So, apparently 3 swing states are refusing to remove Rfk Jr's name from the ballot.

Damn if he does, damned if he doesn't.

First they don't let him on, now they won't let him off

The absolute gall!

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/several-states-refuse-remove-rfk-jrs-name-ballots-hurting-trump

Some people soothe themselves in times of crisis with the Bible, I pull out Marcus Aurelius.

Have you read Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning? Not stoicism technically, but very much a modern existential version of stoicism. I highly recommend it. He founded an entire school of psychology on stoic ideas.

I'm in Mexico right now. The sun and fresh food have done miraculous things for my physical and mental health.

I'm very blessed to be able to be here.

Both.

I first stumbled onto Marcus Aurelius as a Stoic in Donald Robertson's work Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, then devoured Ryan Holiday's books, then finally went to the source material itself, Meditations. I feel that it helps to have a modern translation though, or its a slog.

So many good quotes. My paper copy is one giant highlight

Well it's not like we didn't see the writing on that wall.

Welcome

Welcome

Definitely the most apt analogy I've seen.

Hello!

Bienvenido, mi amigo.

Welcome.

Don't forget to set up a lightning wallet so that we can zap you some sats.

I've been really trying to limit my time on Twitter, spending a lot more of it over here. It's completely refreshing.

I really love your posts. They always make me stop and think. And the art is beautiful as well.

I just spent a whole day on #nostr instead of #X and I feel better than I have in a long time.

I'm sure the dopamine will drive me there by the end of the night again, but it's been a good day.

So true.

Classic fiat mind rot.

As a Canadian, I can confirm that we've been a US puppet state for a long time.

Same.

I want to help people.

I want to save them from what's coming.

I see good people struggling horribly, just to exist; burning themselves down to ash.

And yet Bitcoin is a bridge too far for them.

So at the end of the day, all I can do is be here for them when they're ready.

Wtf did I just watch?

Yes, it certainly hasn't helped in any way, but the government blaming it on the Ukraine war and not on the money printer they set on high speed during covid, denies the reality of the timeline.

Inflation started ripping before the Ukraine.

I remember making a very careful mental note at the time