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@SebJohnsonUK The list is meaningless. Statistically low population countries are much more likely to be in the top 33% or bottom 33% through random luck/bad luck, irrespective of policy.
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Europe dominates the list of richest countries.
The US ranks as 16th while the UK is not even in the top 20.
This is a new ranking which measures, not just GDP, but how wealth concretely translates into the daily life of the ordinary citizen.
GDP per capita is generally a terrible metric, as it assumes national output is evenly shared across the population.
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@BiankaB12 Unless you are in an unusual climate, about the last thing you want to do indoors is "humidify the air" in winter You need to dehumidify by opening windows in the morning.
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An europoor here 🙋♀️
I have a dryer, several balconies AND a yard. During winter, I still dry my clothes on a rack in my bedroom, because it humidifies the air + smells of fresh laundry when I go to bed. During the summer, I dry them outside in the sun.
A dryer is not that expensive and most households can afford one. Most people that have them, still dry their clothes on a rack more often than not.
Juanjo Valiño@juanjovn
Peak europoor is having to dry our clothes like this in my living room
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@TheStalwart Its just a question of who gets to earn the exchange spread and commission. If you pay in Euros your bank gets to make the decision, if you pay in dollars it's the vendor and/or bank. Since you have an established relationship with your bank it's usually better to trust them.
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Question for a payments expert.
What I pay for something by card in Spain, the reader offers me the choice to pay in euros or dollars.
Obviously dollars are removed from my account. And the cafe gets euros. So what’s really going on in the transaction that requires this step?
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@anil_bharrat @Truthcoin I think it's a smart move. To be successful any token needs to expand into the real world. No one cares if the name is used before when that happens. One of the most iconic rock songs ever, the Beatle's Twist And Shout, was released on two previous occasions by other artists.
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I'm so confused...why would @Truthcoin use the name "eCash" as his new Bitcoin Fork? The name "Ecash", ticker symbol: (XEC) already exists, what am I missing?
Paul Sztorc@Truthcoin
BREAKING: New Bitcoin Fork I am helping create a **new Bitcoin Hardfork** -- dropping this August, called "eCash". - Your coins will split. For example, if you have 4.19 BTC, then you will get 4.19 eCash. - You may sell your eCash -- or keep it. Or ignore it! Vegas: - Yes, I will be in Vegas next week. - No, I won't mention this, on stage -- (that would be rude). Our L1 Node... - is a near-copy of Bitcoin Core. - is Sha256d mined. - forks via a one-time difficulty-reset -- to its minimum value. (So, mining will be crazy at first.) - Yes, we will change the seed nodes, the name, the network magic, etc. Codewise, the L1 will remain compatible with Bitcoin Core: - We will continue to merge their changes (even the bad ones). - The L1 will activate Bip300/301 via CUSF -- the core untouched soft fork. So, no lines of code will be changed, on the L1. - The activation client will be published periodically (link below). - We will do several bug bounty contests this summer. - The client will be frozen 30 days prior to the fork. Yes, there will be Drivechains: - We have 7 in developement right now. - Users can also submit their own. - Drivechain is a vision of "competing L2s" -- this avoids the "dev capture" problem. - These L2s are all Merged Mined. Miners automatically get free $. - Our L2s are already capable of planetary scale, and onboarding 8 billion users. - We also have a zCash-like L2, with strong privacy. - Other L2s: Truthcoin (Prediction Markets), CoinShift (Decentralized Exchange), BitAssets (NFT etc), BitNames (Identity), Photon (Quantum Resistant). Unlike BCH (the 2017 fork): - There is no "Bitcoin" in the name. New name, new brand. - You are getting advanced warning (4 months). - We are replaying all txns (at first). We will release a coin-splitter tool. - This is a permanent & sustainable fix to Bitcoin's problems (instead of a 1 MB to 8 MB temporary fix). - Back in 2017, the BTC tech stack was strong, and expectations for Lightning were strong. Today, it is the reverse. Video to follow.
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AGI is basically here. If it gets vastly better, their work will look like magic to humans and may even be beyond their comprehension.
A three-way bifurcation is emerging:
Non-users — who will either not be affected, such as many manual works whose work is not going to be automated any time soon; or who will be rolled over by the automation tide.
Learners — those who use AI to learn ever harder. They will become increasingly empowered as they learn how to use AI as a research tool better and to ask better questions.
Sloppers — those who use AI to generate content. This is not all slop. But their attitude wrt to this technology is such that it will increasingly undermine them over time. Think of Robert Pape’s Claude Agent, @ProfessorPape.
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@citrinowicz I think your analysis is a bit simplistic. It pressures Iran to seek a solution faster than it otherwise would. In conjunction with other measures it could force them. Shutting in their oil wells will have a serious cumulative impact.
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Plain and simple:
The assumption that a naval blockade will compel Iran’s current leadership to abandon its nuclear program, missile arsenal, and regional proxy network is as flawed as the belief that the Iranian regime can be toppled from the air, or that eliminating Khamenei would lead to meaningful regime change.
As if the recent war with Iran didn’t already make this clear: the regime is not going to shift its core positions and fundamentally views U.S. demands as a call for his surrender.
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@paulrubens That's the very thing that made the deal acceptable to all parties. It wasn't hidden just was unspoken. It assumes an improving relationship which is ultimately the point. You can never stop them, period. But you can stop them feeling the need to keep the option open.
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The New York Times has noticed the HUGE problem with Obama's nuclear deal with Iran:
"In the Obama-era pact, the Iranians were prohibited from enriching fuel to a purity level greater than 3.67 percent, which is sufficient to fuel nuclear reactors for civilian power. The country’s entire stockpile was limited to about 660 pounds. The constraints were supposed to remain in place for 15 years, until 2030. But the Iranians were permitted to continue the low-level enrichment, and they built more efficient centrifuges.
That loophole turned out to set them up well for what happened after Mr. Trump scrapped the agreement three years later and reimposed economic sanctions. The Iranians responded by blowing past all those limits."
In other words, if Iran KEPT THE DEAL, it would be able to race to the bomb when the key restrictions expired, and it would be much stronger militarily, making the cost of stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb much higher.
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@axios What is the source for this?
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NEW: Iran deploys more mines in the Strait of Hormuz axios.com/2026/04/23/ira…
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@StewGlobal Yes but be careful. This couldn't happen without a significant number of people being discriminated against and cheated. People have been misled but society needs to share the blame for collectively sowing the seeds to allow the Larry Loomers of the world to get traction.
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'Something fundamental has changed in American society ... it is so broken that one half of it could knowingly put a degenerate lunatic in the White House just to spite the other half.' theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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@citrinowicz I think it's a non issue. They are probably better off not meeting. Its just the optics suit trump
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Once again, we are approaching a decision point, but there is little indication that Iran’s response will fundamentally differ from what senior regime officials have said in the past.
Even if a meeting takes place, it is important to understand that this is not where real decisions are made. Moreover, the relationship between Araghchi and Witkoff has seen better days, to put it mildly. Trust between the two sides is virtually nonexistent.
As such, any continued diplomatic process must be grounded in calibrated expectations regarding the nature of Iran’s response.
Ultimately, the decision will return to the White House:
whether to ease pressure in response to what may be framed as a “constructive” Iranian reply,
or to move toward some form of kinetic action in response to what is likely to be perceived as an insufficient or negative answer from Tehran.
There is considerable doubt that Trump would be willing to wait months to see results from the maritime pressure strategy.
Absent a breakthrough in the coming days, the risk of escalation will rise significantly.
Barak Ravid@BarakRavid
🇵🇰🇮🇷A Pakistani official told me that the meetings with Araghchi in Islamabad today and tomorrow will focus on relaunching negotiations with the Trump administration 🇵🇰🇺🇸🇮🇷"A trilateral meeting with the U.S. will be assessed after our meeting with Araghchi," the Pakistani official said 🇮🇷🇴🇲🇷🇺Araghchi is expected to travel from Islamabad to Muscat, Oman, and then to Moscow, so it's unclear when he will meet the U.S. envoys 🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰Two sources said the meeting between the U.S. envoys and Araghchi could take place on Monday, after Kushner and Witkoff hold separate bilateral talks with the Pakistani mediators
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@DavidAFrench What gap? The Vatican more or less invented bribery and corruption on a global scale.
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One of the saddest and most disturbing realities of the second Trump administration is the gap between the administration’s Christian rhetoric and its corrupt and lawless actions.
The administration wants all the benefits of religion and none of the burdens. It wants to be seen as godly while acting godlessly.
I’m reminded of Jesus’ words in Matthew 15: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” nytimes.com/2026/04/23/opi…
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@PauloMacro There is an element of that. It's also to do with futures pricing being unable to capture the sudden changes in inventory. But the main reason is it's not experienced oil traders driving the bus, it's the algos. This should change when physical shortages actually hit Europe
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I'm starting to think that the numbers around oil are so vast that it's an issue of simple comprehension that the human mind is unable to fathom. Sort of like pondering interstellar space. If I stacked 13mmbbls one story high, say 13 feet, I would need 100 football fields to hold it all. A hundred.
A month of 13mmbpd stacked on themselves reaches the moon
That's production per day lost forever.
Like, I really don't think people have ever seen a storage yard and can actually get their minds around this.
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@julieroginsky Congrats. You have just earned yourself a block for wasting my time (and being dishonest.
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The real reason Tucker Carlson is breaking with Trump. @saltypolitics/note/c-248019278?r=lrenk&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@saltypolitics…
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@xriskology Doctor of what? The topic is "violent behaviour" , not sociopathic behaviour.
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Bullshit. "Smarter" people just have different means of enacting violence. Musk is "smart," yet is responsible for murdering 14 million people (far worse than anything Ted Bundy did). The United CEO was probaby "smart," yet responsible for untold misery in the world. Bullshit!
Steve Stewart-Williams@SteveStuWill
Smarter People Are Less Violent "The prevalence of violent behavior dropped steadily with increasing IQ: 16.3% of individuals with IQs in the 70-79 range reported violent behavior, compared with just 2.9% of those with IQs of 120-129." stevestewartwilliams.com/p/smarter-peop…
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@Sal59212582 @tparsi Stop day dreaming and learn about something, anything.
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@Qbiteeth @tparsi Holocaust would have continued unabated if Germany hadn’t militarily threatened other European countries.
The Holocaust of Gaza wouldn’t end with the Europeans moving for human rights. They have to face collapse and only that would end their complicity in the current war crimes
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Israel didn't just kill Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil; they hunted her down and dropped grenades on the medics who tried to save her.
In other news, Europe - in its infinite moral void - voted against imposing even minor consequences on Israel for its countless war crimes.
Will Christou@will_christou
After Israel struck a car in front of her, killing two people, Amal Khalil and her colleague Zeinab Faraj, took shelter in a nearby building. Israel “specifically targeted the home where they took refuge.” Zeinab was injured but survived the strike, Amal was killed. Lebanese Red Cross arrived to rescue Amal and Khalil and others, but an Israeli drone dropped a grenade on the medics, and fired at their ambulance, forcing them to withdraw for hours. ^^^ all per Lebanese Ministry of Health.
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@tparsi @connellmcshane @NewsNationTV I disagree with your final point. He's probably got himself out of the war but the Iranians can drag him back in if it suits them. So I don't believe he has the edge.
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Spoke at length with @connellmcshane of @NewsNationTV about how Trump could have gotten a better deal than Obama, but chose war instead, and how the price for that deal has now increased as a result of a failed war.
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@AislingAon That's only because bizarrely, emissions of "hot air" are excluded from the global warming calculus.
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If Ireland sank into the sea, the resultant reduction in emissions would be negligible.
If you really want to reduce emissions, persuade China and India to stop emitting at the vast scale they currently do.
NewstalkFM@NewstalkFM
A new poll has found that 75% of Irish people believe they have no personal responsibility for climate change. newstalk.com/news/carbon-fo…
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