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[magspeaches]

What are those noises coming from the wizard’s tent? A little study break. Full here and on 🦋

[visionj-journal]

Don't think I posted it here! but this is a re-draw of a banner I drew from my KHR OCs for my Fanfic tumblr.

First things first, I started the drawing with a much higher resolution than the original.

I started by re-doing the composition and moving the characters around, decided to separate them with panels and added textures in the background for more visual interest rather than a gradient there was before.

The original was a quick thing, something I did so I'd have something to put in the animated gallery on the page.

The new one was a bit more planned, I paid more attention to the characters and how they move in space.

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Hazel's Leap Year Post - Warnings, news, updates, and more!

Happy leap year! I'm not sure how else to celebrate except with my first journal post of 2024 (and first journal in a while), but who knows, maybe I'll think of somethin' ^-^ So how's 2024 so far? For me it's been alright UwU However, I am excited, I feel that 2024 could hold alot of potential for being a good year! >:3 Most days seem to be rather chill at the moment, I have enjoyed a few good outings tho :3 But I'm excited because I'm finally seeing to my big dream of mine! And that's travelling the world! ^w^ I will be going abroad to somewhere nice and hot in november, but I'm also hoping to make more friends locally aswell as seeing if any of my local pals would like to go on holidays with me before november aswell, cos it is quite a long way till november :o I'm hoping I'll get to travel alot this year, my new year's resolution is to travel and make friends after all ^w^ So as you may already know, I'm a very shy person, especially in the offline world. I'm not really confident enough to make the first move, though since I'm working on making more friends, especially offline friends, I'll have to see if I can try and come out my shell more.. ^-^; But I'll get there! I've made friends before and I can make friends again. Wish me luck! :3 Oki so..updates! First of all, I would like to say happy new year and happy chinese new year :3 I enjoyed some food and takeaways aswell as watching the cartoon movie on Disney's Mulan UwU It was great! Mushu is a funny character hehe X3 He is the dragon, which is this year's chinese zodiac. Last year's zodiac is the rabbit! and I just so happen to be the year of the rabbit ^w^ So last year I celebrated by making a new bunny oc. She is part scorpion and part lionhead rabbit, I made her on my birthday to celebrate that aswell as my zodiacs. I am a scorpio aswell as a rabbit, so it only makes sense that my bunny oc is part scorpion! I don't know what type of scorpion but I do know for sure she is a lionhead rabbit :3 I call her Scorpio Bunny, she's not really a fursona but she's still very cute ^w^ I'll post her at some point if I haven't posted her already. But if I have then you should be able to find her in my gallery! :3 I've also been branching out alot to other sites this year, to y'know.. get my works out there and try and get more noticed UwU I've been branching out to reddit, unvale, bluesky, and no mcroll this time, but seeing as it looks like the coast is clear, I returned to deviantart as for now. don't miss the community, but I do kinda miss some of the site's old features.. ÚwÙ No I'm not giving out links here, that's how the stalkers find me. If you want to follow me on those places, you'll have to message me privately. U.U And I wouldn't recommend searching for my accounts either, I somehow managed to get popular enough to end up with imposter accounts, so if you think an account could be me, ask the security questions I have provided on my weasyl and toyhouse (I plan to make security questions available on other places too). Ask several, and if they answer incorrectly or refuse to answer them, then you'll know it's an imposter and not me. The imposter accounts were created by jealous haters who have no life, as their pathetic attempt to frame me and spread more of their crappy fake rumours. But at least every smart person knows not to fall for those lies, only a stupid fool would believe such lies about me.. UwU Anyways, the imposters post disturbing content so that's also part of why I wouldn't recommend searching up my name, especially if you're a bit on the innocent and/or sensitive side. Stay safe! However, I might give out my new subscribestar just so it's easier to access, I might migrate there instead of using patreon because I hear patreon is giving out bans to artists who make content of higher ratings, so I might have to make big changes to my patreon and only make content for all ages, but I'll sort that out later, I'll be needing to make some big improvements to my tiers anyway.. ^-^; My subscribestar is still awaiting for approval, heck even I'm waiting too. I don't know how long approvals are suppose to take as it's been several months now. Until then, please feel free to check out my new subscribestar! https://www.subscribestar.com/hazel?redirect_notice=true I think you can subscribe once it's been approved, but I'm still new here and learning my way around so who knows :o Okay! so plans..what do I plan on doing? well.. in the online world, I am not only hard at work with my comic and artwork, but I have a little surprise that might come later after my comic ^-^ I wont say what because stalkers might try to copy me, but it'll definitely be something fun that you can try out if you like my characters ^w^ Subscribers and patrons will be the first to see new comic and animated episodes when they are out, as it might be a while until the series releases to the whole public, but subscribers will also be first to try out a fun feature where they can interact with my ocs ^w^ The reasons why I'm releasing it later when the comic is out is because you may not know the characters very well before you see stories and media of them, while when you actually go and see them, you develop a fondness to your favourite characters. So that's why I'm releasing the other feature later so people can interact with their favourite characters ^w^ I may however release another feature sometime soon before or during the comic, my good friend Chris aka Employee205664 suggested an idea of another way you can interact with my original characters so shoutouts to Chris aka Civil Defence Fox he's a good pal :3 maybe the other feature will be a bit of a surprise too ^w^ but I think Chris probably knows what it is X3 sshh it's a surprise lol! XD I'll tell you what it is when it's out ;3 but as for now, subscribers gain early access to cool stuff like this =D so if you're a huge fan then I hope you'll support me enough to become a subscriber ^w^ I've had a rough past so the money will go towards helping me aim for a good future to make up for past abuse. Keep in mind that I do work slowly, so as you may of noticed, I even be a while on content like artwork, but I do get things done and I do put alot of love, thought, and effort into the things I make, so it'll all be worth it UwU I've been making The Waffle Stars series since forever so I hope it'll gain alot of love when it's out ^-^ As for offline goals! I've been trying to tidy up all of my house so we can finally get some decorating done, put shelves up, and put up all my wall decorations that's hogging my drawers. I'm also seeing about being allowed a small dog, because of my invisible disabilities, I am eligible for a service dog. another shoutout to my good friend Diamond Faith for the helpful suggestion :3 But before we can be allowed a service dog, we have some obstacles to face First of all, my house does not allow me keeping a dog because the housing people said so. They don't like us keeping dogs and apparently cats aswell I've heard, so I was lucky to be allowed my guinea pigs, since animals kept in cages and tanks are less likely to cause damage to the house, and rodents like guinea pigs need to be constantly chewing on things (it's to keep their teeth healthy) so that's why I give them wood, cardboard, and hay for that reason. So we're planning on leaving the housing people that's not letting us have a dog Secondly, I'm currently proving that yes, I look after my guinea pigs well, I'm probably better at that than looking after myself, but I can still take good care of my house and self too, so I'm proving I can do all that to prove I can look after a dog aswell, because I've lived with dogs ever since when I was wee, so I have at least a bit of knowledge and experience with both dogs and guinea pigs, due to them being animals I've owned before And as I've mentioned before, we're tryna see about travelling more because travelling makes me really happy, it brings me alot of joy. So I'm aiming for a good future to have many things that could bring me joy and happiness, that's the key to having a good future, to work towards your hopes, dreams, and things future you will be able to thank you for ^-^ That aswell as always looking for things to keep you happy and entertained :3 I want to be a pampered princess! XD I'm also gonna try and make lots of local friends, I mean I have alot of online friends, I'd like to make just as many local friends because sadly I've lost touch with alot of my old school friends as I grew older and I would like to reunite with some aswell as making new ones too. Thing is, I'm very shy. So I need to try and practice coming out of my shell more, I think I need to step out my comfort zone sometimes and meet new people <:3 I'm currently hard at work on my art and trying to get some of them finished soon, but I still enjoy making my content, I make everything all for funsies :3 I've also improved my streams lots! now you can become a cute chibi fox when you subscribe to my livestreams ^w^ You get to customise the fox you play as, aswell as taking part in minigames to earn prizes! =D I also started using my mic on streams and made a pngtuber to go along with it, so join the fluffy gang today by becoming a follower on my livestreams! ^-^ https://www.twitch.tv/hazelthevixen I've got alot of offline goals aswell as online ones, they may not be new year resolutions, but they're still goals I'd like to work towards ^-^ Wish me luck! :3 And if you've read it all and made it this far, I jus wanna say..congrats! =D Have a lucky clover ^w^ *she gives you a 4 leaf clover to bring you good luck to all her friends and fans* 🍀 Thank you for checking out my post! :3 *the cute fox is wagging her floofy tail* Take care you guys ^-^

Please be nice when commenting! I refuse to be criticised so please accept that. If you're gonna be mean, don't say anything at all. Thankies for checking out my post! Meep meep! ヽ(◕ヮ◕)ﾉ I'm on other places too! ^-^

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[botanyone]

AI Spots Plant Changes from Space Using Citizen Science

AI Spots Plant Changes from Space Using Citizen Science https://ift.tt/ajD9Vvy Gillespie and colleagues have created an AI tool called Deepbiosphere to track plant biodiversity. Using satellite images and data from citizen scientists, this deep learning model has mapped over 2,000 plant species across California. It outperforms traditional methods, spotting both towering redwoods and wildflowers with high accuracy. Deepbiosphere could revolutionise global efforts to monitor plant life, helping us understand how climate change and human activity are reshaping ecosystems. The authors claim that Deepbiosphere outperforms traditional species distribution models, achieving higher accuracy. It can map species at up to a few metres resolution and accurately identify plant communities. The model detected both mature and young regrowth in redwood forests, showing the lasting effects of deforestation. It can also identify rapid changes in plant communities after events like wildfires, demonstrating its potential for monitoring biodiversity changes over time. Gillespie and colleagues developed a deep learning model, Deepbiosphere, using a  modified convolutional neural network architecture to fed with combined aerial imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program with over 650,000 plant observations from citizen scientists across California. The model was trained to predict the presence of 2,221 plant species. Its performance was compared to traditional modeling approaches like MaxEnt and Random Forest. Plant biodiversity is changing rapidly due to habitat destruction and climate change. Traditional methods lack the spatial and temporal resolution to detect these rapid changes for individual species. Deepbiosphere’s approach, combining deep learning with remote sensing, offers new possibilities for high-resolution biodiversity monitoring. Ultimately, we envision a paradigm shift toward open-source foundation models that are continuously trained and improved with new remote sensing data, citizen science observations, and data modalities as they become available. Achieving this from public airborne or satellite imagery and growing citizen science observations will make biodiversity monitoring more accessible, thus advancing local and global nature conservation goals. Gillespie, L. E., Ruffley, M., & Exposito-Alonso, M. (2024). Deep learning models map rapid plant species changes from citizen science and remote sensing data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(37), e2318296121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318296121 (OA) Cross-posted to Bluesky, Mastodon & Threads. The post AI Spots Plant Changes from Space Using Citizen Science appeared first on Botany One. via Botany One https://botany.one/ September 17, 2024 at 12:30PM

[cyborg-lucariosart]

A Heavenly Kyuubi Christmas

Dairy of Kim Kashikoi 25/12/20XX Christmas Day has been going great as the whole family is here. Well aside from Uzume who were out to help the hospital to help patients who couldn't make it home to their families (if she was here, she would certainly tell me to not feast on the Christmas food, even though some others eats more than me), Tsukoyomi who's still missing with a crew on a space mission and presumed dead. Thunder-01 is celebrating with us but he's too big to fit inside. I was surprised that Amaterasu wanted to come and visit despite not liking Inari. I know that it's not easy losing a family member but I wish that she would stop blaming Inari like that. Yokozuma agreed to be Santa this year and while we expected Drimo to be excited to see Santa we didn't think that Craw would try to get Santa's bag before everyone else, but he has to wait his turn for the presents. I guess this was what my parents felt every time I tried to open my presents early as a child. Battler is setting the mood with some Christmas music with a synthesizer, though considering him and Kiroo we might expect some boopy reggae jams. (I do quite enjoy that as well even if it doesn't fit Christmas) Radoise is a good child as always and gets the honour to put the star on the tree every year, but even though there has been no accidents I still think they should be careful with their rocket legs, Dawol who chills with hot cocoa would not like it if the tree burned. I'm thankful that Kit is able to visit and have fun with the family, which Shokom appreciates since she has worried about him being unable to talk to the girl he likes. Jedol is well, he's Jedol and always seek to be the center of attention and is the only one who noticed that I was taking pictures of everyone. We do the best we can to have great Christmas here at Heavenly Kyuubi. --- This was originally posted on my Patreon which also has a higher resolution version of it. Support my art on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CyborgLucario?ty=h Tumblr: http://cyborg-lucario.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyborgLucario Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cyborg-lucario.bsky.social Pillowfort: https://www.pillowfort.social/ Deviantart: https://cyborg-lucario.deviantart.com/ Furaffinity: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/cyborg-ninja/ Weasyl: https://www.weasyl.com/~cyborglucario Newgrounds: https://cyborg-lucario.newgrounds.com/ Steam: cyborg_lucario Ko-fi: http://ko-fi.com/cyborglucario Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/alexis_strype Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/jackalland Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Cyborg-Lucario/shop?asc=u Teepublic: http://tee.pub/lic/0PMOekCYlSQ Streaming site: https://streamlabs.com/cyborg_lucario/v2 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUwsbbVZQ8dlboeIdt4K_A Secondary Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmq8wbYFSCUSt2veyy2DK6Q Throne wishlist: https://throne.com/alexis_strype

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The top student is a fake!?

Alejandro Mamani has the best grades in school but it’s all thanks to his perfect cheating skills. His whole charade falls apart on the day of the university selection exams, where he answers blank. Unexpectedly, on the day of the results, he wakes up with the surprise of a perfect score that hasn’t been seen for more than 10 years, awarding him the title of the “Triple Ace.” However, there is a professor’s assistant who knows his secret and won’t let him get away with his lie.

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[easilymakermoney]

Instagram Hashtags Technique: 9 Methods to Develop Engagement on Instagram

Social media is likely one of the strongest platforms on the web at the moment. Nonetheless, simply ‘being on’ any of the highest social networks is rarely sufficient. You should construct a model, have a following, and likewise create content material that your viewers engages with, and likewise shares.

That is very true with Instagram, as everyone seems to be attempting to construct up their following and attain thousands and thousands all over the world.

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There are lots of instruments in the marketplace place to assist with these elements, however a lot of solely focus in a single space. This implies you’d probably want to seek out one resolution for scheduling, promoting, rising attain, and even paid promoting.

Social Shark is an answer that takes all of those elements collectively and affords them in a single precious platform — centered solely on Instagram development and social media efforts.

At this time we’re going to try Social Shark, whereas additionally breaking down it’s many options and instruments that can assist you grasp the artwork of Instagram advertising.

Instagram… It’s All In regards to the Visuals Child!

When any of the highest social platforms on the web at the moment, Instagram is shortly discovering themselves on the high of most lists. The explanations for this are many, but in addition fairly clear on the identical time.

Individuals aren’t excited by studying textual content content material, and visible photos and movies are in demand. On the identical time, everyone seems to be utilizing their cell units for social media, and that is the place Instagram has at all times centered their efforts.

With all of this in thoughts, Social Shark has made the method of getting reside on Instagram and rising an viewers quick, fairly straightforward. By means of the usage of their Instagram monitoring device, anybody can hook up with their Instagram account and begin focusing on new audiences and potential followers all over the world.

Let’s now check out what this highly effective social media advertising platform has to supply.

Probably the most essential highly effective instruments constructed into the platform, is the flexibility to trace progress and outcomes over time. Anybody can order a bunch of followers on-line, and even pay for numerous social media advertising strategies… but when there isn’t a solution to measure these outcomes, how are you purported to know what you’re truly getting?

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Instagram Automation is Key for Development and Engagement

With so many various instruments and options on the web for just about something, you will wish to use a device that straightforward to know and doesn’t have a lot of a studying curve. Check out any of the highest bloggers on Instagram, and all of them will let you know that they’re monitoring progress and engagement on Instagram with a wonderful tooth comb. They every have their very own most popular instruments and strategies for creating and scheduling content material, whereas additionally ensuring it reaches the proper audience.

That’s precisely what you’ll discover inside Social Shark.

To get began, all it’s essential to do is log into your account, then hook up with your Instagram account.

Inside this identical members space, you’ll discover the entire instruments, options, and companies on the left aspect menu of the web page. In the primary space of your dashboard space, additionally, you will come throughout among the newest articles and sources on easy methods to develop your model utilizing Instagram.

It doesn’t matter in case you are a single individual model or an organization with 100+ staff… creating new content material and going reside with social media updates is time consuming!

Figuring out easy methods to join with customers on Instagram, that don’t know about your model, is one other additional benefit to utilizing Social Shark for all your Instagram development and advertising efforts. This may be finished via any of the natural attain instruments on the platform, or via the method of buying new Instagram followers.

Irrespective of how you propose on getting new followers, it’s essential to be sure you are focusing on the proper viewers.

That is simply finished with Social Shark, as they’ve the entire needed focusing on choices constructed proper into their platform. By means of the screenshot beneath you may see the focusing on choices accessible, reminiscent of; media age, media kind, follower counts, filters, and extra.

As you may think about, the extra you understand about your typical fan or buyer, the higher you may set these choices to amass new prospects and followers that may ship the perfect ROI.

The following step on this course of is to mess around together with your hashtag settings and ensuring you’re utilizing them inside your posts and engagement as nicely. An important profit right here is to have a look at your rivals and see what they’re utilizing to draw new audiences. Manufacturers like Starbucks would possibly use #espresso, whereas Nike would possibly use #justdoit.

Mess around together with your hashtag and focusing on choices and measure which ends up works greatest.

Utilizing the Energy of Instagram Hashtags

Hashtags are probably the most highly effective asset that everybody must be utilizing on Instagram.

Whereas platforms like Twitter and Fb each have hashtags, they’re nobody close to used as a lot as they’re on Instagram. With out hashtags in your content material, it merely received’t be discovered by others or seem inside their platform search outcomes.

Nonetheless, how are you purported to know which hastags are greatest to make use of?

Look no additional than the highly effective Instagram hashtag generator, discovered proper inside Social Shark.

The idea of a social platform hashtag generator is nothing new, however the place Social Shark goes above and past the competitors, is how they’ve a number of variations of every hashtag, reputation scores, and likewise the flexibility to add photos for every or by utilizing a webpage URL.

An instance of how this would possibly work, may be seen beneath.

As a substitute of simply going via the checklist and grabbing hashtags, you may truly add a picture and see what new hashtag concepts would possibly get triggered by the generator device. instance of this might be when you uploaded a trip picture when you had been on the seashore. You would possibly then see hashtags like #bluesky, #beachlife, #saltlife, and so forth…

Plenty of choices right here for reaching new audiences with completely different Instagram hashtags, so make sure to attempt all of them out.

The Choices of Shopping for Nike Likes and Views

Ranging from scratch on any social platform is rarely straightforward. It’s even worse if you begin releasing content material, solely to seek out that it’s getting new views or social shares.

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[studentofrhetoric-blog]

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

--- "The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, which it said were just "initial steps" and said Washington would no longer turn a "blind eye" to Iran's hostile actions.The sanctions on 25 individuals and entities were the opening salvo by President Donald Trump who has vowed a more aggressive policy against Tehran and came two days after the administration had put Iran 'on notice' following a ballistic missile test."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-idUSKBN15H253

Additional source: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2017/0203/US-targets-Iranian-missile-program-with-new-sanctions

--- "European Union leaders said they agreed to stick together in dealing with Donald Trump, but at their first summit since he took office they were at odds on how far to confront or engage with the new U.S. president. Trump and his policies, from questioning the value of NATO and free trade to banning Muslim refugees, came up repeatedly in discussions in Malta on external "challenges" facing the Union."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-eu-idUSKBN15I2T8

Additional source: http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-europe-trump-20170203-story.html

--- "With a swipe of his pen, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday started killing off a retirement advice rule that wealth managers from Wall Street to Wisconsin have spent the last six years lobbying against. A landmark policy from the Obama era, the so-called fiduciary rule requires brokers and financial advisers to act in the best interest of retirement savers. This restricts their ability to earn commissions and to sell some higher-fee products. Wall Street has argued it would harm consumers because it would raise compliance costs and therefore fees, and force them to get rid of Main Street clients and small businesses that offer 401(k) plans. Trump’s executive order asks the Labor Department to review whether the rule needs to be changed or dumped."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-banks-fiduciary-order-idUSKBN15I2XU

Additional source: http://www.npr.org/2017/02/03/513224023/trump-to-take-aim-at-dodd-frank-investor-protections-rule-in-executive-action

More about Dodd-Frank: https://www.apnews.com/0e4ee980a46549908733afb2f6824def/Wall-St.-lending-to-Main-St.-even-as-many-decry-Dodd-Frank

--- "Donald Trump has been president for two weeks, and he is already facing dozens of lawsuits over White House policies and his personal business dealings. That's far more than his predecessors faced in their first days on the job. The lawsuits started on Inauguration Day, and they haven't let up."

Source: http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513045408/after-2-weeks-in-office-trump-faces-more-than-50-lawsuits

Additional source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-named-more-50-lawsuits-inauguration-n716191

--- "A federal judge in Seattle on Friday put a nationwide block on U.S. President Donald Trump's week-old executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from entering the United States. The judge's temporary restraining order represents a major challenge to Trump's action, although his administration could still appeal the ruling and have the policy upheld."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN15I1CM

Additional source: https://www.apnews.com/07e6437e16e643e69d8431e64c1907ad/US-judge-temporarily-blocks-Trump's-travel-ban-nationwide

--- "U.S. President Donald Trump's defense secretary warned North Korea on Friday of an "effective and overwhelming" response if it chose to use nuclear weapons, as he reassured South Korea of steadfast U.S. support. "Any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons would be met with a response that would be effective and overwhelming," Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said at South Korea's defense ministry, at the end of a two-day visit."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usa-mattis-idUSKBN15I060

Additional source: http://www.businessinsider.com/mattis-overwhelming-north-korea-2017-2

--- "Chief executives of major U.S. companies huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and some of them expressed concern about a travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries traveling to the United States. Business leaders said afterward that the group, which included Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase & Co and Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo Inc, discussed bank rules, tax reform, and objections to Trump's week-old ban."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-ceos-idUSKBN15I1C0   

Additional source: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/317807-trump-meets-with-ceos-amid-travel-order-tension

--- "U.S. Republicans on Friday repealed a securities disclosure rule aimed at curbing corruption at energy and mining companies and voted to ax emissions limits on drilling operations, part of a push to remove Obama-era regulations on extractive industries. In a 52-47 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate approved a resolution to eradicate a rule requiring companies such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp to publicly state taxes and other fees paid to foreign governments like Russia."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-regulations-idUSKBN15I1JF

Additional source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/senate-transparency-oil-rule/index.html

--- "TOKYO — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured Japan’s prime minister on Friday that the United States would stand by its mutual defense treaty with the country, despite statements by President Trump during last year’s campaign that suggested he might pull back from American security commitments in Asia."

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/world/asia/us-japan-mattis-abe-defense.html

Additional source: http://in.reuters.com/article/japan-usa-southkorea-idINKBN15J02Q

--- "The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday repealed a rule put forth in the final days of the Obama administration that limited emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas drilling on federal lands, in the latest move by Republican lawmakers to overturn regulation on the energy industry."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-methane-idUSKBN15I27E

Additional source with more background on the rule: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/house-votes-to-overturn-obamas-rule-on-methane-emissions/

--- "Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, has come in for criticism and ridicule after blaming two Iraqi refugees for a massacre that never happened. Conway...cited the fictitious “Bowling Green massacre” in an interview in which she backed the travel ban imposed on visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries."

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/03/kellyanne-conway-refugees-bowling-green-massacre-never-happened

Additional source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kellyanne-conway-cites-bowling-green-massacre-defend-trump/story?id=45237152

--- "Regulators are telling nine companies they won't be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers - weeks after those companies had been given the green light. The move, announced Friday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, reverses a decision by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, and undercuts the companies' ability to provide low-cost Internet access to poorer Americans. In a statement, Pai called the initial decisions a form of "midnight regulation."

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/technology/ct-fcc-chair-internet-poor-20170203-story.html

Additional source: http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/03/technology/fcc-low-income-poor-internet-lifeline/

--- "The White House is looking into how embarrassing details of President Donald Trump's recent tense phone conversations with his counterparts in Australia and Mexico were leaked to news organizations, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Fox News Channel."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-leaks-idUSKBN15I321

Additional source: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317887-wh-to-probe-leak-of-trumps-australia-mexico-calls

--- "President Donald Trump’s trip to his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago this weekend could saddle taxpayers with a bill upward of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama."

Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-mar-lago-taxpayers-234562

--- "About 60,000 visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday, in one of several government communications clarifying how the order is being rolled out."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visas-idUSKBN15I2EW

Additional source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/government-reveals-over-100000-visas-revoked-due-to-travel-ban/2017/02/03/7d529eec-ea2c-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.4363744c1eac

--- "Mexico’s peso has improbably been the world’s top-performing currency since Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, and an increasing number of emerging market fund managers said it could rebound further from its nosedive following the U.S. election."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mexico-peso-idUSKBN15I2Q8

Additional source: http://www.businessinsider.com/mexican-peso-price-since-trump-inauguration-february-1-2017-2017-2

--- "Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and founder of a high-speed trading firm nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew his name from consideration on Friday, a U.S. official said."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-army-idUSKBN15J06G

Additional source: https://www.apnews.com/dff5863268a846bb9c8efea1523f249b/Trump's-nominee-for-Army-secretary-withdraws-his-name