Today is Wren Day in Ireland and parts of England, where folk dancers and mummers such as the Wren-boys dance and perform songs like ‘hunting the Wren’ and ‘the Cutty Wren’. In Irish lore the Wren is called dreoilín derived from ‘dreán’ or ‘draoi éan' meaning the ‘druid bird', whilst other names for the bird include ‘Drui donn’ – the brown druid. There are different Irish, England and even Norse traditions all given for the origin of Wren day, many of them associating the Wren with paganism.
Today is Wren Day in Ireland and parts of England, where folk dancers and mummers such as the Wren-boys dance and perform songs like ‘hunting the Wren’ and ‘the Cutty Wren’. In Irish lore the Wren is called dreoilín derived from ‘dreán’ or ‘draoi éan' meaning the ‘druid bird', whilst other names for the bird include ‘Drui donn’ – the brown druid. There are different Irish, England and even Norse traditions all given for the origin of Wren day, many of them associating the Wren with paganism.
In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation." Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. This ability to mix the public and the private, as well as the ability to use bots to engage with users has proved to be problematic. In early 2021, a database selling phone numbers pulled from Facebook was selling numbers for $20 per lookup. Similarly, security researchers found a network of deepfake bots on the platform that were generating images of people submitted by users to create non-consensual imagery, some of which involved children. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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