2026-07-21T23:50:39Z https://nostr.now Chris Liss https://nostr.now/npub1dtf79g6grzc48jqlfrzc7389rx08kn7gm03hsy9qqrww8jgtwaqq64hgu0 https://profilepics.nostur.com/profilepic_v1/0228c153327d0df87bde0442ec6de849babdc96f6885a948b64fdd60d9c8ed78/profilepic.jpg?1756798916 https://profilepics.nostur.com/profilepic_v1/0228c153327d0df87bde0442ec6de849babdc96f6885a948b64fdd60d9c8ed78/profilepic.jpg?1756798916 https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz609asyeu2hmvn4u9vru77gxzhcjwwcw6df6y3u2yvsep8fe8lqczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q5j9q2g Hack was fake and retarded 2026-10-31T10:57:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2mrswafmdfluppruxvlfy3a5sryn230s6pawscgcxxu68z6z6ggzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qvmjgaj The world only exists according to your own consciousness. You are literally projecting. 2026-10-24T06:55:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs84dvj6v48ywrs4gm20q63s52yp59pr74k3eghp58prjvasq7kv0qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q5muvsj I like waking up and leaving the house while it&#39;s still dark out. 2026-10-24T06:52:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx45nvhy7w0wpsmzqjepza8rzajtvedgwn53ghr7vplptlvt5xreqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qxyvfp2 Sometimes when I hear liberals talk their POV seems so crazy to me it makes me wonder whether I&#39;ve gone crazy too, whether my views are equally the result of some psyop. I don&#39;t think that&#39;s the case but seeing how badly people *can* lose the plot and be totally unaware of it makes you wonder. 2026-10-23T07:22:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszpzt447l29arpfgfm2ek47gpaksm6082sudtud2d7n8206ptk2pqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qygn0wv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyw9mavcdha4u7mtk63fmgmr58jx8yqq9tnpd5hds82s2lpct09ms2hxvud'>nevent1q…xvud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Heard a guy compare Dart to Mahomes last year — agree with that too. It’s a style thing, what they’d be if they have their 99th percentile careers. 2026-10-21T18:29:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2k6nxrzad7qxzwk9fdwq3waycda6szsvlvl9tc8v3ntm0pvuc5tszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qrxka8q calling customer service to complain about this Choptober bullshit 2026-10-14T14:08:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr3kqnl2uj5ul9nqyf0mgv3u33x964dlm7smntf07r3af4uvnemkgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qaga5h0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq9spuha0ugufjssa24hsd8xt4lunjl9rwhw94zgffk89h9k3agvnu5vk'>nevent1q…u5vk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>appreciate the zap! 2026-10-12T15:31:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9tmg9swenwpmpqtllvdtwu7d43ncguhy99aa2qtw7gkdrlwz92aszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwp5g6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq32slma9gzdasmyfm09wczx0wsy9l7g5glfzyta86vc850dnqpppfsd'>nevent1q…pfsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.chrisliss.com/p/tree3">https://www.chrisliss.com/p/tree3</a> 2026-10-12T13:18:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvlhsqrem5etel3p6za43w072y4yzqnagfgtf9l5u6yj5z940ctdczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwdcakn Problem if you drive a Tesla in Lisbon is if you stop people will mistake you for an Uber. (I&#39;m personally sticking to ICEs to avoid EMF, but increasingly Ubers are Teslas now.) <br/><br/>Guess eventually you&#39;ll know it&#39;s not your Uber because there&#39;s a driver inside. 2026-10-12T07:18:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgcpc5xusmgrvhnytk8zj9e7mclxylf25amwlvn2yuc5pqlalc6qczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qtmc7yk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgmawlth869fasmjfewnc9zp2h7h3nn0uagtqvm5u5dzcdqlezsgtvxtzr'>nevent1q…xtzr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Targeting reproduction maybe 2026-10-10T18:31:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvmh09umpu9y2wt5v63j0a0hfdrh3hf6qxd485mkkhhtly5pnlmqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qcrml40 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkl77jfq6le3h2q5w6qj7a7kjrfrquuqmvywqws0uqtj67rlh4qglcj3v0'>nevent1q…j3v0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hope that is incorrect because I will not comply 2026-10-10T15:37:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs89a5zpanp3sz379u2ghnpdtkp3svz6c2zjugshyd3mjmjj98ztugzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qc4lc5v the dip seems fake 2026-10-08T17:39:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83ccjhv9fufqfhdw6qlr2tqj2g5a2dq26ywyautvu2h3gf3lxfmszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qn84j7x Brought <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsgnj2tn7cvrj6qnxek3ken2a5f32ws22pdj9wu3m57k4p075q876q35ggk7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Oscar Liss</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ggk7</span>)</a></span> to a couple of my daughter&#39;s basketball games, and I&#39;d put his hoop knowledge up there with any dog&#39;s. 2026-10-05T20:34:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjr42c75pduhhtwt4l60plfav0mauc2nhw3lk3vwcchyzdkznvpgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qg3vdl7 buying expensive cigars is like lighting your money on fire 2026-10-05T20:33:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2r75wltp49eal32lxfuhn54v94e3kqwdpw5fyusdt4kg6q8ec9nqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q2z3sln Who’s your favorite death doula, Clint Eastwood in Unforrgiven “Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it,” Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction or Steven Seagal in Hard to Kill “Fuck you and die!” as he shoves the pool cue through the guy’s throat. Gotta go with Eastwood but it’s close. <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsvdtvvh7dr9dnw7337k8psagmw9rssm307qevzezxv3y44g7c38zczyrspsxwkfkt5gdpap6q743kdhsmavvu9e6jkeu8wguygr03q2p806qcyqqqqqqgaca0h6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…a0h6</a></span> </div> Canada is a different universe <img src="https://blossom.jumble.social/43510c21a2971cb94b4c511df4768d193c21928cfc474d7fa69dd5a638dcffd1.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-10-05T07:20:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstaprczg0c24u04u2tkvjsep0843sx8kxcca9cavmcz0khhf2t48qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qjssa2c I post ideas on Nostr that occur to me without much self-consciousness. Which is odd because it’s the only social media you can’t delete. Don’t know why it’s like that. 2026-10-03T09:32:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd08kcwc4q0dpzrq4vxkdtq96ws6yxpwm8hrejchqtm53ddgekz4qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qcmg2v0 Sometimes I’m waiting for the subway and get trapped in my phone so that when it arrives I have to remind myself to get on it. Like dude your entire purpose of being in this station and killing time on your phone was to get into the cars that just pulled up. 2026-10-03T09:31:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vpcmp6ca88hw0xqeq8xjqdcukprsvwg7sjc57z3h53x2ch48w0szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qvymzjk I am lazy af but everything gets done. It’s like I have an AI robot, and it’s me. Can’t explain it. Maybe I’ve just trimmed the inefficiency out of life to a manageable level. I don’t know. 2026-10-02T07:18:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgt3cfxy98yf3g60u55pvz0x3qklatnelpfrv3twjxjltlj4436nczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qnze9wp There are some intractable people and problems in my life I often bitch about, really unjust, unaccountable shit, but I have to remember while it’s bad luck I have those, my luck on the whole is unbelievably good. 2026-09-28T07:24:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0dr3v07c5t5gqjhc7ylwtlzedpftum0smt2xxyk7tr7f3284wmgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qzj8vzy One thing that gives me peace is knowing how mentally ill everyone is. In the past, you suspected it, but still had that lingering doubt: “what if this is a ‘me’ problem? What if it’s all just cope?” But now you know for sure they are really and truly ill, just epistemically derelict, worse even than you had imagined. And knowing that you can really understand, deep in your bones, “it’s not me, it’s them,” and there’s a lot of freedom in that. 2026-09-28T07:20:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgclfx28vvlqu0enny8rvzjnuxjf3fef2g6ks2aaydhwectf2cuhczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qh9urgu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddgl9hp8v6hf2k9wr2ajcl6muttycx3mlrc8vxq8r0a7qddlrkvq7vt4mk'>nevent1q…t4mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Had heard about this but hadn’t looked into it. Have never used but now will add it to the bag where applicable. Thanks! 2026-09-26T12:38:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6m6ueh0w68rmqal85rv64tp8flh93udp835h56zrrm6s8khae2czyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qk3xqr7 The solution is always worse than the problem. 2026-09-19T09:14:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxz86c3stad485nfcvdet3tncyk72j99uvw8lm8snr9lcx2pvzm8gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qg0e4v2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6mzkva4yarwgsk0vxtte2kd4rfvkxzmzxdpu3qcves6v5n6a4kgsvf4j7'>nevent1q…f4j7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know people like that too, but I get the feeling they&#39;re holding on by an ever-thinning thread. Like if a few people around them jumped ship, it wouldn&#39;t be long before they started distancing themselves too. 2026-09-16T18:39:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhjhvpcuskzhd3h0sc768pmjsylqfmegptagnasy66h200crpzggzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qlmswvp I understand that, but even so, how can something so obviously detested, the scoldy, superior attitude, the serial dishonesty and wrongness, the total lack of accountability even persist WITH the help of the state? The emperor has no clothes, and he is fat as fuck! Everyone sees! No matter how much you are incentivized to pretend, you just look like a fool! How is it that it has ANY sway whatsoever anymore? It is an unintentional satire, a total self-evident joke. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzps0f4va9dg4tdjjta06yafjt9ldyptrrz85gdw5xk3jjz6wt266rqqs8n63gjmtagz86j5qpypn4gtxqamxvxmzqfc30m29g5rm9ltxahfswsz9k7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…z9k7</a></span> </div> Universities and "publications of record" always been a tool of control wielded by banks and governments, but I repeat myself. You need to understand who Mike Benz is. </blockquote> 2026-09-16T18:20:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyyme90e9gglcauctkptv2mrl7tgncx6uq6w255f5yyf8wy83p0vczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qkg53fp real talk!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqwau4dlr62c854gzwgrdtcvnsylszsrgstd26p2pywy62zm8h2fwqqsf38rl89m7rtup98y3a2k2qz5unpe8gdffnu8kzdalxx734cepnjgzgsz6f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…sz6f</a></span> </div> Because you aren’t screaming this at passerby’s on the street who need to hear it </blockquote> 2026-09-16T16:21:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswm8ljwaleqnrflclhxrfj8ssux3vzyfpzejazjnqtk3c809u35dqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qk3zrcq The total pussification and fakeness of everything is starting to drive me a little crazy. How can the NYTimes even exist in its present state? How can news media exist? How can academia exist? Who is even the audience for this bullshit anymore? Who the fuck is still enabling this? 2026-09-16T14:32:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7n2rhmucwk8j0f407hcld5vvlryuqu2n6sypq09pzujxkn5jgyczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q8elgcg Did the AI psyop make it to nostr? 2026-09-16T14:27:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfuapv2dfj8rlkz8ftr3wf9p7uaxus0gp6mlreks6p07rkqty7hvqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q4mgpkq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq84nmghptx88phe936gzhsds45224s54pk7a9rlgja8y2ws2dq46pqgy'>nevent1q…pqgy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Real talk! 2026-09-12T19:47:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdtn0l523q5xnhxeg95vqkafz0mc5k97h4cxu0vh8ek6gwgfzq9kszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qfa2f27 Had to click a box to verify I was human, clicked it too fast, failed the test. 2026-08-31T10:37:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv74262nwlpgdp4h07jtdku4lhd77zepedeuzpuwe9c84zl770ygczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q8x8c00 <a href="https://www.chrisliss.com/p/rip-________">https://www.chrisliss.com/p/rip-________</a> 2026-08-24T14:44:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfnfpulqe5vt0yfqwax3j3ysl4g3p9gkrh8wxt04tjumn4s26c9szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q7tyusn <a href="https://www.chrisliss.com/p/rip-________">https://www.chrisliss.com/p/rip-________</a><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaejuum0vd5kzmp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpq5jmu747y9ucheds6yjmtkrezge9vp7tz0vagvhmpjr3yf64r36ys4arpxd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…rpxd</a></span> </div> Sadly the smaller of the two died, had to dispose of its body in a plastic bag. Disney movie just took a dark turn. Other one is fat but seems a bit forlorn now.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaejuum0vd5kzmp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqxd6vsenagd30r097cuurj6yrsagtu4y6uhj3xjltcahmmrs6se2sp2d2xm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…d2xm</a></span> </blockquote> 2026-08-24T14:43:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dacves66d03xf86tzsw6xsd6fyfl0843em53k8lwrkhck3hlmtgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qjdluv2 Obviously the dip was always fake af 2026-08-21T10:03:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2fd702lzz7vtukcdzfd4mpu3yvjkql938kw5xtasepcjya23cazgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qhhlkde Sadly the smaller of the two died, had to dispose of its body in a plastic bag. Disney movie just took a dark turn. Other one is fat but seems a bit forlorn now.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaejuum0vd5kzmp0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqxd6vsenagd30r097cuurj6yrsagtu4y6uhj3xjltcahmmrs6se2sp2d2xm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…d2xm</a></span> </div> Upon return from the States two weeks later:<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/05fbc3fc32a649e36af5df179c9187b66469556efabe8798bb25c0452f1d2624.jpg"> <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/35f3f327200fd4ef826492f2b17f50d5f939d36cd938ae238b25993c00e30324.jpg"> <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqumlhtq5mcnhmvl7ql7kdmctgp0nlxn7ec69mne7ac40qam307tzs4v7tq5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…7tq5</a></span> </blockquote> 2026-08-13T11:54:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0nh62jx95x0wtuk3685h7c558f3npt92xpdk76srl2p9euxpaaqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q2ur6t6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvdc9xm92dh9avdp68njls5ee2jvdpw6jp8ps3plj64946s99p5gfangqg'>nevent1q…ngqg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>too soon! 2026-08-13T11:48:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszrcthtn7d4nh9kkdvgeg2we4tzc68rzgy0z78njh5u5nhucqak9gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qw35fqe real talk!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp2q0cjncvd8wy64tety4rdx0676k4cvt40fnckhaea476mwgp673qqsv5am6sswz3mnhjm6k3758y4fnlg99hzgkrjhtqvtz7ux78z0yv2c634fe9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…4fe9</a></span> </div> I feel famous when my note goes “viral” on Nostr and gets three comments and 10 likes. </blockquote> 2026-08-12T22:42:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfaf0culpx94vqkg3q3lycnv8vs8vq464fgatlr68spmskayq8kzgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q6pe6kc Saw this retarded post on Twitter -- UWS has a lot of Jews, but not nearly the wealthiest neighborhood, and tons of Jews on UES, Tribeca and everywhere else chock full of cameras. Slop. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqprfjp35xcmnn9sa8tayls3yr4hkvkkdzf9z8lqcntrsf46wf5yjqqs82sau8zyu3td78ewf3ynqlgj7hqp3njfy5lglzemzycuem2lcpnstpc4ym" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…c4ym</a></span> </div> There are zero Flock cameras in Manhattan’s wealthiest neighborhood.<br/><br/>The demographics speak for itself. <video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://nostr.download/53be85e3acab23f496ae71d300d4019ebde346b146ddf5ab23b3276e71964ebc.mp4"></video><br/> </blockquote> 2026-08-12T22:16:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdpjf24ec7tfwnafhdl0c8fe7eh0cf064u257q605tdacsk9maxyszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qevnyys Took this during today’s eclipse. Not sure why the moon is up and to the right, was actually almost entirely in front of the sun at this point. <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/9b12b9100a17555b157aea701796c5030bc26e9638ca67e80ce6877dfcb78c3a.png"> 2026-08-12T22:13:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrfsvk5u7dkspvpjjlrt3jallrfhjzpjc79eamdujlh3fu7rg5gqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q3hatfd If e-coli ever does adapt to bourbon, we’re cooked <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsdnuxau55xscmzy7r2lqdhlt035g39n2tjaydz38pm2cee2rmsf6szyzkuznar44vss4ka3wqgzhfk0a7puee445q0mx9gd5qzl05lk567zqcyqqqqqqgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejs62tanv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…tanv</a></span> </div> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/9990dec5a2a937f00c7c8d4e22b0e85269f0c7266c9af33726e2874a220659d3.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-08-11T07:56:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd03ee3u5de25v4gepjx68hql9ez3tk8742vts9xlap0n45jpppzszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qza6r95 Paraguay has $90B GDP? Would’ve guessed 1/4 of that. Not the point of the post, I realize. <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs28sayrxr7fjvdewftmzey69gp6l0xnxkewhyezvlcsectr2sj4pszyqemvsg825ce7xech8phey2z28y44pmkltkdudkdplrrts64kpe62qcyqqqqqqg2g6e6l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…6e6l</a></span> </div> They threw $90 billion at the market in two days on July 30 and 31<br/><br/>Took USDJPY down from 163 to 156<br/><br/>And now it’s already about halfway back to when they started this whole fiasco 10 days ago<br/><br/>$90 billion, the same as the GDP of the entire country of Paraguay, has bought Japan 20 days of slightly stronger yen<br/><br/>Once we go back to 163 we’re gonna go through this whole circus again<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/6ec7954f378fb6df9792efcf3c7bfb772293bbf640a995f5ef9db3c59c1a7588.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-08-11T07:54:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdypgtxnmzl4rnyete650yp3edp9pp6t9dm67rmlx6t745vxcuemszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qxt6a0v Post script: customer service at Strike still very good. <br/><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsghxpqvwu25nekut302dh6wsvfhfka6jg7ejr5sgnmjnmx8ahelvczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qqcyqqqqqqgpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgu6mmr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…mmr7</a></span> </div> Use @strike to move money from US to EU where I live. Best product, best CS on the planet, could get funds through with minimal delay. <br/><br/>But now they’re holding up funds for up to a week <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jack mallers</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cn4…3vle</span>)</a></span>, and my CS contact’s email gets returned to sender. Won’t dox her, but was honestly the best CS I’ve ever gotten from any company ever. She just got things done and was extremely nice about it. <br/><br/>What’s going on there? </blockquote> 2026-08-10T19:01:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxaxgve75xch3hjlvwwpedzpcw5972jdwtegnf04uwmaa3cdgv4gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q4vz7k5 Upon return from the States two weeks later:<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/05fbc3fc32a649e36af5df179c9187b66469556efabe8798bb25c0452f1d2624.jpg"> <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/35f3f327200fd4ef826492f2b17f50d5f939d36cd938ae238b25993c00e30324.jpg"> <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qpqumlhtq5mcnhmvl7ql7kdmctgp0nlxn7ec69mne7ac40qam307tzs4v7tq5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…7tq5</a></span> </div> Went away for 11 days, came back, was smoking a cigar on my balcony, and a pigeon brushed by my head very close. Was like WTF, then noticed an egg sitting in an empty pot near the railing. Now I look out the window, and there’s the pigeon sitting on it, and there’s two eggs. Not thrilled to have a pigeon taking over my small cigar smoking lounge/herb garden, but don’t have the heart to do anything about it. The empty pot is in the corner, away from the herbs, and I’m going away again next week for 12 days. Suicidal empathy probably, but assuming these dudes will hatch and fly away. <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/3e5a36d5ff8950ab3afd792949bbc68e0206f4db44265a05e6affc963248444b.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-08-08T16:53:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyfpzdmzu8mqq8tvjk6p8fk3a3k2mny2cm79p9eapqjxypaq9a8wczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qspujc8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst553kzjt0fx6npx9yg2y7fxt039xhxm9el72csgktrmhxyxqy0usfuqff0'>nevent1q…qff0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks, will try that too. 2026-08-08T12:34:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsghxpqvwu25nekut302dh6wsvfhfka6jg7ejr5sgnmjnmx8ahelvczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qa6yepw Use @strike to move money from US to EU where I live. Best product, best CS on the planet, could get funds through with minimal delay. <br/><br/>But now they’re holding up funds for up to a week <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cn4t4cd78nm900qc2hhqte5aa8c9njm6qkfzw95tszufwcwtcnsq7g3vle" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jack mallers</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cn4…3vle</span>)</a></span>, and my CS contact’s email gets returned to sender. Won’t dox her, but was honestly the best CS I’ve ever gotten from any company ever. She just got things done and was extremely nice about it. <br/><br/>What’s going on there? 2026-08-08T11:34:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsws4lsymnkxczanzrdp5vw9w3wkcmx89eaednhk8uglvqrhgfzkhqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qjj308l &#34;Boating accident” just got a plausibility upgrade. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> 2026-07-31T13:14:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgfu82gq8wp0xz3ceuua39myhclpzg50uahej0fehm3pw8hc365gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q80n3up In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8z5x02hslelqgjd6w3ru32m4eq69ptl9f290f6thran9rgz2j8qj2hrr3'>nevent1q…hrr3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>very expensive, just for a pint. At Erewhon, known for its outrageous prices, but great market. CS in EU is bad compared to US. They don’t really care that much. 2026-07-28T18:02:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdet744cdd6y5863r5ef699t9gwp6srslqaefwzymvgq3tw0uylszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwkcq0t Say what you want about LA, but amazing you can get a pint of raw cream (for $18!) to put in your ice coffee. <br/><br/>Like drinking a health milkshake. <br/><br/>Despite the traffic, the homelessness, the skyrocketing costs, this place where I lived for 16 years still has elements of a paradise. <br/><br/>Haven’t been back since early ’24 and appreciating it more this time. <br/><br/>Other thing about LA (and the US generally) when you’ve been in Europe for a long time is how good and friendly the service is. Seems like a trivial thing, but you notice it. <br/><br/><br/> 2026-07-28T15:44:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhkgdh0z47zdwsxg5ze3rz49pz09245pgd7q7x9nhahmqrv36ngszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qs4vzes In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2494yszy6gsa7v7yyma3ruppsfjw0c42yxu87wtklymedtnekrgc6wa2w'>nevent1q…wa2w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There’s social pressure, and there’s getting your head chopped off. 2026-07-21T22:14:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2afsgumwd0a3jf6zx0xylyj4mx0edwzm6y9nzfhlgvjddv3rrzgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qd5e4yv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyzdgv4rstt4m5plhmg87xfhz6fzcj0pglu86lmhz6k3pxkv6xvc43gq2n'>nevent1q…gq2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>of course you *can*, but crying about cultural appropriation is pussified 2026-07-21T19:08:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsddcmj54e6s6qmwyp3knrpzkylukcyyy62rlvflchagn2yw962qsszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qs2py03 Few thoughts about the Odyssey which I haven&#39;t seen though I might at some point, probably on an airplane:<br/><br/>1. Don&#39;t cry about who is cast as whom or &#34;cultural appropriation.&#34; It&#39;s a work of art, Nolan can do whatever the fuck he wants. Your remedy is not to see it if it doesn&#39;t interest you.<br/><br/>2. If you&#39;re pointing out the hypocrisy of other people crying about cultural appropriation when the culture being appropriated is non-white, save your breath. Leftists don&#39;t give two shits about hypocrisy, and it&#39;s not even really hypocrisy to them since they have long ago abandoned rational argument and logical consistency.<br/><br/>3. If you&#39;re complaining about the hypocrisy (fruitless) or mad about the cultural appropriation (dumb) online, you&#39;re feeding the controversy, and the controversy is good for box office. <br/><br/>That&#39;s because once it becomes coded as &#34;good&#34; by one team and &#34;bad&#34; by another, not only does it get tons of free publicity, but the cost/benefit is asymmetric. <br/><br/>The people who would have bought a ticket but didn&#39;t due to perceived politics are fewer in number than the people who wouldn&#39;t have bought a ticket but did for the simple reason that there are more people who don&#39;t buy tickets for any given movie, i.e., the pool you&#39;re drawing from (non-buyers) is much larger than the one you&#39;re losing (would-be buyers). 2026-07-21T17:49:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkahy7vqc47tn7m45vuurx6nhm3pe3qa9t95g306ftsrv4c254uczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qxjduex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5ugkxdk7ledcaj5r5preg5zepgtfhc70xdvmkh7euy0kv9nckegcnglmg'>nevent1q…glmg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Healthcare cannot be a fundamental right like free speech because it requires other people to do something for you. To treat you, pay for you, etc. That&#39;s always got to be voluntary. <br/><br/>Whether people *ought* to care about those who couldn&#39;t or more commonly didn&#39;t care for themselves is IMO a legitimate philosophical discussion to be hate. But a &#34;right&#34;? Doesn&#39;t work. <br/><br/>Also, obviously people will get sick and die no matter what the state does. I know rich people who spent millions on care only to die in misery after untold surgeries, treatments, etc. The idea that we should dedicate vast resources to ameliorate something that can only really be prevented by the person themselves seems crazy the way it&#39;s playing out. 2026-07-21T15:03:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9r92usytw7gzl6zdx34paz4ernt453rk69t3kmlczpuj9aftvv4szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qrx069q Why am I talking? I made a substantive post about something on my mind which you unsolicitedly trolled rather than engaging on the substance. <br/><br/>I am here to say what’s on my mind, that’s obvious. I’ll ask again, what are you doing here?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs98utenycfrhs3wjkphu5wml0zvuwqkjh5ynz6y8nfqw6rl0uhssqzyzql5kms5uaxj8rw0zpr6q6ll3z0ddg9umcrvdm4n0fku7j9z5ul6qcyqqqqqqg47gcp0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…gcp0</a></span> </div> Why are you even talking boomer? <br/><br/>Yeah run and hide because you can't actually communicate. You just get upset and say I'm a troll. I do troll, but I haven't trolled you. You hide behind it to protect yourself. You just said I accused you of being ai which I didn't, you were proven wrong and ignored the fact that you were just proven wrong. Big dum </blockquote> 2026-07-19T12:14:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsymgq74lx664207w6e4e80r56w0k7m6sev9zrcpzly0xcar87ctjszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qz9aw75 LOL “hide and run” — anon troll accusing someone who puts his name and photo on every post of hiding and running!<br/><br/>Why are you even here?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsp4ty8krc5fh4rq5vc3nz72w9nycq42hvh5eypnsr44jnxxut3ncqzyzql5kms5uaxj8rw0zpr6q6ll3z0ddg9umcrvdm4n0fku7j9z5ul6qcyqqqqqqgchx5rv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…x5rv</a></span> </div> Exactly, hide and run. <br/><br/>You literally just lied, got proven wrong, and ignored it. Like a woman. Ignore your own failures and live a lie. <br/><br/>Your OP was cringe. So I called out and made fun of the cringe. That's all. Not yet trolling. </blockquote> 2026-07-19T12:03:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg43sp6w3wuvdjfz6exu8mq8g5w92tl3y3kmk2veq57fwjhslspaszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qsjtrcq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrx484kfjevvwqwkamqx2vtlrc3dxp4t6s0pucgj43nz3nuzkr2sf9gyc5'>nevent1q…gyc5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trolling just to troll, adding zero of value, got it 2026-07-19T11:56:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2rl4mgd74lkp2v9ym8vzlfpeg6gf64z468azs20pfvjk58s2lndqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qpdfnse Think this dude is alleging I used AI to write this post. Not true. I’m a professional writer, never used AI to compose anything, don’t need it, don’t want it. <br/><br/>AI doesn’t own m-dashes, certain phrases, etc. I just write what comes into my mind, not going to go out of my way to avoid things just because they overlap. <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsg77aur790zrsz807h8u6xa9kmhfekrmxpj5fjh0pa4qqcsqh6stczyzql5kms5uaxj8rw0zpr6q6ll3z0ddg9umcrvdm4n0fku7j9z5ul6qcyqqqqqqgkh64k7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…64k7</a></span> </div> "Think about it"<br/> 🤮 <br/><br/><br/>Think about it<br/><br/>Let that sink in<br/><br/>To circle back to our primary objective </blockquote> 2026-07-19T11:28:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjsx0ns3mkqkn74je0q2kt9cc62fffg94ccyszu07rks7j8knzwgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qfry8sy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg77aur790zrsz807h8u6xa9kmhfekrmxpj5fjh0pa4qqcsqh6stcnsw09w'>nevent1q…w09w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>? 2026-07-19T11:22:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvqku8t80qj95mh4q2l9e44vpu5xcw696guzyf0vle350f3hu88xszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q2vktae People talk about money printing by the banks (every new mortgage or loan is a print), but I would bet that&#39;s rivaled, if not exceeded, by the healthcare industrial complex (HIC). <br/><br/>Think about it, every time a boomer gets a scan, a checkup, a procedure, the government has to issue a transfer to HIC. Not even talking about the Learing Centers which siphon off hundreds of billions collectively via fraud, but the legal, &#34;legitimate&#34; health care system which provides actual services. <br/><br/>I know boomers whose entire lives revolve around seeing yet another specialist, getting another test, talking endlessly about health issues. They are like a marauding army seizing enormous amounts of wealth from wage earners and savers and transferring it to the HIC. The system almost seems set up by design for this purpose. And they are oblivious because it&#39;s all &#34;covered.&#34;<br/><br/>The problem isn&#39;t merely that old people get sick a lot and need medical care, but that old people are incentivized to seek it as a first rather than last resort, and the system is set up to treat this as normal. Your doctor with his pills and potions, scans and procedures is in charge of your health, not you via eating right, exercise, attitude, habits. That&#39;s one problem. <br/><br/>Another problem is the system takes advantage of old people, endlessly prescribing HIC solutions to lifestyle problems and stoking their fears to keep them as customers. <br/><br/>Politicians call these &#34;entitlements&#34; and warn of &#34;unsustainability&#34;, but it doesn&#39;t to the heart of the problem which is HIC-capture that sets the prices, optimizes for extraction and controls the messaging. <br/><br/>People believe *health*care is how you stay healthy rather than something you only use if absolutely necessary IF you get sick, which you do everything in your power (and you have a lot of power in this area) to prevent or at least delay for a long time. Just changing the HIC to SIC (sickness industrial complex) would go a long way. It&#39;s not how you preserve your health, it&#39;s where you go when your efforts have failed, and it&#39;s a weak substitute for success. <br/><br/>I don&#39;t know exactly how much money is siphoned legally from the tax payer/saver/wage earner to the HIC, but I do know it&#39;s an unfathomable amount. I also suspect that&#39;s why the vaccine cult has so much power, part of why the covid response was so all-encompassing, why anyone who spoke out against the mRNA was demonized, fired, excommunicated and destroyed. It&#39;s not just a few large companies who spend ad dollars on CNN or whatever, it&#39;s a multi-trillion dollar extraction engine, and the entities positioned to receive the spoils have almost limitless unchecked power.<br/><br/>Inflation comes from money printing, but it&#39;s not like the treasury just runs sheet after sheet of hundred dollar bills and dumps it into the economy. It&#39;s the bank reserves enabling issuance via loans, yes, but also this incredibly escalating healthcare black hole, fed largely by old people who are getting it for &#34;free&#34;. <br/><br/>Ironically many younger people, who are not completely covered have their savings wiped out by it and fall by the wayside as inflation gets worse every year, advocate for universal sickcare, not realizing that the reason it&#39;s so expensive and inflation so severe is in large part due to the universal sickcare (for old people) in the first place. <br/><br/>The solution to this would be to open sickcare to the free market, not cover it at all, let private insurance and private providers compete for business. This would coincide with lower taxes on everyone, less national debt, lower inflation, cheaper sickcare (no endless demand backstopped by govt dollars.) Young people would be more able to afford sickcare when needed too. <br/><br/>Of course, many old people would suffer and die sooner. More families would go broke paying for their elderly parents during the transition phase before the savings from lower inflation and lower taxes offset the cost of private insurance (that would be cheaper because prices would come down.) <br/><br/>That&#39;s always the problem -- going from the obviously broken, catastrophic, unsustainable state of affairs to a much better, saner, fairer, more sustainable ones involves real short-term pain. That&#39;s how parasites survive, make the cost of getting rid of them painful enough that no one does anything about it until they consume the entire organism. <br/><br/> 2026-07-19T10:56:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrvkn95ccu0e375c9s3q2qa9y27dfx94cpc9r2xgafqkrktg7pdwqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qrfhx7e Did they try &#34;password&#34;?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsfsu0wjk4suvprm0n8csc8hz47rzrsmkwsjyqy8rpennzdnpv3cjcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygyj0ynkhlac8nhr89rw2exrvq9r9pqzdx5zqmgpmh6qcepjh2stevpsgqqqqqqsdy4l7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…4l7q</a></span> </div> Two Password Guesses Left Before $840 Million Deletes Itself Forever<br/><br/>by OT in ~security, ~bitcoin<br/>372 sats and 2 comments so far<br/><br/><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1526265">https://stacker.news/items/1526265</a> </blockquote> 2026-07-17T13:46:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszug99wyx58nqw0d94kd3edn7p05tjx0lc535t9c3he5qr5fddsagzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qrpwg9k bullish<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqrz96l29akc04hdyy9wndjsdn2aqcacmshfhzamyhzsj340yg0jdqqs8p8vhfpdk64m6fjsf5f3kdyntserudztmavjlqmmhgttqt8tv8rclnsf34" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…sf34</a></span> </div> There is no scenario in which anyone needs Bitcoin.<br/><br/>If Hyperinflation Happened, everyone would use Yuan, Euros, Pesos, Gold, Francs, or The New Dollar.<br/><br/>If society collapsed people would use gold, silver, food, ammo, alcohol, medical supplies, or barter, etc.<br/><br/>If The United States was invaded by China, people would use The Yuan.<br/><br/>Hell, even in Bitcoin’s peak regulatory clarity, and adoption phase people use altcoins drastically more than Bitcoin. </blockquote> 2026-07-16T10:11:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxx3ragmlfy2xjmzvq6phzvchvkkcceea87j85ezqu822aeesl9gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qs66tp3 So you&#39;re saying OJ won&#39;t kill you? <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqswus77l3y0dw5kjwqng50rek2gw4z5nzk9pq5a0dv6tgd2ugqzercpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skctczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057qcyqqqqqqgkd6xhw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…6xhw</a></span> </div> GM.<br/><br/>Private equity funds generally aim to buy a business, cut costs, and resell it in 4-7 years with an indebted, hollowed-out balance sheet. It’s an important source of liquidity for business owners but has some well-deserved criticism. Companies that recently exited from PE have higher bankruptcy rates.<br/><br/>As an alternative, we’ve started a company called Orange Juice that seeks to buy private businesses, optimize where helpful, and hold them indefinitely. Instead of hollowing out their balance sheets out with, we will back them up with a bitcoin treasury.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.lynalden.com/orange-juice/">https://www.lynalden.com/orange-juice/</a> </blockquote> 2026-07-15T17:13:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgf3sx0clcvzxh2hgz2w4t6p8hde3ag0smdssn8kw3p5jqunzj24gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q9c7v0l As someone who takes language literally and believes in its logic, this has been a hard truth for me to grasp/accept. But once you see it, it&#39;s obviously, self-evidently so. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6knu235sx9320yp7jx93azw2xv70d8u3klr0qg2qqxuu0yska6qqyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qqsvmwdspdfuwem8rwdjkxalxvp6994kh4js8mc6pxkuvwmemkqxtds50daet" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…daet</a></span> </div> People are driven by incentives, don't let language fool you. </blockquote> 2026-07-14T08:18:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmwdspdfuwem8rwdjkxalxvp6994kh4js8mc6pxkuvwmemkqxtdszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q9em5cm People are driven by incentives, don&#39;t let language fool you. 2026-07-14T08:16:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdlm4s2dufmak0lq0ltxau95qhelnflvudzaeulwu2hswachl93gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qq2z2rr Went away for 11 days, came back, was smoking a cigar on my balcony, and a pigeon brushed by my head very close. Was like WTF, then noticed an egg sitting in an empty pot near the railing. Now I look out the window, and there’s the pigeon sitting on it, and there’s two eggs. Not thrilled to have a pigeon taking over my small cigar smoking lounge/herb garden, but don’t have the heart to do anything about it. The empty pot is in the corner, away from the herbs, and I’m going away again next week for 12 days. Suicidal empathy probably, but assuming these dudes will hatch and fly away. <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/3e5a36d5ff8950ab3afd792949bbc68e0206f4db44265a05e6affc963248444b.jpg"> 2026-07-13T16:24:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvdtf54mz4pcvvlkmjqxfgmjpewmzm74kk0p6u0qkyw2s2xmgkrqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qnnr8j4 EU chat control passing in the shady way it did is good news. They were spying anyway, now the tech cos have to show their hands by complying or not. Second order effect is incentive for freedom tech innovation/adoption. This is what winning looks like — desperate flailing and overreach of illegitimate authorities. 2026-07-13T07:14:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdj8qqe28u3qj75lr00gz3d92d5avzfs0qj05jpw8kxdswg2sp4yszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qskxcwp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9a6lstwq8xgvglrp5kglrxm06hdqndqcsqldunhy0jgy0zv5nhgsyxzk9r'>nevent1q…zk9r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks -- will check this out! 2026-07-12T09:56:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspm7zrau2xfz2lgvtkvvz2yj9vchydu86lruq4h7y2dna8t4jnjxqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q3dwweh A lot of you are fake and full of shit. 2026-06-30T09:26:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8k4n960k5rpyunrzx8cggzael706vzmtprwfcvfe9h82f8nvrvxszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qc3wnxd Whenever economic problems arise, I like to ask the village idiot what he thinks should be done about it. <br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzppdakkr4uyfaejv5nz68gcmyfxyzac26r3up2j4s0sr9k3enn4njqqswa69m7z0kcn56wc6m6r999rjh46wrg7p09ddpr687vnezud4qu3smentg7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ntg7</a></span> </div> AOC calls for breaking up big tech companies after Apple’s $200 price hikes on iPads and Macs due to AI-driven chip shortage.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/d07ff9ce66fa99e2913885729f6acbaa19419cb410cb4fb569834f9d8cbe12eb.mp4"></video> </blockquote> 2026-06-29T20:32:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstf4aqj2v90gukn29ydnwxyuhyr7n5cq63pcygs9r659uudkgf49szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q06n3x7 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7ct8vaezumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghxcctwvsqzp55yzdcjzuwr8cgh6j7sjv9vqkev2xesavczrmudfufr8upvjz3txnxr40" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>YODL</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…xr40</span>)</a></span> knows what I&#39;m talking about <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b9919c4a722cfea98aa48772b4869ebf5b8cac0db4e8d4337a1102febc040d45.png"> 2026-06-29T20:27:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfd706x79rhexuwq3cdus5l3t6wk3w6ucgp0ke8krzc4g8v2p0cfszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q0hrk57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvz2sfuewdeezl7qqsjxt8g028wxjgnxx5q7d6sq69qfmwcmxmadqm7rkn8'>nevent1q…rkn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ha --we&#39;ll see 2026-06-29T09:42:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvh5uueflzeqmvgwrjc9x5mu0slpt9djlypqzw5j7g3c2jhs5f6uszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qsz9gdj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtphet3lsvfz9u56haz80emyphccxrrnq7fs3d902pdlz3rpklxskecmwc'>nevent1q…cmwc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You joke but there&#39;s truth in that. Banks are coming after him IMO because STRC was a real threat. 2026-06-29T07:06:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzees5jey6dmzqkmqayh3c6qplvnxdcaq9s6aj09dfw4nnyth7sszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qyufyv5 Remember when MSTR mooned, and Saylor was CIA? 2026-06-29T07:04:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9hjmt2kxgq8h9aghfqwsujs4uyhv9aqgetvee4jegnrgmv0txcpqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qw2jg9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn6s77tjrrm0daau6w5vths96fmmen5d8g2gnxxejezfyc0jtj9qgxn9ym'>nevent1q…n9ym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>at Chris_Liss 2026-06-26T19:38:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0m8g05ppqr5qmwgm8m7r5xcfqug8uqggmuyvtqd25kju3shxttszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwynuxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9ypzt4j89xesrsgkrfzpgeakv24xjheuafvvrq5sq5srkyw9ukgsx22ev'>nevent1q…22ev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>maybe it&#39;s that 2026-06-26T17:35:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdf4za5f6d3stqfn6ladqqrgrq3xhj3fggrkf5r803qecl9wd8fpqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qfq3kdr no one is still taking covid boosters, right? 2026-06-26T13:49:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy9ryt6krq98cc7lkw5qdxt8p6459tt008jxya3264gtw9muyn7kszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qv6kqlf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5kdv5hjtvqs8ja0qu88a697479t7a6a298nwk6q594yh8s7al3qcnc334'>nevent1q…c334</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>deranged 2026-06-23T16:10:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxumsshz9h22exud3fyh57dn349pzknu82gv085uhz0qrq3qsenuqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qpvc7dm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0s6sm4ud6nljpysevf53gvj4ravg7ef95v5mpv0y0gujhugvt3cd0uwe5'>nevent1q…uwe5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Remember about 20 years ago during the real estate boom, was riding in the back seat of a car with an ex-girlfriend, her 70-YO dad was driving. He was talking about his new real estate gig (which made him a bunch of money), told us when he interviewed for the job, they asked him what his biggest accomplishments were, and he felt stupid, couldn&#39;t think of any except his two daughters. We broke up a year later (quality person, didn&#39;t work out for various reasons), but remembered hearing that, and now that I have a 14-YO daughter, I get it. 2026-06-21T13:36:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw7ndj2tzvn9krsmyzlnhyll5cqjr5hsupec9rtjeyhl60fnf7k0gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qzqcvc3 In reply to <a href='/naddr1qp8hg6r994nxjct5943kzumfdehj66r0wukhxar0vd4j6mtpwf4k2arn94ek2unkv5kkzueddehkgetn945kutt5dpjj6mt0dejhgctj0ykkxmmww3ex7mpdwduhxar9d5pzq4rqjpyzsnf2z5wgma397sxr382z8mg90l80jf7m3z2k628z9wsrqvzqqqr4guqng8n7'>naddr1qp…g8n7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good article. <br/><br/>Would just argue SpaceX is being valued on the VAST future potential, not present earnings, and future potential is relatively uncapped in this one case. The AI companies are pretty hard to justify given it&#39;s almost a commodity at this point. Of course the numbers would be very different if we had a market-based hurdle rate rather than the FED. <br/><br/>I also watched The Great Taking, and while it scared the shit out of me, I think it&#39;s not really saying anything we don&#39;t already know, namely that IF things break down badly, anything you don&#39;t physically (or mentally) hold will be a legal claim and nothing more. Think of the Palisades fires -- you can sue the insurance company for non-payment, but you no longer have a house, and you are reliant on third parties to enforce your contract .<br/><br/>And the only thing ensuring your claims have real value are incentives -- they won&#39;t default on your shares or bonds because that would be catastrophic for their own portfolios and those of their friends and families too. Mutually assured destruction is what keeps the system afloat. But once things get so out of whack that there&#39;s nothing to lose, the incentives break down, and the great taking occurs. <br/><br/>I think it definitely COULD get to that point, and when it does there probably won&#39;t be much warning, but in the meantime you have to live in the world as it is, pay the fiat bills, etc. because that time could be 5, 10 or 20 years away or happen never. Just make sure you have some insurance in the form of a bearer instrument rather than a claim. 2026-06-21T10:26:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsth83kllcfp72l95xdflx75vpq6adxyav942xqxw9ynglu8tecu9czyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q27g4kc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxknw3jx0ghsh7dkrkz6tduntf6jz5waejfc9c53c894ash87taqpurjnj'>nevent1q…rjnj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re talking about a real Christian, but most who purport to be are the guy on the left. 2026-06-21T09:43:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2uhr7kdmswz0cczejwealctuundkkgvzys2kd75qzrdak4zet5hczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q2wr43k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ses4lujpy8ke46mgjcvvsyfyf0janu0hryd74u7zg9ulmsj4afcqdvq79'>nevent1q…vq79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are no socialists -- every one of them is stingy af when it comes to their own property. The ideology of socialism is just a framework that justifies their meddling. They are a bunch of meddlers. They are miserable and they want to spread it to everyone else. 2026-06-20T19:05:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstj3pes8y9ejx5drmsdzsnty8wm3e0uemupw8yfwg8v29n4sjp45gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q7q8ycr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0swf69284f5gx9esshzwyn9fju8zs0h9ggzrasa42sptxx87vhqwgpygh'>nevent1q…pygh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s not capitalism. That&#39;s the law of the jungle. Capitalism implies property rights. Without property rights, there is no capitalism. 2026-06-20T17:10:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsde3hy6eyrqwhc09y0ugct95t29sw7j3hmjapdyu7hhrxz3v4r3qqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q6d0w4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzfcr5eh0psamxyr4zyzdeqz8tm3r9ucfu7jxmrdk6lavftv5swctpj2rf'>nevent1q…j2rf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How can private citizens &#34;own&#34; anything unless there are rules protecting private property? That&#39;s what it means to own something, that someone else is not allowed to take if from you with force, i.e., they can only convince you to part with it *voluntarily*. If I can steal your property, then there is no ownership. And it&#39;s not capitalism.<br/><br/>That&#39;s why capitalism does not mean &#34;state of nature&#34;. It&#39;s the natural order of things only when certain conditions are in place. Laws are necessary. 2026-06-20T11:44:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9aw6g2yq94u0wtf4c3rwf2s82atfs82ays5a8xkp4p8l6kjqzy0szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qq08qcy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn7t5p9vg2ueqee0grx83zdqg84s2dye8fwtrq37gl4d4fqrw3fsq4p4xf'>nevent1q…p4xf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree, capitalism is not about moralizing, it&#39;s just a natural state of affairs when people are left to trade and exchange value. But theft and fraud are NOT part of capitalism because the exchange is not voluntary. Capitalism needs *some* top down intervention, e.g., a legal system that punishes crime, but so what? That doesn&#39;t mean we should be redistributing wealth indiscriminately. 2026-06-20T10:27:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0g82rwwz93xufreq8pc4fj62r3fj6wp99wyynx85y969fqqtmj7qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwcjxg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90ptuc7aeguquz3yswt4um4hsmca5w44j82k7g0rq2wyth4xezvs8cnxtw'>nevent1q…nxtw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Capitalism doesn&#39;t need to be tried, it&#39;s the default state of affairs when people are free to exchange goods and services voluntarily. Conflating that with what happens when people capture parts of the system and rent-seek is the sleight of hand. There will always be rent seeking and crony capitalism but it&#39;s a baby/bathwater situation. The alternative (indiscriminate forced wealth redistribution) is all bathwater. 2026-06-20T10:00:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8lmffnqcnjzqlxlz45ygvxn0p260t345zk9evxqz3qhvnelxraxczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qax9jlj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzs49fvahz66w5cqmvfekt4js9354sud6ujmetv8j7x0j9deypjgwfjcvv'>nevent1q…jcvv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Common sleight of hand is to conflate capitalism with crony capitalism. 2026-06-20T09:19:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvym7sdjmzf74rf8r3hjd8c72mgytj238x3q27xtk4nakrwua8w0qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qwjhe49 If you bought the credit, you traded fiat for a promise in fiat. If you sold the credit, you traded a promise to pay in fiat for bitcoin. How could the BTCTCs get margin called in that scenario? They seem to be at greater risk for a margin call in the event of dollar deflation.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpqlgrr0man8226c0252hdvla8xn62rsas9vngdgqx686ppwvm9jtqqsztajuxt47ttdeyj3yj0cup86sxg806l6duauwn6ayx37kngpuukgzxre8p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…re8p</a></span> </div> If the entire global economy runs on “credit money” (money that is lent into existence) and the entire parasitic structure of debasement faced a margin call through Bitcoin in self-custody, then wouldn’t “digital credit” face that same margin call if Bitcoin remained decentralized and secure? </blockquote> 2026-06-18T14:32:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs050qmgtpcfjg9xzjmq7l966s5wn404z9f50a93yzjpyekpgpgulczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qvuqeqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lpkgfzxh8p07nqj6s9xschlp454t6l0jgsm27sndecm7nh74p6gadz3ay'>nevent1q…z3ay</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Primal, amethyst and Nostur 2026-06-18T10:57:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf6pa29utx4ryd67kdapwcrfdft8jqp5qucues66usr0vn7t6uxxszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qtw0967 What’s up with all the low-quality AI reply bots? 2026-06-18T10:54:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsta88xr3048awq3t8weevvdud3k3ss869zah87efdvr3hsuddgs0czyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qdpp8ch Nicotine on demand is miserable. A cigar in the evening while walking your dog is pleasant and civilized. 2026-06-18T07:50:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0m7myu24jg9wjjm29vy4c7m5a99thk22u62pnf4jqdp7kynt8c5gzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qylz9eq The communists will probably try to burn me at the stake eventually but think I’m gonna take up golf this fall. Got a friend who wants to do it, knows a cheap 9-hole course. Almost nothing I’d rather do than play a sport outside in the fresh air. Got into Padel 15 months ago and am playing 3x a week. Reminds me of when I used to play basketball all the time in my late 20s in LA almost 30 years ago. 2026-06-17T20:26:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9umnj2zuaqwrzsfs93yaye7a9gqc7efx9mt4nc2escvvcv4rdlngzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qfx2rr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7fr4xlvrcm7fg92884gs38l5dufjnxwlph8g4qp0qshc7347rgqtld6kc'>nevent1q…d6kc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Congrats! 2026-06-17T07:23:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdrvpqnfdh3q074ygh5zza4p2945lpgdevmhglw2mjcnsg7qvvcqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qdazdxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9g62szcepqvjr46kkphj0eczt4wr6q9egxz0hfpmvu7aetfcesgpe8zg3'>nevent1q…8zg3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Listen to the Arch Independent Podcast episode on Epstein. I actually now think Kash Patel, Bongino and Trump when he said it was a hoax were telling the truth. Not that Epstein didn&#39;t do a lot of what he was alleged to have done, but not at the behest of governments or intelligence agencies. When he was asked in August of 2024 whether he&#39;d release the files Trump said he&#39;d do it, but in a very non-committal way. Maybe afterward they claimed they&#39;d do it as it surely reonsated with voters, but it wasn&#39;t a huge part of the campaign. And the warmongers seem pretty disappointed in the scope of the Iran conflict. <br/><br/>I just think &#34;He&#39;s owned by Putin&#34; &#34;Israel controls him!&#34; &#34;He&#39;s being blackmailed with the pee pee tape!&#34; is so tired at this point. We should just judge him on his performance like any other president. Let&#39;s see how the Iran fallout plays out. Better or worse than the status quo ante? Once we find out that&#39;s the basis for the evaluation. 2026-06-16T09:16:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgjj46ny09k758ucvlfzc3pz5ahjnusddlsrunvz9e3wc8x52e6rszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q35qcl3 Most political and religious ideologies are just frameworks for unhappy people to express petty personal grievances at scale. 2026-06-16T08:53:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsxatdezw0sdgzw2wwjnw9p9chmhpwhms07r6r8t0uev5nuzeu9qzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qlctsyy The irony of Saylor getting so much hate for selling 32 BTC is the selling is proof of reserves, and the opposite of what fiat-issuing governments do when they print or what banks do when they issue mortgages. <br/><br/>He actually sold real coins to meet oblgiations!<br/><br/> 2026-06-16T08:47:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2lswqfa0patzujj8mpff3vakzxx9c8xv2xvl6gda2qlrg9pmeg8szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qmyxhaq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqp77q86jrvcra5x0zwq8343zaelytt2qkjmer4t9htkzu9nzdc88n5ej'>nevent1q…n5ej</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you are telling people they are statist for disagreeing, or scolding them for using Twitter, or for wanting to earn more fiat or buying an ETF or whatever, you are not a freedom maximalist. You are a fundamentalist. That was the point of the post. 2026-06-15T13:08:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5pqsff3n0ns9e9v3d5neevzjxj3tukh5jn2ryxj3rvp953kx6fqzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qc8wz7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq8glculpqvh5hn5yu7vndtcp942m2mwlsjd649askt4tlg4aws5u48kh'>nevent1q…48kh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And that was the point of the OP. 2026-06-15T12:52:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9pak6jnpz9tdrhk3u5yjn6dlz4z4d26muajc2p0eszk9us9mpj3szyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qnygm8p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqpz4k94k30zu32jdujjvzqnpveg8dfmuxwmdn3w444fn7qn2pcjqp57h'>nevent1q…p57h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m saying you can’t be a freedom fundamentalist. Freedom is the freedom to be wrong. 2026-06-15T12:26:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2aycnkhzr4hx3nxqlksfl29t3nql0kdzrfd66j9l8g0s9jfn0zugzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qu5766a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqrapc9r90rxe8j4s88w552x4vlrt8sautnz3rft8a66wclec6q0n4qwc'>nevent1q…4qwc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, depends upon what the consequences are for dissent. If you call someone a racist who disagrees with you and by “racist” you mean anyone reading should excommuniucate that person from their lives including their employer, you are advocating for coercion. If by “ought” you mean in your opinion you think it would benefit them, but there should be no added consequence except foregoing those benefits, then yes. <br/><br/>I mean you can say or advocate for whatever you want, consequences or not, but my point is if you are a freedom fundamentalist, you’re really not for freedom. 2026-06-15T12:18:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ul8yd6g85rqk2ushuvmg4ssjr3fqcceh30t4ma45y72g80yf3tgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5q3kecyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqqdsfnd7gt93r36cts8fk03rp6vthxnqyz7m4u29djlm8tk2fcm7tx9c'>nevent1q…tx9c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can say what others ought NOT to do if it interferes with you, but you can’t say what they ought to believe or do. 2026-06-15T11:43:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0wm0m0asv3v25f27j646qw99tpunfqg88t4w63kvzamq3y9lhhzgzyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qtzdv2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqxumk64gj4qys2udk7fjf3g6zyf3sem8y80cyzt9z8jyylcn9c704szp'>nevent1q…4szp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Think there can be substantive discussion about what level of top-down control is ideal for maintaining conditions of bottom-up prosperity (the only kind). I’m for the minimum amount necessary and think zero leads to communism as people overcorrect. But whether I am right or wrong is a matter of how aligned I am with reality not whether it puts me in the “good” or “bad” camp, according to the particular tribal edicts of Twitter or Nostr. 2026-06-15T11:42:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9tp5cc0unhd5mzgl0e5ddqphv2kvjends3e9masxw8m3epzqkffczyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qt66r84 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqx3l6qn94umxq3lz9adc54qwlmdzn60576y59fjrrjtqufrhxc46cl3n'>nevent1q…cl3n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s not wrong, so long as you are not purporting to say what someone else ought to be doing. 2026-06-15T11:07:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy3xlf36vs2h70xkcrv9d3f8j4pcazprfg6v3z9s2nm7wgddge7hszyp4d8c4rfqvtz57grayvtr6yu5veu760erd7x7qs5qqdec7fpdm5qgeecn3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqy24fktn9lfrgnycka7fjdwaezalyvphee7uk80e3nxrdfn0eqx5rzre'>nevent1q…rzre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both are fake, empty tribal signaling. 2026-06-15T11:04:33Z