"There are more slaves today than there were when slavery was legal"
"The movie was finished in 2018 but took years to release; the filmmakers were turned down by various distributing companies as they didn't want the film associated with their output, such as Netflix"
$NFLX
This week in Bitcoin mining: Ocean - new revamped mining pool got announced by LT contributor Luke Dashjr. Current pools were not immune to state attacks, abusing governance, payouts, have greedy fees.
All addressed by Ocean - boost to network's immunity. Grateful for builders.
P.s. most of my posts are mirrored from another 2 social platforms. This note may seem stupid in btc-based space, but just today I reran ~5h stream from this week.
Great documentary on Kim's evil sis Kim Yo Jong.
TIL: Kim spent 4 years living and studying in Switzerland under disguise name
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq1ANdWRIh0
#NorthKorea #Documentary
Man you gotta love these antitrust hearings. One drop after another... Like watching app store duopoly end in slow motion.
This deal is reminiscent of Orwell's Animal Farm. Some animals were just more equal than others...
$AAPL $GOOG $SPOT
Autonomy keeps getting postponed.
NHTSA scraps proposed vehicle-to-vehicle communication mandate
It would have required all new vehicles to have dedicated short-range comm. systems that transmit & receive basic messages about the vehicles' speed, direction, braking & other data
“It’s a specific presidential-level of pressure. It’s about cheaper payment. They can demand deep discounts”[..]"In terms of construction, [Beijing] wants to make sure that they have no risks and no costs. Russia is the side that foots entire bill” added the source"-SCMP
#Infrastructure #Chine #Russia
Mur murs of consensus view. Gulf Arabs showing good face in public, mostly aligned with Israel against Hamas.
Indian officials caught red handed making a contract for sikh killings ny US. Trudeau's allegations are grounded.
Bitter pill for India - West relations.
Was Modi taking lessons from Putin?
"When you are important, you can do anything you like"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-unseals-indictment-sikh-killings-1.7043428
Walmart case of shifting supply.
"$WMT shipped one quarter of its U.S. imports from India between January and August this year, according to [...Import Yeti]. That compared with just 2% in 2018."
"60% of shipments came from China in Jan-Aug 23 vs 80% in 2018" Reuters
Or, they existed/will exist before/after mere existence of our galaxy.
Tallink Group and Infotar IPO; few thoughts.
https://void.cat/d/Qg1wm3FMFgs6aSda924kdn.webp
Tallink insider buy announcements in 23':
-4 in March
-Aug 17-Nov20 - 11
And volumes are not marginal for #OMXB. This had been puzzling for me. And recent IPO announcement puts some puzzle pieces together...
Infotar ownership of Tallink Group changes:
22': 40%
23'H1: 40.9%
23'9M: 41.7%
Major shareholder + insider buys were sufficient to move price in Baltic market.
https://void.cat/d/DF7EXyW18naG2xcfMZPnnL.webp
Recent results are mixed. Obvious improvement from 2022 energy prices environment of course, but YoY: less cargo, ~same number of passengers, ~1.4 mln more interest paid on less debt.
https://void.cat/d/2KAC3gQm8ADpf6it5y89pY.webp
For comparison, 2019 (pre covid, UA-RU) Q3 revenue was 287.8M. 23Q3 still down -16.4%.
Infotar boosts Tallink price - so it boosts Infotar's book value (valuation) ahead of IPO. What else they do?
RE - SPAs, hotels, but mostly recent shit show of CRE.
Energy - 100% of Eesti Gaas (LNG trader), in mid 23' bought Latvian gas operator Gaso.
They don't provide docs in EN, so limited knowledge on IPO details. New issue or existing shareholders' sale? Big difference
In IPO FAQ section they claim proceeds will be used for international expansion, but at the same time saying will plug reserves hole after Gaso acq.
That all not even digging into valuation..
Consensus for cuts in 2024 H2. So it was in a year ago.
No personal opinion as of now, merely pointing out what I see.
Same Omaha oracle, two different fintechs in opposite ends of the world and likewise opposite outcomes.
$PAYTM $STNE
Wrote to a local radio host, she shared her radio sets. This was in one of them. Sample vocal I had encountered in downtempo psy sets, but not the sound... Slow dub sawing one beat at a time.
https://soundcloud.com/old-untuned-piano/adrian-sherwood-u-r-sound
Adrian Sherwood - U.R.Sound
#GLMusicDiscovery
Cool thing about making film, it's still a honest transaction b/w artist & audience. In gallery world it's pretty much constructed of BS. Someone comes of the street & is told why piece of art is good & that sucks [in film] audience pays[..]for right to judge your work-T. Waititi
Never had IG, never will. But, how on earth people get news there?
Considering tiktok is wolf in sheeps clothing, it's quite alarming 43% share of US getting news there regularly (young girls mostly)
Most declines are covid vs post-covid screen time.
In summer watched few tutorials on building "talking to your docs". Not impossible, but definitely not a beginner endeavor I thought.
Now I'm watching tutorial based on openai devday tools and thinking: damn, totally doable.
Better tools->more devs->more apps. better outcomes🫰
Been churning music each second weekend for at least two years. You are the first to show appreciation with comment if I'm not mistaken. Thank you for listening! Glad you enjoyed it! 💜
Not often does government help build a moat.
Mavix_leon writes:
Kaspi $KSPI was named the main „Transformer of the Year“ for the popularization and integration of government and other digital services into lives of Kazakhstanis.
„Today Kazakhstan is one of the most developed countries in the world in providing government services online“
New Argentina's president Javier Milei not a big fan of Keynes. Breath of fresh air.
https://video.nostr.build/20f2586f07bdb2d3af5c532c1a5691c2b808df45d28c4b2450d2c5abb3a7957e.mp4