John Blicq
@johnblicq.bsky.social
Author on emerging technologies / Innovator / Strategist / Board Director
Use taxpayer money, to support the very farmers you hurt with a trade war you started...Genius at play! www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump unveils $12 billion aid package for farmers hit by trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion aid package for American farmers, the latest government effort to shore up a key political constituency hurt by the financial fallout from ...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Use taxpayer money, to support the very farmers you hurt with a trade war you started...Genius at play! www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
As European, I find this fascinating to be labelled 'civilizational erasure' from a country that accepts mass shooting and epidemic level of drug addiction as part of BAU. The message is clear #EU dictator on the East flank, Bully on the West one. TIME TO F## WAKE UP! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Trump strategy document revives Monroe Doctrine, slams Europe
It is hard to predict how the document could translate into action.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As European, I find this fascinating to be labelled 'civilizational erasure' from a country that accepts mass shooting and epidemic level of drug addiction as part of BAU. The message is clear #EU dictator on the East flank, Bully on the West one. TIME TO F## WAKE UP! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Gutenberg’s press changed history—but early users saw it as just a faster way to copy religious texts. Innovation’s true power often takes decades to unfold. What are we underestimating today? #Innovation #FutureThinking
#LeadershipThoughts #SystemsThinking #DisruptiveThinking
#LeadershipThoughts #SystemsThinking #DisruptiveThinking
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Gutenberg’s press changed history—but early users saw it as just a faster way to copy religious texts. Innovation’s true power often takes decades to unfold. What are we underestimating today? #Innovation #FutureThinking
#LeadershipThoughts #SystemsThinking #DisruptiveThinking
#LeadershipThoughts #SystemsThinking #DisruptiveThinking
🚨 NVIDIA just dropped major AI hardware at #Computex2025: DGX Spark, Blackwell Ultra & sneak peeks at Rubin + Feynman chips. From cloud to robotics, they’re redefining AI’s future. Jensen Huang isn’t playing. 🧠⚡ #NVIDIA #AI #TechNews #FutureOfAI #DGXSpark #Semiconductors
May 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🚨 NVIDIA just dropped major AI hardware at #Computex2025: DGX Spark, Blackwell Ultra & sneak peeks at Rubin + Feynman chips. From cloud to robotics, they’re redefining AI’s future. Jensen Huang isn’t playing. 🧠⚡ #NVIDIA #AI #TechNews #FutureOfAI #DGXSpark #Semiconductors
AI Fraud Risks Rising
🤖 Deepfakes + AI voice cloning = next-gen fraud. Banks face mounting risks from synthetic scams. Time to rethink security.
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/bank-account...
#AI #BankFraud #Fintech
🤖 Deepfakes + AI voice cloning = next-gen fraud. Banks face mounting risks from synthetic scams. Time to rethink security.
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/bank-account...
#AI #BankFraud #Fintech
The clever new scam your bank can't stop
Your savings could be hacked by scammers using easily available AI technology — and your bank won't stop them.
www.businessinsider.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
AI Fraud Risks Rising
🤖 Deepfakes + AI voice cloning = next-gen fraud. Banks face mounting risks from synthetic scams. Time to rethink security.
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/bank-account...
#AI #BankFraud #Fintech
🤖 Deepfakes + AI voice cloning = next-gen fraud. Banks face mounting risks from synthetic scams. Time to rethink security.
🔗 www.businessinsider.com/bank-account...
#AI #BankFraud #Fintech
Westpac Stops Major Scam
🛡️ Westpac halts $320M online fraud amid a $3B digital overhaul. Major win for cybersecurity, but also a wake-up call.
🔗 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/com...
#Banking #Cybersecurity
🛡️ Westpac halts $320M online fraud amid a $3B digital overhaul. Major win for cybersecurity, but also a wake-up call.
🔗 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/com...
#Banking #Cybersecurity
www.theaustralian.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Westpac Stops Major Scam
🛡️ Westpac halts $320M online fraud amid a $3B digital overhaul. Major win for cybersecurity, but also a wake-up call.
🔗 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/com...
#Banking #Cybersecurity
🛡️ Westpac halts $320M online fraud amid a $3B digital overhaul. Major win for cybersecurity, but also a wake-up call.
🔗 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/com...
#Banking #Cybersecurity
Post 3/5: China Backs Innovation Bonds
🇨🇳 Over 100 Chinese firms to issue $41B in “sci-tech innovation bonds” to fuel domestic tech — a direct answer to rising global tech tension.
🔗 www.reuters.com/technology/c...
#Fintech #Innovation
🇨🇳 Over 100 Chinese firms to issue $41B in “sci-tech innovation bonds” to fuel domestic tech — a direct answer to rising global tech tension.
🔗 www.reuters.com/technology/c...
#Fintech #Innovation
Chinese companies line up to sell 'innovation bonds', capitalising on Beijing's technology push
Chinese banks, brokerages and private equity firms are among companies kicking off plans on Thursday to sell so-called sci-tech innovation bonds.
www.reuters.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Post 3/5: China Backs Innovation Bonds
🇨🇳 Over 100 Chinese firms to issue $41B in “sci-tech innovation bonds” to fuel domestic tech — a direct answer to rising global tech tension.
🔗 www.reuters.com/technology/c...
#Fintech #Innovation
🇨🇳 Over 100 Chinese firms to issue $41B in “sci-tech innovation bonds” to fuel domestic tech — a direct answer to rising global tech tension.
🔗 www.reuters.com/technology/c...
#Fintech #Innovation
Green Finance Gets a Boost
🌱 JP Morgan strengthens its green push with Kai-Christian Nerger leading "Green Economy Banking" in Europe.
Sustainability is no longer optional.
🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#GreenFinance #Banking
🌱 JP Morgan strengthens its green push with Kai-Christian Nerger leading "Green Economy Banking" in Europe.
Sustainability is no longer optional.
🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#GreenFinance #Banking
JP Morgan creates new green banking leadership role
JP Morgan has bolstered its green finance and advisory offering in Europe with a new division head to support clients across renewable energy and green technology.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Green Finance Gets a Boost
🌱 JP Morgan strengthens its green push with Kai-Christian Nerger leading "Green Economy Banking" in Europe.
Sustainability is no longer optional.
🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#GreenFinance #Banking
🌱 JP Morgan strengthens its green push with Kai-Christian Nerger leading "Green Economy Banking" in Europe.
Sustainability is no longer optional.
🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#GreenFinance #Banking
Digital Finance Leadership
🇬🇧 Big move in UK banking: FCA names David Geale exec director for payments & digital finance — boosting momentum behind open banking + crypto regulation.
🔗 www.fnlondon.com/articles/fca...
#Fintech #Regulation #Crypto
🇬🇧 Big move in UK banking: FCA names David Geale exec director for payments & digital finance — boosting momentum behind open banking + crypto regulation.
🔗 www.fnlondon.com/articles/fca...
#Fintech #Regulation #Crypto
FCA confirms payments and digital finance boss
David Geale named permanent head of payments and digital finance
www.fnlondon.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Digital Finance Leadership
🇬🇧 Big move in UK banking: FCA names David Geale exec director for payments & digital finance — boosting momentum behind open banking + crypto regulation.
🔗 www.fnlondon.com/articles/fca...
#Fintech #Regulation #Crypto
🇬🇧 Big move in UK banking: FCA names David Geale exec director for payments & digital finance — boosting momentum behind open banking + crypto regulation.
🔗 www.fnlondon.com/articles/fca...
#Fintech #Regulation #Crypto
“And then what?”
That’s second-order thinking — the trait that separates innovators from imitators.
Most play for the next move. Visionaries play 3 moves ahead.
🚀 Don’t just solve. Anticipate.
💡 Don’t just launch. Ripple.
#SecondOrderThinking #Strategy #Innovation
That’s second-order thinking — the trait that separates innovators from imitators.
Most play for the next move. Visionaries play 3 moves ahead.
🚀 Don’t just solve. Anticipate.
💡 Don’t just launch. Ripple.
#SecondOrderThinking #Strategy #Innovation
May 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“And then what?”
That’s second-order thinking — the trait that separates innovators from imitators.
Most play for the next move. Visionaries play 3 moves ahead.
🚀 Don’t just solve. Anticipate.
💡 Don’t just launch. Ripple.
#SecondOrderThinking #Strategy #Innovation
That’s second-order thinking — the trait that separates innovators from imitators.
Most play for the next move. Visionaries play 3 moves ahead.
🚀 Don’t just solve. Anticipate.
💡 Don’t just launch. Ripple.
#SecondOrderThinking #Strategy #Innovation
When an economics genius meets a 5 y.o brat...
tRump narrative gives a platform for totalitarian regimes to invade their neighbours... Dangerous rhetoric
Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
tRump narrative gives a platform for totalitarian regimes to invade their neighbours... Dangerous rhetoric
Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When an economics genius meets a 5 y.o brat...
tRump narrative gives a platform for totalitarian regimes to invade their neighbours... Dangerous rhetoric
Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
tRump narrative gives a platform for totalitarian regimes to invade their neighbours... Dangerous rhetoric
Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
WEEK IN REVIEW:
• #Apple x #OpenAI talks heat up – #ChatGPT for iOS?
• #Bitcoin ETFs see $1.5B inflows
• #Claude 3.5 buzz builds
• #Stripe eyes IPO again
• VCs bet on AI agents
This week wasn’t slow—it was foundational.
#AI #Crypto #Fintech #WeekInReview #BlueskyTech #Stripe #Claude3 #AppleAI
• #Apple x #OpenAI talks heat up – #ChatGPT for iOS?
• #Bitcoin ETFs see $1.5B inflows
• #Claude 3.5 buzz builds
• #Stripe eyes IPO again
• VCs bet on AI agents
This week wasn’t slow—it was foundational.
#AI #Crypto #Fintech #WeekInReview #BlueskyTech #Stripe #Claude3 #AppleAI
May 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Good news for @bsky.app !!! Musk is the reason why I dropped from Twitter and adopted Bluesky
Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
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Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
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Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.
ground.news
May 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Good news for @bsky.app !!! Musk is the reason why I dropped from Twitter and adopted Bluesky
Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
ground.news/article/x-co...
Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
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Reposted by John Blicq
He says it’s “Biden’s” fault and has “nothing to do” with his tariffs.
Of course he says that —Otherwise he would have to be honest.
And that’s not going to happen.
Of course he says that —Otherwise he would have to be honest.
And that’s not going to happen.
April 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
He says it’s “Biden’s” fault and has “nothing to do” with his tariffs.
Of course he says that —Otherwise he would have to be honest.
And that’s not going to happen.
Of course he says that —Otherwise he would have to be honest.
And that’s not going to happen.
I just got back from a US trip and I was shocked by the number of homeless and people living in their cars on supermarket parking lots. It's a shame for the richest country on the planet!
May 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I just got back from a US trip and I was shocked by the number of homeless and people living in their cars on supermarket parking lots. It's a shame for the richest country on the planet!
“In 2022, I said the Metaverse would redefine FS. Now JPMorgan is in Decentraland.”
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Metaverse & Financial Services
John Blicq · Audiobook
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April 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“In 2022, I said the Metaverse would redefine FS. Now JPMorgan is in Decentraland.”
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Finance isn't just evolving — it's being re-engineered.
Quantum, AI, Digital Twins, the Metaverse, Climate Finance — the next decade belongs to those who see the complexity and the opportunity.
Adapt or get left behind.
#FutureOfFinance #EmergingTech #Innovation #QuantumComputing
Quantum, AI, Digital Twins, the Metaverse, Climate Finance — the next decade belongs to those who see the complexity and the opportunity.
Adapt or get left behind.
#FutureOfFinance #EmergingTech #Innovation #QuantumComputing
April 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Finance isn't just evolving — it's being re-engineered.
Quantum, AI, Digital Twins, the Metaverse, Climate Finance — the next decade belongs to those who see the complexity and the opportunity.
Adapt or get left behind.
#FutureOfFinance #EmergingTech #Innovation #QuantumComputing
Quantum, AI, Digital Twins, the Metaverse, Climate Finance — the next decade belongs to those who see the complexity and the opportunity.
Adapt or get left behind.
#FutureOfFinance #EmergingTech #Innovation #QuantumComputing
Reposted by John Blicq
Correct headline:
"Vulnerable Floridia pensioner realises he's been scammed by Russian mobster"
"Vulnerable Floridia pensioner realises he's been scammed by Russian mobster"
April 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Correct headline:
"Vulnerable Floridia pensioner realises he's been scammed by Russian mobster"
"Vulnerable Floridia pensioner realises he's been scammed by Russian mobster"
GenAI continues to dominate #EmergingTech news, enabling true hyper-personalization in banking (Accenture). So what? Banks must leverage AI & data not just for efficiency, but to deliver the tailored, proactive experiences customers now expect. #Banking #FinTech #AI #CX
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
GenAI continues to dominate #EmergingTech news, enabling true hyper-personalization in banking (Accenture). So what? Banks must leverage AI & data not just for efficiency, but to deliver the tailored, proactive experiences customers now expect. #Banking #FinTech #AI #CX
If America was making good cars, economical and reliable, perhaps the world would buy them...good for thoughts
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
If America was making good cars, economical and reliable, perhaps the world would buy them...good for thoughts
This is so good an so terrifying at the same time.
Imagine having a big tech directly accessing your brain!
Will cyber viruses become the new COVID?
A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
ground.news/article/a-st...
Imagine having a big tech directly accessing your brain!
Will cyber viruses become the new COVID?
A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
ground.news/article/a-st...
A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
ground.news
April 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This is so good an so terrifying at the same time.
Imagine having a big tech directly accessing your brain!
Will cyber viruses become the new COVID?
A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
ground.news/article/a-st...
Imagine having a big tech directly accessing your brain!
Will cyber viruses become the new COVID?
A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
ground.news/article/a-st...
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You can't shoot a flag, but you can shoot your foot...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
You can't shoot a flag, but you can shoot your foot...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
There is a great alternative called #eutelsat
Well played #Italy
Italy's talks with Musk's #Starlink have stalled, minister says
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Well played #Italy
Italy's talks with Musk's #Starlink have stalled, minister says
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Italy's talks with Musk's Starlink have stalled, minister says
Negotiations on a potential contract between Elon Musk's satellite internet operator Starlink and the Italian government have stalled, reflecting broader geopolitical tensions, Italy's defence minister said on Saturday.
ground.news
March 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
There is a great alternative called #eutelsat
Well played #Italy
Italy's talks with Musk's #Starlink have stalled, minister says
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Well played #Italy
Italy's talks with Musk's #Starlink have stalled, minister says
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