HOLY SH*T. there was an earthquake on the island. how is that even possible?

UPDATE:

How is this my fault?

What do you mean?

Anyone else experiencing drastic life changing changes lately?

Today my country Peru is making one of the most important decisions in its history. I've watched Peru become a political punchline for the last decade. We’ve had 9 presidents in 10 years. NINE. But that's not even the most insane part. Every elected Peruvian president since 1985 is either in jail, has been in jail, or has faced arrest. Lets go down memory lane: Alberto Fujimori — 25 years in prison for human rights violations and corruption. Alejandro Toledo — sentenced to 20 years for money laundering. Spent years hiding in the US before being extradited back to Peru. Alan García — two-time president. Shot himself in the head the moment police came to arrest him for corruption. Died. Ollanta Humala — sentenced to 15 years for money laundering linked to Venezuela and Brazil's Odebrecht scandal. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski — resigned, arrested, sentenced. House arrest at 80 years old. Martín Vizcarra — impeached, banned from public office. Pedro Castillo — tried to dissolve Congress in a live TV address, was arrested the same day, sentenced to prison. Peru even built a special jail exclusively for ex-presidents … This is a country where power itself has become a crime scene. And today, AGAIN Peruvians are being asked to choose between two options: Keiko Fujimori. Hard right. Daughter of a convicted authoritarian who ruled by fear, forced sterilizations, and death squads. She's been on trial for corruption herself three times. This is her fourth attempt at the presidency. Roberto Sánchez. Hard left. Calling for a new constitution, restructuring the economy, and redistribution. The kind of language that sounds like justice to a desperate population. Here's what nobody wants to say out loud: When a country is THIS unstable, THIS exhausted, THIS broken that's exactly when the left wins. Not because people want socialism nor because they studied Venezuela or Cuba or Nicaragua. Because people are so shattered by decades of corruption, betrayal, and chaos that they will vote for ANYTHING that promises something different. That's a historical pattern that has repeated itself across Latin America for 60 years. The conditions don't start with a dictator. They start with a population that stopped believing anything could get better. They start with a people so beaten down they stop asking what is being promised and just need someone to promise something. I love Peru. I'm Peruvian. My family is Peruvian. I was born there. And that is exactly why this terrifies me. A beautiful country, with insane resources… The people of Peru don't need a new constitution. They need leaders who don't belong in a prison cell built specifically for leaders like them. History doesn't warn you twice. Pray for peru. 🇵🇪

During the @OsloFF there was a talk about the World Cup and there was an activist who has been locked down for speaking up about everything going on with FIFA and he mentioned how it was a huge business how FIFA uses a sport that everyone loves to profit billions of dollars. Today I realize you cannot use words "World Cup," "FIFA," "2026," "soccer," or anything related to the tournament in a commercial context without risking a huge FINE. I’m talking about $29 million pesos just for showing the games without authorization. Bavaria Beer had women arrested in a stadium in 2010 for wearing branded dresses FIFA filed criminal charges. FIFA is expected to make $11 billion from this tournament alone. A 56% increase from Qatar. This is crazy. So if you are a business owner stay safe out there.

Hi, we are on a streak here in BTC isla. One merchant per day since June 1st.

I am low-key tripping out. Because I just realized how censored we are being. Yesterday I was having a video call and I forgot to turn off the Gemini notes. And I realized everything was tracked when both parties recieved an inbox of the call summary itself. Then it clicked, everything that I talk to my bot about is also tracked. So now I'm going down this spiral on how I'm censoring myself based on everything that is tracking me. So unconsciously, I'm self-limiting myself because of the amount of tracking that is all around me. It's tripping me out how every conversation is tracked. I'm censoring myself. Without even realizing it. There are things I don't type. Thoughts I don't finish. Questions I don't ask out loud, because somewhere in the back of my mind I know something is recording it. That's a conditioned response to living in a world where nothing digital is private. The only thing that is truly untracked right now is pen and paper. We talk about freedom all the time in this space. Financial freedom, freedom from the system, sovereignty. But if you're unconsciously editing your own thoughts because you're afraid of who's watching, are you actually free? We went from worrying about wiretapping to carrying the wiretap in our pocket voluntarily and paying $999 for it. And then this morning, when I try to use my AI it logged me out, and I almost had a heart attack because I don't know how I would survive without AI. So now I'm not only dependent on a tool that tracks me, I'm afraid of losing it. Make that make sense. This is just a random food for thought.

2026 and this is what “free” WiFi looks like: You have to scan your passport, virtually accept legal liability for everything you do online and then they give you a code for you to connect. 9th grader me would’ve never believed we’d actually end up living the Orwell dystopia while reading his books. Remember “free” has a price.

who is the bitcoin hero this cycle? who we watching to get inspired?

I just had the scariest experience of my life. I'm visiting a friend in Naples, FL. She invites me on a walk to her brother's house in nice neighborhood, broad daylight, maybe 30 minutes through quiet residential streets. About halfway there, she turns to me. "Dude, there's a white car following us." I look back. A white BMW, hanging behind us at walking pace. I shrug it off. We're two grown women, broad daylight, beautiful neighborhood who's going to kidnap us? We keep walking. We hang at her brother's for 20 minutes. By the time we leave, it's getting dark. Around 8pm. Two blocks into the walk back, we run into one of her friends and his son. We stop and tell them about the white car as a joke. "You're not going to believe this a white BMW was following us earlier." We're laughing. They're laughing. We say goodbye and keep walking. Five minutes pass, the same white BMW pulls in behind us. We start walking faster. There are no other cars on the road. Just him. We speed up,he speeds up. I look at my friend. She looks at me. We start running. She calls her husband. He's home with their two kids asleep, he can't just leave them. The BMW keeps pace. Minutes feel like hours. Finally, a young woman pulls into her driveway. We wave her down. The BMW pulls up next to us, rolls down his window, a man, late 20s… says something we couldn't hear, and drives off. We explain our situation and ask her if she can drive us home. Now this is where the story gets crazy. My friend texts the neighbor we'd run into earlier, the one we'd told the joke to. A few minutes later, his reply comes in. He'd asked his son about the white BMW. His son told him the same white BMW has been parked at their bus stop the last two afternoons. Just sits there when the kids get off. Never picks up a single kid. We are very, very lucky to be home safe tonight. To anyone in Naples, FL please be aware. White BMW. Male driver, late 20s. Be safe out there.