freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg

Christian, Husband, Father.
Confessionally Reformed catholic/Presbyterian. One of 'Machen's Warrior Children'--joyfully and unapologetically.
Austro-Libertarian. Anti-woke.
#Bitcoin #Nostrich #Liberty #2K
since 778676 | 2023-02-28

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2026-05-05 11:37:10 CEST

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It cannot work in principle--which is why it has never worked in practice. Scarcity requires prices, prices require ownership. Destroy incentives, destroy prosperity.

2026-05-05 01:00:21 CEST

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Good marketing. Now I'm curious...

2026-05-05 00:54:24 CEST

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and buddy, you got a dessert goin'

2026-05-04 21:46:50 CEST

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justice is worth $4.53, apparently

2026-05-04 03:40:22 CEST

As of 2006, "The U.S. has used its U.N. Security Council veto more than 40 times to block resolutions critical of Israel."
-- Carter, Peace Not Apartheid (p. 209).
I wonder how much higher that number is now...

2026-05-04 02:24:46 CEST

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1987 Wagoneer
1999 Grand Cherokee
can confirm. But so fun to drive, and amazing in the snow...(Maine native here)

2026-05-02 14:13:03 CEST

Really need to get my fam off of Ubuntu, but there's hardly ever time for the fun stuff. 🤓

2026-05-02 14:08:17 CEST

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I think there's some hacky way to sideload an upgrade but yes my sentiments exactly

2026-05-02 14:07:00 CEST

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Loving your recaps btw 🙌

2026-05-02 14:04:53 CEST

@nprofile…32nl is still on linux 6.1?

2026-05-02 04:51:38 CEST

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Too close to call...

2026-05-01 16:51:02 CEST

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Nice

2026-05-01 16:50:28 CEST

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I love that he's about to step off the ledge in his blindness. Brilliant.

2026-05-01 16:48:25 CEST

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monkey-side-eye .gif

2026-05-01 03:53:45 CEST

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😯
https://image.nostr.build/9e559c2801d7e72a05be470ccbe3febb9fad65e227c42ffc317addf5af6d72f6.jpg

2026-05-01 02:11:27 CEST

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N I C E

2026-05-01 02:08:15 CEST

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*Applause* 🙌

2026-04-30 05:24:03 CEST

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Survey suggests that majority of those surveyed would affirm that "most other people are not good-natured." There's no other reason for someone to choose red. I'm actually taken aback...

2026-04-30 04:04:43 CEST

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2026-04-29 04:32:17 CEST

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Let us never return. It is a silly place.

2026-04-28 04:27:16 CEST

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2026-04-28 01:13:50 CEST

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also I'm down to like 92 sats in my zap wallet and this newfound treasure will fund me for days--FOR DAYS!!

2026-04-28 01:11:51 CEST

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I wanted it to reflect my experience
chet: success !

2026-04-28 00:55:36 CEST

Found some BTC sitting in VenMo, so what did I do? THAT'S RIGHT I MOVED IT TO SELF CUSTODY 🥳
but there was a limit, so what did I do? THAT'S RIGHT I BOUGHT A LITTLE MORE SO I COULD MOVE IT TO SELF CUSTODY 🥳
except it was put on hold 🫩
and that was last week 😑
and it's still on hold 🫠
😑

2026-04-27 23:18:17 CEST

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I think it was when they legalized all the parasitic 'derivatives' and ETFs, etc.

2026-04-27 12:01:40 CEST

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Is this a joke

2026-04-25 17:41:17 CEST

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...might I suggeset The Progressive Era?

2026-04-25 15:52:33 CEST

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That period when I delved deep into Van Til was one of the most intellectually stimulating, and devotionally rewarding, times in my life. I'm excited for you brother - cheers!

2026-04-25 01:13:55 CEST

#asknostr
17 yo son wants to know more about the history of modern 'Israel'. I gave him Rothbard's 1967 article, and Lilienthal's _What Price Israel?_
I think Weir would be a bit much right now.
What others would be helpful?

2026-04-24 22:45:19 CEST

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* of second paragraph 🫩 I quit 🙄

2026-04-24 17:18:30 CEST

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Would you say the books are PG-13, PG or R, etc.? Teenage son always looking for new series.

2026-04-24 06:16:11 CEST

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Nice 'W' 🙌

2026-04-24 06:10:58 CEST

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Great show. Oliphant (sp?) and Goggins are a perfect pair.

2026-04-24 02:16:49 CEST

Very impressive. Thanks for indulging my curiosity--sorry for the spam.
I'm done now.

2026-04-24 01:41:06 CEST

Hey @npub1cn4…3vle I'm considering making @npub1ex7…vyt9 my bank. I can get cheap, generic checks from Wal-Mart , but what about ATM deposits/withdrawals? Since it's a regular debit card, I suppose the "cash back" option at the cashier could work. But how might cash deposits work?
Very interested. Could you point me in the right direction? I would make the switch very soon if it's actually feasible.

2026-04-24 00:48:05 CEST

...wow, https://jumble.imwald.eu/ has just the kind of authoring controls I had in mind, and way more.
Well done, @npub1m4n…c2jl and team!

2026-04-23 15:21:14 CEST

geeked out on nvim in my MSYS2 UCRT2 dev env the other night, set up Lazy and migrated init.vim -> init.lua - with a little help from Copilot (for the fiat gig rig)
also finally fixed EOL issues on *sql files meant for a finicky Windows app once for all
feels good, man

2026-04-23 15:16:48 CEST

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You pay me back with each additional post. Truly appreciate your curation of the 'good, beautiful, and true.' I don't know enough about Vienna to ask, so, you post freely and I will enjoy vicariously 🤝

2026-04-23 14:46:54 CEST

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Lately I've noticed a few things:
- the reactions on a re-note are either unresponsive or do not have my custom reactions availablei-looks like return to default
- cannot tap the re-note to get to the original note
- when browsing someone else's feed, I cannot tap a re-noted npub to jump to their profile
I have also noticed that p-i-p is working beautifully -- perfect for listening to @nprofile…ap4s 's posts while scrolling... 🙌

2026-04-23 13:27:37 CEST

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Any idea if tor-browser patched this yet--or they've merged this upstream branch yet?

2026-04-23 13:23:19 CEST

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Cue Norm MacDonald

2026-04-23 05:12:40 CEST

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That's actually a tough ask. Van Til thought in Dutch and didn't always translate well into English. Most of his books are quite difficult. (He could've learned a thing or two from Rothbard how to be crystal clear, concise, and engaging--even hilarious.) I think I've read slightly more Rothbard than Van Til, but I've read quite a bit of both.
If you want to read Van Til himself:
- check out "My Credo" https://reformed.org/apologetics/my-credo-by-cornelius-van-til/ - essay length, but doesn't get into his underlying arguments
- I think the most accessible of his books is _The Defense of the Faith_ (skip Oliphant's intro)
Probably the best "popularizers" of his thought are John Frame and Greg Bahnsen. Bahnsen's _Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis_ does a great job clarifying Van Til's thought. Frame's _Apologetics to the Glory of God_ is, well, not that great IMO--but many think it's excellent, so you might find it helpful too.
I'm not too proud to admit, though, that probably the most practical little book on his method is Richard Pratt's _Every Thought Captive_. I think it was written as a high school Sunday School curriculum, but it was immensely clarifying for me--lots of diagrams to explain things--and I'm a visual learner. I read it after having waded through a dozen of Van Til's books, so that may have helped, but I think it's probably my #1 recommendation ( 😅 ). @npub1kun…3lhe may have some thoughts on this too... there's at least one other nostr-fella who's into Van Til, but I can't remember who at the moment (feel free to remind me, whoever you are).
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That said, I think Hoppe's approach is very useful if the aim of the conversation is limited to politics/economics and the NAP, etc. It's just that it cannot account for itself on the metaphysical level--like Van Til's apologetic, it's transcendental and uses a kind of 'synthetic a priori' (which is genius and hard to beat), but--to use Van Til's terminology--it relies on the "borrowed capital" of Christian Theism. (And the sublime irony of that terminology is not lost on me! Ha!)

2026-04-23 04:21:57 CEST

Hoppe's transcendental "argumentation ethics" is genius, and has its place within its limited scope.
But he still cannot account for his "givens" in the first place.
Van Til wins again.

2026-04-23 02:22:44 CEST

Power bill astronomical again.
I am forced to shut 'em down.
Bummer.

2026-04-22 14:21:04 CEST

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...I'm not saying I've had this *exact* conversation, but...

2026-04-21 15:59:52 CEST

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Absolutely agree. We're trying to reframe this with our kids--third commandment violations are the worst offenses, the other 'regular' vulgarities are impolite, unintelligent, are overused, are often a 'filler' for an underdeveloped vocabulary, frequently betray intellectual weakness--but are not nearly as morally reprehensible as insulting our Creator and Redeemer. The former are usually/often offensive to men within our current cultural context, but the latter is offensive to God himself always and everywhere. Not that it's OK to offend our neighbors--not at all--but there is a scale, and it is worse to offend God than it is to offend men.

2026-04-21 14:17:44 CEST

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I think it's about private property, which leads to sound money, and those political theories are the only logical consequences of those 'principia'. It's anti-fiat from its--ahem--core, a Hayekian de-nationalization of money.
But I am intrigued by the other answer below that considers some of the intel influences.

2026-04-21 01:57:03 CEST

Unfollowed 2 long-time follows today.
I have a high tolerance for vulgarity and all kinds of nonsense and silliness--but a very low tolerance for direct insults to the name of Jesus Christ, "who loved me, and gave himself for me."
"Even a dog barks when his master is attacked."

2026-04-21 00:29:35 CEST

Confession: feeling rather 'black-pilled' today
sned memes plz

2026-04-20 22:56:29 CEST

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Thought the same thing 😅

2026-04-20 22:05:37 CEST

https://image.nostr.build/61f50530f60bc630e5544854255b5fe7eaa177fb60c0727f051063c8c2d20d92.jpg

2026-04-20 18:43:37 CEST

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It's 'myob' 🫡

2026-04-20 18:21:59 CEST

#asknostr
I'd like to know the same but particularly for rugged, gusseted, everyday work pants. And by work I mean yard work or desk work. carhartts worn out need new.
#nevent1q…q6z6

2026-04-20 13:47:02 CEST

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Heartbreaking. Glad to see from this article, though, that Jeremy L. Hamnond, Dave Smith, and Tom Woods are holding the line. Also extremely disappointing to see Lindsay still blustering forward with this narrative. Sad.

2026-04-20 06:21:47 CEST

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I have it on good authority that their other expression--Old Grand Dad--which is ~25 USD/bottle and available all year--is better. Thoughts?

2026-04-20 06:12:15 CEST

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Welcome back 🤙🏻

2026-04-20 06:05:40 CEST

No one: "Yo, freeborn, you're a huge fan of Homer's Odyssey--who are the worst possible actors to portray each role?"
Me: oh, that's easy! See here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/
😖😤😡🤯😡
JUST...NO. N-O, NO.
Actually horrified. Utter disbelief.

2026-04-19 23:35:51 CEST

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I've been enjoying how clean OLauncher is. Available in @nprofile…tdq0

2026-04-19 22:40:59 CEST

DNS proxy is blocking our denomination's website 😂🙄

2026-04-18 04:45:55 CEST

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"The greatest lie the devil ever told is that he doesn't exist."

2026-04-17 05:55:14 CEST

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do it

2026-04-16 05:30:31 CEST

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aka 7.62×33mm

2026-04-16 05:05:48 CEST

Jesus is the promised seed of Eve, who crushed the head of the serpent.
Jesus is the promised offspring of Abraham.
Jesus is the "son called out of Egypt."
Jesus is the "greater son" of David.
Modern "Israel" is a distraction.
Search the Scriptures.
You'll see.

2026-04-16 04:36:57 CEST

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2026-04-15 22:39:49 CEST

In case you missed it - remember that older gentleman who shouted about "if you know who created bitcoin you'd sell! *I* know who created it! And it's going to [censored] zero! ZERO!!?"
Yeah, remember him? His name is Dan Pena.
He later revealed his hIdDeN kNoWlEdGe: he said it was...wait for it...Putin (!), and it was "for the purpose of destabilizing the American economy."
😂🤣

2026-04-15 21:02:29 CEST

When they say "that looks like AI" -- do you take it as a compliment or as an insult?

2026-04-14 21:26:02 CEST

...so how early is too early for a Moscow Mule when it's 85F out?
*asking for a friend

2026-04-14 21:06:14 CEST

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Not if you feed them real food. Then it's much, more. But worth it.

2026-04-14 19:38:38 CEST

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Right on. I posted about that point frequently earlier this year as I read through Koestler's _The Thirteenth Tribe_ so - yes, I agree.
No matter what their ethnic descent, however, the New Testament (namely, many of Christ's parables and rebukes; Romans 9ff; especially Galatians) -- puts the entire question to rest: Jesus is Israel.

2026-04-14 18:11:33 CEST

"It's the Jews!" ❌
"It's the Zionists!" ✅
Don't be fooled by Shapiro (on the one side) or by Fuentes (on the other) who push the EXACT SAME presupposition which is that Zionism = Semitism and therefore Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism.
Blame ideology not ethnicity.

2026-04-14 13:56:33 CEST

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bro 🫂 tough one

2026-04-13 19:01:43 CEST

Christian: Don't fret, don't fear, don't quit--we live, after all, between two FEASTS and the next one will never end. All we have ahead is grace (now) and glory (then).
🤜🤛

2026-04-13 14:43:02 CEST

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...I had issues while I was away, couldn't sign in via mobile/Amber. The site returned 'already connected' which *probably* means:
1 - we can only be signed in once, from one device - I had stayed signed in on my laptop (which I left at home)
2 - which means no cheating (a good thing); but
3 - wish I could've signed in anyway, thereby 'signing out other sessions'
4 - how *do* I sign out...probably 'new player' would do it, I guess?

2026-04-13 13:27:05 CEST

GM.
Christ is King 🙌

2026-04-12 17:56:54 CEST

Here in SLC, "Polygamy Porter" is a popular, and real, thing 😂

2026-04-12 17:39:50 CEST

It's the Lord's Day.
Found a little presbyterian enclave deep into Mormon territory in SLC 😂
GM

2026-04-10 22:11:35 CEST

con: I'm seeing more full-grown, brain-having free humans wearing masks in the airport than I'd prefer
pro: almost no one in pajamas
'nature is healing'
I'll take it 🤙🏻

2026-04-10 14:14:40 CEST

How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
#nevent1q…rz7y

2026-04-10 14:14:14 CEST

...zero.

2026-04-10 13:21:00 CEST

* sips coffee *
#nevent1q…9t7z

2026-04-10 04:07:22 CEST

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...it worked! Thank you so much - now I can #WORD5 AND OTHER STUFF on my mobile while I'm travelling this weekend. Yeehaw 🤙

2026-04-10 03:29:16 CEST

#asknostr
...can I use Amber to sign in to a webapp in Vanadium on GrapheneOS? I haven't done anything with nsecbunkers...
@nprofile…0k9y

2026-04-09 23:58:18 CEST

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MAGA now means MIGA

2026-04-09 23:06:20 CEST

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You have revealed my protocol-ignorance to me and for that, I thank you.
I'll sit down now, and stop whining about this.
🫡

2026-04-09 20:22:43 CEST

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Brother, you just 'read my mail'

2026-04-09 16:05:05 CEST

Anthropic, MSFT, Palantir, Stanford, Hoover Inst., Hudson Inst., The Atlantic... Thiel, Niall Ferguson, ...some lady named 'Emily Economy' (😂) ...no surprises here
#nevent1q…k4lc

2026-04-09 15:54:49 CEST

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No clients that I'm aware of allow the user to *designate* kind 1 (plain text) or 30023 (Markdown). We rely on various clients' varying methods of recognizing and rendering and it's a bit like playing Russian roulette...

2026-04-09 05:24:58 CEST

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More like Pete Winns amiright 🥁

2026-04-09 04:59:39 CEST

OH COME ON
( fine, *applause* )
#nevent1q…y4un

2026-04-09 04:57:02 CEST

...is the Markdown for hyperlinks different in @npub17n4…fyh9 ?
Isn't it supposed to be ``` [Link Text](URL) ```

2026-04-09 04:53:42 CEST

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I appreciate your perspective. I probably lean a little more toward the "R2K" camp. Either way, I've always appreciated how D. G. Hart said it (somewhere): during this time between the times, there will always be a tension. We are pilgrims walking the very earth we "meek" are to inherit--but not yet (paraphrased).
BTW, have you ever come across these gems?
- Daniel Walker (FEE), "[J. Gresham Machen: A Forgotten Libertarian](https://fee.org/articles/j-gresham-machen-a-forgotten-libertarian/)" (1993)
- Shawn Ritenour (elder, OPC; Mises Institute): "[J. G. Machen: Calvinist, Revolutionary, Hero](https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-lectures/j-g-machen-calvinist-revolutionary-hero)" (audio) (2009)
- Lawrence W. Reed (FEE), "[J. Gresham Machen: God’s Forgotten Libertarian](https://fee.org/articles/god-s-forgotten-libertarian/) (2015)

2026-04-09 04:35:22 CEST

...speaking of #WORD5 - the donate button doesn't work (for me) - who made this? #asknostr
#nevent1q…pva3

2026-04-09 04:32:31 CEST

THIS IS #WOSTR
#WORD5 AND OTHER STUFF TRANSMITTED BY RELAYS

2026-04-08 20:57:13 CEST

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Airplane mode + no notiffcations = battery for days

2026-04-08 15:15:59 CEST

Imagine thinking it's "easy" and "weak" to forgive.

2026-04-08 04:58:26 CEST

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thanks - couldn't get @npub1w4u…0jr5 to resolve on #wisp after having added a jpg

2026-04-08 04:26:08 CEST

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ooh that @npub1aeh…4nwx , just can't catch him... 😖
🫡

2026-04-08 04:24:24 CEST

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...I made the top 10!
https://otherstuff.ai/word5/social.html?tab=top
"and there was much rejoicing"

2026-04-08 04:23:46 CEST

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...touche! Good question. Any of them, I suppose, would be better than 'Christian Nationalism' and/or whatever it is we have going on right now.

2026-04-08 04:16:25 CEST

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