Been slowly removing all Apple services from my life, and finally deleted my iCloud account today 💪

HR and Finance departments appear to be some kind of DDoS attack on the productivity of companies

Fascinating to see how journalists call for more censorship for people they don't like. I used to wonder "but don't they see that more censorship will hurt them when their side is out of power?". I think the paradox is solved when you consider that their side is global elites who speak and navigate the fashionable language of wokeness, and their arragonce makes them truly believe that they will always come out on top.

Missed this from a few weeks ago - apparently BitClout was such an incompetent scam that the founder has now been arrested and charged for fraud. I remember when this obvious shitcoin scam came around and Robert Greedlove tried to pump it, then denied it. I'm really going to miss the shitcoins during huperbitcoinization because they make grifter spotting so easy.

BitClout Founder Charged With Wire Fraud, Civil Securities Charge

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice charged the founder of crypto social media platform BitClout with wire ...

"When the truth is found to be lies And all the joy within you dies Don't you want somebody to love?" #Bitcoin

Pity the Pret coffee is so terrible. I can't boycott this because I never go there anyway :/

"I remain convinced that the policing of protests holds up a mirror to a society."

The Spectator

The truth about two-tier policing in Britain

Does Britain have a two-tier policing system? Accusations that some protesters are treated differently have emerged after this week’s riots

This Imane Khelif saga shows how powerful framing and selective info can be in swaying opinion. When I came across content from the right I thought it was a typical case of a trans woman competing against biological women. Wrong. When I read Wikipedia and watched a Daily Show clip (both left wing) I thought that the right was making up lies because apparently Khelif is a biological woman, grew up as one, always competed as one etc. Wrong. The truth is far more complicated it seems, and actually the 100% truth is not available to anyone commenting online. Khelif failed a gender test at the IBA World Champs last year, but then some are arguing the testing process was flawed and motivated by Russian leadership. So there's clearly smoke, but no conclusive evidence one way or the other. It's all so tiresome 😩

Why were people so psyched for RFK Jr again? His policies are pretty terrible and he's not exactly any more normal than Trump. Was it because he's ripped, anti-vax and says he likes Bitcoin?

Just told my wife we're now poor. She didn't think it was funny.

Days of UK newspapers condemning "far right" protests/riots and saying it's been "whipped up" online. This may all be true, but I still haven't seen one article that actually shows evidence for this or even bothers to interview any of the "far right thugs". The rationale journalists are using is whatever the government says the rationale is. I'm not condoning what the protestors are doing, and a lot of what has been reported does seem bad/criminal. But, I can't imagine it's calming when you think you have such a strong issue you're protesting for and the issue is ignored, and then instead you're labelled a "thug" and told you're the problem.

Did some art at Tate Modern today #artstr

Wow, more chance of a 50bps cut in September than 25bps. Looks like it's not a soft landing after all.

really annoying when someone sends you an image of a QR code instead of the underlying data can't find a safe app that will read the image, so I have to go get another device and scan with the camera and then email it across

BBC trying to be cute, but actually revealing lack of seriousness, self-interest, and reliance on the state.

Recently "Bitcoin fixes this" has been very literal for me. Because I don't want to part with my stack I've been very into DIY so I can fix things myself. Would not have fixed a bunch of stuff nor had some solid Dad-DIY skills if not for Bitcoin 💪

Sedum getting ready to bloom in Autumn #bloomstr

Dahlias showing off today #bloomstr

Almost time to pick these apples #bloomstr

The Overton window has been moved Bloomberg column by Tyler Cowen: "Trump Likes the Idea of a Federal Bitcoin Reserve. Don’t Laugh." https://archive.ph/hAnnL