The world exists of a series of crises of injustice perpetrated by all of us against all of us. We willfully allow those who hold the reins of power to dictate to us what is acceptable to say or do. We willingly let others take our ability to choose away from us. We are cowards until we are not. Those who make history are the few who could take back their agency, even if for just a moment. Why couldn’t that be you?
We are so lucky to have David Byrne in this world.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy is an excellent album.
Still blows my mind that the worst bitcoin mining FUD is from commentaries--scientific journal articles that are advocating for a certain POV--and not novel research. Mora et al., with figures removed, is probably only a page long.
Climate change is really happening. These hurricanes are not man-made, beyond the reality that climate change is man-made. There's no weather seeding going on.
Well, you could be like me and slowly start to challenge your own assumption (the absolutism of fossil fuel use needing to end). That maybe with other major shifts, like methane mitigation that people like nostr:nprofile1qqsglmzzvfrcgk7aymek4e8hxaggc9wmasrag08p37xpx64euddvyyspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsguunu3 talk about, and shifts in consumption due to hard money that people like nostr:nprofile1qqsg86qcm7lve6jkkr64z4mt8lfe57jsu8vpty6r2qpk37sgtnxevjcpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezummjv9hxwetsd9kxctnyv4mqgevlfj talk about, we who have taken the burden of worrying can ease up on ourselves a little and see other perspectives such as human flourishing due to the marvels of fossil fuels.
Just food for thought. Cheers!
I hope you come back to reality and realize that while the availability of energy has led to increased standards of living, that fossil fuels are the reason why we are getting worsening hurricanes, flooding, destruction of biodiversity, increased water insecurity that could threaten the entire food system, and more.
I read an article today about how booming the US natural gas industry is right now. I'm really curious when we might start openly talking about how we were never ever going to get rid of fossil fuels with the addition of wind and solar without batteries capable of fully replacing natural gas plants.
I need Andrew Dessler (who is not on Nostr) to talk me down from this very pessimistic ledge.
I am worried for the family of the person HBO is about to claim is Satoshi. What do we gain through these witch hunts? Nothing. Bitcoin is beyond anything Satoshi could have imagined. It doesn’t belong to h them anymore. In many ways, Satoshi is irrelevant. That’s a good thing.
I think I am finally old enough to really appreciate Bob Dylan’s music.
I have not! I will have to find it.
"According to data from TheMinerMag, Foundry USA Pool and MARA Pool mined 18% of all bitcoin blocks in January 2022. As of August 2024, that figure has risen to 33.6%, and that doesn’t include U.S.-based hashrate connected to Chinese pools."
https://theminermag.com/news/2024-09-26/china-bitcoin-mining-dominance/
Good morning. I'm still the new *interim* host of @`The Progressive Bitcoiner'.
I am willing to believe it’s been bad given how terrible Katrina was.
You're probably an anarchist if you support this.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/06/hurricane-helene-mutual-aid
Direct action isn’t petitioning the government authorities to do better or fix things that are broken. Direct action is saying, “screw it, we’ll do it ourselves” or, “we can stop this without them”.
The first step toward freedom is acting like you are already free.
This is also known as anarchism, btw.
K bai.