Moel 1 year ago

Mr. Lapham’s last book, “Age of Folly: America Abandons Its Democracy” (2016), a collection of columns, argued that the election of Donald J. Trump was the culmination of decades of degradation of United States democracy under a number of Republican administrations, ending in what he called a dysfunctional plutocracy of the superrich, by the superrich and for the superrich.

Lewis H. Lapham, Harper’s Editor and Piercing Columnist, Dies at 89 (Published 2024)

Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices o...

Moel 1 year ago

#askahistorian #rome So I know the Romans had knowledge of and used cement. But where they the first to do so? Or was there a civilization before them who also knew about cement already?

Moel 1 year ago

It’s been some years since I last used AirBNB. I’ve no idea if this meme is reality based or not 🤔 Anyways, it’s good to have options 😊 View quoted note →

Moel 1 year ago

I was today x years old when I discovered that Tim Ferriss and Lex Friedman are in fact two different people 🤔 😅 I thought I listed to both their podcasts. Turns out it’s only Farriss’ that I listen to 😂

Moel 1 year ago

Reminder: if the penalty is a fixed sum fine, it’s only meant to punish poor people. https://x.com/VladTheInflator/status/1817232095384920178

Moel 1 year ago

If @Fountain adopts #nostr it would immediately rival @primal as the most used client 🤔 Also, I wonder how primal had such problems being allowed in the Apple App Store, while Fountain had not trouble at all to my knowledge 😅 ??

Moel 1 year ago

A while back the Silentium wallet was the first #SilentPayment BIP352 supporting wallet. So of course I made an account and send a small amount into it. Now I’m using Cake Wallet to import the keys and check my balance. It shows as empty. Have I been rugged? Have we all been rugged?

Moel 1 year ago

If only @Openvibe would integrate NWC 🥹 View quoted note →

Moel 1 year ago

2 missing features in @Openvibe OpenVibe: 1. Being able to block/mute words. I want a election free timeline, thank you very much. 2. Being able to ⚡️/pay/send eCash/sats to a good post. No integrated wallet please, just NWC.

Moel 1 year ago

Where are my Trekkies at 😂 ?

Moel 1 year ago

I was today x years old when I (we all planet-wide) discovered why you shouldn’t deploy on Fridays 😂 Or better yet: why it makes a system more resilient to have several operating systems in parralel use instead of just one everywhere 🤔 #windows #update #fail

Moel 1 year ago

Very good artwork 🥰 View quoted note →

Moel 1 year ago

It’s 2024 and my Apple iPhone doesn’t have a native way to share my address book with my family or other iCloud users smh 🤦‍♂️

Moel 1 year ago

The history of Rome. A list of podcasts episodes 😃 https://fountain.fm/playlist/peRqWmLyvLUO2xUHV5Q3

Moel 1 year ago

There are iPads with an LTE and/or 5G option. Why do you suppose these options are not offered in MacBook Air and Pro models?

Moel 1 year ago

I found this wonderful playlist with different podcasts but it’s all about the history of Rome 😃 https://fountain.fm/playlist/peRqWmLyvLUO2xUHV5Q3

Moel 1 year ago

Pro tip on Nostr: follow those who zap ⚡️ the most. Why? They are most seriously engaged and engaging on Nostr. Also: the blue-check elite 🐦 is now replaced by the zapping-the-highest-amount elite. I am not yet sure if this is good or bad. 🤔 View quoted note →

Moel 1 year ago

The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe; for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. Sauce:

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The Cleverness of the Axe

There’s a version of The Woodcutter and the Trees series of fables that I ran across the other day that’s particularly relevant to this moment ...

Moel 1 year ago

Zoom, but done right: This is a Jedi Council meeting in the Star Wars Universe. The ghosty characters are remote attendees.

Moel 1 year ago

Some websites block you from copy pasting your password. I would expect my iPhone be able to “type” my password. I am very disappointed that iOS does not allow this, yet.