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timesofocean · 2 years

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Iran ranks 83rd in the World for Digital Quality of Life Index 2021

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Iran ranks 83rd in the World for Digital Quality of Life Index 2021

Tech (Times Of Ocean)- The third annual edition of the Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) ranks Iran 83rd among 110 countries worldwide. Covering 90% of the global population, the DQL study is conducted by the cybersecurity company Surfshark and evaluates countries based on a set of five fundamental digital wellbeing pillars. Iran, however, scores slightly better in the affordability category (31) than in the quality category (94), the e-infrastructure category (68), the e-security category (93) and the e-government category (81).

Overall, Iran has demonstrated one of the most dramatic drops compared to DQL 2020, falling from 56th place to 83rd. Regionally, Iran ranks 23rd in Asia and surpasses Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Iran ranks 31st in internet affordability, 20% better than the global average. People have to spend 1 hour 41 minutes of work to afford the cheapest broadband package, whereas the worldwide average is 6 hours.

However, Iran has room for improvement in all digital wellbeing areas, especially internet quality and e-security. The country’s broadband speed (18.61 Mbps) is one of the lowest globally, ranking 97th.

The global digital wellbeing study shows that Iran dropped 27 places down since last year, ranks 23rd in Asia

“Digital opportunities have proved to be more important than ever during the COVID19 crisis, stressing the importance for every country to ensure fully remote operational capacities for their economies,” – explains Vytautas Kaziukonis, CEO of Surfshark. “That is why, for the third year in a row, we continue the Digital Quality of Life research, which provides a robust global outlook into how countries excel digitally. The index sets the basis for meaningful discussions about how digital advancement impacts a country’s prosperity and where improvements can be made.”

In an all-around picture, 6 out of 10 countries holding the highest scores are located in Europe, following last year’s trend. Denmark ranks 1st in DQL for the second year in a row and is closely followed by South Korea. Finland ranks 3rd, while Israel and the U.S. round out the top five of 110 nations that were evaluated. The bottom 5 countries are Ethiopia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, and Angola.

Regionally, the U.S. stands out as a country with the highest digital quality of life in the Americas, while South Korea takes the leading position in Asia. Among countries in Africa, people in South Africa enjoy the highest quality of their digital lives whereas Australia leads in Oceania, outperforming New Zealand in various digital areas.

Other significant findings of the report include:

Broadband is globally less affordable this year. Comparing countries included in both DQL20 and DQL21, people have to work 11% more (25 min more) to afford broadband internet in 2021. However, people have to work 29% less (28 min less) to afford mobile internet this year.

The world’s worst internet is the least affordable. People in some countries, such as Nigeria, Côte D’Ivoire and Mali require approximately a week’s worth of work to afford the internet.

Investing in electronic infrastructure and electronic government contributes to people’s digital wellbeing the most.

The 2021 DQL research examined a total population of more than 6.9 billion people in terms of five core pillars and 14 underpinning indicators that provide a comprehensive measure. The study is based on open-source information provided by the United Nations, the World Bank, Freedom House, the International Communications Union, and other sources.

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kylejsugarman · 11 months

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the irony of walt jr (flynn) being named after his father when he is, in every conceivable way, the opposite of him. for every selfish, cowardly, cruel thing walt did, flynn just became more generous, brave, and loving. playing with holly and giving her love while walt is out "working for his family" and neglecting them in the process. inventing gofundme to save his father's life while walt sits there and seethes because no one's giving Him any kudos for his earnings. comforting a high, weepy walt on his own birthday. throwing himself in front of skyler to protect her, doing more for her in that one gesture than walt has ever done for either of them. flynn had every virtue that walt Believed himself to have and everything he did, he truly did for his family.

#syd squeaks #I know its old news at this point but I love flynn so much that its truly unreal #that kid was so brave and kind and had to be so mature while his family unraveled around him #breaking bad #walter white #flynn white #skyler white

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sophitz · 2 months

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streets saying we’re getting a keefe-pov book 9.5……

#by streets i mean the comments on shannon’s new ig post #the hints. well they’re there #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #unraveled

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skyreadbooks · 1 year

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What if I don't get a man who calls me 'love', has a soft spot for fashion, loves to pet stray dogs, has green eyes, is blonde, an intellectual, speaks 7 languages, unalive anyone who disrespects me and is named Aaron Warner. What if....

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moonrose18 · 2 months

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am I a Keefe hater? definitely not, I think he’s great. did I want this next book to be focused on Sophie’s growth now that Keefe’s back and is no longer a main concern in Sophie’s mind? yes. absolutely.

#i js made a post abt the new book but i have more thoughts. so.#i was really excited to see Sophie being a badass in book 10 #but hey i’m sure 9.5 won’t be that bad #<- trying to convince myself #kotlc #unraveled #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc 9.5

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the-way-astray · 11 hours

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you could theoretically read the series in the order 8.5, 9.5, 9 instead of 8.5, 9, 9.5 because books 9 and 9.5 take place parallel to each other but also sophie and keefe never interact between them so hypothetically there should be no difference (and no spoilers either way).

another thing you could theoretically do is alternate between reading books 9 and 9.5. a chapter here, a chapter there. it would be like reading a longer version of unlocked, with the povs alternating between sophie and keefe.

in fact, in theory, there could be a possibility of even less spoilers if you read it 8.5, 9.5, 9. for example, if vespera makes an appearance in unraveled, and you didn't know she would die yet, it could be a really cool way to see her last minute and have an extra layer about her before her death. whereas if vespera makes an appearance in unraveled and you already know she's going to die, it feels a little more empty. not completely meaningless, but like. kinda empty. like if vespera hints at a larger plan or something in unraveled and you didn't know she was going to die, you'd be super excited to see this plan shake out, but now that we know she's going to die something like that wouldn't hit as hard.

#kotlc #kotlc unraveled #kotlc sophie #sophie foster #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #i am. theorizing. hypothesizing. if you will #i wanna see a new kotlc fan do this in like five years #and tell us about their experience as we vigilantly take notes #obviously this is theoretical because idk what shannon's gonna put in unraveled yet so we'll just have to wait and see #if that's a valid possibility #if i was a new fan and someone told me that unraveled and stellarlune take place parallel but never interact #i'd read them side-by-side #alternating between the chapters as if i was reading unlocked lmfao #because i can't take an entire book of keefe straight i will simply perish lmfao #ngl i am kinda hyped for this book now i wanna see what direction shannon's gonna take this #seeing it as less of a kotlc book and more of a case study #and praying to shannon that this .5 thing doesn't become a habit #i think it's just cool that now in theory at least there's a different way that you could experience the story

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rustybottlecap · 7 months

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That Polygon Unraveled video about Fallout may have ruined that aspect of the games for me. When I play one of the games I want so bad to hear stuff like that. The video is an amazing worldbuilding experiment too.

also can I even tag this as just polygon without it being confused with cr*pt*shit and getting spambots

#fallout #polygon unraveled #fallout 3 #fallout new vegas #fallout 4 #Brian David Gilbert #video game music #worldbuilding

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scoops404 · 8 months

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Continuously Unraveling New Thoughts

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Soulmates are rare. Only 15% of people are lucky enough to find theirs. When George gets his visa and Dream finally gets to meet him, it doesn't go quite as they'd planned.

#continuously unraveling new thoughts #dnf fanfiction #dnf fic #dreamnotfound

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milo-igidk · 2 months

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FLAPPING MY HANDS KICKING MY FEET AUTISM IS AUTISMING I AM SO EXCITED I AM BEING FED IMDSFHHJDSHJSDGHGHJGFHGFSGSG

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #keefe sencen #kotlc fandom #kotlc thoughts #kotlc keefe #kotlc unraveled #kotlc news

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camelspit · 2 months

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after a day of contemplation im no longer as much of a hater <3 unraveled you seem.. fascinating

#not looking forward to the keefe inner monolouge still but!#i think the human perspective and potential human characters will be really fun!#and the whole perspective of his emotions slowly numbing sounds cool :)#my first instinct is to be a hater but i think this book has potential actually :) i dont think shannons the type to do a money grab #if she says theres important shit!! theres probably important shit!!#that also adds a new aspect to this because its like. if theres important shit. why didnt keefe tell sophie.#trust issues? sokeefe breakup book 10?#lmao anyway i am going to try and go into this book with an open mind #i think what annoyed me most yesterday was just. the keefe takeover of the series.#i dont really like how the plot has turned toward keefe instead of sophie but i can get over it :)#i dont even really dislike keefe? i just dislike the sheer amount of him in the later books compared to the other characters #i dont dislike sokeefe either! just the amount of it in both books and fandom #but i will get over my hater instincts. i am a lover from now on.#sorry this was rambly. peace and love and unraveled amen.#kotlc

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timesofocean · 2 years

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Gazprom reduces gas supplies to Italy, France cut off

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Gazprom reduces gas supplies to Italy, France cut off

Rome (The Times Groupe)- Italian energy company Eni announced Friday that Gazprom will cut its gas supplies to Italy by 50%. france

Over the past few weeks, Moscow has cut off or reduced gas deliveries to several European Union countries, which have imposed sanctions on Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine.

France also has not received any Russian gas via Germany since May 15, according to French network operator GRTgaz.

Maintenance issues at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany were blamed by Russian officials.

Russia supplies around 40% of Italy’s imported gas, though it is trying to reduce this dependence. Through its network connections with Germany, France receives around 17% of its gas from Russia.

Gazprom’s gas deliveries to Italy were already reduced by 15% on Wednesday and 35% on Thursday this week.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who was in Kyiv with German and French leaders, rejected Gazprom’s “technical reasons” as an explanation.

“Both Germany and us, and others, believe these are lies. In reality they are making a political use of gas like they are using grain for political use,” Draghi said at a news conference in Kyiv with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

This week, Gazprom cut deliveries to Germany by more than 60%. Russian state-owned company said delays in Siemens’ repair work were to blame for the reductions in supply via the undersea Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

However, Germany said Gazprom’s move was politically motivated.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline is the main Russian gas pipeline to Europe after gas flows through Ukraine were reduced by the war.

Paul Gentiloni, the EU’s Economy Commissioner on Thursday, warned that the bloc’s economy could enter a recession if Russian gas supplies ceased, but said that so far there had been no signs of this.

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roxyandelsewhere · 9 months

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Angels’ trueforms in their most memorable moments [26/?] - Nephilim fetus: regular nephil, sired by a regular angel (above) and Jack, sired by Lucifer (below)

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#NEW ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES!!! I TOLD YALL I WASN'T DONE WITH THIS!!!#SO sorry it took so long. i still can't control my artblocks. but i've had this idea for so long #spn #spnart #spn art #mine.caro #ok so. explanation time. cracking my knuckles. i haven't done this in so long ahhhh #so i HAD to do nephilim eventually. of course. and the key thing about them is they're the children of angels and humans #and i figured i'd start with a fetus bc that's the nephil version of the angel factory settings. and that needed a shape like the AFS did #it felt right to go with a sphere. and after the nephil is born and becomes a more distinct individual etc the spheres unravel in different #ways. some open up like pillbugs (woodlouse? i never know the right name). others sprout like seeds. others spiral out. the possibilities #are endless hehe. and the sphere had to have a mix of angel trueform and human soul. which i've been coding so far as the black and white #trueforms and collages. so that was settled. but that couldn't be it bc it's not just one and the other. they're integrated in one thing #so. for the regular nephil i filled out some cells in black like angel trueforms and others with collages. in the trueforms cells #and it's Earthly Things like plants and body parts and fruits and animals water and the sky and rocks etc. and a bigger solid collage block #that's just body parts. so specifically human stuff. AND THEN i took that sphere (well circle) and cut it up and kintsugi'ed it with #angel grace. feels like a way to go to represent nephil. and then i added the angel wheels to look like a sort of proto version of AFS #and that's regular nephil. for jack he had to be different bc lucifer nephil is thee antichrist. it's different. so i followed the samelogi #but based on the lucifer trueform instead of AFS. so i painted the solid black with alcohol-based markers so i could smudge it with alcohol #and then added the collage bits (more from a fitness magazine than a fashion magazine i used for the other one. gets a more aggressive vibe #i think. more flexed muscles) and painted the chaotic smoke cloud over it. and then i did the same kintsugi process. i was gonna do it in #silver but figured it made no sense. it should be the same. and the black and gold look cool #and what else. regular nephil has a rosary-like umbilical cord! emerging from one of the poles of the sphere so to speak #and jack has none :// partly bc i forgot at first kfjg but then i didn't go back to add it bc i feel that matches fetus jack's situation #considering it's an angel grace umbilical cord #and i think that's it!#these aren't up on the stores yet but im gonna add them now #hope they're worth the wait. if anyone was waiting for more #Trueforms

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honorthysalad · 16 days

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what if Yoshiki wished for ‘hikaru’ to get rid of his moles?

#“This wish… if it really did get granted I feel like it’d be bad news”#Yeah cuz hed become like handsome squidward #The cataclysmic damage this would do could unravel the entire world as we know it #the summer hikaru died #hikaru ga shinda natsu #hgsn #hgsn spoilers #my hgsn shit

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starrynightsxo · 1 month

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guys, just finished restore me.

what the hell was that???

spoilers below...

JULIETTE IS ELLA??? SHE HAS A SISTER??? SHES THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF OCEANIAS KID?? SHE AND WARNER HAVE MET BEFORE???? HER AND NAZEERA KNOW EACH OTHER (that one was obvious tbf)

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nerevar-quote-and-star · 7 months

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He exists now only in my memory.

Avarenya, about Martin the Priest, while staring at the Avatar of Akatosh, probably

#no think about it #tamriel is going to remember a very different martin from the martin the hok knew #tamriel remembers the quick blaze of heroic sacrifice thst was the last septim emperor #the hok remembers that man starting out as a humble yet burnt priest struggling with his faith but willing to step into his new role as heir #the hok remembers the soft voice the tired eyes the sleepless nights the reading in the glow of the firelight #the human desire to have a conversation without decorum #the blue eyes shining when martin unraveled another part of the xarxes those same eyes lighting up when his friend returned safe #and creasing in worry if the hok was hurt #the idea of Martin tamriel will remember is noble but the Martin that was exists now only in the hok's memory #and for most hoks it drives them mad #it's martin septim loving hours #after all this time? always #martin septim #avatar of akatosh #light the dragonfires #temple of the one #imperial city #hero of kvatch #oc: avarenya #martenya #nerevar queue and star #incorrect quotes #incorrect elder scrolls #incorrect oblivion quotes #tes #the elder scrolls #Oblivion #the elder scrolls iv: oblivion #source: titanic

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crystalsncats · 7 months

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RIP to my cardigan, it was nice while it lasted 😔

#I wore it for less than an hour before the thread started unRAVELING #so I have to return it #maybe they’ll send me a new one #so sad 😔#been looking forward to this thing forever #speak now #swiftie #me #selfie #selfies

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