Spending a lot of time working on my house lately and not as much time on social media. Finished my front walkway with brick. Working on my mini front porch and finished raking the limestone screenings for my back patio. Also got a new fridge today! Infinite projects.

I’m starting to see a ramp-up of integration of sketchy crypto services and financial instruments that used to be pretty isolated to the crypto-space, get integrated into the mainstream financial sector. For example, E*Trade is advertising crypto on their homepage, and Zac Prince and Pompliano are back from their BlockFi disaster with a similar offering via GalaxyOne. Still sketchy, but somehow they’re backed by FDIC now. 8% yield on stablecoins never has and never could go wrong, right? (Micro)Strategy is no exception. Having been around town a for a little bit now and seeing the cycles of grift and corruption, I have started to theorize about what’s happening and what’s to come. Obviously, there’s grift brewing - Trump and his cronies are leaning into the scams and grift in the crypto-space, so I expect that to proliferate while he’s in office. But I have a working theory that this integration of sketchy crypto into traditional, FDIC-backed finance is a purposeful, planned demolition of parts of legacy finance before the Hegelian “solution” sweeps as CBDCs. People like Epstein manipulated markets just like this and profited on the swings.

I remember hearing Ray Dalio talking about how he’s shifting investments toward China and people including myself didn’t really understand it. But the more I see and learn about China, the more it seems actually alright and pretty cool. The government, just like the one we have in the US, is a different story, but the people and things they do seem pretty cool.

Finally finished my first deodorant stick from @AU9913 (Ink Blot Farms) and it lasted me at least 8 months! Did the job, good ingredients, and accepted bitcoin. If you get back into making it, I have some feedback id be happy to share. The sticker and logo are awesome. Going to try out some deodorant from @SoapMiner now. So far, so good!

I remember Anthony Pompliano doing something that made me trust him less, but I can’t remember what exactly it was. Was it the usual shitcoinery? Or did he lie or mislead about something? If anyone knows or remembers, please remind me.

Seeking peace instead of riches was such a nice mindset shift for me. I like surrounding myself with people who are of the same mindset.

When you’re in a hurry, take the long way.

It’s a good time to send a fat zap to anyone affected by the COLDCARD hack.

Just had a thought: political parties are competing to have as many people as possible to associate with them. They will say anything and everything, lie and deceive, in order to get as many people to say “they represent me”. The trick is most obvious to the demographics that the State cares least about.

Watching Akira was pivotal for me because it showed me that when a society becomes overly advanced and top heavy, it begins to yearn for its own demise. This realization has helped me understand a lot of the destructive forces we see around us today.

Coinkite Mythos moment? Could’ve been much worse. We’ll be alright.

Finished my 36 hour fast just after the peak of the full moon this morning. Can’t say I know everything about fasting during a full moon, but I’ve heard it’s good for multiple reasons and it was a great fast.

New term I made up: scrolliosis You get it when you scroll on your phone too long and get sucked in and end up with bad posture.

Keep in mind that as “the truth comes out” fifth generation warfare will evolve. Before, they took advantage of society’s trust in experts. Now they realize that advantage is eroding quickly. So it makes sense from a game-theoretical perspective to pivot. They will be those small, “suppressed” accounts campaigning for your mind as they say “trust me, not big pharma/ag/govt/etc”. As soon as you think you have a good rule of thumb and can stop thinking critically, that is when they strike. Stay frosty. Listening to #FifthGenerationWarfare by @Bitcoin Veterans on X.

I forget if I saw this meme on NOSTR or reddit but I like it

Even the most deplorable person can speak the deepest truth. Thats why it’s so important to hear people out, even when you generally disagree with them.

I must admit, I have gotten lazy and life has gotten in the way. Is bisq pretty much the best way to stack sats? It seems so laborious to meet up and exchange cash for sats.