Finally got to bitchat irl proximity with someone at a bitdevs meetup. We were having side convos about the content being presented.. …and I had/have no idea who it was.

Good time to go to Red Cross and take or refresh your First Aid/CPR/emergency response classes--you'll never regret having basic prep/response, for any situation: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

The government understands the Prisoner’s Dilemma game theory way better than you… Get each side to be against the other so neither wins…

The right response is always to keep on trying to do the good you do with your one precious life…

No browser is perfect but I find that encouraging people to use Brave - for any reason - then gets them exposed to Brave’s “Privacy is Normal” messages. The more times you see it …

Going to a bitdevs where the first 3 agenda items are Core, Knots, Knobs. …

Talk with people about why privacy matters to them….every day. You will go to sleep having accomplished at least one good thing.

I didn't really like the standard (defensive) narratives around Bitcoin and Ransomware, so I wrote this to try to fix it. Let me know what you think. View article →

Be what you say you support in the world … ..to everyone. Act not talk (or just promote in bio)

I think this will be the new job description/resume/CV in a year or so: Open Source job - look at repos, if code good, DGAF Fiat job: Yes, I vibed that UI in seconds (WAS mostly a back-end dev).

This year is the last batch of high school and college coders who would have learned how to code manually. They are having a hard time getting hired now, but they may be much more valuable in the future (along with all of us who learned by manual coding and also appreciate vibe coding). Especially when the LLMs go down. We need a #bitchat LLM.

Security people go to events and mainly talk to security people. Privacy or cyberpunk people go to events and mainly talk to same. Bitcoiners go to Bitcoin events and same. It’s great for learning, ideas/sharing, hacking, and socializing. But it’s usually not changing the security, privacy and Bitcoin perspectives of the wider world. People every day on the ground taking the time to talk in their local and wider communities - do. And do.

Preaching to the choir is mainly about validation/likes and not changing the world.

Love the new #bitchat where I am not just bitch@‘ing at myself …

Brb.. Gonna fix a typo and become the next Knots “ConTrIBut0r ! For real!!!!

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead would have said about #bitchat

Besides Venmo, another good way to talk to people about financial privacy and censorship is via its motherdeath ship PayPal. It’s an easy one to bring up in a lot of circumstances. For example: Was on a work mtg yesterday and was talking about common payment integration options on calendar services—-casually mentioned I won’t use PayPal. Why not, someone asked.

Can Jesse Welles Revive the Protest Song?

Jesse Welles Writes Simple Protest Songs But He's Complex

Jesse Welles has become a hero of some on the left for his viral songs about ICE raids and healthcare, but the TikTok songwriter is more complex.

via @RollingStone

Really not a fan of the proclamation “Few” If few understand and you think it’s important, why are you not doing more to make it more than few.. More than a few who do that instead …