“In fact, says Mises, monopoly would be at its zenith under socialism, where all production is in state hands. The real source of monopoly, and a malign one, is not capitalism, but government…. Governments can simply vote themselves monopolies” Eamon Butler on Von Mises. Such a clear explanation and critique of communism lite (as I like to call it) while all the timing those greedy entrepreneurs for contributing more value than they take. Covering innovation in class tomorrow, the material is so dry and dull. Going to maybe drop a little Austrian knowledge bombs!!!

Withstanding the miss spelling, friend forwards an email about assistance dogs on campus with the note referring to a time I brought Dug into the PhD room and their was an email circulated to say it wasn’t alllowed. Over ten years on, and the boy still lives on in the mind of someone outside my family. We only truly die when we stop being remembered. Yes, that was the high point of my week. Miss you buddy.

Gm nostriches, Thursday, the day for me to get shit done, either getting my head straight with a bike ride, garden stuff or just family stuff. Feeling the need to start my taxes which makes me wretch (but will reply to the accountant to say their “advice” was expensive and added no value 🫡🙌), but also the “we need to book a family holiday for Easter” that was dropped earlier in the week…….. Me and the girls pretty happy to just mess around, maybe go on a bike ride or trip to visit my ma’s…….. wish me luck freaks. #coffeechain and #catstr emotionally supporting me. And on my third attempt, managed to get the version of “Keynes and after” I was looking for (a none fancy first edition). Weird how the later versions miss out the “saving as a vice” section….. 🧐

“Using Bitcoin to engage in some meaningful tax evasion” 👏 to @Erik Cason on @walker (while out of the room). I second that, they print the money, they spend it on child sacrifice, I don’t want to engage in that system, it is immoral.

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Erik Cason is back and we're diving deep into some uncomfortable truths. We talk about government corruption, the Epstein revelations, and why most...

Gm nostriches, #coffeechain working its magic as I enter the fiat mine to cry with my colleagues that ever half decent submission is actually the result of AI and not student effort or intelligence. Well, they can cry, I got bittie. Up 3% so retirement is still on the cards!!!! Listening to @walker and @Erik Cason (lovely work sirs), realising I’d dropped the ball and missing an important reference to when I cover the “this gives us our power back” part. 🫡🙌

Gm nostriches, That feeling when you’re committed to the time and energy you’ve put into bitcoin, while everything around you is going to shit. You’re fighting over bits of paper some people print for free?!?!? As long as we remain decentralised, hardcapped at 2.1q, and the code keeps doing what it’s supposed to (tick tock), all this silliness shall pass, and we can continue our march to infinity.

University facing existential threats from AI and legal battles from students wanted to be refunded based on poor value for millinery during covid, combined with massive funding deficits. Question to the VC: can people who choose to wear dresses use female changing rooms? I shit you not.

When you get reminded, the early noughties suspension forks on your kids bike may create a lot of discomfort within our new, enlightened, multicultural world.

Gm nostriches, sitting here on a Monday morning, putting offthe shitty grind of the fiat mine with a morning #coffeechain (dart for artistic effect, AI not liking that @Richard Greaser ), listening to @Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast and the green chicken, summing up the plight of the white collar worker perfectly. https://fountain.fm/clip/8KbmAxUA3pJeQUpOyxxI

Happy Dad moment with the youngest, sunshine, two wheels and no steadying hand. 🫡🙌

Me attempting to create a solid image for my brother @Richard Greaser , and no matter how hard he tried, the model just kept coming back more fruiting. Sorry boss, I’m tired. More coffee and cigarette, with a necessary Ayn hat tip.