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Russia’s Nukes Could Cause Massive Damage to US and World in Major War – US Intel Report From Sputnik Russia’s nuclear arsenal could cause devastating damage to the US and the world in the eve...

Winthrop Mortimer @winthropmortimer 1742918152

I saw their earlier report saying “water was wet” and didn’t believe that either

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What is the role of humans going forward? What will businesses of the future count as a competitive advantage when everyone has the same tools?

Lyn Alden · 84w

Don’t make me tap the sign. nostr:note1vezaqk83nrkzxs9qq0erfkv4gpjqcde4ekghdtpl4u9ch7aq8fjqgvk7f0

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Is there a way to use cryptocurrency to create a kind of “electronic citizenship” that is extra to our country citizenship? One with rules of the flow of goods and self adjudication for disputes.

Lyn Alden · 107w

What’s a better term for the MSNBC/Fox/NYT/whatever companies: “corporate media” or “legacy media”?

Winthrop Mortimer @winthropmortimer 1708630350

State media?

Lyn Alden · 110w

Sub Zero

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Which one pulled off the head and spinal cord of the finished opponent?

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Lyn Alden · 136w

A steelman argument is the opposite of a strawman argument. It's where you imagine the best possible argument from your opposing side (sometimes even better than they themselves can articulate it), an...

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Those are actually the arguments keeping me from getting in to BTC. I haven’t come up with a good counter, and, thus, I haven’t pulled the trigger. The other item is that, if I were to buy it, I would like a way to avoid exchanges completely

zerohedge · 159w

US Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Decline In January, Record 37% YoY Collapse https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-existing-home-sales-unexpectedly-decline-january-record-37-yoy-collapse

Winthrop Mortimer @winthropmortimer 1676992511

If the expectation was 4.1 MM and the actual was 4MM, the decline wasn’t unexpected

Lyn Alden · 159w

Here's a chart of U.S. fiscal and monetary policy over the past century. 1920-2022 https://void.cat/d/QA9s23YTWhnrLSg4eQM8Fb.webp

Winthrop Mortimer @winthropmortimer 1676910629

Top chart interesting. Despite declining monetary base for decades and rising interest rates, the 70s still were highly inflationary. Declining productivity? De globalization?

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