2022

links, etc Inside the crypto black markets of Argentina objectively, the first useful application of crypto that i’ve seen. Raft a great raft explainer. worth taking the time to click thru. How Did Fighting Climate Change Become a Partisan Issue? | The New Yorker The G.O.P.’s opposition to action on climate change has transcended crass calculation to become an article of faith. Several red states, including Texas and Louisiana, have taken steps to penalize financial firms that say they are reducing their investments in fossil fuels, even though these steps are likely to cost the states’ taxpayers money....

links, etc How Do We Face Loss With Dignity? - ezra kline show (podcast) nytimes link initially, this started out as a really interesting discussion about Mohsin Hamid’s book and the themes therein. then it kind of forked off in a really interesting direction. But what I think is very stark is that it cannot be that the moral right is simply to say that people mustn’t move, they are criminal if they move, they should be criminalized if they move, because in a world where there will be, I think, enormous flows of people, due to climate change and environmental disruption, but also wars and other things, if we say to people that they just can’t move, we’re, in a sense, handing out death sentences to millions and millions of our fellow human beings....

links, etc This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed | WIRED 10 years ago i’d be giving you the side eye if you shared something like this with me. now i’m like … hmmm, interesting.

links, etc Counterfeits, fraud, and theft: Why Silca changed its return policy - CyclingTips fraud everywhere, even for bicycle tire pumps. the stuff that is described here and the difficulties encountered in dealing with fraud on amazon is nothing short of eye popping. people returning bike pumps with garbage in the box, disassembled pumps for spare parts. sounds like disputing credit card charges from the business side is really painful.