The cloud is broken:
•Centralized
•Expensive
•Insecure
But what if your old smartphone could rebuild it—faster, cheaper, and fully private?
Introducing @Acurast: A DePIN-powered decentralized cloud built on phones.
Let’s dive in
In light of recent open letters from academia and the arts criticising the UK's Supreme Court ruling on sex-based rights, it's possibly worth remembering that nobody sane believes, or has ever believed, that humans can change sex, or that binary sex isn't a material fact. These letters do nothing but remind us of what we know only too well: that pretending to believe these things has become an elitist badge of virtue.
I often wonder whether the signatories of such letters have to quieten their consciences before publicly boosting a movement intent on removing women's and girls' rights, which bullies gay people who admit openly they don't want opposite sex partners, and campaigns for the continued sterilisation of vulnerable and troubled kids. Do they feel any qualms at all while chanting the foundational lie of their religion: Trans Women are Women, Trans Men are Men?
I have no idea. All I know for sure is that it's a complete waste of time telling a gender activist that their favourite slogan is self-contradictory nonsense, because the lie is the whole point. They're not repeating it because it's true - they know full well it's not true - but because they believe they can make it true, sort of, if they force everyone else to agree. The foundational lie functions as both catechism and crucifix: the set form of words that obviates the tedious necessity of coming up with your own explanation of why you're one of the Godly, and an exorcist's weapon which will defeat demonic facts and reason, and promote the advance of righteous pseudoscience and sophistry.
Some argue that signatories of these sorts of letters are motivated by fear: fear for their careers, of course, but also fear of their co-religionists, who include angry, narcissistic men who threaten and sometimes enact violence on non-believers; back-stabbing colleagues ever ready to report wrongthink; the online shamers and doxxers and rape threateners, and, of course, the influential zealots in the upper echelons of liberal professions (though we can quibble whether they're actually liberal at all, given the draconian authoritarianism that seems to have engulfed so many). Gender ideology could give medieval Catholicism a run for its money when it comes to punishing heretics, so isn't it common sense to keep your head down and recite your Hail Mulvaneys?
But before we start feeling too sorry for any cowed and fearful TWAWites who're TERFy on the sly, let's not forget what a high proportion of them have willingly snatched up pitchforks and torches to join the inquisitional purges. Call me lacking in proper womanly sympathy, but I find the harm they've enabled and in some cases directly championed or funded - the hounding and shaming of vulnerable women, the forced loss of livelihoods, the unregulated medical experiment on minors - tends to dry up my tears at source.
History is littered with the debris of irrational and harmful belief systems that once seemed unassailable. As Orwell said, 'Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.' Gender ideology may have embedded itself deeply into our institutions, where it's been imposed, top-down, on the supposedly unenlightened, but it is not invulnerable.
Court losses are starting to stack up. The condescension, overreach, entitlement and aggression of gender activists is eroding public support daily. Women are fighting back and winning significant victories. Sporting bodies have miraculously awoken from their slumber and remembered that males tend to be larger, stronger and faster than females. Parts of the medical establishment are questioning cutting healthy breasts off teenaged girls is really the best way to fix their mental health problems.
One seemingly harmless little white lie - Trans Women are Women, Trans Men are Men - uttered in most cases without any real thought at all, and a few short years later, people who think of themselves as supremely virtuous are typing 'yes, rapists' pronouns are absolutely the hill I'll die on,' rubbing shoulders with those who call for women to be hanged and decapitated for wanting all-female rape crisis centres, and furiously denying clear and mounting evidence of the greatest medical scandal in a century.
I wonder if they ever ask themselves how they got here, and I wonder whether any of them will ever feel shame.
Wow. Angel Studios’ new movie ‘The King of Kings’ is sitting at $7.8 MILLION in pre-sales out performing their #1 hit ‘Sound of Freedom.’
The new family faith-based film is coming to theaters April 11th.
This is the biggest slap in the face to woke Hollywood.
In 2011, my papa was laid off from a Whirlpool manufacturing plant, the kind that had for so long made America great. In the wake of the financial crisis, the C-suite had decided to offshore operations to Mexico.
The plant they shuttered was a 1.2 million sq ft manufacturing plant, and overnight, 1,000 people lost their jobs. Many of whom had been working there for decades.
My papa was 57 years old when he got laid off. He had worked at that very same plant for over 30 years, and snap just like that, it was all gone.
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👀Most people don’t realize this… Your phone is more powerful than you think.
And I’m not talking about faster speeds or better cameras. I mean real power, power that can be rented out, used for decentralized computing, and earn you crypto.🤑
That’s exactly what @Acurast is doing.
Instead of relying on massive, centralized data centers, Acurast turns smartphones into a global computing network, where anyone can contribute and get paid for it.
➯ 50,000+ onboarded phones
➯ 8,800+ deployments
➯ 203M+ transactions processed
➯ Confidential compute using smartphone security chips
➯ No expensive data centers, just an army of phones providing secure, decentralized computing
How does it work?🔧
Every modern smartphone has something called a secure enclave, a built-in chip designed for sensitive tasks. It’s the same tech that makes mobile payments and banking apps secure.
Acurast taps into that power. Your phone helps run computations for AI, hyper-personalized agents, and privacy-first applications, without exposing your data or slowing down your device.
And in return? You earn crypto.
Why does this matter?🎯
Cloud computing is expensive and controlled by a few big players. Acurast is breaking that monopoly by:
➟ Providing decentralized compute, no need to rely on Amazon, Google, or other cloud giants.
➟ Lowering costs, projects can access computing power for much cheaper.
➟ Ensuring privacy, computations run in a secure, tamper-resistant environment.
➟ Empowering individuals, your phone isn’t just consuming data, it’s generating revenue.
🤑 And what about $ACU Tokenomics?
$ACU is the backbone of Acurast’s network, with token generation happening soon.🚀
It will:
➯ Pay for compute power – Developers and companies will use $ACU to access Acurast.
➯ Reward contributors – You’ll earn $ACU for sharing your phone’s compute power.
➯ Secure the network – Staking and governance will ensure decentralization.
➯ Distribute 70% of the supply to the community – Built for the people, not just a few insiders.
This is real DePIN.
Acurast is the first and only decentralized compute network leveraging smartphones to provide confidential, cost-efficient computing power.
Instead of paying big cloud providers, projects can tap into Acurast’s network of thousands of devices.
Your phone has power, it’s time to use it.
➟ Start earning with Acurast → https://t.co/Yvu48ictvx
➟ Read the Docs → https://t.co/sbPlmshCd8
➟ Check out the GitHub → https://t.co/tKSLmL5OGR
➟ Follow Acurast on X → https://t.co/Sjfx97rgge
The earlier you get in, the bigger the upside.
#Acurast #DePIN #DecentralizedCompute
@AJamesMcCarthy I suspect your tracking mount uses step motors to move the mount to track the stars. The increments made by the motors are small and seem continuous, but vary based on software commands. The close and rapid strobes created a reverse shutter effect revealing the minute movements.
Did you know that Biden once lost his temper with Zelensky because Zelensky wasn’t grateful enough for all the aid the U.S. was sending him?
It’s almost as if Trump isn’t the problem and Zelensky is…
@BrandonStraka This is a very petty complaint. It is too easy to blame someone else. You were cutting it close and got caught. Just own it and move along. No need to burn an Uber driver for your tight scheduling. Who to blame next, the TSA, the weather, the elevators at the hotel?
Mayor Pete failed for four years to address the air traffic controller shortage and upgrade our outdated, World War II-era air traffic control system. In less than four weeks, we have already begun the process and are engaging the smartest minds in the entire world.
Here’s the truth: the FAA alone has a staggering 45,000 employees. Less than 400 were let go, and they were all probationary, meaning they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and critical safety personnel were let go.
Mayor Pete chose to use this amazing department—that is so critical to America’s success—as a slush fund for the green new scam and environmental justice nonsense. Not to mention that over 90% of the workforce under his leadership were working from home - including him. The building was empty!
When we finally get a full accounting of his mismanagement, I look forward to hearing from him.
In the meantime, I will not rest until I return the Department of Transportation and its incredible employees to its mission of efficiency and safety.