Backstage Pass: Old man yells at quantum computer about AI

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11 years ago this week, bitcoin price was $234.

The 11th biggest cryptocurrency was peercoin.

The 111th was gulden.

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You may remember Texas Democratic U.S. House member Al Green as the one who was kicked out of 2025’s State of the Union address for engaging in “a willful and continuing breach of decorum” (that is, shaking his cane and yelling with very “Old Man Yells At Cloud” energy.)

Megacrypto PAC Fairshake has targeted Green in the March primary with $1.5 million of ad spend. He kind of had to shift districts for this primary, though actually the districts shifted on him. He still lives in the same place.

So now he has to face off against the guy who just won the special election to fill the seat, Christian Menefee. Menefee’s got a page on his website saying he’s cool with blockchains — which is the first-time candidate’s Bat-sign…