Just to say: - https://news.ki.se/high-meat-consumption-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-genetic-risk-group -

McMaster News

Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in U.S. women

Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new research from McMaster University. ...

TechCrunch

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans witho...

the real point and scandal is not FBI who buy, but those who sell, who already possess such data...

USD Stable Coins And The Rebasement Of The US Dollar - RIA

this article have a valid point: as long as people do not accept sat for common shopping BTCs are a game for giants not for retailers. Being tied to fiat for the last mile means being tied to fiat period. That's the damn issue.

Virginia Business

BlackRock limits withdrawals as redemptions rattle private credit fund

BlackRock restricts withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund due to $1.2 billion in redemption requests amid investor concerns i...

another quake in finance, BlackRock limit withdrawals from it's HPS Corporate Lending Fund (26bn), Blackstone forced to inject 400M to avoid the crac. Others private equities suffer as well (Blue Owl Capital, KKR, Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management, Ares Management, TPG Inc etc). After REITs now the "golden haven" of private credit prove to be not a haven at all...

Toward the Org Mode future: distributed notebooks:

Chris Maiorana

Toward the Org Mode future: distributed notebooks - Chris Maiorana

You often see questions like this pop up in places around the Emacs community: how do you take notes in Org Mode? It’s a good [...]

I dream org-mode integrate Nostr and vice versa, meaning Nostr client (Emacs included) could render org-mode (maybe 200ok.ch lib could help) to really makes the new web of information, people, the new Usenet, (re)born.

A scrap of thought on Bitcoin in extreme crisis situations. The crux of the matter is simple: the bulk of the population, those trading most goods and services in IRL economy, don't use BTC, don't own any SATs, and don't have a wallet. This means that to use BTC, they have to go through third parties that handle the conversion to fiat via payment cards. It's a heavy dependency, not much different from the one you have with fiat money in a bank. Of course, BTC crosses every border, so if one country blocks it, you can hope to go to another and operate there with your own non-seizable funds. But for things like eating every day, paying for travel, and so on well, they probably won't be usable for that in most countries. So I see BTC as a refuge, like a pirate's chest buried on a remote island to be touched only in an emergency, a bit of activity for personal exploration or speculation aside, but they aren't enough spread for life security in a bad crisis (like war). Gold coins for short-term use are still useful, as is local fiat currency, and that's frustrating because technically the infrastructure is there. Despite many issues, from on-chain TPS and fees to many Lightning payments failing, it exists. However, without sufficient adoption, we can't reach the level of protection possible for all of us. What do you think? What kind of "fire sale" portfolios do you consider sensible, asset by asset?

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