Look, Trump got 2 million less votes than 2020. The problem was that Harris got 14 million less votes than Biden. Democrats lost because they failed to inspire and turn out their voters. Not because more people supported Trump this time than last.

Trump did his thing. But this was a failure of the Democratic party to do what it needs to do to win elections. You’ve got to run for something that can inspire people, not just against the other guy.

Off the top of my head the only policy I remember Harris advocating for that was unique was a $25k subsidy for first time homebuyers. That wouldn’t do a damned thing to make housing more affordable. Oh and she’ll continue to fund the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Trump promised all sorts of crazy things like mass deportation, tariffs, no taxes on tips, and stopping imaginary in school trans surgeries. Doesn’t matter that the deportations are cruel, the tariffs and exemptions for tips are bad economic ideas and kids aren’t getting gender affirming care in schools. Hell, even project 2025 shows there’s a ton of proactive policies. Not good ones or ones i want, but lots exist.

I supported Harris and followed the election but can’t think of what she’d do if elected differently than Biden. She failed to get people to vote for her. That’s the long and short of it.

Woke left about to embark on a little road trip

You should be able to scan the barcode of books you already own and get an

ebook version for free.

-BasrieI, Jan 2015

It’s sad to me that bitcoin has become political or associated with the cringe “crypto bro” scammers. A *lot* of are against bitcoin now because it is perceived as a tool used by the right or tech bros.

Lots of people are going to suffer if they make bitcoin a political issue. It’s the one lifeboat we got. Hopefully nostr can help change that perception.

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This is why the rate limit.

Apple are reasonable people. Damus moves money through the app peer to peer, but not towards the developers. Superficially similar to other payment rail apps (those don't pay commission AFAIK) nostr:note1fxwlxz42an08cgxxmgcjr2wm4ye5dguc7qp7hy5z77xfe6ddvjuspwgj7p

The Fed is owned by the large banks. Here’s their plan:

1. Release a virus to get to print money

2. Act surprised when inflation gets high

3. Hike Rates so smaller banks fall

4. Big banks buys the small banks

5. Implement a CBDC

I use Nostr as a way to curate my NFT collection

Last month, Amethyst's Image proxy processed

~22,000,000 requests with ~4.76 TB of data transferred for $932.90 US dollars.

That is being used ONLY for profile pictures 😱

I've been doing ticketed Coldcard workshops when I travel. What other workshop topics would appeal to you most?

Silicon Valley Bank was the 16th largest bank. When it failed it was the second largest bank failure in history.

First Republic Bank was the 13th largest bank with $200B in deposits. It is about to fail.

The entire ponzi banking system is unraveling in real time. This will get messy.

Why is Tucker Carlson leaving Fox? After all, they make each other a lot of money. Could it be that Tucker wants to strike out on his own? Maybe, but he would be leaving a large chunk of his audience behind, maybe even most of it.

Could it be that Fox asked him to leave? It seems strange that they would. After all, Tucker is their highest-rated host, again making Fox a lot of money. So, if they did fire him, it would have to be for something serious.

Very serious. Like, 'eating babies' serious. Not that I'm saying Tucker is *known* for eating babies... no one has accused him of that, as far as I know. But he makes Fox a lot of money, enough that those suitably focused on the bottom line might overlook the occasional baby... as long as it wasn't an *important* baby. Maybe poor babies would be okay, but definitely not ones with rich parents.

Of course, nobody is saying Tucker Carlson is a baby-eating cannibal. In fact, we don't even know that he was fired. Not for certain, in any case. But it does make you wonder... how many babies would Tucker Carlson have to eat before Fox News fired him? Neither Fox nor Tucker have said, so we may never know...