George R.R. Martin actually finished Winds of Winter years ago? An amazing scoop; congrats to Jon del Arroz and the Fandom Pulse team.

"However, an insider told Fandom Pulse the thirteen-years-late book actually was finished in 2016 during the filming of season 6 of A Game Of Thrones. The insider, who we confirmed worked in the publishing industry at big companies, said that they have spoken with editors at both Spectra and Voyager, who are Martin’s publishers in the United Kingdom and the United States, to confirm this, with both having a similar story.

According to the source, Martin was forced by Warner Bros. to give HBO producers D. B. Weiss and David Benioff the ending to the show as early as season 4’s pre-production, which they needed to be able to foreshadow and work on the ending for the TV show iteration.

Apparently, the producers thought the ending was not a satisfying one, which led to a falling out between Martin and them. As much as fans blame the producers for moving from the source material for the last couple of seasons for the ending, it may have been the ending Martin intended for the book series all along."
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/rumor-the-winds-of-winter-was-finished#:~:text=However%2C%20an%20insider,series%20all%20along.

"It cannot be stressed enough that the global economy is largely a farce, but China is closest to the edge of the cliff in terms of consequences and crisis.  The interdependency of globalism has left many nations without the ability to weather a trade dispute and China's survival is almost entirely based on steady exports to the west and the US in particular. 

"Don't let high paid TikTok and YouTube influencers fool you with videos of Chinese skyscrapers caked with LED lights or lavish parties with dancing robots.  This is not the true China.  Underneath the facade is a nation on the brink of disaster."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-economic-dire-straits-and-theyre-no-longer-able-hide-it#:~:text=It%20cannot%20be,brink%20of%20disaster.

No opting out permitted


Abstract—We investigate what data iOS on an iPhone shares with Apple and what data Google Android on a Pixel phone shares with Google. We find that even when minimally configured and the handset is idle both iOS and Google Android share data with Apple/Google on average every 4.5 mins. The phone IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number and IMSI, handset phone number etc are shared with Apple and Google. Both iOS and Google Android transmit telemetry, despite the user explicitly opting out of this. When a SIM is inserted both iOS and Google Android send details to Apple/Google. iOS sends the MAC addresses of nearby devices, e.g. other handsets and the home gateway, to Apple together with their GPS location. Users have no opt out from this and currently there are few, if any, realistic options for preventing this data sharing.


https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/pubs/apple_google2.pdf

Media Calls Riots ‘Peaceful’ as Los Angeles Burns

They’re doing it again...

https://www.vigilantfox.com/p/media-calls-la-riots-peaceful

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LA Riots are not organic.

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🏍 Heavy traffic on the road in China.

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Looks like the riot psyop is going to go on for a while…

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