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On October 26, 2024, I was in Naples to speak at Linux Day 2024. I also had a few hours to see the city.<\/p>\n

It is a place unlike any other in Italy; it’s a semi-anarchic country of its own. “Math diplomas in 3 minutes, only in Naples” is an advert I saw there. Free entrepreneurship runs wild.<\/p>\n

Folks don’t follow the rules of the road at all. Everyone must pay attention to not be hit by a car or motorbike.<\/p>\n

Yet, thank god Italian legislation isn’t fully enforced there; Naples’ ways are the cultural heritage that gives the place its special vibes.<\/p>\n

I visited a (legit) clothing store, which however didn’t have any price tags. I negotiated a discount on an “already discounted price” (yeah, right), only to have the clerk ask me to pay the original price at the checkout. I reminded him about the negotiated discount, to have him reply “just kidding”. I would have stormed out of the store if this was not Naples.<\/p>\n

Neapolitans also really<\/i> care about their soccer team. One could even say they are religiously devoted to it.<\/p>\n

Oh, and they speak in their own tongue; not in Italian.<\/p>\n

Naples is Italy’s meme city.<\/p>\n

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I love the country more than ever after having been to Naples.<\/p>\n

Italy is so beautifully diverse: Genoa<\/a>, Venice<\/a>, Florence<\/a>, and Naples are four key cities to see here.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2024-11-11T12:53:04+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-04-29T20:50:25+05:00", "tags": [ "Europe", "Florence", "Genoa", "Italy", "legislation", "memes", "my events", "negotiations", "tongue", "travel", "undertakings", "Venice" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:53:04 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "132643", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "133971", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/cybersecurity\/", "title": "Technological measures for cybersecurity", "content_html": "

There are various kinds of cybersecurity measures: organisational, legal, technological, and physical. All of them are useful, but the technological ones are the most resilient.<\/p>\n

Policies and platforms are short-lived by nature<\/h2>\n

Legislation and policies are short-lived and unreliable, they are easy to bypass and modify. Just as platforms, they are created and maintained in a centralised manner by people who cannot be held to account. Protocols, on the other hand, are far more reliable, because they work in any jurisdiction and under any management. If a protocol’s creator dies or loses control, it keeps on working regardless. SimpleX, RSS, Monero, and the internet itself are all open protocols that do not belong to any company.<\/p>\n

There can be any formal rule, but only the technologically enforced one will be followed. To falsify a contract on a Proof-of-Work blockchain, one needs to take over 51% of the network, and not just a single notary office. Good cryptocurrencies have monetary policies that are deeply thought through, so people don’t have to worry about central banks making the “right choice”. Decentralised domain protocols allow for true domain ownership, so people don’t have to worry about the benevolence of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).<\/p>\n

As for data protection, it’s possible, of course, to open a company in one country and have it belong to two legal entities in two other countries, dividing data between different jurisdictions. Yet legislation can always change, while technologies will keep on working regardless. Such a legal move can only be an addition to technological measures, not their replacement.<\/p>\n

The European GDPR allows citizens to withdraw consent to their data being processed, as well as to exercise “the right to be forgotten” and thereby remove all data about themselves from the public eye. But as the Streisand effect proves, a person who states the desire to hide will thereafter only become more visible. Services that truly want to streamline data deletion allow it to be done with a simple click — no emails and phone calls required.<\/p>\n

“Security through obscurity” leads to lack of responsibility and accountability. Good defence works even if the enemy knows how it works.<\/p>\n

The zero-trust approach works best<\/h2>\n

When a system is transparent and comprehensible, there is no need to rely on others’ oaths: violations are seen, while vulnerabilities are easy to fix. Transparent and comprehensible software is open-source, its builds are reproducible. If it connects to the web, it has an Internet Access Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reliable devices have open schematics and, when possible, are physically transparent to make it easy to notice foreign components. The microphone and camera are turned off electrically, not via software.<\/p>\n

If some code isn’t being used, it needs to be removed. The simpler the software, the fewer the bugs & vulnerabilities, and the higher the likelihood of detailed external audits.<\/p>\n

Technologies should be built in ways that make surveillance impossible, with data being processed only after the user’s conscious consent. It’s preferable for all new technologies to be backwards-compatible: this makes their adoption easier. Optional privacy is no privacy at all, as it divides people into normies and “those with something to hide” — that’s why Monero rules and Zcash drools.<\/p>\n

The zero-trust model is a good way to enhance security. In an organisation, this means embedding multi-level access control: each person can only access the data needed for the time needed. Accepting that anything can leak leads to minimising data collection and storage; accounts are not created without good reason.<\/p>\n

Zero-trust can also be implemented on a local level via sandboxing. This means isolating browsers, ecosystems, and devices: using one for the personal, another for work, and a third for the alter ego. Access to one account or device will thus never be enough to paint a full picture of someone’s life.<\/p>\n

Tips to enhance privacy and security<\/h2>\n

As many interactions as possible should happen anonymously or at least pseudonymously. To make identification more difficult, one can reduce the amount of static data by constantly changing IP addresses with a VPN, randomising MAC addresses, preferring IPv4 to IPv6<\/a>, spreading disinformation about identity. It’s harder to identify a person whose name isn’t tied to a device.<\/p>\n

Browser-level protection is not enough: it’s not the only program communicating with the internet. Also, the more a browser is configured, such as with installed plugins, the easier it is to identify the person through metadata. Restrictions, such as those related to scripts, should be set on the system or router level.<\/p>\n

Authentication should consist of multiple factors: what a person knows and what a person has. Emails and SMS messages should not be obligatory factors because of their low privacy. There also should not be any shared secrets: many people are unable to follow instructions and keep passwords in a safe place.<\/p>\n

As much as possible should happen locally: the cloud is just someone else’s computer, while trusted third parties are security holes. However, if an interaction requires the internet, a web app is safer than a local app: a closed browser tab guarantees absence of background communications.<\/p>\n

Almost everything should be encrypted, but it’s important to remember that malware (and on-device AI) can gather data before encryption and after decryption.<\/p>\n

It’s best to avoid passing SSDs onto others: the only way to truly ensure the absence of previously “deleted” data is to smash the disk.<\/p>\n

To completely exclude remote attacks, a device should not have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microphones, and cameras; any connections should happen physically. Such devices are typically kept in hard-to-reach places. If such a device were to be accessed, it should notify about this, both on the software and hardware levels. The most advanced devices use deniable encryption, fooling potential extorters into believing that the little data they manage to retrieve is all there is.<\/p>\n

Final thoughts<\/h2>\n

Certain kinds of digital threats can be prevented only with transparent technological measures.<\/p>\n

However, a system can never be fully secure — this would make it inoperable. Tradeoffs are unavoidable; security measures should be chosen based on threat model, threat probability, objective limitations, long-term goals, and budget.<\/p>\n

As of today, network effects continue to sway people towards centralised messaging apps, many sites needlessly require registration, hardly any devices have open schematics, and decentralised domain protocols are still uncommon. There is great room for improvement — let’s get to it.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2024-07-29T13:11:19+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:20:53+05:00", "tags": [ "decentralisation", "Europe", "legislation", "privacy", "programming", "software", "solutions", "strategy", "tech", "websteads" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:11:19 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "133971", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "128877", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/chatcontrol-2024\/", "title": "A new attempt at chatcontrol", "content_html": "

Now that the elections are over, Eurocrats’ hands are no longer tied by accountability. They will be trying to pass chatcontrol<\/a> legislation on Thursday June 20.<\/p>\n

Unacceptable! Defend freedom by making your voice heard.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2024-06-19T18:43:17+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-03-05T20:47:56+05:00", "tags": [ "chatcontrol", "Europe", "freedom", "legislation", "privacy" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Wed, 19 Jun 2024 18:43:17 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "128877", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "123306", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/recall\/", "title": "Easy recall", "content_html": "

It took 15 rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, but just a few hours to throw him out. This is, unironically, a healthy system.<\/p>\n

Recalling a politician should be much easier than electing a politician. Revoking legislation should be much easier than passing legislation.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-10-05T13:12:30+05:00", "date_modified": "2024-10-20T10:54:16+05:00", "tags": [ "legislation", "might" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:12:30 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "123306", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "123010", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/red-flag\/", "title": "Red-flag legislation", "content_html": "

Red-flag legislation is a way for an enemy to preëmptively disarm its victim.<\/p>\n

Yuck!<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-09-13T22:10:24+05:00", "date_modified": "2024-10-21T11:45:54+05:00", "tags": [ "legislation", "madness", "might" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Wed, 13 Sep 2023 22:10:24 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "123010", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "121113", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/italy-scooters\/", "title": "Italy cracking down on electric scooters", "content_html": "

Italian legislators want to mandate license plates, insurance, and helmets for electric scooters<\/i>.<\/p>\n

This is tyranny disguised as nanny-state. Fettering freedom of travel is part of the Great Reset agenda.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-06-29T10:04:03+05:00", "date_modified": "2024-11-28T19:11:27+05:00", "tags": [ "freedom", "Great Reset", "Italy", "legislation", "madness", "travel" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:04:03 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "121113", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "120402", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/mourning\/", "title": "Endless national mourning", "content_html": "

I support endless national mourning if it can stop the government from passing needless new legislation.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-06-14T19:15:47+05:00", "date_modified": "2024-10-21T11:49:30+05:00", "tags": [ "legislation", "solutions", "wit" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:15:47 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "120402", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "118892", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/work\/", "title": "Work", "content_html": "

I work no matter what, because that’s what we, men, are supposed to do. In fact, we need to work more — so future generations aren’t faced with work that is even more threatening. Work should ideally be a favorite pastime; working time directives and many child labor restrictions should be axed.<\/p>\n

Work ethic is essential; there is no excuse for bad work.<\/p>\n

A lot of good work sadly goes unsung: few think about the unseen effort that it takes to keep society running smoothly. To all the invisible workers: thank you for your service.<\/p>\n

Freedom spurs good work and creativity. Minimum wage legislation should be cancelled: it steals opportunities from beginners.<\/p>\n

I seek work for what I will learn more than for what I will earn. I work selectively, in a flow state.<\/p>\n

All of this said, the time people have to<\/i> spend working should tend to zero: there should be no need for human work at all. Saying “TGIF” is a symptom of wage slavery.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-05-01T18:31:04+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:37:05+05:00", "tags": [ "attitude", "automation", "DOPE", "freedom", "growth", "legislation", "Life", "me", "the future", "wealthlore" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Mon, 01 May 2023 18:31:04 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "118892", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "118810", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/ethical-science\/", "title": "Ethical science", "content_html": "

Science without conscience is a crime against nature. Ethics are fundamental.<\/p>\n

Medicine must be mindful & not dogmatic, free to be exercised with the patient’s interest and informed consent. The doctor-patient relationship is not the government’s business. Any emergency treatment must consider the patient’s preferences, including the one for mRNA-free blood.<\/p>\n

Pharma companies must not be able to lobby governments, nor take over the medical profession and medical research. Patents should disappear.<\/p>\n

Products with shedding risk must be recalled and banned.<\/p>\n

New substances should be foredeemed harmful until proven safe.<\/p>\n

Clones and chimeras must not be made. Artificial consciousness must never have human rights.<\/p>\n

Censorship of science must be vehemently called out — it kills by not allowing honest debates. Science is never settled.<\/p>\n

Taxpayer money should not subsidise the ethically questionable, including birth-control pills.<\/p>\n

Experiments should not be done for the sake of experiments.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2023-04-27T13:41:47+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:37:15+05:00", "tags": [ "care", "cloning", "death", "ethics", "freedom", "health", "legislation" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:41:47 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "118810", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "121923", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/environmentalism\/", "title": "Environmentalism has been hijacked", "content_html": "

Eliminating waste and pollution is a noble cause. But environmentalism today has been almost completely taken over by climate alarmists. They are quite the hypocrites — yelling about rising sea levels while buying beachfront property.<\/p>\n

Quoting Carl Sagan, we live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.<\/p>\n

Global warming<\/h2>\n

I’m not worried about rising temperatures. The extent of Arctic sea ice is the highest in decades. Antarctica just had its coldest winter with more ice than ever. Natural disasters are less frequent, and deaths related to them have fallen from 500 thousand a year in the 1920s to 14 thousand a year now. The weakness of the latest solar cycle might actually lead to global cooling.<\/p>\n

About half of today’s land-surface temperature measurements are fraudulent: they are taken next to airport runways with hot jet engines and tarmac. TV channels are manipulating viewers by spicing up temperature colors: I’d expect that Birmingham black to visualise 45 °C, not just 33!<\/p>\n

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But if Earth is actually warming, it’s a good thing: 10 times fewer people die from heat than from cold. Sweat is a blessing: it excretes toxins, increases blood flow, and opens up the skin. I want extra summer!<\/p>\n

Chemtrails, sun-blocking, and similar geoëngineering must be banned constitutionally.<\/p>\n

C<\/b>arbon dioxide versus actual pollution<\/h2>\n

There is no historical relationship between atmospheric CO2<\/sub> and temperatures on Earth. Atmospheric C<\/b>arbon dioxide is in fact at a 300-million-year record-low because of natural fluctuations in the Sun’s energy output. Today it makes up just 0.042% of Earth’s total atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Earth was way more biodiverse when it had ten times today’s CO2<\/sub>. An atmosphere richer in C<\/b>arbon leads to plants producing more O<\/b>xygen, and forests and grasslands spreading to places previously too cold to support them. It would also mean more food for everyone and a subsequent drop in poverty. Greenhouse growers buy CO2<\/sub> generators to double plant growth.<\/p>\n

Cow farts cannot be worse for the environment than factories spewing chemical waste all day. Besides, the world-round cattle population has fallen by at least 100 million over the last 30 years, and this did not stop greenhouse gas emissions from going up.<\/p>\n

C<\/b>arbon is the foundation of organic chemistry and a building block of life. Something we emit when breathing cannot be bad for the environment. Restrictions and taxes on CO2<\/sub> emissions must be banned constitutionally.<\/p>\n

The real problem is actual air pollution, which kills 7 million people every year. Particles less than 0.1 micrometres in diameter — especially from diesel fuels — cause premature births, asthma, cancers, and mysterious illnesses. Boogers of a color other than white are a sign of dirty air.<\/p>\n

Fireworks frighten birds and animals, while contaminating air and earth. Banning them, along with limiting car use in cities, will largely solve noise pollution.<\/p>\n

Clean spring water should be easy to access straight from the tap. It’s scary how a tiny minority of people using Teflon pans for the last 30 years made rainwater no longer drinkable.<\/p>\n

Free markets and the role of government<\/h2>\n

It is sensible to minimise waste, pollution, and plastics. But rarely should something be done at all costs: absolutist approaches almost always lead to disasters. Good transitions are Tarzan-like: not letting go of the old before the new can replace it. Every policy decision must go thru a cost-benefit analysis.<\/p>\n

Clearly-defined property rights can help reduce pollution: a property owner has a natural incentive to take good care of his land. A neighbor’s cigarette smoke reaching my house should be considered a property violation.<\/p>\n

Most environmental calamities have been caused by governments and corporations. That’s why BP coined the term “climate footprint” in 2005 to try to pass its responsibility onto the individual. Big Energy uses another trick too: taking bribes to consider corporations users of 100% “clean energy”, thus turning regular people into users of “dirty energy”. The artificial legislative construct of limited liability lets companies destroy the environment for a fixed price — it must be abolished!<\/p>\n

Government agencies should be required to assess critical habitats affected by their projects and always choose the most environmentally-friendly option.<\/p>\n

The EU plans to exempt private planes from jetfuel tax despite them emitting the most pollution per person. Government employees except for the president and a few key ones should be obliged to fly only commercial; this will also reduce corruption.<\/p>\n

The EU is also now forcing manufacturers to use USB-C as their devices’ charging port. I doubt that this will help the environment in any way: some upgraders will now have to throw away existing chargers and buy new ones. This law is also an infringement on freedom that will raise production costs and stifle technological progress.<\/p>\n

Today’s financial system is a wasteful scam of pointless public companies, stocks, derivatives, and banks. It requires constant economic growth (which is impossible) and prints endless money to make prices go up forever. ESG ratings are not about corporate responsibility, but about woke greed. Taxes, inflation, and patents disincentivise innovation.<\/p>\n

GDP shows not the true wealth of a nation, but its reliance on the external economy; absolute self-sufficiency has a GDP of zero. Two quarters of negative GDP growth does not imply recession.<\/p>\n

It’s time to switch to hard, disinflationary currencies like Monero: their appreciating value incentivises buying only high-quality, long-lasting, and useful items. The world will become a cleaner and healthier place once the economy of single-use crap declines.<\/p>\n

Electric energy<\/h2>\n

Renewable energy is a nonsensical term. The sun may always be around, but solar panels and windmills need materials to be built. Moreover, solar and wind farms take up lots of land and destroy its landscape. The German Green Party invades forests to replace trees with windmills — clown world at its finest.<\/p>\n

Rapidly changing energy production methods is wasteful in itself, as it requires manufacturing thousands of solar panels and windmills. Manufacturing one<\/i> EV battery requires digging up 226,000 kilograms of the earth’s crust for metal-processing.<\/p>\n

Nuclear power is the most energy-dense fuel of all, is quite cheap, and saves lives by avoiding pollution that would have come from burning coal. Infinite nuclear energy means infinite fertiliser, food, productivity, and opportunity for an even larger population.<\/p>\n

The cruel Klaus Schwab and his Young Global Leaders of course desire the opposite — energy scarcity — to amass more control and win the spiritual war. Energy independence is a national security priority; European nuclear power plants should be restarted as soon as it is safely possible to do so.<\/p>\n

The chance of a nuclear-plant accident happening in peaceful times is yoctoscopic: today’s plants are built unlike Chernobyl. Should we strive to abolish hazards completely, we should start by dismantling all nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

Hydro and geothermal are also good energy sources. Solar energy makes sense at the level of individual buildings — but installing panels should never be mandatory! Using rainwater as greywater in individual buildings makes sense too.<\/p>\n

Mainstream soyentists call petrol “dinosaur sauce”. But I find the abiotic origin theory to make more sense: it says that petroleum is formed by magmatic C<\/b>arbon reäcting with H<\/b>ydrogen beneath the earth’s crust. If this is correct, the peak-oil narrative will be defenestrated and fuel prices will fall. Using petroleum for energy is fine if done without excessive pollution, fracking is okay if local communities support it.<\/p>\n

Biofuel is made of viable crops. Its low energy density is never worth the rise in food prices.<\/p>\n

The city of Augsburg is switching off façade lighting on historic buildings and evaluating the shutdown of some traffic lights, while France is turning off street lights completely and limiting illuminated advertising at night. I support these initiatives: they will save taxpayer money and improve citizens’ eyesight & circadian rhythms. I would even take them a step further by banning fluorescent lighting in government buildings and public spaces.<\/p>\n

It is sensible not to condition air in the summer and not to heat homes too much in the winter: large temperature differences between the indoors and outdoors are bad for health. But such restrictions should never be forced upon people (looking at you, Spain).<\/p>\n

Plastic<\/h2>\n

Plastic is a petroleum-derived industrial material that was never intended for day-to-day use and only became widespread because of corrupt scientists. Bisphenols, PBDEs, phthalates, microplastics, and other forever-chemicals are messing with our hormones and making us sick.<\/p>\n

We are meant to lightly live next to nature, and not in a densely-populated industrial wasteland. Avoiding “soakproof paper”, polyëster clothing, synthetic tyres, wood glues, chemical-laden fabric softeners, and all other plastics is much smarter than buying an EV “to save the planet”. I own only 20 things made with plastic — 20 too many.<\/p>\n

The same governments that couldn’t stop screaming about the environment led an epidemic response that created loads of waste in masks, gloves, bags, tests, and vaccine vials. To this I say: governments must be banned from using plastic in non-critical situations. Fake grass should be banned completely.<\/p>\n

Better ways to build things<\/h2>\n

Environmentally-friendly objects are frugally designed with universality in mind, and thus cost little both to buy and to maintain. They don’t need constant cleaning & lubrication, and instead resist erosion, self-heal, & generally become better with age. They are easy to repair, often without special tools. They honor their material by avoiding dyes and embracing natural forms. Stapleless staplers are a brilliant item designed to avoid depleting resources.<\/p>\n

I avoid buying whenever I can, and instead build, borrow, or rent. If buying is inevitable, used items are worth taking a look at: preowned classics are better than unproven novelties; old does not mean obsolete. I use everything that I own, even every corner of every sheet of paper!<\/p>\n

Appropriate technology is smol-scale and not organisation-dependent. Mechanical devices such as counterweights, pedals, magnets, and simple machines are more reliable than electricity-consuming alternatives.<\/p>\n

Speaking of electronics — buried components, omnipresent glue, and proprietary screws are a disgrace. Devices with interchangeable parts allow upgrading without replacing, either via hot-swap modularity or custom improvements such as retrofitting. Refinement culture has a certain charm to it. I like the concept of scavenger electronics: building tech with spare parts lying around. Openly available schematics allow more people to repair instead of discarding and replacing.<\/p>\n

The best packaging is as little packaging as possible. It is beautiful, reusable, and easy to open.<\/p>\n

Localising production will reduce transport-related pollution, reliance on the failing global supply chains, as well as the impact of foreign crises. Countries should strive to have vast resources (including sovereign fishing waters), zero debt, and no need for imports. Exports are okay, but they should not be the economy’s backbone.<\/p>\n

Recycling is a last resort, a sort of defeat in fact. Most unused things can be kept and turned into something else: old computer chips make for nifty fridge magnets. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure!<\/p>\n

Dying in nature should not harm it. Compostable (not simply biodegradable) items are great as long as they do not self-destruct while in use.<\/p>\n

Natural conservationism<\/h2>\n

The term conservative<\/i> derives from the word conserve<\/i>. Real conservatives protect the environment.<\/p>\n

Good knowledge of biology and ecology is a superpower. Nature should be left alone when it does not threaten our infrastructure.<\/p>\n

As such, natural extinctions and wildfires exist to rejuvenate Earth. Stopping them from happening only creates imbalances.<\/p>\n

Banning hunting endangered species makes each kill more profitable, bringing the animal even closer to extinction. If the ban is strictly enforced, people will find similar species to poach, creating more endangered species in the process.<\/p>\n

Putting plants in solo pots makes them lonely, because they lose the possibility to exchange substances thru their roots.<\/p>\n

Food<\/h2>\n

Eating an animal means killing that animal. But being vegan and vegetarian is still deadlier than being carnivore: birds are shot to protect crops, insects are pesticided to produce oat, moles and frogs are killed by plowing fields, habitats are destroyed by flattening rainforests to plant avocados, and thousands of other animals are massacred to operate soybean farms. It’s easy to cause collateral damage when one does not witness the impact that his decisions make. PETA — People for the Ethical<\/i> Treatment of Animals — kill<\/s> euthanise animals when running out of place to keep them.<\/p>\n

Being vegan and vegetarian is wasteful, too. A single glass of almond “milk” takes 61 litres of water to produce. Monocrop farming takes up lots of land and destroys its N<\/b>itrogen-rich topsoil. Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and Imperial China all plowed their way to demise.<\/p>\n

Cows, on the other hand, are upcyclers who turn greens inedible by humans into our most bioavailable and nutritious food, while their poop regenerates the soil. They, along with other ruminants, have the organs to eliminate heavy metals, carcinogens, pesticides, glyphosates, and other poisons they’re exposed to. Pigs are recyclers who turn what we don’t eat into something we do. Humans can digest almost all animal parts; the few outliers can be used as quality material.<\/p>\n

Yes, animals don’t want to be eaten: they defend themselves by kicking, biting, or running away. But they know we will eat them anyway: their breeding habits and evolutionary development “priced in” many of them being hunted by us.<\/p>\n

Humans are not meant to digest large quantities of plants: phytochemicals inflame us when we try to. Plants also often contain pesticide and glyphosate residues. Veganism leads to infertility, disgusting skin, and weakness in joints. The best way to receive plant nutrients is thru other animals breaking them up for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Carnivore<\/td>\n~2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human<\/td>\n1.5...2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Humans are not meant to eat insects, either: we cannot digest chitin, a polysaccharide that they contain.<\/p>\n

Something that we have been eating forever cannot be the cause of new diseases. Hong Kongers eat the most meat per person and have the longest average lifespan. Indians eat the least meat per person, yet 20% have diabetes and 25% die of heart disease. Satiety, the precaution against overconsumption, is felt only when eating proper foods.<\/p>\n

Animal-based is based. Meat was the driving force behind mankind’s brain development. Key nutrients such as vitamin B12 are not found in non-animal products. Our genome, cheekbone, and teeth were designed for meat, and not sweet soft foods; we ate only animal products for 2.5 million years before agriculture came about 15,000 years ago. Modern fruits, vegetables, and grains were created by people crossbreeding them:<\/p>\n

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The agricultural revolution led to nutritional deficiencies, followed by a rise in epidemics and dental disease. Even worse, it concentrated control over the food supply in the hands of a few. This statist non-producing elite then prohibited the lower classes from hunting and made them dependent on wheat & rice, turning them into docile slaves. Greek royals died 5 to 7 centimetres taller than peasants.<\/p>\n

People in decentralised hunting-gathering tribes were happier, freër, better-looking, and healthier than those in states. Gyms exist today only because we abandoned their lifestyle.<\/p>\n

I am noticing a similar “revolution” today: governments and corporations are creating supply shortages to influence what we eat. Northern Ireland aims to reduce its population of sheep and cattle by one million for “climate targets”. Governments of the Netherlands, US, and UK are paying farmers to shut their businesses down. Canada and the Netherlands want to mandate reduced fertiliser usage — something that recently led to Sri Lanka’s collapse. The Chinese government warns about the US military weaponising and dispatching “super-insects” to cause deliberate famines in rival countries. The mainstream media is talking about bird flu, which happens to be detected by the infamously erroneous PCR tests. Oxford University and Imperial College London promote phasing out eating beef and lamb because cLiMaTe cHaNgE.<\/p>\n

Eating synthetic meat is far worse than eating vegetables. Fake meat is a subversion of reality, a lie. It is unnatural in the original sense of the word: against nature’s intent<\/i> (for us to eat actual meat). And, of course, its ingredients are no good either: Beyond Burgers contain the machine lubricant canola oil. Lab-grown “milk” is anti-natural at its finest. Genetic engineering can cause unexpected mutations in an organism, which can elevate food toxicity. Do not let the bugmen fool you: no lab will ever produce anything as healthy as a cow can.<\/p>\n

Countries should follow France’s lead and ban calling vegetarian products sausages<\/i> and steaks<\/i>, going even further to establish legal definitions of the terms food<\/i>, water<\/i>, and milk<\/i>. Restaurant menus with ingredient lists should be required to mention all ingredients. The rights to grow, raise, process, barter, trade, sell, and choose food without government interference should be enshrined in the constitution. Food security is national security.<\/p>\n

Regenerative farming is the way to go: it means animals not having constant access to the entire pasture, and instead grazing in a managed way — having adaptive access to smoller paddocks. It leads to healthier animals, more microbial diversity, fewer parasites, increased rainfall absorption, and a better wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n

True prepping is more than stockpiling: it means owning an untaxable and unseizable ranch homestead with many animals and a nearby water source.<\/p>\n

There is nothing wrong with fast food if it is quality food. It takes less than fifteen minutes to cook a delicious steak.<\/p>\n

“Climate change” is no crisis. Tyranny and propaganda is.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2022-08-17T18:38:47+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:42:32+05:00", "tags": [ "ads", "care", "Covid", "death", "decentralisation", "drinks", "environment", "Europe", "food", "freedom", "Great Reset", "hues", "infrastructure", "legislation", "looks", "might", "monero", "packaging", "Rome", "scams", "solutions", "spirituality", "Sun", "tech", "things", "wars", "wealthlore", "weather" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:38:47 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "121923", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "122192", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/legislation-resistant\/", "title": "Legislation-resistant technologies", "content_html": "

The Eurosoviet Von der Leyen regime today presented a draft law<\/a> on mandatory chatcontrol. The absolute surveillance it calls for is an attack on free society.<\/p>\n

Technologies should be built in ways that make such laws impossible to enforce. Optional privacy is no privacy at all, as it divides people into normies and “those with something to hide” — that’s why Monero rules and Zcash drools. Decentralisation and transparency are paramount.<\/p>\n

Avoid Big Tech, be smart, and destroy tyrannies!<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2022-05-12T00:13:16+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:43:04+05:00", "tags": [ "chatcontrol", "decentralisation", "Europe", "freedom", "legislation", "might", "monero", "privacy", "tech" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Thu, 12 May 2022 00:13:16 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "122192", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "121685", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/ukraine-lies\/", "title": "Mainstream media lies about Ukraine", "content_html": "

I’m worried that mainstream media peddling lies about Ukraine will lead to more loss of life and freedom. Julian Assange pointed out correctly that nearly every war started in the last 50 years was a result of media lies. If the media was actually anti-war, it would dedicate airtime to mention the near-daily bombings of Somalia, Yemen, and Palestine.<\/p>\n

In 2014, the US and some of its NATO allies helped overthrow democratically-elected Ukrainian president Yanukovych, began spreading artificially-created anti-Russian sentiment, and integrated the neonazi & anti-Russian Azov Battalion into the Ukrainian National Guard. These latter madmen openly speak about desires to eat Russian children and nuke Moscow, only to be awarded by actor-president Zelensky. These were serious threats, as Ukraine had labs and sites developing all sorts of weapons, including viruses targeting certain ethnic groups.<\/p>\n

NATO undermines national sovereignty, and it must be dissolved. Italy should cancel the 11th article of its constitution, strengthen its military, and close foreign bases on its soil.<\/p>\n

Many American congressmen will send weapons anywhere but their own backyards if it means profiting from military-industry stocks and lobbyists. Eurosoviet Union president Ursula von der Leyen has recently stated “Ukraine belongs to us”. Other politicians use the current situation to deflect responsibility for their failures at home, and to enact icky legislation after making people panic.<\/p>\n

Tyrants cancel the debate when they cannot win it. Banning media outlets and imprisoning people for dissent is disgraceful. Fake news is best suppressed by spreading truth and being transparent. Words are not violence.<\/p>\n

There is no such thing as collective responsibility. Only certain people are responsible for certain actions. Society is not responsible for government crimes; the victim is not the aggressor. Oligarchs will bypass sanctions placed on them at the expense of regular people.<\/p>\n

This is only a smol part of the full story. Keep your head when all around are losing theirs.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2022-05-05T17:36:31+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:35:56+05:00", "tags": [ "Europe", "freedom", "Italy", "legislation", "might", "NATO", "nuclear weapons", "Palestine", "Russia", "Ukraine", "United States", "wars" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Thu, 05 May 2022 17:36:31 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "121685", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "121676", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/chatcontrol-call\/", "title": "Called the EU about chatcontrol", "content_html": "

Chatcontrol<\/a> is unacceptable. That is why I left EU<\/a> Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, a strongly-worded message:<\/p>\n

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Hello Ms. Johansson, I would like to talk to you about the new chatcontrol legislation and how it is absolutely disastrous for everyone in the EU and generally in the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The European Union wants to “temporarily” mandate spying on personal conversations in order to “protect children”. By doing this, it is effectively banning end-to-end messaging encryption, allowing potential thieves and murderers to read our conversations. Criminals will always disobey the law, so this [proposal] won’t help. If you begin scanning messages that go through servers held by companies, crime networks will set up their own private servers. Crime is fought through education, freedom to work in ethical industries, and a tough approach to who can immigrate to a country. There is no such thing as a backdoor which can only be used for good, just as is there is no such thing as a temporary mandate. If a state of emergency gives a government extra powers, the government will never want to let go of them, and will keep extending the emergency forever, just as it has done with the Covid epidemic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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You will be held accountable for your actions. Please, Ms. Johansson, don’t enact this law! Don’t encourage your people to enact this law! This is absolutely horrible, this will destroy the creativity of people: they will [become] afraid. Even if the people trust the government now, what if there’s a government that’s completely the opposite, what will they do with this ability? They will persecute people for different beliefs! You have to be careful about any law enacted now even if it’s for supposed good (this law cannot do any good, but nevertheless), imagine if the complete opposite — if a tyrannical dictator — used this law. This law is absolutely horrific and as a concerned citizen I really do not this law to be passed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I left Executive Vice President for a Europe of the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager, a similar message.<\/p>\n

I also called EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, who hung up seconds after responding, twice. Not something unusual from a corrupt New World Order tyrant who wishes for a universal digital ID (read: social score<\/a>) and signs secret deals with pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n", "date_published": "2022-02-08T23:07:43+05:00", "date_modified": "2025-08-27T17:43:42+05:00", "tags": [ "chatcontrol", "Europe", "freedom", "legislation", "migration", "privacy" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Tue, 08 Feb 2022 23:07:43 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "121676", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "131008", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/public-healthcare\/", "title": "Public healthcare is unfair", "content_html": "

Moscow laws clearly state that people must wear face masks in public transport, but some people don’t comply. They fall ill, only to be healed with tax money of those who do comply.<\/p>\n

If this isn’t unfair, nothing is.<\/p>\n

Read also: Pandemic havens<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n", "date_published": "2021-03-05T11:42:59+05:00", "date_modified": "2024-09-27T18:40:46+05:00", "tags": [ "Covid", "health", "legislation" ], "author": { "name": "Robert", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/", "avatar": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/userpic\/userpic@2x.jpg?1739870896" }, "_date_published_rfc2822": "Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:42:59 +0500", "_rss_guid_is_permalink": "false", "_rss_guid": "131008", "_rss_enclosures": [], "_e2_data": { "is_favourite": false, "links_required": null, "og_images": [] } }, { "id": "120849", "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/pandemic-havens\/", "title": "Pandemic havens", "content_html": "

Tax havens are territories where individual money is never seized by the government.<\/p>\n

Pandemic havens are territories where individual lives are never altered by the government because of a disease.<\/p>\n

A pandemic haven would:<\/p>\n