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I would just like to add NÜOBELL as an alternative to the PowerBlock, as they're formed more like a regular dumbbell compared to the PowerBlock. Had mine for years, works just as good as on day one. Ultimately, doesn't really matter what your choice is as long as you're using them.

NÜOBELL is sold under the name SMRTFT[1] in the US, and as NÜOBELL in EU[2].

[1] https://smrtft.com

[2] https://nuoathletics.com

Spotify used to run a P2P network to serve music[1], which they seemed to have shut down in 2014[2].

[1] https://www.csc.kth.se/~gkreitz/spotify-p2p10/spotify-p2p10....

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/17/spotify-removes-peer-to-pe...

I still use it, and ask my friends & family to use it as well.

What would you recommend to use instead of Signal?

"Cloudflare, Inc. Class A Common Stock is expected* to report earnings on 11/02/2023 after market close."

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/net/earnings

So clearly you don't see the usefulness of government being able to spend money on programs that do make a difference, even going as far as to label it wasteful. I'd argue that letting people keep money that makes no significant difference in their life, other than sitting as a number on a bank account, is wasteful. If people can use money to better society, so can government, difference being government can spend money selflessly.

Government spending, in certain cases, can and is wasteful. To claim that all is, is clearly false.

I'd be wary of quoting Thomas Sowell, he's basically the guy to victim blame minorities into saying that being poor is their fault.

"Rising tide lifts all boats" aka trickle-down economics does not work, and hasn't worked in the US for the last 50 years. It's the failure of both Reaganomics and Thatcher's economic policies.

(https://www.faireconomy.org/trickle_down_economics_four_reas...) (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/09/why-is...)