Cierran las operaciones de Novi, la wallet de criptomonedas implementada por Meta
Meta (anteriormente conocida como Facebook) está cerrando Novi, su wallet digital de corta vida enfocada en las criptomonedas. En un aviso dado a conocer por Bloomberg, la compañía anunció que apagaría la plataforma el primero de septiembre de este año, siendo el 20 de julio el día final para depositar fondos. Meta aconsejó a sus usuarios que retiraran su balance “tan pronto como les fuese posible”.
Lo anterior está dado porque luego del último día en que Novi se encuentre operativo, la empresa no se encargará de hacer ningún intento de transferencia del saldo que quede en esta hacia las cuentas bancarias y tarjetas de débito de los clientes. Esto marca de manera efectiva el final de los intentos de Meta por incursionar en el sector de las criptodivisas desde que la compañía comenzó un pequeño programa piloto de Novi en octubre de 2021.
Esta wallet fue lanzada sin proporcionar soporte para Diem (la criptomoneda nativa de Meta, que previamente había sido conocida como Libra). Un mes después, David Marcus, el jefe de la división de criptodivisas, dejó Meta. Al principio de 2022, La Asociación Diem anunció que vendería sus activos y cerraría operaciones. Pero la dimisión con respecto a Novi o Diem no significa que Meta en el futuro renuncie a la idea de desarrollar su propia wallet.
“Estamos considerando ya los años que serán necesarios emplear en construir capacidades para Meta dentro de la tecnología blockchain e introducir nuevos productos como los artículos coleccionables digitales”, explicó un vocero de la empresa en una entrevista concedida a Bloomberg, agregando: “Pueden esperar vernos más en las Web 3.0 por somos muy optimistas con respecto al valor de estas tecnologías que pueden llevar a los negocios y personas al metaverso”.
Es un hecho que la compañía anunció el pasado mes de junio, que cambiaría el nombre de su servicio de pagos Facebook Pay por el de Meta Pay. En aquel momento, Mark Zuckerberg llamó a este cambio “el primer paso” hacia la creación de una wallet digital para el metaverso. El ejecutivo expresó que el tiene la visión de un futuro donde Meta Pay funcionará como un espacio donde almacenar los artículos digitales que se compren y creen en los mundos virtuales.
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Crazy idea they dress Ozzy and Joan up in crazy costumes for event and holidays. Or when Ozzy goes on tour with Steve and Eddie 😂
Oh man, I love this.
Jonathan is secure in the knowledge that if he woke up one morning to his entire career being over that he’d still have work taking pictures of Steve and Eddie’s pets.
Jonathan doesn’t even live in the same state as them, but Steve pays him to take their holiday pictures every year. For every holiday.
Steve will come up with a concept and then workshop it with Eddie until they find something tastefully unhinged. They will either spend hours looking for where to buy the costume, try to make them themselves, or commission a local seamstress. It is a highlight to Steve’s Facebook friends.
It’s almost something that has never made it off of Steve’s Facebook until very recently. Steve’s page is private and he’s pretty particular about who he’s befriending on Facebook, so up until Jonathan did a reddit AMA, that’s where it remained.
Someone asked him what the most unhinged photoshoot he’s done, and he explained that he had a friend that recently commissioned him to photograph their pets dressed as presidents for Presidents Day. He says, “The real divas are the cats. They don’t listen to anything.”
People beg to see the pictures, so Jonathan posted one.
In the photo, it’s none other than infamous rockstar Eddie Munson, his husband, their dog, and their cat dressed as the presidents on Mount Rushmore. Ozzy is dressed as Teddy Roosevelt with round glasses and a fake mustache. He is taking the photo seriously. Joan is dressed as Abraham Lincoln with a little beard and top hat. She looks like she’s smiling with her fangs sticking out.
It is the only good picture Jonathan got that day.
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obsessed with thinking abt young leif and bertbert and the song problems by mother mother.
straight off the intro it’s “you and me we’re not the same/I am a sinner you are a saint” <- mostly from the perspective of leif, it just encapsulates the entire series imo. he meets bertbert. they’re the same. they’re not the same. he’s a sinner. he saved his planet (in the back of his mind he betrayed it - committing the ultimate sin in the eyes of humanity/himself; it doesn’t matter. he defines himself by it constantly.) she’s a saint. she comes from a planet that is literally a utopia. she’s trying to find purpose in the world and align the world to her good moral values and meets someone who’s as smart as her and understands her on a level she can’t find anywhere else (her primary friend for years; she’d never admit it). she hates him and loves him and they both know they have a part of themselves in each other.
“I’ve found love in the strangest place…I say I’m gonna stage a great escape” <- finds bertbert and verge; leif always escapes/leaves/says he’s going to leave but does he really(?)
“let loose a love all pent up and painfully out of place” <- leif esp in ep 8 with his father. always painfully out of place and nowhere to put his love for the world or his family that shunned who he was.
“doo doo doo, I’m a loser, a disgrace/You’re a beauty, a luminary, in my face” <- playful aspect of the song. I think leif plays that part of their dynamic off as a joke but knows it’s painfully true with bert bert. he is who he is but he might still internalize it. or at least from an audience perspective, there’s an idolization of what berts does and how much he admires her and her work esp from how she’s described as a character. she’s constantly working towards a beacon of truth and justice. she’s a beauty. she’s a luminary. she’s literally always in his face. he’s a loser, a disgrace.
“I’ve got a lot, not a lot, I gotta lot less than a lot/I’ve got problems” they both have problems. they both try to play off that they don’t. they both have a lot of problems.
ending it w the first verse but also saying the whole vibe of the song is very Them. chaotic alt rock and fun melodies harmonizing. also features loud yelling with sweet almost nostalgic melodies.
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Jason Todd but Not! (AU's)
If you want to read AUs that give you different versions of Jason Todd, this is for you. These 8 fics are all categorized as gen, and I tried to include lesser known works here.
I'll be listing
Word count
Any rating above teen
Archive warnings
Major relationships
Mind the specific tags on a work before you read
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The We in I by forestgreen
12,680; Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
There never was a Jason.
A fic exploring Jason Todd through the lens of him having DID. There's so much care put into this fic, and it genuinely changed how I thought about certain canon events. I also love the voice forestgreen employs for Jay. They capture the magic of 80s Jason Todd perfectly, while making him sound correct in the modern setting.
I have no tongue and I must scream by Sassaphrass
5,242; The Batfamily
Hunger Games AU:
Former Victor Jason Todd returns to his District for the first time in a long time.
Something is troubling his fellow Victors and he gets a surprising recruit to his murderous crusade against the Capitol.
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Red, and Terrible, and Red by Sassaphrass
13,075; Rape/Non-Con, Underage; Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Talia al Ghul/Jason Todd
On a journey from Victor, to Slave to Rebel (with just a short side-trip through insane vengeance fueled serial killer), for Jason Todd winning the Hunger Games was only the beginning.
I can’t decide which of these to recommend first. They’re part of the same series, and if you get invested you’ll want to read both anyway. The first fic in the series sets the general DC/Hunger Games premise, while the the other one is purely Jason’s backstory. I find myself re-reading Red, and Terrible, and Red because his backstory is immaculate, but you probably should read the setup fic first 😅
Whisper Closely In My Ear by KangaRou
8,518; Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings; Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
The words went in one ear, rattled around like bees, before ramming out the other. The doctor was sitting painfully close, only two feet away. The tone of voice implied he was talking louder, not quite a yell but something nearly there; it sounded like a whisper to Jason. So quiet, with every third word unintelligible, except for that first phrase: "Mr Wayne, I'm afraid you're profoundly deaf."
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Jason is profoundly deaf. He learns to cope with it.
The premise is exactly what it sounds like, but so much more. The author goes into detail regarding Jasons treatment, how Bruce (isn't) being helpful, and the genuine fear he feels when he's with his family. It's separated into small scenes that connect beautifully. A must read honestly.
We'll Never Get Free (Lamb To The Slaughter) by AquamarineMemeBender
4,286; Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death; Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne & Colin Wilkes, Batfamily Members & Jason Todd, Batfamily Members & Bruce Wayne
"He keeps throwing kids into his own self destruction and never understands that he'll never be able to save them."
"I know," she gasps. "I know. I already know. He didn't save me, he didn't save my mom, he didn't save my best friend or-"
"You know," Jason assures her, and rests the end of his gun on her forehead as gently as possible. "He doesn't."
Or: Bruce keeps making Robins. Jason keeps killing them.
Very dark, and also relies on the Lazarus Pit. BUT! The pit is used differently here, adding to the surreal horror of this fic. Reading this is like watching a car made of hope, love, and familial trust crash into a brick wall.
Turning Point by Neocolai
4,310; Not Rated; Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Hood had one standard as a hired gun — he didn’t shoot kids. The Joker should’ve known better than to involve him, even if the party in question was Bat-trained.
Aaand a fic that is the complete opposite of the last one.
I love seeing how people make Jason the Red Hood without the ‘I am a better Batman’ angle or the bruce daddy issues. This is a solid read.
keep on haunting me by Littlearrows
4,090; Dick Grayson & Jason Todd
After his time as a mob boss, Jason opens a private detective agency for Gotham's ghosts, investigating their deaths and helping them find justice. A case leads him to getting justice for his own ghost haunting him.
(aka a supernatural noir detective AU)
This is a banger noir fic that sprinkles in intriguing worldbuilding, and gives the characters a really cool vibe. Jason feels like a legitimate detective & I could easily imagine this being a slice from a video game.
The Zombie Robin by Penglaive
36,301
Nearly half a year after Jason Todd was murdered by the Joker, Scarecrow launched a plot to delve six feet deeper into the heart of fear. Whether this plot went ultimately right or horribly wrong is a matter of perspective, but everyone involved could agree it went weird quickly, even by Gotham standards.
Jason must deal with his unknown zombie status in this fic, and it has more depth than you might imagine. Penglaive strikes a nice tonal balance between serious and lighthearted, switching perspectives giving context to the greater impact of Jason's return. This one is uberly underrated.
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Sooo that’s my list. Obviously there are a lot more fics that fit these tropes, but this is just a cheese platter of different Jason Todds......
ANYWAYS I hope you enjoy these hidden teasures, like ken.
Ken out 😘
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