xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@beardalaxy @djsumdog TikTok denied any paid promotion from Russia.
https://www.romania-insider.com/tiktok-rejects-allegations-romania-presidential-elections-2024

So apparently, there are riots going on in Romania and it's because a truly independent presidential candidate won the first round of elections, despite not being on the ballot, yet he had his victory voided, despite the Romanian courts initially accepting his victory.

I don't know much about this guy, but he actually and surprisingly does seem genuine. He is 100% anti-COVID vaccine, against funding Ukraine (while also not being pro-Russia), and is skeptical of both the Apollo moon landings and 9/11.

https://www.courthousenews.com/romania-cracks-the-door-open-to-surprise-ultranationalist-presidential-candidate/

I mean, wow! I never would think a truly independent candidate would get that far in this day and age, but it shouldn't be surprising that the courts would void the election. Now people are taking on to the streets about it.

I'd say to keep an eye on the situation. Things might get interesting.

@PurpCat @Forestofenchantment That's so pathetic. I never liked Reddit in the first place, but they seem to have started out as something at least respectable. However, they never seem to stop finding a way to become much worse in terms of moderation and features.

@vokainen099 @PurpCat I never liked the site. I've always preferred traditional forums and imageboards, but services like Discord and even Telegram are arguably worse.

@Forestofenchantment @PurpCat So they are in even worse places now. At least Reddit allows you to lurk.

@Forestofenchantment @PurpCat Where did everyone go? Discord?

@PurpCat People said that Reddit was dead after the controversial API changes, but people still use it.

@Mr_NutterButter A white market store can still accept Monero as long as they report it on their taxes. Monero isn't illegal (at least not in the US), but purchasing it is difficult. You need to buy Bitcoin and then exchange it for Monero. Stake-n-Shake could accept Monero while still being in the white market. The IRS doesn't really care about what the customers are doing, only the merchants.

Granted Monero still allows them to cheat on their taxes, but they could also cheat on their cash transactions, so it's a moot point.

But of course, Stake-N-Shake probably won't accept XMR anyway because of the difficulty purchasing Monero as I said earlier. It will only appeal to a small number of tech-savvy customers.

@Mr_NutterButter Trump included Ethereum and Ripple in his Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. Both of them are in fact CBDC blockchains. The founder of ETH even took a trip to Davos to hold a talk at the World Economic Forum. These coins are centralized and can be premined, or have their entire blockchains rolled-back. That's what they are designed to do.

I don't think crypto itself is a trojan horse for CBDC but the government endorsing some cryptocurrencies certainly is.

Well, it seems like the OGA Discord also suffers from in-activity, just like their forum, at least in their "requests" channel. I'm still waiting and hoping for someone to reply, but I do need to find a plan B.

@PunishedD @PurpCat The problem is that Bitcoin is even less private than credit cards or debit cards, unless you are practicing maximum OPSEC. Anyone can see who is exchanging with who on the blockchain. Anyone can be stalking you and see that you like to eat at Stake-n-Shake.

I mean, I would be fine with it if they also accepted other currencies (not necessarily cryptocurrencies) in addition to Bitcoin and fiat. Monero could be an option for those who know how to use it, but that also assumes that each individual store owner knows how to use Monero. Besides that, there are these notes called Goldbacks which have actual gold coated onto them. They are even legal tender in some states. I wouldn't mind Steak-n-Shake accepted those in states where they are considered legal tender.

https://www.goldback.com/