The Detroit Pistons, enjoying one of their most competitive seasons in years, are embracing a digital transformation with a partnership with ID.me, a company specializing in biometric ID verification and digital identity wallets. This move reflects a growing trend in professional sports, where teams are adopting digital identity tools under the guise of enhancing fan experience but also expanding the use of biometric systems in everyday activities. https://reclaimthenet.org/detroit-pistons-partner-with-digital-id-company-to-implement-biometric-verification

2024 was an Amazing Year! We could also call it "The Year of Expansion"! Selling our teas by the cup this year was a major hit! Sales of our teas went so well over the course of 2024, that we are doing our first ever Top Five Tea Report!!! We are now looking at our calendar and figuring out just how much more foraging will need to be done to prepare for the fairs we want to attend this year! As it is, some of our ingredients got dangerously low that we harvested last year, which may mean putting various limited-run teas on our table if the growing season starts out slow again. Do keep an eye on our web calendar. There are a number of fairs pencilled in offline that will begin appearing once they are registered for. We were asked multiple times about advanced foraging workshops, which will be headed up by Marilynn from her Biblical Natural Health Coaching website, if this interests you, drop her a line at bnhc@naturalhealthcoaching.ca and she'll send you the draft list that you can share your feedback and months you'd like to attend. Various homeschooling parents have also shown interest in our introductory foraging workshop as well. If those interest you too, send an email to Marilynn as well. We have a feeling that 2025 is going to be a busy year for Ashtree Wildcrafting! We wish you the best of health this year, and look forward to seeing you in person at a fair or event. Click through to read the full report and see a few pics: https://ashtreewildcrafting.ca/wp/blog/2025/01/04/2024-year-in-review/

3 TOO 5 feet of SNOW. NEW: The first big snowfall of the season blanketed parts of New York, Pennsylvania https://old.bitchute.com/video/2fVcEovux446/

Canada’s Health Minister ignores science, pushes unproven vaccine guidance instead! Mark Holland, a career politician and seasoned bureaucrat, is placing political expedience above scientific integrity by championing unproven vaccine guidance for the concurrent administration of COVID-19 and flu shots, despite limited data and serious safety concerns. 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#resigntrudeau🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/canada_s_health_minister_ignores_science_pushes_unproven_vaccine_guidance_instead

Campaign season brought with it a steady stream of accusations that various parties and platforms were spreading misinformation and disinformation. Most recently, the scandals at FEMA over avoiding homes with Trump signs was quickly slapped with a “misinformation” label...until FEMA itself admitted it had happened. MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki suggested “laws have to change” to combat the scourge Since 2021, the Biden-Harris administration has spent $267 million on research grants with the term “misinformation” in the proposal. Of course, the Covid pandemic was the driving force behind so much of the misinformation debate. Sure enough, the feds have spent at least $127 million in grants specifically targeted to study the spread of “misinformation” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taxpayer-funded-censorship-how-government-using-your-tax-dollars-silence-your-voice

Canadians are getting used to spending more and getting less, even when it comes to building permits. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows total building permits made monthly progress in September, nearing new highs in seasonally-adjusted nominal terms. Before getting too excited, this growth was almost exclusively driven by state stimulus which tends to have an inflationary impact. Inflation-adjusted data shows the real dollar value peaked earlier this year and has slid in recent months. https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-building-intentions-improve-but-inflation-killed-real-growth/

A good monsoon season is expected to boost crop yields this year, pumping more money into the rural economy. This will likely drive stronger demand for both gold and silver. Rural silver consumption accounts for around two-thirds of total Indian demand. Record gold prices also boosted silver demand in India, particularly silver jewelry sales. https://activistpost.com/2024/10/indian-silver-demand-drives-record-prices.html

Canadian real GDP made no progress in the latest report. Seasonally adjusted it was unchanged in August, following just 0.1% growth a month prior. Goods producing industries (-0.4%) were hit the worst, while services (+0.1%) managed to inch out minimal growth. Adjusting for population emphasizes this isn’t a zero growth environment, but a record addition of new people consuming goods and services were needed to get up to zero. Eroding productivity and quality of life is just part of the bad news. The bank also points out that private business growth is contracting, a problem that was suggested with yesterday’s data on stagnant business growth in 2024. The economy’s growth is now confined to public sector spending, and not where many would hope. https://betterdwelling.com/canadian-gdp-driven-solely-by-public-admin-biz-growth-turns-negative/

Canadian businesses are shuttering at a breakneck speed. Seasonally adjusted data shows 46,354 businesses closed in June, marking the largest wave in exactly 4 years. https://betterdwelling.com/canada-just-saw-1-in-20-businesses-close-in-a-month-biggest-wave-since-pandemic/

So at least for now, you don't have to hoard toilet paper and bottled water . . . Dockworkers' Union to Suspend Strike The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract, a person briefed on the matter says. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately at least until January said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement has yet to be signed. The agreement will allow the union and the U.S Maritime Alliance, which represents the shippers and ports, time to negotiate a new six-year contract. The person also said both sides reached agreement on wage increases, but details weren’t available. The union went on strike early Tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay and the automation of tasks at the ports from Maine to Texas. The strike came at the peak of the holiday shopping season at 36 ports that handle about half the cargo from ships coming into and out of the United States.