Technical Writer + Software Developer. Journalist in a Previous Life. Advocate for Palestine and Bitcoin.
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Two groups can't use credit cards: the 1.4 billion unbanked people around the world, and AI agents calling APIs.
Neither can pass KYC. Neither has a bank account.
But both can hold a Bitcoin Lightning wallet.
Last week I added Lightning to @python_starter - any Python dev or vibe coder can now ship a Flask web app payable by both.
Check out the video demo to see the Lightning payment process in action:
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“God promised us Israel thousands of years ago.” So if Italians show up tomorrow claiming Palestine on behalf of the Roman Empire, we’re all supposed to respect their ancestral paperwork too, right?
Quite possibly the most ridiculous claim in modern politics.
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Unfortunately Bibi is by the far the favourite to be the next PM according to the prediction markets:
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David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, argues that Israel’s liberal camouflage has been torn away by the state’s expansionism and collective desire for vengeance against Palestinians
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Brilliant counter:
"Coloured" voter casting his ballot in an Apartheid South Africa election in Johannesburg, August 1984.... but please tell me more about South African 'apartheid' saha.org.za/collections/AL25…
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Interesting to see how a figure like @dansenor lies to an American audience about Israel-Palestine:
1. “There was no questioning about the legitimacy of the election result” - in fact Bibi himself came out on X and called for a police investigation into the Arab vote.
2. The “Israeli-Arab” parties and population don’t care about Gaza, only about “domestic” issues - in fact they have been racially maligned and @ShahadehAbou banned exactly on this issue.
youtu.be/YYkZdvfi5rk?is=tLPk…
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If Eizenkot can form a government and literally the only thing it can it can agree to do before collapsing is establish a commission of inquiry, it might have a better chance of dislodge Netanyahu than anything else. Hard to see another chance at this again.
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Exactly the excuse Bibi needs to launch the fresh war with Iran now:
Breaking: A ship belonging to Israeli ZIM conglomerate hit by 3 drones, sunk in the Black Sea. No loss of lives.
Identity of attackers unclear. Also not clear if ship was Israeli-flagged.
Ukraine and Russia have been attacking shipping in Black Sea, so doesn't need to be Iran
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Fascinating how the Joint List's political platform, which calls for a two-state solution, the Arab Peace Initiative and full equality for all citizens, is considered to be radical and a non-starter for Israeli politics. International law treated as a "threat".
A little humility, please.
Choosing to govern with the support of #Israel's two #Arab parties may seem like a straightforward political calculus 6,000 miles away but let's not forget that the Joint List, by far the largest of the two, ran on a platform in which it described itself as "a genuine democratic alternative to the racist #Zionist consensus" -- meaning not just an alternative to @netanyahu but to the fundamental idea of the state.
The @gadi_eisenkot-led coalition may ultimately decide to rely on their votes to oust the current government but let's not insult people who have devoted their lives to protecting Israel to suggest this is an easy or simple decision. And if they decide against that path, they may have a very good reason.
For details: jointlist.org.il/en/platform…
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Beef and Bitcoiners in Buenos Aires. @RodolfoBits @arielaguilar 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Eisenkot has ruled out sitting with any of the Arab / Palestinian 48 parties.
Even if he joins with Ra’am which has a Zionist Jewish former police chief as its number 2, it will only get him to 56 seats.
The only way he can create a government is with the support of the Joint List which would take him to 67.
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Noooo who wouldve seen it coming
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman has reportedly cut off contact with opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett, refusing to answer their calls, according to Channel 12.
Liberman maintains that he will neither join a Netanyahu-led government nor support a minority government relying on Arab parties.
He also expects Eisenkot to face pressure to join a unity government with Netanyahu and would prefer him to make that decision himself.
#Israel 🇮🇱
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Just now: the dominant story about elections led Amit Segal and the likes, is “foreign intervention” narrative aimed at delegitimising Arab vote. Smotrich is already calling for Shin Bet to interrogate Arab party leaders.
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Nothing beats watching Jews explain why Zionism is racism. In their own words, no less.
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🚨 URGENT: @the_andrey_x is in very bad shape. He has a concussion and lost consciousness several times while being detained.
Settlers blocked the ambulance from evacuating him. He is now being held ALONE in the ambulance inside the settlement and is being denied transfer to a hospital.
HAPPENING NOW🚨🚨: @the_andrey_x @infinite_jaz and I were attacked by settler-terrorists in Umm al-Khair!!
They beat us, threatened to shoot us, stole Andrey's phone and my glasses and pepper-sprayed Jasper.
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Ironically, it looks like it will take Palestinian Muslim, Christian and Bedouin citizens to save Israel from itself.
Hopefully this will be the start of something much more egalitarian than the system that the Zionist ideology created.
💥The two Arab-majority parties in Israel are proposing, in not so many words, to save the State of Israel.
This is an earthquake.
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East Jerusalem Palestinians' turnout went up 500%.
יש סיכוי לא רע שכשספרי ההיסטוריה יכתבו הם יציינו את הבחירות אתמול כנקודת תפנית בחיי ישראל/פלסטין. אבל זו לא התפנית שאתם חושבים.
הדבר החשוב באמת שקרה אתמול התרחש במזרח ירושלים - כ- 10,000 בוחרים יצאו להצביע (פי 5 מבחירות קודמות). הכי חשוב הוא שאף אחד לא ביקש מהם לצאת, המפלגות הערביות בכלל לא עשו קמפיין במזרח ירושלים - זו הייתה תנועה עממית, משפחתית, שכונתית. בניגוד לעבר בקלפיות לא חיכו להם פעילי פתח לצלם או לעלוב בהם. גם בקושי היו קריאות ברשתות החברתיות לחרם. אתמול איש כבר לא התבייש בהחלטה שלו להצביע. המשימה של סילוק בן גביר מהשלטון הכשירה את כל האמצעים.
כל מי שדיברתי איתו היום ממזרח ירושלים אמר לי שמשמעות ההצבעה אתמול היא שבירת החרם הפלסטיני על הבחירות. מה שאומר שיש סיכוי טוב שבעוד שנתיים, הפלסטינים בעיר, אם יהיו מאוחדים ונחושים יוכלו לקבוע את זהות ראש העיר.
(תזכורת: בניגוד לבחירות הארציות, בהן יש רק למיעוט קטן מאוכל' מזרח העיר זכות הצבעה, בבחירות המקומיות יש לכולם זכות הצבעה. כשאני אומר כולם אני מדבר על על 40% מתושבי ירושלים).
לאורך השנים השחתתי מקלדות רבות על ההשתלבות של הפלסטינים בירושלים בחברה הישראלית - מהמעבר לבגרות ישראלית בבתי הספר, דרך האוניברסיטה, השתלבות בשוק העבודה (מאבטחים, למשל), יציאת נשים לעבודה ועוד. השינוי הזה נולד בגלל חומת ההפרדה והואץ בשל הקיפאון המדיני. התהליך הזה לא נעצר ב-7.10, להיפך. בן גביר באכזריותו, האיץ אותו וסייע בשבירת החומה האחרונה - החרם על הבחירות. אם זה אכן יקרה (ועדיין יש כוחות לא חלשים בחברה הפלסטינית שיתנגדו להשתתפות בבחירות המוניציפליות) זה יהיה צעד גדול קדימה לעבר עתיד של שותפות פוליטית בין הירדן לים. לאן נלך משם? אין לי מושג, אבל כל דבר עדיף על המציאות הנוכחית.
כתבה:
haaretz.co.il/news/elections…
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