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Posts by Nigel Barron
Chris and Adriana in 2004. 22 years later #thesopranos still relvant to the present.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
50 inspiring travel ideas for 2026, chosen by readers @turismoasturias.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay.
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media www.infinitescroll.us/p/marc-andre...
There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.
I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:
The fight back begins! President Obama on the last ever episode of WTF podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/w...
"More than half of the world’s population is under the age of 30, meaning that the majority of humans alive today have only lived in those 11 seconds—an era that is, without question, the weirdest period in human history."
"If the history of humanity were condensed into a single 24-hour day, this is roughly what it would look like:
Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds
www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...
"OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025." www.ft.com/content/908d...
Trump didn’t “drain the swamp.”
He built a new one made of crypto.
Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.
This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...
I'm with you @kenlburns.bsky.social
Ken Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice – a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...
#NUFC #BBCSport and #SkySports are shamless.
Beaten on the night but we hold our heads high.
We are United. 🖤🤍
#NUFC HADAWAY N SHITE ISAK!
ATM’s, Lifts, transport systems…www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-...
"In simpler terms, 35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs. If NVIDIA's growth story stumbles, it will reverberate through the rest of the Magnificent 7, making them rely on their own AI trade stories." www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g... @edzitron.com
Shame the comments closed for this. I'd have shared this podcast (youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...) where Theil 'critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to the emergence of the Antichrist.' 😵💫
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Is Vegas better when it’s run by the mafia, or is it better now when it’s run by the corporations?”
“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”
“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
"Comments have not been enabled for this article.". Also on LinkedIn 🤷♂️🤦♂️
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...
CEOs, ever since the turn to monopoly and finance in the early 80s, have become bankers, not engineers. So the Thoma Bravo model works, because no one with power listens to the IT nerds offering sage warnings about software quality and risk www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopolies...