PPs! It just makes sense to me, haven't seen or heard this postulated anywhere yet.

Ready Player One is part of hodler film history, discussed repeatedly on stonks subs over the past three years. Gettin' hyped tonight for next week, watching for maybe the 10th time, and... BAM. Never saw this graffiti in this way before, now can't believe I've missed lo these many years.

At the end of the previous scene, Samantha and Wade meet IRL for the first time. and Samantha says "Welcome to the rebellion, Wade." Nice. Let's git some!

So, I've just read the HR and Senate versions of these bills, and I agree- they are too broadly-worded for the stated intent (foreign adversary data limitation)- especially the Senate bill. After writing my US Senators tonight (the House Rep still to go), I recalled that last year, RC told us "TikTok." Do you have an idea why? Speculation or DD, all is fair here, in the usual Ape spirit of open inquiry. Whaddya got?

Somewhere on RDDT someone thought the first O looked like a moon. I'm thinking it's a more like an eclipse, as in... April '24. I'll speculate that something will be -ahem- revealed at that time :-)

OK gang, RC provides the clues, therefore we gotta dig, and in this case I can use some additional sparkplugs (that’s you!). Dr Jacques is in the books, he’s grabbing his lapel nametag, conveniently located adjacent to his pectoral region, we all thought “ha ha, that’s Jake!” and moved along. But Jacques Tits turns out to be quite interesting. He’s a doctor of advanced mathematics, from Belgium, spent his life in France, lots of crazy advanced math in his wikipedia page- even has various theories and constructions named for him. Died recently, on 5 December 2021. So- following links (below), we go to Group Theory, down to Public-Key Cryptography (interesting…) and scroll down to see “Examples of protocols using asymmetric key algorithms include: Bitcoin.”

Maybe this nothing burger deserves further study? Anyone care to help dig while we wait for some news??

Dave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Tits -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_theory -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography -> “Examples of protocols using asymmetric key algorithms include: Bitcoin” (cross-posted w PPshow for visibility)

OK gang, RC provides the clues, therefore we gotta dig, and in this case I can use some additional sparkplugs (that's you!). Dr Jacques is in the books, he's grabbing his lapel nametag, conveniently located adjacent to his pectoral region, we all thought "ha ha, that's Jake!" and moved along. But Jacques Tits turns out to be quite interesting. He's a doctor of advanced mathematics, from Belgium, spent his life in France, lots of crazy advanced math in his wikipedia page- even has various theories and constructions named for him. Died recently, on 5 December 2021. So- following links (below), we go to Group Theory, down to Public-Key Cryptography (interesting..) and scroll down to see "Examples of protocols using asymmetric key algorithms include: Bitcoin."

Maybe this nothing burger deserves further study? Anyone care to help dig while we wait for some news??

Dave.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Tits -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_theory -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography -> "Examples of protocols using asymmetric key algorithms include: Bitcoin"

Here's my longtime fave BBBY end-game hypothesis, one with a fair amount of humiliation for the fraudsters and SHFs:

• After all the legal effort, BBBaby is carved out or spun off;

• Former BBBY shareholders are given shares in the new BBBaby (holding) company, as a bonus for going through hell the past 6 months;

• Former BBBY shareholders also receive $ from any legal settlements related to BBBY fraud investigations;

• BBBY shareholders retain shares in the old company as well;

• CUSIP and/or Ticker is maintained, so shorts are forced by the court to close, buying up shares in an empty shell company in order to close billions of short positions, closely watched by the SEC. BBBY price skyrockets; shareholders sell shares in the old entity at their leisure, then the price seems satisfactory.

New company and GS are well clear of the media noise and lamentations of the SHFs.

This theory has the poetic justice that I see in other elements of this play (GameSTOP, Bed Bath & BEYOND, etc). This sequence would really underline the BEYOND in Bed Bath and Beyond, and meet RC's primary goal of delighting customers (in this case, diamond-handed shareholders).

Whaddya think? Could it happen? Why or why not?

...as we all certainly know by now. So watch out! There's a whole crapton of divisive political shit showing up on Reddit subs this week, right at the very moment when major change is looming. How convenient and predictable. Stay Zen, remember your training apes! Focus on the play, get some sunshine, and don't get caught up in nefarious side-quest psiops drama, rolled out precisely when the community is all keyed up. They've had plenty of time to plan and prepare this kind of crap. Ape no fight Ape! Monke peace out.

So, I started thinking- if a keiretsu usually organizes around a bank, whom among our most-favorite brands might already be rockin' an RSSD #, and thereby be sitting in prime position to get this party started? RSSD numbers are unique identifiers assigned to financial institutions by the Federal Reserve. I looked these up a couple weeks ago. Let the list begin!

Currently HAS an RSSD: AMC / Bed Bath & Beyond / Koss-Winn Bancshares / Macy's / Macy's State Street / Newell Associates / Nordstrom / Ovid Branch / Pulte Group / Revlon Inc / Revlon Financial Group / Sears / Sears & Roebuck / Toys 'R' Us

Did NOT HAVE an RSSD: 09302023 / 20230930 / Butterfly / DK-Butterfly / Beyond / Blockbuster / Buy Buy Baby / Chewy / DOM / Dream On Me / Gamestop / Gmerica / Icahn Enterprises /Lego / Nintendo / Overstock / Party City / Rite-Aid / Super League Enterprise / Teddy

Check any company at: https://www.ffiec.gov/NPW The FFIEC is at: https://www.ffiec.gov/

Whaddy'all think?

Am I nuts? Teddy's backpack just looks like a huge Overstock logo O to me. I have no DD about their involvement or lack of involvement in the butterfly/keiretsu/cluster being aggregated, but... I can't NOT see it now. You?

Has Judge Michael Kaplan seen enough? Are we on the right side of a very gymnastic legal exercise? Or might things be about to get better? Let's hear your thoughts.

"The Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey establishes a Chapter 11 Local Rules Committee (“Committee”) to review and recommend changes to the existing Procedures and Rules for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases."

https://www.njb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/hearingdates/doc1/Notice%20to%20the%20Bar%20and%20Public%20Concerning%20General%20Order%20Regarding%20Chapter%2011%20Case%20Administration%201-3-2024.pdf

Tonight on PP, BlockFi was raised as a possible entity of interest/sidequest in our little saga. Cohencidentally, they are currently undergoing yet another Chapter 11 bankruptcy/reorg. Interesting! Anyone recall Bill Pulte saying "I think there may be a bunch of bankruptcies"? GME and BlockFi both were significantly injured by FTX; maybe the good guys saw a chance to pick up some useful crypto tech for the Keiretsu?

Links: https://www.njb.uscourts.gov/BlockFi https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/blockfi/Home-Index

So recently, Matt Finestone has been interacting with our larger community, and his twitter handle has always intrigued me (3body.eth). So that was fresh in my mind when, shopping at a bookstore, I spotted "The Three Body Problem" by... Liu Cixin, who also has been discussed. Of course, I tore into the sci-fi book immediately, and was so struck by a few passages that I thought Matt may have been pointing us at it all along. Now, there's been a long list of films discussed in various forums, but I can't recall seeing any mentions of this book. The plot generally involves a struggle against mysterious threatening forces, and salvation can only be found by playing a hyper-realistic VR video game.

This gem appears on page 134: "In my line of work, it's all about putting together many apparently-unconnected things. When you piece them together the right way, you get the truth." Doesn't that sound like a guide to tinfoil? Then, on page 137: "I can guarantee you that the enemy is incredibly powerful. Those in charge are terrified... if killing you would solve the problem, you'd all be dead by now. But the most effective technique remains disrupting your thoughts." Like COINTELPRO, maybe? Interestingly, considering recent developments involving Kanye, the Ye family features prominently in the book (many of the events take place in China).

With the number 134 still on my mind, I searched through "The Big Short" and found that, at 1:33:00, Dr. Burry is writing to his investors about being in a fraudulent market. And right at 1:34:00, the 2007 housing market begins to fail. By 1:36:00, Morgan Stanley is asking to buy Front Point's credit default swaps.

So far, interesting tinfoil, no? Then I found that, exactly at 1:34:30 into "Fight Club", comes this threatening message to a nearly-emasculated power broker: "Look- the people you are after are the people you rely on. We cook your meals. We haul your trash. We connect your calls. We drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."

I'm really feeling that last quote as we head into 2024; how about you?

(Lurker since 2020, hodler since Feb 2021)