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Cake day: January 10th, 2026

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  • Your wish is my command!

    Ingridients:

    Dough:

    100 g butter or margarine 120 g sugar 150 g flour 30 g cocoa powder 1 tsp baking powder 2 eggs 75 ml of milk

    Filling:

    3 bananas 60 g chocolate flakes 2 cups of cream 2 packets whipping cream stabilizer fat for the pan

    Preparation:

    1. Make a batter using the first seven ingredients. Grease a springform pan (26 cm). Bake for approx. 30 minutes at 170 °C top/bottom heat. (How to make a batter: https://www.baking4happiness.com/cake-batter.html#how-to-make-the-basic-cake-batter )

    2. Place the cooled base on a cake plate. Use a tablespoon to hollow out the center to a depth of 1/2 cm, leaving a 2 cm rim. Roughly crush the crumbs in a bowl. Peel the bananas, cut them in half lengthwise, and place them flat side down on the hollowed-out base.

    3. Whip the cream with the cream stiffener until stiff. Fold in the chocolate flakes. Spread the cream mixture in a dome shape onto the base, right up to the edge, and sprinkle with the biscuit crumbs. Place the cake in the refrigerator for approx. 2 hours.




  • Sorry to revisit this so lately!

    Yes, competition is better for innovation than cooperation… hence why mono/oligopols like google, meta etc. are harmful for innovation even though those companies are undeniably very innovative. Outside of economic I still prefer lame, boring cooperation as it costs societies, and in the last resort people, less money and lives in the long run which tend to be otherwise wasted in for example competitive wars.

    This devolving of power to smaller forms of organization is, in general, a good idea. However it may rapidly become a disadvantage as political and economical power are dwarfed by bigger organizational forms like national states (let alone billion people collectives like China and India). Those powers can, in the competitive scenario which is still the norm, strong arm small nations (like Wessex or Mercia) into unfavorable conditions for them.

    Final note to your last paragraph: My ideal would be a direct democracy, leaving out any potentially corrupt representative. I honestly believe this is within reach due to the communicative advances you mentioned.






  • Given the current ‘success’ of protests against Trump Inc. I highly doubt there will be a point in the near future were enough Americans can be mobilized to actually achieve something even if the elections are skipped… they’ll come for the active opposition leads (identifiable by the stock pile of data they process) first framing them as terrorists. The remains will have to wait till this admin as inevitably turned the whole country so shitty a majority is actually ready to leave their comfort zone.

    Currently protest are as effective as ‘strongly worded letters’ as both rely on the addressee to actually give a fuck about the sender.

    I know I’m being pessimistic here, and God knows I hope I’m wrong… but the last few months, watching the “land of the free, home of the brave” turn into a hyper-corrupt dictatorship without any significant resistance, have made me very sober.




  • Invest in local politicians election campaign through official or unofficial ‘donations’.

    Shape the public opinion by buying a few (or all, if possible) influential media outlets.

    Accuse every other party if being dishonest (there’s always some dirt to be found) and portray ‘your’ politicians as only solution.

    Once your representatives are in power max out your influence on economics and media while you rely on the rule of law to protect your assets from the opposition if they accidentally come back to power.

    --> Profit