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“What we learn from History is that no one learns from History” ~ Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898 "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs" ~ Thomas Sowell

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16d

'Everything you think of as wokeness involves prioritizing the feminine over the masculine: empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition'

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The Great Feminization

In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world.

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 20h

Our age of kings - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

'Strongman leaders are trying to bring order to a world disrupted by new media. But the "cure" is worse than the disease'

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Our age of kings

Strongman leaders are trying to bring order to a world disrupted by new media. But the "cure" is worse than the disease.

www.noahpinion.blog

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 20h

The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz

'Loneliness, porn’s next frontier ...'

'Peering into Goonworld’s darkest corners has convinced me that what we are dealing with here may well be a structural flaw of networked communication itself'

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The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz

Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation

harpers.org

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 1d

Arctic instincts: The personality of East Asians

'lactose tolerance genes in Europeans are a fraction of genetic variation yet altered the course of history... Arcticist traits may underlie habits like stifled expression & social rigidity...'

www.aporiamagazine.com/p/arctic-ins...

Arctic instincts: The personality of East Asians

Is Confucianism a cause or a consequence of Chinese psychology?

www.aporiamagazine.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 2d

The 12 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, Ranked

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The 12 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, Ranked - SlashFilm

From the works of George R. R. Martin to J. R. R. Tolkien and plenty more in between and beyond, here are what we think are the best fantasy books of all time.

www.slashfilm.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 4d

Indian tariffs cause barrier to entry for Australian wine producers

'officials are battling it out over wine & dairy tariffs. Despite the challenges posed by high levies, is India still a market worth betting on for producers Down Under?'

www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/10/indi...

Indian tariffs cause major barrier to entry for Australian wine producers

Despite the challenges posed by high levies, is India still a market worth betting on for Australian wine producers?

www.thedrinksbusiness.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 5d

Trump's rare earths deal to counter China was a badly needed 'Sputnik moment' - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Trump has a 'Sputnik moment' but China is wiping the floor with America

To remind the US president: China is both communist and working passably well, something he and the United States generally are being forced reluctantly to confront.

www.abc.net.au

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 6d

Sanae Takaichi: Meet Japan's drum-playing, Thatcher-loving first female PM www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sanae Takaichi: Meet Japan's drum-playing, Thatcher-loving first female PM

The conservative politician, who sees Margaret Thatcher as an inspiration, has become Japan's first female prime minister.

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Gurwinder @gurwinder.bsky.social · 7d

People often talk of tackling the “root causes of poverty”, but poverty doesn’t have a root cause; it is the natural state of existence. The real question is, what causes prosperity?

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 7d

“The world has gone mad”: Marcus Padley goes 100% cash - Vishal Teckchandani | Livewire www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/the-wo...

“The world has gone mad”: Marcus Padley goes 100% cash

The S&P 500 is on fire, Big Tech is about to report... and Marcus has left the building. “The stock market has become a dangerous place.”

www.livewiremarkets.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 8d

Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam | ZDNET

'One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI'

www.zdnet.com/article/euro...

Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam

One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI.

www.zdnet.com

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10d

So awesome so awesome

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 9d

Paxos accidentally mints $300 trillion in PayPal stablecoin - Cryptopolitan www.cryptopolitan.com/paxos-accide...

Paxos accidentally mints $300 trillion in PayPal stablecoin - Cryptopolitan

Paxos mistakenly minted $300 trillion worth of PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoins on Ethereum before burning them within minutes.

www.cryptopolitan.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 10d

‘Heavy Soda,’ ‘Venus Tummy,’ and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding - Entertainment

'Find out if you're a sigma who has aura or a delulu soyjack in danger of being mogged'

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‘Heavy Soda,’ ‘Venus Tummy,’ and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding

Find out if you're a based chad who has aura or a delulu chud in danger of being mogged.

au.lifehacker.com

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 12d

W. O. W.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 12d

Keep looking. You’ll get it

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 12d

You don’t have problems

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 11d

Google says hackers are turning public blockchains into unkillable malware safehouses | TechSpot

'Smart contracts were built for trust. Now they're serving malware instead'

www.techspot.com/news/109909-...

Google says hackers are turning public blockchains into unkillable malware safehouses

Hackers aligned with North Korea are using public cryptocurrency blockchains to conceal and distribute malicious code, adopting a technique researchers describe as a new form of untouchable...

www.techspot.com

billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 12d

Climate 200 tops donors as election funding list revealed www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...