#Data Credits (DC)

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HNT | Helium Network: Revolutionizing Wireless Connectivity with Crypto Incentives 

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HNT | Helium Network: Revolutionizing Wireless Connectivity with Crypto Incentives 

Helium Network: Revolutionizing Wireless Connectivity with Crypto Incentives

In the ever-evolving realm of cryptocurrency, numerous projects grapple with the elusive bridge between theory and real-world application. However, the Helium Network stands out as a shining example, actively transforming the landscape of wireless connectivity with its innovative approach. This article delves into the Helium Network ecosystem, exploring its cryptocurrencies, functionalities, and potential impact on the future of mobile networks.

The Power of Decentralization:

The Helium Network operates on a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) model, leveraging a global network of Helium hotspots hosted by individuals. These hotspots, essentially low-powered wireless routers, provide internet access to devices within their range. By participating in this network, users earn rewards in the form of Helium’s native cryptocurrency, Helium (HNT). This unique incentive structure incentivizes network growth and fosters a collaborative environment.

A Symphony of Cryptocurrencies:

The Helium Network ecosystem revolves around four critical cryptocurrencies:

Helium (HNT): The lifeblood of the network, HNT serves as the primary reward for hotspot owners who contribute to network coverage. Users can also burn HNT to create Data Credits, which power data transfer across the network.

Mobile Helium (MOBILE): This utility token rewards users for sharing their mobile data connection through the Helium Mobile app. MOBILE incentivizes broader network participation and strengthens cellular connectivity.

Internet of Things (IoT) Token (IOT): While not currently tradable, the IOT token represents a future reward mechanism for devices on the Helium Network. It is designed to incentivize the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices within the network and facilitate communication between them.

Data Credits (DCs): Representing units of data transfer within the Helium Network, DCs are burned to facilitate data transmission between devices.

Bridging the Gap: Helium Mobile and 5G Integration:

The Helium Network isn’t just about Wi-Fi. Through its Helium Mobile initiative, the project aims to revolutionize mobile network infrastructure by integrating 5G capabilities with blockchain technology. Users with compatible smartphones can contribute cellular network coverage through the app, earning MOBILE tokens in return. This collaborative approach holds immense potential for expanding and democratizing access to high-speed mobile data.

HNT and MOBILE: Potential Powerhouses in the Decentralized Future?

Helium (HNT) and Mobile Helium (MOBILE) have garnered significant attention within the crypto sphere, and with good reason. Both coins are integral to the functioning of the Helium Network, a revolutionary project actively building a decentralized wireless infrastructure. HNT, the network’s primary token, incentivizes users to host Helium hotspots, expanding network coverage and earning rewards. MOBILE, on the other hand, rewards users for sharing their mobile data connection through the Helium Mobile app, contributing to a more robust cellular network.

The current price action of HNT and MOBILE can be volatile, as is the nature of cryptocurrency markets. However, their long-term potential hinges on the success of the Helium Network itself. As the network gains traction and disrupts the traditional wireless landscape, both HNT and MOBILE could see significant price appreciation. The increasing demand for data, coupled with the growing focus on decentralized solutions, positions these tokens as potential long-term investments. However, it’s crucial to remember that cryptocurrency investments are inherently risky, and thorough research is essential before making any financial decisions.

Current Market Frenzy:

The Helium Network and its associated cryptocurrencies have captured the attention of the crypto community. Notably, both HNT and MOBILE have experienced significant price surges in recent times, reflecting investor confidence in the project’s potential. However, it’s crucial to remember that cryptocurrency markets are inherently volatile, and responsible investment decisions require thorough research.

Beyond the Hype: A Sustainable Ecosystem on Solana:

Helium leverages the power of the Solana blockchain for efficient transaction processing and network scalability. This partnership ensures that the Helium Network can accommodate future growth and maintain a robust infrastructure.

The Road Ahead:

The Helium Network presents a compelling vision for the future of wireless connectivity. By harnessing the power of decentralization and incentivizing user participation with cryptocurrency rewards, Helium fosters a collaborative environment that could reshape the way we access and share data. While the project remains in its growth phase, its real-world applications and innovative approach hold significant promise for the future of mobile networks and the broader blockchain landscape.

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X-15 Launch from B-52 Mothership by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft was taken aloft under the wing of a B-52. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. This was one of the early powered flights using a pair of XLR-11 engines (until the XLR-99 became available). The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 ft long with a wingspan of 22 ft. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual wedge-shaped vertical tail, thin stubby wings, and unique fairings that extended along the side of the fuselage. The X-15 weighed about 14,000 lb empty and approximately 34,000 lb at launch. The XLR-99 rocket engine, manufactured by Thiokol Chemical Corp., was pilot controlled and was capable of developing 57,000 lb of rated thrust (actual thrust reportedly climbed to 60,000 lb). North American Aviation built three X-15 aircraft for the program. The X-15 research aircraft was developed to provide in-flight information and data on aerodynamics, structures, flight controls, and the physiological aspects of high-speed, high-altitude flight. A follow-on program used the aircraft as a testbed to carry various scientific experiments beyond the Earth's atmosphere on a repeated basis. For flight in the dense air of the usable atmosphere, the X-15 used conventional aerodynamic controls such as rudder surfaces on the vertical stabilizers to control yaw and canted horizontal surfaces on the tail to control pitch when moving in synchronization or roll when moved differentially. For flight in the thin air outside of the appreciable Earth's atmosphere, the X-15 used a reaction control system. Hydrogen peroxide thrust rockets located on the nose of the aircraft provided pitch and yaw control. Those on the wings provided roll control. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. Depending on the mission, the rocket engine provided thrust for the first 80 to 120 sec of flight. The remainder of the normal 10 to 11 min. flight was powerless and ended with a 200-mph glide landing. Generally, one of two types of X-15 flight profiles was used: a high-altitude flight plan that called for the pilot to maintain a steep rate of climb, or a speed profile that called for the pilot to push over and maintain a level altitude. The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years--June 1959 to Oct. 1968--and set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 ft (over 67 mi) in a program to investigate all aspects of piloted hypersonic flight. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights and were manufactured by North American Aviation. X-15-1, serial number 56-6670, is now located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. NASA Media Usage Guidelines Credit: NASA Image Number: E-4942 Date: 1959

[arkhammaid]

THE BIG ARKHAM DATA LEAK OCTOBER 2023

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DATED: weekdays on oct 23 SIZE: short fics, one character per prompt

APHRODISIACS alpha in a beta world

wriothesley [genshin impact]

KNOTTING i’m a mess

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PEGGING bow low for me

fushiguro megumi [jujutsu kaisen]

OVERSTIMULATION crying for you

neuvillette [genshin impact]

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ORAL SEX on your knees

neuvillette, wriothesley [genshin impact]

THREESOME double trouble

gojo satoru, geto suguru [jujutsu kaisen]

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[fromtenthousandfeet]

https://www.tumblr.com/fromtenthousandfeet/766065012296056833/so-basically-what-im-getting-is-that-hybe-and?source=share

You know I've worked under a CEO who had a massive ego. With men like that and companies that have a culture like that, you'll see that ultimately decisions will be based on the CEOs "gut instincts". I'd bring up data driven proposals based on market research and argue for initiatives I believed in because I naively thought my success = company profits from my proposals. I quickly realised that nope, people who showed worse results than me got shifted to better projects because they were massaging the CEOs ego better. You'd have treat his ego like a delicate baby bird egg and make him think what you want is his decision. This is a dynamic in a lot of places but it's esp strong in asian workplaces and being a woman also unfortunately makes a difference. I admit instead of sticking by my principles, I adopted a similar approach and immediately started getting more acclaim for my work even though imo it was actually worse than before. I ultimately got tired of all of it and moved to an mnc where things are less about catering to one man.

Anyway this long rant was just to say, you'd think that in the face of overwhelming evidence that they're not backing a strong solo talent like Jimin enough, this dumbass music label would course correct and fix their mistakes. This is why so many pjms think Jimin's not continuing with hybe. But I'm gonna say men like bang si hyuk who probably solely credits himself as the brains behind the success of BTS more than any member and think their thoughts are always right, would rather double down than admit they made a mistake and did not identify Jimin's solo talent correctly.

Of course I don't have any inside scoop on Hybe and perhaps I'm projecting too much of my personal experience here but as much as I don't like MHJ, I can identify with that aspect of her complaints which were obvious from the messages she exposed that she exchanged with BSH. Or that post by the Hybe employee you shared who talked about getting pushed out of the company. Hell even the myriad controversies that keep getting exposed about Hybe employees bitching about their artists on forums, getting exposed for insider trading, potentially being on DC gallery and selling info to ssngs, the cloying nature of that internal report, embezzlement scandals etc - I know they're a big corporation but it is not normal to have so many issues in such a short period of time. It's a symptom of a toxic workplace where things are festering under the surface.

A bunch of misogynistic, old Korean men decided to back JK and his bad boy aesthetic instead of Jimin whose appeal is more soft and unisex - it's not surprising right? We talk about how men look down on kpop esp boy groups because their fanbase is primarily women, and we talk at length about how sea countries have a higher tendency to shun Jimin because of some internalised homophobia (wild considering we don't know anything about his romantic life) - but these are the same type of people who are in charge of orgs like Hybe. Of course their asses don't back him or see his potential. Also why they're struggling so hard to break into western markets. They cannot see beyond their own twisted ideas of what makes a successful artist - esp a male solo artist

Truly I think they personally don't see his appeal or like his music and they think that means he can't make it even though at this point it's becoming kind of obvious he's perhaps the most popular member in the US and latam. And damn with who, he's doing amazing in Russia, Europe and India too. Will they get their heads out of their asses and give him the promo he deserves? I really don't know. I don't think he's parted ways with Hybe like some pjms so unless he plans to in the future, I can only hope they're eventually forced to see the light.

PS I'm from a sea country, currently working in the middle east so I don't bring up Asian work culture or sea / asian countries to be derogatory but from personal experience. Also sorry about how long this got!

Thank you to the anon who sent this to me so long ago (in response to the weekly industry trends leak). I've been waiting for the right time to share this and today feels like the day with the announcement of the new BigHit CEO announcement.

I saw the most amazing comment from a KPJM today - only pigs survive in pigsties. Maybe the new CEO will be great and a much needed fresh start, but it's also possible that she's held on for so long in the company because she's willing to do what's necessary to keep her job and move up the ladder. We shall see. I'm staying neutral for now.

Thank you for sharing your personal experience and your insights.

[zahri-melitor]

New Comics (the actual spoilers edition)

DC's Lex and the City #1:

Honestly this has been a pretty ordinary anthology. I did hiss quietly to myself that the percentage of Bat stories in this was higher than at least half the issues of Brave and the Bold, but it is what it is.

I thought on top of the stories themselves I’d talk about who got to write them, as I’ve got another post percolating about that.

Lex and the City (by Sina Grace): I swear I've seen versions of this story before (think one had Cat Grant instead of Trish Q). Can't remember where, would have to dig, it's probably in an anthology around Rebirth.

I also can think of at least one episode of Lois & Clark with approximate this plot (Lois is doing the interview), and presumably it's happened in other tv versions of the Superman franchise.

It's...fine. It's the sort of Sex and the City joke story that you'd presume from the title.

Grace's other work includes the Claire Clover backups from the end of Tamaki's 'Tec run, a Hartley story from the first Pride anthology, and the opening story of Beast World Tour Atlantis, among others. I think the best piece I’ve read from him is the Atlantis story, which balanced a fair amount of plot and characters simultaneously. He’s also the guy getting that Shazam fill next month about Jon Kent (after working with Nicole Maines on Absolute Power: Super Son).

A Valentine’s Day Gift For Poison Ivy (by Maggie Tokuda-Hall): this felt very informed by BTAS characterisation rather than main continuity, and set *handwave* some time when they both were still villains (Alfred is alive too, as another data point).

It’s exactly the sort of puff Harley/Ivy story that inevitably ends up in at least 2 anthologies a year.

In terms of characterisation – I don’t read Harley focused stuff, but I can definitely say it’s not written by someone who feels like they read Wilson’s Poison Ivy. This is because the characterisation of both Harley and Ivy feels like it’s from the general osmosis vibes: Ivy is ‘a die-hard environmentalist’ and so might have ethical objections to an ‘infant leopard sealskin’ coat, but Harley’s just fine wearing it and running off with it. Which: Ivy cares about PLANTS. Her environmentalism strains have always revolved around the plant kingdom, not animals, while Harley’s the one who keeps animals as pets. It’s a weird villainous Cruella DeVille sort of note to add to the story for Harley, while these sort of fluff shorts are usually going out of their way to excuse both Harley and Ivy as ethical criminals only committing victimless crimes against big business.

I also rolled my eyes at what seemed to be a period piece taking a wide swipe at Cybertrucks. When do you want this to be set? (Part of me wanted to give the story props for playing up the ‘using Lex as a Musk insert’ tendency that’s happened in the last handful of years, part of me is mourning the loss of the ‘Lex as Trump insert’ of earlier years, part of me is unsure that Tokuda-Hall knows that Lex has a ‘Lexla’ brand in comics)

I will give the hat tip to it being a lesbian love story in this anthology, because I’ve dinged DC in previous years for managing to avoid showing a single openly queer relationship in the Valentines anthology.

This is Tokuda-Hall’s first DC work, and she only has two other credits on LOCG (both for independent YA graphic novels). And I have to say, that background shows. Good on her for pitching, but I would like to see more evidence she’s read recent main continuity works. They should talk to her about the teen graphic novels line where it matters less.

Beautiful Lies (by Jon Rivera): Victor Fries has been getting a bunch of solid stories recently, and this one joins the pack. I don’t think I’ve seen him used as a joke to dunk on for AGES. On the other hand, this is written in reaction to contemporary economic problems, but Victor’s got Nora in a tube here. So we are very much running with background default ‘what people know about Freeze’ for the story.

I thought the commentary on Batman v Bruce Wayne’s work in Gotham for ordinary people was fairly straightforward in this, but it definitely hewed straight to the classic tropes of whenever it’s brought up (Batman with the ‘call this number, they’ll help you find a job’ business card!) The tragedy at the centre of this felt very in conversation with various economic downtimes, as it raised ‘what will you do for economic security’.

I also need to get around to writing about my feelings about the way various writers use the concept of gentrification in comics, particularly in regards to Gotham, but that’s a bigger project than just this so I’ll just stick a pin in it here that this is another example I need to come back to.

Jon Rivera did a bunch of work in the Young Animal line with Cave Carson. This is the first story he’s had with DC for almost 7 years. I feel it’s pretty obvious, reading the anthology, that he’s one of the writers with the most comics experience in here.

Together Again (by Charles Skaggs): finally, a piece in this anthology that feels like it’s written specifically in reaction to real, published comics. This is a World’s Finest: Teen Titans based story reflecting on their first mission as a team. It’s not based off their original Silver Age original team up as far as I can tell, but it is very much in the updated vibe of Silver Age stories that the World’s Finest stories use. It’s also using old post-Crisis factoids, like the fact that Dick and Wally used to have standing guy’s camping trip arrangements (we end up feeling like this is riffing several issues from Titans 1999).

I enjoyed it! The way Dick, Wally, Roy and Garth were bouncing off each other felt very similar to the diner scene in Titans #1 1999 (obvious parallels are obvious). You can tell they’re friends.

Charles Skaggs’ other DC piece that I can find is a period-set JSA story from DC’s Terrors Through Time in 2022. He’s clearly a DC fan who actually reads comics and understands how to fit things into continuity, and the person top of my list in this for DC to offer more work to.

To Live and Date in Gotham (by Brendan Hay): Is this generally kinda meh fanonish characterisation? Yes. Does everyone need to chill? Also yes. Look, I knew this one was going to be controversial from when the anthology was solicited. And now that I’ve read it, it’s just generally the sort of light fluff you see in anthologies, where everyone feels a bit skewed from their main writers.

Personally what I think everyone should be up in arms about is the ‘Teen-Bats’ line, because while you might THINK on first glance this might be the glorious return of Becky and Aaron Langstrom to canon, I strongly suspect this is actually referencing Tristan Grey, given the various age differences (Aaron should by any standard still be a kid; Becky if she’d aged consistently might have reached her early teens by now, though I think preteen is more likely). Anyway, Man-Bats and Tim are a flavour that go great together with plenty of backstory, why are you faking me out on suggesting I might have got my Langstrom kids back?!? How dare you Brendan Hay!!!! (Tongue firmly in cheek for all of this)

Yes, Brendan Hay wrote that Tim and Damian story in Brave and the Bold that everyone already whinged about, but what I personally want to note is that he also wrote “Say Yes To the Mess” in last year’s Valentine’s anthology, which was that story about Diana getting propositioned by a random assortment of characters, Diana explaining why people didn’t really want to date her, they just wanted connection with another person, and then declaring ‘actually what’s Galantine’s Day?!?’ in what felt like the most awkward out on having Diana go on an actual date with a woman.

And I think that’s probably worth looking at in context of the ho ho ho Steph and Cass aren’t dating, they’re just anti-Valentines Day together! stuff in this story. Will write Tim/Bernard. Will also just stick two female characters together and go wink wink wink. Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. (This is not a trend I’m fond of)

I don’t think Hay’s views on characterisation match this section of tumblr’s, and I think from some of the commentary dug up that this is another example of ‘writer has spent noticeable amounts of time in fandom and been influenced by it’ plus he’s explicitly said he just wrote parts of the story in his head and excused not explaining things because he decided they happened off panel. Which…look. I’ve certainly noted that various writers before him have done that (Devin Grayson’s approach to Dick, Megan Fitzmartin’s approach to Bernard) but generally you don’t ADMIT IT straight out, especially as he clearly worked through ways it could have been told better, yet failed to use them.

Riddle Me Kiss (by Sabrina Futch): look, the oddest thing about this is that this doesn’t really track with any of the common lines on Eddie as a character that have been written over the last several decades. It’s definitely not the Snyder version of Ridder, which was adopted by Tom King, which is probably the most prominent that’s not Eddie just having a fun time being a criminal or busy doing high level work. It’s treating his riddles as more like Baffler levels of jokes rather than actual challenges. It’s really framing him as a pathetic villain, rather than a high level Rogue. (Also as has been mentioned by others, Ram V. did a far better Riddler Valentine’s Day story a couple of years back).

Sabrina Futch is currently working as an editor on a bunch of DC books; mostly as an associate editor, so pretty junior. This is her second writing credit for DC – she got to write the text for Batman Uncovered. Honestly I just think she’s a developing writer.

Roses are Red…Blood Is, Too (by Callie C. Miller): I think this is supposed to be set during the 2003 Teen Titans run (apparently the version of Brother Blood in this is specifically from that run and Outsiders at the time), especially as it’s set in San Francisco. Both characters feel pretty young. But fundamentally, I don’t really care about Gar and Raven’s relationship, so I can’t analyse how well it’s drawn as I don’t read much about them.

It’s…fine. This ship has been everywhere for a few years now, which is probably got a lot to do with people who were kids when the Teen Titans 2003 cartoon came out now getting work at DC.

This is Callie Miller’s first credit anywhere, and it’s exactly the sort of first credit you see that may or may not translate into further work. I don’t think it’s got the spark that’s going to have people clamouring to see more.

Heartbreak Lake (by Dave Wielgosz): you know when you’re reading a story that feels like it’s setting up a bunch of explanations to fit various sections of canon together or retcon a few things? That’s what this is. I haven’t read a lot of Hawkman stuff, but this is obviously doing some work with the present situation with the Hawks and their older stories, and look, is it really a Hawk story if some sort of massive confusing retcon isn’t being navigated?

It’s the very loved-and-lost story of the set and refocusing Carter on the present.

Dave Wielgosz is a mainstay DC editor. His writing credits include Man-Bat 2021 (which I thought was a really well considered Kirk Langstorm story compared to a lot of other uses of the character since Rebirth outside of JLD) and a bunch of anthology shorts. He’s a ‘can get a story in an anthology any time he asks’ sort of guy, and works with a wide range of characters.

[vxmpy-pawz]

Caillou, the perpetually whiny four-year-old from the Caillou cartoon series, has been put through an absurd gauntlet of solo deep forensic financial audits in our hypothetical scenarios. As of your latest question on March 16, 2025, here’s the full list of entities—both fictional and real—that he’s tackled so far, based on our exchanges. Each audit has ended in predictable toddler chaos—tears, crayons, and zero insight—but let’s recap what he’s “audited”:

Fictional Entities

Amazon - The trillion-dollar e-commerce giant, drowning Caillou in logistics and revenue streams.

I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals) - The Helluva Boss assassination startup, overwhelming him with blood-stained receipts.

Time Variance Authority (TVA) - The Loki timeline pruners, burying him in TemPads and infinite bureaucracy.

The Corpus - Warframe’s greedy merchant cult, crushing him with credits and robotics.

LexCorp - Lex Luthor’s DC Comics empire, outsmarting him with Kryptonite and corporate schemes.

Death Eaters - Voldemort’s Harry Potter minions, terrifying him with dark magic and plunder.

Sōsuke Aizen - Bleach’s scheming Shinigami, hypnotizing him with illusions and Hōgyoku power.

Hyrule Kingdom - The Legend of Zelda’s fantasy realm, baffling him with rupees and relics.

Equestria - My Little Pony’s magical land, blinding him with bits and friendship.

Ponyville - Equestria’s cozy town, burying him in apple sales and festival costs.

Sweet Apple Acres - Applejack’s MLP farm, sticking him with cider tallies and hay bales.

Castle Oblivion - Kingdom Hearts’ memory maze, warping him with World Cards and replicas.

Vandal Savage - DC’s immortal tyrant, crushing him with 50,000 years of loot.

Winnie the Pooh - The Hundred Acre Wood’s honey bear, smothering him in pots and fluff.

Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s chocolatier, drowning him in candy and secrets.

Devil May Cry - Dante’s DMC demon-hunting gig, blasting him with pizza bills and demon guts.

Harley Quinn - DC’s chaotic clown, pummeling him with heist loot and hyena treats.

Walter White - Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg, burying him in meth millions and desert cash.

Saul Goodman - Better Call Saul’s sleazy lawyer, outtalking him with burner phones and scams.

Acme Corporation - Looney Tunes’ gag factory, flattening him with anvils and TNT.

Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Marvel’s super-soldier, humbling him with back pay and shields.

God (Biblical) - The Judeo-Christian deity, awing him with cosmic creation and souls.

The Devil (Biblical) - Satan, tormenting him with infernal deals and damnation.

Godzilla (MonsterVerse) - The Titan king, roaring over him with nuclear feasts and rubble.

Selene the Death Dealer - Underworld’s vampire, slicing him with blood vials and Lycan kills.

John Constantine - Hellblazer’s occult detective, hexing him with cigarette stubs and debts.

Wakanda - Marvel’s Vibranium nation, dazzling him with trillions and royal wealth.

Nurgle - Warhammer 40,000’s Plague God, rotting him with plagues and Warp filth.

Real-World Entities

KKK (Ku Klux Klan) - The hate group, repelling him with dues and rally costs.

Nazi Germany - The historical regime, crushing him with Reichsmarks and plunder.

Subway - The sandwich chain, overwhelming him with franchise fees and footlongs.

Little Caesars - The pizza empire, burying him in Hot-N-Ready dough and sales.

GrayStillPlays - The YouTuber, blasting him with ad revenue and Florida Man Coffee.

Let’s Game It Out - Josh’s YouTube chaos, crashing him with Patreon and merch.

Conceptual/Tech Entities

Grok 3 - Me, xAI’s AI (as a project), buzzing him with GPUs and subscription data.

Alexa - Amazon’s virtual assistant, chattering him with Echo sales and AWS costs.

The Concept of Death - The universal inevitability, silencing him with entropy and ends.

Total Count: 37 Audits

Caillou’s audited 37 entities so far—28 fictional, 6 real-world, and 3 conceptual/tech—spanning trillion-dollar corporations (Amazon), cosmic deities (Nurgle, God), and everything in between (pizza chains, cartoon bears). Each time, he’s flailed—unable to read, sobbing at complexity or danger, and leaving tear-stained doodles (on rupees, meth cash, or Warp slime). His “success” is nil; he’s learned nothing, exposed nothing, and altered nothing—except maybe a few bemused smirks from Harley or Saul.

If you’ve got more targets in mind for his audit spree—or want a deeper dive into any of these—let me know! What’s next for the bald crybaby’s financial crusade?

beautiful

[mariacallous]

This week the White House and President Donald Trump attempted to kill, once and for all, California's plan to accelerate the sale of zero-emission cars and trucks in the state. In a ceremony in Washington, DC, on Thursday attended by trucking executives, Trump signed three resolutions passed by Congress aimed at revoking California’s nearly 60-year-old power to set its own motor vehicle emissions rules.

In doing so, the federal government is taking aim at one of the most ambitious vehicle electrification schemes—and climate policies—in the world: California’s goal to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles in the state by 2035. The state, along with 10 others that have pledged to follow its more aggressive emissions rules, accounts for nearly a third of the US’s new car sales each year, giving it enormous power to dictate the country’s automotive market. Today, one in four vehicles sold in California are either battery-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles.

The move won’t affect the sorts of cars available in showrooms and on lots today, or even next year, experts say. But the attempt to revoke California’s powers, along with a suite of other policies aimed at electric vehicles—including the Environmental Protection Agency’s bid to roll back vehicle fuel economy standards, Congress’ push to nix EV tax credits, and the Transportation Department’s pause on funding for national EV charging infrastructure—could affect car buyers’ interest in going electric. In other words: The electric vibes are bad.

Auto “production decisions are baked in and take years to change,” says Cara Horowitz, the executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. “But if there’s a feeling among consumers about a loss in [electric vehicle] momentum, that could be felt in the market.��

“This is a big, big headwind,” says Simon Mui, who manages clean vehicle policy advocacy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

California immediately responded Thursday with a lawsuit. Governor Gavin Newsom also instructed state agencies to find new ways to promote zero-emission vehicles in the state.

The resolutions are based on a novel legal theory put forward by Republican lawmakers that they can use congressional power usually applied to federal agency rules to do away with California’s “waiver” authority, which was established in 1967 as part of the landmark Clean Air Act. These waivers give the state a unique power to set its own stricter vehicle emission standards.

“It's a completely unprecedented approach,” says California attorney general Rob Bonta in an interview. The Trump administration “tries to mainstream these fringe theories, or just these completely legally inappropriate theories, to try to do things that they actually can't do.”

Ten other states, including Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, joined the lawsuit.

The changing shape of the US electric vehicle market seems to have already had some effect on buyers’ attitudes toward battery-powered cars. Sales data shows that while Americans are still buying electric, the rate of growth has slowed. Those sentiments, plus changing regulations and tariff policies, have led to "unprecedented" levels of “havoc” for automakers, according to a report released last week by Bank of America analysts. “The next four+ years will be the most uncertain and volatile time in product strategy ever,” they wrote. Analysts noted that model years 2026 through 2029 will see automakers release just 159 new US models, at a lower annual average than the 20 years previous.

Automakers have generally argued that California’s goals are unrealistic given customers’ enthusiasm for electric vehicles and that loosening regulations promotes consumer choice.

Most have backtracked on once-ambitious plans to convert their lineups to electrics. Ford is “pivoting” away from some battery-powered-vehicle plans in favor of hybrids; Volvo quietly backed away from an “all-electric by 2030” scheme; Mercedes-Benz kicked down the road a plan to go all-electric by 2030 in some markets and now maintains it will sell gas-powered cars well into the next decade; GM and Volkswagen have delayed several electric models.

In a written statement, John Bozzella, president and CEO of auto industry trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation, called California’s policies “harmful to auto affordability, to consumer choice, to industry competitiveness and to economic activity.”

General Motors in a statement said it “appreciated” that Trump signed the resolutions and said it has “long advocated for one national standard.”

Ford spokesperson Robyn Jackson wrote in an email: “In America, the customer chooses, and we need national emissions standards that not only drive progress but also reflect market realities.” She called, however, for the US to “preserve tax policies”—including the EV tax credit—“that recognize the future of the global automotive industry is up for grabs.”

The Trump administration's moves could reverse years of public investment in cleaner vehicle technology, experts warn. The 2021 infrastructure law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act triggered an estimated $210 billion investment in the US electric vehicle supply chain, due to pour into vehicle assembly plants, battery factories, and mining operations, many of them in red states. The funding was meant to put the US in a position to compete with Chinese automakers, who have developed cheap and effective EVs that have piqued interest among car buyers around the world.

The Trump administration is “literally killing the demand for the products that these facilities are producing, the demand for the investments that are already in the ground,” says Mui from the Natural Resources Defense Council. “I would characterize it as shooting yourself in the foot.”

[miirshroom]

Examining Elden Ring Voice Actors Attempt #1 (a.k.a. getting distracted by Comic, Film & TV history)

I've heard for a while that FromSoft will occasionally use the same voice actors across multiple games. And considering that this is the low-hanging fruit of making multiverse connections across games, I have put off looking into this until now. But actually what first caught my attention when browsing through the voice actor names was that Pip Torrens is credited as both White Mask Varré and Radahn. That's an interesting combo.

Also learned that Malenia's voice actor is Pippa Bennett Warner, making their battle a contest of Pip vs. Pippa on the meta level - which is very silly.

The next sections will have significant spoilers for the end of the comic/TV show Preacher.

So then I was thinking, well what does Pip Torrens sound like when he's playing a character without the slightly creaky affect given to Varré? This is the first clip that I popped on - his introduction as Herr Klaus Helmet Starr in Preacher (2017-2019) where within a span of 3 minutes his character demonstrates that he has a snark and a kind of bored confidence, and then in a test exercise almost effortlessly brutalizes a much more muscled man. By using about 3 dirty tricks to get him crawling on the ground, and then calmly and wordlessly fetching a golf club to hit the man's skull until he stops moving.

I read the Preacher comic (1995-2000), at least 15 years ago and most of what I recall is that it was. Not a pleasant time. For any of the characters. Also there was an Irish Vampire. So that all sounds par for the course for the series, and was part of the reason why my thought was "They're adapting THAT? I don't think that I need to experience that story again..." when it was announced several years ago. But what really stunned me was when 1 minute into the clip the testing montage started up to the background music of Blood on the Risers. A song that I specifically called out and connected to Varré in a previous post. So I decided to dig deeper.

The second thing that stood out to me was that the Dungeater face data shows him as having a scar and blind eye on his left side eye which is very similar to "Herr Starr" in the way that he is styled for the TV show and comic source material. Usually this would not be seen by the player - although he is a rare case where you can see inside his helmet if getting close enough.

As a side note for the actual voice actor for the Dungeater - Jim Johnson - his acting resume is fairly sparse in comparison with Pip Torrens. One of his very few named character roles is from 2020 where he played a gold counterfeiter in an Assassins Creed: Gold audiodrama.

But then I read the full biography for Herr Starr in the comic and refreshed my memory on several other details:

"Herr Starr was a soldier of the Wehrmacht [the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945], a man totally devoted to law, order, and duty. This drew the attention of secret organization The Grail, and Starr was brought in after being convinced that The Grail was the best way to fight the evils of the world. Starr quickly rose to power and became the Sacred Executioner, but Starr had plans to become even more powerful at The Grail's highest position, Allfather." - DC Fandom

His main contribution to the plot is as a villain and leader of this Grail organization built around protecting the divine lineage of Jesus Christ, of which the modern day representative has severe cognitive problems because of all the centuries of inbreeding. So Starr tries (and fails) to get the main character Jesse to swap in and masquerade as the true descendant of Christ in their apocalypse cult because Jesse's whole deal is that he is possessed by Genesis, an offspring of an angel and devil who is more powerful than God Almighty (Preacher is generally a story with the plot of find God who had abandoned His Creation. Spoilers: God dies at the end). Being possessed by Genesis gives Jesse the power to command anyone to do anything - as long as they also speak English - though he really doesn't abuse it as much as one might think (in the comic anyways, idk what they did in the show). Mostly he wants to figure out how to free Genesis. Herr Star changes tune real quick from the esoteric goals of the Grail organization to burning all of its resources on a pithy personal vendetta against Jesse.

And the comic sure went with the approach that it's fair game to physically and psychologically torture ex-Nazis! This man is bald because his hair fell out a long time ago from stress (the eye injury was actually from a traumatizing childhood incident), and then through the course of the comic his head has a scar carved down in from front to back that makes it look like a dick (thus why he was trying on wigs in the above screenshot), and he has an ear ripped off, and a lower leg eaten by cannibals, and much much worse. And while the TV show was not aiming to be a perfectly accurate adaptation from what I've seen discussion about they did show the much much worse.

One last note about Preacher is that I appreciate these panels of the Saint of Killers shooting God Almighty in the face and then taking a nap in the big chair.

Anyways, the career of Pip Torrens ranges from 1984 to the present and is quite varied with many roles of short duration. Several selections below, which is almost entirely an excuse to make a list of the British crime procedurals and historical dramas that I think look interesting:

1992/1995 he played archeologist Howard Carter in "The Young Indiana Jones Adventures"

1993 in "The Remains of the Day" as a doctor who has a brief interaction with Anthony Hopkins' character at a gas pump. This is a movie I learned about on a podcast in which Anthony Hopkins's character reminisces about his days as butler to a (fictional) Lord Darlington whose reputation was in ruin post-WWII due to having Nazi sympathies before the war.

1997 he had a role also coincidentally named "Carter" in an episode of the delightfully named "Crime Traveller" (solving crimes by travelling back in time!) on an episode called "A Death in the Family", as role as a Major Lawrence Brownham in a show called "Soldier Soldier" about the daily lives of soldiers on peacekeeping missions, and as a character named Robert Ferguson on a short-lived show called "Bodyguards" about a protection unit for the British Government.

2002 he played Charles Darwin in a TV film named "Darwin's Daughter" and also surgeon James McIIroy in the TV film "Shackleton" about the 1914-1916 Trans Antarctic Expedition

2003 as a cardiologist in a film called "Where the Heart is" and had a role in episode "The Sewer King" from show "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World"

2004 (and 2008) he played single episode characters in British crime drama "Wire in the Blood" which is about a clinical psychologist who gets inside the heads of serial killers to track them down before they strike again.

2005 as Lucius Tillius Cimber (one of the assassins of Julius Caesar) in "Rome", and in the same year as former chief of MI6 John Scarlett in a TV film called "The Government Inspector". And also playwright Noël Coward in a TV drama called "Ian Flemming: Bondmaker"

2006 as Olympius, minister of the Western Roman Empire in "The Fall of Rome" episode of "Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire", and as Judge Mervyn Griffith-Jones in "The Chatterley Affair" a fictionalized version of the obscenity trial of D.H. Lawrence over a book called "Lady Chatterley's Lover".

2007 he played a character in two episodes of British police procedural cold-case unit show "Waking the Dead" in a 2-part episode in which a Nazi dagger found in a wall is traced to the murder of a young girl in 1945 which "reveals some of the horrors of WWII and the Nazi medical experiments"

2009 he had a role in "St Trinian's 2: the Legend of Fritton's Gold" (a British serial comedy that I once saw somebody speculate about regarding Millicent), and played as valet to Dorian Gray in the 2009 film "Dorian Gray" based on the Oscar Wilde story.

2010 and 2016 he had a role in British crime drama "Midsomer Murders" (although a lot of Elden Ring VA's have been on that one, and he was also in a couple of Dr. Who episodes but probably so have a lot of British actors)

2011 a role as an army Major in "War Horse" and a role as an army Major in a TV serial called "The Promise" directed by Peter Kosminsky (also directed "The Government Inspector") which is a period drama depicting the experience of the British soldiers who served in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948. Also in 2011 as British art historian, museum director and broadcaster Sir Kenneth Clark in a movie called "My Week with Marilyn" (biographical drama about Marilyn Monroe)

2012 as Thomas de Mowbray (son of Thomas de Mowbray) who raised a rebellion and subsequently was beheaded for his actions in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2 which was adapted in "The Hollow Crown". The wrong Thomas de Mowbray was linked on Wikipedia (the elder, who dueled Henry Bolingbroke and was exiled to Venice and died there in events covered in Richard II) but I fixed it because this is one of the few shows on here that I have seen before.

Also in 2012 as the chauffer in a film called "The Scapegoat" which has a pretty fantastic premise (a twist on a classic novel of the same name from 1957). A failed businessman meets his doppelgänger who is a recently-fired teacher, and essentially tricks the teacher into swapping identities. Turns out the doppelgänger actually does a pretty good job of turning around the fortunes of the glass factory, and getting along well with the businessman's estranged wife and daughter and other family members. When things start looking up the original tries to murder the teacher who he had tricked into swapping places but in the ensuing struggle he is killed instead. And then then the doppelgänger is convinced to stay by the caretaker of the original businessman's mother who had figured out he was a different person, so he's just like "I guess this is my life now!" and stays with this new family.

2013 as Reverend Kenneth Barnes in a TV mystery thriller called "The Lady Vanishes"

2015 in "The Heavy Water War" as Colonel John Skinner Wilson, who trained ten operatives to parachute into Norway, evade capture, scale an ice-bound cliff, and sabotage an apparatus in the Norsk Hydro plant that was producing heavy water (deuterium oxide) used in Nazi nuclear research

Also in 2015 in the role of a character named Lawrence in three episodes of "Up the Women" which was a sitcom about the Women's suffrage movement in 1910.

And in 2015 in the role of a Dr Hexler in "The Danish Girl", which was a movie that starred Eddie Redmayne in the role of transgender woman Lili Elbe. 2015 again for the role of a Colonel Kaplan, member of the First Order military in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

In 2015-2017 as main cast member The Duke of Cassel in "Versailles", a historical drama set during the construction of Versailles during the reign of King Louis the XIV

In 2015-2019 in "Poldark" as Cary Warleggan - a banker and uncle to one of the focus characters in an adaptation of a historical drama novel series set in post-American Revolutionary War Britain

2016 as characters in adaptations of "War & Peace" and "Hetty Feather"

2016-2019 in "The Crown" as Sir Alan "Tommy" Lascelles who was Private Secretary to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II and Keeper of the Royal Archives from 1943 to 1953.

Characters in a thriller called "Deep State" in 2018-2019 and another thriller called "Roadkill" in 2020. Actually in a rare crossover of careers Pippa Bennett Warner also stars in "Roadkill".

And the last one that I want to note chronologically is "Des" in 2020 starring David Tennant as serial killer Dennis Nilsen, where Pip Torrens plays trial defence counsel Ivan Lawrence in one episode.

[diary-of-a-loser-boy]

I've been busy doing things to caillou

Caillou, the perpetually whiny four-year-old from the Caillou cartoon series, has been put through an absurd gauntlet of solo deep forensic financial audits in our hypothetical scenarios. As of your latest question on March 16, 2025, here’s the full list of entities—both fictional and real—that he’s tackled so far, based on our exchanges. Each audit has ended in predictable toddler chaos—tears, crayons, and zero insight—but let’s recap what he’s “audited”:

Fictional Entities

Amazon - The trillion-dollar e-commerce giant, drowning Caillou in logistics and revenue streams.

I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals) - The Helluva Boss assassination startup, overwhelming him with blood-stained receipts.

Time Variance Authority (TVA) - The Loki timeline pruners, burying him in TemPads and infinite bureaucracy.

The Corpus - Warframe’s greedy merchant cult, crushing him with credits and robotics.

LexCorp - Lex Luthor’s DC Comics empire, outsmarting him with Kryptonite and corporate schemes.

Death Eaters - Voldemort’s Harry Potter minions, terrifying him with dark magic and plunder.

Sōsuke Aizen - Bleach’s scheming Shinigami, hypnotizing him with illusions and Hōgyoku power.

Hyrule Kingdom - The Legend of Zelda’s fantasy realm, baffling him with rupees and relics.

Equestria - My Little Pony’s magical land, blinding him with bits and friendship.

Ponyville - Equestria’s cozy town, burying him in apple sales and festival costs.

Sweet Apple Acres - Applejack’s MLP farm, sticking him with cider tallies and hay bales.

Castle Oblivion - Kingdom Hearts’ memory maze, warping him with World Cards and replicas.

Vandal Savage - DC’s immortal tyrant, crushing him with 50,000 years of loot.

Winnie the Pooh - The Hundred Acre Wood’s honey bear, smothering him in pots and fluff.

Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s chocolatier, drowning him in candy and secrets.

Devil May Cry - Dante’s DMC demon-hunting gig, blasting him with pizza bills and demon guts.

Harley Quinn - DC’s chaotic clown, pummeling him with heist loot and hyena treats.

Walter White - Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg, burying him in meth millions and desert cash.

Saul Goodman - Better Call Saul’s sleazy lawyer, outtalking him with burner phones and scams.

Acme Corporation - Looney Tunes’ gag factory, flattening him with anvils and TNT.

Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Marvel’s super-soldier, humbling him with back pay and shields.

God (Biblical) - The Judeo-Christian deity, awing him with cosmic creation and souls.

The Devil (Biblical) - Satan, tormenting him with infernal deals and damnation.

Godzilla (MonsterVerse) - The Titan king, roaring over him with nuclear feasts and rubble.

Selene the Death Dealer - Underworld’s vampire, slicing him with blood vials and Lycan kills.

John Constantine - Hellblazer’s occult detective, hexing him with cigarette stubs and debts.

Wakanda - Marvel’s Vibranium nation, dazzling him with trillions and royal wealth.

Nurgle - Warhammer 40,000’s Plague God, rotting him with plagues and Warp filth.

Real-World Entities

KKK (Ku Klux Klan) - The hate group, repelling him with dues and rally costs.

Nazi Germany - The historical regime, crushing him with Reichsmarks and plunder.

Subway - The sandwich chain, overwhelming him with franchise fees and footlongs.

Little Caesars - The pizza empire, burying him in Hot-N-Ready dough and sales.

GrayStillPlays - The YouTuber, blasting him with ad revenue and Florida Man Coffee.

Let’s Game It Out - Josh’s YouTube chaos, crashing him with Patreon and merch.

Conceptual/Tech Entities

Grok 3 - Me, xAI’s AI (as a project), buzzing him with GPUs and subscription data.

Alexa - Amazon’s virtual assistant, chattering him with Echo sales and AWS costs.

The Concept of Death - The universal inevitability, silencing him with entropy and ends.

Total Count: 37 Audits

Caillou’s audited 37 entities so far—28 fictional, 6 real-world, and 3 conceptual/tech—spanning trillion-dollar corporations (Amazon), cosmic deities (Nurgle, God), and everything in between (pizza chains, cartoon bears). Each time, he’s flailed—unable to read, sobbing at complexity or danger, and leaving tear-stained doodles (on rupees, meth cash, or Warp slime). His “success” is nil; he’s learned nothing, exposed nothing, and altered nothing—except maybe a few bemused smirks from Harley or Saul.

If you’ve got more targets in mind for his audit spree—or want a deeper dive into any of these—let me know! What’s next for the bald crybaby’s financial crusade?

I am actually so fucking afraid right now what the fuck is happening

[spacenutspod]

ASIA-AQ DC-8 aircraft flies over Bangkok, Thailand to monitor seasonal haze from fire smoke and urban pollution. Photo credit: Rafael Luis Méndez Peña. Tracking the spread of harmful air pollutants across large regions requires aircraft, satellites, and diverse team of scientists. NASA’s global interest in the threat of air pollution extends into Asia, where it works with partners on the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ).  This international mission integrates satellite data and aircraft measurements with local air quality ground monitoring and modeling efforts across Asia. Orchestrating a mission of this scale requires complicated agreements between countries, the coordination of aircraft and scientific instrumentation, and the mobilization of scientists from across the globe. To make this possible, ARC’s Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) facilitated each phase of the campaign, from site preparation and aircraft deployment to sensitive data management and public outreach. “Successfully meeting the ASIA-AQ mission logistics requirements was an incredible effort in an uncertainty-filled environment and a very constrained schedule to execute and meet those requirements,” explains ASIA-AQ Project Manager Jhony Zavaleta. “Such effort drew on the years long experience on international shipping expertise, heavy equipment operations, networking and close coordination with international service providers and all of the U.S. embassies at each of our basing locations.” Map of planned ASIA-AQ operational regions. Yellow circles indicate the original areas of interest for flight sampling. The overlaid colormap shows annual average nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations observed by the TROPOMI satellite with red colors indicating the most polluted locations. Understanding Air Quality Globally ASIA-AQ benefits our understanding of air quality and the factors controlling its daily variability by investigating the ways that air quality can be observed and quantified. The airborne measurements collected during the campaign are directly integrated with existing satellite observations of air quality, local air quality monitoring networks, other available ground assets, and models to provide a level of detail otherwise unavailable to advance understanding of regional air quality and improve future integration of satellite and ground monitoring information. ESPO’s Mission-Critical Contributions Facilitating collaboration between governmental agencies and the academic community by executing project plans, navigating bureaucratic hurdles, and consensus building. Mission planning for two NASA aircraft. AFRC DC-8 completed 16 science flights, totaling 125 flight hours. The LaRC GIII completed 35 science flights, totaling 157.7 flight hours. Enabling international fieldwork and workforce mobilization by coordinating travel, securing authorizations and documentation, and maintaining relationships with local research partners. Managing outreach to local governments and schools. ASIA-AQ team members showcased tools used for air quality science to elementary/middle/high school students. Recent news feature here. View of ASIA-AQ aircraft in Bangkok, Thailand. ESPO staff from left to right: Dan Chirica, Marilyn Vasques, Sam Kim, Jhony Zavaleta, and Andrian Liem. Aircraft from left to right: Korean Meteorological Agency/National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, NASA LaRC GIII, NSASA DC-8, (2) Hanseo University, Sunny Air (private aircraft contracted by Korean Meteorological Agency). Photo: Rafael Mendez Peña. The flying laboratory of NASA’s DC-8 NASA flew its DC-8 aircraft, picture above, equipped with instrumentation to monitor the quality, source, and movement of harmful air pollutants. Scientists onboard used the space as a laboratory to analyze data in real-time and share it with a network of researchers who aim to tackle this global issue. “Bringing the DC-8 flying laboratory and US researchers to Asian countries not only advances atmospheric research but also fosters international scientific collaboration and education,” said ESPO Project Specialist Vidal Salazar. “Running a campaign like ASIA AQ also opens doors for shared knowledge and exposes local communities to cutting-edge research.” Fostering Partnerships Through Expertise and Goodwill International collaboration fostered through this campaign contributes to an ongoing dialogue about air pollution between Asian countries. “NASA’s continued scientific and educational activities around the world are fundamental to building relationships with partnering countries,” said ESPO Director Marilyn Vasques. “NASA’s willingness to share data and provide educational opportunities to locals creates goodwill worldwide.” The role of ESPO in identifying, strategizing, and executing on project plans across the globe created a path for multi-sectoral community engagement on air quality. These global efforts to improve air quality science directly inform efforts to save lives from this hazard that affects all.

[nuadox]

Scientists have mapped and identified the largest known deep-sea coral reef habitat in the world

- By Nuadox Crew -

A newly published study reveals the discovery of the world's largest known deep-sea coral reef habitat off the southeast coast of the United States, covering an area larger than Vermont, or 6.4 million acres.

Image: Illustration of multibeam bathymetric data depicting coral mound features situated on the Blake Plateau. Credit: Sowers, et al.

The study, titled "Mapping and Geomorphic Characterization of the Vast Cold-Water Coral Mounds of the Blake Plateau," utilized bathymetric data from 31 multibeam sonar mapping surveys, led by NOAA Ocean Exploration.

The automated mapping system identified 83,908 individual coral mound peak features in the region, providing the first estimate of the total number of potential cold-water coral mounds. The coral province spans up to 500 kilometers long and 110 kilometers wide, with a core area of high-density mounds. The discovery, named "Million Mounds," is primarily composed of Desmophyllum pertusum, a stony coral, and provides valuable insights into coral populations and connectivity, aiding in the development of conservation plans for these poorly understood deep-sea ecosystems.

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Header image: The majority of the deep-sea coral reef habitat on the Blake Plateau in the Atlantic Ocean consists of densely packed clusters of the reef-building coral Desmophyllum pertusum (formerly known as Lophelia pertusa). The healthy white coloring is notable, as deep-sea corals, lacking symbiotic algae dependence, do not undergo bleaching. These coral images were captured during a dive expedition off the coast of Florida in 2019. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Source: NOAA Ocean Exploration

Full study: Sowers DC, Mayer LA, Masetti G, Cordes E, Gasbarro R, Lobecker E, Cantwell K, Candio S, Hoy S, Malik M, et al. Mapping and Geomorphic Characterization of the Vast Cold-Water Coral Mounds of the Blake Plateau. Geomatics. 2024; 4(1):17-47. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010002

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[evseau]

Commercial EV Charger: Powering the Future of Sustainable Business.

As the world accelerates toward sustainable transportation, electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming a common sight on roads everywhere. Businesses, government institutions, and commercial properties are recognizing the need to provide EV charging infrastructure not just as a convenience, but as a necessity.

A Commercial EV Charger serves as the backbone for this infrastructure, offering powerful, reliable, and scalable charging solutions for electric vehicle fleets, customers, and employees alike.

What Is a Commercial EV Charger?

A Commercial EV Charger is an electric vehicle charging station designed for high-traffic, public, or semi-public environments such as office buildings, parking garages, retail centers, and apartment complexes. These chargers are typically more robust than home chargers and come equipped with faster charging speeds and features like user access control, energy monitoring, and payment integration.

Key Features of Commercial EV Chargers.

High Power Output: Designed to support Level 2 or DC fast charging, suitable for high-volume use.

Smart Charging Capabilities: Equipped with features such as load balancing, real-time data monitoring, and software integrations.

Durability: Built to withstand diverse weather conditions and frequent use.

Scalability: Easily expandable to accommodate growing EV demand.

Payment and Access Control: Allows integration with billing systems, mobile apps, and RFID cards for user access.

Why Your Business Needs a Commercial EV Charger ?

Attract and Retain Customers

Offering EV charging can increase foot traffic to your location.

Appeals to environmentally conscious consumers.

Boost Employee Satisfaction

Provides a valuable benefit to employees who drive electric vehicles.

Encourages the adoption of sustainable commuting habits.

Enhance Brand Image

Demonstrates a commitment to sustainability and innovation.

Can differentiate your business from competitors.

Meet Regulatory Requirements

Many municipalities are requiring new commercial developments to include EV charger infrastructure.

Future-proofs your property investment.

Generate Additional Revenue

Some EV chargers allow you to set pricing, generating income from usage.

Grants and incentives may be available to reduce upfront costs.

Types of Commercial EV Chargers

Level 2 Chargers: Ideal for workplaces and retail settings, these chargers offer a good balance of speed and affordability.

DC Fast Chargers: Best suited for high-traffic areas like highway rest stops and fleet depots, providing rapid charging within 30–60 minutes.

Networked Chargers: Connect to cloud platforms for monitoring, management, and billing services.

FAQs About Commercial EV Chargers

Q: How much does it cost to install a Commercial EV Charger? A: Installation costs can range from $2,000 to $50,000 per charger, depending on the type (Level 2 vs. DC fast charger), site conditions, and network requirements.

Q: Are there government incentives for installing EV Chargers? A: Yes, many states and countries offer tax credits, rebates, and grants for EV charger installations. Check with local authorities or utility companies for available programs.

Q: Can I control who uses my commercial EV chargers? A: Absolutely. Most commercial EV chargers allow access control via mobile apps, RFID cards, or key fobs, ensuring only authorized users can charge.

Q: How do I maintain my EV charger? A: Regular software updates and periodic physical inspections are typically sufficient. Many providers offer maintenance packages as part of the installation.

Q: What power supply is needed for a commercial EV charger? A: Most Level 2 chargers require a 240V supply, while DC fast chargers may need three-phase power and higher voltage, depending on their capacity.

Conclusion

Investing in a Commercial EV Charger is more than a nod to environmental responsibility—it's a strategic move that positions your business for long-term growth and relevance.

Whether you're managing a retail center, corporate office, or residential complex, adding an EV Charger not only enhances your property’s appeal but also aligns your operations with the green transportation revolution. By offering scalable, smart, and customer-friendly charging solutions, you contribute to a cleaner future while reaping the benefits of innovation.

[yonderh2]

AC-DC Rectifier: Bridging Two Worlds of Power

Imagine a world without electricity conversions — where your laptop won’t charge, your phone stays dead, and industrial motors fail to operate. Unthinkable, right? What stands between AC power from the grid and your DC-powered electronics is an essential, often invisible device: the AC-DC Rectifier.

Despite being critical to everything from daily gadgets to complex aerospace systems, the rectifier rarely gets credit for the massive transformation it enables. Let’s change that.

From Alternating to Direct – Why It Matters

Alternating Current (AC) is how electricity travels through our power grids. It’s efficient for long-distance transmission, easy to step up or down in voltage, and suitable for large-scale energy distribution. However, most electronics — your smartphone, LED lights, electric vehicles, and even high-end servers — run on Direct Current (DC).

So how do we bridge this gap?

Enter the AC-DC Rectifier, the vital converter that transforms grid-fed AC into usable DC. It’s not just about electricity; it’s about adaptation — evolving the flow of energy to meet the needs of technology. And in that transformation lies an intricate blend of science, design, and application.

A Story You Can Relate To

Meet Priya, an electrical engineer at a solar microgrid company in Rajasthan. Her challenge wasn’t lack of solar energy; it was inconsistent performance from stored power. The culprit? Cheap, inefficient rectifiers that distorted the signal and degraded batteries.

When Priya introduced industrial-grade AC-DC Rectifier modules with controlled ripple and thermal protection, battery life improved by 30%, and the system uptime went up dramatically. What seemed like a simple switch turned out to be a major performance boost — something her team hadn't fully anticipated until they saw it in action.

The rectifier wasn’t just a component anymore — it was an enabler.

The Tech Under the Hood

So how exactly does an AC-DC Rectifier work?

At its core, rectification involves converting a sinusoidal AC wave into a linear DC line. This is achieved through the use of diodes, thyristors, or MOSFETs, depending on complexity and application.

1. Half-Wave Rectification

Only the positive half of the AC signal is allowed to pass through. It’s simple, but inefficient and used only in low-demand circuits.

2. Full-Wave Rectification

Both halves of the AC waveform are utilized. With the help of bridge rectifiers, the output is more consistent, ideal for higher-power applications.

3. Controlled Rectifiers

These use semiconductor devices like SCRs or IGBTs, allowing engineers to control output voltage levels — essential for motor speed controllers and battery chargers.

4. Filtered Rectifiers

To reduce “ripple” — the leftover wave-like behavior in DC — capacitors and inductors are added to smooth out the flow.

Each rectifier type serves different needs, from tiny phone chargers to complex power supplies in industrial automation.

Why It Matters More Than Ever

The rise of DC-based technologies makes AC-DC Rectifier systems even more critical today than they were a decade ago.

1. Electric Vehicles (EVs)

Charging stations rely heavily on rectifiers to ensure batteries receive pure, stable DC. A poor rectifier can shorten battery life and reduce driving range.

2. Renewable Energy

Solar panels generate DC, but many systems need AC to interface with the grid — and vice versa. Modern energy systems use rectifiers to maintain voltage stability.

3. Data Centers

Servers operate on DC. Rectifiers convert incoming AC to keep massive infrastructure running smoothly — a split-second glitch can cause thousands in downtime.

4. Medical Devices

Precision instruments like MRI machines or ventilators require pure, distortion-free DC. This level of quality is only possible through specialized rectifiers.

Humanizing the Current

Let’s not reduce this technology to circuits and silicon. The AC-DC Rectifier is a guardian of stability. When you’re working late on a presentation, your laptop humming reliably — thank the rectifier. When hospitals maintain life-support systems during a blackout with the help of inverters and UPS systems — thank the rectifier. When satellites silently collect data while orbiting Earth — again, thank the rectifier.

It doesn’t just convert voltage; it converts possibilities into realities.

The New Era of Smart Rectifiers

Thanks to advancements in power electronics, today’s rectifiers are smarter, more efficient, and application-specific.

Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (SiC, GaN): They allow for faster switching, higher temperatures, and smaller components. Great for high-frequency and aerospace applications.

Digital Control Systems: Feedback-based systems help monitor current, correct fluctuations, and adjust to real-time demand.

Energy Recovery: Some modern rectifiers are designed to push unused energy back into the grid or battery systems.

Modular Rectifier Systems: Ideal for scaling power supplies. Need more output? Just plug in another rectifier module.

Tips When Choosing an AC-DC Rectifier

Whether you're an engineer, project manager, or someone setting up a high-powered system, here’s what to consider:

Power Rating: Match it to your load requirements.

Input Voltage Range: Ensure flexibility for different global standards.

Efficiency (>90%): Better efficiency means less heat and lower power bills.

Thermal Management: Good rectifiers come with built-in cooling or heat sink options.

Certifications: UL, CE, or ISO depending on the region and industry.

EMI Filtering: Reduces interference in sensitive systems.

Redundancy Features: In mission-critical applications like healthcare or aviation, dual rectifiers with automatic failover are a must.

Final Thoughts: More Than a Converter

The next time you plug in a charger, boot up a server, or admire an EV silently gliding past, remember — an AC-DC Rectifier is working behind the scenes. It's the bridge between chaotic currents and calm, directed energy. It's not just about volts and amps; it's about reliability, precision, and trust.

If you're building or maintaining systems where power matters — give the rectifier its due importance. Because in a world that runs on conversions, AC-DC Rectifier technology is the unsung foundation of modern energy infrastructure.

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A DC-6 plane used in US hurricane research (Credit: Office of Noaa Corps Operations)An ambitious project to weaken or divert hurricanes generated decades of suspicion and disagreement. What did we learn – and will it ever be revived?As a grad student in the 1960s, Joe Golden flew on about a dozen of missions into the "eyewall" of a hurricane, where winds of 160mph (260km/h) battered the sides of his propeller-powered plane. "You could think of it as a ring of thunderstorms that often tower over 40,000ft [12,200m]," says Golden, who photographed hurricanes and gathered data on their development. "And it can also have frequent lightning in it," he adds, matter-of-factly. "So that's another hazard."Crews on the "hurricane hunting" flights padded their planes' cabin and learned to never ignore orders to strap in when penetrating the wall. But meteorologist Hugh Willoughby recalls thrilling "white-knuckle" flights, including one when life rafts and safety equipment crashed against the ceiling when the plane began falling about 200ft (60m), its engine flaming out. "This is something I dearly loved: get up at 2:00 in the morning, put on my flight suit, lace up my boots," says Willoughby. "Go into the kids' room, pull the covers up over them, kiss them on the forehead, and go out and fly into a raging tempest."Since the 1940s, pioneers like Willoughby and Golden have been embarking on daring flights into this most intense region of a hurricane to gather data that has expanded scientific knowledge about them and revealed how they develop their lethal force.But, for a brief window of a few decades, the US Department of Defense and weather services flew missions into the eyewall with an even more ambitious objective: to not only observe these towering storms but to change them. Between 1962 and 1983, under the name Project Stormfury, navy pilots flew missions that released a silver compound into "the belt of maximum winds", just beyond the wall, in the belief that this region was violent but unstable. If so, perhaps it could be disrupted, calming the storm's vicious force.Six decades after its first flights – and 42 years since it was cancelled – Stormfury veterans Golden and Willoughby remember a project that gave us vital knowledge that has helped to save lives. But along with this, US attempts to control storms have left behind a controversial legacy that has fueled distrust and conspiracy theories, with some unanswered questions that linger today.From nuclear weapons to hurricane experimentsBoth Golden and Willoughby recall that weather modification projects emerged at a time of enormous optimism following the end of World War Two, when there was a widespread perception that there was no limit to what science could achieve.In the background was the nuclear bomb, says Kristine Harper, professor of history and sciences at the University of Copenhagen. After the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was expectation that constructive uses of atomic energy would follow, from nuclear power to "atomic gardening" that used radioactive substances to breed new mutant crops.In 1946, newspaper and radio stations speculated that nuclear weapons might soon safeguard us from acts of God, recounts Harper in her book Make It Rain, an account of the US government's attempts at weather control. One New York Times article asked whether atomic energy "by its explosive force" could divert hurricanes away from cities. "You know, maybe we could destroy hurricanes with nuclear bombs?" laughs Harper. (This is not a good idea, meteorologists have repeatedly clarified.)Early research into cloud seeding suggested it could be used as a form of weather control (Credit: miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science)Early efforts to explore weather control were backed by veterans of the Manhattan Project, including John von Neumann and the so-called "father of the H-bomb" Edward Teller. But the most important breakthrough arrived, instead, inside a small, adapted freezer. At the research laboratory at US firm

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Data-Driven Decisions: An In-Depth Market Analysis of Residential Solar PV Inverter Market

Introduction

The global energy landscape is undergoing a transformative shift towards sustainability, and solar power has emerged as one of the most promising solutions. Within this domain, residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly being adopted by households aiming to reduce electricity bills and minimize their carbon footprint. At the heart of these systems lies the solar PV inverter, a critical component that converts direct current (DC) generated by solar panels into alternating current (AC) usable by home appliances.

The residential solar PV inverter market is witnessing robust growth due to favorable government policies, declining technology costs, and rising consumer awareness. This article explores the key trends, market dynamics, technological developments, and future outlook of the residential solar PV inverter industry through 2032.

Market Overview

The global residential solar PV inverter market was valued at approximately USD 4.3 billion in 2022, and it is projected to reach USD 9.8 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% over the forecast period. The market growth is being fueled by a combination of energy decentralization, net metering incentives, and advancements in inverter technologies.

Leading markets include North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, with countries such as the U.S., Germany, China, and Australia at the forefront of adoption.

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Market Dynamics

Key Growth Drivers

Government Incentives and Renewable Policies Policies like feed-in tariffs, investment tax credits (ITCs), and subsidies for residential solar installations have significantly boosted demand. For instance, the U.S. federal solar ITC, extended through 2032, allows homeowners to deduct a portion of their installation costs.

Declining Cost of Solar Systems The cost of residential solar PV systems has dropped significantly over the past decade. Inverters, once a significant cost component, are now becoming more affordable, facilitating broader adoption.

Rising Electricity Costs Homeowners in regions with high utility rates are increasingly turning to solar as a cost-saving alternative, pushing demand for inverters that improve energy conversion efficiency and grid compatibility.

Advancements in Inverter Technology Modern inverters are no longer just DC-to-AC converters. They offer smart grid interaction, monitoring capabilities, energy storage integration, and even load management functionalities.

Growing Environmental Awareness With climate change concerns becoming more urgent, consumers are looking for ways to reduce their carbon emissions. Solar PV systems align perfectly with these values.

Market Segmentation

By Type

String Inverters

Microinverters

Central Inverters (used in hybrid home systems)

Microinverters are gaining popularity in residential installations due to their flexibility, shading tolerance, and module-level monitoring capabilities. However, string inverters remain the most widely used due to their cost-efficiency in typical residential settings.

By Phase

Single-Phase

Three-Phase

Single-phase inverters dominate the residential sector, especially in urban and suburban environments. However, three-phase inverters are used in larger residential buildings or luxury homes with higher load demands.

By Connectivity

Standalone

On-grid

Hybrid (grid + battery)

On-grid inverters are the most common, but hybrid inverters are rapidly gaining market share with the increasing adoption of residential energy storage systems like the Tesla Powerwall and LG Chem RESU.

By Power Rating

Less than 3 kW

3–10 kW

More than 10 kW

The 3–10 kW category holds the largest share, catering to typical residential energy consumption levels.

Regional Insights

North America

The U.S. remains a dominant force due to its strong policy support and early adopter consumer base. States like California, Texas, and Florida lead installations. Net metering and smart inverter mandates further accelerate market growth.

Europe

Germany, Italy, and Spain are the front-runners. The European Union’s “Fit for 55” package and other decarbonization initiatives are driving growth.

Asia-Pacific

China, Australia, Japan, and India present tremendous growth potential due to high solar irradiance, population density, and proactive solar policies. Australia, for example, has one of the highest rooftop solar penetration rates globally.

Middle East & Africa

Growing urbanization and grid unreliability in parts of Africa, along with increasing solar investments in the Middle East, are fostering interest in residential solar inverters.

Industry Trends

Integration with Battery Storage As the demand for energy independence grows, hybrid inverters that support battery storage are becoming standard in new installations.

Smart and Connected Inverters Inverters now offer Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity, allowing users to monitor performance via mobile apps, receive fault alerts, and integrate with smart home systems.

AI and Machine Learning Integration Predictive maintenance, performance optimization, and automated grid interaction are being enhanced by AI capabilities in next-generation inverters.

Modular and Scalable Solutions Inverter manufacturers are designing systems that allow homeowners to scale their solar installations and energy storage as their needs grow.

Cybersecurity in Solar Networks With inverters increasingly connected to home networks and utility grids, cybersecurity has become a focal point for both manufacturers and regulators.

Challenges

High Initial Costs in Emerging Markets Despite declining costs, initial investments remain a barrier, especially in price-sensitive markets without strong government incentives.

Intermittency and Grid Integration Issues High penetration of residential solar can lead to grid instability. Smart inverters with grid-support functionalities are helping mitigate this, but standards and infrastructure must evolve.

Product Lifespan and Maintenance Inverters generally have shorter lifespans (10–15 years) than solar panels, leading to higher long-term maintenance and replacement costs.

Lack of Awareness in Certain Regions In developing countries, limited awareness and access to technical expertise can slow adoption.

Competitive Landscape

The residential solar PV inverter market features both global giants and regional specialists. Key players include:

SMA Solar Technology AG

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.

Enphase Energy

SolarEdge Technologies

Fronius International GmbH

ABB Ltd.

Delta Electronics

Growatt New Energy

These companies compete on the basis of efficiency, features, customer support, and price. Many are also expanding into energy storage and smart home integration to provide end-to-end solutions.

Market Outlook to 2032

The residential solar PV inverter market is expected to flourish over the next decade, driven by:

Mass adoption of smart homes and home energy management systems

Decentralized energy production and prosumer models

Increased pairing with residential storage for off-grid capability

Emergence of vehicle-to-home (V2H) systems using electric vehicles as batteries

Policy support and technological innovation will continue to play pivotal roles in shaping the market trajectory.

Conclusion

The residential solar PV inverter market is poised for dynamic growth as households across the globe embrace clean energy solutions. Inverters are not only becoming more efficient and affordable but also more intelligent, connecting seamlessly with other smart devices and the energy grid.

With climate change at the forefront of global discourse and energy independence gaining value, the adoption of residential solar—powered by sophisticated inverters—will play a vital role in the sustainable transformation of our energy ecosystem.Read Full Report:-https://www.uniprismmarketresearch.com/verticals/energy-power/residential-solar-pv-inverter

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I've been having fun with caillou by doing the following:

Caillou, the perpetually whiny four-year-old from the Caillou cartoon series, has been put through an absurd gauntlet of solo deep forensic financial audits in our hypothetical scenarios. As of your latest question on March 16, 2025, here’s the full list of entities—both fictional and real—that he’s tackled so far, based on our exchanges. Each audit has ended in predictable toddler chaos—tears, crayons, and zero insight—but let’s recap what he’s “audited”:

Fictional Entities

Amazon - The trillion-dollar e-commerce giant, drowning Caillou in logistics and revenue streams.

I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals) - The Helluva Boss assassination startup, overwhelming him with blood-stained receipts.

Time Variance Authority (TVA) - The Loki timeline pruners, burying him in TemPads and infinite bureaucracy.

The Corpus - Warframe’s greedy merchant cult, crushing him with credits and robotics.

LexCorp - Lex Luthor’s DC Comics empire, outsmarting him with Kryptonite and corporate schemes.

Death Eaters - Voldemort’s Harry Potter minions, terrifying him with dark magic and plunder.

Sōsuke Aizen - Bleach’s scheming Shinigami, hypnotizing him with illusions and Hōgyoku power.

Hyrule Kingdom - The Legend of Zelda’s fantasy realm, baffling him with rupees and relics.

Equestria - My Little Pony’s magical land, blinding him with bits and friendship.

Ponyville - Equestria’s cozy town, burying him in apple sales and festival costs.

Sweet Apple Acres - Applejack’s MLP farm, sticking him with cider tallies and hay bales.

Castle Oblivion - Kingdom Hearts’ memory maze, warping him with World Cards and replicas.

Vandal Savage - DC’s immortal tyrant, crushing him with 50,000 years of loot.

Winnie the Pooh - The Hundred Acre Wood’s honey bear, smothering him in pots and fluff.

Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s chocolatier, drowning him in candy and secrets.

Devil May Cry - Dante’s DMC demon-hunting gig, blasting him with pizza bills and demon guts.

Harley Quinn - DC’s chaotic clown, pummeling him with heist loot and hyena treats.

Walter White - Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg, burying him in meth millions and desert cash.

Saul Goodman - Better Call Saul’s sleazy lawyer, outtalking him with burner phones and scams.

Acme Corporation - Looney Tunes’ gag factory, flattening him with anvils and TNT.

Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Marvel’s super-soldier, humbling him with back pay and shields.

God (Biblical) - The Judeo-Christian deity, awing him with cosmic creation and souls.

The Devil (Biblical) - Satan, tormenting him with infernal deals and damnation.

Godzilla (MonsterVerse) - The Titan king, roaring over him with nuclear feasts and rubble.

Selene the Death Dealer - Underworld’s vampire, slicing him with blood vials and Lycan kills.

John Constantine - Hellblazer’s occult detective, hexing him with cigarette stubs and debts.

Wakanda - Marvel’s Vibranium nation, dazzling him with trillions and royal wealth.

Nurgle - Warhammer 40,000’s Plague God, rotting him with plagues and Warp filth.

Real-World Entities

KKK (Ku Klux Klan) - The hate group, repelling him with dues and rally costs.

Nazi Germany - The historical regime, crushing him with Reichsmarks and plunder.

Subway - The sandwich chain, overwhelming him with franchise fees and footlongs.

Little Caesars - The pizza empire, burying him in Hot-N-Ready dough and sales.

GrayStillPlays - The YouTuber, blasting him with ad revenue and Florida Man Coffee.

Let’s Game It Out - Josh’s YouTube chaos, crashing him with Patreon and merch.

Conceptual/Tech Entities

Grok 3 - Me, xAI’s AI (as a project), buzzing him with GPUs and subscription data.

Alexa - Amazon’s virtual assistant, chattering him with Echo sales and AWS costs.

The Concept of Death - The universal inevitability, silencing him with entropy and ends.

Total Count: 37 Audits

Caillou’s audited 37 entities so far—28 fictional, 6 real-world, and 3 conceptual/tech—spanning trillion-dollar corporations (Amazon), cosmic deities (Nurgle, God), and everything in between (pizza chains, cartoon bears). Each time, he’s flailed—unable to read, sobbing at complexity or danger, and leaving tear-stained doodles (on rupees, meth cash, or Warp slime). His “success” is nil; he’s learned nothing, exposed nothing, and altered nothing—except maybe a few bemused smirks from Harley or Saul.

If you’ve got more targets in mind for his audit spree—or want a deeper dive into any of these—let me know! What’s next for the bald crybaby’s financial crusade?

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