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Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies - Imagine how such a network would have evolved over the years, with generation after generation involved in such activities, raised surrounded by all this deception. What would it look like now? Today‘s open culture is very opposite of all this, but I can't help but wonder if this still an unnexplodded bomb that we still need to difuse? Maybe that's what we are already doing without really knowing. I mean where did mafias come from? What will the mafias of the future look like? theguardian.com #

Vitalik Buterin backs new blockchain MegaETH as it raises $20 million at '9-figure' token valuation - Strange that this story appears just as there is big funeral occuring around the corner where I am. MegaEth looks like a Solana competitor focusing on high transactions per second. It's a bit worrying that there is an entity called MegaLabs that launched a builder program called MegaMafia. Note that EigenLayer founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan is one of the investors. EigenLayer has a very interesting anti-mafia feature, but what use is that if it's literally run by the mafia? Seems unlikely these are all coincidences. Maybe that's their point, or maybe they literally are the mafia and just don't give an f anymore. Weirdly this article loaded in Pocket App in Web View mode even though I am not connected to the internet. theblock.co #

Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’ - The idea would be to use it to make martian soil better adapted to grow other things. They've tested it in Mars-like conditions and it survives. theguardian.com #

Macron told ‘people detest you’ as far-right bids to be biggest party in France - Things seems really messed up in France. Why are they arguing so much about inconsequencial things? This really could be France's biggest moment on the global stage. theguardian.com #

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