My name is Rich.
@mynameisrich.bsky.social
Engineer. Not gay, just fabulous.
Here mainly for decent journalism and expert commentary/news on law, policy, OSINT, analysis etc.
Here mainly for decent journalism and expert commentary/news on law, policy, OSINT, analysis etc.
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Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
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"Don't be ridiculous, the BBC would never force out staff who hold pro trans rights views!"
My friends, this was 2021
My friends, this was 2021
LGBTQ Employees Are Quitting the BBC Because They Say It’s Transphobic
VICE World News received a leaked recording of a heated “listening session” for LGBTQ BBC staff, and heard from ex-employees about why they have left the UK’s national broadcaster.
www.vice.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Don't be ridiculous, the BBC would never force out staff who hold pro trans rights views!"
My friends, this was 2021
My friends, this was 2021
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If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.
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This management fee scam is also why founders with great ideas and great execution in realistic addressable markets don't get funded.
VC's make more money from unrealistic sci-fi plans that are doomed to fail over a 10 year window
It just needs to be a plausible enough story to build a fund on.
VC's make more money from unrealistic sci-fi plans that are doomed to fail over a 10 year window
It just needs to be a plausible enough story to build a fund on.
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This management fee scam is also why founders with great ideas and great execution in realistic addressable markets don't get funded.
VC's make more money from unrealistic sci-fi plans that are doomed to fail over a 10 year window
It just needs to be a plausible enough story to build a fund on.
VC's make more money from unrealistic sci-fi plans that are doomed to fail over a 10 year window
It just needs to be a plausible enough story to build a fund on.
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The way you're taught that VC works is they fund 100 risky ventures and 99 of them fail. They lose money on those, in the hopes that the 1 that succeeds goes really big.
The reality is that VC looks a lot more like Ponzinomics. These guys make absolute BANK on failed moonshots.
The reality is that VC looks a lot more like Ponzinomics. These guys make absolute BANK on failed moonshots.
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The way you're taught that VC works is they fund 100 risky ventures and 99 of them fail. They lose money on those, in the hopes that the 1 that succeeds goes really big.
The reality is that VC looks a lot more like Ponzinomics. These guys make absolute BANK on failed moonshots.
The reality is that VC looks a lot more like Ponzinomics. These guys make absolute BANK on failed moonshots.
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How do VC's make money from failed bullshit? Fee structure. Say you're a VC with a 20% carry if the venture succeeds.
You ALSO have a guaranteed management fee of 2% of AUM per year. So you create a $1B "Deep Tech" fund, that's $20M a year. These sci-fi projects take 10 years to fail. That's $200M.
You ALSO have a guaranteed management fee of 2% of AUM per year. So you create a $1B "Deep Tech" fund, that's $20M a year. These sci-fi projects take 10 years to fail. That's $200M.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
How do VC's make money from failed bullshit? Fee structure. Say you're a VC with a 20% carry if the venture succeeds.
You ALSO have a guaranteed management fee of 2% of AUM per year. So you create a $1B "Deep Tech" fund, that's $20M a year. These sci-fi projects take 10 years to fail. That's $200M.
You ALSO have a guaranteed management fee of 2% of AUM per year. So you create a $1B "Deep Tech" fund, that's $20M a year. These sci-fi projects take 10 years to fail. That's $200M.
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Anyone lacking an FT subscription can register and read three articles monthly free at www.ft.com/register
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Honda have unveiled their electric supercharged V3 prototype. I like it
global.honda/en/newsroom/...
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Honda Unveils V3R 900 E-Compressor Prototype Equipped with V3 Engine with Electronically-controlled Compressor at EICMA 2025 | Honda Global Corporate Website
Honda Global | Honda today unveiled the V3R 900 E-Compressor Prototype equipped with a V3 engine with an electronically-controlled compressor, at EICMA 2025 in Milan, Italy.
global.honda
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Honda have unveiled their electric supercharged V3 prototype. I like it
global.honda/en/newsroom/...
global.honda/en/newsroom/...
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Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bellingcat has geolocated footage of a mass killing outside the recently captured Sudanese city of El Fasher. In the video, which has circulated widely online, RSF commander Abu Lulu can be seen firing his weapon at what appears to be ten unarmed men sitting on the ground. Image: @vantortech
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A man sits before a pit of the dead. Nazi soldiers surround him—one aims a gun at his head. For decades, no one knew who they were or where this photo was taken. Now, new digital tools and help from our community may finally reveal the truth behind this haunting Holocaust image🧵
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A man sits before a pit of the dead. Nazi soldiers surround him—one aims a gun at his head. For decades, no one knew who they were or where this photo was taken. Now, new digital tools and help from our community may finally reveal the truth behind this haunting Holocaust image🧵
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Sam Heistman to testify in court that the art blackmarket industry simply couldn't survive if they had to pay for what they're currently stealing.
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Sam Heistman to testify in court that the art blackmarket industry simply couldn't survive if they had to pay for what they're currently stealing.
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Spotted in London today…..
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spotted in London today…..
This would be a great topic for analysis by the FT. What do you reckon, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com?
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This would be a great topic for analysis by the FT. What do you reckon, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com?
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Jenrick's big problem is that most people don't know about him at all, but anyone who does regards him as a slimy, unprincipled piece of shit. Which is not a good base for leading the Tories to victory, regardless of TikTok videos at tube stations.
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jenrick's big problem is that most people don't know about him at all, but anyone who does regards him as a slimy, unprincipled piece of shit. Which is not a good base for leading the Tories to victory, regardless of TikTok videos at tube stations.
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I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.
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🚨 PSA: Journalists in Gaza are being targetted to prevent reporting on a UN-acknowledged program of genocide.
If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop.org:
If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop.org:
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🚨 PSA: Journalists in Gaza are being targetted to prevent reporting on a UN-acknowledged program of genocide.
If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop.org:
If you are an IDF member with information that could save lives and bring the war to a close, consider sharing it with the press safely via @securedrop.org:
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Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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More on this tomorrow am:
September 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
More on this tomorrow am:
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This seems really bad.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered virtually all of the U.S. military’s top commanders worldwide to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week.
Here’s what we know:
Here’s what we know:
Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This seems really bad.
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This isn't about antifa, this is about the NGO's. The goal here is to eliminate philanthropic support to major liberal groups through intimidation. They're going to starve liberal groups of funding while hitting them with millions in legal fees from investigations.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump to sign order designating antifa a terrorist organization
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order as soon as Monday designating the antifa movement a "terrorist organization," the White House said, after promising actions targeting left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.reuters.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This isn't about antifa, this is about the NGO's. The goal here is to eliminate philanthropic support to major liberal groups through intimidation. They're going to starve liberal groups of funding while hitting them with millions in legal fees from investigations.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...