Ong Kar Jin

CSO at @noughtlabs. I write mostly about tech and its intersections with society and politics. An idealistic skeptic that is a keen observer of the tech sector.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

My statement on the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza.

[Ong Kar Jin @duriandemocracy]

@501Awani Gain of +17 seats for PN

[Thevesh @Thevesh]

Better visual - comparing today at 9am vs GE15 at 9am. CC @pemikirmsia thanks for the suggestion!

Conclusion same: Voter turnout as of 9am is STRONG!

In 4/6 states, voter turnout as of 9am is higher than for GE15 as of 9am!!!!!

If this keeps up, turnout for #PRN2023 will exceed GE15!

Lesgooooooooo.

[FatMan @FatManTerra]

🧵 Su Zhu is now back in Singapore working with a law firm specializing in white collar crime. He really doesn't want to go to prison, and creditors are after him. But how did he get to this point? Where did 3AC go wrong, and what should you do next?

[Frank Chaparro @fintechfrank]

This is not good

[Dave Lauer @dlauer]

Instead of calling out brokers with completely conflicted business models who put trick clients into signing up for margin accounts, this video calls retail investors idiots. WTF SEC?
https://t.co/rkMAKFKiP8

[Dave Lauer @dlauer]

They portray the retail investor (the same one who got pied in the face over his interest in "meme" stocks) as an idiot, buying stocks with a loan despite not knowing what that means. But the SEC is missing the point - it's the broker who allows their clients to buy on margin.

[Dave Lauer @dlauer]

This video series from the SEC is really just awful. The SEC is insulting the very investors it's supposed to be protecting and educating. But it's worse than that! For example, one of the videos is about margin investing.

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

Unfortunately, social media incentivizes us to care very, very much about what other people think of us. This has a net negative effect on social progress, because progress is rarely popular in the moment.

[Ramp Capital @RampCapitalLLC]

I’ve studied every minute of the 6-week long trial of Johnny Depp v Amber Heard.

Here’s what the verdict means for the future of web3.

Let’s dive in.

👇👇👇

[Layoffs.fyi @Layoffsfyi]

Hearing that insurance startup PolicyGenius laid off 170 employees (25%) this morning

[Rin  @rinmansor]

I made this for emgek in 2018. still valid in 2022 I guess?

[Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 @MikeZaccardi]

Retail has sold all their US equity purchases from the last two years - Goldman

[Mashable @mashable]

After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, there's no question that our personal data is being collected. Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne teamed up to create The New Organs – a project on surveillance.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

President Xi Jinping’s push for a more self-sufficient economy has not been entirely successful in its own terms
https://t.co/hIfQJWQMKl

[Heidi Stevens @HeidiStevens13]

Holy. Shit. What a brilliant, horrifying cover.

[Tom Gara @tomgara]

The former principal of Columbine High just said something incredibly grim on CNN - he’s part of a network of 29 school principals who had mass shootings at their schools, and they work to support principals of schools where new mass shootings happen

[Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. @ParikPatelCFA]

What I thought would make me happy:
• Nice car
• House
• Fancy watch
• Expensive clothes

What actually makes me happy:
• Samosas
• Biryani
• Jalebi
• Gulab Jamun

Find what *actually* makes you happy—then figure out a way to get it.