I have had a sore throat for nearly a week. It could be COVID, who cares? Anyway, I bought some "Throat Coat" tea from Walmart that is made with licorice root and slippery elm, and I recommend it.
It doesn't taste bad at all. It tastes a bit like black licorice and the finish reminds me of a breakfast pastry like a muffin or something. Imagine a black licorice muffin in tea form, and that's what it tastes like.
@Tony @PurpCat The Fedi started out with mostly FOSS enthusiasts, libertarian-learning people, and even some socialists (non-idpol types). Then Mastodon tried to brand it as it's own and called it "Twitter without the Nazis". Then, Gab refugees and later Poast brought the "far-right/third-position" culture on here (though there were a few even before then).
The fedi doesn't really have a set in stone culture. You have racist anons talking about the JQ, people who like to shitpost and post porn, tech-enthusiasts, and even people who are otherwise normies, but just hate big-tech. It's just the whole blocking culture (even the racists anons will block people they disagree with) keeps everyone fragmented and stuck inside their own little bubble.
@Tony @PurpCat Another thing to keep in mind is that when Gab federated with ActivityPub, a lot of people ended up jumping ship to other instances like FSE because they realized how much of a better experience it was on there. The same could be said with Meta. And before you screech "muh normies" just remember that a lot of us on here used to be one of them before getting into things like the FOSS movement, GamerGate, or what have you.
Note: Central banks cause inflation. Sometimes high inflation, sometimes low inflation. But they never "fight" inflation. And central banks create boom & bust cycles. You'll see soon.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-27/lagarde-says-ecb-won-t-be-able-to-declare-rate-peak-anytime-soon?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter via @economics
@matana Black market 3D printers.
@matana 3D printer go burrr.
The world is waking up to the realization that there are groups of people that want to remove our freedoms and consolidate their power over us.
The world is also waking up to the fact that a growing number of us, perhaps now a majority, are awake to these facts.
The world is also waking up to the fact that when enough of us are both awake and resolved to restore our freedoms, that we will be unstoppable.
Each day, the awake can evaluate their surroundings and determine if enough of us are both awake and resolved to fix the system. Each day, the awake can decide if they want to help the world regain their freedoms or not.
If the awake feel a sense that we are losing the battle for our freedoms, they can choose to give up the support efforts either temporarily or permanently.
I believe that the numbers continue to increase of those that are both awake and resolved to help fix the system. As those numbers increase, it becomes easier for many to recognize the possibilities for the future.
A future of increased freedom then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and accelerates toward that inevitable conclusion.
We are learning to multi-task by balancing the nurturing of our personal and family needs with a relentless determination to see restoration of freedoms all the way through to the end.
Part of demonstrating that determination is to help others see that this civilization correction process requires their participation, that it is accelerating and that it is most likely unstoppable at this point.
@icedquinn These so called "ethical software" and "anti-capitalist" licenses are worse than proprietary EULAs. They only exist to serve some shitty political/social agenda.
How about this story for June 26, 2023, the 177th day of the year?
The Jesuit Order = 177
Iesus Hominum Salvator = 266
#Gematria #AnthonyFauci #Georgetown
Going live about the latest. #gematria. https://youtube.com/live/qjeFDT4IHSc?feature=share
@Soy_Magnus @PurpCat In all seriousness, I wonder what would happen if you host an instance with a domain of a defunct instance. Would things break on other instances?