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CRYPTO POLICY
SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda, @HesterPeirce and the Trump administration to set clear rules for the digital assets industry to ensure the U.S. remains a global leader in financial innovation.
SEC announces new crypto task force led by @HesterPeirce to come up with tailored and well-informed crypto policy. A sea change compared to the last 4 years.
https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-30
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This is a map of the public Bitcoin network.
Each dot represents a computer (node) that holds a complete copy of the blockchain and verifies every transaction
https://x.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1879134332025262250/photo/1
The Bitcoin network has 610,929x more hashing computational power than the combined total of the world’s top 500 supercomputers.
1998
Talk about Stupid!
“#Bitcoins are digital tulips”
– R.I.P. #Germany 2023
TECHNOLOGY IN GERMANY
Over 80% of German companies
still use fax machines
— survey Alex Berry 05/04/2023
While the telegraph may be a thing of the past,
in Germany its successor, the fax machine, is not.
A full third of German companies “frequently” use this technology,
according to a new survey.
YOU THINK AMERICANS ARE SMART?
WHAT ABOUT THAT $TRUMP MEMECOIN RUG PULL?
@coryklippsten
Selected coins with a lower marketcap than $TRUMP coin:
Cardano
Tron
Chainlink
Avalanche
Stellar
Hashgraph
Would have been way more effective to spend their ill-gotten gains cozying up to memecoin launches than wasting all these years promoting fake “tech”.
MG Hathaway @mghathaway
$TRUMP is Digital Glyphosate
It destroys:
Cardano
Tron
Chainlink
Avalanche
Stellar
Hashgraph
Crabgrass
and many other digital pests.
At the end of the day, nobody is forcing anybody to buy Trump, World Liberty Financial.
It’s laughable how these so-called “tech” projects have been overshadowed by a memecoin like $TRUMP. The real value lies in Bitcoin. Time to wake up and smell the coffee, it’s all about BTC!
Mark Cuban @mcuban
What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like?
Vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like?
In China they say what apps can’t do.
With TikTok in the US, they influence, silence and control users algorithmically.
They never see it coming.
K12 EDUCATION FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS
ProPublica just launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country. Now you can look up detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country and compare them to nearby public schools.
Here’s how to use it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup
Survey Shows Broad Support For Public Schools
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/01/16/survey-shows-broad-support-for-public-schools/
Voter support for public schools over private school vouchers runs deep and across party lines according to a new survey from All4Ed.
https://all4ed.org/press_release/new-poll-find-voters-across-party-lines-want-more-career-options-more-funding-for-public-schools-and-oppose-eliminating-the-u-s-department-of-education/
A recent national poll commissioned by All4Ed, in collaboration with Lake Research Partners and the Tarrance Group, underscores broad bipartisan support for career and technical training, as well as strong bipartisan backing for public schools.
K12 Education
What is the SEL Curriculum?
Studies show that spending $1 on SEL programs is equal to spending $11 on intervention.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula are designed to help students develop essential life skills, including self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. These curricula are crucial for fostering a positive school climate and supporting students’ academic and personal success.
2017 – When SEL curriculum is implemented holistically, with a coordinated, community-wide approach, SEL can build stronger communities and support equitable learning.
Building social-emotional skills that foster independence
Is this generation really less independent than previous ones?
“I think [independence] is something we have to intentionally teach now, when in the past, it was something kids developed through play,” he said.
Lawrence, the principal in Wisconsin, believes the pandemic exacerbated the problem, but that the decline in adolescent independence is primarily caused by kids spending more time on screens and less time engaging in unstructured play. When kids ride around on their bikes, explore outdoor areas, or go to the mall with friends, those activities are rich with learning opportunities, Lawrence said. Problems arise—a flat tire, a dispute with a friend—and kids are forced to work through them on their own.
“I think there is connection ultimately to cellphones and social media, because you see instances of this prior to 2020,” he said. “I see kids having less of an ability to socialize, less ability to problem-solve, less independence, and more reliance on somebody else to come and do things for them.” Lawrence said he has also seen a rise in parents intervening when their child is having difficulties socially with other children.
@NielsHoven
3 things I’ve learned teaching 3yos to read:
1) It can be done in ~100 hours
The real challenge isn’t time, it’s motivation and keeping the kid interested.
2) Daily practice is key
Frequent short practices means your child remembers more, which makes practice less frustrating, which makes learning more fun.
3) It’s not rocket science
A $17 book from Amazon is all you need.
THIS IS JUST GREAT!!!
Study suggests Epstein-Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-suggests-epstein-barr-virus-may-cause-multiple-sclerosis
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/01/epstein-barr-virus-multiple-sclerosis.html
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal damage. While the exact cause of MS remains unknown, research suggests a potential link between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the disease.
“Many millennials and Gen Xers are facing a stark reality: their parents and grandparents don’t have the means to pay for long-term care — and they’ll need to help foot the bill, especially since government aid often doesn’t cover large parts of this care,” per BI.
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