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The question "Is life worth living?" is not a mood or a slogan. It is an audit. This new post is a clear-eyed look at the ledger of our existence, balancing the weight of modern suffering with the fire-tested sources of worth: genuine connection, purpose beyond comfort, and the courage to protect our future selves. It’s an act of "engineering for mercy."

Read the audit here: open.substack.com/pub/10billio

Dear #AskFedi, riddle me this,

We have people still using nazistack and let's assume they have a valid reason to stay there.

What stops those people from having a second site, syncing posts, and posting two links? Especially that on user-hostile platforms you have to do that in a comment anyway.

And yes, it's twice the costs, but half the nazi support.

(Which is still more than I would like to see, but we're working within the above assumptions.)

Continued thread

"The Weather:

"The CDC-based wastewater map was updated on August 7. It shows 15 states with “Very High” or “High” levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater, an increase from 4 states and territories. 12 states have reached “Moderate,” 18 states at “Low” levels, and 6 states at “Very Low” levels. Arizona, Guam, New York, and Oklahoma have limited coverage, meaning that data from those states are based on less than 5% of the population. There is no data for North Dakota and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The CDC has determined that national levels have risen to moderate levels. These indicators are likely showing the beginning of a summer surge in #covid infections. Due to changes with the data from the #CDC, our published wastewater map has been revised to match the CDC’s six categories of wastewater levels."

Gees #substack, can you put a few more trackers in the #peoplescdc share link? Cleaned them out for you.
peoplescdc.substack.com/p/peop

People's CDC · People's CDC, COVID-19, Weather Report, August 11, 2025By People's CDC

Almost boosted someone's toot, but their material was hosted at #Substack so hard pass.

Doesn't matter that their alleged aim in their writing/drawing is to expose/criticize the #TurdReich.

They are giving Substack clicks, thus money and a platform. Substack owners support AND fund the regime they allegedly oppose. Substack *IS* a #nazi bar.

One of the #substack guys recently said they built Notes cause while email was good for the people who already follow you, it doesn't allow you to expand your audience. They needed a social media product to reach new people.

Exactly. Boosts. That's what this medium offers that nothing else does. You can get community in other ways. You can distribute via email or RSS. But this medium offers virality. And the only way to make it universal and not corporate is decentralization. #DemocracyOfReach