The Ben Gunn

Those who do not learn from their bear markets are doomed to repeat them.

You can be 49% of a deteriorating power raffle for decades and get nothing you ever wanted and 60-80% less of what you had before, or, in the free market, comment for 275 days in a row, insisting that the creator tries molasses to cool his rig. And are listened to, and its actually quite a good idea. Right is might.

The proportion to which aging society regresses, the power of Bitcoin grows. The darker it gets, the brighter it will burn. Asymmetrical but...

Wen you ditch socials but still check the NOSTR on occasion...

A wise man once taught me, that the SOLUTION to POLLUTION is DILUTION So, when you come on the NOSTR, and see a larger than proportionate subject being covered by the autistics that is dull, esoteric and essentially petty, there should be an effective response to polluting the timeline. Pollution is EXCESS. You can either remove the excess amount, or you can add more of the base substance to lower the concentrations of what you don't like. If someone is being noisy, its easier and more controlled to turn up your music, than convince them to be quiet. Being loud is their right. If the subject has a distinctive keyword, you can DILUTE the POLLUTION with a positive, diluting note. For examples sers, I am a huge fan of KNOTS that's K-N-O-T-S If you also like #knots pls post your own so people on the NOSTR can learn something useful, from something initially so pointless. I'm sharing a few basic ones, some fishing ones, and if the autists keep honking - the Hangman's knot. #knots #knotstr #knotsofnostr

Billions of lives at stake. Don't just be right: WIN

Stay Humble and stack squirrels.

I'd let a slave nation have guns if I could limit their ability to read and understand literature. Literacy and health are lower orders of basic freedom than a rifle. From such a handicap, the guns aren't a threat to a tyrant.

This will ruffle some jimmies... But this is sad. 21% of American adults (~43 million Americans) are functionally illiterate, meaning they have difficulty reading and comprehending signs, instructions and forms. 54% of the American adult population reads at or below a sixth-grade level (11 years old). So a little under half of US adults can read Harry Potter. A third of all US adults lack basic numeracy skills. Fewer than 2 in 5 US adults possess strong numeracy proficiency The sick part of this, is the victims don't know what they have had stolen from them, like a lobotomy. This is despite a spend of 16k per student per year. Truly, if you cannot read or write, you are a slave - even in a free country.

CT Mirror

Aleysha Ortiz, CT high school grad who can't read, sues Hartford

Ortiz alleges she was bullied, harassed and/or neglected by staff at Hartford Public High School, including her special ed case manager.