Soil being unwell is driven by farming and water use practices. Water tables are falling. No water, no life. People were pointing this out way back when the fear was global cooling. Forests are drier because water tables are lower. Water tables are lower because we've been pumping out of aquifers faster than they naturally recharge. Primary culprit : farming. Not carbon.
After a bit of thinking, I think my criticism could actually have a detrimental effect, if its taken too seriously. I trust that you're firm enough in your beliefs that my words couldn't have such an effect... I'm glad you're here representing Orthodox believers. When more Orthodox join nostr, its good that you're here making them feel at home. There's a bigger mission here, in nostr and bitcoin and Christianity in general, than my criticisms. So... Don't stop.
there's a storm blowing in here in sao vicente
so loud that the sound of the wind buffeting around the building drew my attention to it despite there being a quite loud, white noisy air purifier fan blowing
just checking outside, there's still some strong wind out, but for now around my house it's easing
but i think that tonight there is gonna be a heavy storm
the oddest thing is i can feel air movement that i don't normally notice, so it's a pretty strong wind... got all the windows shuttered if they have shutters, it could be a big one tonight
indeed, there is a big weather system currently centered over the northeast of the azores
https://zoom.earth/maps/wind-speed/#view=34.72,-23.04,5z/model=icon is the site and the view on it that gives you that... it is animated... the color areas, that yellow means about 50km/h
there's worse windspeeds up to the top right of this snap, that's just south of the UK
probably no big deal for now but maybe we get some more night and early morning rain here
the rain has been coming down pretty intensely of late, especially in the mornings
Do those islands produce enough food not to starve when the SHTF happens?
Completed. We're building.
Agreed, anonymity is the central issue. This juncture might be our last chance to stop the surveillance nightmare.
Yeah, you nailed it. I never had allergies of any sort before, and now bread causes a reaction. Oh well.. I don't really miss bread.
Thank you for saying that. It really does mean a lot. I've been hesitant to talk about it, for obvious social reasons.
#Bitcoin is the force of justice.
The purpose of the vaccine was to kill specific people. That's why we had to sign up for the shot online to make an appointment. If it was all the same jab, they could have just let lines form around the CVSs and pricked everyone one with no hassle.
*I say this after surviving a severe health problem caused by that vaccine*
Yes, I wasn't as smart as the rest of you all. I got it. I paid for it. I couldn't breathe after the 2nd dose. It got worse and worse, my doctor gas lit me and said it was anxiety, I took the covid test and I didn't have covid, and one night my breathing was so difficult that I fell down some stairs and then was just saying there trying to breathe and praying desperately. God helped me. I am 100℅ sure that I would be dead now if God didn't help me.
I have more reasons to believe it was a deliberate attempt to kill me, but I doubt anyone will believe two separate miracles. I am sure it was deliberate. If I am mistaken, that only shifts the miracle to something else. As for God.... all avenues of doubt have been closed. He is real. But that's besides the point - the state killed innocent people on purpose.
nostr:note1wnmyl4kukh0edywhl4u0q9tmk0vw2k4nq3zh5rdc2rfknxnvjhqs24kzvkI wonder if anyone has tried estimating the value of the damage they caused with their corruption. They should have to pay it back.
Exile, imprisonment, forced servitude as a monk while getting to know God... Doesn't matter. Imagine whatever. The only bottom line is that murder is wrong, for several reasons - its so wrong that its wrong from multiple viewpoints. Don't do it. The state is definitely committing murder when it executes someone because that person is already in custody. Not a threat. They are under control. So a jury deciding to kill them is no different than you colluding with your buddy to kidnap someone and then murder them. Its the exact same scenario. You and your bud may think you're entirely justified. Its the same.
This is incorrect. The negatively affected parties are paid compensation. If the murderer isn't able to pay, society pays. Its worth it. I an as anarcho capitalist as anyone, but that doesn't mean we stop having a court system. You can find all sorts of ways of paying for it, it doesn't have to be taxes. But if any tax is justified, its the tax that pays for the judicial system.
Why can't we just put a wall around the state of New Jersey and throw the convicts in there? Technically a prison, but we don't need to pay all the upkeep of a prison, beyond making sure the wall isn't breached. The land is decent enough that they can grow food. Its not killing, and it removes them from society. And it fixes the problem of New Jersey existing. That shithole is an embarrassment and should be put to better use.
My point is, all the reasons for killing are moot while there are other options.
The reasons you mention for killing sometimes being justified are really only two scenarios. Self defense and rebellion against oppression. And this is why IMO we should stop violating the 2nd Amendment. Those two scenarios don't carry over to the justice system. Justice is only administered with the defendant in custody, which means they don't pose a threat. The threat is neutralized. Justice can't be revenge.
You are 100℅ a genuine psychopath. You respond with name calling after refusing to read a detailed argument. Clearly you love the death penalty because it provides moral camouflage for your desire to commit murder. There are a lot of people like you.
No one said they would be. That's an assumption, and a straw man argument. And you must either read 10x faster than me, or you didn't read my note and opted to skip to this brainless response. Shame on you for all three things. You must be quite a specimen.
Psychopathy simply means "mental disease" - 'psych' = mind, 'pathy' = illness. Its probably a spectrum, and probably everyone is a little bit messed up in the head. I do think that stronger meaning of the word applies to people who advocate the death penalty. Maybe some people simply haven't thought it through, but I don't think most people fall into that category.
I do agree with you that people have a right to revenge, but this is the only instance I can think of that a right should be denied. Justice is supposed to work better than revenge, so we should ensure that our justice system is actually delivering justice. I live in the US, and I would emphatically argue that there is no justice in our court system, for many reasons.
There are three main problems with the death penalty.
First, as someone already wrote, if an individual doesn't have the right to kill, for any reason, then a group cannot magically have the right to kill by virtue of being a group or having some higher status.
Second, no human is perfect. If no individual is perfect, then no group is perfect. Their judgement may be wrong. Evidence and testimony may be faked. Incentives may reward them for judging wrongly. Power structures may be threatened, and the politics may demand the death of an innocent. None of these possibilities can be ruled out.
Third, similar to how the judge and jury are imperfect and subject to incentives, the same is true of someone who actually did kill. Even if you know absolutely that they did it, its still wrong to kill them. Incentive structures are generally out of our control, and they work in positive and negative ways, and they work in both the short and long term. For example, the current monetary system of usury and perpetually devaluing money causes some amount of stress in people. How much stress? Impossible to know. It affects different people differently, and social emergent phenomena could amplify stress more on particular people, and those people will be more likely to break and do something violent. Entire belief structures are built around compensating for felt oppression. For example, both the state and religion are belief structures that relieve people's anxiety - these social structures emerge from fear. And both the state and religion cause people to kill, and they will never define such killing as murder. But would these structures even exist without the constant application of stress on people, subconsciously felt, from the devaluing of people's savings and work? You can see that, at least partially, incentive structures are self perpetuating cycles. The things that motivate behavior are mostly subconscious and out of an individual's control. Its not simply, "he decided to kill, he's just bad." That doesn't exist. That's a fantasy. And if justice boils down to such a simplistic view on behavior, then there's no hope of ever having 'justice.'
This is too long already. I'll reiterate that the death penalty is wrong, and say that there are other options. And I'll reiterate that someone who thinks society should repay murder with murder is a psychopath. Definitely.
Most of the world's hydrocarbons suppliers are aligned with Eurasia, or are at best neutral to "the west." Most solar panels are produced by China. Most electronics chips and wafers are produced by countries geographically proximate to China, and the US can only influence them as long as it maintains the most powerful navy.
Here comes bitcoin, energy money, requiring cheap electricity and the best chips. Basically two inputs to be dominant in both energy and finance in the future. And the west is currently lacking both.
Looks precarious.
I'll add this: "The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the mining company BitRiver are planning a strategic expansion of Bitcoin mining in the BRICS countries."
People laughing at BRICS now do so at their peril.
https://atlas21.com/russia-agreement-with-bitriver-for-mining-expansion-in-brics-countries/
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For some reason, nearly the whole internet thinks BRICS is a joke. They shill gold while pretending to be strategists. And they've been wrong on both their strategy and their gold for my entire life.
Seems like only boomers and leftists like iCrap. Facebook effect will kill it. They think it makes them cool, but cool has moved on.