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The people who've lived under socialism will risk barbed wire, bullets, and oceans to escape it. Meanwhile, the loudest advocates for socialism live in capitalist nations, sipping Starbucks, tweeting from iPhones, and whining about “late-stage capitalism” while enjoying its

NEW: Can you trust Wikipedia? Is Wikipedia still an impartial, crowd-sourced encyclopedia, or has it become a propaganda tool for a particular point of view? Ashley Rindsberg prageru.com/videos/can-you…

Becoming a taxidermist or hair braider shouldn't involve costly hurdles. Around 20 percent of American workers must hold a professional license to do their job. Why? Andrew Heaton 🎩 has an answer. And it's infuriating.

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A government is the “biggest gang,” with a local monopoly on violence. It’s good at preventing and stopping things. It’s bad at building and running things. Its main job is law and order, and a government which fails at that, is a failed government.

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Bluesky just flipped the switch on age verification in South Dakota + Wyoming, citing new online "safety” laws. Users now need to prove who they are with a digital ID, card, or similar just to stay online. What’s framed as protection for kids is really the slow death of

🚨#BREAKING: Grading company owner, Jake Jarvis, confirms he and his 9-year-old daughter have now worked 365 DAYS FOR FREE rebuilding roads, bridges, and homes in Western North Carolina. They have refused to accept a penny from any of the victims they have helped. HEROES!!!!!

"This system examines everything on your device, whether you share it or not."

Telegram’s Pavel Durov went scorched earth on the Lex Fridman Podcast. He called France’s investigation into him “Kafkaesque,” accused intel agencies of pressuring him to censor political content, and warned that privacy is being erased across Europe under the guise of safety.

Chat Control being voted on in EU. Young people’s primary communication is digital. So let me explain this so also the older generation can understand. This is the digital equivalent of installing mandatory microphones everywhere in everyone’s house, bedrooms, car, gardens

A Polymarket user figured out who won the Nobel Peace Prize almost 11 hours before the official announcement from the Nobel Committee. The Nobel Committee just got front-run by the internet. The market was trading at $0.08 and rose to $1.00, a 100x gain for those who got in

After seven years away, I’ve been back in church for 6 months straight with my wife and kids. I've learned a lot. One of the most underrated parts of church is that it might be one of the last places left in America where people of all ages actually interact, face to face.

F-Droid says Google’s new developer verification rules will quietly end real sideloading on Android. Under the plan, every app maker must verify with government ID, and unapproved apps could soon be impossible to install even outside the Play Store. F-Droid calls Google’s claim

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In another comprehensive victory for X, the Berlin Regional Court II has rejected an application for X to turn over its data to activist organization, Democracy Reporting International (DRI), and ordered DRI to cover X’s legal costs. DRI demanded unrestricted access to X’s

The stupidity of this regulation will be revealed gradually as technology evolves.