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  1. #Nasdaq is investing $100 million in #Kraken parent company #Payward to launch #tokenisedequities in 2027. The partnership will develop infrastructure for trading #tokenisedstocks, which are digital representations of securities on a #blockchain network. This move aligns with Nasdaq’s vision of a future where shares exist on blockchain networks alongside traditional financial infrastructure. cnbc.com/2026/09/10/nasdaq-inv #tech #news #ainews

  2. Ah, voilà l'heure où je me dis : "demain à cette heure-ci, tu seras débarrassée de Bibi"

    Vous savez bien, c'est pas que je l'aime pas, mon #Bibi mais loin des yeux près du coeur.

    Si, ça se dit, loin des yeux près du cœur, enfin, moi je le dis alors ça se dit par moi.

    #cancer #metastases #kraken #chimio

  3. Je ne sais pas comment je l'ai senti. Enfin si, je suis généralement très intuitive.
    L'infirmière avait oublié de déclamper #Bibi, ça fait que je vais le garder 2h de plus.

    Alors non, je vais pas cafter, d'abord parce-que c'est pas beau de rapporter et qu'ayant déjà travaillé dans ces conditions, je sais qu'une erreur est vite arrivée.
    Et puis ça ne changera rien à ma vie de garder Bibi 2h de plus 😁

    #cancer #chimio #metastases #kraken

  4. Je l'avais pas vu venir le vomissement de ma petite voisine. On papotait, je lui conseillais d'aller voir ces assos qui proposent aux malades des soins pour se bichonner. Elle a tendu la main pour retenir et ça faisait juste la maille.
    Elle est repassée du gris au rose.

    #chimio #metastases #kraken #cancer

  5. 📊 Інвестиції Nasdaq у розмірі 100 мільйонів доларів у Payward, материнську компанію Kraken, свідчать про подальше злиття традиційної фондової інфраструктури та криптоактивів. Співпраця компаній зосереджена на розвитку інфраструктури для токенізованих акцій, що перетворює цифрові активи з окремого спекулятивного ринку на частину системного фінансового ландшафту.

    Паралельно з цим Coinbase та Moov працюють над впровадженням стейблкоїнів у роботу ком'юніті-банків. Це вказує на стратегічний перехід від простого трейдингу до створення реальних платіжних інструментів у традиційному банківському секторі. Коли інституційні гравці та регульовані банки інтегрують блокчейн-технології, ризик волатильності поступово заміщується утилітарністю.

    Така конвергенція створює новий стандарт ліквідності, де токенізація реальних активів стає ключем до ефективності капіталу.

    #Nasdaq #Kraken #Coinbase #Crypto #Токенізація #Інвестиції #FinTech

    #virgroup

    vir.group/post/117246869709266

  6. 📊 Інвестиції Nasdaq у розмірі 100 мільйонів доларів у Payward, материнську компанію Kraken, свідчать про подальше злиття традиційної фондової інфраструктури та криптоактивів. Співпраця компаній зосереджена на розвитку інфраструктури для токенізованих акцій, що перетворює цифрові активи з окремого спекулятивного ринку на частину системного фінансового ландшафту.

    Паралельно з цим Coinbase та Moov працюють над впровадженням стейблкоїнів у роботу ком'юніті-банків. Це вказує на стратегічний перехід від простого трейдингу до створення реальних платіжних інструментів у традиційному банківському секторі. Коли інституційні гравці та регульовані банки інтегрують блокчейн-технології, ризик волатильності поступово заміщується утилітарністю.

    Така конвергенція створює новий стандарт ліквідності, де токенізація реальних активів стає ключем до ефективності капіталу.

    #Nasdaq #Kraken #Coinbase #Crypto #Токенізація #Інвестиції #FinTech

    #virgroup

    vir.group/post/117246869709266

  7. Le monsieur à côté de moi tousse comme u malade et ça l'épuise. Je n'ose pas lui demander s'il a un cancer du poumon, ça n'a peut-être rien à voir avec ce qu'il a.

    #chimio #metastases #kraken #cancer

  8. "j'ai rendez-vous à 13h15, s'énerve une dame. Je veux pas être en retard"

    Ça fait que les autres ont aussi commencé à râler. C'est long, je croyais que le matin ça serait mieux...

    "Je suis désolée, je n'ai plus de chambre", se défend l'infirmière

    Moi "C'est surtout qu'il y a trop de monde qui a besoin de #chimio, difficile de les faire toutes en même temps"

    Plus personne ne rouspète.

    Comme quoi il suffit d'une seule voix pour modifier le comportement des gens.

    #metastases #kraken #cancer

  9. La fille à l'accueil a loupé mes étiquettes. Elle a mis le papier la tête en bas et comme la marge est supérieure en haut, tout est à jeter. J'ai vu le moment où je devais redecendre en chercher une feuille, mais enfin, elle les a collées quand même.

    #chimio #metastases #kraken #cancer

  10. C'est quand même très psy tout ça, d'être ici me donne la nausée.
    En plus j'ai le nez qui coule et un chat dans la gorge alors que je suis même pas encore dans la chambre.

    #chimio #metastases #kraken #cancer

  11. On se croirait dans un monastère, dans cette salle d'attente. Je pourrai mettre l'ambiance mais j'ai pas envie.
    Il y a parité, 4 hommes et 5 femmes, le fils qui accompagne sa mère, la fille qui accompagne sa mère. Les maris qui accompagnent leur épouse... et moi 😁

    Je t'ai dit que je ne veux pas qu'on m'accompagne, ni qu'on vienne me voir quand j'y reste ? Je trouve que déjà avec un des deux qui se fait chier, c'est suffisant.

    #chimio #cancer #metastases #kraken

  12. 38eme #chimio et j'oublie encore quelque chose 😬
    Il m'en faudra combien pour que je sois au point ?

    Hier j'ai rangé machinalement mon porte-monnaie dans mon sac à main (à sa place, quoi) au lieu du sac de chichi 😭 Ça fait que j'ai dû faire une carte bancaire pour 5,40€

    #cancer #metastases #kraken

  13. Héhé, je parie que quand tu t'es levé tout à l'heure, tu t'y attendais pas.
    Aujourd'hui, je te le donne en mille, c'est jour de... allez fais un effort... jour de ? Rooo, tu devrais le savoir maintenant ! Langue au chat?

    JOUR DE CHIMIO !
    Ouiiiii !
    Fiesta bouboum pour tout le monde 🎉🎊🎭

    #cancer #metastases #kraken #chimio

  14. Kraken Parent Payward Pushes IPO to Q2 2027 at Earliest

    Crypto exchange operator delays U.S. listing again as market conditions weigh on digital-asset stock valuations

    pulseofnations.lol/kraken-pare

    #CryptoExchange #Ipo #Kraken #Payward #PublicOffering

  15. Modern Cryptozoology @moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com@moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com ·

    Why the giant squid is not the kraken, or a cryptid

    The common association of the giant squid as the source animal of the kraken myth is oversimplified and erroneous. Giant squid were known by sailors and not seen as monsters.

    It is widely accepted as “conventional wisdom” when speaking about the giant squid that the animal was the basis for the myth of the Kraken. Additionally, the giant squid is considered a cryptid that was successfully “discovered” to be a real animal. As fun and endlessly repeated as these ideas are, they simply aren’t true. Some modern zoology and history writers (such as Darren Naish in Hunting Monsters, 2016), have stated that the descriptions of the kraken do not fit that of a giant squid. But until 2023, there was not a reference that outlined the evidence against both common tropes. The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture by Otto Latva dissembles these ideas.

    There are many books, even by respected naturalists, that repeat the giant squid-kraken association. However, none of them went on the proverbial deep dive to examine ship’s records and the depictions of sea creatures prior to the 20th century. Latva is a historian who has produced the “first historical inquiry into the giant squid”. In the process, we see the full scope of what seafaring humans thought of cephalopods through the lens of folklore, natural history, and utility. That outlook changed from the late 18th through the 19th century when concepts of animal taxonomy evolved, nature was seen as entertainment, and media became popular and expedient.

    This is the quintessential image of the kraken (as octopus) by Pierre Denys de Montfort. It is an imaginative depiction – it did not really happen. But images are powerful vehicles for belief.

    The kraken: a vague monster

    Prior to the 18th century, the “kraken” was known as a traditional creature of ancient Scandinavia. It was said to be the most immense creature on the Earth, as big as an island, a mile and a half across. The stories are varied because we don’t have written records from 13th century sailors. Differentiating between the tales of the kraken, “krake”, “kraxen” or “krabben”, and the “hafgufa” is difficult. There was never a recorded sighting of the creature called the “kraken”. From the modern perspective, we can understand that the kraken was not any kind of known animal, but was more likely an overarching label for a variety of mysterious oceanic phenomena. However, that explanation didn’t make a good story.

    Pontoppidan’s The Natural History of Norway (1753) introduced the wider public to the stories of the kraken alongside those of sea serpents and mermaids. Among the vague descriptions of a kraken was the claim that a carcass with long arms washed on shore and was identified as a young krake (interchangable with kraken). Yet other ideas about the kraken was that it resembled a huge starfish. Or it was a giant fish/whale. But nobody actually knew, because it wasn’t a singular creature. Therefore, it had no definitive form.

    The distinct and strong association between the kraken and an enormous squid didn’t happen until later 19th century (and only by way of the reputation of the octopus or poulpe). In an effort to demythify folklore, and provide natural explanations, several writers linked the kraken to the giant squid and popularized that view. Their conclusion that Norwegian sailors used appearances of gigantic squid (of any species) to create the kraken tales was wholly speculative and without basis. Unfortunately, the association stuck even though the behavior, size, and description were all wrong.

    Latva’s conclusion was that there was no historical evidence for the kraken as a derivative of sighting enormous squid by early shipmen. The modern assumption that the kraken had been a mystery creature until the giant squid was discovered ignores the complex cultural processes that created a false association and embedded it into popular culture. Writers like Bernard Heuvelmans (1958), Richard Ellis (1999), and others, didn’t have access to the bigger picture regarding the understanding of gigantic squid throughout history. The kraken = giant squid idea was a convenient and dramatic example used to make modern cryptozoology sound useful, exciting, and necessary. But it was faulty.

    From fish bait to Cephalomania

    According to ship records (particularly whaling ships), Latva showed that 18th century seafarers were curious about extra large squid they certainly saw. They may have been amazed, but they didn’t fear them. Large specimens were just an oversized version of the typical ubiquitous squid. The animals was not going to sink your ship. More importantly, they saw it as a useful bycatch for dog food and bait. No records or documented stories described the giant squid as a dangerous monster. Latva knocks down the often repeated trope that seamen always saw it as a mysterious monster. Instead, the historical records show they knew it pretty well and thought little of it. No mystery. No monster.

    The monstrous reputation was culturally constructed in a particular time period based on certain factors. Natural historians could only speculate on the behavior of cephalopods (which they didn’t differentiate well). In the newly applied system of Linnean taxonomy, the octopus was recognized where the squid was ignored. Also, the octopus was assumed to be dangerous and to grow to gigantic proportions. Even though this was false, the rumors successfully spread. Sailors and writers propagated fanciful stories. Harmless encounters at sea were exaggerated to represent a dramatic battle with a huge, tentacled and ravenous creature trying to pluck men off the ship.

    Giant octopuses only exist in the imagination.

    Eventually, when enormous squid were recognized as specific animals, based on carcasses and body parts, the squid accreted the negative qualities attributed to the octopus by default. Ironically, we now know that octopuses do not get gigantic, even though some cryptozoologists like to assert that they do. It is some squid that get quite large. Still, no extant squid comes close to being the size of an island.

    Turns out we didn’t need a bigger boat.

    The monstrous version of the giant squid developed in about 100 years from the late 18th to end of the 19th century. Starting around the 1860s, transatlantic cultures experienced “cephalomania” – an interest in all things related to octopus, squid and cuttlefish. The animals were wanted for aquariums. Fictional depictions appeared in media for entertainment. They became a sensation.

    The naming of Architeuthis dux, by Steenstrup in 1860, meant that it had a name. Eventually, Architeuthis became synonymous with “giant squid”, with the term used generically for several different species of enormous squid. It is unclear just how many species are in the Architeuthidae family but they occur worldwide. There is also the more massive colossal squid from the poorly known genus Mesonychoteuthis.

    Clash of the Titans movie (1981) featured Zeus giving the order to “Release the Kraken.” There is no Kraken in Greek myth; it’s a Norse myth.

    Not a cryptid or kraken, then or now

    Casual discussion, on platforms and in media, play very loose with the definition of “cryptid”. What does it even mean to be a “hidden animal”? Why is it hiding? All common animals were once “known” solely based on encounter stories prior to the scientific age. It is incorrect to say an animal used to be considered “cryptid” if it was revealed to explorers in a new land who successfully sought it out and then found it in short order. It wasn’t hiding – it’s just that we weren’t looking in that place to find, collect, study, and name it. Recall that cryptozoology was only developed in the mid 20th century and the term “cryptid” wasn’t derived in 1983.

    It is incorrect to call the giant squid a “cryptid” when it was already recognized by seafarers and shore natives. Those who represent the giant squid as a “cryptid” are projecting a false narrative onto its history. It was repeatedly found and even named prior to the 20th century! A cryptid has to be suspected, mostly through anecdotes, so that it gains enough attention for people to look for it. Finding a new creature by accident, prediction, or recognition is regular zoological discovery.

    To say that it represented the “kraken” is also wrong in many aspects. Both “cryptid” and “kraken” are context-dependent. The kraken is a monstrous myth of the ocean that represented fear and was dramatized by imagination. It might have more likely been inspired by great whales but essentially it was a tall tale, a fictional entity by which no one living thing is representative. To take it to literally be a giant squid ignores key evidence.

    Can we call the “kraken” a cryptid? No. In these modern times we know that many mythical creatures appeared in lore but did not represent a singular unidentified animal. We now know enough to say that the kraken, sea serpents, dragons, unicorns, etc. were symbolic, amalgamations, allegories, misinterpretations, or just entertainment.

    Finally, it’s important to recognize that imagery in popular culture has a huge effect on how people perceive the subjects. Popular books and movies are effective at demonizing animals (e.g., Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and Jaws.). The sensationalized and fictional depiction of giant squid as dangerous monsters was not based in fact, but it created a long-standing reputation. In cryptozoology, where there is an obvious knowledge gap, speculation quickly fills in for knowledge, then gets repeated over and over. After decades, everyone assumes the speculation was based on fact. More often than not, as we learn more, we find the speculation is baseless, erroneous, and is better off discarded.

    I have no expectation that this reasoning will stop any of the kids on r/cryptids or the biology-illiterate journalists from naming the giant squid as the kraken of lore. Since this is Modern Cryptozoology, I feel confident in the position that we should leave the nonsense behind and move forward with better information. No doubt, many commenters will put up a fight because they love the cool story, it’s logical and defendable that we drop the “kraken” reference and stop calling the giant squid a “found cryptid”.

    I recommend reading Latva’s book for the full story. Find it at your local academic library.
    The giant squid in transatlantic culture : the monsterization of molluscs

    #cryptid #Cryptozoology #giantOctopus #giantSquid #kraken #OttoLatva
  16. For all you cephalopod fans out there!🐙

    This candle holder was handmade by me using upcycled glass, rainbow polymer clay and phosphorescent polymer clay.

    #MastoArt #Fediart #cephalopod #kraken

  17. Op 28 september organiseert de OCCII een benefiet om de #krakers van het #Klokkenhof te helpen zich voor te bereiden op een rechtszaak en andere kosten.

    Sinds mei 2024 is een substantieel aantal appartementen in Klokkenhof gekraakt. Er zijn veel huurders die het kraken steunen en begrijpen dat het een van de weinige instrumenten is die we moeten gebruiken tegen institutionele beleggers (hier #Vesteda) in een woninglandschap waarin de regering van dit land mensen decennialang massaal in de steek heeft gelaten.

    Deze benefiet is georganiseerd om de krakers te helpen zich voor te bereiden op een rechtszaak en andere kosten.

    Vanaf 20:00 uur, #OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134 #Amsterdam #kraken #benefiet #GeefGulEnOnbeheerst
    nl.squat.net/2024/09/26/amster

    occii.org/events/krakershof-be

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  19. 🔹#CovidVariant🔹#Kraken🔹
    FAQ on COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5: What is it? Where is it prevalent? How does it differ from Omicron? Does it cause serious illness? How can I protect myself? Why is it nicknamed ‘Kraken’?

    ▫️theconversation.com/faq-on-cov

  20. From Twitter, on behalf of Tara Moriarty
    twitter.com/MoriartyLab/status
    (She will be on 🐘 soon)

    "The Jan 4-10 Canadian COVID Forecast and associated data are now live.

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    PLEASE TAKE PRECAUTIONS

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    #COVIDisAirborne
    #N95sSaveLives
    #BreakTheChain
    #BringBackMasks
    #CovidIsNotOver
    #Kraken
    #MaskUp

  21. @Apollifrone i watched the second half and OT (yes, i tuned in around 10min of 2nd period). This game was fucking crazy. See-one, play-on (#CribbageHockey ), fast turnovers and goalies that couldnt block shit. #ShittyHockey #NHL #Kraken #GoKingsGo #SeattleKraken #HockeyDon

  22. Open-Source Passive Radar Taken Down For Regulatory Reasons - Open-source technology brings a world that laws and regulations are not quite prep... - hackaday.com/2022/11/19/open-s #passiveradar #radiohacks #krakensdr #rtl-sdr #kraken #rtlsdr #itar

  23. Acrylic Painting from 2018.
    I really like acrylic painting, I just need more time in the day to actually do it. I Finally have a workspace for it, but sitting down to paint is a full day project for me, not something I can do after work like digital painting. #MastoArt #AcrylicPainting
    #painting #octopus #kraken
    #giantoctopus #seamonster #fantasy #FantasyArt #alicequinnart #OldArt