Basically every happy memory of my childhood in the 1980s is in this video. 🧡

I feel bad for those who are too young to have missed that amazing decade... but hopefully optimism (sometimes corny) will rise again in the coming years!

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If you're not paying attention to what's going on with The Internet Archive, you're missing a BIG story. This is NOT good. Currently they are under DDOS and this is after they're being sued out of existence for digitizing 78rpm records that aren't even available anymore. They're facing a $600+MM lawsuit. They previously lost a suit during the 'demic when they released digitized books for free. The likelihood that they will end up shut down and entire histories of the net will be lost forever is high.

Funny you say that... Russia has literally sold a billion or two worth of stolen grain already, much of it straight out of storage silos in occupied Ukraine. They also were selling off metal stocks seized in Mariupol and other places. Similarly, we know they took over many mines and are now operating them. Also in Mariupol and other parts or occupied Ukraine lots of Russians have moved into stolen apartments and houses – the original owners often being dead. They have formal processes to take over property without compensation.

You don't have to speculate on this. Russian TV talks about how Ukrainian resources and land are going to strengthen the Russian economy. They know they're stealing it all.

Case in point:

These are maps of Ukrainian mineral resources. Now notice the parts of Ukraine that Russia has occupied.

It's just theft. All the bits about "protecting Russians", "NATO expansion", etc. are Craig Wright level gaslighting. Russia is waging war because they think they can get away with stealing a few trillion dollars worth of land and resources. The only way we'll achieve a long term peace is by defeating Russia militarily and economically, and killing off all the psychopathic Russians who subscribe to the belief that they can just steal other peoples' stuff.

It's as stupid to negotiate with this as any other thief. Just kill them off until they're no longer a problem.

I don’t know how some of you actually watch the debate and think there’s anything meaningful to extract from it. It’s deck chairs on the titanic. Elected officials don’t even run the govt.

Case in point, we don’t have a president, and nothing’s changed.

It’s literally reality TV. It’s governance theater. Your vote doesn’t matter. If it did, you wouldn’t be allowed to do it.

9 principles of nature

1. Nature runs on sunlight.

2. Nature uses only the energy it needs.

3. Nature fits form to function.

4. Nature recycles everything.

5. Nature rewards cooperation.

6. Nature banks on diversity.

7. Nature demands local expertise.

8. Nature curbs excesses from within.

9. Nature taps the power of limits.

What aspects do you enjoy most about your favorite sci fi or fantasy novels? Obviously it’s a mix of everything but what consistent themes do you find yourself returning to frequently?

To give an example, I tend to like complex and internally consistent magic systems or “hard magic” systems, eg Brandon Sanderson. He basically invents an alternative physics in a given series and there’s a whole set of stories around that.

I also put a lot of weight on complex characters, eg Game of Thrones. You know it’s good writing when someone can push a kid out of a window in the first episode and then somehow kind of make you almost like the guy later on.

If you don’t like sci fi and/or fantasy, what is it about the genre(s) that you dislike? And do you like one but not the other, or both or neither?

Good morning! Uncle is taking a break from social media, but with BTC hitting $53K, I thought I'd drop in with some positive energy and sats for you - I'm zapping every reply 🫂

I’ve met Peter Schiff in person a few times.

He is super chill, friendly, usually sun-tanned on vacation with chad vibes, etc. He’s trolling us.

He might be our industry’s most prolific troll, but ultimately he is just that: consciously trolling us.

His only argument is that bitcoin has no “intrinsic value” while meanwhile I’m active in two continents and am thankful that my multi-signature money isn’t attached to either one of them like gold would be. He has no answer for this. Bitcoin is the best at what gold can’t do: be globally accessible.

He’s famous from two decades ago, is rich and happy, and wants to sell gold. He is closed to Bitcoin intellectually but is happy to engage with bitcoiners that give him marketing. He’s a Puerto Rico chad. That’s who bitcoiners debate against; someone who is going for marketing and is happy for the engagement.

Musk is doing what he can with X. He's fighting government mandated censorship wherever it may be. Unfortunately, it only takes one loss to render the platform compromised.

Given that many of these orders are secret and do not allow Musk to reveal them, it's possible that it's already compromised.

In other words, it's only a matter of time before things get worse there. The future must be decentralized.