Nigel Barron

YouTube video by Barack Obama My Conversation with Marc Maron | WTF Podcast

There's always been a fight over the true story of America. I believe deeply in the story that says we’re all created equal, and that if we can treat each other with decency and respect, all of us will be better off.

I talk about this and more on the final episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Watch now:

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Comedy Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations...

The fight back begins! President Obama on the last ever episode of WTF podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/w...

"More than half of the world’s population is under the age of 30, meaning that the majority of humans alive today have only lived in those 11 seconds—an era that is, without question, the weirdest period in human history."

We are different from all other humans in history Countless experiences that have become routine for us are unprecedented in the history of our species. Here's why that matters.

"If the history of humanity were condensed into a single 24-hour day, this is roughly what it would look like:

Hunter-Gatherer Age—23 hours and 3 minutes
Agrarian Age—55 minutes and 32 seconds
Industrial Age—1 minute and 17 seconds
Information Age—11 seconds

www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-are-dif...

OpenAI’s era-defining money furnace Actually we’re not even mad; that’s amazing

"OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025." www.ft.com/content/908d...

Trump's Labor Day payday Yesterday, millions of Americans took the day off to celebrate Labor Day, a holiday that honors the achievements of organized labor.

Trump didn’t “drain the swamp.”
He built a new one made of crypto.

Trump’s family started a crypto company to profit off his presidency, where shady investors can buy influence and get investigations dropped.

This is what corruption looks like.
popular.info/p/trumps-lab...

I'm with you @kenlburns.bsky.social

YouTube video by MSNBC Ken Burns on Trump’s America: 'What’s happened to the party of Abraham Lincoln?'

Ken Burns believes the American story boils down to a simple choice – a question posed in the timeless Frank Capra classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Do you want to live in Pottersville or Bedford Falls? youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...

A New Twist in the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal Was Will Lewis—now publisher of The Washington Post—complicit in covering up the crimes that brought down an infamous British tabloid?

Well done Nick airmail.news/issues/2025-...

#NUFC #BBCSport and #SkySports are shamless.

Beaten on the night but we hold our heads high.

We are United. 🖤🤍

#NUFC HADAWAY N SHITE ISAK!

Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.

ATM’s, Lifts, transport systems…https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers

"In simpler terms, 35% of the US stock market is held up by five or six companies buying GPUs. If NVIDIA's growth story stumbles, it will reverberate through the rest of the Magnificent 7, making them rely on their own AI trade stories." www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g... @edzitron.com

Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents

Shame the comments closed for this. I'd have shared this podcast (youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...) where Theil 'critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to the emergence of the Antichrist.' 😵‍💫
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Life Changing - The Girl Gambler - BBC Sounds When Stacey Goodwin got a new job, it triggered a destructive gambling addiction.

Life Changing - The Girl Gambler www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

‘Allegory for the times we live in’: De Niro and Scorsese reunite for Casino at 30 Director and star of the Vegas-set mafia drama spoke to an audience as part of this year’s Tribeca film festival, looking back at their 1995 hit and its timeless themes

“Is Vegas better when it’s run by the mafia, or is it better now when it’s run by the corporations?”

“Is there a difference?” Scorsese smirked as the crowd roared. “That’s all I’m saying.”

“These days especially,” De Niro chimed in.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the ‘most important job maybe in history’

"Comments have not been enabled for this article.". Also on LinkedIn 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’ www.ft.com/content/a3d6...

Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.

Bottlenecks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

Thoma Bravo: The Bridge Trolls of Enterprise Software? Private equity giant Thoma Bravo bought two ID management service firms over the summer, Ping and SailPoint. Now it's buying ForgeRock. Should we care?

CEOs, ever since the turn to monopoly and finance in the early 80s, have become bankers, not engineers. So the Thoma Bravo model works, because no one with power listens to the IT nerds offering sage warnings about software quality and risk www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopolies...

A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: ‘Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunset’ A renovated lighthouse on the Bay of Biscay is the perfect base for exploring Asturias’s maritime delights

Flights direct from Gatwick 👇 www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/... @turismoasturias.bsky.social

Trump ‘eroding’ US brand, has made the country 20% poorer, Citadel chief says Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told Semafor Wednesday that there are ‘no great opportunities’ in today’s rattled markets.

👇👇👇
www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

What Is This Nation? - Boston Review Palantir’s military-industrial plan for America.

"The “technological republic” for America is Singapore on steroids—a centralized authoritarian state that invests heavily in technological systems of repression and violence on a global scale." www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...

Pope Francis’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Which Year - Photo Year Guessing Game Guess the year real-world photos were taken. Test your history knowledge with a daily challenge featuring a new set of photos each day.

WhichYear 4/22/25
4891 pts (top 3%)
1️⃣ avg. years off

🎯 2️⃣ 🎯 5️⃣ 🎯

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😳"Stake, which is the shirt sponsor of Everton FC, last month closed its non-crypto UK platform operated by Isle of Man-based white label provider TGP Europe after the Gambling Commission launched an investigation into a social media video promoting the brand and featuring an adult performer."

😳"Roobet and Rollbit also respectively partner with Premier League football clubs Chelsea and Leicester City."

Crypto casino takings top $80bn as gamblers bypass blocks Platforms now rival traditional betting groups in scale despite their services being illegal in most countries

Crypto casino takings top $80bn as gamblers bypass blocks www.ft.com/content/66f8... @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

YouTube video by JohnnyCashVEVO Johnny Cash - Hurt

As I wake to the 81st day of the Fall of the American Empire, the question I contemplate:

Which version of "Hurt" is more appropriate as a soundtrack to the decline? The Johnny Cash cover, or the Nine Inch Nails original? 🤔
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHC...

YouTube video by TED This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...