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 I had a cousin commit suicide this week.

Please remember that suicide is a permanent solution to... 
 Very sorry to hear that  
 The power law thing is fucking dumb 
 I also find the concept that we can predict bitcoins price to be unlikely. However, given that bitcoin is a device that is extremely tied to nature, energy, entropy, etc. It would not be completely out of this world to see it correlate its mathematical trends to other thing in nature. The fact that it has power laws in other domains other than price is also intriguing.  
 @jack you once posted a video of a documentary titled something like “it’s all a rich man’s trick”. I thought that was an interesting story. Do you know more content about that? 
 The United States’ election system feels as corrupt as other nations that are typically criticized for having fake elections.  
 For the first time, I am making an anonymous social media account to let my thoughts free. Enjoy.  
 I will simply never vote for a candidate who proposes taxing unrealized gains. 

On this issue I ... 
 Both candidates feel like terrible choices. How can our democracy have degraded so severely? 
 rights aren’t given, they’re taken.

bitcoin and nostr help you take and defend them, peacefu... 
 Couldn’t agree more. Bitcoin is the new self defense weapon of the 21st century