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I don't do what I do online to make money. I do it for fun and for the sake of spreading the word of what I see as necessary in our day and age. I will continue to run this site even if I make no money off of it. I have a full-time day job which helps me keep the lights on and pay for web hosting. However, I have dreams of someday doing something related to lecturing online as a career or source of income. I am also saving up in the hopes of moving to a new state or country.
If you would like to support me, these methods are available. If you choose not to give any support, the thought of gratitude is more than enough.
If you are a creative type, I'd love to have some drawings of Kasuga Maori for the MAORI SHRINE! I only have my own pictures of her and I'm not the best visual artist. Let's share our love for her together! It means even more to me than a monetary donation.
I accept donations via PayPal.
My Monero wallet:
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Note: I highly prefer you pay through PayPal if you can as cryptocurrencies have a terrible environmental footprint compared to traditional banks and credit cards [1] [2]. Monero is a lot better than something like Bitcoin, as it only uses about 0.2 kWh/transaction compared with Bitcoin's monstrous 700 kWh/transaction. But this is still enormous compared to the average credit card transaction which is something like 0.003 kWh/transaction. [3] [4]. Admittedly, there are some problems with traditional forms of currency that cryptocurrencies do not have, like the environmental costs of extracting resources for the creation of physical coins, bills, and credit cards. But in the here and now, crypto transactions use much more energy than traditional ones.
Monero is somewhere in the middle: Not as bad as giants like Bitcoin, but much more intensive than "green" cryptocurrencies like Hedera and SolarCoin. The primary reason is that it uses a proof-of-work algorithm, which is much more intensive than a proof-of-stake algorithm. Granted, its proof-of-work algorithm is much simpler than something like Bitcoin's, meaning it can be successfully mined on ordinary CPUs and doesn't contribute to e-waste nearly as much as the way Bitcoin shreds through GPUs. But there are better cryptocurrencies in terms of energy-use.
So why do I use it? Because Monero is actually private. Monero is the closest thing to actually using cash between two people in real life. It has ring signatures and stealth addresses that obscure your identity on the blockchain. It's what most normies THINK "cryptocurrency" is supposed to be when in fact your transactions are more public with Bitcoin than with an ordinary credit card.
I plan to abandon cryptocurrency when I have a stable career in a place I like. For now, it is a necessary evil. If you choose to pay me in Monero, I will be extremely thankful. However, I would encourage you to take some 25% of that and put it towards the Founders Pledge Climate Fund as well. to offset the increased amount of energy you use to do so.
These are some other organizations that I support. If you are so inclined, please do so. When you support them, you support me:
Founders Pledge Climate Fund: Not the most glamorous or sexy on the surface, but this is the single most effective way you can help mitigate the effects of global heating. The Founders Pledge is a kind of meta-charity that will autistically min-max your funds to the most effective charities, non-profits, and advocacy groups to make sure your money goes as far as possible to actually helping the cause.
Good Food Institute: Think tank designed to make lab-grown and plant-based meats accessible and affordable.
Internet Archive: The backbone of internet archaeology.
Sci-Hub: Publicized access to scientific papers. Piracy for a moral cause.
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression: Non-partisan defenders of the right to freedom of expression in the US.
Let Grow: Policy group dedicated to advocating for childhood autonomy and independence even in places whose infrastructure makes it hard (the US).
Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways: Organization led by Ilarion Merculieff devoted to recording and spreading the teachings of traditional wisdom-bearers in times of crisis.
Encyclopedia Dramatica: The canary in the coal mine for freedom of expression online.