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2026-05-21 00:24:28 UTC

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Ah. Got ya. Fair enough. Glad you got it working for you.
For what it's worth, I have mine set up through systemd. Electrs is set to start after the bitcoind service.
I would definitely wait until after the IBD, but after that, they run together and are pretty easy on resources. Relative to hardware, of course.
In your case, you could set up cron job to kick off both services and shutdown gracefully. I try to let systemd do the heavy lifting. You get clean logging with journalctl that way also.

2026-05-10 14:23:26 UTC

How many languages can I get a GFY...
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/05/08/sec-chair-flags-crypto-vaults-as-next-regulatory-frontier-backs-clarity-act/

2026-05-09 16:13:13 UTC

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But it's done. If you disagree with the counsel he received, then get a law degree and represent freedom-tech devs.
We work with what we got. 🤷‍♂️

2026-05-09 15:34:23 UTC

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Possibly, but how else would he do it? GoFundMe?

2026-05-07 22:16:06 UTC

"The people that want to be left alone will always be defeated by the people that refuse to leave them alone."
I was hooked on the first line. Brilliant.
#nevent1q…cjfk

2026-05-06 23:51:35 UTC

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Exactly right. Normies see Bitcoin and immediately start doing mental gymnastics. The consumer wants convenience and familiarity.
The initiated will still build nodes, create channels and generally behave like psychopaths, but for normies.... It's just another payment app.

2026-04-19 22:20:39 UTC

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We didn't solve the UX of lightning. And even if we did, there's the limited distribution of Bitcoin. Not enough people own bitcoin to use it meaningfully.
The other big one is stability. The value of Bitcoin is that it exists outside the fiat networks. No one can stop when, where or with who you transact... But for most of the everyday transactions, Bitcoin is still to volatile for everyday use.
It's still too technical to use. Aqua wallet goes a long way to solve these issues holistically, IMO. But it's not trustless...
How do we get there? What do you see?

2026-04-07 23:09:21 UTC

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They just want the oil to keep flowing. China isn't interested in grievances. Never stand in front of money. Just open the straight.
Aside from lefties yelling, it's really the only reason people don't like Trump. The markets behave erratically when he's at the helm. It's bad for business.

2026-04-07 03:11:57 UTC

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I know this feeling. You're in the wrong room. When I changed rooms I asked myself why I hadn't done it sooner. Now I love the room I'm in. Nothing but elite performers. Everyone pushing each other to the next level. No one competes... It's a team sport.
It brought all of the satisfaction back to the work and to life in general. Make the change. You'll thank yourself. 🤙

2026-04-04 07:01:38 UTC

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They don't need our taxes.... They just print the money and do what they want.
The taxation is only meant to keep you poor. It's the whip... And you are the donkey.

2026-03-31 15:27:09 UTC

Being holy week, I've been back in the scriptures a lot. Can't help but feel a special connection this week.
I was meditating on what the experience must've felt like to see the Messiah entering Jerusalem and fulfilling prophecy. All of the injustice and oppression. The hardness of life. All of the prayers for relief and praying for that day... and then finally be standing there when it happened. All of the joy, the anticipation, and all of the emotion that must've been washing over people.
It moved me.
#ChristIsKing #HolyWeek #MyRedeemerLives

2026-03-30 21:52:32 UTC

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They're just replacing visa as a payment rail. Square isn't interested in keeping your anonymity. That being said, if you're paying from your own node, the recipient doesn't know what kyc'd coin it's receiving.
They only see the payment as inbound liquidity. Lighting is fairly private.

2026-03-30 17:56:08 UTC

Well, it's #HolyWeek. Just a reminder to all the #bitcoin hodlers... This is the day that Christ thrashes the moneychangers.
Matthew 21:
12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

2026-03-26 16:31:10 UTC

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I've been doing a lot of vertical spreads on a mean reversions strategy. But with the market volatility increasing the way it has, I think I'm moving more to collecting premium.
I haven't learned how to manage the trade just yet.

2026-03-26 16:15:46 UTC

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I've been learning from Tasty Trade/Tasty Live. Lots of incredible info there. I find it tough to ingest, though. Information overload.
Was looking to brainstorm with someone to start creating a strategy. See what's working for them, what's not. Just kinda compare notes.

2026-03-26 15:00:38 UTC

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Now we're getting somewhere. 🤙

2026-03-26 00:52:40 UTC

Any options traders in the crowd?

2026-03-23 14:43:47 UTC

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Ahh... Straight to personal attacks from the stranger online to another stranger on online. You're so original.
And an expert in trending topics of the day, no doubt.
Definitely a top scholar of geo-politics and international negotiations.

2026-03-23 13:24:42 UTC

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Couldn't possibly be the Iranian media being dishonest, can it? They're the epitome of transparency and chivalry. 🙄

2026-03-23 13:21:37 UTC

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Interesting. What reality would that be?

2026-03-22 18:53:29 UTC

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New fed chair in a few months. It'll give.

2026-03-13 12:50:09 UTC

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It's a simple request, but it's like trying to make a rational negotiation with a trans shooter.
They 100% feel justified in their violence because they're your moral superior and they've been wronged.
Any negotiation is just to disarm you.
And this isn't a monlithic statement. Israel itself is divided between the Zionist line.

2026-03-13 12:45:02 UTC

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💯

2026-03-05 13:43:51 UTC

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I had that same epiphany. "Holy shit. I would've been a Nazi."
Just because you're right about the problem, doesn't mean you'll be right about the solution.
But equally shocking, was that there is a clearly a history of Germany and depth to that situation that we were never taught.
It's the equivalent of "They hate us because we're free". That's a lie... What else have we been lied to about? That rabbit hole is how people end up as flat earthers.

2026-03-05 13:00:39 UTC

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Learning here... So pardon my ignorance.
If the argument is that spammers are adversarial and their activities damage the network with fragmented utxo's, then why would we suspect they would just use op-return? If they're adversarial and looking to damage the network, then leaving a door open for them doesn't mean they'll stop breaking windows.
And second thing I'm not clear on, one of the major arguments I heard is that this is a policy change and not a consensus change. That's true, but in the same sentence, it's often said that nodes are irrelevant unless they're "economic" nodes.
If nodes are irrelevant and only economic nodes matter, then why remove a policy that is configurable to the user anyway? Economic nodes can just change their own policies to allow the bloated op-return and never look back.
From that perspective it seems that the move is a "soft" consensus change. Removing user configuration options forces a change of network behavior without changing consensus.

2026-03-02 13:01:26 UTC

Claude is down....
https://blossom.primal.net/10c9df5bdb59272598b2ac773ea2e00722422cc7e2bb24a3568eb8f9ecf6ade2.gif

2026-03-01 18:37:50 UTC

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It's been said the better legal argument is cryptography for self-defence.
"Shall not infringe"

2026-02-27 13:10:29 UTC

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I have 💯 been there. On the beach at 10mph, no less.

2026-02-24 00:24:39 UTC

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How are you structuring your agents? What roles are they fulfilling?

2026-02-21 15:50:48 UTC

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Seems to me, that the goal of Bitcoin was not finance 2.0, but as the white paper said; "A peer to peer permissionless cash system".
The natural state of economics is net positive. It deals in actual goods and services. Even as that system evolved into currencies, the currency itself represented actual work. Real value.
The current financial system is an inversion of that natural order. It operates on a net negative. The currency is born into the system with a net negative value which brings to mind the occult, "As above, So below".
I call it The Devil's Mathematics, because only Satan can convince man that he's getting richer, when he is, in fact, getting poorer.
Bitcoin is the road back to that natural state of economics. In that light, the institutionalization of Bitcoin, as we're seeing it, isn't market adoption. It's the slave system co-opting.
The VC money in this space is not a friend of freedom. They serve a different master and the two are incompatible.

2026-02-21 15:37:49 UTC

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I've been thinking exactly this for a while. They are years ahead. It's like we're watching a magic show... If you think you can keep up as an audience member... You're sadly mistaken.
Even if you can see through the illusion, you can't stop the outcome.
We're at the Drunken Master stage of information warfare.

2026-02-17 13:36:20 UTC

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Lol, clearly, you haven't seen the Epstein files.

2026-02-15 00:29:58 UTC

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Worth it. Similar vibes, but much more light-hearted. I prefer the hobbit trilogy.

2026-02-12 17:53:23 UTC

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😳 TMI.

2026-02-12 17:50:17 UTC

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Hey man, your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. 🤷‍♂️😆

2026-02-12 17:44:46 UTC

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I'm kidding dude. No straight male is looking to gain more acceptance by the gay crowd.

2026-02-12 17:24:30 UTC

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That and your gay cred goes through the roof... 😉😎

2026-02-12 17:23:08 UTC

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I'm just looking bloated. 😆

2026-02-12 15:36:49 UTC

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Started taking just 5 grams a day... Noticed a slow and consistent weight gain. Is that a thing or just a coincidence with other factors... Like cookies.

2026-02-10 12:29:46 UTC

Unpopular opinion:
As long as people consider #Bitcoin "a store of value" rather than an alternate turn-key banking system, this will continue to happen.
As long as the money printer controls price, Bitcoin will never fully take hold because of the distribution of coins.
If things are priced in Bitcoin, then people are paid in Bitcoin and the people receive Bitcoin through standard distribution models (wages) and other economic activity.
Distribution is what is holding Bitcoin back as a viable option. No one has any to create that circular economy.

2026-02-09 16:11:02 UTC

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Like a warrior poet.

2026-02-04 21:20:58 UTC

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You wouldn't have understood it anyway.

2026-02-04 16:02:34 UTC

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I hear you. It wasy first one in months for the exact same reason. Thought I was putting down social media and needed something to fill the time 😂
But here I am... So that went well.

2026-02-04 15:17:26 UTC

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I mean, you're gonna be shitpostong here for the next hour anyway... Might as well let it play in the background. 😂🤷‍♂️

2026-02-04 15:06:07 UTC

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Agreed. I think Jeff booth and Simon Dixon captures exactly what your talking about in this podcast.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NImMPRvka65et0qsS2dZw

2026-02-04 14:58:55 UTC

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All the more reason to lead the newcomers to the real state of things. It's not about who's in the files... It's that they operated with the knowledge and protection of ALL governments.
The system is designed by them, to protect them.

2026-02-04 14:53:29 UTC

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They targeted poor girls with no fathers present. Girls that no one was looking out for.

2026-02-04 13:46:53 UTC

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Effective.

2026-02-04 13:42:04 UTC

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Unless your advocating going full boondock saints, I'm not sure what you want to happen here.

2026-02-04 13:40:56 UTC

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They are ba'al worshippers. This literally goes back thousands of years and you were born into their pen of cattle.
They discuss this openly in the files. Everyone knows. They don't care if you know.

2026-02-04 13:37:37 UTC

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We like to distill ideas down to their simplest form.
You live your whole life working for what they print for free.
You are a slave.
The system that created Trump is the same system that created the Clinton's. The story is not trump or the Clinton's... They are not the first, they are not the last.
The story is that the FBI and DOJ have sat on this information for decades. Their purpose is not to stop these people. It's to protect them.
"If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry." -Satoshi

2026-02-04 11:28:15 UTC

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If you can't see the problem is bigger than the people in the files, then the matrix has you.

2026-02-04 10:37:37 UTC

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Finally, someone that gets it.

2026-02-04 10:36:24 UTC

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Don't be so naive. Epstein was a ba'al worshipper. They're all ba'al worshippers. We're talking thousands of years of an unbroken chain.
This problem is way bigger than trump. We live in "THEIR" occult financial system. Literally centuries.

2026-02-04 10:30:32 UTC

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The FBI already knows who they are. They just get a pass.

2026-02-04 10:27:02 UTC

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It's only dangerous if you watch the news. The news of course is given to you by the very same people that are rapong your children... They just want you scared of your neighbor instead of noticing who the real danger is.

2026-02-04 10:25:00 UTC

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Becauae the FBI just found out?

2026-02-04 10:23:22 UTC

The FBI and DOJ have known for decades...
#Epstein

2026-01-29 12:38:48 UTC

Best piece of workout equipment I ever purchased is a pull-up and dip station.
It's like a jungle gym for adults.
Love it.

2026-01-29 11:23:36 UTC

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🤦‍♂️

2026-01-24 19:50:08 UTC

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Dr.'s get sick too. Doesn't mean they're bad doctors. 🤷‍♂️
The man lost his career for standing up to the libs then did a deep dive into Christianity. Satan notices that shit. There's a deep connection between mind, body and spirit. Spiritual attacks are often seen in the mind.

2026-01-22 21:53:14 UTC

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Make that 3, buddy. It goes by faster than you can imagine. Cherish every second, take every stupid picture, watch every cartoon. Start new traditions...
It's awesome to see them carry those traditions into their own families once they're grown.

2025-12-22 15:28:14 UTC

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Was thinking exactly this just this morning.

2025-12-22 15:25:46 UTC

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Tune in for your daily program.

2025-12-09 02:54:18 UTC

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I love python and coding, but only as a hobby. Coding for someone else feels souless. It's a lot of brain power and you don't get paid much in comparison.
But I do love the idea of being able to create whatever you can imagine. Something magical about that to me.

2025-12-07 16:14:30 UTC

@nprofile…mexg - asking because I value your opinion and this is definitely not my area...
Beyond the philosophical debates of V30, doesn't this increased size in op_return default create a surfase area for denial of service?
Part of the network resilience is the cost to attack the network, but from chatgpt, it looks like it would only cost 10k a day for someone to occupy all of the block space available.
If that's true, then v30 opens us up to a world where $10k a day can prevent anyone from transacting on layer 1. Is that math and conclusion correct?

2025-12-06 23:26:52 UTC

Ramen is just. "Ok"...
I said what I said.

2025-11-18 22:42:27 UTC

https://x.com/cecegkh/status/1990255574932652431
Got me a little choked up. Not gonna lie.
It's also no coincidence that the symbol given to us as a new and everlasting covenant, is used as a gay pride banner.
The earth had grown so corrupt and filthy that he cleansed it. And it pained him so much that he gave us the rainbow as a mark of his covenant. A promise that he would never again cleanse the whole face of the earth.
Now the gay and transgender community has taken that holy symbol and defiled while spreading their filthiness across the world, knowing that he is bound by his covenant. They will never face judgement in this life. They know it and flaunt it.
It's so sad and disgusting.
#ChristIsKing #Covenants #MyRedeemerLives

2025-11-18 22:23:18 UTC

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How much longer do you think it would take to redact? This is silly.

2025-11-18 22:22:10 UTC

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How? I thought it wasn't an intelligence operation... 🙄

2025-11-18 15:12:21 UTC

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Oh, did you hear me just now?

2025-11-16 22:12:26 UTC

Sooo, no lambos this year?
#Bitcoin

2025-10-23 14:24:26 UTC

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I don't understand the logic behind people that think in absolutes. The ability to do so now takes expertise. Even safes are cracked with expertise, and are not 100% effective against a motivated party.
That point is completely irrelevant when asking if something should be allowed by protocol as a standard.

2025-10-23 05:55:28 UTC

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It's pretty insane. But once you see it... You can't unsee it. And it's happening all over the globe.

2025-10-14 17:48:38 UTC

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I can see we're going to go around and around here.
The point of those arguments is to say, the benefit of a thing is not dependent on the results being absolute.
As for the government and laws surrounding pornography, they didn't ban it. They put age requirements in place and as a distributor of pornography, they're required to distribute responsibly. This is no different than the age requirements around drinking or smoking. The distributor is required to do so responsibily.
If you're unwilling to card, then you receive a fine. Every gas station knows this. No one complains about liberty because their kids aren't allowed in the bar or aren't allowed to buy cigarettes.
Minors are not allowed in strip clubs and they aren't allowed to buy nude mags. The legislature is saying, "hey online porn industry, clean it up. You need to start distributing your stuff responsibly like every other distributor of pornography or you will be fined".
Pornhub decided that it's too big of a burden to do so. So they pulled out of the state. Good riddance. 🤷‍♂️
Does it stop those who are hellbent on watching porn? No. It doesn't, so what are you crying about?

2025-10-14 16:33:55 UTC

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Why have police? People still commitl crime.
Why brush your teeth? People still get cavities.
Why wipe your ass? Your just going to shit later.
Why drink clean water? It doesn't stop diarrhea...
I mean that logic can be applied to most things and it never makes sense.
Maybe it bothers you because you like porn. 🤷‍♂️

2025-10-14 16:28:05 UTC

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Deterrents aren't meant to stop ALL activities any more than locks are meant to stop all break-ins. No one advocates removing locks...
Deterrent != Absolute
I'm not sure why that's a hard concept for you.

2025-10-14 14:13:50 UTC

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Believe it or not, some people prefer not to live in a world of filth. It's the same reason why there are laws against other vices. Gambling, drugs, alcohol...
It's not about stopping things 100%. It's a deterrent and a completely non-controversial thing.
You can circumvent the system and watch filth in your own house. No one is kicking down doors to prevent you from running one out. But the people of their own state voted to deter the free flow of pornography as a standard. Porn hub pulled out of the state. The deterrent worked.

2025-10-14 09:44:17 UTC

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Maybe you don't understand the word deterrent.
Should I not spray for bugs because I won't get all of the ants? Grow up.

2025-10-14 00:16:53 UTC

Why does everyone think this way, as if deterrents don't work?
It's why we have age requirements for drinking, driving, smoking, etc.
No one expects it to end all activity. It just sets the baseline standard. Most people follow the defaults...
#nevent1q…fl27

2025-10-11 22:26:05 UTC

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MSTR is this cycles biggest shitcoin.

2025-10-11 22:20:10 UTC

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The Parable of Fiat.

2025-10-11 13:56:38 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/d4baf12f722b7162076422a828c29ce28c9c010226c322ec41ad30bb00995a14.jpg

2025-10-09 12:29:51 UTC

This... Into my veins.
#nevent1q…k6df

2025-10-08 10:09:59 UTC

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That's what I'll tell the bank next time I'm using my funds "at an accelerated rate". 👍

2025-10-07 17:20:45 UTC

MSTR is this cycles biggest shitcoin...

2025-10-07 15:27:02 UTC

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It was never meant to be fair or make sense. It's organized crime which is legitimized through the legislation. It's meant to keep you poor.
You're on a plantation... And nobody gets off.
https://image.nostr.build/66d06b5d2a454a6f817e18100cb9319d43ee7cfcc77f67e0f47ecafdc8098b04.jpg

2025-10-05 11:27:47 UTC

So is v30 really just about laying the ground work for covenants?
#asknostr

2025-10-02 10:01:02 UTC

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You mean the commander in chief?
Yes. You are required by law to follow every lawful order.

2025-10-02 09:45:52 UTC

GM
#nevent1q…and6

2025-09-28 18:53:40 UTC

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Justice helps but it doesn't solve the spiritual hardening of the heart.
From the Christian perspective, we discuss the atonement of Christ. Or as others have cleverly framed it, "at onement". That "at onement" will be difficult to recover. Justice won't bring peace, but it will help create the space for healing.
With all that's going on right now, there has never been a greater time for Christians to come together and serve. Random acts of kindness for those that hate us.
It's counterintuitive, but I firmly believe this is the way.

2025-09-28 18:42:34 UTC

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Definitely. 🤙

2025-09-28 18:18:10 UTC

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Jumping on a plane in a few. Just found my inflight read. Thanks for the suggestion!

2025-09-28 18:13:06 UTC

They want hatred in the heart. If looking upon a woman with lust is adultery, then malice in the heart is murder. Both will steal our light and force us into the dark. These emotions separate us from Heavenly Father.
The choice is always ours. I think that's the lesson I'm learning. It became obvious to me when reading the article and thinking about the shock and loss of what those people must be going through. The face a new battle with hatred in their hearts that rob them of their peace and their joy.
So many lights were just extinguished. Not only the lives lost. Every life in that church was just shattered by a demon of a person that had their own light extinguished long ago.
All things are Spiritual and we are locked in battle with spiritual vampires feeding off of misery. They suck the light out of others and create new spiritual vampires seeking that same end.
These poor people will want misery for the perpetrator and that's the spiritual battle they will now have to overcome in order to reconnect with Heavenly Father.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multiple-people-shot-michigan-church-police/story?id=126015196

2025-09-28 17:37:56 UTC

The government is a Mafia... They want their cut.

2025-09-24 10:51:03 UTC

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How do you propose fixing a distribution problem?

2025-09-24 10:44:08 UTC

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Save your children.

2025-09-24 00:17:48 UTC

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It's so insane to do this even if there is the remotest chance. Why play with your baby's life?

2025-09-23 21:13:47 UTC

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It's an experiment worth taking.

2025-09-23 21:08:36 UTC

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Is the argument for v30 basically, laws don't stop graffiti artists, so we're going to legalize graffiti?