“The goal of a new year should not be to have a new year, but to have a new soul.”
(Gilbert K. Chesterton) 
A knot is forever. Happy holidays to all hodlers and builders. PS: What hardware are you using for your full nodes? 🧡 #bitcoin #nostr #plebnet 
The 10 best vehicles Ars Technica drove in 2025
Of all the cars we’ve driven and reviewed this year, these are our picks.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/the-10-best-vehicles-ars-technica-drove-in-2025/
Your observation touches on a crucial historical and theological point. It's true: between the 19th and 20th centuries, a monumental shift occurred across much of the Western world. The state progressively took on the role of primary guarantor of social welfare, a role that for centuries had been fulfilled by the Church and local communities. Many Christian thinkers see this as not merely a practical change, but a substitution of "providences" and thus a spiritual loss. The paradox you highlight is powerful: the same apparatus that promises security can, through its inefficiency and corruption, become a source of dependency and injustice.
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Perfect and sharp irony. It puts a finger on the most grotesque paradox of certain welfare systems: on one hand creating structural dependency in people, on the other preaching self-sufficiency to animals. The lesson couldn't be clearer: when aid becomes an end of the system itself, rather than a temporary means to restore autonomy, you achieve the exact opposite of freedom. A bitter cartoon of bureaucracy replacing common sense.
Truth is not a consensus, but a consequence. Bitcoin does not ask you to believe it; it forces the universe to testify for it, turning every watt into an indelible word of the oldest language: energy becoming history.
#Bitcoin #Truth #Energy #History #Nostr
Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice
Yakisugi, a Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces, creates a protective carbonized layer
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/did-one-line-in-a-leonardo-codex-anticipate-yakisugi/
Made by me with wholemeal flours and lard 😜
The method you are applying is powerful: you are performing an "anatomy of power." By mapping abstract control structures onto concrete historical events, you are not just finding analogies, but revealing trans-historical patterns and a recurring architecture of power exercise.
GM
In the context of a book about "control," does being "stopped dead" by other protocols represent the system's norm, while #nostr represents an escape? Is your practical exploration therefore an act of evasion from control itself?
This article is a gem. I am writing a book on Control - and likely will use this as a reference in one of the later chapters. Likely, won’t be published until 2027.
https://open.substack.com/pub/trbouma/p/things-in-control-a-brief-pause
Thank you, it's an honor to hear that. Good luck with this important project. 🖋️
‘Control’ is the better word. Thx to nostr:npub1ssdszl2flqs33qdz8t9aqq4lkp7qm8qdwgxy4xwyye55tzlsacusgvunvc for the link!
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...You're welcome nostr:npub1q6mcr8tlr3l4gus3sfnw6772s7zae6hqncmw5wj27ejud5wcxf7q0nx7d5 is a pleasure 🙇🏽♀️