I’m renewing my Federal Firearms License and had to report that I bought 57 guns in the last 3 years. You don’t need a license for guns in America, but getting one gives you extra privileges. I can have guns shipped to my door and can buy guns out of state without background checks.

That’s my Sig P365XL which is perfectly safe, don’t worry I don’t own a Sig P320

I legally carry a 9mm handgun. Yet Trump and ICE bootlickers act like any cop can execute me because the First and Second Amendments disappear when their favorite politician is in power.

So many “freedom loving” bitcoiners turned out to be bootlickers defending government thugs murdering Americans for legally exercising their 1st + 2nd amendment rights

More Freedom Go Up grants from @npub17xvf4..., bullish for bitcoin in 2026!

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Happy New Year! Since 1934, the government charged $200 just for permission to make your own silencer. As of 2026, that tax is finally $0. Thanks to technology, a 3D printer can now make one for a few bucks. Just filed the paperwork, can't wait for my first 3D printed project of the new year!

The AI camera surveillance system in China is called Skynet (天网). I only had to pay a fine to Skynet today, no killer robot with machine guns hunting me down
@nevent1qqs...

The violation was for “机动车通过有灯控路口时，不按所需行进方向
驶入导向车道”.

There are various ways to translate it, but basically the AI detected I was in a go straight lane and then detected my right turn. My friend who was in the car at the time told me that the violation is given when you illegally cross the solid white lane dividers.

Luckily I only got a fine, no points deducted. Illegal right turns are 3 points deducted, running a red light is 6 points, get 12 points in one year and you lose your license and have to go to driving school to get it back.

I never claimed I was innocent which is why I’m waiving my right to contest the ticket and paying it.

In China you are allowed to cross dashed white lines but not solid white lines. It also depends on each intersection as there are different cameras for different violations (speed, yielding to pedestrians, red lights, etc) and each camera is owned by a different department (public security bureau, traffic bureau, urban management bureau etc)

200 RMB is a lot for many Chinese workers. A taxi driver may need ~6 hours to earn that, one ticket can wipe out a day. Minimum wage is ~21 RMB/hour, so 200 RMB is roughly a full day’s work for a street sweeper or store clerk.

Most local Chinese governments are broke and heavily in debt with the slowing economy so they actually need the revenue

Getting a foot massage. Therapist says my muscles are tense and that I must not go often (no surprise, massages are expensive in the US).

I pay 138 RMB($20)/hour but he only gets 35 RMB ($5). He works 10am–midnight, 365 days a year, zero days off, for 7,000 RMB a month (~$1,000)