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The central property of cash is fungibility—meaning a dollar spent by a plumber is honored equally to one spent by a sex worker: they are indiscriminable. Adversarial chain analysis of Bitcoin's public ledger reduces its fungibility over time. Only privacy guarantees fungibility.
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A story of the government spying on journalists should not be buried on a Friday: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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I'm afraid I have some bad news: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_su… twitter.com/MichLKosinski/…
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Since everybody in crypto is discussing clips from this talk today, here's the full conversation with @MartaBelcher: youtube.com/watch?v=JRsvz6…
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Members of Congress should be making calls about this. Journalists should be asking the White House and DOJ questions.
The founder of Sci-hub—unquestionably one of the most important sites for academics in the world—should not be subject to persecution for their work. twitter.com/ringo_ring/sta…
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I'll be live here in just about one hour -- free to join for those interested. twitter.com/ConcordiaUnews…
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竹帛烟销帝业虚，
关河空锁祖龙居。
坑灰未冷山东乱，
刘项原来不读书。
a.temporaryrecord.com/Permanent_Reco…
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Claims regarding the death of warrantless domestic surveillance were greatly exaggerated: vice.com/en/article/88n…
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NFTs have been amazingly successful for tech charities. The only @torproject NFT just reached $500k! Less than five minutes left to bid! There's a real battle going between @jespow and @PleasrDAO (who also won my charity NFT). twitter.com/foundation/sta…
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Israel just intentionally destroyed press offices in Gaza, giving only one hour's warning. Associated Press President "horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy news organizations in Gaza."
Imagine this was your home:
apnews.com/article/israel…
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Israel has the right to defend itself against several dozen AP journalists and freelancers. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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Sorry, *a* dozen: "We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. A dozen AP journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time." apnews.com/article/israel…
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That Biden refuses to condemn the intentional targeting by Israel of press offices in Gaza is outrageous.
But after the IDF replies "it was a tall building & Hamas uses tall buildings" to @AP's President stating they've seen no Hamas activity there in 15 years, it is monstrous. twitter.com/IDF/status/139…
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After Israel destroys offices of *more than a dozen* press outlets in Gaza, CPJ issues statement expressing concern "that the Israel Defense Forces are deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."
cpj.org/2021/05/israel…
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The @AP's statement directly challenges the Israeli military's claimed justification for blowing up their building, stating that in 15 years, the AP has never seen any indication Hamas was present or active there—and they investigated:
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America's political power struggle has never been about conservative versus liberal as much as the owner versus the owned. The whole Washington opera consists of two costumes shared by the same club—and you'll never be a member.
Don't let them divide you from your neighbor.
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i wonder why twitter.com/Yamiche/status…
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There has been a quiet but sharply accelerating push for turnkey tyranny by a coalition of governments. Read about it: twitter.com/matthew_d_gree…
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1) Combined share of total US wealth held by everybody except the richest 10%, 1990-2020.
2) The share of US wealth held by *just* the top 1%, 1990-2020.
What it means: 10% of Americans control *70%* of national wealth. And the top 1% own more than the bottom 90% COMBINED.
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Many stanning for billionaires on here seem unaware that labor—the only commodity they possess—is being continuously devalued. "Just buy stocks!" they cry.
With what, bro? Your wages are vanishing. In real terms, the value of your hour is 📉 while the prices you pay are 📈. twitter.com/Snowden/status…
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Daniel Ellsberg is challenging the constitutionality of the Espionage Act—openly breaking the law to expose an insane Pentagon plan to use pre-emptive nuclear strikes on mainland China in a Taiwan conflict, despite US officials considering nuclear retaliation "very likely." twitter.com/charlie_savage…
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Downing aircraft to pursue the arrest of dissidents has always been outrageous. It is the modern expression of Bush-era "extraordinary rendition" (international kidnapping by state agents), and should be opposed no matter the flag under which it occurs.
greenwald.substack.com/p/as-anger-tow…
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Domestically and internationally, the mass surveillance regime that we exposed in 2013 has been repeatedly found to be a violation of both the law as written and human rights.
What a road we have traveled! Thank you so much to everyone who fought this case to the highest level. twitter.com/privacyint/sta…
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Without journalists to tell the story, the public would not have known about it.
Without human right lawyers defending that public, the courts would not have cared about it.
Without those courts, politicians would still be denying it.
I could not have done this alone. twitter.com/arusbridger/st…
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