Why Does Bitcoin Have Value? YouTube video by River

Great video & post by River: “Why Does #Bitcoin Have Value?”

youtu.be/SUJfuCrlnPw

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Summary of The Beatitudes

Living by these takeaways from The Beatitudes is how we can make the world a better place

Hello there 🙋 It's time for the logo final selection! We’ve collected a few ideas from a few designers and our amazing community and now it's time for YOU to pick!
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Note: the colors might not be final yet, we have a little flexibility there.

Two New Windows Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild — One Affects Every Version Ever Shipped Microsoft’s October 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 183 flaws, including three exploited zero-days and two 9.9 CVSS bugs.

Time to patch any #Windows systems you have to deal with new #security issues
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Square Brings Bitcoin to Main Street with First Integrated Payments and Wallet Solution for Local Businesses

I think #Square rolling out support for #bitcoin is going to be a big deal. You’ll also note that it’s bitcoin specifically, not all the cryto crap that’s such a scam. Bitcoin is different and much more akin to gold in that it is a verifiably hard asset.
squareup.com/us/en/press/...

‘The debasement trade’: is this what’s driving gold, bitcoin and shares to record highs? Investors fear governments will not – or cannot – rein in borrowing so are putting their money elsewhere

@theguardian.com has a rather good write up on #debasement, what it is, why people are taking note, & how gold and #bitcoin fit int the mix.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Rewriting the Payout Model for Artists The Lightning Network is making it possible for musicians to earn directly from listeners without waiting months, relying on a single platform, or paying high fees.

#musicians - wanna unlocks real-time royalty payments with no one taking a cut of what you’ve earned? Read this to learn how to do exactly that. Don’t wanna deal with Bitcoin? Use Strike & withdraw directly to your bank account.
[ #music #artists #spotify #value4value ]
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Use ruby gems? If so, you should probably read this and some more f the material it links to. Bravo @overlookinfratech.com
overlookinfratech.com/2025/10/06/t...

[ #ruby #rubygems #puppet #openvox #voxpupuli ]

EFF Members' Speakeasy: Portland 2025 Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meet up on Saturday, October 25 in Portland, Oregon at 10 Barrel Brewing!Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending

Portland! We're excited to host a semi-secret members' Speakeasy on October 25 🍻 We hope to see you there: eff.org/speakeasy-p...

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Starting a second read of @reallynalden.bsky.social‘s #book Broken Money - it was really good and now I want to soak up some additional details I likely missed the first time through.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...

Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard to Portland • Oregon Capital Chronicle This is a breaking news story and will be updated. A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a challenge from the state and the city of Portland. Judge Karin Immergut of the U.S. District Court in Portland granted the city and the […]

For now, #justice has prevailed! There is no place for the #military in the policing of civilians. I highly respect our service members, but our laws and constitution say this is not their job… plus they aren’t even needed in #Oregon. Stay strong #PDX!

oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/04/f...

Rethinking Music Distribution: The Quiet Power of RSS RSS wasn’t built for music—but it might be the missing infrastructure for artists to thrive independently.

All musicians should read this

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The Meshtastic 64 Gets Commodore's Classic Home Computer Connected to the Popular Mesh Network - Hackster.io A Heltec LoRa V3 inside a cartridge shell bridges a three-decade gap, allowing the Commodore 64 and compatibles to become Meshtastic nodes.

#Meshtastic on #Commodore sounds like a really fun combination!
www.hackster.io/news/the-mes...

Trump Says He Is Ordering Troops to Portland, Escalating Domestic Use of Military — The Wall Street Journal He called the Oregon city ‘War Ravaged’ in a social-media post, said soldiers would have authority to use force

Stay strong #PDX and don’t give the feds a reason to portray you in an unrealistic manner. The Rose City is an amazing place and I can’t imagine any realistic reason why the deployment of troops would be warranted.

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Image of the Timehop dinosaurs looking at a skyline with two spotlights shining where the twin towers once stood.

Remembering all those who died on this day 24 years ago. #911

I’m so disgusted by yet another blatant war crime by #Israel yesterday. It sickens me that nothing more than a finger wag is actually being done by anyone in a position to convince them this is not okay, and not even that is done by the US administration. Absolutely disgusting and ridiculous.

GitHub - JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland: For automated installation of Hyprland on Fedora (latest release) or any Fedora based distros For automated installation of Hyprland on Fedora (latest release) or any Fedora based distros - JaKooLit/Fedora-Hyprland

I spent some time tonight distro hopping and decided to roll with #Fedora Workstation #KDE, and to supplement it with #Hyprland tricked out via github.com/JaKooLit/Fed...

I'm also taking inspiration from some other places such as #Omarchy and combining it all with what I can from my #NixOS setup.

#LineageOS on a Moto G 5G 2024 is quite nice. Conversely, the Play Store sucks even more now than it used to... it's like one big advertisement.

An Unsupportable Path Back in December I wrote about how we, the community behind the open source project called Puppet, were being forced into forking the project. In the time since then, OpenVox was born and has been ...

The #Puppet community’s response to Perforce’s continued refusal to actually work with us.
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The Comfy Seat The community response to Perforce’s continued refusal to actually work with us

The #Puppet community’s response to Perforce’s continued refusal to actually work with us
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addie | hacking & cybersecurity | This mask ban is about building a master pr0tester registry that spans across cities, cameras, and decades. I made a YouTube video all... | Instagram 25K likes, 343 comments - addielamarr.sh on June 9, 2025: "This mask ban is about building a master pr0tester registry that spans across cities, cameras, and decades. I made a YouTube video all about palantir if you haven’t seen it yet. They’re using facial recognition, gait analysis, and phone metadata to lock in your identity even when you don’t speak a word. But guess what? You can h4ck every single layer of it! 💄 Adversarial Makeup That Breaks Facial Recognition: Facial recognition systems rely on symmetry, contrast, and the identification of specific facial “landmarks” (eyes, nose bridge, mouth corners, jawline). Disrupting these throws off the AI. Here’s what works: 🔹 CV Dazzle Techniques • Use black + white high-contrast geometric patterns • Draw bold diagonal lines across your face…especially across the nose bridge or mouth area • Block key landmarks with shapes, splashes, or color patches • Asymmetry is key…don’t do both sides the same • Cover the area beneath your eyes, which is crucial for many models Think abstract war paint, *not* glam. You want the camera to see you as a broken image. 🔹 Infrared Confusion (for night cams) • Use thermal-blocking materials around the eyes and forehead (metallic stickers, mesh, or mirrored tape) • IR LED hats or glasses can flood your face with light invisible to humans but blinding to IR cameras 🔹 Hyperface Prints • If you wear fabric (scarves, hoods), choose ones with dozens of fake faces printed on them • This overwhelms algorithms with false positives 🦶 Gait Analysis Disruption: Your walk is a biometric signature that can be used even if your face is covered. To confuse it: • Put a rock or almond in one shoe • Wear a brace or add weight on one side so you walk funny • Walk with a purposeful limp or swin • Change your step rhythm every few minutes 🧠 TL;DR: the surveillance state wasn’t built for people who fight back with creativity, confusion, and chaos. #FacialRecognition #ProtestSafety #MaskBan #Palantir #CVdazzle #OpSec #AdversarialMakeup #SurveillanceState #CyberResistance #DigitalAnonymity #Meshtastic".

I opened Instagram and the very first thing caught my eye because I’m big on having the ability to be as private as you want while still exercising other rights like free speech. As I’m reading, it surprised me by suggesting #Meshtastic multiple times!

www.instagram.com/p/DKsHJZ5Ahw...

All You Need to Know About Meshtastic - Latest News from Seeed Studio What is Meshtastic? Meshtastic is a free and easy-to-use tool that lets you send messages without internet or mobile networks. It connects small, specialized devices to create a network where you can communicate over long distances, making it perfect for outdoor adventures, emergencies, or communication in remote areas. You can share short text messages, GPS locations, and even voice messages (coming soon) with others. It's easy to set up, works on various devices, and has a supportive community if you need help.

I found a really interesting article on #Meshtastic that does a great job of introducing it. I’ve been playing with it a little lately and think it’s both neat and potentially useful for times like camp outs and the like.
www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2024/12...

Drop CTRL V2 keyboard with purple and white “Astronaut” key caps

It’s been a productive night: first I got my new key caps installed on my keyboard and then I finished setting a @nextcloud.bsky.social instance & email server for my Cub Scout pack. Tomorrow I should be able to button things up on Nextcloud and start inviting users 🎉

[ #Nextcloud #CubScouts ]

I got my first pair of @meshtastic.org nodes setup tonight 😁 I’m really looking forward to playing with them more and seeing what all I can do.
[ #Meshtastic #OffGrid #LoRa ]

He is risen! Happy #Easter everyone!

Copy City fight is coming to a head. The story of Cop City is both deeply local and intensely emblematic of national trends.

“A Key Fight Over the Most Infamous Police Project in the Country Is Coming to a Head” reminds us why investigative #journalism is so important.
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😂 this one’s animated and interactive. Open it in a browser instead of just here and have fun #xkcd
xkcd.com/3074/

If anyone has #Apple devices, update them asap, massive zero day “holy crap” level vulnerability fixes just came out.

"We wanted to see if we could make a router faster than we could get source code from a lawsuit." - Denver Gingerich @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social keynote

“And before you demand a “fair share” from your users, make sure that you’re doing the same. If your company uses open source software then contribute back. Either sponsor the project or contribute code, resources, or time” Amen @binford2k.bsky.social!