Keonne Rodriguez just wanted to make a privacy tool that would make trading in Bitcoin as private as trading regular money. He built Samourai Wallet. But a crypto-adverse justice system has targeted him, and now he's in prison. President Trump is reviewing his case, and hopefully will pardon Keonne.
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So now doctors think that it can be OK to start hormone replacement therapy, as long as it's right after the onset of menopause. Within ten years, though. After that, it's too late.
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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it will cost 'hundreds of billions' to keep up with frontier AI in the next decade. Microsoft just needs to be smarter in what it invests in. Not just build datacenters and copy its competitors.
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Tesla owners are buying escape tools for when the car is disabled. Because the emergency door opener is awkward to access. But with laminate windows instead of tempered glass, it's not as easy. I wish they posted which tools they're buying. This one supposedly works, but is quite expensive. You need to be able to saw through the laminate, since it won't shatter like tempered glass.
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I can't believe Google is going to sue SerpApi, accusing them of stealing content from their web page when Google does the same thing to others. I think they're hoping that the "punishment is the process". Those on the outside might chuckle, but it's quite serious for SerpApi.
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Great! The EU is no longer going to ban non-EV cars after 2035. Hope they've learned their lesson.
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Is Proton leaving Switzerland? That would be wild. Hard to leave that beautiful country, but you gotta do what's necessary to protect privacy.
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Clearing Zombie Cells Eases Back Pain. It turns out that clearing out senescent cells in spinal discs helps improve back pain. But they achieved this with an agent called RG-7112, as well as o-vanillin, which is found in turmeric. Paper here. I have found turmeric to be actually effective in relieving minor aches and pains.
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California's minimum wage will increase to $16.90 starting January 1. Welcome to more inflation and the cost of everything going up a bit more. You can't just legislate wealth. But the politicians there think you can.
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Oregon Parents Disproportionately Exempt School-Age Children From Vaccines. This is what happens when the medical profession loses trust from the public.
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Corvallis Clinic is going to close Ob-Gyn services in Feb 2026 because they can't get doctors to want to work there. This the canary in the coal mine.
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Washington politicians are thinking about implementing a 9% income tax applicable just to wealthy people. This is how you kill the golden goose. Pretty soon, you'll be like Oregon and have hardly any wealthy at all. Then you'll really need to extend that income tax to everyone.
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