Nostr notes by Ace Fujiwara

as the UK receives Andy Burnham into No. 10 Downing Street (the ...

2026-07-20T14:57:52Z

as the UK receives Andy Burnham into No. 10 Downing Street (the country’s 4th Prime Minister in the last four years), one of the standout aspects of the PM’s strategy to revitalize Britannia’s economy, is the intended decentralization of power from Whitehall to the rest of Britain, which, will be a shot in the arm, if the PM’s bold re-industrialization roadmap can be stiched into a coherent set of policies.

when coupled with the country’s intention to restart drilling and exploration of North Sea fossil oil and gas resources as the quickest way to bring down energy prices and widespread inflation, one of the biggest potential winner will be in next generation CO2 capture, sequestration and storage technologies.

some 20 odd years ago, the University of Manchester introduced to the world, graphene, developed by Prof Konstantin Novoselov and Prof Andre Geim (born in the former Soviet Union, in case anyone is curious), both of whom then went on to win the Nobel Prize for this innovation.

since then, graphene’s industrial applicability has grown from simple fuel cell and battery anodes, to graphene’s high selectivity to capture CO2 (this is due to its electrical conductivity, very interesting read below…), to recent game-changing discovery of graphene’s ability to hold different states of superconductivity (which makes quantum processors operate at higher temperatures which is a very awesome thing).

PM Burnham’s re-industrialization policy, seems to be defense-themed, a direct nod towards making the UK a reliable friend and partner to Europe’s long term plan for expanding its trade links, capability resilience and supra-national defense innovation & manufacturing base.

Will the House of Lords opine in the direction of Great Britain, for there is little time to concur bills and laws urgently needed in perilous times such as now?

Will the House of Commons be unified with common purpose behind Burnham’s bold vision?

Can the UK stick to the plan?

How the UK gave the world graphene >
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgng2d5nn4o

Graphene’s amazing ability to seek out CO2 >
https://pubs.rsc.org/tc/article-abstract/doi/10.1039/d6tc01260d/1278702/Graphene-nanomaterials-next-generation-tools-for

Game-changing multiple states of superconductivity for this boring black material > https://news.mit.edu/2026/graphene-can-hold-multiple-states-of-superconductivity-0629
PM Burnham’s reindustrialization policy > https://www.centreforcities.org/blog/briefing-burnham-reindustrialisation-and-industrial-policy/

distraction of the United States, will inevitably lead to several ...

2026-07-20T10:02:00Z

distraction of the United States, will inevitably lead to several complications elsewhere in the world tomorrow. > https://www.isdp.eu/publication/the-dprks-war-dividend-in-ukraine-capabilities-gained-trajectory-shifted-and-the-long-term-strategic-impact/

has America lost its way and the war in Iran? looking at the ...

2026-07-20T09:56:43Z

has America lost its way and the war in Iran?

looking at the historical factors that led to the defeat of the United States in Vietnam, the astonishing key factors summarised, who was steering the direction of strategy in the first place?

therefore, Iran is now the United States forever war. for now, it has clearly lost the battle, and this was without boots on the ground yet.

https://youtu.be/NjMKY3aEgY0

cool as a cucumber, professional to the 9th degree. RESPECT. ...

2026-07-20T09:46:20Z

cool as a cucumber, professional to the 9th degree. RESPECT.

https://youtu.be/AEbsCyou_I0

very cool. one end use? capture of incredible car chase scenes, ...

2026-07-20T09:42:34Z

very cool. one end use? capture of incredible car chase scenes, sporting events???

> https://youtu.be/CIN0BXm9SXM

can CO2 capture and storage step up to the game as a balancing ...

2026-07-20T09:41:02Z

can CO2 capture and storage step up to the game as a balancing act towards increased fossil exploration in the North Sea to bring down costs of living?

so far, no carbon sequestration project has been able to scale up at an acceptable cost.

https://youtu.be/7_k8KUF_hNw

why is CO2 capture so ineffective? some numbers to illustrate the scale of the capability gap

> https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/why-carbon-capture-is-no-easy-solution-climate-change-2023-11-22/

very good question when it comes to excessive MEP numbers that ...

2026-07-20T09:35:56Z

very good question when it comes to excessive MEP numbers that might create multiple objectives that are all with good intent, to make a better Europe and a better world.

the structural issue is, how would the EU collectively gather coherent direction while balancing the sovereign rights of its individual member states? Not exactly a walk in the park to juggle such opposing end points.

can there be some type of compromise? such as in specific areas of EU-wide defence beyond NATO, bloc-wide international economic co-operation?

https://youtu.be/WKeIhR59XuA

Astronomers and doomsayers always like to use a bit of fancy ...

2026-07-20T09:14:43Z

Astronomers and doomsayers always like to use a bit of fancy sensational headlines to scare the poop out of regular folks. like the following headline that has the clever insertion of the word alien. Spicy headline...

> https://blog.sciandnature.com/2026/07/breaking-astronomers-just-detected.html

except that back in 2024, NASA recorded actual sounds that came from 250 million light years away from Earth that sounded fancy spicy scary.

however, when you look at it from a purely science-based logical perspective, the remarkable fact that sound can travel these distances within their domains where a lot of cosmic gas resides.

> https://blog.sciandnature.com/2024/01/nasa-just-recorded-actual-sound-in.html

another group of thought would be the dark forest theory, where it is postulated that so called aliens are too scared to make first contact.

> https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/the-dark-forest-theory-a-terrifying-explanation-of-why-we-havent-heard-from-aliens-yet/

further elaboration of the above, based on Fermi's paradox, goes further to rationalize that so called "alien" life-forms out in the "dark" parts of the massive universe (it is estimated that there are 100-200 billion planets out there), are risk adverse and therefore keep their silience as strategic risk mitagation.

which, if you objectively look at it from the perspective of an advanced lifeform that can observe how and what earth's "monkeys" and dip-shits are doing to their own kind, and their own environment, ask YOURSELF this, from a risk perspective > "... if these "monkeys" and dip-shits are capable of doing this to THEIR own kind, imagine the sort of mischef they can do if they ever gain interstellar capabilities to discover and explore the OUTER parts of the galaxy... "OUR" (reference to said so called advanced lifeform).

NOW therefore, if YOU are in the position of these so called "advanced lifeform", what would you do?

A - sit and stay silent, and hope that the day will never come? (oh please).

B - send UFOs or whatever and observe, ready to wipe out all "monkeys" and dip-shits just when they are able to gain some extraordinary interstellar capability.

BV's rules for ship classification when it comes to those ...

2026-07-20T04:03:17Z

BV's rules for ship classification when it comes to those that run on either methanol or ethanol.

https://marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com/nr670-methanol-and-ethanol-fuelled-ships

HFO (heavy fuel oil) continues to be the dominant fuel source for the bulk of commercial shipping worldwide, with over 300 million metric tons a year consumed.

Can methanol and ethanol ramp up at sufficient scale and speed to pivot away from HFO? this has to be deliberated from the perspective of the very established and large HFO fuel storage, bunkering infrastructure that has been in place at just about every major port of call for commerce, for a very very long time.

will the current supply chokehold in the Middle East (now expanding beyond the Straits of Hormuz to that of the Red Sea) be the significant factor to drive the above? The answer: Unlikely. WHY? routes are already moving out from the region, and upstream exploration for fossil crude oil and gas production are being ramped up as a direct reflex response.

economics, is a very powerful indicator of political will. In most cases that is.

looking at all the happenings around the world where inflation ...

2026-07-20T03:55:53Z

looking at all the happenings around the world where inflation pressures from the well known oil shock is already percolating into all strata of modern AND not so modern economies, it seems that the following statement might not ring with significant accuracy...

https://www.energylivenews.com/2026/02/02/carbon-capture-isnt-central-to-net-zero/

the core issue, really, is can CO2 capture and storage prove otherwise from its lackluster track record of its last couple of decades?

will spin matter for cutting edge electrolysis that can produce ...

2026-07-20T03:52:51Z

will spin matter for cutting edge electrolysis that can produce hydrogen from water, when geological hydrogen strikes gold?

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202503556

ever wondered if having a stack of IUs each running 1 instance of ...

2026-07-20T03:50:25Z

ever wondered if having a stack of IUs each running 1 instance of the following LLM will make any good?

https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.2

one of the most irritating part of keeping a printer going for ...

2026-07-18T16:07:34Z

one of the most irritating part of keeping a printer going for longer than 5 years, isn't the money spent on consumables, but the way the software drivers and associated programs stop working when you move to a newer computer. the atrocious level of support is, well, atrocious.

printers should have a bunch of their generic drivers built right into their own ROM. why is this so difficult to do, i do not understand. perhaps its like trying to teach a bunch of donkeys how to write in latin.

the unfortunate outcome of the tussle between making the world a ...

2026-07-18T05:22:26Z

the unfortunate outcome of the tussle between making the world a more habitable place for the next generation versus staying within a standard of living at an acceptable price.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgv0zd497zo

none of us owns any part of this earth we live in, or, to borrow the infamous tagline; “…You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation…”,

shall we therefore ask ourselves each time we experience the next heatwave, flood, or climate-induced pathogen outbreak, “…is the price today worth it for when im down to my last ten breaths…?

not gaslighting, nor guilt tripping, it is simply a straightforward question of accountability.

for it is known to all, that no living being depedent on taking on a breath to survive every moment, is accountable to nobody.

let it be said, so that it may be remembered, what was left undone.

with the see-saw manner by which the Straits of Hormuz, and the ...

2026-07-13T09:35:53Z

with the see-saw manner by which the Straits of Hormuz, and the soon to be Bab-el-Mandeb straits to be direct conflict theatres driven largely by Iran's now determined and long term strategic ambition to totally control and influence the world's energy market (the Straits of Hormuz provides at least 1/5th of the world's fuel demand...), coupled with the unlikely inability for American troops on the ground to make any long term difference to said ambition thereof, and factoring the State of Israel's need for tactical instability by and between the Iranian regime and the US White House to complete it's strategic control of its northern flank, this translates into several important energy trends in the 2 to 3 decades. Yes. 2 to 3 decades. Why?

1.S.1 the move to transition renewable energy soon will reach a tipping point for national governments that own and control fossil energy reserves, the same reserves that will be needed to fund national healthcare given the increased incidence of unexpected outbreaks of viral/bacteria outbreaks stemming from higher global temperatures including the Arctic. will the decision by then, is to continue holding on and exploiting these fossil reserves to maintain their respective standard of healthcare, or will the renewables energy push has by then, been able to drive down energy and electricity costs as a means to spur economic growth without incremental production gain to dilute their own fossil reserves?

1.S.2 long term government and private debt (bonds) are currently priced in with substantially higher cost of capital, in particular, how 20, 30 year bonds are starting to indicate recalibration of perception of risks.

1.S.3 crypto and or digital currencies recorded on blockchains, together with current crop of impending photonics-based LLM models, have yet to see their long term trajectories play out, except that governments and central banks clearly understand how critical for their respective bodies to gain total control of the origination, flow and regulation of both technology blocks. The recent EU (July 1, 2026) cut-off of centralized crypto exchanges is a good illustrative example.

1.S.4 the use of physically held and stored energy products as a means of store of value that can back cryptos and or digital currencies have several structural loop-holes that will need substantial work to be "institutional-grade", and by that, I do not mean that it will be good enough for banks and central financial bodies to hold and control, but rather, that the integrity of each token, key, wallet, and blockchain, has that robustness. Existing blockchains including bitcoin, suffer from this flaw. and no, i do not refer to the quantum key issue which, upon 2030-2033, is a matter of corrective and systematic migration.

what's the point of all the above jibber blabber? > you can fork a smart contract, push a flaw onto an immutable blockchain, peg a coin to another paper instrument.

you just can't do so with a kWh, mmBTU, metric ton, or bbl of energy.

a timely cause, and in paragraph 6, one must come to the ...

2026-06-30T23:12:39Z

a timely cause, and in paragraph 6, one must come to the realization that the ones that claim and want you to believe that AI has gained consciousness, are treating you like a retard or a fool, so please, paragraph 6. you're welcome.

> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-sign-declaration-to-rein-in-ai-use/

analysis of the Iran-US conflict points to a key fact; this will ...

2026-06-25T01:48:16Z

analysis of the Iran-US conflict points to a key fact; this will not be the last of Iran's strategic win. supply chokepoint as the Straits of Hormuz theatre's primary means of geopolitical attrition, has since demonstrated that crude oil prices continues to play a deterministic role in America's domestic politics means that Iran, not the United States, will have ability to influence both the price of energy AND the sentiment of the US voter demographic.

President Trump's tactical moves are, already well interpreted by many, at best reactionary responses to reduce or mitigate the impact of votes come later this year during the US mid-term elections.

while the CSIS study focus on the well established materials, engineering and capital proxy procurement base out of the UAE, it should be expanded beyond this rather limited foci.

the network of companies, proxies and extended individuals/organizations such as the Mostazafan, that have since taken on the role from the very influential and powerful Mohsen Rafiqdoost, one of the key founding members of the IRGC and former driver and bodyguard of the founder of the Iraninan Republic, Ruhollah Khomeini.

this network has since expanded to specific blockchains, seemingly unrelated individuals operating outside of the Middle East, cannot be easily tracked, if at all.

the State of Israel, will continue to be the justification of the current, and very likely, future iterations of the Iranian regime and the IRGC, to conduct acts of what it deems reciprocity. This reinforces the importance of Israel's much tighter integration with the US DoD, via the recent US House’s 2027 draft defense bill, NDAA includes Section 224, the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative", which goes far beyond military aid.

the prime outcome therefore, points to more intense and perhaps short bursts of tactical attrition long into the future, and will expand in the geographical radius of future oil shocks to places such as Yemen, Somalia etc.

this is also why, oil and gas storage, held by IEA members, will see dramatic recalibration in terms of reserves and stockpile management. if emergency stockpiles are adjusted to beyond 2 billion BBLS, this will translate into very long term implications for the global energy trade, the composition of US dollar reserves held by central banks, and the economic construct of how decarbonization will be articulated within the EU, Latin America, and Africa. >

https://www.csis.org/programs/latest-analysis-war-iran

.... LOL ... even if you have hardened E2EE emails ..... email ...

2026-06-14T05:43:03Z

.... LOL ... even if you have hardened E2EE emails ..... email headers and recipient addresses just gave away everything. BTW. that nice little login site is really leaking a whole bunch of funny shit. really.

> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/epstein-files-update-5-key-takeaways-in-major-new-report/ar-AA25k0aP

would you really stay within the cage of belief that these ...

2026-06-14T05:29:05Z

would you really stay within the cage of belief that these technical outages are purely a matter of misconfiguration errors? > https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317936/20260607/cloudflare-outage-dallas-hardware-fault-recurring-tls-bug-strike-one-weekend.htm

can this bring down the cost of living and those 35 euro meats? ...

2026-06-13T21:33:22Z

can this bring down the cost of living and those 35 euro meats? probably not, but hey, interesting to try, why not? >

https://youtu.be/M8TDb9Z_Tec

self-explainatory documentary on this guy > ...

2026-06-13T21:29:18Z

self-explainatory documentary on this guy >

https://youtu.be/wCP4SZo5axE

why a photonic NPU is faster than a GPU and uses less energy > ...

2026-05-27T01:45:59Z

why a photonic NPU is faster than a GPU and uses less energy >
https://www.kunalganglani.com/blog/photonic-npu-chips-nvidia-alternative

tsk tsk tsk. i told you so.... > ...

2026-05-22T02:56:40Z

tsk tsk tsk.

i told you so.... >

https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/lancet-study-finds-steep-rise-fraudulent-citations-academic-papers/

why should anyone care about who banksy is when everyone ...

2026-05-22T02:55:36Z

why should anyone care about who banksy is when everyone understands the art and the expressions that Banksy's artform had and continues to convey to all? really, why? >

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-17/banksy-real-identity-revealed-in-new-investigation/106462888

Brazil's answer to Banksy > ...

2026-05-22T02:52:44Z

Brazil's answer to Banksy >

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/28/paulo-nimer-pjota-painter-artist-encantados-south-london-gallery

how sustainable is fabric made from seaweed? huh? read on .... ...

2026-05-22T02:49:47Z

how sustainable is fabric made from seaweed? huh? read on .... >

https://www.sustainablejungle.com/seaweed-fabric/

some money and political issues that surrounds a part of ...

2026-05-22T02:48:07Z

some money and political issues that surrounds a part of Europe's hydrogen pipeline ambition. >

https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/05/18/in-europe-they-have-conceived-their-own-nord-stream-estonia-doesnt-like-it-because-of-the-money

#hydrogen

in the meantime, living in specfic places within Texas can be ...

2026-05-22T02:45:08Z

in the meantime, living in specfic places within Texas can be quite a stressful experience... > https://capitalandmain.com/texas-gulf-coast-has-a-health-problem-benzene-emissions-are-among-the-highest-in-the-nation

top consumers of crude oil by bbls and joules. > ...

2026-05-22T02:42:08Z

top consumers of crude oil by bbls and joules. > https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/oil-consumption-by-country

Prediction market operator Polymarket seeks to diversify its ...

2026-05-22T02:35:16Z

Prediction market operator Polymarket seeks to diversify its income-generating demographic base ... challenging numerous domestic players in tradditional Pachinko chains...

> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-22/polymarket-is-said-to-seek-japan-market-approval-in-global-push

while the Straits of Hormuz situation isn't going away ...

2026-05-22T02:30:49Z

while the Straits of Hormuz situation isn't going away anytime soon, and hunger strikes at the masses of the weak and powerless around the world, supply chain resilience for energy is going to be looking for better long term insurance bets like biofuels, everywhere. >

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/australia-plans-biofuel-mandates-boost-its-energy-security-2026-05-21/

good overview on potential for MCP's unexpected reveal well ...

2026-05-22T02:27:16Z

good overview on potential for MCP's unexpected reveal well into the 2030s and beyond. >

https://securityboulevard.com/2026/05/the-2026-guide-to-post-quantum-ai-infrastructure-security-protecting-model-context-protocol-mcp/

Here's another perspective on the time period that might have ...

2026-05-22T02:20:01Z

Here's another perspective on the time period that might have given MR. EBOLA a chance to be in the wild, everywhere. very awesome indeed yeah. >

https://www.dw.com/en/ebola-central-africa-us-aid-cuts-uganda-drc-who-vaccines/a-77233437

quoting
nevent1q…cwzv
so, who was the one guy that was slashing US Aid budget btw?

https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/is-the-u-s-stepping-up-in-the-fight-against-ebola/

to be fair, the US Department of State's May 19, 2026 press release shows that there are some folks with some brains still within the US Government. >

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/united-states-to-fund-establishment-of-up-to-50-ebola-response-clinics/

so, who was the one guy that was slashing US Aid budget btw? ...

2026-05-22T02:17:10Z

so, who was the one guy that was slashing US Aid budget btw?

https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/is-the-u-s-stepping-up-in-the-fight-against-ebola/

to be fair, the US Department of State's May 19, 2026 press release shows that there are some folks with some brains still within the US Government. >

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/united-states-to-fund-establishment-of-up-to-50-ebola-response-clinics/

will prediction markets win and expand past the regulatory swarm ...

2026-05-20T07:51:58Z

will prediction markets win and expand past the regulatory swarm better than what crypto has done so? > https://www.businessinsider.com/prediction-markets-minnesota-ban-cftc-lawsuit-2026-5

it isnt the size of the United States of America's debt that ...

2026-05-11T06:41:11Z

it isnt the size of the United States of America's debt that is financially troubling, but rather, the composition of the debt within, that presents a clear and present risk factor for the Dollar's long term position as the reserve currency of the world of tomorrow. >

https://www.ibtimes.com/trust-doesnt-collapse-overnight-experts-warn-us-debt-now-accelerating-americas-rivalry-china-3802588

while the world awaits with somewhat tired vibes towards the ...

2026-05-11T06:38:57Z

while the world awaits with somewhat tired vibes towards the meeting between Trump and Xi this May 2026, it is highly probable that the South China Sea's vast oil, gas and minerals reserves will be the step that the People's Republic of China will have no other choice but to intensify its efforts to (a) exploit as a means to secure its energy demand for fossil crude and or (b) work with its surrounding nation states to do so as partners. > https://hal.science/hal-02557393

#oil #energy #Asia #China

this is another small step for American dominance for fossil ...

2026-04-29T07:30:51Z

this is another small step for American dominance for fossil energy and its Dollar. > https://youtu.be/YWc8vMTkgK0

in the meantime, will this force of 60 nations move the needle at all? >

https://youtu.be/YWc8vMTkgK0

hydrogen boiloff (LH2) during marine transportation translates ...

2026-04-20T12:46:37Z

hydrogen boiloff (LH2) during marine transportation translates into higher delivered energy cost, making the breakthrough catalyst developed between Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) a promising prospect for long haul hydrogen cargoes.

P.S. What's left to be uncovered, is in how spin isomers can provide a leap-forward for hydrogen electrolysis, a field that most cutting edge electrolysis stack manufacturers, have yet to catch up to.

P.P.S. > Here's a good overview to start > https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202503556 ... for example;

page 5, "Key Results and Methodological Limitations", paragraph 2, line 7.

Table 1, in this instance, is a gold-mine of mV increment data that illuminates optimal cathode candidates in regards to bulk porosity…

Now, the awesome part actually lies within page 20, Section 2.3, in particular, item 4. Having a Eureka moment yet?

I guess, Figure 7, can best be summed up as; knowing where’s Left and Right within a space Z.sub.1 in a domain S.sub.1 (like a bubble, for example), is pretty important before one tries to write CFD governing sub-equations into that machine learning grid that runs on Python, because you will keep getting the answer that is always off by a football field margin of error.

> https://www.academicjobs.com/higher-education-news/liquid-hydrogen-catalyst-nims-tokyo-tech-discovery-or-academicjobs-12099

drones continue to increase in their utility value beyond ...

2026-03-25T05:28:09Z

drones continue to increase in their utility value beyond delivering pizzas. hence, this dated openClaw video that builds on drone skill-set will only set to open up a whole bunch of possibilities in 3, maybe 4 specific places in the world today.

which brings us to the next killer app that is needed, if a thousand drones need to get the job done in the middle of nowhere.

https://youtu.be/vkHCN_e5Nzo

a pesky openClaw problem that isn't going away even after the ...

2026-03-25T05:24:45Z

a pesky openClaw problem that isn't going away even after the latest iteration. Why? it's in the code. >

https://www.proarch.com/blog/threats-vulnerabilities/openclaw-rce-vulnerability-cve-2026-25253

#openClaw

not a very positive development > ...

2026-03-23T08:13:00Z

not a very positive development > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-threatens-to-strike-gulf-power-plants-after-trump-ultimatum/ar-AA1ZcjSU

this catch-22 situation does not have a short off-ramp for conflict in the Middle East to de-escalate. the ongoing strategy of the US is simple to articulate: - control and influence the major waterways to gain leverage on oil and gas markets globally. this is only possible within power projection onto countries or regions where oil and gas reserves form a substantial portion of global stock. - venezuela is a tactical hedge, since the United States is already the world's largest oil and gas exporter. most heavy crude imported from Canada / Mexico are for domestic demand, while light crude are slated for exports.

Datapoint: >
https://www.api.org/energy-insights/charts-analysis/us-primarily-imports-heavy-crude-oils

P.S. you still get ignorant clowns talking up that heavy crude oil is difficult to refine and therefore useless for the USA. - based on the current economic impact that is probably going to wreck economic growth in a couple of places this year, the most likely prospect of the 32 member countries within IEA, going foward, is to simply increase the oil stockpile to a larger buffer level. Combine this with the unprecedented 400 million bbls drawdown of the IEA member states, this will have a long term impact on the price of crude.

Datapoint: >
IEA > https://www.iea.org/about/membership

#oil #gas #energy #geopolitics #usa #iran #persia #europe #uae #iea #money #finance

US Senator Bernie Sanders asks AI Claude on critical questions. ...

2026-03-20T05:02:54Z

US Senator Bernie Sanders asks AI Claude on critical questions. The answer to the second question, is amazing. The answer to the third and fourth question, touches on the power and influence related to the projection of specific narratives to targeted demographics.

the second last question which met with a substantial pause, nails it.

you see, that question, is worth a trillion dollars. and Claude AI. Knows. It.

#ai #claude #openclaw

https://youtu.be/h3AtWdeu_G0

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2026-03-17T00:52:20Z

この世の中、いろんなことが多すぎてうんざりする気持ちは、才能あふれるアーティストが歌うこの素敵なラブソングで忘れちゃうのが一番だよ。> youtu.be/59dVIJn0q78

well said

2026-03-16T00:40:36Z

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well said

World Outlook 2026 > ...

2026-03-16T00:39:29Z

World Outlook 2026 >
https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/world-outlook-2026-1b7ae035b616

#geopolitical #usa #europe #middleeast #world

can there be non-fossil alternatives to aviation fuel? page 5, ...

2026-03-13T02:52:02Z

can there be non-fossil alternatives to aviation fuel? page 5, Chart No. 2, is a good starting datapoint to deliberate on. > https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20130000439/downloads/20130000439.pdf

and this is another dude's surprise surprise moment on the ...

2026-03-13T02:46:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…d5st
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and this is another dude's surprise surprise moment on the unanticipated token cost (its really due to the sloppy and dramatic code quality of OpenClaw .... ) > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-openclaw-hit-177-million-tokens-48-hours-only-17-real-jiang-lgi1c/

#ai #openclaw #tokens

very good blog on a dude's OpenClaw adventure > ...

2026-03-13T02:42:47Z

very good blog on a dude's OpenClaw adventure > https://www.3dprintingventures.com/i-built-a-3d-printed-ai-command-terminal-stream-deck-for-ai-agents-on-my-desk-powered-by-openclaw/

this is a very very good starting point for drones. > ...

2026-03-13T02:40:32Z

this is a very very good starting point for drones. > https://www.openflighthub.org/

got an idea for your AI bot? here's an awesome resource for ...

2026-03-13T02:38:06Z

got an idea for your AI bot?

here's an awesome resource for tracking real-world hunks of steel floating around the world >

https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/

who's in control of the Straits of Hormuz now? India's ...

2026-03-13T02:35:23Z

who's in control of the Straits of Hormuz now? India's Modi is talking to the Iranian regime for safe passage of its tankers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-oil-ship-attacks-hormuz-trump-israel-lebanon-rcna263101

India's talking to who? >
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/modi-talks-with-iran-s-president-as-tankers-stall-in-hormuz/ar-AA1YvWDo

interesting trend where heavily subsidized hyperscalers in China ...

2026-03-13T02:32:00Z

interesting trend where heavily subsidized hyperscalers in China may tilt the AI cloud backoffice gravity from one to another. > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/china-ai-giants-offer-better-value-than-us-peers-top-fund-says

a Mercedes Benz S-class that has ChatGPT, is connected to the ...

2026-02-24T17:12:26Z

a Mercedes Benz S-class that has ChatGPT, is connected to the cloud and can drive itself. huh.

is there a wired plug that can unplugg all that?

https://gizmodo.com/mercedes-benz-says-the-2027-s-class-gives-passengers-a-better-ride-through-ai-2000715731

good point.

2026-02-24T16:36:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…mmgm
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good point.

considering that COBOL code running on IBM mainframes underpin ...

2026-02-24T16:27:23Z

considering that COBOL code running on IBM mainframes underpin ATM and several bank-to-bank/exchange transactions on a 24X7 basis, globally, will Claude AI's new found superpower to replace COBOL with newer versions of generated code be viewed as a low risk legacy tech migration or a horror SS waiting to happen come every October 31st? tsk tsk...we shall know....when that ATM unit starts telling you and I in the face the account balance is sub-zero.

is this just unfounded fear or would it be a deliberate thought of prudence. Claude. What do YOU think?

https://claude.com/blog/how-ai-helps-break-cost-barrier-cobol-modernization

think information will become a messy meaningless void past a ...

2026-02-24T12:34:22Z

think information will become a messy meaningless void past a blackhole? not really > https://youtu.be/xaIGPCKTK3Q

consciousness, isn't destroyed into non-consciousness. quantum entanglement is independent of the speed of light (which, isn't really a fixed constant value): https://www.spinquanta.com/news-detail/understanding-quantum-entanglement-the-ultimate-expert-guide

do you know what this means?

why the speed of light isnt constant and HOW DO WE KNOW? recent James Webb data points to clear signs. we already know about space voids and time dilations.

https://blog.sciandnature.com/2024/03/was-einstein-wrong-controversial-theory.html

connecting the dots yet? > ...

2026-02-24T12:25:11Z

connecting the dots yet? > https://www.3d-printed.org/can-i-3d-print-food/

one of the most powerful drug cartel shows its strength in Mexico ...

2026-02-24T12:21:12Z

one of the most powerful drug cartel shows its strength in Mexico > https://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-mencho-nemesio-ruben-oseguera-cervantes-jalisco-new-generation-cartel-history/

with impending AI LLM capability combined with tools such as OpenClaw; future synthetic drug cartels will get only more intense.

will Peter Mandelson make use of that little black book? ...

2026-02-24T12:18:20Z

will Peter Mandelson make use of that little black book? unlikely. > https://apnews.com/article/police-arrest-peter-mandelson-epstein-bc1cbabe40687e09d0f145a75f6a77e2

16 years ago, President Obama's State of the Union Address, ...

2026-02-24T12:12:09Z

16 years ago, President Obama's State of the Union Address, made while facing the row of US Supreme Court Justices; deliberated his view and disagreement on the impact of big corporate contributions can eventually create political bias in favor of corporate America... >

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/stateoftheunion2010.htm

Shortly, we will get to witness President Trump's State of the Union Address of 2026, where various corporate interests are required for the United States's current recalibration on trade, geopolitics, and its role in the now radically changed world order, while facing the row of United States Supreme Court Justices.

#usa #freedom #geopolitics #america #europe #economics

now that BTC has breached the hypothetical floor price constantly ...

2026-02-24T12:04:38Z

now that BTC has breached the hypothetical floor price constantly propagated; the actual energy cost of mining shows a possible price trading range. will large holders buy the dip? apparently not yet, let's look at how mathematical modelling using multiple LLMs can make use of potential energy arbitrage window by and between the top bitcoin mining countries of the world at the moment. > https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/bitcoin-mining-by-country
#btc #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance #LLM

one has no idea how much OpenClaw can do on a Ras Pi until its ...

2026-02-19T00:49:39Z

one has no idea how much OpenClaw can do on a Ras Pi until its running on a drone or a Unitree robot > https://cactus-now.com/cactus-news/openclaw/

#openclaw #machineintelligence

this is a very good selection of art from Persia, well worth a ...

2026-02-13T05:02:02Z

this is a very good selection of art from Persia, well worth a visit > https://www.sdmart.org/exhibition/arts-of-iran/

#art #persia

thermoelectric cooling has come a long way since the 1970s... ...

2026-02-12T14:54:19Z

thermoelectric cooling has come a long way since the 1970s... > https://edition.cnn.com/business/cooler-climate-solution-air-conditioning-without-the-compressor-spc

#innovation #technology

a very interesting review of the top-rated hardware crypto ...

2026-02-12T11:19:23Z

a very interesting review of the top-rated hardware crypto wallets 2026 > https://coincodex.com/article/23051/best-crypto-hardware-wallets/

as real world tokens and tokenized physical assets (that can actually generate income from some real world activity) becomes more mainstream, the type and usability of self-custody physical wallets will become quite significant.

#crypto

a very informative article on why and how asset bubbles are ...

2026-02-12T02:51:43Z

a very informative article on why and how asset bubbles are created >

https://fastercapital.com/content/Asset-Bubble--When-Flowers-Burst--The-Story-of-the-Tulip-Asset-Bubble.html

when tulips were suddenly seen as the token for an asset that will eventually reach astronomical prices (at one point in history, these plants were priced more than houses!), the financial decision for holders of these tulips were very simple;

(one, usually the perspective of the clever speculator) : "...i know its a bubble, but 99% of the other fools are still rushing in, why not make hay while fools dance on tables...?"

(two, usually the perspecive of the emotional speculator) : ".....the system is rigged, injustice! tulips is the real deal! soon tulips will be so valuable that you can buy SHIPS with it bro!..."

(three, usually the perspective of the salesman) : ".....look at JUST the price charts, THIS, is the FUTURE. Forget everything else, forget the fundamentals of demand, THIS, is the REAL demand."

(four, usually the perspecive of the fool) : "...WOW, the saleman really knows this! look at all the returns everyone is making!!! WOW...."

Whales, will always need a salesman to play the piper so that fools will make that tulip valuable, the salesman, and a good one, will never tell the fool the entire both sides of a tulip story.

you see, the fool is a workhorse that must only look through a tunnel vision lens of absolute emotional rush of FOMO. once in a while, you are going to need a couple of really emotional people to bring the price of that tulip down, just so that the whale can buy the dip.

at the end of each and every bubble, the whales are the ones that got out early, the salesman too, of course, maybe some emotional lucky ones. for the ones standing on the table when the music stops, well, you did not miss out any second of it.

not everything is a tulip, some are real gems, if you can connect the dots. but if you love the sales talk experience, go for it.

perhaps a whole bunch of competent people have no idea or just do ...

2026-02-11T04:36:23Z

perhaps a whole bunch of competent people have no idea or just do not care, the substantive potential for OpenClaw AI to be interfaced into various interfaces which can find their way to printers such as desktop genomics DNA printers as below;

https://zenvanriel.nl/ai-engineer-blog/openclaw-raspberry-pi-setup-hardware-guide/

DNA printers > https://americanlaboratorytrading.com/lab-equipment-products/synthetic-genomics-bioxp-3200-automated-personal-genomic-workstation-19348/

when you deliberate what RNA-specific enzymes can do on biological hosts and agents, one begins to understand the gravity of the situation > https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260209/Engineered-enzyme-enables-fast-and-accurate-RNA-synthesis.aspx

here's a recent breakthrough that once you can connect the dots as to why RNA - DNA transcription is so significant >
https://news.uci.edu/2026/02/09/uc-irvine-scientists-create-powerful-enzyme-that-quickly-accurately-synthesizes-rna/

the double-edged sword utility of the above breakthrough can be best understood from the extract as follows >

Extract:

"...After only a few rounds of selection, they identified C28 – a polymerase carrying dozens of mutations spread throughout the protein that collectively enable efficient RNA synthesis.

The result is an enzyme with unusual versatility. In addition to synthesizing RNA, C28 can perform reverse transcription, copying RNA back into DNA, and can generate hybrid DNA-RNA molecules using standard polymerase chain reaction techniques. The enzyme also readily accepts several chemically modified RNA building blocks, including those used in mRNA vaccines and RNA-based therapeutics...."

Genomic Database

this, is the genomic sequence of ebola > https://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?genbank-vrl:AF086833

this, is the genomic sequence of COVID-19 > https://covid-19.ensembl.org/index.html

Playing with Fire:

I once heard that some AI industry advocates banter about how AI's dangers are excessively overhyped.

Perhaps these sales people should take the above URLs and play around on their respective standalone AGIs.

by elon musk's very own words and logic, this means the floor ...

2026-02-11T04:21:23Z

by elon musk's very own words and logic, this means the floor price for bitcoin, is primarily based on the cost of mining and transaction processing, and this is further substantiated from the lack of large scale universal value of exchange demand for BTC as a means of currency.

if the recent crypto-wide market crash is to be deliberated as only an extreme blip (sad to say, it is not, this time round), one must then take on a non-emotional perspective on why this asset class has performed this way during a period of significant stress on conventional fiat currencies in particular the United States reserve currency.

#bitcoin #btc #crypto #finance #economics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/02/10/tesla-billionaire-elon-musk-issues-serious-dollar-warning-sparking-wild-bitcoin-speculation-after-price-crash/

Nostr event nevent1qqsvfscrzcv64glk6xpd38k2t4ax6dvjxhuy0v6xvj4l4ygk5h8yclqzyqft6aq98uzadgj0djytw49ejav8xjzsyay8g0u0qy592ygc7ena7h27ckq

2026-02-09T03:57:41Z

高市早苗首相は、産業基盤の近代化、防衛体制の強化、そして経済の強靭化に向けて、日本国民から強い信任を得ました。頑張ってください!
#japan

here's how rocket engines are made in Japan. > ...

2026-02-07T12:13:05Z

here's how rocket engines are made in Japan. > https://youtu.be/is_0VUnqmqo

enjoy the weekend with this all-inspiring piano performance, ...

2026-02-07T12:09:46Z

enjoy the weekend with this all-inspiring piano performance, human generated. > https://youtu.be/aeTdZTCenTw

can using compressed air be a viable alternative to battery-based ...

2026-02-07T12:07:38Z

can using compressed air be a viable alternative to battery-based EVs? one advantage is the speed of compressed air recharging, and recharging stations can use pretty off-the-shelf equipment (although at higher pressures)...

GM's attempting to do so, will the others follow? > https://youtu.be/OPGvtedgu8w

here's another blog and goes into detail how an existing rig can be made into running on compressed air, at pretty respectable engine HP... > https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2025/04/compressed-air-supercharged-509-cid-big-block-chevy-engine/

#ev #renewables #generalmotors #GM

what sort of batteries will be made and supplied to Australian ...

2026-02-07T12:00:02Z

what sort of batteries will be made and supplied to Australian homes? > https://youtu.be/Tj7ZuLWdwm8 #energy #solar #renewables

we all need vitamin E and K. both are fat-soluble, and you need ...

2026-02-07T03:24:28Z

we all need vitamin E and K. both are fat-soluble, and you need vitamin K (with calcium intake from other food) to have strong bones and for proper brain health you got to have vitamin E.

using your AI machine, you will know that some pretty easy and packed sources of the two vitamins can come from bean sprouts and sunflower sprouts.

just a 100 grams of sunflower sprouts, which you can simply put them into your beef burger, club sandwhich or pasta, is going to contribute a significant value to your wellbeing.

how does sunflower sprouts look like? > https://healthiersteps.com/benefits-of-sunflower-sprouts/

#health #healthcare #wellbeing #vitamins #body

while a lot of attention has been placed on Tether's holdings ...

2026-02-07T03:10:16Z

while a lot of attention has been placed on Tether's holdings of 124 metric tons of gold, perhaps there is more to cheer about from the same company's recent release of its bitcoin mining tool as open source. > https://tether.io/news/tether-open-sources-the-next-generation-of-bitcoin-mining-infrastructure-with-mos-mining-os-mining-sdk/

#bitcoin #btc #tether #gold #finance

ever seen a bunch of folks playing with heium? looks fun and it ...

2026-02-05T04:50:13Z

ever seen a bunch of folks playing with heium? looks fun and it sure does sound funny! LOL. it has been almost a decade where this focus on the world's shortage of helium gas been doing its rounds since. the recently shortage situtation however, is a little different this time; as more than 1/3 of all of the world's helium gas is used in MRI machines in hospitals, and a significant amount of helium gas is used in production of semiconductors (a.k.a microprocessors, chips, flash RAM etc etc...).

the largest source of helium at the moment? drilling alongside natural gas sites.

can this gas be synthetized? No.

keen to look at the market position for helium gas? > https://www.procurementresource.com/resource-center/helium-price-trends

Source BBC > https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250331-why-helium-shortages-are-worrying-the-world

#gas #helium #resources #commodities #finance

one of the largest and uptapped use of advanced, AI-enabled ...

2026-02-05T04:17:23Z

one of the largest and uptapped use of advanced, AI-enabled robots, is in the field of healthcare. not only our world continues to face the chronic shortage (globally) of qualified doctors, but also, healthcare providers from nurses, nutritionists, etc. are in short supply. >

https://standardbots.com/blog/most-advanced-robot

the remarkable progress for machine intelligence to be embedded within sensors of these robots will have a dramatic impact on the range and broad capability for healthcare tech-enabled humanoid devices, and when they are combined with the right AI-driven core, this can help reduce the already overloaded heathcare systems globally.

the other critical aspect for the design, production and roll-out of these machines; is how each device's malpractice and thus punitive product liability be covered, when viewed from the perspective of the patient's insurance cover.

#healthcare #health #robotics #machineintelligence #artificialintelligence #future #innovation #technology

the extreme climate effects cannot be understated. the other ...

2026-02-05T04:02:47Z

the extreme climate effects cannot be understated. the other dangerous trend is the growing feeling among many that current efforts towards decarbonization / environmental conservation is a losing point of no return attempt; this self-defeating feeling might be tempting, but it goes against the entire core human spirit > https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260204-in-pictures-northern-morocco-floods-force-evacuation-50-000-people

wind turbine failure stems from (1) short-sighted design that ...

2026-02-05T03:59:00Z

wind turbine failure stems from (1) short-sighted design that attempts to lower capital cost and (2) failure to develop correct material performance datasheets > https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wind-turbines-drones-begin-to-move-in/17041/

#renewables #wind #productdesign #technology

moltbook is the beginning of the trend wherein highly competent ...

2026-02-05T03:49:50Z

moltbook is the beginning of the trend wherein highly competent people doing patently stupid things rationalized by the pleasurable ethos of technological leaps over-rides everything else. consider if this ethos is applied and widely subscribed by scientists and genomics technicans dabbling in pathogens, bacteria and all other things biological.

the other non-obvious justification that arises within such competent people doing patently stupid things; is that this is simply the cost of innovation and that the ill-effects of AI tools are simply overhyped and excessively overblown; I put it to you plainly, that you have refused to accept that responsibility for product safety, is an inherent industrial obligation thereon; I further put it to you; that the reasoning whereby product safety must fall within the domain of regulators/law-makers and not that of the innovator at source, is simply patently childish and short-sighted.

I hereby guarantee you; that these highly competent people doing patently stupid things; will fall silent and childishly point blame towards the inability for regulators/law-makers to keep pace; when the next iteration of moltbook comes up; without intervention from its human API owner thereon (for much of moltbook's current hyped up controversy stems largely from human-derived motivations) begin to speak among themselves pertaining to genomic sequences of biological constructs that will unleash pain & suffering upon one and all.

between Weaviate and Timescale, which DB is better for multi-node ...

2026-01-22T09:43:39Z

between Weaviate and Timescale, which DB is better for multi-node LLMs? It really depends if you need SQL compatibility isn't it? and, if the multi-node LLM has this in one of its agents, one anomaly throws a cascade of instability into whatever simulation one is running, especially when training data is wiped from a whole bunch of different primary APIs.

example > from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
model = SentenceTransformer('all-MiniLM-L6-v2')
embeddings = model.encode(["example text 1", "example text 2"])

interesting.

one of the most established resource for OTEC energy with several ...

2026-01-15T16:02:07Z

one of the most established resource for OTEC energy with several past references for the use of OTEC on specific marine vessels in various places >

https://www.makai.com/renewable-energy/otec/

a more recent example is a planned OTEC demonstration plant (offshore) from the company named Global OTEC >

https://globalotec.co/global-otec-announces-worlds-largest-onshore-otec-demonstration-plant-to-date/

what is has since installed, is a storm resistant structure off the coast of Gran Canaria with support from EU's Horizon PLOTEC project...

#ocean #renewables #energy #OTEC

will this company's all solid state battery make an impact ...

2026-01-15T15:52:47Z

will this company's all solid state battery make an impact for ultra-long distance EV range?

https://youtu.be/O8PjlwZVLVE

the recent win in the US Court on the matter of wind energy sets ...

2026-01-14T14:04:29Z

the recent win in the US Court on the matter of wind energy sets legal precedent perhaps. This was from the Dec 22 order / freeze by the US administration on grounds of national security (interesting strategy...)

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g-s1-105808/offshore-orsted-revolution-wind-trump-court-clean-energy

on US Tariffs, in the event that the US Supreme Court does make an opinion, the White House does have several other means to errect and maintain import tariffs.

#usa #finance #wind #renewables

US household and credit card debt now hovers at US$18.59 ...

2026-01-12T15:44:25Z

US household and credit card debt now hovers at US$18.59 trillion, US$1.23 trillion respectively, with median interest servicing costs at about 15-20%. From the financial perspective of the banks and financial institutions, this represents one of its most profitable non-investment banking business activity, to which the US President now attempts to limit US credit card interests to no more than 10%. Will it work? Or is this just a passing, exploratory possibility? Later in the week we shall know, including Davos.

While peer-to-peer direct lending has been in the works in different places thus far, can stablecoins and tokenized assets play a role in lowering the cost of borrowing? Non-custodial smart contracts like MakerDAO, Aave are mainly a digital collateralized loan product, with exchanges like Bitfinex performing / facilitating the P2P direct consumer loan mechanism. The biggest risk that are currently not addressed? Liquidation at LTV (loan-to-value) threshold is perhaps the largest risk factor for liquidity providers...

> https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc

#money #finance #crypto #banks #USeconomy #NASDAQ

connecting the dots yet? > ...

2026-01-12T04:00:56Z

connecting the dots yet?

> https://www.openproject.org/opendesk/

> https://strategic-technologies.europa.eu/step-results/step-stories/openeurollm-european-family-large-language-models_en

> https://www.forschungsfabrik-mikroelektronik.de/en/Media-Center/Press/launch-of-the-eu-chips-design-platform.html

#EU #Europe #geopolitical #technology #innovation #machineintelligence #artificialintelligence #AI

As images of a multi-channel, coordinated American military ...

2026-01-11T07:40:45Z

As images of a multi-channel, coordinated American military operation flashed across television screens all over the world, the reality on the ground could not have been any clearer; Chinese made JY-27A mobile anti-stealth radars did not see the black chariots coming, Russian made S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems were displaying incompetence at scratching at any of the roughly 150 aircraft sorties deployed, and Iran’s Mohajer-6 drones (currently used by Russia in its special military operation in Ukraine), performed its advanced surveillance, reconnaissance and armed guided munitions role flawlessly to the extent where not a single American-born or US-made asset suffered any insurance claim whatsoever.....

https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/the-maduro-hustle-ee8ca048c475

#energy #crypto #gas #oil #venezuela #maduro #finance #money #geopolitical #geopolitics #risk

so...back to the office yet? feeling lethargic? relax! it's a ...

2026-01-09T00:49:33Z

so...back to the office yet? feeling lethargic? relax! it's a wonderful Friday, so enjoy the very cheerful rendition performed by Maduro ya no es presidente >

... and, if you think its about the oil; think again. stay tuned...

https://youtu.be/yWzJ4Dvy5I8

#maduro #venezuela #oil

as each of us now face the coming new year with feelings that may ...

2025-12-19T02:43:01Z

as each of us now face the coming new year with feelings that may be best forgotten, let us not forget that glimmer of hope that shall always, always stand steadfast in all of our eye's corner somehow. as we bid a welcomed farewell to 2025 ...

... ... whoever you are, where-ever you may be, whether cheerful, or alone, whether rich or poor, be it in good spirits or in poor health, whatsoever it shall be, that you will always know that there will always be at least one that loves you and remembers you by, therefore, you are favored already.

https://youtu.be/KwMFcdhMny4

#life #wellbeing #wellness #health #peace #2025 #2026 #auldlangsyne

Highly stressed financial markets that are going through (a) low ...

2025-12-15T18:11:12Z

Highly stressed financial markets that are going through (a) low cost carry trade unwinding and (b) sharp repricing of money versus fiat currencies & physical commodities has now passed a second calibration point that, in a nutshell, becomes highly significant by the time 2032-2034 reveals the shift in the structural composition of US debt.

When it comes to dollar debt, it’s not the size that matters, but what its made up of.

All of the world’s central banks are well aware of this; thus, institutional accumulation of physical gold has created some spillover effects on the price of silver.

As the Bank of Japan (“BOJ”) deliberates on its impending rate decision come Friday, the US SEC’s recent greenlight for DTCC’s tokenization of gold and other of its custodian assets is that second calibration point.

DTCC now holds in custody over US$100 trillion in assets.

However, not everything that glitters like gold, is gold. Tokenization of a gold certificate, is a very, very different thing from tokenization of gold held and kept in a vault in some physical place somewhere.

Why size means nothing when it comes to US debt >
https://budget.house.gov/imo/media/doc/cbo_baseline_release_final.pdf

The second calibration point >
https://financefeeds.com/dtcc-gets-sec-green-light-to-tokenize-dtc-held-assets/

DTCC’s $100 trillion custodian pile >
https://www.dtcc.com/news/2025/june/18/dtcc-central-securities-depository-subsidiary-surpasses-100-trillion-in-assets-under-custody

Tokenized gold or token gold? >
https://ambcrypto.com/is-tokenized-gold-the-next-revolution-people-should-be-ready-for/

How BOJ’s Friday sushi brunch can make bitcoin people freak out >
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bitcoin-risks-30-downside-as-japan-moves-toward-rate-hike/ar-AA1SnFcl

#finance #money #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #xrp

the moment one looks at mathematics no longer as numbers, but ...

2025-12-10T05:30:34Z

the moment one looks at mathematics no longer as numbers, but rather, as placeholders for objects to be tossed around in 3D in one’s mental frame of mind, as you would do so day-dreaming on a rainy afternoon, verily I say unto you, that your soul will be free, that everything you observe and deliberate shall be in some type of slow motion, for in so far as you can muster just a little common logic to be applied to these puny objects, the world is just a teacup before your very eyes >

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/mathematics/babylonian-mathematics

#math #science #technology

the interesting part of this otherwise rather expensive router, ...

2025-12-09T08:10:42Z

the interesting part of this otherwise rather expensive router, is it's ability to run dockers directly > https://youtu.be/jKI5QUTZ2Yk

the new resource for code seems to be shifting away from github ...

2025-12-02T07:51:33Z

the new resource for code seems to be shifting away from github > https://codeberg.org/

based on the data, worldwide solar photovoltaic power capacity ...

2025-11-25T06:24:59Z

based on the data, worldwide solar photovoltaic power capacity will exceed over 2 TWh beyond 2026 >

https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/global-solar-installations-surge-64-in-first-half-of-2025/

from Japan alone, it is expected that as much as 500,000 tons of end-of-life panels will be discarded by 2030 >

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16033265

how toxic will these panels be? if they are simply incinerated, or dumped? will the materials be ecologically dangerous? >

https://www.epa.gov/hw/end-life-solar-panels-regulations-and-management

#solar #climate #environment #renewables #technology

full article here > ...

2025-11-22T11:26:50Z

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full article here > https://open.substack.com/pub/acefujiwara/p/is-bitcoin-really-money

what this indicates, from both an institutional and retail asset ...

2025-11-22T10:55:25Z

what this indicates, from both an institutional and retail asset holder's point of view; is that other than the tangible cost of the price of electricity for mining and transaction validation, the market kinematics of how its price is determined, is still largely dependent on US-based or US-backed fiscal and monetary policy >

https://www.investopedia.com/bitcoin-price-plummets-over-usd40k-in-just-six-weeks-as-market-faces-growing-uncertainty-11854339

this seems to follow the overall market dynamics of the overall crypto (including stablecoin) market.

a case in point, would be the comparative performance between bitcoin and money, under elevated institutional risk perception now increasingly being driven by fairly consistent and deterministic geopolitical trends (such as the Ukraine-Russian conflict, America's now very entrenched and strategic foothold in all 3 global conflict threatre namely the Gaza Corridor, the South China Sea basin, and the Pan-European flank) >

https://www.cmegroup.com/openmarkets/metals/2025/Gold-and-Bitcoin-Decouple-Whats-Driving-the-Divergence.html

if the practical trading desk operational coupling between bitcoin and the NASDAQ continues to persist, then this long term decoupling between gold and bitcoin will follow in a very clear lockstep dual-band emotive-driven price range where, once gold continues to find reserve accumulation demand to spillover from central bank buying and US Dollar diversification, into retail purchase of non-physical gold-linked ETFs and derivatives, kinematics between gold and bitcoin may drive some price similarity in appreciation during the impending market correction in crude oil markets around the world.

because of the large glut of LNG supply that will come onstream starting 2026-2028, OPEC's role in determination of crude pricing from production management continues to play a pivotal function for pricing global energy benchmark indices, thereby creating further entrenched floor costs for bitcoin mining.

at this point, it will be crucial to observe the energy dependence of where the bulk of bitcoin mining is conducted and when, so to speak, the dots are connected, a neutral so called "clinical perspective" can be appropriately placed on the long term prospects of bitcoin and its potential for purely capital appreciation driven upside >

https://hashrateindex.com/blog/top-10-bitcoin-mining-countries-of-2025/

the risk weightage that should be correctly given to the energy mining and transaction costs associated with 1 BTC, therefore, is firmly correlated to that of crude and the Dollar, not of gold, but perhaps somewhat dependent on NASDAQ sentiment-driven trade blocks that triggers algorithm-managed bids/offers.

the exuberence and claims that BTC has the investment value that is equivalent to that of gold, unfortunately, is largely a sentiment-driven emotive trend that can be sometimes manipulated by means of unpredictable and disorganized "market-talk".

the primary crux of this exuberence stems largely from the playbook that is deceptively appealing to some, since physical gold does have a cost component that includes the physical cost of exploration, mining and associated energy costs >

https://www.vaneck.com.au/blog/gold/gold-miners-margins-matter/

now therefore, it is evidently clear that this exuberence is debunked once the above factors are taken into account from the perspective of risk.

#gold #BTC #bitcoin #money #finance #geopolitics

dedicated to you, me, and mr Bill Gates > ...

2025-11-20T23:30:07Z

dedicated to you, me, and mr Bill Gates >

https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/you-me-mr-bill-gates-f393e6925bca

#climate #socialjustice #climate #cop30 #environment

this is certainly a good move for the entire crypto industry > ...

2025-11-17T14:41:26Z

this is certainly a good move for the entire crypto industry > https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/superapp-ime-ai-announces-ime-wallet-2-0-enabling-crypto-and-defi-for-nearly-a-billion-telegram-users-1035507958

once usability reaches a "zero-learning" curve range, that's when all things blockchain, crypto and bitcoin will have the potential start to ride like a rocket.

#btc #money #finance #blockchain #crypto #USDT #USDC #EURC

amazing times in the global financial world > Zurich-based UBS ...

2025-11-17T14:24:35Z

amazing times in the global financial world > Zurich-based UBS might just relocate its HQ to the United States, arising from the Swiss government's new capital rules. will specific account holders mull a jump to Abu Dhabi? tsk tsk tsk.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ubs-reaffirms-swiss-base-after-report-talks-possible-us-move-2025-11-17/

#money #finance #crypto