Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb
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Snagged from the book of faces.
Presented without commentary, because, what the f*ck can we even say at this point?
A short video with some clips from driving to Lake Brownwood this weekend. Apparently I say “stopped real quick” frequently.
What if snack, but also stretch?
"Seven Suspects, Six Weapons, Five Bodies and Three Endings." It's Clue from 1985! The world has been a wild place as of late. If you need a fun oasis on a Sunday evening, why not come watch this campy cult classic with us? We start at 6pm PST!
BREAKING: Trump has said that an "operation Columbia... sounds good to me."
i think it would be funny to force kotaro uchikoshi and jun maeda to sit in a room and write dialogue for one female character together
wait that’s just how you get doki doki literature club isn’t it
Outlook has frozen. I’m sure that’s fine.
@jpm it's a day ending in Y, after all - it would be more unusual for it to work smoothly
I mean what do you mean by "democracy?"
I'm an anarcho-syndicalist; I think people should be allowed to vote on everything. I don't think labor class people can trust any authority whatsoever that isn't literally labor class people, working together.
So when you say I don't support democracy, it's funny, because I think the same about you - someone seemingly quite find pretending your leaders represent your interests in a rigged oligarchy with the barest pretense of democratic forms.
@AnarchoNinaWrites I've sometimes heard people say that if we had to vote about everything, we'd be overwhelmed and we'd make a lot of wrong decisions because of that.
And, I mean, take a look at the state of the world right now, even if they were right, we, collectively, couldn't do it worse than this, not even close.
The cool new slang for broccoli is broccles. As in:
"I know Green Giant has brussels, but what about broccles?"
"Oh yeah, Green Giant's got broccles."
"Daaaamn! Brussels and broccles?"
"Bet."
I know this sounds like something I just made up, but no, teenagers and sexy pop stars are obsessed with broccles, brussels, caulis and beets, which they just call beets.
Oil Declines as Investors Weigh US Capture of Venezuela’s Maduro
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-04/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-jan-5-venezuela-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The world is quite fucked. My country is quite fucked in the head. I live in a bubble-of-sanity state, but it's a matter of time.
Let's also be clear because some people seem confused about what a bigot is.
Passive bigotry is still bigotry.
You might think you aren't a bigot because you aren't actively trying to dehumanize gay and trans people, supporting ICE terrorism, or calling cops when you see black people.
A great interview with @Mer__edith by @404mediaco about the state of @signalapp
Some fun facts I learned -
* See all subpoenas Signal has been forced to comply with at signal.org/bigbrother
* Stickers aren't just fun, they're core to communication for some communities (eg: wildly popular in East Asia)
* Microsoft's recent embedding AI inside its operating system breaks a fundamental privacy norm once held (scary!!)
@kristiedegaris holy shit. How much should a single baguette cost?
Prices are through the roof over here, too. I don't need cereal if it's $10 USD for a large box. A beef roast is $30. Part of why I gave up meat and most packaged foods. I do eat fish, but mostly sashimi, because salmon is $27 a pound.
I have been hesitating to say this but the pattern is now so consistent I just have to share the observation: LLM users don't just behave like addicts, not even like gambling addicts. They specifically behave like kratom addicts. "Sure, it can be dangerous. Sure, it has risks. But I'm not like those other users. I can handle it. I have a system. It really helps me be productive. It helps with my ADHD so much."
I have been hesitating to say this but the pattern is now so consistent I just have to share the observation: LLM users don't just behave like addicts, not even like gambling addicts. They specifically behave like kratom addicts. "Sure, it can be dangerous. Sure, it has risks. But I'm not like those other users. I can handle it. I have a system. It really helps me be productive. It helps with my ADHD so much."
@hipsterelectron @june gccrs requires a gcc version greater than 9.5 and thus does not save me
