Freedom. Justice. #Bitcoin halalmoney.npub.pro https://stacker.news/r/halalmoney
halalmoney @halalmoney - 22h
*the incumbent power will always fight entropy and lower prices are [akin to] entropy* https://stacker.news/items/1090115/r/halalmoney?commentId=1090422
halalmoney @halalmoney - 2d
This bad boy’s been chomping away for hours. #pow
😑 *The government is in a financial fix because the wheels of the economy are turning slowly. That’s been the case since the financial crash. But it doesn’t have to be. If better-off retirees demanded smaller, appropriate housing, the private sector would begin to provide it, home sales would increase and the economy turn at a faster lick. Otherwise the UK, like so many rich, ageing countries, will be stuck. If boomers cannot bring themselves to act collectively and patriotically for the greater good, as seems unlikely for many reasons, then it will be legitimate for the government to pursue their lottery winnings with higher property and pension taxes. Still, dear boomer, it was a good ride while it lasted.* https://apple.news/AjnHAMALxTxWBKSI4ECdzmw
“Its confession that neither its employment figures nor its wealth statistics are reliable enough to use follows a devastating inquiry by the Commons public administration committee whose chair described a grossly dysfunctional hierarchy where the chief statistician behaved like a “hybrid of a Medici prince and Blofeld” in a “boosterish chumocracy”” https://apple.news/AogV_szMQRpm1ljYaiUvRQA
🤣 Word order matters
halalmoney @halalmoney - 4d
*Bitcoin… doesn’t promise miracles, but it offers a present built on clear rules: 21 million, self-custody, sovereignty. It’s not about blind faith, but about understanding. And when you see it, you realize blind patience is just another form of obedience. …Bitcoin… proposes a different kind of patience: not passive or resigned, but informed and active. A patience based on immutable rules, not institutional promises.* https://stacker.news/items/1086280/r/halalmoney
halalmoney @halalmoney - 7d
*Scaling used to be the point. Now, small can be the point. AI tools make it cheap to create software for an audience of one — and sometimes, that’s the best possible audience. The real luxury of building with today’s tools isn’t speed, or cost, or even the magic of AI — it’s the freedom to stop. To make something small, useful, and perfectly yours, and not feel obligated to grow it until it collapses under its own weight. In a world obsessed with scale, there’s a quiet satisfaction in leaving good enough alone.* https://derwiki.medium.com/do-things-that-dont-scale-and-then-don-t-scale-9fd2cd7e2156
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halalmoney @halalmoney - 8d
BIS: Given the widespread cross-border use of stablecoins, such safeguards could help to slow the erosion of monetary sovereignty and maintain the effectiveness of monetary policy — They are openly acknowledging that the goal is not to prevent crime, but to keep the fiat scam going. https://stacker.news/items/1081255/r/halalmoney?commentId=1081415
halalmoney @halalmoney - 10d
“One of the great problems of economics is that you never know for sure what the response to an economic shock will be until the event happens. This applies to everything from, right now, US tariffs, the possible ceasefire in Ukraine, a radical change in monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve… or inheritance tax here in the UK. So we have to rely on anecdotal evidence, and the problem with that is it is almost skewed by interest groups who pick the stories that fit their world-view.” https://apple.news/AY9-6GXklTwK2Orh3NX1fJw
Pretty in pink https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/637a2f1da5d2fc1976c14ec00f8eae4015afe99bb2554f1d537d0086a169dd8f/d03ab2ba02fd2ce6aff7abbf10b9bd398e2fd72fc0dc0892a330f5bd6b2729de.webp
A sunflower 🌻, I think
halalmoney @halalmoney - 12d
Thank you. Time to read a book.
Here are some terms via “AI”: Escapism Distraction Coping mechanism Compulsive behavior/addiction
halalmoney @halalmoney - 13d
halalmoney @halalmoney - 15d
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808) "Abu Dhabi has not officially taken a side on the Russia-Ukraine war, instead calling for peace and an end to the fighting. It has also refused to partake in Western sanctions against Russia, providing a safe haven for Russian oligarchs and expatriates fleeing both sanctions and mandatory conscription. Some 4,000 Russian businesses operate in the UAE, according to reports, and foreign direct investment between the two has steadily increased." "The UAE is also buffered by its mammoth business ties to the U.S. beyond just defense: Abu Dhabi is a rapidly growing hub for, and investor in, America’s largest AI and tech companies. Trump’s highly feted visit to the Gulf region in May saw a number of major deals signed with the UAE across sectors, while Abu Dhabi in March committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the U.S." CNBC
halalmoney @halalmoney - 16d
Do yourself a favour and follow Kepford on Stacker News. “I remember learning more about FDRs actions during the war and how he "nationalized" some many aspects. His youth groups seemed very similar to Hitler's (though noble to Americans?). He altered the economy with massive abuses of presidential power. But the people seem to have supported him as the Germans did of their leader. Fascism as an idea was pretty popular in the US prior to the war and honestly I think the US was probably a major influence on the rise of Fascism in Europe. I'm of the opinion that the US adopted many of the same approaches to public / private partnerships that were in place in Germany too. We just don't call it that nasty name. I used to wrestle with this and then I just realized that there isn't really clear and uniform agreement on what fascism even is. It’s kind of a useless term. Today it even seems to be losing its shock value as WW2 becomes a more distant memory. I think the weakest argument against it is the racial one. You can remove the racism and its still rotten. And we've seen many different systems use racism to justify terrible things.” https://stacker.news/items/1071351/r/halalmoney?commentId=1071393
halalmoney @halalmoney - 17d
Nostr has 12 regular users And Nostr has scammers https://media.tenor.com/DKRgOMjm2vAAAAAC/confused-confused-face.gif
"I’ve started changing the prompt. Instead of “What does 2040 look like?” I ask, “What does your birthday in 2040 feel like?” Suddenly, the answers are different. They talk about who they hope would be there, where they would be, and what they would be doing. The future becomes grounded in something personal, emotional, and ultimately, human." "The key is to notice when you are repeating someone else’s vision of tomorrow and get curious enough to imagine your own." "You don’t need a time machine to imagine what could be; you simply need a prototype." "Too many future visions center on technology, markets, or efficiency and miss the beating heart of change: human lives. Human-centered narratives illuminate the values, desires, tensions, and trade-offs that define meaningful futures. They help us imagine what the future brings as well as what it will feel like to live in it." "If we don't notice the used future, we risk creating innovation theater, polishing legacy ideas instead of surfacing the truly new needs, emotions, and possibilities." The "Used Future" Trap Ideo.com
