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Future Fibre: Ubiquiti
A recurring theme in the research we’ve been conducting into community internet providers has been the role of Ubiquiti. A US based manufacturer and provider of (mostly wireless) networking equipment and products. Their role in the community and wireless internet provider industry has been substantive and has been a catalyst for their proliferation.
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#AxisOfEasy 150: Zoom Shuts Down Dissidents Marking Tiananman Square Massacre
Last week, a report surfaced that Zoom had shut down the accounts of student survivors of the Tiananmen Square massacre who were meeting virtually to commemorate the June 4, 1989 event.What to do about fake news when the gatekeepers are worse …and more in AofE #145
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The Fed’s Grand Bargain Has Finally Imploded
The Fed has backed itself not into a corner but to the edge of a precipice.Though the Federal Reserve never stated its Grand Bargain explicitly, their actions have spoken louder than their predictably self-serving, obfuscatory public pronouncements.&nb…
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Is the Pandemic Over and a V-Shaped Recovery Baked In?
So what do we know with any sort of certainty about the claim that “the pandemic is over”? Very little.Is the pandemic over in China, Europe, Japan and the U.S./Canada? Is the much-anticipated V-Shaped economic recovery already baked in, i.e. already g…
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Memo to Robinhood traders: “Bankruptcy” usually means the equity gets wiped out
Quick primer on how it works, given Hertz is about to pull the world’s first Initial Bankruptcy Offering: The senior debt holders are first in line …
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Our Wile E. Coyote Economy: Nothing But Financial Engineering
Ours is a Wile E. Coyote economy, and now we’re hanging in mid-air, realizing there is nothing solid beneath our feet.The story we’re told about how our “capitalist” economy works is outdated. The story goes like this: companies produce goods and …
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Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
Jesse Hirsh
Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.
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