I am increasingly hearing the term "spiritual warfare" pop up in the modern vernacular. Some obviously subscribe to this framing, but others I see cringe or recoil at this, as it appears to evoke religiosity and superstition. I would argue that intentional and exacting attention needs to be paid the WORDS, however. Spiritual warfare encompasses the Christian connotation people think of. But it also has a more general meaning. I would argue that ANY struggle that transcends establishing exclusively physical submission of an opponent is spiritual. When a UFC champion takes a match into late rounds to dissect a challenger, that becomes a war of the spirit. When a prisoner of war is subjected to psychological torture, the goal is conquest of the POW's spirit. The intent is to BREAK his or her spirit. So the question is: are there or are there not forces at play in society that strive, whether intentionally or otherwise, to break our spirit? #thinkstr

Probably an unappealing take, but I believe two facts exist in opposition in modern society (specifically with respect to the male psyche): 1. Emotional intelligence, the therapy revolution, comfort with being vulnerable, etc. are generally positive forces for actualization of men - as social creatures. This is a good thing. 2. Cultivating rich emotional fluency has the directional effect of domesticating men. Of course this a generalization, and there are/will be exceptions. But, generally speaking, emotionally actualized and vulnerable men are less savage men. The question is, does society need savage men? I would argue savage men in your populace aren't needed. Until they are. Every revolution in history has hinged on savage men. And if history teaches us anything, it is that revolution is ALWAYS coming. Eventually. This is the paradox I observe as we unconditionally push for more emotionally intelligent men. ...but idk tho 🤷🏾‍♂️

War is the difficulty adjustment.

If restaurants billed like hospitals.... 1. A menu item would cost X. 2. The value of X would be hidden from BOTH the server AND the guest. 3. The guest would then be charged some value Y (instead of X). 4. The restaurant would then be paid some value Z (instead of Y or X). 5. We, as a society, would then be downright BEWILDERED by how broken restaurant economics have become. Insanity 🤬

So is @PUBKEY DC open to public yet or nah? I think google is trying to lead me astray. Says it doesn't open till December

The US floating toxic financial thirst traps like this 50 yr mortgage scheme WHILE gutting the populace is the fiat govt equivalent of a mob boss that gives a usurious loan, then positions goons outside to shake you down for the borrowed cash. You end up broke and idebted to the mob boss - who ends up with the money & power.

I find it amusing that to many people I know, the statement, "not everyone needs to go to college" is more controversial than "not everyone needs to get married/have a family".... one statement is backed by 70 years of precedent, the other thousands. We have a long way to go yet.

Thought question: assuming bitcoin represents a new New World, complete with its own time zone - or rather its own timekeeping convention (block height)... Would this convention be tenable at extraterrestrial/interstellar distances? Is there already an accepted convention for timekeeping in space (I assume UTC would be a silly idea)? 🤔 #thinkster

The word 'healthcare' is a fairly modern word. I don't know why, but I've always taken issue with it - as compared to other longstanding terms like 'medicine' or just 'health.' It feels like an orwelian misdirection designed to CONNOTE (imply) one thing, but DENOTE (mean) something entirely different. The term is never examined, but I feel it should be. Similar to how 'social justice' masquerades as actual justice, but in reality is a wholly unrelated, highly political, and less noble idea. The serpents should be given no quarter. Every single word should be dissected before accepting any of their premises. Idk. Just a gut feeling I suppose.

Something I struggle with almost daily is authenticity/integrity.... Does being authentic and committed to truth-telling mandate that I share my position on EVERY issue at EVERY opportunity? In my day to day life, I'm surrounded by left-leaning normies who couldn't be bothered to question any of the mainstream orthodoxy. It gets exhausting engaging these people. So I generally keep my mouth shut and my head down. This is taken as tacit agreement with their dogma. This feels cowardly. Is there a proper balance between having the courage to speak my mind and just being combative/argumentative? #asknostr

When a patient is dying, there are a number of physiologic derangements that are universally present. Many appear early and worsen (sometimes gradually, sometimes rapidly) until the person's demise. These commonly include low blood pressure, low oxygen saturations, labile heart rates/rhythms, and an altered or depressed mental state. Many, if not all, of these aberrations, are apparent even to the lay person or the junior medical trainee as worrisome. For the most part however, these findings, though very concerning, do not NECESSARILY spell the imminent death of the patient. There is one derangement though, that once it appears is a harbinger of the end: hypoglycemia. It turns out that maintaining physiologic blood sugar - specifically avoiding LOW blood sugar - is an absolutely fundamental condition of life. So much that this function, largely fulfilled by the liver (with some input from the pancreas), is more protected and preserved than even maintenance of blood pressure or blood oxygen levels. So when a patient's blood sugar begins to tank, requiring administration of dextrose to correct, this spells liver failure and is an undeniable tell that the end is nigh. This is often missed by family members or novice clinicians as meaningful because hypoglycemia seems so innocuous when compared to the other concomitant physiologic abnormalities in the critically ill. ...why do I mention this? Lately, when I listen to people like @NikBhatia, Luke Gromen, Dr. Jeff Ross, @Preston, @MartyBent, to name a few, I get the impression that the silent (as far as MSM is concerned) geopolitical and macroeconomic tremors we are experiencing are America's hypoglycemia moment. These tremors highlight fault lines in the post 1971 USD hegemonic structure. But - just like low blood glucose - to the lay person these events seem like esoteric concerns, easily corrected by a hit of sugar. Bond auction and repo market fragility aren't felt as palpably as inflation, unemployment, or unaffordable housing, but they are nonetheless telling signs of things to come. I'm no economist. But I know a sick patient when I see one. And, as I listen to the people with expertise in this domain, I see some concerning parallels. Just my 2 sats.

My little cousin (20 something) just started a job as a financial advisor. Cold calls me to offer his services.... i declined but said I'd be happy to chat. I was excited to see if Gen Z tradfi has evolved in its understanding of #bitcoin. I was sorely disappointed. The hubris is oh so strong

For the warriors that have passed on. .Anis.Mojgani. #artstr