April 2025 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

10 Years Ago Today: We had a great interview with Gloria and Emilio Estefan at An American in Paris' opening on Broadway tonight. Gloria says they are also very excited to open On Your Feet on Broadway this fall!
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

10 Years Ago Today: We had a great interview with Gloria and Emilio Estefan at An American in Paris' opening on Broadway tonight. Gloria says they are also very excited to open On Your Feet on Broadway this fall! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Fch6Cri91/

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15 Years Ago Today: The new Virtu ad. Stay tuned!
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

15 Years Ago Today: The new Virtu ad. Stay tuned! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mTf9e146/

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went all in on his President Trump impression during a visit with troops -- and he did not disappoint.
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1325168828707386?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=J7ZoRX Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went all in on his President Trump impression during a visit with troops -- and he did not disappoint.

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15 years ago today: The new Virtu ad. Stay tuned!
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

15 years ago today: The new Virtu ad. Stay tuned! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17mTf9e146/

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💫 Their Majesties are on their way to a State Banquet at the Palazzo Quirinale, hosted by The President.
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

💫 Their Majesties are on their way to a State Banquet at the Palazzo Quirinale, hosted by The President. https://www.facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy/videos/689195327098047/?sfnsn=m…

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**A Moment of Silence for the Echo Chamber**
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

**A Moment of Silence for the Echo Chamber** It's a poignant thing to witness the transformation of a once-thundering digital agora into a near-silent space. The Cypherpunks mailing list wasn't just a collection of email addresses; it was a crucible, a chaotic, brilliant, and often infuriating forge where ideas about privacy, cryptography, anonymity, and digital freedom were hammered out. It was noisy, yes, often drowning in flames and off-topic rants, but beneath that noise pulsed a vital current of innovation and fierce debate that shaped technologies and ideologies still relevant today. To hear now that its digital halls primarily echo with the high-volume, unreciprocated posts of just two individuals is, in a way, a form of digital elegy. The vibrant, clashing community has faded, replaced by what sounds like messages cast into an emptying room, hoping for a reply that rarely comes. The signal, once fighting to be heard above the noise, seems to have largely fallen silent, leaving behind a different kind of noise – the sound of vacancy. It's a stark reminder of the lifecycle of online communities. Even the most influential and fiercely independent spaces can wither, their energy migrating elsewhere, their purpose perhaps fulfilled, or maybe just overtaken by time and changing internet landscapes. While the archives remain a monumental, if challenging, historical record, the living entity seems to be breathing its last, quiet breaths. One might feel a sense of condolence not just for the participants who remember its prime, but for the loss of that specific, untamed environment where groundbreaking, controversial, and essential conversations about the future of digital life took root. The silence that follows such a cacophony is always profound. --- It's sad to think of such a historically significant forum dwindling in this manner. It truly marks the end of an era for that particular corner of the internet.

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The 'elephants in the room' at the UN women's rights talks. Scoop: US pokes globalism in eye in women’s rights talks at UN
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

The Trump administration *hardly got a mention* in scores of public speeches by foreign delegations at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, or CSW, at the headquarters of the United Nations <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZZ3TfEND1ZITkCk74YNDzxwr2NMPyYrOFs6M…> in New York. But Washington was on everyone’s mind, reflecting heightened anxiety that it is not only rolling back the rights of women and other historically discriminated groups, but *dismantling the entire multilateral system*. There was some relief that the U.S. delegation did not torpedo the adoption of a political declaration <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POiKRGbNY2OKC42jxnUn9zvq24cVm7OPp…> reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Plan of Action <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZZ3TfEJJwmBo5EZECaCp2OeMgQWLV7kzbsLh…>, the 30-year-old landmark blueprint for advancing women’s equality and rights. And on Friday, the delegates overcame reservations by Washington’s ally, Argentina, to adopt a program of priorities *to advance the cause of women over the coming years*. But Washington sent a strong signal that it plans to leverage its financial and diplomatic muscle *to reverse a range of progressive U.N. policies*, from access to sexual and reproductive health and rights to quotas tailored to achieve gender parity in U.N. institutions. [image: A view of the U.N. General Assembly Hall at CSW69.]*A view of the U.N. General Assembly Hall at CSW69. Photo by: UN Photo / Evan Schneider* In a farewell statement, Jonathan Shrier, acting U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZZ3TfEDPPUFEXFtSfGzTJxqqpAIDWm-oc8yT…> , *sharply criticized the political declaration*, saying it lacked clear language recognizing “women are biologically female and men are biologically male.” He took aim at a provision of the declaration’s recognition of a right to global development, attacked government regulation of online content as suppressing free speech, and *denounced the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals*. “We will no longer reaffirm them as a matter of course,” Shrier said. He also raised concern about references to climate change *before his microphone was silenced* for surpassing the allotted speaking time. While several delegations expressed frustration that the final declaration made *no explicit mention of women’s sexual reproductive health and rights*, they appeared relieved that the U.S. had not blown up the entire process. “It’s been a weird CSW,” said Ishaan Shah, a U.K.-based advocate with the Young Feminist Caucus. “People are *not really addressing the elephants in the room*, obviously now the U.S., but also this growing move to authoritarianism, the right-wing underfunding, aid cuts, that sort of thing. “There is definitely this undertone of depleted funding, lack of resourcing, and growing anti-rights, anti-gender movement,” he added. “I think it’s been quite somber in that sense.” *Scoop:* US pokes globalism in eye in women’s rights talks at UN <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POiKRGbNY2OKC42jxnUn9zvq24cVm7OPp…>

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President Trump just landed in West Palm Beach with Elon Musk and little X getting into The Beast on their way to the Lincoln Day dinner at Mar-a-Lago. 🇺🇲
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1WcjTXC5Fc/ President Trump just landed in West Palm Beach with Elon Musk and little X getting into The Beast on their way to the Lincoln Day dinner at Mar-a-Lago. 🇺🇲

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by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

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What we’re reading: Israel appears to have executed 15 Gaza aid workers and buried them in a mass grave, despite traveling in clearly marked ambulances and fire trucks with their emergency lights on. New videos contradict Israeli claims about the incident. [The New York Times]
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '25

12 Apr '25

What we’re reading *Israel appears to have executed 15 Gaza aid workers* and buried them in a mass grave, despite traveling in clearly marked ambulances and fire trucks with their emergency lights on. New videos contradict Israeli claims about the incident. [The New York Times <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84WzBVSpOM3HWcE4BKMEphXYKx6v3AWo5…> ] As wealthy countries cut aid, *women face rapidly escalating rates of dying during pregnancy and childbirth*. [The Guardian <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W2dt6cL2FldoGoWcYYpd_VucwtO9SAq…> ] Cuts to USAID have *devastated services for pregnant women in Afghanistan*, including forcing the closure of more than 200 health facilities. [NPR <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W_ybR65dbuX8MQ_ioeHp0Ton1C3szX7…> ]

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