By AJ Dellinger Published April 25, 2025 | Comments (9) | A golden Trump coin on top of dollar bills and an advertisement for the Trump meme coin. © Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s not exactly a surprise in American politics when money begets access to political leaders, but usually, there is at least a facade that makes it appear slightly less transactional than it is. Not so with $TRUMP Coin, the meme cryptocurrency associated with President Trump, which just recently announced that the top holders will get a private dinner with the leader of the free world. That level of brazen tit for tat access has set off the alarm bells for some Democratic Senators who have questions about the whole arrangement. According to CNBC, Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter on Friday to the US Office of Government Ethics requesting an investigation into whether Trump offering dinner to anyone who puts enough money into his meme coin amounts to a violation of federal ethics rules. “This latest action raises grave ethics and legal concerns, including the severe risk that President Trump and other officials may be engaging in ‘pay to play’ corruption by selling presidential access to individuals or entities, to include foreign nationals and corporate actors with vested interests in federal action, while personally enriching the President and his family,” the senators wrote, per CNBC. On its face, it seems like a pretty legitimate concern. On Wednesday morning, the team behind the memecoin $TRUMP announced that the top 220 holders of the token would be invited to participate in a private dinner with Trump on May 22—plus a VIP reception and tour for the top 25 holders—where they promised the President will speak about “the future of crypto.” So, not only does holding the coin get you in the room with the President, but it also potentially gives you an inside track on his future policies in the crypto space. The announcement alone set the price of the coin, which had been languishing in recent months, skyrocketing by nearly 60%, breaking the $14 mark (still a long way off from its high of $75.35, which it hit the day before Trump took office). That effectively puts money directly into the pocket of Trump. About 80% of all Trump coins are owned by two entities: CIC Digital, an affiliate of the Trump organization, and Fight Fight Fight LLC, which is co-owned by, wait for it, CIC Digital. They also “receive trading revenue derived from trading activities,” per the Trump Coin site. So if you’re, say, a crypto bigwig or a foreign actor and you’d like to get within earshot of the president, in theory, all you have to do is spend a few million on this memecoin and you can sit down with him. And earlier this year, the SEC issued guidance on meme coins stating that they will not be subject to oversight by the agency, so you don’t have to worry about your bid for access getting scrutinized by pesky regulators. The concerns of the senators are likely to go unheeded, given the general disinterest in regulatory enforcement within the Trump administration and the significant disinterest in ethical frameworks. But it’s at least good to point at the elephant in the room from time to time to make sure everyone is seeing it. Daily Newsletter You May Also Like By Matt Novak Published April 25, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 24, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 23, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 22, 2025 By Matt Novak Published April 22, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published April 21, 2025

Linzhou Guojiazhuang Homestay Hotel / Atelier ShenSave this picture!© Dong ImageHotels•Anyang, China Architects: Atelier Shen Area Area of this architecture project Area:  688 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Dong Image Lead Architect: Shen Yuankui More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in Taihang Grand Canyon in Shibanyan Town, Linzhou City. This area is renowned for its majestic peaks and breathtaking scenery, often hailed as the "Soul of the Eight-Hundred-Mile Taihang Mountains," representing the quintessential beauty of northern Chinese landscapes. The village where the project is situated is surrounded by multiple scenic spots, attracting a steady stream of visitors from April to October each year. Two years ago, commissioned by the property owner, we undertook the task of demolishing and rebuilding an old house in the village to create a high-quality, distinctive homestay.Save this picture!Save this picture!The surroundings of the project site are less than ideal. While nestled among majestic mountains, the village itself is visually unremarkable and disorganized. To the north of the site stands the town's only school, with its teaching building and main entrance; to the east lies the school playground; a short distance to the west, there's a four-story residential building providing dining and lodging for student art excursions; and to the south, just across the road, sits another neighboring property.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The immediate view is one of disorder. Yet the distant mountains feel intimately close. Thus, from the very beginning of our design process, we recognized that we couldn't rely on the external environment for inspiration. Instead, we turned inward - to the courtyard - and outward - to the mountain views - as our guiding principles.Save this picture!Save this picture!The project is designed as an enclosed courtyard layout based on the site conditions, creating an inner courtyard shielded from the surrounding environment. The eastern section, adjacent to the road, serves as the public functional area, while the western side, centered around the inner courtyard, houses the guest rooms and inward-facing activity spaces.Open leisure areas and viewing platforms are strategically placed on the third floor and rooftop, offering diverse spatial experiences framed by the varying angles of the sloping roofs. The main building, composed of stacked volumes, features a bidirectional pitched roof that echoes the distant mountain ranges, resulting in a richly layered façade.Save this picture!Save this picture!To comply with local government requirements, the exterior walls and partial roofing utilize locally sourced slate. However, the designers diverged from conventional practices by cutting the slate into narrow strips and layering them in a manner reminiscent of traditional slate roofing. This innovative approach creates a distinctive textured pattern on the façade, enriching its tactile quality while forming a striking contrast with the white exterior.Save this picture!Save this picture!The interior primarily features artisanal plaster-like paint, complemented by wooden furniture, window and door systems, and green marble, creating a fresh and natural ambiance that enhances the overall sense of relaxation and tranquility. The building not only fulfills functional needs but also merges aesthetic form with spatial harmony, offering users a uniquely immersive experience.Save this picture!Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this officeAtelier ShenOffice••• MaterialsMaterials and TagsPublished on April 26, 2025Cite: "Linzhou Guojiazhuang Homestay Hotel / Atelier Shen" 26 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029331/linzhou-guojiazhuang-homestay-hotel-atelier-shen&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save想阅读文章的中文版本吗?林州郭家庄民宿酒店 / 深建筑事务所是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Photo Credit: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 28 Starlink satellites and lands booster on ocean droneship Highlights Falcon 9 launches 28 satellites to orbit Starlink constellation surpasses 7,000 units SpaceX’s 47th Falcon 9 mission this year Advertisement SpaceX added to its growing Starlink mega-constellation with a launch to orbit and booster recovery. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Launch Complex-40 at 9:52 p.m. EDT (0152 GMT on April 25), carrying 28 new satellites into low Earth orbit. The spacecraft were stacked vertically inside the rocket's nose cone, where they sat on the Falcon 9's nine first-stage Merlin engine stack that blasted them into the sky over Florida's Space Coast.Falcon 9 Booster Lands on Droneship as 28 Starlink Satellites Reach OrbitAccording to a SpaceX mission update, the Falcon 9's first stage, booster B1069, separated from the upper stage about 2.5 minutes after launch. Roughly six minutes later, it executed a precise landing on the autonomous droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This marked the 23rd successful flight for B1069 and the 19th time it supported a Starlink mission. The rocket's second stage continued on its course, deploying the 28 satellites into low Earth orbit one hour into the mission.These satellites come as new additions to the mission (Starlink 6-74), which is now amplifying an extensive network of no less than 7000+ operational units established in orbit. Starlink's gates are inching open, as each new flight strengthens global service, and the company aims to beam high-speed internet to nearly every location on Earth, except the polar region. In the days to come, the new arrivals will gradually drift into their assigned orbital slots.SpaceX Marks 47th Falcon 9 Launch, Expands Global Starlink CoverageSpaceX is still maintaining a breakneck launch tempo for 2025, with Thursday's flight being the 47th Falcon 9 mission of the year and the 30th carrying Starlink satellites only. The timeline reflects the firm's determination to broaden satellite broadband deployment, particularly to rural and poorly served parts of the world. Each new batch enhances service reliability and builds resilience into the constellation's structure.The Starlink program continues to reshape global internet accessibility, backed by the Falcon 9's proven reusability and precision recovery. As they tick off their successful booster landing and payload deployment, SpaceX continues to redefine both space travel logistics and satellite-powered access on Earth.   For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: SpaceX, Starlink, Falcon 9, satellite internet, spaceflight, booster landing, orbital launch Gadgets 360 Staff The resident bot. If you email me, a human will respond. More Related Stories

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