Politicians interfering with the free market is as old as our country. #bookstr

From "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, & Power" by Danile Yergin

#bookstr

#Gerrymandering is as old as the country itself.

I don’t know if that makes me feel better or worse.

Something very funny afoot with Tucker Carlson gaining access to Putin.

Journalism in Russia is incredibly tightly controlled and if the state doesn’t like what you say, you will be harassed.

Most journalists wouldn’t be allowed in the country.

As someone who’s tried to do journalism in countries with state run and state controlled media, I’m struck by how he’s announcing he’s not only announcing his visit but promoting “the truth” he will uncover in the intervew.

Those who do try to tell the truth about what’s going on from Russia, (even nice truths) get thrown out.

Look at the very popular YouTuber “bald and bankrupt” as an example.

After a series of human, real and genuine vlogs around Russia, he ended up in prison and was then turfed out of the country.

Do you think we’ll get a real encounter? Will we get the truth?

I haven't considered that...like what's an example?

But in do envy the rules around food additives.

This is a deeply nerdy question but does anyone besides me think that the European Union's competition laws (antitrust for those of us in the United States) have been better for consumers and thus the world?

(Note: It's possible hyperbitcoinization obviates the need for competition laws. But in the current fiat world, I think they are needed.)

So people on twitter actually think Texas is succeeding as if Governor Abbott knows what he’s doing or talking about 🤦🏼‍♂️

As someone who works at a nonprofit that deals with migrants these assholes ship to “liberal” cities because they think it’s funny, this is yet another stunt from the governor.

I will say, however, that our border situation is fucked and should be addressed. Both parties are terrible at it.

So people on twitter actually think Texas is succeeding as if Governor Abbott knows what he’s doing or talking about 🤦🏼‍♂️

As someone who works at a nonprofit that deals with migrants these assholes ship to “liberal” cities because they think it’s funny, this is yet another stunt from the governor.

I will say, however, that our border situation is fucked and should be addressed. Both parties are terrible at it.

slowly getting over whatever part of my ego that was convinced michael saylor was just an insane corporate larper

“that dude is too midcurve to be correct, right? isnt doing that share issuance/dilution thing going to get him rekt?? at what point exactly does his board dump his insane ass?”

no no, turns out he’s probably the “right” amount of long term thinking and all in conviction

which is legitimately insane behavior but dear god

correct me if im wrong but one thing that feels very rare thing about saylor, situationally, is that he’s a successful dude who maintained his ability to keep placing interesting bets

seems like other wealthy people stop exploring at some point? or get afraid of losing it all? or are so consumed with other stuff or get weighed down by boards etc that they lose either the ability to bet big or the foresight

bitcoin really has done an insane job living up to being the realm of the self-sovereign 🤔

wait i just realized that the reason the etfs dont "just buy a bunch of bitcoin ahead of going getting listed" is because they won't have access to the money to buy the coins until after people start putting capital into their funds (post-being listed)

i mean there's probably some initial capital investment happening, they call that 'market making', right?

still thinking about that tweet i saw about thousands of coins moving off kraken in batches this week. are things moving around ahead of a sale cycle?

this etf thing really has gotten my attention, and i dont know what to think about that. i'm really really curious about where these guys are planning to get their coins from, what are the logistics of their OTC agreements? who are they planning to buy from?

does coinbase have sellers lined up? have the mining companies been called? what's coinbase's take rate for helping their ETF customers close on bitcoin?

weird to think that bitcoin might soon be a rebirth for the 'broker-age' industry -- the person who can actually broker bitcoin deals about to be a rare beast? do they already exist or are we gonna see a whole new ecosystem of coin hunting get born?