Nostr notes by gunson

What's your approach? Agree it's critical to help teach ...

2026-03-27T16:50:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…vpku
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What's your approach?

Agree it's critical to help teach children - for their own sake. Have been trying a mixture of rewards and counting with time outs for our 4 year old. Sometimes my instinct is to shout at her 😅 But I think that probably models bad behaviour, so I resist.

Yep. I'm paid to be patient I guess 😅 It's the repeat ...

2026-03-22T20:04:35Z

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Yep. I'm paid to be patient I guess 😅 It's the repeat offenders that get to me though

Basically half my day is spent replying to people asking them to ...

2026-03-22T19:59:29Z

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Basically half my day is spent replying to people asking them to explain, how to reproduce, share examples. The worst is when they report it with some "advice" like "you should have more testing" before we have any idea of the root cause.

Pretty good idea tbh

2026-03-22T10:30:30Z

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Pretty good idea tbh

Kinda reassuring that Meta is incompetent enough to waste $50Bn + ...

2026-03-21T21:22:43Z

Kinda reassuring that Meta is incompetent enough to waste $50Bn + on a virtual reality world which they're now shelving

"The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs ...

2026-03-21T19:44:16Z

"The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it." - Adam Smith on Bitcoin

That would be cool if it wouldn't break. But tbh I'd ...

2026-03-21T19:35:06Z

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That would be cool if it wouldn't break. But tbh I'd still use my feet to lift with the handles

Toilet seats should have handles

2026-03-21T16:04:27Z

Toilet seats should have handles

In the Fallow Field I went down on my hands and knees Looking for ...

2026-03-21T15:56:00Z

In the Fallow Field

I went down on my hands and knees
Looking for trees,
Twin leaves that, sprung from seeds,
Were now too big
For stems much thinner than a twig.
These soon with chamomile and clover
And other fallow weeds
Would be turned over;
And I was thinking how
It was a pity someone should not know
That a great forest fell before the plough.

- Andrew Young

JFC, can Roku pls stop trying to market horror versions of Bambi ...

2026-03-21T09:52:15Z

JFC, can Roku pls stop trying to market horror versions of Bambi and Popeye to my kids

One of the best things about coding AIs is that they don't ...

2026-03-20T10:09:38Z

One of the best things about coding AIs is that they don't spend the first two hours figuring out who to blame before attempting to solve a problem

GM! But also, wtf? Are those blueberries in your coffee?

2026-03-20T07:45:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…7a4w
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GM! But also, wtf? Are those blueberries in your coffee?

Thanks for explaining. I didn't have any knowledge of the US ...

2026-03-20T07:44:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…gnw0
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Thanks for explaining. I didn't have any knowledge of the US SoW's tattoos - clearly a massive and critical gap in my understanding of the world 😅

Why did you choose to include the word in your post? Assume you are implying something?

Why did you put "Kafir" in parentheses after his name?

2026-03-19T14:57:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…yyeh
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Why did you put "Kafir" in parentheses after his name?

You can't block shipping lanes for Bitcoin

2026-03-19T09:06:42Z

You can't block shipping lanes for Bitcoin

Trump has really fucked up this time

2026-03-19T08:42:37Z

Trump has really fucked up this time

JFC, CEO reckons it's "wartime" for our SaaS company ...

2026-03-18T20:21:01Z

JFC, CEO reckons it's "wartime" for our SaaS company so his solution is mandatory more days in the office and letting people comp dinners if they work late. That's the whole strategy. 🙄

Sadly 🙃

2026-03-16T17:26:49Z

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Sadly 🙃

Yes. The people they want status with don't think it's ...

2026-03-16T12:01:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…nn5k
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Yes. The people they want status with don't think it's dreadful 😅

There are lots of stupid things people do for status

Everyone at my company thinks they're a programmer/designer ...

2026-03-16T10:14:07Z

Everyone at my company thinks they're a programmer/designer now. I just get tagged in everyone's shitty feature PRs and as the PM have to explain why most of them suck and create tech and UX debt, and don't actually solve the customer problem that well. So basically AI has made me less productive 😅

Status

2026-03-16T10:10:26Z

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Status

Have gone my whole life without ever needing to use the word ...

2026-03-15T07:21:58Z

Have gone my whole life without ever needing to use the word "apropos"

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2026-03-13T08:37:33Z

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What if all AI compute just goes into attacking or defending ...

2026-03-10T09:13:13Z

What if all AI compute just goes into attacking or defending against other AIs, and then basically nothing else changes except we have robots that clean things badly

Yes the CCP is so smart that they implemented the one child ...

2026-03-10T08:37:33Z

Yes the CCP is so smart that they implemented the one child policy and engineered a self-inflicted demographic disaster.

Most charitable interpretation of the Iran attack: It shows that ...

2026-03-10T08:36:22Z

Most charitable interpretation of the Iran attack: It shows that Trump is serious and won't make empty threats the next time there are negotiations. Then restart talks soonish and give Iran regime an offramp (no more nukes, some reforms) from a point of weakness.

Yep Switching back to Amethyst today

2026-03-09T15:06:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…l3l7
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Yep

Switching back to Amethyst today

Test

2026-03-09T15:00:52Z

Test

2026-03-09T14:52:47Z

Test

I always like the Robinson Crusoe economic analysis tool. What ...

2026-03-09T14:28:44Z

I always like the Robinson Crusoe economic analysis tool. What happens when there is only one economic actor, then two, then threw etc. Useful for understanding trade and comparative advantage and the benefits of specialisation etc.

May also be useful to understand the impact of AI. What do the islanders now do when no one has to do book keeping, or manage customer service, or code the apps? What happens when only one islander can do all of these things - can he then demand more output from the others? What if another islander can also do all the computer work?

I think the equilibrium is people demanding more luxury/leisure goods and services, and more people providing these. Builders, landscapers, cooks, childcare etc. But also more and more novel needs in the digital sphere. Basically we can't know, but the one constant is insatiable human desire.

This is both less sinister, and more evil than it sounds. Not ...

2026-03-09T12:11:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…4pgj
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This is both less sinister, and more evil than it sounds.

Not that sinister and to be expected: Au10tix is just doing standard KYC with the data that the user gives X (and that they agree in ToS to share with 3rd parties). This goes into an automated process to search Google and process results to form a risk rating (maybe to limit reach or ensure X is not violating some type of national law). It's not Israeli intelligence officers sitting there googling people.

More evil: Even people who supposedly care about being anon are willingly handing this info over in order to chase clout on X. The system forces X to do this and KYC is just accepted. Yes it's a honeypot, everyone knows it's a honeypot, but many just do it because they've been conditioned over decades to do so and trust big tech.

JFC, this people are in way over their heads. You can see ...

2026-03-08T21:41:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…cuw6
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JFC, this people are in way over their heads. You can see they're lying and panicking. God help us.

Balaji is a very articulate retarded person

2026-03-08T09:33:08Z

Balaji is a very articulate retarded person

Many people confuse simple incentives in action for ...

2026-03-07T21:53:56Z

Many people confuse simple incentives in action for "capitalism"

This has always seemed obvious to me when hearing people argue ...

2026-03-05T11:18:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…tec7
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This has always seemed obvious to me when hearing people argue for moving to lower tax geos from Western democracies - all well and good if you're compliant.

Having a bad time 😅 ...

2026-03-01T20:36:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…tylp
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Having a bad time 😅

Brave seems very cucked. Can't sign up with a proton alias ...

2026-03-01T20:24:24Z

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Brave seems very cucked. Can't sign up with a proton alias email. I thought their whole thing was privacy?

I must be retarded because I'm trying to set up OpenClaw with ...

2026-03-01T19:53:30Z

I must be retarded because I'm trying to set up OpenClaw with clawi (nprofile…aw3u) and I've been stuck twice so far:

1. Need a credit card since Clawi doesn't accept Bitcoin (which is weird given it was built by calle (nprofile…rzrk)). Paid some crazy premium for a privacy.com card, so solved that.

2. Apparently you also need to do a credit card IDV for a Brave browser API key - currently looking for a workaround, da fuq? Obvs not Clawi's fault but seems pretty unreasonable since it's the default search API OpenClaw wants to use.

Is everyone else just doxxing themselves?

Should have just set this up manually with an anon VPS but was lazy :/

(Also failed at setting up a telegram link - never used telegram so maybe it's me, but got the pairing key etc. and it failed - still need to solve this, although hoping I can get my bot to do White Noise)

Objectively true. At the start there was Satoshi and Hal. ...

2026-02-26T10:12:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…4jj7
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Objectively true. At the start there was Satoshi and Hal. Intellectual dilution ever since 😅

So good. What do you think about Surfin' USA too? Such a vibe

2026-02-25T19:27:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…fqnu
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So good.

What do you think about Surfin' USA too? Such a vibe

Two types of nostr users 1. Plants are trying to kill you 2. ...

2026-02-25T08:52:39Z

Two types of nostr users

1. Plants are trying to kill you
2. Plants are medicine

It's going to be interesting watching some of the Trump ...

2026-02-25T08:51:35Z

It's going to be interesting watching some of the Trump anti-immigrant fans switch to arguing for Bitcoin to subvert citizenship bank account checks

Me reading a bitcoin newsletter: skip to the part about why ...

2026-02-24T22:06:11Z

Me reading a bitcoin newsletter: skip to the part about why current events mean price will pump

"Independent" central banks #nevent1q…28e7

2026-02-18T08:13:44Z

"Independent" central banks

quoting
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BREAKING: Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank, is set to leave before the end of her 8-year term, to give Macron and Merz the chance to pick her successor, according to FT report.

https://hell.twtr.plus/media/01c653e47b16aec28fe171bbcea4d0ad146a35c0472e8ac03a5d403a7069a183.file

Have you used Opus 4.6 too? Any thoughts on how they compare?

2026-02-16T12:56:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…9djn
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Have you used Opus 4.6 too? Any thoughts on how they compare?

Seems more and more likely that AI is going to have a large short ...

2026-02-15T09:49:08Z

Seems more and more likely that AI is going to have a large short term disruptive impact on employment. This will lead to panic - I'm already seeing it from normie white collar job friends who think they'll be unemployed in a year and are making big decisions factoring this in.

I honestly don't know what the fuck will happen and I'll probably panic too.

But you know who will really panic? Governemnts. And they will both feed off and feed into the panic. The most obvious thing people will demand is guaranteed income and more welfare to protect them - I think even normies will realise AI is too powerful to simply regulate.

This will lead to money printing. And this will happen before AI has a chance to grow the economy enough (i.e. pay the national debt from more taxes paid by Google and OpenAI).

I don't know if Bitcoin goes higher in this scenario, but it increasingly looks like the one thing that can't be fucked with.

Working now 🙏 Think I had 0.2.7 😬 Update is amazing 🤩

2026-02-14T20:50:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…cez0
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Working now 🙏 Think I had 0.2.7 😬 Update is amazing 🤩

Hmmm, wtf happened to Signal on @nprofile…tdq0 ? ...

2026-02-14T08:57:41Z

Hmmm, wtf happened to Signal on Zapstore (nprofile…tdq0) ?

White Stripes are my favourite band, and some of his solo albums ...

2026-02-14T08:54:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…vydf
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White Stripes are my favourite band, and some of his solo albums and Raconteurs were solid.

But, like Neil Young (lol, we live in a simulation, radio started playing heart of gold as I typed this) and others in the music business they're gripped by left wing ideology.

To be fair, JW was always been quite left wing (listen to Icky Thump) but now has solid TDS. Still like his music but he's not my source of political commentary 😅

Wasn't most of this some kind of registration change of the ...

2026-02-14T08:36:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…tcgl
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Wasn't most of this some kind of registration change of the existing gold? Not that it's not significant but I think the chart doesn't reflect the actual physical gold change?

A. Why is she American if she's Australia's esafety ...

2026-02-14T08:33:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…akkq
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A. Why is she American if she's Australia's esafety commissioner?
B. Are there people out there who watch this and think "great message I'm so grateful, happy online safety day!"?

Methodology is pretty sus ...

2026-02-13T14:13:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…vra7
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Methodology is pretty sus

https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index

I often hear "Bitcoin needs a new narrative", and usually ...

2026-02-12T09:56:56Z

I often hear "Bitcoin needs a new narrative", and usually from people pushing for some change to Bitcoin.

Pretty sure sound money is a timeless narrative that we don't need to dilute. Some people get it now, others will learn the hard(er) way.

If you want something short term then feel free to push the robot payments narrative.

Used Cursor to make a small change PR to my company's app. ...

2026-02-12T09:53:35Z

Used Cursor to make a small change PR to my company's app. Took quite a few iterations of it being retarded until it did what I sort of wanted. Still needed an engineer to help figure out why it wasn't able to make the exact change I needed, and then to help correct all the deployment tests that my change broke.

Probably was a really bad example of AI coding prowess, but seemed to confirm my intuition that these tools will be complements and not substitutes for software development.

Damn, maybe most people want their lives controlled and fear ...

2026-02-12T09:15:52Z

Damn, maybe most people want their lives controlled and fear being free

Hopefully not a top signal 😅

2026-02-12T07:59:59Z

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Hopefully not a top signal 😅

Who are "they"? Ask him to be explicit about how he ...

2026-02-11T08:03:13Z

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Who are "they"? Ask him to be explicit about how he thinks people like Elon get controlled - does he get approached by a handler for the Rothschild's?

I'm signed up waiting for bitcoin payment option 🙏

2026-02-09T20:34:30Z

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I'm signed up waiting for bitcoin payment option 🙏

Not sure I can trust someone who colour codes their bookshelf

2026-02-09T15:55:17Z

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Not sure I can trust someone who colour codes their bookshelf

Elon is both the best bullshitter AND the most impressive ...

2026-02-07T11:04:18Z

Elon is both the best bullshitter AND the most impressive entrepreneur in history. It's wild how he can make any conversation seem simple and accessible and still challenges people who are extremely specialised in an area. He says stuff that is truly imaginative and makes it sound obvious (e.g. all compute will be in space in 5-10 years). A lot is likely oversold but there's an element of vision that will transpire and pushes things forward. Actually incredible to be alive to see it and even have him explain things on podcasts.

(This is a completely separate observation from his ethics in various domains - I think the above is true regardless of other conclusions you make about him)

A good portion of my Bitcoin is worth 0, regardless of the price, ...

2026-02-07T10:55:58Z

A good portion of my Bitcoin is worth 0, regardless of the price, unless we have ways to spend. Fortunately many places do accept it, and Bitrefill is indespenaible to me but these are not guaranteed. Even today it's much harder to use Bitcoin for some transactions such as putting down a deposit for a home - both the exchange (even hardcore bitcoiner ones) need to know where funds originated, and most solicitors refuse to do a source of funds check for it.

If you actually care about the value of your Bitcoin (i.e. what you can buy with it) then adoption is far more important than any arbitrary narrative about price. Zero times anything is zero.

Wow, interesting take on the A frame - would love to spend a few ...

2026-02-07T10:36:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…sp8v
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Wow, interesting take on the A frame - would love to spend a few weeks there

Lyn with the hypothesis driven critical analysis 🧠🫡

2026-02-06T10:19:24Z

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Lyn with the hypothesis driven critical analysis 🧠🫡

I always thought Bitcoin was interesting and I was intellectually ...

2026-02-06T09:23:48Z

I always thought Bitcoin was interesting and I was intellectually open to it, but it was only after I rode the 2014-17 bear, sold some to break even, and then watched it runaway to $4k that my conviction truly solidified.

The IBIT people are only halfway through this journey.

Uh... Thanks?

2026-02-05T21:32:45Z

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Uh... Thanks?

Feeling nervous about buying this dip, probably means it's ...

2026-02-05T20:51:33Z

Feeling nervous about buying this dip, probably means it's close to a bottom but who the fuck knows

Lol why does this come across as if he's the victim here 😂

2026-02-05T14:10:13Z

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Lol why does this come across as if he's the victim here 😂

I still sleep better having something that I truly own possibly ...

2026-02-05T12:15:23Z

I still sleep better having something that I truly own possibly dip 50% vs. having an IOU for something that rises by 50%.

Most people only realise the former is better when it's too late.

Spotted the top at the time but didn't want to believe it ...

2026-02-05T11:54:32Z

Spotted the top at the time but didn't want to believe it 😅

quoting
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I'm trying to imagine a more top of bull market shitcoin moment than the POTUS launching a memecoin that dips 50% on day 1.

This is 1000x more 🤡🌎 than Novogratz getting a Luna tattoo.

What could possibly top it?

Humbly borrow $1m from friends and family and only leverage 15% ...

2026-02-05T09:02:02Z

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Humbly borrow $1m from friends and family and only leverage 15% of your stack

They still care. Lower! #nevent1q…unu3

2026-02-05T08:22:17Z

They still care. Lower!

quoting
nevent1q…unu3
BREAKING: Bitcoin is now down 25% over the past 30 days

New quarter, new bullshit changes from senior management to look ...

2026-02-05T08:20:20Z

New quarter, new bullshit changes from senior management to look like they're adding value.

Would love it if I could update Maple from @nprofile…tdq0 🙏

2026-02-04T18:53:57Z

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Would love it if I could update Maple from Zapstore (nprofile…tdq0) 🙏

Can't be = won't be. Can be = might be. This is ...

2026-02-04T09:57:58Z

Can't be = won't be.

Can be = might be. This is infinitely better.

Doesn't seem to be possible to extend my @nprofile…kclk ...

2026-02-04T09:26:49Z

Doesn't seem to be possible to extend my primal (nprofile…kclk) premium subscription. Can't do it in the app even though I installed from Zapstore (nprofile…tdq0) and not the Play store. And then the web app remote log in thingy doesn't work at all 🤷‍♂️

centrist centralists vs. principled decentralists

2026-02-04T09:17:50Z

centrist centralists vs. principled decentralists

Nothing slower than a child getting ready for school when ...

2026-02-03T07:43:31Z

Nothing slower than a child getting ready for school when you're late for work

What's gooning?

2026-02-02T16:37:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…4afc
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What's gooning?

Just borrow $1m at less than 10% bruh

2026-02-02T15:57:52Z

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Just borrow $1m at less than 10% bruh

Hmmm, all the LLMs seem to think Simon Dixon was a BSV advocate, ...

2026-02-01T17:33:57Z

Hmmm, all the LLMs seem to think Simon Dixon was a BSV advocate, but I can't find any working links to their sources. Anyone remember?

Sus that he's suddenly a major influencer / OG, but doesn't even know what eCash is.

$21K in 21 days LFG!

2026-02-01T16:39:50Z

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$21K in 21 days LFG!

GM Noi + Storm Whale

2026-01-31T15:19:16Z

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GM Noi + Storm Whale

Silver dumping and they haven't even built any new mines yet. ...

2026-01-30T17:56:12Z

Silver dumping and they haven't even built any new mines yet. FAFO.

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2026-01-30T11:07:56Z

Every time I hear an influencer say "gold leads, bitcoin ...

2026-01-30T09:57:39Z

Every time I hear an influencer say "gold leads, bitcoin follows" I wait for an explanation of the mechanism but it never comes. What's the rationale or have you just cherry picked a few coincidences?

Why would bitcoin not respond at the same time to money printing - it's the same people with the same info?

Only thing I can think is some kind of strange investment conspiracy to pump gold and then accelerate the gains with a follow up bitcoin play. This seems like a stretch.

(Or maybe it's central banks buying gold just before printing, but that also seems like a stretch and doesn't explain why bitcoin would be so slow to move if we're so clever and know this is happening)

Went to the barber. At the end I handed him £20 and said ...

2026-01-28T14:34:40Z

Went to the barber. At the end I handed him £20 and said "keep the change". Turns out it costs £21 for a haircut. 🤦‍♂️

Went and sat in my local church (900 years old!) for a few ...

2026-01-28T14:29:32Z

Went and sat in my local church (900 years old!) for a few minutes over lunch. Was the only one there. Very peaceful except for the annoying ticking of a clock.

How did you find out they accept bitcoin? Do they advertise it?

2026-01-27T10:26:26Z

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How did you find out they accept bitcoin? Do they advertise it?

I hate wokeness, vote for my shit policies = I like bitcoin, buy ...

2026-01-26T15:31:25Z

I hate wokeness, vote for my shit policies

=

I like bitcoin, buy my shitcoin

I want to tax you, surveil you, debase your money, take away your ...

2026-01-26T15:29:50Z

I want to tax you, surveil you, debase your money, take away your rights. But I hate wokeness, so vote for me if you believe in freedom 🙃

Waiting for the talking heads to describe this as a "new ...

2026-01-26T12:34:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…uz9a
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Waiting for the talking heads to describe this as a "new normal"

Must have been weird after banging the 13 year old Lorie Maddox, ...

2026-01-26T12:25:22Z

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Must have been weird after banging the 13 year old Lorie Maddox, then dating a lady with a 10 year old child.

Stack confiscatable pieces of paper that claim to represent a ...

2026-01-26T11:25:58Z

Stack confiscatable pieces of paper that claim to represent a metal that doesn't have a fixed supply, nor can be verified or transferred over the internet. Great thesis.

Very interesting. Homely and grand

2026-01-26T11:21:41Z

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Very interesting. Homely and grand

Lol doing so badly at my fiat job now that I have 2 kids

2026-01-24T08:54:10Z

Lol doing so badly at my fiat job now that I have 2 kids

Many situations are a choice between: 1. Guaranteed slow death 2. ...

2026-01-23T10:19:24Z

Many situations are a choice between:
1. Guaranteed slow death
2. Small chance of glory but high chance of instant death

Cypherpunks spent decades trying to create a state-free money. ...

2026-01-23T08:43:41Z

Cypherpunks spent decades trying to create a state-free money. Price pumps were never part of the motivation - indeed the most likely personal outcome was prosecution. Think what can be achieved now with millions of real users and 000s of ideological Devs building on the SAME network, regardless of price action.

At some point a lot of sustained new gold supply is coming ...

2026-01-21T07:38:22Z

At some point a lot of sustained new gold supply is coming online. This might coincide with a normie panic that gold is no longer the play, or miners rapidly offloading inventory.

20% chance before 2027 seems pretty low? You're saying ...

2026-01-20T14:23:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…4qf6
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20% chance before 2027 seems pretty low? You're saying that's mispriced so actually a good bet to take the other side?

Maybe one 4D chess move here is Trump presenting a really ...

2026-01-20T08:04:13Z

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Maybe one 4D chess move here is Trump presenting a really difficult choice for Europe in exchange for continued NATO and Ukraine support, such that he can say they're not actually serious about their defence if they won't give the US Greenland. Then he can more easily withdraw and say "you defend yourselves if you won't let us protect the region with Greenland".