Twitter's Subscription Changes and User Exodus

SBF is under arrest. The Feds have charged him. The SEC has charged him. The CFTC has charged him. CZ continues to try to reassure Binance users over withdrawals. I think it’s time I update you on the health I’m seeing of the Twitter platform. And what is “open source” intelligence and why is the US behind in this modern type of spycraft?

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Links:

• Federal prosecutors, SEC unveil charges against Sam Bankman-Fried (Washington Post)
• FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges (CNBC)
• Jim Edwards thread summarizing the SEC complaint
• Binance CEO addresses USDC outflows: 'feel free to withdraw any other stablecoin' (The Block)
• AI art apps are cluttering the App Store’s Top Charts following Lensa AI’s success (TechCrunch)
• Elon says Twitter will remove all legacy verifications ‘in a few months’ (TechCrunch)
• Radeon 7900 XTX and XT review: Faster, hotter, and cheaper than the RTX 4080 (ArsTechnica)
• Rise of Open-Source Intelligence Tests U.S. Spies (WSJ)

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