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“Everybody likes apples, except doctors” is a line from Thieves’ Highway. Luckily, Doc Armstrong does. He’s too long held onto his place that my farm almost surrounds. I injected cyanide into an apple. With any luck, his daughter will sell. 

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(Written for <a href="https://hive.blog/hive-161155/@zapfic.club/its-monday-the-2nd-january-2023-it-must-be-time-for-zapficmonday-write-me-a-story-in-240-characters-or-less">this</a> writing challenge.)

<h1>Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:</h1>

<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/30/blackrock-gives-bankrupt-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-a-new-17m-loan/">BlackRock Gives Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific New $17M Loan</a>

<a href="https://archive.ph/mH1BD">Why China’s Economy Faces a Perilous Road to Recovery</a>
>Years of lockdowns took a brutal toll on businesses. Now, the rapid spread of Covid after a chaotic reopening has deprived them of workers and customers.

<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/dogecoin-foundation-announces-new-fund-for-core-developers">Dogecoin Foundation announces new fund for core developers</a>


<h1>Politics:</h1>

<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/2/russia-says-63-troops-killed-in-ukrainian-attack-on-makiivka">Russia says 63 troops killed in Ukrainian attack on Makiivka</a>
>Ukraine puts death toll from New Year’s Eve strike in the occupied city of Makiivka at 400 Russian soldiers.

<a href="https://archive.ph/qObh7">Brazil Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos</a>
>When Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow of active investigations by federal and local prosecutors into potential criminal activity during his two congressional campaigns.
>But an older criminal case may be more pressing: Brazilian law enforcement authorities intend to revive fraud charges against Mr. Santos, and will seek his formal response.
>The matter, which stemmed from an incident in 2008 regarding a stolen checkbook, had been suspended for the better part of a decade because the police were unable to locate him.

<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hope-hicks-january-6-we-all-look-like-domestic-terrorists-2023-1">Hope Hicks said ‘we all look like domestic terrorists now’ after January 6 and that another White House aide was a ‘genius’ for getting out early</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;If he is not guilty of a crime, I frankly fear for the future of this country … &quot;<br><br>Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tells <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBashCNN</a> he believes former President Donald Trump should be charged by the Justice Department after the House investigation into January 6. <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNSotu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/RZplRW8n8K">pic.twitter.com/RZplRW8n8K</a></p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1609561458295144448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/google-display-ads-piracy-porn-fraud">Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire</a>
>Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.


<h1>Serendipity:</h1>

<a href="https://theconversation.com/3-reasons-local-climate-activism-is-more-powerful-than-people-realize-196637">3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize</a>

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