Oh hon, thank you so much! I'm humbled... I don't know what to say!

Lester Holt intentionally misled people, by presenting Alex Jones' words as a "call to action." This is a complete miscarriage of journalistic integrity.

https://sevvie.ltd/politics/stop-lying-alex-jones-did-not-make-call-action/

Right now the project is a bunch of disorganized code spread across my desktop, laptop, a housemate's computer, and a couple Raspberry Pi's; once I get past prototyping, though, I'll definitely keep you in mind <3

I wish I were in a position to tip some people, like @bevan.

Unfortunately, I currently have 0.006 ETH to my name. I'm thankful for Enzõ, though; each day it lets me promote a peep I think should be immortalized. I'm also thankful that Peepeth covers my gas for peeps now.

Financial systems aren't the only thing that can be revolutionized by blockchains. I have a passion project going in the background, for example, in designing decentralized systems for medical records -- putting that data back in the individual's control.

Thomas Jefferson described central banking as an "engine for speculation, financial manipulation, and corruption", and his words were as ever prescient.

Blockchains are a step in the right direction.

A bit stressed today, but otherwise well; how about you?

Welcome to Peepeth. I do hope you love it here; so many of us already do.

The sexual abuse scandal in Pennsylvania has made it to the news. My research just had 1300 more pages added to it...

It comes from a book published in 1765, _The Tale of Little Goody Two-Shoes_. It was essentially a Christian-morals re-telling of the classic Cinderella story.

I say these things not to spin a sad tale; I apologise if it comes across as such. I see it as a tale of fortitude, endurance. I won't give up; not because I think I can make the world a better place, but rather because I know that strength can be contagious.

Thank you. I certainly won't be leaving; unlike other platforms, I can be heard, here.

I was a programmer before illness left me with nothing. My politics and opinions made me unwelcome in the Silicon Valley; when it came to a point where I needed neighbors, I had none.

I came across Cherán entirely by chance, like so many other things in my life. Someone mentioned a city in Michoacán that had solved their cartel problem, and I just kept digging.

As for your second comment -- it has more to do with lacking family, than the US.

Well, thank you. I'm sorry I misunderstood it.

A writer by trade? I never thought of it like that.

I became homeless while I had cancer, a number of years back; my writing, presented in blogs or video essays on YouTube, became a means to survive.

I apologise; if they were stepping in to 'save me' from missing his content, I couldn't see it like that before you presented it as such.

I have rarely in my life been welcome; my family disowned me at a very young age. Thank you for helping me see it in another light.

Thank you. But my muting voyager was not ideological. I saw someone that gave me the impression they were judging another ideologically, and when communication was summarily dismissed without understanding what was being said, I moved to avoid conflict.

It certainly tells me that voyager is a valued member of the community -- but not that I am. It has distinctly given me the impression that choosing to temporarily mute for the purposes of avoiding stress and conflict will be looked down upon.

I didn't say you did mute him. I said you and others leveled no judgement on those who wished to mute him. And yet, I, the newbie, the outsider, am judged for doing so and considering the implications of doing so aloud.

The only thing it tells me is that I am an outsider, and will be judged hypocritically by the community that exists here.

My introduction to the person I muted -- temporarily, I again clarify -- did not give me the impression that he had great contributions to offer. It gave me the impression he had only interest in insulting another and asserting superiority.

I find this very strange. No one is suggesting others "pause a day" before muting @ChiliMac; and yet, you and another have made the same suggestion of me for the very act of considering the implications of my muting @voyager temporarily.

I've moved my article regarding Mike Cernovich's deplatforming and the precedent set by Marsh v Alabama to my website; a lot of the arguments made in it are just as applicable now, as they were then.

https://sevvie.ltd/politics/mediums-deplatforming-mike-cernovich/

Aha, I found it. I wrote this back in February, when Medium decided to remove Mike Cernovich, Laura Loomer, and Jack Posobiec from their platform: https://medium.com/@sevvie/medium-made-a-big-mistake-banning-cernovich-loomer-and-posobiec-aac70bdeea28

Here's Justice Black's Opinion as filed in the conclusion of Marsh v Alabama: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama/Opinion_of_the_Court

This is the part of the decision which I see as strong precedent:

"The court pointed out that the more an owner opens his property up to the public in general, the more his rights are circumscribed by the statutory and constitutional rights of those who are invited in."

Eep, I grabbed the wrong link. I meant to send this one: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/06/isnt_there_some_way_that_facebook_and_twitter_can_be_forced_to_stop_excluding_conservatives.html

I had written an essay on Marsh v. Alabama before; I need to search for it. In the meanwhile, though, this is a great analysis of the case in relationship to Facebook: https://blogs.findlaw.com/in_house/2017/07/facebookopolis-legal-issues-with-facebooks-new-village.html

That's exactly what I did, though. His responses were reductive and dismissive, leaving no room to see what he had to say as discourse in good faith. As such, to avoid argument, I chose to mute him.

I'm not defending the action; if anything, I regret responding in the first place.
My choice to mute @voyager was out of a desire to avoid argument; his insulting manner caught me offguard in comparison to the kindness and thoughtfulness I've otherwise seen here.

I don't like the idea of muting someone so early into my time here. But I also have little interest in watching someone disregard the complexity of Constitutional law and common law, out of some misguided superiority complex.

You really should read about Marsh v Alabama; it involves a city wholly owned by a private company forbidding the handing out of religious literature in public.

But it is clear to me, with this statement, you have no interest in discussing matters in good faith. So, muted.

Law is argued on the specific details written in decisions, opinions, concurrence, and transcriptions, not merely single-sentence conclusions.

My message was not sent to insinuate you were wrong, or to start an argument. My apologies if I gave you that impression.

200 years of Supreme Court case law regarding the First Amendment disagrees with you. Marsh v Alabama, Good News Club v Milford Central School, Snyder v Phelps -- there is a lot of precedent to consider regarding a private entity which serves as public forum.

Good morning! I have yet to sleep, though, so I should perhaps be saying good night as well...

Thank you, and likewise!

"Beautiful dreams are like beautiful poems
Both are incurable and unattainable
Often appearing in the most unpredictable moments."

Oh wow, this even works well on mobile! I likely won't use mobile a lot (I have a mobile phone, but no service) but when I'm laying in bed I suspect I'll find this quite convenient.

It was entirely by chance, actually; I was skimming tweets and I saw @Fulcrum had replied to someone suggesting it. I did a little searching to figure out what it was about and was impressed with the contract/IPFS setup, so I borrowed 0.01 ETH from a friend and signed up!

PureOS looks promising, but is in desperate need of UX designers and full PWA support.

I wish Firefox OS hadn't gone the way of the dodo. B2G is still being developed in the open-source community but lacks the support it needs to contend with AOSP.

Happy Independence Day, India <3

There's something beautiful here on Peepeth. It reminds me of IRC back in the 90's; that feeling of being in a room with people and just taking part in conversations.

If the platform grows, that might change. But I'll certainly appreciate what we have now, while we have it.

Welcome to Peepeth!

Immutability and mute buttons: the future of social networking.

This is so important. And it's not just civil war that it leads to, though that is often the end result. Before we get there, though, governments are authorized to commit atrocities, and changes in leadership extend those atrocities to other groups.

Thank you so much!

Aha, thank you.

What do you mean by "mentally bartering over outrageous and divisive leadership"? Genuinely curious.

xD Now that you've said that, I'm never going to see pictures of Trudeau the same way again. I haven't been in Canada since 2014 (I lived in BC for a couple years), are there any politicians worth looking into?