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2026-07-31 16:43:17 UTC

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Perhaps more accurate to say that it is opposite in who it gives disproportionate power to. You can construct a fortress and one guy can come along and say "Yo Claude, find me an exploit" and have a swarm of agents discover every crack.
The really frightening thing is when this becomes "Hey Kimi, help me engineer this pathogen to be more virulent".

2026-07-31 14:54:34 UTC

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The Coldcard bug highlights that AI is the technological opposite of encryption. Where cryptography is a tool that gives those defending their privacy and property an asymmetric advantage, ever-more-intelligent LLMs give attackers their own asymmetric weapon to steal and surveil.
To maintain sovereignty in the future will demand far greater personal responsibility and prudence.
#nevent1q…w825

2026-07-22 19:12:31 UTC

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I haven’t even listened yet, but it’s Max so I know it’s going to great
https://fountain.fm/episode/iKDtY1KBcNh1q8aVnK9S
#nevent1q…mzj9

2026-07-18 16:49:05 UTC

Give me Kimi K3 on @nprofile…uh5t and I may not need anything else

2026-06-27 19:59:48 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/19a3bd0c57c1dd6bfd92f6bcff704de5801d826914e86a59942863da45061973.jpg

2026-05-24 09:37:59 UTC

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I'm skeptical of this. We've heard for years how there is a growing rift between Netanyahu and Biden/Trump, and his influence is waning...and then the US govt just bends over and does whatever Israel wants.

2026-05-13 09:46:10 UTC

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https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2054255759098024188?s=20

2026-05-13 09:43:31 UTC

In case anyone believes this, it is just the same recycled propaganda that has been entirely thorougly debunked: https://x.com/aaronjmate/status/2054253235452678607?s=20
The actual sexual abuse that is credible is committed by Israelis: https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2054269590406885790?s=20

2026-04-06 06:53:32 UTC

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What’s the source for this? It seems almost unbelievable

2026-03-31 08:27:21 UTC

If you live down underer, please consider supporting Francisco's quest to Orange Pill New Zealand
https://geyser.fund/project/drivingbitcoin?hero=kirk1

2026-03-24 09:23:08 UTC

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Amazing accomplishment! Congrats 🥳

2026-03-21 10:33:44 UTC

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I'm sorry, Katja. This sounds incredibly rough! It's one thing to be kicked out of your home, another to have so many memories and sentimental value stored there, and still another to be going through this while also navigating crippling seizures 💜 I hope you are able to stay strong through all of this.
Unfortunately, I live in the wrong hemisphere to be able to help you with a place to stay, but I wonder if there are some Lugano bitcoiners who might? Is it primarily just a place to stay you are looking for? Do you have a Geyser page for donations?

2026-03-20 10:01:53 UTC

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Can you give some details on your situation?

2026-03-20 09:58:07 UTC

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He talks the same way to those who supposedly won WW2

2026-03-16 01:21:10 UTC

Why is it that monetary debasement leads to a debasement in moral character of a huge swath of the individuals in a society?
Is it just that people are impoverished and desperate, and so all principles, integrity and ethical conduct get thrown by the wayside? But then why is it that you seem to see this kind of behaviour as prominently among the rich and societal elite as among the poor? Is it just that in a society like this only the cantillionaires and those with few scruples make it to the top?

2026-03-08 20:10:03 UTC

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If you don't actually believe this war is to liberate Iranians, why do you support it? You appear to know this is just about Israel asserting hegemony across the middle east and quashing any meaningful resistance, and has nothing to do with how internally repressive the Iranian government is.
FAFO is just a psychotic way of saying "might makes right"... "Hey, you shouldn't have stood up to that genocidal apartheid state, Israel, if you didn't want to get your country bombed to oblivion".

2026-03-08 05:25:04 UTC

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As an Iraqi, let me tell you why this war was our only way out...
I have bad news for you, this is not a rescue operation. Israel's goal is to turn Iran into Syria. They are not dropping bombs out of some overwhelming concern for the freedom of Iranians.

2026-03-07 09:10:03 UTC

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Ah man, wish I could be there!

2026-02-27 09:00:00 UTC

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https://fountain.fm/episode/9qJ5bwaUE3px4oMRd15K
#nevent1q…y48y

2026-02-27 08:59:19 UTC

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https://fountain.fm/episode/9qJ5bwaUE3px4oMRd15K
#nevent1q…rg99

2026-01-27 08:14:54 UTC

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Amen

2026-01-20 09:23:11 UTC

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you mean a blind eye to the Gaza genocide

2026-01-05 04:55:39 UTC

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How can you say this with such certainty? Did things get better for Iraqis after the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein? No, they got far worse.

2026-01-05 04:52:10 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/b3d06e1e315a13be60a5c2613fec423b55753b7a95570e207bf61f495ef7eb5c.png
We are ruled over by pedophiles, so it makes sense they tweet like a 12 year old playing Call of Duty

2026-01-04 03:27:50 UTC

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No American losses, perhaps

2025-12-31 02:35:19 UTC

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Awesome!

2025-12-25 18:52:04 UTC

Merry Christmas to all you crazy, wonderful Nostriches! 🎄

2025-12-16 03:13:06 UTC

Is there any archive of the original Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast episodes (from 2013ish)?
The RSS feed only goes back to 2019: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/sjaeb-91e5b/Speaking-of-Bitcoin-%28formerly-Let%27s-Talk-Bitcoin%21%29-Podcast
Those early shows with Andreas, Stephanie and Adam were absolute gems. Would suck if they've just been scrubbed from the internet forever.

2025-12-04 20:31:35 UTC

We won't get another bull market until Blue Collar Bitcoin returns

2025-12-03 14:40:17 UTC

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Stunning!

2025-11-14 23:48:06 UTC

Feels right to be dumping on the anniversary of BitConnect launching

2025-11-13 09:05:32 UTC

Something I've recently realized is the extent to which Israel completely controls the US far beyond its middle-eastern foreign policy.
If Javier Millei had all the same positions he currently holds, only instead of being slavishly devoted to Israel he was critical, do you think the US govt would be creating a strategic peso reserve to bail out Argentina?
Of course not.
If María Corina Machado wasn't a pro-Israel fanatic who proclaims that "the struggle of Venezuela is the struggle of Israel", would she be such a darling of the US establishment?
Not a chance.
You can believe anything about any other issue, but if you aren't full-throated in your support of a genocidal ethnostate in the middle-east you will find yourself arrested, deported, fired, cancelled, regime changed and just generally demonized.
Almsot everything the US govt does is first-and-foremost to aid Israel: there's the direct financial aid, there's the endless weapons, there's the intelligence support, there's vetoing every UN resolution against Israel, there's running diplomatic cover for Israel, there's firing Ivy league professors and expelling US students critical of Israel, there's criminalizing US firms boycotting Israel, there's criminalizing speech against Israel in states like Florida, there's all the financial aid to surrounding Arab states so they don't intervene on behalf of the Palestinians but instead assist Israel whilst keeping their population in check (these are just bribes to look the other way), there's bombing Iran on behalf of Israel, the entire terror wars...
It's endless and it's utterly sickening.

2025-11-12 22:50:05 UTC

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When are you integrating Kimi K2 thinking? The only thing holding Maple back is how outdated the models are.

2025-11-12 08:44:13 UTC

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when kimi k2?

2025-11-08 18:51:29 UTC

Two things stand out watching this 1981 episode of Phil Donahue:
1. The arguments for unschooling/home schooling are pretty unassailable.
2. Donahue was a master, and his popularity speaks to how we had more intellectual, more curious America. Ironically, I think the government schools have played a large role in why a show like this would not be feasible today.
https://youtu.be/fXLWPpln0rQ?si=fKFmZpRDDWVg3zT4

2025-11-06 02:44:03 UTC

My citadel
https://blossom.primal.net/ba51af147ebd0f6626c494497b2329e59be6955afea9ee991a51c465a2551bf1.png

2025-11-02 10:03:19 UTC

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I agree. Winston Churchill was also a monster.

2025-10-29 10:04:43 UTC

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donated! kudos doing this

2025-10-28 08:10:19 UTC

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Happy Birthday!

2025-10-23 19:15:55 UTC

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This is surprising to me. My experience with bitcoiners is that they tend be very generous, with the notable exception of MSTR and penny stock promoters.
With your ETH donations, were they all from wealthy holders or the Ethereum Foundation? That would speak less to the culture within Ethereum community itself and more to the fact that those with the biggest pre-mined bags feared the Tornado Cash trial would become an existential threat to Ethereum's existence.

2025-10-20 07:07:41 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/5724b4f9207420cfc3422837ba8792e010849c1bc6e658d316c84f27b4448d68.jpg

2025-10-11 23:10:51 UTC

I can't speak for 2013 and am not an OG, but the culture around Bitcoin was far more exciting during the 2018-2019 period.
Instead of simping for politicians, obsessing over zombie treasury companies, and arguing about things like op_return that don't matter, the discussion was serious and engaging. Lightning was just getting started, the earliest coinjoin implementations were launching, soft forks were actively being worked on and debated, the podcasters weren't all promoting penny stocks... It was a better time, imo.
This isn't hipster to recognize. We can be be glad that bitcoin is still alive, but there's more to bitcoin than NGU.
There's many ways in which things are better: Nostr exists now, there's a lot more sustainable funding for open source developers, bitcoin has been massively de-risked and normalized as an investment, and we've all gotten richer...but we've lost a lot too.
https://blossom.primal.net/c7df794961fdf56c6cd19777dffa23158aa19d7961e69f61e62a074dacaf9d87.png

2025-10-04 01:38:33 UTC

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The change I'd make to this meme is the bald guy on the left saying "the truth is in the middle".
"Both sides are wrong" is often true. It is saying that both says are somehow correct that is morally weak, because you are being disingenous to avoid alienating anyone.

2025-10-03 02:08:59 UTC

"Don't hate the player, hate the game" is one of those flippant things people say to absolve people of responsibility for the most blatantly unethical actions. It's a shitcoiner morality slogan.
It is possible at once to understand that we are living in a golden age of grift, and that systems have evolved to incentivize people to check their principles at the door for a buck. Still, everyone has agency and can choose not to sel their soul for a few bucks, a few clicks, a few likes.
It's important to find it within yourself to hate both the player AND the game.

2025-09-30 09:14:54 UTC

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Looking forward to watching!... and glad to see no flames in the thumbnail

2025-09-29 09:07:08 UTC

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Getting rid of government is the final stage: when you realize marshmallow's are shit for you and you are better off without them.

2025-09-27 05:48:14 UTC

A perhaps unpopular opinion that I firmly believe: MSTR has not even been net positive for bitcoin’s price. It’s been a negative on every front.

2025-09-27 05:44:21 UTC

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This is awesome! Can future episodes be live-streamed on Nostr?

2025-09-24 05:34:45 UTC

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I don't really enjoy the superhero genre, but at least Superman had an admirable protagonist, and wasn't the same dark, nihilistic drivel we've been getting.

2025-09-24 01:43:52 UTC

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While I agree that current inequality is out-of-control, the solution to the inequality and injustice produced by govt central planning is not to institute more central planning?
Aside from the hubris of this, think of what it would take and mean to enforce these.
Number 1 is unenforcable without a draconian left of govt overreach. Even then, how do we determine what CEO's compensation? Often it is in stock and stock options, with the dollar amount being nominally low. And then how do you determine who consitutes a worker? Does it include part-time employees doing gig work? Will companies be forced to pay the nighttime janitor 1/30th of the CEOs "compensation"?
Number 3 perversely incentivizes either graduates to earn a low income so that they qualify for the jubilee. How about just ending state involvment in the student loan business altogether and allow sudent loan holders to declare bankruptcy?
Number 5 is just turning to govt into an even bigger grave robber...

2025-09-22 03:34:10 UTC

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Surely this is AI...

2025-09-20 19:41:19 UTC

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I assume these are using pre-tax annual income. If you look at the largest cities in Australia that ratio is 9-13x median income.

2025-09-20 06:56:51 UTC

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You calyx-ing that bad boy?

2025-09-19 00:16:37 UTC

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This is the inverse of reality. The far larger threat to bitcoin is inadequate developer interest, talent and funding. If I were a spook I would try to make bitcoin development as thankless and miserable an experience as possible, wait for a critical bug to be introduced due to inadequate review and exploit it to destroy confidence in the network and asset.

2025-09-16 08:05:35 UTC

GM
https://blossom.primal.net/1ffdf090c489e3b51ad8498802b26451058dd3391c22916eaa818e7842df98c9.jpg

2025-09-15 05:28:27 UTC

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I may be on the other side of this debate, but bitpaine is among the most insufferable people in bitcoin. He doesn't seem to be particularly knowledgeable and hides his ignorance behind snarky insults.

2025-09-15 05:23:12 UTC

For all the young father's out there, I can't recommend this book highly enough: https://www.thesovereignchild.com/
We all want to be good fathers. This takes that abstract desire and provides a concrete guide for that means in practice.

2025-09-14 05:58:01 UTC

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The danger with believing in collective guilt is that you necessarily must then believe in collective punishment

2025-09-07 04:08:55 UTC

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I know you read Peter Attia's series on lipidology, but are you familiar with Dave Feldman's lean mass hyper-responder hypothesis? https://cholesterolcode.com/lmhr/

2025-09-06 20:56:31 UTC

God I hate the bellcurve meme

2025-09-03 05:28:42 UTC

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Welcome! Do you sell your art for sats?

2025-08-29 05:48:33 UTC

This is very fiat, but are there any Nostrich Fantasy Football leagues going this year?
If not, I'm keen to make one. I'm thinking 250k sats buy-in.

2025-08-28 02:28:25 UTC

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Great wallet. Just please add UTXO labelling