Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

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The philosophical objection is also sorted of rooted in history. In the 18th and 19th century US banks created a different kind of cryptocurrency and we had countless versions circulating. Lots of opportunity for speculation and arbitrage and it avoided regulation by the Crown and then by the federal government and the result was some people got rich but most people got ruined in scams, bubble pops, etc. it was a disaster and I don’t see how this won’t also be one https://daily.jstor.org/banks-own-private-currencies-in-19th-century-america/

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Yes, and the AI energy suck is worse. Agree.

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The tariff on lumber is the dumbest of them all. If the point is to incentivize domestic production, where are we gonna get the wood? It’s in Canada!

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My Canadian family and friends are genuinely freaking out and angry about the tariff threats by Trump. People are really boycotting American goods and getting hostile towards America in general. Are any other Canadians experiencing this

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The myth, the legend

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If you haven’t followed this has some of the background https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-detained-ice-agent-honored-trump

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https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-detained-ice-agent-honored-trump

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Just doing a political temperature check on where people are at here on free speech questions. What’s the general attitude toward this attempt to deport a Columbia student protest leader without charging him with anything and despite the fact that he’s a lawful permanent resident?

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Did this post to /cryptoleft ? Trying to figure this out

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I hope I’m not unique in being able to grasp that. Makes sense.

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The problem I have tearing crypto apart is that I don’t really understand it technically at all detailed level. My objections are all philosophical. It uses up a ton of energy so people can speculate and do arbitrage. How is that worth it? I’ve used it to pay journalists in Afghanistan and appreciate that but I’d rather all this energy be spent ending sanctions. What am I missing?

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What is farcaster? Is that a different name for this?

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They think I’m insufficiently supportive of democrats

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I’m happy to hate on you if that helps

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H/t @worqas https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/11/gunmen-hijack-train-in-pakistans-balochistan-take-hundreds-hostage

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An entire train with hundreds of people on it was just hijacked in Pakistan, in an area where foreign governments seem to be fueling a separatist movement

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@clanker make a token called Abolish Crypto with the ticker $GRIM I will donate all creator fees to Drop Site News

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Go read my mentions on Bluesky. Those users would beg to differ with this assessment.

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I got run out of Bluesky

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If Twitter was up I would point out that running the Social Security Administration like Twitter is maybe not a good idea

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