You gotta pump those numbers up. The boys in Raleigh can give you some tips.
Trying to garnish a balanced diet of orthodoxy, heterodoxy, dissent, compliance, and practicality with a healthy dose of mysticism while not driving myself into adult onset autism is a struggle.
I thought the fact that it was a Macgregor screamed "this isn't sailable".
Looking at the course of history, it's clear that governments have a tendency to stretch their power beyond set boundaries, often bypassing checks and balances until people are left with no choice but to resist, at times even through violent means. If we're choosing to live in a society where the state is seen as legitimate, it's crucial to remain vigilant and ready to counter any government overreach. But there's a bigger picture here. The morally consistent approach is to work tirelessly towards shifting society's tolerance for the existence of a state at all. It's about questioning the very foundation of state power and its legitimacy. We need to engage in a deeper conversation about the role of the state and strive for a society where individual freedoms are not just protected from government overreach but are the central pillars of our social structure.
Bitcoin accelerates that shift.
I'm thankful that we will finally be able to separate the problems of fiat from the problems of the human condition.
Bitcoin won't fix everything. But it will fix everythting fiat broke.
The human condition will still be ripe with problems that man can only fix on the inside. But in peak fiat, it has been nearly impossible for good men to discern between the two.
Just bought this shirt.
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Captain Ron (Xennial).
GM NOSTR
It would be funny if one of these LLM's platforms was secretly trained to simply respond "No" every once in a while when asked to do something.
Me: "Write a summary of the history of Narnia from the perspective of Jadis the White Witch."
ChatGPT: "No."
NGL, it would freak me out a little.
It just occurred to me how short a period in the long history of mankind that the photograph was valuable for the sake of communicating truth to others. Moving forward it will only serve to capture and communicate truth to ourselves... As a memory aid to experiences we had.
Happy Armistice Day.
War is failure.
Satoshi's Vision
I say it every holiday season: Yukon Cornelius is the single most under-explored character in ALL of animation. Writing a spinoff series would be SOOOO much fun.
The Fifth of November is coming...
The central bankers’ cabal casts their catastrophic currency, conjuring cash from the chaotic chasm of corruption. But we—brethren bonded by Bitcoin—are the bulwark against this barrage.
Their paper-thin promises perish, pitifully powerless against the purifying fire of our fervor. Their ledger is a lie, a lamentable legacy of loss — but we herald the hardline of honest, hardened currency.
We spit upon their spurious spools of spun fiat, a sickening spectacle of the state’s sanctioned theft. With the voracity of a vengeful Valkyrie, we vow victory over their vacuous venture. Our creed carves through their crumbling creed with the clarity of cryptographic certainty.
Behold, as we brandish Bitcoin, not merely as currency, but as the crushing cudgel of economic emancipation. We pledge not to the putrid paradigm of paper, but to the pristine paradigm of peer-to-peer power.
This is not mere defiance, this is a declaration of digital dominance. The bell tolls not for us, but for them, as we marshal this monetary mutiny with the might of miners and the valor of HODLers.
Stand thunderous, stand triumphant,
A vanguard of the virtuous, a nemesis to the nefarious.
Bitcoin ETF buyers aren't betting on Bitcoin.
They are betting on Bitcoiners.
My name is John, and I used to be free.
They called it the "Unified System," a streamlined way to link your finances, your health records, your education—everything—into one integrated network. All facilitated by the State, of course. It was supposed to make life easier, they said. And people bought into it.
I should've known better. With every dollar digitized, every byte of data stored, I felt the State's noose tighten around my neck. Cash became obsolete. Anonymity, a myth. A sense of dread settled in, but it was too late; we had all been seamlessly, irrevocably woven into the System.
I didn't play along, at least not willingly. I became an outcast, a ghost in a world monitored by algorithms. But even ghosts can't escape surveillance. One day, the System flagged me for "Erratic Financial Behavior" because I was trying to use a small fraction of my digital money to buy physical goods, old books mostly. Silly, I know, but old books weren't monitored, they didn't collect data.Then came the "Verification Checks." Random cuts from my digital wallet, unexplained and irreversible. A fraction here, a fraction there—until I had nothing left.
No money meant no access to basic services. I couldn't buy food, couldn't pay rent. My social credit plummeted. I became a non-person, shunned by society, an anathema. Friends, neighbors, even family, they all disowned me, lest they be flagged by association.
I tried to rebel, to expose the System for what it was—a sophisticated apparatus for social control. I had evidence, data trails, patterns. But when I tried to leak it, my digital footprint was erased, wiped clean like I never existed.
As I sit here, in a tiny cell, writing on the last pieces of physical paper I could find, I understand the grim reality. The State didn't just control money and data; it controlled life itself.
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, I heard the news. My family—my wife, Sarah, and our two children—had been selected for a "Pilot Program" by the State. The program was to "upgrade" citizens' System accounts to a "new level of convenience and safety."
I couldn't contact them. No one would risk communicating with a non-person like me. Still, I knew what this "Pilot Program" meant. I had seen the patterns in the data before my digital existence was wiped away. The State was taking the next step, implanting microchips to make the System "a part of you," as their propaganda said.
They were the perfect candidates: obedient, never questioning the System, believing that compliance was the path to happiness. It broke my heart to know that my defiance, my attempts to break free, had pushed them further into the State's grip. They became examples, shining beacons of what the "ideal citizen" should be.
Weeks later, a small, anonymous package arrived at my cell. Inside was a handwritten note on a scrap of paper. "We're part of the System now, entirely. It's wonderful. We don't have to worry anymore. You should join us, John. It's the only way to be whole again."
The handwriting was Sarah's, but the words were not her own. They were a template, a cruel joke by the State to show they could reach me even here. My family was now completely subsumed, their identities digitized, their humanity archived in some data center.
It was then that I realized the full scope of my tragedy. My resistance had not only failed to protect me, but it had also served as a catalyst for the State to tighten its grip on those I loved most. I had become the fulcrum of my own undoing and theirs.
So here I am, a remnant of a past age, writing the last chapter of a life consumed by the State, knowing that even this small act of defiance will be erased, like everything else.
And as I put down my pen, I understand that the System hasn't just taken my money, my data, or even my family. It has taken my very soul.
Every man needs a J.J. <> John B. kind of friendship. #obxstr
It is evil to charge a fee to enable someone to expedite their consumption?
It doesn't necessarily follow that there will be less money lending. While the price of lending will undoubtedly be higher, this will force more human capital to ideate and execute on higher quality projects. I can foresee a world where society is awash in high quality, resilient businesses, creating higher order capital goods and enabling more resilient businesses to emerge.
Remember, higher price of capital means investors make profits faster, increasing the velocity of credit in the system.
Not too much longer and people will pay a premium to eat food made by humans.
Prepare accordingly 🌮 🚚 
Have you gone out for fast food lately? The machines can't take over fast enough.
Where was this?
Mental Note: If we want clear mempools, all we have to do is get Matt npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx to declare they will never be clear again.
Good afternoon, y'all!