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View More Newsfrom the can-we-be-done-with-this? dept As you will recall, the combination of RFK Jr.’s announcement that he’d find a root cause for all this autism going around combined with Donald Trump’s idiotic claim that there must be some external environmental cause of all this autism going around resulted in both of these clowns telling America that pregnant women taking Tylenol is causing all this autism going around. Never mind how dehumanizing this all is towards the many, many human beings who are on the autism spectrum, nor the other causes RFK Jr. has magically found for autism. There is no scientific…
Former Tether chief investment officer Richard Heathcote is seeking to sell part of his 1.26% stake in the stablecoin issuer, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter.Heathcote stepped down as Tether’s chief investment officer in March to take an advisory role after overseeing the stablecoin issuer’s investment portfolio. Bloomberg reported the planned sale involves only part of his 1.26% ownership stake.Tether issues USDt (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization. With a circulating supply of roughly $184 billion, USDT accounts for roughly 59% of the stablecoin market, according to DefiLlama data.The planned sale could offer…
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This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss America’s declining sense of patriotism and whether it’s possible to distrust the government while still loving the country. The panel examines why fewer Americans say they are…
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I brought a 510-million-year-old trilobite I’d split out of Cambrian shale four hours north of Las Vegas to show a class of eighth graders. I passed it around the room and explained what it was: an ancient arthropod called Bristolia, from the same branch of the tree of life as every insect and crab alive today, that lived in a warm shallow sea that used to cover Nevada. It predated the dinosaurs by 250 million years. It was older than plants on land. It had what was probably the first real compound eyes that ever evolved on Earth—and when I…
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In brief Coinbase sent users an AI-generated alert that incorrectly reported the result of a World Cup match before kickoff. Coinbase said it fixed…
from the three-years-too-late dept Trump-appointed Louisiana federal judge Terry Doughty has spent years bending over backwards trying to help some MAGA faithful manufacture nonsense…
New York, July 6—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kenyan authorities to investigate the attempt by heavily armed men to snatch The Standard…
Ben-Sasson also welcomed Buterin’s decision to make privacy and quantum-resistant cryptography top priorities.”Quantum safety—excellent,” he wrote on X. “Glad to see this as a…
A Canadian teen stole more than $13 million in crypto through social engineering scams to pay for an “exotic lifestyle” in Miami and Los…
Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of…
In the United States, the AI boom is bringing on unprecedented levels of wealth and productivity. It appears that a similar trend is happening…
A review of The Death of Trotsky: The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy by Josh Ireland; 384 pages; Dutton (February…
Crypto caught a modest bid on Thursday after Wednesday’s inflation report showed underlying price pressures staying contained. Bitcoin rose about 1.9% over 24 hours…
Market analysts have cautioned that Bitcoin and gold may face further headwinds this year following a 4.2% annual increase in the US Consumer Price…
In brief Prediction market Myriad will use Chainlink as the exclusive oracle infrastructure behind its 2026 FIFA World Cup match markets. The integration extends…
The Heritage Foundation’s Simon Hankinson and George Mason University’s Bryan Caplan debate the resolution, “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should complete its mandate to…