I mean yes, the algorithms on other socials are the devil, but sometimes I do enjoy their “shot, chaser” artistry.

I was talking with a friend about the London ULEZ thing (for the unfamiliar, London is now heavily charging drivers of older cars across large swathes of the capital). Ostensibly this is for emissions, but this is clearly bollocks as it’s driving older but small and efficient vehicles off the road. Instead it’s to force people into newer vehicles which, EV or not, are all networked. Hold onto the old “analogue” clunkers for as long as possible. View quoted note →

Are the bulk of you zappers using Zapplepay, a non-Damus client (on Apple), profile zaps, or other?

The McAfee quote-bot is worth a thousand motivational AI assistants. View quoted note →

This is bonkers. Overpaying the heck out of ours at 1.99% - might be the only chance we get to build equity in fiat-land.

Unusual Whales

20% of residential mortgage borrowers – representing $130 billion in loans – at three major banks, $BMO, $TD & CIBC, in Canada are seeing their balances grow as monthly payments no longer cover all the interest they owe, known as negative amortization

Three prominent Canadian banks have disclosed that approximately 20% of their residential mortgage borrowers, representing nearly $130 billion in l...

#Nostr spambots have a long way to go. Or maybe that’s what they WANT me to believe..

One of the most effective orange pills I’ve found is the relatively simple description of inflation as intentional Government policy; deliberate taxation. This sort of nonsensical deflection from Castreau only reinforces the message. Look at this clown boldly asserting he will “deal” with his own creation! PS. @Marty Bent Tweets cross-posted to Nostr? I couldn’t see this one here; maybe that’s my user error.

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Marty Bent (@MartyBent) on X

The dumbest people are always the most confident.

The number of unread messages in Outlook matched the year of my birth today.

It’s always amused me that proponents of this embarrassing boondoggle have perceived falling auction bid prices as proof “wind is cheaper!” when in fact it’s evidence their product is less and less valuable. The tide retreating after the ZIRP era is exposing a lot of rubbish.

UK interest rates now expected to peak at 5.5%; offshore wind power auction flops – as it happened | Business | The Guardian

Government criticised as Britain’s latest subsidy auction to help support new renewable energy projects awarded no contracts for offshore wi...

I’d forgotten what a disaster school lunch box making was for intermittent fasting (for me, 7pm-noon). I used to live off those 7am scraps of veggies, fruit and bread-crusts. Tough to ignore habit and bundle them up for later!

Productive weekend. #plumstr #farmstr #foodstr #homestead #grownostr

Fruit flies. Seriously, could have apples and bananas in a hermetically sealed clean room and they’d still appear when the fruit goes soft - are there eggs on fruit skin?

Headline #2,365 in a series of n in which the word “pandemic” is incorrectly substituted for “lockdowns”

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College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

U.S. colleges are searching for solutions as they see alarming numbers of students arrive with gaps in their math skills.

C’mon Australia, ditch the rainbows and unicorns and get with the nuclear program.

Snowy Hydro expansion hits reset button as costs blow out to $12 billion

The government reveals planned expansions to the Snowy Hydro have suffered an incredible $10 billion blowout over price estimates given by former p...

Half way through The Creature from Jekyll Island; incredible this was written back in the nineties, pre-GFC, absolutely nailing the whole fiat pantomime. Also recommended if you enjoy the sort of footnote and side-quest laden research found in RFK’s Fauci book. Forensic analysis a’plenty but with a light and engaging style.