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What is the name of this synth I hear in a lot of Chinese dance music?
I've recently been listening to a lot of Chinese music and really enjoy these songs that always use this synth. Is there a name for the synth, or of the genre that uses it in general? I want to find more music like it.
[fully lost] 'The Fifth Estate' S35E20 - CBC Documentary on Peter Nygård, taken down by court order
(reposting this as i messed up the title)
Peter Nygård is a Canadian businessman, clothing manufacturer and convicted sex offender. In December 2020, Nygård was formally charged on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, including allegations of sex trafficking involving minors.
Long before he was ever tried for his crimes, CBC created a documentary as part of their investigative show 'The Fifth Estate'. This documentary was released in 2010, however in 2012, Nygård launched a lawsuit against the CBC regarding copyright issues about private videos taken at his residence. He had also launched a copyright complaint with the U.S. District Court in New York and a lawsuit in Manitoba to prevent the piece from airing. He had previously sued two former employees for releasing confidential information and his lawyer claimed the CBC harassed many of the employees.
source 1 \ source 2 \ source 3
It appears this lawsuit was successful and the episode was taken down.
By relating the air date listed in these sources (April 9th 2010), we can determine it was S35E20, titled 'Larger Than Life'
The original episode can no longer be found by any means, neither digitally or physically. At one point, it was available to watch directly on the CBC website, however this page no longer exists.
The webpage can still be viewed with the Wayback Machine, which took multiple snapshots during the time between the original and the lawsuit, however none of these properly archived the video itself.
Wayback Machine CBC page archive
The video was originally hosted on the page within flash player, but even when using rumble, the video cannot be retrieved. The included .swf files listed within each snapshot also do not contain the video, just some of the metadata.
However, by poring through the data we can find that the specific clipID for the episode on that site was "1464891175", but no amount of modifying various urls for that site with the given ID return anything (at least as far as I've been able to).
If anyone has a copy of this, please let me know.
You are about to lose any privacy you have left
(reposting this as it was removed for not having any body text)
This Israeli technology, used by ICE in America and to silence journalists in many countries, is already being used in Australia, and soon they won't even need a warrant to do so.
Soon, at any police checkpoint/stop/RBT or anywhere else, police will be able to legally force you to hand over your phone, without any pre-existing suspicion. They copy EVERYTHING off your phone, every message, everything you've ever searched, literally anything you have ever done on your phone.
And refusing to hand over all your personal information, will carry a jail sentence of up to 10 years.
They claim this is to stop organised crime, but such a serious breach of everyone's privacy is a step too far, and will undoubtedly be used to silence any speech that the government doesn't like. Whether or not you think this technology should be used against people with outstanding warrants isn't the point, because they will no longer need one to do so, and they WILL do it to you.
We are quickly headed towards a complete surveillance state, and if we don't do something soon, then any privacy we have left will cease to exist.
We can't just sit around and let this happen. This is how authoritarian regimes take control.
Full Documentary that was referenced by Ben in the new Patreon video about Prakashanad Swami / Peter Spiegel
youtube.comTIL that Richard Moir (Tony Twist from the early seasons of Round the Twist) was one of the first people to receive Deep Brain Stimulation treatment for Parkinsons
Richard Moir, known for his role as Tony Twist (in the early seasons of the classic Australian show "Round the Twist") suffered from Parkinson's disease, and was one of the first people to receive Deep Brain Stimulation therapy in order to ease the symptoms. This treatment involves inserting several electrodes directly into the brain, stopping, or at least reducing the tremors.
This documentary "The Bridge at Midnight Trembles" (2006) covers his story and treatment
Anyone else think these Alcafe Latte Sachets are absolutely horrid?
Tried both these flavours, they taste bizarre and sickly. Immediately poured them out, they're disgusting