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20 Feb 2025 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr
Every morning, as soon as I wake, my first instinct is to check the “power outage” schedule for the day. Two hours without electricity. Every single day. I rearrange my life around it, learning to exist in the gaps between light and darkness. It’s...
19 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Galaxie Crypto
According to the report by Chainalysis, published on February 19, 2025, cryptocurrency exchange platforms in Iran recorded a 70% increase in outflows in 2024 compared to the previous year. This led to a capital flight of $4.2 billion in one year. I...
11 Jan 2025 2 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr
On Friday, January 9, Spin the Song magazine named Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper at the top of the 25 most influential musicians list. https://www.spin.com/2025/01/the-25-most-influential-people-in-music-in-2025/ Toomaj Salehi is an Iranian...
26 Jan 2025 2 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr
Whenever I open the “Oblivion app” on my phone to access free internet in my country, the face of Yousef Ghobadi and the image of “Segarou” greet me with a pang of sadness. Yousef Ghobadi, known by the pseudonym Segarou, is a political prisoner in I...
6 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25
In Europe, falling inflation figures and poor labor market sentiment have led markets to raise the probability of a rate cut to 90% this month. The Fed’s lack of haste to cut rates and the increasing likelihood of a 25 basis point rate cut, along wit...
20 May 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Islam in man and rabies in dog are the same."User Du2hw Dust Muhammad was a 16th-century Persian painter who moved to San Francisco to make psychedelic Rock & Roll posters. His name means "Friend of Muhammad." The Grateful Dead wrote a song abou...
12 Apr 2024 1 minute read 3 comments Kovichni
Probably not a d*** thing. But you know how we talk about connecting the dots and recognizing patterns? US and Israeli stock dropped after it became clear there is no diplomatic solution and Iran will retaliate against Israel. Bitcoin dropped as well...
29 Oct 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will shine!” Here is my latest X (Twitter) timeline: And you judge for yourself: The official news agency of the Iranian government announced the death (State murder) of Armita Gravand. The Islamic...
18 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
Thanks for dropping by. Please subscribe if you haven't yet! Ever since I was very young (about 12 years old), I've always been attracted to the mysterious and unexplained. At around this time (1978), I had learned of President Kennedy's assassinatio...
9 Oct 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Kovichni
There's not really a need to repeat what happened the past 48 hours because it apparently was a blue moon and it weren't Palestinian mothers and fathers pleading for their children, but this time it were numerous Israeli parents who felt helpless. So...
