Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

My 40-liter backpack travel guide
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/06/20/backpack.html

“...and covid defense gear: a CO2 meter (CO2 concentration minus 420 roughly gives you how much human-breathed-out air you're breathing in, so it's a good proxy for virus risk), masks, antigen tests and fluvoxamine.”

I am so unsurprised that Vitalik keeps a bunch of covid paranoia in his travel backpack.

Anatomy Of A Bank Takeover : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2009/03/26/102384657/anatomy-of-a-bank-takeover

“One by one, agents check into a hotel, each quietly offering a pseudonym to the guy at the desk.”

This article is from 2009; even back then hotels were checking ID pretty much every time. How exactly were FDIC employees bypassing that? Or did the journalist just make that up?

Kraken Announces Global Hiring Push and Commitment to Crypto-First Culture - Kraken Blog
https://blog.kraken.com/post/14372/kraken-announces-global-hiring-push-and-commitment-to-crypto-first-culture/

Looks like a good place to work.

"Process of Turning Old Washing Machine into New One. Korean Appliance Cleaning Technician"
https://youtu.be/c5JfVO2uMik

I'm amazed there's a big enough market for this to be economical. That's not even a front loader.

https://youtu.be/4rVTWsQ23Pk

...but don't worry, we banned plastic straws!

The left hates it when people protect themselves from violence with weapons. Both at the individual level, and at the level of entire countries.

Disgusting and evil.

When White People Lose Their Minds - by Terry Glavin
https://therealstory.substack.com/p/when-white-people-lose-their-minds

“On the anniversary of the "mass grave" that wasn't: This was not a story about Indigenous people grifting the government. If anything, it was the other way around.”

“Under the current policy, the men do not need to undergo any surgery, and Diggs asserts that most of the men are not on hormone replacement therapy”

”Diggs described her anxiety at having to share a shower with one of the male transfers”

https://reduxx.info/this-is-a-nightmare-female-inmate-speaks-out-against-trans-identifying-male-transfers/

OH: "black holes: matter"

"...camp as in mosquitos? Or camp as in musical theatre?"

Horowitz: The more you vax, the more you … ? - Conservative Review
https://www.conservativereview.com/horowitz-the-more-you-vax-2657360070.html

URGENT: The most powerful evidence yet that mRNA vaccines hurt long-term immunity to Covid after infection
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-the-most-powerful-evidence

Meanwhile they're pushing booster shots for five year olds.

Only a lunatic could have written this.

"The Occupant/Окупант. Війна і мир у телефоні російського солдата (ENG Subs)"
https://youtu.be/WIZIspwem2s

Documentary made from videos from a Russian soldier's phone.

"The DSM LCD (like) you've never seen"
https://youtu.be/eGQQWIbD-nM

Fuel shortages, price hikes seen in Ukraine / The New Voice of Ukraine
https://english.nv.ua/business/fuel-shortages-price-hikes-seen-in-ukraine-50241005.htm

“According to him, mostly individual gas stations and small chains have been spotted ignoring fuel price controls. Unsurprisingly, there are no queues at those gas stations.”

Economics 101...