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Watching the livestream of the MIT Bitcoin Expo before getting ready to head out for the weekend. Super interesting! Happy to see Nostr represented! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxDr_SjAgg

American politics is the best reality TV show.

I’ve been revisiting Sade’s music this weekend. Love her music and her beauty. https://open.spotify.com/track/4PEGwWH4tL6H7dGl4uVSPg?si=JKak7grJT7i9MMD9V2qAUw

It looks like the opioid crisis has finally made it to West Africa courtesy of predatory pharmaceutical companies. The African countries affected by this will never recover from this. Mental health and substance use is heavily stigmatized, and the public health systems are not in place to handle a crisis like this. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyew21yyjzo.amp

An attack on privacy… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-21/apple-removes-end-to-end-encryption-feature-from-uk-after-backdoor-order

Spotify actually has a decent audiobook collection. A ton of bestsellers are available for free. They even have the Bitcoin Standard for anyone who is interested but hasn’t read the book yet. https://open.spotify.com/show/4bxsDC9n5DQYSZhRD08VBO?si=c1hKr2i9TcSCCbHKvsRdlA

Looks MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD is closer to becoming a reality. Despite the current administration’s negative view of the mental health system, there is a lot of interesting, groundbreaking research that has been ongoing, but is at risk of being halted. Hopefully, things are rectified, so patients can get the care that they need. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02565-4