It’s the end of the week 🫡

Which client did you use most the last 7 days?

They think “not your keys, not your coins” is just a stupid meme.

They will learn eventually.

It's amazing that bitcoin exists, and that it continues to work. It's amazing that nostr exists, and that all the stuff that we only dreamed about a few short years ago is being built out before our eyes.

Zaps and splits and eCash and self-sovereign infrastructure and streaming sats and swarm highlights and zapraisers and marketplaces and secure chat and and and. And this is just the beginning. "It's as bad now as it will ever be."

Grateful to be part of it all.

The most punk thing that you can do right now is be happy.

The mainstream wants you exhausted, unhealthy, doomscrolling, angry and pathetic. It drives more clicks and advertisers. Finding true joy has become edgy.

This is making me want to leave X and other socials entirely the more I see it. I’d rather focus on Nostr and other decentralized platforms.

Making the jump as a smaller creator is tough though. You trade potential discovery of a wide audience for some peace of mind. Worth it I’m sure, but a struggle nonetheless.

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I mean I want a #zap shirt myself 😀

Doesn’t look like the same icon to me.

It's always easier to put the blame on external circumstances rather than assume control of how you respond to them. It's not something that is given, it's something one chooses to act out. You may not have enough energy or determination to act on it based on circumstances but the power is always there.

A few months ago, I started ‘Bitcoin Bitches’, an italian telegram group for “my girlfriends” to talk about Bitcoin in a more personal and feminine way.

Today, it has 361 members (and I had to make it private because it was losing its initial intimacy).

In no time, some of these girls created the fork "Bitcoin Bitches Turin," and today I attended one of their meetups in this beautiful city.

I couldn’t be happier to see how this community is growing and to hear women passionately talking about Bitcoin 🩷

Watchmen? Thought it was good, but wish they had the squid. Rorschach was perfectly cast.

Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 🤙🏻🫂💜

GM!

So I've been making an effort to take a bit of time now and again to turn off my brain and re-discover the occasional guilty pleasure.

I recently jumped into a couple graphic novels that I enjoyed. Last one was Spawn Armageddon. Previously I've loved Watchmen, The Long Halloween, etc. Anyone have others that they recall really enjoying? I'd like to have a few on my ipad for upcoming flights. Thanks in advance!

It would be even worse if they did this by choice and not because they are forced by regulation. Either way it is "know your customer" and it a bad practice to run such a scheme. It can only hurt the user.

You are suggesting that users should wilfuly violate the terms of service just to avoid having their data stored with a corporation. At this point we are back to clown internet where you have to jump through hoops to avoid geting screwed over.

We both know that many normies will fill in the info without thinking, so to me it is ridiculous that someone would think it is okay just because they can lie on the form.

That is why I think they should be called out.

Jack Dorsey said he likes #Damus. Don’t think that means he’s involved in it though?