Way back in 2000 then Chinese President Jiang Zemin did an interview with 60 Minutes. Time stamped it here. Fucking Mike Wallace literally states "you do know that the CIA and Pentagon do make mistakes". President Jiang openly laughs in Mike's face. #priceless.

So AstraZeneca announced that is was pulling its Covid vaccine??!! The article here points to the decision being based on side effects and a class action suit. Other outlets are saying that the decision is based on "falling demand". Certainly an interesting development.

The Telegraph

AstraZeneca admits its Covid vaccine can cause rare side effect in court documents for first time

Pharmaceutical giant being sued in class action over claims its vaccine caused death and serious injury in dozens of cases

Can't believe that it has been 25 years. Mother's Day 1999 and I remember all too well. Having brunch to celebrate when all of a sudden those old Nokia phones began pinging with text messages. The US had just "accidentally" bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Outdated maps was the excuse. It was a tense week thereafter. https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-jinping-visit-serbia-anniversary-1999-nato-bombing-2024-05-07/

Just spent the past two weeks with family celebrating various events and was almost entirely offline during that time. Highly recommend. It puts what truly matters into genuine perspective.

Here we go. And the ETF approval is probably behind the jump in price just now.

Just been one of those days here in the Middle Kingdom. Time for a generous pour of bourbon.

Twitter/X is clearly a tough habit to break. A ton of high profile Bitcoiners who remain addicted to the engagement feedback loop and their audience while popping into Nostr once a week (if that). Very telling.

My mistake. Earthquake was in Taiwan which makes more sense given its closer to Shanghai. Decent size too. 7.4

CNN

Hualien, Taiwan earthquake: Dozens trapped in tunnels after strongest quake in 25 years kills at least nine | CNN

Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 year...

There we go….