Of COURSE you will remember to take it out of the freezer RIGHT after you walk the dog!

Shouldn't the mentalist have predicted the shooting attempt?

So certainly everybody's heard the sound bites or read about the American admiral, the one who was talking about how the military is now running a node and talking a lot of the Jason Lowery type thesis when it comes to "power projection". While acknowledging Bitcoin's financial aspects, the admiral suggests the military's interest lies elsewhere... in how this technology could benefit a nation strategically. What on earth could that be? Well, I think we can compare it to something that's not on Earth, and that is GPS. Like the internet itself, GPS was designed and deployed by the US military. And the entire world "benefits" from it. (and, well, there are certainly surveillance and privacy implications, and this topic could go on for hours on multiple tangents.) The Admiral keeps rattling off: Cryptography, Blockchain (as a immutable ledger) and Reusable Proof of Work. He recognizes that the Bitcoin network provides an unforgeable verification method for communications. Being nearly impossible to change, the data in the blockchain can be reliably shown to solve an ancient Math(s) Problem! The Byzantine generals’ problem. Remember that one? While modern technology has reduced some validation needs in communications, it has simultaneously created tools that compromise security. The problem still exists... well it DID. GPS illustrates this dual-use pattern: civilians use it to navigate to restaurants, while the military uses its more precise version to guide weapons. Similarly, Bitcoin allows society to securely transfer value, while the military can use it to transmit and verify any message through transaction hashes or other methods. I suppose they would be FOR the larger OP_RETURN? Lol. Securing this network requires participants to dedicate substantial computing power... either to maintain its integrity or potentially compromise it (though game theory makes the latter extremely costly and low benefit). This creates incentives for abundant, clean energy production while delivering an unhackable communications system and immutable value storage. Downstream of this, I have some serious questions. For example... Are we TRULY to believe this was NOT developed by the CIA/NSA? Internet... Bang. Location... Bang. Truth... oh shoot... we forgot that one. Lucky some fella with the initials N.S.(a) handled it for us. But my friends here in 2026 (and those of you reading this in the future), Nothing stops THIS *train! Not clear about all the destinations. CCMF * hatip npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a

It is inevitable that calls for halting things on the Bitcoin blockchain rise up. And it could get dramatic, but remember, even if there was a fork. Bitcoin just shrugs those off. View quoted note →

@Scarlett This joke made me think of you! You are learning English so well even though, as this picture shows, it can be confusing sometimes! 😄

I'm listening to Tucker Carlson interview his brother, Buckley. Lol. And this may be the whitest thing I've ever heard. And at the same time, it's actually pretty good so far. But I totally wouldn't be surprised if at some point it came out that they have an uncle named Thurston.

The thought that the US is doing these things entirely out of stupidity is probably the prevailing thought, and certainly the message in all the various Lego movies, etc. Now, that could be possible, but at the same time, it's probably the less likely one. People who like Trump (still somehow) are losing trust in him because he COMPLETELY reversed on "no war". People who hate him make the mistake in thinking that he (and, more importantly, this administration) is just an idiot and take things at face value. I would suggest what's happening right now has been a plan for a very long time and I would bet $100 that it hasn't just been Trump's posse doing the planning. The military objectives which have been said over and over: destroy navy, deplete rockets, destroy nuclear program, destroy leadership... These have been fairly well executed, but these are not the only objectives during this action. Not even the main ones. I have asked before why is Scott Bessent talking so much? There is something much bigger in play here. One theory could be that the U.S. is basically choking off the energy supply to the world establishing viable energy supplies in the western hemisphere. And then there's the NATO angle. The US has been projecting power on behalf of NATO for the better part of 100 years. It seems to me this administration is setting up the stage to actually have our old allies ask us to leave and then I wouldn't be surprised if we did exactly that. And the conflict is much more pronounced for the eastern hemisphere than the one the U.S. is in. Sadly, this may also not be an accident. Cuba, Greenland, areas in Central and South America, Canada, all this bluster. Why? Well, it fits into this thought. This is our hemisphere. This is our empire. Why would we want energy/Chem/fertilizer to be cut off? Perhaps to force populations into the corner where they have no choice but to take things like digital ID so they can then have universal Basic Income and eat again. All issued in a digital dollar straight to your phone, et cetera, et cetera. When an enormous swath of the people can't feed themselves anymore, they're going to line up to get the things that they're rightly fearful of currently. I believe it's possible that while the often ridiculous President of the United States is broadcasting constant confusion and chaos, the actual plan that has been in the works for quite some time is rolling along just as they would wish. I don't think it's likely that this is just one big blunder. I do think it's likely it's one of the most risky gambits that has been played in probably centuries. Most nations outside of China, at least, are not positioning themselves to avoid the inevitable collapse. They're positioning themselves to survive and profit from it. At least the smart ones would be. But I don't know who's who.

Going through the motions. So I don't fall off the treadmill. Skin my knee.

I'm getting to the point where if a specific app asks me to enable notifications more than once I'm just deleting it.

And absolutely excellent summation of the BIP 110 situation, in my opinion. View quoted note →