That's heavy shit but poignant. Had to look it up. I think a lot of people talk a good game but wouldn't have the ability or conviction to pull the trigger. Meanwhile, it becomes more pronounced as we see violence perpetrated on the innocent. I think this kind of action will start to become more common place. Not sure how most countries laws will deal with it. For America's sake, I hope 2A remains and the consequences of that, give pause to anyone who feels they are beyond reproach.

ripened on the plant... I imagine they must be incredibly tasty 😋. Enjoying the glimpses into A-world. ✌️

Live music should not be owned by a conglomerate. Live Nation's vertical integration, kills live music on the one hand and then exploits artists and their fans with the other. This company should be broken into pieces, forced to compete fairly and face the strictest anti-trust penalties possible. A fine is a slap on the wrist. Break up this live music cabal.

Well done!! I won't go into the box of death. They don't like when you won't comply so an attempt at the humiliation ritual ensues. I get my junk patted down everytime I fly. When they ask if I'd like it in private, I just say "have at 'er". They usually end up the embarrassed one. ----- Bio-metric boarding - hard pass. Never had an issue. When USA ramps up the Palentir state, I'm going to need to rethink the process.

and we sure can feel it. unsettling, unfamiliar, Some are drinking more, others doing drugs. The most accessible means to quell the anxiety. Makes you wonder if it isn't all on purpose. If we zoom way out, it's the convergence of cycles across millenia, centuries and decades (fourth turning). The weight of these simultaneously is triggering. I don't think a person alive isn't feeling something. I'm going to touch grass more. In my opinion the darkness continues through 2027, then we begin to understand the shift that has been occurring. The lightness begins its return but it will be imparative that we haven't lost our tuning to the frequency. Keeping our signal finely tuned over the next 24 months will be key. It is very easy to get swallowed up in all the FUD. It's a play for our souls.

I agree totally with you on derivatives and treasuries, they are not what Bitcoin was built for. I've taken the stance that Bitcoin is for our enemies as well as our friends. Bitcoin must survive all attacks, including Wall St's manipulation. Sorry I didn't recognize your nym from Bitcoin Beach 🙃 If you believe Saylor, the Clarity Act brings banks and otherwise regulated institutions to Bitcoin. At the same time he talks about re-hypothication. acknowledges that a recent change allowing for in-kind redemptions for ETF products allows for settlement in Bitcoin. As she states this is a very good thing but it does still keep the door open to paper Bitcoin and thus false supply dynamics. As the musical chairs game begins, the market will absolutely scramble for settlement as some contract holders will otherwise be locked out, similar to what's been happening lately with Silver. The contracts will be offered settlement in fiat but other than cuck buck gains, there's no upside as the Bitcoin supply continues to dwindle. They'll have fiat but not Bitcoin. We just don't know when this all goes down. My guess is that the battle for control of the Fed will be the signal. Will Warsh acquiesce to the Trump Admin and the Fed and Treasury become one in the same? If so, how they stick handle through the collapse of the Federal reserve note and all derivatives associated to that is what we must watch. Pessimistically, I feel Trump is in the pocket of Israel. The bombing of Iran today certainly suggests that. Israel will demand the world reserve remain the US dollar at the central bank level. Does Trump have an ulterior motive? I'm not optimistic that he does. All of this is simply the reality of where we are at today with Bitcoin. Nothing has changed with the fundamentals or the math. The only thing that will make a difference over a long period of time is self-custody. I believe the movement of precious metals recently shows us that direction. Physical over paper. Agentics will only work on digital obviously. Tether is pushing XAUt, why wouldn't they? Stable coins may be what we settle on for the payment rails. If this becomes the case then the warning of will have been prophetic. Bitcoin will be a store of value not a medium of exchange. At least not in the mass market. We can do our part by spending Bitcoin into the circular economies mentioned (#BitcoinBeach) in the previous note and where we met. The more of these we can establish and support like the faster we set an alternative path for those who have seen and been adversely impacted by the manipulation of central control. The optimist in me still looks at the Bitcoin protocol and recognizes that no one can stop me from sending peer-to-peer money. Even if central control locks down traditional PoS rails, we still have the ability to transact completely off the grid. To one extreme a TX sent over RF via ham radio More recently Bitchat using eCash each of them showing us the way. Our focus needs to shift from concerns pertaining to Wall St. They're going to do what they've always done. We instead each have the option to focus/create and use Bitcoin in the way we want, as reminds us. There has never been a true honest free market, so we have difficulty comprehending how that looks or works. Yet nothing has stopped Bitcoin thus far. New blocks keep arriving. We just need to do our thing and focus on the world we want. Bitcoin will assuredly be there. Bitcoin is the river. It simply finds a path. It can't be stopped. I'll look for you at the mouth of that river. ⛓️‍💥

I participate and fully endorse spending Bitcoin into circular economies. Bitcoin Beach and Berlín in El Salvador are excellent examples of this. There it works every day as money. Not only as a form a payment but merchant "A" will go to merchant "B" and spend money they've recieved over the week. The velocity is what keeps this flourishing. Aaron Day has created a conclusion and then he's gone about finding information that supports that. So leaving out important details which exemplify Bitcoin scaling (Lightning among them) is not surprising. He probably doesn't even know about it because he's never looked. Investigating as to why one might be wrong, is not conducive to a shills need for face time on the pods. Frankly, I find it despicable. Save Bitcoin - absolutely. Spend and replace as well. I've used Bull Bitcoin in this way. Send funds from fiat account to Bull. They arrive quickly, are available to spend, which I turn into lightning at Bull and send to my hot wallet. I'm just converting fiat into Bitcoin. It's no different than a debit card with the exception that the merchant gets Bitcoin. I've essentially just spent fiat in a swap.

What are you running? I could sure use an ai accountant.

Aaron Day is really making the rounds it would seem. Dig a little deeper and you'll see why he is peddling the hijack and Epstein narrative. I'll wager he's been gifted a sizeable stack of BCash. The connections run back to Roger through Jeffrey Tucker and a meeting in 2017. I was there. Day is using this to pump (and then dump) his bags on the greater fools who will buy into this FUD. #charlatan

I'm no fan of Justin Trudeau but props where props deserved, he went into the ring a took care of business. This is how wars should be settled. I don't know why this "toss" would allow them to film him at the heavy bag. 😔

well deserved 🙌

Two based and inspiring dudes having a chin wag. Be a fly on the wall and drop in on this convo. This is the way 🔥

I've avoided commenting on the controversy and or taking sides, as I lack the technical depth to fully understand the implications either way. So I'm left with the trusting not verifying dilemma, while I continue to obtain relevant information. What I can discern are the ad hominems. There are plenty from both sides. These show emotional outbursts not relevant arguments, so both should be ignored. Heros die: Being a veteran of civil war 1 (big blocks) I've become split on the opinions from those whom I followed into battle previously. For and against each have significantly inflencial and knowledgeable people that stood for what I "believed" in. If those same people conflict with my values, I'm less willing to "believe" them now. Yet my beliefs have limited relevance to the technical facts. Can both sides be correct? Like the Abortion debate: As with this highly divisive and deeply personal topic both sides have entrenched personal beliefs and there are reasonable arguments to support each position. Yet there is only 1 truth. What is the TRUTH in the OP_RETURN controversy? Will either side ever concede? Is it resolvable? I don't know how this will resolve but it would seem that personal responsibility plays a big roll. Educate one's self to the best of our ability then align this information with our beliefs, being cognizant of the propaganda, AI and algos that fill the debate with useless noise. For the sake of everything (I believe) Bitcoin represents, I pray the truth will come to light for the majority (consensus) and it does so before the non-truth faction potentially co-opts or ultimately destroys the greatest discovery of modern man - Honest, decentralized, secure, censorship resistant MONEY.

This is why we can't have nice things. To be fair to WL, as a smaller operation how can they better avoid/prevent slop and remain "free and open" to artists. I don't frequent WL so I can't offer my personal experience but on balance, I'd say this is an AI music issue more than a WL issue. Spotify is intentionally polluting the referral engines with slop so as to avoid payouts - pure evil. Deezer has an algorithm that can detect the subtle differences and insists on artist labelling or they are banned at worst, marginalized in the ref engine best case. This is something we are all grappling with. Support live music when we can. Unsubscribe from slop factories (Spotify) and hold services to account like you have with WL.

When you spend and replace, you also teach them how this currency is used on an everyday basis. It's great savings technology for a starter home but it's money too. With Bitcoin it's possible to live within our means and save what we don't spend. That hasn't been possible for since early 70s thanks to broken money.