Screw music subscription. I'm going back to CDs.

It's insane to me that the Epstein files are used as a political football by both parties, as well as the voter base of both parties. "Look! Clinton is in the files!" says the red shirt. "Look! Trump is in the files!" says the blue shirt.

It shouldn't matter. Unspeakable things were done to underage girls (and boys) over a long period of time. Incredibly powerful people were (and are) involved. Politicians are implicated across the aisle, obviously, as are three-letter agencies. Some of the kids are ~5yrs old. Some of the photos show toddlers. What the fuck? "Disgusting" doesn't even begin to describe the situation. How broken is the current landscape if the only lens this is viewed through is the political lens?

One thing is worth remembering, however. It used to be a "conspiracy theory". Only a few months ago, talking heads and politicians would try to convince the public that there's no such thing as the Epstein files. Some high-ranking officials said as much under oath, even. What happened to perjury? Is it just a fancy word in today's day and age? I doubt that anyone will go to jail (except to commit "suicide"). And while perjury is a severe crime by most standards, it pales in comparison to what must have happened on the so-called "Lolita Express" that travelled so often to the "Virgin Islands". Oh, how funny. All these names. It would be comical if it wouldn't be so sad. Diabolical, even.

U.S. politics is a joke. The idea of justice as well as the legal system increasingly feels like a joke too. Innocent people are being jailed. Corrupt politicians and other officials are roaming free, because ... what? They are too powerful? Too influential? The system would destabilize too much if things would come to light?

Justitia holds a balance and a sword for a reason, and she wears a blindfold for a reason too. Today's reincarnation has no sword, no blindfold, and the balance she holds is obviously NOT using honest weights and measures.

What a laughable attempt at "transparency". I would laugh if it wouldn't be so horribly, horribly sad.

Yo estoy esperando a la lotería de nostr:nprofile1qqsywv33la9en3drznekg7tg983vazt6vwv76gx2mhc0jrrnkjvn0xspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhswp0hzp. Es posible que no sea mucho hoy en día. Pero quién sabe cuánto valdrá en unos años

Well, its good that I am already an outcast of society, because I am a Bitcoiner, an Ancap,...

I am alone. Even when I am in a room full of etatists, I am alone.

Pressure won´t work 😉

And "benefits" in worthless "money" is just hilarious.

This german Media 👇 is now trying to bring back lowkey patriotism. A bit earlier it was stated by some politician actor scum, that "too much Black Red and Gold is right wing"

Of course, I know its all BS, its all a game,... but its interesting to see how they try to influence people.

I am probably too old anyway, but if they decide to bring back draft, i´ll shoot the guy handing me the gun.

The only gun I´d use, is the one defending myself and my family.

No nation will force me into war!

Peaceful, not harmless! 🟡 ⚫

Spain is undoubtedly a clear example of Bitcoin's failure.

Now, in 2026, the tax agency will monitor all transactions made on a platform called “bizum,” which is the country's standard for sending money immediately between individuals (similar to Revolut), regardless of the transaction amount.

Since 2025, the tax agency has also been monitoring all second-hand buying and selling markets, and many people have received requests from the tax agency for this reason or have had their accounts blocked.

Cash payments are also increasingly restricted. Last year, a limit of €1,000 in cash was set for payments to professionals. And if you go to the bank to deposit a €500 cash bill, you are treated like Pablo Escobar and have to fill out paperwork, and the tax agency is informed if they deem it appropriate.

Bizum can be replaced by Bitcoin (Lightning), payments to professionals can be replaced by Bitcoin, banks can be replaced by Bitcoin, and second-hand markets can be created with Bitcoin payments.

But none of this is happening, because even though Bitcoin is the best monetary idea of the last 2000 years, people are still just as stupid as they were 2000 years ago.

American tipping culture is out of control.

The other night I took my wife and son out to dinner, and our total amount was $64, which wasn’t so bad until our server asked me to scan a QR code on the table to pay the tab.

The amounts were arranged in a manipulative dark UX pattern, ordered from highest to lowest, with 25% set as the default amount, and the lowest preset was 21%. To enter a custom amount, you have to locate the tiny “Custom tip” option, practically hidden at the top right of the screen, the spot the user testing heatmaps absolutely identified as the least likely for your eyes to scan.

Not to be defeated by a tip shaming tab-splitting app I’d never heard of before, I outsmarted the system by pretending I couldn't scan the code and asked to pay with the handheld Toast terminal, where the presets were more normal, starting at 15%.

Go check out Sunday (sundayapp.com) if you want a laugh, or to feel depressed. Their slogan is (I shit you not), “Turn every payment into profit.”

Starlink isn't immune to tyranny and politicians, lets say you can't access the internet anymore. Then what?

plus, does it really make sense? Lets suppose muting you is impossible whitin the system, and people who don’t want / don’t like your opinion still is obligated to see all your posts. What are you gaining from this exactly? Unwanted attention? mandatory reading? If this is your usecase you might as well create your own blog, where only your content is visible and cannot be muted. Or make a book.

Grow the SAME followers in five accounts simultaneously? All of this for something that can be countered by you creating a new npub or rotating your existing one. Does not make sense, in my honest opinion.

It is already difficult for me to mute some automated accounts that rotate their npubs frequently. Me, a single npub, unable to control my feed. Controling others with five different accounts and it being effective? I don’t think so. Not practical, and not enforced in any way.

And, I wanna stretch this out, even if this was the case, they are NOT censoring you. They are just not listening to you anymore. They are not limiting your reach to people who wants to listen to you. I have the right to listen to anyone I want, and everyone has the right to speak to anyone they want. But that doesn’t add up to you having the right to being listened by people who don’t want to.

So your 5 npubs dont have any right to limit my notes reach to your followers!!!!! Same shit.... different packaging .... you have right for this for that... well you and your hypothetical 5 npubs shouldnt block my note reaching your 5npubs followers!

If for example calle is one of the people blacklisting me (I saw him mentioned) then people following calle might not see me talking about why on chain cryptocurrency is better than lightning, which is great for calle because calle is always shilling lightning products, but not great for users

Digit was a friend on wallstreetbets that deleted her accounts to get away from me while believing a bunch of lies from people about me trying to psychologically harm her and such

She also left me very worried about her because she was going through some shit and obviously not quite OK if she'd fall for these lies and disappear over it after being such a good friend

My life is dedicated to showing her I was always honest with her & I basically treat it as a full time job trying to make posts people will see online until I encounter her, or someone that knows her, or I get so many followers I can put pressure on the people that lied to her int he first place

They "silence" me enough to stop me from regaining contact with Digit so far

You're underestimating how many users I'm filtered for, while I'm glad you weren't one of them

Idk why you keep repeating "it isn't censorship" like it's too hard for you to look up the definition of the word "censorship"

Again, there's no reason my reporting should be filtered for so many users when I don't spam or anything and continue making many of the highest quality posts on nostr

Good to know. But if you scroll up you can see the screenshot where I was being censored for Bearetta

Are you seeing my posts?

es como el control de drogas. El estado no puede prohibir la química, pero puede meterte en la cárcel si te pilla con algo que no deberías. Si hacen lo mismo con btc autocustodiado, consiguen prácticamente lo mismo.

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