The problem is "the state".
We stand with you!!!
That would be a great ad interim solution!
Ray, it's not only islamophobia, it's also antisemitisme and phobia of whatever the mainstream media portrays as the "bad guys" of the moment.
In addition, this urge we all have to cheer for our own ideas (religion in this case) implying their superiority over the others is also detrimental. It immediately creates friction and we don't need that now.
There is no one or better religion for everyone, there is only what is better for us individually , and should therefore remain private.
Obviously this is in contrast with every religion need to "convert" as much as possible.....
The fight today (and for the last decades) is between criminals and terrorists, and the others, of whatever religion they might be are paying the price!
True,
Digitally, there is only two ways not be around of people you don't want to be: the first is to remove oneself altogether in the first place, this solution has the added advantage (for the ones that stay) that it eliminates from the environment people not ready for a sound debate.
The other way is to have a centralized entity police the environment and we have seen how that work out, i.e. facebook,LinkedIn,X.
What is left is an open space where there is freedom. Freedom also to misbehave, and the consequences of bad behaviors are only public judgement and possible individual bans. The responsability of the "safety" of what you may read comes back to singe individual, just like with holding bitcoin!
I have since a few weeks ditched my iphone 11 in favour of a pixel7a with graphene os. I must admit it's been a bit of a steep learning curve out of the apple ecosystem..... I have decided to proceed in steps on my de-applesation path. I feel, as all my devices are due to be replaced, it is the right moment to move to android-graphene and Linux!
These are the steps I've planned:
1- switch phone and operating system but keep using ,on a "general use" profile all the little convenience apps like Google Maps, Microsoft 365 and WhatsApp. I have switched my family to signal though (not without some resistance!)
2- get a Linux laptop (I was thinking of the 14' starbook) with elementary OS.
3- try to get my digital life back in sync without Google and Icloud , with open source alternatives. I need Microsoft 365 for work though.
I'm playing with Nextcloud but I realize that I need to significantly increase my knowledge and IT skills.
What motivates me is this feeling of digital oppression/surveillance that I'm afraid will only increase over the next few years, I'd rather try to break free now than do it when the shit hits the fan after I spend over 5000usd in new shiny apple equipment!
Comments and obviously suggestions are all welcome!!!
Stay humble and stack sats, friends!
Not sure if it is really so cool but I loaded my new stas.mobi NFC card with some sats and I played around with it making a few transactions back and forth with WOS.
The reaction to 2008 crisis and the pandemic could have been dramatically different and would have put us in a completely different position I understand.
I say āusā even though Iām Italian but my government and the ECB have basically done the same as what the US and the FED have done.
Correct me if Iām wrong please.
Excellent app Matt! Thanks for sharing.
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Maybe itās time for new friends then!
Correct, and they want to control it all now. That is why it is so important for us to switch to decentralized social media.
We should all switch to decentralized, uncensorable social media and communication protocols.
Despite the risk of real misinformation we should all fight this form of control that is being pushed on us, often we are even required to pay for it.
True! The real villains are the politicians, especially the unelected ones like in the European Commission, the oms and other bs organisations.
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Used to have a ledgerā¦.
Now Iām very happy with the passport 2 but I would like to play either with jade or bitbox, not sure which one Iāll get yet!
I had several similar situations flying around the world as an airline pilot.
I always carry some (local) cash with me wherever I go. That said, in certain countries itās more difficult that in other. Also, you end up with a whole bunch of useless paper if you travel as much as I do, considering that you often canāt spend it all and of the āIāll keep some for the next time Iām in townā mentalityš¤£
Once a year Iām at the money exchange to get euros or dollars back, usually loosing some in the exchange rate.
Nevertheless itās always good to have some cash at hand wherever you go, until everyone accepts our sats over the lightning network!
Iāll take the opportunity to thank Lyn for her always insightful and inspiring contributions, shukran.
Beautiful blade!
