The New York Times charges $17/month.
The Wall Street Journal charges $38/month.
Nature charges $199/year.
Someone just open sourced a proxy that bypasses all of them for $0. And publishers cannot shut it down.
It's called Ladder.
Here's the trick that makes it work:
Every news site and academic journal on earth shows Google the full article text for free. They have no choice. Block Googlebot and you disappear from search results overnight.
Ladder pretends to be Googlebot.
Same headers. Same fingerprint. Same access Google gets.
→ Paste any paywalled URL
→ Full article loads instantly
→ No account. No subscription. No credit card.
→ Works on NYT, WSJ, Bloomberg, Nature, Science, The Lancet, The Atlantic, and hundreds more
→ Also strips CORS headers from any URL, which saves developers a stupid amount of time
Publishers got 12ft killed by pressuring the domain registrar.
Ladder runs on your own server. There's no domain to seize. No company to pressure. No central server to shut down.
One Docker command. Your machine. Your rules.
6.3K stars. MIT License. 100% Opensource - https://t.co/5N0gwHcw9y
I expect some re-accumulation around the current area based on the monthly. let's see how it closes in 4 days, being also the weekly close. Re-evaluate then
BTC is sitting right now on my monthly 20MA. The rise we had was with decreasing volume, that was the sign for the correction.
Even on weekly, the last leg up was with decreasing volume, which only started to grow with the down countertrend, above it's own SMA, confirming it.
Some examples of discipline:
• posting when you get 0 likes
• doing pushups when you’re sore
• eating clean when others aren’t
• staying sober while others drink
• investing your paycheck while others blow it
Just do a few things right and the rest of your life will follow
Value investors are the guys driving a 2004 Corolla with 300k miles and bragging about how “depreciation is a scam.”
Growth investors lease a Tesla every 18 months and swear the monthly payment is “just the cost of capturing upside.”
Dividend investors drive beige Buicks, eat oatmeal, and talk about yield like it’s a controlled substance.
Momentum traders buy whatever car went viral that week and flip it 45 days later at a loss they call “a rotation.”
Crypto bros rent Lamborghinis because they still think “optics” is more important than cash flow.
Private equity guys drive black Escalades they don’t pay for and refer to family vacations as “synergy retreats.”
Hedge fund managers own a Porsche 911 but take Uber everywhere because they haven’t slept since 2018.
Options traders whip around in a Hellcat with 28 percent APR and call it “leveraged exposure.”
Real estate investors buy a used Range Rover with 150k miles and say it’s a “tax write-off” even though it’s not.
Quant guys drive a silent gray Audi and speak exclusively in risk-adjusted metaphors.
Deep value degenerates buy a rusted F-150 for $600, claim it’s “trading at a discount to replacement cost,” and somehow believe it.
💳Payment cards & neobanks tier list 💳
Based on which ones I owned. Make sure to bookmark to come back to this.
S:
@ether_fi: the most complete neobank experience (save, grow and spend) with amazing perks. Even the basic tier gets 3% cashback, hotel discounts, $10ks of purchase protection, lounge access, etc. Non-custodial! My go-to right now. God-tier referral program too.
https://t.co/bv5DGz4WxB
A:
@useTria: the closest competitor to Etherfi. I love the UI but not the experience - yet. Because lots of things are still changing. Great perks (0% deposit fee, 0% fx fee for all tiers & up to 6% cashback for a $250 per year card). Very promising & also non-custodial. Great referral program too.
https://t.co/uK8xT1Ipp1
@RedotPay: particularly interesting for remittances, since they offer different currencies and the conversion between crypto & different fiat. The ability to send fiat and get accounts for those is great. High spending limits, saving options,... Custodial & non-custodial.
B:
@plutus: it's already around for some time, yet never been able to really take off. The product is okay and the perks are plenty but small. There were some obvious problems when I was still using it that never got fixed. It's non-custodial though.
@AviciMoney: great product, great perks, and one of the real neobanks in here. Also non-custodial! The only thing I miss is a clear USP. Why is it better than Etherfi or Tria? What's special about it?
@binance: very handy that most CEXs have their own payment cards. Easier to transfer money in and out of the account. Used to be my go-to last cycle. But because of regulations it wasn't working for me anymore. Same problem other very big crypto platforms have: too big means too much regulations and that comes with heavy KYC and uncertainty if you can use the product or not. Obviously custodial too.
C:
@MetaMask: I find it a weird experience to use the MetaMask card via MetaMask. Feels very unnatural and unappealing to me. Non, custodial.
@Bybit_Official: Same problems as Binance. Couldn't use it at some point anymore, and asked more and more questions about my income and wealth in order to be able to continue using it. I found the Binance card more user-friendly with better perks (because I had $BNB I had a high cashback). Custodial.
D:
@cryptocom I used this one for years, but it gets too complicated very quickly with the regulation-heaviness that comes with their size. Perks are pretty much gone for basic tiers as well (0% cashback for basic tier). Became too big to still be attractive and be able to give nice perks. Also it is custodial.