Notices by Mr Penguin (mr_penguin@social.freetalklive.com)

@bonifartius Yea, humorously there are a lot of freedom people on Mastodon, but my message was more geared at those on our instance. Humorously another post I made got a ton of boosts. Presumably from people on a variety of other instances.

Are there any human beings out there? :( I wish more actual human beings would post stuff here. Mastodon is such a potentially great tool, but only if people would utilize it.

Yea, I'm no fan of Putin, BUT I call bullshit on Linus's explanation and stance. This is hypocrisy at its best too. There have been talks of sanctions, but no sanctions to the best of my knowledge in the software development category have actually gone through in the United States that would force free software developers to exclude Russians. Claiming all folks who think you're wrong Russian trolls is just intellectually dishonest. While I am critical of socialism, I'll defend RMS when he's right, and when Linus is wrong I'm going to say it. RMS was right when he crafted the GNU GPL in such a way that it EXCLUDED politics outside of free software development. This has been the reason "open source" folks, "free software" folks, serial killers (governments), and activists of all kinds have all been able to work together to benefit mankind. To now come in and say "what did you expect", in response to excluding Russians I say, I expected you to object to Putin's invasion of another country- but not to undermine the very foundations of FOSS software development. No one is saying you should accept every patch from every Russian developer, but you should have a technical reason for doing so. It doesn't even take a genius to come up with a technical explanation for removing Russian developers en mass, but some silly hypocritical act like this is below pathetic. What's next, inserting backdoors because you want to help Ukraine spy on some subset of Linux users?

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/23/2035248/linus-torvalds-comments-on-the-russian-linux-maintainers-being-delisted

End the silence, having an opinion shouldn't be a crime, and free software shouldn't be under scrutiny or attack because one of the guys that did the world a favor in creating the GNU GPL license has what I'd actually call sane thoughts on the insanity of statutory rape laws and has at one point or another spoken out regarding the hysteria from psychos in the world that make up the "think of the children" crowd attacking anyone who dares point out the hypocrisy and literal harm to young people that these laws cause. To learn more about the "Stillman Report", lies, and manipulation by a small dishonest anonymous group check out this video and stop letting a horrible group of "me too" people bully those who dare share a different opinion. Stop letting these people bully the rest of society for pointing out the harms in "protecting children" through the disturbing normalized legal means (particularly those who dare speak out against their dangerous legally implemented ideas):

https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/free-software-is-under-attack!-%28will-you:5

@torparskytt

It certainly could be, but that post fundamentally lacked any defensive qualities and did nothing other than aim to undermine libertarians. Within libertarian circles one might say they aren't crying over it, but to advocate for violence? No way. There wasn't some big strategic move here other than to make it appear as if libertarians advocate for violence when its the opposite that is true. Libertarians don't have the numbers or means such that advocating violence would even make strategic sense. We may be a threat, but its in politics not war. The qualities of the post suggest pretender libertarians with another motive. It is the opposition, both right and left that advocates violence. Libertarians are fundamentally against the use of the state which is itself built on violence.

Whoever is acting for the NH Libertarian Party twitter account isn't a libertarian. If someone says they hate fags, blacks, jews, or praises the murder of another they aren't a libertarian! Anyone who claims to be a libertarian or is accused of being such is clearly not. Unlike Democrats and Republicans there is a fundamental principle called the Non-Aggression Principle. Abiding by this one fundamental principle makes one a libertarian or not. Basically in simple terms its a tweaking of a pacifist philosophy in only that violence is acceptable in self defense. Those who act violent and claim to be libertarian are manipulating others. This is literally stuff right out of the fed playbook, left, and right.
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/nh-libertarian-party-twitter-post-kamala-harris/3489310/

France's President Macron gave me a chuckle today. He's claiming that the arrest of the founder of Telegram (Pavel Durov) isn't political. He was arrested on a stop over in France for his company "violating" France's laws that are OUTSIDE of France's jurisdiction. His company doesn't operate in France yet France is trying to hold him as the founder/CEO of Telegram responsible for the actions of a few Telegram users.

If Pavel Durev is held responsible for others actions for the mere production of a tool then the internet ceases to function. The argument against Pavel Durev could just as easily be made against the creators of any operating system, web browser, or other application with internet connectivity since any tool capable of communicating messages on a users behalf is "allowing" crime by way of "not doing enough".

The reason we have section 230 in the United States is to protect platforms from being held liable for the actions of their users since it's not possible to ensure users privacy, security, and the functioning of the internet without this liability protection measure.

If one can be held liable for others actions for which the platform has no reasonable or effective ability control without significant collateral damage then no one would produce such a tool and the internet would cease to exist. Neither ISPs, operating system vendors, computer dealers, electronics manufacturers, application developers, etc would survive. Bankruptcy or imprisonment would result and no one would then produce said tools or offer such services/platforms.

If allowing posts on Telegram is a crime then shouldn't France be arresting the post master general for failing to catch or monitor all packages containing illegal speech too?

Caged activist Ian Freeman joined us this summer for Forkfest. He attended Beard Talk Live to great fanfare.

As of April 2024 Ian has been moved from the Merrimack County Spiritual Retreat to the Devens Spiritual Retreat. After taking a plea deal Aria was sentenced to ~8-18 months depending on good behavior. She was released to a halfway house May 9th, 2024 after serving 317 of the ~540 days, or about 57% of the sentenced time. Ian’s likely to serve 4 ½ to 5 years (probably ~4 years 8 months) if appeals fail. For more info on the case check out TheCrypto6.com

I love this sticker.

Got pizza today from Dominos! Had it delivered to Free Aria. Someone who prepared it clearly got the message. Aria DiMezzo was wrongly caught up in raids targeting free staters motivated by a FBI agent with a political agenda and hatred of liberty. After more than a decade and multiple prior failed attempts at taking out one free stater and a show called Free Talk Live he finally made an arrest of six people under dubious financial charges. The full force of the federal government and every 3 letter agency you can probably think of came down on Aria for the crime of selling BitCoin. The government then proceeded to make up a story that the evidence didn't even show. Sadly we have a system that is broken. Aria took a plea deal, but at least two people did not. They dropped charges against one who didn't even have a crypto wallet at the time and knew little. The other was long time activist Ian Freeman who continues to fight the BS charges in court and is now taking it up on appeal (20 of 27 or so counts were dropped or thrown out and the conviction resulted in less than half the minimum sentence allowed by law, so no it was not a clear cut case of guilty). TheCrypto6.com for more.

Is it anti-consumer for a company to politely decline a rude demand for a discount that was never advertised which is demanded by a customer after a purchase? Or would you consider that some sort of left wing extremist self entitlement mentality? I'm just blown away by a small percentage of the population. It's one thing to ask for a discount and give a sob story before commitment to a purchase.. but assuming you will get it and ?expecting it?. Crazy. This happened and the person was humorously asking for it on already hugely discounted items that were opened but new we were trying to get rid of quickly as they take up valuable warehouse space.

I'm entertained by the messaging on a box my new toilet seat came in. Apparently I get support if I register it. No, this is not a smart toilet seat. I guess this support could be very useful to some 90 year olds. Fortunate for me I'm young enough to not need assistance using the bathroom.

Taco Beyondo in Hilsoboro just got new signage. Ohh and they still take goldbacks. And dang the food is good. I wish they'd open in Keene so I could get an amazing burrito every day.

Voting for a Republican or Democrat? Don't waste your time waiting in line at your local polling station. Just toot your vote to @elections@whitehouse.social

If you don't stand up to tyranny no one else will either. Support #nhexit and #fsp.

https://reason.com/2023/10/20/hes-going-to-prison-for-twitter-trolling-thats-not-justice/

For the 2nd time in two years New Hampshire reps have introduced legislation that would result in New Hampshire declaring independence from the United States. New Hampshire led the way in declaring independence from the British empire and is once again leading the way in declaring independence from the American empire: https://nhexit.us/2023/10/19/second-state-secession-bill-filed-in-new-hampshire-legislature/

The inside story on what really happened with Ian Freeman & the feds... despite the media slander Ian didn't help scammers, rather he has been targeted by a particular FBI agent for over a decade now for his advocating peace and anti-violence position on government calling out the hypocrisy and violence inherent in the system, 3 FBI take out attempts later, and they finally brought a case they thought they could win... but it's not over yet:

https://freekeene.com/2023/10/04/the-crypto6-ian-freemans-sentenced-to-8-years-on-paperwork-violation-for-selling-bitcoin-the-inside-story-of-what-actually-happened/

New Hampshire represenative Jason Gearhard and Franke Staples challenge federal authorities rule against recording by refusing to stop recording at entrance of federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire. This incident occurred at the Crypto6 sentencing hearing of Ian Freeman for which the federal government is trying to hide the corrupt nature of the system from public view. Ian Freeman was convicted of crimes he didn't commit and his name slandered by the feds repeatedly. Ian Freeman has been targeted over the past decade on at least 3 occasions by the FBI and this is the first time they've taken a case to trial over what amounts to a paperwork violation, though claiming other false things including scamming elderly ladies despite the evidence overwhelmingly showing that he had no knowledge of any scams at the time those scams took place and was no more responsible than the banks who transmitted "large sums" for the "little old ladies" to make Bitcoin purchases. These little old ladies signed documents indicating they knew what they were purchasing and confirmed this via a phone call as well. The government was able to identify a mere ~8 "victims" out of about 10k transactions, of which not all were the churches. The government mixed transactions from different parties and claimed conspiracy to bulk up the appearance of criminal wrongdoing. The reality is when the undercover fed tried to fool Ian into partaking in a crime he refused. He refused to sell bitcoin to an undercover agent once he came out as a drug dealer. Ian did everything exactly as he should of and despite this they convicted him. There is no better case to evidence how rigged this system is than this. Thank you Jason Gearhard and Frank Staples for standing up and fighting.

Are you going to attend Ian’s sentencing hearing on 9/11 @ 10AM in Concord (US District Court, 55 Pleasant St)? I am. Ian was convicted for the bastardy crime of selling Bitcoin and not begging the government for a permission slip to do so. Supporting Ian now is one of the most important things you can do for liberty in our life time. A sentencing hearing is the MOST important hearing a person can attend to support a fellow activist in our fight against the governments erosion of our freedoms.

For those who don’t know Ian he has been one of the most influential people on the planet in promoting liberty and the use of cryptocurrency as a way to separate money and state. Ian advocates for peace through voluntary exchanges that cryptocurrencies facilitate. For selling Bitcoin Ian faces up to 70 years in a cage.

Ian has been on the feds radar for over a decade. He’s being targeted because he is such an effective liberty activist and by taking out Ian and his nationally syndicated radio show Free Talk Live the feds think they can take out the Free State Project and the larger migration movement. They want to make an example of Ian and chill the adoption of crypto and demoralize the broader liberty movement.

Ian exemplifies liberty principles and consistently demonstrates what it means to be a free stater. It was Ian and Free Talk Live that introduced Bitcoin to the world. In fact, he introduced Bitcoin Jesus aka Roger Ver to Bitcoin.

It was Ian and Free Talk Live that directly and indirectly led 10s of thousands of people to move to New Hampshire and partake in the Free State Project. I myself moved in 2016. The feds know Ian's the reason 2/3rds of people moved early on too (according to early Free State Project participants who did ‘intake’). What the feds have missed in their effort to take out Ian is that they’re too late.

When principled liberty activists are targeted by the state it is in all our interests to double down and get behind them. Please join us next Monday in Concord.