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Rob FortyNorth

@fortynorth.bsky.social
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Straddling a line of latitude with Zoomers and our rescue. Physics|Meteorology| EAC| Corp. Dev.& Ops.roles. It’s always ☀️above inthe clouds.| 🌊🐋🏔️🚴| Opinions+typos are mine.

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 6h
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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RazomWeStand 🇺🇦 @razomwestand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On 1 October, dozens protested in Copenhagen, calling on #Fayard to stop repairing the Arc7 tankers serving Russia’s Yamal #LNG project. Fayard is the last known EU shipyard still servicing these vessels. Four Arc7 tankers have been reported at the yard since June 👇
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Soccerwise @soccerwisehq.bsky.social · 23h
CAVAN SULLIVAN CHIPS THE GOALKEEPER TO SCORE HIS FIRST USMNT GOAL 🤯🤯🤯 Cavan becomess the new youngest ever goal scorer for the national team 🇺🇸📈
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Andrew Carter @andrewcarter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The only free cheese is in a mousetrap www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Please remember, it was once that way
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Turnabout is fair play... grab 'em by the paycheck.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia's bond market is collapsing. Government debt is being issued at 17% now and corporate debt has reached 44%. Global investors are all pricing in an economic collapse of Russia.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced.
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Trump White House misspells “United” on the official “super intelligence” document with AI executives. Instead of “President of the United States,” it reads: “President of the Unites States.” Nothing says “super intelligence” quite like misspelling the name of the country.
Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump’s verified @realDonaldTrump account displaying a signed document titled “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities.” The document outlines voluntary AI safety and oversight commitments for companies developing frontier artificial intelligence models. On the right side are signatures and company labels for leaders including Sundar Pichai of Google, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Elon Musk of xAI, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Near the center-right, Donald J. Trump’s large signature appears above the printed title identifying him as president. The title contains a noticeable typo: instead of “President of the United States,” it reads, “President of the Unites States,” misspelling “United” as “Unites.”
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A clean, electrified energy system has been a dream for decades. Thirty years ago the core components existed, but they weren't economical. Rapid price drops have brought it into reality. It's best to recognise a shift early. Second best is to act on it when it's staring us in the face.
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Soccerwise @soccerwisehq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Milan Iloski's hat trick against Orlando on Saturday led the Philadelphia Union to yet another win! The Union have not lost since the World Cup break and have earned 32 points in their last 12 MLS matches. That number ties the record for the most points in any 12-match span in MLS history.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 29/09/2026
’The bearish divergence in the high yield credit market that we pointed out not long ago has pretty much fallen off a cliff. Rising interest rates are the obvious culprit causing traders to sell more bonds than they’re buying.‘ vixology.substack.com/p/the-weight
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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 28/09/2026
Starship Flight 14 Concludes! Ship 41 bellyflop, flip-and-burn, and splashdown (and this time, the expected explosion)! Full stream from T-4 hours: youtube.com/watch?v=9gDx...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"Thiel’s destruction of Gawker, a publication that attacked virtually everyone, was the first shot fired in this era’s remarkably successful war against the free press. The war itself is not new. It’s just that today’s iteration of it is so very on the nose." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...
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The Free and Unfree Press
Journalism, and its adversaries.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins pledged to serve just TWO terms. Now she’s running for a SIXTH. Trust matters. Promises matter. Troy Jackson is fighting for working families, lower drug costs & protecting Social Security. After 30 years, Maine deserves more than “concerned.” #MainePolitics #TroyJackson #SheShed
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Kremlin is conducting a coordinated series of kinetic campaigns targeting Europe, and NATO states must understand and forthrightly discuss both these ongoing Russian campaigns against Europe and the evolving near-term Russian conventional threat.  Read the full report: isw.pub/RussianEurop...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fun fact: the U.S. House can sue a sitting president with a simple majority vote. If the Democrats retake the chamber, they should do more than just "investigate" Trump's corruption. They should sue him in federal court for the illegal ballroom, Qatari jet, and more.
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Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @creacleanair.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🇷🇺 CREA’s February 2025 monthly analysis on fossil fuel exports from Russia is now available here in EN & 🇺🇦 UA soon to follow: energyandcleanair.org/february-202... Find all related CREA data here: energyandcleanair.org/financing-pu... #FinancingPutinsWar #StandWithUkraine
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dominican American Austin City Council candidate Misael Ramos was arrested Saturday, September 26, outside RBM Food Mart in East Austin. KVUE captured the arrest on video. Ramos, who is running for District 1, faces a misdemeanor "riot participation" charge.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
China's 2025 exports of solar, EVs, wind turbines, and batteries avoided 374 million tons of CO2. Equal to UK & Portugal emissions. That's 31% more than China's 2024 exports. China's EV exports to Uruguay drove EV market share from 5% to 56% in 2.5 years. esgnews.com/china-clean-... #energysky
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China Clean Tech Exports Avoid 374 Million Tons of CO2
374 million tons: Chinese clean technology exports avoided an estimated 374 MtCO2 in 2025, exceeding the UK’s annual emissions. 6.9 billion tons: Over
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Jeff Bezos: Men we are *told* are brilliant businessmen, but every time they open their mouths they prove themselves to be ridiculous idiots.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mr Big really is one of the happiest dogs ever. He’s back with us right now fighting for his life. This was the first time we saved him. My dream is to get him back running and into that hammock again smiling. He’s just a brilliant dog 🤞
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Kate Dailey @katedailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big news from Peter Dobrin and Sue Snyder and the @inquirer.com : William Penn Foundation offers to fund Academy of Natural Science for a year. Drexel did not say whether the had declined the offer. www.inquirer.com/arts/drexel-...
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William Penn Foundation offers funding to keep Academy of Natural Sciences museum open
A Drexel spokesperson did not say whether the school had declined the offer, but said, “No proposal has been presented that would provide a permanent, sustainable path forward" for the museum.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hurry up and do it 💥
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2026
Oracle is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks.
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Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Shield Itself on Controversial Data Center
Oracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2026
Elon Musk gave the most detailed timetable yet for expansion plans for the Memphis-area cluster as he races to expand AI computing capacity.
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Elon Musk Aims to Double Colossus 2’s Nvidia Chips by Year-End
Elon Musk said Colossus 2, an AI computing cluster built by his xAI business, may more than double its current Nvidia Corp. chip count by the end of the year.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25/09/2026
Trump’s administration requested OpenAI and Anthropic withhold new AI models from the UK’s flagship testing agency without prior review by US authorities
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Trump Tells OpenAI, Anthropic to Withhold Models From UK Agency
President Donald Trump’s administration requested OpenAI and Anthropic PBC withhold new artificial intelligence models from the UK’s flagship testing agency without prior review by US authorities.
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Julien Leclerc @julienleclerc.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
Oui 👏🏻 en plus des paroles, on veut des lois, des actes et que ce soit respecteé sans qu’on soit passif face aux État-Unis et la Chine.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can tell you what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is honestly the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 24/09/2026
Imagine if a fraction of the national wealth being directed by a small cohort of the superrich toward extremely speculative AI investments was devoted to educating our young people, public health ... or food for the undernourished. The near certain pay-offs would be huge.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New paper: A quarter of the world's data centers are in areas already experiencing water stress. At 3C of global warming, that will rise to one in three pubs.acs.org/esthag/artic...
Chart showing 7032 data centers in places with 0 water-stress months per year, 961 in places with 1-4 water-stress months, 831 with 508 months and 523 with 9-12 months.
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Urban heat island effects are bad enough. Clustering data centers in cities, each of which can produce the heat of 54,000 houses, will make it exponentially worse, especially in already hot places like Phoenix Gift link to this great @bloomberg.com infographic: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 23/09/2026
Justice Alito must recuse from Suncor v. Boulder @consumerwatchdog.bsky.social says. Alito was warned climate deception lawsuits like Boulder's could adversely affect his investments in Big Oil companies. “Under the Supreme Court’s own Code of Conduct, Alito should recuse.”
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Watchdog group reveals Justice Alito’s financial, ethical conflicts in Big Oil lawsuit before the court | Center for Climate Integrity
Justice Alito must recuse from Suncor v. Boulder under the court’s own Code of Conduct, watchdog says.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 25/09/2026
This research details how Civitai lets users buy and sell tools to fine-tune deepfakes the company says are banned.
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Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
New research details how Civitai lets users buy and sell tools to fine-tune deepfakes the company says are banned.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
👏😂👇
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Paulette aka Pawlina @pawlina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For Americans wondering what they can do to stop the madness at the ballot box... here's a clue. Vote for people like this. In droves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUAs...
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Admiral Eileen Laubacher (Ret.): America Deserves Better in Congress | JBP (E051)
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
We call this a concentration camp, your honor.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 24/09/2026
Elon Musk's DOGE is gone, but the wreckage it left behind at the VA is still being felt. A new VA Inspector General report found that DOGE, alongside Trump's VA appointees, terminated 435 contracts worth a total of $1.1 billion. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
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$1 billion in VA contracts terminated following requests from DOGE, senior officials
Most of the terminated contracts were for consulting services, which included administrative and program management as well as communications.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I wrote to Senator McCormick's staff regarding his recent op-ed in the Washington Post. 1/6
I read with interest Senator McCormick’s op-ed in the Washington Post “I’m a Republican senator. America needs more science, not less.” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/23/sen-dave-mccormick-nih-research-needs-more-reform-investment/ ). He made some important points, but the piece also included some factual errors and misrepresentations that you should be aware of.
 

Let me start with some background about myself. I was appointed Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), one of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH by Secretary (and former Republican Governor) Tommy Thompson in 2003, during the first administration of George W. Bush. I served through 2011. In 2011, I moved to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine as Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Science Strategy and Planning in the Health Sciences and a professor of Computational and Systems Biology​. I am writing this in my personal capacity.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show Could be worth billions of dollars Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B www.washingtonsun.com/donald-trump...
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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
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