The IP conversation is actually interesting. I don't think anyone really knows yet how companies will protect the characters they've created. My guess is they go after the platforms that make it possible, not the individuals posting. The closest thing to a preview so far might be Seedance. It launched in February, the Tom Cruise vs. Brad Pitt fight went viral, and within weeks Disney and most of the major studios had sent ByteDance cease-and-desist letters. ByteDance paused the global launch, added guardrails, and eventually signed an IP agreement with the MPA. As far as I know, nobody went after the person who made the clip. Disney also licensed its characters to OpenAI for Sora while suing Midjourney. So maybe the pattern is sue or license, but at the platform level. Curious if that holds. My company is on the opposite end of the spectrum. We make cinematic AI ads for Fortune 500 brands, so we keep audit logs on where every character and asset comes from. Total opposite end of the spectrum.

There are no blue states. Just blue cities telling us how to live.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US boomers overwhelmingly support higher taxes on younger workers to maintain current Social Security benefits, poll shows.

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN HOW A HOUSE CAN BE “PAID OFF” AND STILL COST $26,847 A YEAR JUST TO KEEP? No mortgage. No monthly principal. No interest. The house is yours. Then the property tax bill arrives: $26,847. That’s $2,237 a month. On a house you already finished paying for. And that’s BEFORE homeowners insurance. Before repairs. Before maintenance. Before utilities. I understand property taxes fund schools, roads and local services. But this is the part that messes with me. You can spend 30 years paying off your house thinking you’re securing cheaper housing for retirement… Then still need more than $2,000 every month just for the property tax.

The following is quoted from the document regarding a Category A image: “Andrew Tate exchanged further messages with the same recipient. These messages included: i. An image showing a screenshot of messages between Andrew Tate and a female believed to be the female child. Within the screenshot are video thumbnail images received by Andrew Tate. It is believed that the videos were sent by the female child following instructions from Andrew Tate to fist herself. He says to her "I WANT WHOLE HAND UP TO YOUR WRIST". A further video thumbnail is then shown to which Andrew Tate stated "GETTING BETTER". ii. A message stating ‘Told her I'd dump her if she didn't fist herself So now she keeps sending me vids trying.’”

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If I was Trump going into a big midterm loss, I would just go out with a bang: Cut entitlements & close the budget deficit It will crash the economy and he’ll be hated for 2 years—but history will remember him for saving the country.

Helicon has been live on Avalanche C-Chain for five days. We read the onchain data. Three things changed. One of them is in every block since activation. 🧵