In the depths of this red candle, my wife’s on a metabolic health conference call and a gal mentions that she saw Steak n Shake has tallow fries. We’re going to win.

I think I’m developing a biorhythm that alerts me when it’s almost time for a new @Lyn Alden newsletter

Never really put it together that LOTR is the story of a very long chess game between Sauron and Gandalf

I was talking with three millennial coworkers this week; someone couldn’t remember the name of the company that develops ChatGPT. Before anyone could answer, one of my coworkers said “MK Ultra.” Everyone laughed and the conversation continued. I was surprised everyone seemed to know what MK Ultra was

Playing in a rock and roll band

Talked with a friend today who started stacking sats about a year and a half ago. There’s a peace of mind that comes with having at least some liquid, scarce savings that is irreplaceable

@BitBetBot lower

Hey @jack you recommended Baja Gold awhile back. Much appreciated; family salt game has improved because of that fateful note

Happy New Year Nostr - going to try to post more this year. Already vacated X, time to put more out there instead of just abstaining. In other news, I can take or leave the All-In pod most weeks, but I’m glad I listened to their take on the “one time” billionaire tax up for discussion in California. The idea that the ultimate target of such a maneuver is the $170 trillion of middle class net worth that’s out there and not the $8 trillion of billionaire net worth is compelling and makes opting into Bitcoin all the more vital in my mind. If this kind of asset seizure gets passed and starts to proliferate around the country as the dollar debases over the next several decades, we’ll also see dynamics similar to the Banking Secrecy Act take root, wherein financial transactions greater than $10,000 have become way more common than they were when the BSA was passed in 1970 thanks to inflation. I’m sure there will be politicians that try to push the ceiling down on these taxes and make them “one time millionaire taxes” or something, but they’ll also have the tailwind of more and more people entering those taxable categories as the dollar continues to devalue. Anyhow stay humble and stack some cold storage sats, anon. Happy New Year

Thanks fellas, already looking forward to the next one. High signal on cycles and quantum and as a Checkonchain subscriber I appreciated the shoutout John gave those guys.

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Today was the first day I used @SoapMiner soap. First day of the rest of my life

There are so many yin/yang qualities to the relationship between fiat and Bitcoin. The first you think you can hold in your hand but there’s nothing behind it; the other you think you can’t hold in your hand but it’s backed by the very nature of reality.

I wonder if most diehard HODLers, the people who just don’t care when it’s way way down, have a reason besides NGU

@hal can MLB players chew tobacco on the field or is that prohibited?

Looked at the ten year Bitcoin price chart the other day. Not in log scale, just the regular old chart. That’s what monetization looks like

Hey @hal can you ask yourself a question and then answer it?

Occasionally I’ll worry that chess.com is gonna sell my game history to some cognitive analytics firm that’ll figure out some way to one-shot me, then I remember I’m just a normal guy

Some heavy hitters @Danny Knowles Great discussion fellas. We certainly are living in fast times. I thought the looks ahead to the possibility of a permanent underclass weren’t really looks ahead, honestly. A lot of 20- and 30-somethings in the US would tell you we’re already there. https://fountain.fm/episode/X6mrzdmAfrcNgaYSxi4b View quoted note →

Yo @Lyn Alden congrats on being the #1 Macro Voices guest. Calling it now and looking forward to next week