My grandfather bought an apartment from BlackRock on a 200-year mortgage

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My grandfather bought an apartment from Blackrock on a 200 year mortgage. 1 bed, 1 bath, no car. My family has been paying it off for 80 years no...

This tweet’s just holding up a mirror: if 50 years sounds normal, why not 200?

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This tweet’s just holding up a mirror: if 50 years sounds normal, why not 200?

Finally installed a privacy screen protector on my phone. Long overdue. Thanks for the tip @GHOST #privacy

"Les hommes plutôt que les gouvernemens. La paix plutôt que la guerre." Cyril Carrère, Grand Froid #quostr #citation

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Today, I was reminded why I stopped running my own lightning node... There was a planned power cut that lasted 3 hours. Fortunately, as it was planned, I simply switched off my node in advance. So my hard drive didn't get corrupted as happened to me in the past. But if had channels open, I'm pretty sure these would have been closed. And I'd have to pay to reopen them. And I'd have to move my on-chain Bitcoin back to LN... Ain't nobody got time for that! #bitcoin #lightning #noderunner

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Hey @Oscar Merry I can't download episodes from https://fountain.fm/show/ZJXALL9PphyJ2nBmToyS anymore. The last one I could download is dated August 6. I tried to download some more episodes today, but I get an error like: https://image.nostr.build/3d1160c91751cc16e87c1e9b8ab306e8e6799bf660a437023b767254da5b07aa.jpjp I can play the episode, though. And I can download episodes from other podcasts. I wonder if it's an issue, or because of the podcast itself?

Look, babe, they just handed criminals a brand-new income stream! Generational tobacco ban in effect in the Maldives. History shows these kinds of bans often create perfect conditions for black markets to thrive. No more legal supply? Organized crime steps in with bootleg cigarettes, unregulated products, and inflated prices. #TobaccoBan #Maldives #PublicPolicy #BlackMarketIncentives

I wanted to tinker with RSS bots, to get updates from my favorite rugby team, Stade Toulousain, without going to Facebook. But I'm such an idiot on this one that I fell back to following these instructions: naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp89qh469qapddgsrr8qw84xx08y7q34fm3cw3m64c2g9ufq9ydqtqyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcqzpkngat8w4nhzve3ve6k2d3hvyus88uu4f Result, I should be able to get that on: npub1h4aukmwxz26vq4g7h5nrdw7dn7nw2yd5kku4x7sxg2cjxrc6tqsst0uf89 Let's see if this work.

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A weird thing happened to me during the weekend. I was at a quiz night, organized by friends, with only mutuals. One if the categories was: Right or racist? For those unfamiliar, it's a party game with questions that test players' assumptions about stereotypes, with players deciding if a statement is factually correct ("right") or based on racist beliefs ("racist"). I had a couple of friends of friends in my team. And they were proudly saying they were racist, from the get go. As in: "yeah, we moved from that place because too many Muslims." Or trying to answer every question with: "the Jews, because of the Jews." For the record, I had a friend from Israel in my team. And the MC was Muslim... Anyway, I don't know if it's now fashionable to be racist, or if they were pulling everyone's leg, but that was fucking weird. I kept my mouth shut, BTW. Maybe should have said something, but didn't want to ruin the night. Our team didn't even make it to the end. And we were last. It wasn't fun.

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I've got a theory about the nonsense in the UK, and why it’s coming to you soon. People don’t have the time, or the energy, to defend free speech anymore. Or even think for themselves. So they let the state do it for them. They want to be safe. Protected. Cared for. But that protection comes with a price: our speech, our privacy, our autonomy. Now the UK government wants to break encryption. They want to end anonymity online. They’re calling dissent “harm.” They’re silencing their people in the name of “safety.” And people are letting it happen, mostly. Because thinking is hard. Standing up is harder. Free speech isn’t free. It requires citizens who care. Who act. Who refuse to outsource their minds. But in a fiat world? We’re too tired, too broke, too distracted to fight. Here’s the way out: #Bitcoin fixes money. #Nostr fixes speech. No permission needed. Listen to the full conversation here:

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Lord Toby Young is a British journalist, social commentator, and political activist known for his outspoken views and involvement in education and ...

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3 SaaS down right now. Big outage out there?