From Tuesday (Sep 30) some 100,000 federal workers are set to exit in what is being called the largest mass resignation in American government history. By the end of the year, this number is projected to reach 300,000, making it the most significant single-year reduction in the civilian federal workforce since World War II.

Just found and installed Sakura. Great job, @0xtr. It was super easy to install and get running. Now I can easily upload items directly to my server to share. I appreciate it!

I'll have to try this out. Deodorant is the one item I'm still using the fiat version of. Many of the "natural" types are either irritating or just don't work.

I believe #privacy should be important to everyone. Even if you don't necessarily take action to decrease your digital footprint, it's a good idea to at least understand how your information is collected and used. Here's the latest from Unredacted Magazine.

It's a sad state of affairs that college students increasingly believe violence is justifiable to stop speech. Yesterday, we saw the evidence of this evil ideology and how it has spread.

College students increasingly believe violence is justifiable to stop speech

A new survey from FIRE shows one-third of college students are open to the use of violence to stop speech. That’s a crisis for higher ed — and ...

People join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility.

Live your life by an inner scorecard, not an outer scorecard.

The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them. Thus they are able to reign over all the mountain streams. So the sage, wishing to be above men, putteth himself below them; wishing to be before them, he putteth himself behind them. Thus, though his place be above men, they do not feel his weight; though his place be before them, they do not count it an injury.

Self-defense is a natural right, and no one, not even government, can take it away from us. But that doesn’t mean we’re justified in seeking revenge against our leaders, because revenge goes against the very idea of natural law.

All the nice things you want cannot simply be summoned out of thin air by your favorite politician or his opponent.

Investment is supposed to increase the productivity of the producer.

Money supply management is the problem masquerading as its solution.

It appears the CBDC is still moving forward in the US, despite being "prohibited" by executive order. This is concerning and needs to be stopped.

The Quiet Rebranding of CBDCs as “Digital-ID” – Mark E. Jeftovic is The Bombthrower

When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things.

The use of force without authority, always puts him that uses it into a state of war, as the aggressor, and renders him liable to be treated accordingly.

The US Dept of Commerce’s move to publish GDP data on #Bitcoin’s blockchain aims for transparent, tamper-resistant records. While a nod to open-source ideals, its practical impact is overstated. It isn't the least bit transformative.

Hash rate has hit a new all time high.

It's time to run, folks!

Anyone see a set of instructions for setting up a private blossom server? Specifically, I'm looking for the settings I need to set in either the compose or config yaml (or other location) to allow only my npub to publish to it. #asknostr