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International man of mystery. They've given me a number, and taken away my name. I don't often post, but when I do I noticed a typo 0.03 seconds after hitting send.

I went overboard with a fountain pen obsession a few years ago. Any idea where I might be able to sell some for Sats?

I’ve decided to change from never spending/selling my Bitcoin to malicious compliance in doing so thanks to my new Revolut card dynamically sells when you use it.

I know, I know, this is not pure. But, it does make it easier to do. I decided to illustrate the absurdity of the tax law by following it to a tee.

I just realized a $0.01 capital gain buying a hot chocolate from a vending machine.

I’ve created a Google Sheet to fill out with my purchases (aka Bitcoin sales) at the end of each day so tracking is fairly easy & when I file my taxes at the end of the year I’ll have hundreds of micro-transactions for them to look at if they wish.

After it finally reloaded it only presents a log in or sign up screen. I think I’ll just delete it instead. :-/

Fountain seems kind of dead today. I could listen, but not mark played or delete. So I killed the app & now it won’t reload.

Congratulations to PSG & condolences to Parisian business owners. 😔

My new retirement plan: Wait tables at Steak ‘n Shake.

I heard a strange bird outside my apartment & looked around saw one just like that. I don’t think I’d ever seen a green bird before.

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I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately in terms of the idea that we are all individuated pieces of the same consciousness, ie the thought that we are all “one”. After all, governments and corporations are just made up of individuals, enacting policies in a perpetually adversarial environment.

Why does it seem to be the nature of emergent, dominant systems and institutions, like governments and corporations, to be parasitic, while we are, as individuals (in my experience), generally seeking opportunities for synergy and common ground?

When do governments and organizations get corrupted into vampiric monoliths? Is it a function of size? Or the existence of a few “bad apples” spoiling the basket?

Why do social structures become predominantly extractive of a disproportionate amount of the time and energy of the individuals that form them, through force, threat of force, and fear of loss?

Are most individuals, by design, meant merely to be expended as fuel for the engine of the creators’ vehicles; to be ever squeezed to a greater degree to produce value?

Who are the drivers? CEO’s and heads of corporations I suppose. The ones who understood early enough in life, through experience, birth or upbringing that they can be one of two things: masters or slaves.

One thing is clear. Employment is not the answer for those of us who have noticed the dichotomy and wish for more than an eventual mere subsistence. It is up to us to be either creators or the fuel. There doesn’t seem to be another option.

I guess it explains why, in an industrialized world, that our education systems mainly turn out obedient worker bees.

Do we have to be extractive in all of our dealings to be successful in worldly terms? Or is industry itself the cause of the corruption? I’ve never worked for anyone who has ever been willing to fairly share the successes and value I have created for their organizations.

All I have gained is an understanding of the parable that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven.

What is the destination of this vehicle? Is it a dead end road? Or a pathway to the stars?

I found it wild that when the US accidentally nuked some Japanese fishermen in the South Pacific that they paid more restitution to the Japanese government than to the families of the fishermen.

I’m sure it was AI, but I saw a photo that appeared to be 🥖 baked on a Bitcoin miner. How awesome would it be to run a Bitcoin bakery?

For some reason, scheme has a negative connotation in the west. But, it’s not really inherently so.

I got nodes in different areas codes.

I’m curious if anyone has tried to orange-pill the Amish.

That's awesome! I was just thinking the other day that I'd like to open an old-school arcade that operated on lightning instead of quarters.