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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1h

Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 1h

*MOKYR, AGHION, HOWITT WON NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICS

me neither. over to the FT Alphaville live blog then

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 2h

it is indeed a lovely part of the world in some ways, I can see why a lot of people like it. bit flat for my liking, mind you 😀

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 2h

to each their own...

BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 2h

have a very close family member who lives there. we do not discuss politics.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 2h

tbf, while the good people of South West Norfolk may pursue lifestyles some consider 'unusual', they did have the good sense ultimately to boot Liz Truss into touch. the people of West Suffolk, not so much. voting for Nick Timothy after being freed of the Matt Hancock yolk shows they learnt nothing.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 3h

'they're trying to control our thoughts ! just like they did with Covid !' etc. we know how that episode broke some supposedly serious people's brains; what's concerning for me is that even partial normalisation has not been met with some re-appraisal of 'yeah, things got away from me a bit there'

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 3h

one of the most successful pub discussions I'v ever had was to tell a chess fanatic mate, that it's a game not a sport. now that was extremely successful as a 'belief'. he went nuts 😀

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 3h

Marcus Fysh would definitely have been a turnip shepherd

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 3h

I have many beliefs, but none of them are faith based. tend to go more for the classic 'unprovable' opinions, such as Disco >>> Rock. far more fun to be had with that down the pub, or indeed on here.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

got it in one, never in doubt

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 4h

UK reporting shows another provision for #LLOY.L Lloyds of £800mn, a new £1bn contract for #COST.L Costain and some weakness vs expectations for #OXIG.L Oxford Instruments. lots of US data won't be reported, but lots of US financials earnings will be:

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 7h

think we all knew Trump would TACO, only question was how long it would take. this was a particularly fast rollover even by his standards. can see the initial bounce on the open is already starting to roll though, expect the rest of the month to remain volatile until the next 'deadline' on Nov 1.

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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 7h

yep, ETH and BTC I can see are accepted for payments by some counterparties. from my perspective though: the vast majority of coins (and all sh💩tcoins) are backed by nothing, offer no yield & cashflows, and are too volatile to be anything other than gambling. have fun, but not for me.