2026-08-25T16:48:40Z https://nostr.now Matt https://nostr.now/npub1mpx47sgwhfr03m5u3et240ugn9h57r3mx25dsl20qarkllgmm4ws7lh7te https://www.matthewmccarty.com/_next/image?url=%2Fheadshot.webp&w=384&q=75 https://www.matthewmccarty.com/_next/image?url=%2Fheadshot.webp&w=384&q=75 https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs29hede5swas62f0n5pvfdj5evt3duwypn0jsjk6r895rm9y2d7sczyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w46acg8y6 <img src="https://npub1mpx47sgwhfr03m5u3et240ugn9h57r3mx25dsl20qarkllgmm4ws7lh7te.blossom.band/025252ab2247af83680b5654e7eb01115a5edd95f354d79299dcfa1e7925b9c8.jpg"> 2026-08-25T16:59:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyx49e97w3zyqyeq5a0asfxt7678hed96qr98jcp9wr29rsxtgxczyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w46ndysa6 quia omnis, qui se exáltat, humiliábitur: et qui se humíliat, éxaltábitur. 2026-08-02T17:51:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrlefttggmlkxdqhy55qvetls3jfs5shrwxmyzw9gqs58ttw02c9qzyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w46x7ag4c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5a0v92gflhlskj7a4kx00vyejem6ac04menlq333eh4emgrjarqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu8fparv'>nevent1q…parv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh excellent — do you mind sharing the source then? earliest reference i could find for the first one was a 1941 book titled Money and Men that had a fictional dialogue involving Franklin. for the second quote the earliest reference i could find was a book by Gertrude Coogan from 1935 called Money Creators in which she attributed the quote to Franklin without a source. 2026-07-04T19:51:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsve5h9477r4pk7w40uj2n3l7eshy56sd9l480zzzwa9ucytnjswggzyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w4664tmv5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xh3ha8v978aw8tclu67p4dpkewdndxup7zw3g7vrclu56r9j6ygpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu5g29ke'>nevent1q…29ke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No need to use fake Franklin quotes when real ones from him on the subject are plentiful: <br/><br/><a href="https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/a-modest-enquiry-into-the-nature-and-necessity-of-paper-currency">https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/a-modest-enquiry-into-the-nature-and-necessity-of-paper-currency</a> 2026-07-04T15:04:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlmflakjufjacuyfue90wwm570r4p06lrzwe6t07fc357u9ze4mczyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w46s9ysmg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqq8tn2fymxeqfwfa6zlht5ncnc6cw2qjl8twf2lkqezm7syh2lqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduw42cy3'>nevent1q…2cy3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://npub1mpx47sgwhfr03m5u3et240ugn9h57r3mx25dsl20qarkllgmm4ws7lh7te.blossom.band/8cbb97b76fae4d08ed33af10f5cafa885b212060829ed822346908b5f18c13df.gif"> 2026-06-29T13:48:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswk3tkv96pk9lj844ap8ruhfrf7zgf604e5zyferpx8n7vlgj9l8czyrvy6h6pp6ayd78wnj89d24l3zvk7ncw8ve23krafur5wmlar0w46g7hzqk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmp99gxjm8tefmdv882y5q6feynhy6q77n78qvzql2n4uc8rxkkgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgx0zqgs'>nevent1q…zqgs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nothing came of it? <br/><br/><a href="https://soapbox.pub/blog/announcing-ditto">https://soapbox.pub/blog/announcing-ditto</a><br/><br/>ditto is probably the best nostr web client. <br/><br/>you referring to some other alex or something else entirely? 2026-06-23T21:57:05Z