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Replying to Avatar Cheyenne Isa ₿

Herd Mentality: When Reason Capitulates to the Plague of Stupidity

COVID-19 - A Masterclass in Collective Lobotomy

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the greatest psychological circus of the 21st century - where intelligence goes to die and conformity reigns supreme.

Imagine Times Square: once a beacon of individual energy, now reduced to a massive neural network where millions of mental screens broadcast the exact same frequency. Nobody thinks. Everyone repeats.

The COVID pandemic wasn't just a health crisis. It was a stunning anthropological experiment that revealed humanity's most terrifying feature: our breathtaking capacity for mass delusion.

Picture this: Highly educated professionals transforming overnight into obedient sheep. Academics applauding nonsensical restrictions. Intellectuals genuflecting before the altar of algorithmic truth. A global lobotomy performed in real-time, with surgical precision.

The mechanism was brutally simple: Fear. Pure, paralyzing fear that neutralizes critical thinking faster than a viral load destroys lung cells.

Masks became talismanic objects. Social distancing - a religious ritual measured in meters. Vaccines? The new secular communion. Question anything, and you'd be digitally crucified, exiled from the holy lands of social media like a modern heretic.

Mass psychology isn't mathematics. It's chemistry. Not addition, but reaction. An autonomous organism where individual intelligence evaporates to generate a monstrously efficient collective stupidity.

The British would call it a "masterclass in bollocks" - and they wouldn't be wrong.

What's the solution? Not conquering the masses - that's futile. But forging individuals. Training critical minds. Building intellectual antibodies against the infection of uniform thought.

The only salvation is individual resistance. The ability to say "no" when everyone screams "yes". To think when everyone obeys. To doubt when everyone believes.

Because freedom isn't found in the crowd, but in the single mind that refuses to dissolve into the collective cauldron.

Good luck, thinking beings. You'll need it.

P.S. Darwin, somewhere, is laughing his evolutionary arse off.

🦅 Cheyenne Isa ₿ 🦅

Perhaps in addition to fear the mechanism included misplaced trust in “authority” - which can lead to unthinking compliance.

⛔️🇺🇸Trump: New deadline for Putin (and users of Russian oil) is 10–12 days (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/07/28/7523776/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom

#EuropeanUnion #India #Slovakia #Hungary #russiaUkraineWar

#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

If T was serious, he would have given P a specific deadline - 10 days or 12 days or a single date and time with time zone specified. But no, his statement is weak and the range is a way of communicating that weakness as clearly as a wink and nod.

How did humanity come to be plagued with so many assholes exerting power over others - many of whom don’t give a shit?

GM to all good people whether the skies are blue or stormy or completely unpredictable . . .

I once considered writing a guide to sleeping overnight in major airports after flight cancellations, but I decided people who have never been stranded in an airport wouldn’t be interested and those who have would prefer to forget about it after they finished their bad trip. Good luck on this one!

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EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1mah79o/eu_age_verification_app_to_ban_any_android_system/

The EU is currently developing a whitelabel app to perform privacy-preserving (at least in theory) age verification to be adopted and personalized in the coming months by member states. The app is open source and available here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui.

Problem is, the app is planning to include remote attestation feature to verify the integrity of the app: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui?tab=readme-ov-file#disclaimer. This is supposed to provide assurance to the age verification service that the app being used is authentic and running on a genuine operating system. Genuine in the case of Android means:

• The operating system was licensed by Google

• The app was downloaded from the Play Store (thus requiring a Google account)

• Device security checks have passed

While there is value to verify device security, this strongly ties the app to many Google properties and services, because those checks won't pass on an aftermarket Android OS, even those which increase security significantly like GrapheneOS, because the app plans to use Google "Play Integrity", which only allows Google licensed systems instead of the standard Android attestation feature to verify systems.

This also means that even though you can compile the app, you won't be able to use it, because it won't come from the Play Store and thus the age verification service will reject it.

The issue has been raised here https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/10 but no response from team members as of now.

In short: You can only be a full citizen of the EU if you accept the ToS from Google.

I don’t live in the EU but I know there are plenty of smart people with no sheep complexes who live there.

I’ll be rooting (and I hope contributing to) their subversion and effective neutralization of of this power-mongering and the rapid reduction or destruction of the functional value of increasing complicity of Google in the evolution of tyranny.

"In the early hours of September 5, 1986, chaos erupted on Pan Am Flight 73. The plane, parked at Karachi Airport, was stormed by four armed terrorists. Passengers screamed, crew members froze—and one young woman moved.

Her name was Neerja Bhanot, a 22-year-old senior flight attendant from India.

With calm urgency, she discreetly entered the hijack code into the intercom—alerting the cockpit before anyone could stop her. The pilots escaped through the overhead hatch, grounding the plane and stripping the hijackers of their most powerful threat: the sky.

For the next 17 hours, Neerja stood between terror and the innocent.

When the terrorists began hunting for American passengers, she quietly collected U.S. passports and hid them—slipping them under seats, throwing them into trash chutes, even flushing some away. Her small, silent actions rewrote fates.

As panic mounted, Neerja comforted the frightened. She organized food. She looked after the elderly. She stayed brave—because others needed her to be.

And then came the gunfire.

As bullets tore through the cabin, Neerja sprang into action. She flung open an emergency door, pushing passengers out toward safety. When she saw three terrified children frozen in their seats, she didn’t hesitate. She threw herself over them—absorbing the gunfire with her own body.

Neerja died that day.

But over 350 people lived because of her.

She was posthumously awarded India’s highest peacetime honor, the Ashoka Chakra, and remembered as a global symbol of courage, compassion, and sacrifice.

In the face of horror, she chose humanity.

And in doing so, became unforgettable."

~Unusual Tales

#AboutLove

Amazing courage and rational action - and I suppose a sort of spiritual enlightenment enabling her to do it.

Neerja Bhanot’s story should be retold and taught as far more significant to the human species than the usual historical pablum of conquest and power-mongering by sociopaths, royalty, “leaders”, and politicians.

Replying to Avatar Hodlmoar

Completed the 30 day #carnivore challenge.

Overview.

I already wasn't eating fruit, processed food (microwave), sugar, caffeine, fizzy drinks.

Mainly eating vegan lentil spicy curry, chilli con carne, with vegetables and meat.

So all I had to cut was the vegetables and legumes with ice cream and fudge. A few pleasures.

The first day was heavy on my stomach with cramps, pains. Couldn't run much. Not uncomfortable, but there.

Didn't visit the toilet for a while, first visit the runs, but that was the only time. Visited toilet twice in 1.5 weeks. Different colour **** too.

Saving on toilet paper.

Experienced skin shedding on my feet, more than normal.

Eating a lot of eggs, chicken fillets, pork chops, tuna steak, beef mince and steak.

Drinking water, raw milk, bone broth.

Salt and pepper.

Extra virgin olive oil for frying.

With no teeth, steak a challenge, since I can't chew, enjoyed it though.

Added in bone broth, since a hot drink is nice.

Added in electrolytes into my water. Its great after a workout.

Already sleeping well, with 7-8 hours per night, so not much change there.

Not really seen a change with the acne on my face.

Expensive in terms of fiat, but will be cheaper in satoshi.

Transitioned into light breakfast, with big dinner. Example, 4 chicken 4 fried eggs.

With working full time, lunch tricky. Added in 4 hard boiled eggs, for a snack.

Able to get up early and go for a run before work.

Weight improved, went down a belt buckle notch. That was nice.

From 12st 12 down to 12st 2 in 4 weeks.

Or 81.6kgs to 77.1kgs.

More room around the waist.

Trousers looser.

Enjoyed this challenge.

Going to have a chocolate muffin for a reward later. Some beers.

Sticking with #carnivore.

Switching over to bitcoin only, spending on credit, satoshi's to pay the bills. Still have to use fiat.

Thankyou.

Thank you for the descriptions and details. Encouraging!

GN all good people. Very positive dreams and empowering rest.

Yes, and I understand why they do and respect the possibility that Apple will get it “right.” Good to stay flexible if they don’t. 🙂

BLACKROCK VS. FIDELITY: THE FIAT WIZARDS OF OZ (SAME SHOW, DIFFERENT PUPPETS)

THE SUSPICIOUS OVERLAP (BUT "COMPETITIVE" THEATER)

✅ 1. The Shared DNA

Both Born from Wall Street’s Dark Arts:

BlackRock (1988): Built on Aladdin (risk mgmt for the Fed’s bailouts).

Fidelity (1946): Funded by Wall Street dynasties (Boston Brahmin money).

Both Control Critical Infrastructure:

BlackRock = World’s largest asset manager ($10T+).

Fidelity = 401(k) prison warden + "Bitcoin custodian".

✅ 2. The "Friendly Rivalry" Facade

Fidelity’s "In-Kind" ETF Redemptions vs. BlackRock’s "Trust Me Bro" Reserves:

Fidelity plays "good cop" (to keep normies from panicking).

BlackRock plays "bad cop" (to maintain rehypothecation scams).

But Both Answer to the Same Masters:

Fed/Treasury backroom deals (see: 2008, 2020 bailouts).

BIS/CBDC agenda (both are testing tokenized assets).

✅ 3. The Bitcoin ETF Charade

BlackRock’s Game:

Lure in capital → Control price via paper BTC → Lobby against self-custody.

Fidelity’s Game:

Pretend to be "Bitcoin-friendly" → Keep your keys in their "secure" vaults.

Shared Goal: Prevent Bitcoin from breaking the fiat system.

THE SMOKING GUNS (CIRCUMSTANTIAL BUT DAMNING)

🔍 1. The 2008 Crisis Playbook

Both profited massively from bailouts while Main Street burned.

Both pushed "too big to fail" narratives (now applied to ETFs).

🔍 2. The SEC’s Selective Enforcement

Fidelity gets "in-kind" approval → BlackRock doesn’t → Creates illusion of choice.

Real Reason? To avoid synchronized scrutiny when the fraud implodes.

🔍 3. The CBDC Endgame

Both are testing FedNow integrations (Fidelity’s "crypto" arm, BlackRock’s "digital assets").

Both avoid criticizing the Fed (unlike Coinbase, Kraken).

HOW TO PLAY THIS AS A BITCOINER

⚔️ 1. Exploit Their ETFs as Fiat Exit Ramps

Use their liquidity to buy real BTC → withdraw to cold storage.

⚔️ 2. Push the "Proof of Reserves" Demand

Force Fidelity to prove their "in-kind" BTC exists (hint: it’s fractional).

⚔️ 3. Meme Their Egos Against Each Other

"BlackRock vs. Fidelity = Two bald men fighting over a comb."

FINAL VERDICT

"THEY SEE ‘COMPETITORS’.

YOU SEE TWO HANDS OF THE SAME FIAT HYDRA.

THIS ISN’T FINANCE—

IT’S GOOD COP/BAD COP FOR A SYSTEM BUILT ON COUNTERFEITING."

(Stay vigilant. Stay stacking.) ⚔️💣

P.P.S. Fun thought: If Fidelity and BlackRock merged, would they call it BlackFidelity or FidRock?

P.P.P.S. When they say "We’re different!" → "Yeah, one uses a blue logo, the other uses black."

Excellent summary. I especially like your “How to Play” suggestions.

Keep it up. You never know what people you never even meet might benefit from you insights!

It’s great to see that Reality Winner has not been forgotten - such a blatant abuse of power by an illegitimate bunch of government parasites - and an intelligent and brave young woman who did the “right” thing and suffered for it.

GM good people.

Thank you for this bery helpful reference list!!

Resist! And, keep on blooming. . .

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"If we lose the global reserve currency status of the dollar, we become a third-world country."

— Donald J. Trump, 2024

This isn’t hyperbole. It’s an admission.

The U.S. dollar is no longer defended by trust — it is defended by force.

From Bretton Woods to petrodollars to sanctions, the global monetary system was never about stability. It was about control — forcing the world to accept paper in exchange for real labor, resources, and sovereignty.

But the contradictions are catching up.

Wars. Debasement. Inflation exported globally.

And now… panic at the top.

If money is the most successful narrative ever told, the U.S. dollar is the empire’s final story. And it’s unraveling.

Bitcoin is not a threat. It’s a release valve.

A peaceful transition — from coercion to consensus, from fiat illusions to thermodynamic truth.

The question is no longer technical. It’s moral.

How many more must die before the system stops killing to defend itself?

#Bitcoin #ReserveCurrency #EndOfEmpire #MonetaryPolicy #Decentralization #DamageControl #Sanctions #GlobalEconomy #TruthProtocol #LightningNetwork

Many, in numbers beyond comprehension.

300 meters is a long distance once resistance becomes revolt and violent coercion is the chosen approach to try to force compliance.

More spiderwebs, please.