There's nothing that brings more freedom, happiness and beauty then hearing this (Arthur Russell in general): The first time I heard Arthur Russell I thought it was disgusting. I was in a weird niche-like/kind of pretentious music festival in Coimbra in Portugal (Portugal sometimes has this kind of "pretentious art" circles sometimes, most likely because of state money, pretentious leftists associations, etc), and they played a Arthur Russell documentary. I was like what's this shit? I was pretty high on weed at the moment too (and feeling anxious and out of place). Half finished music, fake artsy pantsy / State subsidized (ahah) people music. Really? Are these people listening to this? This is what I do in my bedroom and my friends too". Then I dug more into it because there was a particular riff that captured my attention... and eventually found a guy with a lot of talent and beauty just trying to be himself. It redefined what I thought music and thus life by extension can be. It can be much more different then what I thought it can be (was kind of the lesson). And that's perfectly fine too. It opened my mind. I's always the simplest things that are the most divine. This is the documentary by the way, can't find it online unfortunately!:

Wild Combination

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-so...

And one of my favorites from him (Wild Combinations): #music #philosophy

European friends, now is going to be the months where Bitcoin will shine against the Euro. #bitcoin #europe #economics #politics #philosophy #eu

The alternative to a nihilist and decadent world, is facing it with the extreme opposite of focus and moral idealism. In other words, get out there with the best intentions and presence possible and let the world rip you apart. That's truly the only way. #philosophy

The goal is to appreciate and play music like this: #music

The monetary and economic reset is undergoing. Trump and Ursula announce trade deal: flat 15% tariff on EU goods. The fiat empire is crumbling down and people still think this is yet another trade war. This is a monetary and economic reset. The US fiat exporting model has ended. And the EU is not ready obviously. #economy #politics #news

Through acts of restraint, attained a bliss beyond measure. The fragrance of Dhamma flowers spread in all directions, All defilements subdued — thus became the Buddha. All defilements subdued — thus became the Buddha. Incredible Buddhist inspired song in Sinhala language from Sri Lanka,

Sinhala language - Wikipedia

The world is surprisingly full of beauty sometimes. #music

Fear of judgment is probably one of the greatest enemies of good. #philosophy

https://x.com/APompliano/status/1948499822593356052 This is a great piece of video history I would say. An exchange between Trump and Powell. Trump complaining that the costs of some buildings at the FED have increased, asking Powell if they expect more and then... Powell: "Don't expect them (more costs), we're ready for them. We have a little bit of a reserve that we may use." This is such a symbolic exchange. "We have a little bit of a reserve that we may use" is the understatement of history. ahah Central bankers are incredible! #bitcoin #economics

In my opinion UBI basically eradicates the only weapon socialist, social democrats have, the directed printer. UBI makes the printer available **equally** to everyone. Imagine a UBI that replaces all welfare programs, healthcare, education. Just one single UBI, taken from taxes or from printing, and the free market creating everything else, education, healthcare, etc. Big capital would benefit from this system immensely because capital would trickle up inevitably AND they would have a much more predictable demand-side estimations, allowing for more stable and long-term investments. I think billionaires/millionaires would be happy to contribute towards a UBI because of that, because it's very precise demand economics, providing economic demand stability AND of course the direct influence in millions of people's well being. Everybody wins with this. It brings stability to a completely economically broken world. #politics #philosophy #economics

I think it's inevitable that RN, Rassemblement National and AFD, win in France and Germany. The situation is going to so shitty then even immigrants will vote right wing. And the immigrants are the only ones that can shift the vote. #europe #politics

This system has created the most useless, resentful, frustrated society of all times. It's no wonder everything is falling apart. #bitcoin

What we need at least 10x more countries. So instead of 193 there should be 2000 countries in the world. That would make the world a better place. A lot of us would have a home for sure. #bitcoin #politics

This is true. The big difference is that we won't inflate the real estate market by adding an extra premium from using houses as investments. Instead, we'll foster a more free-market-oriented world by monetizing an unconfiscatable global asset. We'll leave a better world, basically. We will pass on wealth AND a much freer, more efficient, better world, with more opportunities for all. House prices are a HUGE economic bottleneck and inefficiency!! #bitcoin

Great insight: Depression is an inability to express oneself. So in other words you're not depressed because the world or your life is the way it is, you're depressed because you haven't found a channel to express yourself in the universe. Thus you're depressed/suppressed. The world really is suppressed. This is a fundamental insight that I got from Gabor Mate (I'm not sure if it comes from him or not). #psychology #philosophy

Remember, the fiat economy doesn't reach everywhere. We can build on the edges and generate a lot of value for a lot of people. #bitcoin