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Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin - Still Ballin...
by grarpamp 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhNklJY2deQ I'm still ballin, I seen it all, Wanted me to fall, She's still callin. Rise and fall, Still I ball, The only ones left, Is all my dogs, Ups and downs, The only ones around, Are the real ones, They were there before all the millions. I'm still ballin, I seen it all, Wanted me to fall, She's still callin. I took a loss, Now I'm the boss, Look at my wrist, My rolex drip. Dreamed of this, This team I'm with, Are the real ones, They were there before all the millions. I'm still ballin, I seen it all, Wanted me to fall, She's still callin. ... Cryptocurrency, Since Genesis, Still ballin, Still callin...

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Re: one way blogs - OWB - Re: git based dark web (Tor) "one way" blog/ document dump/ wordpress?
by Zenaan Harkness 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 01:43:41PM -0800, C. Comet wrote: > > > > One way blogs - OWBs: > > Important points: > > - OWBs are, due to present tech, not anonymous. > > - They simply provide the possibility that something you write or some > > document (say an Affidavit) that you upload, cannot be easily attacked by a > > non-state actor, primarily by virtue of being replicated into a few > > 'foreign' statutory jurisdictions, and due to the contract, and default > > tech policies in place in the infrastructure of OWBs. > > > I have not encountered the concept of "one way blogs - OWB", so cannot > comment on why, "due to present tech", they are not anonymous. > > I would expect them to be as anonymous as Bitcoin, Yes, which is, to state actors (your unfriendly empire goverment in Washington), not anonymous at all... for almost all uses by almost all people who use it. > and as hard for a > government to remove as anything that would compromise the integrity of its > blockchain. > https://money.cnn.com/2013/05/02/technology/security/bitcoin-porn/index.html > > People have published wedding photos and other blog entries into the > blockchain. > > -------- > Comet "One way blog" is just a concept, arising from the search for a solution to the problem of court injunctions against the publishing of certain classes of information, after the fact of such information having already been published - so, routing around the problem of court injunctions. Most such information is closely tied to actual people, and anything but anonymous. Even the publishing of such information is not anonymous, before the existence of an injunction against that publishing. Most folks who publish such "this person is a bitch" information, before any injunction is against their publishing of that information, are often times the only person with relevant motivation to publish such information publicly - so, once an inunction orders them to remove all instances of that information from their blog, website etc, then there's a very good chance that ready access to that information is no longer. And further, that even locating that information (say, by someone who "read it once a few years ago, and really wants it right now", is difficult to "for the average person, impossible". This concept could also be considered "wikileaks for information that governments don't care about, only small time individuals" - ha, so it could be called "minileaks" :) Evil hides (and often continues) in darkness. "Let's bring a little light to the small shitty stuff, when individuals are motivated to so expose." At a community level, exposing shitty stuff, and having the exposure persist over time, may have useful effects.

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Life writes the memes - Netanyahu, multiple partners, teenage girls, and Weinstein
by Zig the N.g 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Life writes the memes as corona bird soup reminds us we're human. >From the grinning Israeli president picture not attached dept: Netanyahu on Nighttime Strikes Against Syria: ‘Maybe It Was Belgian Air Force’ https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002141078314407-netanyahu-on-nighttim… https://www.rt.com/news/480881-syria-netanyahu-belgian-military/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed reports that his military launched a missile attack on the Syrian capital, Damascus, saying that perhaps the “Belgian Air Force” was responsible. In an interview with Radio Haifa on Friday, Netanyahu said he didn’t know “what happened last night” and that “maybe it was the Belgian Air Force” that launched missiles over Syria. “I don’t comment on one operation or another,” he added. ... The Israeli military launched a similar attack on Damascus last week, prompting Syria to activate its air defenses. In that instance, the Russian military reported that Tel Aviv had endangered a Damascus-bound passenger jet carrying 172 people and was forced to conduct an emergency landing. >From the "but what if all 10 'lifetime' partners where in the one night" and Darwinism in action departments - and when we say action, we really mean "action": Having 10 or More Lifetime Sexual Partners Linked to Increased Risk of Cancer https://sputniknews.com/society/202002141078319014-having-10-or-more-lifeti… >From the May Be the Gray Brigade Will Save Us dept of living your bucket list now dept: 'I’m Going to Moscow': 100-year Old US Veteran Wants to Share Victory Day With Russians https://sputniknews.com/interviews/202002141078310643-im-going-to-moscow-10… ... "I realised that I am very lucky that I am here. I was injured twice and here I am - I am 100 years old still able to talk to you," he said. "I want to get this message out to everybody so we don’t have to do this over again and somehow we settle things in a way that we can live together - and that’s important to me." ... "I always had good feelings for them [Russians]. Actually, I only met the Russians momentarily… only a few Soviet soldiers came over to our side of the river," he said. "It was just a talking group that came over. I myself personally did not have a contact where I could talk with the people. I was there and actually hoping that they would ask me to translate, but we always had many nationalities in every company, so they had other people that were qualified." "It [the meeting on the Elbe River] was very important because we had to take over and try to help each other because so much stuff was destroyed, so many people were lost and they needed help for each other and so for a while there was cooperation and what not," the veteran pointed out. "Later on, things changed, but that’s politics. We can’t do politics, I don’t do politics," he said. ... "I take history as it really happened. I don’t try to change history. Whatever happened, happened. And I will not change it. I will give the story as I know it but the politicians do something else," the veteran pointed out. "You know, politicians - they say words good to say that day." And from the Battle of the Sexes is Finally Over dept: Teenage Girls are More Likely to Use Violence, and Harass Their Partners, Than Boys, Study Finds http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/teenage-girls-are-more-likely-to-use-violence… https://www.studyfinds.org/digital-dating-abuse-many-teens-more-often-boys-… ... Perhaps surprisingly, the study also noted that boys (32.3%) appear to be experiencing this type of abuse more often than girls (23.6%). Across all variations, boys were more likely to have experienced a form of digital dating abuse. In fact, boys were also more likely to have experienced physical aggression from their partner. Besides these gender fluctuations, researchers didn’t find any significant demographic differences regarding rate of digital abuse among varying races, ages, or sexual orientations. ... [Boys tend to be romantic sops soaking up all the "females are delicate flowers" propaganda, using many tricks from the book to deny the reality in front of their faces. Wake up buttercup - at least, if you want a good and functional relationship...] And from the cold hard gold digging dept, Weinstein's defence nails it: The prosecution’s task has been complicated because the women he’s charged with assaulting didn’t abandon Weinstein after the alleged encounters. In her closing argument Thursday, Weinstein lawyer Donna Rotunno accused prosecutors of creating an alternate universe that “strips adult women of common sense, autonomy, and responsibility.” “In this script the powerful man is the villain and he’s so unattractive and large, that no woman would ever want to sleep with him voluntarily. Regret does not exist in this world, only regret renamed as rape.” Rotunno said in remarks that went on for more than 4½ hours. Closing Remarks Given at Weinstein Rape Hoax Trial http://dstormer6em3i4km.onion/closing-remarks-given-at-weinstein-rape-hoax-… https://apnews.com/90fad8e74ad7165ccebb6e5a58693221 ... This case is so clear cut, that it is damning to our society that it ever went to trial. If he actually gets convicted, then you might as well just all cut your dicks off now, because any man who has sex with a woman will be effectively guilty of rape, years later, under whatever circumstances.

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Facialized: ReturnFavor - Earnest Anon to Auction DNA Harvested From Elites at Davos SpoogeFest
by grarpamp 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

https://onezero.medium.com/trumps-dna-is-reportedly-for-sale-here-s-what-so… An anonymous organization called the Earnest Project is offering the chance to own DNA samples of a handful of world leaders and celebrities. The group claims it has surreptitiously collected items discarded by attendees of the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that may contain their DNA. President Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Elton John all attended the conference. The group has compiled these artifacts -- napkins, paper coffee cups, a glass parfait jar, cigarette butts, and other items -- in an online catalog it calls the "Davos Collection." Each has an estimated dollar value: A strand of human hair is listed at $1,200 to $3,000. A used breakfast fork has an estimated worth up to $36,500. And a wine glass is valued at up to $65,000. None of the items are identified with names, but it's assumed they come from the leaders or celebrities at the forum. The Earnest Project is planning to auction off the items to raise awareness about "surveillance capitalism," the practice of monetizing people's personal data. They fear that our genetic data could eventually end up in the hands of tech companies like Facebook and Google, which already harvest a lot of personal data. "By collecting and selling vital and sensitive data harvested from the most powerful people on the planet, we hope to encourage a visceral reaction against surveillance capitalism among the elite," the Earnest Project told OneZero in an email. "We're all constantly depositing our DNA around us and on discarded items. Once you start paying attention, it's really quite easy to collect a target's DNA." Now that genetic testing is getting cheaper and companies are developing hand-held DNA sequencing devices, it's no longer a far-off possibility that someone could take your DNA, get it analyzed, and use it against you for blackmail, extortion, or discrimination. The Earnest Project had planned to hold the auction in New York on February 20 but is postponing the sale due to "unresolved legal issues," according to a statement emailed to OneZero.

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Fwd: I Love Free Software - and you?
by Cecilia Tanaka 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

I sincerely love you, my dearest CypherPunks. Thanks for being and making my life funnier, and my inbox, a real chaos, hahahaha!!! <3 Did I mention today how much I do love filters too? Hahaha!!! ;D Much LOVE and FREEDOM to all of you!!! Not only today, but in all the days of your lives... Everybody needs love to survive, to heal, to keep the hopes in a better world... <3 <3 <3 Ceci ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 15:59 Subject: Fwd: I Love Free Software - and you? To: LT <lt(a)lists.liberationtech.org> Cc: Max Mehl <info(a)my.fsfe.org> Spreading love and freedom in all possible places, my dear Max!!! <3 <3 <3 Some of my friends don't speak English, but several of them loved to declare their love in our language. Or in Klingon. Or in Elvish. Or in non-existent languages that live only in our hearts... LOVE is always LOVE in all the languages!!! :D And in some moments, there is sincere love in the silence too. When you are trying to learn how to use a free software only to teach it to kids and you smile, and feel your heart full of love, brighting of joy, when the child shows you their work and want to learn more, more, and more! :') I love Free Software and Free Hardware, but I didn't write about my love in <ilovefs.org> yet... I just wanted to say I love you and send zillions and zillions of love kisses to everyone, hahaha!!! ;D Love, love, love... Tons of LOVE to all of you, my lovely lovable loves, hahaha!!! <3 Ceci Sao Paulo Brazil ---------- Loving. Caring. Sharing. Being Excellent To Each Other And To Our Hackerspace. <3 ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Max Mehl <info(a)my.fsfe.org> Hi, While you are reading this, someone somewhere is working on improving the code of a Free Software you use yourself. Although millions of users depend on Free Software, the people behind the respective projects usually remain invisible. Together we want to change that. 14 February, the "I love Free Software Day", is a good opportunity to do so. But we need your help for that. Behind every Free Software project is a team of developers, translators and designers. These are people who fix bugs, make improvements and provide security updates. They do a great service to our society by making the code of their software available to the general public. This cannot be taken for granted. Many of these people do it voluntarily in their spare time. But how often do we actually thank them for this? 14 February is "I love Free Software" day. On this day, Free Software users are called upon to show their appreciation for a project of their choice. It's easy to join in: just write a short message of thanks on the social network of your choice with the addition #IloveFS. Or write a short thank you email to a development team. The message does not have to be long - a simple thank you is often enough. Do you think it's important for journalists to be able to research the web anonymously with Tor? Do you regularly use the Firefox browser, LibreOffice, or a Linux system yourself? Or is there a smaller and less known project that you personally care about? You alone decide who you want to please on this day. On the "I love Free Software Day" action page you will find various ideas and suggestions: Action page: ilovefs.org The "I love Free Software Day" is an important institution in the Free Software community. The more people participate, the more we can make it clear that we value this work, which is immensely important for our society. We would therefore be very pleased if you too would take part and take a moment on 14 February. Best regards, Max Mehl Programme Manager Free Software Foundation Europe PS: Writing a short message takes only a few minutes. But this small gesture means a lot to many people. As FSFE we regularly get feedback from Free Software projects that the "I love Free Software Day" gives them a lot of strength and encourages them to continue. All the more reason why we should not let this day pass without a short thank you to our favourite project: ilovefs.org -- Free Software Foundation Europe e.V. Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany. Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 Your support enables our work: my.fsfe.org/support

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The Glory of Science
by Punk-Stasi 2.0 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

This is an Infinite Achievment of American Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppositional_defiant_disorder (notice there's not a single line of criticism in the Wikipedia article, thus proving the Absolute Truth of Medical Psychiatric Science) I think that Glorious Psychiatric Achievment is at the same level of Infinite Genius as Curved Space, Finite Time (big bong theory), and the inflationary expanding universe. ....and speaking of inflation, yet another Set of Glorious Scientific Facts should be mentioned : the facts of Keynesian Economic Science and Infinite Money Printing. This list has a few member of the Church of Science who will hopefully appreciate this post.

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every problem is a resource
by Zak the Qw.k 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

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git based dark web (Tor) "one way" blog/ document dump/ wordpress?
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Anyone know of a Tor site which is basically a blog site, but effectively only allows additions of documents, attachments and pages (sort of like git stores all history) - perhaps based on git? This is sort of like a wikileaks, but unfiltered/ unadjudicated, and also not for any government or corporate "leaks", just for a few folks who wish to speak publicly on their private views and opinions, without being able to censored after the fact, and with verifyable identity (e.g. by signing git tags, which can then be verified by viewers of the blog, or at least by those who git clone it)? Also, re dark web, Tor is presently "the only readily installable option" - so this needs to be an onion site/blog, so most folks can "just install TBB and view the site". Short of such a "dark web one-way Wordpress", anyone personally familiar with actually deployed (floss) software to do such a job (please no PHP)? TIA,

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12 facts to send Trans Extremists into guaranteed apoplexy
by Zig the N.g 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Soap, here are these 12 amazing little facts which are guaranteed to instantly send any Trans Extremist (or closet Trans Extremist) into instant apoplexy - use wisely :) 1. Sex and gender are not synonyms. 2. Biological sex is objective and real, while gender is a subjective social construct. 3. There is no such thing as a distinctly male or female brain. 4. There are only two sexes because there are only two gametes. One sex (male) is optimized to produce small, mobile gametes. The other sex (female) is optimized to produce large, immobile gametes. 5. 99.98% of all humans are unambiguously identifiable as male or female at birth. 6. One can change their appearance, but no one can chemically or surgically change their biological sex. 7. A tiny percentage of people are born with Disorders of Sexual Development (DSDs, or Intersex conditions.) The vast majority of intersex people are not transgender, and the vast majority of transgender people are not intersex. 8. Homosexuality and transgenderism are not analogous. Homosexuality is a sexual orientation, but extreme trans ideology is based on the denial of biological sex. 9. There are as many gender expressions as there are human individuals. 10. Transwomen (i.e. trans identified males) are not literally female. 11. Transmen (i.e., trans identified females) are not literally male. 12. Transgender extremists do not speak for all trans people. Found here: Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, A Believer In Biological Sex? How the left shares the blame for neo-McCarthyism Bruce Lesnick Feb 12, 2020 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-belie… https://off-guardian.org/2020/02/12/are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-a-bel… ... According to the largest socialist groups in the US – Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Socialist Alternative and the International Socialist Organization (ISO before it imploded) – accepting or even debating the above assertions cannot be allowed because that would somehow “deny the existence” of trans people. [Please take careful note of that above sentence Mr.RayRay - accepting, debating, questioning and/or otherwise discussing a(n alleged) fact, does not, and cannot, ever, deny the existence of your people.] ... The left’s abdication on this issue – especially the misdirection of the socialist left – is a gift to the right, as it allows those on the right to pose as the sane ones. The socialist left bears particular responsibility because it presents itself as a collection of thoughtful, considered leaders. ...

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How was the CIA able to supply the Contras?
by Ryan Carboni 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

A question one might ask if one looks into WWII radar or maybe air defense in general. The answer is quite simple, Nicaraguan officials were bribed. Large cargo planes don't just simply disappear and reappear in controlled air space. This may be true for nearly every traumatic civil war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nicaragua_(1979%E2%80%9390) Years of conflict had left 50,000 casualties and $12b of damages in a society of 3.5m people and an annual GNP of $2b. The proportionately equivalent figures for the US would have been 5 million casualties and $25 trillion lost. At least one jet was shot down though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Air_Services_HPF821

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