Micah Warren
@micah541.bsky.social
Math professor. Crypto skeptic. I wrote the textbook about the game theory of Bitcoin.
Bluesky is the worse social media space, except of course, all the other ones
Bluesky is the worse social media space, except of course, all the other ones
The Speculative Case for Daira-Emma Hopwood as Satoshi Nakamoto
Executive Summary
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Dems need to stop pretending young people are closely analyzing the text in WaPo or NYT copy and start thinking like Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
Opinion | What Democrats Can Learn From Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Dems need to stop pretending young people are closely analyzing the text in WaPo or NYT copy and start thinking like Charlie Kirk
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
So I have multiple follow up questions
Banning trans people from owning guns is a really REALLY significant escalation and I think the scariest part about it that's not being discussed at all is that the plan is to declare that trans people are mentally ill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
edition.cnn.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So I have multiple follow up questions
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Tyler Robinson Was Practicing Web Browsing Exactly Right, By Ezra Klein
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tyler Robinson Was Practicing Web Browsing Exactly Right, By Ezra Klein
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Bitcoin blockchain is now against that poor TAMU girl's religion and is in VIOLATION OF THE LAW. I'm calling on President Trump to shut it down.
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
September 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bitcoin blockchain is now against that poor TAMU girl's religion and is in VIOLATION OF THE LAW. I'm calling on President Trump to shut it down.
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
mempool.space/tx/6cb50656b...
This whole situation at TAMU is brain-bludgeoningly painful. The person who should be fired is the admissions officer who admitted a student who believes that the literal act of becoming aware that some people identify as non-binary is "against their religion"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’
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September 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This whole situation at TAMU is brain-bludgeoningly painful. The person who should be fired is the admissions officer who admitted a student who believes that the literal act of becoming aware that some people identify as non-binary is "against their religion"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...
Subway just did an inflation by 4.7% in time for the school year
And I have the receipts
And I have the receipts
September 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Subway just did an inflation by 4.7% in time for the school year
And I have the receipts
And I have the receipts
Not sure if this comparison has been made yet ....
September 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not sure if this comparison has been made yet ....
Many of us were very vocal (I said this directly to the CAS Dean) that this line about 'tenure doesn't mean you can't get laid off' was not working
I'm glad they listened
I'm glad they listened
The big casualty here, from my perspective is the idea of tenure.
The line I've heard directly from above is that "this doesn't affect tenure at all, tenure is the same as it's always been, tenure has always meant you could be let go during a financial crunch and this doesn't change that". /
The line I've heard directly from above is that "this doesn't affect tenure at all, tenure is the same as it's always been, tenure has always meant you could be let go during a financial crunch and this doesn't change that". /
September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Many of us were very vocal (I said this directly to the CAS Dean) that this line about 'tenure doesn't mean you can't get laid off' was not working
I'm glad they listened
I'm glad they listened
Big picture, this is a W for humanities and the concept of academic tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
The University of Oregon retreats from its threat to fire 20-30 tenured and tenure-track faculty. However, there will still be layoffs, unfortunately.
lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/univer...
lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/univer...
UO to cut 60 employees this fall, including some faculty members
Officials said they will not eliminate tenured or tenure-track faculty as part of its effort to close a $29.2 million deficit. The cuts were not as deep as members of the faculty union had projected o...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Big picture, this is a W for humanities and the concept of academic tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
Hopefully, it sets a bit of a precedent in the case that other universities try to chip away at tenure.
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Looks like the administration may have backed down on closing departments and laying off tenured faculty? We just got an email from the university president saying this:
September 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Looks like the administration may have backed down on closing departments and laying off tenured faculty? We just got an email from the university president saying this:
It seems like all the viable strategies at this point involve some sort of accelerationism.
September 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It seems like all the viable strategies at this point involve some sort of accelerationism.
But whatever, the revenue is just pouring out over Agate Street in Eugene
September 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
But whatever, the revenue is just pouring out over Agate Street in Eugene
"After multiple incidents of good faith being abused, we've enacted a zero tolerance policy for good faith. Thank you for your cooperation. "
-Bluesky
-Bluesky
September 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"After multiple incidents of good faith being abused, we've enacted a zero tolerance policy for good faith. Thank you for your cooperation. "
-Bluesky
-Bluesky
Peak #blueskyism was Dave Anthony saying "hey I noticed an entire generation of males is actively losing their way, could be bad, let's try to figure out what's going on here"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Peak #blueskyism was Dave Anthony saying "hey I noticed an entire generation of males is actively losing their way, could be bad, let's try to figure out what's going on here"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
And Bluesky responding with "Dave u must like rape"
Reposted by Micah Warren
As University of Oregon employees brace for layoffs next week, faculty members say leaders have given them no voice in budget deliberations.
The U. of Oregon Says It’s Involving Faculty in Budget Decisions. Professors Say It’s ‘Fake Shared Governance.’
The provost says he made a good-faith effort to ask faculty this summer how he should cut $25 million from the budget. Faculty say that’s a lie.
chroni.cl
September 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
As University of Oregon employees brace for layoffs next week, faculty members say leaders have given them no voice in budget deliberations.
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Oregon House Democrats grew their majority with Rep. Cyrus Javadi switching parties. Read more from @miamaldonado.bsky.social, who went out to the coast to profile Javadi earlier this year and has the most thorough report I've seen: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/05/c... #orleg #orpol
Coastal Oregon lawmaker switches party affiliation, registering as Democrat • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Rep. Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook will run as a Democrat in the 2026 election, abandoning the Oregon Republican Party.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Oregon House Democrats grew their majority with Rep. Cyrus Javadi switching parties. Read more from @miamaldonado.bsky.social, who went out to the coast to profile Javadi earlier this year and has the most thorough report I've seen: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/09/05/c... #orleg #orpol
Just a couple dudes, diagnosing and solving fascism, through FIRST PRINCIPLES ARGUMENTS (to hell with the people that have spent careers studying this stuff) using LOGIC and REASON and it's happening here, not on X
September 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just a couple dudes, diagnosing and solving fascism, through FIRST PRINCIPLES ARGUMENTS (to hell with the people that have spent careers studying this stuff) using LOGIC and REASON and it's happening here, not on X
Crazy. At my undergrad almost 30 yrs ago, similar story - student accesses flaw in system, CS department kicks him out (becomes math major instead) and the school assigned the student a 20 page paper (not 750 words) on ethics of computer privacy, which leads the student down a cypherpunk rabbithole
A UofO student discovered the university had inadvertently exposed thousands of employees' Social Security numbers and other private data online. He alerted the university of its gaffe.
And then UofO sought to discipline him.
via @jrlsilverman.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
And then UofO sought to discipline him.
via @jrlsilverman.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Crazy. At my undergrad almost 30 yrs ago, similar story - student accesses flaw in system, CS department kicks him out (becomes math major instead) and the school assigned the student a 20 page paper (not 750 words) on ethics of computer privacy, which leads the student down a cypherpunk rabbithole
Reminder 92% of crypto is just douche-vibe signaling
this is the company in charge of custody for crypto assets held by the US government 🙂
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reminder 92% of crypto is just douche-vibe signaling
Bad news about this if passes; now only *criminal* trans people will own guns
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Bad news about this if passes; now only *criminal* trans people will own guns
Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto down 45.83% this week, probably on the news that they are a Bitcoin treasury company
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto down 45.83% this week, probably on the news that they are a Bitcoin treasury company
Dammit people who discuss units should learn units
"modern nuclear power plants generate between 1 and 1.6 GW of electricity per reactor per hour"
My car goes 60 MPH /day on the freeway
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"modern nuclear power plants generate between 1 and 1.6 GW of electricity per reactor per hour"
My car goes 60 MPH /day on the freeway
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is a power-hungry AI model with mixed reviews
Researchers estimate GPT-5's daily electricity demand could power 1.5 million US homes.
www.windowscentral.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dammit people who discuss units should learn units
"modern nuclear power plants generate between 1 and 1.6 GW of electricity per reactor per hour"
My car goes 60 MPH /day on the freeway
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
"modern nuclear power plants generate between 1 and 1.6 GW of electricity per reactor per hour"
My car goes 60 MPH /day on the freeway
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...