I miss that guy. Both him and John MacArthur.

Not to mention the college admission and jobs preferences, endless government handouts, the ability to speak your mind since you'd be an oppressed minority, favorable portrayal in media, the ability to win all arguments and disputes by claiming "racism" and, best of all, you could eliminate your state income tax by declaring your official residence to be located on a reservation! Where do I sign up?

Actually, I think you do. Or at least that's what they're proposing. Not that I have much sympathy for those in the UK. They voted for wokeness instead of common sense and I'm now happy to see them paying the price via techno-authoritarianism. But I don't kid myself... There all also some good people in the UK who will be trapped by digital ID and other invasive policy, and it won't be self-imposed.

Those living in the UK would likely disagree.

Brilliant, I love it!

Agreed. It's especially important to tip your servers, Uber drivers, valets, etc. in cash.

It's very rare that I use SMS these days. As far as I can tell, its only remaining use cases are the confirmation of dental and haircut appointments, and more importantly, a vehicle to propagate scam texts. I received a "wrong number" SMS message yesterday and naturally, it caused me to wonder: How many times can one mention PF Chang's before the scammer terminates the conversation in frustration? I tried to find out. He didn't even have time to pitch me on his FX trading system. Instead, he offered to make me dinner. That's what elite-level UFC fighters like me refer to as a "verbal submission." Tap out by fortune cookie. #sms #chinese-food #pfchangs #scam #tapout #verbal-submission

Katy Perry went into space a while back and didn't report any surprises re: the shape of the earth. If the earth were flat, she would've written a song about it.

Great article.

Progressivism is predicated on using the state to seize others' wealth by force and redistribute it. Bitcoin and progressivism are completely incompatible.

Excellent post, my man. It's true that there are power hungry tyrants who get off on controlling the rest of us. Most of us see them as enemies. The Bill Gates and Elizabeth Warrens and Hillary Clintons of world will always be there, eager to steal, and even murder to consolidate their power and enrich themselves at others' expense. But those people aren't the problem. They're not even the enemy. They're just a symptom. The sad fact is that our fellow men no longer value freedom. It's not even that they're indifferent to freedom; They actively despise it, and they despise you for wanting it -- because freedom entails personal responsibility, and today, there's no greater anathema to the common man than being responsible for one's own life. The majority is more than happy to use the government to transfer wealth by force from your pocket into their own. A sizable chunk of Democrats, and even some Republicans, would've had you arrested for not following government mandates on masks and vaccines. The government is a useful tool to them. Not a threat. Not an enemy. This is why I laugh a bit when I see people on NOSTR who, like in the anime world you described, try to help us define which policy maker is our "enemy." Our enemy isn't some leftist senator or compromised Core devs embracing spam. Those people are just a symptom of a society that loathes freedom. Embracing this truth was initially depressing, but ultimately freeing. I no longer have to maintain a list of enemies. I no longer have burn mental cycles hating people or groups. I just game-theory the heck out of my environment, ally myself with like-minded individuals, and exploit loopholes in the broken system wherever they may be found.

You were just zapped, son.

It sure seems like those who profit from spam have paid off the Core devs. What's weird though, is that I always imagined those old school Core devs as being so wealthy (in Bitcoin terms) as to be immune from bribes from greasy spammers. At a minimum, you'd think they'd want to preserve the value of their own stack, not destroy it. To see guys like Pieter Wuille, who I once had a great deal of respect for, and who has personally answered my naive questions via the Bitcoin Stack Exchange, fall prey to this sort of sleaze is really disheartening. 😔 It appears Core is abandoning the whole solid money thing and is angling to be a slower, less efficient Ethereum. It really is true what you say though; Money buys everything. Hope the Core devs are able to buy some really sweet Bitcoin NFTs with whatever they're getting out of this.

is NPM dependent, from what I read. Is the mobile app vulnerable to today's NPM exploit? #bitcoin #zeus

Meh... NY women voted overwhelmingly for politicians and policies that encourage that sort of behavior. Let them suffer. Let them live in fear. No sympathy whatsoever.

Interesting thread. I seem to have orchestrated my life in a manner that's offensive to both feminists and traditional conservatives. I do avoid women with tattoos, yet my friends are almost exclusively female, and I have absolutely zero interest in marriage, breeding, or being an "alpha male." Oh, and I'm also a fundamentalist Christian who actually takes the words of Jesus and Paul seriously when they said a man is better off not getting married. Close, opposite-sex, platonic friendships are the way to go. She stays a size zero and helps me with tedious chores, while I provide some financial support and an escape from the working world -- and we don't try to control each other. Full Autonomy > "True Love" ... People on both sides of the culture war are appalled by our arrangement, but it's worked for twenty-five years while their marriages, relationships, and financial situation have mostly deteriorated or dissolved entirely -- meanwhile we just travel about, engage in fun activities together, and enjoy life. If people would just set aside the patriarchy vs feminist culture war BS, and structure a mutual arrangement that serves both individuals, their lives would be so much easier.

I do, indeed!

It worked, thanks!

They won't show me the video unless I sign up. I keep putting off finding a workaround for YT's reg-wall. I've gotta get on that.