CBDCs are already here.
@OpnState explains how coordinated global control and near-total surveillance of our financial transactions arrived long ago.
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Trust Revolution
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Unfiltered conversations with builders, thinkers, and operators in Bitcoin and beyond. Exploring the systems we trust, why they work (or don't), and what comes next.
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"Absolutely nothing that government does should be kept a secret."
— @OpnState
From the sacred origins of our rights, to government transparency, to CBDCs by another name, this conversation goes deep.
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Billions to earn it. One bad decision to erode it.
"So if Apple’s message to users is that they should trust Apple Wallet, and move more of their 'shit that goes in your wallet' life from their traditional analog wallet into their digital Apple Wallet, that’s the bar. No ads, ever. They’re competing against the privacy and intimacy of one of the most personal things people carry with them."


Daring Fireball
More on Apple’s Trust-Eroding ‘F1 The Movie’ Wallet Ad
Sending this ad is completely destructive to all the hard work other teams at Apple have done to make Apple Wallet actually private — and, mo...
Have we forgotten how to trust ourselves?
"When you ask your device how you slept instead of feeling it yourself, when you check your phone to see if you're stressed instead of noticing your breath, you're participating in the systematic outsourcing of embodied consciousness to algorithmic interpretation."
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MAHA, Wearables and the War for Embodied Consciousness
How "Health Freedom" Now Embraces Digital Surveillance
110M YouTube subscribers were just @GrapheneOS-pilled and challenged not to trust Big Tech. 🔥
h/t @Final
The past, present, and future of #freedomtech with @ODELL
@TEN31 partner, @Bitcoin Park and @npub10pen...n34f cofounder, and Bitcoin Policy Institute board member, ODELL joins @Shawn to discuss:
- Bitcoin’s evolution
- Why freedom tech wins
- OpenSats mission
- Ten31's focus
- Nostr’s promise
- Freedomtech business models
- Volunteering into versus opting out of surveillance
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Meet the new USAID, same as the old USAID.


Reclaim The Net
US and EU Funnel Cash to Combat "Disinformation" and "Hate Speech"
Even with USAID sidelined, the money pipeline for narrative management never dried up.
@ODELL on surveillance: opting in versus opting out.
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"Trust enables speed and enables people to take risks on those they trust.
Integrity allows one to gain trust and live in internal and external harmony."
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Trust & Integrity
The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past.Edition 253.
Bitcoin and American statecraft
Stephen Pollock, SVP at Bitcoin Policy Institute, joins @Shawn to talk Bitcoin policy and politics — from BPI's mission, to the challenges of working in Washington, to the promise and peril of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
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Bitcoin's global impact and the White House POV
Stephen Pollock, SVP at Bitcoin Policy Institute, joins @Shawn to talk Bitcoin policy and politics.
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"A move to launch a payments system by Walmart or Amazon that bypasses the traditional payments system would send shivers through the nation’s banks.
With vast networks of customers and employees, troves of data and far lighter regulations, retail and technology companies have long been viewed as particular threats to banks, including regional and community lenders."
MSN
> “The big airlines—through a shady data broker that they own called ARC—are selling the government bulk access to Americans' sensitive information, revealing where they fly and the credit card they used,” Senator Ron Wyden said in a statement.
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In this episode, @Shawn sits down with a legendary figure from the early days of digital culture, R.U. Sirius, exploring the radical roots and transformative potential of the Internet. Our guest shares insights from his experience with pioneering publications like Mondo 2000, reflecting on the early ideals of user empowerment and decentralization.
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Surveillance: the new normal
R.U. Sirius is an OG's OG. Writing about the promise of cyberspace and the cyberpunk culture that emerged around it in the 80s and 90s, he's best known for Mondo 2000 magazine, where he covered everything from VR to smart drugs. Or as Wikipedia puts it, "a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded Wired magazine."
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"Centralized identity is surveillance infrastructure." 🎯 View quoted note →
Is it true?
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At what point do we agree that KYC equates to criminal negligence?
Hackers Leak 86 Million AT&T Records with Decrypted SSNs – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More
Trust is the currency of the future
Rishad Tobaccowala, futurist and author of Rethinking Work, joins @Shawn to explore the dynamics of power, talent, and trust in a decentralized, AI-driven future. This conversation exposes the seismic shifts dismantling traditional jobs, the rise of talent over capital, and why trust—rooted in truth and integrity—is the ultimate currency for brands and leaders.
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