March 2024 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Mezcal Popularity Could Mean Another Tequila Boom for Mexico
by Gunnar Larson 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Mezcal Popularity Could Mean Another Tequila Boom for Mexico https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-mexico-mezcal-agave/?ai=eyJpc1N1YnN… THE ROAD from Oaxaca City to Santiago Matatlán winds through the vast central valley of Oaxaca, an arid plain walled by scrub-colored hills. You’ll know you’re getting close when rows of what look like giant green anemones stitch their way through the browned landscape. This is agave, the spiky succulent used to make tequila and mezcal. A miraculous plant, agave can grow in the driest environments with no need for irrigation, and it’s provided food, fiber and intoxication to Mexico’s Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

1 0

Can the Masters of Hipster Cringe Conquer Hollywood With Wall Street Cash?
by Gunnar Larson 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Can the Masters of Hipster Cringe Conquer Hollywood With Wall Street Cash? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-22/a24-movies-become-privat… Over the years, indie film companies have tackled freakish cultural abnormalities, from unutterable sexual taboos to all manner of other transgressive topics. But not long ago, executives at A24, arguably the reigning champion of American art-house films—which recently put out a movie called Dicks: The Musical that featured a flying, animated vagina—attempted to do something truly beyond the pale by even the libertine standards of its cohort. A24 pursued a deal to make league-sanctioned films for the NFL. “For us, it was like, how do you take this thing that’s so well established and so Americana and have an A24 look and vibe?” says A24’s head of TV and nonfiction, Ravi Nandan, without irony.

1 0

DraftKings Paying $750M For Lottery App Jackpocket
by Gunnar Larson 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

DraftKings Paying $750M For Lottery App Jackpocket <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1803642?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> By Al Barbarino Digital sports and gambling company DraftKings Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire U.S. lottery app Jackpocket for approximately $750 million, with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Cooley LLP representing the parties on the cash-and-stock deal. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1803642?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1803642?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…>

1 0

On Bump Stocks, the Supreme Court Is Divorced From Reality
by Gunnar Larson 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

On Bump Stocks, the Supreme Court Is Divorced From Reality https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-02/supreme-court-bump-st… Every so often, a Supreme Court oral argument is so divorced from reality that even a seasoned court-watcher like myself finds it jaw-dropping. The court’s consideration of whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was right to define guns equipped with bump stocks as machine guns was exactly that shocking.

1 0

The floodgates of cryptoanarchy
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

The floodgates of cryptoanarchy The United States has historically taken a firm stance against the crypto industry, hindering its growth for years. However, Lubin believes that the decision to impede the industry’s progress may no longer rest solely in the hands of policymakers. “I think the momentum is picking up, and it’s unstoppable,” he said. Abandon trust all ye who enter here He emphasized that crypto was born into an era of constrained and controlled money, but it offers a paradigm shift towards decentralized trust, a concept that had never been seen before Texas Blockchain Massacre In a landmark ruling, the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC) and Riot Platforms Inc. have triumphed in their lawsuit against the Biden administration, successfully halting the data collection efforts on bitcoin mining operations! https://cryptonews.com/news/ethereum-co-founder-joe-lubin-bullish-on-crypto… “We are in this 4th turning, and we are ready for a new system of the world,” he said when asked about the catalyst for the next super cycle. Roll on the revolution.

1 0

Wet Blanket Buttface not a cypherpunks arsehole
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

A memecoin could be the next edollar to big gods egold. Anythings fungible when everthing is negotiable. Now try telling that to political morons like Balaji and Butthead! Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience I am not making global anarchist revolution for anything resembling business as usual. " WE MEAN IT Ma . . AAAN!"

1 0

[book] Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse by Alison Miller
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

This appears to be a premier, academically well-respected, book on recovery from severely traumatic mind control, from 2014.

1 1

Musk’s X Could Face EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown
by Gunnar Larson 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

Musk’s X Could Face EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-02/musk-s-x-could-face-eu-s… Elon Musk’s social media platform X could face a raft of new European Union rules that place curbs on the behavior of some of the world’s largest technology firms, after the company told regulators it may meet criteria to fall under the scope of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

1 0

BitLicense Honesty Video
by Gunnar Larson 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

BitLicense Honesty Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ <https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0wn9TctRNs/?igsh=NW5ndTgydjM5ZWNq>

1 0

FBI, I Do Not Give A Hoot - One of the World's Best Videos
by Gunnar Larson 02 Mar '24

02 Mar '24

FBI, I Do Not Give A Hoot - One of the World's Best Videos https://www.instagram.com/reel/C20IwLIN629/?igsh=NTRnNTExcmZwbG11

1 0