Lotharsson
@lotharsson.bsky.social
Give them a week's notice every single week of the year, and then turn up at a time of your own choosing any of those weeks, pointing out you've given them at LEAST a week's notice.
July 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Give them a week's notice every single week of the year, and then turn up at a time of your own choosing any of those weeks, pointing out you've given them at LEAST a week's notice.
If merely saying it made it so, you'd have an actual argument.
June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If merely saying it made it so, you'd have an actual argument.
This portion of the dissent much indicts the Supreme Court majority as enemies of the Constitution - of the Republic.
And she's not wrong about that.
And she's not wrong about that.
June 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This portion of the dissent much indicts the Supreme Court majority as enemies of the Constitution - of the Republic.
And she's not wrong about that.
And she's not wrong about that.
There's another distinct inherent centralising factor when stablecoins are meant to be a proxy for real USD. Exchanges licensed for USD-coin conversion become centralised entities in the system...for obvious reasons.
And IIRC there tend to be centralising forces in market-making as well.
And IIRC there tend to be centralising forces in market-making as well.
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's another distinct inherent centralising factor when stablecoins are meant to be a proxy for real USD. Exchanges licensed for USD-coin conversion become centralised entities in the system...for obvious reasons.
And IIRC there tend to be centralising forces in market-making as well.
And IIRC there tend to be centralising forces in market-making as well.
But it's worse than that.
They not only get richer, they get COMPARATIVELY richer, compared to the rest. Once you have an edge over the rest, your edge gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger...
...until it's not economically viable for any other actors to even try to compete.
They not only get richer, they get COMPARATIVELY richer, compared to the rest. Once you have an edge over the rest, your edge gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger...
...until it's not economically viable for any other actors to even try to compete.
June 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
But it's worse than that.
They not only get richer, they get COMPARATIVELY richer, compared to the rest. Once you have an edge over the rest, your edge gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger...
...until it's not economically viable for any other actors to even try to compete.
They not only get richer, they get COMPARATIVELY richer, compared to the rest. Once you have an edge over the rest, your edge gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger...
...until it's not economically viable for any other actors to even try to compete.
Because they comprise reward structures that disproportionately provide stochastic rewards to those actors/entities with the most coins or the most $$$.
It's a classic "positive feedback loop" in engineering terms. In financial terms it's "the rich get richer".
It's a classic "positive feedback loop" in engineering terms. In financial terms it's "the rich get richer".
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Because they comprise reward structures that disproportionately provide stochastic rewards to those actors/entities with the most coins or the most $$$.
It's a classic "positive feedback loop" in engineering terms. In financial terms it's "the rich get richer".
It's a classic "positive feedback loop" in engineering terms. In financial terms it's "the rich get richer".
Every accusation is a confession...
...and I suspect every unhinged defense of another power-drunk madman is a confession too.
...and I suspect every unhinged defense of another power-drunk madman is a confession too.
June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Every accusation is a confession...
...and I suspect every unhinged defense of another power-drunk madman is a confession too.
...and I suspect every unhinged defense of another power-drunk madman is a confession too.
They all reward increasing monopolisation, which means they centralise into the monopolies that inherently develop.
You can nitpick that it's not the SAME centralised monopoly as for fiat currencies, but arguably it's even worse than that.
You can nitpick that it's not the SAME centralised monopoly as for fiat currencies, but arguably it's even worse than that.
June 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
They all reward increasing monopolisation, which means they centralise into the monopolies that inherently develop.
You can nitpick that it's not the SAME centralised monopoly as for fiat currencies, but arguably it's even worse than that.
You can nitpick that it's not the SAME centralised monopoly as for fiat currencies, but arguably it's even worse than that.
And all of the technological mechanisms cryptocurrencies rely on inherently centralise over time.
June 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
And all of the technological mechanisms cryptocurrencies rely on inherently centralise over time.
And it sounds more Trump-ish ... actually, given his family history, more Drumpf-ish - in the original German.
June 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
And it sounds more Trump-ish ... actually, given his family history, more Drumpf-ish - in the original German.
Over the last couple of days I've seen several reports (with photos) of masked kidnappers using vehicles with no plates :-(
If so get the VIN if you can (Google where to find it). You have to get much closer to photograph it, but it's also a much stronger identifier than plates are.
If so get the VIN if you can (Google where to find it). You have to get much closer to photograph it, but it's also a much stronger identifier than plates are.
June 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Over the last couple of days I've seen several reports (with photos) of masked kidnappers using vehicles with no plates :-(
If so get the VIN if you can (Google where to find it). You have to get much closer to photograph it, but it's also a much stronger identifier than plates are.
If so get the VIN if you can (Google where to find it). You have to get much closer to photograph it, but it's also a much stronger identifier than plates are.
There may be parallels with the bounty hunters snatching anyone with detectable levels of melanin in the North.
I've seen claims the government is offering bounties for snatching potential deportees - but note I haven't seen any decent evidence to back that up.
I've seen claims the government is offering bounties for snatching potential deportees - but note I haven't seen any decent evidence to back that up.
June 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
There may be parallels with the bounty hunters snatching anyone with detectable levels of melanin in the North.
I've seen claims the government is offering bounties for snatching potential deportees - but note I haven't seen any decent evidence to back that up.
I've seen claims the government is offering bounties for snatching potential deportees - but note I haven't seen any decent evidence to back that up.
And I don't see how people who are stopped and their story is subsequently covered in the media are using it for "clout".
For one thing, the coverage can only HINDER any future attempts to enter the US.
For one thing, the coverage can only HINDER any future attempts to enter the US.
June 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
And I don't see how people who are stopped and their story is subsequently covered in the media are using it for "clout".
For one thing, the coverage can only HINDER any future attempts to enter the US.
For one thing, the coverage can only HINDER any future attempts to enter the US.
Your hypothesis presumes that you're observing an unskewed random sample of those who've been stopped. That's exceedingly unlikely. People who ALREADY have more public exposure or "clout" are far more likely to be covered in the press and social media.
June 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Your hypothesis presumes that you're observing an unskewed random sample of those who've been stopped. That's exceedingly unlikely. People who ALREADY have more public exposure or "clout" are far more likely to be covered in the press and social media.
Yes, agreed on all counts.
I haven't seen good evidence bounties have been offered, especially to freelance bounty hunters - but if that's happening it would explain a lot (including the appallingly unprofessional conduct, quite apart from what seems to be unlawful actions).
I haven't seen good evidence bounties have been offered, especially to freelance bounty hunters - but if that's happening it would explain a lot (including the appallingly unprofessional conduct, quite apart from what seems to be unlawful actions).
June 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Yes, agreed on all counts.
I haven't seen good evidence bounties have been offered, especially to freelance bounty hunters - but if that's happening it would explain a lot (including the appallingly unprofessional conduct, quite apart from what seems to be unlawful actions).
I haven't seen good evidence bounties have been offered, especially to freelance bounty hunters - but if that's happening it would explain a lot (including the appallingly unprofessional conduct, quite apart from what seems to be unlawful actions).
And the fact that it is all strongly consistent with the regime's repression of anyone - within the country, and at the border, and even attempting to suppress dissent OUTSIDE the US - that they can possibly repress or suppress who does anything other than cheerlead Israel's genocide in Gaza.
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And the fact that it is all strongly consistent with the regime's repression of anyone - within the country, and at the border, and even attempting to suppress dissent OUTSIDE the US - that they can possibly repress or suppress who does anything other than cheerlead Israel's genocide in Gaza.
For instance, you have to also dismiss two stories about it by the eminent national broadcaster in Australia, e.g. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06....
And stories in other outlets.
And the guy's substack: substack.com/@alistair which contains a bunch of historical posts that line up.
And stories in other outlets.
And the guy's substack: substack.com/@alistair which contains a bunch of historical posts that line up.
Australian denied entry to US after being grilled on Israel-Gaza views
Melbourne writer Alistair Kitchen was detained for 12 hours at Los Angeles International Airport, had his phone seized and was "interrogated" about his views on the conflict in the Middle East.
www.abc.net.au
June 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
For instance, you have to also dismiss two stories about it by the eminent national broadcaster in Australia, e.g. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06....
And stories in other outlets.
And the guy's substack: substack.com/@alistair which contains a bunch of historical posts that line up.
And stories in other outlets.
And the guy's substack: substack.com/@alistair which contains a bunch of historical posts that line up.
Yes, that's exactly how you can defend your cognitive dissonance.
But such efforts have to grow, and grow, and grow, over time.
But such efforts have to grow, and grow, and grow, over time.
June 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, that's exactly how you can defend your cognitive dissonance.
But such efforts have to grow, and grow, and grow, over time.
But such efforts have to grow, and grow, and grow, over time.
AFAIK there's no effective way to do this, quite apart from the fact that ICE often goes out of its way to make their detainees harder to track.
And I suspect the kidnappers are relying on that fact.
And I suspect the kidnappers are relying on that fact.
June 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
AFAIK there's no effective way to do this, quite apart from the fact that ICE often goes out of its way to make their detainees harder to track.
And I suspect the kidnappers are relying on that fact.
And I suspect the kidnappers are relying on that fact.
I've seen claims that there's a bounty per detainee, offered to various ... people ... who aren't necessarily directly employed or otherwise contracted by DHS, ICE or any other law enforcement force.
That might help explain some of their behaviour.
That might help explain some of their behaviour.
June 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I've seen claims that there's a bounty per detainee, offered to various ... people ... who aren't necessarily directly employed or otherwise contracted by DHS, ICE or any other law enforcement force.
That might help explain some of their behaviour.
That might help explain some of their behaviour.
The same person's story has been written up in The Guardian, amongst other outlets if I'm not mistaken.
Please don't be so gullible that this story is way beyond what CBP and DHS will do in these times, especially given all the other stories from major news outlets over the last few months.
Please don't be so gullible that this story is way beyond what CBP and DHS will do in these times, especially given all the other stories from major news outlets over the last few months.
June 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The same person's story has been written up in The Guardian, amongst other outlets if I'm not mistaken.
Please don't be so gullible that this story is way beyond what CBP and DHS will do in these times, especially given all the other stories from major news outlets over the last few months.
Please don't be so gullible that this story is way beyond what CBP and DHS will do in these times, especially given all the other stories from major news outlets over the last few months.
I've seen that too.
June 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've seen that too.
Thanks for the clarification!
June 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thanks for the clarification!