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Jeff John Roberts

@jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social
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Writer, recovering lawyer, Crypto Editor at Fortune

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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 31/05/2023
Here's the $$$ behind the Texas school that will offer "forbidden courses" I'm uneasy w/ a VC-backed uni but let's wait to judge. Campus culture has become politically monolithic. This could shake that up fortune.com/2023/05/30/university-o…
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A Texas university created by Palanatir cofounder Joe Lonsdale and journalist Bari Weiss has raised some $150 million to teach 'forbidden courses'
The University of Austin is being funded by tech bigwigs and others who think academia is broken.
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 30/05/2023
 Meanwhile, on the other site, AOC is complaining that Musk is boosting a fake/parody account with her name and picture
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/05/2023
When app developers realize building a successful social app is mainly recommendation algorithms and content moderation.
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 28/05/2023
What a great write-up of lawyer caught using ChatGPT who must now “throw himself on the mercy of the court” as they say www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion…
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 26/05/2023
Been on BlueSky two weeks—my thoughts. Overall, love what you're building @jay.bsky.team. Keep up the great work! fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/26/blues…
fortune.com
Bluesky so far: A promising Twitter alternative with a lot of work to do
I've been using Bluesky for two weeks and like what I've found so far.
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
Is anyone else getting almost no engagement here? Not sure if early BlueSky algo has it in for me or if I just need to up my skeet game…
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
The way we were: 10-year old Wired story says homeless people should mine/earn bitcoin instead of panhandling! www.wired.com/2013/09/bitcoin-homel…
wired.com
Homeless, Unemployed, and Surviving on Bitcoins
The bitcoin system could become an equalizer for the country’s homeless, a place where the stigma of living on the streets isn’t as pronounced. If you’re homeless, the great thing about bitcoin is that you can set up a wallet without an ID or a street address. And once you start filing this wallet, there are plenty of ways of converting bitcoins into cash and food and other goods, all without identification.
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
DEATH TO RESTAURANT QR CODES!
nytimes.com
The QR-Code Menu Is Being Shown the Door
A dining innovation that once looked like the future has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it takes the joy out of dining.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
Desantis is so out over his skis
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Man in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 23/05/2023
BBC editor: "Who should we get to write the article about the bus stuck under a bridge?" Caroline: "No, not again!"
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 23/05/2023
Happy 20th to the Streisand Effect & kudos to @mmasnick.bsky.social for coining it! reason.com/volokh/2023/05/22/happy-…
reason.com
Happy 20th Birthday to the Streisand Effect
The underlying lawsuit was filed May 20, 2003, and the Effect followed within a few weeks; Mike Masnick (Techdirt) has...
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 22/05/2023
I’m loving BlueSky but, wow, so many cats. Probably a good thing. Cats have been integral to every successful Internet platform
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 21/05/2023
“ a Canadian man T-boned a black bear while cycling…” nypost.com/2023/05/21/man-who-crash…
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Man who crashed into bear while biking in Canada 'glad to be alive'
A Canadian man is suffering from a fractured scapula, cardiac contusion and bruised ribs — among other injuries — after T-boning a bear while biking through the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve...
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 21/05/2023
Another gorgeous blue sky morning in Colorado
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Why @why.bsky.world · 20/05/2023
To be *very* clear on this, We only take actions like this if its *clear* to us that the user in question is actively and maliciously inviting bad users. Its very easy to tell if someone just invited a one-off bad actor by accident vs someone who is intentionally bringing on edgelords
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 18/05/2023
Great thread. Damn, legal BlueSky is already > than legal Twitter
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 18/05/2023
Love this page in SCOTUS’s Warhol ruling! Don’t love the ruling itself, which shrinks fair use.  Sotomayor says, while use is transformative, “Orange Prince” is different from seminal 2 Live Crew decision b/c “purpose and character” is primarily commercial
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 16/05/2023
This is a good take on the vibe so far on BlueSky I’d love to hear Dorsey and Graber’s thoughts on how this can be “more than a liberal inverse of Truth Social” (but can’t find their handles!) www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnis…
newyorker.com
What Bluesky Tells Us About the Future of Social Media
The new platform aims to be a decentralized alternative to Twitter. The vibe there is mostly like that of a Portland coffee shop.
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 16/05/2023
Michael Lewis says he would “ rather not answer” the question of whether he knew Bankman-Fried was a fraud 😀 www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/books/mi…
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/05/2023
Watching George Santos wander into the federal criminal justice system all confident and happy and jokey is like watching the slutty football team captain wander into the abandoned boathouse at midnight in a slasher movie. You know what’s coming and you feel gross looking forward to it.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 05/05/2023
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Jeff John Roberts @jeffjohnroberts.bsky.social · 05/05/2023
Hi everyone! Good to be here. For my inaugural skeet, here’s some blue sky from Colorado
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