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 Here’s my observation with respect to the U.S. Elections. Most people opining on why Americans ... 
 no. disagree  
 hi deep winter #iceland #mountain #sunset #winter #snow

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 storm clouds gathering

#white #blue #clouds #mountainlife

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 In today's #MONEYCLASS over at  @SN I share my journey into monetary economics and thinking about monetary matters. 

Go check it out 😉 

https://stacker.news/items/752441

#nostr #monetaryeconstr #econstr 
 I used to like Steven Pinker.

these days I'm not so sure.

https://stacker.news/items/752132/r/denlillaapan
@SN 
 highly recommend this @SN thread by @Svenska808. 

everything that's wrong with medicine + fiat + quick fix mentality #health #bitcoin #fiat #doctors 

https://stacker.news/items/750764/r/denlillaapan 
 nice find, nice find.

#Amsterdam #street #streetview #bitcoin #netherlands

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 People often ask me "is it worth investing my time in nostr?"

IDK IS IT WORTH BREAKING YOUR FUCK... 
 Nah, man. Not worth it. 

Gonna pass. I like slavery and surveillance state 
 Sometimes _Reason_ Magazine is, you know, REASONABLE

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 "When it comes to Bitcoin clothing, I still want something that fits into my day to day. Something that, you know, looks like streetwear, but that won’t attract attention, unless someone is really in the know. "
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/21-million-fashion-bitcoin-clothes-worth-the-sats
 @ad46db12 
 GFM 
 Like many, I really enjoy podcast, but fuck I absolutely hate the moment of prostitution where th... 
 For long-form podcasts, do you prefer when pauses and filler words (um, like, etc) are edited out... 
 edited, I guess I have to confess: I _loved_ that clip-clip feature of Pocket Casts 
 Politics isn't about the clown show on TV, but at the base of it about deep philosophical questions  @stephanlivera


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https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/bitcoin-wont-let-you-transcend-politics 
 gm 
 It’s my genuine belief that Kamala Harris’s IQ is a few points below the national average. 
 a verifiably "low-IQ person... she's a low-IQ person" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBMoPUAeLnY&ab_channel=PowerfulJRE  
 well, that shit just got, you know, 7% harder 
 Yea, sometimes you just _hate your own goddamn guts_, don't you. 

Expensive, silly mistake. Tune in at  @SN for the full story

https://stacker.news/items/743344 
 GM #Nostr! 

Let's post some notes and zaps to get the week started!

Wishing everyone a positive... 
 Who watched Trump's interview on the Rogan show? What did you think? Curious. I haven't finished ... 
 halfway through, crazy how calm, serious, relatable and profesh he was 
 Life at 66° N is pretty wild sometimes 

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 Today's MONEY CLASS deals with Gresham's Law...

...you know, that silly little trope that comes up and now again: Bad money drives out good money. 

No, no it doesn't. Featuring, not entirely favorably,  @LynAlden

https://stacker.news/items/738907 
 the world's least unpredictable thing. 

clown world likes to hit lower lows 
 My wife is pregnant. 

These next months are going to be a wild ride. 

Wish us luck. 
 Good job and congratulations. I wish you the best 
 I'm a simple man, all I require is anice burbon, 🧊 cube and a splash of sparkling water

So re... 
 pics or didn't happen -- amirite,  @Svenska808 
 I'm really happy about how today's MONEY CLASS at  @SN turned out. (The Nominal and The Real in Bitcoin Land)

Lots of monetary economics to learn here. 


https://stacker.news/items/737272

Some honorary appearances include  @resistancemoney  @breedlove22 and more 
 I understand where you're coming from because I also considered myself left/progressive when I en... 
 "any attempt to reconcile leftist ideology with bitcoin is cognitive dissonance"

nostr:note14p3h8rnr5kj9ndt6mcsjg9kus69fe2jnhhrlw7j7pn2n32n7xqwq7ht9s6  
 Dear Bitcoiners on #nostr,

For some, when you see or hear someone say they are a progressive/lef... 
 truly 
 If I may be so bold and try to answer for the right-wing fascists etc [insert stupid labels]...

Yes, we appreciate that you guys are here, 
- personally, because as you say you have overcome a LOT of intellectual baggage to arrive _here_;
- and instrumentally, because you can convey bitcoiny content to left-wingers that I never could since -- as I wrote in my  @BitcoinMagazine review of  @Jason Maier's book -- they'd instantly suspect foul play and shut me down. (I am a fascist, after all.)

Yes, we _also_ understand that you're not the caricature of a left-wing nut or much of a Democrat.

...hence we arrive at PINO (Progressive in Name Only). What, alas, is left once you've shed all these progressive talking points?

All of it would seem to collapse into "libertarian with strong social ethos," or small-gov right-winger who wants people to be nice to LGBTers. That's fine. By that metric, _I_ am a bloody progressive. 

Trey -- would you give it your best shot to square this circle for me? Try to reconcile bitcoin/self-sov/unbank/stop money-printing and the big gov it allows with the many progressive aim and goals that seem to depend crucially on that.  
 precisely 
 YES 
 After setting 200 sats/min for v4v listening in Fountain, something unexpected happened to me. 

... 
 nice, man. 

Will try it to see what happens 
 gm 
 500 Follower Celebration!

Firstly, Id like to show some gratitude towards a few fellow bitcoiner... 
 THat's awesome!

...now, let's replace the forum addiction with a new (better? Bitcoin-y?) one: 
https://stacker.news/r/denlillaapan 
 Friend wired some money on Friday. Still not in the account. 
FU SEPA network, you're much broken. 
 happens with SEPA a lot over the weekend. Gets stuck for, like, three days into the week 
 totally  
 hahah yea, for sure. Sitting there prettily on banks accounts earning that sweet ECB deposit rate 
 You can think about life in games -- an insight popularized by James Carse or great like John von Neumann. 

Nate Silver's new book _On the Edge_ does a great job flushing that out-- in all manner of domains: AI, x-risk, #bitcoin

Refreshingly: the bitcoin summary, while tangential to the book, DOES NOT SUCK. 

#bookreviews #politicstr #nostr #plebchain 




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"Whether poker hands, public policy, or how to estimate the risk of runaway AI, On the Edge is about how to think well about a problem. That’s a worthy exercise for all of us."
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/25646/

 
 wooah, I don't know that one. Gotta check it out 
 ugh. I read this to be _today_. 

Sitting here frenetically checking all manner of streams (YT, Nostr, Zap.stream).  
 GM 
 "The post-1971 era that brought with it a booming real estate industry is suffering the same fate as the bond market; the generation bull market is over. Real estate prices may go up, but that will be nothing more than a mirage of wealth creation."
https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-real-estate/
 @MartyBent  @leonwankum 
 Tomorrow is the day. 
Creating this video took me more than 1.000 hours of my life. 

I can’t e... 
 about time! Looking forward to it 
 📸 100 SATS FOR YOUR BEST OUTDOOR/NATURE PHOTO 🖼

Looking to zap AT LEAST 100 people in the ... 
 What to pick...

How about, "The world is so big, and I am so small"?
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#nature #iceland #waterfalls #falls #longsummers #glory #pray #god
 
 this looks AI-generated. Crazy 
 YES, where is this?? 
 Let me emphasize that, from the bottom of my European soul: 

No, we cannot. 
Not the cars, not the shit food, not the drive-through, not the overweight people, not the paparazzi, not the President-pretending-to-do-normal-jobs shit. None of it. 

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 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

GRATEFUL FOR OUR TRIBE. 

ONWARD. 🫡 
 LFG