Turning heads and calling it “art” is nothing new, but there are lines that even the edgiest refuse to cross. In November, the Paris-based fashion brand Balenciaga released back-to-back ad campaigns featuring blatant references to child pornography,
The Book of Enoch: What is the famous biblical Apocrypha? – explainer – The Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-724679
The Book of Enoch is one of the most well-known examples of biblical Apocrypha, but it isn't accepted by almost any Jews or Christians. Here is what you should know.
Digital Currency: The Fed Moves toward Monetary Totalitarianism | Mises Wire
https://mises.org/wire/digital-currency-fed-moves-toward-monetary-totalitarianism
The Federal Reserve is sowing the seeds for its central bank digital currency (CBDC). It may seem that the purpose of a CBDC is to facilitate transactions and enhance economic activity, but CBDCs are mainly about more
Pushing The Doomsday Clock – Analysis – Eurasia Review
https://www.eurasiareview.com/13122022-pushing-the-doomsday-clock-analysis/
The Doomsday Clock is symbolic of the vulnerability of human existence. Set every year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, it is intended to warn of the imminence of humanity’s annihilation due to nuclear war
Report calls for improved oversight on chimeric human-animal research
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-oversight-chimeric-human-animal.html
A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into nonhuman animals—research surrounded by debate—makes recommendations clarifying the ethical issues and calling for improved oversight of this work.