it's not what you appreciate, it's that you appreciate

Dragostea Din Tei party boat:

The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced on Tuesday that it is ending the regulation that requires companies to disclose beneficial ownership. This refers to situations in which a person actually controls and benefits from a company, but legal documents list the company under a different name, like a bank or accountant.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the reporting requirements were “red tape” and “burdensome". However, critics have lambasted the rule as paving the way for a host of financial crimes.

No more measles. Eradicated. Forever.

but I'm hearing there's a NSFW-friendly ko-fi alternative built on atproto that's actively in the works, and being vetted by lawyers right now. as torrent-princess (OP) says, you should be able to swap out payment processors while keeping your account intact. this matters since even if stripe removes support, you'll still have a shop and all of your links intact. (ATproto is an infrastructure that bsky is built on, but is far bigger than bsky with far more opportunities.)

additionally, the Free Speech Coalition is working on a credit union specifically for adult work (including kink art) - here's the link so you can add your interest & support. Since this will be built by sex workers, there'll be far less risk of being debanked for spurious and puritanical reasons.

on a domain TLD level, there's an initiative here for a .furry domain built from the ground up by seasoned furries; it's unclear whether they'll support NSFW, but it's yet another promising turn of events for a group that's been similarly affected by censorship.

This is why you can support @fujocoded on Patreon: we represent fandom at the protocol level (the part that determines what software can be built), and the work we do is directly responsible for making Apps like this—and way more!—viable in the Atmosphere.

This work can be puzzling and illegible (definitely not as shiny as ✨ a new platform! ✨) —but this is literally what I work on every day, because a better internet is possible, even if what brings it forward isn't always glamorous!

If you want to help: spread the word, and if you can, chip in so we can pay people to do the other advocacy and development work I can't do myself...including explaining to everyone what it means and why it matters!

something something dykes on bikes 🏍️🌈💨 (because it's not pride without some l e a t h e r)

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Sand batteries are a significant advancement in clean energy technology.

Holy shit, this is incredible.

“This new facility can hold 100 MWh for about a month in summer and a week in winter.  That’s enough for the town of 5000 local residents.

TechCrunch estimates the Finnish battery’s costs are under $25 per kilowatt-hour, compared to around $115 for leading lithium-ion batteries.90% efficiency.It doesn’t use any “rare earths” or critical materials.  Instead using locally sourced, recyclable materials.Units are scalable and modular to fit different needs and uses.

Suits small towns (like the current facility) and large scale industrial uses.

13 meters tall and 15 meters wide. Independent of geography.  

No supply issues due to any geo-political problems.