street wisdom (prophecy?!) in Helsinki

Pretty great place for a pretty great book @Max

Nostr isn't down. Bitcoin isn't down. #cloudflare #chaos #fiat

Mr. @Kontext speaking

I have no words. ...and my acquired trail name is "Nostrils" (appro for #Nostr)

Today I attended a classical liberal social event at a Stockholm research think-tank where I interned over seven(!) years ago. It was lovely to be back, great to say hi to a few faces I recognized from my pre-Bitcoin days (at least publicly). They're all academically inclined, most who work there are almost entirely on a government payroll ("controlled opposition"?) — as civil servants, as experts for various gov bureaucratic offices, or as professors at public universities. They all favor free markets — but, let's be honest: in name only and in ethereal, over-two-beers hypothesizing, not in any sort of practice. They're about small, incremental, microscopic, and insignificant changes ("life is better if we contribute one sentence to the latest parliamentary budget proposal that reduces taxes by 0.1%, right??"). The clash to my "burn-it-all-down" approach is palpable. Still, small social victories: - Recommended one guy to check out Nostr, "social media without ads or algos, where people just send you small amounts of bitcoin for posts." - Talked about the pre-history of Bitcoin with two dudes, and said for them to read @Aaron van Wirdum 's book when one of them asked what to look at to learn more. - had a 45 minute friendly convo with conservative dude about the virtue of discretionary monetary policy. He seemed interested in bitcoin, and genuinely surprised that somebody could be in it for other reasons than GREEN CANDLES-NUMBER-GO-UP. He understands that the Swedish Riksbank hasn't done a good job printing money, and that it's "unbelievable that the krona has survived." Kicker? He thinks Sweden should join the eurozone (hashtag, massive faceplant...). - Discussed Swedish housing market debacle with someone who researches intergenerational inequality. He was politely interested in bitcoin, wonder how I pay my bills. - Gave away a few Print magazines to the CEO of the think tank — admittedly, a lady I know since before Bitcoin, but still. Now all of their interns and staff will have a chance to look at the highest quality writing in the Bitcoin space. At dinner, I asked three masters students who had just finished their summer research internship about their work and their interests. We laughed, we teased, and had fun; we were being human. And that's the most important bit for orange- (and purple-) pilling: just be a normal, friendly, engaging dude. No shilling, no technobabbling, no wacky crazies. Just good vibes. This is how we win.

Writing about Nostr for @npub1t8a7...56yu today, featuring a NICE, PUNCHY interview with Mr. @Derek Ross himself! Once purple, _always_ purple!

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Once You Go Purple, You Never Go Back: Are You Even A Bitcoiner If You're Not On Nostr?

Bitcoiners who aren't on Nostr are missing the point. The purple pill of Nostr is inseparable from Bitcoin's orange pill. In this sit-dow...

_hurraaah, diese Welt geht runter_ <3

Ouw, such dreamy beauty<3

Timestamp: 1:12 a.m. Elevation: 680 m (2,231 ft) Latitude: 66.18° Happy midsummer's eve, everyone

Hi Barcelona

Street wisdom

Did the thing. Cashier roller his eyes, called a supervisor. I asked if we were making his life difficult with all these lightning payments. "A little bit," he said. Supervisor knew how to do it, though... Chop-chop, easypeas.

A palace for royals, or future bitcoin citadel?

HE WHO DECIDES ON THE EXCEPTION. @Erik Cason proud of Matt Levine today https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-04-07/tariffs-are-for-emergencies

It's been a while (78 goddamn days...) but I. AM. BACK. #chess #grind #life ...and yes, the graph looks like a BTC/USD chart. Related?!

Such quatsch. Strip these ivory tower dudes of their credentials. (And laugh at the poor "journalist," James Baxter-Derrington, who put together an unbelievable mess of stupidities in one short article) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/investing/whine-all-you-want-bitcoin-is-still-worthless/

My "morning" coffee is better than yours (_"morning"_ because it's 12.30 -- shitty sun too lazy to get over horizon) #nature #villagelife #mountains #sunrise #coffeechain #plebs #coffee

good morning, #nostr. How are you, today? #scenery #sunrise #mountains #winter #winteriscoming #mountainlife