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Today we bounce from saying goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne to celebrating Billy Joel to talking about Columbia suspending students to the shameful public display of Mahmoud Khalil to Trump's calling Obama a traitor. It's a wild ride. Give a listen.
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Education advocates are launching a multi-year program to develop a game and to teach the Denaakk’e language in schools. That and another language teaching apps come at a time when almost all federal funding for language revitalization is eliminated. We’ll also talk with a man about his personal journey learning the Cherokee language, an undertaking that inspired him to learn more about his tribal language’s history and importance in maintaining culture.
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Joel Isaak (Dena’ina Athabascan), director of language and culture for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe
Mariah Pitka (Louden Tribe), executive director for the Doyon Foundation
Dr. Benjamin Frey (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), assistant professor of Cherokee language and culture at the University of North Carolina–Asheville
Jamie Jacobs (Tonawanda Seneca), managing curator for the Rock Foundation collections at the Rochester Museum and Science Center
Break 1 Music: Siyo, Siyo (song) Paula Nelson (artist) C.H.A.N.T. Cherokee Hope And New Traditions (album)
Break 2 Music: Steamboat Akalii Song (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Horses Are Our Journey World (album)
James O'Beirne discusses Bitcoin development challenges, the CTV soft fork controversy, and why protocol upgrades have stalled. He explains the community response to his developer letter and Bitcoin's ossification risks.
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Bitcoin developer James O’Beirne joins us to talk about the current state of Bitcoin development, the controversial CTV (OP_CheckTemplateVerify) soft fork proposal, and why he organized a letter signed by 66+ prominent Bitcoin developers requesting Bitcoin Core focus on protocol upgrades. We dive deep into Bitcoin's development culture, the post-SegWit era challenges, and the growing concern about Bitcoin's ossification.
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**Notes:**
• 66 developers signed CTV support letter
• 96% of Bitcoin value uses non-taproot outputs
• 19% of global hashrate supports CTV proposal
• 5+ years of CTV development and testing
• 5 Bitcoin bounty offered for CTV bugs found
• 16.5 years since Bitcoin's initial release
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:55 Jame's work
08:33 History of BTC development
12:37 Culture & the block size war
16:34 Code change process
24:29 The CTV letter origin
33:53 Reception of the letter
38:33 Why is there resistance?
40:53 Alternative proposal
48:20 Upgrade Hooks
50:36 Future outlooks for changes
54:49 Reasons for optimism
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At an artificial intelligence summit in Washington today, we'll learn more about the Trump administration's plans for guardrails to keep a potentially dangerous technology in line. Other topics likely to be addressed include the federal government's use of AI, energy-hungry data centers, loosened export controls on AI chips, and what the administration perceives as anti-conservative bias in tech. Also: what to make of Trump's trade deal with Japan, and what to expect from Tesla's Q2 results.
The U-S reaches a trade deal with Japan. New York bomb plot. Paying tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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From the BBC World Service: President Donald Trump has announced a deal with the world's fourth-largest economy. After weeks of tense negotiations, the U.S. will cut its import tax on Japanese cars and parts from 25% to 15%. The U.S., in return, will get $550 billion of investment from Japan. Plus, two former bank traders in the U.K. who allegedly manipulated interest rates have had their convictions overturned, and locals in Spain's Andalusia region are celebrating Sherry with a special competition.
In the wake of the US bombing of Iran, media outlets are warning about Iran retaliating with cyber attacks on the West. As the public fear of attacks increases, government moves into the void to find new ways to restrict our liberties.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/will-iran-cyber-attack-panic-usher-new-patriot-act
Plus: President Trump leverages global trade disputes to protect the interests of the U.S. technology sector. And, regulators investigate Morgan Stanley over whether it properly vetted its clients for money-laundering risks. Kate Bullivant hosts.
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