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Palantir and WFP partner to help transform global humanitarian delivery | World Food Programme
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

https://www.wfp.org/news/palantir-and-wfp-partner-help-transform-global-hum… Today, Palantir Technologies (Palantir) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced a five-year partnership aimed at helping WFP use its data to streamline the delivery of food and cash-based assistance in life-saving emergency relief operations around the world. WFP will use Palantir’s Foundry software platform to bring together data sources from across the organization, enabling staff at headquarters and in field locations to access and analyse programmatic and operational data in a secure, unified environment. By connecting proven methods of delivering food assistance with dynamic data, WFP aims to reduce the cost of operations while continuing to serve its beneficiaries. The sheer scale of WFP’s operations, assisting some 90 million people in about 80 countries, means that even small efficiencies in operational and supply chain management can lead to dramatic savings. WFP generates vast amounts of data through the purchasing of 3 million metric tons of food every year and the delivery of 15 billion rations across dozens of development projects worldwide. Making this data accessible across the organization will help WFP become even more efficient in multiple programme areas, including cash-based transfers, supply chain optimization, and nutritional requirements. The partnership with Palantir underlines WFP’s strong commitment to digital transformation as it strives to meet the goal of ending world hunger by 2030. Building upon Palantir’s world-class data integration technology, WFP will develop new analytical tools to seize digital opportunities, improve real-time decision-making, and enhance global operations.

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Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Check out my recent article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/litigating-universal-cognitive-liberty/ Litigating Universal Cognitive Liberty Freedom of thought is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Interestingly,, cognitive liberty is not recognized as an international human right. Some want to change that, making the argument that humanity has the right to be free to think whatever they want (freedom of thought). The Ottawa Citizen reports < https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/military-leaders-saw-… > that the Canadian armed forces have launched ?psychological operations? as an experiment in government propaganda to counter civil disobedience. International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at the time the core human rights treaties were created. Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians. - Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the New York City Police Department. - In 2021 < https://gothamist.com/news/city-settles-lawsuit-protesters-who-accused-nypd… >, members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed fees from abuse of the technology in New York. The semantics empowering freedom of thought as a human right hold new opportunities for modern international recognition of the right to cognitive liberty.

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The Silk Road Investigation: A 'Pattern of Bad Behavior and Double Agents' ? Bitcoin
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Bad behavior like preening, posing and posturing as a peace loving agorist in public while trying to hire hitmen to kill targets and their flatmates is like the opposite of what cpunks are all about. ( Privacy for the poor and transparency for the powerful ) Ross Ulbricht has earned killing. He's almost as bad as a USG agent or Palantir employee. But do I repeat myself? Lets you and him fight is a good look for most US agents and most Silicon Valley corporados. I wish we had some respectable crypto currency media that could arrange it. Maybe one day. Marc Andreessen. You suck. Go die. Ditto Horowitz. Your fucked company is being richly rewarded right now . Katy for president? / CEO bitches You're old - we're young - and thats life.

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New York State Department of Financial Services Imposes $30 Million Fine in First Cryptocurrency Enforcement Action | White & Case LLP
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/new-york-state-department-financial… On August 2, in its first ever cryptocurrency enforcement action, the New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") announced it had imposed a $30 million fine on Robinhood Crypto, LLC ("RHC") for failures in its Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering program ("BSA/AML Program") and its cybersecurity program, and for non-compliance with notice requirements in its January 2019 supervisory agreement with the NYDFS ("Supervisory Agreement"), which RHC entered into with the NYDFS as a condition of obtaining its virtual currency business license. The NYDFS charged RHC, the cryptocurrency trading division of Robinhood Markets, Inc. ("RHM"), with violating the Department's Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500), Virtual Currency Regulation (NYCRR Part 200), Money Transmitter Regulation (3 NYCRR Part 417), and Transaction Monitoring Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 504). RHC holds a Virtual Currency license ("BitLicense") in New York under 23 NYCRR § 200. As a BitLicense holder, RHC is subject to NYDFS-mandated BSA/AML Program and cybersecurity requirements, among other things.

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Biden Launches $30 Million Ad Blitz by Joking About His Age
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Biden Launches $30 Million Ad Blitz by Joking About His Age https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-09/biden-launches-30-millio… President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching a new television ad poking fun at his age, part of a $30 million battleground state advertising buy following the State of the Union speech.

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Compassionate Release Grants Needed Now More Than Ever
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Compassionate Release Grants Needed Now More Than Ever <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1807429?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> After the U.S. Sentencing Commission's recent expansion of the criteria for determining compassionate release eligibility, courts should grant such motions more frequently in light of the inherently dangerous conditions presented by increasingly understaffed and overpopulated federal prisons, say Alan Ellis and Mark Allenbaugh at the Law Offices of Alan Ellis. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1807429?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1807429?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…>

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'It Erases Us': Sex Abuse Survivors Troubled By Wash. Bill
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

'It Erases Us': Sex Abuse Survivors Troubled By Wash. Bill <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1809089?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> By Hannah Albarazi Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law a bill that eliminates time limits for bringing child sex abuse claims in the future, but survivors say they are disappointed by an amendment stripping the bill's retroactivity, saying the legislation doesn't go far enough to hold abusers accountable. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1809089?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1809089?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…>

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Debt-Stricken Homeowners Fight Back After High Court Ruling
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

Debt-Stricken Homeowners Fight Back After High Court Ruling <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1792439?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> By Andrew McIntyre Ten months after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision finding a Minnesota county wrongly held onto excess proceeds it reaped after seizing a woman’s condominium and selling it to settle a tax debt, states are scrambling to reexamine their laws as financially distressed homeowners file new suits challenging the practice. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1792439?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1792439?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e4…>

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America?s TikTok Addiction Isn?t Just China?s Fault
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

America’s TikTok Addiction Isn’t Just China’s Fault https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-08/tiktok-america-s-addi… There are few things that can get both the American left and right as exercised as the idea that a foreign nation is perverting the minds of their young. When that country is China, the full force of the US political system weighs in. That has resulted in the unanimous approval of a bill that would stop internet service providers and app stores from offering TikTok to consumers, unless the social media firm’s Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. sells it within six months.

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Fwd: SpaceX Corporation Board of Directors One Rocket Road Hawthorne, California 90250 Sales@SpaceX.com Re: Potential SpaceX Interlocking Directors’ Intent to Manipulate Markets
by Gunnar Larson 09 Mar '24

09 Mar '24

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lv9Wt6y1ld4bNap0z3epIxttEGiP_oVpfxH0GTS… May 21, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL SpaceX Corporation Board of Directors One Rocket Road Hawthorne, California 90250 Sales(a)SpaceX.com Re: Potential SpaceX Interlocking Directors’ Intent to Manipulate Markets Dear SpaceX Board of Directors: >From our New York headquarters, xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC embodies the notion that rather than a merry-go-round, the process of change and innovation is like a slide. Today’s memo aims to notify the SpaceX Corporation of concern of potential market manipulation that could impact cross-border digital asset innovation, free speech in the United States of America, the global ESG economy and Moon exploration. We do not see this as a stereotypical democrat versus republican battle (as Mr. Musk alludes). We see this as a risk arbitrage matter for xNY.io - Bank.org’s profit (subject to regulatory approval). Some may argue a scheme to leverage the protection of “free speech” has led to Twitter deal advisors attempting a $44B LBO market manipulation exercise. Further cause for reasonable concern is warranted if similar intent is at play in the form of Tesla’s ESG scam claim. xNY.io - Bank.org indicators signal risk of possible intent to manipulate public and private markets prompting clarification of the SpaceX Corporation’s intent concerning Moon exploration and exploitation as a ESG digital asset vault. To be very clear, SpaceX directors should understand xNY.io - Bank.org’s work to protect cross-border digital asset innovation was born before Twitter's prospective LBO. Our concern specific to the intent of Twitter’s LBO deal makers is party to our work in New York to usurp Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase board directors who may be potentially engaged in similar market manipulation referenced here: 1. xNY.io - Bank.org | DOJ Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement. 2. xNY.io - Bank.org | Memo #2 - JPMorgan Chase Board of Directors ESG Marketplace Manipulation. 3. xNY.io - Bank.org’s work also includes research into oil and nickel marketplace manipulation as an ESG concern. The Twitter LBO includes Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase operating as deal advisors. As referenced above, claims of Twitter robot scams and claims of Tesla ESG scams display a pattern of questionable intent. xNY.io - Bank.org asks SpaceX to clarify your board's intent concerning the Moon and any connection to USDD (now in Moon phase). SpaceX directors may agree that the Moon can also be defined as one of the most valuable ESG digital asset vaults known to modern humanity. Protecting the Moon from explo8itation is fundamental to Space exploration. SpaceX is party to any potential Twitter deal maker advisors that may exercise questionable intent risking the Moon’s ESG vault potential. xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned with interlocking directorate syndicates that include SpaceX, Tesla, PayPal, Goldman Sachs and BitGo. This setup breeds a galaxy of third and fourth party risk(s) at the demise of pure cross-border digital asset innovation. Twitter robots are not the focus of the Orlando Police Department Pension Fund, who suggests that Twitter’s LBO is suspected of questionable intent as potentially illegal. - Mr. Musk’s ingenuity as an entrepreneur is historic and greatly respected as a model inside our organization. As a Gates Scholar and Blockchain Scholar holding international law distinction(s) The concept of the Moon being an ESG digital asset vault is logic USDD seemingly embodies. - For obvious reasons, we seek SpaceX’s board to confirm if the intent behind your CEO’s Twitter LBO and Tesla ESG claims and if SpaceX is party to a USDD type matter given your syndicate’s close association with USDP. xNY.io - Bank.org kindly asks the SpaceX Corporation board of directors to respond within 15 days of receipt of this correspondence. Default in the form of no response within 15 days is not an extortion technique on our part. Rather, it is a design benefit in disclosing our intent post 15 days to ask for approval to engage New York’s False Claims Act in response to SpaceX, Tesla, PayPal and Meta interlocking directors potentially engaging in digital asset marketplace manipulation (exemplified by USDP and USDD) that may exploit Space and Moon exploration at xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC’s overall expense. Respectfully yours, Gunnar Larson | xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> - Bank.org <http://bank.org>, PBC MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 CC: Tesla Board of Directors Twitter Board of Directors Goldman Sachs Board of Directors JP Morgan Chase Board of Directors

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