@pre@boing.world2025-11-23 11:20:59
Daniel prince from Once Bitten podcast on usury and banking.
Usury is lending money, charging interest.
Aristotle thought money was for use not for interest. He thought usury unnatural.
Many religious quotes saying not to extract interest.
"Money is power" but this is not gold or paper money. It's credit. Infinite money with interest. Which breaks everything.
Imagine a mortgage. Prices of homes inflated by available interest. You have to give a deposit but the bank creates ten times that in new money! Who gets rich here? Banks are printing money. That inflates prices and dilutes money purchase power.
Not just mortgages. Business loans, repair loans, global scale of all of this.
Not only did they create that money, the charge interest on the money they created! And if you don't pay, they take the house.
One judge found this all illegal, but was soon overruled and found mysteriously dead.
What can you do eh? Only opt out. Don't take loans. Use a money that stores value instead of losing it.
#bitfest #bitcoin #banking
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-23 08:15:00
„Masters of the Universe“: Erster Trailer gibt Vorschau auf den neuen He-Man
Im Sommer soll die zweite Realverfilmung der Geschichte um He-Man in die Kinos kommen – und erfolgreicher sein als der Vorgänger. Jetzt gibt es einen Trailer.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-23 17:24:49
In the US, men who smoke are around 21 times more likely to die from lung cancer than men who have never smoked.
But the damage doesn’t stop there:
smoking also increases the risk of other cancers,
including mouth, throat, bladder and pancreatic cancer,
in addition to other health conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
heart disease, and diabetes.
Why does one habit harm so many organs?
Cigarettes carry a mixture of carcinoge…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-22 14:50:49
Waymo launches its robotaxi service in Miami, its sixth market, initially covering a 60-square-mile area, and partners with Moove for fleet management (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/waymo-launches-robotaxi-service-in-miami-…
@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.se2026-01-22 11:31:51
Mina tankar kring USAs nya kostråd https://traningslara.se/mina-tankar-kring-usas-nya-kostrad/
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-01-22 11:42:37
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2025-12-22 20:25:11
"Wie lernt man eigentlich mit den Fingern zu lesen? Zum Weltbrailletag am 4. Januar" https://blog.dzblesen.de/2025/12/19/wie-lernt-man-eigentlich-mit-den-fingern-zu-lesen/
@henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club2026-02-23 11:37:58
StŸt gerne. #DKPol #SF #dyreVelfærd
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-23 01:13:48
Unprovoked attacks from wildlife may be rare,
but that's never an excuse to do what one unidentified man did back in October in Yellowstone National Park.
Photographer Keith Allen Kerbs captured a chilling moment when
a man approached a pack of five wolves, while onlookers looked on in horror.
The video, which went viral in November, shows the man coming within a few feet of one of the wolves before spraying them with what appears to be bear spray.
The tense …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-22 02:14:29
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to ❌forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant,
according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press,
⚠️ marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a narrow administrative warrant to arrest someone
with…
