Saylor spilling that they will buy it all and take it off circulation was quite the quiet part out loud.

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”

— Alan Watts, The Way of Zen

It's getting to the point where it is very safe to assume all governments are going to go hard in the paint on overt digital surveillance in our lifetimes.

As such, it won't be hard to plan accordingly, if you start now. Don't assume you can just traipse into the panopticon in a consumooor LARP -- companies won't and can't be tripping over themselves to sell you "lifestyle" devices and services to protect yourself.

Buy/build devices that you think will be illegal in the near future. Learn to reduce your digital footprint. Learn to use free software.

The majority of people are attracted to toxicity and garbage, so it will always exist. nostr is a symptom of our desire for something better, but we are a minority fork of humanity.

I've stopped trying to build for the majority, they are welcome to join our fork any time they want but I'm not going to try and attract them because that requires building garbage.

It’s pretty clear that X is designed to parasitically feed on negative emotions in short loops that are thematically linked.

It’s the eyeball dopamine feedback loop glitching out on the horror show max infinite. It’s like the rubbernecking at a grisly car accident had a freak baby with your nightmares about your own insecurities sprinkled with a few cat videos.

There’s this slow rot that is gangrenous to the whole thing. I think more and more folks are getting how unhealthy it is, and it’s not ‘social media’ fault—people want to connect and know what is going on in the world—but traditional social media models are designed for manipulation and control from the get go. The big tech companies don’t give a shit about our experiences, they only care about their bottom line which they make through advertising.

The good news is there is something new on the horizon and Nostr is likely the substructure of whatever that is. I’ll be glad when old social media dies from necrotizing sepsis.

Whenever we go to the local Italian restaurant, the waitress asks if we want dessert or coffee afterward.

I know it's a common thing, but for the life of me I don't know why anyone would want coffee after a big meal at night.

I will give 50,000 sats to anyone who messages me in the comments below who I think deserves them.

Shoot......