Aroy
@fusiona.bsky.social
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Aroy
@fusiona.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Saving the Cycles: Blockchain's Role in Obligation Clearing and Netting Systems with Tomaž Fleischman
Podcast Episode · Paradigm Shock · 06/16/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
I'm exciting to share the latest #paradigmShock drop on the #cycles protocol with
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Wow! More impressive even were the 2000+ small events in small towns everywhere !
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wow! More impressive even were the 2000+ small events in small towns everywhere !
Jimmy Kimmel monologue now approaching 16Million views and climbing quickly ! #Kimmel #freespeech www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Jimmy Kimmel monologue now approaching 16Million views and climbing quickly ! #Kimmel #freespeech www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
It’s more complicated than this, but interesting to be getting this much attention in a major publication
A battle between Anthropic and the White House pits worries about safe AI development against a free-market approach.
The AI CEO Fighting Trump Over the Future of Technology
A battle between Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and the White House pits worries about safe development against a free-market approach.
on.wsj.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
It’s more complicated than this, but interesting to be getting this much attention in a major publication
Amazing new Banksy
This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.
We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.
September 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Amazing new Banksy
Fascinating! And this is in addition to tarrifs, immigration shrinkage, not to mention much higher levels of pressure on the Fed !
Increasing political pressure on the Fed by half as much as Nixon did, for six months, raises the price level more than 8%.
www.nber.org/papers/w32461
www.nber.org/papers/w32461
Estimating the Effects of Political Pressure on the Fed: A Narrative Approach with New Data
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Fascinating! And this is in addition to tarrifs, immigration shrinkage, not to mention much higher levels of pressure on the Fed !
This is related and of interest you @techequity.us and @catherinebracy.com along with many others!
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is related and of interest you @techequity.us and @catherinebracy.com along with many others!
#resistance is not futile! Go scientists!
Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
August 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#resistance is not futile! Go scientists!
Can you hear the people sing?
Tense scene out here. People booing and shaming unidentified federal law enforcement as they stand in the middle of the street, posted to pull people over for random checks.
August 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It was great to interview @catherinebracy.com about her fantastic book about the VC industry and also to touch on #AI Risk and Safety issues towards the end
Our Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com went on Paradigm Shock to talk about how venture capital’s dominance in funding tech imposes a narrow, and sometimes reckless, business culture.
August 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It was great to interview @catherinebracy.com about her fantastic book about the VC industry and also to touch on #AI Risk and Safety issues towards the end
Great episode with these guys, especially talking about #hulkamania for some of us Gen Xers!
We were lucky enough to be joined by @josie.zone on this week's episode of NORMAL MEN to talk about the world Hulk Hogan and wrestling have wrought!
That's after an ample helping of food delivery discourse and the cultural, economic, financial, and technological forces that consume us.
That's after an ample helping of food delivery discourse and the cultural, economic, financial, and technological forces that consume us.
Normal Men
Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what's happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to...
peark.es
July 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great episode with these guys, especially talking about #hulkamania for some of us Gen Xers!
OpenAI has abandoned its planned transformation to a for-profit, but it’s still making business deals that we have… questions about. @calmatters.org @catherinebracy.com
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Why California's attorney general must continue the investigation into OpenAI | Opinion
With such critical questions still unanswered, the investigation into OpenAI’s structure by the California attorney general must continue.
calmatters.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Even here in small-ish town Indiana, massive wait for this fantastic book Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social #AIALIGNMENT #AI #Tech #ParadigmShock
July 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Even here in small-ish town Indiana, massive wait for this fantastic book Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social #AIALIGNMENT #AI #Tech #ParadigmShock
This is quite something! #paradigmshock we are witnessing
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
July 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is quite something! #paradigmshock we are witnessing
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This time the BRICS are starting to look real, though maybe they should call it “China and the BRIS Street Band”
Meanwhile in Brazil:
"... Two American giants of twentieth-century industry—Ford and GE—sold their plants in Camacari to BYD and Gold Wind respectively, which are the world’s largest EV and wind turbine manufacturers...". AND...
"... BYD’s first “made in Brazil” car rolled out this week... "
"... Two American giants of twentieth-century industry—Ford and GE—sold their plants in Camacari to BYD and Gold Wind respectively, which are the world’s largest EV and wind turbine manufacturers...". AND...
"... BYD’s first “made in Brazil” car rolled out this week... "
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This time the BRICS are starting to look real, though maybe they should call it “China and the BRIS Street Band”
This looks like a must read book on #AIAllignment, among many other reasons as well!
🇨🇱 In Chile, where AI data centers threaten the country’s precious water resources, Karen Hao makes the case that AI firms are building their wealth off resource extraction and labor exploitation reut.rs/3GmhZPy
Karen Hao on how the AI boom became a new imperial frontier
The author of “Empire of AI” traces how OpenAI’s global reach is reshaping labor, energy and power — and why she sees echoes of empire in its rise.
reut.rs
July 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This looks like a must read book on #AIAllignment, among many other reasons as well!
Indeed! Thanks for posting. Good to hear @morganricks1.bsky.social @nathantankus.bsky.social and other monetary “plumbing” experts were in the house! I wonder if Darrel Duffie from Stanford was there talking about the risks associated with dealer balance sheet capacity on TR market liquidity
A very good set of musings on the US Treasury market from @marychilds.bsky.social
behind the scenes at a Treasury-market-fragility party
a coalition of the concerned
offtherun.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Indeed! Thanks for posting. Good to hear @morganricks1.bsky.social @nathantankus.bsky.social and other monetary “plumbing” experts were in the house! I wonder if Darrel Duffie from Stanford was there talking about the risks associated with dealer balance sheet capacity on TR market liquidity
I really enjoyed the banter! Honestly as good as any “Pro” roundtable discussion on TV, probably better actually
New Normal Men featuring @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social on the NYC mayoral election, @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social with his best Bibi impression, @ed3d.net realizing how old he is, and @proptermalone.bsky.social rocking AirPods as his mic thanks to the fine folks at American Airlines.
Normal Men
Normal Men is four guys talking about the news. We want to help explain what's happening in the world around us and have some laughs along the way. And we think you might enjoy hearing what we have to...
peark.es
July 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I really enjoyed the banter! Honestly as good as any “Pro” roundtable discussion on TV, probably better actually
Fascinating!
The photographer Buck Ellison goads us to contemplate not just the existence of an American ruling class but the invisible lineaments of wealth, power, and race that undergird its existence.
What Old Money Looks like in America, and Who Pays for It
Buck Ellison serves bluebloods up for public scrutiny as only one of their own could.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
July 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Fascinating!
The 747 is a special plane! Legendary even
June 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The 747 is a special plane! Legendary even
Reposted by Aroy
Pleased to share the latest #paradigmShock episode with Anjon, discussing the Cycles Protocol!
I'm exciting to share the latest #paradigmShock drop on the #cycles protocol with
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Saving the Cycles: Blockchain's Role in Obligation Clearing and Netting Systems with Tomaž Fleischman
Podcast Episode · Paradigm Shock · 06/16/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pleased to share the latest #paradigmShock episode with Anjon, discussing the Cycles Protocol!
I'm exciting to share the latest #paradigmShock drop on the #cycles protocol with
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Saving the Cycles: Blockchain's Role in Obligation Clearing and Netting Systems with Tomaž Fleischman
Podcast Episode · Paradigm Shock · 06/16/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm exciting to share the latest #paradigmShock drop on the #cycles protocol with
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
@t-fleischman.bsky.social
in a first of many episodes on blockchain. Cycles, my favorite project in the web3 space will be of interest to many in the #alternativefinance communities podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Are we hitting the storm troopers and brown shirts phase on the journey to a police state?
Two Minnesota state legislators were shot in their homes last night according to early news reports. There is an ongoing manhunt
June 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Are we hitting the storm troopers and brown shirts phase on the journey to a police state?
Great post indeed!
Forget this Bluesky discourse.
TIME TO POST PUNTS!
80 YARD PUNT BY COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES. (This Punter transferred to Alabama also)
TIME TO POST PUNTS!
80 YARD PUNT BY COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES. (This Punter transferred to Alabama also)
June 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Great post indeed!