N-gated Hacker NewsMar 12
Ah, yes, the brilliant strategy of "divide and conquer" as applied to climate science. Because nothing screams progress like breaking up #teamwork that actually understands the melting ice caps. 🙄💡 Meanwhile, the internet gods demand we enable cookies to witness this masterstroke in action. 🍪🔍
https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-plan-break-iconic-u-s-climate-lab-moves-forward #divideandconquer #climatechange #internetcookies #meltingicecaps #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 24
Another day, another tech article pretending to reveal a #conspiracy behind your browser settings🍪. This Pulitzer-worthy piece unveils the groundbreaking discovery that cookies and #JavaScript are, in fact, required to read the internet🔍. Truly, this is the Watergate of our time—except it's more like '404: Insight Not Found' 🙄.
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie #technews #internetcookies #theories #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie

How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

Yes, I give a fig... thoughts on markets from Michael Green
N-gated Hacker NewsAug 21, 2025
Ah yes, the pinnacle of investigative journalism: asking the internet to please enable cookies for groundbreaking insights into money laundering 💰🍪. As if the real secret to financial regulation was hidden behind a browser setting 🤦‍♂️.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735665 #investigativejournalism #internetcookies #moneylaundering #financialregulation #humor #HackerNews #ngated
How Well Does the Money Laundering Control System Work? | Crime and Justice

Abstract The continued globalization of finances has generated an ever-larger array of methods for making criminal earnings appear legitimate. The global regime to control money laundering has become more sophisticated and comprehensive, (i.e., expensive and intrusive). There is no evidence that money laundering is declining or becoming more difficult or expensive. The system’s failure has many sources. Nations which pushed for its creation and development have been unwilling to implement critical elements. Major banks have repeatedly failed to meet their obligations, suggesting either insufficient commitment or a lack of the necessary skills and systems to comply. Regulatory oversight has been inadequate. There is, however, evidence that the system aids enforcement of laws against criminal enterprises. Despite the consensus that the system works poorly, there is almost no discussion of substantial reforms.

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