The End of ATMs in Australia?
March 5th, 2022Via: Daily Mail:
As Australian banks continue to focus on digital transactions for customers, ATMs and bank branches are disappearing across the country, according to new data.
The analysis revealed close to 460 bank branches have shut down across the nation in recent years, and dating back to 2020, approximately 3800 previously active ATMs have been removed.
NSW alone now has 140 fewer in-store banks, and almost 300 suburbs don’t have a singular ATM to withdraw cash.
It is a similar story in Victoria, where 120 branches have permanently closed their doors to customers.
Elon Musk Warns Starlink Users in Ukraine That Russia Could Target Them
March 4th, 2022Update: Musk Says SpaceX Working on Cyber Defense & Overcoming Starlink Signal Jamming
SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense & overcoming signal jamming.
Will cause slight delays in Starship & Starlink V2.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2022
Some Starlink terminals near conflict areas were being jammed for several hours at a time. Our latest software update bypasses the jamming.
Am curious to see what’s next!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2022
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Via: New York Post:
Elon Musk has urged caution for Ukrainians who access Starlink internet within the country — warning that the Russian military will likely target users during its escalating invasion of Ukraine.
Musk’s firm SpaceX sent a shipment of Starlink terminals to provide Ukraine with internet access due to concerns the country would lose reliable access during invasion. But as Russia steps up its bombardment of major cities, Musk and others have cautioned that the satellite signals could turn Ukrainians into targets.
“Important warning: Starlink is the only non-Russian communications system still working in some parts of Ukraine, so probability of being targeted is high,” Musk tweeted. “Please use with caution.”
Musk urged Ukrainians to take certain precautions when using Starlink.
“Turn on Starlink only when needed and place antenna away as far away from people as possible,” Musk added. “Place light camouflage over antenna to avoid visual detection.”
Sony Teams Up With Honda to Make Electric Vehicles
March 4th, 2022Via: Bloomberg:
Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are joining forces to develop electric vehicles, seeking to marry their strengths as the cars of the future become more technology-driven and interconnected.
The partners plan to start a new company together this year, with vehicle sales scheduled to start in 2025, according to a statement Friday.
Ukraine: Fire Breaks Out at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant After Shelling
March 3rd, 2022Update: Fire Extinguished [???]
Via: Reuters:
Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set ablaze during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday.
Fears of a potential nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia plant had spread alarm across world capitals, before authorities said the fire in a building identified as a training centre, had been extinguished.
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Via: DW:
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, tweeted, “Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out.”
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Ukraine’s energy ministry told Russia’s RIA news agency that firefighters are unable to tend to the blaze at the plant as Russian troops continue to fire on them.
Plant spokesman Andry Tuz said shells were striking the plant and one of the six reactors was on fire. He said the reactor that was hit was under renovation and therefore nonoperational.
Tuz said it was imperative to cease fighting so firefighters could contain the blaze.
Dmytro Humenyuk of the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety told Hromadske that the power units have several layers of fuel protection. The plant generates 25% of Ukraine’s electricity.
Humenyuk explained that under certain conditions, the power units can withstand up to 10 tons but are not designed to be hit by bombs or projectiles. If the reactor is seriously damaged and nuclear fuel exposed, the resulting catastrophe would be as bad as Chernobyl and if more than one reactor is hit, the result would be even more horrific.
Melinda Gates Slams Bill for Continuing to Meet with ‘Evil’ Jeffrey Epstein
March 3rd, 2022Via: Daily Mail:
Melinda Gates trashed her ex-husband Bill for his questionable friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and revealed that he continued to meet with him despite her having ‘nightmares’ about him.
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‘It was not one thing, it was many things [that led to the divorce]. Any of the questions remaining about what Bill’s relationship with him was… those are for Bill to answer. I made it very clear how I felt about him.’
m o d e r n i t y 7
March 3rd, 2022To the mailbag again.
Someone asked me what I thought about the Ukraine situation. I wrote back:
There are no protagonists here. NATO is a street gang. Putin, and his circle of oligarch kleptocrats, who have plundered Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, are another street gang. The crooks running Ukraine represent yet another street gang, with sponsorship from NATO. The crooks running Belarus are, yep, you guessed it, a wholly owned subsidiary of Putin Enterprises.
It’s like asking me, “What do I think of the Crips and the Bloods?” And the answer would be the same: I think a lot of innocent people are going to die.
What does “a lot” mean? Besides thousands or tens of thousands or more dead in Ukraine from the war itself, we could have wide ranging spill over effects. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw anything from severe energy and food supply disruptions to the exchange of nuclear weapons. The sky’s the limit!
Have a nice day.
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Like Paul Watson, in the video below, I also find it astonishing how quickly the Mighty Wurlitzer switched the channel from COVID-19 to Ukraine, and turned the volume up to 11. Just as people were starting to figure out what had been done to them over the last two years…
Via: Paul Joseph Watson:
Corporate Media Blames Everything Other Than Vaxxes For Exploding Heart Attack Rates
March 2nd, 2022Via: The Daily Bell:
If you live in the West, you may have noticed in the post-COVID world a veritable deluge of creepy propaganda offering various explanations for surging heart attacks, strokes, and reproductive system damage.
The now-established medical fact is that the COVID-19 gene therapies deceptively marketed as “vaccines” wreak havoc on the cardiovascular system.
Straight from the (conspiracy theory blog??) American Heart Association:
“We conclude that the mRNA vacs dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle and may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination.”
In response to facts, Twitter labeled the American Heart Association’s evidence-based conclusions “unsafe.”
European Gas Prices Soar as Russian Supply Concerns Mount
March 2nd, 2022Via: Reuters:
British and Dutch gas prices soared over 30% on Wednesday morning, driven by anxiety over the continued supply of Russian gas and possible sanctions in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Starlink Systems Delivered in Ukraine
March 1st, 2022That was fast!
Remember the days when Starlink was just about bringing better Internet access to rural households? haha
See, Musk Activates Starlink Internet Service in Ukraine for context:
What is Starlink’s actual purpose? …the massive scale of the project and the rapid approval by the U.S. Government made me think that there had to be some sort of national security element in play.
And now…
Starlink — here. Thanks, @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/dZbaYqWYCf
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 28, 2022
“Breadbasket Of World” Choked Off By Russian Invasion As Wheat Prices Soar
March 1st, 2022Via: ZeroHedge:
Ukraine has earned the nickname “breadbasket of Europe” for its rich dark soil, vast wheat fields, and other farm goods. The Russian invasion has cut off the world from cheap and abundant wheat supplies.
Ukraine and Russia are vital to the global food supply, accounting for more than a quarter of global wheat trade, about a fifth of corn, and 12% of all calories traded globally, according to Bloomberg.
