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View More NewsThe attacker working through Coldcard-generated keys is now emptying wallets worth a few thousand dollars each.Galaxy Research flagged a third wave of sweeps early Sunday, roughly 208 bitcoin drained from 1,912 addresses between Friday midday and Saturday morning UTC.That is just over a tenth of a bitcoin per victim. The July 30 opening wave averaged close to a full coin, 1,083 bitcoin from 1,196 addresses in 41 minutes.Observed losses across all three waves now total 1,367 bitcoin, nearly $89 million, from 4,585 addresses.Wave three sends each victim’s coins to its own destination rather than the handful of shared collector addresses…
Earlier this month, National Review published an editorial defending Justice Barrett, titled “Injustice Toward Barrett.” The editors graciously invited me to write a response, which was published today. It is titled Counting All of Justice Barrett’s Votes. Here is the introduction: Of President Trump’s three Supreme Court appointees, Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been subject to the most severe criticism. She’s earned it. Most of the defenses of Barrett, including in these pages, highlight the important conservative majority opinions she has joined. It’s true that she joins Justices Thomas and Alito, the Court’s standard-bearer conservatives, in nearly 90 percent of the merits…
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Note: the following review contains plot spoilers.In the opening lines of his poem Ithaka, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), the second-most famous Greek poet to make his theme the perilous homecoming of the Trojan War hero Odysseus, wroteAs you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one,full of adventure, full of discovery.Laistrygonians, Cyclops,angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:you’ll never find things like that on your wayas long as you keep your thoughts raised high,as long as a rare excitementstirs your spirit and your body.(The translation is from Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard’s 1975 compilation, C.P. Cavafy, Selected Poems.) Christopher…
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