Hilary J. Allen
@profhilaryallen.bsky.social
Law professor at the American University Washington College of Law (but all views expressed here are my own); author of Fintech Dystopia and Driverless Finance; mythbusting crypto, AI, and other fintech
Internet serial: fintechdystopia.com
Internet serial: fintechdystopia.com
I think there may have been a Jedi party at one point
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I think there may have been a Jedi party at one point
It's obviously three furlongs divided by six kelvins
three men in military uniforms stand in front of a flag
ALT: three men in military uniforms stand in front of a flag
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It's obviously three furlongs divided by six kelvins
Did they tell you about how Australians elect Senators? With the world's largest piece of paper? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Australia has one of the biggest ballot papers in the world. Here's why
In past state and federal elections some ballots have measured over a metre long from the sheer number of candidates and parties running.
www.sbs.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Did they tell you about how Australians elect Senators? With the world's largest piece of paper? www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Silver linings...
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Silver linings...
If you use fealty to the crypto industry as your barometer to judge Dem politicians (and honestly, it’s a pretty solid barometer), Gillibrand is worse than Schumer.
If you want to see who else is in the industry’s pocket, check out:
www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians
If you want to see who else is in the industry’s pocket, check out:
www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians
Find out where politicians stand on crypto
Crypto drives American innovation. Keeping crypto in America means securing 4 million jobs over the next 7 years to increase economic mobility. Discover the politicians fighting to keep crypto in Amer...
www.standwithcrypto.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you use fealty to the crypto industry as your barometer to judge Dem politicians (and honestly, it’s a pretty solid barometer), Gillibrand is worse than Schumer.
If you want to see who else is in the industry’s pocket, check out:
www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians
If you want to see who else is in the industry’s pocket, check out:
www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians
Perhaps a controversial opinion, but while a lot of things would have been A LOT better under a Harris admin, I think tech policy might have been equally bad. Beware any politician with strong ties to Silicon Valley (and that includes Gavin Newsom)
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Perhaps a controversial opinion, but while a lot of things would have been A LOT better under a Harris admin, I think tech policy might have been equally bad. Beware any politician with strong ties to Silicon Valley (and that includes Gavin Newsom)
Friendly amendment: have AI manage health insurance on the blockchain…
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Friendly amendment: have AI manage health insurance on the blockchain…
Yup: “Andreessen Horowitz said the quiet part out loud when they wrote to the U.S. Copyright Office that “the bottom line is this: imposing the cost of actual or potential copyright liability on the creators of AI models will either kill or significantly hamper their development.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yup: “Andreessen Horowitz said the quiet part out loud when they wrote to the U.S. Copyright Office that “the bottom line is this: imposing the cost of actual or potential copyright liability on the creators of AI models will either kill or significantly hamper their development.”
![On one of his many podcasts, Andreessen spoke of the special skills, the je ne sais quoi, that go into being a venture capitalist. He said that “it is possible that that is quite literally timeless. And when the AIs are doing everything else, like that may be one of the last remaining fields that people are still doing.” So Andreessen thinks that his job can’t be done by AI – his critically important job of spinning stories to convince your boss that your job can be done by AI, or that your boss can at least start making your life worse today because the AI will be able to do your job in a few years. As tech journalist Brian Merchant emphasizes, “generative AI has been uniquely powerful in equipping [bosses] with a narrative with which to…justify degrading, disempowering, or destroying vulnerable jobs.” Sigh.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4bcrv573bktwj6xw5tie2im5/bafkreihanrnroxhbozoiqgnhxaupzguusfbzmuxpcnvqtmhbl7ibnm3gwm@jpeg)
Reposted by Hilary J. Allen
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Real solutions are obvious; it's just that the people in charge don't like them so they like to pretend that tech can fix the problem.
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Real solutions are obvious; it's just that the people in charge don't like them so they like to pretend that tech can fix the problem.