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Brain Dump | Morning Musings
Indodax was hacked and they lost $22M more than 19 hours ago wasn't on my bingo card. For anyone who doesn't know what indodax is, they are the oldest exchange operating in Indonesia and have hive listed
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zafrada
politico
2y
Circular opinion piece with no opinion.
This is without a doubt the weirdest opinion piece I've ever read. Spends half the piece repeating his point without elaborating. Then when he finally gets to elaborating it is to acknowledge that people,
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nooses
musk
2y
Elon Musk is a tech and entrepreneurial genius, with his motivations in the right place...with some huge personal failings that cause big problems.
He's a hybrid of Tesla and Edison, picking up the best and worst of each. He has Tesla's genius, vision and concern for humanity, but also his instability, weirdness, and complete inability to deal with
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nooses
oped
2y
Post-Putin Russia in the eyes of Navalny.
An interesting essay by Russia's principal opposition leader, Alexei Navalny (for those who read Russian, there is also a link to the original Russian version). I by no means agree with everything he says.
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the-bitcoin-dood
conspiracy
2y
What The Hell Is Going On? Some Thoughts On The Current Mass Shootings In The US.
Some thoughts on the mass shootings and gun control.
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mrobinsonwrites
oped
2y
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An exploration of the theory of "being a good consumer" and its detriments.
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the-bitcoin-dood
conspiracy
3y
Is It Just Me or Do You Feel It Also?
Thought I'd share some of my thoughts on current events. Covid, inflation, WW III. What a glorious time to be alive!
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leguna
oped
3y
Charles Blow strikes again, or should I say strikes out again?
In today's NYT opinion piece, Blow asks an important question, but his answer is simplistic, if not dishonest: "So, what does it mean for a system to be racist? Does the appellation depend on the
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nooses
slavery
4y
The problem with calling slavery America's 'original sin'
“Original sin, in Christian doctrine, the condition or state of sin into which each human being is born; also, the origin (i.e., the cause, or source) of this state. Traditionally, the origin has been
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zafrada
wapo
4y
WaPo's despicable editorial.
“There is only one principled vote on Amy Coney Barrett: No” What nonsense! Definition of despicable : "deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation" On
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nooses
covd
4y
COVID binary thinking - Bottom up vs top down approaches to lockdowns.
This article is an interesting criticism of binary thinking - covid, no covid - as opposed to holistic thinking - an awareness of the multiple tradeoffs involved in adopting top down lockdowns. What they
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roleerob
The Man Cave
4y
God Help Amy Coney Barrett!
A short time ago, President Donald J. Trump selected the next person to be subjected to the "gauntlet" of the Senate confirmation process. May God help Amy Coney Barrett and her family, through
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flexbooth
sexual
4y
Should we #believeallwomen or #believeEvidence ?
Since this subject is touchier than a Vatican summer camp, I'll preface my statements: I've never had a person tell me about an experience of sexual abuse who I haven't believed. Moreover, it's shocked
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flexbooth
trump
4y
[Rant Alert] "Forward" thinking Trump is an anti-Semite.
(Link to Forward article above) Yes, I know. I probably should not read anything from the Forward because it is bad for my blood pressure. But, on the other hand, I need to know what the idiots are saying.
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the-bitcoin-dood
bitcoin
4y
Some OpEd - What's The Hold Up?
Some OpEd on Lack of Mass Adoption.
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the-bitcoin-dood
somee
5y
Making Crypto Simple, Easy and Family Friendly
We have to make it so simple that an 80 year old grandmother can do it. It might be easy for us, but not so much for the electronically & technologically challenged. This is onne of the reason's I
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egovandal
andrewyang
5y
"Out The Yang"
Ego Vandal "Out The Yang" November 4, 2019 "Out The Yang" An Opinion On Why You Have To Be High To Reach This New Low! Of course there's no country with "Lazy" in its title.
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scarletreign
sportstalksocial
5y
Competitive STS Blog Curation (Op/Ed) Meet and Greet in the Comments Section!!!
Okay, that's not a real thing .......yet! I try to keep my finger on the pulse of what I read in chats and get in messages and one theme is there seems to be a lack of diversity on the much adored Trending
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honeybee
oped
5y
Did Harvard betray a Law Professor?
Randall Kennedy is absolutely right about this. Harvey Weinstein is scum and quite likely deserves to be convicted. But it is nonetheless important that everyone accused of a crime be entitled to a competent
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politics
6y
Popular election in defense of slavery?
I'm shocked to see such an inaccurate claim from Akhil Reed Amar. When Madison's original proposal to have the legislature choose the executive - an idea natural to him as he was largely modeling the British
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