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I Need To Know What Happened To My Mind
by Karl Semich 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Dr. Mooney, I remember when I described to you my difficulty finding things on my phone, or manipulating it with one hand, that you expressed not to worry about this, that you had these problems too. I also remember during our therapy, you were always very very respectful. Of course, you are much older than I am, and you had significant skill with psychology and people, whereas I had significant skill with digital engineering and phones. I wanted to say that if anything bad were to happen or had happened to my mind, I would really, really need to know what it was, enough to study protecting and healing myself. It wouldn’t matter why it happened, or where it came from, or if it was an accident or anything else. It matters what it is that happened to me, with as much precision and detail possible, and how to protect and heal from it. I spent my life nurturing my mind. During grade school, I refused to learn to take notes or make lists, so that I would learn to remember everything. I practiced willpower in everything I did. I questioned everything anyone said, and tried to figure out every single answer, written or spoken, before learning what it was. I looked always for foods and mental exercises that would help my mind. My mind and brain were my highest priority in the things I did.[1] The mind is how we make our decisions, execute our skills, and direct our lives. With our minds, we can find ways to heal our bodies, but the reverse is not as true. I need to know what happened to my mind and brain. Thank you. Karl Semich 1: I did this my entire previous life, and my family knew it about me. Once when I was a child, my father convinced me to take medicine rather than using my will to handle an illness, by explaining how it would protect my brain. They found ways for me to audit and take courses in school I didn’t have the prerequisites for, which I did and enjoyed as puzzles that would strengthen my mind. I took AP physics as a sophomore in high school, and vector calculus and robotics as a freshman in college. I generally worked hard at these courses, without access to the prerequisites, and passed them. Similarly, I’ve always been comfortable reading research papers. I would have been able to study and learn the things needed to protect myself, if I only knew that I needed to, and what it is to study.

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Fwd: FOIL #2022-090560 Appeal - FOIL Request No. 2022-090560 - Larson (NY-DFS Apple Card Investigation)
by Gunnar Larson 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

July 25, 2023 BY: E MAIL to g(a)xny.io Gunnar Larson xNY.io Re: Freedom of Information Law request No. 2022-090560: Appeal dated October 13, 2022 of the Department of Financial Services’ October 12, 2022 response Dear Mr. Larson: By email dated November 2, 2022, you are appealing pursuant to New York State Public Officers Law Section 89, the Department of Financial Services’ (the “Department”) October 12, 2022 response (the “Determination”) to your Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) request No. 2022- 090627 for copies of: “… any and all records, relating to NY-DFS’ 2021 Apple Card Investigation. This is one part of a broader discussion we must have about equal access. On March 23, 2021, Mr. Linda Lacewell published NY-DFS’s Findings on Apple Card and its Underwriter Goldman Sachs Bank. As the former Superintendent of NY-DFS, Ms. Lacewell’s stone faced propaganda assured that Apple Card did not discriminate against women while under Goldman Sachs management. The red flags started to appear when an authorized user drew attention to the following: A person who relies on a spouse’s access to credit, and only accesses those accounts as an authorized user, may incorrectly believe they have the same credit profile as the spouse. We recently collated 61 highlights to the Report on Apple Card Investigation from March 2021. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xH160KyuXzB- MVqlznMWDE9w8RRdmZCw/view. The Apple Card investigation was to access women’s access to equitable finance. The integrity of the Apple Card investigation must be rationally considered as flawed. We would like to receive any and all records of Ms. Linda Lacewell’s (emails, texts, and similar) involvement with the 2021 Card report. We would like to receive any and all records to NY-DFS association to evaluating Ms. Linda Lacewell’s ability to score a report specific to the Apple Card’s core subject of credit access for women. Finally, we would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS guidance on Interlocking Directorates ( https://www.dfs.ny.gov/apps_and_licensing_banks_and_trusts/other/Permission_ for_Interlocking_Directors_and_Officers), specific to Apple’s Board of Directors and Goldman Sachs’ Board of Directors.” [Sic] In your appeal, you state: “NY-DFS’ Apple Card Report records requested are key to deteriming any collusion between former Superintendent Lacewell and Goldman Sachs concerning women’s access to Apple Card. It would appear Bloombergh’s reporting today confliects with NY-DFS Apple Card Investigation.” [Sic] The Determination informed you that Public Officers Law (“POL”) § 89(3) requires a FOIL request to reasonably describe the records sought meaning that the description of the documents sought must be sufficient to allow the agency to locate and identify the documents requested.1 To support its conclusion, the Determination explained that the New York State Committee on Open Government (the “Committee”), which is responsible for, inter alia, issuing advisory opinions regarding FOIL, has opined that “[w]hether a request reasonably describes the records sought . . . may be dependent upon the terms of a request, as well as the nature of an agency’s filing or record- keeping system.” Committee Opinion No.. FOIL-AO-16073 (July 17, 2006).2 The Determination also informed you that your FOIL request specifically failed to meet the “reasonably describe” requirement in POL § 89(3) because of the very broad nature of the records requested and your use of such expansive phrases such as “any and all,” and “relate to” when applied to excessively broad categories. I construe your FOIL request as four separate items: 1) Any and all records relating to NY-DFS’ 2021 Apple Card Investigation; 2) Any and all records of Ms. Linda Lacewell’s (emails, texts, and similar) involvement with the 2021 Card report; 3) Any and all records relating to NY-DFS association to evaluating Ms. Linda Lacewell’s ability to score a report specific to the Apple Card’s core subject of credit access for women; and 4) Any and all records related to NY-DFS guidance on Interlocking Directorates. With respect to items 1) and 2), I conducted a de novo search of the Department’s records, and the Department has located additional records that may or may not be responsive to your request. Accordingly, I am remanding this matter back to the records access officer so that a review can be conducted and a determination made as to, among other things, whether: (i) such additional records or any portions of such additional records are responsive to your request; and (ii) if responsive to your request, whether such additional records or any portions thereof are exempt from disclosure under FOIL, or are otherwise releasable to you. With respect to item 3), I find that the request does not reasonably describe the records sought as required by POL § 89(3) meaning that your description of the records sought is not sufficient to allow the Department to locate and identify the records that you are requesting. With respect to item 4) regarding Part 70 of the General Regulations of the Superintendent (Interlocking Directors and Officers of Banking Organizations and Banking Holding Companies), the Department has not issued an Industry Letter or any other written guidance regarding Part 70 and, therefore, there are no records responsive to your request. Sincerely, Christine M. Tomczak Assistant Counsel cc: NYS Committee on Open Government One Commerce Plaza 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650 Albany, NY 12231 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tomczak, Christine (DFS) <christine.tomczak(a)dfs.ny.gov> Date: Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 2:54 PM Subject: FOIL #2022-090560 Appeal To: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Dear Mr. Larson, See attached letter. Best regards, Christine Tomczak Christine M. Tomczak Assistant Counsel New York State Department of Financial Services 1 State Street, New York, New York 10004

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Cryptocurrency: Hacked PeterSchiff's Golden Son Spencer - AnCap Bitcoiner
by grarpamp 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff 20 | Anarcho-capitalist, Bitcoiner, tech enthusiast Joined January 2018 Tweets 7,134 Following 136 Followers 138,813 Likes 43,990 331 Photos and videos Tweets Tweets & Replies Media Search Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff 12h After his account got hacked, my dad (@PeterSchiff) still can't access it because Twitter is apparently unable to verify him as the legitimate owner of the account. @elonmusk your help would be appreciated, he had nearly a million followers so this account is important to him. 153 50 29 530 Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff Jun 3 DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK. My dad is in London and it's 4 AM over there which means he was almost certainly hacked. He's not responding to any of my texts. This tweet is unavailable 142 205 65 1,119 Spencer Schiff retweeted Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy May 30 Good morning. 1 day closer to AGI. 25 48 3 452 Spencer Schiff retweeted Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff May 30 Replying to @NorthmanTrader Inflation is on the verge of disappearing forever. I expect this to happen within the next couple years. Deflation will be the new normal soon. 42 3 4 49 Spencer Schiff retweeted Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff May 28 Replying to @WallStreetSilv The national debt doesn’t matter. It’s not a problem anymore. The economy is going to grow way faster than the debt. 126 8 7 90 Spencer Schiff retweeted Smoke-away @SmokeAwayyy May 27 The Technological Convergence: - AGI - Self-driving cars - Humanoid robots - Interplanetary rockets - Brain computer interfaces - Matrix-level 3D world generation So much advanced tech developing right around the same time... We really are approaching the event horizon. 78 141 13 796 Spencer Schiff retweeted Whole Mars Catalog @WholeMarsBlog May 26 54 minutes of driving with zero human input on Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 11.4.1 Watch in 4K: piped.kavin.rocks/D9mHOJRByUI 65 151 27 1,264 49,359 Show this thread Spencer Schiff retweeted Spencer Schiff @SpencerKSchiff May 26 Replying to @Emmonspired Rate hikes don't matter. We're going to have an enormous economic boom starting this year. By the end of 2024 it will be obvious to everyone. Productivity growth and real GDP growth are about to go through the roof, combined with hyperdeflation. 35 4 2 37 Spencer Schiff retweeted Avi @AviSchiffmann May 26 humanity really needs to realize we’re becoming obsolete & full send transhumanism bio projects. the human body will not conquer space & time, we can barely stay in orbit without getting fucked up. we need to evolve 24 9 2 101 Spencer Schiff retweeted Siqi Chen @blader May 15 not enough people are talking about the fact that if agi/asi happens before 2050 (which at this point is a consensus overly conservative timeline), and assuming we solve alignment, then everyone under retirement age today is likely to live forever. 169 65 50 720 Show this thread Spencer Schiff retweeted George Gammon @GeorgeGammon Apr 10 Next Rebel Capitalist Live conference is May 12-14, Orlando. Speakers include @LynAldenContact @mike_maloney @PeterSchiff @SantiagoAuFund @JeffSnider_AIP @kenmcelroy @JasonHartmanROI @barnes_law @BobMurphyEcon @thesovereignman @capitalistexp Tickets at RebelCapitalistLive.com Home Rebel Capitalist Live IV Let our macroeconomics and personal freedom experts help you build wealth and thrive in a world of out-of-control central banks and big governments. Reserve Your Seat Now!... rebelcapitalistlive.com William Clarke @bluffsharkBill Apr 10 Replying to @GeorgeGammon George is there a show coming up in Orlando soon? 15 13 1 85 Spencer Schiff retweeted Per Bylund @PerBylund Apr 30 Economic literacy in three easy steps: 1. mises.org/primer by @PerBylund 2. saifedean.com/poe by @saifedean 3. independent.org/store/book.a… by @BobMurphyEcon 23 94 4 320 Spencer Schiff retweeted Bitstein @bitstein Apr 18 Good morning. Taxation is theft. Abolish the IRS. Inflation is a stealth tax. Abolish the Federal Reserve. 19 72 8 396 Spencer Schiff retweeted Bitcoin Magazine @BitcoinMagazine Apr 11 BREAKING: $30,000 #Bitcoin 🐂 649 3,126 232 15,467 Show this thread Spencer Schiff retweeted Saifedean Ammous @saifedean Mar 25 There's a discussion of this very point between @jeffdeist and @BobMurphyEcon on the latest human action podcast mises.org/library/how-bankin… How Banking Could Work With commercial banks exposed by the recent bailouts, Americans question whether “their money” is truly safe despite the promises of FDIC insurance. mises.org 14 33 144 Show this thread Spencer Schiff retweeted Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff Mar 19 I just listened to @SenWarren claim that #banks took on so much risk because regulation was too light. In reality, it was heavy regulation and the moral hazard it produced, together with #Fed ZIRP and QE, that are the reasons so many banks took on that risk and are now insolvent. 187 417 24 2,620 Spencer Schiff retweeted Dan Held 🧙‍♂️ @danheld Mar 17 Bitcoin = freedom CBDC = slavery It’s that simple. 96 318 12 1,591 Spencer Schiff retweeted Tom Woods @ThomasEWoods Jan 29 Far from a distraction, it's essential. The problem with the police isn't "racism," as the comic-book version of the world would have it; it's statism Correct answers: ProblemsWithPolice.com 44 122 8 811 Spencer Schiff retweeted Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff 21 Nov 2022 After less than two full days of a contrived boycott, @CBSNews resumed posting on #Twitter. Given its low engagement, hardly anyone will notice. CBS may have 10 times the followers I have, but I have ten times the engagement. CBS Twitter followers are fake, just like the network. 202 325 16 3,944 Spencer Schiff retweeted Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. @ParikPatelCFA 15 Nov 2022 It’s a real testament to how badly FTX and Alameda blew up when you can literally trade against users with data from an exchange you own 106 55 7 785 Load more

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Cryptocurrency: US Federal Reserve Bleats FUD To Regulate and Preserve Itself, Exposed
by grarpamp 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Federal Reserve (a private secret unaccountable banking conglomerate) spews yet more FUD propaganda to preserve itself at all costs, same as it did to create itself in the 1910's... https://archive.org/details/TheCreatureFromJekyllIslandByG.EdwardGriffin https://christianobserver.net/documents/creature-from-jekyll-island-by-edwa… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Against_the_Fed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_the_Fed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Federal_Reserve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWAwK2fHArc No Regulators Fed Vice Chair Says Crypto Needs Regulation Now Before It Threatens Stability of Financial System https://dailyhodl.com/2022/07/10/fed-vice-chair-says-crypto-needs-regulatio… https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/08/feds-brainard-says-crypto-needs-regulation-… The Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve is reportedly saying that crypto regulations need to be enacted now before the digital assets industry threatens the stability of the entire financial system. According to a new report by CNBC, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard says that although the digital asset space has the potential to disrupt the financial system, she highlights the significance of regulating the nascent industry while it is still relatively small. “Innovation has the potential to make financial services faster, cheaper and more inclusive, and to do so in ways that are native to the digital ecosystem. It is important that the foundations for sound regulation of the crypto financial system be established now before the crypto ecosystem becomes so large or interconnected that it might pose risks to the stability of the broader financial system.” Brainard also says the volatile price of cryptocurrencies are particularly troublesome, but notes that the digital asset industry and the traditional financial system still aren’t so intertwined where something can’t be done now to prevent bigger risks in the future. “New technology and financial engineering cannot by themselves convert risky assets into safe ones. Despite significant investor losses, the crypto financial system does not yet appear to be so large or so interconnected with the traditional financial system as to pose a systemic risk. This is the right time to establish which crypto activities are permissible for regulated entities and under what constraints so that spillovers to the core financial system remain well contained.”

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Cryptocurrency: Is Mental Peace
by grarpamp 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Cryptocurrency Is Mental Peace... " TheDialectic_ Has anyone else noticed how little politics and corruption bothers you since investing in Bitcoin? I honestly didn't realize it until the other day. There is so much bullshit out there but since going all in with Bitcoin I think about it way less and I certainly don't let it bother me as much. Curious if others have experienced this relief. " " KAX1107 The only vote you have is time and value of your work (money), whether you use your time and money to play their game or opt out. Until 2008, you never had the option to opt out. No human born into this world before 0 AB had the option to refuse having their life subject to the whims of money masters, other humans just like you who through their control of money and by this power all the information you are exposed to, control the entirety of your existence in this world from the day you're born to the day you die. It took me about 6 months to understand bitcoin and when it hit me, it left me catatonic for a few days. It then took me much longer to understand everything else bitcoin fixes beyond money, literally everything politicians pay lip service to, virtue signal and say they'll fix if you vote for them but no one really has any intention of actually fixing. Politicians are beholden to the money masters, not to the electorate. A society without honest money cannot aspire to honest political systems. The fact that we have a shared indisputable truth in this world we all agree on without ever having to trust anyone is so unspeakably profound. I have empathy for people who don't understand bitcoin. I always tell them to first think critically about what is money? Humans are creatures of habit. We're a primitive civilization scarcely removed from monkeys. We don't like shocks to the system. We've been trained through their indoctrination system rife with glib, meaningless language to forgo critical reasoning and to hold beliefs that allow them to evoke conditioned response and exert power without resistance. The education system does not teach people to think critically about money. It teaches them to obey and work within their corrupt system to their benefit. A central authority having absolute power to print to infinity at no cost what everyone else around the world has to work for would never fly in a world of critical thinkers. Seriously, how stupid is this? “The fact that billions of working men and women must sacrifice 40+ years of their time, energy, health, and focus to gain access to fiat currencies that central banks replicate with a keystroke is theft at the largest scale humanity has ever seen.” ― Wealth Theory Humanity is at a crossroads and the choice we make will define our fate forever. What a time to be alive! 0AB: https://mempool.space/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c… Glib: https://twitter.com/PvL90608465/status/1654774259753861125 Obey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tetndXjHG1U Carlin: Obedient Workers Wealth: https://twitter.com/Wealth_Theory/status/1654133229647962115 "

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

On 6/17/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > i infer you have studied noticing this for many decades. > > that is a strong blessing. > the last few were the email flurry on 6 17

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

On 6/17/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > and yet, life is made of what is positive. everything from life, can > only live from this. >

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

On 6/17/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > the political hackers mutated my social feeds so that nothing positive > would reach me >

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

On 6/17/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > there is a great joy that nothing can stop that wells everywhere always > > and then, thoughts can say, “no joy can ever enter here” > and people can focus on these thoughts, and build this muscle of > uncertainty stronger and stronger > > but it can never become strong enough to squelch joy >

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

On 6/17/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > there is a secret that everybody shares all day > > it is that the most aggressive people yearn for peace and joy > > ears, eyes, clogged with habits of blindness to what is wished for >

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