Im Moment ist schon wieder Zero Trust in aller Munde, weil das BSI ein "Positionspapier" dazu verffentlicht hat, das sich im Wesentlichen wie Werbung fr unserise Gadget-Anbieter und Schlangenler liest.

Auch ich hatte vor einer Weile einen Vortrag dazu gehalten und ins Netz gestellt, wo ganz andere Dinge rauskamen. Wie kann das sein?

Nun, das liegt an zwei Dingen. Erstmal ist Zero Trust inzwischen so ein Buzzword, das der Sinn auf dem Weg flten gegangen ist. Jeder verkauft gerade unter dem Label Zero Trust alles. Googelt nur mal Zero Trust AI und staunt.

Mein geschtzter Kollege Kris Khntopp hat auch einen langen Erklr-Thread gepostet, wo er nochmal auf andere Ergebnisse kommt als das BSI und ich. :-)

Eine Sache mchte ich aber mal kurz klren. Zero Trust heit nicht assume breach. Zero Trust heit, dass du von Perimetersicherheit als Modell wegkommst. Perimetersicherheit ist die Idee, dass wir ein vertrauenswrdiges internes Netz haben, und ein bses Internet, und dazwischen tun wir eine Firewall und dann sind wir sicher. Stellt sich vllig berraschend raus: Wenn du bse E-Mails durch die Firewall lsst, und ein VPN, dann kannst du dir die Firewall im Wesentlichen auch ganz sparen.

Zero Trust ist daher die Idee, dass alle Rechner so gebaut werden, auch und gerade die im Intranet, dass sie starke Authentisierung haben wollen, und Daten nur verschlsselt bertragen.

Zero Trust sagt nicht, dass die Kisten Secure Boot haben mssen, oder Binaries signiert werden, oder dass da Telemetrie gemessen und ausgewertet wird. Oder dass die Software Least Privilege wird und man die TCB minimiert. Das ist alles orthogonal.

Zero Trust heit, dass du einkommender Kommunikation nicht auf Basis ihrer IP-Adresse vertraust.

Lasst euch also vom BSI nicht aufschwatzen, dass ihr Endpoint Security fr Zero Trust braucht, oder ein SIEM, etc pp. Und lasst euch von Kris nicht erzhlen, dass das die Strukturen unbeweglich macht. Kann es, muss es aber nicht. Denkt lieber aus der anderen Richtung drber nach. Wenn jemand rumspielen will, braucht der halt Erlaubnis in Form von Keys fr seine Kommunikation. Den Keys kann man dann minimale Zugriffsrechte geben, und man kann auf der Serverseite sehen, welcher Key reinkam, und entsprechend erkennen, welcher Service mit welchen anderen Services redet. Das ist VIEL besser als im Moment, wo niemand sich traut irgendwas jemals wieder anzufassen, weil gar nicht bekannt ist, was sonst alles davon abhngt und wie das verzahnt ist.

Die Polizei hat das Handy des Thringer CDU-Chefs Mario Voigt aufgemacht. Der wird der Korruption verdchtigt und hatte initial erklrt, er wolle bei den Ermittlungen gegen sich mithelfen, hat dann aber den Entsperrcode fr sein Handy nicht rausgerckt.

Hier der bemerkenswerte Absatz:

Erst mit Hilfe einer Spezialsoftware habe die Polizei das Handy entsperren knnen. Das sei erst mglich gewesen, nachdem der Hersteller ein Update fr eine Software zur Verfgung gestellt habe.

Oder... die "Spezialsoftware" kommt gar vom Hersteller und der hat denen ein Update gegeben, damit sie das Telefon aufmachen knnen?

In beiden Fllen kooperiert der Hersteller mit der Polizei gegen seine Kunden. Da htte ich ja gerne den Namen des Herstellers erfahren.

Oh warte, das "Hersteller" kann sich auch auf den Hersteller der "Spezialsoftware" beziehen. Wieso wrden sie das dann aber hier erwhnen?

PARENTS, teachers, students, gardeners and volunteers of all kinds will get their green thumbs out this weekend to plant native trees shrubs and grasses around the Illawarra as part of National Tree Day events.

The National Tree Day program is a nationwide initiative that encourages Australians to come together and contribute to the restoration and preservation of our natural environment. This year, Schools Tree Day will be celebrated today (Friday, July 28) around the country, with National Tree Day to be celebrated July 30.

To celebrate National Tree Day, Wollongong City Council will host an event at Cabbage Tree Creek, Balgownie on Sunday. Participants are asked to wear enclosed footwear, long pants and sleeves, a hat and bring a water bottle. Also participants are asked to bring their own gardening gloves if you have them.

The event will get underway at Cabbage Tree Creek behind Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie, from 10am to 11.30am, on Sunday, July 30. Register:...

PROTESTORS have planned another picket and demonstration at Russell Vale Colliery on Saturday morning (July 29 2023).

Residents group Stop Russell Vale Mine are joining the Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Greed to picket the mine and sing protest songs as part of a series of similar actions in recent years.

A spokesperson from Stop Russel Vale Mine, Renata Field, said the colliery is the closest mine to any residential area in Australia.

We are here to protest the impacts of its pollution on local waters, extra trucks on our local roads, coal dust in the air we breathe, and the extra 11 million tonnes a year of greenhouse gases released into our atmosphere, Ms Field said.

Ms Field said the demonstration...

AUGUST is National Family History Month, and to celebrate Wollongong City Libraries is encouraging people to explore their own family stories or to learn more about those from the past whove called the city home.

Throughout the month of August there will be a range of events, displays and opportunities for people of all ages to learn more about the unique history of the City of Wollongong by looking at the everyday experiences of ordinary people.

Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said that the Illawarra community is made of a vibrant and fascinating collection of family stories.

CONSTRUCTION works to replace the causeway on Otford Road will start in early August, six months after it was damaged beyond repair in a major weather event.

The replacement causeway has been designed to current, contemporary standards and, Wollongong City Councils general manager, Greg Doyle said will be able to withstand major storm events.

The causeway, he says, has improved features, including debris deflectors to prevent blockages during times of significant rainfall, better line marking and additional warning signage.

We all remember the images of the original causeway with its huge slabs of concrete lifted out of place and moved along the Hacking River and the broken culverts after that February rain event, Mr Doyle said.

 It was visually very dramatic but for the locals it was also a major concern as this was an important access road. I am very proud of the team for all their hard work behind the scenes to see us work through the design, consultation and the start of construction in just a six-month timeframe.

We recognise that the local communi...

A coalition of over 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health, legal, social, community services and youth advocacy organisations from across Victoria have called on Premier Daniel Andrews and Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes to commit to ruling out any new powers for police over children, once the age of criminal responsibility is raised. The calls respond to recent comments from Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton seeking power to arrest and detain children as young as 10, after the reforms are implemented. 

In an open letter, the coalition calls for the Victorian Government to invest in a model of care for children which ensures they have the critical supports they need. This model must be designed in close collaboration with Aboriginal communities, advocates for children in the care system and other overrepresented communities. The letter also urges the Victorian Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 without exceptions.

In May 2023, Victoria Police Commissioner Patton appeared before the Yoorrook Justice Commission and acknowledged that policing of Aboriginal people today is still influenced by systemic and structural racism. Aboriginal young people are almost six times more likely to be processed by police as alleged offenders than non-Aboriginal young people. Any new police powers would disproportionately affect Aboriginal children and families. 

Criminalising children is never the answer to behaviours resulting from complex, unmet needs. Evidence shows that any engagement with the criminal legal system, including first contact with police, can be highly distressing and cause harm to a young child.  

In a crisis, children need first responders who are skilled in health, youth support and other critical services. 

There will be better outcomes for Victorias children, families and communities in the long-term if children are diverted away from the criminal legal system. 

Quotes attributable to Anoushka Jeronimus, Youthlaw Program Director at WestJustice, Co-Convenor of Smart Justice for Young People: 

Children who harm others are also victims of harm themselves. Victoria needs to raise the age of criminal responsibility and ensure the most vulnerable children are being supported, not arrested. These children need health, youth and education services, and it should be child and family workers taking the lead, not police. Its better in the long-run for children and the wider community if children stay in school, get the support they need, and reconnect with their families now.

Quotes attributable to Amala Ramarathinam, Acting Managing Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre: 

Raising the age of criminal r...

An initial refusal from Biden is only an invitation to ask a second time, in a firmer voice

Bob Carr Bob Carr was NSWs longest-serving premier and is a former Australian foreign affairs minister. 27 jul 23,  https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/if-albanese-s-such-a-buddy-of-biden-s-why-is-assange-still-in-jail-20230721-p5dqci.html

Julian Assange is in his fourth year in Britains Belmarsh prison. If the current appeal fails, he will be shackled and driven off in a prison van and flown across the Atlantic on a CIA aircraft for a long trial. He faces likely life imprisonment in a federal jail, perhaps in Oklahoma.

In 2021, then opposition leader Anthony Albanese said, Enough is enough. I dont have sympathy for many of his actions, but essentially, I cant see what is served by keeping him incarcerated.

As prime minister, Albanese said he had already made his position clear to the Biden administration. We are working throu...

If youre finding the definition, intention and scope of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament confusing, you can only imagine the struggle that some newly arrived migrants and refugees are having.

A new survey has found that many are largely unaware and confused about the proposal to create The Voice.

An overwhelming majority of newcomers know little about The Voice proposal or the upcoming referendum and the change it would mean to Australias constitution.

Migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia recently surveyed 150 people from 30 different countries studying English or accessing migrant or refugee settlement services at, Noble Park, Dandenong, Werribee, Footscray and in Western Sydney. All had been in Australia less than five years.

130 of the participants were surveyed randomly and a control groups of 30 people were surveyed after a 30-minute explanation session on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Not aware of The Voice

Among the random group, more than 67 per cent of respondents were either not aware or only partly aware of The Voice Proposal and 75 per cent were not aware it would mean a change to the constitution.

Asked whether they generally supported the idea of a Voice, 40 per cent were unsure, although almost 50 per cent said they were in favour.

But the survey found that the more people knew about The Voice, the more likely they were to support it. 

Among the sample group who received an explanation session, 80 per cent said they were in favour of the creation of The Voice and another 20 per cent were mostly in favour.

Eighty percent of this group said they were aware of The Voice proposal and 20 per cent were mostly aware.

Fifty per cent said they were aware of the details of The Voice proposal and another 30 per cent were mostly aware.

Eighty per cent of respondents in the control group said they were aware, or mostly aware, of the historical lack of representation of indigenous peoples in national affairs. For the random group this figure was just 25 per cent.

Who would vote Yes or No

Asked if they would vote for a Voice to Parliament, among the random group 50 per cent were unsure, 37.5 per cent said they would and 12.5 per cent said they would not. In the control group, 80 per cent said they would vote for a Voice and 20 per cen...

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUL 27, 2023  https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-star-spangled-kangaroo?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=82124&post_id=135485598&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

A new US warship has been ushered into service in Sydney. The ship is called the USS Canberra to honor the military union of the United States and Australia, and, if thats still too subtle for you, it has a literal star-spangled kangaroo affixed to its side.

Thats right: the first US warship ever commissioned in a foreign port has been emblazoned with a kangaroo covered in the stars and stripes of the Unit...

Its almost impossible to talk about Winnipeg, Manitoba, without talking about its inferiority complex. When I first moved here, by choice, in 2008, people would always ask me, Why? Why would you do such a thing? Why would you move here?

Over the next few years, I had fun attempting to answer this question on my blog, alongside two other close friends who had decided to give Winnipeg a try. Bringing our positive, curious, and upbeat lens to civic life in a notoriously self-loathing place led to all sorts of fun experiences and even what we felt could be 15 minutes of local fame. 

We wrote about interesting local expressions, pronunciations, and practices. We compared systems here to the ones we had been used to in the places wed previously lived. That first summer we even got invited by a local radio station to determine the best restaurant patio in the city and do in-studio reports on our research. We were mostly writing the blog for ourselves, and it was nuts to us that our takes were so novel and unexpected that anyone else was interested.

After a few years, my unbridled enthusiasm for Winnipeg had definitely waned, for several reasons. Becoming a parent had jostled my rose-colored glasses and I could now see a little more clearly the way that people in the city were struggling. This intensified when we decided to sell our car and get around primarily by bus, bike, and walking. Meeting other people who wanted a better city was a blessing and a curse: a feeling of finding my people but also having too many discussions about how unhappy our city was making us. 

And so it was, that when I walked into a spring market a couple of months ago and saw a T-shirt that read I dont NOT love Winnipeg, I knew I had to have it.

BY HUGH WILLBOURN | THE DAILY SCEPTIC | JULY 24, 2023

Weve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people dont know anything about it?

Science is more than a body of knowledge, its a way of thinking. A way of sceptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask sceptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be sceptical of those in authority, then were up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along.

Sagan was on the money. Every day brings news of more absurdities from charlatans in science, education, politics and media. To quote myself, from the same book: Never have so many been so wrong about so much.

Why is this happening?

If I could answer that in a couple of paragraphs I would not have had to write a whole book. Here, I will focus on just one element. Underneath all the dangerous and troubling beliefs about gender, climate, race, migration, medicine and vaccination lies a psychological problem. Too many people believe things that are not true. This is the new normal. Lets call it the Pandelusion.

The Pandelusion thinking and doing the right thing is the worldview relentlessly promoted by most of the media and driven by bad science and big money.

This doesnt require a conspiracy by the way. That is just what the profit motive will do when untrammelled by conscience or virtue. For the controlling minority of society it is extremely lucrative to promote the Pandelusion. For the majority, the result is an expensive, destructive, disempowering rip-off.

It would take an encyclopaedia to itemise and refute each of the delusions one at a time. In fact it already has. On websites and Substacks and in books and scholarly journals millions of words have been written refuting every one of the dominant delusions with rational argumen...

AUSTRALIA has gone green and gold for the Matildas with more than 75,000 fans turning up to watch their first World Cup match against Ireland.

The Matildas kicked off their campaign at Stadium Australia with a 1-0 win thanks to step-in captain Steph Catleys penalty in the second half as the Tillies opened their campaign last week. 

Close to 1.4 million tickets have been snapped up, surpassing previous tournament records. More Matildas jerseys have sold than the Socceroos managed during and since the 2022 mens World Cup, according to sportswear brand Nike. 

The match was initially scheduled to take place at the 42,000-capacity Sydney Football Stadium, but Football Australia (FA) and FIFA agreed to take a chance and flip the game to the bigger venue. 

All of Australias major cities, including Melbournes iconic football hub Federation Square, are turning green and gold with dedicated live sites. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sent a message of support to the Matildas ahead of their opening

Does 'Barbie' fully grasp the underpinnings of its own message about what it means to be a woman, and ultimately what it means to be human?

A SIGN overlooking Sandon Points famous Jetty surfing break at Bulli has created a sensation on social media, making headlines in mainstream media, and sparking debate within the community over what justifies being a local.

A photo of the sign, LOCALS ONLY BLOW-INS NOT WELCOME!, was posted on the Woonona/Bulli Community Facebook Group earlier this week, immediately producing fierce debate.

The sign has overwhelmingly been condemned by members of the group, although some have defended the sentiment, recalling the Points notorious parochialism of the 1970s.

The online discussion has also prompted a comment from State MP for Keira, Ryan Park.

This needs to be called out, Mr Park, with a picture of the sign, posted on his Facebook Page.

Its wrong and it doesnt at all reflect our community, he said.

We are better than this Illawarra. The only thing not welcome is this sort of behaviour.

The sig...

MOTORISTS are advised of upcoming traffic changes from next month on the Princes Highway at Bulli Pass and Mount Ousley Road.

The Princes Highway at Bulli Pass will be closed for three days for maintenance work between Lawrence Hargrave Drive and M1 Princes Motorway.

The road will be closed in both directions between 9am and 3pm on Tuesday August 1, Wednesday August 2 and Thursday August 3, weather permitting.

Work includes trimming vegetation, clearing gutters and drains, line marking, bridge inspections and maintenance of guardrails, signs and safety ramps.

Detours will be in place via Lawrence Hargrave Drive or the M1 Princes Motorway and Memorial Drive.

Residents within the closure area will have access to their properties at all times under the guidance of traffic controllers from Lawrence Hargrave Drive only.

In addition, changed traffic conditions will be in place on Mount Ousley Road and the Princes Highway at Bulli Pass from Tuesday August 1 for up to eight weeks, as maintenance work continues, weather permitting.

Single lane closures, traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40 kmh will be in place between 7pm to 7am, Sunday to Friday on Mount Ousley Road.

FOR many people, libraries are the heart and soul of the community serving as vital accessible spaces that bring people together.

Wollongong City Council is considering what actions could be taken to make libraries places where people can discover, learn, and connect. People are being called to share their feedback on the draft Library Strategy 2024-2028.

In the northern suburbs there are three libraries, including at Helensburgh, Thirroul and Corrimal. These facilities serve their community by offering free events and programs, providing access to technology and of course, lending books.

Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said a lot has changed at local libraries since the days of catalogue cards and a stamp in a physical book. This is because libraries are evolving spaces.

Our libraries have adapted to meet the changing needs of our community. Over the years, libraries have become dynamic and contemporary spaces that offer a place to study or catch...

Freedom Under Attack

One of the things that is driving a lot of people crazy right now is the ease with which our inalienable freedoms are being taken away.

It seems unfathomable and insane. Weve believed so naively in our hearts that due to our great luck of living in the West, we can move around as we please and say what we think. But now? Now, suddenly, we find ourselves in a place where we are just like the folks in other parts of the world where people have no meaningful rights. And our hearts scream, why is being done to us, why?!!

We are now being told to trust the Man over the evidence of our own eyes. We are told to "not do our own research" and keep our opinions to ourselves. We are told to take shorter showers and freak out about our gas stoves.

We are told to feel bad about ourselves in general unless we are willing to let go of whatever bodily and spiritual sovereignty weve enjoyed up until three years ago and replace our independent decision making with internalized enthusiasm and compliance with the barking orders of the day.

It is very hard for any human being to process the fact that our sovereign bodies are viewed by our elected and unelected rulers not as our sovereign bodies but as property of theirs. By the way, when we talk about bodily sovereignty, we often do so in the context of vaccine mandates but the mandates are merely "their" foot in the door. "They" want more!

For example, in 2019, in a curious article titled, "Privacy in 2034: A corporation owns your DNA (and maybe your body)," Fast Company asked: "Should you have a right to keep your emotions, mental state, and other biometric details private from persistent recognition?" Oh really, should I? You are asking me that with a straight face? Well, I happen to know the correct answer to that question, and the answer is, "Yes, I should, and I do, and by the way, its an abusive question to ask."

So indeed, it is very hard to process the fact that our sovereign bodies are treated by the "masters" as property of theirs. It was very hard for those who had faced such abuse in the past, and it is very hard for us.

It is hard to face the absurd "new normal" reality in which many joys of life that weve b...

Inflation trending down

The ABS produces a handy chart, which helps to show the recent trends in inflation.

In March 2022, inflation increased by 2.2 per cent over a quarter, the largest increase in many a year.

But in the most recent quarters inflation has fallen from 1.9 per cent in December 2022, to 1.4 per cent in March 2023, to 0.8 per cent in June 2023. 

Source: ABS

Next quarter a big quarter of inflation for September 2022 (1.8 per cent) will drop out of the annual figures, so we'll see another large drop in the inflation figures from 6 per cent to under 5 per cent.

Clearly policy settings are contractionary, and year on year consumer spending now appears to be in freefall.

Hence markets think that interest rate hikes are all but done in Australia. 

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Housing prices rose sharply in the June quarter on low stock numbers.

Price increase were led by a +5.3 per cent quarterly increase for houses in Sydney.

Source: Domain

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Another special counsel isnt the answer to rampant Biden, DOJ, and FBI corruption. Impeachment for corrupt officials is.

Jackson County is hills and valleys including the Ohio River valley

Action Alert from the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, July 24, 2023

Thunder Mountain Environmental Services, an out-of-state company, is seeking an air permit to release emissions from a medical waste incinerator near Ravenswood, WV in Jackson County.

While few details are known about the impacts of waste-to-fuel operations, the draft permit indicates carcinogens will be released into the air if this waste-to-fuel incinerator is allowed to operate.

Moreover, there are many unanswered questions regarding how waste will be accepted, processed, and disposed of, leaving us in the dark about the full extent of its impacts.

The WVDEP Division of Air Quality is about to decide on the air permit. We encourage you to voice your about potential environmental impacts and health concerns for surrounding communities before the comment period closes on Thursday, July 27.

Join us in telling the WVDEP Division of Air Quality that we do not want an out-of-state company profiting from hauling in tons of toxic trash to pollute and dispose of in our communities.

In the town of Follansbee, West Virginians have already taken a stand against toxic facilities like this. We must follow their lead in Ravenswood, and anywhere our land, water, and environment are threatened.

Together, we can create a cleaner, safer, and healthier future for all.

>>> WV Rivers Coalition, 3501 MacCorkle Ave SE #129, Charleston, WV 25304. Office: 304-637-7201, https://wvrivers.org/

Background

This page is setup on The Black Vault to archive details about the July 26, 2023, subcommittee hearing about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAP. It was held by the National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Archived here will be all information released, including additional information added by The Black Vault. This page will be updated through the day on July 26, then later archived to maintain the information.

Original Press Release of July 20, 2023

WASHINGTONThe Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing titled Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency. The subcommittee hearing will explore firsthand accounts of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and assess the federal governments transparency and accountability regarding UAPs possible threats to U.S. national security. This hearing will also highlight legislative efforts to bring transparency to UAPs and require the federal government to provide the American people with information about potential risks to public safety and national security.

The Pentagon and Washington bureaucrats have kept this information hidden for decades, and were finally going to shed some light on it. Were bringing in credible witnesses who can provide public testimony because the American people deserve the truth. Were done with the cover-ups, said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.).

In 2022, at the direction of Congress, the Department of Defense created the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to investigate UAP reports. The federal government spends millions of dollars examining UAPs yet refuses to be forthcoming with the American people as it continues to declassify certain videos and studies on various UAP incidents with little clarity on the subjects origins.

The status quo on the part of the U.S. government has been to leave the American public in the dark regarding information about UAPs, refuse to answer questions posed by whi...

Yes or No: Its your choice.

In this edition youll read about:

The arguments for and against the proposed Voice to Parliament have now been released. The Indigenous voice yes and no campaigns have unveiled their pitches, with opponents warning of legal risks as those in favour say it will improve lives. All households will receive a printed pamphlet in the coming months ahead of the referendum, to change the constitution to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament, to be held between October and December. 

ULURU Youth Dialogue Co-Chairs Bridget Cama and Allira Davis respond to questions about the proposed Voice to Parliament. Youll find the answers to popular questions like, What is the Uluru Dialogue and the Uluru Youth Dialogue?, Why are young people important both First Nations young people and non-Indigenous young people for the referendum? and Can you address a concern amongst our Mob that being within the Constitution will cede our sovereignty?.

In SPORT:

AUSTRALIA has gone green and gold for the Matildas with more than 75,000 fans turning up to watch their first World Cup match against Ireland. The Matildas kicked off their campaign at Stadium Australia with a 1-0 win thanks to step-in captain Steph Catleys penalty in the second half as the Tillies opened their campaign last week. Close to 1.4 million tickets have been snapped up, surpassing previous tournament records.

In a groundbreaking investigation, renowned anthropologist Orisanmi Burton has blown the lid off a dark chapter in CIA history. Classified Agency files, recently obtained through Freedom of Information laws, expose shocking ties between the infamous MKULTRA program and nightmarish experiments on prisoners of color within the United States.

Burtons findings expose MKULTRAs sinister mission to develop psychological warfare and behavioral manipulation tactics specifically aimed at people of color under the guise of counterinsurgency. Unbelievably, these barbaric trials were conducted during a turbulent era when numerous U.S. government agencies relentlessly sought to crush the civil rights movement, and prisons brimmed with political radicalism.

This disturbing revelation puts the CIAs actions into sharp focus, revealing a ruthless bid to quell Black resistance both on the streets and behind bars. But it doesnt stop there. Burtons disclosures raise urgent and profound questions about the far-reaching impact of these operationsboth in the past and, unsettlingly, even today.

Among the most haunting questions is whether the Agency actively pursued a race-specific mind control weaponan idea that strikes at the very core of ethical and moral boundaries.

As the nation grapples with this revelation, one thing is certain: Burtons expos demands answers and accountability for the harrowing atrocities committed in the name of national security. The truth must be unveiled, and justice served for those who suffered under the relentless grip of MKULTRAs clandestine horrors.

Penetration of Defenses

Of the many medical research facilities abused by the CIA for the purposes of MKULTRA, Allan Memorial Institute, a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, Quebec, looms perhaps the largest and most darkly.

It was here that from 1957-1964, the Agency secretly operated the programs Subproject 68 under the leadership of notorious psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, the Institutes founder. Cameron sought to depattern minds via a technique known as psychic driving. It entailed drugging unconsenting, unwitting patients with incapacitating cocktails of psychedelic substances, then subjecting them to electric shocks while they listened to hours of recorded, looped audio.

Cameron hoped to render his subjects minds a blank slate onto which new behaviors, thoughts, memories, and personalities could be surreptitiously imposed from the outside. It also se...

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Plants remove cancer causing toxins from air:

A ground-breaking study has revealed that plants can efficiently remove toxic petrol fumes, including cancer causing compounds such as benzene, from indoor air.

The study was led by University of Technology Sydney (UTS) bioremediation researcher Associate Professor Fraser Torpy, in partnership with leading plantscaping solutions company Ambius.

The researchers found that the Ambius small green wall, containing a mix of indoor plants, was highly effective at removing harmful, cancer-causing pollutants, with 97 per cent of the most toxic compounds removed from the surrounding air in just eight hours.

[...] Ambius General Manager Johan Hodgson said the research presented new evidence into the critical role played by indoor plants and green walls in cleaning the air we breathe quickly and sustainably.

"We know that indoor air quality is often significantly more polluted than outdoor air, which in turn impacts mental and physical health. But the great news is this study has shown that something as simple as having plants indoors can make a huge difference," Mr Hodgson said.

Previous studies on indoor plants have shown they can remove a broad range of indoor air contaminants, however this is the first study into the ability of plants to clean up petrol vapours, which are one of the largest sources of toxic compounds in buildings worldwide.

[...] "At Ambius, we see over and over again the effects plants have in improving health, wellbeing, productivity and office attendance for the thousands of businesses we work with. This new research proves that plants should not just be seen as 'nice to have', but rather a crucial part of every workplace wellness plan.

"The bottom line is that the best, most cost effective and most sustainable way to combat harmful indoor air contaminants in your workplace and home is to introduce plants," Mr Hodgson said.

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