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Dune and #Bitcoin

I have a “fun” coffee money account I DCA $10/day into (one weekly buy with $70 Canadian Pesos).

It’s been point-zero-zero-something #Bitcoin forever.

Mid Feb those days ended. Now it’s point-zero-zero-zero-something. No-one wants my dollars.

Noticed some issues logging into bank trading platforms this AM and it reminded me of prior tumultuous weeks in the market, nothing worse than being locked out, looking in.

So much less impactful these days as so much of my net worth is unbanked.

Progress!

Will take a 5x from here still, Vancouver living expenses!

Though I appreciate the rapidly diminishing retirement age!

Sunday evening mood. Had forgotten how much I liked this album, hidden gem.

Late nineties a good era for spawning Manchester bands, Elbow preceded Doves by a year.

https://tidal.com/browse/track/26728397

The WEF promoting #Bitcoin is an Outside Context Problem, to quote Banks.

Deeply unsettling.

Where from? Often supporting materials come later, in a different packet. Which is suppose is marginally more secure.

When the ETF market goes dark and #bitcoin roams freely over the weekend…

Feels a bit like nightfall in Pitch Black.

Tradfi night terrors.

Our four year old had been spared from ads for most of his early TV life until recently, when I canned most of our subscriptions including YouTube premium, and now we have to put up with a few.

Unprompted he’s started calling these interruptions “badverts”.

There’s such wisdom in the young mind.

No cause for concern that pre-crime is being added to the statute books just before AI ramps up in the criminal justice system.

Probabilities say we should lock you all up.

I’m accumulating old laptops due to the fact I never find the time to properly wipe them, and they’re probably worthless anyway at end of life.

Is there a similar guide to https://raspibolt.org/ for old hardware (win/intel or Chromebook) for transforming them into a secure Bitcoin node? Idiot’s guide stuff.

Politicians trying to ban anything these days just lends credibility nostr:note1knljn6qy6xezctzs9gkhceld20xvlnsa8yfff50j2pdfsfrq73pqqcfew5

Still not updated the chocolate coin mould. I wonder how many more years Elizabeth has immortalized in razor sharp foil that invariably slices under your fingernails.

It’s becoming clear to more and more people that the goal is not (was never) emissions reduction.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-commission-urges-france-to-raise-renewables-target-to-at-least-44/

Depends where you are of course, but microbreweries in the PNW have been cranking out fantastic hazy IPAs this year.

Can’t be any better up here.

Filling in taxes at the moment and holy crap, I am a firm believer that making everyone write one tax cheque every year, payable to Trudeau, would end this profligacy in a heartbeat. Pay as you earn was the greatest trick the fiat devil ever pulled.

Carbon Tax

Tax his land,

Tax his bed,

Tax the table

At which he's fed.

Tax his work,

Tax his pay,

He works for peanuts

Anyway!

Tax his cow,

Tax his goat,

Tax his pants,

Tax his coat.

Tax his tobacco,

Tax his drink,

Tax him if he

Tries to think.

Tax his car,

Tax his gas,

Find other ways

To tax his ass.

Tax all he has

Then let him know

That you won't be done

Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;

Then tax him some more,

Tax him till

He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,

Tax his grave,

Tax the sod in

Which he's laid.

When he's gone,

Do not relax,

Its time to apply

The inheritance tax.

Accounts ReceivableTax

Airline surcharge tax

Airline FuelTax

Airport MaintenanceTax

Building PermitTax

CigaretteTax

Corporate IncomeTax

DeathTax

Dog LicenseTax

Driving PermitTax

EnvironmentalTax (Fee)

Excise Taxes

Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment (UI)

Fishing License Tax

Food License Tax

Gasoline Tax (too much per litre)

Gross ReceiptsTax

HealthTax

Hunting LicenseTax

HydroTax

InheritanceTax

InterestTax

LiquorTax

LuxuryTaxes

Marriage LicenseTax

MedicareTax

MortgageTax

Personal IncomeTax

PropertyTax

PovertyTax

Prescription DrugTax

Provincial Income and sales tax

Real EstateTax

Recreational VehicleTax

Retail SalesTax

Service ChargeTax

SchoolTax

Telephone FederalTax

Telephone Federal, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes

Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

Vehicle License Registration Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

WaterTax

Watercraft RegistrationTax

Well PermitTax

Workers CompensationTax

THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, & our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had a large middle class, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?

Filed my (housing) BC speculation tax exemption this week. Verbatim from the form:

“Reminder: the speculation tax is not the same as the City of Vancouver’s empty homes and the Government of Canada’s underused housing tax”

Three levels of government all taxing the same thing.