Since Assange was charged under Trump and he had quite a strong (and retarded) opinion about him back then, I think it's quite unlikely Assange is pardoned. Trump would have to admit he was wrong and that's rather unlikely to happen

They're not out of power, it's just that different ones are in power now. Most Dems and Republicans are just two sides of the same deeply corrupted and authoritarian coin. The Trump/Musk/Project2025 coalition is an extreme form and in their first two weeks in power have proven to be the most heavily censoring government already

Imo, your best hope now is to fix things at State level

The choice is easier if you're into Oompa Loompa's, as those are censored on X these days. It's funny because it's quite a similar to Winnie the Pooh in China, but it's not a joke)

This makes #nostr the last free speech platform

So, as of yesterday "free speech" platform X has started censoring posts comparing Trump to Oompa Loompa. The same way you can't compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh. Elon is such a grifting clown 🤡

However, #nostr fixes this

⬇️ this is impossible to post on X, it just disappears

Is it unfair to ask why one would build a large fire first, to subsequently make a tiny fire to defrost some snow? 🤔

Certainly true if you do business outside EU borders and one of the reasons why tariffs are so harmful. The cross-border administrative BS is not unique to the EU by the way. Within EU borders however, the hassle is >95% less in my own experience.

A moody buzzard after 5 months of non-stop cold and rain 😅

#birds

#photography

#wildlife

F/4.0 1/500 600mm ISO200

True, so this could be quite counterproductive

Looks like a cool meetup, but it doesn't look like Indonesia 🤔 Or is this some tourist hotspot in Bali?

Great cormorant at sunset

#photography

#birds

F/4.0 1/320 600mm ISO320

Trump prioritized scamming people with yet another shitty meme coin instead of freeing Ross on Day 1 as he promised

And many Bitcoin "maxis" don't only not see the problem, but actively try to find lame excuses for inexcusable behavior, broken promises and even buying wrapped BTC on Ethereum 😵‍💫

#WildTimes

#TrueColors

#freerossdayone

Maybe both 🤔

Sure 👍

It was reported on in the media quite widely at the time

https://globalenergymonitor.org/report/china-hits-the-brakes-on-coal-power-permits-but-constructions-remain-robust/

Also interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/11/china-building-twice-as-much-wind-and-solar-power-as-rest-of-world-report

Seems Bessent is not up to date though. China already started slashing permits for new coal plants early last year (by >80%) and the amount of fossil plants they build is now tiny compared to renewables

China added more renewable capacity in 2024 alone than the US has built in it's entire history. The direction China is going is very clear, and it's not fossil

Only thing that, I think, may be incorrect is putting CZ in the same list as Do Kwon and SBF. He's no angel, but CZ never lost his customers money the way those other two did

The formal name of the Maastricht Treaty is even "The Treaty on European Union". It's the foundation document of the EU and includes agreements on the use of a single currency.

It feels like we don't share the same definition of concept of "EU" somehow? When was your EU founded and how is the EC not a predecessor and integral part of it?

I never said it was a free market, I said it was a "single market".

I only responded to your statement that the EU "never tried to remove barriers", which they obviously have done

The EEC was always an integral part of what has been the EU since the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, not something separate. What am I missing?

They removed the administrative (EU Single Market) and literal borders (Schengen) and created a single market for all European businesses that consists of >500 million potential customers and uses a single universally accepted currency. But apart from that, yes, they did nothing 🤔

https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/services_en

Elon's timeline on the bird app is usually a good place to start (or uninstall/block...😁)