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 I love Americans in a lot of ways, in other ways I think y'all completely retarded. 
 I swear I replace our LED bulbs that are supposed to LaSt FoREvEr AnD UsE No EneRGy more often th... 
 Well this is certainly true for those white saving bulbs, ugly light, break very quick, very expensive and dirty to make. In Europe they are heavily subsidized, a total scam. 
 Just leave. By staying you're supporting the bombing of the middle east. 
 I meant financially. Ofcourse there's no moral duty to leave the place you were born to not finance wars. But it feels damn good to not pay taxes anymore to warmongers. 
 I know many people want me to be “the progressive bitcoiner” guy to reach the left. I keep tr... 
 Just listened a bit to your recent one with Hodl, from my view the problem is that still all the same confusing concepts are being used (left-right progressive liberal conservative etc). They are an attack on clarity and when you keep using them, it shows you are still addicted to them. 
 RE: UK/EU CENSORSHIP, SURVEILLANCE, AND ARRESTS

ELON WILL ACT TOUGH IN PUBLIC AND BEND THE KNEE ... 
 For me the question is: is he a net positive? I think so. Many truths are getting seen because of him and that's very essential in these times. 
 I'd rather not shower you with compliments but ok. You sure know how to get some work done Pete, respect for that. And you're a natural conversationalist. Good luck. 
 Yegor is right, this dude breedlove is the worst fuckin bitcoin influencer of the year! He can go... 
 It's not dRaMa. Breedlove has tons of followers and preaches about the nuclear family and hard money, while dating an OF chick and promoting scams. It's about pointing about his off the scale hypocrisy. 
 OK son Breedlove may not be a piece of shit after a 
 If you believe everything this clown sais, go on bitclout. 
 And not with bobby bitclout? 🤣  
 For me it's not about forgiveness when I decide who I am inspired by, it's about what it sais about him as a person. Same for the bumbum case, his hypocrisy is just off the scale, preaching about the nuclear family and dating this chick. Of course we can never know the full details of the situation with his ex, but it's a festival of red flags. 
 True, they exist, but if you fall for them you're childish and weak. It would actually be yet another huge red flag. 
 Well well well...
https://x.com/birdsrnotreal2/status/1799478700582539767

Keep sucking this guys dick bro... 
 Can somebody give me the skinny on the Breedlove and Lauren Booty situation and what happened? I... 
 Wise people never trusted him in the first place, the rest should have gotten the message with the bitclout thing. Saylor made a big mistake legitimizing him. 
 Find help. 
 'also' ? 🤣 

Breedlove just repeated words and knew how to sound intellectual. Saylor (and many other bitcoiners) didn't commit a crime legitimizing him, but a moment of reflection is a good idea in circumstances like this. 

'What did I miss?' 
 Well she has one advantage, she knows she has nothing to retire on, a lot of people think they have. 
 Can't listen: "You have not provided a valid SoundCloud URL." 
 I just received word that Craig Wright has discontinued all parts of his UK libel proceedings aga... 
 ❤️ 😊  
 Dream flow: buy new phone, enter 12 words, done. 

Everything's set up, including my config, apps... 
 But where would the phone get the data from? 
 Unsolicited advice: someone asks you how your marriage is, just say “good” and refuse to elab... 
 With very good friends it can be a reasonable question. Anyone else who even dares to ask such a question, your life will be better without them. 
 Self-custody is the only way forward.

Without it, all of Bitcoin’s other properties are pointl... 
 Almost all ETF's have their bitcoin at shitcoin casino coinbase, which is ensured for only 1% of what they hold.

It's so easy to predict what's gonna happen next...

nObOdY sAw ThIs CoMiNg!!!1!

wE nEeD mOrE rEgUlAtIoN!1!1! 
 Detached from reality, but glad she can use bitcoin. 
  nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm every time I open Primal o... 
 I would say it's not a major update but an essential one. I will stop using Alby because of this. It takes me a lot of clicks before I am on a nostr site. 
 Some more feedback:
Where is the option to remember a login? Now I have to type my pw and then click login and then (every time) choose the level of trust. I can't see it in the options anywhere.

I tried the feedback page but I have to fill in an email? Isn't that the whole point? Please just make a Nostr login. 
 Funny, never heard bitcoiners say that. But hey, he just interviewed Roger Ver, maybe he said it. 
 One of the hardest things I have to deal with is the many creative people I have known in my life. They write books, make movies or play music that seem to come from another planet. Totally in tune with something infinite, just spot on.

And then they turn around and act like the filthiest scum ever to walk the earth. With spines of wet paper, thoughtlessly pushing whatever they are fed, shaming people into complying. With loud voices but with absolutely no substance. No ability to think or reason.

It's ashtonishing. 
 Great to hear you've invested in something that can't be accounted for. Sounds like a great inves... 
 So everything that's not a medium of account is a bad investment? 🤣  
 In my place, the property was once obtained with violence from native people.

How about yours.
 
 That's probably true for all land where people want to live. Btw these 'native' people did the same thing, at least in the US. 
 Prices quoted in dollars. Seems like a fiat business. 
 btc is a long way from being a medium of account 
 This makes sense. Maybe the best app to recommend to new users is Spring or something like Spring... 
 Didn't try but the way I demonstrate Nostr to people is: sit down at a laptop, and visit several Nostr sites and show them that my profile is the same on each site and explain that I have created this profile only once. 
 I think it sparked something. It's a good way to show it's not a twitter alternative but a new protocol. 
 A story that illustrates why I will never orange pill anyone ever again. 

2015- Attempt to orang... 
 I hope you reflect on yourself as well. It reads as if he was not ready to make a big investment. Meet people where they are, not where you want them to be.

I have never tried orange pilling anyone in 11+ years, maybe with a rare exception of the first 2 months. If people ask me what I do, I mumble something with the word bitcoin included. If they are curious, I give them a bit more. If not, not. 
 Ah sorry, I read over the first line, good! 
 Hey! Was just introduced to this through Tik-Tok and figured I would give it a go. 

I love horro... 
 Welcome my friend! 
 We....found another block. 
 LFG! 
 Not intrinsically bad tools, but yeah, the implementation is problamatic. 
 If you view the people of Israel as occupiers, you're saying they have no right to exist in Israe... 
 In my view everybody has the right to exist anywhere, as long as you get your property in an ethical way. A lot of property in Israel, as it seems to me, was obtained with violence. 

I don't think whole states belong to anybody, although governments pretend to. 
 Are you aware that the Jewish people have lived on that same land for over 3,000 years?  Are you ... 
 I know the history is complicated. States don't own land in my perception, people do. As far as I can say, there has been a lot of immoral takeover of land by Israeli's, backed by the state. I've seen Saifedean debate Walter Block, and his arguments held up pretty damn good. I'm not having conversation.

Maybe I would agree that those people were occupiers, but that doesn't make it right what happened. 
 Steal what exactly?  Another question for you...how would you describe what happened on October 7th? 
 Land.
Terrorism. 
 As part of your reflections on the topic I would encourage you to honestly answer the likely outc... 
 Yeah, let me first steal everything you got and lock you up, and when you resist, I propose peace. You see? You're the aggressor! 
 I am getting close to giving a more detailed assessment on Israel/Hamas, as it drags on.

And it ... 
 If you take the history in account of the last 80 years, I tend to sympathize more with the Palestinians, I think they've been treated very badly. 

It's important to see it separate from the huge problems with muslim immigrants in western countries, which become more visible with this conflict. 
 If someone non-technical asked you how to buy bitcoin and self-custody it, what resources and dev... 
 Coinkite.