One trouble with mass adoption that Satoshi *didn’t* consider was all the influencoors, hot takes, scammers, and general shittiness available amongst gen pop who would come out of the woodwork without any knowledge (or respect) for cypherpunk ideals… and I’m not just talking about coding. I’m a retard in the terminal, but I’ll out up my ₿-aligned code of ethics on the table against the guy who created ordinals or Faketoshi. Ability to code isn’t the bar. Adherence to decentralized, distributed, secure, immutable, censorship-resistant money *is*. And please, miss me with your “but is money SoW or MoE?” bullshit. Money is life energy stored in capital. Use it however you want. #bitcoin

Totally normal, right?

The Atlantic

The FBI Director Is MIA

Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

🤮🤮🤮🤮

WIRED

Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

I don’t typically indulge in schadenfreude, because I like celebrating when people succeed more than I like celebrating when they fail. That being said, I follow @rektbot because there’s a part of me that has no sympathy for the truly irresponsible people out there who use leverage AND bet against ₿.

@Foundation quick question about Passport Core. Your shop says Out of Stock. I know you guys have released Prime and that’s the device you’re promoting, but will Passport Core still be produced in the future? (Thanks for making the best HWW🧡.)

1sat/vB for high priority is wild.

Want to visit Europe? Prepare to have your face scanned. There is no option to Opt Out.

Condé Nast Traveler

Visiting the EU? Expect Face Scans Instead of Passport Stamps

The EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES) officially launched in 29 Schengen area countries on April 10. Here's what to know.

One of the things that surprised me about getting older, is how *absolute* young people are about their opinions. I mean, older I get, the LESS certain I am, about most things. I definitely have a better understanding of what serves for me when it comes to my habits and methods (professionally), and am aware of intentional patterns of thought that are either constructive or maladaptive (personally), and I obviously have more life experience to draw from when making decisions (in both domains) but, even though I’ve collected more support for strongly held convictions, I’ve also maintained a sense of conservatism that I may not be 100% right, about most things in the world. Does this resonate with any other mid-lifers out there? I don’t mean to sound like I’m making a “kids these days, amirite?” style of complaint. But, damn, when I see what’s expressed on social media, it makes me want to shake them and say, “You’re young. You don’t know anything, yet! Have some fucking humility.” Of course, I’m sure I thought I knew everything when I was younger, too. I’m sure I was a pain the ass for many “grownups.” But I’m also pretty sure I wasn’t screaming in all caps at people, or crassly attacking anyone for pointing out my mistakes. I dunno. Maybe the anonymity of the Internet makes throwing tantrums through a keyboard socially acceptable, somehow — because trolling and shitposting became a fun pastime, because having an opinion (and sharing it emphatically and with 100% certainty) about literally everything became the default. Just sayin’. The world (life, itself) is far more complex than some of these 20-somethings seem to recognize.