The adrenaline and sugar junkie Vanellope von Schweetz has entered Disney Dreamlight Valley‚ so here’s a guide to all of her quests. She seems to be having trouble adjusting to the laid-back lifestyle and being stuck in a Life Simulation genre game. Helping her out and befriending her allows her to give back to you and create the adventure of all time. Vanellope Friendship Quests Walkthrough For the quest to unlock Vanellope and her subsequent quest to join the valley‚ see this guide. We’ll be continuing from Level 2 onward. Level 2: Extreme Biome Makeover Vanellope wants to add a candy biome to the Valley. In order to do this‚ she gives you ten Candy Cane seeds to grow and bring back to her. The seeds can be planted anywhere in the Valley. If your Watering Can has Miracle Growth Elixir applied‚ the seeds instantly sprout. But even without‚ just wait about a minute for each to sprout. Screenshot by PC Invasion From ...

In Lethal Company‚ Quicksand can be a significant problem if you have decided to land on a moon where it is raining. If you are someone who loves to roam around in the rain‚ there are better places for you than Lethal Company‚ as the game brings extra risks when it is raining. Quicksand is one of the most unfortunate ways to die in Lethal Company‚ and it only occurs when it rains. In this guide‚ we will show you everything you need to know to deal with Quicksand in Lethal Company. Related: How to get and use Extension Ladder in Lethal Company What is a Quicksand in Lethal Company Image: Tasumo Quicksand is one of the environmental hazards you will need to face while exploring different moons‚ and only happens when it’s raining. As the name explains‚ quicksand is a trap where you will drown in the sand if you ever get caught. Saving yourself from a Quicksand after you have already been caught in it is pretty tough‚ so it is always better to...

Hamas gunmen attacked and killed three Israelis at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Thursday just after Israel agreed to an extended temporary truce in Gaza‚ the BBC reported. Israel and Hamas negotiated to extend a cease-fire one more day‚ to a seventh day‚ in order to allow the release of more hostages taken by the terrorist organization during the Oct. 7 massacre of 1‚200 civilians in southern Israel‚ according to the BBC. Just hours later‚ Hamas operatives began shooting at a bus stop in Jerusalem‚ killing three and wounding or injuring 16 before off-duty Israeli soldiers and a civilian took them down‚ according to reports. Hamas claimed the operatives on social media‚ arguing that the attack was in response to other “crimes” committed by Israel during the cease-fire‚ according to the BBC. Videos show the men getting out of their car on a busy street and immediately gunning down anyone in sight as others flee. Israeli police reported that there were large amounts of ammunition in the car that the terrorists arrived in‚ according to the BBC. ??TRIGGER WARNING ?? WATCH: 2 terrorists open fire at a Jerusalem bus stop Thursday morning‚ killing 3 and wounding 6 others pic.twitter.com/52sqeWs0H2— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) November 30‚ 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Thursday morning with Israeli President Isaac Herzog after the Jerusalem shooting and said it was a reminder of the “threat from terrorism” that Israel lives under every day‚ according to a readout of the conversation from the State Department. “And as you said‚ we’re reminded yet again by the events in Jerusalem today of the threat from terrorism that Israel and Israelis face every single day‚” Blinken said to Herzog. “And like you‚ my heart goes out to the victims of this attack.  I believe one person lost life … maybe as many as three.  We’re thinking of them; we’re thinking of their families‚ their loved ones.  And we mourn their loss just as we mourn the loss of any innocent life.” On Tuesday‚ Israel accused Hamas of breaking the cease-fire by firing at Israel Defense Forces troops and setting off explosives. The IDF said that the soldiers were operating in areas in line with the parameters set by the cease-fire agreement. Hamas‚ however‚ argued that Israel had fired shots to break the agreement and that its operatives had responded to a “clear violation” of the cease-fire in northern Gaza. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Hamas Attack Kills 3 Israelis in Jerusalem During Gaza Truce appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Recently published projections for the U.S. population from the Census Bureau present a picture that should concern every American. It’s a snapshot of a dying society. It’s surprising and shocking that it’s not getting more attention. The Census Bureau projects that the U.S. population will stop growing toward the end of the century. After peaking at 370 million in 2080‚ it will drop to 366 million in 2100‚ less than 10% higher than where it stood in 2022. By 2029‚ the percentage of Americans over the age of 65 will exceed the percentage under 18‚ and by 2038‚ the number of deaths in the nation will exceed the number of births. Thinking about this in the most basic terms‚ at any point in time a given percentage of the population is working and net producing and a given percentage is not working and net consuming. As a population ages‚ the percentage working and producing shrinks and the percentage consuming grows. Our health care expenditures‚ for instance‚ consume almost 20% of our gross domestic product. In 2019‚ 30% of our population was age 55 and above but consumed 56% of our health care expenditures. As the population ages‚ an increasing percentage of GDP will be required for health care. There’s discussion now about the viability of Social Security. At the core of this discussion is the economics of the system‚ in which the funds retirees receive come from the payroll taxes that those working pay. A diminishing number of those working per each retiree strains the financial viability of the system. Per the most recent report of the Social Security Trustees: In 1950‚ there were 16.5 working and paying for every retiree. By 1960‚ this was down to 5.1. Now it’s 2.7. The trustees project that by 2040‚ it will be down to 2.3; and by 2065‚ 2.1. So‚ we see the claim is false that‚ from a political perspective‚ there is a so-called social agenda (marriage‚ family‚ children‚ abortion) and an economic agenda (spending and taxes) and that these have nothing to do with each other. Abortion‚ the collapse of marriage and family‚ and dropping fertility rates have everything to do with the overall health of our society. As we look at this data from the Census Bureau projecting an aging country and a shrinking population‚ we need to look at the changing values prevailing in our culture as the number one culprit driving our problems. Earlier this year‚ The Wall Street Journal released polling done jointly with the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago under the headline “America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It.” Regarding religion‚ 39% said that it’s “very important to them‚” compared to 62% who said in 1998 that religion is “very important.” Regarding having children‚ 30% said it’s “very important” compared to 60% who said it was “very important” in 1998. Among those under the age of 30‚ only 23% said having children is “very important.” Behavior reflects prevailing values. Americans are bringing fewer children into the world. The current U.S. fertility rate is 1.67 children per woman‚ well below the 2.1 needed to maintain the current population size. What has driven the collapse of our culture? One major culprit is misguided court decisions that pulled prayer and religion out of our public schools. Recently‚ Harvard economist Roland Fryer wrote in The Wall Street Journal about the need for “real school choice.” He appeals for economist Milton Friedman’s original vision for “parents to have the autonomy to select the optimal educational environment for their children‚ unbounded by geography or income brackets‚ and to take their full allotment of education funds with them.” Giving parents control of their children’s education would be a major step in combatting the widespread collapse in values that has so badly damaged our nation. COPYRIGHT 2023 CREATORS.COM The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post How to Fix Our Broken Culture appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Gigi Hadid‚ an American fashion model of Palestinian descent‚ has apologized for sparking outrage last week for making numerous false claims against Israel amid its war with Hamas‚ claiming Israel abducts‚ rapes and tortures children.   “Israel is the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war. Abduction‚ rape‚ humiliation‚ torture‚ murder of Palestinians years and years and years before Oct. 7‚ 2023‚” Hadid claimed in a since-deleted Instagram story to her 79 million followers.   The post included a picture of Ahmad Manasra‚ a Palestinian who stabbed two Israelis with his cousin in 2015 when he was 13 years old and was sentenced to 12 years in prison‚ falsely portraying Manasra as a “child prisoner of war.”    But on Tuesday‚ Hadid posted on Instagram apologizing for this mistake. “I used the wrong example to make that point‚ and I regret that‚” she wrote.  Hadid‚ 28‚ faced backlash across the internet‚ with many claiming her post was spreading false information and was antisemitic.   “Gigi Hadid isn’t shy about spreading lies to the world! … And she writes this while Hamas still holds … children that they kidnapped‚ including a baby only 10 months [old]!! The Hadid family is a family of liars that instigate hatred!” Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad wrote on X‚ formerly Twitter.  Gigi Hadid under fire for claiming Israel is ‘only country’ that keeps kids as prisoners of war https://t.co/8nXK2XOw19 pic.twitter.com/FFpG4iFO5Z— New York Post (@nypost) November 27‚ 2023 Hadid’s anti-Israel posts came amid a deal between Israel and Hamas to release 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails and prisons. Israel said there would be one additional day of cease-fire for every 10 additional hostages Hamas released. Hamas has released about 100 hostages as of this writing.   Hadid’s father‚ Mohamed Hadid‚ was born into a Palestinian Muslim family in Nazareth‚ Israel. However‚ Gigi Hadid was born in Los Angeles. Her sister‚ Bella Hadid‚ also a fashion model‚ likewise supports the Palestinians. The state of Israel has previously responded to Hadid’s allegations against the country by writing in an infographic‚ “There is nothing valiant about Hamas’ massacre of Israelis. Condemning Hamas for what it is (ISIS) is not anti-Palestine‚ and supporting Israelis in their right against barbaric terrorists is the right thing to do.”   Hadid also reposted an Instagram Reel about Israel supposedly harvesting Palestinians’ organs on Sunday. The video was originally published by a user named Umme Murtaza‚ on which Murtaza said‚ “Watch this disturbing video‚ where health officials admitted that Israeli authorities had harvested the organs of dead Palestinians for years without their consent.” Hadid did not apologize for sharing that Reel. “Gigi Hadid is the only major supermodel that keeps spreading blood libels about Jews harvesting organs‚” Tamar Schwarzbard‚ the head of digital operations at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs‚ wrote on X.    Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.  The post Supermodel Hadid Apologizes for Claims That Israel Abducts‚ Rapes‚ Tortures Palestinians  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A whistleblower has come out with information pertaining to a group known as the Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTIL)‚ made up of a number of government officials‚ including at least a dozen from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The whistleblower allowed Michael Shellenberger‚ Alex Gutentag‚ and Matt Taibbi access to documents corroborating his claims‚ and the three presented it to the public in a detailed report. The significance of CTIL is that some observers believe it turned out to be the “censorship ground zero” that grew to unprecedented size on both sides of the Atlantic‚ spawning an entire industry “dealing” with suppressing free speech on anything from Brexit to Covid‚ and the 2020 election. According to the whistleblower‚ CTIL was essentially prompted into existence with Donald Trump’s 2016 election as president and involved representatives of both US and UK authorities‚ and private military contractors. The same source claims that co-leader of CTIL is former UK defense researcher‚ contractor Sara-Jayne Terp‚ and that the group’s goal was to be preventing “a repeat of 2016” under the guise of fighting disinformation. Meanwhile the overall ambition was to incorporate CTIL into the federal government‚ thus formalizing and cementing its role. This is why some see this particular set of documented evidence of the early days of the now notorious online censorship era‚ principally in the US‚ but also in Europe‚ as even more important than the Twitter or Facebook files. If CTIL was the original disease‚ then those files can be seen as the symptoms. One of the key and most scandalous points is at the same time not surprising at all to anyone who’s been keeping a close eye on how that censorship is being carried out: although the government – military and intelligence agencies were “the co-founders” of CTIL‚ they quickly realized private entities would have be brought it. As one document reads‚ spies and soldiers can act against foreigners abroad unchecked – but when it comes to suppressing the rights of Americans‚ “the government doesn’t have the legal authority.” Meaning‚ for example‚ to directly trample on the First Amendment – so the tech and legacy media industry got involved. CTIL‚ billing itself as “an anti-disinformation” group‚ started out as an outfit gathering defense and intelligence veterans as well as data scientists on a voluntary basis‚ but the way it operated was quickly noted as something positive to include in the work of government agencies‚ notably the DHS. The large amount of leaked documents and training videos‚ the report’s authors say‚ serves to fill in some of the blanks from the Twitter and Facebook files‚ and provide a big and clearer than ever before picture of what has been happening behind the scenes during the past 7 years of the “dark censorship ages” on both sides of the Atlantic. Picking some (documented) points from the data trove provided by the whistleblower‚ Taibbi wrote a series of posts on X‚ detailing CTIL’s techniques‚ that wound up being held in such high regard by the authorities they felt they needed to incorporate them in official (if secretive) policies. Taibbi says that one recurring theme that those involved in CTIL are either heard saying or had written down‚ is the admission that they are “using many of the same techniques as the bad guys.” But citizens in democratic countries should apparently not at all be worried about this scandalous turn of events – because the CTIL people seemed assured that their bad actions were motivated by good reasons. Some of these “same things” included infiltrating “disinformation spaces” to then flood them what is referred to in the documents as “obviously fake content.” Further‚ in the effort to “dilute” core messages found there (considered by CTIL to be misinformation)‚ the group was creating honeypots with “coordinated inauthetics‚” infiltrating‚ or making false claims of infiltration of groups to discredit leaders. Next‚ CTIL was “creating fake websites to issue counter narrative‚ and counter narrative through phsycial merchandise‚” as well as use bots‚ and flag legitimate speech and memes. But if any of what the group was trying to counter was in fact illegal‚ wouldn’t there be an easier way to deal with it than go to all this trouble? At one point‚ CTIL big-wig Pablo Breuer lamented: “(It’s) expressly forbidden (for the US Defense Department) to operate against US citizens.” Read the full report here. The post Exposed: Cyber Threat Intelligence League’s Censorship Empire – A Whistleblower’s Revelation of Covert Operations and Free Speech Suppression appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Simon Harris‚ Ireland’s Education Minister‚ has raised alarms about what he suggests is the rampant spread of “disinformation” on social media‚ describing it as a significant threat to democracy. His concerns mirror those of Tánaiste Micheál Martin‚ particularly in light of the recent Dublin riots‚ where social media has been blamed for spreading “hate‚” a notion that the government in Ireland is using as an excuse to call for more censorship online. The riots‚ characterized by violence and destruction‚ followed a stabbing by an immigrant citizen outside a north city center school‚ injuring three children and a woman. Harris‚ in his statement‚ specifically criticized Elon Musk’s X for its failure to censor certain speech. On RTÉ’s Morning Ireland‚ Harris expressed his full agreement with the Tánaiste. “I think there is a very serious issue‚ not just in this country‚ but in western democracies now in relation to social media platforms‚ which I use‚ which I appreciate and which have great value – but also when wrongly used having an ability to spread disinformation and undermine democracy‚” Harris said. According to The Journal‚ he said that by early next year “there will be a ‘legally binding’ statutory online code in relation to the removal of information that is deemed to be disinformation.” As many politicians often do‚ Harris attempted to suggest that he supports free speech while calling for the censorship of “disinformation.” From the report: “The Minister said he would ‘absolutely defend’ the right to free speech‚ adding ‘it’s the cornerstone of all democracy.’ “What we’re talking about here is the spread of disinformation and the spread of hatred. And I simply wouldn’t be‚ nor would I wish to‚ but I wouldn’t be allowed to in this studio. The social media platform is a form of media‚ it is a media platform and therefore I think there are real legitimate questions around the rules that apply online‚” he said. The post Ireland’s Educator Minister Says Ireland Will Introduce a “Legally Binding” Statutory Online Code for “Disinformation” Removal appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Republicans called out Democrats for continuing to deny that the Biden administration colluded with tech platforms to censor speech during a hearing today‚ despite lawsuits‚ subpoenas‚ and other releases uncovering huge troves of evidence documenting the Biden administration’s relentless censorship demands. Democrats claimed there’s “no evidence” of censorship collusion‚ branded the notion that social media companies are colluding with the government to censor conservative voices as “unfounded‚” and called it a “conspiracy” theory during a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. But Republicans shot back and called them out for ignoring the huge banks of evidence that showcase Biden admin officials leaning on Big Tech to censor speech they disapprove of. Three of the witnesses‚ journalist Matt Taibbi‚ journalist Michael Shellenberger‚ and journalist Rupa Subramanya‚ also challenged Democrat attempts to dismiss evidence of Biden admin-Big Tech censorship collusion during the hearing. Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) claimed there’s “no evidence” of tech companies colluding with the government to censor conservatives. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-1-stacey-plaskett-no-evidence-censorship-collusion.mp4 Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) also suggested that assertions that the Biden administration pressured social media companies to censor were a “crazy conspiracy” and implied that because social media companies didn’t censor all the content that was flagged to them‚ this somehow disproved the notion that social media companies were censoring in response to pressure from the Biden White House. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-2-dan-goldman.mp4 Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) pushed back and blasted Democrats for calling Big Tech-government censorship collusion a conspiracy theory and ignoring a “treasure trove of actual evidence in a court proceeding.” https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-3-gregg-steube.mp4 Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) also challenged the notion that this censorship collusion is a conspiracy theory when questioning Olivia Troye‚ former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterrorism Advisor to the Office of Vice President Pence. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-4-thomas-massie.mp4 Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) highlighted that the Biden administration’s censorship actions were significant enough for a court to grant a preliminary injunction. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-5-dan-bishop.mp4 Rep. Kat Kammack (R-FL) focused her questioning on the actions of former White House Director of Digital Strategy Rob Flaherty‚ who is now a part of Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign as a Deputy Campaign Manager‚ and his demands that tech companies censor content and accounts during his tenure. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/wfg30-6-kat-cammack.mp4 You can watch the full hearing here. The post Watch: Democrats Blasted for Claiming “No Evidence” of Big Tech-Government Censorship Collusion appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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