I'm sure that's Russia and not the MI6 or other European intelligence services. Just like the Russians blowing up Nordstream.

It feels good to know that a multi trillion dollar propaganda machine didn’t work against my mind

Don't miss the significance of the secular shift that began (again) in January 2022.

TL;DR

The world has shifted away from US-centric Proof of Stake Financialization and towards Global Proof of Work Industrialization.

Ignore this shift (and its investment/savings implications) at your own risk.

Don't miss the significance of the secular shift that began (again) in January 2022.

TL;DR

The world has shifted away from US-centric Proof of Stake Financialization and towards Global Proof of Work Industrialization.

Ignore this shift (and its investment/savings implications) at your own risk.

The people who believe in nothing tend to lose to the people who believe in something

too much loser energy in bitcoin right now

I personally never listen to it

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday defended U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff against claims that he favors Moscow over Kyiv, describing him as “an intelligent man” who accurately represents his nation and president. Putin added that Witkoff is “not overly pro-Russian.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday defended U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff against claims that he favors Moscow over Kyiv, describing him as “an intelligent man” who accurately represents his nation and president. Putin added that Witkoff is “not overly pro-Russian.”

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China and Russia have hitched their futures to gold.

The USA must hitch its future to superior digital gold.

BITCOIN

Random Wednesday thought:

I've never been able to form deep friendships with dudes. Always the peripheral friend, but "bro-less" my entire life.

Weirdly enough, I never had a problem with female companionship--romantic or platonic. I'm even married to my best friend, which is incredible.

Such a strange position to be in.

The "appeal to OG" argument is weak.

Time in Bitcoin doesn't necessarily make you more knowledgeable.

It doesn't give more weight to your opinions.

OGs can get stuck in their beliefs, detached from the reality of what Bitcoin is today vs what they thought it should be.

The Royal Tennenbaums is the best Wes Anderson film and if you think otherwise you are wrong.

That said if you’re a life aquatic or Darjeeling limited enjoyer than you are also right.

But if you’re one of those grand Budapest hotel people please go fuck yourself.

You might be lying more than is healthy for you.

Most people think lying is harmless, just social grease or a shortcut through conflict.

I used to think that too.

But the real damage caused by lying isn’t moral. It’s structural. It’s what it does to your internal model of reality.

To be a convincing liar you have to believe your own stories. And the moment you start believing them, you compromise the part of your mind that knows what’s real. That internal compass, the one that helps you navigate the world and navigate yourself, begins to distort. Hannah Arendt warned that when lies replace truth, our ability to orient ourselves collapses. That’s the real danger.

Lying feels like control, but over time it becomes the opposite. You create a false world, and then that false world starts controlling you.

If you’ve been lying long enough, you’ve already split yourself in two: the part of you that knows the truth and the part of you performing the lie. Carl Jung would say the performer becomes a shadow self you start living inside. And if you inhabit that character long enough, you confuse their desires for your own. Eventually the performance becomes the identity, and your entire life bends around maintaining it.

The prescription is simple, but brutal. Tell the truth again.

But be warned. Truth is expensive. David Foster Wallace said the truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you.

Telling the truth means killing the false self, and that death is painful because you’ve been identifying with that character for years. You’ve invested in them. You’ve protected them. You’ve let them run your life.

Worse, many of your relationships have bonded not with you, but with the liar, with the persona. And when you kill that persona, people will grieve it. Some will resent you. Some will leave. Some will tell you you’re not yourself anymore without realizing they never actually knew you in the first place.

People love the lie. It’s easier to love. Cleaner. More convenient.

When you start telling the truth, don’t expect applause. Expect resistance. Expect disappointment. Expect people to prefer the mask you wore over the face you’re finally revealing.

But if you stay the course, something else happens.

The world becomes solid again.

Your mind aligns with reality.

Your inner compass recalibrates.

And you stop living as a character in a story you never meant to write.

You come back to yourself.

People really just did what the television told them to do during the mass media age.

I don’t expect the internet age to be much different.

Nobody really knows what they're doing until they're 40.

counterpoint

people used to just have kids because they needed the labor

Me: having children is a wonderful thing that will add deep meaning and fulfillment to your life.

Random nostr users: you are an arrogant douchebag and a privileged rich white guy. Fuck you. I hope you die.

capitalism is the only system that can uphold and protect individual rights.

Maxcoin and Starcoin was just the tip of the iceberg.

There were at least 5 other shitcoins he was fully endorsing on RT.

What if everything we were taught about money was a lie?

Inflation isn’t just numbers on a chart.

It’s theft. Of your time. Your freedom.

Bitcoin gives that back.

Are you fighting in or funding the war in any significant way? Or do you expect other people to do that for you?