Maybe Pork and Rice (Issue #195)
Crypto bull run AI craziness, 2025 tech predictions, bond markets panic, US economy and world outlook, having a famous dad, scottish realism for democrats
Hello and welcome to my newsletter!
Another season 2 instalment…
It’s shaping up to be another full starvation week, so I’m back to preparing the newsletter in advance. It’s only Wednesday as I write this, but I likely won’t have any power or water by the weekend. Just want to make sure something gets sent out.
I wrote a few blog posts:
Inbound RSS for social media? https://markjgsmith.com/blogs/2024/12/14/inbound-rss-for-social-media
Hello RSS clarity https://markjgsmith.com/blogs/2024/12/16/hello-rss-clarity
Cory Doctorow on data portability in social networks https://markjgsmith.com/blogs/2024/12/17/cory-doctorow-on-data-portability-in-social-networks
Sorry about the feeds https://markjgsmith.com/blogs/2024/12/17/sorry-about-the-feed
There’s been a lot of RSS this week for whatever reason.
It’s Christmas so obviously any donations to help me buy a laptop and escape this horrid enslavement, by what is likely some sort of offshoot of the censorship industrial complex, would of course be amazing and much appreciated. Please donate :)
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Here‘s the podcast selection so far this week, hopefully you’ll all find something in there to get you through the holidays:
AI ROLLUP #3: Solana AI Hackathon | Truth Terminal’s Roadmap | Satan & God Automated | Delphi Digital AI Analyst (Bankless Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/357756?episode=31075014739
Tech in 2025: who’s in and who’s out? (Vergecast Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/415434?episode=31162838157
Oh SH*T: Is the Treasury Market Signalling a Financial Crisis?! (Eurodollar University Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/276832?episode=31161034140
Reid Hoffman LinkediIn and PayPal founder, on the Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and the war in Ukraine (The Twenty Minute VC Podcast) https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/reid-hoffman-2
Julian Lennon (Joe Rogan Experience Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/550168?episode=31197210670
Blyth is Back (Open Source Podcast) https://radioopensource.org/blyth-is-back
The Rise of the Left is the Right’s Fault - Stephen Fry (Triggernometry Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/66836?episode=31274043750
Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update Matthew Mežinskis Ep#566 (TFTC Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/226249?episode=31259227254
The Best Bitcoin Timeline Ep#336 (Rabit Hole Recap Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5436375?episode=31300816698
Type System Says No Ep#618 (Accidental Tech Podcast) https://atp.fm/618
Last minute addition: DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback with bestie Aaron Levie (All-in Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1015378?episode=31364974441
I’ll add more pods and some commentary / analysis at the end of the week if the week takes a turn for the better.
Remember if it all gets too much, in the overall scheme of things, we are all essentially nothing, every single one of us.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1868859772092793078?s=46&t=bRj2Jcps7ZVVYpFA7ISZ1A
But we exist nonetheless, so that’s nice. And things will probably get better :)
Update 1: I added a podcast! Stephen Fry on free speech.
Update 2: I added another 2 podcasts! One on the very fascinating stuff around strategic bitcoin reserves, geopolitics and world monetary base update. The other is just a very good RHR episode. Lots of things to feel positive about in both of these.
Update 3: I added another podcast! There’s a great segment on the latest ATP podcast about new camera tech released for shooting content for the Apple Vision Pro. Just when you thought it had fallen by the wayside, maybe it’s about to get interesting.
Update 4: From this morning’s daily blog:
“Another bit of good news, I already prepared the newsletter, that’s a relief because I'm very low on energy today. But it’s not a good relief because I was forced to prepare it early because the week has been so narly. That means the issue is lower quality than usual. It’s piecemeal, with bits added in fits and starts, as the universe allowed, and since it’s been a week of stop start race conditions, the newsletter has that in it too. And frankly that makes me sad because there is so much good content but my newsletter isn’t able to present it in an appealing way. It just feels like a few small piles of unloved garbage.”
All the best to all you out there, hoping your Christmas goes well.
Update 5: Last minute addition!
That’s all from me…
Best regards,
Mark
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