Currently sixteen states have laws — usually ghost written by regional telecom monopolies — restrict or outright ban community broadband. Some of these laws are outright bans on community broadband, basically letting Comcast or AT&T veto your local infrastructure voting rights. Others erect elaborate, cumbersome restrictions on the financing and expansion of such networks and pretend that’s not a ban.

A bloodbath of rent seekers is coming.

Now that Trump and RFK are working together does this mean everything will be fried in beef tallow?

Dang, gonna have to move just to keep my vegan diet 😂

Their biggest trick is to make you believe voting again will fix something

I understand why someone wouldn't want to vote. I haven't voted since Ron Paul ran in 2008.

It's better to focus your time and energy on things you can change vs something like the federal government. I get it.

We're led to believe that the current election is the most important time in history, and that we, as individuals, hold the power over how the nation will progress through the next 4 years.

I don't necessarily buy all that.

But I'm still going to show up and vote for Trump tomorrow.

We have the opportunity to help free Ross Ulbricht. We have a candidate that is clearly pro-Bitcoin, not that #Bitcoin should need politicians to succeed. We even have the possibility of Ron Paul being a part of all this.🤞

I'll waste a few minutes of my day tomorrow doing what tiny bit I can to "help."

Let's bring Ross home. #FreeRossDayOne

BREAKING 🚨

Kamala Harris may just win the Presidency

The State kills 24/7 but many people only pay attention when it’s a cute pet squirrel.

Bitcoin isnt made in the USA and won't ever be 🙂‍↔️ (technically it isnt made anywhere)

but if I'm being pedantic,everything physical about Bitcoin can be argued to be made in Taiwan 🇹🇼

your node validating blocks? thats a CPU diffused in Taiwan checking the math

your node's mempool? stored in DRAM made in Taiwan (well i suppose South Korea too)

your chain data? stored on HDDs/SSDs with components cut out from wafers baked in Taiwan

the P2P network? network controllers consisting of routers, switches, repeaters from thick undersea cables and satellites in space down to consumer ethernet switch and tiny wifi rafios -- seldom to find components not made in Taiwan

and of course ASICS, outside of a few models of WhatsMiners, pretty much the beating heart(s) of every ASIC dating back to like 28nm (we're at 3nm now) was diffused at a foundry in Taiwan (TSMC). scale and yield no one can conpete in 🙂‍↔️

and surprisingly, even the tiny screws and bolts that hold everything together because precision work doesnt come easy 🧐

im not sure where the rhetoric of "Taiwan stole tech and should pay protection money" is coming from. Companies in Taiwan outcompeted everyone fair and square by putting in the hours and the work.

country without global standing being the one that secures global money that doesnt beget violence, poetic no?

Hey, this is Tadge. First post on nostr. Using "gossip" desktop client. Not sure if this works, but I like the idea :)

I have never experienced it but I am told social-media-and-dating-app induced simping is such an epidemic that now they only like you if you don’t like them (too much)? modern dating is bizarre.

When I was younger I thought “wow if everyone believes that it must be true”

Now that I’m older I think “if everyone believes that it must be wrong”

Some good conversations about “progressive” on here again recently.

My biggest hang up with any full libertarian or bitcoin only etc etc arguments are how the vulnerable in society will fair *today*. So folks with disabilities (millions in US), single moms raising kids, the homeless, elderly poor folks, etc.

Now, I’ve worked my whole career in nonprofits working with these types of populations. I’m less focused on where the money is coming from, and more on how we organize support. Most nonprofits in the U.S. are heavily funded via government grants and state/federal line items. Should we move away from this, I’d be 100% ok with this as long as there is still stable funding for folks to access resources they need! I’m a big fan of direct cash support.

P.S - my roles recently have been focused on development efforts for nonprofits. So fundraising and building healthy and sustainable nonprofit organizations.

Anyway, hopefully that clarifies for some folks as well that want to argue/discuss states role. For me that’s less important/interesting, but we still will need avenues for people to get help/have support when they need. What does that look like?