Invoice Ninja seems like a good option.

How Biden's event staffers guide him behind the scenes

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/07/biden-staff-events-prepare

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/602381

Iran election: Reformer Masoud Pezeshkian elected new president

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx824yl3ln4o

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/602362

Looking for a self hosted FOSS accounting and invoicing alt to QuickBooks online or Zero.

Entering text in the terminal is complicated

https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/08/readline/

Julia Evans explains how readline works in the terminal.

Some good tips in this one. I have used many of these for well over 10 years.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/601428

Lessons From the Cold War: Now Is the Time for De-Escalation - Antiwar.com

https://original.antiwar.com/jonathan_grotefendt/2024/07/07/lessons-from-the-cold-war-now-is-the-time-for-de-escalation/

> Most Americans think of the Cuban Missile Crisis as a time where we came uncomfortably close to nuclear exchanges with the Soviet Union. The truth is, though, things came much closer than they realize. Nuclear missiles staged in Cuba should be considered tame compared to what happened under the waves of the Atlantic off the coast of Florida and Cuba.

> In October 1962, the Soviet Submarine B-59 was operating in the region. It was part of a Soviet flotilla dispatched to support Cuba. This mission was a critical component of the USSR’s strategic operations in the region, meant to challenge the U.S. naval blockade and deter any potential invasion of Cuba. And it should be noted: the Soviet Union’s decision to place missiles in Cuba was largely a response to the United States’ deployment of Jupiter ballistic missiles in Turkey and Italy. These American missiles were capable of striking the Soviet Union, and placing missiles in Cuba was seen by the Soviets as a way to restore the strategic balance. The move was intended to deter the U.S. from a first-strike capability and to protect the Soviet ally, Cuba, from potential American aggression.

> You might think that the Soviets’ reasoning was unwarranted and an example of “unprovoked aggression”, but this was absolutely the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s intention. It was the highest brass after all which proposed Operation Northwoods. Proposed in March 1962, Operation Northwoods was a plan developed by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which suggested various covert operations and false-flag actions intended to justify a military intervention in Cuba. The plan included ideas such as staged terrorist attacks, hijackings, and other incidents to be blamed on the Cuban government. It sounds absolutely ridiculous, and people usually don’t believe me at first, but our leaders’ plan was literally to kill a bunch of our own civilians, then blame it on Cuba (and the USSR) in order to rally around the flag and justify an unnecessary war which would have surely led to the use of nukes. Thankfully for all of mankind, President John F. Kennedy rejected the proposal, and it was never implemented.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/601179

The SCOTUS Chevron Decision: Pros and Cons

https://dwmackenzie.substack.com/p/the-scotus-chevron-decision-pros?r=ltb8d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

> “Judicial capture” is likely more difficult than regulatory capture. Judges in the US are not quite so easily tempted or bribed as are regulatory officials. The relative difficulty of performing judicial capture has a good side in a post Chevron legal environment, this could make it harder for entrepreneurs to use regulatory powers against rivals. Consequently, the US economy could become more competitive without Chevron. However, judges are now empowered to interpret regulations in ways that may or may not be reasonable, that may be shaped by their own ideological beliefs, and may in some cases effectively socialize some businesses.

> The Chevron decision may yield some positive benefits, or not. There is only one real solution to our problems with the regulatory state; deregulation. Those who perceive the benefits of free markets should focus on the goal of repealing more regulations, and not worry about who defines or wields regulatory powers.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/601155

Tackling More of Robert Reich’s 'Economic Myths'

https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/tackling-more-robert-reichs-economic-myths

> Are wealthy people getting wealthier because they work harder? Dr. Jonathan Newman is back on the show to discuss Robert Reich's latest video about debunking economic myths.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/601131

Apple Removes 'Le VPN' App From the App Store After Demand from Russia

https://restoreprivacy.com/apple-removes-le-vpn-app-from-the-app-store-after-demand-from-russia/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/601122

Thanks for pointing this out. From the comments it is clear much education on security is needed. Its always tradeoffs but one needs to understand them.

Convenience is the enemy of security.

Using Google as SSO is not great but at least you can reset your password with Google. If you NSec is leaked you are screwed.

2FA doesn't fix using the same factor everywhere else.

There is no replacement for true human connection. Nostr or anything

what would a place look like that you would want to be a part of?

Notes over relays

Freedom starts in your mind.

AI companies are not stealing, they are imitating

https://stacker.news/items/598082/r/kepford

This is very cool. Been expecting someone to make something like this.

Reasons to use your shell's job control

https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/07/03/reasons-to-use-job-control/

This is why I asked. This is why I don't read many books.

Some forget the goal. It is easy to get caught up with the process. Some treat books like trophies as if reading them is in itself an accomplishment. In my view what is more important and more difficult is human action based on knowledge. One can spend so much time thinking and reading but never doing.

I'm not pretending to know the proper ratio but simply reading ideas you already agree with because others say you should isn't something I would do. I've read some Mises and Rothbard but not a ton. I've read far more of those influenced by them. I believe in following your curiosity and some have more or less.

Over the years I've read books for many reasons. I remember hearing so many people hate on Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged that it peaked my curiosity. I wanted to know for myself. That is a key reason I often read a book. I don't like trusting others to accurately represent something. Especially people that are in opposition.