Very unlikely that I will need their support.

After interviewing several people who had not filed for years and suffered no consequences, I joined freedom law school a few years ago and have had a positive experience. However, I don't like their lack of transparency around their total number of members and how many legal cases they need to defend each year. I suppose it's beneficial for them as an organization to keep some privacy around that.

I like that they allow payment in Bitcoin and their customer service is responsive. I'm also a business owner and have started using their employee program.

All I've received from the IRS are non-certified generic letters reminding me to file, so I haven't really had the opportunity to test out if this group will be there for me if and when I really need them. But I think that's very unlikely. One of the IRS bulletins from last year said they haven't even been looking for non filers since 2017 and that they were going to start that program up again with a focus on people who's income is over 400K. The IRS employees don't even pay their taxes! They really don't have their shit together.

Let's stop supporting these pedophiles and thieves. If you do join freedom law school, please tell them I referred you and I'll get a nice kickback.

I'm curious what's the perceived benefit of teaching a kid to read so young? Based on Waldorf philosophy, my understanding and personal experience is that the best thing for them is to read when they're ready and can create mental images of what they're reading; for some kids this comes early and for some surprisingly late. Anyone with a kid that started reading it three years old around that can report how much they love reading when they're 15?

You only have to pay if you file. This would be a good topic for one of your podcasts. I encourage you to interview people who haven't filed in years. I think you'll find out there are little to no consequences. You could also interview this guy. https://www.freedomlawschool.org/

Die die my dollar - Misbits

welcome! Great to have you here and thank you for your work.

I like magic earth for maps and navigation. But I'm curious if there's a privacy risk using Google maps if there's no account signed in?

I used jmp.chat so my daughter could have a phone number for calls and sms on her wifi only tablet, then set her up with signal. Worked great, good customer service. Sms is a little weird because the receive address isn't just the phone number, it's more like an email address, but it works. Thanks for the list and detailed pros and cons!

Both Unchained and Swan have solutions for that. Unchained is self-custody.

Perhaps this is an opportunity to help plebs and nostriches learn about privacy tech like calyx os for Android and f-droid. iPhones are so restrictive and invasive, I have trouble believing so many of us are willing to use one https://calyxos.org/

That's Ron Paul. He spoke at the Bitcoin conference a couple years ago. His 2009 book End the Fed is how I learned about a Austrian economics