Paul Allen

You're probably familiar with the Tate-LaBianca (Manson family) murders but have you ever heard of the Hanafi Massacre, and the hostage crises that it inspired? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Hanafi_Muslim_massacre --- Whelton summarized the general mood: "Half the people want the gunmen to come out fighting. The other half want the cops to go in shooting. Everybody wants blood." This frustrated the NYPD, especially Schlossberg, who feared the crowd and the media could negatively affect negotiations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Brooklyn_hostage_crisis --- Then-councilman and future four-term D.C. mayor Marion Barry walked into the hallway after hearing a commotion and was struck by a ricocheting shotgun pellet, which lodged just above his heart. L. Douglas Heck and Rudy Giuliani had organized a team within the United States Department of Justice aimed at "combating terrorism". Although they claimed that DC police would handle the attacks, they soon brought in two intelligence operatives, Steve Pieczenik and Robert Blum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Washington,_D.C.,_atta…

The future of nostr zaps is a 30% routing fee? 😱 [WoS-to-Primal wallet] 📝 f34c67e4…

He's amazed at how many people in their 50s, 60s and 70s run a Bitaxe. I guess you could call it Bingo for old nerds 😂 Plus, supporting Bitcoin is an easy lift for grouchy old farts who want to nuke a printer-backed government that's spent a half-century enshitifying every aspect of our lives. We're not all spending our second half of show RV-ing across America, choking down statins and making it rain on a Denny's server. I've watched too many of my elders ride out their final years in a recliner, shouting at some sucker in a 3 piece. Homie don't play that. I'm gonna kill their money printer or it's gonna kill me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk7Qbm8rnlM

I like the analogy that trusting big tech to honor your privacy choices is like trusting a hungry dog not to eat the pizza next to it. Mic-jamming gadget demo at 19:00 https://youtu.be/W0Lu1qJn4cM&t=1105

Where's Doc and Marty?! 🤣 "The Beautiful Irony A $50 Bitaxe in 2026 has more raw SHA-256 hashing power than the entire Bitcoin network did for the first several months of its existence. The total network hashrate didn't reach 500 GH/s until sometime around mid-2011. So your tiny little Bitaxe would have been the most powerful mining operation on the planet for roughly the first two years of Bitcoin's life. 🤯"

Is this an ad for ppq.ai ? 🤣 📝 3196b053…

100T go bye bye 📝 f7fadad6…

They should partner with IROH 😃 https://wavlake.com/track/dac15380-8384-4b8d-9074-ff06c99… 📝 ff039221…

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the DSCNet software suite collects real-time audio and other signal-related intelligence from telephones, microphones, and fax lines – including dialed numbers, phone call content, text messages, and location data from cellular towers – pursuant to court-authorized warrants https://cybernews.com/news/fbi-cyberattack-wiretap-survei…

Diesel is $4.69 a gallon at every station in town.

Any other Starlink users notice most of their sent zaps from Primal wallet fail when VPN is off?

Atlaspool, the next big thing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDwnNaeeK_M

ppqai auto: "News networks like CNN do not receive exemptions from OSHA for recordable work injuries suffered by reporters in war zones; OSHA standards apply to U.S.-based employers regardless of employee location. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) requires employers, including media companies, to record work-related injuries and illnesses on OSHA Form 300 if they meet specific criteria, such as resulting in medical treatment beyond first aid, days away from work, or restricted duties—regardless of whether the incident occurs domestically or abroad.[OSHA knowledge: 29 CFR 1904.2 and 1904.4]. Employers must maintain these records for employees working outside the U.S. if they are U.S. citizens or covered under U.S. jurisdiction, with no categorical exemptions for high-risk assignments like war zones.[OSHA knowledge: OSHA Directive CPL 02-00-135]. No information in available sources indicates CNN or similar networks obtain special exemptions for war zone injuries; instead, they follow standard OSHA reporting obligations, potentially supplemented by internal safety protocols, workers' compensation insurance, or union agreements for journalists. For example, networks often provide hazard pay, medical evacuations, and insurance riders for combat zones, but these do not alter OSHA's recordkeeping mandate. Reporters like CNN's Alex Marquardt, who has covered war zones extensively, operate under salaried employment where injury risks are acknowledged, but legal requirements for injury reporting persist." 📝 ce694e69…

Why were they in a hotel, did our military run out of tents? 📝 2521ea1d…

Grateful that ebook reader software doesn't function like social media apps, or else swiping back to the previous page would throw you all the way back to the beginning of the book.

Exodus - The Toxic Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3ytuNVuJY

A long-running lawsuit claiming that a private prison contractor broke federal and Colorado law by forcing immigration detainees to work moved closer to trial Wednesday after the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a bid by the company to toss out the case. The contractor, GEO Group, asserted it was entitled to immunity and should not face a civil trial because the firm’s detainee work policies were carried out at the direction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The class-action lawsuit, filed in 2014, focused on practices at GEO’s facility in Aurora, Colorado. Immigration detainees there were required to clean all common areas and faced possible solitary confinement for failing to comply. They were offered $1 a day for work preparing food and cleaning laundry at a time when the state’s minimum wage was $8 an hour. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/supreme-court-ru…

Is this true?