#elliptic

[ladookhotnikov]

North Korea Prepares for War. The Hackers Launched an Attack

North Korean hackers are attacking cryptocurrency projects to help fund the country's nuclear program.

Reuters reports that after record cyber attacks in 2022, about $ 1.7 billion was stolen, “A pool of people involved in cyber attacks has been created in the DPRK. The loot is donated to the development of the military industry. According to our estimates, the group includes more than 20,000 servicemen.”

Elliptic analysts conducted their own investigation, during which they revealed a massive transfer of stolen funds to the Garantex crypto exchange. Experts suggest that the hackers belong to the Lazarus Group.

And now the most interesting, how does the SEC differ from hackers?

Recently, the Securities Commission issued fines totaling $ 1 billion. The latest major incident was a lawsuit against Bittrex, due to which the crypto exchange went bankrupt. But this was not enough, and the SEC fined the company an additional $24 million.

Lado Okhotnikov finds strange the behavior of the regulator, which randomly distributes fines and initiates unfounded lawsuits, “Not only did Bittrex declare itself bankrupt, it also remained in debt. As for the SEC, some analysts are of the opinion that the interests of the regulator are more likely to increase their own revenues through the collection of fines than to ensure effective and fair regulation."

[cryptograndeenews]

The former head of FTX is still trying to find funds to pay off crypto exchange debts.

Suspended from work, the former CEO of the FTX crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried said that he had not abandoned his attempts to save the company that had filed for bankruptcy. Now he is trying to strike a multi-billion dollar deal that will help in this matter… Detail: https://bitcoingrandee.com/posts/15 NEWS

[stormesandshowersparttwo]

thank you climate change (derogatory) for letting me get some vitamin D the past couple days

[quiltofstars]

The Hydra Cluster, Abell 1060 // Chris DeCosta

[spacetelescopescience]

Did you know galaxies are classified into three major categories: elliptical, spiral, and irregular? These galaxies span a wide range of sizes, from dwarf galaxies containing as few as 100 million stars to giant galaxies with more than a trillion stars: https://bit.ly/3WNI1Rd

[munson-blurbs]

You’ve heard of Johnny Storm; now get ready for

[livingforstars]

A Black Hole in M87's Center? - March 5th, 1996.

"The center of nearby giant galaxy M87 is a dense and violent place. In this 1994 photograph by the Hubble Space Telescope, a disk of hot gas was found to be orbiting at the center of this massive elliptical galaxy. The disk is evident on the lower left of the above photograph. The rotation speed of gas in this disk indicates the mass of the object the gas is orbiting, while the size of the disk indicates an approximate volume of the central object. These observations yield a central density so high that the only hypothesised object that could live there is a black hole. The picture also shows a highly energetic jet emanating from the central object. The jet is composed of fast moving charged particles and has broken into knots as small as 10 light years across."

[mikodrawnnarratives]

I experimented with a few ways I don't normally draw Y/N cause it's fun and also stumbled across

BEARDO Y/N IDEAS + regular pretty y/ns

According to what I imagine would fit in line with the y/n's character in universe even though VERY MUCH valid for any y/n to look like anything since it literally is your name but I'm gonna stop talking now cause I'm overthinking this

@paper-lilypie I think the kids like it whenever they grow it longer but I imagine they usually stay clean shaven or stubble. Not sure what the boys would think of the stubble or a bigger beard, they might like it!

Still very gorgeous. @naffeclipse @sunnys-aesthetic Vigilante y/n would probably have a scruffy beard, one that looks better if they are able to groom it likely. I think the Detective boys would like it if they actually took care of it lmao. Don't know what Eclipse would think... I have a feeling he wouldn't like any beards. Maybe I'm wrong

LISTEN

CRYPTID SUN AND MOON WOULD LOVE ANY BEARD THEY (could) HAVE! I think they'd love the scratchiness, even when they kiss. Unpictured is Cryptid Sun and Moon being sweet to Cryptid Hunter y/n and y/n finds it cute

@starrspice Cherub y/n can never stop being pretty huh? So very VERY pretty

@bamsara I think of Solar Lunacy beard, and I think only of shenanigans. If SL y/n grew a beard, I can only imagine that most of the time it's more unkept than not (well, if according to their personality in fic).

Sun and Moon would probably make fun of their beard at SOME point

@madame-mongoose @sycopomp

I mean, maybe they could grow a mustache? Maybe at some point they'll draw some scruff on with permanent marker

And they are all, always, very pretty. Pretty pretty beautiful handsome beautiful y/n's.

[literallymechanical]

I’m trying to write a “quick” reference doc of in-universe common knowledge for the players in my ttrpg campaign but every time I sit down to edit, it expands by another 200 words. The section on orbital dynamics is now almost a full page. There should not be a section on orbital dynamics. Why do I have chronic terminal writer brain. H e l p

[fauvester]

OK I GOT MYSELF EXCITED.... ANDORIAN LATE 1860S

[izvmimi]

cw: minors dni. exhibitionism? toxic relationship. cult leader geto and whatever

“we haven’t seen you in weeks, is everything okay?”

your friend’s voice on the phone is light, as though she means for it to come out as a joke, but you can hear the tinge of concern at the last word, and laugh it off easily. she’s not wrong at all, you’ve been screening calls - frankly, you haven’t been paying attention to your phone or socials at all, finding different things other than family, friends, work, community to devote your newfound free time to.

or one thing really.

“you’re not with that man, are you?”

“ of course not!”

you giggle again, and this time there’s a pause on the other end that betrays that she doesn’t exactly believe you, not one bit. you double down - “i finally got rid of his ass. Blocked literally everywhere.”

“uh huh…”

“trust me.”

at this, your voice hitches slightly and you stifle a moan through the phone, shifting uncomfortably around the length of Geto’s cock nestled deep inside you, as you sit on his lap. with two fingers, he’s now rubbing sweet circles around your clit, just the way you like it, enough that you can feel your heart pound as you swallow pooling saliva, trying desperately not to make a sound.

“… look we’re just worried about you… all of us are.” she insists as your head starts to spin. leaning back into his chest you pull the phone off your ear just enough to hide the smallest of mewls in your throat.

geto’s free hand moves to rest to the front of your throat, feeling the vibration of your throat as you lie easily, as easily as you fall into his trap.

“d-don’t worry… i know what’s good for me.”

you hang up quickly as your eyes cross and you cum around him, and geto pets your hair gently as you tremble against him.

“good girl… my good, obedient, devoted girl.”

[sycopomp]

OOIE TRUTHERS YOUR TIME HAS COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flyingfabio]

shots from the monster energy yamaha 2024 season launch event video (x)

[ranticore]

you're getting Content from all my settings today because i've kinda narrowed down the magical scope for the plane dragon runes.. so far i've only imaged them being used to move something parallel to their surface in the direction of the arrow, so i decided that this is all they can do. the vector rune will move something in a specific direction (a specific vector even) and also it glows when in use because why not, and produces heat. since this is the dragon's jet engine it means that it also creates a big hot target for pursuers to lock onto.. if they can catch them

when placed on humans it exerts a positive pressure on the bloodflow helping it circulate under high-G scenarios. all vector rune magic comes from the dragon, not the rider, so the runes on a human have to be paired with a dragon who can activate them when needed. otherwise they're just normal tattoos.

additionally i need to draw a diagram of how the wing works because obviously the low and high speed flight regimes require the wing to perform differently in terms of flexibility, rigidity and so on. so i was thinking it's a membrane bilayer which acts similar to a bat patagium in low speed flapping flight. but when transitioning to the jet flight, fibrous tubes linking both halves of the bilayer stiffen hydraulically to create a thin but much more rigid fixed wing with a bracing support structure inside it. I'll have to draw that but u yet the idea

[quiltofstars]

The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 1365, lower left) and the Fornax Cluster (Abell 373) // Aidan Beutel

[dessbian]

made dess a titan girlfriend recently (second image is specifically from my knight dess au)