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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S10 E11: Nigel Smart, Zama
Nigel Smart is from Britain, but currently lives in Belgium. He has a PhD in mathematics, but headed into the world of cryptography early on. He has started a few companies in the past, both of which have successfully exited, one to Coinbase. But outside of technology, he loves to cycle and attend concerts. When asked about food, he said he loves all food - as long as it doesn't include eggplant.
Very early on, Nigel got involved with one of his current ventures. As an advisor, he stated to spend more and more time with the company, supporting it through its many iterations in building next level encryption for application builders - and doing so through open source.
This is the creation story of Zama.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Rio brand: why Brazil is courting China
Trade ties between the two countries have been increasing for over a decade. The election of Donald Trump for a second term means the relationship could now become even closer. Going to space could harm human health (7:57). And why Britain has such miserable mobile-phone service (14:43).
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 11.19.24
Alabama
- The AL Forestry Commission drops its Fire Danger Advisory for 67 counties
- 11th Circuit Court declines to stop an AL execution via nitrogen hypoxia
- Sen. Katie Britt doubles down on her vote for Rick Scott as majority leader
- Efforts to force unionization votes in 2 auto plants in AL seem to stall out
- A teacher/drag queen in Auburn finds further employment at University
- 2 churches in Mobile and Montgomery celebrated 120 year anniversary
National
- US Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row of its $824B budget for 2024
- NBC News says Trump team plans to court martial officer for treason
- Trump appears to be calling US senators to push for Matt Gaetz as US AG
- RFK Jr. talking about 5G technology and its affects on health in US
- PA Supreme Court orders counting of ballots to stop in counties
- Citizens in Chicago outraged at mayor and his priority with illegal aliens
Honestly with Bari Weiss - Where Will Trump 2.0 Take the GOP?
Trump’s gains among working-class voters of all races—according to exit polls, he won the majority of Latino men at 55 percent—represent the ongoing realignment of the Republican Party. What was once Reagan’s party of free trade, low taxes, and limited government seems to be shifting toward a multiracial working-class party that celebrates economic protectionism and credibly courts unions.
But what will this shift mean for the future of the party. . . and American politics?
Trump’s cabinet appointments so far don’t paint a clear picture. His nominee for secretary of state, Florida senator Marco Rubio, has some clear neoconservative instincts. But Trump also tapped as director of national intelligence former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who has thundered against the “neocon” influence on her new party.
So what is this new Republican Party? Is it still the party of Reagan? Is it still even a party of conservatism?
Here to discuss it all today are Sarah Isgur, Matthew Continetti, and Josh Hammer.
Sarah Isgur is a columnist for The Dispatch. She clerked for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and served as Justice Department spokeswoman during the first Trump administration. Matthew Continetti is a columnist at Commentary, founding editor of The Free Beacon, and author of a new book: The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism. And Josh Hammer is senior editor at large at Newsweek and host of The Josh Hammer Show.
Today, they join Michael Moynihan to discuss Trump’s appointments, the significance of J.D. Vance, the roots of MAGA and where the movement fits into the history of the Republican Party, and the uncertain future of the American right.
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NBN Book of the Day - Benjamin Barson, “Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons” (Wesleyan UP, 2024)
Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons (Wesleyan UP, 2024) recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of freedpeople during Reconstruction and the decades that followed. Benjamin Barson presents a "music history from below," following the musicians as they built communes, performed at Civil Rights rallies, and participated in general strikes. Perhaps most importantly, Barson locates the first emancipatory revolution in the Americas—Haiti—as a nexus for cultural and political change in nineteenth-century Louisiana. In dialogue with the work of recent historians who have inverted traditional histories of Latin American and Caribbean independence by centering the influence of Haitian activists abroad, this work traces the impact of Haitian culture in New Orleans and its legacy in movements for liberation.
Brassroots Democracy demonstrates how Black musicians infused participatory music practice with innovative forms of grassroots democracy. Late nineteenth-century Black brass bands and activists rehearsed these participatory models through collective performance that embodied the democratic ethos of Black Reconstruction. Termed "Brassroots Democracy," this fusion of political and musical spheres revolutionized both. Brassroots Democracy illuminates the Black Atlantic struggles that informed music-as-world-making from the Haitian Revolution through Reconstruction to the jazz revolution. The work theorizes the roots of the New Orleans brass band tradition in the social relations grown in maroon ecologies across the Americas. Their fruits contributed to the socio-sonic commons of the music we call jazz today
BENJAMIN BARSON is a historian, baritone saxophonist, and political activist. He is an assistant professor of music at Bucknell University. His work has been published in Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party (2020), Routledge Handbook on Jazz and Gender (2021) and Routledge Guide to Ecosocialism (2021).
Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of the Bow and Arrow
One of the most important inventions in human history was the bow and arrow.
A bow and arrow is a rather simple device but it was a revolutionary advancement for humanity’s ability to hunt and to fight.
Unlike many very early human inventions, the bow and arrow have had an extremely long lifespan. For thousands of years it remained virtually unchanged. That was until the last 100 years when this age old device changed dramatically.
Learn more about the history of the bow and arrow and how it changed the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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What A Day - Trump’s Plan To Make Us Pay More
President-elect Donald Trump made a lot of questionable promises on the campaign trail. But one of the biggest ones was his promise to improve the economy by imposing at least a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods. For goods from China, he wants a minimum 60 percent tariff. Never mind that some economists say these tariffs, if imposed, could cost the average U.S. household an extra $2,600 a year. Stacey Vanek Smith, senior story editor at Bloomberg Audio, helps us break down what Trump’s tariff plans could mean for all of us.
And in headlines: Trump confirms in an early morning retweet that he will try to use the military to mass deport millions of immigrants, momentum builds around the potential release of a House Ethics Committee report about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and a new report finds 20 percent of Americans get their news from social media influencers.
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Pod Save America - Joe and Mika Do the Trump Dance
Donald Trump completes his journey from outcast to cool kid, showing off his MAGA clique at a glitzy UFC fight and even getting nemeses Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski to come groveling to Mar-a-Lago. Meanwhile, it may not be such smooth sailing for two of his top cabinet picks, Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, as questions mount about sexual misconduct. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy break down all the latest, including Democratic governors' plan to constrain Trump's power, the upcoming race for DNC chair, and under-the-radar moves at the FCC. Then, Tommy talks with NBC News's Brandy Zadrozny, an expert in misinformation and the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about RKF's plans for the medical care you get and the food you eat.
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The NewsWorthy - Mass Deportation Plans, Spirit Airlines’ Bankruptcy & ‘Trump Dance’ in Sports – Tuesday, November 19, 2024
The news to know for Tuesday, November 19, 2024!
We’ll tell you what President-elect Trump confirmed about his plans for mass deportations once he takes office, most notably declaring a national emergency and using the U.S. military.
And his latest choice for his cabinet is another Fox News personality.
Also, millions of Americans are preparing for some wild weather this week, including a “bomb cyclone” in the Northwest.
Plus, what it means for travelers now that Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy, how A-I performed compared to human doctors when it comes to diagnosing illnesses, and the so-called ‘Trump Dance’ seems to be taking over sports.
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