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Installing cryptominers capped to 1 thread on all the university PCs in a final act of revenge for the institution being pozzed to hell and back
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Let's just ignore the fact that he still won't denounce Operation Warpspeed, which he started. This just sounds like another psyop, and it's not like they can't just pretend that he is in jail.

nitter.poast.org/JDVanceNewsX/

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Jury Nullification: The People’s Secret Weapon Against Tyranny

Thomas Jefferson called the trial by jury as the only anchor ever imagined by man that can hold a government to the constitution. And jury nullification is how to get that done.

In this episode, learn what it is, the history behind it and how it works. Plenty from the founders and old revolutionaries all the way to Lysander Spooner.

https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2024/10/jury-nullification-the-peoples-secret-weapon-against-tyranny/
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@Mr_NutterButter I honestly hope that Astrobot showed that those types of games still have a place outside of indie and Nintendo.

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Abolish the UN.

Demolish the building & sell the land it stood on to the highest bidder.

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The US should stop persecuting privacy projects and protect devs from state attack. Code is speech.

In Tornado's case, they abused the law to go after devs. It's corrupt.

bird.makeup/@rstormsf/18154645

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I've been thinking about Boomer/Millennial and then Millennial/Gen Alpha interactions. I think a message to Millennials is that you are going to have to be more active in your Gen Alpha kids' lives if you want grandkids. The incentives are stacked against them.

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On his last day as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das shared his vision to transform India’s economy with a home-grown central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee.
https://activistpost.com/2024/12/india-preparing-for-a-cbdc-driven-economy-central-bank-governor-says.html
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AI Agents are reputed to be the future of AI which autonomously “takes actions, adapts in real-time, and, solves multi-step problems based on context and objectives.”
https://activistpost.com/2024/12/google-unveils-ai-agent-that-can-use-websites-on-its-own.html
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A humble beginning. Purchased my first few Goldbacks, and one of the wallets, from Alpine Gold.
https://alpinegold.com
The maker’s website.
https://www.goldback.com
Even available in more than a score of Gold ATMs across several states.
https://goldatm.com
I remember when I was first reading about these, they were about $3.20 for one Goldback. Now, they go for $5.48, up almost 10% since my purchase.
Each Goldback contains 1/1000 troy oz. of gold in a floppy, vertical bill format; the wallets are inexpensive and made so Goldbacks can be stored without bending. The issuer releases different designs for each state, as networks of businesses that will accept them are arranged. See this article on the launch of the Florida Goldback, which introduces new denominations 1/2, 2, and 100 Goldbacks. https://www.goldback.com/news/the-florida-goldback-humanitys-most-advanced-gold-currency
Most surprising thing? When new they tend to cling together, which makes a bill spread easy to do.
Two of them will be “bookmark” stocking stuffers, the rest are to keep. Hope to accumulate at least enough for a few grocery trips in a currency crisis.
I would be ”all set” right now if Goldbacks were available in a local ATM, and they were accepted in a neighborhood grocer and a cafe. Add a book store and a candy store, and most purchases could be directly from pay to gold. That would be something. Likely to happen soon in some places?
Always paying through cards, apps... people feel that it is more convenient, but it remains fundamentally phony—you are only exchanging numbers—and a record of every purchase follows you around, for someone else to datamine, or contrive some way to get you in trouble. How much better to actually exchange the store of value, that would remain valuable even if the power grid went out? Holding in dollars also discourages saving. I am not sure how sleeping on a mattress stuffed with Goldbacks would feel, but the stored worth wouldn’t inflate away, it might even appreciate.
Everyone should check out and buy a few Goldbacks. If you don’t like them… well, that will just encourage a merchant to begin accepting them. Who wouldn’t want to take pure gold in payment? #Goldback #AlpineGold #GoldATM #gold
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