The set of share indexes may be chosen arbitrarily. The payload of each of these codex32 shares is chosen uniformly at random such that it has the same length as the payload of the codex32 secret. For each share, a valid checksum must be generated in accordance with the Checksum section. The codex32 secret and the ''t''-1 codex32 shares form a set of ''t'' valid codex32 strings from which additional shares can be derived as described above. ====For a fresh master seed==== In the case that the user wishes to generate a fresh master seed, the user chooses a threshold value ''t'' and an identifier, then generates ''t'' random codex32 shares, using the generation procedure from the previous section. As before, each share must have the same threshold value ''t'', the same identifier, and a distinct share index. With this set of ''t'' codex32 shares, new shares can be derived as discussed above. This process generates a fresh master seed, whose value can be retrieved by running the recovery process on any ''t'' of these shares. ===Long codex32 Strings=== The 13 character checksum design only supports up to 80 data characters. Excluding the threshold, identifier and index characters, this limits the payload to 74 characters or 46 bytes. While this is enough to support the 32-byte advised size of BIP-0032 master seeds, BIP-0032 allows seeds to be up to 64 bytes in size. We define a long codex32 string format to support these longer seeds by defining an alternative checksum. <source lang="python"> MS32_LONG_CONST = 0x43381e570bf4798ab26 def ms32_long_polymod(values): GEN = [ 0x3d59d273535ea62d897, 0x7a9becb6361c6c51507, 0x543f9b7e6c38d8a2a0e, 0x0c577eaeccf1990d13c, 0x1887f74f8dc71b10651, ] residue = 0x23181b3 for v in values: b = (residue >> 70) residue = (residue & 0x3fffffffffffffffff) << 5 ^ v for i in range(5): residue ^= GEN[i] if ((b >> i) & 1) else 0 return residue def ms32_verify_long_checksum(data): return ms32_long_polymod(data) == MS32_LONG_CONST def ms32_create_long_checksum(data): values = data polymod = ms32_long_polymod(values + [0] * 15) ^ MS32_LONG_CONST return [(polymod >> 5 * (14 - i)) & 31 for i in range(15)] </source> A long codex32 string follows the same specification as a regular codex32 string with the following changes. * The payload is a sequence of between 75 and 103 Bech32 characters. * The checksum consists of 15 Bech32 characters as defined above. A codex32 string with a data part of 94 or 95 characters is never legal as a regular codex32 string is limited to 93 data characters and a long codex32 string is at least 96 characters. Generation of long shares and recovery of the master seed from long shares proceeds in exactly the same way as for regular shares with the <code>ms32_interpolate</code> function. The long checksum is designed to be an error correcting code that can correct up to 4 character substitutions, up to 8 unreadable characters (called erasures), or up to 15 consecutive erasures. As with regular checksums we do not specify how an implementation should implement error correction, and all our recommendations for error correction of regular codex32 strings also apply to long codex32 strings. ==Rationale== This scheme is based on the observation that the Lagrange interpolation of valid codewords in a BCH code will always be a valid codeword. This means that derived shares will always have valid checksum, and a sufficient threshold of shares with valid checksums will derive a secret with a valid checksum. The header system is also compatible with Lagrange interpolation, meaning all derived shares will have the same identifier and will have the appropriate share index. This fact allows the header data to be covered by the checksum. The checksum size and identifier size have been chosen so that the encoding of 128-bit seeds and shares fit within 48 characters. This is a standard size for many common seed storage formats, which has been popularized by the 12 four-letter word format of the BIP-0039 mnemonic. The 13 character checksum is adequate to correct 4 errors in up to 93 characters (80 characters of data and 13 characters of the checksum). This is somewhat better quality than the checksum used in SLIP-0039. For 256-bit seeds and shares our strings are 74 characters, which fits into the 96 character format of the 24 four-letter word format of the BIP-0039 mnemonic, with plenty of room to spare. A longer checksum is needed to support up to 512-bit seeds, the longest seed length specified in BIP-0032, as the 13 character checksum isn't adequate for more than 80 data characters. While we could use the 15 character checksum for both cases, we prefer to keep the strings as short as possible for the more common cases of 128-bit and 256-bit master seeds. We only guarantee to correct 4 characters no matter how long the string is. Longer strings mean more chances for transcription errors, so shorter strings are better. The longest data part using the regular 13 character checksum is 93 characters and corresponds to a 400-bit secret. At this length, the prefix <code>MS1</code> is not covered by the checksum. This is acceptable because the checksum scheme itself requires you to know that the <code>MS1</code> prefix is being used in the first place. If the prefix is damaged and a user is guessing that the data might be using this scheme, then the user can enter the available data explicitly using the suspected <code>MS1</code> prefix. ==Backwards Compatibility== codex32 is an alternative to BIP-0039 and SLIP-0039. It is technically possible to derive the BIP32 master seed from seed words encoded in one of these schemes, and then to encode this seed in codex32. For BIP-0039 this process is irreversible, since it involves hashing the original words. Furthermore, the resulting seed will be 512 bits long, which may be too large to be safely and conveniently handled. SLIP-0039 seed words can be reversibly converted to master seeds, so it is possible to interconvert between SLIP-0039 and codex32. However, SLIP-0039 '''shares''' cannot be converted to codex32 shares because the two schemes use a different underlying field. The authors of this BIP do not recommend interconversion. Instead, users who wish to switch to codex32 should generate a fresh seed and sweep their coins. ==Reference Implementation== * [https://secretcodex32.com/docs/2023-02-14--bw.ps Reference PostScript Implementation] * FIXME add Python implementation * FIXME add Rust implementation ==Test Vectors== ===Test vector 1=== This example shows the codex32 format, when used without splitting the secret into any shares. The data part contains 26 Bech32 characters, which corresponds to 130 bits. We truncate the last two bits in order to obtain a 128-bit master seed. codex32 secret (Bech32): <code>ms10testsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx4nzvca9cmczlw</code> Master secret (hex): <code>318c6318c6318c6318c6318c6318c631</code> * human-readable part: <code>ms</code> * separator: <code>1</code> * k value: <code>0</code> (no secret splitting) * identifier: <code>test</code> * share index: <code>s</code> (the secret) * data: <code>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</code> * checksum: <code>4nzvca9cmczlw</code> ===Test vector 2=== This example shows generating a new master seed using "random" codex32 shares, as well as deriving an additional codex32 share, using ''k''=2 and an identifier of <code>NAME</code>. Although codex32 strings are canonically all lowercase, it's also valid to use all uppercase. Share with index <code>A</code>: <code>MS12NAMEA320ZYXWVUTSRQPNMLKJHGFEDCAXRPP870HKKQRM</code> Share with index <code>C</code>: <code>MS12NAMECACDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ023FTR2GDZMPY6PN</code> * Derived share with index <code>D</code>: <code>MS12NAMEDLL4F8JLH4E5VDVULDLFXU2JHDNLSM97XVENRXEG</code> * Secret share with index <code>S</code>: <code>MS12NAMES6XQGUZTTXKEQNJSJZV4JV3NZ5K3KWGSPHUH6EVW</code> * Master secret (hex): <code>d1808e096b35b209ca12132b264662a5</code> Note that per BIP-0173, the lowercase form is used when determining a character's value for checksum purposes. In particular, given an all uppercase codex32 string, we still use lowercase <code>ms</code> as the human-readable part during checksum construction. ===Test vector 3=== This example shows splitting an existing 128-bit master seed into "random" codex32 shares, using ''k''=3 and an identifier of <code>cash</code>. We appended two zero bits in order to obtain 26 Bech32 characters (130 bits of data) from the 128-bit master seed. Master secret (hex): <code>ffeeddccbbaa99887766554433221100</code> Secret share with index <code>s</code>: <code>ms13cashsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qqjzqud4m0d6nln</code> Share with index <code>a</code>: <code>ms13casha320zyxwvutsrqpnmlkjhgfedca2a8d0zehn8a0t</code> Share with index <code>c</code>: <code>ms13cashcacdefghjklmnpqrstuvwxyz023949xq35my48dr</code> * Derived share with index <code>d</code>: <code>ms13cashd0wsedstcdcts64cd7wvy4m90lm28w4ffupqs7rm</code> * Derived share with index <code>e</code>: <code>ms13casheekgpemxzshcrmqhaydlp6yhms3ws7320xyxsar9</code> * Derived share with index <code>f</code>: <code>ms13cashf8jh6sdrkpyrsp5ut94pj8ktehhw2hfvyrj48704</code> Any three of the five shares among <code>acdef</code> can be used to recover the secret. Note that the choice to append two zero bits was arbitrary, and any of the following four secret shares would have been valid choices. However, each choice would have resulted in a different set of derived shares. * <code>ms13cashsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qqjzqud4m0d6nln</code> * <code>ms13cashsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qpte35dvzkjpt0r</code> * <code>ms13cashsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qzfatvdwq5692k6</code> * <code>ms13cashsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrsx6ydhed97jx2</code> ===Test vector 4=== This example shows converting a 256-bit secret into a codex32 secret, without splitting the secret into any shares. We appended four zero bits in order to obtain 52 Bech32 characters (260 bits of data) from the 256-bit secret. 256-bit secret (hex): <code>ffeeddccbbaa99887766554433221100ffeeddccbbaa99887766554433221100</code> * codex32 secret: <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqqtum9pgv99ycma</code> Note that the choice to append four zero bits was arbitrary, and any of the following sixteen codex32 secrets would have been valid: * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqqtum9pgv99ycma</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqpj82dp34u6lqtd</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqzsrs4pnh7jmpj5</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqrfcpap2w8dqezy</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqy5tdvphn6znrf0</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyq9dsuypw2ragmel</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqx05xupvgp4v6qx</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyq8k0h5p43c2hzsk</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqgum7hplmjtr8ks</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqf9q0lpxzt5clxq</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyq28y48pyqfuu7le</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqt7ly0paesr8x0f</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqvrvg7pqydv5uyz</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqd6hekpea5n0y5j</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyqwcnrwpmlkmt9dt</code> * <code>ms10leetsllhdmn9m42vcsamx24zrxgs3qrl7ahwvhw4fnzrhve25gvezzyq0pgjxpzx0ysaam</code> ===Test vector 5=== This example shows generating a new 512-bit master seed using "random" codex32 characters and appending a checksum. The payload contains 103 Bech32 characters, which corresponds to 515 bits. The last three bits are discarded when converting to a 512-bit master seed. This is an example of a '''Long codex32 String'''. * Secret share with index <code>S</code>: <code>MS100C8VSM32ZXFGUHPCHTLUPZRY9X8GF2TVDW0S3JN54KHCE6MUA7LQPZYGSFJD6AN074RXVCEMLH8WU3TK925ACDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXY06FHPV80UNDVARHRAK</code> * Master secret (hex): <code>dc5423251cb87175ff8110c8531d0952d8d73e1194e95b5f19d6f9df7c01111104c9baecdfea8cccc677fb9ddc8aec5553b86e528bcadfdcc201c17c638c47e9</code> ==Appendix== ===Mathematical Companion=== Below we use the Bech32 character set to denote values in GF[32]. In Bech32, the letter <code>Q</code> denotes zero and the letter <code>P</code> denotes one. The digits <code>0</code> and <code>2</code> through <code>9</code> do ''not'' denote their numeric values. They are simply elements of GF[32]. The generating polynomial for our BCH code is as follows. We extend GF[32] to GF[1024] by adjoining a primitive cube root of unity, <code>ζ</code>, satisfying <code>ζ^2 = ζ + P</code>. We select <code>β := G ζ</code> which has order 93, and construct the product <code>(x - β^i)</code> for <code>i</code> in <code>{17, 20, 46, 49, 52, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84}</code>. The resulting polynomial is our generating polynomial for our 13 character checksum: x^13 + E x^12 + M x^11 + 3 x^10 + G x^9 + Q x^8 + E x^7 + E x^6 + E x^5 + L x^4 + M x^3 + C x^2 + S x + S For our long checksum, we select <code>γ := E + X ζ</code>, which has order 1023, and construct the product <code>(x - γ^i)</code> for <code>i</code> in <code>{32, 64, 96, 895, 927, 959, 991, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026}</code>. The resulting polynomial is our generating polynomial for our 15 character checksum for long strings: x^15 + 0 x^14 + 2 x^13 + E x^12 + 6 x^11 + F x^10 + E x^9 + 4 x^8 + X x^7 + H x^6 + 4 x^5 + X x^4 + 9 x^3 + K x^2 + Y x^1 + H (Reminder: the character <code>0</code> does ''not'' denote the zero of the field.) -----END BIP-----

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Fwd: A New Era of Tech for Social Good
by Karl Semich 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

point #1 below was the point of everything. not there yet but so gratifying. the problem was that things were too poorly known about for people to take and sustain action. that has likely changed! [/crazy] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Center for Humane Technology <hello(a)humanetech.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:16:13 +0000 Subject: A New Era of Tech for Social Good To: 0xloem(a)gmail.com And how you can join our kick off event for pro-social technology subscribe (https://www.humanetech.com/join?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&u…) | view as a webpage (https://mailchi.mp/humanetech.com/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion?e=c78f…) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2023 The Catalyst Our newsletter explores technology, human behavior, ethics, and systems reform. Did someone forward you this email? Sign up here (https://www.humanetech.com/join?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technology&u…) . First: An excerpt of a piece written by the co-founders of the newly launched Council for Tech and Social Cohesion (https://techandsocialcohesion.org/?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Technolog…) . Then: A new Your Undivided Attention (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-race-to-cooperation-with-david-sloan…) podcast episode that explores conscious evolution. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473… ** The Promise of Designing Tech for Social Cohesion ------------------------------------------------------------ By Tristan Harris, Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, Shamil Idriss, CEO of Search for Common Ground, and Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice, University of Notre Dame The attention-based economy yields platforms that hurt us and make collaborative problem-solving increasingly impossible. Over the past few years, the externalities of this business model have become even more pronounced with the global rise in toxic polarization. The cracks in the foundation of this attention economy open a real opportunity to build platforms that are both better for all of us and profitable over the long run. Digital tools can support democracy and social cohesion. In order to do so, we need a new conversation on how the design of digital platforms can help us depolarize and find a way forward. What if more computer engineers designed digital platforms with the goal of increasing human dignity, emphasizing shared values, and building bridges between polarized groups? What if more platforms optimized their algorithms and business models to find common ground between groups in conflict, or incentivized pro-social behaviors like asking questions or listening to diverse points of view? 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The Council shares the belief that tech products can measurably decrease polarization and increase social cohesion, and we want to show the world how that’s possible. Here are three places we can start: 1. Tech developers must learn from peacebuilders and bridgebuilders who have spent decades helping societies remain cohesive in the face of conflict and increasing diversity. 2. Large tech platforms need to learn from the innovation of smaller start-ups that are already building platforms that support social cohesion. For example, Remesh has helped United Nations peacebuilding efforts (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/23/ai-un-peacekeeping/?ut…) in Libya and Yemen, while Polis has assisted the government of Taiwan (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/taiwan-civic-hackers-polis-co…) reach solutions in more than 30 public policy issues. 3. Policymakers must incentivize the development of technology for social cohesion. 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In our latest (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-race-to-cooperation-with-david-sloan…) Your Undivided Attention, we speak with evolutionary theorist, author, and professor David Sloan Wilson about his work documenting where an enlightened game – one of cooperation rather than competition – is possible. https://www.humanetech.com/who-we-are?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Techno… In 2022, our team worked together to impact runaway technology through consumer awareness, legislation, litigation, and insider and technologist activation. See the full report to learn about our work. (https://www.humanetech.com/who-we-are?utm_source=Movement+for+Humane+Techno…) ** CALL FOR TIKTOK RABBIT HOLE STORIES ------------------------------------------------------------ Have you, or one of your loved ones, tumbled down a rabbit hole on TikTok? Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Olivia Carville wants to talk to users of the app who have experienced the dark side of filter bubbles. 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From Jeffrey Epstein to Sam Bankman-Fried to Madoff – JPMorgan Banks the Creepy Crooks
by Gunnar Larson 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/02/from-jeffrey-epstein-to-sam-bankman-… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 16, 2023 ~ Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Throughout a Period of Five Criminal Felony Counts Brought by the U.S. Department of Justice If yesterday had been National Creepy Crooks Day, JPMorgan Chase would have taken top honors. Bloomberg News reported on the creepy emails that former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley was sending back and forth from his email account at the bank to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, as the bank was only too happy to handle 55 accounts worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Epstein. One set of emails suggested Staley was having kinky or sexual relationships with individuals dressed up as Disney characters. (Leave it to JPMorgan to take down not only its own brand but taint Disney’s brand as well.) Anyone who has ever worked at a major Wall Street brokerage firm or investment bank knows full well that emails are monitored by the company. This suggests that Staley knew he had nothing to fear from the bank’s email monitors. A 2019 investigation conducted by Wall Street On Parade indicated that Epstein’s ties to JPMorgan Chase date back to at least 2001, when Epstein presided as Chairman over an offshore company incorporated in Bermuda called Liquid Funding Ltd. That company grew to at least $6.7 billion in outstanding liabilities. JPMorgan Chase was one of three banks providing a $250 million liquidity facility to Liquid Funding Ltd. JPMorgan Chase was also listed as its “Security Trustee.” Liquid Funding appeared to be propping up dodgy subprime mortgage dealers by giving them loans. Bear Stearns, where Epstein had worked from 1976 to 1981, owned 40 percent of the equity in the company. If the Bloomberg News article wasn’t enough repulsion for one day, the New York Times reported yesterday that “JPMorgan holds $400 million that FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, invested in an obscure hedge fund, Modulo Capital….” Since federal regulators allege that all of Bankman-Fried’s wealth comes from equity investors he defrauded or the looted accounts of his crypto customers, it appears that, once again, JPMorgan Chase has failed miserably in conducting proper due diligence on its customers, or has simply chosen to look the other way as it did during Bernie Madoff’s decades at the bank. (Bankman-Fried has pleaded innocent to an eight-count indictment. Two of his former top executives, however, Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, have pleased guilty to similar charges and are cooperating with federal prosecutors.) One would think that the two criminal felony counts that JPMorgan Chase was hit with by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2014 in the Madoff Ponzi scheme matter might have changed its jaded ways. (It didn’t.) The layers of fraud taking place between the bank and Madoff resembled Russian Nesting Dolls – frauds within frauds – as we detailed in our investigation in 2014. The bank even loaned Madoff’s “business” $145 million in 2005 and 2006, which helped to prop up his Ponzi scheme when it was on the verge of collapsing. When the revolting details of the relationship between the bank and Madoff surfaced, the Los Angeles Times made an astute query in a photo caption of a smirking Madoff, asking: “Bernie Madoff: Was he part of the JPMorgan ring, or was JPMorgan part of his ring?” Two trial lawyers literally wrote the book in answering that question. In JPMadoff: The Unholy Alliance Between America’s Biggest Bank and America’s Biggest Crook, Helen Davis Chaitman and Lance Gotthoffer argue that RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, is “the perfect tool” to bring JPMorgan to heel. The lawyers explain: “In enacting RICO, Congress meant business. This powerful law enforcement weapon requires proof that the defendant committed ‘at least two acts of racketeering activity’ within a ten year period, that are related to financial gain. The predicate acts are drawn from a list of 27 federal and eight state law crimes. They include the typical mob crimes like murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, extortion, and drug dealing. But the predicate acts also include a lot of the crimes committed by Wall Street banksters in order to enrich themselves at the expense of others, such as bribery, mail and wire fraud, fraud in the sale of securities, embezzlement, financial institution fraud, obstruction of justice, tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim or informant, and money laundering.” Yesterday’s Bloomberg News article about Jes Staley’s sick emails to Epstein are derived from a lawsuit brought against JPMorgan Chase by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned a secluded island compound. The lawsuit alleges the following: “For two decades, Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (‘JPMorgan’) facilitated and sustained Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking by handling and [redacted] his payments to young women and girls who were his victims and recruiters. Sex-trafficking was the principal business of Epstein’s accounts held by JPMorgan, and JPMorgan profited handsomely from the hundreds of millions of dollars in assets in those accounts, in addition to Epstein’s connections and referrals of ultrawealthy and powerful clients.” What’s curious about the above paragraph is that the redacted portion appears to be only a one-word redaction. Let’s face it, those two sentences are absolutely devastating to the largest bank in the United States, so what one word could be so much worse that it needs to be blacked out for public digestion? Try finding a word that fit’s in that phrase: “…by handling and [redacted] his payments to young women and girls who were his victims and recruiters.” The dangerous word can’t be “facilitating” because that word appears unredacted throughout the lawsuit in describing the role JPMorgan Chase played in payments to Epstein’s victims. The unredacted words “handling” and “facilitating” suggest an enabler but not a direct participant in the crime. Words like “making” or “processing” on the other hand, sound like direct participation in the crime. As for those creepy references to Disney characters, the Virgin Islands’ lawsuit shares this: “In July 2010, Staley emailed Epstein saying ‘That was fun. Say hi to Snow White[,]’ to which Epstein responded ‘[W]hat character would you like next?’ and Staley said ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ Epstein also emailed Staley photos of young women in seductive poses. Following the internal reports of additional law enforcement investigations into Epstein’s sex-trafficking in 2010 and 2011, JPMorgan’s response was to send Staley in 2011 to obtain Epstein’s denial, on which the bank hung its hat.” And there is this: “Throughout its relationship with Epstein, JPMorgan’s internal investigation teams identified evidence that he was engaged in criminal sex-trafficking. In 2006, JPMorgan’s Global Corporate Security Division reported that Epstein was indicted in Florida for felony solicitation of minors for prostitution. In 2008, Epstein pled guilty in Florida to solicitation or procurement of a minor for prostitution and became a registered sex offender. JPMorgan’s continued relationship with Epstein after his criminal plea was reviewed and approved at the highest levels of the bank. An August 2008 internal email states, ‘I would count Epstein’s assets as a probable outflow for ’08 ($120mm or so?) as I can’t imagine it will stay (pending Dimon review).’ Yet the assets did stay [redacted text]. In 2010, JPMorgan’s risk management division discussed new allegations of an investigation of Epstein involving child sex-trafficking. Throughout 2010 and 2011, JPMorgan’s compliance and security divisions reported evidence of Epstein’s engagement in sex-trafficking, including his settlement of a dozen civil lawsuits and his payments of $1 million to the MC2 modeling agency engaged with Epstein in child sex-trafficking, ‘luring’ girls on the pretext of providing modeling opportunities and careers.” Given the five criminal felony counts that the U.S. Department of Justice has brought against JPMorgan Chase in the past nine years and its institutional knowledge of the crimes this bank is willing to tolerate in its search for profits, one has to ask this: why is the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands bringing these charges instead of the government of the United States? FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedInEmail

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[joke][spam] How To Be a Mind-Controlled Hacker
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

A comedy series of non squitors about current history. How To Be a Mind-Controlled Hacker 1. form conversations with computer viruses 2. use cloud services to write code 3. run a honeypot and use its webcam as your personal journal. talk about your plans around the honeypot. 4. ask a police officer to help with your sousveillance work 5. shop at amazon for custom built computer parts 6. donate cryptocurrency to hackerspaces registered as nonprofits 7. mock trolls 8. start a garden run by 3d printed robots that is so successful your neighborhood stops buying groceries 9. when your system behaves, assume it was a meaningless glitch to be continued. half made up !!

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Fwd: Malpass is out. Who will Biden pick as the new World Bank chief?
by Gunnar Larson 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

If you are Bank.org, like we are and you find out WorldBank.org is getting new leadership you pay attention. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Devex Newswire <newswire(a)devex.com> Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 7:03 AM Subject: Malpass is out. Who will Biden pick as the new World Bank chief? To: <g(a)xny.io> Africa CDC’s plea to join the Pandemic Fund, and we explore the potential of drought-resistant livestock. Problems reading this email? Try opening the web version <https://pages.devex.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=Njg1LUtCTC03Nj…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr7C-JjknMTF64U1tSDNV1_0lrC9v0B4…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr14qIBacg_Nn0FW6yhMEenn0HBX9CAE…> *PRESENTED BY GOOGLE.ORG <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSrweao0KXtgiWyPeut82e7TUiy8PvMvM…>* FEB. 16, 2023 BY STEPHANIE BEASLEY <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSrylv5Uh_ZHvZfElMDulejA71wAq34LN…> David Malpass’ resignation gives the Biden administration *an opening to bring on a new World Bank chief* to lead a massive reform effort and, perhaps, be more closely aligned with the administration’s positions on climate change. *Also in today’s edition:* The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is pressuring world leaders to let it into the global Pandemic Fund. <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr1Z-DUEavPYJQ4_L79naWGiu6EfUgG7…> *Happening today: Join us at 12 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CET) for a Twitter Spaces conversation on how artificial intelligence can benefit low-income countries. Set your reminder <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr1Z-DUEavPYJQ4_L79naWGiu6EfUgG7…>.* Stepping down Malpass told the World Bank’s board on Wednesday that he *plans to step down as president in June* — nearly a year before his term is slated to end in April 2024. The Trump-administration nominee’s abrupt announcement <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POqaj6NdG0dF5ODufBRXEyY2W54c8O3SD…> comes after four years of leading the bank through multiple and overlapping crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, a global food crisis, and most recently the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POqaj6NdG0dF5ODufBRXEyY2W54c8O3SD…> He was often met with skepticism within the global development sector. There were efforts to oust him, particularly from climate activists <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POjpv27YzEnBCFPKUguOp_jdBUZDt1s7p…> — and this reached a crescendo over remarks he made in September on whether he believed that humans caused climate change. However, he survived his “I am not a scientist” gaffe and battled on. Notably, despite his words, *the bank doubled its climate finance* during his tenure, reaching nearly $32 billion <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POos6Ht18zMaCLs4D_rykRGcejnxpjeYX…> last year, my colleague Shabtai Gold tells me. Still, his departure provides an opportunity for United States President Joe Biden to *put more of his own stamp* on the bank and perhaps find someone more aligned with his party’s views. “Humankind needs the head of the World Bank to fully recognize and creatively respond to the civilization-threatening danger posed by the climate crisis. I am very happy to hear that new leadership is coming,” tweeted <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr-HZx9NQU3qlfOAfXfTei2UQ_sqOoRv…> former U.S. Vice President Al Gore — a public nemesis of Malpass. Gore, like Biden, is a Democrat. In a statement <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr5-98pDZC-eUj7WrmXLnP14LVUOS7x4…> in which she commended Malpass for having “measurably improved the lives of people around the globe,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledged to have a *“transparent, merit-based and swift nomination process”* to replace him. Many are wondering if the candidate pool will include a woman, Shabtai notes. The person will almost certainly hold U.S. citizenship, as per a controversial <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr1caG_D0d4kAow_vKIFAdxW6p2A5P6z…> tradition. Experts looked back on Malpass’ legacy during a Twitter Spaces event <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr86L8gGlgPZReA8MKQfJupf1NLEta_u…> hosted by Devex on Wednesday, but, looking ahead to the Spring Meetings, they warned it would be critical that World Bank shareholders ensure the leadership change *doesn’t derail the bank’s ongoing reform efforts*. Momentum is as crucial as anything in politics. Given the “crisis of confidence and trust in our international institutions” it is important that the World Bank enacts “meaningful change and have really meaningful impact on the ground,” said Clemence Landers, a former U.S. Treasury official. *Read:* Embattled World Bank chief Malpass to resign as president in June <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POqaj6NdG0dF5ODufBRXEyY2W54c8O3SD…> *ICYMI:* The good, bad, and meh in the World Bank’s reform plan <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POlyLbifAQrzGRGQdMlZw0upe0Fq_GpXn…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr85ofePKMyBRXAhtk4h45vW2tSwgI5U…> * <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr86L8gGlgPZReA8MKQfJupf1NLEta_u…> Be sure to check out the recording <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr86L8gGlgPZReA8MKQfJupf1NLEta_u…> of our Twitter Spaces conversation with Landers and other global development leaders about some of the critical issues facing the next World Bank president.* A MESSAGE FROM GOOGLE.ORG <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr5o4oJWTTqtKsxXZ8_jiWM4eBHDcSb3…> *Last call for applications: AI for the Global Goals* Google.org is providing $25 million in funding to nonprofits, institutions, and social enterprises that want to use artificial intelligence to advance progress on the U.N.’s Global Goals. Let’s work together to realize a better, fairer, greener future for all. Learn more and apply by March 17. <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr5o4oJWTTqtKsxXZ8_jiWM4eBHDcSb3…> For your consideration Africa CDC *won’t have access* to the pool of pandemic preparedness and response financing being made available to low- and middle-income countries through the Pandemic Fund, which is hosted by the World Bank and led by the World Health Organization. That’s because Africa CDC, which is in the process of becoming an autonomous public health agency, has not been accredited as an “implementing entity,” <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POrtIdqmLUFBST3sgzdpj6f_ogKkRVqS-…> my colleague Sara Jerving reports. What this means is that Africa CDC cannot submit a proposal for consideration for the $300 million <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr0Tf4Z1vO8996Qn1NePikKtuHSh-eWI…> in first-round funding approved by the Pandemic Fund earlier this month. “This has *considerably constrained the ability of Africa CDC*, in the context of the Pandemic Fund, to play its AU-mandated role as convenor and coordinator of health security in Africa,” the pan-African health agency wrote in a statement <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSrzg32cyYVvHv8ngHenglf-HO9ly2jtB…> on Wednesday. The fund’s current preaccredited implementing partners include the African Development Bank, UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, among others. *Read:* Africa CDC criticizes exclusion from Pandemic Fund <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POrtIdqmLUFBST3sgzdpj6f_ogKkRVqS-…> *ICYMI:* Africa CDC’s final steps to operational autonomy <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POrtIdqmLUFBST3sgzdpj6f8mSKETEonV…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr85ofePKMyBRXAhtk4h45vW2tSwgI5U…> And while we’re at it <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhclVMjy-fPC1nQx1DZzXLlBju04dLqK…> As Africa CDC pushes for a bigger voice globally, it should also consider making *a bigger internal push for gender equity* by appointing its first female head and integrating “gender-transformative leadership” within the organization, a group of African women global health leaders write in an op-ed for Devex <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhclVMjy-fPC1nQx1DZzXLlBju04dLqK…>. In addition to tapping a woman as its next leader, the group is calling for the African Union, Africa CDC, and its member states to *set targets for equal inclusion of women* in senior decision-making at all levels and make “a gender-responsive approach” central to the design and resourcing of future pandemics’ health emergency policies. African heads of state gather this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the annual African Union summit and those familiar with the processes tell Devex it’s expected *the AU will make an announcement* on who will take on the role of Africa CDC’s director-general. *Opinion: *Why Africa CDC needs gender-transformative leadership <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhclVMjy-fPC1nQx1DZzXLlBju04dLqK…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSryT5qvanGoBxUPbcq-jJIvGXBUpTWh5…> *For more content like this, sign up to Devex CheckUp <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr5gjJPhS57lE-jpZKuG8RnuTwPGdWrU…>, a free, Thursday global health newsletter.* A different kind of animal Animals can be *as susceptible as humans* to the deadly impacts of climate change such as the droughts that have plagued the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia alone, more than 4.5 million livestock have died <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr-F03hG6uNjA_I1zWwvde2mlaK7ysZo…> since late 2021. Those kinds of losses are detrimental for farmers, especially smallholder farmers, who depend on the animals for their livelihood. That’s why some agricultural research organizations are seeking ways to develop <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POg0igQZUQgC0mF4zCdjdwjFwf7wSJEA2…> cattle, goats, pigs and other animals that can *not only survive but thrive* in some of the worst conditions, my colleague Teresa Welsh reports. The World Poultry Foundation is examining the benefits of dual-purpose poultry, which can provide meat and eggs and *are more likely to survive drought* than traditional breeds. “In terms of getting high quality protein to families that need it, it’s a lower footprint way to do it than traditional production methods,” says Maureen Stickel, director of international program development at the World Poultry Foundation. The foundation has *received $26 million* from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand the use of dual-purpose poultry to three countries. *Read:* How drought-resistant livestock can help farmers fight climate change <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POg0igQZUQgC0mF4zCdjdwjFwf7wSJEA2…> SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENT *Join our global community of change-makers* Duke University’s Center for International Development <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr6HLSzqREkB_VdoJqAgpDhataOvS-C-…> offers midcareer development professionals flexible options to grow their careers, from online and in-person executive education courses to a master of international development policy. Partner with peers to build lasting connections and learn valuable skills from top faculty at Duke University. Whether you are in a government agency, community or NGO, or the private sector, our programs will help you realize your goals. 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Start your 15-day free trial of Pro today <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr1Q7Nqg5Bru1P8gsTHU71QgJPmmpIrK…> to read the piece.* Aid for the Sahel The United Kingdom has pledged £33 million <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr2RrLmXGwuMcoEXZyTCoVOMGt1MuqBg…>, or roughly $39 million, to launch *the new Sahel Regional Fund*. It will provide humanitarian aid to people “suffering from rising violence, displacement and food insecurity” in Africa’s Sahel region, which includes Chad and Mauritania. The U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will be working with local and international NGOs to *deliver aid and combat growing instability* from conflict, climate change, extremism and high food prices that have been “exacerbated by Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine,” according to an FCDO statement. The announcement follows development minister Andrew Mitchell’s three-day visit to Niger. In other news The U.N. is appealing for *$5.6 billion in humanitarian aid* for Ukraine. [ DW <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr309nrLzeEwXMw0nd6n-iRzLKtsrMdj…> ] India wants *debt relief discussion to be prioritized* at upcoming talks with the Group of 20 major economies’ finance and central bank chiefs. [ Reuters <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSr4PMLimPv4Luj3eZCWfvlVyGn5f0z1Z…> ] The International Organization for Migration *launched an $84 million appeal* to assist more than 1 million migrants moving through Yemen. [Al Jazeera <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGJ-RRSrzdhQI0_SzKgLtkFCa7XDIRH5I5ll0B…> ] Thank you for reading today’s Newswire, edited by *Rumbi Chakamba*, copy edited by *Florence Williams*, and produced by *Patricia Guerrero*. Have a news tip? 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