JC Brand @jcbrand@mastodon.xyz
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Software development and electronic music.
Works mainly with XMPP.
Creator of https://conversejs.org
Music: http://dustandhofmann.com
Joined Jun 2017
As far as I can tell, Russia has no interest in sabotaging their own gas pipeline.
There is however a country that was against Nordstream 2 from the start and has maintained consistently that it shouldn't go into operation.
This country has a geopolitical interest in not having Germany buy gas from Russia and also an economic interest, since they sell liquefied natural gas to Germany.
This country's president also said he can guarantee that Nordstream 2 won't go into operation.
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"Slowed Down 80s' Alvin & the Chipmunks Hits"
Who knew that underneath all that high-pitch stuff, Alvin were secretly a progressive rock band in disguise? This is some psychedelic stuff alright!
https://kottke.org/22/03/brilliant-slowed-down-80s-pop-hits-by-alvin-the-chipmunks
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Virtual world built on Matrix... wtf https://thirdroom.io/preview
I think the internet makes things way more retarded
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Václav Havel, the playwright, poet, and political dissident who became the President of the Czech Republic after the collapse of Communist Russia, wrote a strategic direct action essay called the Power of the Powerless. Its general premise is, protest and violence are largely ineffective against a totalitarian state. The most effective form of resistance is Parallel Construction, which is the Power of the Powerless. By constructing parallel communication, trade, commerce, and defense/intelligence networks adjacent to the existing establishment, the establishments control and influence is weakened. Thus, Parallel construction provides a mechanism for bottom up erosion of regime power.
When combined with top level political challenge, and Gene Sharp’s non-violent resistance principles, the result is a trifecta, which over time can topple an authoritarian regime.
If the events of the last few years has awakened a desire in you to learn how to effectively resist authoritarian power, find a copy of Vaclav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless”, and read Gene Sharp’s works on non-violent resistance. You may find that a picture emerges in your thinking that can result in you feeling less at the mercy of the whims of elite regimes. Wherever they may rear their ugly heads.
When combined with top level political challenge, and Gene Sharp’s non-violent resistance principles, the result is a trifecta, which over time can topple an authoritarian regime.
If the events of the last few years has awakened a desire in you to learn how to effectively resist authoritarian power, find a copy of Vaclav Havel’s “The Power of the Powerless”, and read Gene Sharp’s works on non-violent resistance. You may find that a picture emerges in your thinking that can result in you feeling less at the mercy of the whims of elite regimes. Wherever they may rear their ugly heads.
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The image in this post displays its own MD5 hash.
You can download and hash it yourself, and it should still match - 1337e2ef42b9bee8de06a4d223a51337
I think this is the first PNG/MD5 hashquine.
You can download and hash it yourself, and it should still match - 1337e2ef42b9bee8de06a4d223a51337
I think this is the first PNG/MD5 hashquine.
@7 I saw now your 4chan repost
@7 someone said he's trying to get fired in order to sue and the school board refuses to take the bait.
Kinda makes sense to me.
> with the goal of shoring up the value of financial assets
I don't know if you've noticed, but financial assets are getting absolutely hammered because of interest rate hikes.
So I don't think that's correct.
The goal is to destroy demand.
Low interest rates and money printing support elevated asset prices, high interest rates do the opposite.
The absolutely massive increase in money supply, which he pretends has no effect.
Contraction of supply does play a role, but it's only one component. He conveniently ignores the rest.
> So we bring prices back under control by increasing *capacity*,
The FED is doing the exact opposite. They are raising rates and doing QT in order to reduce the money supply, make the cost of borrowing more expensive and to increase unemployment. Their goal is demand destruction in order to bring down prices. Why? Because you can print fiat, but you can't print energy!
The gigantic fake breasts and nipples are obscene. That's enough IMO to disallow this.
Would they allow someone with a gigantic penis visibly going down the side of his trousers?
Besides being obscene, it's also offensive. It makes a mockery of womanhood. They wouldn't allow someone wearing a swastika due to its offensive nature, so why this?
@eriner the people using these blocklists are actually doing everyone a favor, by removing themselves from the conversation
The "Double-Ratchet algorithm with Perfect Forward Secrecy" means that when you set up a new laptop or mobile, you can't decrypt all your previous emails.
You'd have to copy the decrypted emails over from a previous device that still has them.
It will also only work with other users of Tildemail.
I'm not sure the double-ratchet (which is used a lot for instant messaging encryption) is appropriate for emails.
Frosch im lauwarmes Wasser
@MrTWatson @TriptychTwins-partdeux
Very disturbing.
Nothing is taboo anymore.
And yet, taboos exist for a reason. I guess we'll have to relearn those reasons the hard way.
Similarly, nothing is sacred anymore. Everything that might have been sacred before is actively being defiled.
@rick Klinkt als ob der Grüne Minister auf ein bisschen Erderwärmung hofft.
- XMPP:
- jc@opkode.com
- Web:
- https://opkode.com
Software development and electronic music.
Works mainly with XMPP.
Creator of https://conversejs.org
Music: http://dustandhofmann.com
Joined Jun 2017
