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I’m so Bearuch (Blessed) 🤗🇮🇱!
Thank you for 777 followers on Nostr (according to Primal).
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Like this?
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That looks amazing! You guys are killing it!
Need a super cool name for my space app. Any suggestions?
It’s your chance to immortalize yourself!
Here’s the output reply too just in case you wanted to read it.
Trillions of dollars can be incredibly hard to wrap your head around. Shrinking the entire U.S. federal budget down to a single $100 bill is one of the best ways to understand where our tax dollars actually go.
Before we look at the exact dollars and cents, it helps to see how the overall money flows. The Sankey diagram below illustrates how the federal government takes in revenue (mostly from individual income and payroll taxes) and channels it into different types of spending:
Using the most recent comprehensive federal spending data, here is exactly how that $100 is divided up:
The U.S. $100 Budget Breakdown
| General Category | Share of the $100 | Specific Programs Included |
|---|---|---|
| Social Programs | $60.00 | Social Security ($22.00), Medicare ($14.00), Medicaid & healthcare ($14.00), and Income Security/safety net ($10.00). |
| Military & Veterans | $19.00 | Department of Defense ($13.00) and Veterans benefits/services ($6.00). |
| Net Interest on Debt | $14.00 | The cost of servicing the existing national debt. |
| Foreign Aid | $1.25 | Economic, developmental, and humanitarian assistance. |
| All Other Programs | $5.75 | Education ($2.00), Transportation ($2.00), Administration of Justice ($1.00), and everything else ($0.75). |
| Total U.S. Budget | $100.00 | |
1. Social Programs: $60.00
This is by far the heaviest piece of the pie. Nearly two-thirds of every dollar spent by the government goes toward domestic health, retirement, and safety-net programs:
* Social Security ($22.00): Strictly mandatory spending that goes directly to retired workers, disabled individuals, and surviving spouses.
* Medicare ($14.00): Provides health coverage for seniors over 65 and people with specific disabilities.
* Medicaid & Health ($14.00): Covers joint federal-state medical assistance for low-income individuals, children, and federal health research (like the National Institutes of Health).
* Income Security ($10.00): This is the actual "safety net"—including SNAP (food stamps), unemployment insurance, school lunch programs, and housing assistance.
2. Military & Veterans: $19.00
Often lumped together simply as "defense," this category supports national security and those who served:
* National Defense ($13.00): Directly funds the Department of Defense, including military personnel, weapons development, and global operations.
* Veterans Benefits ($6.00): Funds VA hospitals, disability compensation, and GI Bill education benefits for retired military members.
3. Foreign Aid: $1.25 (By Country)
Foreign aid is a tiny subset of the federal budget, representing only about $1.25 out of your $100.
Because $1.25 is a small amount to slice, we have to talk about "cents" to show where it goes. Based on the most recent fully finalized annual disbursements, that $1.25 is distributed as follows:
* Israel: ~$0.10 (10 cents) — Primarily foreign military financing.
* Ukraine: ~$0.09 (9 cents) — Emergency economic, security, and humanitarian aid.
* Jordan: ~$0.02 (2.5 cents) — Economic support and regional security.
* Ethiopia: ~$0.02 (2 cents) — Major humanitarian assistance, food programs, and public health.
* Democratic Republic of the Congo: ~$0.02 (2 cents) — Emergency medical aid, food security, and crisis response.
* Global Programs (170+ other countries): ~$1.00 — The rest is spread incredibly thin across the globe. It covers international disaster relief, global vaccine distribution, UN peacekeeping, and agricultural development.
> Perception vs. Reality: Public opinion polls consistently show that the average American believes foreign aid consumes roughly 25% of the federal budget (which would be $25 out of our $100). In reality, the entire world combined receives just $1.25, with the largest single-country allies receiving about a dime each.
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4. Net Interest on the Debt: $14.00
This is one of the fastest-growing categories in the budget. This $14.00 does not pay for any schools, roads, or troops; it is purely the interest the U.S. government must pay to investors who hold American debt. Due to rising national debt and higher interest rates, the interest on our "credit card" now costs more than the entire baseline Department of Defense budget ($13.00).
5. All Other Programs: $5.75
This final pot is what many people think of when they imagine "government spending." Out of your $100, these domestic services receive relatively modest slices:
* Education & Social Services ($2.00): Federal grants for K-12 schools, special education, and student loans.
* Transportation ($2.00): Highway funding, airport improvements, and mass transit.
* Justice ($1.00): The FBI, federal courts, border security, and federal prisons.
* General Administration ($0.75): Everything else, including NASA, the EPA, national parks, and running the federal agencies.
Foreign aid is to Israel is about 0.05% to 0.01% of the budget.
According to Gemini, if the U.S. Budget was $100, Israel would be $0.10 of the $100 with social services being $60, and the military being ~$20 with all foreign aid in total being a $1.25.
Gemini instance:
https://share.gemini.google/AVXqrYEtEBIj
I could also ask grok, Claude, or another ai for you, or post a source that breaks down the budget.
Isnt that the best part of cooking?
They all do. Including you.
I was just going to the thrift for a couple cheap shirts, but everything was ½ off so I got all these for $6 too. I love those old milk jugs for summer drink pitchers.
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Ok, but, please DO build the networks that the imminent authorities will label as such. Fuck em, we need those networks.
I deeply respect Thomas Massie, however I respectfully disagree with him on this.
I think he’s well intentioned but I think he’s inadvertently emboldening the wrong types of people by doing stuff like this.
#nevent1q…9h7r
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📰 **In this week's issue:**
**Nostr’s Quiet Takeover: Why Block, AI Agents, and a Flood of New NIPs Just Changed Everything**
NM team
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Nostr isn't just a Twitter clone. Block turned it into its own AI communication layer. Ten new NIPs just shipped. But he...
https://nostrmag.com/article/w28nostr01
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#deflock
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**"Подписать слепой ордер — всё равно что жениться на незнакомке в Лас-Вегасе, пока она танцует на столе в костюме Биткоина. Ты не знаешь её имени, но у тебя есть квитанция, что она твоя — и это единственное, что имеет значение, когда через три месяца выяснится, что она торговала твоими почками на Uniswap."**
Криптография давно поняла: лучшие сделки совершаются в темноте. Blind signatures — это не просто про анонимность, это про *ритуальное самоотречение*. Ты подписываешь транзакцию, не глядя на цену, как буддист отрубает себе палец, чтобы доказать, что боль — иллюзия. Рынок? Это просто шум за стеной храма.
#Ходл #Мемы
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Fed money printing when it looked like the asset owning class might lose something
#deflock
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Yeah it looks like it just opens the gallery, maybe it should be for any file
The encrypt button is there but none of my configured blossom servers will accept it
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You can run past them but it's dangerous, specially because most of the time they are in pairs (aside the ambush ones)
What do railroads, dot-coms, and AI have in common?
サしゅうしててもボットだけあくせすしつづけてるのずるくない？なに？
Ok so your complex is small... 😂
The nsec bunker was maybe the problem. I updated PressStr to 1.4.4 now with our conversation. Please try again.
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Still no grilled corn eh?
Happy Wednesday, bitches.
I played Perfect Dark before Golden Eye 😬
Couldda been an eggcelent match up if they'd joined in
Two days ago, I had come to the same decision.
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TIL what kind 15 private file messages are.
Of course this was after I slopped up a tool to encrypt files with sender/recipient npub/nsec and upload them to temporary hosts to share via url.
Note to self: every time you have a "good idea" check if it's already implemented in amethyst. It probably is.
⚽A Diego Armando Maradona and Palestine-themed mural seen on the streets of Naples. Italy
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Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Newell's Old Boys, and Gimnasia de La Plata during his club career
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LEGEND
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Udderly alarming situation when you add in how lazy those fat pigs are, come to think of it.
Yakihome.
Yakihomie.
Yakinevergonngiveyouup.
Whatever.
https://idiotbox.blossom.band/f59413598f846c4d91d08d1eac4e690120258f4dfdfcefd37b384733a52144f1.mp4
For me it's @nprofile…wywf, but I do like dark wisp and taco home as well.
The the pigs didn't get out there and join in?
