I unplugged from social media yesterday. Too many bad takes, distressing takes, etc.
Instead I somehow managed to successfully(?) refactor and improve the most complicated area of the nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl code.
This isn't really meant to be a flex, more of a: "Oh, shit. I got something amazing done during peak outside world distraction!"
Of course I'll return to moments of obsessive scrolling and the associated rage, terror, depression. But diving DEEP into something really f'n complicated was an unexpectedly effective escape.
Try to stop fretting. Just keep building.

That's a great take Keith!! And I knew devs had been very busy yesterday when I saw the 62 posts and a' ready for review' when I opened TG! 😁😁 
Well done Sir!!!
KG- Check your DM's.
Yes,I think it's true. 30 years of it for me. And definitely, definitely don't get transition lenses or clip-on sunnies! A Huge mistake I made. Never again.
The growing dependency is SO obvious after the fact. (Ageing excluded)
GM Nostr ☕
I've said it once, but I'm gonna say it again (and many more times) nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 is a god tier (no pun intended) Bitcoin wallet.
🔸Completely FOSS
🔸HWW account support
🔸Open/Close channels direct from/to cold storage
🔸Multi remote node management
🔸In built LSP with JIT channels
🔸User configurable LSPs
🔸Client side routing
🔸Wrapping invoices
🔸Lightning addresses
🔸Taproot channels
🔸Nostr contact list
🔸POS system
What a fucking titan. Have you tried it yet? If not, WHY!?
honestly, I thought it only did lightning! 🤯🤯
Tomorrow in #chicago, some plebs & I are going to be at the nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9
office learning to BE bitcoin core in THE best hands-on workshop, the nostr:npub1vmpf90hq56wzyxht6teg3llpa74rzcepw9suj5unxl3tph24zd4qgtxhm7 LARP!
https://www.meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/301738839/
No computers required, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and do the work yourself!
so you walked out AND stayed out of the fiat mines? 👍👍🫡🫡
Bitcoin journalism is fucked.
I started The Rage because I'm tired of investors and advertisers telling me what to do for below minimum wage compensation.
What we need are publications willing to let journalists investigate the crap out of the companies, representatives and people enabling the building of surveillance tech behind the scenes.
What we get are publications selling out to corporations, startups and politicians writing public relations puff pieces to keep their returns on track. The point of journalism is to hold power to account, not to become its bedfellow.
There is no lack of talented, experienced, investigative journalists covering bitcoin. The problem is that they write what the powers that be don't want you to hear – so many are out of a job, dabbling away at the next press release for mainstream media, or doing below-minimum wage contract work to pay the bills.
I'm incredibly overwhelmed by all the positive feedback we've been getting for The Rage. In just 8 weeks we've scooped major publications and drove discussions around AML, Samourai and Tornado Cash together with your help. We've even made enough to cover operations with almost 400$ raised, thanks to all the zappers out there.
But here's the thing. I didn't come here to write a good piece every once in a while leaving stories untold left and right because I can't afford to focus on investigations full time. I came here to fuck up the financial surveillance complex. That's why The Rage now needs your help.
We're trying to raise 0.25BTC so we can contract the best investigative journalists in the Bitcoin space to tell the stories that major publications can't afford to print.
If you value your financial freedom, please consider donating via our Geyser fund. We cannot do this without your help.
https://geyser.fund/project/therage

Donation made ! Go for it Lola!!
Thx Jeff- so Beff Jesos (Guillaume Verdon) noted the Leopold Essay yesterday!
(I'm assuming Beff meant the lax security concerns essay, not the one you posted. )
And since OpenAi just added the NSA to their board this week, to me it makes Leopolds NEW essays (that you linked to) so much more important! Thx for linking them!
(there seems to be so much covert maneuvering at ClosedAI , it's staggering to watch from outside!!! )

Soon I want to have a Dublin Guinness!
Well done, the group looks like they are listening intently! and one day soon I will come to re-visit " the smoke that thunders"! 🫡
aah! ok, got it; seems obvious suddenly 🤣🤣
but How did you buy something on noster/ Primal. I see you paid with lightning but how did this work?
Too many people I know skip it for short time preference and use gas/propane. And then no smoke and flame to flavor the food. But yes, point taken. I am a just 'Coal' maxi. 🫡
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU ITS SO SAD MARK HAMILL IS NOW A PUPPET OF THE REGIME ANYWAY MUCH LOVE FROM ME AND nostr:npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nh
Well done guys! That's really good!! 😄😄
And that fedcoin CBDC is just as dangerous as 'another fucking imperial walker' ! 🫡
that's actually genius!! wider not taller. it's obvious in hindsight!!
I wanna zap that post! but you don't have an LN Address?
ignore that. it's not primal that was the problem, but Nostrudel. each action needs to be authorized in amber. is there any: always sign these types of events?










