I agree with Dr. Bhattacharya. One of our best interviews. If you missed the livestream, you can catch it as a podcast. https://reason.com/podcast/2023/05/05/jacob-siegel-disinformation-is-the-hoax-of-the-century/ 
He’s one of the few sane voices over the last few years.
Libertarian activist Topher Field documented the COVID-19 authoritarianism in Victoria, Australia.
A pregnant Zoe Buhler was arrested in front of her children for “incitement”. She encouraged Victorians to protest against the public health orders of an unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat.
Police checked if coffee cups were empty because you didn’t need to wear a mask outside if you were drinking a coffee.
Three babies allegedly died because they had to be flown to Sydney instead of Melbourne for treatment due to public health orders.
It was absolute madness, made no sense, and Victorians/Australians cheered on the authoritarianism. Journalists asked virtually no questions of government and demonised those who illegally (!) protested as Nazis.
Protect whistleblowers.
I assume you’re the person who contacted me via the contact page on my website?
Sorry I haven’t replied; I have different priorities these days and hence not so much time to dedicate to the site.
I’ll take a look at the app over the next few days. It will need to be a challenger to Signal, Threema, etc. to be listed on my site.
Give #[0], one of the Twitter Files authors, a follow.
He’s one of the few journalists left who actually cares about the truth rather than pushing a narrative.
The industrial censorship complex is big mad at him, so you know that he’s over the mark.
#[0]
When will you add SimpleX to your list of secure messengers?
https://www.securemessagingapps.com
Also SimpleX is audited:
I’ve received a few emails about it, but I haven’t had time to look into it. (Mostly I’m a very boring family guy who takes his son to the park.)
I just installed it, and it looks as though there are different security settings for notifications, which is interesting and shows a dedication to their craft. Notifications typically leak metadata to Apple/Google.
I’ll have a look at it in greater depth over the next few days to see if it’s a worthy competitor.
If you get a job, your employer has to pay payroll tax. The government forces you to put 10.5% off your salary into super, taxes super. If you earn too much, you’re taxed again (Section 293). Here’s a good report with the details: https://www.taxpayers.org.au/submissions/the-cost-of-tax-finding-the-total-tax-burden-for-a-resident-of-victoria-australia?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=60824b7c5e9c2274e114ca2d&ss_email_id=6085ca4932e1a008d467bbcc&ss_campaign_name=Release%3A+Report+finds+government+takes+over+50%25+of+our+gross+income&ss_campaign_sent_date=2021-04-25T20%3A00%3A19Z
I’m impressed by the level of gaslighting by the Australian media and “experts”.
We’re currently being asked to believe that greedy corporates cause inflation and the cost of living increases, not the central bank printing money, government spending massively increasing, lockdowns, businesses being forced to close down, Australians being paid to stay at home, and supply chain interruptions.
I’m 5 minutes away from becoming an anarcho capitalist. Governments are the cause of massive human rights abuses and cause huge societal problems.
I’m pushing the boundaries of geekiness by investing in Lego.
My wife isn’t overly impressed. Lego boxes take up a lot of space.
Star Wars UCS sets go up in value quite a lot after retirement, and you can get good deals on Target and Amazon (yes, I know…).
I’m getting pretty tired of politicians and the media blaming everyone but themselves for causing inflation.
Printing money, lockdowns, forcing businesses to close, paying Australians to stay at home, interrupting supply chains causes inflation.
Inflation is a tax on the poor caused by our useless elites.
#[0], Australia is a complete clown country. Our government only cares about adding race to the constitution, yet another moral abomination.
The same people were probably mad when Apple removed CDROM drives. You gotta migrate your users to more secure 2FA options.
Lots of so-called “cyber security professionals” triggered by Musk disabling SMS 2FA on Twitter.
Imagine defending SMS 2FA — unauthenticated, no data integrity checks, easily intercepted, sent over the insecure SS7 network — because of your leftwing politics.
https://www.howtogeek.com/709373/why-sms-text-messages-arent-private-or-secure/
Just made my first Bitcoin Lightning payment. Very impressive speed. #bitcoin