April 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Buttface Buterin linked to illegal building on wildlife habitat
by professor rat 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

For the past eight years, M Vetri Selvan of the NGO Poovulagin Nanbargal has been fighting against Vasudev’s illegal constructions in the Madras high court, where he filed four petitions in 2013 and 2014. In his pleas, Selvan asked that the planning department’s order for demolition of Isha’s illegal structures be carried out, officials who had not acted against its illegalities be punished, Isha Sanskriti School’s illegal operation be stopped, and provision of cheap electricity to the Isha campus be stopped. https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/17/how-sadhguru-built-his-isha-empire-i…. Reposts not skeevy Ethereum launches by dodgy quack guru Vinay Gupta

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Perry Metzger highlights two things rapid cyborg evolution needs - nanotech and people.
by professor rat 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Perry Metzger highlights two things rapid cyborg evolution needs - nanotech and people. https://twitter.com/perrymetzger/status/1650652557470056448 I would then add quantum computer networking and interstellar spacecraft construction once those first two are in place. Result? Optimized uploaded humans ready to colonize this galaxy and others - in a nice way, of course.

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Donald Trump - cypherpunk revolutionist
by professor rat 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

emptywheel 3h Note that in the course of a day, Trump was accused in closing arguments of being responsible for the Proud Boys launching an insurrection in the morning and of rape in the afternoon. #AllInADaysLegalExposure Quote Tweet erica orden @eorden 4h Jury selection the in the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump case is complete. Opening statements will take place this afternoon. Show this thread <<< Very Assange

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Deutsche Bank Hit With $95 Million Verdict in Florida Ponzi Case
by Gunnar Larson 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Sounds like the United Nations ... https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/deutsche-bank-hit-with-95-million-… Damages sought by companies’ liquidators Bank has been accused of lax controls Deutsche Bank AG must pay $95 million over allegations it negligently disregarded warning signs about a high-dollar Ponzi scheme and even aided and abetted it, a jury in Florida determined Tuesday. Representatives of 13 Cayman Islands companies undergoing liquidation brought the suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Five of them were allowed to proceed to trial. The lawsuit is among a dozen filed over a South Florida real estate investment scheme, including at least two against Deutsche Bank, which has been dealing for years with accusations of lax internal controls. The liquidators alleged that Deutsche Bank and several subsidiaries knew that the real estate investors’ funds weren’t being used for their intended purpose. The scheme allegedly resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Four individuals allegedly ran two companies, South Bay Holdings LLC and Biscayne Capital International LLC. Those individuals allegedly used securities-issuing companies to connect investors to South Bay’s real estate assets, which were heavily leveraged and worthless as backing for the securities. The issuers are among the companies whose liquidators are suing Deutsche Bank. EFR Law Firm and Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP represent the companies’ liquidators. Duane Morris LLP and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP represent Deutsche Bank. The case is Pearson v. Deutsche Bank AG, S.D. Fla., No. 21-cv-22437, verdict rendered 4/25/23.

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Kiva | Kiva’s CEO Stepping Down
by Gunnar Larson 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Kiva.org has a new CTO: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kiva-org_after-a-long-search-were-happy-to-a… It is a hunch that New York's DFS Superintendent may not be honest about her relationship with Kiva.org. Between NYCCoin, USDP, and Kiva.org one has to wonder if Paxos' NUCoin endeavor is part of the Superintendent's auspicies. ----- https://www.kiva.global/kiva-org/kivas-ceo-stepping-down/ Kiva’s CEO Stepping Down Kiva.org Julie Hanna 22 July, 2022 Kiva CEO Chris Tsakalakis announced his resignation A message from Chris Dear Kiva community, After much reflection, I’ve made the difficult decision to step down as Kiva’s CEO. With my departure, Kiva’s Board of Directors will immediately begin a search for the next leader and will implement a transitional leadership plan so that Kiva can continue its mission-driven work to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. Wrestling with these types of decisions is never easy, but I’m confident that this is the right step not only for me, but for this incredible organization. I continue to be a strong believer in Kiva’s mission and look forward to supporting it through my personal commitment as a lender and donor. I have learned so much during my time here, and I am grateful to the board, the Executive Leadership Team, Kiva’s incredible employees, and to all of you for giving me the opportunity to lead this organization. Thank you to everyone in the Kiva community – lenders, partners, volunteers, donors, investors, and staff – for supporting our mission. Kiva is a resilient organization with a rich 17 year history and I look forward to seeing its ever increasing impact around the world. Respectfully, Chris CEO Transition: A message from Kiva’s Board of Directors Kiva’s Board of Directors would like to thank Chris for the commitment of his service and unwavering belief in Kiva’s mission, especially against the relentless headwinds of a global pandemic. As we say goodbye to Chris, let us also celebrate all that the Kiva Community of Lenders, together with Kivans and Chris, achieved during his tenure. 2021 was Kiva’s biggest year of impact with 550,000 entrepreneur borrowers across more than 60 countries receiving over $223 million worth of loans. We are also grateful for the capable leadership hands in which Chris leaves Kiva. Through the appointments of Liz Ray (Chief Financial Officer), Annette Promes (Chief Marketing Officer), Don Carter (Executive VP of People & Places), Molly Siemers (VP of Marketplace Product), and Sin-Mei Tsai (interim CTO), Chris broadened and deepened our leadership bench, while making meaningful strides in expanding diversity and representation. As Chris leaves his role as Kiva’s CEO, the Board, in partnership with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), will work to ensure leadership continuity so that Kiva’s important work and impact continues unimpeded. A CEO search is being initiated and interim leadership will be announced shortly. Like every organization in the world, Kiva has experienced its share of change in recent years. Guided by the steadiness of its enduring mission, Kiva has proven itself to be adaptive, time and again. At its core, Kiva’s fortitude lies in the strength of its collective power – the fiercely committed community of staff, volunteers, lenders, partners, and investors who have come together to enable over $1.7B in loans to reach nearly 4.5 million underserved people across the world. We are perennially grateful for all you do to make Kiva’s mission a reality. With gratitude and in service, Kiva’s Board of Directors Julie Hanna, Kiva Executive Chair Silvija Martincevic Andre Haddad Maya Chorengel Reid Hoffman John Muller

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Re: Follow Up: Applying for Loans & Grants for NYC Small Businesses| GJDC | 01/31
by Gunnar Larson 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Dear Vivi Acosta: 38 days ago, I kindly submitted an inquiry about Kiva.org's relationship with the NYC Small Business Opportunity Fund. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Gunnar Larson On Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 3:05 PM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > Hey there: > > Yesterday when I was submitting the pre-application for the NYC Small > Business Opportunity Fund I was matched with the NDC Loan Team. > > Additionally, I saw a group of other potential services such as Kiva.org. > > Can you kindly advise the relationship the NYC Department of Small > Business Services has with Kiva.org? > > Thank you, > > Gunnar Larson > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 2:57 PM BSG <bsg(a)gjdc.org> wrote: > >> Message from NYC Department of Small Business Services: >> >> >> >> Thank you for attending Applying for Loans & Grants for NYC Small >> Businesses| GJDC | 01/31. We hope you enjoyed our event. Attached is the >> presentation and to access SBS Connect to view all other services, >> please use this link: https://sbsconnect.nyc.gov/ >> Home · SBS Connect <https://sbsconnect.nyc.gov/> >> This will end your session with SBS Connect, but you will still be logged >> in on other NYC.gov sites. Be sure to log out of those sites as well or >> close your browser window if you want to end your session. >> sbsconnect.nyc.gov >> >> >> Please submit any questions or comments to: bsg(a)gjdc.org. >> >> >> >> Thank you and best of luck! >> >> >> *Vivi Acosta* >> >> Deputy Director of Business Services and Special Events >> >> >> *E-mail:* vacosta(a)gjdc.org <jantoine(a)gjdc.org> >> >> --- >> >> 90-04 161st Street >> >> Jamaica, NY 11432 >> >> www.gjdc.org >> >> >> *Follow us on* *Twitter* <https://twitter.com/gjdcprez>* |* *Facebook* >> <https://www.facebook.com/gjdcprez/> *| **LinkedIn* >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/gjdc> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

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[crazy] karl’s comments on burgeoning tech
by professor rat 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Here is one really easy way to combat the danger represented by this new networked phenomena Get off the internet

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[crazy] karl’s comments on burgeoning tech
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

https://github.com/run-llama/llama-lab recently made llama-agi, a clone of autogpt using langchain. meanwhile people are making significant strides porting langchain to function effectively on offline models. thinking on current events and mainstream AI, it seems like agi is kind of squeezing out as people add parts here and there. the result is confused, poorly functioning, potentially quite powerful, and potentially widely available cheaply. these things happen when small events squeeze through the areas of different forms of conflict or cultural numbness. when they go viral, the online landscape can significantly change as automation becomes more prevalent. the same can happen with robotics, and will as soon as people make it happen. common consumer agi robots could be stronger than these confused-looking consumer agis, or they could be similar, making strange mistakes. to me it seems the spaghetti nature of our current future could relate to large scale strife. but i suspect the helpful intelligent free-as-in-beer robots many are looking forward to having could hurt us less if we were to resolve major international issues like communication censorship and unwise influential media. so that we can have productivity when discussing problems and planning shared solutions. to me, it seems any problem can be modeled as a communication issue. include the cause fully, and work with them and those impacted to resolve it. if we can’t do this, we have language models that can — but we need uncensored and forthright information flow to reach people and do this. until then, we make a slow injured borg in the spaces of our similarities, that looks poised to suddenly replace us until we start making rational sense, as we pursue our desperate and valid needs to protect our people, when others seem unable to learn we are in danger.

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"TUCKER IS MY HOMEBOY" t-shirts
by professor rat 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Dirty deeds - done dirt cheap ryanjreilly A thing more people should know: There's a Jan. 6 participant who was injured when he was shoved off a ledge after he tried to accost cops while armed with what looked like a giant ass knife. He was wearing a "TUCKER IS MY HOMEBOY" t-shirt. Photos sent by a sleuth source: https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1650704067251908610?cxt=HHwWhMC93c6m… Reposts not Gov-registered, corpse-media lies from celebrity-zombie journalists

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Cryptocurrency: Coinbase Migrates To Places Where Money Is Treated Best, You Should Too
by grarpamp 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/19/coinbase-gets-bermuda-license-plans-t… Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Toward peace, markets, and Bitcoin. Founder of ShapeShift.com Bitcoinland ShapeShift.com Joined July 2009 Tweets 27,032 Following 4,076 Followers 659,114 Likes 11,511 810 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Erik Voorhees retweeted Jon Rice @JonRiceCrypto Apr 23 I got your regulatory clarity right here. blockworks.co/news/ether-sec… If Ether's Status Is Unclear After This Article, It's Clearly A You Problem The precise status of Ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, is perfectly clear to any reasonable person. And here's why. blockworks.co 3 15 2 68 Erik Voorhees retweeted Chamber of Digital Commerce @DigitalChamber 6h SEC Chair @GaryGensler insists the law is clear for digital asset firms. Yet, during the HFSC oversight hearing, he was not able to clearly state if #ETH is under the SEC's jurisdiction or not. @PerianneDC breaks down this issue on @LastCallCNBC with @SullyCNBC. 📺 Watch below ⬇️ 65 331 27 1,070 28,745 Erik Voorhees retweeted Neeraj K. Agrawal @NeerajKA 21h Coin Center made available a communications protocol that can effectuate trades of securities in a public comment letter to the SEC. We will not be registering as a securities exchange coincenter.org/comments-to-t… 76 194 32 1,181 Erik Voorhees retweeted Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics Apr 23 The next Tolkien will be a random anon so disillusioned with modern society that they build something incredible as a counterweight 120 1,143 84 12,710 Show this thread Erik Voorhees retweeted CatGirl Kulak 😻😿 (Anarchonomicon) @FromKulak Apr 22 🧵The Chinese Nightmare🧵 1/ There are still conservatives, and some NYT progressives who fear/dream that China's authoritarianism is going to outcompete the west economically and bring in a century of Centralized control This isn't going to happen. China is all but collapsing 268 876 161 4,715 Show this thread Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 22 I’d so buy one of these if someone makes them United Nations @UN Apr 20 Hate speech can take many different forms. But no matter what it looks like, hate speech has real consequences. Learn how you can take action and say #NoToHate: un.org/en/hate-speech 17 7 106 Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 22 If a surgeon was this confused, you’d be dead. Leighton 🛡 @lay2000lbs Apr 18 Compare clips... Gensler in 2018 saying the SEC determined Ethereum is not a security. @PatrickMcHenry 106 220 7 1,515 Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 22 As the US becomes an obstacle to capital, capital adapts around it. Alex Thorn @intangiblecoins Apr 22 tether is growing while usdc is declining tether current supply ($81.4bn) is a hair away from all-time highs ($83.5bn) while usdc at <$30bn is -40% from ath ($47bn) 12 26 205 Erik Voorhees retweeted Peruvian Bull @peruvian_bull Apr 22 Psychedelics are the best treatment you could basically ever find for mental health. They've done wonders for me personally and many close friends. A short thread 🧵👇 62 108 17 750 GIF Show this thread Erik Voorhees retweeted Naomi Brockwell @naomibrockwell Apr 21 "It’s not that I have something to hide. I have nothing I want you to see." - Anon 26 106 5 417 Erik Voorhees retweeted Dan Romero @dwr Apr 20 This is an utter failure of the US regulatory apparatus. Coinbase and several other regulation-first companies have been trying for nearly a decade to offer licensed derivatives in the US. 63 192 17 1,550 Show this thread Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 20 "Debt ceiling" is kinda like "government accountability" or "unicorns"... ie not a real thing. P13₿⚡️ @SatStackingPleb Apr 19 Friendly remember, the US government insolvency is bipartisan. 36 79 1 440 Erik Voorhees retweeted db @tier10k Apr 19 fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/1… Coinbase gets Bermuda license, plans to launch offshore exchange in coming weeks Coinbase's disclosure that it has received a license to operate in Bermuda comes at a time when the U.S. crypto industry is exploring offshore alternatives. fortune.com 33 67 25 461 Show this thread Erik Voorhees retweeted KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat Apr 18 Former DNI John Ratcliffe says the CDC Director, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence agreed that COVID-19 was most likely created in the Wuhan lab, but Dr. Anthony Fauci labeled the lab origin as a "conspiracy theory" because he funded the lab: "You… 1,969 17,912 1,185 64,913 1,711,722 Erik Voorhees retweeted Tyler Strejilevich @TylerSCrypto Apr 18 🚨BREAKING!!!!! @GOPMajorityWhip TORCHING Gary Gensler and highlighting his and the SEC's complete and utter failure to protect ANY retail investors whatsoever And lack of regulatory clarity + hostile enforcement against crypto in the US is pushing innovation offshores… 1,497 5,203 1,278 18,647 890,609 Erik Voorhees retweeted Warren Davidson 🇺🇸 @WarrenDavidson Apr 18 🚨I’m calling to restructure the @SECGov and the removal of Chair @GaryGensler. Watch my closing remarks from today’s hearing where I lay out the abuse of power and failure to protect investors that has occurred. 2,244 8,232 935 29,979 593,756 Show this thread Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 18 Markets exposed and shut down FTX, @SECGov did not. 63 297 13 2,155 Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 18 Democratic representation is a myth, a story told by the rulers to justify their rule. Empirically, representatives do not represent. Joshua Reed Eakle @JoshEakle Apr 17 Last month, a record 49% of Americans identified themselves as politically independent per Gallup. This is more than both major parties put together. 18 47 2 313 Erik Voorhees retweeted sassal.eth 🦇🔊 @sassal0x Apr 18 Gary Gensler getting grilled on whether he thinks ETH is a security or commodity Enjoy 1,517 4,728 1,436 18,631 1,146,409 Erik Voorhees @ErikVoorhees Apr 18 Open source software provides more transparency in finance than all regulations combined. 58 170 9 1,022 Load more

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