JayLeClay
j'ai les clés

i have the keys
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relay.damus.io

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2024-11-02 03:30:47

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Use Bisq

2024-10-27 00:40:22

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Man, you libertarians are so funny with your “do not bend the knee” ethos when, in the face of POTENTIAL retaliation from Trump, Bezos “obeys in advance.”
People are right to be upset when national newspapers decline to endorse because they are afraid of the consequences, especially when Bezos explicitly promised to never interfere with the WaPo.

2024-10-18 01:38:35

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DFW for the win

2024-10-07 03:54:52

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This feels like it’s crossing the line of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Voter registration drives are allowed as long as they are conducted in a non-partisan manner and do not mislead or coerce individuals into registering. In other words, the person offering the commission must not be affiliated with a political party and must not pressure or deceive people into registering.

2024-10-07 03:40:13

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Yeah, no arguments here about that at all. I’m just asking why there is an @america handle in the first place. I never knew about that, or any other country having their own handle. I didn’t know that was a thing, or when it became a thing, or why that thing would be a good thing to exist, at all.

2024-10-07 03:30:44

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I knew there was a @POTUS account, but haven’t used Twitter for a long time.

2024-10-07 03:26:39

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Why is there an @america Twitter handle? Is there one for other countries? Who manages that, usually?

2024-10-03 01:47:51

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The fact that you can read my post and come to that conclusion demonstrates a paucity of value in your life.

2024-10-02 14:44:21

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Q: When did debt become a positive number?
A: A long time ago, with the advent of double entry bookkeeping. One party’s debt is another’s asset. The fact that this number is so high demonstrates how important credit is to the financial system. For a deeper explanation, read Graeber’s “Debt, the first 5,000 years.”

2024-09-25 22:56:43

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Follow
@npub1sur…sm0l
@npub1gvl…nhgv
And
@npub1ss8…u3mz
And me

2024-09-22 21:11:34

Possibly the spiciest memo I’ve ever read from Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital.
#RentControl #Inflation #FreeMarket #bitcoin
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shall-we-repeal-the-laws-of-economics/id1521551570?i=1000670055084

2024-09-19 23:19:53

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Damsel-in-distress
Seriously. This trope is most commonly displayed with the exclamation “Let the girl go!” so the protagonist can battle his nemesis without the vulnerable female being harmed further. The trope is cheap, boring, and portrays every woman like a helpless victim whose only hope is to be rescued by an alpha male.

2024-09-15 18:11:58

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https://image.nostr.build/8722bf9c29d8ca1c0fd55c24ddc5e81b471e00e66a70dbbcbd5f6f64979bd532.jpg

2024-09-14 14:33:46

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Link to source, please.

2024-09-14 06:11:24

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I know this isn’t quite the answer to your question, but the villain that always comes to my mind is GARY OLDMAN.
The man is a CHAMELEON and nails the depth of every character:
https://image.nostr.build/c38fc91c58c61807b35a524c928fc6ef8bf261fb1773c34980504d2d8d5fb6b3.jpg

2024-09-11 05:07:08

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https://image.nostr.build/803d736a8c47797b29874efef9cde4f8079259bac43091da77f71f711a50bf8c.jpg

2024-09-10 07:01:07

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Nice. Thanks.
“In the mobile app, the default search engine is Google and cannot be changed at this time.”
And all of their AI API features are either OpenAI or Anthropic
Just FYI in case either of those matter to you.
And as with anything these days, if there ends up being a merger or an acquisition, all of your data will eventually belong to whomever inevitably absorbs Arc.
Just something to consider.
Anyway, I have been playing around with it once in a while for over a year and am definitely impressed with how they’ve reimagined the browsing experience. Creative folks, for sure.

2024-09-09 05:52:27

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🤪

2024-09-08 23:49:19

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It’s possible that some people will never get it. For example, I will probably never learn to code, despite having made a few half-assed attempts. My brain just doesn’t work that way and I’ve got other things that I need to focus on, despite relying on software (and hardware) that other people build.
Money is the same way. Some people just don’t think about it, and that’s mostly to their detriment.
Best we can do is let people know that we think about it A LOT and believe ₿ is a solution to fix a broken system. Just be there for your normie friends without judging them for their ignorance. Obviously this is hard to do when they have a deeply negative and misinformed perception about it, or conflate it with “crypto,” but just try to be patient.

2024-09-08 19:20:22

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That was impressive.
And reminded me to listen to Ænema. Maynard is such a talented songwriter. Amazing band.

2024-09-08 07:19:15

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Yes. Fully support you exploring hobbies that give you joy.

2024-09-08 07:16:43

“Hey, it’s your choice to take it personally, Morty.”
Rick & Morty
Season 1, Episode 10

2024-09-07 15:56:17

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Beauty

2024-09-07 06:02:57

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If you really want to bake your noodle, read Robert M. Sapolsky’s book, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will

2024-09-06 21:40:52

Today’s price action proves there are some weak-ass, lettuce-handed degenerates in the space who can’t handle volatility, or think they are smart enough to time the market with entry & exit trades.
DCA like a normal psycho and carry on.
#bitcoin

2024-09-06 21:36:35

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Beautiful

2024-09-06 03:39:43

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Hilarious and incredible

2024-09-06 03:37:59

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and hemorrhoids

2024-09-06 03:34:42

Sax Damage in NYC - radio edit
(Upper East Side Mix)
#HouseMusic
https://youtu.be/UcV0-8K3u1g

2024-09-05 21:33:12

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Exactly. Don’t take financial advice from gullible people.

2024-09-05 21:31:26

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Been reporting as spam and muting him all morning.

2024-09-05 19:25:07

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It makes sense that there is a strategic benefit for collocation among large consumers of energy and, if a public mining company wants to broaden their service/product line with something complementary and predictable (unlike mining as it pertains to revenues), why not do so?
The disadvantage I see is that running a high compute data center is a different set of skills & responsibilities than operating a mining farm with regards to climate control, software management, hardware management, etc. but, so what? That’s a staffing & operations challenge. Not impossible. If it helps a mining company smooth out its P&L, again, I don’t see the problem — especially if they are going to HODL what they mine on their balance sheet.

2024-09-05 15:56:15

Important.
Timely.
#FakeNews #note1v4g…85fn

2024-09-05 15:45:36

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Bowlers?
I know some bowlers…
https://media.tenor.com/mGb704TWgZcAAAAC/big-lebowski-bowling.gif

2024-09-05 05:24:33

Did y’all see the new #Ethereum logo?
https://image.nostr.build/cd6eccb4ef94d7893e4c22dab3c84e13f50a7ecb44652d1c8bf8a343a543d8d3.jpg
#StudyBitcoin
#BitcoinOnly

2024-09-04 21:44:09

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“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times…”
For those who don’t know Hamlet, here’s some background:
https://nosweatshakespeare.com/blog/hamlet-skull-scene/

2024-09-04 20:39:19

#introductions #note16wh…s8at

2024-09-04 20:36:29

Consider this: #note12sz…w6sm

2024-09-04 07:40:41

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Stuck in the middle with you.
🎶🎶🎶

2024-09-04 07:33:28

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Many such cases.
and yet, I consistently forget this.

2024-09-04 07:32:10

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cringe.
Some people will spend money on whatever someone else tells them is cool.

2024-09-02 16:46:07

Note that sharing your private key (nsec) directly is not recommended, instead you should use a compatible browser extension to securely store your key.
#introductions
#nostr

2024-09-02 16:29:05

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I’m confused why you would “assume eurotrash”?
Perhaps you don’t know what that word means.

2024-09-01 17:24:19

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Thanks for that link. What a performance!

2024-09-01 17:01:12

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In my experience, “boring” is good.
“Boring” typically ends up being quite profitable.

2024-08-31 15:34:02

Absolutely nuts. #note17r9…4c8n

2024-08-31 04:14:48

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https://image.nostr.build/5087917b4bfcc8d31ecd3937f7abb813649eb0234f445961ddcad30952f255aa.jpg

2024-08-31 04:06:14

Meanwhile, in Black Rock City, Nevada.
#BurningMan
https://image.nostr.build/34cee5fe28499492a4af068fc56db8cb8c6c42bafe3baf53bf87f30dc4c24035.jpg

2024-08-30 15:38:50

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https://media.tenor.com/jMYepG6L9eYAAAAC/jesus-biglebowski.gif

2024-08-30 05:58:25

Jerry, “Well, you know, traditionally, science fairs were more of a father-son thing.”
Rick, “Well, scientifically, traditions are more of an idiot thing.”
Rick and Morty
Season 1, Episode 9.

2024-08-30 04:22:33

Meanwhile, in Black Rock City, Nevada:
https://image.nostr.build/1162e93df076db09a31df14980736d34d78e695cf407fdb6adc000f3e02f2320.jpg

2024-08-29 22:48:45

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The bagger is completely right. It’s not even a political statement, it’s a principled one. His job is to put YOUR groceries into YOUR bags, not sneak other material into it that you didn’t want.
I just read this story out loud to my wife, which she thought was hilariously sweet.
“This bagger gets it. Maybe I, too, have a touch of the ‘tism,” I pondered.
“You bitcoiners definitely have a touch of SOMETHING,” she replied.
😁

2024-08-29 22:40:49

Great story: #note162u…k4sz

2024-08-26 23:20:36

How many times have you heard someone say one of the following?
1. “I stopped smoking and feel so much healthier”
2. “I stopped drinking alcohol and I feel so much happier.”
3. “I stopped eating refined sugar and I feel so much better.”
4. “I stopped drinking coffee after noon (or completely) and sleep so much better.”
5 . “I stopped using Twitter because holy hell is that place a toxic clown show of hate and I didn’t realize how poisonous it was until I stopped. Life is pretty good, actually.”
Maybe it’s time you try one (or all) of these for yourself?

2024-08-21 00:22:46

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Don’t sell him short by using the past tense, Evan.

2024-08-20 19:36:01

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The best way is to not try to take it all in at once — as if that were even possible.
In order to understand Bitcoin as digital money, it helps to first understand what money is, that’s a question that is best answered by understanding philosophy (what makes something “money”?) and history (what has been used as money prior to it being digital?). Answering these questions, alone, can take up a lot of time and are very helpful. Some people are more interested in what makes digital money *secure* and thus study bitcoin from a cryptography perspective. However, security isn’t just about the code, it’s also about hash power. Thus, some people are more interested in hardware technology, and energy markets needed to power that hardware, at scale.
You’re not overthinking it. You can’t.
There is no way to easily get “caught up”. Even if you spent the next year reading book about bitcoin ever published, the industry is moving so fast over the next 12 months, you won’t be able to keep up after you caught up.
My advice, take it slowly. Find the areas (perhaps mentioned above) that are interesting to you and follow your curiosity down the rabbit hole. Study #bitcoin. Ignore and avoid *everything* else in the shitcoin casino.
Nostr bitcoiners are available to recommend books and podcasts.

2024-08-20 17:09:06

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Are you looking for someone to explain it to you or are you willing to read a few books and listen to a dozen podcasts?
If the latter, we’ve got lots of recommendations.

2024-08-18 21:57:53

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Hero

2024-08-17 18:56:09

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Beautiful, but also, there is no such thing as an immortal soul. Let that idea go, too, and enjoy reality as it is.
Life, itself.

2024-08-17 17:00:36

I love coffee.
I switched to English Breakfast last week to experiment and, holy hell, I was not prepared for the withdrawals: headache, exhaustion, light sensitivity, generally feeling incapable.
Not recommended.
Though, I will say that black tea has a much smoother high compared to the zing of my espresso.
#coffeechain

2024-08-17 00:32:41

Hard disagree.
My first degree is in Creative Writing and my employees, customers, and vendors, and partners all benefit from my ability to express my thoughts well, as do I.
A good liberal arts degree teaches critical thinking as much as the subject it’s taught under. Grammar, logic, and rhetoric are a set of skills that are foundational to organized thought, persuasion, and self expression. Let me not also forget to mention that it’s wonderful to READ LITERATURE in an academic environment in order to develop an appreciation for art… and also personal development. #note1dr2…lhm0

2024-08-16 20:31:37

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No, Dave, you see, the FBI conspired with Antifa to hire crisis actors to dress up like MAGA and storm the capital. It wasn’t an insurrection, but if it was, it was done by the Deep State.
wAkE uP shEepLE!

2024-08-15 19:35:03

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The second sentence is missing its final punctuation.
It shouldn’t bug me as much as it does.
I should probably just follow the first sentence’s command

2024-08-14 20:14:33

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*cries in childhood leukemia*

2024-08-14 04:36:49

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Oh, and Google also violated antitrust laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html

2024-08-14 01:46:39

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I ❤️ nerds

2024-08-13 17:17:18

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I have a theory: not everything is a conspiracy.
Google dominates the market because they outcompeted other services on search function. The results were fast, relevant, and unlike anything Lycos, Infoseek, or Ask Jeeves were serving in the mid to late 90s, and early 2000s. Google was just better and everyone knew it. By 2004, searching for something on the Internet became colloquially known as “Googling.” (Note that a googol is just a big number: 10 to the power of 100. The company came up with that as a nod to the power of math. It’s not a verb. *We,* the consumer, came up with that, based on how much we were using the service.)
Since then, now two decades later, Google is now Alphabet. They have acquired and built a suite of products and services, while improving Search, at no charge to the consumer. In many cases, these products are superior (by measure of convenience) to paid products built by software companies, like Microsoft. Alphabet will continue to dominate (in any area) until a better alternative comes along that is cheaper, faster, or more useful. That’s how the free market works. Here, I’m leaving aside government restrictions such as China’s Great Firewall to both promote its own alternatives and prevent its citizens from viewing pro-democracy content (e.g. 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre).
Before you prepare your tinfoil hat, recognize the fact that consumers don’t like spending money. They will choose a free version of something if it means they pay with an abstract concept like “attention” or “privacy”. Alphabet knows this. Now you do, too.

2024-08-12 18:02:42

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Can confirm

2024-08-12 18:01:21

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I like uncensorable money as much as the next bitcoiner, but the sentiment (as expressed here) is childish and woefully shortsighted. It’s notable only insofar as this guy is uncompromising. I don’t remember his name, and don’t care to. He runs the same shtick every time he’s on a stage, and I just want to say, to anyone who looks up to him, “Be careful who you take life advice from.”
Uncompromising anger isn’t how we win. It’s not even how we protect our interests.

2024-08-11 23:48:21

https://image.nostr.build/3d0e7e99c5053f212c3f30647bef647bfd4849406252c01eee24808e81ebbaeb.jpg #note1x2n…glxg

2024-08-11 23:46:56

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Doesn’t look like @npub15c8…ssvx was tagged correctly.
Fixed.

2024-08-11 23:19:18

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Those aren’t really Tibetan Rites, just FYI.
But if they work for you, enjoy.

2024-08-11 19:41:00

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777-FILM

2024-08-10 23:31:54

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Y’all claim to worship the sun, but how many of you are starting your mornings with these?:
https://image.nostr.build/4f1afdd7719c59bccf7f1d87dfab6a5bc334428cb0db435a3f7f784b24315802.jpg

2024-08-10 04:00:34

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I’ve thought a lot about this…
A name is a personal label. In a social realm, it is their very identity. Calling someone by a variation they did not offer can be an honest mistake, or it can be inconsiderate. You’re stepping over a boundary of how they choose to present themselves in the world. So they are redrawing it for you.
It’s like giving someone a nickname. If it’s not a term of endearment, or something that they appreciate, then it’s just disrespectful.

2024-08-09 00:08:41

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Can confirm.
Moving social apps to my iPad was a huge time saver and stress reducer. The next phase was moving news apps, and then financial & banking that don’t need to be monitored daily.
…email and Slack remain on my mobile, but notifications are either turned off or only enabled during limited hours.
It’s like I have my life back.

2024-08-08 18:00:15

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LOL. Thanks for the clarification. And also:
https://image.nostr.build/7e307695589e9c9529acf7761bdc5f082bfa31b1a0b10760b50736da05969e96.jpg

2024-08-08 17:59:11

Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing.
https://www.wired.com/story/infrared-laser-microphone-keystroke-surveillance/

2024-08-08 17:46:39

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I don’t like Google either, but maybe lay off the creatine in your morning coffee?

2024-08-08 15:02:01

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But the normies, who will think of the normies! LOL.

2024-08-08 14:59:50

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You had me until Google and Zoom.

2024-08-05 14:56:55

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https://image.nostr.build/fe67ea7d3fcc97ff4d3632947398c96b82ecc09d323af8ef66d975ab536f7dbc.jpg

2024-08-04 03:49:44

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I agree that it comes down to incentives, as you point out.
Whether it’s a misinterpretation (intentional or not), or an entitled/inflated pancakes v. waffles outrage, or an a attempt at a witty dunk on a perceived enemy to score points, or a pandering to one’s follower set to maintain loyalty, or imposing/expressing an authoritative opinion outside of one’s expertise to increase an audience or relevance…
All of these are driven by an incentive to be seen, feel validated, or get paid. I think it comes down to culture. Note, for example, how Tumblr used to have a unique audience and content creation. It was different than MySpace or Facebook. Some of that had to do with how these platforms were built and how user interactions were displayed. Some of it was how the content, itself, was consumed by users. Note that many areas of Reddit (at the time of writing) still have a playful sense of humor, and supportive community, while X is broadly a cesspool of insults and hatred. Why? Is it just because the Mods make it so? Is it the ability to downvote?
Seems like there’s an opportunity for a Reddit-like Nostr alternative. Mods wouldn’t be able to remove content from relays of course, but it would be nice to have a community that wasn’t permissioned and publicly traded, with all the incentives that come with *that*.
TL;DR build better communities by supporting others with thoughtful interactions and disincentivize trolls (somehow).

2024-08-03 06:21:14

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Checking ‘em off and right and schedule.

2024-08-03 05:40:22

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Can confirm.
Be a gentleman.
Therein lives nobility, chivalry, romance, respect, and love.

2024-07-31 03:33:31

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You may be right.
The image got community noted when used in another tweet. But you know what’s interesting? If you search his tweets for the word “weird” or the word “slur,” nothing comes up.
He’s *never* used either of those words?
Or is it that that NONE of his tweets are searchable anymore??
https://image.nostr.build/9b351605a5fff917c4aa62a8e6eeb09840311e669c860f4d379e8ae13293bf25.jpg

2024-07-31 02:06:57

Elon is all about free speech.
https://image.nostr.build/6ed1774445d9512bf45f84815828b9f1f6e70325e254b8c54900745dcd337614.jpg
@npub1qny…95gx

2024-07-26 17:11:50

@npub1trr…hdpu on stage now in Nashville, “No one is helping the Palestinians.”
You know this isn’t true.
How much money does UNRWA receive annually, Alex? The United States, alone, gives hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

2024-07-21 22:05:58

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Interesting audio analysis. (I do not know the source):
#note1ps9…k2h3

2024-07-20 07:04:50

LOL
https://image.nostr.build/7f9540d85c4c770d7b2f6c95c423fc301056c400d0b3461ee634941e51949bac.jpg

2024-07-17 06:29:23

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I already quoted Richie Torres. Pasting again here for you convenience.
“There is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, brought on by a wretched war that Hamas began, but there is nothing remotely resembling genocide.
The only party in the conflict with genocidal intent is Hamas.”

2024-07-16 19:29:32

Over 1.2 billion pounds of food have been delivered to Gaza, flatly contradicting the false narrative of genocide.
https://image.nostr.build/e19da4f8631321e2c70c21ccf4cdde9c736f60fdcd29cba051f1bcd621b0db5c.jpg #note1vyj…53un

2024-07-15 20:08:54

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I mean, did you thoroughly read the article you just linked? It proves MY point about duplicate entries.
“The data provided to AP was imperfect in other ways. Among those people fully identified, some were listed twice by the ministry.“ Over 500 people in March, alone.
Okay, let’s try it another way. If I provide a number to the media and then later say that 50% of those records are, well, incomplete, you’re saying that’s not the same as revising the number down by half. You saying it’s okay to provide incomplete data because of the fog of war.
That’s NOT how fatality reporting works.
I’ve already shown you the implausibility of their figures, the impossibility of arriving at accurate numbers so quickly, and at least one actual example of a number (500 in a hospital) that was blamed on Israel, which was revised down (to 100-300), and later found to be the responsibility of Hamas’ own rockets hitting it’s own armaments depot in the parking lot of said hospital. And yet you continue to swallow their numbers as gospel?
I shudder to imagine the double standards that would be applied to Israel if they claimed a higher number of casualties and then said their records were “incomplete” when examined.
To wit, Hamas sympathizers deny the *actual* atrocities committed on 10/7 (murders, rapes, beheadings, and immolations) even as they were live streaming and celebrating them.
This whole this is just so twisted.

2024-07-15 15:34:30

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I’m not changing the argument. I’m enhancing it for you. You think you have me in some gotcha because I made a claim that I can’t back up. I’m explaining what I mean by “Hamas revised their numbers down by half” by showing HOW they admitted half their data is incomplete, often using duplicate entries, and WHY they have motivation to do so including providing one incident where they inflated the numbers by far more than half — an incident it later turned out was perpetrated by Hamas’ own fighters which they blamed on Israel. You know it took Israel MONTHS to confirm the number of dead from 10/7? Hamas frequently claims hundreds of people died within minutes/hours?
If you can’t see this, I don’t know what to tell you.

2024-07-14 23:48:52

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As an actuary, you must look at details, right? The analysts who reviewed the Hamas Health ministry “complete” numbers found that the same exact names were used dozens of times sometimes for males, sometimes for females. Further, again, the numbers place NO distinctions between combatants and civilians.
Let’s say, for the sake of morbid argument, it’s 50%. If so, that’s a 1:1 ratio of combatant to innocent ratio. Maybe if Hamas wasn’t intentionally fighting among its own civilian population, operating in (and firing rockets from) schools, hospitals, and refugee camps, that number might be different. Interesting, no?
And yet, that would still be a civilian death rate far lower than the armed conflicts and wars in Korea, Persian Gulf, or Iraq which were 74%, 88%, and 67%, respectively.
Thus, is it your position that ALL 38,000 of the reported dead are noncombatants?
If not, what percentage would YOU ascribe?
I’ll wait.

2024-07-14 20:05:32

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From your bio, you appear to be proficient examining data. Let’s back up a second.
If I provide you a set of data, and you have reason to believe I’m motivated to provide inflated numbers and, further, I HAVE provided demonstrably incorrect numbers in the past (see link provided above re: Al Ahli Arab Hospital parking lot and screenshot below in case you can’t read carefully), why would you wholeheartedly accept a new set when I, later, admit to a revision of it as being “incomplete” for almost 50% of the numbers provided? https://image.nostr.build/4b6221b1ec90f94c1a61f1b6867995eebcdd7c04cb51f66e973724ad0d07b467.jpg

2024-07-14 18:32:48

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Screenshot from the article: https://image.nostr.build/437562fa92b13dcbb0de5771e5017436610258126f7c7a2566020b2fe0bb099b.jpg

2024-07-14 17:02:36

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Yes, they do.
The links provided in those articles even lead you to Hamas Media’s Telegram for direct sourcing!
See also:
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/06/03/how-the-un-got-away-with-wildly-inflating-the-casualty-numbers-in-gaza-and-the-media-bought-it/

2024-07-14 15:12:35

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“Didn’t happen?”
Start here:
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/04/09/hamas-run-gaza-health-ministry-admits-to-flaws-in-casualty-data/
Then see here:
https://www.cfr.org/blog/un-halves-its-estimate-women-and-children-killed-gaza
It’s gotten so bad that, two weeks ago, the US Congress voted to prohibit the State Dept. from relying on the Hamas Health Ministry as the primary source for counting fatalities.
The numbers are simply not accurate.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable
Or consider the following, from a 30-year veteran of the United States Navy and of the U.S. intelligence community who says that to even call the numbers “unreliable” is to given them too much credit: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/the_folly_of_basing_american_gaza_policy_on_false_hamas_reported_casualties.html

2024-07-14 03:57:51

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Okay, but I’m not denying bombs or starvation.
I’m asking for data that separate Hamas combatants from innocent civilians to substantiate the numbers being reported and revised. I won’t ask to to speak on behalf of the HRF unless you want to, but is it your position that all Hamas’ numbers can be relied upon, especially given that they just revised their own numbers down by 50%? I guess you don’t trust their numbers if you are, instead, saying that the numbers are far higher?
You can see my confusion here, right?