The co-founder of GitHub was just banned from Github. We need a decentralized GitHub on Nostr! https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/1754610843361362360?t=1Y8O6NXVoSuoqzuiHdGXag&s=19 https://image.nostr.build/68137737c747841c13d99de7f8ce4a90275957a903f3258a26d2bacfb0d7fada.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=720x592&alt=Banned+from+Github&blurhash=%23268N%24xu00xu%25MfR9ERP%25gIRRj9FRj_4oeITof.8D%25WDoes%2C-%3DkCD%24WBxu%3FcxuaxNHj%3FofIUV%40ayDhM%7Bogt5RkWC%25Mozj%3Fx%5Ej%5DocofD%24WB-%3BayRjRixa-%3BNH9Fod%25MfQMx&x=1a79b20794475731e5f427bcd7c789fb4058a71be3a8003163b95f7e51088cd9

Sharing my thoughts on the rapid growth of Photovoltaic energy in sunny yet overly-regulated Portugal, which doubled it's total installed solar power in 2 years! Much like Texas and southern US, solar power is a perfect match for such a sunny place like Portugal! https://twitter.com/FilipeMartinh10/status/1753428005144101303?t=ha7jRlsMi3nguV7c3DiESA&s=19 https://image.nostr.build/d55a95adcaac8958323936e03c5e975b2f4a0056f90319c153c6800520d42a27.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x1565&alt=Growth+of+solar+power+capacity+in+Portugal+&blurhash=%5EDSiNz*JRjxZyDZ%24uOMdi%5Eo%7Da0tRNGH%3F%25hWBsotlMItmj%5DVspIVsuOVsVYgNaJj%5BQltRpIaea%7CbbyXozR5V%40ayaeaKsTkDkXaeWBnho%23f%2BV%3FbHay&x=a82f15426dcc36b04b0fd0b42bc1ebe278163ec5f43639ab2a95bbd652e2e20c

Coinstats just added a Christmas Vitalik to Eth's price chart and I think it's a beautiful reminder that Eth is a centralized shitcoin https://image.nostr.build/994da2c9e5dfbd70a0d881ae001734e979cfa63853413f79ee88e58a3fb239a5.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=864x1920&alt=Eth+price+with+Vitalik+icon&blurhash=%5B65q%7C-tSacV%40M%5Bt7o%23ax%25js.RhaxV%3BM%7Bt7oeRpIoadofS6t7RjkCMvWAt8j%5B%3FKR%25W9f6V.xubcV%40&x=ee4a1c37e69aee54367d526217b658e6e0ea6ec57ef20f80479ed73ab9306c4d

"But in practice such a society could not long remain stable. For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away. In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance." 1984 (George Orwell)

Say what you will about the man, but this is an incredible speech by Javier Milei. Telling it like it is, not holding back. Sending my hopes to Argentinians 🇦🇷 He even mentioned the need to attract Starlink to Argentina. Incredible awareness

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Todays Recorded message from Javier Milei (English subtitles)

H/t @mononaut

Wrote a small thread about Bitcoin's Liquid network, arguing that although it is not perfect and has a few trade-offs regarding centralization and scaling, it is much much better than resorting to shitcoins, which do not benefit from Bitcoins network effect, and have a dilutive effect by reducing demand for Bitcoin. In contrast liquid increases organic demand for Bitcoin. I recommend a great tutorial by @BTC Sessions

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@BitcoinErrorLog Completely disagree that it is the same as using Litecoin or Bcash. Ask yourself, what would be the #Bitcoin price if the whole wo...

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious." 1984 (George Orwell)

Heard an incredible little story on @Robert Breedlove "what is money" podcast with Bob Murphy: During the 2008 financial crisis, government officials & the federal reserve chair at the time, Ben Bernanke, met with AIG to discuss a possible $85 billion dollar bailout. During that discussion, a member of government reportedly asked Bernanke "where's the 85$ billion coming from? Whose budget will be affected?" - to which Bernanke responded "we're the Federal Reserve, we can come up with $850 billion if necessary". This short story highlights how little even politicians know about how our current money system works. Reminds me of the eternal discussion - don't attribute to malice what can be simply explained by ignorance. Is it malice, or is it ignorance? Also crazy to think that Bernanke's mention of $850 billion was obviously meant as an exaggeration, but 15 years later, seeing the >$6 trillion of covid stimulus just in US, $850 billion is just peanuts, it won't get the stimulus job done. And in 15 years, $6T will look like peanuts too!

Absolute disgrace. Publicly announcing his intention to manipulate the price of highly illiquid tokens... Unbelievable

Germany electricity production down 20%. Lower energy use correlates closely with lower standard of living. Still a tough period for Germany. Should have stopped using Russian gas long ago... It's also very concerning that it's a heavily regulated grid, so cannot easily employ novel grid balancing methods for renewables like Texas with Bitcoin miners. Europe continues to sink in their self-created regulation pit

Gold bulls rekt

Viva la libertad Carajo!

Laughing my ass off with this gem from Rabbinstein on Twitter 😂

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Germany housing prices significantly declining. Healthy pullback or the beginning of something bigger? In any case, good news for the youth looking to buy a home in one of the countries in Europe with the lowest % of home ownership

Seeing a lot of these "on a constant dollar basis" mentions on earnings reports recently. This one from Lululemon. Inflation destroys economic calculation

Hey @Nunya Bidness really enjoyed episode 781 of Bitcoin and... With the awesome music from Riot In Progress nostr:npub1ljr66vfadhr5rkldt2yhyzn7yqqqkeedhg9fq8vkyrdycgpzgtws440z3vat Wavlake.com! Great idea with showcasing some music in the podcast! Hats off