We’re literally zapping magic internet money around to each other and people are complaining.

Taxation is theft is perceived as a snarky little quip to most ears. It’s bound to appeal to emotionality in either direction without proper qualification. If you witness that statement draw out an emotional trigger in someone, qualify the statement around consent. Taxation is, and only can be, qualified as theft, precisely because I do not consent to it. You may say that you do consent. But within the state apparatus, you have no option to withdraw your consent, at least not without perceived penalty. You do have agency though. You can opt out of the state apparatus in multiple ways, major and minor. The premise that taxation is theft is always true then. Whether you’d like to argue that it’s justified theft, well I suppose that’s your right. Just know you’re standing on shaky ground with that premise.

The past few years have taught me that labelling a year bad or good just doesn’t cut it. 2024 was one of my most challenging years, but I also had a shit ton of amazing experiences. In 2025 I accomplished a major goal of mine, and reduced my stress levels tremendously because of it. Yet, there’s still an overarching life goal that has not yet been attained. I’ll keep working towards it, using my agency to change my circumstances. It’s good to reflect on life, that’s not what I’m saying. Just know that you don’t have to accept the framing that a set of 12 months should be labelled good or bad. It’s just life, I guess. Sometimes good, sometimes shit.

GM HNY Stayed up past midnight for the first time in years, thanks to the neighbourhood kids and their firecrackers, and non-stop fireworks. 😄

If you’re in North America and want to go to bed early tonight, just find a countdown from Newfoundland and then call it a night. It will be midnight there at 9:30pm here. I get to keep my regular bedtime.

I’ve been using @PayPerQ as my default AI access point. The other day I needed to look up some sentences in Spanish, and used the audio playback to hear the rough pronunciation. Pretty hilarious to hear @Guy Swann speaking back to me en español 😂.

I refuse to believe the Silver vs Hershey’s chocolate bar people are real.

Yes, but if you continue to replace them you’ll continue to receive a lump of shit. Eventually you grow out of diapers and deal with your own shit like a sovereign adult.

In 2025, I set a major goal for myself. I took a risk, left a “comfortable” job, albeit a soul crushing one. I manifested a place for myself within a group of mission driven people. Were there things that didn’t go my way this past year? Absolutely. But this thing I set out to do, I did. It feels good. I have a new main goal for 2026 and I intend to manifest that into my life as well. I also intend to put much more energy into Nostr. You can just do shit. Merry Christmas to you all!

“Hey, so we destroyed the money and inflated the housing market to unattainable levels, forcing you to find an alternative asset, but also, no way we’re gonna let you buy a house with that shit because drug dealers use it sometimes” Opt out

The must-watch Christmas movie schedule for me is: Christmas Eve: Christmas Vacation Christmas Day: It’s a Wonderful Life I’ll watch others but everything besides these is gravy. Home Alone usually kicks off the season.

Feliz Navidad 🎄

These fuckers love war eh by.