@Samah just informed me, with a big smile on her face, that I live full-time in Honey Badger mode. She's not wrong.

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Trish's Song 🎧

"Send money to names, not random characters." 🎯

Making Bitcoin Speak Human

Spiral has supported FOSS bitcoin since 2019, making bitcoin everyday money by improving security, privacy, and especially UX. That’s why we’re...

The claude feature I wish I'd found earlier. Guard rails. It will never push to origin without permission again.

Hooks reference - Claude Code Docs

Reference for Claude Code hook events, configuration schema, JSON input/output formats, exit codes, async hooks, prompt hooks, and MCP tool hooks.

Sustainable digital communities require infrastructure where no intermediary profits from degrading the commons. It's the baseline condition for any healthy system. What we've normalized (surveillance-funded platforms) is the aberration. Nostr is a bet that we can do better now that we have tools the early internet lacked—portable identity, native payments, cryptographic verification—without repeating the capture that followed.

A masterful mapping and explanation of why nostr matters to individuals in pursuit of liberty. View article →

gm, good people. ☕

I avoid brands that try to capitalize on Christmas while studiously avoiding the 'C' word. Commit or don't. Otherwise, you're a milquetoast.

Worthwhile #longread, despite this unfortunate conflation. "Today’s situation calls to mind a comment attributed to American economist Stuart Chase about faith. I believe it’s also applicable to AI (as well as to gold and cryptocurrencies): For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible."

Oaktree Capital

Is It a Bubble?

In his latest memo, Howard Marks explores if there is a bubble in AI, identifying uncertainty, parallels to past bubbles, AI's vast potential, and ...

gm, good people. ☕ Happy Friday.

Career in tech, last 5 years in Bitcoin, I keep seeing the same patterns: Founders deep in engineering and product—maybe building something great—but missing commercial fundamentals. ICP they can't name. No pipeline stages. Founder heroics instead of repeatable process. So I built a diagnostic: 10 questions, 3 minutes, find out where you actually stand.

GTM Map

GTM Map | Find the gaps in your go-to-market

See where your go-to-market is stuck and what to fix first. A focused diagnostic for B2B founders — results in 10 minutes.

@HRF Director of Financial Freedom, @ck, joins @Trust Revolution to discuss the power of Bitcoin, open source AI, and the fight for freedom around the world. Full episode available now for supporters, tomorrow for all.

Trust Revolution • S02E15 Christian Keroles – What Dissidents Know About Bitcoin • Watch on Fountain

gm, good people. ☕

There will be signs.

MOAR CHRISTMAS MUSIC

This is fiat.

Fewer features. Higher quality.