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History is proving now that anarchism is right
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

It seems incredible to her now when she sees all the branches listed on the back of Freedom – it seems worldwide. Time will prove how genuine it is. Must have some effect. https://www.judygreenway.org.uk/wp/kitty-lamb/ Reposts etc

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"If you're watching everybody, you're watching nobody."
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

"If you're watching everybody, you're watching nobody." - John Gilmore The essence of "watching" or "looking" is focusing your attention. If you diffuse your attention to encompass everything, you end up missing everything. This is exactly what the US Government is doing with its police-state tactics (searching everyone who travels; fingerprinting every foreigner who is stupid enough to arrive; etc). http://www.toad.com/gnu/ Reposts from deceased C-punk founders

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Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law Request FOIL-2022-089773-018711
by Gunnar Larson 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <Carmen.Garrett(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 3:13 PM Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law Request FOIL-2022-089773-018711 To: <g(a)xny.io> Good Afternoon: Attached, please find correspondence from the New York State Department of Financial Services pertaining to your FOIL request. Thank you. Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-089773-018711 2022-089773: “Dear Sir or Madam: Please submit any and all records related to the LendingClub.com September 11 Board of Directors resignation below. The date of the resignation is in question. You may understand the sensitive nature of the date of the resignation. Gunnar Larson Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 5:06 PM to Anuj, Investor, Press Hello there: Thank you very much for the reply. Gunnar On Sun, Oct 24, 2021, 11:36 AM Anuj Nayar wrote: Hi Gunnar On September 11, 2021, in connection with her nomination to serve as superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, Adrienne Harris notified us of her resignation, effective September 12, 2021, from the Company’s Board. Details can be found in the 8k filed on 9/15/21 (below) https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK- 0001409970/bbc437e4-2920-4d5d-8e0d-86bca622f0ca.pdf From: Gunnar Larson Date: Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 9:37 AM To: Investor Relations , Press Cc: Gunnar Larson Subject: [EXT] LendingClub: Current Board of Directors CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Madam or Sir: Good day to you. Surveying market research, I was wondering if you can kindly confirm, from LendingClub's July 15, 2021 press release: Is Ms. Adrienne Harris currently a member of LendingClub's board of directors? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lendingclub-appoints-adrienne-harr… board-of-directors-301335198.html#financial-modal [prnewswire.com] Reviewing your website, Ms. Harris is not referenced:https://www.lendingclub.com/company/leadership Bloomberg and other sources do not reference Ms. Harris as a LendingClub board member: https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/LC:US [bloomberg.com] Sending you the very best regards. Thank you, Gunnar -- Gunnar Larson - xNY.io [xny.io] | Bank.org [bank.org] MSc [unic.ac.cy] - Digital Currency MBA [unic.ac.cy] - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001” Expected due date: 10.27.22.

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A power struggle at two UN agencies
by Gunnar Larson 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Devex Invested <invested(a)devex.com> Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 11:04 AM Subject: A power struggle at two UN agencies To: <g(a)xny.io> Coaxing high-income nations to rechannel SDRs, and top Devex Pro stories of 2022. Problems reading this email? Try opening the web version <https://pages.devex.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=Njg1LUtCTC03Nj…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGIz0AOSdC4uQBWKG0eyEzLBD5BVSc2arG0-rL…> <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGIz0AOSjXKSiNo87Kf6D4EYEzj2SHOnaKuCyS…> DEC. 20, 2022 BY ADVA SALDINGER <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGIz0AOSkpCvXxmk9yHdbX9-90nKXopuYysHme…> There seems to be some trouble at the United Nations Capital Development Fund. The fund’s leader has been placed on paid administrative leave <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POrHUo-5KRfbBK_1WFNkKZUKyWuAmFPx1…>, pending an investigation into allegations that she retaliated against an unidentified U.N. staffer, my colleague Colum Lynch reports. Preeti Sinha, who has been on leave since October, contests the allegation and says that the U.N. Development Programme *is trying to sideline her and take over the functions* of the quasi-autonomous UNCDF, according to documents. She also says she has been pressured to resign, though UNDP denies this claim. The dispute threatens to *open a rift between UNDP and UNCDF*, just as the U.N. looks to mobilize more private capital to low-income countries, Colum reports. And full disclosure: Devex Editor-in-Chief and President Raj Kumar is on UNCDF’s advisory board. 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The future according to buttface Buterin
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

The only UBI I support is crypto-anarchist. Only a depraved moron would ever suggest otherwise. Globalized UBI from below is now possible - despite so many morons treating it as purely localized and nationalist phenomenon. If anything ever needed ' steelmanning ' on this list its this. Ubiquitous political-economy = cryptoanarchy. As for Au politics - in CYPHERPUNK 2027 it will be a half-century since I last voted there! And I support APstering the AU PM as soon as we've APstered the POTUS. Just for the record. Fuck the bullshit.

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Secure Phones: WiPhone VoIP Customizable
by grarpamp 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wiphone-a-phone-for-hackers-and-makers#/

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The future according to buttface Buterin
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Buttface see’s the future he wants to see - Ein Coin - Ein Wallet - Ein Reich. https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-reveals-3-huge-opportunities… Some similar type buttheads see looming UBI, assassinphones , globalized anarchy and ask " Why? " The revolutionary cypherpunk see’s those last three things and asks " Why not? "

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Fwd: [MM3-users] Re: Errors while importing mm2 list archives
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

Just a note that there can be database complications when updating from mailman 2 to mailman 3. If the new list server (Ubuntu 22) has done this upgrade, which is likely, it would be safest for people to update their list archives before the downtime, in case there are unexpected migration issues. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:50:21 +0300 Subject: [MM3-users] Re: Errors while importing mm2 list archives To: mailman-users(a)mailman3.org On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 3:52 AM Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> wrote: > On 12/17/22 23:22, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > I have dropped the DB, recreated, ... > > When you created the DB did you specify `CHARACTER SET utf8mb4`, e.g. > > CREATE DATABASE mailmansuite CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 > Yes. That is what I do at the minimum for my databases unless specific instructions exist against it. So it seems like I have done everything that is commonly expected, but the import still fails on several messages. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) _______________________________________________ Mailman-users mailing list -- mailman-users(a)mailman3.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-leave(a)mailman3.org https://lists.mailman3.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.mailman3.org/ Archived at: https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/message… This message sent to 0xloem(a)gmail.com

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Cryptocurrency: Coinbase Proposes Regulations
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

" But leave DeFi alone " If I follow the strongarm logic here centralized entities present the most dangers and need the greatest number of stakeholders to participate in order to make effective regulations by consensus with mimimil opportunities for ' divide and rule ' or regulatory arbitrage. To which I agree - and just as soon as these most dangerous centralized entities - specifically nation-states, Religions and large corporations achieve that consensus we will have global governance of , for and by the people. An ox for the people to ride.

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KEET by Holepunch promises encrypted P2P chat
by professor rat 20 Dec '22

20 Dec '22

I was aware TETHER is unsecured billions handcuffed to the fiat corpse toilet paper of the USG. That's why I was at Ardoino's Twitter - I saw this fraud getting cosy as lice with Adam Back recently. These two seem to like preening, posing and posturing as cypherpunk and produce a little meretricious " bright shiny ' beads and trinkets so as to pass for black-flag. Back has his satellite. Ardoino - Keet. But thanks for the heads up on other similar coms gear from different sources. Diversity is strength - monopoly is death. I get the impression a big new phone paradigm is in the works - agree the present situation is woeful. Roll on the revolution.

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