oh, chicago
(Possible) carjacking on Barstool sports livestream in Chicago
David Portnoy was livestreaming his review of pizza on State St when a stolen car hit a cop car and sped off. | learn more
fun facts
The Beirut bank job
“[Security expert] Jayson E. Street tells us a story about the time he broke into a bank in Beirut Lebanon.” | learn more
fun facts
The advice to “keep your eye on the ball” is literally impossible
“So why are [All-Star batters] transmogrified into Little Leaguers when faced with 68-mph softballs? It’s because the only way to hit a ball traveling at high speed is to be able to see into the future, and when a baseball […]
fun facts
The best way to rob a bank is to own a bank
Ben Hunt: “I think that the collapse over the past week of Greensill Capital has a lot of systemic risk embedded within it, particularly as the fraudulent deals between Greensill and its major sponsors – Softbank and Credit Suisse – […]
fun facts
3 words for every location on Earth
I saw 3 words in the footer of an email and started digging in. I discovered, “Every 3 metre square of the world has been given a unique combination of three words.” Since 2016, Mongolia has used what3words for their postal system. | learn […]
on the blockchain
First publicly company CEO now paid in Bitcoin
“U.K.-listed cryptocurrency mining firm Argo Blockchain started paying the salary of its CEO, Peter Wall, in bitcoin this month.” | learn more
on the blockchain
Low FICO users driving crypto growth
I don’t know that there’s much of a conclusion to draw from this. I did crosscheck with the general distribution of credit scores, and this skews to lower than the overall average. “53% of Coinbase users have a FICO score […]
on the blockchain
Why India should buy Bitcoin
Crypto mainstay Balaji Srinivasan: “More broadly, India should champion decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum to safeguard national security, prevent deplatforming, attract international capital, strengthen monetary policy, deter financial fraud, accelerate technological development, and hasten India’s ascendance as a global […]
big ideas
A theory of everything
I only made it about halfway through this interview of Eric Weinstein, but it was quite interesting up until he lost me. “Eric Weinstein is a mathematician with a bold and piercing intelligence, unafraid to explore the biggest questions in […]
big ideas
Pump-free geothermal loops
“[Requiring no power for pumping water down] makes this Eavor-Loop technology a bit of a unicorn. Essentially it’s a low-enthalpy geothermal station that sends fluid through a sealed loop in a way that self-perpetuates without adding any extra energy at […]