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And yet the price is not impacted. I don't understand. Possibilities?

1. The data on inflows is incorrect

2. The price is manipulated? Not sure of how that works

3. The ETFs aren't holding the amount of BTC they say they are

4. Something else I haven't thought of

I have finally got my wife to the point where she's willing to read a book on Bitcoin.

She wants to do this, in part, because she wants a different perspective than mine.

She likes stories. And primarily learns thru stories. Any suggestions for a book that might help her understand Bitcoin a little better?

Good morning!

I hope your day is productive and enjoyable.

Twitter was neutral? Elon made X partisan? That's the most revisionist history thing I've heard in a while.

I remember Twitter removing posts and deplatforming anyone who tried to reference the NY post story about the hunter Biden laptop.

That's what @Rabble thinks is neutrality? I'll take community notes any day over that crap.

Has @Rabble read the Twitter files?

https://fountain.fm/episode/DYPKRSkN11EmYDhrhH0H

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I'm looking for a mythical service to try and live on a #Bitcoin standard. Does anyone know of any such service?

Or maybe I'm missing some of the features of Fold, Swan, Strike or River?

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Applies to politicians too.

Totally irrational pet peeve:

NVIDIA is pronounced en-vid-ee-ah

NOT nuh-vid-ee-ah

NOR nih-vid-ee-ah

If that small subset of the world will please correct their pronunciation, I will be able to stop losing my mind.

Gentle reminder: I know this is irrational.

Without fail, when I start looking at the political system, I end up freaking out that I don't have enough Bitcoin.

Freedom or Autonomy.

Which way?

In my personal journey away from freedom maximalism, I came to realize that freedom is not the right thing to prioritize or aspire to.

Like happiness, it’s a state we all value, but it’s not a purposeful end in itself. Freedom, much like happiness, is a byproduct—you don’t achieve it by chasing it directly. And just as happiness is more meaningful when earned, so too is freedom (and idea that likely already resonate with many of you).

What you may not have considered, however, is that freedom, like happiness, is a value not a vitrue. Values differ from virtues in that the former are passive while the latter are active.

The former are things you experience when you act in accordance with the latter. You experience happiness through making progress, just as you experience freedom through making choices (whether that choice is to take ownership and responsibility, or to let go and surrender).

This understanding led me to a deeper realization: freedom itself is almost a passive state, while agency and responsibility are active forces. You may value freedom, but attaining it requires deliberate action—action that demands responsibility and ownership.

This is where autonomy comes into the picture. Autonomy is conceptually a blend of freedom and responsibility. It is the ability (and freedom) to choose, combined with the courage (and responsibility) to own the consequences of those choices.

Full essay (short 3min read) here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/remnantchronicles/p/freedom-or-autonomy-which-way-sovereign?

(Would post on Nostr but highlighter won’t work 🙁)

Went in skeptical. Changed my mind.

I still have to deal with email at work. And a huge portion of it is automated announcements if operational events in my application. Between that and a lot of users, I have to deal with 2000+ emails per day.

The only way I've found to make sure I don't miss important things is:

1) email filters

2) inbox zero

Open to suggestions on how others keep their sanity in email.