Micah Warren
@micah541.bsky.social
Math professor. Crypto skeptic. I wrote the textbook about the game theory of Bitcoin.
Bluesky is the worse social media space, except of course, all the other ones
Bluesky is the worse social media space, except of course, all the other ones
Eugene / PDX folks
Online silent auction with a bunch of local goodies:
givebutter.com/c/ERCWinterA...
Online silent auction with a bunch of local goodies:
givebutter.com/c/ERCWinterA...
Eugene Rowing Club Winter Auction
By Eugene Rowing Club
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December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Eugene / PDX folks
Online silent auction with a bunch of local goodies:
givebutter.com/c/ERCWinterA...
Online silent auction with a bunch of local goodies:
givebutter.com/c/ERCWinterA...
We need a futures market to prove to the futures market bros that crypto - wait nm that's what they want.
Sitting in a financial services hearing right now with Simon Johnson. He’s quite smart. And it’s worth reading his diagnosis of the problems with and MASSIVE risks created by crypto regulation that has passed the House and Senate this term. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...
The Crypto Crises Are Coming
Simon Johnson warns that new US legislation leaves the industry just where it wants to be: without regulatory safeguards.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We need a futures market to prove to the futures market bros that crypto - wait nm that's what they want.
Has NeurIPS always been like this or is this a recent thing?
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Has NeurIPS always been like this or is this a recent thing?
I did NOT have Jim Jordan blaming Biden for Trump's mishandling of the economy on my 2025 bingo card.
Oh wait nm it's right there next to Mariners surge but can't make it to World Series
Oh wait nm it's right there next to Mariners surge but can't make it to World Series
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I did NOT have Jim Jordan blaming Biden for Trump's mishandling of the economy on my 2025 bingo card.
Oh wait nm it's right there next to Mariners surge but can't make it to World Series
Oh wait nm it's right there next to Mariners surge but can't make it to World Series
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When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
Hoping, strongly suggesting, that the Democrats work "we will go after the $200 billion bank for human traffickers (Tether and the Lutnicks)"
into their 2026 campaign.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
into their 2026 campaign.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hoping, strongly suggesting, that the Democrats work "we will go after the $200 billion bank for human traffickers (Tether and the Lutnicks)"
into their 2026 campaign.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
into their 2026 campaign.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
The Speculative Case for Daira-Emma Hopwood as Satoshi Nakamoto
Executive Summary
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Dems need to stop pretending young people are closely analyzing the text in WaPo or NYT copy and start thinking like Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
Opinion | What Democrats Can Learn From Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dems need to stop pretending young people are closely analyzing the text in WaPo or NYT copy and start thinking like Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
So I have multiple follow up questions
Banning trans people from owning guns is a really REALLY significant escalation and I think the scariest part about it that's not being discussed at all is that the plan is to declare that trans people are mentally ill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
edition.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So I have multiple follow up questions
Reposted by Micah Warren
Tyler Robinson Was Practicing Web Browsing Exactly Right, By Ezra Klein
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tyler Robinson Was Practicing Web Browsing Exactly Right, By Ezra Klein
Reposted by Micah Warren
Bitcoin blockchain is now against that poor TAMU girl's religion and is in VIOLATION OF THE LAW. I'm calling on President Trump to shut it down.
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
September 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bitcoin blockchain is now against that poor TAMU girl's religion and is in VIOLATION OF THE LAW. I'm calling on President Trump to shut it down.
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
This whole situation at TAMU is brain-bludgeoningly painful. The person who should be fired is the admissions officer who admitted a student who believes that the literal act of becoming aware that some people identify as non-binary is "against their religion"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This whole situation at TAMU is brain-bludgeoningly painful. The person who should be fired is the admissions officer who admitted a student who believes that the literal act of becoming aware that some people identify as non-binary is "against their religion"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Subway just did an inflation by 4.7% in time for the school year
And I have the receipts
And I have the receipts
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Subway just did an inflation by 4.7% in time for the school year
And I have the receipts
And I have the receipts
Not sure if this comparison has been made yet ....
September 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not sure if this comparison has been made yet ....
Many of us were very vocal (I said this directly to the CAS Dean) that this line about 'tenure doesn't mean you can't get laid off' was not working
I'm glad they listened
I'm glad they listened
The big casualty here, from my perspective is the idea of tenure.
The line I've heard directly from above is that "this doesn't affect tenure at all, tenure is the same as it's always been, tenure has always meant you could be let go during a financial crunch and this doesn't change that". /
The line I've heard directly from above is that "this doesn't affect tenure at all, tenure is the same as it's always been, tenure has always meant you could be let go during a financial crunch and this doesn't change that". /
September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Many of us were very vocal (I said this directly to the CAS Dean) that this line about 'tenure doesn't mean you can't get laid off' was not working
I'm glad they listened
I'm glad they listened
Big picture, this is a W for humanities and the concept of academic tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
The University of Oregon retreats from its threat to fire 20-30 tenured and tenure-track faculty. However, there will still be layoffs, unfortunately.
lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/univer...
lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/univer...
UO to cut 60 employees this fall, including some faculty members
Officials said they will not eliminate tenured or tenure-track faculty as part of its effort to close a $29.2 million deficit. The cuts were not as deep as members of the faculty union had projected o...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Big picture, this is a W for humanities and the concept of academic tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
Reposted by Micah Warren
Looks like the administration may have backed down on closing departments and laying off tenured faculty? We just got an email from the university president saying this:
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Looks like the administration may have backed down on closing departments and laying off tenured faculty? We just got an email from the university president saying this:
It seems like all the viable strategies at this point involve some sort of accelerationism.
September 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It seems like all the viable strategies at this point involve some sort of accelerationism.
But whatever, the revenue is just pouring out over Agate Street in Eugene
September 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
But whatever, the revenue is just pouring out over Agate Street in Eugene
"After multiple incidents of good faith being abused, we've enacted a zero tolerance policy for good faith. Thank you for your cooperation. "
-Bluesky
-Bluesky
September 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"After multiple incidents of good faith being abused, we've enacted a zero tolerance policy for good faith. Thank you for your cooperation. "
-Bluesky
-Bluesky
Peak #blueskyism was Dave Anthony saying "hey I noticed an entire generation of males is actively losing their way, could be bad, let's try to figure out what's going on here"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Peak #blueskyism was Dave Anthony saying "hey I noticed an entire generation of males is actively losing their way, could be bad, let's try to figure out what's going on here"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
Reposted by Micah Warren
As University of Oregon employees brace for layoffs next week, faculty members say leaders have given them no voice in budget deliberations.
The U. of Oregon Says It’s Involving Faculty in Budget Decisions. Professors Say It’s ‘Fake Shared Governance.’
The provost says he made a good-faith effort to ask faculty this summer how he should cut $25 million from the budget. Faculty say that’s a lie.
chroni.cl
September 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As University of Oregon employees brace for layoffs next week, faculty members say leaders have given them no voice in budget deliberations.
Reposted by Micah Warren
Oregon House Democrats grew their majority with Rep. Cyrus Javadi switching parties. Read more from @miamaldonado.bsky.social, who went out to the coast to profile Javadi earlier this year and has the most thorough report I've seen: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/05/c... #orleg #orpol
Coastal Oregon lawmaker switches party affiliation, registering as Democrat • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rep. Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook will run as a Democrat in the 2026 election, abandoning the Oregon Republican Party.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oregon House Democrats grew their majority with Rep. Cyrus Javadi switching parties. Read more from @miamaldonado.bsky.social, who went out to the coast to profile Javadi earlier this year and has the most thorough report I've seen: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/05/c... #orleg #orpol