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@a16z Hope you have filled up your belly by then

NYC's government-run grocery store is expected to open in 2029 at a $30M cost to taxpayers More charts: a16z.news/p/charts-of-th…

The thief says that everyone else steals. Do you remember the story of Robin Hood? Who did he steal from? Some say "The rich". NO. NO that's not correct. That's what you're told. He didn't steal from the rich at all. He stole from the state. The tax collector. The sheriff was the tax collector who stole all the money from the poor people. The sheriff traveled around and stole from the poor people. Then Robin Hood went out at night and he stole that treasure chest from the state and then he distributed it to the poor people again. The state is the sheriff. They control their citizens, control their speech, deploy more and more regulation, adds more and more taxes on its citizens

There are 3 plausible futures for Europe. 1. Islamic sharia law, 2. totalitarian AI like China or 3. hyper-environmentalism - Peter Thiel Thiel seemed to have right. All 3 seems to be coming 1. Islamic Sharia Law - A country is its people. With insane immigration we dont recognize the west anymore. Italy is the people of Italy. Japan is the people of Japan. Not its buildings - London from 98% white in 1961 to 50% today 2. Totalitarian AI like China - EU implementing digital ID and age verificarion. The end of anonymity. Control of speech - Openai & Anthropic using Persona for ID verification - EU wanting to remove physical cash gives government control over its people. Allows them to implement rationing, max 200g red meat per month for example 3. hyper-environmentalism - Force a specific behaviour on people. - irrational laws and regulations killing small business owners. Only big players can afford to comply with regulations - tax cheap electricity from Oil and gas - Force electric cars on people

Muslim countries are funding mosques all over Europe, including my native Croatia. For example in Rijeka, the government of Qatar fully funded a new Islamic centre. Islamists know what they are doing, you could describe it as “reverse colonisation”, says MEP @StjepoBartulica.

There are 3 plausible futures for Europe. 1. Islamic sharia law, 2. totalitarian AI like China or 3. hyper-environmentalism - Peter Thiel Thiel seemed to have right. All 3 seems to be coming 1. Islamic Sharia Law - A country is its people. With insane immigration we dont recognize the west anymore. Italy is the people of Italy. Japan is the people of Japan. Not its buildings - UK from 98% white in 1961 to 35% today 2. Totalitarian AI like China - EU implementing digital ID and age verificarion. The end of anonymity. Control of speech - Openai & Anthropic using Persona for ID verification - EU wanting to remove physical cash gives government control over its people. Allows them to implement rationing, max 200g red meat per month for example 3. hyper-environmentalism - Force a specific behaviour on people. - irrational laws and regulations killing small business owners. Only big players can afford to comply with regulations - tax cheap electricity from Oil and gas - Force electric cars on people

“Cash is outdated — and the shift to digital currency needs to happen NOW.” Now they’re pushing for every asset to be placed on ONE unified blockchain. Your money. Your home. Your future. All turned into data. Tracked. Logged. Watched.

@MatrixMysteries age verification seems to be surveillence and speech control disguised as "protect kids"

“I don’t just want AI assisting doctors — I want it embedded at the core of global healthcare.” Linking records. Biometric IDs. Payments. All feeding into ONE global system. Your body. Your history. Turned into data. Inside a system you don’t control.

@BLkhoih96132 age verification seems to be surveillence and speech control disguised as "protect kids".

yes it is a nightmare. Like it or not. Look at the screen. Your ID or credit may be used. Why? Bc face scans aren't accurate. Not everyone has an ID or credit cards or want a credit card. Using IDs puts you at risk of fraud, theft and etc bc of hack.

@BigBrotherWatch age verification seems to be surveillence and speech control disguised as "protect kids"

🔸Digital ID checks 🔸Browsing time limits 🔸Online 'curfews' These are some of the eye-watering restrictions the Government proposes to impose on online speech as a part of a social media ban for under-16s Have your say today⤵️ #respond" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/save…

@ProtonVPN age verification seems to be surveillence and speech control disguised as "protect kids"

With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple introduced mandatory age verification for users in the United Kingdom. Yes, they added age verification at the operating system level. Let’s unpack 🧵

@POLITICOEurope age verification seems to be surveillence and speech control disguised as "protect kids"

Ursula von der Leyen claims the EU’s age-verification app is “technically ready.” Cyber experts say they found holes in it. 🔗 politico.eu/article/eu-bru…

@BBCWorld They come after the ceasefire and opening and claim they are the solvers

UK and France to lead defensive mission in Strait of Hormuz bbc.in/4vH0oqk

@espenteigen Selvmords-empati fra den norske befolkningen. Disse menneskene utnytter systemet og ler deg rett opp i ansiktet. De hardtarbeidende nordmennene betaler skatt, de overdrevne offentlige utgiftene går til gratis bolig, mat, klær og andre goder for innvandrerne.

Hele asylindustrien er laget for å misbruke vår godhet, naivitet og rettferdighetssans. Det er slik folk som aldri burde vært i landene våre, karrer seg til permanent opphold. Stopp all asylinnvandring.

@espenteigen Suicidal empathy

@hagaetc I generally believe in as little government involvement as possible. When it comes to alchohol in general i think its damaging and a net negative to society so i dont mind alcohol being expensive.

FWIW as a wine lover here is what I think of it Good things - Selection is generally pretty good (especially at the speciality stores) - Prices are mostly pretty good, but often not as good as Norwegians think vs. international - Staff is generally pretty competent - Webshop/pickup etc works well Bad things - Back vintage selection is pretty much non-existing - Access on drops are based on standing in line or pure luck, could have used and auction or better allocation mechanisms - Opening hours are horrible. The argument is limiting access but this in practice only affects people who *do not* have alcohol problems. If you have an alcohol problem you always get there within opening hours. If you just work late and want some wine for dinner you are likely not getting anything Now living in Switzerland I do like the myriad of different independent shops and better access to back vintages. So even if I think the Wine Monopoly is surprisingly well run, I'd rather have the free market of Switzerland.

In Norway the state has a monopoly on retail sales of alcohol with over 5% abv. Here’s what blew a visiting American friend’s mind: The store is literally called “The Wine Monopoly” … and people think it’s great!

Helseplattformen er en stor skandale. Den eneste som har tjent på den er EPIC som er konsulentene som laget den og de korrupte som jobber i staten som startet prosjektet. Staten har tapt milliarder og det er skattebetalerne som må betale for dette talentløse opplegget. Klarer ikke lage sitt eget system så må bruke konsulenter som ikke bryr seg om resultater.

En høring om et representantforslag om å avvikle Helseplattformen, en redegjørelse om likestilling og mangfold og en interpellasjon om surrogati er blant sakene på programmet i Stortinget i neste uke: stortinget.no/no/Hva-skjer-p…

Who pays for this? The hard working norwegian citizens who pay high tax. The excessive government spending donate free housing, food, clothing and other goods to these immigrants. Our taxes pays for this instead of fixing housing crisis, waiting times in hospitals, fighting criminals and gangs selling drugs and recruting 13 years old to do crime.

Norway is forcing through 24 new asylum reception centres right now. That’s thousands of spots for “asylum seekers”, many in tiny villages and small towns where nobody asked for them and nobody wants them. In places with just a few hundred locals, they’re dumping 150–300 young men from completely different cultures, and the local mayors are screaming that it’s being shoved down their throats with impossible deadlines. As if the deadlines was the real issue. This is demographic replacement happening in our own backyards. Small Norwegian communities that have existed for generations are getting their population swapped out. Low birth rates among Norwegians plus mass influx of people who don’t share our values, and come with high costs and problems such as crime, parallel societies, pressure on schools, healthcare, and welfare. We keep hearing “we need this for the districts” or “humanitarian reasons,” while they close down schools and jobs. The truth is clear: many of these places don’t want it, the locals are tired of it, and the politicians just keep pushing anyway. Return those who get rejected. Stop destroying our small towns and our country for ideology.Protect our communities before it’s too late.

@PeterSweden7 Sweden is ruined and raped.

För många år sedan så var jag en av de få journalister som rapporterade om våldtäkt krisen i Sverige. Media kallade mig för "höger extrem" som belysade detta problem. Nu har det blivit så illa i vårt land att det har varit 58 053 rapporterade våldtäkter från 2020 till 2025.

@ksorbs Suicidal empathy.

Haiti is quite literally one of the worst places on Earth. Why do we want to allow so many of these people into the country unvetted?

@ianmiles Suicidal empathy

The New Europeans.

@bundeskanzler @GiorgiaMeloni @Keir_Starmer @EmmanuelMacron Age verification is a Trojan Horse for state censorship - Elon Musk

We speak with one voice – to support stability in the Middle East and a secure energy supply in Europe.