Life is good. #vacation #travel #beach #sun

I went from the beach to the car. There was a guy facing me but standing a bit farther away next to a porta-potty, just staring at his phone. I didn’t really understand the situation—why is he standing next to the toilets? Can’t he just relax somewhere else? Weird. Then it finally clicked... He wasn't just looking at his phone. He was holding his dick in the other hand and was peeing. So instead of going inside the toilet he just peed next to it while staring at his phone like a drug addict. We’ve all become junkies. Some more than others. #funny #news

The real unemployment rate is hidden by most, if not all, governments. They massively underreport their numbers. In Germany, the real unemployment rate is about 13.4% (or 6.85 million). In the United States, the situation is even more severe: nearly 25% of Americans are now “functionally unemployed” (Yahoo Finance).

6,85 Millionen echte Arbeitslose im Juli 2026 – dig.ga

#unemployment #economy #jobs #news

#nostr is inevitable. Sooner or later. View quoted note →

Minors who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta illegally will be transported to mainland Spain, allegedly. I only saw one video about that (some of the "minors" had beards). However, I know it is probably true based on what European bureaucrats do every day. Most people don’t understand that this is human trafficking, bureaucrats have found a way to misuse taxes to fund their own human trafficking projects, enriching themselves while masking it as humanitarian work. The perfect crime. For citizens, the rules are permanently bent to drain them for everything they’re worth. For illegals, they’re bent and broken too, in order to drain citizens even more through taxes. It’s a sick and evil system that is destroying countries. #migration #spain #Europe #news

Bot networks have taken over all major social media platforms and turned them into TV. This is how they have done it: 1. They are mass flagging all channels that don't align with their agenda. 2. They give massive financial support to channels (even small and terrible channels) to boost their topics. 3. They use different NGOs to lobby governments for more restrictions for competitive narratives they don't like. Conspiracy theories are fine as long as they are supporting their agenda. 4. They urge platforms via their lobbying efforts to shaddowban channels with alternative narratives which essentially means banning content creators without their knowledge and proof which then can't be disputed in court. They also try telling platforms to support their own channels. 5. They use bots to mass comment channels they don't like to make other users believe that the views presented are not approved by society. This is an effective strategy since most people follow other people. They also positively mass comment supported narratives. Same reasoning. Imagine being shadowbanned as normal user and not realizing it. All the comments made under any content effectively is not seen by anyone. I often saw comments marked as spam that simply weren't. Effectively these malicious actors turned social media into something worse than TV. When you're watching TV you know that you are consuming something without interaction. These centralized social media platforms give users the illusion of interaction but their voice is muted and effectively making them viewers only without their knowledge. Decentralized platforms like #nostr can be manipulated by these bots, too. But it's not possible to ban or shadowban channels which takes away one of their biggest weapons. They basically have very little power to determine what users can or can't see. #media #freedom #freespeech

I don't know why some #nostr apps decide to not show me posts from people I follow. Is this a caching issue? #asknostr

A piece of advise to crypto maximalists: You can make a killing investing in something ordinary called stocks. #investing #finance #crypto #bitcoin

Reminder that almost all wildfires are created due to natural causes. And by that I mean arsonists.

The fascist state of #Germany: #AfD politician dies. His AfD colleagues ask a newspaper to print an obituary. The newspaper refuses: "We generally do not accept notice requests of any kind from your party." View quoted note → #politics #news

I am switching between 5 #nostr apps because none of them come close to having a good experience. Not good.

Telegram has been removed from Apple's app store. #freespeech #censorship #freedom #news

For a long time, many warned Bitcoiners and crypto communities not to put all their eggs in one basket. Yet, these warnings were often disregarded, laughed at, or dismissed as the words of clueless idiots. It was claimed that diversification wasn’t necessary for Bitcoin. That’s why we keep reading Coldcard stories about people losing their life savings. To most, this seems like primarily a software or hardware issue. But that’s simply not true. Software and hardware flaws will always exist in crypto, no matter how careful users are especially when self-custodying. Ultimately, no one is responsible for your cybersecurity but you. The Coldcard hack hit so hard mainly because the principle of diversification was ignored. No matter how promising a single stock or cryptocurrency may appear, diversification remains the best defense against total capital loss. That’s why professional investors emphasize it constantly. Though it should be basic knowledge, many crypto investors still treat it as an outdated mindset. Total loss can result from price movements, and in crypto, hacking adds another layer of risk. Don’t disregard diversification. Act on it. #Bitcoin #finance #Investing #news

In case someone is wondering why the Spainish enclave was invaded by Moroccons who swam to Ceuta: the Spanish Supreme Court decided that the practice of pushbacks is in breach of an EU article: "The Spanish Supreme Court’s judgment provides a welcome clarification that the rejection at the border regime does not apply to migrants intercepted while attempting to reach Ceuta or Melilla by sea." https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-spanish-supreme-court-on-rejection-at-the-borders-of-ceuta-and-melilla-what-about-human-rights-at-sea/ #Spain #Europe #migration #news

I will never understand people who put their entire savings into one single asset. It only makes sense in rare cases, mostly this is a desaster waiting to happen. The fundamental flaw in self-custody is the absence of liability. Since no hardware or software can be fully trusted, users should always hesitate to store their entire wealth in crypto. #coldcard #Bitcoin #crypto #news

#Bitcoin is a belief system. #money #finance

#Trump never explains what his army actually destroyed in #Iran. He shows you 5-second clips of bombings somewhere in Iran to make you believe Iran is destroyed now. Yet Iran remains capable of launching drones. They are so capable that Ukraine was forced to issue an apology after destroying an Iranian vessel. #USA bases are being destroyed. There are probably hundreds of US soldiers dead. All the USA is doing is allowing the military-industrial complex to secure more taxes, since someone must rebuild the bases and restock the bombs. View quoted note → #news

I am very surprised... NOOOOOOT. View quoted note → #news #USA #Trump #fauci

"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants"--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion." – President John F. Kennedy #media #freedom #kennedy #press

The guy who couldn't shut up during the scamdemic can't even acknowledge the folder right in front of him. View quoted note → #news #USA #fauci