"What is economic imperialism?" Answered by John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman"

If youwant to know what's going on in #LA from first hand sources... https://la.indymedia.org/js/?v=cont&stb=0&url=https://la.indymedia.org/news/2025/06/302717.json Yes, LA has a local Independent Media Center.

I aaccidentally came across a long article on decentralization from 1977. It's not about tech. From what I read so far, it's the real deal. I am impressed.

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Decentralization: Making Small Places Work Again - Schumacher Center for a New Economics

Decentralization: Making Small Places Work Again Americans should all be able to live and earn their livelihoods in the kind of environments they...

Don't spoil the ending for me, I'm not emtirely through it yet.

Ripping up grass is a lot harder than jist hoeing rows in a garden, that's for sure. Those roots just don't want to budge. Plus the sod is heavy to cart away too. Slowly but surely, I'm removing our lawn and replacing it with mulch around fruit-bearing trees, and native blueberries, black raspberries, a squash hill, and as many other things as I can fit in there. I just gotta keep on top of it and not get side tracked before I finish ripping everything up and getting the mulch in there. Otherwise it'll all grow back, and lower.

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What are the nostr accounts that are building something other than Nostr, Bitcoin, or AI slop? I'm already well aware of the honey, beef jerky, and leather wallets. They're good. I want more of that and also some cool tech account to follow. #AskNostr

My significant other picked some flowers for me. 😋 #iykyk

I feel like the Fediverse is a lot of complaining, largely with good cause, and then no meaningful action. Nostr has been where I go to see people doing interesting stuff and they might mention the problem they are solving in passing. Buy lately, my #nostr feed has been pretty boring, and wuiet too. I guess everyone is distracted by the circus, and I have enough filters I am able to tune most of that out. Then again, maybe I'm part of the problem. I've been removing sod to release it with mulch. It's just chores, so I don't post about it. Perhaps others are in a similar situation, hence the quietness? I can post pictures of the little shed I'm going to build. That'll at least be entertaining.

I'm waiting for a true vibe coder to write a better AI tool.

SITREP: - Self-hosted LND/LNBits: failed (I'll check the logs when I get home) - Coinos in DDG browser: failed, crashed browser - Coinos in Vanadium: failed, unable to route (with a 66 sat fee) - Coinos in Vanadium with a 166 sat fee: success! The register didn't lose my order, despite the extended amount of time it took me to pay (probably 4-5 minutes). So good job there, kiosk dev team. I'd still be hard pressed to recommend a non -custodial lightning wallet at this point. I hope to change that by continuing to post my experience and help test with real world transactions.

This is America. 🤦‍♂️