I think I am beginning to understand the #Trump logic behind annexing #Greenland. (Not that I agree with the conclusion!) * Greenland in Western hands is a necessity for #USA security (I think everyone agrees in this point) * Europe (UK / EU / whatever) will not protect Greenland. The way it's spending on NATO and building it's army it's obvious that Europe strategy is to wait untill it's conquered and then bef the US for help. * The US can spend a shit load of money to protect Greenland. Europe will love that. The EU will get all the revenue and the control of Greenlands natural resources. The US will pay the bill. Trump understood that he has no choice. He will have to spend the resources to protect Greenland. But he is a America First president. And he concluded that if the US is paying the bill, it should also receive the goods. In this case, total control over Greenlands resources.

The first two steps have completed successfully! (I cheated a bit... I wrote this post after I already installed and synced a node). The complicated part in installing a #monero node was configuring Tor. The idea is to connect from my cellphone wallet to my desktop node using Tor. But even setting up Tor was quite simple. If anyone can send me some Monero dust so that I can fast track my testing, I would be greatfull. The Monero address is in my profile. Thanks to the community in advance! View quoted note →

I finally decided to do the plunge and try #monero out. Here is what I plan to do: 🔲 Install a Monero node on the Desktop 🔲 Install a Monero wallet on the Desktop 🔲 Buy around $25 of Monero 🔲 Install a Monero wallet on my cellphone 🔲 Send monero to myself 🔲 Send Monero to my brother I am not sure I will do it all in this order. What I am sure is that I would love your guys help on the way. I plan to update this note as I go along. Let the adventure begin!

The internet in Iran has returned. This is a message that one of the protesters sent: חזרת האינטרנט איפשרה לנו ליצור קשר עם אחת המפגינות באיראן, מעביר לכם את תוכן ההודעה שהיא שלחה לפני שהקשר עימה נותק שוב: Are you ok? No. Never ever I was in a sea of blood. I wish I had died like my friends. I wish the world could see how the bodies of our comrades were arranged around the square for hours just for us to look at them. I swear more than 200,000 people were killed.. The world left us We were targeted by a Dushka and grenades. Are you injured? My friend, *, was killed by a sniper. Only three of my friends survived. Yeah but I wish I died And the regime has asked my friends' families to pay 30000 dollars to return their bodies. So we made a symbolic grave for them. They are buried in mass graves The world has betrayed us Internet Connection is very weak. Everything may be cut off again, but know that there is a sea of blood between us and the regime. Whoever you talk to in Iran knows someone who has been killed. Because they check phones on all the streets to make sure there are no videos or footage of protests and the regime's crimes, I have nothing on my phone. More than five hundred thousand people have been arrested, and even more have been blinded. I was shot in the side of my head and cannot go to the hospital because I will be arrested. So I stayed at home. My friend * was shot in the shoulder by a Kalashnikov bullet and died at home due to bleeding. If the internet is cut off again, please ask Iran International to teach how to dress wounds and remove bullets. How to control infection. This will prevent more deaths.

The number one priority for Libertarians and Conservative should be abolishing property tax. Ok, right after charter schools... View quoted note →

"And I wear it for the thousands who have died Believin' that the Lord was on their side I wear it for another hundred-thousand who have died Believin' that we all were on their side" - Jhonny Cash, Man In Black #Iran

I want to start by saying that I think that any entity that can hurt the murderous regime that controls #Iran has a right to do so. If the #USA can spare a few bombs to hurt these monsters, they should. Yet it's important to point out that this is not the official stance of #israel . Contrary to what the antisemits of the alt right would want you to believe , Israel is not trying to manipulate the USA to fight Israel's battles. This is just a friendly reminder that antisemits are lying bastards.

Where are all the lefty activists? With the left, the issue is never the issue! The issue is always revolution. It's never about helping others, it is always about getting more power. #Socialism is just one big scam #iran #gaza

Al Julianne is slaughtering Kurds and Alawais. The Iranian regime is slaughtering protesters. Where are all the #trans activists that demonstrated for the "poor" people of #gaza ? Why are the not raising their voices? Why are they not out in the streets protesting? We all know the answer.

"Inflame the teachers" Because we can't expect grown ups to have self control. #antisemitism

I would have thought that Nostr + #citrin + Bluetooth/wifi mesh will become very popular in #iran

Socialists: raise taxes! (But not for me) View quoted note →

Here is a crazy theory. #Trump doesn't want #Greenland. He wants to explain to the Europeans that you must have an army to protect yourself. If it takes annexing Greenland to teach that lesson. That is a price that Trump is willing to pay. #usa

Won't the low maximum transaction rate of #monero make it impossible to use if / when it becomes more popular?