BJay Pak

BJay is the former U.S. Attorney for the N.D. of Georgia. The views = his own and not necessarily the views of any associated orgs. Been in crypto since 2014.

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

I’d vote for it if we got real spending cuts. But this bill is the largest debt increase in U.S. history—$5T.

That’s like giving your 16-year-old a credit card, watching them rack up $2K on booze and gambling, then raising their limit to $10K. Irresponsible.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

My Marco is live! #DePIN @nubilanetwork

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

What I Read This Week…

Elon and Vivek shared their plans to reduce the size and scope of the U.S. federal bureaucracy.

Their plan focuses on five main areas.

First, they aim to remove regulations that Congress never explicitly authorized, using recent Supreme Court decisions as legal backing.

Second, they plan to cut the number of federal workers through workforce reductions, bypassing civil service protections by using existing "reduction in force" authorities rather than targeting specific employees.

Third, they will stop federal spending that wasn't authorized by Congress, which they estimate exceeds $500 billion per year.

Fourth, they intend to improve cost efficiency in government procurement by conducting large-scale audits of old contracts.

Fifth, they plan to address waste at the Department of Defense, which has a budget of more than $800 billion and has failed its seventh consecutive audit.

They plan to make these changes using presidential powers granted under existing legislation rather than trying to pass new laws through Congress, with a goal to complete this overhaul by July 4, 2026.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

A recent study in Nature offers a new explanation for why it's difficult for people to maintain weight loss.

Scientists discovered that fat cells keep a biological record of previous obesity, even after someone loses weight. This record is stored through chemical modifications that affect which genes are activated (called epigenetic changes), which influences cell behavior.

When studying both humans and mice, the researchers found that these epigenetic changes persist even after successful weight loss and when overall health otherwise appears to return to normal. In their experiments with mice, the mice that had previously been obese gained weight more quickly when given high-fat foods compared to mice that had never been obese.

This helps explain why many people who lose weight often regain it – their fat cells retain a molecular "memory" of their previous obese state.

These findings are important because they show that obesity causes lasting changes in fat tissue that don't simply reverse with weight loss. This discovery could lead to new treatments that target these epigenetic changes in fat cells, potentially making it easier for people to maintain weight loss in the future.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@peacock wow so many commercials for Olympics event replays. Wow pay for streaming if we have to sit through so many commercials?

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@bigsuey A mil is pittance. The U.S. goverment already holds billions worth of Bitcoin it has seized from criminal cases. It could just transfer that over.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@chamath This is a troubling trend.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@CollinRugg I’m surprised there is still a Target open in Northern California.

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made)

I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@thesamparr enjoyed your first moneywise podcast. I say, continue to make great content.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

Obtained access to my account again after my account was hacked. The hackers tried to pump crypto. I’d never make such post promoting a protocol. Thank you for those who pointed out the security compromise.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@Ripple @bgarlinghouse @chrislarsensf @s_alderoty 💎 Your $XRP Airdrop is waiting to be claimed, check below! ⤵️

⛓ https://t.co/g8dbqwMy3A

🐳 Some users have received upwards of $50,000!

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

Hello @SouthwestAir — your website and mobile app is down. Hopeful that these are also included in the 1.3 billion spend on tech improvements promised as a part of the settlement with @NTSB for December 2022 operational systems crash. Thanks!

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@TheTiaBolden @SouthwestAir Mobile site crashed as well and logged me out when I tried to check in. Called and wait time less than 1 hour.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@RCforAG Congrats! You will be an excellent AG for Kentucky.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@soohong Congrats Soo!

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@JudgeDillard Awesome that you are on a fitness journey. While not an expert, I have heard from those who are say that one should do your resistance training along with the low impact cardio. Otherwise, too much weight loss results from losing too much muscle and not the excess fat.

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

Not a fan of paying off other people’s student loans with taxpayer money — unless the government pays me my already-paid-off loans via a retroactive payment (adjusted for inflation of course)! I’ll take my payment in #bitcoin please

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

That halftime show was awesome. I did wonder why Kendrick Lamar was there though

[BJay Pak @bjaypak]

@almostbernard Sadness when I had to explain to my 13yo daughter who Dre was