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 I like that there’s a place on the Internet where I don’t feel obligated to talk about the cu... 
 This is the internet, we are the current thing. We’re early. 
 "Today, these organizations spend their time exploiting the taxpayers for ever larger budgets, fo... 
 Do not lend to the state. 
 If the government was covering expenditures with taxes the world would be a better place. Deficit spending is the most evil of all. I’m against all of it but the e point remains that they care less about taxes when they can print. 
 Just to be clear I want all of the above to be gone, it is as you say all criminal activity. 

The fed is there to promote moral hazard and for the world at large to pay the price. 
 My main struggle as a parent is distinguishing between giving them
- what they need
- what they w... 
 When you have kids you realise that nobody is born a parent 
 #bitcoin is still very mysterious to 99% of the population,  it's like they know what the interne... 
 Says are stupid cheap right now 
 Bitcoin doesn’t need America.

America needs #Bitcoin 
 And obviously the same for any and all regions. How dumb would you have to be to exclude yourself? 
 Cryptography doesn't solve bad government.
nostr:nevent1qqsxdg499rwz46clry5e4vcvtazmjnsgexgmvffvg... 
 In time and in a roundabout way it may well do. 
 Had with basil 🌿 mozzarella for dinner 🍽️ 
 A classic indeed 
 People will circle jerk around the idea that the US is a failing state going the way of the USSR.... 
 The west in general needs bitcoin to bring back reality and a healthy society 
 Gm.
Study cryptography.
Bitcoin didn't magically appear. It was a combination of many many projec... 
 Great advice 
 Tomatoes 🍅 are so good 😊 
I bought 3 varieties today from local farms, each with unique fla... 
 Slow roasted at about 80c with a bit of oregano and seasoning. Really good on top of grilled goats cheese. 
 Over there you have a deranged and inefficient blob who only know how to steal. Attached to them are the feckless, grifters and monopolists who are scared of competition. 

Over here we have humanities finest. 

Morning people, maximum props to you all. 
 I’m going to leave this right here, damed if you do and damed if you don’t. nostr:note1ctslcr... 
 One love 
 On the other side of the lockdowns we had an incredible amount of minds awaken.

The direction go... 
 Their hubris and desperation are in clear sight. Or inefficiency is inherent to democracy. Or bad jobs attract the worst people. 
 This is the right answer. 
 Bastiat is brilliant on this 
 We have a low time preference in Kansas City and ten year decisions are the norm. 

We can target... 
 Beef is more important than bitcoin 
 There have been a lot of ideas about dealing with unwanted content on nostr. I'm going to try to ... 
 I really appreciate that explanation, thanks 
 You didn’t think this was going to be easy, did you? Nothing worthwhile ever is. 

We are a com... 
 LFG 
 Some essential characteristics of Mutiny Wallet.

Non-custodial:
- You are in control of your key... 
 Mutiny powering people 
 Simple but effective 
 What do you call a French guy being mauled by a lion?

Claude. 
 I had a job digging for water, it was well boring 
 You can't vote the money printers out of office.
 
 You can and you are by stacking. This was never going to be anything other than a shit fight. 
 The “AND THEN THEY FIGHT YOU” phase was ALWAYS part of the path of a successful bitcoin. 
 They’re hastening their demise 
 If you held out against the nastiness during the covid period and refused to take the drugs, even... 
 They have awoken us by their actions. 
 Never been more bullish on bitcoin/Nostr. 

Never been so over the rest. 
 GM☀️☕️

Governments speaking out against non-KYC money and making AN arrest is a complete... 
 If it’s not just then ignore it. Law should protect your rights. 
 I don’t know who needs to hear this but the Covid mask 😷 that you wore for two years never d... 
 Neither did destroying small businesses, destroying children’s lives, stopping loved ones visiting at the end of life and all the other horrendous shite. More to the point the excess deaths caused by the injections are hard to comprehend while being ignored by the state and all their lackeys. They really do hate us.  ‘Stay safe’ - fuck off! 
 GM

it's a good day to not be a commie!
 
 Like any other. In my town there are a load of kids trying to dress down while looking conspicuously rich and handing out Socialist Worker, I often think I should stop and disavow them. 
 Mental model: an ecash mint with the purpose of processing payments for a specific service is an ... 
 All of what you are pushing and creating with ecash is so powerful as it’s just not worth the state even trying to censor which in turn means they are forced to accept privacy. 
 Commercial banks are directly responsible for monetary creation, they don’t need to borrow. 
 I was not thinking of banks, just the legacy finance folk. 
 Not worth the effort. If you really want good water then glass bottle mineral is the only option. 
 Absolutely, we get ours delivered in bulk by Hilton and it works out quite cheap. Another thing we do is a ‘sole’ which is dissolved Himalayan salt added to the water. 
 Mortgage rates in Italy are back below 2% for a 20y fixed. 🤯 

Think about that for a second. ... 
 That is an unreal fiat short opportunity 
 Makes you wonder how dumb the suits with access to cheap credit really are. 
 Calling it “p2p” is ceding ground.

It’s just commerce… it’s trading.

p2p is not the a... 
 Trade to build 
 Good morning Plebs, I love you all. 
 You can only have 1:

a.) super intelligence

b.) ridiculously funny 

What do you choose? Just c... 
 Funny for sure 
 We’re winning. They’re starting to notice and pulling out all the stops. They won’t stop un... 
 Bullish. I love this take. 
 You know it feels like hardly a single day passes without feeling like I’m being totally fucked... 
 I fit the same profile and I feel exactly the same 
 Bitcoin is not hand waving, it’s taking action. 
 Twitter makes me sad every time I go there. What makes me even more sad are those people I love a... 
 I’ve never been on Twitter or anything and I would have kept it like that but I love Bitcoin/ers so I trusted that Nostr would be worth my while and I have to say it’s brilliant. 
 We should zap each other. Just to show there's no hard feelings. 👉👈 
 I’m over it 
 Image is nothing to the didactic learner.
Image is everything to the status seeker. 
 Reputation trumps image 
 Price deflation under sound money is nothing more than a result of real growth in the economy tha... 
 The reward for ingenuity 
 Nothing is inflationary except inflation. 

Misis

Afternoon Nostr. 
 Paying in cash has always been easy, fast and inherently private. 

Users didn’t realize they w... 
 And if we can reach this then it’s pointless to bother us further 
 First they came for Tornado cash

and I said nothing

because they were shitcoiners

… 
 Sharp! 
 I LIKE THE NOSTR 
 FWD>>> 
 Central planning is running everything. I have run my little business for over 30 years but it’s now below pointless. Freedom is prerequisite in many forms but trade is certainly one and they are crushing the little folk. 
 Seed oils (aka vegetable oils) contain high amounts of linoleic acid.

Linoleic acid causes white... 
 There are many more dangers to boot. Fats are signalling molecules and the proportion of polyunsaturates to saturates in the diet is confusing our biology. 
 Very good this, props.