Oh goody I've been invited to a bitcoin conference at George Washington University
Bitcoin Education Institute
First Annual Conference
George Washington University
July 31, 2026
27 speakers.
#9 Yosef Bonaparte, University of Colorado at Denver
#17 Marc Pilkington, University of Essex
I suppose these are real people but I'd be tempted to drop by and see whether, in fact, they have Joseph Bonaparte and Karl Pilkington.
A photo from the Doctorow/Merchant appearance at Skylight Books, LA.
(not my photo; published with permission).
From a financial perspective, from the indefatigable, or in any case not yet defatigated, #EdZitron.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-microsoft/
Guess I'll be seeing this around.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/rightwing-brazilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice
Koreatown:
"The city of Los Angeles doesn't keep us safe so we keep us safe."
https://la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/city-scrapes-grassroots-koreatown-crosswalks-plans-to-replace
One for your bookmarks... 🫣
Now up at The Guardian ("Features")
"Way past Its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/05/way-past-its-prime-how-did-amazon-get-so-rubbish
HuffPost doing Onion imitation, deadpan:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angus-king-mistake-josh-divine-abortion_n_688257c1e4b036c6e7022a68
Everything old is new.
@nytimes, Friday, July 2, 1937: Hitler honors USA tech co IBM president Thomas J. Watson for helping the Reich hunt down “undesirables.”
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/07/02/94396156.html?pageNumber=8
Hamilton Nolan:
"Predicting this scenario does not require any particular expertise in insurance underwriting or climatology. It requires only 1) acceptance of the reality of climate change, 2) basic math, and 3) an understanding of how American politicians operate."