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Re: Putin found out the hard way that Trump is odious – politicalbetting.com
https://deadline.com/2025/08/bitcoin-brigade-adventures-satoshi-city-kartoon-studios-1236492990/And when they eventually reach Ponzi-land, the screen goes blank.
Kartoon Studios wants to teach kids how blockchain tech works with the launch of animated series Bitcoin Brigade: Adventures in Satoshi City.
The L.A.-based, New York-listed Kartoon is placing the series at the center of a wider property spanning content, digital education, merchandise, interactive apps, and a Bitcoin treasury strategy.
[...] It follows five friends who defend Satoshi City from threats that attempt to mess with the digital system keeping it in place. Satoshi, of course, refers the mysterious person or people who created bitcoin. Their bitcoin wallet’s assets are worth billions of dollars, but have remained untouched since 2010. [...]
Each episode will see the heroes explore new lands — from glittering mining mountains to secret vault cities — solving puzzles, cracking codes and outsmarting digital bandits along the way. Similar to a video game, they will collect rare treasures to collect, which relates to digital scarcity; special power-ups that become harder to find over time, relating to bitcoin halving, where the number of coins produced is halved about once every four years to appreciate prices; and a backpack to keep loot safe, standing in for wallet security.
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“Bitcoin is more than just a technology – it’s a movement that’s redefining how we think about money, ownership, and innovation,” said Stich. “By collaborating with Kartoon Studios on Bitcoin Brigade, we’re creating an exciting way for kids to learn these ideas early and carry them into the future.”
Kids will also be able to use the Satoshi Sparks Rewards System, which invites kids to earn reward ‘Sparks’ by watching episodes, completing quizzes and solving cryptographic challenges in companion apps. Sparks then act as a digital currency redeemable in a Bitcoin-only marketplace for exclusive merchandise, bonus content and educational collectibles.
Re: Messing with taxes on homes never ends well – politicalbetting.com
Palestine Action are without doubt, a terrorist organisation, serving the interests of powers that are hostile to this country.
Whether stupid people who support their terrorism should be prosecuted for expressing that support, is a separate issue, but that is the current state of the law.
Whether stupid people who support their terrorism should be prosecuted for expressing that support, is a separate issue, but that is the current state of the law.
Sean_F
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Re: Messing with taxes on homes never ends well – politicalbetting.com
Thankyou and to everyone who has sent congratsWow, that's fantastic news. Congratulations!!!Expecting a happy event in November 👍I missed this, what happened (congrats to HYUFD in any case!)I've just been catching up on the past thread. Congratulations to @HYUFDI always assumed old mate was in his early 80s so a bit of a surprise. Like when we found out Morris Dancer isn't actually in his 70s I nearly fell off my fucking "Gamer" chair.
HYUFD
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Re: Messing with taxes on homes never ends well – politicalbetting.com
WTF is a posh blazer?A 5* hotel converted to house asylum seekers set on fire by racists, egged on by people called Nigel and Tommy?
You don’t need a posh blazer to learn your times tables, and Shakespeare is just as inspiring in a supermarket sweater.
Ahead of the school term I'm calling on schools to bring uniform costs down now, rather than wait for Labour's new laws to take action.
https://x.com/bphillipsonmp/status/1957731516747772220?s=46
Re: Messing with taxes on homes never ends well – politicalbetting.com
Private residence relief is one of those sacred cows that should have been slaughtered decades ago, but never will be because of the horror voters would show at the mere suggestion.It drives inequality across generations and indeed postcodes. It is a massive tax free bonus for the haves at the cost of the have nots. It makes getting their own house even more difficult for the younger generation. It encourages us to invest in housing rather than factories or businesses. It is an unbelievably stupid policy. But then, so is the triple lock.
It's a bit like the triple lock, only worse. Doesn't matter how hard it is to justify, you can't even talk about removing it.
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Re: Squaring the Circle – politicalbetting.com
The Empire was picturesque, and glorious, and a swashbuckling adventure. Sometimes it was pious, and sometimes squalid and depraved. Such are human constructs.
That it was undemocratic is a weird, a-historical comment.
And not even totally true. My own country, NZ, was first in the world to grant female suffrage, for example. Yet it was totally an outcrop of Empire. The Empire invariably improved the constitutional and economic conditions wherever it settled, even if the name of the game was making money.
Was the Empire “good”? Sometimes. It was certainly the greatest.
That it was undemocratic is a weird, a-historical comment.
And not even totally true. My own country, NZ, was first in the world to grant female suffrage, for example. Yet it was totally an outcrop of Empire. The Empire invariably improved the constitutional and economic conditions wherever it settled, even if the name of the game was making money.
Was the Empire “good”? Sometimes. It was certainly the greatest.
Re: Squaring the Circle – politicalbetting.com
Yes my wife was singing in Ely cathedral a few weeks ago, magical locationI believe when it was built, Ely was surrounded by water. Imagine approaching it in medieval times. The cathedral mirrored by its own reflection. Must have been stupendous.It's just so incredibly beautifulI went here today. With my older daughterDid you go up it? It costs, but it's worth it. Some of the paintings open up and you can look down...
She loves history, churches, geology, poetry, and surreal jokes
Which is kinda handy as these are many of my favourite things as well
I've only beem once before, and that was about 25 years ago. So this was almost like my first visit
Stunning. Just stunning. When I first went in I thought, OK, this is like one of the great French cathedrals - Amiens or Reims - very lovely, but lacking Noom
And then we got to the Octagon and the Noom comes from the sheer effrontery of the architecture. The absurd, dreamy idea of this floating geometrical ceiling-from-heaven, my God the Noom kicks in then. Oh yes. Verily, and yea
Also, the Lady Chapel. Also, the fact it was founded in about 670AD by an Anglo-Saxon princess. Also, the Anglo-Saxon warlords and bishops interred in one of the prettier chantries, including some earl who died at the Battle of Maldon. Also, the presence nearby of Grimes Graves in the Breckland (which we both visited for the first time)
We had a brilliant day out. England can still wildly surprise on the upside, and then some. 90 minutes from the North Circular!
Ely must be in the top ten most-beautiful-cathedrals in the world
HYUFD
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Re: Squaring the Circle – politicalbetting.com
Many congratulations to @HYUFD !
And sympathy to @Flatlander.
Birth, sickness, aging and death.
And around we go again.
And sympathy to @Flatlander.
Birth, sickness, aging and death.
And around we go again.
Re: Squaring the Circle – politicalbetting.com
I knew you were married - but I am surprised and cheered that the most party-loyal poster on here has a wife who isn't very political and someimes votes for another party. The fact that you clock off from here and go and live a normal life where politics takes a back seat is oddly charming.I do but she isn't very political and sometimes votes LD so don't often see the need to mention her but as she was singing in a touring choir in Ely cathedral and we were discussing that wonderful building I thought it relevantYou have a wife???? Who sings in a choir?Yes my wife was singing in Ely cathedral a few weeks ago, magical locationI believe when it was built, Ely was surrounded by water. Imagine approaching it in medieval times. The cathedral mirrored by its own reflection. Must have been stupendous.It's just so incredibly beautifulI went here today. With my older daughterDid you go up it? It costs, but it's worth it. Some of the paintings open up and you can look down...
She loves history, churches, geology, poetry, and surreal jokes
Which is kinda handy as these are many of my favourite things as well
I've only beem once before, and that was about 25 years ago. So this was almost like my first visit
Stunning. Just stunning. When I first went in I thought, OK, this is like one of the great French cathedrals - Amiens or Reims - very lovely, but lacking Noom
And then we got to the Octagon and the Noom comes from the sheer effrontery of the architecture. The absurd, dreamy idea of this floating geometrical ceiling-from-heaven, my God the Noom kicks in then. Oh yes. Verily, and yea
Also, the Lady Chapel. Also, the fact it was founded in about 670AD by an Anglo-Saxon princess. Also, the Anglo-Saxon warlords and bishops interred in one of the prettier chantries, including some earl who died at the Battle of Maldon. Also, the presence nearby of Grimes Graves in the Breckland (which we both visited for the first time)
We had a brilliant day out. England can still wildly surprise on the upside, and then some. 90 minutes from the North Circular!
Ely must be in the top ten most-beautiful-cathedrals in the world
Mate, you've been posting on PB for about 107 years, and today we learn you have a wife
This is a bit like Nick Palmer "Swissnick" Day, only with wives and more wholesome
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