The Red Knight By Ami Thompson

I know we all think it's funny that Facebook and Instagram are down but I think it should be noted that these large-scale cyber attacks are most likely the result of people trying to bury information that was uncovered in the Pandora papers yesterday

This twitter trending summarizes it quite well. This is the biggest undercover investigation since the Panama papers and it covers the same premise. It uncovered large quantities of unreported wealth and spending by the richest people in the world. The cyber attacks against these large social media and communication apps are most likely an attempt to divert attention away from this. For more information look at the articles I linked below:

ICIJ

Offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in unprecedented leak - ICIJ

The Pandora Papers reveal the inner workings of a shadow economy that benefits the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyone els

BBC News

A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak - BBC News

A massive leak of documents reveal hidden wealth, tax avoidance and in some cases, money laundering.

Someone needs to inform the (rightly) pro-piracy tumblr users that it is no longer 2014 and some of the services they are recommending will turn ur computer in a broken microwave that serves bitcoins to shitheads.

the total number of detainees during the nationwide uprising in Iran is estimated at 6,000.

in this post I will talk about some of them.

(tw:beating) this is Armita Abbasi. she is 20 years old, she was last seen in a hospital after her arrest because she was reportedly beaten with a baton. her whereabouts are unknown.

this is Saeed Heleichi, an Arab poet and activist. he was arrested on October 19.

this is Soheil Khoshdel, a 17 yo protester who was arrested and sent to a correctional center just because of protesting.

this is Samane Asqari, a children rights activist. the police officers introduced themselves as employees of water department so they can enter her house and arrest her.

this is Badi' Khaze'i. he was arrested alongside his friends. after realizing that he's a follower of Baha'i religion, the police transferred him to Evin prison of Tehran which is 792 miles away from his hometown.

Elnaz Rekabi, a climber who refused to wear the hijab in a competition is reportedly under house arrest.

(tw: beating and torture) this is the moment of Hossein Ronaghi's arrest. he has been arrested several times over the past 20 years. this time he was arrested for being interviewed by an anti-regime broadcasting station. he was violently taken away by the police in front of a courthouse. he was going to turn himself in but he was still beaten by the police. both of his legs are broken and he has been tortured for days without any treatment. he's also on a hunger strike.

this is Atrin Azarfar. she's a Kurdish graphic designer who was arrested on October 19. her whereabouts are unknown.

this is Fatemeh Sepehri, a political and women's rights activist. she was arrested because of her interview with an anti-regime tv station. she has been kept in a solitary confinement since September 21.

this is Niloofar Hamedi, a journalist who reported Jina Amini's murder and shared a photo of her parents. she's been arrested for doing her job.

say their names, talk about them.

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People's Brains Sync Up When Gaming Together, Even When Nobody's There

The more synced up the participants' gamma rays were, the better short-term performance in the game. And the higher their alpha synchrony, the better they did overall.

It’s been easy to feel disconnected over the past two and a half years, despite all the hours spent doing Zoom trivia and online gaming with friends.

But it turns out that, even when we’re physically alone, our brains may be able to sync up with the minds of others we’re playing with better than expected.

A new study has shown that people playing a cooperative game together online can achieve brainwave synchronization, even when they’re in total isolation.

This type of synchronization is usually associated with social interaction, and is important to a healthy society because it’s linked to better empathy and cooperation.

But this new research suggests it doesn’t only happen when we’re face to face.

“We were able to show that inter-brain phase synchronization can occur without the presence of the other person,” says one of the team, cognitive researcher Valtteri Wikström from the University of Helsinki in Finland.

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Massage from Malale Yousafzai in support of women’s revolution in Iran.

She herself was shot by islamic fundamentalists for going to school.