No matter how long you’ve used an anon email strategy, you’ll always get some random update or notification to your doxxed email from some service you forgot about

Everyone needs a lake in their life

There are good billionaires and bad billionaires. Michael Bloomberg is definitely the latter. No vapes, no Big Gulps, no gas-powered cars. No fun.

clip from my interview on 🇨🇦 TV on the new law forcing tech firms to pay legacy media — another bad public policy that will cost news consumers the most

This week I learned more about the Indian financial system. Has some level of innovation, but absolutely closed off to incoming payments — high taxes, lots of tax scrutiny, and a lot of required reporting. I’m not sure about Bitcoin adoption this far (few exchanges), but I’ve been trying with the few activists I know

“At today’s SAG-AFTRA strike announcement, the AI proposal put forth by the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers was aired out for the first time, and it was said to include taking scans of background actors for use not only in a single project, but any project, in perpetuity.”

Gizmodo

Hollywood's 'Groundbreaking' AI Proposal for Actors Sounds Like a Nightmare

SAG-AFTRA said that AMPTP's AI plan included scanning background actors and using their likenesses "for the rest of eternity."

The biggest legislative concern about AI won’t be labels, data collection, or even content moderation. It’ll all be intellectual property

The Verge

Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever

No, this is not a Black Mirror episode.

where’s the “nostr influencers in the wild” account

moderating the discussion between @Niko Jilch and Bill Wirtz on what to expect from central bank digital currencies full vid:

great song by the North Carolina band Late Night Special (available for boosting with lightning on @Wavlake!

Wavlake

Don't Leave Me Lonely • Late Night Special

Play, boost, and more on Wavlake ⚡️🎵

reppin' hard at BTC Prague

Important for Americans following public policies on Bitcoin: Attempt to Stop CBDCs, States Are Rejecting Seemingly Pro-Bitcoin Legislation

In Attempt to Stop CBDCs, States Are Rejecting Seemingly Pro-Bitcoin Legislation | Bitcoin Policy Institute

A new unjust prison sentence for an alleged Silk Road darknet market operator

WIRED

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command, Variety Jones, Gets 20 Years in Prison

Roger Thomas Clark, also known as Variety Jones, will spend much of the rest of his life in prison for his key role in building the world’s first...

Also learned now that author Milan Kundera died today. Our generation has been fortunate to consume art by living survivors of communistic and socialist regimes. From Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, Hungary, East Germany, and more. Through these books, poems, films, and other works of art, we’re reminded of the darkness that once consumed entire continents and sought to extinguish the flame of human liberty. On other continents, that darkness continues to manifest. Choose art and freedom.

In Milan Kundera’s Work, the Erotic Meets the Subversive (Published 2023)

His best novels, charged with a distrust of authority, retain their sweep and power.

Today you can buy a 256GB micro SD card for less than $28. I remember, in my lifetime, paying $28 for a 256MB usb memory stick.

The BRICS gold currency hoax Fix The Money podcast w/ @Niko Jilch Why is there so much fake news about Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa (BRICS) adopting a gold-backed money? A conversation in Vienna.

The BRICS gold currency hoax

Why is there so much fake news about Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa (BRICS) adopting a gold-backed money? A conversation in Vienna.

did u grab that primal.net testflight? or are you a mobile browser maxi?

It’s the small steps for freedom that count

Raw Milk Is Being Legalized in More States. Is It Safe? (Published 2023)

Health experts warn that drinking it could come with risks.

I did not realize the ultimate utility of having multiple non-KYC VoIP numbers. And the tech around them is very impressive for privacy.

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