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Elizabeth Lopatto

Elizabeth Lopatto

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Is Bitcoin Wall Street’s next big thing?

    It seems like Bitcoin ETFs may be a new trend for the financiers among us:

    The companies getting involved here are, in many cases, household names (and not just for people who have their own pet theories about what happened to Satoshi Nakamoto). Industry giants BlackRock and Fidelity are among those positioned to make the first offerings, which could trade on exchanges like NASDAQ. Expectations around the new ETFs have led to a boom not just of bitcoin’s price but also boosted other digital currencies, including ones that were all but left for dead after their close association with convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Please enjoy some nightmare fuel.

    Two planes collided on a runway in Japan. Only 11 people were injured on the larger plane— and hundreds managed to evacuate safely. How? Good engineering, and a good flight crew. On the smaller plane, five people died.

    Near-misses have been on the rise in the US. Let’s hope this crash inspires some changes to our systems.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    I guess I know what streaming service I’m subscribing to in 2024.

    Among the movies featured: The Cassandra Cat (1962), a Czeckoslovak film about a cat who wears sunglasses and reveals human nature. This is a code red for cat people.

    Cat Movies - The Criterion Channel

    [The Criterion Channel]

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    In honor of the upcoming Festivus, Outdoors has published an airing of the grievances.

    Can you guess which national parks these people are reviewing?

    Too many people, not enough stores, not enough places to buy food.

    Absolutely horrible disappointment. There wasn’t a single pickleball court in sight.

    The whole place smelled like farts.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    An Icelandic volcano is erupting, and there’s a livestream.

    Honestly, it’s pretty incredible to watch. Residents of the nearby town, Grindavik, were ordered to leave last month. There have been thousands of earthquakes nearby in the last two months, Reuters reported. The livestream is remarkable right now — shooting plumes of orange magma against a black night sky.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    Oops! Did you forget to buy the dirtbag in your life a Christmas present?

    Well, great news — just get them a preorder of the Rat Wars vinyl and explain that’s why it didn’t ship on time. It’s a perfect present for anyone who remembers when Trent Reznor scored Quake, a real uncle-type gift. (The album rips, obviously.)

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    An update on the FTX bankruptcy plan, via an interview with an FTX creditor.

    Tiffany Fong, who’s been heavily involved with the FTX storyline, interviewed FTX creditor Louis D’Origny about the FTX bankruptcy plan. If you want to look at the Chapter 11 plan for yourself, it’s here.

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    John Herrman is such a good blogger it’s disgusting.

    “Partnerships like this should complicate this story of inevitability for companies like OpenAI, the world-beating firm that, before it takes over the economy, and before it must be stopped from taking over the entire world, must first, for some reason, pay for a big subscription to Politico Pro.”