Sunday evening mood. Had forgotten how much I liked this album, hidden gem. Late nineties a good era for spawning Manchester bands, Elbow preceded Doves by a year. https://tidal.com/browse/track/26728397

The WEF promoting #Bitcoin is an Outside Context Problem, to quote Banks. Deeply unsettling.

When the ETF market goes dark and #bitcoin roams freely over the weekend… Feels a bit like nightfall in Pitch Black. Tradfi night terrors.

Our four year old had been spared from ads for most of his early TV life until recently, when I canned most of our subscriptions including YouTube premium, and now we have to put up with a few. Unprompted he’s started calling these interruptions “badverts”. There’s such wisdom in the young mind.

No cause for concern that pre-crime is being added to the statute books just before AI ramps up in the criminal justice system. Probabilities say we should lock you all up.

I’m accumulating old laptops due to the fact I never find the time to properly wipe them, and they’re probably worthless anyway at end of life. Is there a similar guide to

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Build your own ‘do-everything-yourself’ Bitcoin full node. No need to trust anyone else.

for old hardware (win/intel or Chromebook) for transforming them into a secure Bitcoin node? Idiot’s guide stuff.

Politicians trying to ban anything these days just lends credibility View quoted note →

Still not updated the chocolate coin mould. I wonder how many more years Elizabeth has immortalized in razor sharp foil that invariably slices under your fingernails.

It’s becoming clear to more and more people that the goal is not (was never) emissions reduction.

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EU Commission urges France to raise renewables target to ‘at least 44%’ | Euractiv

The EU's energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, has urged France to raise its renewable energy target to "at least 44%" by 2030, warning it would ...

Germany comfortably taking dirtiest energy in Northern Europe accolades this morning. Again. Not sure there is a better example of post-truth narrative bullshit than the Teutonic green energy miracle. Been at it for over a generation now. And if we accept this is flagrant nonsense, it holds other perceived eco-wisdoms are too. Picking climate and emissions was a clever move as people’s memories are short. But they’re not that short. An increasing cohort of humanity now has start-to-finish evidence that “repent ye sinners!” measures imposed to save us just make things demonstrably worse. This is just example 1 of n, of course.

It was hard work clearing a foot and a half of climate change off the cars this morning but the kids had fun with it. Not often they get two snow days in a row!

It’s more efficient to mash the various permacrises together. Though this sort of concatenation works better in its original German.

Aaaand this is why we protocol, rather than platform.

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After listening in on one day of the WEF24 Agenda at Davos it is very clear that 2024 will see a concerted effort globally by governments and insti...

Is there anything easier for adults and harder for pre-schoolers than removing a splinter? My goodness. #parentstr

I suppose X still has its moments.

We don’t have it as bad as Alberta, but still a respectable -14 degrees here on Canada’s West Coast and we’re running some supplemental heat. How I wish this thing was mining #Bitcoin. What a waste of 1500W! One day, @Schnitzel, one day..

Uranium on an absolute tear this year. World coming to its collective energy senses (plus various geopolitical factors at play). If TA is your thing, enormous decade-long cup and handle breakout on deck. #energy #nuclear #trading

“The Gzilt ship dwarfed the alien one; it looked like a thousand dark broadswords gathered into a god’s fist and brandished at the skies.” - Goodness I miss Iain Banks.

France has thankfully seen enough of the trainwreck over the border to declare common sense must prevail. Coincidentally, long $URA calls. #uranium #nuclear #trading

Anyone have a suggested next move as black?