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Alejandro Salinas retweeted
Small victory lap:
1) Block designed COPA to keep foundational bitcoin tech open for all.
2) We kept hosting the WP and chose not to be intimidated by Wright’s C&D letters.
3) In 2021, COPA filed a lawsuit to stop the harassing C&Ds, the results of which came down today.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
The surge in immigration will help bolster the US economy by about $7 trillion over the next decade by swelling the labor force and increasing demand, the Congressional Budget Office says trib.al/tLjWspR
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
Debido a que no llegaron los diputados requeridos, la sesión de hoy de la Comisión Investigadora por el Caso Hermosilla fracasó por falta de quorum. Lee aquí el especial de CIPER sobre este caso:
ciperchile.cl/multimedia/cas…
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
0.34%
Remember that next time the government says it’s mainly used by criminals
Over $24 billion worth of cryptocurrency was received by illicit addresses in 2023 accounting for 0.34% of all transaction volume, @chainalysis has estimated.
trib.al/zwxDZqj
There’s something beautiful in company A sending an automated email to company B, only for company B to send an automated reply, both emails with instructions on what the other ought to do.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
BREAKING: Campaign finance charges on Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX have been dropped, in addition to six other charges.
This is unusual.
He gave millions to politicians.
Who exactly?
Nearly everyone.
See the list here: unusualwhales.com/politics/a…
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
Mis 15 mejores fotos de 2023, el hilo.
1. Empiezo por una de mis favoritas del año: el Hotel Belvedere en Suiza. El encuadre más Wes Anderson que he fotografiado nunca.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
I remember when this video came out a few years ago.
I had zero idea how right they’d look. I just knew it was hilarious.
Watching it now is … crazy 😂
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
We’re excited to announce people in 95+ countries can now pre-order Bitkey!
Bitkey is the self-custody bitcoin wallet with an app to send on the go, hardware to protect your savings, and recovery tools in case you lose your phone, or hardware, or both. bit.ly/3TfpnjM
Satya having the market for breakfast
We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them. And we’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens bit.ly/49c79oE
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994; mass shootings dropped by 43%.
George W. Bush and the GOP let the assault weapons ban expire in 2004; mass shootings increased by 245%.
These numbers tell the whole story.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
BREAKING: Kevin Hern has announced he is going to run for speaker of the House after Jim Jordan's attempt failed.
Kevin Hern currently is the Congressman who benefits most from the current wars in Ukraine and Israel, per his stock holdings.
Here are more of his unusual trades:
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
BREAKING: Congress has been buying war stocks.
Many bought defense company $GD, General Dynamics.
Numerous Republicans bought heavy into oil + energy companies, with buys in $XOM, $DVN, $CVX.
Democrats bought cybersecurity like $FTNT.
These companies lobby Congress heavily.
Alejandro Salinas retweeted
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
— President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
— President John F. Kennedy
"We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
— President Barack Obama
"IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!"
— Donald trump
