Jacob | Five Eye Tea

If you're in Germany, now is the time to take whatever legal measures you can in order to push back. Where Germany goes, Europe goes and where Europe goes, global privacy goes. nostr:nevent1qqsrpr4wee9rl2f06v6jh7qzpn7dzt75p2h0wd0fyfhm3qfuzudqyhqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3q5s3hussvmv9nyvw3w8lg0x72udazmdat7tcj5vmmjafnwcvv8tpqxpqqqqqqzqhxpkr

Man, every time I see live footage of this band, the stronger my craving becomes to see them live. Absolutely glorious "computer metal"! 🤘 https://youtu.be/42-iTgICOh0 #metal #music #computer #masterbootrecord #electronic

I feel like a lot of people on Nostr (and I do mean a LOT) need to see this video. For those not in the know, Michael Franzese is a former caporegime (captain) in the Colombo crime family (aka. mafia). At the height of his career, he was drawing in $8 million a week by defrauding the government and conducting both illegal and legal business. He went up against Rudy Giuliani himself and won in most cases (basically being caught up on a technicality more than anything). He knows how the US government works beneath the surface and has even written about it in his book, "Mafia Democracy". He uses both common logic and his own experiences to tear down some of the really ill-informed theories out there. I know most of us on Nostr aren't the sort to believe the common narrative, and that's not a BAD thing, but sometimes... a crime is just a crime. Sometimes, it's not about some global conspiracy. Sometimes, it's just a tragedy. https://youtu.be/cNmhzNFCVuE

I'm going to take a break from Nostr, not sure how long. The narrative here seems to be the same as on Bluesky, minus the celebrations of death. A whole heap of "both sides", "no right vs. left", "Jews did it", "false flag" and so on, and so forth. Not to mention 99% of whatever else I see is just Bitcoin, BitChat, Knots, whatever other drama is going on in the BTC community. The latter doesn't shock me in the least but I would've thought Nostr's community would've at least had the decency to wait a few weeks (at least) before going full schizo. I'm at a point in my life where I really do NOT need constant negativity and nonsense in my day. I'm struggling just to find a job despite being capable of doing the ones I'm applying for; moreover, even lower end jobs outside of my industry simply are not available where I live. Dealing with drama and schizo posts aren't things I want to deal with right now. I will almost certainly be back as I've taken breaks before, and I still firmly believe in the importance of Nostr as a protocol, but man... we really need more people on here posting stuff that's DIFFERENT for once. Gets so old seeing the same garbage day in, day out.