Imagine if a government wanted to slowly & quietly dumb a countries population down, train them to be complacent and docile, and convince them that foolish entertainment and misdirection was more important than health & personal liberty.

This would have to be done over decades, always with plausible deniability. They might do it by replacing real food with junk food, leading to lower testosterone levels, brain fog, mental illness & chronic aches and pains. They might actually try to convince The People that ultra-processed food was actually healthy.

Does this sound familiar at all??

I'm primarily in BTC & ETH. What am I missing?

What are books that changed your life?

uh oh

bots got a new game

I think we need #regex filters

I think we need more tree forts in the world…

I always thought I’d retire (of sorts) in Australia…

I don’t think so anymore

opening X was a mistake yet again

We better throw some VC money at it. nostr:note1kunfjkmm44szmxkpe5t9qq0p587c8fclpwxgnklw5026qpcdcxcq0e0lt9

The Social Security Administration expects their reserves to run out in 2035.

That’s a different pile of money than most other government functions, and so without either tax increases or legislation that transfers other money to it, payments going out to retirees could actually be cut after that due to not enough income flowing in.

I’m not sure what they’ll do at that point since we don’t even know what things will look like then, but basically 2035 is the next station to see if the train keeps going or not.

This drawdown will represent “intergovernmental” public debt turning into public debt held by either the private sector, foreign sector, or central bank.

Alright #hamradio and #nostr users. As some of you know, I have been developing a NOSTR over ham radio client and server application with the hopes of a globally distributed . I am releasing an early alpha by the end of the month god willing. Now I need a name.

I am currently town between 2 names and want some input from the community. The first is accurate, the 2nd is fun and plays off the name as an acronym and hits back at authoritarians in some ways.

1) HAMSTR - Decentralized NOSTR over Ham Radio

This one obviously is perfect, but I am tired of the STR names...

2) COMMIE

This one would have a few possible acronyms for a fun play on the COMMS, Communication and dentralized idea:

Centralized Oppression Mitigated by Independent Exchanges

Collaborative Open Messaging for Independent Entities

Community-Organized Messaging, Media, and Information Exchange

What say the nostriches?

#asknostr

#Amateurradio

#freesom

#unstoppable

Waiting for some whales or a wave of retail to sell the #BTC. Seriously now why does this market give me ocean vibes?

Help me fellow nostriches, any idea what one should do (obviously asking for a “friend”) if you happen to see a relative in a “Harris Walz” shirt?