from the ashes, a heroine rises …
ATO swings axe on landlords submitting dodgy tax returns
WSJ: IRS Weighs Creating A Government-Run Tax-Prep Option
The Four Addictions The Challenge of Breaking Hard Habits in the 2020sOver the first two decades of the 21 st Century, the U.S. (and world) grew increasingly dependent on:
• China (for manufacturing, supply chains & deficit financing)
• Digital (as everything digitized, networked & automated)
• Easy Money (as low interest rates & QE persisted without serious inflation)
• Debt financing (as institutions spend more than they took in)
While each trend offered significant upsides, unaddressed downsides are increasingly problematic. These dependencies are becoming unsustainable, but they’re hard habits to break. Policies to address any one could worsen the other three. The central policy & political challenge of this decade is kicking these four addictions without crashing economies, stifling innovation or provoking wars. Solutions exist, but they’re not easy.”
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‘Brits are dying in their tens of thousands – and we don’t really have any idea why’ Mirror. ‘Tis a mystery!
The first purchase EVER with bitcoin was buying a JPEG for 500 BTC in Feb 2010
It is awesome that Dale Dickins pressed the record button in 2014 when Dr. Craig Wright was being interviewed concerning Bitcoin. Now in 2022, we can compare what was said back then and where Bitcoin is heading today.
Craig Wright 2014 vs Craig Wright 2022
Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Top 50 Organizations to Know Racket News Eight reporters, so Racket News must be doing OK. Must read, grab a cup of coffee, and keep it well away
2023 State of Crypto Report: Introducing the State of Crypto Index - cycles; in crypto, this includes periods of high activity, followed by so-called crypto winters. In the period marked by our now-annual State of Crypto report, it would be easy for a casual observer to overlook the rapid progress the crypto industry is making.
Major infrastructure improvements like The Merge – a momentous achievement in decentralized and open source development – simply don’t make headlines as often as high-profile bankruptcies, busts, and flameouts. Our 2023 report aims to address the imbalance between the noise of fleeting price movements – and the data that tracks the signals that matter, including the durable progress of web3 technology. Overall, the report reflects a healthier industry than market prices may indicate, and a steady cycle of development, product launches, and ongoing innovation…”
Death Merchants? New Left Review
Kathryn Campbell – from RoboDebt ignominy to plum Defence job with the PM’s help
Kathryn Campbell is to many the face of the governance scandal. But in stark contrast to those affected by RoboDebt, she now sits in a plum job inside the Department of Defence on her old $900K salary.
We are caught in an age of political egocentricity, of hyperindividualism, where who I am matters more than who we are.’ Great piece by
Balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere below the human hearing limit. Scientists can’t explain. Business Insider
Saturn reclaims ‘moon king’ title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145 Space
Highlights on cyber security issues, May 13, 2023: Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: Neighborhood Watch Out; The A.I.-PR Industrial Complex: Artificial intelligence hype is impressively meaningless; Some Google Drive files may land in the new Spam folder soon; and Your voice could be your biggest vulnerability – AI technology is fueling a rise in online voice scams.
