> I've also been cut off from most of the traditional banking for most of my professional life, and my only crime was being born in Venezuela. Did you see thi

> I've also been cut off from most of the traditional banking for most of my professional life, and my only crime was being born in Venezuela. Did you see this: https://preview.redd.it/29lg5g19dr651.jpg?width=762&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aef0f6cb2c0464f7f0b008f918d2d72d80b262d https://preview.redd.it/29lg5g19dr651.jpg?width=762&format=p... Despite the Maduro Regime launching Petro (State-based crytocurrency) they do not accept it for their official documents, nor do they accept Credit Cards, they do however seem to accept BTC. Which makes sense because for a time the Government thugs were raiding Bitcoin miners and taking their rigs and funds. Alexandra is a total badass, I like her defiant attitude towards Academia as a whole, and will be supporting her efforts once again this year. Free access to Scientific Journals is fundamental for a well Educated populace and should be available to all who seek the knowledge. What's even crazier is that COVID has shown us that in dire situations, the walled-garden Peer Reviewed system isn't always best: https://www.wired.com/story/peer-reviewed-scientific-journals-dont-really-do-their-job/ https://www.wired.com/story/peer-reviewed-scientific-journal... I've seen how petty the peer reviewed system is in the 'publish or die' model in the Health Sciences, its petty and pathetic to see grown men and women alike having to resort to such unscrupulous antics to keep up with the illusion that this is what serves as one of the notable metrics for tenure. As much as I like SciHub, I hope that her success is measured not by the amount of domains and servers she was able to maintain, but by her/SciHub no longer being needed as the paradigm finally shifted.