The war against stamps! I got my first cassette package rejected today, sorry to whomever requested it! I just mail things to whatever address you gave me. I guess I can still use stamps if I just drop it off in person. Ironically the package is more expensive to mail with just stamps than using the label. But for those of you that make an attempt to keep your privacy via the postcard protocol, I try to respect it. Or maybe my FM radio kits and samizdat cassettes are just too radical for the post office!! I'll get this back out in the mail soon.

This introduction is 🔥. This is what podcasting 2.0 does to a T. The T being transparency with the multitude of artist splits.

I have a feeling this book's conclusion will be: listen to @DuhLaurien ✌🏻👽💨 and @marykateultra on home grown hits 😀

New book. The cost of a perfect playlist is a postcard and a stamp, sent to me, with you LNbeats tracks. Which will be returned to you on a type 1 cassette.

Watched another Adam Curtis documentary called the Trap. The trap being a concept of liberty called "negative liberty." It's a difficult concept for me to explain but negative liberty is the idea there should be no restrictions on ones life. This is I think, the ideals of many here. Positive liberty, is, well, I don't have a good grasp on it, seems to be more about the idea of being free to choose a path that pursues a goal or a purpose. So it's less about a concept of complete lack of restrictions. This might be the difference I'm noticing in the podcasting 2.0 community versus the pure bitcoin community. The former seems to focus more on a positive, purpose driven community. The later seems to be a loose collection of people who don't want things in their way. Both of these characterizations are not completely true however. The film really makes you question if negative liberty is a good thing or not though. I'd recommend this film to everyone here. These documentaries were recommended to me by Amir Taaki, which I find interesting given his current projects.

Still on tape 1 but this was clearly ahead of its time. Robert Bly has such a dynamic range, going from biting criticism to such soft, beautiful descriptions.

I watched yesterday Adam Curtis' documentary All Watched Over by Machines of Love and Grace. It talks about how in the 1960s people tried to create communes of leaderless, decentralized, communes and how these all miserably failed. One of the reason it fails is because strong personalities actively bullied others and there was built in rules that prevented political type factions from organizing and pushing back. Nostr sometimes feels like these failed communes of digital utopia. It's not quite the same, but there is lots in common. But then there certain individuals that make it very interesting. I think we have this saying wrong though. "Protocol > platform." I think it's "people > protocol."

Tapes are rolling out, get your postcards in.

Issue 2.1 – Make Poetry Punk Again

Guys, Trump is just a hacker. Yesterday was 0Day today is day 1. 🤣

Y'all stacking sats, I'm stacking post cards. 🤣 I love each one of these. Handwritten notes and all. There is such a personal flare about each one that just can't be reproduced digitally. I absolutely love packing and sending people free cassettes. Post cards slow life down. If you don't have a cassette player, make a note and I'll send you one. I have a few left. P.O. Box 273029 Fort Collins, CO 80525

Bought this tape solely because @❒ PictureRoom did the cover. No idea of the music. Listening now.

Wow, I was the winner of the Satellite Skirmish! What a crazy experience. What an amazing group of people. All this weekend I've been hearing y'alls reaction and I couldn't be happier to have shared this with this group. My kids were in the car when @DuhLaurien ✌🏻👽💨 and @marykateultra announced it live and it I think they will remeber that forever. The Satellite Skirmish feed has the splits for all involved so if you want to boost, boost that one. I posted on substack the video without the frame and the link to all the poems.

Bitpunk.fm at the Polar Embrace

Live performed poetry

I'm making a new music platform y'all! Who wants in?! No tracking of you IP address, no geoIP restrictions, "censorship resistant," once you have the music its yours, works without the Internet, no DRM, playlists work easily with multiple different players and device manufactures too! I'm working on my closedsats pitch.