GM ☀️ Hospice fraud in America, especially California, is a reminder that government waste has real victims. Taxpayers fund the system. Fraudsters exploit it. The vulnerable pay the price. And the people who can least afford to lose a dollar are often the ones who suffer most. Fraud isn’t compassion and accountability isn’t optional. Stealing from a program meant for the dying is a special kind of disgrace.

Bitcoin is literally, power to the people! 🫡 🧶 :btc:

GM! You were born free. Then somebody invented a form, a fee, a permit, and a department to process your request. Human civilization is fucking hilarious.

Brazil’s President Lula calls for regulating digital platforms. And this is exactly why Nostr matters. No CEO. No headquarters. No single switch to flip. You can regulate a company. You can’t simply silence a decentralized protocol. Free speech shouldn’t depend on who wins an election. Freedom doesn’t require permission. ⚡

Freedom means people get to live in ways you don’t approve of. Love means treating them like human beings anyway. If that pisses you off, congratulations. You’ve discovered why both are necessary.

GM. Woke up free again. No permit, subscription, or government approval required.

X is experimenting with $1 likes. Nostr already has Zaps. ⚡ The difference? No platform taking permission or controlling the flow of value. The tech is here. The culture is up to us. Less liking. More Zapping. ⚡

Some people check the price of Bitcoin. Others conduct a full forensic investigation into its emotional state. Respect the dedication. This is practically a doctoral dissertation in volatility. View quoted note →

The greatest threat to liberty is rarely a government that openly declares itself tyrannical. It’s one that convinces people every problem requires its intervention. Every crisis becomes a justification for more authority. Every new power is called temporary. Every restriction is sold as protection. And somehow, the emergency ends, but the power remains. A free society doesn’t require perfect citizens. It requires limits on those who govern them.

You know what’s fun? Bellowing “SILENCE!” at someone making excuses, like an ancient wizard who’s had enough of everyone’s nonsense.