Did the University of Chicago blow their endowment on shitcoins? Nobody is exactly sure how much they gambled and lost on 'crypto.' But they are now freezing research amidst federal funding cuts. If only they'd put that money into BTC those labs where I slaved away as an undergrad would be humming. Source: https://stanfordreview.org/uchicago-lost-money-on-crypto-then-froze-research-when-federal-funding-was-cut/

Age-verification laws are a universal mute button for free speech.

Friends don't let friends get their eyeballs scanned to buy a coffee. This portable dystopia machine is Tools for Humanity's latest effort to live up to their Orwellian name. Connoisseurs of the AI-will-end-humanity marketing hype train of a few years ago should find plenty to appreciate in an eyeball scanner framed as as a 'helpful' tool to distinguish between AI agents & humans. Or is it for that? Or maybe point of sale? Or nebulous 'verification?' The only clear thing? This device starts from a point of biometric #privacy invasion. It sure looks to me like another effort by the company Sam Altman founded to make a global data-grab. Just say no. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/sam-altmans-world-unveils-a-mobile-verification-device/