I can't believe how programmed I am to hit the like button/icon.

I’m not sure he’s waiting that long, given today!

The first time today I heard a BBC newsreader refer to “new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal“, I figured it was a slip of the tongue, but I’ve heard it at least twice more since.

Are they trying to make people think that the election result has been respected, or something?

I hope it turned out well! 💜🫂

My first Quran in Arabic arrived in the mail today.

I used to think the same as you. In my case, it was a rationalization for moving forward in adverse circumstances. However, over time, I learned that happiness can be absolute as long as you understand what allows you to achieve fulfillment. That is not the same for everyone and has little to do with the material aspect of life 🫂

Hola friends...

What's the simplest easiest way to get myself a nostr.com/myusername link?

Working on my resume and would like to share it there.

#asknostr

Yes, iPhone

gn 🫂

what the fuck is swan? and why do i have to care? i'm into fucking the last elden dlc shit boss atm ... and it makes me hate my life

gn

Riba is riskless and effortless increase in a commodities price. Like when you lend $10 and want $12 back a year later. Price increases due to supply and demand is not riba as you can't control or determine that increase and therefore bears a risk.

I think they just like auspicious-sounding names!

People will chant "freedom tech ✊" and then run a Substack blog.

The following is a response to a short video on Twitter where a brother talks about the problems with Islamic Banking:

I think the problem with Islamic Banking is spot on, and analogy of the casino is great. Indeed, Muslims need to find an alternative system, but the two solutions offered don't really solve the Riba problem.

1. Islamic FinTech does not solve this, because it's still using money that's completely entrenched in Riba. Even the money itself can only be created through issuing Riba based loans. Getting a new Islamic FinTech platform cannot solve a monetary problem.

2. Crypto (altcoins) does not solve this, as all it does is recreate the Riba problem. They're all centralized and non-neutral, and they create the incentive to change the monetary protocol to benefit the founders and insiders. No altcoin is secure enough and liquid enough to build a global monetary system. Crypto suffers from the same economic, technical, and ethical problems that fiat has, especially the cryptos that are not proof-of-work.

The two actual solutions to the Riba problem are gold and Bitcoin, which falls outside of crypto.

Bringing back the gold standard has been tried many times by Muslims, see Gold Dinar movement and also Gaddafi, among other attempts. They all failed.

Bitcoin is the only viable solution to the Riba problem as it's actually neutral, permissionless, extremely secure, credibly scarce with an unchanging monetary policy, and based on proof-of-work. Bitcoin is the anti-Riba monetary protocol that has a great chance of replacing the global fiat monetary system and solving the Riba problem.

Thank you! 💜

You were right! 🤗