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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 1d

🥺🥺One of the few societals "things used to be so much better" that I actually buy is objectively true rather than just nostalgia

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 4d

One of the most telling signs of the era is that public acknowledgement that one is grifting has become something of a brag for those who do so

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 7d

Was doing some DD on the conservative (ahem, free speech!) platform Rumble to see how real their product is because they just bought one of the most blatantly obvious fr$uds in Europe (and Lutnick owns a bunch so surprised with lack of pump), and honestly, kinda surprised it suggested me this

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 8d

Perhaps the greatest trick European competitive advantage ever pulled was convince the Chinese it never existed

liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 8d

The article from the post focused on the honey trap because its much more salacious but the article from the times in which it is based highlights the actual real pressing issues

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 8d

Its not as grandiose as the current SV crypto or AI founder grift, but theres probably a pretty sweet arbitrage here for a Western to just create vapourware companies, get the monies from the CCP and then ride off into the sunset

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 8d

They are so much better than the West at this its actually laughable. And as an aside - crypto really does bring out the worst people in the world, the industry needs to die

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 8d

Shock many now express at seeing these things is derivative of increasing # of online subcultures going IRL. Anyone nowadays can become a member of one, social media: perfect funnel. & not to praise kids edgelording as Nazis, but there are far worse online subcultures out there still in the closet

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10d

There are photos on Reddit of him getting arrested, presumably for hitting that person at the end of the video: www.reddit.com/r/Athens/com...

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 11d

You know its happening and the commercial is just around the corner

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 11d

This is not exactly rocket science guys.

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 22d

Maybe the real AI productivity boost is people working their asses off to cash out before Skynet takes over

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · 22d

If you think that AI by, say, 2030 will achieve even 25% of what the current consensus view seems to be, shouldn't the majority of people quit to work in the field or launching starts ups to sell and get the bag before it gets rough?

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Oct 1

Sibanye goes brrrrrr?

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Sep 23

For the European economy, the unfortunate reality is that it is trapped between the hammer of China's export-led growth and the anvil of US tariffs.

Trade deals with new partners can help, but domestic demand and internal reforms matter far more.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Sep 23

Folks reach too quickly for the 'Europe should pivot to China' line in response to Trump’s tariffs. It’s a vibes argument that shatters on contact with reality.

China’s market isn’t growing for EU exporters – it’s shrinking. At home, competition is getting fiercer as China exports its way...

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Sep 23

Good Bloomberg piece.

And agree with JP Morgan: “Some of this is the fact that China has very cleverly found other export markets, including Europe, which has been a key hedge to slowing exports to the US.”

High time the IMF puts this at the top of the agenda.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 20

Titane rating is probb too generous (soundtrack is dope tho). Possibly Unbreakable's too
And I **need** a modern Tremors remake

#Lastfourwatched

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 19

Why does it not solve it? If anything B would probb be worse as most wouldn't contribute to social security?

liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 19

If the EU had any balls they would be exploiting the heck out of these fumbles. $100,000 fee for h1b would be a gift for any Euro government worth a damn about policy

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

*As tragic as the second story is (suicide), I actually think this is a far easier problem to solve from the makers of Chatbots, both from a technical perspective but also from a "if you dont solve it you will beat the record, several times over, on class action lawsuits" perspective*

liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

Of course,most guys yelling for deregulation because China are the same that started yelling for Free Speech because they wanted in on Musk's fundraises, that before that yelled for Crypto because they needed to pump, etc etc. They dont have the best interests of society in mind, never did

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

The amount of stories of reasonable people, without maniac episodes precedents, that have gone absolutely lala is concerning. I actually think base user # of this is relatively low. For all OIA success, they havent cracked "addiction" like social media eventually did. I can only imagine once they do

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

Haven't enjoyed the Daily for a bit, but this was an interesting one, particularly the first story*. We have seen social media melting the brain of large % of population.
We are now toying with tech far more powerful, one that can convince reasonable people they invented a new type of math

Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral

pca.st

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

It's a big problem amongst History teachers in universities youtu.be/nJ-ehbVQYxI?...

Inside the 40 Year-Long Dungeons & Dragons Game | Obsessed | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

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liborpluscap.bsky.social @liborpluscap.bsky.social · Sep 18

The speed of it is what's stunning
Its September. Effin September! The first of 4 Septembers to come!
The irony is not lost that Ezra *just* published that piece yday, and he has the ears of all that matter within the "left" establishment

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Sep 18

What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · Sep 17

What a time to be alive.

A list of the top stories in media on The NY Times website:
Washington Post
Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
Trump Sues The New York Times for Articles Questioning His Success
Fox Host Apologizes for Suggesting Lethal
Injections for Mentally Ill
Homeless People

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