Zapping waitresses is the new hotness lol
Greenpeace: commissions art piece to act as an icon of waste and destruction to impugn Bitcoin
Bitcoiners: embrace the art piece and point out that Greenpeace is a corrupt shell of waste and destruction
It really is a sick piece and makes Bitcoin look super cool.
Twitter down again?
Oh no, anyways...
Dude you were rocking that shirt...
Bird app is the Matrix in need of a reset; Nostr is Zion.
The new PBS frontline doc "Easy Money" was an excellent recap of all the systemic rot and corruption that led to and emerged from GFC classic in '08 and just kept on rollin' until '22. The main takeaway is that there is no capacity or appetite for political leadership, and that the Fed has basically been left in charge of determining domestic (and in some way foreign) policy.
Bitcoin (and crypto) comes up as a footnote or a punchline for the kinds of assets that all the newly printed money went into in '21.
The failure of SVB was tacked on as an acknowledgement of the ongoing nature of the crisis, but It would be great to revisit and expand upon Bitcoin's position now that serious doubts are emerging over the global banking system, and what serious value propositions it has.
Not to mention stocks are dollar denominated. That's a no from me dawg.
Maybe under the Bitcoin standard it would be worth investing in a specific company as a hedge of some kind.
Logic checks out; UN is utter shit.
Yeah I get that. It seems like he's tuned in to a lot of the same stuff that Bitcoiners are.
I started reading 'The Network State' because anything having to do with the future of the state and politics is right up my alley, there's just no substance behind it.
Does anyone actually put any stock in what Balaji says/does?
Everything about him screams 'grifter' to me.
I'm as pie-in-the-sky permabull as they come, but there's a difference between euphoric Bitcoiner and affinity scamming engagement farmer.
I had more in my node than in my bank account back at the local bottom, so yeah, not exactly a fair fight there
My humble mid '22 to now books I've finished.
Obviously not a very prolific reader (any more) but I've got to admit how important it is to read printed books and not just online content.
There's so much out there to read and it's such an important activity. I mean reading in general, but also specific canonical texts that define generations and generate new conversations easily.
It will be in terms of which era, what aspect of his legacy, because he was a complex character who developed in the public eye and obviously was heavily psychologically warped by it.
Kendrick Lamar's lyrics on the subject are illustrative of my thoughts, though I was never a massive MJ fan: "That Nigel gave us Billy Jean, you say he touched those kids?"
Watching Andrew Yang on Bill Maher and came to the realisation:
Joe Biden is King Lear; knows he should step down but also knows that if he does he'll be betrayed and attacked by his successor.
Gm y'all.
Had a thought this morning, might seem a bit pessimistic, but it's a definite possibility that should be considered and has a ton of upside.
This little subculture, being a bitcoiner, is likely going to completely disappear once hyperbitcoinisation takes place. When Bitcoin is "just" money, you won't relate to another person who uses it any more than you relate to anyone using fiat today.
The current Bitcoin media landscape of influencers, bloggers, cheerleaders, etc. is going to be completely subsumed by better-resourced alternatives, and many of these will probably start becoming hardcore revisionists, claiming to have supported BTC for ages.
On the other hand, the OGs, devs, thought leaders could get elevated to mythical status as people look for guidance through this new paradigm, and obviously everyone who hodls will reap plenty of rewards of their own.
Maybe some will try to keep Bitcoin maximalism communities alive, to try and freeze the euphoria of the early days in stasis, but I am eagerly looking forward to what the future brings. No matter what happens, Bitcoin history is being made right now.
GM. Trying to wrap my head around the situation as these clowns try to wrap their purse strings around our necks.
I memed about it yesterday, the doublethink, the non-statements couched with other non-statements, but today I'm not finding it so funny anymore.
Trust the banks, but no bailouts. At the time I thought "Well that's pretty fucking stupid. The only reason to trust the banks is because you know they'll get bailed out." We all know that the Fed is just firing into a crowded street based on old data and neoliberal ideological precepts, but the common wisdom being passed around has been "Don't fight the Fed; they are committed to the mission of reining in the money supply." So which is it?
Is the para-political cartel in charge of regulating the global economy, and therefore all of our lives through asset, commodity and credit prices, a serious but highly flawed institution with an impossible task, or a bunch of sadistic jokers who will literally say or do anything to keep their sad little house of cards standing?
I firmly believe it's the latter, but it doesn't matter. "Don't fight the Fed" is good advice, when paired with: "When you notice that an enemy is making an error, take care not to interfere with the enemy from completing it so you can take advantage at the right time."
And don't assume that they can even recognise the error, as they keep making the same one over and over.
Opt out, buy Bitcoin, fuck the Fed, and pura vida.
Cognitive dissonance at new ATHs.
This is why we Bitcoin; they will literally say anything from both sides of their heads to justify deception intended to control.
You got it dude. Anxiety over legitimacy and authority is rife these days, because there's obviously very very little to go around.
Those in power project all their apprehensions and misdeeds onto anything or anyone they think is undermining them, and it's oh so telling of the character of our leaders and the power that they covet.
This is why we Bitcoin.