My first large format drawing is finally finished!

350 hours of work

31 pencil leads

12 pencils

1 drawing paper

"The Rise of #Bitcoin" was just a thought, an idea in my head over 4 months ago.

Even more fulfilling to now be able to witness this idea with my own eyes and to creatively combine my drawing style and love to detail with some of the most formative events in the 16 years since Bitcoin came into existence.

This will not be the last project on this scale!

If you are interested in a print of this drawing, available in different sizes and qualities, you can find them at bitcoinapexart.com/shop.

Thanks to everyone who enjoyed the updates on this drawing. Your feedback was truly something else.

Solar is good from a decentralization perspective. The grid is just another monopoly in our flawed society.

Hello, Primal family!

After years of building a beautiful community on IG, I’ve realized that the long-term freedom of expression I value so deeply might not thrive there. So, here I am, stepping into this revolutionary platform with excitement and hope for a space where authenticity and freedom are celebrated.

I’m Melissa – a mama of two little wildlings, living the dream in the lush Costa Rican jungle. My family and I built Rainbow Lodge Costa Rica, a sanctuary for travelers and adventurers, and we’re on a mission to help the planet break free from plastic while paving the way for abundance for future generations.

A little about me: I’m a bitcoin believer, Ashtanga yoga devotee, natural health enthusiast, and freedom addict. My family and I are journeying toward a more primal lifestyle – living closer to nature, embracing simplicity, and nourishing ourselves in alignment with the earth.

Still needing to figure out how this app works but thought this was a great start.

Who else here is passionate about freedom, nature, and creating a legacy of sustainability? Let’s connect, share, and grow together!

More freedom fighters and journalists than you know:

A) know about nostr now

B) are behind the scenes working with devs building on nostr

C) see it as the way to get truth out to the world under authoritarian regimes

My bullishness on nostr has actually never been higher now. This use-case is killer

I honestly feel bad for anyone that fucks with bitcoin and thereby bitcoiners. The amount of full powered autism that gets directed at those individuals will absolutely crush them.

20 month old has been going through a sleep regression for months, waking up every few hours.

Tonight he's falling asleep on me but cries when I put him down.

Wife is 7 months pregnant and exhausted.

I have no idea how parents cope when they have a toddler that won't sleep as well as a newborn.

Any advice would be appreciated #nostr #parents

🚨🇺🇸SHOCKING CIA DOC REVEALS US MILITARY'S PLOT TO KILL AMERICANS

A declassified CIA document reveals that in the 1960s, the US military planned Operation Northwoods, which involved committing acts of terrorism against American citizens to justify a war with Cuba.

The plot included proposals like creating a 'Communist Cuban terror campaign' in US cities and even suggested killing US soldiers by blowing up a ship in Guantanamo Bay to blame Cuba, aiming to provoke public support for military action against Fidel Castro.

Although signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1962, the plan was ultimately rejected by President John F. Kennedy, but its recent resurfacing on Reddit has reignited public interest, especially with Trump's promise to release all JFK assassination-related documents, potentially uncovering more about government operations from that era.

Source: DailyMail

Holy shit, I think I just realized a direct and concrete way that I’ve personally experienced to how #Nostr completely changes the social incentives:

• Rage and hateful posts on Twitter get the most attention.

• Positive and happy posts on Nostr get the most zaps.

It really was just monetization all the time.

When attention is the currency, negativity and hate rise to the top because the platforms need people arguing.

When sats directly from peers are the currency, value rises to the top.

(Anyone else feel they’ve had this same experience?)

Can you live on $2500 a month?

Hey Nostr, Ollie here!

I just landed in Primal and, apparently, introducing yourself is part of the local customs—so here we go!

Even though I’m originally from Barcelona (yes, the Mediterranean, that place famous for not having waves), I somehow defied the odds and became a surf photographer. Now, I’ve upgraded my life and settled in the lovely surf town of Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

If you want to check out my work—or just confirm I’m not making all of this up—head to my website and get to know me a bit better.

Catch you around!

#introductions

I’ll tell you ahead of time.

The watchmen are retarded. They were retarded for the Middle East. They were retarded for the Patriot act. And they’re still retarded now.

Don’t give them information. Pressure them every step of the way. Assume retardation whenever possible.

Mock them when a meme presents itself.

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People often assume that whoever their god is, that it is standing with them specifically. In the US, they often separate this view along party lines.

Conservatives to some extent imagine Jesus standing with them on the border with a rifle protecting Christendom against anarchy. Even if many of those immigrants are ::checks notes:: also Christians. If a "woke" bishop calls for compassion on immigrants and is not a fan of the twice-divorced President who can't name his favorite bible chapter and forgot to put his hand on the bible when being sworn in, she's somehow the baddie rather than him, even among Christians.

Progressives to some extent imagine Jesus walking around in Gaza or Haiti or Sudan attending to the least advantaged among us. He shuns the empire and tends to them. And yet, while Jesus called for pacifism and was a rhetorical saint among chill speakers, many of them find a way to mentally turn extremists into heroes. Anything the underdog society does against the dominant society is justified. Even if it's violent toward civilians. In our media rebels are cool, but in reality they often like to kill the gays or the civilians, so it gets awkward pretty fast rather than being like the cool Star Wars rebels vs the Empire.

I find myself in a weird camp that almost nobody is onboard with.

I'm like, "Yes, we actually need to secure our borders. We need to be more scrutinizing for our society's sake. We need slower, higher-end immigration. And we actually need to enforce the rule of law for theft on the streets."

But also,

"No, I don't think Jesus of Nazareth as depicted in text would be onboard with this border view. He'd view us like Rome. Let's not re-imagine him as onboard with this. We're rooting for ourselves; he'd root for the underdogs."

I'm too woke for the conservatives and too based for the progressives.

The US was involved with multiple coups in Latin America. We ran the reserve currency and tried to bend them to our will with their dollar-denominated debt 40 years ago by spiking the value of that debt. Some of them went into retarded socialism and rekt themselves throughout that time period too; it's not all our fault. But it's some of our fault.

And then we militarily entered the Middle East. We made deals with them, funded them against the Soviets, and then turned against them. We've invaded them at like a 100:1 ratio vs them invading us with one major incidence (9/11). And as much as I am a fan of Jews as a people (as someone who grew up in Northeastern USA where Jews are relatively dense, I'd happily have them settle all around here), Israel is a state is colonial; our western powers displaced Gazans to make it and have been fighting that reality ever since.

We're Rome. And like Rome, we think we are justified. And along those lines, we're probably partially right, and probably partially wrong.

When you take a view, imagine every possible view opposing it.

And as the US dominates as neo-Rome, I think we will realize how distant we are from Jesus the hippie.