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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 · 13d

'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 · 2d

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 · 3d

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.

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

“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.”

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 7d

So awesome so awesome

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

‘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.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9d

W. O. W.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9d

Keep looking. You’ll get it

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9d

You don’t have problems

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 9d

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