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 Ga nostriches. May have finished my book. 90k words, covers some operations issues, involves some wine drinking and a few rather nuanced anecdotes. Don’t it will ever be a best seller, but maybe gives a new, if rather protracted way of introducing #bitcoin to a new crowd. So, now back to the start to start fixing all my typos and inability to connect my brain to my fingers
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 STOP COMPLAINING.

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
TAKE ACTION.
LIVE FREE. 
 Taking responsibility may actually set you free. 🫡🙌 
 End of an era. Good work @petermccormack and @dannyknowles and all the awesome guests you’ve had over the years. Onwards and upwards. https://fountain.fm/episode/S7hb3aMjbXMYsbHpIDNl 
 Gm nostriches, Nomad capital came up in my YouTube feed, cheers for the first touch point @stephanlivera. This video really got the mind running, been face palming the labour govetnment (forever), but adding some real clarity for why I need to seriously consider packing my bags. Sovereign individual thesis boys (and ladies), #bitcoin bag is always packed !!!! https://youtu.be/CC6ZxXUCDwE?si=RBQr-pvAcCC4-z22 
 Gm Mark, let’s make this Friday epic! 🫡🙌 
 Ah, the socialist labour government, exemplifying the jealousy of people looking at those who have worked hard to achieve something, from their position of supporting and paying off union leaders, who have achieved their position based on not actually being any good that their jobs in the first place. 
 Very eloquently put sir. Have an exceptional day my nostr fren. 🫡🙌 
 This is not my happy place, consumerism, with a sprinkle of seed oils and sugar. M&m store, Leicester Square London. Buy the same product for over twice as much, for the “experience”, that you likely can’t afford but definitely don’t need. 
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 Thank you @jyn_urso loved the piece on @TheGuySwann And great it will be in the next issue of @BitcoinMagazine. This paper just got my a step closer to going freelance academic, if this is the sort of stuff “publish or perish” leads to. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/f-k-bad-research 

Some abridged notes on the original paper.
 https://x.com/dugandrupe/status/1754876572987777394?s=46 
 Gm nostriches. Great penultimate what Bitcoin did, with @thetrocro (thank you). Really look forward to reading more about this study and data set.

Really love some “hard”, or at least rigorously collected, data showing that Bitcoin is not just for the librarian (3% of libertarians), carnivore, gun toting conservatives, but that it is not owned by people who are yet to learn about it. 

I love that those who dislike #bitcoin tend to be those that don’t understand it, or have chosen this lack of understanding as something to focus attention against and manipulate (e.g. EWarren). 

When someone REALLY doesn’t like Bitcoin, check their history, check their motives, and then think “is this the person I should be listening to” then continue your learning. I’d love to see if there is data about whether Bitcoin ownership is related to being inquisitive, have an appetite for knowledge and question the world around you. Cheers @HODL for the quote that those people that don’t do this will be miserable, and so look for people to save them (more hand outs please mr government person)

https://fountain.fm/episode/2DiqKv8o2WjXecYTEAv8 
 I’m preparing to play this clip for my students in the first lecture of the year https://fountain.fm/clip/21NFHx4hTdvw4sVUVbcG



 
 Unacceptable line of questioning, imho. 
 Gm nostriches, spoke to a friend the other day, an academic (with a phd), asked what I was researching, #bitcoin, I said, oh saw that at $90, but had no money, expensive business now, a friend is into crypto, but I cba (can’t be arsed).

Now to see if my research and writing can actually change someone’s mind.

Remember how early we are. Have a great day freaks, #coffeechain time, #grownostr everyday and maybe help someone learn something new
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 Still waiting for the right moment to open some packs (and some all time Rye)

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 My little bro who I’ve been stacking for for 4 years turned around to me, aged 19 and said, “... 
 You have much to learn, my young paduan. 
 Deleted Twitter account, long overdue.  
 All I use Twitter for is saving the tweets I’ve written, but don’t feel able to post on that controlled space platform. I suppose it’s about time I start using “notes” for that. Also, on the final chapter of lodgings of #wayfaring men, thank you for putting me onto this. 🫡🙌 
 I never thought a book about commerce outside government oppression would help me better understand my wife and parenting. Not many books that are able to do that. I will accept, I still know very little about either subject. 
 Adding the government overreach part to my book this morning…… Canadian truckers was fun, but how about uk arrests for social media posts? Yes, I’ll have a bit of that, with the argument, ‘and you think they should have anything to do with your money?’ 
 Do you have any details on the original publication? Thank you. 
 Oakie doakie, no problem, will have a search myself. Hope you have a good day planned rune. 
 Think I’ve found it, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305178, as with most articles, likely very dry, but at the same time, fun if you know more about the subject than the author. 🫡🙌 
 Gm nostriches, if you’re still engaging with the fiat system (gbp, use euro), fiat social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), fiat systems (councils, schools, universities), fiat consumption(buying shit you don’t need, hat tip Tyler ), don’t feed the beast. 

Try to remove yourself a little, each and everyday. Go full nostr. #grownostr #bitcoin only. Thanks for the podcast @ODELL and @jack https://fountain.fm/episode/IgKUmKLdgEj25Tt8cX93 
 Being an individual is rare. 

Of course everyone is an individual, but most will not identify th... 
 Ayn Rand was onto something. 🫡 
 nostr seems more alive lately... 
 Because the rest of the world is more dead? 
 Why socialism always leads to slavery:

Socialists vote for free stuff

Govt prints money to prov... 
 “That’s only because they didn’t do socialism the right way” 🤣 
 “Let them think and live for themselves….. There are people who desperately want a leader. Rather than thinking and living for themselves, they want someone else to do it for them. Don’t try to save them, and don’t spell out every little detail for them - let them do it themselves.” Phillip Donham #wayfaringmen on #bitcoin by Rosenberg. https://image.nostr.build/fa5a2850676d1765055e6d77b0a26996039397424c4e5d575b8835655a439454.jpg  
 I got mine from https://thebitcoinshop.uk, thanks to @HodlSolo 
 Selling your reputation for a blue check is not something you can easily buy back, thanks @MADEX for inspiring this reply. 🫡🙌 to you both. 
 Gm nostriches. Finally watching channel 4’s skint, about the real state of the uk economy. Sobering watching, but unsurprising. GDP per capita is all you need to see, add in inflation eating your purchasing power and everything being shit in the uk is no surprise. Hey uk, got #bitcoin? 
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 Not enough attention on government spending and debt, in my opinion, some interesting stuff on the “black box” of productivity improvements, but mainly suggested the need for more growth to fix everything. Have a feeling the presenter was potentially inclined towards the Keynesian end of the spectrum. 
 Ga nostriches, Saturday evening #steakstr and #beerstr, a mighty one at that #oldtom. Went to a local butcher and got some ribeye, expensive compared to the normal steaks but what I’ll be on 24/7 once I reach a grass fed standard. Slightly overcook due to multi tasking, but thicker one was a nice blush centre #foodstr #grownostr 
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 Beauty makes Marxist viscerally angry. 

At first that seems odd until you remember that communis... 
 And villainising the beautiful people for being “the other” 
 Gm nostriches. 

I fully accept $mstr is a shitcoin and @saylor has some issues to address (it is “peer-to-peer electronic cash, it is not only “property”, time for school bru), but given I can’t hold actual coin in my pension, Friday pumps like this at least give the potential for me to retire, while leaving my #bitcoin stack untouched (but still using to buy products and services that a too valuable to be priced in fiat) and ready to transfer to the next generation. 

Have an awesome Saturday freaks, second #coffeechain locked and loaded.
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 Gm nostriches, interesting idea this morning to work on with parents that may be moving towards retirement age.

What is likely their best option for using their “tax free lump sum”? Take100 hours to learn about #bitcoin, which I hope you’ve already helped them get through some of 🫡,  before they covert that fiat into sats? Likely their best/only chance to live a relaxed, comfortable life in #retirement. #pensions black hole resolved?
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 Well said, I now feel underdressed if I leave the house without a Bitcoin hat!!!! Although did feel like I target when running past people wearing my “running Bitcoin” shirt. 
 GO ALL IN ON NOSTR. 
 Time to Rug pull Elon’s plans for a super app, social credit score, chip in your head, mandibles’ future. 
 I wrote about drinking a glass of peony lane cab franc in my book today, the protagonists really enjoyed it. 
 Oh, writing a book sounds like a good idea, not too much work and a nice exercise in discipline……. 6 months later. https://image.nostr.build/001600371db47cf2ac3e3c9e6237fe42a9ba5bbb548c85fe138a4fd0d187699c.jpg  
 #communist4kamala 
 It’s not about the profit or the loss, it’s about exiting the system and sending a message. 🫡 
 Gm nostriches!!! Happy #Bitcoin Thursday freaks!!!! Can’t deny, the summer doldrums are dragging on a touch (but loving doing only my work, rather than the work of the evil fiat overlords), I’m ready for a little more excitement, so nothing better than a pod with @petermccormack and the legend @harry to set me straight, and awaken my internal, engineering logic, bulltard. Great news about the merger with $clsk, happy to admit I am an investor, so now I can say I invest in Mr Sudock, which is very bullish. #grownostr #bitcoin https://fountain.fm/episode/CnSGklcEg97ybJCFo2LD 
 Gm nostriches, loving this “new chapter” with the same of cronies, if anyone believes this dog shit, I truly worry for the world. Let me be clear; she cannot explain what inflation is…….. who will actually be controlling the ship?
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 If you maintain a carb rich diet……. Also, more steak and less ham in a bun! 
 Fiat research studies, suggesting sound money diets are bad for you, research sponsored by Kelloggs 😉

Research findings are often highly correlated with the aims and priorities of those funding the research. 
 Gm nostriches, enjoying the #coffeechain outside with the #catstr before a day attempting the finish of the book and maybe take the kids out to a park on the bikes 🚲. Worked out how to explain #bitcoin from the perspective of operations management yesterday….. good times, although head was buzzing so much, couldn’t get to sleep. Onwards. 🫡🙌 https://video.nostr.build/82ccef3d875a9bda36784e3bf1392457834afea40a65f49b8bba55effdc0f534.mp4  
 Gm nostriches. Tuesday morning, summer doldrum vibes be like #bitcoin #grownostr big respect to the boys at @highhashrate  https://x.com/highhashrate/status/1763649449778454549?s=46 
 🫡🙌. Keep up the good work. 
 For my liberty? Everything. 
 The RH Rachel Reeves is also proposing/ threatening an upping of cap gains tax. Taxing those people attempting to improve their lot in life by taking a risk to escape fiat debasement. This goes from bad to worse. Buy #bitcoin, escape the madness. The wealthy and most productive will be withdrawing themselves from the system, or straight up leaving. Now waiting for something like France’s new tax rate for people who earn more the. €400k.
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 GA nostriches,

 Serious “windfall taxes”, “expropriating assets” and “reduce compensation paid to landowners”. NGL, for the UK, the riots could as easily be investor led than broader social unrest. Labour are taking us directly to a distopian nightmare!!! My plan, go boating with my #bitcoin. 
 And he attempted to invade the uk and he massively devalued to norweigian kroner to fuel war!!!! 
 Dude, the amount of Kamala ads on YouTube now is fucking vomit inducing. And they don’t let you... 
 This election is getting more suspicious by the day. I’m waiting for the double speak while they attempt to explain how she won, the results magically come in, in her favour. 

Will be time to batten down the hatches and make sure you’ve not only stacked sats but also stacked ammo. 😳 
 Try not to be a passenger of your own life. 
 Dear students at the first lecture this year, be prepared for some hard truths. Thank you @HODL #bitcoin https://fountain.fm/clip/21NFHx4hTdvw4sVUVbcG 
 Holding #bitcoin in cold storage is prepping in my view, for both the better and the worse outcome, while maintaining maximum optionality. 
 Gm nostrich freaks!!!! Always get lulled into a false sense of security the first night after a transatlantic flight, then the second night it clicks in and I can’t get to sleep until 3. Ah well, #coffeechain is strong, sun is out and the book won’t write itself. Let’s do this. #bitcoin #grownostr
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 Gm sir 🫡 
 🤦‍♂️🫡