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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Gm nostriches, happy Thursday, awake early, packed lunches sorted, #catstr fed, breakfast sorted for the eldest. Minimal fun today as marking of student work to be done, 9 completed already and targeting getting it done by next Tuesday, wish me luck. Couple of days old from Dom Frisby, British sovereign debt market breaking, my eyes have been open since 2022, so many people still targeting fiat values of assets (or pension promises, 🤦‍♂️) Uk public spending is £48k debt per house hold, they are frittering away your future and the value of any Stirling you have. Dom says hold gold, but I for one don’t want to have the treasure trove sitting in my house, and anything other than a Britannia in my hand isn’t worth half as much (also fyi, those bad boys are cap gains free atm). Rates staying high, yield curve control coming, political instability (bro, chaos and boring are different, but are both bad), can’t see how unemployment won’t sky rocket, even those with “safe jobs” are facing the axe and where exactly does a sociology PhD go after getting the sack? #catstr and #coffeechain keeping me calm, day ahead could be better, but getting the work done will always move things forward. Have a good one freaks.
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Ge nostriches, may have been focusing on the wrong resources to stack with looming currency debasement, energy shocks and fertiliser shortages. May load up on some more cans of hearty soups, and meat in cans. Be the guy they call a nut job until they come knocking on your door for help. Your other resources will be there to buy the depressed resources later, but prepare for the carnage before you’re consumed by it. Peace out freaks.
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Gm nostriches, another day, more circuses to keep the unwashed entertained, with those in the know appreciating they are at an end, and from looking at the options available, the best we can hope for is a bit of charm and presence for Andy Burnham and he’s not even an MP!!!!! The discussions of going towards the “soft left” also make me wince, doesn’t make a difference what type of Labour you choose from, all of them think they’re better placed to make the right decisions with “your money” (bro, your record would suggest otherwise). Exit the system, they have no bread to toss to us, this will begin to spiral ever more quickly. We’re in the process of falling out of the G7, we’re only still there because the other members of that motley crew are similarly screwed. #catstr keeping me based in the peace, purring super loud, while the youngest cleans her teeth before a little relaxing and then off to school. My day looking “interesting” with assessing second year uni students’ business ideas. One term I’m not going to associate with them, “proof of work” the lazy little shits!!!
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Great, honest and dark read. I’m going 💯 malice from the top, and good intentions from the idiot lower lever politicians. They know not what their intentions will result in.
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Missed this from the other week, while dripping in Keynesian, double speak, nonsense, an inflation bomb returning to the UK cannot be a good thing. Hard assets only freaks. image
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Gm nostriches, overall a good, if busy day yesterday, enjoying being the loan parent for once, even if there was still more drama than i’d like, but useful being the parent who can deal with, rather than create it, 🤫 Took a quick look at the news last night and things had progressed quickly in No.10, cabinet members breaking ranks, more letters submitted and this morning she requisite number has been reached, Mr Starmer, Mr calm, Mr No Drama is now in the thick of his procedural, no backbone, election drumming, no leadership malaise, and the mindless mass of Labour MPs see their gravy train of high wages and minimal work coming to an end. Giving me vibes of 2022 (not gonna lie, some of those sweet sweet cheap sats wouldn’t go a miss right now), the wild thing is there is NO ONE to replace him, all the alternatives are even more feckless than he is, he has procedures (and in theory a career as a lawyer), the rest have hardly got a hard day’s work and a brain cell between them. In 2024, the loveless landslide elected reliable Keir, this sailed the ship even further into the shit. Was this our “let’s elect Biden” moment and we’ve realised we made a big big mistake? GBP holding steady, 10y gilts screaming higher, GBP/btc about to make non bag holders weep into their bags of retirement savings. Blighty on its way to going good nighty!!!!
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Gm nostriches, after one too many on Friday have been feeling it, even so had some fun over the weekend with the daughters but really wasn’t prepared for last night. Getting ready for bedtime at 9pm and the eldest goes outside to be sick (she just happens to have a fear/maybe phobia of being sick). 😳 Then spent the next two plus hours walking her around, talking her down from a ledge of “this is the worst day of my life” and finally calmed her enough to get into bed, with the cat doing her magic and sleeping on the end of her bed. If there was ever a sign that short time preference multi beer nights have to stop, I think I just had it loud a clear. Tricky additional bind, “don’t tell mum”, but “I’m glad you’re with my dad”. 🥰 In the breach.
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Ga nostriches, been out in the sun with the younglings after a significantly more expensive Sunday roast!!! I want them to stay in business, but over £21 for a roast feels like they did a recalculation from when I went a couple of months ago, free kids desserts no longer offered, desserts £8 each. This is the onwards march of a currency collapsing. It was good and the kids loved it, so no bother from me, but an interesting data point! After catching up with swan live, @Michael Saylor appeared to make some good points, but from watching his keynote, it is just a marketing pitch for strk, wtf!!!!!! This is a bitcoin conference, not a fucking yield on dollars conference. Then shitcoin “innovation of solana” 😳 layer 3? 🧐 didn’t we learn from maximising yield from blockfi and all the bollocks defi projects from 2022?!????!!?!? Waiting it out until he drops the July 4th Easter egg, just to confirm for myself. What? Just giving everyone a high interest, maybe government saving account? Feels like the banking lobby won’t be happy, probably wise MS doesn’t plan a trip on Jamie Dimon’s boat anytime soon! Sounds a lot like bitbonds to me!
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
@FOMO21 , for reasons i shall not explain here or now, I’ve not worn a bitcoin t shirt for nearly 8 months, and mother fuck, does it ever feel good to get back into one. Now to see if the kids notice. image
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Don’t let the fiat brain within you take away the peace of living on a bitcoin standard (if you have more than you had yesterday, all is good). Put your bitcoin stack out of sight (particularly of the tax authorities, after paying all taxes, obviously), then allow yourself to be calm, breathe deeply. You will wake up tomorrow, your family will still love you, so go spend some time with them. When bitcoin price is ready, we can decide what to do with it, but until then, eat some steak, do some press ups, drink some wine. A little more time in work then off home to save the house from the eldest and pick up the youngest from a friend, then daddy daughter pizza and movie night. image
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Gm nostriches, happy freakin’ Friday. Enjoy the fresh air, enjoy the sun, even if it may not be that warm. Already looking interesting, and while voting just feels like “the illusion of choice”, it does provide a relatively strong message to both the current party in power but also the markets on how the populous is feeling. Also love wales and Scotland didn’t count overnight, because their finances are so fucked, neither can afford to pay overtime to counters….. Surprised that Labour is only down 50%. Concerned that Reform have to actually get their act together on a large scale to show in two years that are actually capable of governing. Relieved that the marketing of Greens to the lowest common denominator has a flaw; societies biggest leeches don’t have sufficient drive to actually get out and vote. 🫡🙌😘 Final teaching Friday of the year, so far, no students have turned up as no attendance points this week. They appeared a few minutes late and had a pretty good conversation. #coffeechain healing my hurts, the mental citadel is my church, because tonight…….. beer and popcorn!
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DugandRupe 1 month ago
Even a monkey, or like me, a dog, tapping prompts into an AI engine will eventually produce an image of value. If we take a step back, take a deep breath, consider what we have control of, then buy some bitcoin, You only have the part of your mind that rejects reason to over come to arrive at inner peace. Inspired by meditations. Marcus Aurelius, daily stoicism. Freaks, stack harder. image