Excellent essay. Big loss; most definitely suspicious
As a former Albertan, I agree. Probably 40% support from Alberta. Though Alberta and freedom may be better if Alberta was on its own.
Brilliant and so refreshing to see. A hand up rather than a hand out - in such a crazy world. Good work, to all involved. And great video, Joe! 👊🏻₿ 🧡
Marty, awesome podcast. Jessica was one of the few who stood up to be counted during the “Madness”. The combination of being a data scientist and immunologist, amongst other qualifications (though one should be suspect of any “expert”) is deadly - the clear understanding of the data and the biology leads to such an interesting interview.
Critical thinking and not giving a shit about what the narrative pushers say about her … she continues to bring out truths.
The Madness led me to Bitcoin … always good to see others recognize the overlap.
I always thought vegetables were healthier than fruits.. But more people die from not eating enough fruits than from not eating enough vegetables. According to mainstream thinking at least:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-risk-factor-50-69years?time=2021
Also true within high-income countries:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/deaths-risk-factor-50-69years?time=2021&country=~OWID_HIC
Of course "mainstream" medicine isn't "correct". But it's an approximation of correct that we are hard-pressed to best. We know some will be wrong, but we can't easily know which parts. I'm guessing however the fruit/vegetable thing is probably correct. Given we evolved from mostly fruit-eating mammals.
I don’t eat either; much to my surprise I have never felt better than on a carnivore diet.!
#bitcoin price has rallied back to be within reach of its highs. Will we see a new ₿ ATH over the weekend?
GM
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” - Socrates
#LFG #₿ #Bitcoin
Yes, we are winning, it’s inevitable. It feels like the “suddenly” stage of winning might arrive soon and suddenly ₿.
Any chance this relates to RFK Jr talking about red dye 3?
So, with all the talk about a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve …. How does this solve the problems related to centralized monetary systems? War? Deficits?
It’s not like the USD will be pegged to #btc
Great discussion: nostr:npub1cj94enk44kn5mvrcma4sp7jnlsgnn4em7rk3dh3jt4fzyqs3m02s560efa Lavish and David Forbes on Building with Bitcoin.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/73zaHvKjQypR8woEoRk4fy?si=cfM4s0x6TASpjb8ml45GMg
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Very cool