#freedomtech has long won the technical fight but lost the political war. How do we start actually WINNING? How do we start increasing privacy and access to it instead of fighting back the continuous erosion of it? How do we STRENGTHEN free speech laws to survive current challenges and make sure new tech doesn't mean less speech rights? How do we make sure everyone has the right to self-custody, to transact, and to freely associate? #bitcoin has to win. Hoping it doesn't isn't enough, it's enemies aren't so passive

The same US Congress that covered for Epstein for decades is now trying to require KYC to use an AI chatbot under the pretense that it's to "protect children". Tell them you oppose this and you vote. Freedom tech has a long history of winning the technical battle but losing the political one. Let's change that.

Tell Congress: Oppose the GUARD Act

Congress is moving quickly on the revised GUARD Act, S. 3062. While lawmakers narrowed the bill after widespread criticism, it still requires intru...

#privacy #ai #vibecoding #kyc #politics

40 years ago today, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened (USSR, now Ukraine). The cleanup and disaster mitigation involved exposing HALF A MILLION people to radiation, potentially many more. These people, called liquidators, risked their lives to protect us all, and many of them paid the ultimate price either in the immediate aftermath or years down the line due to increased rates of cancer and other ailments. Many never received their promised pensions and healthcare after the fall of the Soviet Union since the government guaranteeing such benefits no longer existed. There is a memorial to the liquidators pictured below with has a simple inscription: "To those who saved the world". A potent example of our power and the responsibility that comes with it. We stand on the shoulders of giants who risked everything to ensure a future for humanity. An opportunity for us to do better and go farther than they did. And a reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together. We only get one earth. If this topic is of interest to you, you can learn about the liquidators in the USSR and Japan in this very well done video: #onthisday #ussr #ukraine #nuclear #history

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TIL an albatross can fly for weeks without flapping it's wings. WEEKS. #til #nature #ornithology

Warrantless surveillance in the US is up for renewal, ask your reps to stop it. #restorethefourth #privacy #politics Restorethefourth.org

Everyone talking about Mac minis and laptops for AI development, but the real ones know the dell optiplex series is the true OG of homelab. #development #programming #ai

When nostr clients finally implement a "top 8" feature, Derek Ross needs to be the default top one just like Tom was on Myspace #grownostr #nostrdev

#memestr #postivity #newsisntreal #photography

Nostr finally has a meetup killer: even to. Thanks to HRF for turning me onto this!

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When my friend is mad about the other side in the culture/gender/whatever war and im like "the other people don't really think that" "