Elon out there doing nazi salutes 🤦‍♂️

I know he probably didn’t mean for it to come across that way, seeing how weird he is, but people are losing their minds over this now.

I ran into similar rationing in Mexico the summer before last. It made me more conscious of my usage. I no longer piss or shit in it, at home anyway, switched to composting toilet. Also do some rainwater and greywater harvesting. I think the Andrew Millison videos on the topic should be required viewing.

I have the board game. Is this played online? Didn’t even realize there was a competitive outlet…

[Life in Venezuela part 2]

Basic services are another thing that everyone takes for granted, but in Venezuela, it's a complete mess.

Let's start with the prices. In Venezuela, the cost of electricity and water is incredibly cheap, but that's precisely why they work so poorly, as I'll explain later.

Electricity and water bills can be paid online through your bank. For example, my dad's electricity bill is 128.94 Bolivars (Venezuelan currency), which is equivalent to only $2.40 per month. That's ridiculously low.

Water service is similarly priced, costing around $3 per month.

BUT, the big problem is that these services fail almost daily.

Where I live, we're actually somewhat lucky. I have running water almost every day (and it's safe to drink). It's only cut off a few days a month, and since Venezuelans are used to this, we prepare by storing water in containers at home.

Electricity is a nightmare. It goes out daily without warning. It's extremely common for the power to go out for indefinite periods, sometimes coming back on in 30 minutes and other times in 3 or 4 hours. You never know.

During the dry season (between November and March), the government implements a power rationing plan. Last year, for example, they cut the power every 4 hours and turned it back on for 4 hours. Basically, we had 12 hours of electricity and 12 hours without.

However, other cities in Venezuela are less fortunate. In the capital, for instance, they never cut the electricity, but they almost never have water service. They turn the water on for an hour in the morning and an hour at night, so people have to be ready to store water during those times.

In the city where my grandparents live, it's even worse. They get water once or twice a week without notice, so people have to rush to store water before it's cut off again. They basically never have running water.

This significantly impacts the quality of life for all Venezuelans in ways you can't imagine. Many people have to buy water for consumption, which strains everyone's finances.

Power outages often damage electrical appliances, and it's not easy for us to replace them because our purchasing power is very low.

And this is something we deal with everyday

#nostr #venezuela #plebs #plebchain

Is primal still a thing?

A short American Story.

And then later.

What’s so good about primal that’s not with other Nostr apps?

The old West was the closest we have had to minarchism or even in certain areas to anarcho-capitalism, although the absence of a strong government was circumstantial, not ideological.

- Weak or absent government: In many western territories, federal or state government presence was minimal due to remoteness and lack of infrastructure.

- Private justice and informal systems: Settlers often relied on local courts, vigilante groups, and private settlements to resolve disputes, rather than centralized state justice.

- Expanding free market: The economy was primarily driven by private initiatives, such as ranches, mines, railroads, and small businesses.

There were also great scientific and industrial breakthroughs, things of the free market.

testing various

Good Evening Weirdos 🍻

In celebration of a new ATH

I will be unloading some

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on some mfs that:

—reply & repost—

Primal zaps are not working atm —you have until they fix it to do your worst.

🧡🍻👊🏻⚡️

Been meaning to start reading his work. Any recommendations where to start? Stormlight Archive?

His post says "nostr search", search is implemented at the client level. I've never used primal cuz it's kyc, but every other search I've used here is dog shit.

Primal != nostr

I retract this comment. I hadn't updated Primal. It looks neat now 😀