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Sean H @tlanta-sean.bsky.social · 9h

So much happening in just a few sentences:

Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor's note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 23h

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 2d

You definitely should be telling OpenAI all your sexual fantasies, in explicit detail

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 5d

I want to once again recommend one of the single greatest podcast episodes of all time

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 6d

Post Captain Method Man and his particular friend RZA spend their evenings spitting rhymes in the Great Cabin

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 6d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 7d

Reading this and knowing it was meant to be a private message is like discovering the guy who narrates movie trailers uses the same voice when telling his kids to take out the trash.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 7d

Or correctly read

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 8d

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 8d

This would fuckin rip

Also AC Shadows was great, and the only AC I've ever finished

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 8d

C++ / Javascript / Vibecode

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 9d

If you can't figure out a VPN you're definitely not gonna outsmart the gambling app's tricknology

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 10d

So Hulk Hogan, why are you a great candidate for the Administrative Assistant position?

Hulk Hogan:

An app icon of a printer/scanner combo and the app name "brother iPrint&Scan"

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 10d

We can rebuild him

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 12d

He's only posted a single time today!

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 12d

Gonna be using this image a reply a bunch

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

Have not watched this video and don't know what it's about but when it popped up in the algorithm I knew I had to share the title with the world.

a YouTube video titled "I'm Tired of Listening to Nerds and Dweebs" featuring a nerdy looking dweeb

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 13d

Just saw the absolutely gruesome phrase “gambling influencer”, what a world we’ve made for ourselves

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 13d

Completely cooked

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Ben "Ben Pack" Pack @packbenpack.bsky.social · 15d

Circle K has what can only be described as “Saints Row Food”

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 16d

Checks out

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 16d

Is it a good idea to threaten every one of your generals, publicly call them big fat lazy cucks, and also gather them in one location so they can all talk privately with each with no electronic records?

Asking for a wannabe dictator

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CHADLOG.md @clybrg.bsky.social · 16d

Gee I wonder why infantry CPT Hegseth was sidelined for any leadership role - during the height of the Iraq war - and instead parked into a do-nothing "civil affairs" job

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."