Heart Failure Deaths in 2023 Up 26% on Pre-Pandemic Levels, Data Show.Mainstream media turn a blind eye.[URL]
From Tommy Robinson
Heart Failure Deaths in 2023 Up 26% on Pre-Pandemic Levels, Data Show. Mainstream media turn a blind eye. [URL] The Daily Sceptic Heart Failure Deaths in 2023 Up 26% on Pre-Pandemic Levels, Data Show – The Daily Sceptic Deaths from heart failure in 2023 have been 26% higher than pre-pandemic levels, the latest data show. […]
Sep 24th 2023 9:19am EDT
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Eurozone facing contraction – S&P
From RT
Manufacturing and services have declined further, data shows Private-sector activity in the Eurozone is continuing to shrink, suggesting the area’s economy will likely contract in the third quarter as the downturn in manufacturing has deepened, data compiled by S&P Global revealed on Friday. HCOB’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the bloc, a measure […]
Sep 24th 2023 9:26am EDT
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How Liberalism Hurts Black Americans
From American Renaissance
Jason L. Riley, Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed, Encounter Books, 2014, 184 pp. Jason Riley, who has been a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board since 2005, is the latest to join Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, and Walter Williams as an eloquent black opponent of the […]
Sep 24th 2023 9:00am EDT
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There are multiple subscription tiers
I’ll probably make something like
["ACCESSPAY", "tier_id"]
and
["ACCESSPAY", {"status": "pending", "payment_info": "lnbc…", "amount": 3000000, "unit": "msats"}]
and
["ACCESSPAY", {"status": "paid"}]
Iran ‘serious’ about restoring nuclear deal
From RT
Tehran is in contact with the US, and Oman’s plan to salvage the 2015 agreement is still on the table, the foreign ministry says Iran is ready to seriously consider returning to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal if the other parties, including the US, will reciprocate, the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Ministry has said. […]
Sep 24th 2023 8:43am EDT
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Why a Traditional VC Model Doesn't Align with the Bitcoin Standard?
A Thread:
Time Preference: In the VC world, there's a high time preference to deploy capital due to the typical deployment period. This urgency can sometimes lead to hasty decisions, not always aligning with the long-term value proposition of Bitcoin.
Illiquid Equity Risks: Investing in illiquid equity presents challenges. There's the risk of dilution, which can erode shareholder value. Additionally, liquidity events can be unpredictable, making exit strategies complex in a Bitcoin-centric ecosystem.
Fiat's Counterparty and Debasement Risk: In traditional VC, fiat often serves as the primary liquid position. However, its inherent counterparty risk (e.g., SVB) and debasement risk from central bank actions highlight its vulnerabilities in the current financial landscape.
While the VC model has its merits, adapting it to the Bitcoin Standard requires a reevaluation of strategies.
The solution is simple: prioritizing Bitcoin allocation can truly harness the potential real return for LP investors without facing the problems identified above.
The Bitcoin Standard's author, @saifedean, sums it up elegantly, “Sound money allows people to think about the long term and to save and invest more for the future. Saving and investing for the long run are the key to capital accumulation and the advance of human civilization.”
I started kettlebells about 15 years ago. @npub1sg6…f63m got me interested again, so I ask ChatGPT 4 to give me a 15 minute regimen
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Certainly! If you're a beginner with kettlebells, it's crucial to prioritize form over intensity to minimize the risk of injury. Here's a 15-minute routine tailored for a beginner kettlebell user:
**Warm-Up (3 minutes):**
1. **Arm Swings (30 seconds)**
2. **Leg Swings (15 seconds each leg)**
3. **Jumping Jacks (1 minute)**
4. **Bodyweight Squats (1 minute)**
5. **Torso Twists (30 seconds)**
**Main Workout (10 minutes):** Perform each exercise for 45 seconds, followed by a 15-second rest.
1. **Kettlebell Deadlifts:** Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, kettlebell between feet. Push hips back and bend knees, keeping a straight back, to grip the kettlebell. Stand up by straightening your hips and knees.
2. **Kettlebell Goblet Squats:** Hold the kettlebell close to your chest with both hands. Perform a squat, keeping your back straight and pushing your knees out.
3. **Kettlebell Rows (two-arm):** Stand with feet hip-width apart, holding the kettlebell with both hands. Bend your knees slightly and hinge at your hips, keeping a straight back. Row the kettlebell to your hip level by pulling with your elbows.
4. **Kettlebell Russian Twists:** Sit on the floor with knees bent. Hold the kettlebell with both hands at chest level. Lean back slightly and rotate the kettlebell from one side of your body to the other.
5. **Kettlebell Deadlift High Pull:** Similar to the kettlebell deadlift but as you stand, pull the kettlebell up to shoulder height, leading with your elbows.
6. **Kettlebell Halo:** Hold the kettlebell upside down (bottom facing up) close to your chest. Move the kettlebell around your head, making a halo motion.
7. **Kettlebell Swing (two-arm):** A foundational kettlebell movement. Start with the kettlebell between your legs and use your hips to swing it up to shoulder height. Remember to keep your back straight and use your hips, not your arms, to drive the movement.
**Cool Down & Stretch (2 minutes):**
1. **Hamstring Stretch (30 seconds each leg):** Sit on the floor, extending one leg out and the other folded in. Reach towards the extended leg's toes.
2. **Quad Stretch (30 seconds each leg):** Stand and pull one heel towards your glutes, holding onto something for balance if necessary.
3. **Torso Stretch (15 seconds each side):** Stand with feet hip-width apart, hold the kettlebell with one hand and reach it overhead, leaning to the opposite side.
4. **Wrist Flexor/Extensor Stretch (15 seconds each side):** Extend one arm in front, palm up, use the other hand to gently pull the fingers back, then flip the palm down and pull the fingers towards you.
Remember, if any movement feels uncomfortable or painful, stop immediately. As you become more comfortable, you can increase the weight or add more reps. Always consider consulting with a fitness professional to ensure proper form and safety.—-
Bitcoin is money
Economists like Per Bylund and George Selgin say Bitcoin is not money because it lacks the Medium of Exchange (MoE) property of money. That is to say, Bitcoin is not money because an arbitrary number of people do not use it as such.
This is a nonsense argument. An argument that is equivalent to excluding “things people need to live” from CPI ala Krugman.
In this place that is #nostr, people have chosen Bitcoin as their preferred MoE. My local currency is AUD but that is practically useless here - there is no real way for me to send/receive tiny fractions of that currency that are useful here, and the participants in the economy of nostr likely wouldn’t want AUD for the most part.
That i can’t send/receive AUD on nostr does not make AUD, not money. 26.5M people use AUD every day, obviously that is money.
But where do they use that money? In Australia. With Australian businesses. For Australian goods and services. They don’t try to buy Pho in Hanoi or Biltong in Joburg with AUD, they don’t try to send value over nostr with it, it is a tool for a time and place.
Bitcoin is money for the time and place of the internet. The internet is a global network with 64.5% adoption across 8.1 Billion people, it’s not subject to jurisdiction in the same way that fiat money is.
The internet-connected pho seller in Hanoi can accept Bitcoin if they choose and maybe use that money to buy some Biltong from the South African online. That they don’t currently do this does not make Bitcoin, not money.
Bitcoin as MoE is currently largely used for online use cases. That is today. But when a history of Bitcoin is written in 50 or 100 years no-one thinks these days are going to just be ignored. A history will not be measured from an arbitrary “it was a MoE for a large percentage of people” point forward the same as the internet won’t be measured from today’s 64.5% adoption forwards.
The case that it’s not widely enough used as MoE to qualify as money is simply their projection of their own unqualified arbitrary threshold. They are valuing their own basket of goods in Bitcoin and because they don’t use Bitcoin to buy anything, they dismiss its moneyness. They don’t receive zaps on nostr, or buy their meat from the butcher with Bitcoin. They’ve never orangepilled a pho merchant or a Biltong seller to transact in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin doesn’t become money when it reaches an arbitrary adoption threshold which satisfies Bylund or Selgin. It becomes money to Bylund and Selgin when they use it, the same as it is money to anyone who already uses it or who chooses to in future.
It is possible that we are early but it is certain they will be late.
Even if Bitcoin ‘fails’ and becomes the global de facto blackmarket currency in a world of CBDCs, it’s going to be better to have been early in the fixed supply of 21M than late.
The price to pay for hubris resulting in being wrong is going to be interesting to witness. https://i.nostr.build/lnxB.jpg
You have been posting all these notes about the path to enlightenment, secrets of true spiritual life, meditations and above all - love for every creature on earth. And then you are posting this ? Do you really think anyone in Ukraine , me, my dead friends, my parents, do you really think anyone in my country wants this war or your stinky money ? It’s your country , your corporations and politicians have been initiating wars across the whole world for the last 70 years. Not mine. It’s your parents and you as well were sponsoring mass murders by diligently paying taxes, not mine. And now you are making fun of ppl who are suffering bc of your own complacency and indifference? You think you are free and enlightened , but you are not. Can’t be further from it. You only pretend. Great pretender.