We live in disturbing times when the market is proposing economic solutions to morality problems...
In Europe, some textile companies are making "anti-violation" pantaloons for European women....
https://blossom.primal.net/7b9cce6dbafec87d5b7e61d8007d078e882697a1ec99434f5b8134a179cb53b1.mp4
What's wrong with that? The economy is the sum of all human interaction. A freed market would always provide.
GNU Taler (a swiss FLOSS alternative to Visa, Mastercard and Paypal) begins operating in Switzerland as Version 1.0 releases
GNU Taler begins operating in Switzerland, distributed by the Taler Operations AG. Gnu Taler aims to be a “digital wallet” and has been used by the swiss national bank as well as the european national bank as a example for how a digital currency handed out by the state could work. It aims to be as privacy preserving as cash for the buyer while not allowing the seller to evade taxes.
Currently the Taler is brought out by a special organisation, the “Taler Operations AG”, and not the national bank, although both the national bank as well as the Taler Team have shown interest in a official digial currency by the national bank based on the Taler. But we need to relativate as the national council has stated that the introduction of a digital currency would probably take relatively major legislative changes and therefore take a bit of time.
Thorny, but perhaps most important.
Pope Leo prays for China’s Catholics, a thorny issue in his papacy https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/25/pope-leo-prays-for-chinas-catholics-a-thorny-issue-in-his-papacy?traffic_source=rss #News
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The New York Times continues to be the midwife to fascism https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/25/its-the-sane-washing-stupid/
What is that? Why is there voting at church?
I realized yesterday that not only is Pope Leo XIV the first American pope, he's also the first from a predominantly Protestant country.
At your #church do they get all weird around certain holidays and sing a bunch of #patriotic songs rather than praise and worship? #MemorialDay
reason.com: Trump Threatens Walmart Not To React to His Tariffs -- https://tinyurl.com/yw4d6lwk -- On the bright side, at least Trump finally admitted his tariffs are, indeed, paid by Americans. #liberty #news
No, I don't think it does mean that he knows how Tariffs work.
real if true!
What do you recommend as the easiest way to on borad some normies to #NOSTR with a wallet they can receive zaps? #plebchain
while the screenshot IS hilarious, by chance do you have a link to the OG? I would be interested in reading this article.
Any ideas why this showed up twice in my feed? #Nostr #Mostr #iris
Oh this is not the future I want. Texas lawmakers propose bill HB 5510 that would make it illegal to share ANY information online about abortion medication or services. They want to silence websites, platforms, and regular people through lawsuits just for discussing healthcare options. This goes way beyond restricting care—they're trying to erase knowledge itself. A terrifying attack on both reproductive rights AND free speech.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/texass-war-abortion-now-war-free-speech
I'm 100% pro-life from conception to natural death, but this attack on free speech is completely unacceptable.
#Coinbase filed an 8K with the SEC for a breach. They believe multiple insiders have sold customer information to a threat actor who is now extorting them.
https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000167978825000094/coin-20250514.htm
#threatintel
Well it makes it pretty hard to actually participate in the market for one.