YukonHCornelius
@yukonhcornelius.bsky.social
Old miner, new site
Paid to study the world for the last 20 years as an investor. It is starting to feel like a curse.
There will be economics. There will be politics. There will be hockey. There will be sarcasm by the ton.
Paid to study the world for the last 20 years as an investor. It is starting to feel like a curse.
There will be economics. There will be politics. There will be hockey. There will be sarcasm by the ton.
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This seems both obvious and underappreciated:
In the attention economy, the skill we are sorting for is narcissistic sociopathy—the innate ability to charm people without giving a shit about their wellbeing, driven by an insatiable need for attention.
Now society is run by these types.
In the attention economy, the skill we are sorting for is narcissistic sociopathy—the innate ability to charm people without giving a shit about their wellbeing, driven by an insatiable need for attention.
Now society is run by these types.
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We have just not fully come to terms with the fact that we have a society that elevates and empowers crazy people to an unprecedented degree. It is the Venn diagram of being lucky enough to be insanely rich, and people who are actually insane, that just keeps overlapping more and more by the day.
In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel reveals he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI. He also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We have just not fully come to terms with the fact that we have a society that elevates and empowers crazy people to an unprecedented degree. It is the Venn diagram of being lucky enough to be insanely rich, and people who are actually insane, that just keeps overlapping more and more by the day.
Because journalists require clicks, they are going to be gravitationally pulled towards what most people want to hear and most of the time that is going to be away from a stark assessment of how awful and irresponsible leadership is.
Just because Trump brought RFK Jr. aboard to firm up the kook vote doesn't mean health writers have to keep looking for some kernel of truth in there somewhere.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Because journalists require clicks, they are going to be gravitationally pulled towards what most people want to hear and most of the time that is going to be away from a stark assessment of how awful and irresponsible leadership is.
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
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The reason why platform companies do make it hard to find account location information is not because they believe in privacy, it's so that advertisers do not know how much is lost to low-tier engagement.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The reason why platform companies do make it hard to find account location information is not because they believe in privacy, it's so that advertisers do not know how much is lost to low-tier engagement.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
Growth, at all costs, means avoiding publishing basic metadata so that advertisers don't sue.
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News coverage of DOGE’s creation earlier this year was practically wall-to-wall — for weeks. “$2 trillion in savings, $5000 dividend checks, an entirely new model of government.” And now that it’s gone, it’s like eh.
@techcrunch.com
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@techcrunch.com
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DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk's team of federal cost-cutters | TechCrunch
DOGE members are reportedly worried that they could face prosecution for some of their activities conducted while under the leadership of Elon Musk.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
News coverage of DOGE’s creation earlier this year was practically wall-to-wall — for weeks. “$2 trillion in savings, $5000 dividend checks, an entirely new model of government.” And now that it’s gone, it’s like eh.
@techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/d...
@techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
The enshittification of color.
we perfected abundant cheap, vibrant, color-safe pigments in every hue and then immediately stopped using colors
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The enshittification of color.
As I have said before, even if one agrees with GOP's stated goals, they are not the change that people are looking for. If you hired someone to boost manufacturing employment, and these were the results of their bold policies, they would be skating on thin ice at this point.
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As I have said before, even if one agrees with GOP's stated goals, they are not the change that people are looking for. If you hired someone to boost manufacturing employment, and these were the results of their bold policies, they would be skating on thin ice at this point.
bit.ly/4idYnvm
These videos always end with some warning for the end user to sniff out the ever evolving scam. But what if we fined companies in a gently escalating manner for being conduits for these scams? I feel like Google and Verizon probably are in a better position than Grandma to stop this.
These videos always end with some warning for the end user to sniff out the ever evolving scam. But what if we fined companies in a gently escalating manner for being conduits for these scams? I feel like Google and Verizon probably are in a better position than Grandma to stop this.
Chinese Criminals Run a $1 Billion Toll Text Scam. Here’s How It Works
You’ve likely received a text telling you that you owe a toll fee. These texts are part of an elaborate phishing scheme. We re-created the scam to show you how it works and what to look out for.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
bit.ly/4idYnvm
These videos always end with some warning for the end user to sniff out the ever evolving scam. But what if we fined companies in a gently escalating manner for being conduits for these scams? I feel like Google and Verizon probably are in a better position than Grandma to stop this.
These videos always end with some warning for the end user to sniff out the ever evolving scam. But what if we fined companies in a gently escalating manner for being conduits for these scams? I feel like Google and Verizon probably are in a better position than Grandma to stop this.
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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Savvy business move. It has become too obvious the numbers on OpenAI won't work out, so they need to start shifting to something else with the same model that won't work out but it's smaller so can make up fantasy numbers about how it will work out this time.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Savvy business move. It has become too obvious the numbers on OpenAI won't work out, so they need to start shifting to something else with the same model that won't work out but it's smaller so can make up fantasy numbers about how it will work out this time.
This is like a bat signal for Jerry Jones
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of attempted murder because a firearm was used, a prosecutor said Monday.
Prosecutor: Antonio Brown could face 30 years in prison if guilty of attempted murder with gun
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of attempted murder because a firearm was used, a prosecutor said Monday.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is like a bat signal for Jerry Jones
I know there are lot of well meaning people driving them, but it is going to be hard not look at a Tesla and see an ATM for the worst person in the world on wheels.
Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk.
The combined paychecks of all 3.2 million cashiers in the U.S. are about as valuable as his annual compensation.
The combined paychecks of all 3.2 million cashiers in the U.S. are about as valuable as his annual compensation.
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I know there are lot of well meaning people driving them, but it is going to be hard not look at a Tesla and see an ATM for the worst person in the world on wheels.
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Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
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This is so fascinating. And a killer chart.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This is so fascinating. And a killer chart.
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Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people):
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
“i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”
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Number of autonomous miles driven, as of July:
TESLA: 1 million (with a human)
WAYMO: 100 million (no human)
@cnbc.com
TESLA: 1 million (with a human)
WAYMO: 100 million (no human)
@cnbc.com
*WAYMO LAUNCHES DRIVERLESS ROBOTAXIS ON FREEWAYS IN FIRST FOR US
*WAYMO FREEWAY ROUTES TO BE OFFERED IN LA, SF AND PHOENIX AREA
*WAYMO FREEWAY ROUTES TO BE OFFERED IN LA, SF AND PHOENIX AREA
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Number of autonomous miles driven, as of July:
TESLA: 1 million (with a human)
WAYMO: 100 million (no human)
@cnbc.com
TESLA: 1 million (with a human)
WAYMO: 100 million (no human)
@cnbc.com
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Let's again stipulate that the government is not a business & the whole idea it should run like one is a dumb category error. But if anyone was actually serious about running the government like a business & eliminating waste, the model would be Costco & not a single person/firm from Silicon Valley.
Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
April 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Let's again stipulate that the government is not a business & the whole idea it should run like one is a dumb category error. But if anyone was actually serious about running the government like a business & eliminating waste, the model would be Costco & not a single person/firm from Silicon Valley.
A two party system that allows lobbying and gerrymandering will NEVER produce a reliably principled party.
Incentives matter.
Incentives matter.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A two party system that allows lobbying and gerrymandering will NEVER produce a reliably principled party.
Incentives matter.
Incentives matter.
Imagine letting a loved one join a church where 10% of the congregation are confirmed scam artists.
“Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.🚨🚨🚨
Meta's fraud problem: The social media giant projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by @Reuters show reut.rs/4qJTpdH
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Imagine letting a loved one join a church where 10% of the congregation are confirmed scam artists.
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Trump's appointed Solicitor General admits Americans pay for 30-80% of the cost of tariffs
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump's appointed Solicitor General admits Americans pay for 30-80% of the cost of tariffs
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.