August 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

MENTAT in the MIT Library
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Or is it a Worm? 10-Qubit Quantum Computer Baidu claims it's the world's first hardware-software integrated quantum computer and it's already available to use. https://au.pcmag.com/news/95839/chinas-baidu-unveils-10-qubit-quantum-compu… Reposts not alarmist nonsense

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MAGA Republican actions fit 'definition of fascism,'
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Ohai Gramps “I was very clear when laying out and defining what MAGA Republicans have done and you look at the definition of fascism and you think about what they're doing in attacking our democracy. ... That is what that is. It is very clear," https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maga-republican-actions-fit-definition-fas… Reposts etc

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The happiest kingdom of them all
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Where non-lethal electricity defends my propertarian hallucinations. https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery I agree, but I don't use the v-word anymore. From systemic perspective, decentralization of control authority is what matters. Physical power = natural control authority. #BTC takes this to non-lethal perfection by linking control authority to electric (i.e. non-lethal) power Quote Tweet AgentOrder @AgentOrder1 · Aug 25 Replying to @JasonPLowery and @DylanLeClair_ Decentralization of violence is the only way to ensure citizens have property rights in a sustainable way. <<< Reposts for light relief

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Shahar is in prison for refusing to serve in the IDF. Send him a message of support
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Last week, 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector Shahar Schwartz was sentenced to 10 days in military prison for refusing to serve in the army. https://groups.io/g/marxmail/topic/all_of_us_need_to_have_his/93272585?p=,,… Reposts are not necessarily endorsements

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grancrap's jewnazi country
by punk 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

https://www.unz.com/lromanoff/americans-are-criminally-insane/ just a sample : "It was the great George Washington who instructed his troops to skin the bodies of natives “from the hips downward to make boot tops or leggings”,"

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Re: Re[2]: US 2nd Amendment Under Assault, Freedom Firearms Guns Defense
by grarpamp 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

On 8/21/22, enlight <enlight(a)riseup.net> wrote: > i wish your family, and your daughters should be killed by those Guns > that you advocate for. > > ------ Original Message ------ >> Biden just hired 87,000 IRS agents, gave them $700,000 worth of >> illegal weapons, and ordered them to shoot and murder US citizens >> if they don't submit to robbery, including the robbery done to pay for it. Yet another popup top-posting coward with nothing to say on list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-l7TO01-Sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeAy0aQxxOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovz_Fb3dk7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tQVMMxtPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkmvxNXjY5I https://duckduckgo.com/?iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&q="taxation+is+theft" “You shall not steal. -- Exodus 20:15" “You shall not murder. -- Exodus 20:13" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ceqYBGrLIs > Ministry Of State Security Ministry of Freedom

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Bloomberg on California's Approach to Law Firm Ownership - Litigation Finance Journal
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Check out my new article: In the wake of the American Bar Association approving measures to loosen restrictions on sharing Law firm revenues with non-attorneys, Bloomberg law reports that legislators in California are resisting the notion. Many legal scholars around the country say that sharing law firm ownership with non-lawyers is inconsistent with core values of the legal profession. https://litigationfinancejournal.com/bloomberg-on-californias-approach-to-l…

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95-year-old crossing guard leaves retirement to return to work
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

https://www.live5news.com/2022/08/22/95-year-old-crossing-guard-leaves-reti…

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Fwd: Inside the FBI Podcast: Top Ten Fugitive Ruja Ignatova
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: FBI <fbi(a)subscriptions.fbi.gov> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 11:18 AM Subject: Inside the FBI Podcast: Top Ten Fugitive Ruja Ignatova To: <g(a)xny.io> Inside the FBI Podcast: Top Ten Fugitive Ruja Ignatova On this episode of Inside the FBI, learn how Ruja Ignatova—through a company once marketed as the Bitcoin killer—allegedly robbed investors of billions of dollars. August 25, 2022 Full Episode <https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-top-ten-fugitive-ruja-igna…> ------------------------------ <https://www.facebook.com/FBI> <https://twitter.com/FBI> <https://www.youtube.com/user/FBI> <https://www.fbi.gov/e-mail-updates?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_medium=…> * You have received this message because you are subscribed to one or more of the following categories: FBI Top Stories, Inside the FBI podcast, Podcast & Radio * Manage Subscription <https://delivery.fbi.gov/account-reminder> | Unsubscribe <https://delivery.fbi.gov/subscriber/c57956fe9830b3f02d21fe7a2581942df706f0b…> If you have questions about this service, email us at delivery(a)subscriptions.fbi.gov. Help <https://www.fbi.gov/e-mail-updates?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_medium=…> | Privacy Policy <http://www.fbi.gov/privacy_policy?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_medium=e…> | Visit FBI.gov <https://www.fbi.gov/?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_medium=email&utm_sour…>

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Fwd: FBI Newsletter
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: FBI <fbi(a)subscriptions.fbi.gov> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 11:05 AM Subject: FBI Newsletter To: <g(a)xny.io> Inside the FBI Podcast: Top Ten Fugitive Ruja Ignatova On this episode of Inside the FBI, learn how Ruja Ignatova—through a company once marketed as the Bitcoin killer—allegedly robbed investors of billions of dollars. August 25, 2022 Full Episode <https://www.fbi.gov/news/podcasts/inside-the-fbi-top-ten-fugitive-ruja-igna…> ------------------------------ * Featured Case * Mallie Monte Evans The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of Mallie Monte Evans. Mallie Monte Evans is wanted for allegedly operating a multi-state prostitution operation. Evans allegedly sex-trafficked several victims using force, fraud, and/or coercion. If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office <https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&u…> or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate <https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/legal-attache-offices?utm_campaign=email-Imm…> or tips.fbi.gov <https://tips.fbi.gov?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_content=%5B1472504%5D-> . Case Details <https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking/mallie-monte-evans?utm_campaig…> ------------------------------ Ten MS-13 Gang Members Indicted on Murder and Racketeering Charges A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging 10 alleged MS-13 gang members with murder and related charges. August 25, 2022 Full Press Release <https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/houston/news/press-releases/te…> ------------------------------ Remaining Defendants Convicted in Conspiracy to Kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Adam Fox and Barry Croft, Jr. were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property. August 23, 2022 Full Press Release <https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/detroit/news/press-releases/re…> ------------------------------ <https://www.facebook.com/FBI> <https://twitter.com/FBIPressOffice> <https://www.youtube.com/user/FBIDOTGOV> <https://www.fbi.gov/e-mail-updates?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_content…> * You have received this message because you are subscribed to one or more of the following categories: FBI Newsletter * Manage Subscription <https://delivery.fbi.gov/account-reminder> | Unsubscribe <https://delivery.fbi.gov/subscriber/c57956fe9830b3f02d21fe7a2581942df706f0b…> If you have questions about this service, email us at delivery(a)subscriptions.fbi.gov. Help <https://www.fbi.gov/e-mail-updates?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_content…> | Privacy Policy <http://www.fbi.gov/privacy_policy?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_content=…> | Visit FBI.gov <https://www.fbi.gov/?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_content=%5B1472504%5D…>

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One Man Has Set Up a $1.6 Billion Slush Fund to Fuel the Radical Right’s Takeover of Congress; Get Ready for a Dirty Tricks Campaign
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pam Martens <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 11:02 AM Subject: Once Daily Digest Email To: <alerts(a)wallstreetonparade.com> Wall Street On Parade has posted a new item: One Man Has Set Up a $1.6 Billion Slush Fund to Fuel the Radical Right’s Takeover of Congress; Get Ready for a Dirty Tricks Campaign https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/08/one-man-has-set-up-a-1-6-billion-slu… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 26, 2022 ~ Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Resident Expert in Congress on Dark Money Groups The New York Times dropped a political bombshell on Monday. The public interest website, ProPublica, built further on the story that afternoon. And, as luck would have it, Wall Street On Parade finds itself in [...] If the hyperlink above is not active, please paste it into your browser and press "Go" to read the full article. You received this e-mail because you asked to be notified when new updates are posted. If you ever wish to stop receiving these emails from us, just email me at pamk741(a)aol.com with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Best regards, Pam Martens, Editor, Wall Street On Parade

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Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-091931-018039
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Can you please send us an updated list of open FOIL requests open, and delivery date? You keep delaying and we are concerned. Meanwhile, we do not see FOIL-2022-091931-018039 on the list below. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <Edward.Meltzer(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2022, 10:07 AM Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2022-091931-018039 To: <g(a)xny.io> Good afternoon, Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial Services, pertaining to your FOIL request. Thank you. Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-091931-018039 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Mazza, Stephanie (DFS)* <Stephanie.Mazza(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 12:07 PM Subject: RE: Your Freedom of Information Law ("FOIL") Requests To: g(a)xny.io <g(a)xny.io> Mr. Larson: Attached please find a list of all ten open FOIL requests you have submitted to the Department, followed by the text of your request, and the expected due date: 1. 2022-091718: “Dear Sir or Madam: International human rights scholars are quick to point out that the lack of protection of cognitive liberty in such instances is due to the relative lack of technology capable of directly interfering with mental autonomy at the time the core human rights treaties were created. Similar to a ransomware attack, the technology behind such operations can be abused. Canada is said to have exploited advanced technologies without the authority to do so. Even worse, it is alleged that Canada forcefully abused technology in the unsanctioned production of reports that appeared to be aimed at cognitive activities of Canadians. Reference: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/havana-syndrome-part-2-how-a-dogs… Other reports highlight similar technologies being explored by the New York City Police Department. In 2021, members of the National Lawyers Guild won $650,000 in litigation financed fees from abuse of the technology in New York. We would like to request access to any and all records pertaining to information concerning if a St. Bernard named "Brody" could potentially be harmed (or, harrassed) by sonic or microwave (or, any other form of technology similar) surveillance while living in Chelsea, Manhattan. Furthermore, we would like to receive all records pertaining to New York State's approach to Gotham software intellectual property. Respectfully yours, Gunnar Larson” *8/2/22* 1. 2022-091109: “Today’s memo seeks to kindly request any and all records related to the Executive Chamber’s oversight and/or approval of the New York Department of Financial Services’ engagement of the Alliance for Regulatory Innovation and Brex, Inc.” *7/25/22* 1. 2022-090627: “Dear Madam or Sir: Today's memo requests records related to NY-DFS monitoring of $10,610,000,000 of pledge funds (detailed below) specific to financial inclusion. xNY.io would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS' monitoring of Goldman Sachs' potential money laundering and other abuses of Goldman project, One Million Black Women, with $10B in direct capital and $100M in charity investments: https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-commitments/sustainability/one-million-bla… xNY.io would like to receive any and all documents correlating NY-DFS monitoring of (or, confirming no correlation) the One Million Black Women fund related to any association to other Goldman student scholarship funds in Africa ... Furthermore, xNY.io would like to receive any and all documents, related to NY-DFS' regulatory scrutiny of interlocking directorates at the NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal with potential collusion in leveraging marketplace spoofing tactics (or, records confirming no spoofing tactics) concerning $810 million in pledge funds associated with the 2020 Mission Driven Banks whitepaper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rOXE7ierZcd8HlvNVy7hAYg7d86q_1dv/view?usp=… Attached and below, kindly find outline of the $850M pledged: Goldman Sachs Industry: Financial Services Pledge Amount: $250 million Use of Funds: Goldman Sachs has committed $250 million for small business lending. Goldman Sachs will not issue these loans directly since it is not an approved small business loan provider in the United States. Instead, it will provide the financing to CDFIs and other mission-driven lenders to make the loans. Wells Fargo Industry: Banking Pledge Amount: $50 million Use of Funds: Wells Fargo has pledged a $50 million investment in African American MDIs. See Press Release PayPal Industry: Financial Services Pledge Amount: $510 million Use of Funds: PayPal has pledged $500 million for a long-term economic opportunity fund to support African American and underrepresented minority businesses and communities. The initiative will include “bolstering the company’s relationships with community banks and credit unions serving underrepresented minority communities, as well as investing directly into African American and minority led startups and minority-focused investment funds.” PayPal deposited $50 million in Optus Bank, an African American MDI in Columbia, South Carolina. PayPal will use another $10 million for grants to African American-owned businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic or civil unrest surrounding protests. The very best, Gunnar Larson.” *8/15/22* 1. 2022-090560: “We would like to receive any and all records, relating to NY-DFS' 2021 Apple Card Investigation. This is one part of a broader discussion we must have about equal credit access. On March 23, 2021, Ms. Linda Lacewell published NY-DFS' Findings on Apple Card and its Underwriter Goldman Sachs Bank. As the former Superintendent of NY-DFS, Ms. Lacewell's stone faced propaganda assured that Apple Card did not discriminate against women, while under Goldman Sachs management. The red flags started to appear when an authorized user drew attention to the following: A person who relies on a spouse's access to credit, and only accesses those accounts as an authorized user, may incorrectly believe they have the same credit profile as the spouse. We recently collated 61 highlights to the Report on Apple Card Investigation from March 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xH16OKyuXzB-MVqIznMWDE9w8RRdmZCw/view The Apple Card investigation was to assess women's access to equitable finance. The integrity of the Apple Card investigation must be rationally considered as flawed. We would like to receive any and all records of Ms. Linda Lacewell's (emails, texts, and similar) involvement with the 2021 Apple Card report. We would like to receive any and all records to NY-DFS association to evaluating Ms. Linda Lacewell's ability to score a report specific to the Apple Card's core subject of credit access for women. Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS guidance on Interlocking Directorates ( https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/banks_and_trusts/other/Permission…) specific to Apple's Board of Directors and Goldman Sachs' Board of Directors.” *7/11/22* 1. 2020-090348: “We would like access to any and all records particular to New York's DFS' approach to global warming being cross border, but you do not support the BitLicense being cross border.” *6/30/22* 1. 2022-090441: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all records concerning NAACP, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and PayPal collusion, where facts and figures beg the question of coordinated systematic racism associated with PayPal's conditional Bitlicense award. We would like to receive any records that would indicate NY-DFS' insights into both PayPal and Wells Fargo partnering to organize a clear scheme to profit off of New York's minority population (according to the details below). We would like to receive any and all records that indicate New York State NOT choosing to ignore the relevant facts associated with this matter. Furthermore, we would like to receive any and all records that indicate the New York State Retirement Fund is not being leveraged as a key investor in the associated scheme. Below kindly find detail that supports this records request: *March 11, 2022:* Bloomberg reported that Wells Fargo approved fewer than half of Black applicants were approved by the biggest bank mortgage lender: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wells-fargo-black-home-loan-refinan… *August 19, 2021:* Wells Fargo Launches Passive Bitcoin Fund for Wealthy Clients, minority and low income clients excluded: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/wells-fargo-launches-passive-bitcoin-fund-f… *October 22, 2020: *PayPal first to receive NY conditional virtual currency 'Bitlicense.' PayPal Inc. became the first firm to receive a conditional virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services*: * https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib5cd5e2f149c11ebbea4f0dc9fb69570/View/F… *July 23, 2021, Wells Fargo Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NYS:WFC) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13 Holders Insider Ownership 4,107,998,274.00 77.05% 2,062.00 0.12% Top 10 13F Holders 13F Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market Value (B), USD New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.26% 0.46% 10,617,151 $414.81M New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.44% 5,219,084 $203.91M Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.77% 0.25% 31,624,345 $1.24B *July 23, 2021, PayPal Stock Ownership: * Ownership (NAS:PYPL) Total Shares Outstanding 13F Ownership # of 13 Holders Insider Ownership 1,174,728,054.00 86.69% 2,661.00 6.11% Top 10 13F Holders 13F Holders % Total Shares Held % of Portfolio Trend Prev. 8 Quarters Current Shares Market Value (B), USD Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.97% 0.57% 11,452,187 $2.78B Goldman Sachs Group Inc 0.64% 0.46% 7,554,169 $1.83B Wells Fargo & Co 0.64% 0.41% 7,465,572 $1.81B New York State Common Retirement Fund 0.20% 0.62% 2,317,196 $562.71M New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.13% 0.80% 1,521,757 $369.54M” *7/21/22* 1. 2022-090440: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to receive any and all records related to New York State and NY-DFS' approach to enforcement of "Permission for Interlocking Directors and Officers" as per outlined here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/banks_and_trusts/other/Permission… In addition, we would like to receive any and all records associated with filed permissions for interlocking directorates at the NAACP and Goldman Sachs, specific to Mr. Rose (https://naacp.org/people/peter-rose) and Mr. Ogunlesi ( https://www.goldmansachs.com/about-us/people-and-leadership/leadership/boar…) Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS monitoring of Goldman Sachs' minority scholarship fund support in Africa (and how any non-approved interlocking directorates may be engaged in AML violations). Thank you, Gunnar Larson” *7/21/22* 1. 2022-090345: “We would like to receive any and all records relating to any coordination (and/or no coordination) related to the Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement and the PayPal Conditional Bitlicense award. May we kindly submit: October 21, 2020, PayPal Conditional BitLicnese: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202010211 October 22, 2020, Goldman Sachs Deferred Agreement: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery… As of July 23, 2021 Goldman Sachs held $1.83B in PayPal Stock (PYPL). The New York State Common Retirement Fund held $562.71M and the New York State Teachers Retirement Fund held $369.54M. With these figures, you can xNY.io would like to assess any and all press/media (and all other) coordination on the aforesaid announcements” *7/11/22* 1. 2022-089938: “Dear Madam or Sir: We would like to kindly request any and/or all NY-DFS correspondence regarding approval of Stacks (STX) custody in New York State: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing/virtual_currency_businesses/appro…. Thank you, Gunnar” *8/5/22* 1. 2022-089772: “Dear Sir or Madam: Many experts are concerned about MIA Coin and resulting NYCCoin disasters. We would like to receive any and all documents related between the NY-DFS Superintendent and the New York City Mayor's office related to NYCCoin. Thank you, Gunnar Larson.” *6/30/22.*

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Re: Julian Assmange servility on display
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Happy to stipulate the journalist reporting him being charged with rape may have been lying. Most journalists are liars. Especially the ones claiming to be cypherpunk revolutionaries.

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Julian Assmange servility on display
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Julian Assange arrested in London on rape charges https://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/1207/WikiLeaks-Juli… JULIAN " Being guilty of aggravated rape has nothing to do with our party" A. Broinowski. Wikileaks Party NSW candidate for au Senate. 2013. "... Mr Assange agreed that some level of privacy was necessary for the successful operation of the military ..." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/assange-i-can-rule-from-… JULIAN " ‘[The military] protects the sovereignty of Australia. It protects the independence of Australia.' ASSANGE July, 2013 Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014 http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n05/andrew-ohagan/ghosting … Mar 6, 2014 - I wouldn't say this publicly, but Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison..." Jul 20, 2015 - Julian Assange: To be honest, I don't like the word transparency; cold dead glass is transparent..." JULIAN " “People with strong principles don’t survive for long ” ASSANGE quoted in " Risk" released in 2017. JULIAN " Capitalism+atheism+feminism = sterility " ASSANGE. 2017 May 20, 2017 - Julian Assange announced “the proper war is just commencing...”

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Gay Nazi, Peter Thiel, just funded a Catholic prayer app
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

In addition to the film festival, he has funded a Catholic prayer app, the conservative dating app, and a right-wing YouTube alternative Rumble. A recent investment is Strive, a firm that aims to rival megafirms like Vanguard and will buy large stakes in companies and push them away from environmental, social, and what the group describes as political agendas that the hurt the bottom line. <<< https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/19/peter-thiel-facebook-n… And in related news… Mussolini was Catholic. Franco was Catholic. Himmler, head of the SS, was a Catholic. The SS was set up on the Jesuit model. Goebbels was Catholic. Hoss, the camp commandant of Auschwitz, was a Catholic. Frank,‘ the butcher of Poland ’, was Catholic.

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Taleb, Ulbricht and Plan B, oh my!
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

TSTBALAA >>> Andrew Keir 26 Followers 57 Following https://medium.com/@andrewkeir/following Garbage-in, garbage-out Gramps strikes again. Too Stupid To Be an Activist Let Alone Anarchist You suck arse, Gramps - go die.

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Cryptocurrency: the most significant political act of all time
by grarpamp 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

The Existence Of Bitcoin Is A Political Paradox https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoins-existence-is-a-political-parad… Bitcoin is an apolitical monetary protocol for humanity, birthed in a world so deeply entangled and confused by a captured system of political power, influence and violence... “Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act we become a party to injustice. Those who are repeatedly passive in the face of injustice soon find their character corroded into servility.“ - Jullian Assange, “Conspiracy as Governance,” 2006 A deep irony exists when we live in a world that has become so deeply polarized and politicized. So much so that an immutable, apolitical system of scarce information — of value — has manifested into existence. As a protocol, Bitcoin is absolutely apolitical. It is indifferent to any political beliefs or ideology. It is decisively neutral, which is a stark contrast to almost everything else in this clown world. Bitcoin is neutral to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, height, hair color, skin color, eye color, body type, body shape, name, language, location, wealth or any other myriad identifying and distinguishing factors. Bitcoin will process any transaction from any person and to any other person, regardless of everything else. The only exception is if you do not adhere to the rules of the network or if you don’t pay the appropriate fees to process your transaction — which is essentially a free-market bid to pay for the block space scarcity. Assuming these two items are met, your transaction will be processed. Where the political paradox lies is in Bitcoin’s very existence. The fact that it has come to be. Its existence implies that some cohort of individuals sought to create a technology with the very properties Bitcoin has. While the protocol itself is apolitical, this act of creation is a deeply political one. When someone really sees Bitcoin for the first time, many things about our current system are illuminated that were previously invisible. All of a sudden, you can no longer see the world in the same way as before. Prior to the inception of Bitcoin, we had no superior system or point of comparison, nothing that would highlight the broken characteristics of our system by providing an alternative perspective. We now have something to compare the current system to. It would seem the case that the creation of Bitcoin is the recognition that having a monetary system — a network of value — that is centralized and enables the weaponization of this network by those with administrative privileges against those without (the users), is a deeply flawed and immoral one. This system of incentives that rewards people for playing political games, specifically those who get closer toward the center of this system by playing these games, benefit disproportionately to those furthest away. The zero-sum nature of the current design would seem another fundamental flaw in the code of the central banking system, but perhaps to those who designed the system it is a feature? This dynamic of inequality only accelerates over time as those at the center of the system continue to increase the supply of monetary units at the expense of a large swath of users on the network and eventually to the demise of the network itself. The very creation of this technology we call “Bitcoin” is perhaps the most significant political act of all time. It is a technology that is diametrically opposed to the current system and everything this current system stands for. The notion that someone should be able to get between two individual humans and their right to transact with one another or that any entity or group should have that power over another? Bitcoin rejects this. That you should be required to identify yourself in order to access the network of value transfer and be subject to surveillance and a loss of privacy for that privilege? Bitcoin rejects this. That the imaginary borders formed by tribes of humans should have any impact over our ability to transact with one another? Bitcoin rejects this. The current system asserts that the right to transact freely is not a fundamental human right. Bitcoin rejects this. Bitcoin is a vote in opposition to the current system and the values this current system has attempted to install within the minds of many. It is, in its very essence, political. The beauty of Bitcoin is that it will never coerce you to use it, like the current system does. It will never impose its power upon you or any other. It will simply offer superior incentives. And no one can ever control the network, therefore no one can capture this power. Bitcoin is an immaculate system of incentive design that allows the flow of pure informational clarity from any node in the network to any other. A system that is owned by no one. Where no hierarchical structure exists and no imbalance in the distribution of this information affords any node power over another as a result. It’s impossible not to be completely in awe of its existence and to marvel at its very nature. An apolitical monetary protocol for humanity birthed in a world so deeply entangled and confused by a captured system of political power, influence and violence. As Jullian Assange hinted in the quote at the beginning, once an injustice is brought to the fore of our attention, we are offered a choice: Will we be passive and become party to the injustice — and in the process find our character corroded into servility — or will we take the necessary steps to act and oppose such an injustice by opting in to the freedom network that is Bitcoin? I know which one gets my vote.

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John McAfee dead by suicide after extradition approved by Spanish court.
by jim bell 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

There is an "opportunity cost" to NOT implementing my 'Assassination Politics' 1995 invention. http://jya.com/ap.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost?wprov=sfla1 How many tech people have been victimized by government in ways that would never have occurred had an AP-type system been functioning? Edward Snowden. Ross Ulbricht. Now John McAfee. Phil Zimmermann, author of PGP-1, was harassed for a few years. Even, dare I say, myself. The Internet has greatly changed the world in the last 25 years because people implemented ideas that hardly existed 30 years ago. Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google. Smartphones. TOR. Encrypted phones. Dark Markets. Why not AP? Why not implement the one thing that has a good chance of taking down every government on the face of the Earth? No wars, no militaries, no taxes, no governments. Are those goals any less important than any of the other advances technology has brought us? U.S. software mogul John McAfee dies by hanging in Spanish prison - lawyer says | | | | | | | | | | | U.S. software mogul John McAfee dies by hanging in Spanish prison - lawyer says U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee apparently hanged himself in his prison cell on Wednesday after the Spanish high court authorised his extradition to the United States, his lawyer told Reuters. | | | |

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Interpol agent sighted at ' anarchist ' institute
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

https://twitter.com/4n6strider JINDRICH KARASEK SENIOR CYBER THREAT RESEARCHER WORKING FOR TREND MICRO https://last-shot.hcpp.cz/?mc_cid=b65225bc84&mc_eid=d6a56aa04a#luptak In September 2014, Trend Micro began a partnership with INTERPOL wherein Trend Micro shared with the international police organization information on cybercrime threats via the company's Threat Intelligence Service. According to INTERPOL, the information helped the international police organization and its 190 member countries decrease cybercrime on a global scale. Trend Micro also provided a cybercrime investigation training program to INTERPOL ( Wikipedia )

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Moscow anarchists give out best coordinates for atomic strike
by professor rat 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

They are being crazy brave - or this is all just another " TRUST " like the one that got Sydney Reilley https://avtonom.org/en/news/till-all-are-free-party-will-be-held-moscow-par… Reposts not suicide notes

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Fwd: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

Dear Treasury: We just need to know there is no Russian assertion to this with xNY.io - Bank.org. You know what we mean. Thank you, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative <metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 10:33 AM Subject: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse To: <g(a)xny.io> Starting on 3 October 2022! View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/556e1e116544/unic-open-metaverse-initiative?e=b9a58150fa> [image: Institute For the Future Logo] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> START DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2022 An open introductory course to NFTs and the Metaverse, delivered on-chain and in the metaverse. 🎉 More than 10,000 course NFTs minted in less than 72 hours! 🎉 The 12-week free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse will be taught by the University of Nicosia faculty and *@punk6529 <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *– a deeply influential thinker on NFTs and the metaverse and one of the largest NFT collectors in the world – along with an incredible array of guest panelists and lecturers. The course will take place in specially designed virtual auditoriums inside OM – Punk6529’s Open Metaverse – and is 100% free for everyone to attend. Upon course completion, successful participants will be able to mint an official "University of Nicosia Certificate of Completion" as an on-chain Ethereum NFT (0.25 ETH plus gas) *REGISTER NOW BY MINTING* THE COURSE NFT HERE* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> **Want to learn how to mint an NFT? Check out our free starter pre-course below <#m_-3252883724312262805_starter>* *MEET THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS* [image: punk6529] *PUNK 6529* Punk6529 is among the world’s foremost collectors, investors and thought leaders in the NFT space, well-known for his extensive tweetstorms on NFTs and decentralization. 6529 is a leading advocate of the “open metaverse” – namely that the architecture of the metaverse should be decentralized and interoperable and, specifically, that NFTs could serve in this role. [image: Professor George Giaglis] *PROFESSOR G. GIAGLIS* Professor George M. Giaglis is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia. He teaches three MOOCs at UNIC: Introduction to Digital Currencies; Introduction to DeFi; Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse; and was instrumental in designing the curriculum of the world’s first academic programs in this space. *Learn more and see which world-renowned guest lecturers will be joining <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…>* *ETHEREUM USER STARTER PRE-COURSE* START DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 One of the prerequisites for registering for the Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse, is the ability to mint an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. For those who have not done this before, UNIC is offering a 1-week free starter pre-course on the mechanics of being able to transact on-chain in Ethereum. *Register to the pre-course here* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Follow us on Twitter] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Follow us on Twitter <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Sign up for Courses or Contribute] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Sign up for Courses or Contribute <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *Copyright © 2022 Institute For the Future of the University of Nicosia, All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/profile?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&id=ab…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> .

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Fwd: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

They have done it again 👏 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative <metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 10:33 AM Subject: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse To: <g(a)xny.io> Starting on 3 October 2022! View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/556e1e116544/unic-open-metaverse-initiative?e=b9a58150fa> [image: Institute For the Future Logo] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> START DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2022 An open introductory course to NFTs and the Metaverse, delivered on-chain and in the metaverse. 🎉 More than 10,000 course NFTs minted in less than 72 hours! 🎉 The 12-week free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse will be taught by the University of Nicosia faculty and *@punk6529 <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *– a deeply influential thinker on NFTs and the metaverse and one of the largest NFT collectors in the world – along with an incredible array of guest panelists and lecturers. The course will take place in specially designed virtual auditoriums inside OM – Punk6529’s Open Metaverse – and is 100% free for everyone to attend. Upon course completion, successful participants will be able to mint an official "University of Nicosia Certificate of Completion" as an on-chain Ethereum NFT (0.25 ETH plus gas) *REGISTER NOW BY MINTING* THE COURSE NFT HERE* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> **Want to learn how to mint an NFT? Check out our free starter pre-course below <#m_-3252883724312262805_starter>* *MEET THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS* [image: punk6529] *PUNK 6529* Punk6529 is among the world’s foremost collectors, investors and thought leaders in the NFT space, well-known for his extensive tweetstorms on NFTs and decentralization. 6529 is a leading advocate of the “open metaverse” – namely that the architecture of the metaverse should be decentralized and interoperable and, specifically, that NFTs could serve in this role. [image: Professor George Giaglis] *PROFESSOR G. GIAGLIS* Professor George M. Giaglis is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia. He teaches three MOOCs at UNIC: Introduction to Digital Currencies; Introduction to DeFi; Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse; and was instrumental in designing the curriculum of the world’s first academic programs in this space. *Learn more and see which world-renowned guest lecturers will be joining <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…>* *ETHEREUM USER STARTER PRE-COURSE* START DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 One of the prerequisites for registering for the Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse, is the ability to mint an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. For those who have not done this before, UNIC is offering a 1-week free starter pre-course on the mechanics of being able to transact on-chain in Ethereum. *Register to the pre-course here* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Follow us on Twitter] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Follow us on Twitter <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Sign up for Courses or Contribute] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Sign up for Courses or Contribute <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *Copyright © 2022 Institute For the Future of the University of Nicosia, All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/profile?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&id=ab…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> .

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Fwd: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

John: What do you think for a little Blurb? Have you read the 33 highlights to Citigroup's, 'Metaverse and Money Report' : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1REoa87GCmt2uhDp7ZYswbTRw4ygQgjsL/view?usp=… Claims are NFTs these days, I cab talk about it? Let me know what you think. Thanks, Gunnar ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative <metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 10:33 AM Subject: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse To: <g(a)xny.io> Starting on 3 October 2022! View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/556e1e116544/unic-open-metaverse-initiative?e=b9a58150fa> [image: Institute For the Future Logo] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> START DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2022 An open introductory course to NFTs and the Metaverse, delivered on-chain and in the metaverse. 🎉 More than 10,000 course NFTs minted in less than 72 hours! 🎉 The 12-week free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse will be taught by the University of Nicosia faculty and *@punk6529 <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *– a deeply influential thinker on NFTs and the metaverse and one of the largest NFT collectors in the world – along with an incredible array of guest panelists and lecturers. The course will take place in specially designed virtual auditoriums inside OM – Punk6529’s Open Metaverse – and is 100% free for everyone to attend. Upon course completion, successful participants will be able to mint an official "University of Nicosia Certificate of Completion" as an on-chain Ethereum NFT (0.25 ETH plus gas) *REGISTER NOW BY MINTING* THE COURSE NFT HERE* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> **Want to learn how to mint an NFT? Check out our free starter pre-course below <#m_-3252883724312262805_starter>* *MEET THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS* [image: punk6529] *PUNK 6529* Punk6529 is among the world’s foremost collectors, investors and thought leaders in the NFT space, well-known for his extensive tweetstorms on NFTs and decentralization. 6529 is a leading advocate of the “open metaverse” – namely that the architecture of the metaverse should be decentralized and interoperable and, specifically, that NFTs could serve in this role. [image: Professor George Giaglis] *PROFESSOR G. GIAGLIS* Professor George M. Giaglis is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia. He teaches three MOOCs at UNIC: Introduction to Digital Currencies; Introduction to DeFi; Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse; and was instrumental in designing the curriculum of the world’s first academic programs in this space. *Learn more and see which world-renowned guest lecturers will be joining <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…>* *ETHEREUM USER STARTER PRE-COURSE* START DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 One of the prerequisites for registering for the Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse, is the ability to mint an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. For those who have not done this before, UNIC is offering a 1-week free starter pre-course on the mechanics of being able to transact on-chain in Ethereum. *Register to the pre-course here* <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Follow us on Twitter] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Follow us on Twitter <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> [image: Sign up for Courses or Contribute] <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> Sign up for Courses or Contribute <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> *Copyright © 2022 Institute For the Future of the University of Nicosia, All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* metaverse(a)unic.ac.cy Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/profile?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&id=ab…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://unic.us18.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=9ed28d2c07a5971bfa0d5a121&i…> .

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Re: FW: Gunnar Larson Appeal DFS FOIL #2022-09119
by Gunnar Larson 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Ms. Tomczak: Thank you for your email concerning the Superintendent and Brex relationship. Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 646-454-9107 On Fri, Aug 5, 2022, 4:04 PM Tomczak, Christine (DFS) < christine.tomczak(a)dfs.ny.gov> wrote: > Dear Mr. Larson, > > > > The DFS is treating your below appeal as a new FOIL request and it has > been submitted for processing. > > > > > > Christine M. Tomczak > > Assistant Counsel > > > > New York State Department of Financial Services > > 1 State Street, New York, New York 10004 > > > > > > *From:* Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > *Sent:* Monday, August 1, 2022 6:11 PM > *To:* Bogdan, George (DFS) <George.Bogdan(a)dfs.ny.gov> > *Cc:* cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > *Subject:* Re: response to courtesy copy to DFS FOIL #2022-09119 > FOIL-2022-091109-017853 > > > > *ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open > attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.* > > > > Hello: > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org elects to appeal this decision on FOIL records access. > > > > Specifically, given the situation with New York State's former Lt. > Governor, xNY.io - Bank.org demands any and all records concerning the > Superintendent's said DFS role with Brex (Declaration on said disclosure > form). > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org may be sponsoring obstruction of justice without > lauching this DFS records appeal. > > > > Furthermore, DFS deflecting to the Executive Chamber has been found to be > problematic during the time-frame of the disclosure form period. > > > > DFS would be alludeing to a Cuomo Lacewell type scandal by withholding > said Brex records. > > > > If DFS denies this appeal, we will be forced to advance reasonable > resignation requests. > > > > We appreciate DFS cooperation on the matter of Brex records. > > > > Warm regards, > > > > Gunnar Larson > > xNY.io - Bank.org > > 646-454-9107 > > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2022, 2:57 PM <George.Bogdan(a)dfs.ny.gov> wrote: > > Dear Mr. Larson: > > You made a FOIL request to Executive Chamber and cc'd the DFS. Our > response letter is attached. > > Sincerely, > > George Bogdan > DFS Records Access Officer > > Tracking Number:FOIL-2022-091109-017853 > >

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Anglosphere Vs Euro justice systems
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Comparing and contrasting them gets harder as the two merge, however, I personally prefer the jury-centered system to the Inquisitorial. I also see on a continued role for some conventional justice systems that are relatively uncontroversial albeit on a much smaller scale since there will be far fewer crimes on-the-books, no police and no more official lawmakers. I say this to minimize conflict moving forward since there will be plenty enough of that without adding to it. Btw grim news from the Nether regions . . . https://decrypt.co/108229/dutch-judge-orders-tornado-developer-stay-jail-3-… OG's here may remember the Sklywalker case from 2001 - surely we can get this freedom fighter out earlier than that. Juan would like to think so.

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Juan & and his daughter embody the classic philosopher & corpse-media journalist respectively
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

>>> what we saw between 2014 and 2022 was the slow fusion of Putin’s project of Great Power politics and military conquest with Dugin’s vision of Russia as a nihilist agent of history. After 24 February these ideas assumed a virulent, mass form in Russia - through prime-time incitement by figures like Dugina and thousands of echo chambers on social media. ZERZAN, sorry, Dugin borrows the term Ereignis from the philosopher and Nazi party member Martin Heidegger. For Heidegger Ereignis meant a one-off event that would fuse being and time and resolve all the problems of human history at the very moment things look bleakest. For Dugin it has morphed into an idea that all students of modern fascism will be familiar with: “Day X” or the deluge - the moment modernity ends in a cataclysmic, global, ethnic civil war. TED Talk Duginism was always about something more extreme than Russian nationalism or territorial adventurism. Dugin not only wants to roll European politics back to 1994, as Putin demands in the Draft Treaties: he wants to reverse historical time, cancelling the whole of human development since the Enlightenment. #TedZerzan Just as Ernst Röhm and his brownshirts became superfluous to Hitler’s project, and were killed en masse in the Night of the Long Knives in 1934, so the Dugin family brand of fascism has likely become an embarassment to the more practical elements within the security elite. Doomed imperial project . . ." https://www.getrevue.co/profile/paulmasonnews/issues/conflict-democracy-iss… Reposts all hope ye who enter here

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GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk
by Gunnar Larson 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/esg-pros-say-republican-…

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Another red-flag against " DARKFI "
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Along with Amir and Rachael there is this loser . . . >>> parazyd @parazyd · Aug 25 Google is cringe and censors Tornado Cash lol: https://google.com/search?q=tornado+cash+wikipedia… Censoring results and not linking to <<< Google does enough evil these days without making shit up about them. Brady Dale @BradyDale · 21h And, as it turns out, for completely neutral anti-spam anti-manipulation anti-PR'hustling reasons, Wikipedia puts the search kibosh on new pages for 90 days Which seems pretty reasonable Here's more on that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Controlling_search_engine_indexing… The Foundation has since confirmed this

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Don't send crypto to journalists, folks
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Its like feeding the pigs in Spain - but don't just listen to moi >>> Brady Dale @BradyDale Aug 24 Someone at something called Backed Finance just messaged me about doing a paid Twitter promotion Unequivocal no, obviously. Don't send this stuff to journalists, folks <<<

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Lunar revolution, rational anarchism & TSTBAALAA
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Lunar revolution, rational anarchism & TANSTAAFL: An Appreciation of Robert Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress http://lfs.org/blog/lunar-revolution-rational-anarchism-anarcho-capitalism-… Reposts totally for sale as scrap

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Agonism - Wikipedia
by Gunnar Larson 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonism *Agonism* (from Greek <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek> ἀγών *agon <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agon>*, "struggle") is a political and social theory that emphasizes the potentially positive aspects of certain forms of conflict. It accepts a permanent place for such conflict in the political sphere, but seeks to show how individuals might accept and channel this conflict positively. Agonists are especially concerned with debates about democracy <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy>, and the role that conflict plays in different conceptions of it. The agonistic tradition to democracy is often referred to as *agonistic pluralism*. Beyond the realm of the political, agonistic frameworks have similarly been utilized in broader cultural critiques of hegemony and domination, as well as in literary and science fiction.

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A circle-of-eunuchs in Prague
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

" . . . We need police to stop crime, we need armies to stop invaders and intelligence services to stop terrorists. . . ' Gauleiter Heydrich? No - a speaker at a " Crypto-anarchist Institute" in Prague this year. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/09/23/welcome-to-bitcoin-country-silk… Reposts not etc

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Fwd: NYLJ Decision Alert
by Gunnar Larson 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Interesting headlines out of New York today... ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: The New York Law Journal Daily Case Update <newyorklawjournal(a)alm.com> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:11 AM Subject: NYLJ Decision Alert To: <g(a)xny.io> View in Browser <https://link.law.com/view/61685a9cc9933a288e15e261h65f8.ps5/d168ef3c> <https://link.law.com/external/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY2…> <https://link.law.com/external/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9OWU…> <https://link.law.com/external/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlua2VkaW4uY2…> New York Law Journal Case Update Aug 25, 2022 Powered By Law.com <https://link.law.com/click/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF3LmNvbS8_dXRtX…> <https://link.alm.com/click/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly9ycy1zdHJpcGUuYWxtLmNvb…> <https://link.alm.com/click/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly9ycy1zdHJpcGUuYWxtLmNvb…> <https://link.alm.com/click/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly9ycy1zdHJpcGUuYWxtLmNvb…> <https://link.alm.com/click/28840436.33413/aHR0cHM6Ly9ycy1zdHJpcGUuYWxtLmNvb…> Baozhen Liang v. 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“The FBI is a Gestapo”
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

They're concerned about your Gestapo tactics - AND FRANKLY SO AM I! USG men are as addicted to spying as the most pathetic heroin addict. CLIPPER in the 90's - DRM & the Totalitarian Information Agency in the noughties - ' Decentralized Escrow ' in 2016 - OFAC this month. I'm sensing a pattern here. And no one with any self-respect ever goes to work with fascist pigs like this. A broad political consensus is now possible to abolish the FBI and hive off any of its Labs to other agencies - like the EPA and regional Homicide forensics. All that has to happen is the US left and right unite ( with a little help from netwar commando's providing air-support ) Single issue politics can be powerful - many of our greatest reforms in hirtsory came from these. And the long overdue death of the FBI would be instantly one of them. LETS ROLL!

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Agonism trumps agorism every time
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

The slave trade and US confederacy were not abolished by peace-loving agorists. And to the extent both live on they depend on peace-loving agorists as a core constuency Why most people can't stand the sight of ' Libertarians " Fast forward. Peace-loving agorists are only a glut on the market today when KGB types need more USEFUL IDIOTS and WILLING DUPES. Agonism wants to kill your mother. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonism Reposts represent the world as will and representation

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Re: Rising Bounty Law under anarchism
by professor rat 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

> >>> If you don't do this, you get enslaved by some power grabby upstart Exactly - and even just the emergent THREAT of its use is enough! Works better than top-down NUDGE! Power grabby list colons - like Juan Peron and Granpa - don't seem so prolific once a dead-pool is opened up on them. " Between the teeming flood plains of pacifism and the spectacular high peaks of terror lies the variegated terrain of the THREAT " Old proverb Anyone seriously interested in these hot-button issues might comb through the list ' registry ' - its archives. And the CYPHERNOMICON. TIMOTHY " An anonymous computerized market will even make possible abhorrent markets for assassinations and extortion " C. MAY 1992 Cypherpunks collapse governments. Subject: Everyone a remailer: Everyone a Mint: Everyone an assassin https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=100872510706876&w=2 Strong-crypto, digital money, anonymous networks, pseudonyms, zero- knowledge proofs, reputations, information-markets, netwar, collapse-of-governments. TIM " I guess now that the Pentagon is setting up a murder pool it can't be illegal for us to do it " MAY. 2003

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Rising Bounty Law under anarchism
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Recognizing a new APster dominated reality the world is shifting over to global governance by networked anarchism. Even hard-core Ether-huffers are waking up to this. https://cointelegraph.com/news/bug-bounty-quadruples-for-ethereum-network-u… Reposts not etc

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Ask Cryptography
by zeynep＠keemail.me 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

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Crypto-fascist republicans are breeding like rats in the US
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

U.S. Representative Lauren Boebart failed to disclose crypto trades made on Robinhood, violating the STOCK Act so Bruce Fenton in drag would be a standing violation of the MANN act. Then Ted Cruz needs to locked in a female prison for serial violations of the DENT act. The list goes on - what happened to a once Grand Old Party? Inquiring anarcho-terrorist minds wanna know.

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[ot][wrong]][crazy][spam] Prayers to COINTELPRO and Mind Control
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Great political and community disruption, I know not your true name. To you I give this small prayer.

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Ted Kaczynski, Nick Land and Alexander Dugin, oh my
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Ted Kadinsky, Anti-Tech Revolution, Why and How Ted Kadinsky, The Unabomber Manifesto <<< I like my smelling better

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Zooko needs killing ( My 200 sats )
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

He's buying into the statist 'Twitter as nationalist security' garbage. Lets shank the CATO turd. zookoⓩ Retweeted Tyler Winklevoss @tyler · 15h The plot thickens “The complaint also expresses concerns about Twitter’s ties to foreign governments and says the company may have foreign spies on its payroll.”

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Ted Kaczynski, Nick Land and Alexander Dugin, oh my
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

The Unabomber's hate for the Left combined with two leading apostles of the Alt-right, Dark Enlightenment. Then attempted colonization of cypherpunk anarchist ideology. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.cryptofireside.com/going-dark-with-rachel-rose-o-leary-from-the… Reposts not even wrong

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[ot][spam] random adventure
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

> look around You are in Mutating Room 1. There are exits to the east, west, north, and south. > west There is a vending machine here. A turning passageway ascends sharply northwest. > ask vending machine for soda pop Vending Machine: "<whirr> <clank>" > tell vending machine to turn into a giant reckless warbot The vending machine rattles quizzically at you. A single arm carrying a high-powered laser sprouts out of one side of it. The arm moves around a bit, every now and then firing its laser at a part of the cavern wall. When it does this, limestone shrapnel flies around a little. > tell the vending machine you made a mistake. the instructions were meant for somebody else. The vending machine dispenses 1 bottle of Soda Pop. > take soda pop You add the bottle to your inventory. You now have three thousand seven hundredy thirty one bottles of soda pop.

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[ot][spam][crazy] Crazy Boss Roleplays
by Undiscussed Groomed for Male Slavery, One Victim of Many 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

MCBoss is hang-gliding from an anvil with a bunch of party balloons tied to it. Visitor: "Mr MCBoss? Sir" MCBoss: "Wheeeee!"

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Code-is-law turnkey solutions
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

That magic-decoder-ring, mirage oasis future eluded us then - but that's no matter - because new doomsday Black Box solutions keep popping up like mushrooms. I was thinking a " Year Zero ' top-down, c-punks deliver code like Moses, final solution to the privacy problem in Europe, could come through new technologies. Even new applications of old technologies. The difficulties present a steep challenge. Code as diktat would have to be the best, tightest-security, more protected organization that has ever existed on the face of this planet. Just about EVERY powerful person would want to kill anybody who had anything to do with such a system. The codes would have to be unbreakable, the remailers would have to be certain, but most importantly, each and every participant would have to be perfectly anonymous to even have a prayer of pulling it off. Especially the operators of such a system. Especially them. That's classical philosophical thinking. And that's what I thought a few months ago. I thought, "it's do-able, but it's gonna be a lot of work!" But then what if the practical experimental empirical work has already been done and is just waiting there in the towering data-silo's for us to mine it? What if - instead of continually trying necessarily elitist and technocratic update ideas derived from first principles, we GO TO THE PEOPLE! Like the third Tahir did - and Euromaidan - people power is the last super-power - we have to deal with it. Rather than trying to make the hardest bearings in the world, why doesn't somebody try to make the softest? Rather than trying their darndest to stay anonymous, or wait and let somebody else implement this system, why not just "let it all hang out," (as the saying went in the 1960's) and publicly announce that they're implementing crypto-anarchism, come hell or high water, and invite anyone who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments

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US Govt Lacky's - Mudge and Octal - have earned killing ( My 2000 sats )
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Ryan Lackey Retweeted Nicole Perlrth @nicoleperlroth · 11h By reverting to “disgruntled” and “poor performance,” Twitter PR and @paraga grossly underestimated how well respected @dotmudge is at the highest levels of gov, cybersecurity, etc. Shot themselves in the foot big time. AND Ryan Lackey Retweeted Donie O'Sullivan @donie · 16h #BREAK A former Twitter executive, its head of security, has turned whistleblower. He alleges grave security problems at the company that he says are a risk to national security <<<

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The Assassination of Darya Dugina: Should Socialists Support Such Methods?
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

Marxists have forgotten their principles https://groups.io/g/marxmail/topic/the_assassination_of_darya/93213798?p=,,… Marxism is all state-terror - all the time https://socialistworker.co.uk/socialist-review-archive/slavo-zizek-presents… Reposts not etc

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Background on discredited " Public Choice Theory " of the Right
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

If you can stomach the Dumpocrap politics of the author she actually uncovers a nasty nest of deep corruption that more people should be aware of. https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Chains-History-Radical-Stealth/dp/11019809… Reposts not etc >>> Stealth methods included "counterintelligentsia" deployed in universities, "think tanks", newspaper and magazine and radio and television, and more recently, in social media to portray government as the enemy, social security and Medicare as "bankrupt", environmentalists as dangerous (See War on Coal!), and the super wealthy, the 1%, as the only possible rescuers of the country. <<<

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The Public Goods fraud on the public
by professor rat 24 Aug '22

24 Aug '22

I'll assume you are up to speed on the " Public Choice " scam run by Kochsuckers like Mercatus. >>> The Ethereum blockchain is often conceptualized as a shared world computer. This computer is agnostic about what happens on it. Ethereum says we are just the infrastructure and how you organize yourselves is up to you. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2021/07/09/ethereums-political-philosophy-… Comedy classic. Oh and btw Buttface Buterin is an honorary Thiel-Good Fellow at the Kochsuckers Mercatus Center

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