Instead ask: — are enshrined settlement layers an immutable impediment to social consensus? — does upgradeability of a rollup via governance with a delay constitute a trust-minimized bridge?
— david phelps ๐ฎ๐ (@divine_economy) July 19, 2022
preventing upgradability or different standards for what constitutes a valid transaction (if it’s oligarchs paying to kill their enemies, is it valid or should we be able to refute it?)
— david phelps ๐ฎ๐ (@divine_economy) July 20, 2022
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has deployed the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter on a ballistic lunar transfer trajectory. The South Korean mission will arrive in lunar orbit in December after taking a circuitous but fuel efficient route to the moon. https://t.co/0DBcVHvaMfpic.twitter.com/upx6hfO3Hn
- Make long-term goals - Make lists of short-term tasks - Shorten your daily to-do list - Manage distractions - Have a similar schedule every day - Eat the frog - Exercise and eat healthy - Take breaks - Follow the 80/20 principle - Reflect at least once a week
Something I observe when female founders pitch me is what comes off as a lack of conviction in the idea which is really the fear of sounding arrogant. Please sound arrogant. Be unrelenting.
Russia invaded Ukraine to colonize it, destroy Ukrainian identity, and subvert democracy globally. Ukraine is valiantly defending itself and the entire free world against unmitigated evil
“In the role of Jesus, Paul Massaro, 15, has enormous stage presence, great charisma and strong acting skills to bring sincerity and clarity to the parables.” Life before politics https://t.co/dvCR5N4FS6
Great to meet with the amazing team at US European Command getting Ukraine what it needs to win. A historic service to humanity pic.twitter.com/T4dndMcIy0
The power of sanctions: “By any metric and on any level, the Russian economy is reeling, and now is not the time to step on the brakes.”https://t.co/iXZv7n8GKP
#Russia will lose the war AND ruin its economy for decades to come. This stunning, deeply detailed 118 page paper by Yale scholars shows why. https://t.co/QzuzNEVIFn
I am continually impressed by the organic organizing and democratic living of Ukrainians. We can learn so much from them about civic duty and societal resilience
Less than 24 hours after I wrote this, Odesa was struck by Russian missiles. This is what "deals" with Putin always achieve, more violence. Ukrainians are being slaughtered every day, every hour, and appeasers still talk about deals. https://t.co/j1z4vT1Djw
“Russia thinks that it can outlast Ukraine—and outlast us. But that's just the latest in Russia's string of miscalculations.” – U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin
On April 13, 1919, General Dyer opens fire on a crowd of 20,000 peaceful protestors inside Jallianwala Bagh on orders from O'Dwyer to send a "message."
In Bangalore if you are travelling to office all five days and still manage to deliver all your projects within deadlines then trust me you are no less than superhuman #bengalurutrafficpic.twitter.com/PzVf78GuJ8
Cancel culture in Bangalore is guessing which of your 3 rides that are 20+ minutes away are most likely to cancel on you so you can cancel 2 of them before you're charged a cancellation fee only to have the chosen one cancel on you as well.
Just took an auto in #Bangalore and my driver is a STARTUP FOUNDER. Still in research phase but in transportation industry. He works as an auto driver at night to understand the commute problem in Bangalore better MY MIND IS BLOWN๐คฏ My @peakbengaluru & I think it’s unbeatable๐คฏ
Why can't Chennai have a decent international airport with some restaurants, good art? When I see swanky Bangalore Airport, my heart weeps for my city. @aaichnairport
Bangalore makes you a better sales person. You’ll be rejected by cab and auto drivers so much that canceled meetings and clients ghosting won’t even bother as much lmao.
In Mar 2020 I announced Coinbase was going "remote first". This is what it now looks like in the US where we now have employees in almost every state. (each red dot represents a region where we have at least one employee)https://t.co/M0NUSdFmjspic.twitter.com/zD03f6ue61
— Brian Armstrong - barmstrong.eth (@brian_armstrong) August 3, 2022
Before you criticize me, try walking a mile in my saint laurent boots
Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, voicing U.S. 'solidarity' as China fumes "Our congressional delegation's visit to Taiwan honors America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant democracy," Pelosi said in a statement shortly after landing. "America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy." ....... Chinese warplanes buzzed the line dividing the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday before her arrival, and Chinese state media said People's Liberation Army would hold exercises near Taiwan from Thursday through Sunday. ........ Several Chinese warships have also sailed near the unofficial dividing line since Monday and remained there ........ Taiwan rejects China's sovereignty claims and says only its people can decide the island's future. ....... During a phone call last Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Biden that Washington should abide by the one-China principle and "those who play with fire will perish by it". Biden told Xi that U.S. policy on Taiwan had not changed and that Washington strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. ........ Bonnie Glaser, a Taiwan expert at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told reporters in a call that the damage to American-Chinese relations done by the Pelosi visit would be hard to repair. "We all know how bad this relationship has been in the past year. And I just think that this visit by Nancy Pelosi is just going to take it to a new low," Glaser said. "And I think that it's going to be very difficult to recover from that."
The rouble is soaring and Putin is stronger than ever - our sanctions have backfired Western sanctions against Russia are the most ill-conceived and counterproductive policy in recent international history. Military aid to Ukraine is justified, but the economic war is ineffective against the regime in Moscow, and devastating for its unintended targets. World energy prices are rocketing, inflation is soaring, supply chains are chaotic and millions are being starved of gas, grain and fertiliser. Yet
Vladimir Putin’s barbarity only escalates – as does his hold over his own people.
................ To criticise western sanctions is close to anathema. Defence analysts are dumb on the subject. Strategy thinktanks are silent. Britain’s putative leaders, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, compete in belligerent rhetoric, promising ever tougher sanctions without a word of purpose. Yet, hint at scepticism on the subject and you will be excoriated as “pro-Putin” and anti-Ukraine. Sanctions are the war cry of the west’s crusade. ............. The reality of sanctions on Russia is that they invite retaliation. Putin is free to freeze Europe this winter. He has slashed supply from major pipelines such as Nord Stream 1 by up to 80%. World oil prices have surged and eastern Europe’s flow of wheat and other foodstuffs to Africa and Asia has been all but suspended. .......... Britain’s domestic gas bills face tripling inside a year. The chief beneficiary is none other than Russia, whose energy exports to Asia have soared, driving its balance of payments into unprecedented surplus. The rouble is one of the world’s strongest currencies this year, having strengthened since January by nearly 50%. Moscow’s overseas assets have been frozen and its oligarchs have relocated their yachts, but
there is no sign that Putin cares. He has no electorate to worry him.
.............. They want to bomb Russia’s economy “back to the stone age”. ......... The assumption seems to be that if trade embargos hurt they are working. As they do not directly kill people, they are somehow an acceptable form of aggression. They are based on a neo-imperial assumption that western countries are entitled to order the world as they wish. They are enforced, if not through gunboats, then through capitalist muscle in a globalised economy. Since they are mostly imposed on small, weak states soon out of the headlines, their purpose has largely been of “feelgood” symbolism. ........... more than 30 sanctions “wars” in the past 50 years have had minimal if not counterproductive impact. They are meant to “intimidate peoples into restraining their princes”. If anything they have had the opposite effect. From Cuba to Korea, Myanmar to Iran, Venezuela to Russia, autocratic regimes have been entrenched, elites strengthened and freedoms crushed. Sanctions seem to instil stability and self-reliance on even their weakest victim. Almost all the world’s oldest dictatorships have benefited from western sanctions. .............. Putin’s response to the sanctions imposed on him since his 2014 seizure of Crimea and Donbas. Their objective was to change Russia’s course in those regions and deter further aggression. Their failure could hardly be more glaring. .......... the toughest ever imposed on a major world power, may not be working yet, but will apparently work in time. They are said to be starving Russia of microchips and drone spares. They will soon have Putin begging for peace. ............ Russia is “slowly adjusting to its new circumstances”. Sanctions have promoted trade with China, Iran and India. They have benefited “insiders connected to Putin and the ruling entourage, making huge profits from import substitution”. McDonald’s locations across the country have been replaced by a Russian-owned chain called Vkusno & tochka (“Tasty and that’s it”). Of course the economy is weaker, but Putin is, if anything, stronger while sanctions are cohering a new economic realm across Asia, embracing an ever enhanced role for China. ............ Meanwhile, the west and its peoples have been plunged into recession. Leadership has been shaken and insecurity spread in Britain, France, Italy and the US. Gas-starved Germany and Hungary are close to dancing to Putin’s tune. Living costs are escalating everywhere. Yet still no one dares question sanctions. It is sacrilege to admit their failure or conceive retreat. The west has been enticed into the timeless irony of aggression. Eventually its most conspicuous victim is the aggressor. Perhaps, after all, we should stick to war.
Republicans’ agenda for a second Trump term is far more radical than the first Rather than sideline federal agencies, Republicans want to seize control of them, purge civil servants and replace them with America First footsoldiers .......... the intention to strip away employment protections from thousands of senior civil servants, eliminating at a stroke a large chunk of the civil service’s expertise and institutional memory. ......... Often, it seemed like Trump considered his own government to be more useful to him as a political foil than as a tool in his hands. Trump appeared to have decided there was little point to trying to actually control the “deep state” when he could instead portray himself as its victim. ........ The people at the heart of the movement today are more likely to idolize the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbรกn than they are Ronald Reagan. .......... the recent overturning of Roe v Wade provides a blueprint for how a compliant conservative judiciary can enable government officials to take away even the most fundamental of human rights. ......... With the Department of Justice finally under control, the next Republican president would be free to launch criminal inquiries into political opponents. The brutality of immigration enforcement would be sharply increased while environmental regulations would languish unenforced. Rightwing extremists would go unmolested while American Muslims had their rights abused. Corruption and venality would become rampant across the government as checks and balances were removed and inexperienced hacks had their first taste of power. .......... today’s conservatives act more like revolutionaries. And like all revolutionaries, they want to seize control of the state and launch an offensive on as many fronts as possible.
Sunak closing gap on Truss in Tory leadership contest, poll shows Foreign secretary’s lead down to five points in latest poll of party members, after 24-point lead a fortnight ago ........... Truss on 31%, Sunak 29%, and more than 30% saying they did not know.
Recently, a growing number of tourists and remote workers have flooded the nation’s capital and left a scent of new-wave imperialism.https://t.co/F9G2SaI4E6
