That’s one way to handle your lawyers. Four Letters In spite of — or perhaps because of — being raised by lawyers, Sam Bankman-Fried of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange seems to have a very adversarial relationship to those representing him. In a newly-released interview with vlogger Tiffany Fong, recorded on November 16 just after… Continue reading SBF Says His Lawyers Can “Go F*ck Themselves”
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The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto
Billy McFarland, the colorful personality behind the dumpster fire that was 2017’s Fyre Fest, is officially off house arrest. And boy does he have a new opportunity for the most gullible people out there! McFarland wants you to meet him for something that’s apparently not a festival (despite it featuring a “handful of artists, content creators,”… Continue reading The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto
Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting
Image by Getty / Futurism A former Silicon Valley startup CEO and cofounder has filed a lawsuit against his former employer for what he says was discrimination based on race and his mental health challenge — though the company’s stated reason for firing him was that he took acid at work, bringing the tech industry’s subculture… Continue reading Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting
Entire Island Strangled by Choking Vines
Thanks, climate change. Choking Vines Fiji’s second largest island, Vanua Levu, is being absolutely overrun by vines, The Guardian reports, in a dramatic display of the sheer power of nature. Culprits abound. An invasive species introduced by US troops during WW2 is largely to blame, exacerbated by other challenging species and fierce natural disasters that… Continue reading Entire Island Strangled by Choking Vines
Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In
“I’m 1,000 miles from home, the EA charger [went] black, and my Lightning won’t move. I’m screwed.” Lightning Strikes Ford’s F-150 Lightning is meant to be the automaker’s flagship electric pickup truck, and for the most part has been heralded with glowing praise from across the industry. But as more Lightnings hit the streets and… Continue reading Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In
Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Has the company dug itself into a hole? Ghost Protocol After promising many major cities across the country that it could dig tunnels that would magically solve their traffic woes by moving them underground, Elon Musk’s Boring Company has become oddly quiet, The Wall Street Journal reports. In fact, the paper reports, it’s been repeatedly… Continue reading Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”
The twist? He’s being sued himself for something very similar. Sure Sounds Bad Billionaire crypto evangelist Mark Cuban, who’s currently being sued for his involvement with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital by the same law firm representing the class action suit against disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for extremely similar reasons, thinks that SBF… Continue reading Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”
Miami Nightclubs Horrified That Big-Spending Crypto Bros Are Broke Now
“They wanted to show that they didn’t have any limits.” Fallen High-Rollers Like a lot of other folks out there, the sullen owners of Miami nightclubs have lost out in the crypto crash — although not necessarily because they invested their savings into the cryptocurrencies. Instead, they’re missing out on the business of high-rolling crypto… Continue reading Miami Nightclubs Horrified That Big-Spending Crypto Bros Are Broke Now
BlockFi Just Filed for Bankruptcy
Another one bites the dust. Domino Effect Yet another major cryptocurrency lender has filed for bankruptcy, a sign of a deepening “crypto winter” that’s continuing to take down the hype giants one by one. Crypto lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection just weeks after FTX, once the second largest cryptocurrency exchange by… Continue reading BlockFi Just Filed for Bankruptcy
We Are Alarmed by Every Detail of Elon Musk’s Bedside Table
Just gross. Table Fable Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared an image of his bedside table — and we have questions. The image shows what appears to be a video game gun replica, four opened cans of caffeine-free Coke, and a flintlock gun inside a display box that features a famous painting of… Continue reading We Are Alarmed by Every Detail of Elon Musk’s Bedside Table