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2025-07-01

Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. Announces Filing of 2025 First Quarter Unaudited Condensed Interim Financial Statements and MD&A

/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAWS./MARKHAM, ON, June 30, 2025 /CNW/ - Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. (the "Company" or "Pond") (TSXV:POND) announces the filing of the first quarter unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the related management's discussion and analysis which have been filed and are available for review on ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Family speaks out after woman killed in I-240 shooting
2025-07-01

Family speaks out after woman killed in I-240 shooting

A woman was killed and a man was injured after a shooting on I-240 near the Highway 385 Exit.

Nicolas Batum poised to return to Clippers on a two-year deal worth $11.5 million
2025-07-01

Nicolas Batum poised to return to Clippers on a two-year deal worth $11.5 million

LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Batum plans on re-signing with the Clippers on a two-year contract for $11.5 million with a team option for the second season, according to people with knowledge of negotiations not authorized to discuss it publicly. Batum,...

Heaney takes no-hitter into sixth, Pirates stay hot with win over Cardinals
2025-07-01

Heaney takes no-hitter into sixth, Pirates stay hot with win over Cardinals

Andrew Heaney carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Spencer Horwitz powered Pittsburgh’s offence as the Pirates cruised past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Monday night to match a season high with their fourth straight victory.

Georgia lands elite 2027 CB over Miami, Oregon and others
2025-07-01

Georgia lands elite 2027 CB over Miami, Oregon and others

The Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart are all-in on building an elite recruiting class for 2026. The recruiting trail never sleeps, though, which means that, in all reality, the Bulldogs have to get moving on 2027 as well.

Albert’s Ark Idle Launches on Steam Bringing Its Whimsical Clicker Adventures
2025-07-01

Albert’s Ark Idle Launches on Steam Bringing Its Whimsical Clicker Adventures

Albert Tross Productions Pty Ltd has officially released Albert’s Ark Idle on PC via Steam today. Click here for more details!The post Albert’s Ark Idle Launches on Steam Bringing Its Whimsical Clicker Adventures appeared first on COGconnected.

First Online Dispensary That Ships to All States Debuts
2025-07-01

First Online Dispensary That Ships to All States Debuts

Austin, TX, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Area 52 today launches its nationwide fulfillment service, solidifying its position as the first online dispensary that ships to all states. This is a groundbreaking development for cannabis consumers, particularly in states with limited recreational access, providing a safe, federally legal, and reliable way to buy weed online and secure direct-to-home weed delivery.(click photo to check customer reviews)A Legal Cannabis Solution for Texas, Florida, and North CarolinaResidents in states like Texas, Florida, and North Carolina have historically faced a significant challenge: a strong demand for cannabis with no state-level legal framework for recreational sales. Area 52 directly solves ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Maxx Crosby Makes Surprising Raiders Comparison Ahead of Training Camp
2025-07-01

Maxx Crosby Makes Surprising Raiders Comparison Ahead of Training Camp

Las Vegas' star DE compared the Raiders to an NBA team before the 2025 NFL season.

Patrick Kane returns to Red Wings on one-year, $3M deal
2025-07-01

Patrick Kane returns to Red Wings on one-year, $3M deal

Star forward Patrick Kane will return for a 19th season in the NHL, as the Detroit Red Wings signed him Monday to a one-year contract worth $3 million

Golden Knights Release Update On Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo
2025-07-01

Golden Knights Release Update On Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo

Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and general manager Kelly McCrimmon have both issued statements regarding the two-time Stanley Cup winner’s status for the 2025–26 season.

Jury deliberates for 2nd day in the triple murder trial of Australian accused of mushroom poisonings
2025-07-01

Jury deliberates for 2nd day in the triple murder trial of Australian accused of mushroom poisonings

A jury is deliberating for a second day in the murder trial of an Australian woman accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately feeding them poisonous mushrooms. Three of Erin Patterson’s four guests died after eating lunch at...

Father shoots 3-week-old baby dead with crossbow bolt while wife watches in horror
2025-07-01

Father shoots 3-week-old baby dead with crossbow bolt while wife watches in horror

The man was found less than a mile from the scene after his pickup truck got stuck in the mud

Guerrero breaks tie with 2-run single in 6th and Blue Jays beat Yankees 5-4
2025-07-01

Guerrero breaks tie with 2-run single in 6th and Blue Jays beat Yankees 5-4

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. broke a tie with a two-run single in the sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 5-4

NBA free agency opens with Spurs, Rockets, Hawks, Magic and Mavs among those making early moves
2025-07-01

NBA free agency opens with Spurs, Rockets, Hawks, Magic and Mavs among those making early moves

The Houston Rockets continued their offseason improvements by adding veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith on a four-year, $53 million deal shortly after the NBA’s free agency window officially opened

2025-07-01

Notification On Apranga Group CFO Change

(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Apranga Group informs that as of 1st July 2025, Gabrielius Morku–nas is replaced by Mykolas Navickas as the Chief Financial Officer. M. Navickas will also be ...

2025-07-01

INVL Asset Management Raises EUR 35.43 Million For Investments In Funds Managed By 17Capital

(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) INVL Asset Management, the leading alternative asset manager in the Baltics, raised EUR 35.43 million for investments in funds managed by 17Capital which provides ...

2025-07-01

How Soil Viruses Impact Carbon Emissions And Sequestration

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)Relationships between measured variables and keystone bacterial taxa with metal-bound organic C after 30-d incubation.FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2025 ...

2025-07-01

Soil Microbes: The Unsung Heroes Of Agriculture In The Face Of Salinity

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)Multiomics approaches for understanding of the dynamic mechanisms of soil holobiont in mitigating salinity stress in plant hosts. PGPR = plant growth-promoting ...

2025-07-01

B&H Worldwide Celebrates Completion Of Historic Aerfin A330-200 Disassembly Project At Hong Kong International Airport

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)B&H Worldwide Completes AerFin Aircraft Teardown Project in Hong KongB H Worldwide logoB&H Worldwide is proud to announce the successful conclusion of a complex ...

2025-07-01

The PGTAA's Special July 4Th Offer**

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)The PGTAA's July 4th Special Great golf teachers aren't born - they're trained. At the PGTAA, we give passionate golfers the tools, knowledge, and credibility to inspire ...

2025-07-01

Boosting Accuracy In Aerosol Mapping Via BRDF Comparison

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)Global Evaluation of Aerosol Retrieval Uncertainty Using Two Surface Reflectance Models.FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- A new study ...

2025-07-01

Fake Review Bombing Threatens Small Businesses In The Vehicle Shipping Industry

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)Bigfella Auto ExpressLOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- As online platforms like Google face growing pressure to crack down on fake reviews and ...

2025-07-01

Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. Announces Filing of 2024 Audited Financial Statements and MD&A

/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF U.S. SECURITIES LAWS./MARKHAM, ON, June 30, 2025 /CNW/ - Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. (the "Company" or "Pond") (TSXV:POND) announces the filing of the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the related management's discussion and analysis which have been filed and are available for review on SEDAR+ at Full story available on Benzinga.com

2025-07-01

Troy Renck: Michael Porter Jr. trade makes Nuggets championship contenders again

DENVER — The Nuggets refused to accept the status woe.

Pistons reach two-year deals with veterans Caris LeVert and Paul Reed
2025-07-01

Pistons reach two-year deals with veterans Caris LeVert and Paul Reed

The Detroit Pistons have landed one of the league's most reliable scorers and playmakers. A source confirmed to The Detroit News that the Pistons and free agent Caris LeVert have agreed to a two-year deal.

Gary Trent Jr., Bucks Agree To Two-Year, $7.5M Deal
2025-07-01

Gary Trent Jr., Bucks Agree To Two-Year, $7.5M Deal

Gary Trent Jr. and the Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a two-year, $7.5 million deal.Trent, who is represented by Rich Paul and Lucas Newton, averaged 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists and a PER of 11.5 last season. Trent shot 41.6 percent from three. Trent signed with the Bucks last offseason on a one-year deal.The Bucks have also re-signed Taurean Prince on the opening night of free agency while losing Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Clippers.

Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says
2025-07-01

Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says

Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county. The incident started Monday at a medical clinic in Murphy. Cherokee...

Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Gives Update on Hyeseong Kim
2025-07-01

Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Gives Update on Hyeseong Kim

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Hyeseong Kim is a chess piece that provides a boost whenever he is used, now manager Dave Roberts has an update on what that could mean for the former KBO star.

Tramel’s ScissorTales: Sam Presti doesn’t seem ready to step away from Thunder
2025-07-01

Tramel’s ScissorTales: Sam Presti doesn’t seem ready to step away from Thunder

Some thought Presti’s many interests would take him away from running the Thunder, but not even the championship seems likely to do it now, writes Berry Tramel.

Property appraisal notices coming in mail from Montana Department of Revenue
2025-07-01

Property appraisal notices coming in mail from Montana Department of Revenue

If property owners disagree with the department’s determination of value for their property, they may submit a Request for Informal Classification and Appraisal Review.

The Devil Wears Prada Sequel Is In Fashion
2025-07-01

The Devil Wears Prada Sequel Is In Fashion

Miranda Priestly’s on her way back to the big screen.

Nuggets Continue Roster Moves, Sign Former Champion After Recent Trade
2025-07-01

Nuggets Continue Roster Moves, Sign Former Champion After Recent Trade

The Denver Nuggets continue to make roster moves, signing this former NBA Champion following a recent trade.

2025-07-01

Police blotter: Boy gets stuck while climbing Clark Park tree

Local law enforcement personnel respond to multiple crimes in and around Butte.

Could DeWanna Bonner find her way back to the Phoenix Mercury?
2025-07-01

Could DeWanna Bonner find her way back to the Phoenix Mercury?

PHOENIX — Speculation about DeWanna Bonner’s interest in returning to the Mercury did not seem to concern at least one Phoenix player who is confident in the team’s makeup.

Abreu hits grand slam, inside the park homer as Red Sox dismantle Reds
2025-07-01

Abreu hits grand slam, inside the park homer as Red Sox dismantle Reds

Wilyer Abreu hit a grand slam and an inside-the-park solo home run for Boston, Trevor Story hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Red Sox defeated the Reds 13-6 on Monday night.

Report: Atlanta Hawks Star Trae Young Heavily Involved In Recruiting Key Free Agent Signings
2025-07-01

Report: Atlanta Hawks Star Trae Young Heavily Involved In Recruiting Key Free Agent Signings

The Atlanta Hawks have been busy this offseason. Before free agency began, they traded for Kristaps Porzingis and landed an unprotected first-round pick from the New Orleans Pelicans next year.

Era of Warfare gift codes (July 2025)
2025-07-01

Era of Warfare gift codes (July 2025)

You'll get plenty of excellent rewards from Era of Warfare codes, including exclusive items to customise your avatar, plenty of Diamonds and Roses to boost your popularity, and more than enough items to enhance your gear. Ideally, you should use them on your higher-level gear.If you love the genre, you might be interested in checking out some of the other lists we have, like these Crimson Angel codes and Era of Celestials codes. ... [MORE]

China's June factory activity unexpectedly expands, private survey shows
2025-07-01

China's June factory activity unexpectedly expands, private survey shows

The private survey appeared to diverge from the country's official PMI report, which showed manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in June.

Code Evolution Strategies(1751336264080500) – DEV Community
2025-07-01

Code Evolution Strategies(1751336264080500) – DEV Community

As a junior computer science student, I have experienced a complete transformation in my understanding of developer_experience development. This journey has taught me valuable lessons about modern web framework design and implementation. Project Information🚀 Hyperlane Framework: GitHub Repository📧 Author Contact: [email protected]📖 Documentation: Official Docs Technical Deep Dive Technical Foundation and Architecture During my exploration of [...]

Who Is Jay Malave? Key Facts About Boeing's New CFO And His Journey From Investigating Equal Employment Opportunity Cases To Aerospace Leadership
2025-07-01

Who Is Jay Malave? Key Facts About Boeing's New CFO And His Journey From Investigating Equal Employment Opportunity Cases To Aerospace Leadership

On Monday, Jesus "Jay" Malave was officially announced as Boeing Co.’s (NYSE:BA) incoming Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Brian West.With an impressive background in finance and leadership across major aerospace and defense companies, Malave brings a wealth of experience to the aerospace giant.Here are some key facts about the man now overseeing Boeing’s financial strategy.BackgroundMalave was born to Puerto Rican immigrants in Hartford, Connecticut. His father served as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor and his mother worked as a nutritionist at a local hospital. Growing up in Newington, a small town with a blend of blue-collar and white-collar families, Malave shared with CT Insider in 2022 that he developed a strong appreciation for diversity and hard work from an early age.See Also: Pierre Ferragu Takes Apple To Task For Dismissing The AI Revolution: ‘Has Its Head In The Sand’Personal LifeAfter graduating, Malave met his future wife, Janine, that summer as she was pursuing a career in education. Janine would later become a teacher and department head at Maloney ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Gunstoppable Demo Is Now Live on Steam
2025-07-01

Gunstoppable Demo Is Now Live on Steam

CAGE Studios, founded by a former Sony Santa Monica developer, has launched the first public demo of Gunstoppable on Steam.The post Gunstoppable Demo Is Now Live on Steam appeared first on COGconnected.

Hong Kong rights record under fire as it marks China handover anniversary
2025-07-01

Hong Kong rights record under fire as it marks China handover anniversary

Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Tuesday the city has become safer and more competitive as it marks its 28th year under Chinese rule, although critics including the EU decried the use of a "repressive" security law.

Bank of England chief sees downward interest rate trend as UK hunts for growth
2025-07-01

Bank of England chief sees downward interest rate trend as UK hunts for growth

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told CNBC Tuesday that interest rates should come down gradually. Economists widely expect policymakers to cut rates by 25 basis points at the next gathering in August, taking the central bank’s base rate to 4%. Bailey said inflationary pressures, such as averages wage outpacing inflation and higher energy prices, looked like they were cooling.Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAndrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, at the central bank’s headquarters in the City of London, U.K., on Nov. 29, 2024. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told CNBC Tuesday that “the path of interest rates will continue to be gradually downwards,” as the central bank juggles taming inflation and stoking elusive economic growth.“I haven’t changed my mind on that,” he told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach in Sintra, Portugal, where the European Central Bank is holding a forum. “But in terms of where are we going to go in the next meeting? Well, we’ll see.”Economists expect policymakers will cut rates by 25 basis points at their next gathering in August, which would take the central bank’s base rate from 4.25% to 4%.But BOE’s Bailey told CNBC that policymakers needed to gauge whether persistent inflationary pressures, such as averages wage outpacing inflation and higher energy prices, would continue to soften.“For me, the key question is, is that softening that we’re beginning to see going to come through and create the context where inflation will come back down to target?” he cautioned.The BOE has a 2% inflation target, but price rises have stubbornly exceeded that level, landing at 3.4% in May — well above the neighboring euro zone’s latest inflation print of 2% in June. Growth meanwhile remains elusive, with the U.K. economy shrinking sharply in April as global trade tariffs and new domestic tax rises kicked in.U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves — who last fall introduced tax increases on businesses to largely fund a mammoth public spending program — said the latest growth data was “clearly disappointing.”She also responded to the May inflation reading by insisting that the Treasury had taken “the necessary choices to stabilise the public finances and get inflation under control,” referencing her “fiscal rules” that dictate that day-to-day government spending won’t be funded by borrowing.In the time since those “non-negotiable” rules were set last October, however, the U.K.’s economic and fiscal outlook has become more challenging, with higher debt interest payments and weaker-than-expected tax receipts converging with lower economic growth forecasts. Back in March, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility said that it expects the U.K. to record 1% growth this year and 1.9% in 2026.Mark Kerrison | In Pictures | Getty ImagesShoppers and tourists pass in front of boutiques and antique shops on Portobello Road in London, United Kingdom. Chancellor Reeves has acknowledged that there is “more to do” as the government desperately seeks to boost growth in the U.K. economy.In order to achieve that while sticking to her fiscal rules, Reeves has essentially been left with three options: cut public spending, increase borrowing or raise taxes further.Economists say the latter choice is the government’s only real option, as it has already committed to higher public spending and a more sustainable borrowing framework.Read moreThe UK insisted unpopular tax rises were a one-off. Economists say hikes are now inevitableUK finance minister set on ‘renewing Britain’ as she unveils spending plansUK economy shrank sharply in April as Trump tariffs and tax rises kicked inCentral bank policymakers tend to steer clear from commenting on governments’ fiscal policies to avoid accusations of interference or bias. Bailey nevertheless on Tuesday told CNBC that, while it was important that Reeves had “set out a very clear fiscal framework,” there should be a “suitable amount of flexibility in that.”“The U.K. has got a fiscal framework that the chancellor and I discuss it often. I know the chancellor is very committed to having a robust fiscal policy in place, and that is important as a backdrop to macroeconomic stability,” he said.

2025-07-01

‘You have an asteroid named after you’: UCalgary prof surprised with celestial honour - LiveWire Calgary

‘You have an asteroid named after you’: UCalgary prof surprised with celestial honour LiveWire Calgary

2025-07-01

Outgoing MSU president Cruzado honored in Bozeman celebration

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana State University is marking the end of an era as they celebrate the legacy of their outgoing president, Waded Cruzado.

Trump dismantles Syria sanctions program as Israel ties eyed
2025-07-01

Trump dismantles Syria sanctions program as Israel ties eyed

President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered country into the global economy as Israel eyes ties with its new leadership.

The Coward's Bargain
2025-07-01

The Coward's Bargain

The Coward's Bargain Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute,Everyone’s Afraid to SpeakSomeone our family has known forever recently told my sister that they’ve been reading my Substack and that if they wrote the things I write, people would call them crazy. I got a kick out of that—not because it’s untrue, but because it reveals something darker about where we’ve ended up as a society. Most people are terrified of being themselves in public.My sister’s response made me laugh: “People do call him crazy. He simply doesn’t care.” The funniest part is that I don’t even write the craziest stuff I research—just the stuff I can back up with sources and/or my own personal observations. I always try to stay rooted in logic, reason, and facts, though—I’m clear when I’m speculating and when I’m not.This same guy has sent me dozens of private messages over the last 4 or 5 years challenging me on stuff I share online. I’ll respond with source material or common sense, and then—crickets. He disappears. If I say something he doesn’t want to hear, he vanishes like a child covering his ears. Over the last few years, I’ve been proven right about most of what we’ve argued about, and he’s been wrong. But it doesn’t matter—he’s got the memory of a gnat and the pattern never changes.But he’d never make that challenge publicly, never risk being seen engaging with my arguments where others might witness the conversation. This kind of private curiosity paired with public silence is everywhere—people will engage with dangerous ideas in private but never risk being associated with them publicly. It’s part of that reflexive “That can’t be true” mindset that shuts down inquiry before it can even begin.But he’s not alone. We’ve created a culture where wrongthink is policed so aggressively that even successful, powerful people whisper their doubts like they’re confessing crimes.I was on a hike last year with a very prominent tech VC. He was telling me about his son’s football team—how their practices kept getting disrupted because their usual field on Randall’s Island was now being used to house migrants. He leaned in, almost whispering: “You know, I’m a liberal, but maybe the people complaining about immigration have a point.” Here’s a guy who invests mountains of money into companies that shape the world we live in, and he’s afraid to voice a mild concern about policy in broad daylight. Afraid of his own thoughts.After I spoke out against vaccine mandates, a coworker told me he totally agreed with my position—but he was angry that I’d said it. When the company didn’t want to take a stand, I told them I would speak as an individual—on my own time, as a private citizen. He was pissed anyway. In fact, he was scolding me about the repercussions to the company. What’s maddening is that this same person had enthusiastically supported the business taking public stands on other, more politically fashionable causes over the years. Apparently, using your corporate voice was noble when it was fashionable. Speaking as a private citizen became dangerous when it wasn’t.Another person told me that they agreed with me but wished they were “more successful like me” so they could afford to speak out. They had “too much to lose.” The preposterousness of this is staggering. Everyone who spoke out during Covid sacrificed—financially, reputationally, socially. I sacrificed plenty myself.But I’m no victim. Far from it. Since I was a young man, I’ve never measured achievement by finance or status—my benchmark for being a so-called successful person was owning my own time. Ironically, getting myself canceled was actually a springboard to that. For the first time in my life, I felt I’d achieved time ownership. Whatever I’ve achieved came from being raised by loving parents, working hard, and having the spine to follow convictions rationally. Those attributes, coupled with some great fortune, are the reason for whatever success I’ve had—they’re not the reason I can speak now. Maybe this person should do some inward searching about why they’re not more established. Maybe it’s not about status at all. Maybe it’s about integrity.This is the adult world we’ve built—one where courage is so rare that people mistake it for privilege, where speaking your mind is seen as a luxury only the privileged can afford, rather than a fundamental requirement for actually becoming established.And this is the world we’re handing to our children.We Built the Surveillance State for ThemI remember twenty years ago, my best friend’s wife (who’s also a dear friend) was about to hire someone when she decided to check the candidate’s Facebook first. The woman had posted: “Meeting the whores at [company name]”—referring to my friend and her coworkers. My friend immediately withdrew the offer. I remember thinking this was absolutely terrible judgment on the candidate’s part; however, it was dangerous territory we were entering: the notion of living completely in public, where every casual comment becomes permanent evidence.Now that danger has metastasized into something unrecognizable. We’ve created a world where every stupid thing a fifteen-year-old says gets archived forever. Not just on their own phones, but screenshot and saved by peers who don’t understand they’re building permanent files on each other—even on platforms like Snapchat that promise everything disappears. We’ve eliminated the possibility of a private adolescence—and adolescence is supposed to be private, messy, experimental. It’s the laboratory where you figure out who you are by trying on terrible ideas and throwing them away.But laboratories require the freedom to fail safely. What we’ve built instead is a system where every failed experiment becomes evidence in some future trial.Think about the dumbest thing you believed at sixteen. The most embarrassing thing you said at thirteen. Now imagine that moment preserved in high definition, timestamped, and searchable. Imagine it surfacing when you’re 35 and running for school board, or just trying to move past who you used to be.If there was a record of everything I did when I was sixteen, I would have been unemployable. Come to think of it, I’m way older than that now and I’m unemployable anyway—but the truth still stands. My generation might have been the last to fully enjoy an analog existence as children. We got to be stupid privately, to experiment with ideas without permanent consequences, to grow up without every mistake being archived for future use against us.I remember teachers threatening us with our “permanent record.” We laughed—some mysterious file that would follow us forever? Turns out they were just early. Now we’ve built those records and handed the recording devices to children. Companies like Palantir have turned this surveillance into a sophisticated business model.We’re asking children to have adult judgment about consequences they can’t possibly understand. A thirteen-year-old posting something stupid isn’t thinking about college applications or future careers. They’re thinking about right now, today, this moment—which is exactly how thirteen-year-olds are supposed to think. But we’ve built systems that treat childhood immaturity as a prosecutable offense.The psychological toll is staggering. Imagine being fourteen and knowing that anything you say might be used against you by people you haven’t met yet, for reasons you can’t anticipate, at some unknown point in the future. That’s not adolescence—that’s a police state built out of smartphones and social media.The result is a generation that’s either paralyzed by self-consciousness or completely reckless because they figure they’re already screwed. Some retreat into careful blandness, crafting personas so sanitized they might as well be corporate spokespeople for their own lives. Others go scorched earth—if everything’s recorded anyway, why hold back? As my friend Mark likes to say, there’s Andrew Tate and then there’s a bunch of incels—meaning the young men either become performatively brash and ridiculous, or they retreat entirely. The young women seem to either drift toward fearful conformity or embrace monetized exposure on platforms like OnlyFans. We’ve managed to channel an entire generation’s rebellion into the very systems designed to exploit them.The Covid Conformity TestThis is how totalitarian thinking takes root—not through jackbooted thugs, but through a million small acts of self-censorship. When a venture capitalist whispers his concerns about immigration policy like he’s confessing to a thought crime. When successful professionals agree with dissenting views privately but would never defend them publicly. When speaking obvious truths becomes an act of courage rather than basic citizenship.George Orwell understood this perfectly. In 1984, the Party’s greatest achievement wasn’t forcing people to say things they didn’t believe—it was making them afraid to believe things they weren’t supposed to say. “The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake,” O’Brien explains to Winston. “We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power.” But the real genius was making citizens complicit in their own oppression, turning everyone into both prisoner and guard.History shows us how this works in practice. The Stasi in East Germany didn’t just rely on secret police—they turned ordinary citizens into informants. By some estimates, one in seven East Germans was reporting on their neighbors, friends, even family members. The state didn’t need to watch everyone; they got people to watch each other. But the Stasi had limitations: they could recruit informants, but they couldn’t monitor everyone simultaneously, and they couldn’t instantly broadcast transgressions to entire communities for real-time judgment.Social media solved both problems. Now we have total surveillance capability—every comment, photo, like, and share automatically recorded and searchable. We have instant mass distribution—one screenshot reaching thousands in minutes. We have volunteer enforcement—people eagerly participating in calling out “wrongthink” because it feels righteous. And we have permanent records—unlike Stasi files locked in archives, digital mistakes follow you forever.The psychological impact is exponentially worse because Stasi informants at least had to make a conscious choice to report someone. Now the reporting happens automatically—the infrastructure is always listening, always recording, always ready to be weaponized by anyone with a grudge or a cause.We saw this machinery in full operation during Covid. Remember how quickly “two weeks to flatten the curve” became orthodoxy? How questioning lockdowns, mask mandates, or vaccine efficacy wasn’t just wrong—it was dangerous? How saying “maybe we should consider the trade-offs of closing schools” could get you labeled a grandma-killer? The speed at which dissent became heresy was breathtaking.History has shown us that governments can be terrible to citizens. The hardest pill to swallow was the horizontal policing. Your neighbors, coworkers, friends, and family members became the enforcement mechanism. People didn’t just comply; they competed—virtue-signaling their way into a collective delusion where asking basic questions about cost-benefit analysis became evidence of moral deficiency. Neighbors called police on neighbors for having too many people over. People photographed “violations” and posted them online for mass judgment.And the most insidious part? The people doing the policing genuinely believed they were the good guys. They thought they were protecting society from dangerous misinformation, not realizing they had become the misinformation—that they were actively suppressing the kind of open inquiry that’s supposed to be the foundation of both science and democracy.The Ministry of Truth didn’t need to rewrite history in real time. Facebook and Twitter did it for them, memory-holing inconvenient posts and banning users who dared to share pre-approved scientific studies that happened to reach unapproved conclusions. The Party didn’t need to control the past—they just needed to control what you were allowed to remember about it.This wasn’t an accident or an overreaction. This was a stress test of how quickly a free society could be transformed into something unrecognizable, and we failed spectacularly. Anyone who actually followed the science understood that the only pandemic was one of cowardice. Worse, most people didn’t even notice we were being tested. They thought they were just “following the science”—never mind that the data kept changing to match the politics, or that questioning anything had somehow become heretical.The beautiful thing about this system is that it’s self-sustaining. Once you’ve participated in the mob mentality, once you’ve policed your neighbors and canceled your friends and stayed silent when you should have spoken up, you become invested in maintaining the fiction that you were right all along. Admitting you were wrong isn’t just embarrassing—it’s an admission that you participated in something monstrous. So instead, you double down. You disappear when confronted with inconvenient facts.Raising PrisonersAnd this brings us back to the children. They’re watching all of this. But more than that—they’re growing up inside this surveillance infrastructure from birth. The Stasi’s victims at least had some years of normal psychological development before the surveillance state kicked in. These kids never get that. They’re born into a world where every thought might be public, every mistake permanent, every unpopular opinion potentially life-destroying.The psychological impact is devastating. Research shows that children who grow up under constant surveillance—even well-meaning parental surveillance—show higher rates of anxiety, depression, and what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” They never develop internal locus of control because they never get to make real choices with real consequences. But this goes far deeper than helicopter parenting.The ability to hold unpopular opinions, to think through problems independently, to risk being wrong—these aren’t just nice-to-haves. They’re core to psychological maturity. When you eliminate those possibilities, you don’t just get more compliant people; you get people who literally can’t think for themselves anymore. They outsource their judgment to the crowd because they never developed their own.We’re creating a generation of psychological cripples—people who are practiced at reading social cues and adjusting their thoughts accordingly, but who have never learned to form independent judgments. People who mistake consensus for truth and popularity for virtue. People who have been so thoroughly trained to avoid wrong-think that they’ve either lost—or never developed—the capacity for original thought entirely.But here’s what’s most disturbing: the kids are learning this behavior from us. They’re watching adults who whisper their real thoughts, who agree privately but stay silent publicly, who confuse strategic silence with wisdom. They’re learning that authenticity is dangerous, that having real convictions is a luxury they can’t afford. They’re learning that truth is negotiable, that principles are disposable, and that the most important skill in life is reading the room and adjusting your thoughts accordingly.The feedback loop is complete: adults model cowardice, children learn that genuine expression is risky, and everyone becomes practiced at self-censorship rather than self-examination. We’ve created a society where the Overton window isn’t just narrow—it’s actively policed by people who are terrified of stepping outside it, even when they privately disagree with its boundaries.This is the architecture of soft totalitarianism. Just the constant, gnawing fear that saying the wrong thing—or even thinking it too loudly—will result in social death. The beauty of this system is that it makes everyone complicit. Everyone has something to lose, so everyone stays quiet. Everyone remembers what happened to the last person who spoke up, so nobody wants to be next.The technology doesn’t just enable this tyranny; it makes it psychologically inevitable. When the infrastructure punishes independent thinking before it can fully form, you get psychological arrested development on a mass scale.It’s already baked into education and employment through DEI and ESG. Wait till it’s baked into the monetary system. Maybe they’re just connecting us to the Borg anyway?We’re passing this pathology down to our children like a genetic disorder. Except this disorder isn’t inherited—it’s enforced. And unlike genetic disorders, this one serves a purpose: it creates a population that’s easy to control, easy to manipulate, easy to lead around by the nose as long as you control the social rewards and punishments.The Price of TruthI don’t share my opinions because I “get away with it”—I don’t get away with anything. I’ve paid socially, professionally, and even financially. But I do it anyway because the alternative is spiritual death. The alternative is becoming someone who messages critics privately but never takes a public stand, someone who’s perpetually annoyed by others’ courage but never exercises their own.The difference isn’t ability or privilege. It’s willingness. I’m open-minded and open-hearted. I can be convinced of anything—but show me, don’t tell me. I’m willing to be wrong, willing to change my mind when new information comes to light or I gain a different perspective on an idea, willing to defend ideas I believe in even when it’s uncomfortable.There are a lot of us right now realizing that something isn’t right—that we’ve been lied to about everything. We’re trying to make sense of what we’re seeing, asking uncomfortable questions, connecting dots that don’t want to be connected. When we call that out, the last thing we need is people who haven’t done the work standing in our way, carrying water for the establishment forces that are manipulating them.Most people could do the same thing if they chose to—they just don’t choose to because they’ve been trained to see conviction as dangerous and conformity as safe.A 2020 Cato Institute survey found that 62% of Americans say the political climate prevents them from sharing their political beliefs because others might find them offensive. Majorities of Democrats (52%), independents (59%), and Republicans (77%) all agree they have political opinions they are afraid to share.When adults who lived through Covid saw what happens when groupthink becomes gospel—how quickly independent thought gets labeled dangerous, how thoroughly dissent gets suppressed—many responded not by becoming more committed to free expression, but by becoming more careful about what they express. They learned the wrong lesson.What we’re creating is a society where authenticity has become a radical act, where courage is so rare it looks like privilege. We’re raising children who learn that being yourself is dangerous, that having real opinions carries unlimited downside risk. They’re not just careful about what they say—they’re careful about what they think.This doesn’t create better people. It creates more fearful people. People who mistake surveillance for safety, conformity for virtue, and silence for wisdom. People who’ve forgotten that the point of having thoughts is sometimes to share them, that the point of having convictions is sometimes to defend them.The solution isn’t to abandon technology or retreat into digital monasteries. But we need to create spaces—legal, social, psychological—where both kids and adults can fail safely. Where mistakes don’t become permanent tattoos. Where changing your mind is seen as growth rather than hypocrisy. Where having convictions is valued over having clean records.Most importantly, we need adults who are willing to model courage instead of strategic silence—who understand that the price of speaking up is usually less than the price of staying quiet. In a world where everyone’s afraid to say what they think, the honest voice doesn’t just stand out—it stands up.Because right now, we’re not just living in fear—we’re teaching our children that fear is the price of participation in society. And a society built on fear isn’t a society at all. It’s just a more comfortable prison, one where the guards are ourselves and the keys are our own convictions, which we’ve learned to keep safely locked away.Whether it’s experimental medicine or the masters of war lying again to drag us into what might become World War III—it’s PSYOP season—it’s never been more important that people find their conviction, use their voice, and become a force for good. If you’re still scared to push back against war propaganda, still getting swept up in manufactured outrage cycles, still choosing your principles based on which team is in power—then you may have learned absolutely nothing from the last few years.These days, friends are starting to confide in me that maybe I was right about the mRNA vaccines not working. I don’t gloat—in fact, I appreciate the openness. But my standard reply is that they’re four years late to the story. They’ll know they’ve caught up when they realize the world is run by a bunch of satanic pedophiles. And yeah, I used to think that sounded crazy too.Republished from the author’s Substack Tyler DurdenMon, 06/30/2025 - 22:35

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From Single Cells to Complex Creatures: New Study Points to Origins of Animal Multicellularity

Researchers at UChicago discover key innovations that allowed modern, multicellular animals to emerge.

2025-07-01

Why Scientists and Policy Experts Are Trying to Map the Genomes of Every Animal, Plant and Fungal Species in the US

The Vertebrate Genomes Project has set its sights on creating high-quality reference genomes to help answer some of science's biggest questions.

Improving Large-Scale Domestic Production of Americium-241, a Critical Component in Smoke Detectors and Nuclear Batteries
2025-07-01

Improving Large-Scale Domestic Production of Americium-241, a Critical Component in Smoke Detectors and Nuclear Batteries

The resin that fills columns used to extract americium-24 from plutonium is exposed to high radiation and strong acids. Scientists tested different resins to assess the damage caused by production conditions and identified new resins that increase Am-241 capture and better resist decomposition.

New Machine Learning Project Will Advance Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Across Energy Industries
2025-07-01

New Machine Learning Project Will Advance Real-Time Seismic Monitoring Across Energy Industries

A new initiative designed to revolutionize seismic monitoring and forecasting using real time, advanced machine learning (ML) technologies is coming to the West Texas/New Mexico area.

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