Camille Bautista (“Hailey’s On It!”) showcases her crew artwork for “Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protcol” https://www.instagram.com/p/DSssuCKkk_L/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading

Bautista currently works at Disney Television Animation Development helping on new pilots for IP and original shows for Disney Channel and Disney+.

https://disneytvanimation.com/post/803957568046235648

https://youtu.be/PbA63a7H0bo?si=KfBRZxSgYT6T68P8

https://youtu.be/by5MuI-GilM?si=5CqJcvEv8m-BK07E

https://youtu.be/cI1A405jBqg?si=fbeVv7yKLMk2W4iK

https://youtu.be/Ko3kYNKuX8s?si=dReqC2xaEJO_8h4d

https://youtu.be/j_Bo-mgJ-uA?si=PRk9EHjV3l9PLC9T

https://open.substack.com/pub/nickhudson/p/what-everyone-should-know-about-mainstream?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=4olymw

https://youtu.be/sQ-yUQU0hho?si=gL2Qy81Mv04ohp0v

This concept was explored by nostr:nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycpzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz78f205a and nostr:nprofile1qqsyx708d0a8d2qt3ku75avjz8vshvlx0v3q97ygpnz0tllzqegxrtgppamhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwgqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsxxn50k in episode 73 of the bitcoin standard podcast at the 35 minute mark that I want to share with you all.

Bitcoin solves a problem that existed long before digital money: there is no objective, shared notion of time in a decentralized system. In physics, there is no universal “now.” Because information travels at finite speed, simultaneity does not exist. Even on Earth, clocks cannot be perfectly synchronized. Time is always local, relative, and approximate. When this reality is carried into distributed computer networks, it becomes a fundamental limitation: without shared time, systems struggle to agree on the order of events.

Any attempt to use timestamps in a decentralized network fails for this reason. Clocks drift, network latency is unpredictable, and timestamps can be falsified. There is no way to objectively verify when something happened without trusting a clock. But ordering is everything in money. If a system cannot reliably determine which transaction came first, it cannot prevent double-spending.

This is why every digital money system before Bitcoin relied on trusted intermediaries. They did not fail because of weak cryptography; they failed because they depended on trusted time.

Bitcoin’s breakthrough was to abandon the idea of agreeing on time altogether. Instead of asking when an event happened, Bitcoin asks in what order it happened. This shift reframes the problem in a way that makes decentralization possible. Ordering does not require synchronized clocks, only a shared rule for determining sequence.

Bitcoin introduces its own internal notion of time based on block height. One block follows another, forming an irreversible sequence. This sequence is the timechain. Each block is a discrete tick of Bitcoin time, and the only thing that matters is that the order is universally agreed upon. Time in Bitcoin is not measured in seconds, but in accumulated blocks.

This ordering is enforced by proof-of-work. You can lie about timestamps, but you cannot lie about accumulated work. To alter the order of events, you must redo the work in the present, consuming real energy. Bitcoin’s history is therefore anchored in physics rather than trust. The past is not declared; it is earned.

The ten-minute block interval is not a traditional clock. It is a feedback mechanism. Difficulty adjusts so that Bitcoin time progresses at a roughly human pace, but this link is statistical rather than precise. Bitcoin does not depend on real-world clocks to function. Real-world time loosely maps onto Bitcoin’s internal rhythm, not the other way around.

By doing this, Bitcoin achieves something no system had achieved before. It allows a global, decentralized network to agree on a shared history without synchronized clocks and without central authority. It creates a decentralized clock — a way to establish objective order in a relativistic universe.

Seen through this lens, Bitcoin is not merely digital money or digital scarcity. Money represents stored labor, deferred consumption, and a claim on future energy — in other words, money is time. Bitcoin is the first monetary system that measures and protects time without trusting humans, institutions, or political power. It converts energy into order, order into time, and time into money.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2v0BvxSeFNQOtSBE70VM8j?si=TLzBt1UXQ7iNztnQo9oBVg&t=2122

Eli Feldstein, who stands accused of operating as a Qatari agent while working as Netanyahu's spokesman, reveals the one and only mission he ever got from the PM: Figure out how I can shirk responsibility for October 7. Do anything. This is just the promo for a long interview… https://t.co/c7I7gmLQZ5

— UnXeptable (@UnxeptableD) https://twitter.com/UnxeptableD/status/2003005902941761735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

His account is certain to strike a nerve in Israel, where Netanyahu has faced steady criticism for accepting responsibility for the massive security failure that took place under his government's watch -- and has also been accused of extending the war in Gaza so as to forestall a comprehensive, post-war inquiry, even if extending the war meant keeping hostages lives in peril.

Responding to the broadcast, https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-qatargate-netanyahu-feldstein-settler-attack-e3efa52d8106cb4defebe4c9a6735405

of what it called a "long series of mendacious and recycled allegations made by a man with clear personal interests who is trying to deflect responsibility from himself." Feldstein has been charged with leaking classified information to the media in a bid to shield Netanyahu from criticism at a time when Gaza ceasefire negotiations had come to a halt.

In his Kan interview, Feldstein said Netanyahu was very much a part of that scheme: “In order to [publicize] such a document, the prime minister must be in the picture – from beginning to end..He is the one who ultimately was behind the leak.” He said Netanyahu is lying when he denies his own involvement.

?itok=hO-PoXL9

Feldstein, who'd previously worked for far-right Netanyahu coalition member and current national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, was https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-netanyahu-leaks-6075c848c8b32c8fd69835434c67046a

as part of a foreign influence operation.

The leaked document was an internal Hamas communication that was supposed to reveal the group was insincere in reaching a compromise that would bring about a ceasefire. However, one of the recipients of the document, the German tabloid Bild, reportedly https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-ex-aide-says-pm-was-behind-leak-of-intel-to-bild-and-lied-about-it-after/

for the benefit of Netanyahu. In Tuesday's second installment of the interview, Feldstein said that, after the misleading Bild story ran, Netanyahu adviser Jonathan Urich texted him and said, "The boss is thrilled."

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Thu, 12/25/2025 - 18:45

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ex-netanyahu-aide-says-1st-post-oct-7-tasking-panicked-pm-was-helping-him-dodge

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Kfk7vuIFHDKH3ggqoG1tw?si=J9ucKnIMQyCi0T1IV92n-A

ということで、告知でした【宣伝】

よろしくお願いいたします

https://open.substack.com/pub/jordanlmiller?r=46j2en&utm_medium=ios

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KE95F0Bzk1c&lc=Ugxxjf0n5hOg4wtjS6F4AaABAg&si=7HXFTSfJt--YR8uV

Sin problema

o meu vídeo favorito deste anoWhy it SUCKED to Be a Medieval Bard - and morehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=6wVPtL2JrZs&si=cRpdUfmrJTLjFO0x https://masto.pt/@digfish/115782002331604851

https://open.substack.com/pub/nickhudson/p/what-everyone-should-know-about-mainstream?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=4olymw

https://open.spotify.com/track/0GODLE3kvy2viqoL9uEfFv?si=SUkf_IKlTkanjTmI6F7O2A

Clavicular RAN OVER a stalker that tried hopping on his windshield 😳 https://t.co/w4ikrAeUp9

— KickChamp👑 (@Kick_Champ) https://twitter.com/Kick_Champ/status/2004036710410395840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

"The stalker Clavicular ran over is unresponsive at the scene," KickChamp said.

The stalker Clavicular ran over is unresponsive on the scene 😳 https://t.co/ckGGgqaVil

— KickChamp👑 (@Kick_Champ) https://twitter.com/Kick_Champ/status/2004041023727849587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

KickChamp posted another video ...

Security confirmed that the stalker Clavicular ran over didn't get up 😳 https://t.co/QbMcpL2Gsd

— KickChamp👑 (@Kick_Champ) https://twitter.com/Kick_Champ/status/2004042087851769938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Following the incident, Clavicular's Kick page has been deleted. It appears he has been banned from the platform.

?itok=-HqxCsAW

Yet another documented instance of dangerous and harmful behavior associated with some livestreamers on Kick...

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Thu, 12/25/2025 - 14:15

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/kick-streamer-runs-over-stalker-cybertruck

Watch: https://x.com/efenigson/status/2004207285716111708?s=46&t=Jhcbjet-nTmr1c7DBXF9vg

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-christians-mark-sombre-christmas-amid-israel-truce-violations

Youssef Tarazi, a Palestinian Christian in Gaza, says the giant Christmas tree that once stood as a symbol of communal celebration will not be lit this year. For a third consecutive year, Gaza's Christian community says they will be observing Christmas without public celebrations, as Israel's alleged repeated ceasefire violations and restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the enclave continue to cast a shadow over the holiday.

"Churches have suspended all celebrations outside their walls because of the conditions Gaza is going through," Tarazi, 31, told Middle East Eye. "We are marking the birth of Jesus Christ through prayer inside the church only, but our joy remains incomplete".

?itok=Vr9p66PJ

Before the war, churches across Gaza transformed their courtyards into gathering spaces, decorated streets with festive lights and hosted carols that brought families together.

Muslims often joined Christian neighbors to mark the occasion, including the annual lighting of a large Christmas tree in Gaza City. "This year, we cannot celebrate while we are still grieving for those killed, including during attacks on churches," Tarazi said.

"Nothing feels the same anymore. Many members of our community will not be with us this Christmas".

George Anton, the director of operations at the Latin patriarchate in Gaza and head of its emergency committee, echoed those sentiments. "We cannot celebrate while Christians and Muslims alike are mourning devastating losses caused by the war," Anton told MEE. "For us, the war has not ended".

Anton said churches are limiting observances to prayers and a nativity scene inside church buildings. "In the past, we decorated our homes. Now, many homes are gone. We decorated the streets. Even the streets are gone," he said. "There is nothing to celebrate".

Since October 2023, Gaza's Christian homes, schools and churches have been damaged or destroyed during Israeli military operations. Three historic churches - Church of Saint Porphyrius, the Holy Family Church and the Gaza Baptist Church - have suffered severe damage.

Anton said at least 53 Christians have been killed directly or indirectly during the war, with many others injured. "Some were killed in air strikes, while others died because we could not reach hospitals or provide medicine, especially elderly people with chronic illnesses," he said.

Determined to stay

This Christmas comes amid what church leaders describe as the smallest Christian population Gaza has seen in decades.

More than 400 Christians have left Gaza during the war, fearing for their lives after relatives and friends were killed. Today, an estimated 220 Christian families - around 580 people - remain in the strip. "Those of us who remain are determined to stay," Anton said, while acknowledging that worsening humanitarian conditions may force more families to leave in search of medical care and stability.

For the last two years, Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus Christ, has not been able to properly celebrate Christmas. Due to the war in Gaza, there has not been a tree in the village square, and the Christmas market has not been open.https://t.co/KVVHKLfgbr

— Crux (@Crux) https://twitter.com/Crux/status/2002906967367385304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Around 70 percent of Gaza's Christians belong to the Greek Orthodox Church, with the remainder Latin Catholics. "The situation affects everyone - Christians and Muslims alike," Anton said. "We are part of this society, and what happens to Gaza happens to us".

On October 20 2023, less than two weeks into the war, Israeli strikes hit the Church of Saint Porphyrius complex, killing at least 16 people who had sought refuge there. The church is one of the oldest in the world, built on a site used for Christian worship since the fifth century.

In another attack on 17 July, Israeli fire struck Gaza's only Catholic church, killing two women and injuring several others, including the parish priest. "All Palestinians, including the Christian community, are still living with the consequences of the war," Anton said. "We are grieving, frustrated and unstable. We cannot celebrate as if nothing has happened".

https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden

Thu, 12/25/2025 - 13:30

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/there-nothing-celebrate-gazas-christians-mark-somber-christmas-amid-fragile-truce