mark

i love animals. had turtles and lizards and snakes when i was little. always been a dog lover, had a dog as a kid. love all the dogs i see.
thought i hated cats because i never had one and was mildly allergic as a kid, but the neighbor's cat visits me now and she's super friendly and now i like cats. (also not allergic anymore)
i still own no pets. no desire either.
you can appreciate things without wanting to own them.

2026-04-15 18:01:09 CEST

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yikes

2026-04-15 04:13:14 CEST

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same!

2026-04-13 02:22:04 CEST

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oh. oh no

2026-04-13 01:28:26 CEST

what happened to Preston Pysh?

2026-04-10 17:37:54 CEST

been reading a lot of history lately and ngl i don't hate this timeline we're on
https://npub1h2sfcqslrmsmrkchapkpmvqj9fr662jdeaftjyuma8kmfmdpcspsgazhwd.blossom.band/46ba019ed5bce43da2442cac734f901f21347e1d1c939421ceb20821280cd829.jpg

2026-04-10 03:27:45 CEST

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zapped for Texas

2026-04-07 03:37:36 CEST

i will change my my mind if presented with new information that is incompatible with my previous opinion
i've learned that some people entrench themselves more deeply in their previous opinion to remain consistent and avoid embarrassment
fascinating

2026-04-03 14:40:55 CEST

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
—F.A. Hayek

2026-04-03 04:10:22 CEST

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💯

2026-04-02 21:26:26 CEST

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definitely trying this

2026-04-02 04:23:16 CEST

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Sound of Metal will knock you on your ass 👌

2026-04-02 02:33:09 CEST

i reject moral relativism
it's a vital component of my behavioral OS

2026-04-01 21:43:24 CEST

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what a reply, thank you!

2026-04-01 17:19:55 CEST

Bibles are an $80 million business
King James, American Standard, English Standard, New International, Christian Standard, New Living Translation, Good News Translation, Study Bibles, Revised Bibles...
which is the best Bible?

2026-03-31 18:50:05 CEST

https://npub1h2sfcqslrmsmrkchapkpmvqj9fr662jdeaftjyuma8kmfmdpcspsgazhwd.blossom.band/14b1c21507ea02d3b0e18254350bb730b05f5c83409133c5f213e94ec98a3fa3.jpg
#nevent1q…swsl

2026-03-31 14:46:55 CEST

from Alex Berg:
"When evaluating the claim of deep bag-biased Quantum agitpropagandists, it’s always more useful to look at what they are NOT telling you.
Recent claims suggest a Quantum computer using neutral atom arrays would require only (!) ~20,000 logical qubits to break Bitcoin.
What they tell you is that this is significant because researchers at Caltech recently demonstrated a 6000 (!) logical qubits array.
What they do NOT tell you is that those qubits weren’t not entangled, which is a requirement to run Shor’s algorithm.
So what is the state of the art in terms of actually entangled logical qubits under the neutral atoms architecture? NINETY SIX (96) qubits.
How long did they maintain coherence? 1-2 seconds.
How long did the new Oratomic paper suggest the algorithm they designed should run? DAYS!
So not only must state of the art in SIMPLE qubits entanglement increase more than 2 orders of magnitude, their ability to maintain coherence across circuit depth must be preserved ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND times longer than they currently do.
Suffice to say they have no idea how to even get there but that shouldn’t get in the way of a headline worthy paper!"
#nevent1q…swsl

2026-03-31 14:39:16 CEST

new quantum fud just dropped from google ✨ well, it's not deliberate fud but it has stoked unwarranted fear
still purely theoretical, they're just projecting progress to revise their predicted timeline as per usual. great marketing strategy to stay relevant in the news cycle.
plus most bitcoin is held in addresses where the public key isn't exposed (at least not until it's spent), so this theoretical achievement would only affect those reusing addresses.
anyway, it's not nothing but it's certainly not something
https://quantumai.google/static/site-assets/downloads/cryptocurrency-whitepaper.pdf

2026-03-28 15:57:35 CET

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i hope so too. i love the product but it's a shitty policy/ethos considering the category

2026-03-27 14:05:16 CET

https://image.nostr.build/7087afb3160d25847e50653c550daeabb4f70ecd88efa2775e5a3596163eaf2d.jpg

2026-03-27 00:31:48 CET

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any tips/suggestions? it's tradeoffs all the way down in trying to balance security with ease of use and not creating a complicated treasure hunt

2026-03-23 17:09:26 CET

"For me, there are two kinds of debts a person can incur. One kind is the material one, which can be seen and touched. It may be as small as a cup of sugar, or as large an amount of money as you can borrow. This has to be paid as soon as possible, so that your own good self-image and personal dignity will not be crushed by it.
The other kind of debt is a spiritual one. It is the one that spurs man to be better than he is, and somehow drives him to go beyond the call of need and duty. One should wear this kind of debt as a suit of shining armor. It can never be fully repaid, but you wish that it could be, with such compounded interest that it would be beyond the wealth of Midas.
I used to envy people who say, 'I don't owe anyone anything!' Now I only feel great pity for those people because they've cut themselves off from the world and human society. How lonely they must be!"
—from Jim Lee's Chinese Cookbook (1968) https://image.nostr.build/7c04d4e7e1a86c195f9591a3c61c2dd65401254aa69c2090de24dee02d6722b8.jpg

2026-03-21 13:26:10 CET

a lot of Longevity Experts™ i see appear to be lacking joyful effervescence and a charismatic lust for life, which strike me as important factors to ignore

2026-03-17 14:04:45 CET

In the long run, clarity about purpose will trump knowledge of activity-based costing, balanced scorecards, core competence, disruptive innovation, the four Ps, the five forces, and other key business theories we teach at Harvard.
—Clayton Christensen https://image.nostr.build/a6c9c80173ec8bd9e78a8851bfd613b9992e8412a856ba212527821fac5af07f.jpg

2026-03-12 20:53:30 CET

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this is funny

2026-03-08 14:58:45 CET

The weak wish to be dependent in order to be protected: those who fear men love the laws.
—Vauvenargues

2026-03-06 14:30:15 CET

idk if the whole iran thing was meant to make people forget about epstein but it's not working
gm

2026-03-03 04:57:50 CET

"i'm so productive"
YES BUT WHAT ARE YOU PRODUCING

2026-03-02 15:26:25 CET

gm https://image.nostr.build/6aeec26b883fe65e5f3697c6732343a5e93a9364cd4348afe8a2a341cd9d5ac1.jpg

2026-03-02 00:24:09 CET

my agent is attending Lobster University every day starting now
@nprofile…xnfk created a liberal arts education for ai and it is great: https://fcf2af38.clawi.ai/lobster-university/

2026-03-01 16:08:41 CET

pay for goods with bear market bitcoin so the businesses you love get to enjoy the future upside ✨ https://image.nostr.build/ae4f6c0bfcb095d54f07c34579bbe279a8c54f89c56dcd3397e7c6cb18946c2c.jpg

2026-02-28 16:50:10 CET

it's 9:50am and the pool temp is 80 degrees Fahrenheit
get in losers we're gratitude-maxxing ✨ https://image.nostr.build/88c2d1af50e1210f7e160514a1147bb8d2a026a7c7ffe61b125913afa63d2a8c.jpg

2026-02-27 23:12:22 CET

i know y'all are crazy for chemtrails but friday night in Austin, Texas is 👌 https://video.nostr.build/41d55d9b8018ae43efb6d61e3aadf223f9e4cd067c3e62ac28d357992bd53eaa.mp4

2026-02-27 14:54:27 CET

https://image.nostr.build/d2b4b3950c63941bce9c601c61678a0836ed6dbf7e4442fdc96e707199cf08c9.jpg

2026-02-27 14:22:19 CET

there is a concerted effort going on to convince you to hate yourself, hate your country, and hate those who have more stuff than you
i will speak for myself: it's not working https://image.nostr.build/7ccb09526f7920db8fe4ff8025197b9748671dfc6e3baf48c95e6631eacd5566.jpg

2026-02-27 13:52:48 CET

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i become a dad in a couple weeks if not sooner. good reminder!

2026-02-27 13:36:12 CET

i'm getting really into chess. what stage life crisis is this.
gm

2026-02-26 13:48:01 CET

"This is what makes the ethanol and biofuel boondoggle so enraging. Not even Jonathan Swift would dare to write a satire in which politicians argued that – in a world where species are vanishing and more than a billion people are barely able to afford to eat – it would somehow be good for the planet to clear rainforests to grow palm oil, or give up food-crop land to grow biofuels, solely so that people could burn fuel derived from carbohydrate rather than hydrocarbons in their cars, thus driving up the price of food for the poor. Ludicrous is too weak a word for this heinous crime."
—Matt Ridley, from The Rational Optimist (2011)

2026-02-24 13:49:13 CET

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zapped for this high quality take

2026-02-24 13:35:25 CET

to my friends up north: you do not need to live like that
https://blossom.primal.net/acec52aa227e8ca63786a1dfd4b216987e6a7a8087d5f7435fe4e29dd2b90298.jpg

2026-02-22 16:41:36 CET

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oh agreed, i'm fine with it i just find it interesting

2026-02-22 15:19:48 CET

women's ice hockey prohibits fighting & body checks, and makes full cage masks mandatory
the difference this makes in gameplay is massive
also a nice reminder that culturally we are ok with men getting injured

2026-02-22 14:37:13 CET

"This mental attitude is our personality and is composed of the thoughts which we have been creating in our own mind; therefore, if we wish a change in conditions all that is necessary is to change our thought; this will in turn change our mental attitude, which will in turn change our personality, which will in turn change the persons, things and conditions, or, the experiences with which we meet in life."
—Charles F. Haanel, from The Master Key System

2026-02-22 03:15:19 CET

the Roman Empire has no shortage of stories... https://blossom.primal.net/6e6935d77c988d0a456bcf7ab96b99c0944ec8ab8b19d429a49ac6749e022ee0.jpg

2026-02-22 03:13:39 CET

the Roman Empire has no shortage of materi

2026-02-21 15:29:32 CET

is this your king?! https://blossom.primal.net/850bc9cd76c65a02f08a23a63c88a3fccd65d2a7eeee40ddc5e6f0fe795b8f85.jpg

2026-02-20 14:02:52 CET

"The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence; and it makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool."
—William Bolitho, author of Twelve Against the Gods

2026-02-17 02:57:25 CET

uber driver is listening to the Nickelback album 'All The Right Reasons' start to finish
amazing

2026-02-16 04:57:05 CET

i'm running PicoClaw and can confirm that it is great
ultra-lightweight refactor of openclaw in Go to use 99% less memory. also much, much more secure out of the box.
https://github.com/sipeed/picoclaw

2026-02-15 14:17:49 CET

"The role of war in advanced societies now lies elsewhere. Twenty-four-hour news media generate a chronic state of low-intensity anxiety together with a tranquillizing sense of security. Shaping a perception of the world as endemically dangerous, a landscape of terror can be projected anywhere via television screens, laptops and mobile devices. This landscape frames the view of the world, while those who inhabit it are enclosed in a zone of safety. More than on any other single factor, the stability of advanced societies depends on how perceptions are shaped by the media"
—from The Soul of the Marionette, by John D. Gray
https://blossom.primal.net/97d6837e394de09821fbecf037178538aaaf762b8f7cec4a39c7cec075d2d37a.jpg

2026-02-13 14:50:31 CET

The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much 'truth' he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified.
—Friedrich Nietzsche

2026-02-12 00:18:38 CET

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now we're talkin

2026-02-11 13:03:51 CET

"well we haven't actually SEEN a black hole, it's all data and calculations based on information captured by sensors"
"i don't like being dependent on these car backup cameras, we should be used to looking around on our own"
people i know have said these two things
they think seeing has something to do with our eyes when it's is actually something our brain does. sight is what your brain says information looks like. our eyes have limited sensing capability, but we can extend those senses with devices that can perceive and process more, and different, information for us to receive. senses are extensible. in the end it's all information.
mostly, though, i think many people like to embrace human limitations because it lowers expectations and creates an excuse to live a simple, low-agency life.

2026-02-11 00:12:17 CET

What makes humanity awesome and culture a great adventure is not our own saying so, but our questioning everything.
—André Malraux

2026-02-09 02:06:08 CET

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trash, and wasted my time. so you can't get them for false advertising

2026-02-09 01:46:48 CET

i love how robot-pilled odell got after marty spun up a claw
lfg ✨
#nevent1q…vz5n

2026-02-09 00:24:10 CET

i fear dark shenanigans will be afoot while everyone is bread and circusing tonight for the super bowl

2026-02-08 14:09:28 CET

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
—Bruce Lee, from Tao of Jeet Kun Do

2026-02-05 15:09:10 CET

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fair tbh

2026-02-05 15:07:32 CET

seems obvious to me that Odell made an ai bot that posts "stay humble and stack sats" on twitter so he didn't technically return to the platform
i'm realizing others have not come to this conclusion yet 😅

2026-02-05 14:43:00 CET

without evil forces in the world there could be no heroes
don't lament the existence of demons, expect them
adversaries are invitations. calls to develop excellence, strength, and courage.

2026-02-05 14:14:12 CET

silver is going to zero
do you see how stupid that sounds? https://image.nostr.build/3541a058bbdbcbc7eb248062b47d5be17fee4f50e5df2d6813bddba83bd5a020.jpg

2026-02-05 13:21:26 CET

important lesson regarding a penguin in a zoo in Norway from the book 'Dietrich Mateschitz: Wings for People and Ideas: Red Bull and Viktor Frankl’s search for meaning':
"I felt sorry for it: Do you have to wear that tuxedo? Where's your waist, then? And above all: Did God forget your knees? I had already reached my verdict: Faulty design. And then I took another look through the glass panel into the penguins' swimming pool. Suddenly 'my' penguin leapt into the water and swam right up to my face. Anyone who has ever seen penguins under water is simply speechless. It was in its element! A penguin is ten times more streamlined than a Porsche! With a liter of gas it would be able to travel the equivalent of over 2,500 kilometers! They are excellent swimmers and hunters, and they can dance in the water! And I thought: 'Faulty design!' ... We all have our strengths and our weaknesses. Many people try for ages to eliminate their weak points. If you improve your weaknesses you will be at best mediocre. But if you strengthen your strengths you will be unique. And those who are not like the others can take comfort: There are plenty of others! ... People only rarely succeed in changing themselves completely and fundamentally. If you were born a penguin, even seven years of psychotherapy will not turn you into a giraffe. So don't waste your time refusing to accept your fate: If you are a penguin, don't stay in the steppe. Take one small step at a time and find your water. And then: Jump in! And swim! And you will know what it means to be in your element."
https://image.nostr.build/656a06a6d4042dfbd72266cb80e11e32bb83ac8f5a73e1245196aa11fd99724b.jpg

2026-02-02 04:14:03 CET

i am not in any of the epstein files
this is now a flex

2026-02-01 16:12:49 CET

try to cultivate the habit of seeing circumstances as things happening for you, not to you

2026-02-01 16:03:08 CET

i remember this one podcast where saifedean compared it to 'iddqd', the original Doom god mode cheat
#nevent1q…8zu4

2026-02-01 06:27:54 CET

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i have that tallow ✨

2026-02-01 00:22:21 CET

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https://image.nostr.build/891795e93ffd049ed1cf22bc489e233efda43fcdfb9cae22ca9ac529e1376c01.gif

2026-02-01 00:18:11 CET

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this is good

2026-01-31 04:26:41 CET

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this is the correct list

2026-01-30 16:27:20 CET

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oh nice, this is exactly what she's looking for. thanks!

2026-01-30 15:18:06 CET

any suggestions gang?
also gm ✨ https://image.nostr.build/4e32b939ab44d3d1256e345a33e0787f439ffe12588c21d4f99ba8c0d4e9313f.jpg

2026-01-30 03:36:49 CET

i'm buying

2026-01-29 04:38:06 CET

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yes, correct, but as a kid they were badass lol 🤘

2026-01-29 04:35:59 CET

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Sanderson's writing and producing so... Outlook Looks Good™

2026-01-28 12:36:36 CET

new midwit meme just dropped 😅
#nevent1q…6332

2026-01-27 13:44:28 CET

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die..."
—Daniel Burnham (Director of Works, Chicago World’s Fair, 1893)

2026-01-26 13:40:57 CET

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
—F.A. Hayek

2026-01-25 23:38:40 CET

wildly unpopular opinion apparently: i like saylor
so many people buy bitcoin and then do things with it that i wouldn't do. so what. it's freedom money, you can do and build whatever you want with it.
he loves bitcoin, that much is clear. and he's a multi-billionaire with hundreds/thousands of other considerations beyond loving bitcoin. i can see why he gets annoyed, and while i don't share his response or delivery i understand the rationale of the reaction.
i see what he's doing with Strategy. i see who it's for, and who it's not for. it's smart and bold, and more power to him. i don't know if it will work but i hope it does and best of luck.
there is a list of people i don't like, and a list of people i *really* don't like, and saylor's not on either.

2026-01-25 05:19:39 CET

false. they absolutely do ✨
#nevent1q…m70m

2026-01-25 02:52:03 CET

The secret of success is concentrating interest in life, interest in sports and good times, interest in your studies, interest in your fellow students, interest in the small things of nature, insects, birds, flowers, leaves, etc. In other words to be fully awake to everything about you & the more you learn the more you can appreciate & get a full measure of joy & happiness out of life.
—Jackson Pollock's dad, in a 1923 letter to his son

2026-01-25 00:13:24 CET

Boethius was a Roman senator, senior official, and philosopher of the Middle Ages, and he once recalled something Plato said in one of his Socratic dialogues, that
"only wise men can do what they desire, and the wicked men can do what pleases them but that that will not get them what they desire."
i think about this distinction all the time
he's describing the difference between feelings/intentions and outcomes/consequences.

2026-01-20 03:11:01 CET

today i vibe coded a simple mp3 player, like a streamlined winamp. no bells and whistles, no EQ (yet), just playback and playlist functionality. was tired of all the bloatware options out there.
the thing is i made it in less time than it would have likely taken me to search for and research and compare options to download
i don't think most people have caught on that, when it comes to software, making will soon be more convenient than taking

2026-01-18 22:20:01 CET

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no, it's because they don't have disposable income
classic sour grapes. "i know i can't afford to go out drinking but it's actually good cuz i don't even like that stuff anyway"
#nevent1q…ye3g

2026-01-18 21:22:39 CET

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dude this is cool

2026-01-18 21:15:40 CET

anon, this is your sign to finally statically assign some IPs and label your network devices
https://blossom.primal.net/ac36eee4ae19d9e37dd1ca5212c31898400e18585fd1207b9bb09546f9d631b1.jpg

2026-01-17 19:56:00 CET

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yes, i've been impressed too

2026-01-13 15:09:45 CET

the best part of saylor's recent WBD interview is not the annoyed overrractions to simple questions but the very end, when he talks thoughtfully about books and learning from history
https://blossom.primal.net/99a660a1f993052e4bcc5f3bd94867134bc655794ae70e5c833d5c7f3f370d9d.mp4

2026-01-13 13:10:01 CET

the brazen audacity of one of the most inefficient, wasteful bureaucracies in America confiscating wealth from their best capital allocators and thinking these people won't leave because the weather's nice
classic FAFO
https://blossom.primal.net/cef50ec90e423a428ac195372ff9a8eb908f8ef06a5ccf629a69d3757acd849f.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/6d4802948a868ad0dbeb32e0c07ebacf863d60c7f6a50aaaf236219993e51044.jpg

2026-01-12 00:36:56 CET

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this is a good one
#nevent1q…hsx4

2026-01-09 02:17:24 CET

fun fact: i was unemployed once, for about a year and a half
never took a single unemployment check. why?
because i never want to owe the federal government anything other than my middle finger
values are important. integrity is a thing and it matters.
if any friend or family member ever loses their job i'd rather they get a helpful check from me than uncle sam

2026-01-08 03:58:13 CET

“The first true peer-to-peer networks for sharing information were designed specifically for the swapping of musical files. It is still too early to tell, but this innovation may turn out to be as influential as those piano keyboards and pinned cylinders, if in fact peer-to-peer platforms like Bitcoin eventually become an important part of the global financial infrastructure, as many people believe.”
— Stephen Johnson, from ‘Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World'

2026-01-08 03:54:43 CET

educated is not the same thing as intelligent
do you know how many idiots graduate from college?
do you know how many dumb universities there are?
schooling selects for obedience, compliance, and respect for authority. not intelligence.

2026-01-08 03:35:30 CET

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2026-01-08 03:35:11 CET

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yes

2026-01-08 03:06:47 CET

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one thing that surpsises people about Texas is how friendly everyone is
southern hospitality is jarring if what you're used to is indifference
#nevent1q…53cv