https://simplifiedprivacy.com/freedom-through-technology/encryption-identity.html
Stop Voting: Freedom through Tech
deprive governments of power with technology
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The freedom of a country can only be measured by its respect for the rights of its citizens, and it’s my conviction that these rights are in fact limitations of state power that define exactly where and when a government may not infringe into that domain of personal or individual freedoms that during the American Revolution was called '#liberty' and during the Internet Revolution is called '#privacy'
Hilarious article from the Financial Times re: Bitcoin and Strategic Reserve. It just goes to show that some fiat apparatchiks actually do get it. The thesis is essentially that monetary machinations with the dollar are indeed terrible and that bitcoin provides an alternative but that's very very bad
https://www.ft.com/content/e0e5e286-1885-4d72-8b65-3333069815c1
Best part:
"Bitcoin is not controlled by anyone, including the US government. We cannot print more of it to finance student or medical debt forgiveness, help out with first-time buyer down payments, or deliver tax cuts when we are running huge budget deficits. Nor can our politicians print more of it to finance their campaign promises that we as a country cannot afford, just to buy themselves more votes. Yet bitcoin, just like gold, looks shinier with every empty campaign promise and every trillion dollars we add to our debt. What will happen if strangers fall in love with another story that is not green and doesn’t have pictures of the US presidents?"
Web Archive version:
Brazil Baning X over refusal to appoint a local legal representative.
This is the worst part:
"The aim was to enforce fines imposed on X – as of this Friday [Aug 30], R$18.3m (£2.5m) – for refusing to remove profiles accused of promoting anti-democratic acts and false news."
Fantastic Jonathan Haidt Article on the phone-based childhood and how legacy social media and compulsive smartphone usage has damaged a lot of GenZers:
Using nostr to counteract centralizing effects and censorship of legacy social media will be a hollow victory if it's allowed to turn into another mental health deathpit
It's even worse than this because of how terrible the zeitgeist is on certain topics. Insurance premiums go up because you love to free solo dangerous cliffs? Ok, that's one thing. Insurance premiums go up because you don't eat according to the insanity of the food pyramid? That's a different thing entirely.
Basically every time I want to buy something from damn near anyone, I need to also monetize myself for a data hustling business. I was just trying to browse Paris Opera tickets, and I need an account! When I already have to put in credit card information!
Here's hoping internet & payment infrastructure requiring third parties one day seems anachronistic and unnecessary. Enter email, send sats, receive QR code ticket. Name not required to attend a show.
For anyone thinking “this can’t possibly be real! I thought the UK was a free country!” 👇
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/06/southport-stabbing-protests-britain-terror-law/
The UK does not have free speech. nostr:note1mhg7cw5cz90vswx62f7c7s7jfls3sxn0s7ntwe4hklpcvlyt8jwquq9tl0
Your link directs to the wrong article, and is paywalled. Here's an Archived version: https://archive.is/6uWIA
Great piece from Lola on Trump's speech at the Bitcoin Conference. Donald Trump is not a friend of freedom money or FOSS and Bitcoiners attempting to get on board with him have been played.
Donald Trump's administration passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act (read: financial surveillance) and wanted repeal section 230 (read: remove the bits of internet freedom that the law protects).
https://www.therage.co/strap-in-for-the-bitcoin-dollar/
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Someone needs to let me know why we would would want the US, or any state actor, to have a "strategic bitcoin reserve"?
#plebchain zap request
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