You know what I plan to do in 2026?

I’d like to not spend time discussing NGU. Instead I'd like to spend lots of time discussing the utility of Bitcoin. I’d like to have many conversations discussing Bitcoin in it’s cypherpunk freedom tech context. Please join me.

Missing that nostalgia of IRC, and rooms, and real time chats. Back when the internet was still cool?

Introducing NOIRC.NET a nostr IRC server. It has a NickServ that is nostr identity aware, and you can register using your nip05/npub it will send you a code via Nostr native DMs (nip17/nip04). IRC freaks represent! Let's build the future using the best of the past.

Look at this gorgeous custom bookplate stamp you get when you buy a book at Weird Providence in Rhode Island. The store is located in the Arcade, which was built in 1828. It’s the oldest mall in America!

first person to figure it out gets 750 sats

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I'm rocking an M1 with 32GB of RAM and definitely excited to upgrade when this thing dies. Usually run multiple servers while coding and whenever I'm streaming or screen sharing it struggles.

Applications continue to gobble up more RAM with each update so its best to future proof.

My next Mac will have 64GB and I'll just get the most recent M model.

Hello everyone, I start with my personal account here on Damus. My account is new therefore, isn’t so much content from my side. Hope to get some nice connections. PS: Interesting how different my original picture looks like. 🤣

#introductions

No I'm sorry Florence is far from me. The liveliest bitcoin scene in Italy is in Bologna. And on May 10th there is a conference with exceptional guests in Brescia. But the most bitcoin friendly city is Bologna

GM nostr 🌄💜

Today in Italy is a day of celebration! It's Workers' Day. Happy workers' day, friends. This morning we are going to visit an aunt of mine at the nursing home. Then at lunch we will be at my mom's house. And this afternoon I'll go running if my knee holds. I've had a spectacular view here in front of the house for 2 in the morning. I took some pictures. Do you like them?

#GM #nostr #workers’day #italy

anybody wants to make 100,000 sats to design a physical sticker for me? basically just using an existing logo I have and adding a bit of text to it and make it into a nice shape I can send to a printer? must be done very quickly and require zero effort on my part

Thinking of starting a bitcoin media publication side project for more technical and industry topics.

Are you a very entrepreneurial Editor interesting in running such thing?

Example Topics; New products, New services, Bitcoin Software digests, Understanding new technology releases, New Hardware developments in security/mining/etc..., Memepool analysis, Privacy technology review. Things that people who want a bit more substance want to read. Definitely a small overlap, but It will never be as broad and as consumed as Bitcoin Magazine. They are playing at a different level.

I'm thinking more of a polite, utilitarian and closeted cypherpunk vibe. Not interested in emotional response. Don't worry i can probably find a good domain. Willing to provide many resources. Maybe could be a profitable non-profit type thing. So we can fold in profit to make it bigger better.

Our industry has grown alot, so there is probably a opening for an industry publication.

Both RFK Jr. and JD Vance criticized Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate. One was substantive, focusing on policy weaknesses and integrity without personal attacks. The other criticized her as a mother.

Historically, both democrats and republicans have respected women who raise children, regardless of biological connection. Yet now, this name calling is causing those who were fence sitters to split up and get into a shouting match.

And eventually everyone forgets what really matters

It would be an absolute disaster if the presidential selection of the greatest country in the world, is centered around massive bitching rather than addressing real issues like war, debts, healthcare, your children’s education, your job, their future jobs, bitcoin, FDIs, etc.

It would be sad if you vote solely to oppose the other party, and in doing so, hoping that your choice will improve your life.

If your leader spends more time bitching about the opponent than working to improve your own community, then likely that's how the next 4 years will be - what you sow, is what you reap. Politicians often use emotional triggers to distract from solving real problems. This is the same around the world.

As much as you want your preferred candidate to win, remember that you come first. The people always come first. So ask all of them the hard questions, don’t let them distract you.

I’ve read JD Vance’s book, he is a pretty smart guy. Ask him the smart questions. If he claims he wants to improve education, ask him how. What are his detailed plans for turning around the Midwest? Aid alone isn’t enough. How does he plan to boost imports and exports?

Ask Kamala how she plans to improve market reforms in Rust Belt cities and reduce wealth disparities. What are her strategies for reducing polarization? Will she bring Snowden back, end the CIA, end the wars? How does she plan to address the poverty gap, illegal drug usage in suburbs? Her senator Rho Khanna has a book on the importance of manufacturing in the US - what are her thoughts on it ? How influential is DNC in her decision-making - let her openly say it out. She had a term to warm up

Ask Trump why he hasn't invited Snowden back and why the CIA/Deep State still exists. What assurances are there that things will be different this time? What are his plans for market and social reforms? How will he tackle corruption at the borders (building walls doesn't solve the real problem), reduce wealth disparity in the South, Midwest, and suburbs, and address polarization? How will he ensure the judiciary remains independent and just? Get the specifics.

Ask RFK how he plans to improve healthcare and make it equitable. What are his social and market reforms plans. Will he follow his uncle's approach of fostering global friendships (with russia, china, middle east) and all else to end wars? Will he bring Snowden back ? What's his thoughts on intelligence spying? What’s his vision for advancing technology and innovation, similar to China's maker movement? How does he plan to address the CIA?

Where’s Nicole ? What’s her contribution and focus? She has to step up the game.

You can ask all of them what their thoughts are on bitcoin. But you don’t need their permission. You need a mass adoption of people globally and eventually the country leaders will follow the people . Yes, investors will share the fancy slides and tell you differently. They have their arse to cover, not yours.

At the end of the day, make sure your president is good enough to be called your president because he fights for you to have a better life. Not because he won the bitching competition.

We only have ourselves to be responsible for our actions.

Ask them hard questions and hold them accountable - all of them. You deserve the best of the best.

Get News on the Internet and Avoid Cable Television

The goal of Cable Television is to force-feed you content, instead of having you actively decide or evaluate choices. This trains you to accept authority, as eventually the two choices can turn to one.

In his famous book from 1928 titled “Propaganda”, Edward Bernays, who produced media for the United Fruit Company (and therefore the CIA), to overthrow Latin American governments, pushed the idea that propaganda ought to reduce the choices the consumer make. He promoted the idea that propaganda should push the consumer down to binary thinking.

Even if you were to decide between which websites to stream from, that would be better than just turning on the Cable TV and consuming whatever is on. Because the internet forces you to research options from an infinite dataset and then make a choice, which is training your mind to question and consider alternatives.

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#cypherpunk #cinema

yeah i said it: cypherpunkcinema.

Nostr Quiz.

Who say dis:

“Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.”