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Vanguard stands firm against crypto - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-02-27/vanguard-a-top-investment-firm-shuns-crypto-like-the-plague-heres-why-thats-good…

Hiltzik: Vanguard stands firm against crypto
Vanguard has a long history of denying its customers access to investments it believes are dumb. Now it has added crypto to the list.

Sources: Vanguard Group, the biggest investor in Disney with a roughly 8.3% stake, is voting for Disney's board nominees at the annual meeting on April 3 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04…

Disney (DIS) Ahead in Trian Proxy Battle With Most of Votes Counted
Walt Disney Co.’s management is pulling ahead with more than 60% of the votes counted in its proxy fight with Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

John Barth, a Novelist Who Found Possibility in a ‘Used-Up’ Form - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/books/review/john-barth-appreciation.html

John Barth, a Novelist Who Found Possibility in a ‘Used-Up’ Form
By merrily using fiction to dissect itself, he was at the vanguard of a movement that defined a postwar American style.

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D’Angelo and The Vanguard:
🎵 1000 Deaths
#DAngeloandTheVanguard
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Zvp0QO5e9cGhYHywdrfyQ

"Finance and consumer goods giants ‘ignoring deforestation risks’ despite a decade of warnings"
#Deforestation #Trees #Environment

Finance and consumer goods giants ‘ignoring deforestation risks’ despite a decade of warnings
A new analysis of the deforestation-related commitments from 150 of the world’s largest financiers has found that more than half have no public policies or pledges – including BlackRock, Vanguard and Macquarie.

YouTube toddler content has always been the vanguard of identifying pure viewer appeal. Other media confounds with high production, but each low effort YouTube toddler video explores only one or two concepts.
So I don't know what to think exactly, but I can report the video below really connected with some toddlers I know... like for them this is high art expressing deep and meaningful emotions: a slideshow showing the sad life of an AI generated kitten

Volt Typhoon – also known as Vanguard Panda and Insidious Taurus – is a state-supported Chinese cyber operation that has compromised thousands of internet-connected devices.
it was part of a larger effort to infiltrate western critical infrastructure, including naval ports, internet service providers, communications services and utilities.
New advisories on Volt Typhoon followed a recent announcement by US authorities that they had dismantled a bot network of hundreds of compro…

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
D’Angelo and The Vanguard:
🎵 Really Love
#DAngeloandTheVanguard
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RcanAJpudPNDkyIe9DzKS
https://themovementfam.bandcamp.com/track/dangelo-the-vanguard-really-love

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05205 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Interoperability of the Metaverse: A Digital Ecosystem Perspective Review
The Metaverse is at the vanguard of the impending digital revolution, with the potential to significantly transform industries and lifestyles. However, in 2023, skepticism surfaced within industrial and academic spheres, raising concerns that excitement may outpace actual technological progress. Interoperability, recognized as a major barrier to the Metaverse's full potential, is central to this debate. CoinMarketCap's report in February 2023 indicated that of over 240 metaverse initiatives, mo…

Joan Jonas: A Trailblazer Shines at MoMA - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/arts/design/joan-jonas-moma-drawing-center.html

Joan Jonas: A Trailblazer Shines at MoMA
A bounteous and playful survey of the artist’s career on the vanguard highway fills the museum and the Drawing Center.