Rob Cyran
@robcyran.bsky.social
More fox than hedgehog - financial columnist/editor Reuters Breakingviews (healthcare, energy, some tech, climate risk)
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January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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It drives me crazy how uninterested in things people are.
Like finance is an expression of material reality, but also of society and cultural forces! I dont get just going "leftists shouldnt be interested in it". Marx would be losing his shit at all the stuff you could write about
Like finance is an expression of material reality, but also of society and cultural forces! I dont get just going "leftists shouldnt be interested in it". Marx would be losing his shit at all the stuff you could write about
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It drives me crazy how uninterested in things people are.
Like finance is an expression of material reality, but also of society and cultural forces! I dont get just going "leftists shouldnt be interested in it". Marx would be losing his shit at all the stuff you could write about
Like finance is an expression of material reality, but also of society and cultural forces! I dont get just going "leftists shouldnt be interested in it". Marx would be losing his shit at all the stuff you could write about
Going to put it on my list
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Going to put it on my list
Met the company a few years ago and asked about why these used bacteria vs enzymes - their answer made some sense but I don’t recall why - sorry!
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Met the company a few years ago and asked about why these used bacteria vs enzymes - their answer made some sense but I don’t recall why - sorry!
Problem is, of course how effective the process is. This uses whole cells which could open all sorts of trouble? Tailings arent exactly hospitable for bacteria, so may be difficult to get yields up if they are not thriving/dying.
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Problem is, of course how effective the process is. This uses whole cells which could open all sorts of trouble? Tailings arent exactly hospitable for bacteria, so may be difficult to get yields up if they are not thriving/dying.
Here you already have an industry with extremely long timelines - think a new mine takes over a decade. More interesting is it can better match output to demand. Most mines have a lot of tailings - so when prices high you treat them to turn waste into copper. Turns some fixed costs into variable.
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Here you already have an industry with extremely long timelines - think a new mine takes over a decade. More interesting is it can better match output to demand. Most mines have a lot of tailings - so when prices high you treat them to turn waste into copper. Turns some fixed costs into variable.
You sort of accepted it after a while, but then things would make you realize how bad it was - like watching the movie Threads or hearing my dad (who was a spook) say once when drunk that people had absolutely no idea how close we were to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 AM
You sort of accepted it after a while, but then things would make you realize how bad it was - like watching the movie Threads or hearing my dad (who was a spook) say once when drunk that people had absolutely no idea how close we were to war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
That is the question LOL
January 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
That is the question LOL
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January 14, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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100%. The societies where crypto can serve a good purpose generally are non-democratic and have arbitrary law. But backers don't want to argue this, because that doesn't describe what it's mostly (I assume) currently used for, and especially what it's used for in developed countries.
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
100%. The societies where crypto can serve a good purpose generally are non-democratic and have arbitrary law. But backers don't want to argue this, because that doesn't describe what it's mostly (I assume) currently used for, and especially what it's used for in developed countries.
I am just amused by the possibility of charging promo rates, higher annual fees, and lower allowed balances as a way to abide in a press release kind of way to a 10% cap on CC rates (which isn't going to happen)
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I am just amused by the possibility of charging promo rates, higher annual fees, and lower allowed balances as a way to abide in a press release kind of way to a 10% cap on CC rates (which isn't going to happen)
capped at 10% but annual fees up to $495 and a 35% rate after one year?
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
capped at 10% but annual fees up to $495 and a 35% rate after one year?
Besides the fact that there’s no legal authorization, it won’t happen etc, this is like buying stocks when they were down during the Cuban Missile Crisis - if they launch you are dead anyway
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Besides the fact that there’s no legal authorization, it won’t happen etc, this is like buying stocks when they were down during the Cuban Missile Crisis - if they launch you are dead anyway