Elizabeth Lopatto

Matt Levine on some fintech weirdness is pretty sublime. Turns out old-school banks have some advantages, specifically that they are not going to simply lose track of your money.

The era of the LLM means you now have to figure out whether you are talking to another person — or just some bot. There’s one sci-fi author who focused on just that.

Erin Kissane’s take on “the dark forest” idea of the internet suggests that context collapse is what makes the internet deranging. So how do you build a network where people matter?

The controversial head of the SEC was targeted by Donald Trump during Trump’s presidential campaign. It is customary for the SEC chair to resign when a president from the other party is elected. That cheering you hear? It’s the crypto lobby.

So this is NSFW because it’s just gonna holler profanity at you, but if that’s what you’ve wanted — well, Bluesky is the kind of platform that lets you build it.

Ben Horowitz has donated a minimum of $7.6 million to fund police purchases. a16z portfolio companies, —such as Skydio, Prepared911, and Flock Safety — benefited.

Verge staffers review election.omg.lol: “Both horrifying and kinda helpful.” “This is a hell site.” “This rules.”