Nigel Barron
@nigelbarron.bsky.social
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Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay.
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media
www.infinitescroll.us
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay.
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
Reposted by Nigel Barron
There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.
I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:
I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:
My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast
YouTube video by Barack Obama
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.
I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:
I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:
The fight back begins! President Obama on the last ever episode of WTF podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/w...
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Comedy Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations...
podcasts.apple.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The fight back begins! President Obama on the last ever episode of WTF podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/w...
"If the history of humanity were condensed into a single 24-hour day, this is roughly what it would look like:
Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds
www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...
Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds
www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...
We are different from all other humans in history
Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.
www.forkingpaths.co
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"If the history of humanity were condensed into a single 24-hour day, this is roughly what it would look like:
Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds
www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...
Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds
www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...
"OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025." www.ft.com/content/908d...
OpenAI’s era-defining money furnace
Actually we’re not even mad; that’s amazing
www.ft.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025." www.ft.com/content/908d...
Reposted by Nigel Barron
Trump didn’t “drain the swamp.”
He built a new one made of crypto.
Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.
This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...
He built a new one made of crypto.
Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.
This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...
Trump's Labor Day payday
Yesterday, millions of Americans took the day off to celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that honors the achievements of organized labor.
popular.info
September 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump didn’t “drain the swamp.”
He built a new one made of crypto.
Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.
This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...
He built a new one made of crypto.
Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.
This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...
I'm with you @kenlburns.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm with you @kenlburns.bsky.social
Ken Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice – a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...
Ken Burns on Trump’s America: 'What’s happened to the party of Abraham Lincoln?'
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ken Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice – a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...
Well done Nick airmail.news/issues/2025-...
A New Twist in the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal
Was Will Lewis—now publisher of The Washington Post—complicit in covering up the crimes that brought down an infamous British tabloid?
airmail.news
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Well done Nick airmail.news/issues/2025-...
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Beaten on the night but we hold our heads high.
We are United. 🖤🤍
We are United. 🖤🤍
August 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Beaten on the night but we hold our heads high.
We are United. 🖤🤍
We are United. 🖤🤍
ATM’s, Lifts, transport systems…https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers
Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
www.bbc.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
ATM’s, Lifts, transport systems…https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers
"In simpler terms, 35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs. If NVIDIA's growth story stumbles, it will reverberate through the rest of the Magnificent 7, making them rely on their own AI trade stories." www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g... @edzitron.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"In simpler terms, 35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs. If NVIDIA's growth story stumbles, it will reverberate through the rest of the Magnificent 7, making them rely on their own AI trade stories." www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g... @edzitron.com
Shame the comments closed for this. I'd have shared this podcast (youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...) where Theil 'critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to the emergence of the Antichrist.' 😵💫
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Shame the comments closed for this. I'd have shared this podcast (youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...) where Theil 'critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to the emergence of the Antichrist.' 😵💫
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Life Changing - The Girl Gambler www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social
Life Changing - The Girl Gambler - BBC Sounds
When Stacey Goodwin got a new job, it triggered a destructive gambling addiction.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Life Changing - The Girl Gambler www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social
“Is Vegas better when it’s run by the mafia, or is it better now when it’s run by the corporations?”
“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”
“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”
“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
‘Allegory for the times we live in’: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30
Director and star of the Vegas-set mafia drama spoke to an audience as part of this year’s Tribeca film festival, looking back at their 1995 hit and its timeless themes
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Is Vegas better when it’s run by the mafia, or is it better now when it’s run by the corporations?”
“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”
“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”
“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
"Comments have not been enabled for this article.". Also on LinkedIn 🤷♂️🤦♂️
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’
The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the ‘most important job maybe in history’
www.ft.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Comments have not been enabled for this article.". Also on LinkedIn 🤷♂️🤦♂️
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...
CEOs, ever since the turn to monopoly and finance in the early 80s, have become bankers, not engineers. So the Thoma Bravo model works, because no one with power listens to the IT nerds offering sage warnings about software quality and risk www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopolies...
Thoma Bravo: The Bridge Trolls of Enterprise Software?
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo bought two ID management service firms over the summer, Ping and SailPoint. Now it's buying ForgeRock. Should we care?
www.thebignewsletter.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
CEOs, ever since the turn to monopoly and finance in the early 80s, have become bankers, not engineers. So the Thoma Bravo model works, because no one with power listens to the IT nerds offering sage warnings about software quality and risk www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopolies...
Flights direct from Gatwick 👇 www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... @turismoasturias.bsky.social
A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: ‘Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunset’
A renovated lighthouse on the Bay of Biscay is the perfect base for exploring Asturias’s maritime delights
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Flights direct from Gatwick 👇 www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... @turismoasturias.bsky.social
"The “technological republic” for America is Singapore on steroids—a centralized authoritarian state that invests heavily in technological systems of repression and violence on a global scale." www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Is This Nation? - Boston Review
Palantir’s military-industrial plan for America.
www.bostonreview.net
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"The “technological republic” for America is Singapore on steroids—a centralized authoritarian state that invests heavily in technological systems of repression and violence on a global scale." www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
Pope Francis’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
April 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Pope Francis’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...