Question from a neighbor: "Why do you get so many packages? Delivery people drop off packages multiple times a day!" me, "Just order a lot of stuff for projects" them, "man, that's a lot of project" me, "indeed" Turns out I've started a concierge remailing business by accident. Hardcore #bitcoin friends are paying me in #btc to buy things from stores in fiat, have it shipped to me, then I re-ship them to the original buyer. Apparently, my neighbors are noticing something is up. That's right, #bitcoin is up.

ScienceDaily

Cash is King: The surprising truth about spending habits in a cashless world

Physical cash not only influences how much we spend but also fosters a profound sense of psychological ownership that digital payments cannot repli...

#Cash is king. " the ease of digital payments often results in mindless spending" i believe that's the *entire* point #spend #consume get into #debt

After fighting with #podman, I just gave up and compiled all the software running within containers. Side benefit is that everything runs faster. My #nostr relay is now native #rust on bare metal. 10 Gbps connection going to waste.

For all the #bitcoin lovers hoping the #USGovt makes a #bitcoinreserve, the #govt is not always your friend,

Executive Order 6102 - Wikipedia

The only #American #Candidate for your #vote.

Every month or so I check out #Global #nostr. Every month or so I'm reminded why I have follows.

The things people say in public amaze me. Literally at the store, some guy is waiting for his wife/friend/partner/whatever to try on clothes. He's talking to his bank to make a payment on speakerphone. In 5 minutes I have his full social security number, address, date of birth, mother's maiden name, payment amount, and current bank balance. Sigh. I'm sure the security cameras recorded it all too. #privacy #people #sigh

In the past 24 hours all my #nostr relays are running the latest release of the relay code.

2074m view #wawona #yosemite #touchair #optoutside

See what cars took from us? #publictransit #cities #urban @roya ୨୧ #betterfutures

'Rage Against the Machine': The Daily Toll of Cars in 18 Images — Streetsblog USA

In this excerpt from "The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy," we really get to see how awful cars are.

TST Health expands into Virginia. Religious abortion services for places where #abortion is #banned.

TST Health

TST Health | Telehealth Religious Abortion Care from The Satanic Temple

TST Health provides free religious telehealth medication abortion care, courtesy of The Satanic Temple, and is the first telehealth clinic providi...

#religion #tsthealth

Proof of #bsd #openbsd

My inner #goth loves this name. #liquiddeath