Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Jaguar Taxidermy

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When I was a lad, I always thought Jaguar cars were beautiful. I’ve never owned one, and I haven’t really thought about them much, but there in the news recently because, since they evidently didn’t get the memo, they’ve taken the whole “woke” thing to 11. Click the Play button to watch this new ad (in which, oddly, there’s nary a car to be seen).

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Hel-lo, Saylor!

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There have been many winners in 2024, both political and financial, but the crypto crowd is among the winning-est of them all. It seems that Bitcoin had a near-death experience in 2022, which of course ruined FTX and the lives of its executives, but BTC has climbed from $15,000 to nearly $100,000 with a fairly steady pace. I cannot imagine how tormented SBF must be knowing this sea-change.

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