Hallihallo!

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[Hallihallo! @matusound]

#Osterfeuer

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced Satoshi chose to reference this front page in Bitcoin's genesis block very carefully

It's, obviously, a commentary on bailouts and money printing

But I think it's also a commentary on the warfare state that fiat helps enable

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

So, I tend to think in universal terms. Rather than relying on the ideal person to run things, I wonder what would ultimately fix things? What would maximize social expression forever?

The only answer I see is open source, decentralized social media.

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

I found NOSTR around that time. It's not a competing company, but rather an open-source protocol for decentralized social media. I wrote about it back then in April 2023, when I found Twitter censoring my likes and searches.
https://t.co/czYoxlfZv5

[Hallihallo! @matusound]

This will be huge 💥
@Ezracrypt

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[Hallihallo! @matusound]

@caitoz Another excellent analysis by you! Long time follower here. Quick question: do you also accept lightning payments ⚡️could only find on-chain details. Also: are you on Nostr yet? Would love to know your npub, so I can follow 💥

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

"If you don't vote for the Baby Incinerators with Blue Hats, you're helping the Baby Incinerators with Red Hats!"

But I oppose incinerating babies.

"Look, those babies are getting incinerated no matter what, so we need to worry about the ones with red hats, who are WAY worse on other non-baby-incineration-related issues."

Don't you think it's kind of obscene and horrifying and nightmarish and dystopian that you find yourself saying those babies are getting incinerated no matter what instead of trying to make them all stop incinerating babies? Like, how is the fact that both mainstream parties in this country want to incinerate babies not the main topic of conversation here?

"Our political system isn't perfect okay? Do you really want to miss out on some sweet student loan debt forgiveness from the Baby Incinerators with Blue Hats just because they like incinerating babies?"

I kinda think the whole baby incineration issue is a lot more urgent and important than that though.

"Damn it dude, you need to be realistic! OBVIOUSLY the Baby Incinerators with Blue Hats can't just stop incinerating babies, they'd lose the support of the baby incineration lobby!"

Oh my God but WHY is there a baby incineration lobby?? Why is incinerating babies a thing at all?? I feel like I'm going insane listening to the Baby Incinerators with Blue Hats argue back and forth with the Baby Incinerators with Red Hats about who's got the stronger immigration policies, when they're both openly campaigning on the policy of continuing to incinerate babies! That's the main thing! Can't we fight them on that??

"After the election, dude. After the election. We get the Baby Incinerators with Blue Hats into office, and then we push them toward perhaps considering incinerating fewer babies. In their last debate you saw the top blue hat acknowledge that far too many babies have been incinerated. That's a start!"

I don't want them to incinerate ANY babies though!

"Okay well that's just ridiculous. You're an extremist."

Oh yeah well I think incinerating babies is what's extreme.

"You can't just incinerate zero babies, dude. We have to be politically pragmatic. You really gonna let your fairies-and-unicorns, pie-in-the-sky idealism get in the way of our comfort here at home? You might get slightly worse healthcare!"

I don't even want to talk about this! I just want to talk about the huge, glaring problem that we keep seeing babies tossed into giant incinerators no matter who gets elected. I'm choosing to make that problem the area of my focus, not whether the people incinerating them happen to wear blue hats or red hats.

"So you're, like, what? A fascist then? Some kind of Russian agent?"

I think I'm just normal. I think I'm just a normal person born into a crazy world where babies keep getting incinerated and everyone acts like that's fine while arguing about immigrants eating cats and prisoners getting sex change operations.

"Okay well you're gonna feel like a real jerk when the Baby Incinerators with Red Hats get into power and your healthcare deductible goes up and they're still incinerating your beloved babies anyway."

No I'm pretty sure I'll still just be focused on trying to fight the system which says it's okay to incinerate babies.

"Whatever, stupid commie."

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Happy #DayoftheProgrammer! Programmers build the foundations of our digital lives, which we then need to learn how to keep safe. 2FA is a powerful tool for protecting your accounts, but not all 2FA apps are as good as others...

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The widespread devastation and massacres of the Israeli army in #Jenin and other parts of occupied northern West Bank, where Hamas is not ruling, are a powerful reminder that Hamas is just the last excuse for the State of #Israel to wreak the Palestinian territory havoc. Everywhere for 57 years Israel has made life impossible for Palestinians under a brutal military occupation, seeking to realize a “#GreaterIsrael”.
In agreement with the Palestinians in the oPt, an int'l #ProtectionPresence must be immediately deployed to stop the massacres, wanton destruction and forced displacement.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Israel has exponentially more hostages than Hamas has, and murders them routinely, and rapes and tortures them constantly.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is a crucial reminder by Stephen Walt, probably the most renowned Harvard professor of International Relations: "Palestinian resistance is completely legitimate" because "international law explicitly says that population under belligerent occupation have a right to resist".

[Patrick Breyer #JoinMastodon @echo_pbreyer]

Wieder das alte Drehbuch, um alte Pläne zum Grundrechteabbau durchzusetzen: Anschlag (Solingen) + Rechtsrutsch bei Wahlen = Einführung fehleranfälliger #Gesichtsfahndung im Internet durch die Ampel. https://t.co/eS8Omwl0Ze

Hatte Überwachungsministerin Faeser lange vor dem Anschlag gewollt, hätte ihn nicht verhindert, hat auch sonst NICHTS damit zu tun. Traurig, Ampel. #noAfD oder #GroKo stoppt man nicht, indem man ihnen vorgreift!

[CCC Updates @chaosupdates]

Protest beim 1. FC Union gegen Faesers Ideen zu heimlichen Hausdurchsuchungen mit #Staatstrojaner und gegen #Gesichtserkennung #fcufcsp #fcunion

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Behold, dear reader, what the New York Times describes as "the politics of joy."

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

LOTs of people recommending "safe" VPNs without having actually researched any of their own recommendations.

Be careful which VPN you install, there are many that harvest data & steal credentials.

2 VPNs that I like are @mullvadnet & @ProtonVPN 🛡️

Some 🚩s to watch for:
📺:

[linuzifer @Linuzifer]

Die Pläne waren schon da, jetzt wird Solingen missbraucht, um sie durchzusetzen:
Biometrischer Überwachungsexzess der Bundesregierung

https://t.co/4qFvDAxvTR

[Lyn Alden @LynAldenContact]

Disinformation is indeed rampant online, but the antidote to it isn't censorship.

The antidote is teaching and promoting critical thinking skills at a deep societal level.

[Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb]

Conflating Leslie Wexner and other org crime linked figures like the Bronfmans with "all Jews" implies that my criticisms of them, org crime ties + corruption, are part of Jewish identity + that is actually anti-semitic. It is like conflating criticisms of the Rockefellers or Silicon Valley oligarchs as "anti-American." Not being able to criticize these oligarchs breeds antisemitism.

[🇵🇸🇵🇸Bitcoin for Palestine ⚡⚡ @Yusef_Mahmoud1]

305 days of genocide, starvation, siege, destruction, displacement, displacement, loss and betrayal #Gaza.. 2024..

[Lee Mordechai @LeeMordechai]

1/ I’m an Israeli historian. My community is still too silent about the horrible war in Gaza. Over 8 months I’ve closely followed the war, reading >1000 articles and viewing >1000 videos/images of the war from all sides. My summary conclusions & full report are in the 🧵:

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

You never know who is looking over your shoulder at the sensitive information on your screen.

Use a privacy screen, so that only you can see what's on the screen.

Here's how the tech works, & tips for fingerprint readers.

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