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Apr 2023
21m 15s

Mon. 04/10 - Would You Believe Me If I T...

Brian McCullough
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Twitter has stopped throttling tweets with Substack links in them, but only after Elon Musk denied they were ever blocked. About 270 US Apple Stores have held staff meetings about unionization risks in the past two weeks. A New York Times article about the environmental and economic impact of bitcoin mines has some crypto proponents up in arms. And the 2023 ... Show More
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