Why does Pete Hegseth have an Arabic tattoo that says “Infidel”???

ChatGPT can’t be all that smart, since it keeps trying to show my left ear.

Also titled as, me trying and failing to be productive today.

facts

favorite noise canceling headphones?

and that’s ok

I left my kindle on the airplane. Am I never seeing it again?

Isn’t the work culture brutal ?

Nostr needs more racism like X and Instagram if it wants to attract more users

There is no benefit to freshly ground salt.

Except for the idea of speaking Japanese

would you go somewhere you can’t return from?

The eternal assholes at Chainalysis are being sued – AGAIN.

This time by Celsius debtors – remember, that lending platform that told everyone they had billions of dollars when actually they didnt.

According to the complaint, Chainalysis actively helped Celsius prop up its $3.3B sham audit, which the founders used to scam hundreds of thousands of customers.

Full story tmrw. Hard to put into words how happy this makes me.

Bring. it. on.

i spent the last couple of days analyzing other bitcoin podcasts, trying to understand why they get more listeners

the short obvious explanation: they are less technical, more approachable to the masses

the more in-depth explanation: they paint a narrative of "bitcoin vs them".

for example, tales from the crypt is hardly distinguishable from other american conservative shows like tucker carlson's or alex jones' - the major difference is that it inserts bitcoin in the middle of issues as the solution that fixes them.

another example is peter mccormack's show, which admittedly is not about bitcoin anymore. but it does dive into politics and follows certain trends that are popular, while also inserting bitcoin into the conversation as a potential solution.

in stephan livera's case, the narrative is more along the lines of "bitcoin vs cbdcs" or "bitcoin vs the fed". it's a tried and true libertarian plot that seems to work since 2011 or so.

other shows also go deep into the "bitcoin vs vc-funded shitcoins" dichotomy, emphasizing on points about immaculate conception while ignoring any possible criticism that can be addressed to bitcoin. it's simply perfect, no point in ever trying to improve anything.

in comparison, i approach topics from the perspective of my own curiosity and explore technical matters in a way that helps me understand them. the approach is selfish, i know. but it also attracts the kind of audience that i like and to which i can relate.

will the bitcoin takeover podcast become political and start following popular mainstream narratives just to attract a wider audience? no, i'm not interested in any of that. but sometimes it's a little bit frustrating to notice that the growth is slower than my expectations. there's definitely an increase in views/downloads all across the board, but it doesn't really go "viral" in the space.

anyway, i'll just keep going and hope that people in the space get smarter and more interested in finding out what's new and/or understanding how some technical aspects work.

now i know what i'm doing wrong, but i'm not sure it's that "wrong".