there is no question about when the line from self defense to murder is crossed though, really

I would push back and say as a small income earned/saver that the cost of voting with my feet does many times more harm to myself than to the government I'm protesting.

So I'm not sure when that line is crossed.

i'm pretty tired of hearing justifications for not evacuating that region, personally

people don't realise, when people flee, governments lose tax revenue and militaries lose personnel and so on

and yes, it can be rough because very often, other countries are aligned to the enemies of your freedom and make your life difficult where you flee to

it's not easy, any of it, but sticking around and tolerating it and putting yourself in the kill zone is just RETARDED and i'm tired of pretending it isn't

shit happens, and every so often war breaks out here and there, it's not unique to israel, lebanon, the middle east, or even eurasia or africa, happens EVERYWHERE

government gets coopted by megalomaniac eugenicists and people literally have to move

let's just say, that just as disasters like Helene are Acts of God, in some ways, so are the horrible human created disasters of these psychopaths taking over contrtol of everything

you wouldn't even blink at the advice to get the fuck out of the way of a hurricane, yet people literally think they should stand in the path of some violent maniac's plans to arrogate the right to govern a place?

it's the same picture

At least you can rest your head easy at night knowing you didn’t consent for more death and destruction. Protest vote at the very least. I don’t buy the lesser of two evils narrative

Or vote third party

I read that the IRS doesn't let go of you even so many years after your renunciation of citizenship and departure. You Americans have it tough, my friend.

Are you cool with your tax dollars killing 40k people in Gaza in one year? Voting for either party continues this genocide.

i'm not really a comedian but a story teller probably... and something of a pedagogue, i enjoy teaching people things

This is referred to that Saylor plan to become the Bitcoin bank

The Scale Trap

In shadows deep, where fortunes sway,

Michael's bank leads dreams astray.

Bitcoin glimmers, a siren's call,

Yet whispers warn of a looming fall.

A trap adorned in golden gleam,

Promises fade like a distant dream.

Investors chase the fleeting light,

While caution whispers in the night.

Hold tight your coins, let not greed steer,

For in this game, the end is near.

#Bitcoin #BTC #MichaelSaylor #Nostr

* "taking the ing lot" out of "parking lot".

It's much easier to orange or purple pill someone, after they've taken the red pill 😏

Interesting to watch the Corona years get reviewed, in the German press, since Sahra Wagenknecht's electoral march through the states began. People forget that she rose to popularity fighting the vaccine mandates and the lockdowns.

She was a complete political pariah, for years, because of it, and now she's got an axe to grind. Drosten is getting the chop, right now. He just got caught lying, claiming to not know anything about nothing, and is crying to the press that the blowback from the Corona years is ruining his life and destroyed his career, and he lives in fear of people causing him physical injury.

Mfw I try to suppress my Schadenfreude.

GM.

I was thinking about how normies learn about and get sucked into adopting new technologies.

It ain't release notes, it's more to do with branding. Heck, many people didn't know what NFC was until iOS introduced Apple Pay.

I think we need a for profit wallet that can afford to build a brand. They will rebrand features like "BOLT 12" into something that can be compared with banking, like "direct deposits". They will almost always be late to market, but they will get people excited about the development of Bitcoin.

The risk is merely that "everyone" uses this product and only power users use anything else... but is that so bad? As long as there is a market for cutting edge, there will be a market for other wallets.

Tesla Cybercab is cool. Gives me James Bond car vibes. I would buy it if they made a model with a steering wheel.

also, i can talk pretty much off the cuff, it's one of my things... it does help me be persuasive when i try

i don't say things unless i'm reasonably confident, and i have a thing about containing people's expectations to a level that is below what i know i can deliver with reasonable certainty

trump is definitely a witty, orange man... orange is the color of wits, also, just because he's smart doesn't mean he's honest, he's just light on his feet

in fact i think it would not be hard to read back over the history and catch him multiple times knowingly lying

the best protection for bad guys is standing in the shadow of guys who specialising in looking good

Don’t mean to be snobbish, but people who never say “interesting” tend not to be.