Our homework assignment from last week was to distill “what is AxisOfEasy?” into something relatable and concise. We came away from this episode with: Exploring alternatives and seeing beyond the frame …in a world gone full cyberpunk. But if we had to distill today’s episode down it would be the rise, and possible downfall Neo-Feudalism. […]

In this issue:

Underworld in panic as cops penetrate secret criminal chat app

New EvilQuest ransomware targets Mac OSX users

BMW to make built-in car features into paid subscriptions

The recurring themes we kept coming back on over the show were:

Have we entered a climate where a French Revolution style megapolitical shift is looming?

The pesky phenomenon of the ole coup-within-a-coup, a.k.a the "Power Play" as per the 1978 Peter O'Toole political thriller of that name.

The difference between "objective reality" that everybody thinks exists and "authoritative reality", which for all intents and purposes, is what actually matters.

In this edition:

New US Bill aims to end warrant-proof encryption, PayPal preparing to enter Bitcoin marketplace, Hackers use Google analytics to steal credit cards

The overall theme for today's show was the idea that we're living in some weird quantum superposition, a la Schroedinger's Cat, where the so-called "Cat State" (the two contradicting phase states in question) are Maximum Pessimism and Irrational Exuberance.

In this issue: Canada to deploy voluntary nationwide contract tracking app Surveillance-capitalism firm Palantir files to go public Gigantic telecom outage was not a DDoS from China Google demonetizes The Federalist and Zerohedge Google trying to get rid of the URL, again Large scale Twitter and Facebook influence campaign linked to China China authorities freeze […]

What if most of what we're measuring doesn't matter? That would suck. It would also explain quite a lot.

In this issue: Zoom shuts down Chinese dissidents marking the Tiananmen Square Massacre Twitter restores Zerohedge account, admits “mistake” Steve Jobs adviser: Facebook is destroying society  (Add me wee plug) It’s official: QuadrigaCX was a ponzi (sort of) Breach of the week: 300K Nintendo accounts in NNID hack EU to charge Amazon with anti-trust violations […]

Episode highlights and show notes: Charles makes one of the greatest stock market calls in recorded history (Deep State to Powell: “Stop Goosing the Stock Market”) Jelly Donut’s Farewell address. We made multiple references to my newsletter, Out of The Cave, which is the new name for my old newsletter, the issue in question is […]

In this issue: Facebook rebrands Libra as Novi to try again The Romanian criminal cartel that stole over 1B via ATM skimming Class action lawsuit against Google over private browser tracking Canadian telco’s spurn Huawei and go with alternatives for 5G New service pinpoints your email before you submit any data Amazon bans (then allows) book that challenges […]