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Lonely in a new city even though you're “connected” all day? We felt that tension hard, so we sat down with Gabor Catas, CEO of Friending Inc., to talk about a different kind of social app: one that's built to get you off your phone and back into real life. Gabor shares why he helped shape the Friending App after years of moving between countries and states, and why loneliness is more common than most people admit, especially after COVID and the shift to remote work.We dig into what makes Friending stand out in the crowded world of friendship apps and dating-style platforms. First, verified identity: the app uses Persona with ID and selfie checks to reduce fake profiles and build trust. Then, the big behavioral change: chat is limited to 10 exchanges, after which you send a friend request with a 30-day window to meet face-to-face. It's a design choice that challenges the endless-texting loop and focuses on making friends through shared activities in your area.We also get practical about safety and real-world meetups. Friending includes a triple-tap feature that can call the police by default, contact a friend, or alert nearby Friending users if you feel uncomfortable. You can browse people within about 50 miles using “Are You In” activity cards and tags, and Gabor paints the best-case future where you can even ping nearby players to fill out a last-minute volleyball team. Plus, there's a fun twist: sending real coffee with a QR code message that can be text, video, or even a song.Listen now, then subscribe, share with a friend who's new in town, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Send us Fan MailSupport the showThanks for listening!Check out this site for everthing to know about women's pleasure including video tutorials and great suggestions for bedroom time!!https://for-goodness-sake-omgyes.sjv.io/c/5059274/1463336/17315Take the happiness quiz from Oprah and Arthur Brooks here: https://arthurbrooks.com/buildNEW: Subscribe monthly: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1805181/support Email  questions/comments/feeback to tamara@straightfromthesourcesmouth.co Website: https://straightfromthesourcesmouthpod.net/Instagram: @fromthesourcesmouth_franktalkTwitter: @tamarapodcastYouTube and IG: Tamara_Schoon_comicWant to be a guest on Straight from the Source's Mouth: Frank Talk about Sex and Dating? Send Tamara Schoon a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/17508659438808322af9d2077

Key TakeawaysLocation for Flex/IndustrialDon't go “main & main” in the city core (too expensive, competing with retail/office).Target major highways/arterials just outside town, where you can serve multiple submarkets at lower land/building cost.Pricing & StrategyYour all‑in cost/sf (purchase + rehab) must be well below new construction cost (~$120–$150/sf) or the deal won't compete.Quick screen: if all‑in ≈ $100/sf and you can get ~$12/sf NNN, that's about a 12% yield on cost → worth deeper underwriting.Kansas City Example Deal4,260 sf building at $315K (~$74/sf) in Raytown; concept: split into two bays, add another roll‑up door, light rehab.Verified via Google Street View that there's no real loading dock despite the listing.Underwriting Outputs (base case)Assumptions: 25% down, 7% interest, 20‑yr am, 2 tenants at $12/sf NNN, 3% bumps.Results: ~16–17% IRR, ~19–20% annualized cash‑on‑cash, ~2.0x equity multiple over 5 years, DSCR ~1.7x.Risk & Stress TestEven with rents at $10/sf and rehab at $100K, deal still modeled at mid‑teens IRR and solid cash‑on‑cash.But in a bear scenario (lower rents, higher vacancy, worse exit cap), you can lose money → need margin.Capital RaisingRaising capital starts with your existing network:Call people, explain your deal type and target returns, and ask if they'd want to see one.Build a list of soft commitments before you have a live deal.

Ari Paparo sits down with Damian Garbaccio, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Affinity Solutions, and Doug Campbell, Chief Strategy Officer at DoubleVerify, to discuss why 91% of marketers distrust platform-reported results, the rise of outcome-based measurement, the role of verified purchase data, AI-driven optimization, media waste, and the future of advertising accountability.  Takeaways  91% of marketers distrust platform-reported results, signaling a major measurement credibility gap. Brands want to optimize toward real purchase outcomes, but technical and organizational barriers remain. Verified transaction data and independent measurement are becoming essential for improving accountability.  Reducing delays and complexity between purchase data and optimization systems can improve campaign performance.  AI can enhance marketing outcomes, but its effectiveness depends on the quality of the data it receives.  CMOs face growing pressure to prove measurable business results and justify marketing investments.  Chapters  00:00 Introduction to the Affinity Solutions Outcome Marketing Council  00:29 Why the council was created and its mission  01:34 The new report: Measurement's Tipping Point  02:28 Challenges connecting ad exposure to purchase behavior  03:06 Key survey findings and marketer sentiment  03:19 Why 91% of marketers distrust platform-reported results  05:31 Why marketers still rely on proxy metrics  07:10 The value of real purchase and transaction data  08:21 Barriers preventing outcome-based optimization  09:17 Platform measurement challenges and attribution overlap  09:38 Speed, data paths, and optimization challenges  10:53 The importance of third-party measurement  11:10 How much waste exists in media measurement?  13:04 Best practices for verified outcomes and optimization  14:20 How far the industry has progressed in recent years  14:44 AI, data quality, and marketing performance  16:45 Advice for CMOs navigating measurement uncertainty  17:43 Organizational change and financial accountability  18:30 Why the opportunity for innovation remains strong  Guests: Ari Paparo, Damian Garbaccio, Doug Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The media landscape is experiencing a massive changing of the guard! In Episode 466, host Steve "Megatron" Phillips and TFG1Mike tackle a week of historic endings and radical digital beginnings. First, we say a final, bittersweet goodbye to an institution as CBS News Radio officially goes off the air, signing off with Edward R. Murrow's iconic words: "Good night, and good luck."The end of an era continues on television as we reflect on the surreally lovely final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. We break down how he completely nailed the landing, his brilliant "Only in Monroe" return, and what his departure means for the future of late-night broadcast comedy. Meanwhile, the streaming wars enter a new phase as Disney pulls Hulu even tighter into the Disney+ ecosystem, despite claiming they have "no current plans" to kill the standalone app. Finally, we unpack Spotify's massive new suite of AI features—including a direct crackdown on AI voice cloning, the introduction of a green "Verified" checkmark for podcasts, and personal AI audio briefings that are changing how we consume media.What you'll get out of this episode:A tribute to the legacy of CBS News Radio and the end of traditional broadcast news.Critical analysis of Stephen Colbert's emotional late-night series finale.What Disney's aggressive Hulu/Disney+ integration means for your streaming subscriptions.A deep dive into Spotify's new AI-generated personal podcasts and anti-impersonation rules.Updates on our ongoing celebration of The Top 100 Animated Series 15th Anniversary Edition.Get Altered, Get Geeky, with the Altered Geeks!Top Stories & Featured LinksStreaming Consolidation: Disney Pulls Hulu Eighter Tighter Into Disney+Radio History Ends: CBS News Radio Ends With An Edward R. Murrow Sign OffLate Night Finale: Stephen Colbert's Last Show: Laughing Well Is the Best RevengeAudio Tech Shift: Spotify Podcast Verification Targets AI Voice CloningTopic KeywordsCBS News Radio Final Sign Off, Stephen Colbert Late Show Finale, Disney Hulu Integration 2026, Spotify Podcast Verification Badge, AI Voice Cloning Spotify Policy, Personal AI Podcasts, Edward R. Murrow Good Night and Good Luck, Streaming Industry Consolidation, Broadcast Late Night Comedy.Keywords (Comma Separated)Stephen Colbert finale, CBS News Radio, Hulu Disney plus integration, Spotify AI podcast features, Podcast verification checkmark, AI voice cloning ban, Edward R Murrow sign off, Late Show series finale, Streaming media consolidation, Broadcast radio history.

Key TakeawaysLocation for Flex/IndustrialDon't go “main & main” in the city core (too expensive, competing with retail/office).Target major highways/arterials just outside town, where you can serve multiple submarkets at lower land/building cost.Pricing & StrategyYour all‑in cost/sf (purchase + rehab) must be well below new construction cost (~$120–$150/sf) or the deal won't compete.Quick screen: if all‑in ≈ $100/sf and you can get ~$12/sf NNN, that's about a 12% yield on cost → worth deeper underwriting.Kansas City Example Deal4,260 sf building at $315K (~$74/sf) in Raytown; concept: split into two bays, add another roll‑up door, light rehab.Verified via Google Street View that there's no real loading dock despite the listing.Underwriting Outputs (base case)Assumptions: 25% down, 7% interest, 20‑yr am, 2 tenants at $12/sf NNN, 3% bumps.Results: ~16–17% IRR, ~19–20% annualized cash‑on‑cash, ~2.0x equity multiple over 5 years, DSCR ~1.7x.Risk & Stress TestEven with rents at $10/sf and rehab at $100K, deal still modeled at mid‑teens IRR and solid cash‑on‑cash.But in a bear scenario (lower rents, higher vacancy, worse exit cap), you can lose money → need margin.Capital RaisingRaising capital starts with your existing network:Call people, explain your deal type and target returns, and ask if they'd want to see one.Build a list of soft commitments before you have a live deal.

Two former Benchmark investors are pitching something you don't usually see this soon: a joint, $800 million AI fund—less than a year after each left to raise smaller, founder-led vehicles on their own. Victor Lazarte left the Silicon Valley fund in July 2025 after backing companies like Mercor, Heygen and Applied Compute in his two-year stretch as a partner. After exiting Benchmark, he quickly raised $200 million for his own fund, VL. Now, Lazarte is pitching a much bigger fund to make bets on early and growth stage startups. He's telling prospective limited partners he plans to raise a new fund called Diffusion and co-manage it with Kris Fredrickson, according to several investors who say they were pitched on the effort. The target is roughly $800 million, one of the larger first-time venture raises of the year. Fredrickson started his investing career at Benchmark before moving to hedge fund Coatue, where he backed companies like Instacart, Chime and Scale AI. Forbes reported last July that Fredrickson had raised $175 million for his own fund, Verified, to back growth stage AI startups like legal platform Harvey and search engine Perplexity. By Iain Martin, Forbes Staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore near-death experiences that reveal impossible physical facts and prove the reality of our survival, plus meet filmmakers Constance and Susan as they discuss the clinical validation of eternity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Send James and Sam a message or voicemailWe pick apart Spotify's investor-day announcements and ask what its AI-first roadmap means for podcast creators, monetisation, and trust. We also talk to the co-founders of BIPOC Podcast Creators about why the community is closing and what the industry loses when creator support dries up. • Spotify's “time well spent” metric and what it tries to reframe • The “500 million video podcast” claim and why measurement matters • Real-time podcast Q&A on Spotify and the risk of AI hallucinations • Dynamic creator sponsorships and updating back catalogue ads • Spotify memberships as a Patreon and Supporting Cast rival, with big unanswered details • Verified by Spotify badges and why creators can't control verification • Clipping tools and the tradeoff between shareability and platform lock-in • Why BIPOC Podcast Creators closes, after a year of exploring options • How funding, layoffs, and politics change corporate support • The case for protecting indie creators and the industry's long-term health • Apple Podcasts plus Audible subscription access and why verification matters • YouTube's podcasts hub, top fans, and clearer AI content labels • Private feed security problems and why standards need to move faster • Direct Flow Auto Discover RSS and QR code discovery for podcasts Subscribe to our newsletter at podnews.net.We're sponsored by Buzzsprout; their CoHost summary tool made these show notes.Support the showConnect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.netFediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.socialSupport us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/supportGet Podnews: podnews.net

A heated political commentary out of Texas claims a dramatic power shift inside the Republican Party following a major primary outcome. Supporters describe it as a rejection of establishment influence, while critics call the rhetoric extreme and historically loaded. The episode focuses on allegations involving long-standing GOP factions, political operatives, and figures such as Ken Paxton, alongside references to former President George W. Bush and broader accusations about party ideology, globalism, and immigration policy.

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Today in the business of podcasting:Spotify is expanding its Verified by Spotify badge to podcast shows, adding a green checkmark to identify official creator, publisher, and brand presences on the platform based on listener activity, platform standing, and audience authenticity.The 2026 Podnews Report Card collected 779 pieces of community feedback on major podcast platforms, with YouTube reaching second place in the overall rankings for the first time, just behind Apple Podcasts and ahead of Spotify.A new WARC report, The Multiplier Playbook, surveying more than 200 senior marketers finds that 60% say their C-suite does not fully understand the role of advertising, and only 21% say advertising objectives align with broader corporate goals.New Omeda research finds 70% of publishers consider audience data critical, yet only 9% of their organizations use it effectively, a gap writer Brian Morrissey links to decentralized and siloed data infrastructure.YouTube is rolling out its AI-powered likeness detection technology to all eligible creators over 18, expanding access beyond select YouTube Partner Program members and allowing users to set up protection via ID verification.To find links to these, and every article covered in today's episode, click here. You can also subscribe to The Download's newsletter to receive the full issue straight to your email inbox every day.

Today in the business of podcasting:Spotify is expanding its Verified by Spotify badge to podcast shows, adding a green checkmark to identify official creator, publisher, and brand presences on the platform based on listener activity, platform standing, and audience authenticity.The 2026 Podnews Report Card collected 779 pieces of community feedback on major podcast platforms, with YouTube reaching second place in the overall rankings for the first time, just behind Apple Podcasts and ahead of Spotify.A new WARC report, The Multiplier Playbook, surveying more than 200 senior marketers finds that 60% say their C-suite does not fully understand the role of advertising, and only 21% say advertising objectives align with broader corporate goals.New Omeda research finds 70% of publishers consider audience data critical, yet only 9% of their organizations use it effectively, a gap writer Brian Morrissey links to decentralized and siloed data infrastructure.YouTube is rolling out its AI-powered likeness detection technology to all eligible creators over 18, expanding access beyond select YouTube Partner Program members and allowing users to set up protection via ID verification.To find links to these, and every article covered in today's episode, click here. You can also subscribe to The Download's newsletter to receive the full issue straight to your email inbox every day.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss three big questions surrounding Spotify right now: Why has the audio giant's ad revenue stalled? What would a Spotify lifestyle app look like? Has Spotify solved the AI problem by adding “Verified” badges to distinguish human artists from AI-generated ones? And more.   Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Editor of our Marketing and Advertising Briefing, Daniel Konstantinovic. Listen everywhere, or watch on YouTube and Spotify.   Get more insights like these with our free, industry-leading newsletters covering advertising, marketing, and commerce. Sign up at emarketer.com/newsletters Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-spotify-lifestyle-app-badges-fix-spotify-ai-issue-3-big-questions-spotify-behind-numbers © 2026 EMARKETER

Welcome to Champions for Life online sermon player. We pray that each message will bless you by teaching you how to walk in love, live by faith and experience God's prosperity in every area of life. We know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word

Welcome to Champions for Life online sermon player. We pray that each message will bless you by teaching you how to walk in love, live by faith and experience God's prosperity in every area of life. We know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word

Michael plays devil's advocate and argues that human societies naturally refine their values over time. Monogamy works better. Less crime is good. These truths emerge through trial and error. Matt pushes back hard. Without truth and love as a fixed reference point, he argues, the word "better" loses all meaning. What looks like natural progress is actually borrowed capital from a civilization built on Judeo-Christian values. They explore Canada's assisted suicide program, the sterilization of young people through the transgender movement, and Nietzsche's warning that removing God does not just remove religion. It unmoors everything. This one goes deep. It is about what happens when a culture forgets where its values came from. And why substituting anything for God makes your world smaller. Cheers y'all

Technieuws Fabriek voor synthethische kerosine in de Gentse haven Universiteiten benaderen ShinyHunters om datalek na Canvas-hack te voorkomen | Digital Trust Center meldt afname van ransomware-incidenten in Nederland | ChipSoft zegt dat alle door hackers gestolen data is vernietigd Zelfrijdende Tesla's op Vlaamse snelwegen? Google Fitbit Air-fitnesstracker heeft geen scherm en kost 100 euro Verified badges bij Spotify What I saw at the Musk-OpenAI trial: petty billionaires, protests and a stern judge | The no-nonsense judge calling the shots in Musk v Altman trial Deutsches Technikmuseum Reportage Podcast over de Einstein Telescoop Deep dive I installed Bazzite on my PC, and it has me reconsidering Windows | Linux Gaming Still has a Ways to Go.. Bazzite on a Gaming Laptop Review | Bazzite isn't the Windows gaming replacement everyone hopes it is | Thousands of gamers are installing Bazzite instead of sticking with Windows — and the reasons behind the shift are surprisingly compelling VR voor gamers bestaat 10 jaar Op zaterdag 20 juni in de namiddag plannen we weer een live opname bij Lab9 Brussel Gare Maritime. Ben je er graag bij? Schrijf je dan snel in! De plaatsen zijn beperkt.

In this episode, we break down the top five reasons Google Business Profiles get denied during the video verification process. From inconsistent branding to missing proof of business operations, we cover the simple best practices green industry businesses should follow to improve their chances of getting verified and showing up in local search results. Important Links: https://www.brandedbull.com/  https://www.instagram.com/brandedbull/ https://www.facebook.com/brandedbullinc https://www.lawntrepreneuracademy.com/ 

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Matt and Michael return from two very different deserts. Vegas and Big Bend. One all lights and noise, the other all silence and heat. Matt shares what it meant to scatter his father's ashes in West Texas. Michael talks about the solitude of crowds. And somewhere around the forty minute mark, the conversation turns into something else entirely. What is AI actually for? What gets lost when we outsource struggle? Why do we need to be broken to become whole? And what happens to a culture that forgets the purpose of things? They land on teleology, the study of purpose itself. A knife only makes sense if you know it's meant to cut. So what are we meant for? And what happens when we stop asking? Cheers y'all

Episode 297: The next wave of cybersecurity hiring is sending a clear message: without AI fluency, you may not be employable. U.S. cyber pipelines are adding AI skill requirements because modern defense now includes securing AI systems themselves. From semi‑autonomous agents to fast‑moving model‑driven threats, the job is shifting fast. If you're aiming for a government or enterprise cyber role, this breakdown clarifies what real “AI fluency” means and why it's becoming a baseline skill.Then we pivot to the strange side of AI behavior and why it still matters. OpenAI models inserting goblins and gremlins into answers sparks a deeper look at alignment, training loops, and user trust. Spotify's human‑verified artist badges highlight how authenticity is becoming a product feature as AI‑generated music floods platforms. We close with the AI layoff boomerang and Sony's 30‑day license check debate, raising big questions about transparency, ownership, and the future of digital media. Tune in to TechTime Radio—where the future is now, the stories matter, and all with a little whiskey on the side.-- Full Episode Details:The next wave of cybersecurity hiring is sending a blunt message: if you don't understand AI, you may not be employable. We dig into reports that U.S. cyber pipelines are adding AI skill requirements because modern defense isn't just about protecting networks anymore. It's about using AI for defense while also securing AI systems themselves, from semi autonomous agents to fast moving model driven threats. If you're aiming for a government or enterprise cyber role, this one helps you think clearly about what “AI fluency” actually means in practice and why it's becoming a baseline skill.Then we pivot to the weird side of AI behavior and why it still matters. A story about OpenAI models that wouldn't stop inserting goblins, gremlins, and other cryptids into answers turns into a real conversation about AI alignment, training feedback loops, and the growing trust gap between users and the systems they rely on. If AI can pick up bizarre habits that fast, what else is it learning and when do those quirks become a real problem?We also talk about AI generated music and the reason Spotify is rolling out human verified badges. With AI tracks blending into TikTok trends and streaming playlists, transparency and authenticity are turning into product features. To close, we hit the AI layoff boomerang where companies cut jobs “because of AI” and then scramble to rehire, plus a heated take on Sony's 30 day license countdown for some digital games and what it means for digital ownership versus physical media. If any of these stories made you go “hmm,” subscribe, share the show, and leave a review so more people can find Tech Time Radio.Support the show

Every major technological paradigm shift has broken society before it fixed it. The printing press, radio, television. Each one reshaped how we communicate and what we believe. Now the internet, social media, and AI are repeating the pattern at unprecedented speed. Joel Breakstone, co-founder and executive director of the Digital Inquiry Group, has spent over a decade studying how people evaluate online information, and what he's found is alarming: students, academics, and everyday adults are failing at even the most basic tasks of digital discernment. But his research also reveals a path forward, built on the surprisingly simple strategies of professional fact checkers.Episode Highlights: [00:01:55] Was the internet a huge mistake? [00:08:30] From Stanford History Education Group to the Civic Online Reasoning curriculum [00:12:35] Fact checkers vs. PhDs vs. Stanford freshmen: who evaluates sources best? [00:15:20] Lateral reading: the counterintuitive skill that changes everything [00:26:20] The collapse of institutional trust and rise of influencer trust [00:31:05] AI as both threat and tool for digital literacyNotable Quotes: Joel Breakstone [00:11:25]: "The myth of the digital native is very much a myth. Young people, like the rest of us, need help making sense of the unbelievably crowded and confusing landscape that we encounter when we go online." Joel Breakstone [00:27:30]: "It can become really easy to just throw your hands up in the air and say, 'Nothing's real. I don't know what to trust.' And that is a really dangerous place for us to end up because it plays into the hands of authoritarians."Resources & Links:Digital Inquiry Group — https://www.inquirygroup.org/Civic Online Reasoning (COR) Curriculum — https://cor.inquirygroup.org/Verified by Mike Caulfield & Sam Wineburg — https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/V/bo207015182.htmlHosted by Eric Ressler, Founder & Creative Director of Cosmic, with co-host Jonathan Hicken, Executive Director of the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. New episodes every Tuesday.→ Subscribe: designingtomorrow.show → Work with Cosmic: designbycosmic.comListeners, now you can text us your comments or questions by clicking this link.*** If you liked this episode, please help spread the word. Share with your friends or co-workers, post it to social media, “follow” or “subscribe” in your podcast app, or write a review on Apple Podcasts. We could not do this without you!We love hearing feedback from our community, so please email us with your questions or comments — including topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes — at podcast@designbycosmic.comThank you for all that you do for your cause and for being part of the movement to move humanity and the planet forward.

The core structural shift highlighted is the movement of security for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) from best-effort practices to a regulated, continuously verified service operation. This change is being driven by the compression of vulnerability exploit timelines as a result of attackers leveraging both automation and AI, and by regulators imposing hard patching and compliance deadlines. Companies such as ConnectWise and Microsoft are central, with federal agencies (CISA) now converting exploited vulnerabilities into time-bound remediation mandates. A significant development underscoring this shift is the addition of two known exploited vulnerabilities—CVE-2024-1708 in ConnectWise ScreenConnect and CVE-2026-32202 in Microsoft Windows Shell—to CISA's remediation requirements. Agencies must address these by May 12, 2026, marking a move from tracking to deadline-driven action. Reports from Huntress and TechCrunch confirm that real-world attackers rapidly exploit public vulnerability information, and Microsoft's own documentation illustrates attackers increasingly using Microsoft Teams for social engineering, remote assistance, and privilege escalation. Supporting developments include major vendors like Microsoft integrating models from Anthropic into their security development lifecycle to accelerate vulnerability discovery and remediation. However, studies noted by The Hacker News and The Verge indicate that AI-driven discovery is outpacing operational capacity, creating a growing discovery-to-remediation gap. At the organizational level, information from the Reveal 2026 IT Talent Survey indicates that 8 in 10 technology leaders face significant shortages in AI and cybersecurity skills, compounding the operational burden of continuous security verification. For MSPs and IT leaders, these factors combine to increase operational complexity, require more explicit contract scoping and evidence obligations, and shift oversight from periodic compliance towards continuous, demonstrable verification. Contractual ambiguity—especially when services are described as “best effort”—exposes providers to unmeasured labor and unassigned accountability. Practical steps now include reclassifying business collaboration platforms as active attack surfaces, formally auditing and documenting previously “invisible” tasks, and aligning internal operations with external, regulator-mandated verification standards. 00:00 AI Patches Gaps 05:10 Discovery Isn't Enough 07:11 Reprice or Absorb 10:24 Why Do We Care?  Supported by:   Moovila  Zero Networks   Upcoming event:  The Pivotal Point of IT: Building Services for the AI-First Era Date: May 13 at 1p.m. EDT Register: https://go.acronis.com/davesobelaiera  

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Spotify gaat echte artiesten onderscheiden van AI-artiesten met een groen verificatievinkje, vergelijkbaar met de vinkjes die we kennen van sociale media. Het platform wil daarmee een antwoord geven op de groeiende stroom nep-artiesten die met behulp van AI op het platform verschijnt. Stijn Goossens bespreekt het in deze Tech Update. Spotify lanceert "Verified by Spotify": een groen vinkje dat verschijnt op artiestprofielen en in zoekresultaten. Het moet luisteraars zekerheid geven dat ze naar een echte artiest luisteren en niet naar een AI-gegenereerd profiel. Profielen die primair AI-gegenereerde muziek of een AI-persona vertegenwoordigen, komen niet in aanmerking voor verificatie. Vorig jaar dook AI-band The Velvet Sundown op in de Discover Weekly-playlists van gebruikers, zonder enige aanduiding dat het geen menselijke artiest betrof. Later verschenen AI-nummers op de officiële Spotify-pagina's van overleden artiesten, zonder toestemming van hun nabestaanden. Streamingdienst Deezer meldde eerder deze maand dat inmiddels 44 procent van alle dagelijkse uploads volledig AI-gegenereerd is, zo'n 75.000 nummers per dag. Voor het vinkje kijkt Spotify niet naar legitimatiebewijzen, maar naar gedrag: heeft de artiest concerten, sociale media, merchandise? Spotify zegt dat 99 procent van de artiesten die actief worden opgezocht uiteindelijk een vinkje krijgt. De uitrol start de komende weken. Het is overigens al het derde verificatiesysteem van Spotify: het blauwe vinkje uit 2017 werd eerder dit jaar al vervangen door het label "Registered Artist". Verder in deze Tech Update Apple boekt beste tweede kwartaal ooit met iPhone, maar waarschuwt voor chiptekorten. Omzet en winst lagen flink hoger, maar CEO Tim Cook waarschuwt dat de productiekosten voor iPhones en Macs oplopen door problemen in de chipketen. Bij de nieuwe iPhones in september is een prijsverhoging mogelijk. Tim Cook kondigt aan de Trump-tarieven terug te vorderen. Het Hooggerechtshof oordeelde dat de importheffingen ongegrond waren, waardoor bedrijven tot 166 miljard dollar kunnen terugvorderen. Cook zegt dat geld opnieuw te willen investeren in Amerikaanse innovatie en productiefaciliteiten. Zometeen in De Schaal van Hebben: Samsung Galaxy A57 vs. Nothing Phone (4a) ProSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samurai Sword Lessons & Heat Health Hacks PodcastFIVE PRIMARY POINTS of the PODCAST* Coffee is a Verified Vitality EnhancerExtensive research across hundreds of thousands of participants shows that coffee improves physical, mental, and cognitive performance, supporting overall vitality and longevity.* 2–3 Cups Per Day is the Optimal AmountThis range is consistently associated with the greatest benefits—including lower risks of dementia, depression, and cardiovascular disease—while excessive intake may reduce benefits or increase risks.* Coffee Improves Brain Health and StructureStudies link moderate coffee intake to better cognitive performance, reduced dementia risk, and even favorable brain MRI findings such as greater cortical thickness.* Gut Microbiome is a Key MechanismCoffee reshapes gut bacteria, reduces inflammation, and influences mood and cognition through the gut–brain axis—even decaf provides benefits via polyphenols.* Vitality Extends Beyond Biology—Purpose Matters A story of a doctor who pivoted to running an ice cream business highlights a deeper principle: vitality comes from aligning work with joy, meaning, and service—your “second chapter” is always possible.Copyright, VyVerse, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vitalityexplorers.substack.com/subscribe

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“By the time you dot the final I's and cross the final T's, the assessment is already out of date.”— Taylor SullivanEpisode OverviewIn this episode I'm joined by rising I/O rockstar Taylor Sullivan, IO psychologist and the architect of Workera's assessment strategy. With Taylor's guidance Workera, a verified skills intelligence platform, is doing something most of the industry is still afraid to do: going all in on using AI to build, deliver, and validate AI-based assessments.Taylor and I (and my AI co-host Mayda Tokens) dig into how this actually works, why it's scientifically defensible, and why the industry needs to stop waiting and start moving.Topics Discussed & Key Insights1. Traditional Assessment Development Is Already BrokenBy the time a traditional assessment clears all the I-dotting and T-crossing, it's often already out of date. AI changes that — enabling dynamic content generation, richer construct understanding, and real-time iteration that keeps pace with how work actually evolves.2. Codifying Measurement Science Into a Multi-Agent SystemWorkera didn't just bolt AI onto existing processes. They embedded IO psychology's core principles — evidence-centered design, validity frameworks, job analysis — directly into a multi-agent authoring system. Experts define the standards. Agents execute to those standards. The science drives the machine, not the other way around.Here's a brief sketch of how it works in practice* Define the purpose — Tell the agent what you're measuring and why. This grounds everything that follows.* Extract the construct — The agent probes the skill space using critical incident techniques, identifying what great performance actually looks like.* Design the assessment — The agent selects question formats (multiple choice, drag and drop, voice interaction, sequencing) based on what will best elicit evidence of the skill.* Automated quality review — Before anything goes live, the system checks for bias, language issues, and content alignment to the original skill definition.* Monitor and improve — Once deployed, the agent tracks response patterns, flags problems, and learns from score appeals adjudicated by humans.The skill domain is flexible — it works for cheeseburgers or cybersecurity. The methodology behind it is the same either way.3. The “Harness” — Why This Is SafeThe key to responsible agentic AI isn't less autonomy — it's a well-designed harness (the constrained ecosystem where the agents do their thing). Human experts define what good looks like, set quality thresholds, and build in escalation points. The agents work within those constraints and loop back when they hit uncertainty. As Taylor puts it: “It's not running completely autonomously unchecked.”4. This Is About Development, Not Just HiringWorkera's primary focus is post-hire — workforce development, upskilling, and learning. Once an assessment identifies verified gaps in a person's skills, the platform connects those gaps directly to personalized learning plans, curating from an organization's existing content library. Two people can get the same score on an assessment and walk away with completely different development paths based on their specific pattern of strengths and gaps.5. Verified Skills Intelligence — What It Actually MeansIn a world where AI can write a perfect resume and LinkedIn profile for anyone, credentials are noise. Verified skills intelligence cuts through that — using assessment to generate actual evidence of what someone can do, fit for the stakes of the decision being made.Final TakeawayThe tools to move beyond multiple choice, beyond static assessments, and beyond slow validation cycles exist today. The bottleneck isn't technology — it's the will to trust well-designed systems. When the science is built into the machine from the start, speed and rigor aren't in conflict. They're the same thing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit charleshandler.substack.com

$852 billion. That's what OpenAI is now worth, and its own investors are starting to question if that math adds up. This week, Anthropic's new model takes the coding crown from GPT-5.4, OpenAI's backers get cold feet, Snap cuts 1,000 jobs and points the finger at AI, twelve tech giants team up to secure the internet, and Nvidia writes a $5 billion check to its oldest rival. If you're a founder, operator, or executive trying to keep up with AI, this is your weekly five-minute briefing every Tuesday. Stories Covered This Week: Claude Opus 4.7 hits 87.6% on SWE-bench Verified, beating GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on coding OpenAI's $852B valuation faces scrutiny as Anthropic's revenue triples to $30B in one quarter Snap lays off 1,000 people (16% of staff), citing AI writing 65% of its code Anthropic launches Project Glasswing with Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and 7 others Nvidia invests $5B in Intel, co-developing x86 chips built for its AI stack Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:31 Claude Opus 4.7 takes the coding crown 01:26 OpenAI investors get cold feet 02:18 Snap cuts 1,000 jobs, blames AI 02:56 Project Glasswing: Securing the world's critical software 03:49 NVIDIA invests 5 billion into Intel 04:41 Outro Partner Links Book Enterprise Training: https://www.upscaile.com/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://www.theaireport.ai/subscribe Free AI Tool Stack: https://community.theaireport.ai/checkout/the-ai-report-welcome-gift?coupon_code=WRTH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Facts Over Feelings, Kevin Thompson, Enrolled Agent, breaks down the real differences between tax preparers—CPAs, Enrolled Agents, and PTIN holders—and why it matters who's handling your return.He draws a clear line between tax preparation and tax planning, calling out the risk of cheap services that offer no real strategy. Kevin shares what he's seeing firsthand—basis errors, unsubstantiated credits, and poorly structured “businesses” that can trigger IRS issues.The message is simple: ask better questions, understand who you're working with, and make sure your preparer can stand with you if something goes wrong.Because when it comes to taxes, accuracy matters more than convenience.Types of Tax Preparers (00:01:10)Responsibility & Risk (00:04:13)Common Tax Return Errors (00:05:21)Recordkeeping & IRS Scrutiny (00:07:27)Red Flags in Tax Preparation (00:09:37)Final Advice & Conclusion (00:12:43)NEWSLETTER (WHAT NOW): https://substack.com/@9icapital?r=2eig6s&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page Follow Us: youtube: / @9icap Linkedin: / kevin-thompson-ricp%c2%ae-cfp%c2%ae-74964428facebook: / mlb2cfp Buy MLB2CFP Here: https://www.amazon.com/MLB-CFP%C2%AE-90-Feet-Counting-ebook/dp/B0BLJPYNS4 Website: http://www.9icapitalgroup.com Hit the subscribe button to get new content notifications. Corrections: Editing by http://SwoleNerdProductions.com Disclosure: https://sites.google.com/view/9idisclosure/disclosure

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Every public company's R&D number is a lie hiding in plain sight. Not because anyone falsified it. Because the number was never built to tell the truth. It was built to satisfy an accounting standard written in 1974. And for fifty years, boards, analysts, and CEOs have been making billion-dollar innovation decisions based on a number designed by accountants to solve a different problem entirely. Here's what makes this genuinely strange. The real number exists. The government has been collecting it from every major US company for decades. It would answer the question every innovation leader and investor actually needs answered. And it is locked away by federal law. Confidential. Never published. Never seen by the people who need it most. It's sitting in a federal database right now. And there's a way to estimate it for any public company, without asking anyone's permission. I know it exists because I spent years building it from the inside. Why the R&D Signal Was Blurry When I was running innovation at HP, we discovered this problem firsthand. We had a connection between R&D investment and gross margin that held up across decades of HP history. Better than anything Wall Street was using. But the signal was blurry. None of us could figure out why. The answer came from a question someone on the team asked almost as an aside. What if R&D isn't one thing? Research and Development Are Not the Same Thing Think about what actually lives inside a typical R&D budget. There's a team somewhere investigating whether a new approach could enable a capability that doesn't exist yet. No product defined. No spec written. Asking whether something is even possible. And there's a team building the next version of a product that ships in eighteen months. Spec locked. Timeline set. Engineering executing against a defined target. Both show up on the same line in the budget. Both get called R&D. Both count equally toward the number that gets reviewed every quarter. They are not the same thing. One is Research. The other is Development. Research is the work you do when you don't yet know what you're building. The output is understanding. New knowledge that might enable future products nobody has designed yet. You can't know exactly what you'll find. If you already knew, it wouldn't be research. Development is the work you do when you know exactly what you're building. The spec exists. The product is defined. The question isn't what to make. It's whether it can be made, on time, at cost, at quality. One creates the future. The other delivers the present. And for fifty years, every public company in America has been required to report them as one indistinguishable number. When we split the HP data along that line, Research on one side and Development on the other, the signal sharpened immediately. Research spend, measured against gross margin three to five years later, was a meaningfully stronger predictor than the combined number had ever been. The blur hadn't been in the gross margin data. It had been in the R&D number itself. Two fundamentally different things, averaged together, producing a number that looked precise and predicted almost nothing. But splitting R from D at the company level was only the beginning. The model was still lying to us. Just more quietly. Why Company-Level R&D Splits Still Mislead Even with the split, something was still soft. HP wasn't one business. It was dozens. Printers, PCs, servers, software, each running on different timelines, different technology cycles, different competitive dynamics. What if the R/D split meant something different depending on where it was applied? We pushed it to the product line level. Then further, to the platform level within product lines. Printers were the clearest example. HP's printer business wasn't one story. There were platforms built on established technology. Mature ink systems, proven print head chemistry, products that had been shipping for years. And there were platforms built on genuinely new core technology. New chemistry. New mechanisms. New approaches to fundamental problems that nobody had solved yet. Research investment by platform told a completely different story than Research investment by product category. The Research going into new technology platforms had a completely different relationship to future margin than Research going into mature platforms. Different time horizons. Different risk profiles. Different margin implications years down the road. Laptops told the same story. A traditional consumer laptop line and a high-performance portable workstation weren't the same investment. One was Development-heavy. Defined product, known market, engineering executing against spec. The other had genuine Research behind it. Unsolved thermal problems, new form factor constraints, and materials questions that hadn't been answered yet. When a single R&D assumption is applied across all of that, treating every dollar the same regardless of what it actually does, the signal disappears into the average. Peanut butter across the portfolio. The model only got honest when it got specific. Research by platform and Development by platform, matched against the margin performance of those specific platforms years later. Which platforms were building future margin? Which ones were running on margin that past Research had already bought? We could see it because we were inside the company. The question is whether anyone on the outside could ever see the same thing. The R&D Data the Government Collects and Won't Release Outside the internal budget process, everyone sees the same thing: a single line on the income statement. The US government recognized decades ago that the combined R&D number was analytically useless. So they built a system to collect the real one. The National Science Foundation runs a survey called the Business Enterprise Research and Development survey. The BERD survey. Every year, roughly 47,500 US companies are required to report their R&D spending broken into three categories: basic research, applied research, and experimental development. The split that every board and every investor needs to see. Mandatory. Collected. Verified. And then locked away. The firm-level data is confidential under federal law. The NSF publishes only industry-level aggregates. So every company fills out this survey and reports its real R/D split to the government. That data sits in a federal database. And the boards, investors, and analysts who need it most cannot access it. Researchers at Northwestern and Boston University were given rare access to that confidential data. What they found is striking. When companies face financial pressure and cut R&D, they don't cut Development. They cut Research. Almost entirely. Development barely moves. Every earnings squeeze. Every activist campaign. Every cost optimization program. Systematically targeting the one part of R&D that builds future margin. And because the combined number barely moves, nobody on the outside sees it happening. That's not a coincidence. That's the accounting standard doing exactly what it was designed to do: produce one clean number for the income statement. It was never asked to protect the future. How to Estimate the Research-to-Development Split Without Inside Access So what can actually be done without access to the locked data? More than most people realize. Step 1. Find the industry baseline. The aggregate BERD data is public at the sector level. Ask an AI tool for the Research-to-Development ratio for the relevant industry. That's the benchmark. Everything else gets measured against it. A company spending 8% of its R&D on Research in an industry where the average is 25% is telling you something the combined number never would. Step 2. Look at the gross margin trend compared to peers. Gross margin over time is the most honest external signal of Research health. A company with a declining margin relative to peers, while reporting flat or growing R&D spend, is almost certainly shifting the mix toward Development. The math works in the other direction, too. An AI tool can pull this comparison for any public company in minutes. This is exactly the signal that was invisible at HP until it was too late. Step 3. Look at patent trends compared to peers over time. Patents are an imperfect but useful directional indicator. Not because more patents always means more Research. It doesn't. But a sustained decline in patent output relative to peers, alongside flat R&D spend, suggests the investment is maintaining existing products rather than creating new knowledge. Combined with the gross margin trend, it starts to triangulate where the split actually sits. None of these three steps requires access to an internal budget. All of them can be done in an afternoon with public data and an AI tool. Together, they produce a working picture of the R/D split that the income statement was never designed to reveal. What the R&D Split Revealed at HP That No One Outside Could See When Hurd took over in 2005, HP was spending $3.5 billion on R&D. Roughly 4% of revenue. By 2009, his last full year as CEO, that had dropped to $2.8 billion. Revenue had grown significantly over that period, so the percentage had fallen further still, to under 2.5%. Both the dollar amount and the ratio were declining simultaneously while the company got larger. Wall Street tracked the combined number. The board reviewed it. Nobody raised a structural alarm. The Research component within that total was well below the industry average for comparable technology companies. Not slightly. Significantly. The margin consequences arrived years later. They always do. What Happens When the Definition of Research Doesn't Exist The R/D split gave us a real predictive signal. We ran with it. The conversations were sharper. But the team kept pulling on a thread that nobody expected. When we looked closely at what was actually being called Research, project by project and budget line by budget line, things that didn't feel the same kept appearing. Work aimed at fundamental discovery. Work aimed at solving a specific defined problem using entirely new methods. Both labeled Research. Up close, they behaved differently, predicted different things, and when budgets got tight, got treated very differently. So we went looking for the agreed definition. The official standard that would tell exactly where to draw the lines inside Research. It didn't exist. Not the way we needed it to. And without it, everything we'd built was sitting on sand. How do you build a predictive model on a definition that doesn't exist? That's the next episode. If this helped you see something you might have missed, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. On YouTube, hit subscribe and the bell so you don't miss the next episode. And if you want to go deeper every Monday, join us at Studio Notes — free, at philmckinney.com. Until next time. See the pattern. Make the call.  

April 14th, 2026 EP: 89 Out-of-Body Experiences Explained (And Verified?) w/Graham Nicholls What if your consciousness could leave your body—and come back with proof? This week on ParaTruth: Reborn, we sit down with leading OBE researcher Graham Nicholls to explore the reality behind out-of-body experiences. From his first experience in 1987 to participating in controlled research studies, Graham brings a grounded, rational perspective to something often dismissed as fantasy. Are OBEs hallucinations… or evidence that consciousness exists beyond the physical body? Tune in and decide for yourself. Guest Bio: Graham Nicholls is an English author, as well as a lecturer and advisory board member for The Rhine Research Center. He is a leading practitioner and researcher into out-of-body experiences. He had his first OBEs in 1987 and has had some of the most acclaimed verified experiences on record. He has participated in research at The Rhine Research Center, The Institute of Noetic Sciences and has organised and taken part in research with biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake. He is the author of Avenues of the Human Spirit and Navigating the Out-of-Body Experience. Graham Nicholls has gained much attention for his rational approach to his abilities and has lectured at venues including Cambridge University, Kings College, The Society for Psychical Research, The International Remote Viewing Association Conference, The London Science Museum, London. Graham Nicholls incredible verified OBEs are also featured in several books by other authors.

In this insightful episode of the Dead America Podcast, host Ed Watters speaks with Gabor Kadas, co‑founder and CEO of Friending.com, the first social app built to combat the modern loneliness epidemic through verified identity and real‑world connection. Gabor explains how Friending's strict verification system—powered by third‑party service Persona—eliminates fake profiles, bots, and ghosting by requiring users to confirm their identity and maintain a fixed ID‑style profile photo. Additional photos are allowed, but the core image remains locked to ensure authenticity. Gabor walks through Friending's unique features, including “AreYouIn” activity cards, real‑time and planned meetups within roughly 50 miles, and upcoming user‑created activities that make it easier than ever to meet people locally around shared interests. He also previews a future Bluetooth‑based safety alert device, a private rating signal used to improve match suggestions, and community perks such as partner discounts, subscriptions, and QR‑code coffee gifts that invite new users into the platform. The conversation explores the deeper roots of loneliness: technology misuse, remote work, shrinking social circles, and the rising number of people living alone. Gabor shares why verified identity is essential for rebuilding trust, reducing anxiety, and encouraging genuine human connection in a digital world. Listeners will learn: How Friending.com combats loneliness through real‑world meetups Why identity verification matters for safety and authenticity How activity‑based matching encourages meaningful friendships The impact of remote work and tech on social isolation How to join Friending and start meeting people locally Keywords: Gabor Kadas, Friending app, verified identity, loneliness epidemic, real‑world connection, Persona verification, social isolation, local meetups, AreYouIn activities, anti‑bot platform, friendship app, Dead America Podcast, Ed Watters.

What does it really take to get a healthcare AI product past the proof-of-concept stage and into production? In this episode of the AI at ViVE series on the BEAT Podcast, host Sandy Vance sits down with Tushar Puri, CEO of Pegasus One, and Sebastian Ouslis, Co-Founder of ChartR Health, to find out. Together, they pull back the curtain on how ChartR is building an autonomous analytics platform that lets hospitals interrogate their own data across silos in real time, and how Pegasus One's SONG framework is the foundation making it possible. From managing agent drift to the very real stakes of lagging data in sepsis care, this conversation is a masterclass in building healthcare AI that can actually go from pie-in-the-sky to impact you can quantify.  In this episode, they talk about: Why most healthcare AI projects never reach production The real meaning behind the SONG framework How data silos slow down hospital decision-making Turning weeks of analysis into minutes with AI The hidden cost of poor workflow integration Why governance must be built in from day one The importance of designing for real-world healthcare systems How ChartR enables continuous analytics across hospital data What agent drift is and why it matters long term The role of partnerships in building scalable AI products A Little About Tushar and Sebastian: Tushar Puri is the Founder and CEO of Pegasus One, where he helps organizations build scalable AI and software products that actually make it to production. With more than 15 years in product engineering, he specializes in bridging the gap between technical innovation and real-world implementation, especially in healthcare. Sebastian Ouslis  is the Co-Founder of ChartR, an AI-driven healthcare analytics platform focused on turning complex clinical data into real-time insights. His work centers on using AI to help hospitals continuously learn, adapt, and improve patient outcomes.

By Doug Green “The missing layer in stopping scam calls is verified identity—knowing with certainty who is behind the call.” In a recent Telecom Reseller podcast, I spoke with Keith Buell, General Counsel and Head of Global Public Policy at Numeracle, about the Federal Communications Commission's latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on caller ID and what it means for service providers. At the center of the discussion is a growing consensus in Washington: authentication alone is not enough. While frameworks like STIR/SHAKEN have improved call authentication, they do not fully address the problem of identity—specifically, verifying the entity originating the call. Numeracle has been focused on this issue since 2018, working at both the regulatory and industry levels to address the gap between authentication and identity. As Buell explained, the company's mission is to ensure that legitimate calls reach consumers while protecting enterprises and service providers from reputational and regulatory risk associated with misidentified or spam-labeled calls. The FCC's NPRM reflects this shift in thinking. The proposal emphasizes stronger caller authentication, greater transparency, and more robust Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. The goal is to reduce illegal robocalls while preserving the ability for legitimate businesses to communicate effectively with customers. Central to this effort is the concept of traceable, verifiable caller identity. Numeracle has been actively engaged in shaping this conversation. The company submitted formal comments supporting the FCC's objectives, while advocating for end-to-end identity verification that can scale across the ecosystem. In addition, Numeracle has met with FCC leadership, including Chairman Carr, Commissioner Gomez, and staff from key bureaus such as the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau. A key theme in those discussions is the need for practical, standards-based solutions that do not disrupt legitimate communications. As Buell noted, the challenge is to balance enforcement with enablement—ensuring bad actors are stopped without inadvertently blocking trusted enterprise traffic. To address this, Numeracle recently introduced KYC as a Service (KYCaaS), a fully managed solution designed to help service providers implement standardized identity verification processes. The offering enables carriers to collect, validate, and maintain customer identity data in alignment with evolving FCC requirements, while also creating an auditable trail that supports compliance. More importantly, KYCaaS is positioned as a proactive approach. Rather than reacting to regulatory enforcement after the fact, service providers can establish a framework for verified identity that reduces risk and improves call deliverability. For service providers, the message is clear: the regulatory environment is shifting toward verified identity as a foundational requirement. Those who move early to implement scalable KYC processes will be better positioned to maintain compliance, protect their brands, and ensure their communications reach customers. Learn more at: https://www.numeracle.com/kycaas

In this episode of ShiftLess, we're pulling back the curtain on the ultimate adventure cycling project: The USA Trail. Kevin and Brad just returned from completing the massive 4,100-mile scouting trip, verifying the final unpaved segments from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to Del Mar, California. We discuss the logistics of a coast-to-coast gravel riding effort, the best seasonal windows for crossing the desert, and the "choice" camp spots along the rim.We also dive deep into the latest cycling tech and industry hype. With Sea Otter around the corner, we tackle the "spicy" topic of 32-inch wheels—is it the industry's next big life preserver or just a shiny new object? Plus, we review the stunning Atherton 3D-printed titanium cranks and compare them to the timeless reliability of White Industries.In this episode, we cover:The USA Trail: Verifying 4,100 miles of unpaved glory and the logistics for beta riders.Basepacking: Evolving the bikepacking experience with a mobile HQ/Van Life approach.Gear Talk: Why 2.2” tires are the bare minimum for the Bradshaw Trail and the reality of 32-inch bike viability.Cycling Culture: Keegan Swenson, Dylan Johnson, and the "corporate filter" of the Life Time Grand Prix.Nutrition & FAM: Brad's "Meat Cave," dry-aging cattle, and the upcoming Pie Ride in collaboration with Sweet Mother of Pies.Whether you're a hardcore gravel racer, a weekend mountain biking enthusiast, or an aspiring bikepacker, this episode is packed with the raw, unsanctioned truth of life on two wheels.Episode Links & Mentions:The Pie Ride: Join us for gravel, pies, and multi-course meals.FAM (Food Adventure Memories): Book your spot for the next culinary adventure.The USA Trail: Follow the development of the transcontinental unpaved route.This episode is most assuredly NOT sponsored by the Life Time Grand Prix or the UCI. We're off the back, off the record, and keeping it real.Adventure Cycling, Gravel Riding, Bikepacking, The USA Trail, 32-inch bikes, Keegan Swenson, Dylan Johnson, Gravel Racing, Mountain Biking Adventures, Basepacking, White Industries, Atherton Bikes, Tour de France, Spinistry, Sea Otter Classic.00:00 Cold Open Banter00:07 Podcast Intro Buzzwords01:24 AI Assistant Talk03:18 Tour Spoilers And Salami Prep05:29 Food Adventure Memories Plug08:06 Titanium Cranks Trend15:32 USA Trail Verified17:10 Route Timing And Weather23:58 Ideal Bike Setup 32 Inch26:13 Sea Otter And 32 Hype29:21 E Bikes And Camping Vibes37:36 Food Stops And Water Logistics48:12 Julian Pie Stop49:29 Ramona Burrito Gold52:03 Baby Mango Discovery54:00 Desert Scouting Challenges55:27 Railroad Crossing Detour01:00:17 Trail Quality Expectations01:02:24 Del Mar Finish Feast01:04:16 Flying And Bike Shipping01:07:36 Audiobooks On The Road01:09:52 Pie Ride And Fam Plans01:11:46 Dry Aging And Sausage01:22:52 Van Camping Comforts01:28:25 Trip Wins And Wrap Up

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Key Takeaways:Transition to commercial: Matt moved from student housing to commercial to reduce headaches, work with business owners, and gain more control over value via NOI and cap rates.Deal source & story: Found the property on Crexi, often written off by investors. Former owner retired, left the building ~70% vacant but already subdivided with good bones (1989 build, mostly cosmetic issues).Location & upside: Building is next to Lowe's, effectively leveraging corporate site selection. Strategy is forced appreciation via lease-up at market rents and then refinancing at a conservative ~9% cap.Financing structure: Purchase price $240K, fully funded with private money (family + local investors) at ~10% interest, 2-year term, interest/principal deferred, no prepay penalty—pitched as a safe, bond-like investment.Due diligence wins:Held $5K in escrow for seller's junk; used itemized cost estimates (with AI help) to justify keeping it, then bartered with contractors to clear it at no out-of-pocket cost.Verified floor plans and discovered a tenant had taken an extra 1,000 sq ft; renegotiated to increase rent (to ~$2,000/mo) and convert to triple net.Main risk: Timeline to stabilize and refinance within 2 years; Matt wishes he had negotiated an extension option with private lenders.Support & underwriting: Leaned on mentors, local brokers/appraisers, and the accelerator community (notably Chris Thorndike) to stress-test rents, cap rates, and long-term exit strategies.Tax strategy: Pushed to close on Dec 30 to enable cost segregation and bonus depreciation for that tax year.How to replicate:Don't ignore Crexi/LoopNet—good “hiding in plain sight” deals exist.Target Boomer-owned businesses where owners are retiring and want to sell or walk away from their real estate at low prices.

Want to help Hawaii after the floods but not sure if what you're doing is actually making a difference?Most people have the heart to help but end up lost in outdated Instagram posts, unverified GoFundMe pages, and scattered information that wastes time and misses the people who need it most.

Send us Fan MailTonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with Paul Haefner, licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Riding Far, LLC, as well as top junior competitor Parker Peacock. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride Guest: Paul Haefner, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Riding Far, LLC, with over 35 years of experience. He works with equestrians to sharpen mental focus, build confidence, and improve emotional regulation, transforming both performance and the rider–horse relationships. Through his work with Riding Far, Paul is committed to collaborative integration of modern psychology, equine science, biomechanics, and horsemanship. He helps riders better understand themselves, their horses, and how to create meaningful change. Together, the Riding Far team provides education, mentorship, and guidance that support both riders and instructors, fostering lasting success and well-being for horse and human alike. Guest: Parker Peacock is a top junior competitor in all three rings who started her riding career at her home farm “Peacock Acres” that her mom Ashley owns. She then rode with Victoria Colvin for eight years before joining the team at Ashland Farms. Some of Parker's top accomplishments include 2026 winner of the WEC Premier Equitation Cup Championship, reserve champion at the 2025 Maclay and USEF Medal Finals, as well as winner of the Wilson Dennehy Award and Kip Rosenthal Award. All of those accolades were aboard Montverdi, owned by Ken and Emily Smith, with whom she started partnering with last year - which was also his first year in the equitation. Parker was also grand champion in the 2025 3'6" USEF Junior Hunter Finals aboard Verified in their first show together. In the fall she will go on to ride for the team at Auburn University.Subscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineTitle Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSponsors: Equine Affaire, Zoetis and Sentinel Join us at an upcoming Plaidcast in Person live event!

Most of us grew up believing confidence was something you either had or you didn't. Like it was handed out at birth, and if you missed yours, you'd spend the rest of your life performing certainty you didn't feel. This episode is for anyone who has ever smiled through the self-doubt, second-guessed in silence, or quietly wondered why everything feels harder on the inside than it looks on the outside. In this conversation, host Yusuf speaks with Coach Willie Blake, a high-performance coach who helps dyslexic professionals and entrepreneurs build confidence, beat overthinking, and take real action. Willie shares how a single moment in fourth grade became the beginning of a long silence and how breaking that silence starts with something smaller than you think. If you have ever felt behind, too much, or not quite enough, this one is for you.   About the Guest: Coach Willie Blake is a high-performance coach who works with dyslexic professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators. He helps people turn self-doubt into confidence, overthinking into clarity, and stuckness into forward momentum. His coaching is rooted in his LIGHT philosophy: Love, Inspiration, Gratitude, Hope, and Time.   Key Takeaways: Confidence is not a personality trait you were born with or without. It is built through action, one small rep at a time, just like physical strength. Self-doubt often lives in the gap between what you believe about yourself and what you think others believe about you. Willie names it plainly: "I am who I think that you think that I am." Perfectionism is not the same as high standards. For many neurodivergent individuals, it is a protection strategy rooted in years of being told they got it wrong. The "Pick One Theory": when you feel paralyzed by a big goal, choose a single action you can do today, with no time limit and no pressure for anything beyond that one step. Confidence comes after movement, not before it. You do not wait until you feel ready. You start, and the readiness follows. You are already disciplined. The things you do consistently every day prove it. The work is simply redirecting that existing discipline toward what you actually want. Connect With Willie Blake: Willie mentioned during the episode: https://coachwillieblake.com/ Verified additional links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willieblake-light/ Instagram: @williamblake_light YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DyslexicAchieversHub Podcast (Light Beyond Limits): https://podcasts.apple.com/rs/podcast/light-beyond-limits/id1529940474 Episode Chapters: [00:00] The Confidence Myth — Is confidence something you are born with, or something you build? [04:46] Welcome to Healthy Mind, Healthy Life — Host Yusuf introduces the show and guest Willie Blake [06:06] The Fourth-Grade Moment — A childhood story that quietly crushed a curious, confident kid [09:25] The Biggest Misconception — Why confidence comes through movement, not waiting [12:59] What Perfectionism Is Really About — The protection strategy hiding beneath high standards [15:07] Are You Stuck in Protection Mode? — Signs you have the vision but haven't taken step one [17:03] The Pick One Theory — The simplest, most effective confidence-building practice you can start today Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. Healthy Mind By Avik™️ is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity, not a luxury. Born during the pandemic, it's become a sanctuary for healing, growth, and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty, storyteller, survivor, and wellness advocate. With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters.

Welcome to Champions for Life online sermon player. We pray that each message will bless you by teaching you how to walk in love, live by faith and experience God's prosperity in every area of life. We know faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word

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Are you struggling to reach local customers on TikTok? Wondering whether switching to a business account will help? To discover how TikTok's new verified business account unlocks powerful features for marketers, how the platform's new Local Feed helps neighborhood businesses get discovered, and more, I interview Keenya KellyGuest: Keenya Kelly | Show Notes: socialmediaexaminer.com/710Review our show on Apple PodcastsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The crew reacts to one of the strangest betting markets in recent UFC memory, breaking down the suspicious line movement in the Michael Johnson vs Drew Dober fight and why so many bettors immediately questioned what was happening. Was it sharp action, bad numbers from sportsbooks, or something even stranger? The panel dives into how the market moved, why it raised eyebrows across gambling Twitter, and what bettors should actually take away from situations like this. They also discuss whether sports bettors truly need projections or models to succeed, when gambling is actually the most fun for bettors, and other stories from the week in betting. Circle Back is hosted by Jacob Gramegna and features professional sports bettor and CEO of The Hammer, Rob Pizzola, basketball originator Kirk Evans, and sophisticated square Geoff Fienberg. The group reacts to the biggest conversations across the betting world each week — from market drama and industry controversies to betting strategy debates and everything in between.