I'm getting the feeling more and more that the original SAIF movement is somehow inauthentic, too artificial. Kind of just an "non-binding declaration of intent," at worst a more pretentious form of piety signaling. BTW, "non-binding declaration of intent" is also how advertising is defined, which is why legally speaking, it can spread lies about a product or service. I'm coming to this view more and more, not just because of recent events, but I had this impression from the beginning, from the first so-called "SAIF-OGs." It's not about the abstract, very theoretical articles they write, but more: - Lack of practical relevance - None of the SAIF-OGs are active here on Nostr (despite a certain number of supporters in the Muslim community) - I hardly ever see them talking about Bitcoin or OPSEC - They're not involved in the FOSS scene and talk too little about it ... just idealistic yada yada blah blah in hard-to-digest articles all the time. In short, it feels like every crap we modern Muslims set up these days: Fake, without substance, quickly passing. Basically like an Islamic shitcoin. There are some real SAIF Muslims, don't get me wrong. They were SAIF before the term even existed. Like @ابو مريم and @Muslim Bitcoiner for example. They take the ideas behind it seriously from the beginning. I myself have written articles on my domains that could be classified as "SAIF," but never labeled them as such. But the guys behind

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Society for an Alternative Islamic Futurology - Home

Yeah, nice website, so what? It seems to me like this new, artificial SAIF movement just settled into the ready-made nest and is somehow trying to take it over. I've observed it for a long time, kept quiet for a long time, didn't want to be the critic who ruins a good thing right at the start with criticism. But now? Stay away from me with "SAIF," you hypocrites. I myself will only use the term mockingly from now on. And I'll understand it that way if someone brings it up to me. With a contemptuous smile.

Dude, my little student apartment in the 90s, which was years before the real estate crisis in 2007/2008, costed more and was way more shabby than this one. 500€/month, no kitchen, not a single piece of furniture.

Bro is using SAIF and Discord in one sentence 😂

At some point we have to accept it. There are countless agents of the Matrix who would do anything to defend it and who aren't ready to be unplugged yet. And then there's us. And I say this without any sense of superiority, because God wanted it this way and made it so. All credits and thanks belong only to Him.

It happens quietly. Unannounced. Unpublished. View quoted note →

Man, LinkedIn is such a shitshow. Mid-20s privileged white chick writes: "Waah, I worked from home, remotely for 2 years. Got such bad depression. Hardly any human contact, boohoo... Tried sitting in a cafe to work, waah, that wasn't great either. But then I worked in a co-working space. Met people again, smiles that turned into chit-chats, a cafeteria with healthy food one floor below me, and now I'm happy again, look, a selfie video of me smiling" And at the end, the obligatory footer: "I'm a social media manager, follow me for my oh-so-exciting (short) life story, subscribe to my newsletter... yada yada blah blah" Man, what are these young privileged chicks thinking? That everyone thinks they look so beautiful (btw, nearly everybody does in their twenties) and would therefore be interested in their shabby little life story?

Meh, Notedeck hasn't shown me any new notifications for 18 hours. (Other clients definitely have though) View quoted note →

DuckDuckGo's AI now allows customization of responses. However, my first test with GPT-4o mini showed that this AI model doesn't give a damn about these instructions.

Feels like solid work so far. 👍 View quoted note →

Notedeck is already pretty cool. It shows me more notifications than Jumble. Jumble and Yakihonne recently started omitting some notifications which is not ideal. Also a column with last notes from contacts is a nice idea. I guess, I'll go with notedeck for a while.

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Normies really think the government should raise inheritance taxes to create financial equality. And they even post it publicly without any shame. Honestly, with that much brainwashing, discussion doesn't help anymore. They took a wrong turn very early on. By the way, I'm saying this as someone who didn't inherit anything from their parents.

npub16g4umvwj2pduqc8kt2rv6heq2vhvtulyrsr2a20d4suldwnkl4hquekv4h guys, you need to fix your web app on mobile. And how can I log in with my existing credit ID that I have on desktop?

Leng Jun makes art like he's still living on a sound money standard (2004). Meanwhile, modern fiat artists: