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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius

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2026-09-09 11:43:23 CEST

"An internal paper states that the results of EU research projects “may further develop.” The developments can take place outside the scope of the projects “either immediately or with some adaptation, even if they were originally intended and funded for purely civilian applications,” the document adds.
The document – obtained through a freedom of information request – was drawn up so that Marc Lemaître, a top-level EU official, would be well-briefed for a discussion with Avi Nir-Feldklein, an Israeli ambassador, in February this year."
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/fruit-science-grants-may-be-used-weapons-eu-tells-israel

2026-09-09 10:53:13 CEST

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Arnaud Bertrand wrote an excellent summary on X:
"If you really want to understand where the world is at and where it's going, you probably cannot get anything more meaningful than the OECD's PISA study - a global test given every 3 years to an insane 760,000 15-year-olds across 91 countries.
No report globally, by any institution, better captures whether countries are building or squandering their future.
The latest PISA results just came out yesterday (oecd.org/en/publication…) and the results are genuinely fascinating, and in some way pretty depressing.
Why depressing? Because, sadly, the numbers show that the world is getting dumber: as you can see on the first graph below 👇, since roughly 2012 scores in science, reading, and mathematics have been in continuous decline across OECD countries.
The reading score is particularly concerning: it literally cratered, dropping 28 points since 2015, the equivalent of almost 1.5 years of schooling lost according to the report.
To make matters even worse, the reading skill that's dropped the most across the board is precisely the one we most desperately need: the capacity to critically assess what you read, cross-reference sources, and tell signal from noise.
On average, sadly, 15-year-old kids globally are - more and more - incapable of slowing down and actually thinking about what they're reading.
Interestingly though, when you look into the details, this great "dumbing down" isn't across the board: it's overwhelmingly concentrated in wealthy Western countries, while many developing countries are actually getting significantly smarter.
For instance rich countries like Finland, the Netherlands, and Norway are in freefall, while countries like Cambodia, Türkiye, and the UAE are posting big gains.
To be clear, this doesn't mean that developing countries are now "smarter" than rich ones: save for one notable exception, that's still not the case. But they are catching up fast, both because rich countries are getting "dumber" and because they're themselves getting smarter.
The one exception is, as you'd expect, the "smartest" of them all, by a huge margin: China.
It is pretty much in a league of its own: just look at the ranking in the table (only kids in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang got tested - 4 regions covering 200 million people).
China's maths results are particularly insane: according to the report, the best level in maths - level 5, where "top performers" begins - starts at 607. The AVERAGE kid in China is 612: "normal" Chinese kids are at a level that is considered elite in the rest of the world.
In fact, and that's probably the funniest number in the entire report, look at the column called "Share of low performers in science, reading and mathematics": China is only at 1.8% 😅
Which means that only 1.8% of Chinese kids are rated as low performers in all 3 subjects, almost a rounding error. Even Singapore, the second best and generally considered best-in-class in education, is at 6.8% - almost 4 times worse. My country France, is at 21.3% - almost 12 times worse 😢
All of this - incidentally - dispels the common myth that there would be some kids who are just genetically beyond redemption and simply can't be taught: China proves that with the right system, virtually every child can reach proficiency.
So what does this all say about the world and where it's going, besides the fact that, if the future belongs to those who can think, China has never been better positioned to own it?
I think the more general picture is this: there is nothing inevitable about any country's trajectory.
Finland was the world's education darling fifteen years ago - now it's in complete freefall (see the last graph 👇). Cambodia was at the bottom of every table - now it's posting the biggest gains ever recorded in the study. What changed wasn't the children: it's still Finnish kids (Finland has one of the lowest levels of immigration in the West), and it's still Cambodian kids.
It also doesn't matter much - or at least it matters less - if a country is wealthy or not. For instance in Southeast Asia, both Malaysia and Indonesia - the 2 biggest ASEAN economies after Singapore - are faring very badly, while Thailand and Vietnam, both poorer, have better educated kids whose scores are continuing to improve.
So that's the final takeaway: the kids don't change, they all have potential, always, as China's 1.8% proved.
What does change is what adults decide to do with that potential. It's both hopeful - because it means any country can choose to turn things around at any time - and also sad given the results - because it means so many countries are choosing to fail their children."

2026-09-09 10:47:16 CEST

Absolutely nothing to see here and nothing to worry about. 😏
https://blossom.primal.net/eae3d2f668e4efa885368c01d0188fb7b989f13bf4ab372dee0186e73b25e65e.png
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2026/09/pisa-2025-results-volume-i_5265bfb1.html

2026-09-09 08:21:42 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/42614df084af83871b72593eba137624f5b1aa719c6be5ef7c678e7bb558aa59.mp4

2026-09-09 05:07:21 CEST

US Bombs More Iranian Tankers; IRGC Hits Back, Major Ansar Allah Attacks on Saudi Arabia, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twrBBZpiQaA

2026-09-09 00:03:47 CEST

"On 2 September 2026, Norwegian authorities stopped the Russian state vessel Professor Molchanov from leaving Barentsburg, a remote Russian mining settlement on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. The town lies beside Grønfjorden, around 60 kilometres west of Svalbard’s administrative centre, Longyearbyen, with no road connecting the two communities. The ship had arrived at Russia’s main settlement on Svalbard carrying crew, passengers and members of an Arctic cultural expedition. A court in Tromsø had ordered its arrest two days earlier at the request of Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz, which is trying to collect a USD 4.22 billion award, plus interest and costs, from Russia over assets lost in Crimea. Naftogaz was also seeking a forced sale."
https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/09/08/a-warrant-in-arctic-waters-the-hunt-for-russias-svalbard-assets/

2026-09-07 08:37:56 CEST

I have to admit, the creativity to write headlines (avoiding a correct description like 'occupying terrorists') is astonishing... Nomads...😏
https://blossom.primal.net/cc74513d35f99587a2c2569afabfa1f55d3ed27ca4d917cacc765de6af01f539.jpg

2026-09-07 08:25:39 CEST

Sunday was the first day of school for eight-year-old Wafaa Akila. Wafaa never made it home. She was killed alongside her father by an Israeli strike on their car in western Gaza. Israel says it was targeting a ‘Hamas militant.’
https://blossom.primal.net/25b4dc5b4ebc1df9659e2c0383d05b0ceab7c0b6ebecd1485572d9b7f7ac5bca.mp4
(Source: Al Jazeera)

2026-09-06 13:04:23 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/a031d8b3cc1f8a9cdd0f8ac0a97c369b4c538ae98a4903ee7e0164d4b909b643.jpg
On 15 September 1931 Fascist Italy staged Omar al Mukhtar's trial and the next day it hanged the 73 year old before thousands of Libyans. In the courtroom the following dialogue occurred:
Did you fight against the Italian state?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.
Did you encourage people to fight against the Italian state?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.
How many years did you fight against Italy?
Omar al-Mukhtar: About 20 years.
Do you regret what you did?
Omar al-Mukhtar: No.
Do you know that you will be executed?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.
Surprised, the judge said:
It is very sad for a man like you to meet such an end…
Omar al-Mukhtar replied:
On the contrary! This is the most beautiful way for my life to end.
The judge then offered to acquit him and send him into exile if he wrote a declaration ordering the resistance fighters to end their struggle. Omar al-Mukhtar responded with his famous words:
“These fingers, which testify in every prayer that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is His Messenger, can never write anything false! We do not surrender: we either win or die. Even if we die, we win, while you lose. The bitter truth is that you will understand this only when you die, and by then, it will be of no use to you!”

2026-09-06 01:16:25 CEST

Just in case you have no plans for the weekend, here is something to play with...
"It's been over four years since the original release of Zenwalk 15.0 while released today is a new Zenwalk Current Milestone snapshot. This Slackware-based Linux distribution with a long history has an exciting update out for testing this weekend."
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Zenwalk-2026-Current
#linux #slackware

2026-09-05 12:46:44 CEST

Can't wait until they expand the Board of Peace into South Lebanon...😒
https://blossom.primal.net/b7a579b767b79873182574f50491e900768b25dc7cec18690c83f9560d336d3b.mp4

2026-09-05 07:01:29 CEST

Finally. The evidence has been released to the public... 😬
https://blossom.primal.net/e633255ac1d23f2779e8cb810729168472e9f3fb998628fea70e35c9f7eeebbe.mp4
#nevent1q…ruwe

2026-09-04 14:19:55 CEST

Creepy but true 😁
https://blossom.primal.net/fff1742afce4456505351928eaec0560f3e8a3b37f830b4fc70ecb06884b486e.mp4

2026-09-04 08:19:33 CEST

Holding my breath until the evidence is presented to the public...
https://blossom.primal.net/15ccdce75a676900479f420bfec936a95cf34f88b40845c1feea295bbf789096.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/ddcf62581a198eb71a6e207def4cb726ad96a937e1a6be41c84e11ca3a443d0f.gif

2026-09-04 08:05:33 CEST

"Now, as Iranians come to grips with the reality of life under lingering threats by the United States and Israel and a war that still rages on, the south’s strained resources may fail to withstand a naval blockade, increasing water stress, periodic electricity blackouts, and disrupted livelihoods that were largely dependent on coastal trade and marine economy."
https://truthout.org/articles/people-in-southern-iran-struggle-to-repair-after-us-attacks-on-infrastructure/

2026-09-04 07:56:34 CEST

😈
https://blossom.primal.net/0938ea9a1d3e0604582dc0f31e4bc7dca2ea53f8e797062dcef3b3a951d46b5d.jpg

2026-09-03 22:49:49 CEST

👀
https://youtu.be/T01AHct6NSg

2026-09-03 13:15:06 CEST

🧐
https://blossom.primal.net/dfcc7d1e88c2406f61fe21d02cb6ff26b24da5c6dd517290b06db6a5d367396f.jpg

2026-09-03 08:23:49 CEST

😂
https://blossom.primal.net/afd24a5829d950b436a09117b8f08b820162e0a19f0297b8aa7311f82fe48a70.mp4

2026-09-03 08:18:16 CEST

Hard to believe when you look at the long history of US/NATO terrorists targeting weddings...
“The U.S. military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC,” said U.S. Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins, in response to reports of the strike.
However, the missile apparently used in the strike has been advertised as the U.S. Navy’s “most accurate weapon.”
https://truthout.org/articles/us-fatally-bombs-wedding-in-iran-killing-4-including-children/#:~:text=Another%20wedding%20procession%20was%20a%20victim%20of,has%20struck%20at%20least%20eight%20wedding%20parties

2026-09-03 04:38:17 CEST

Katz: Ethnic Cleansing the Only ‘Real Solution’ for Gaza, Iran Says US Strikes Killed 18, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCqgS3WihvM

2026-09-03 00:35:53 CEST

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Wonderfully created website. Must be a creation from outer space. Great work. Check it out. #note1j9v…khfq

2026-09-03 00:34:31 CEST

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$Bleep in South Korea. What a journey. Great to see. Thanks for sharing and keep posting.

2026-09-02 15:38:02 CEST

A beautiful visualization what taxes, fees etc. do to your salary.
https://blossom.primal.net/84ab0b7da1263cc8b0a981468fa41038192937b75ba1db49142ab0fc7174b6fc.mp4

2026-09-02 14:32:11 CEST

Alert! Central banker seen paying at local coffee shop... 👀
https://blossom.primal.net/5d471a18b92f385b042d840868e5c1c8d35aaf44a130d05cc75a0ce91ed83f00.mp4

2026-09-02 13:53:42 CEST

Bro(bot) goes rogue after customer pushes it... Looking forward to the future... 😬
https://blossom.primal.net/818f1c99092cb346f3dbc9441272568e4e69054ca99e552f6332bb9985bbc080.mp4

2026-09-02 11:37:33 CEST

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I'm sure I will. Prime time 😁

2026-09-02 09:20:52 CEST

Comedian Victor Patrascan...👀
https://blossom.primal.net/2cf9c50e91e0d0a81ce7d30a91792379000d146ee02164e4500f578db7b6ab4b.mp4

2026-09-02 00:28:34 CEST

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Will have to put that one on the watchlist but looking forward to watch it! #note10ne…jtam

2026-09-02 00:26:40 CEST

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Thanks for sharing and keep posting.

2026-09-02 00:26:25 CEST

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Alert. Seems to be a medical emergency! #note1kqg…3j00

2026-09-01 16:27:33 CEST

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Yes. It already started but there is pushback. From locals and the government.

2026-09-01 14:38:43 CEST

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Did they ever have a chance of getting anything to work without gringo interference?

2026-09-01 14:26:23 CEST

From the never ending series, predictions that aged well...🙄
https://blossom.primal.net/b11271150a9885546c8c4b9f07dbf7be869923bcfc1bad95d43b2cfc142c2e6d.jpg

2026-09-01 14:06:43 CEST

🇹🇭 💪
A small group of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon. They complained about disrespectful behavior by some Israeli visitors in Thailand as well as some Israeli expats whom they believe are turning Thailand into Palestine through controlling of lands via proxies.
https://blossom.primal.net/9008bb9f3920a2b918282f40a6a4bf4d2fb365ae2475a27b4b94508ed1eec57b.mp4

2026-09-01 13:37:12 CEST

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As a starter I found a 50 min audiobook to listen to in the original German language. Tomorrow I will search for the book.
Interesting thing is that this is the first person I heard of whose books have been burned by the Nazis in the 30s and later in the 50s by the Americans... What an achievement 👏 😏

2026-09-01 08:38:29 CEST

Having enough of the government tampering with the weather and the clouds?
Build your own Cloudbuster!
https://blossom.primal.net/e62cc77bbf5b68ef0729f059be324c80f49a1bf5bb1e1165baeb17b623355de9.mp4
I mean the fact that the government put the inventor in prison and burned his books should be enough evidence that this thing works!

2026-09-01 08:26:09 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/2a5677c478d86d3e38586cefafe365892d6b59391fb59b1ee50e3f0f20f3bf3e.mp4

2026-08-31 14:29:27 CEST

Fact 🧐
https://blossom.primal.net/9b0c3412c13455558c32e06244e590aeb53785cb07df1b3890677d08c8294456.jpg

2026-08-31 14:27:17 CEST

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Good morning 🌄
https://blossom.primal.net/f806ef34b8f38943bb3defdc1ed338489ffb3b6d3672c6a7110dfbad7fff2f6f.mp4

2026-08-31 12:54:46 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/7c00399c25afb50d14b78d7d8e02fcacf3a095ab9bb0401d32591904b9d516b1.jpg
#freepalestine

2026-08-31 08:07:22 CEST

And not only these cameras...
https://blossom.primal.net/5a7e12ed9328ec3713539313948134d15bf8d289b00152bd09152b906e8483da.jpg

2026-08-31 00:19:53 CEST

According to reports, Apple has begun testing DRAM chips made by Chinese memory-chip manufacturer CXMT, ChangXin Memory Technologies.
https://thechinaacademy.org/apple-is-testing-chinese-memory-chips-from-cxmt/

2026-08-31 00:15:12 CEST

Japan Is Rearming: From Yasukuni’s War Criminals to an 8 Trillion-Yen Military
https://thechinaacademy.org/japan-is-rearming-from-yasukunis-war-criminals-to-an-8-trillion-yen-military/
https://blossom.primal.net/84f25d93ee89f6c85155c1cf6bfec27d1286f0a1027375e6b91f7bdaae48d55d.mp4

2026-08-30 23:50:44 CEST

For those interested this video is a brief step-by-step to get mining on the Blake2b mainnet with StartOS... and that guy should get some sleep...
https://blossom.primal.net/c86de4142656c6805958fde9783d50eda85481284d436f3005f6414dc4d104a0.mp4
https://youtu.be/mcmY-UBDGB8

2026-08-30 14:35:33 CEST

There's nothing more app(e)aling than western judeo christian values...😏
https://blossom.primal.net/d6a1b5d4f20567c6ebd7d5b11726d5873dd87f96d2590495b00a9ae4708be610.mp4

2026-08-30 14:30:39 CEST

🧐
https://blossom.primal.net/bde26d555dc3f84d75cbd1733fc3952f861da0045076f56bf94e9bee8b6a03fa.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/3c58e002a7b8240755e479f38a0fbf0fd881302544559fcb1d3b7f45d39717e6.gif

2026-08-30 14:04:31 CEST

Fly to exit...😶
https://blossom.primal.net/1621eb5fed791c7b47c3cef96934942c1d4e5de6f7f75c0d2a116ef1417f413e.mp4

2026-08-30 10:30:25 CEST

"This short essay is a response to a recent piece published in the Wall Street Journal calling for a Plaza 2.0 accord to be imposed on China. The piece is not only an example of political hubris, but is an example of poor analytical diagnostics. In response, I outline an alternative analytical frame, which suggests that a Plaza 2.0 (enforced RMB appreciation) would compound western industrial problems, rather than alleviate them."
https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/desperation-and-delusions

2026-08-30 10:19:50 CEST

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Strange. When I go to primal.net I just get a blank page...

2026-08-30 10:15:03 CEST

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Afraid from the zionists and US sanctions...

2026-08-30 08:41:26 CEST

Gaza, seen through the legal and political framework of genocide, as allegations are argued in real time before international courts.
This episode traces how decades of occupation, blockade and repeated wars created conditions of confinement, dependency and dehumanisation long before the war that began on October 7, 2023. It explores how displacement orders, siege tactics, destruction of infrastructure, and AI-assisted targeting have shaped the scale and pattern of killing and destruction.
Drawing on testimony, military analysis and legal argument, the episode follows how Palestinian victims, Israel, and third states frame the intent and nature of the violence, and why the International Court of Justice has warned of a “plausible risk” of genocide without yet ruling on its commission.
It asks what this unfolding legal battle means for accountability, future deterrence and the people of Gaza themselves.
https://youtu.be/OXrdfQ-MiH0

2026-08-30 04:42:06 CEST

John Mearsheimer breaks down the current state of the Iran War, and how the conflict increasingly appears to look like the most dire strategic mistake in US history.
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-iran-war-is-the-biggest-strategic

2026-08-30 00:56:03 CEST

"For many years, the US has expressed huge concern about the tyranny being imposed upon Venezuelan oil by a brutal and illegitimate dictatorship. Well, that concern has now been resolved in the most practical way possible.
President Trump announced on Friday that he has secured a hugely beneficial deal for the American people. That deal involves the liberation of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil."
https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/us-secures-oil-deal-with-venezuela

2026-08-29 13:12:58 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/316ef498ee8b5bcd3cd59684c48f623f1e70182879b7c5b7f48085b4da2d1a7e.jpg

2026-08-29 04:05:08 CEST

"The voting is over and there is a winner now known in the much-debated Debian General Resolution voting over an AI policy for the Linux distribution."
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use
#Debian #Linux

2026-08-28 13:35:03 CEST

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Or maybe it's just satire and the mother of all trolls, who knows...😁

2026-08-28 11:27:10 CEST

😬
https://blossom.primal.net/8365d7a9f712f109305ede5b2c604dd0aa91079ab549bc01325651396ff5aba0.jpg

2026-08-28 07:35:07 CEST

In Yemen they check if you brought your gun. Based.
https://blossom.primal.net/b39fb96516d0c4a52aceee54da9fe4b12487a8684305867b78b1d5a879619810.mp4

2026-08-28 05:24:00 CEST

US Attempts To Ramp Up Economic War Against Iran, CIA Chief Visits Moscow, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyCCrCYmis

2026-08-27 23:52:28 CEST

"AI-powered voice typing is coming to Ubuntu in Myna, a speech-to-text feature that lets you talk into any valid text field."
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/testing-ubuntu-ai-voice-dictation
#linux #ubuntu

2026-08-27 09:29:51 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/4b03d69dce08a54fa3fdd5b0baf7ddb0b1fd0b8a51f8858a4ee29e1ad8fb4dca.jpg

2026-08-27 09:17:39 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/d9828842361c27f250ddb08e8a50761ecb5a62c66b4993a01e7deed5dca3a02d.jpg

2026-08-27 00:39:47 CEST

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So much truth in that...
"The technology removed friction and gave us comfort. But perhaps he also erased something essential: the encounters, boredom and collaboration that made sense along the journey." #note1wjj…fvdm

2026-08-27 00:37:10 CEST

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Interesting approach. Thanks for sharing this content and keep posting.

2026-08-26 03:38:11 CEST

👹
https://blossom.primal.net/85c83f3dd9703ed36f08e8be2d855b63597c85a9198e27e789a9496277ff84e8.jpg

2026-08-26 03:27:34 CEST

@npub13tk…llwf that you? 🧐
#nevent1q…nysa

2026-08-26 00:10:27 CEST

"Ghislaine Maxwell is serving twenty years in federal prison for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors. Jean-Luc Brunel, the French modelling agent accused of supplying Epstein with young women, died in his cell in Paris in 2022 while awaiting trial on charges of raping minors. Epstein was found dead in a Manhattan jail in 2019. A fourth name emerged from the documents released by the United States Department of Justice. The 68-year-old man, whose name is featured 1,841 times in the DOJ files on Epstein, died before French investigators could question him. Daniel Amar Siad was found dead at his home in Colombes, northwest of Paris, on 20 July 2026."
https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/08/25/dead-before-questioning-another-epstein-recruiter-dies-in-mysterious-circumstances/

2026-08-25 23:50:24 CEST

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Good content and great network strategy. Thanks for sharing and keep creating.

2026-08-25 23:48:43 CEST

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To all those who use other social media plattforms help this important message to spread widely. Crosspost wherever you can. Then back to #nostr #note1pgr…eqln

2026-08-25 14:14:28 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/cc5a46db5e31b6548bda5278e8e1cb6180c16f295c2342c745850c17613fb4cb.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/15e32738d4cdb89e8f535fbe55ddb3f32aa8fdbef6b9ad96d860d680552622e3.jpg
"It’s very important to not be confused by who the enemies of civilization are.
There is lots of confusion: is the enemy Israel, or maybe the enemy is China or maybe the enemy is Russia or maybe the enemy is the United States or the EU… or some maybe say that it is the right wing, billionaires or the left-wing billionaires….
Occam’s razor is the principal that should also be applied when investigating these topics. Often times we love to get sucked into very elaborate conspiracies, and then we think we know something because we can tie a string obsessively from one thing to the next.
More than anything when we try to pigeonhole it and don’t actually look at the systemic mentality, the thought process of what defines the oligarchy, we get into finger pointing and a self-defeating mentality. Perfect when you consider from the standpoint of oligarchy that it’s always better to keep the masses controlled.
Unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, human change is not fast, it is slow. Often times it is not our days or weeks, but measured in centuries and millennia.
Therefore, I direct people to think about these things more systemically as opposed to their favorite bad guy of the moment.
Go back to the Venetian Empire and the Serenissima Republica.
A pillar of the oligarchical system is the family fortune, or fondo, as it is called in Italian.
The continuity of the family fortune which earns money through usury and looting is often more important than the biological continuity across generations of the family that owns the fortune.
In Venice, the largest fondo was the endowment of the Basilica of St. Mark, which was closely associated with the Venetian state treasury, and which absorbed the family fortunes of nobles who died without heirs.
This fondo was administered by the procurers of St. Mark, whose position was one of the most powerful under the Venetian system. Around this central fondowere grouped the individual family fortunes of the great oligarchical families, such as the Mocenigo, the Cornaro, the Dandolo, the Contarini, the Morosini, the Zorzi, and the Tron.
Until the end of the Eighteenth century, the dozen or so wealthiest Venetian families had holdings comparable or superior to the very wealthiest families anywhere in Europe.
When the Venetian oligarchy transferred many of its families and assets to northern Europe, the Venetian fondi provided the nucleus of the great Bank of Amsterdam, which dominated Europe during the Seventeenth century, and of the Bank of England, which became the leading bank of the Eighteenth century.
That is the grandfather of the system that runs the world today, regardless of the label, it is still centered in the city of London and Wall Street from the standpoint of the financial control.
It’s literally the financial flow that run things.
It’s the current financial system itself, which is dying that is fighting to keep itself in existence."
(Source EastCalling)

2026-08-25 13:48:06 CEST

"Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by more than 70%, and homelessness, which had been declining for more than ten years, has increased 34% in just two years. Conditions in the country are so bad that almost 20% of Finland’s population is now considered at risk of poverty."
https://worldbeyondwar.org/how-finland-destroyed-itself-for-nato/

2026-08-25 07:40:40 CEST

😒
Reporter: Why not impose the sanctions today?
Scott Bessent: "Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?"
https://blossom.primal.net/699a31ae974a4a525b36ed2ebe04981a49e3cd04d00002ebf0a92c9db89b6602.mp4

2026-08-25 00:20:58 CEST

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Alert! A legend on Efrat's podcast... Looking forward to watch it... #note1vpg…9yc6

2026-08-25 00:10:36 CEST

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Thanks for that. Now I understand. Nice work with the new design of the app and the web version. Keep up the good work.

2026-08-24 14:21:04 CEST

Suddenly I'm on a "7-day-free-trial" subscription in Yakihonne... What did I do? 🤔
https://blossom.primal.net/abb4afd7805c33b5d2b4e2c60f14b823e74ad0ed41cefb5a1a924f97abec07e1.jpg

2026-08-24 08:08:32 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/0981018eeee7358d62d6cfbdcf0176107aa43949c762353504a2170bfd696266.jpg

2026-08-24 01:31:54 CEST

Bitcoin Blake2b PoW Change Testnet COMPLETE Testnet Mining Guide with Umbrel
https://blossom.primal.net/3140ea19c03b36dc374cc81ba9553e2192305ce203c6247f66aad980eefbbca8.mkv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWRWl4xjRvg

2026-08-23 14:19:59 CEST

Ukrainian 'volunteers' are sent to the front lines in handcuffs to make sure they cannot escape. This all has to stop.
https://blossom.primal.net/632d1a0c2f97d64a999cbb764d1e2179812c035890a58f2edc6acc29719a5b39.mp4

2026-08-23 13:44:58 CEST

How Israel tests military tech on Palestinians and how this tech is marketed abroad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GvkFwpzDhI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPQydBGwQY

2026-08-23 10:33:07 CEST

Russian skydiver Sergei Boitsov sets a world record by jumping from 11.5 km above the ground, reaching speeds of over 500 km/h before landing in Russia’s Altai region.
https://blossom.primal.net/6688707a8ac08e023f2a2e04571df8f8928003c684295dc525d1f89e9a8f6d49.mp4

2026-08-23 10:12:27 CEST

https://blossom.primal.net/aa97afd0d01f917fcc915ac2f79a38ea00313d0933a0c3700140a3f83602525f.mp4

2026-08-23 10:09:37 CEST

"Bitcoin is money. Keep it that way.
Bitcoin Purity exists to keep that definition in consensus, not only in policy. It is not a new asset with a new ticker. It claims the Bitcoin identity."
https://bitcoinpurity.org/

2026-08-23 03:58:26 CEST

"Neutrality is often treated as a creation of late-medieval Europe that matured into an institution of modern international law. This paper argues that the concept is far older and, in fact, naturally occurring. It compares the two oldest surviving bodies of strategic thought on the matter: Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra, which theorises neutrality as a set of calculated postures available to a ruler, and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, whose Melian Dialogue dramatises the fate of a neutral island that the belligerents refused to tolerate. Working out the differences between the two conceptions—prescription versus diagnosis, a policy of the strong versus a plea of the weak, unilateral calculation versus dependence on recognition—reveals a double character that neutrality has retained ever since."
https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/ancient-neutrality

2026-08-22 08:24:06 CEST

"The killing of seven staff working for World Central Kitchen on 1 April 2024 illustrates the matter in the grimmest fashion.
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On 19 August, the IDF announced that the case had been closed after finding “no reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct that would justify opening a criminal investigation or the taking of additional measures against any of those involved in the incident."
https://www.savageminds.co/p/exonerating-murder

2026-08-22 00:23:00 CEST

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Another thoughtful episode which goes deep into time preferences on out planet. Have you already watched it? #note1dup…za0u

2026-08-21 13:19:09 CEST

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Nice place and a little snack... enjoy... and don't let that beer warm up too much...😉

2026-08-20 14:35:15 CEST

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and it punished itself for that error by self-deleting

2026-08-20 00:48:51 CEST

"PINE64‘s Linux-friendly single-board computers, phones or tablets, now is the time to buy one. The open-hardware company has announced it will stop “producing more Linux devices” for the time being, and said it expects its existing stock of certain devices, including the PineNote and PineTab 2, to sell out in the next three months. Obviously, RAMaggeddon is to blame. The AI infrastructure boom continues apace, with demand for memory and storage chips continuing to reduce supply and drive up costs."
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/pine64-stops-linux-device-production-chip-shortage
#linux

2026-08-19 15:57:10 CEST

When you're just trying to work and some just don't want to leave you alone...🙄
https://blossom.primal.net/e59d39d853a7e7edd347b2d79e2c25eebdeff4a028b4a048753ac5f7080bfe32.mp4

2026-08-19 14:08:16 CEST

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Good morning 🌄 🫂

2026-08-19 08:09:31 CEST

"Almost three years after the Gaza genocide began, the European Union is still being helpful to Israel and its weapons industry."
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/fresh-eu-help-israels-war-industry

2026-08-19 01:07:26 CEST

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There you have it. You already learnt something new today. That's what #nostr is all about. You're welcome. 👍

2026-08-19 01:03:00 CEST

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Great achievement. You, and of course all other featured musicians, deserve this. Keep going and keep singing. #note1wap…zjxv

2026-08-18 15:43:50 CEST

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He wanted to break also the 200m but missed the curve... 😂

2026-08-18 14:21:49 CEST

A robot just broke Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record.
https://blossom.primal.net/71f8c3cfb025bf1071529a5966b5560243771c257c4e76ba219fd2bb6eab9197.mp4
Remember, braking is for losers...🥸
#nevent1q…zur7

2026-08-18 13:42:21 CEST

Meanwhile China holds the World Humanoid Robot Games 2026...
https://blossom.primal.net/fe06233ff6c41ddd6b38f5689aefd3ea732baa56ea6fb8be060483b10c4f95dd.mp4

2026-08-18 10:51:28 CEST

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Also true for the EU... Your Indians and Chinese come from other places though... Rejoice, soon it's 2030 and you'll own nothing and be happy... 😏

2026-08-18 08:34:33 CEST

Related...🤥
https://blossom.primal.net/4ab04c8d1477af59a53af6d93711984348f0408bd3d125893c9f419742e39f72.jpg
#nevent1q…f787

2026-08-18 08:33:13 CEST

Kushner, Netanyahu Agree Israel Will Continue Gaza Strikes, Trump Threatens To Bomb Oman, and More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIT6nmQ798s