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Author of the Olga “Seje” Hansen thrillers. Psychological noir that’ll make fans of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo reach for a stiff drink. Three free chapters (EPUB) or full copy for 3900 sats – https://rtcrenville.com/store/ Where Wordpress meets the power of Nostr and Bitcoin #PsychologicalThriller #EroticThriller #ScandiNoir #OlgaSejeHansen
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RTC 4 months ago
I'm regularly asked what I'm tapping so furiously on my phone? I didnt have time to answer on this occasion. I was listening to comedic gold...and trying to capture the lady"s fabulous character... A jolly, sing-song voice — as melodic as the guttural edges of Dutch will permit — punctuated by what must be the politest case of Tourette’s ever recorded. “Jajajaja,” she trills, interjecting every other sentence with a non-sequitor: “charming,” or “classy,” or “lovely,” each word delivered with the gusto of a pantomime Widow Twankey. It’s a vocal performance that could drive anyone within earshot beautifully mad in less than five bemused minutes. She’s about fifty years old, one meter seventy, seventy kilos — female — a walking, talking paradox of delight and exasperation. The perfect secretary to an accountant in trouble with the mob???? 🤪 #OlgaSejeHansen #writer
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RTC 4 months ago
My best ideas arise while traveling. It makes sense to me. We are nomads by nature. On the move we would stare into space, minds open. An unusual form or a break in the expected pattern of our surroundings would catch our attention. We would react accordingly.
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RTC 4 months ago
Another day, another example that Bitcoin is so much more convenient than navigating Fiat banking. Bitcoin's zero international boundaries is literal gold.
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RTC 4 months ago
On Nostr can you prevent users from following you? I know you can mute users you don’t want to hear from, but can you actively remove yourself from someone else’s follow list? Or is it a relay issue making my timeline really really poor quality - apart, of course, from the few quality accounts who stick. #asknostr
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RTC 4 months ago
Going back to X sounds about as appetising as trying tequila again, forty years after a spectacular fail to impress a girl I thought I fancied.
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RTC 4 months ago
#NostrFirst #satsonly In Crimson Lining, #OlgaSejeHansen mission is to lead a task force to dismantle a cartel-run trafficking ring. She has the law on her side, and is highly motivated by events in her past to right wrongs. She is intrinsically kind and sensitive, fair-minded and often selfless. Physically she is a classic Finnish beauty, and her natural poise commands a room and turns heads. But that doesn't mean people find her nice or endearing. Don't go on appearances. She embodies Finnish "sisu" - in the field, the ultimate professional. Practical, decisive, efficient, stoic... there are times when her actions blur, if not obliterate the lines between right and wrong, good and evil, law and criminality. That's a noir femme fatale for you. If you cross her path she is as likely to fuck you up, as over, as every which way – including sideways. But if your own blood is spilt working alongside her, you get to call her Seje. She's signed up for four books, time to understand one hell of a character. Available for sats only
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RTC 4 months ago
#Warleaks What if Julian Assange had taken the next logical step—using Bitcoin not just to sidestep PayPal, but to make it impossible for a state to erase the truth? One of the worst afflictions of creatives is turning off the tap of ideas. 🤪 I’m deep into writing the #OlgaSejeHansen thriller series—a four‑book arc that covers everything I love: action, noir, erotica, intrigue (usually sharing the same side of the same knife), philosophy, cultural clashes, humor, the whole shebang, even crypto. In Book 2 the “not‑your‑keys” trope underpins the storyline. In the final book the heroine pays for a Hercules in the Yukon with BTC. Don’t ask; it’s a pretty cool finale. A recent podcast between @calle @MartyBent prompted the following line of thinking… Bitcoin can’t end war—human greed, malice, and ideology still drive it. Maximalists love to claim that the incentives baked into a Bitcoin standard will “fix” conflict, but while a sound‑money system could shorten wars, on its own it can’t neutralise the three forces that oil the fire. But what if we paired that immutable money with a force for good? Imagine an AI swarm that constantly monitors, verifies, and disseminates evidence of aggression, drowning out misinformation. After listening to the recent pod about Clawi, it seems feasible to have an LLM agent in every home—or an army of LLM agents in every home—more good than ever fighting evil. When that AI truth army runs on a Bitcoin‑based incentive layer—a match the community identified years ago—the cost of silencing truth becomes financially ruinous for any regime that tries. In short: money that can’t be seized + AI that can’t be silenced = a self‑defending shield against war‑driven lies. That’s a book, a movie franchise, and… maybe a whole new lifetime of storytelling. btw, ideas are literally worthless and unprotectable until they are executed. It would be great to read someone else's completed book version of this plot line.
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RTC 4 months ago
Perplexity for bang up-to-date research. @Maple for a safe space to build out theses. Humans for both the first and final say. Thoughts anyone? image
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RTC 4 months ago
This a screenshot from Idiocracy, right? Option 2? We'll search your passport details on the dark web. All being well we'll find it and our intern will confirm you are mature enough to post crap on social media. This is that "darkest before it gets light" moments - hopefully. View quoted note →
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RTC 4 months ago
It's challenging writing about fights between the heroine, #OlgaSejeHansen and the bad guys, like, really bad guys. Before joining the Helsinki Police "Bears" unit – Finnish SWAT team – her title was "Unarmed Combat Instructor" at the Utti Jaeger Regiment. She trained Special Forces operatives to fight hand-to-hand asychronously. What does that mean? When baddies face a Tier 1 fighter like Olga, they have little to no idea where the first or next strike is coming from. She doesn't fight to a pattern, but to opportunities. A body feint left, fists up, halfway through the feint she may let go a kick to the groin, or maybe a hook kick to the jaw, or maybe a spear punch to the throat. Even if the opponent doesn't go down, it will hurt or deaden a limb. Either way the strike will momentarily disorient even trained fighters. That moment of confusion is the opportunity for another kind of strike if required. Asynchronous. So unlike most Hollywood fights, there is no pattern, no kata-styled one-two-threes. And definitely no fluff. The aim is to take out an opponent in a few seconds. Does the heroine always get her own way? No. But she is not there to entertain with extended, glamorous fight sequences, or give anyone a chance. So, it is quite hard to write such a degree of unpredictability into action scenes. Rather like describing how we walk, it can also be frustrating to break down the subtleties and even harder to communicate them without a reader glazing over in too much detail. Nothing like a challenge. This is about 6 seconds of action... Seje moved out of range of Bozo’s reflexive flailing hammer fists, angling for a disabling strike to the groin. Fists ready, upper body feinting left then right. On the first feint left her right heel stomped inside by her left foot. A heartbeat later, like a dancer, she flowed her body upright and glided her right leg back into its original rear position. Seventy percent weight on the back leg, still primed to strike with either knee. Bozo was focused on her left leg. One instant muscle memory strike was on its way to find out. Pushing off her right foot, she shifted her weight forward, leg, hips, knee and foot unleashed in one whipping move, full power. No evasive action from Bozo. The dance worked. But as the ball of her foot landed, she realised, "Fuck, he's wearing body armour over his balls." The full force of the strike between Bozo's legs glanced to the side, his thigh absorbing the bulk of the blow. He winced but stood his ground. Re-focusing, she took advantage of a lull in his aggression... "No armour where this is landing." There is a free download on my bio of the first 3 chapters. Seje is not just a fighter, she's a master strategist and to put it mildly, she will do anything to achieve the outcome she needs – even dropping her colleagues in horrendous circumstances. Grim, shocking, funny, nothing is ever gratuitous but advances the plot and the characters. That's #noir!