How exhausting it is to constantly have to check and test to see if those who are trying to get close to you have any respect for your basic human rights. That has been the case for me in the past ~4 years. So, so many in the Bitcoin/Crypto community have gone down an ugly red pill path adopting an ideology which tells them that women are not appropriate to full autonomy. And these people will attempt to pull you in to their ideology. They will court you and use lovely sounding words and phrases, and once your guard is down they will try to convince you that you are a follower, inappropriate to decision making, a second class human, support staff only. It’s so exhausting, and pathetic. They hide their ideology as they lack the courage to be honest about their convictions. They know that they will be rejected outright if they don’t hide behind flowery words and drip feed their disrespect. What sucks most about this is that now it’s a logistically horrible idea to let anyone in at all until they have thoroughly proven their respect for my basic human rights. So tiring. And it doesn’t feel like that should be the case, that I should have to performs checks to see if someone supports my basic autonomy. What bull shit.

Never was there an abortion that was not a tragedy. But life is complex and full of tragedies of varying types. Sometimes abortion is the least tragic option in a very tragic situation. And here is the really, really important part, if you are not pregnant, if it is not your body that will be torn apart, then this difficult, very morally heavy and tragic decision, is not yours to make. I’m very anti-abortion, it’s a horrible thing to have happen, but here is the thing, any attempt at giving this decision to anyone besides the person who is pregnant, the person who’s body is on the line, is a slap in the face to the autonomy and dignity of that person. Should you tell me that you wish to have laws to prevent abortion, or to give that decision making to anyone besides the person with their body on the line, then I know, should any error or accident or assault come my way, you would hold me down and force me to be an incubator. You do not respect my mind, my decision making, and my autonomy. You are my would be enslaver.

I got swarmed by a pack of wild dogs!!! Which is a very adrenaline inducing experience. I’m happy to report that the nice professional strength pepper spray does work pretty well on dogs. It took about 5 seconds for it to set in but then they all backed off and started rolling their heads around in the the grass.

Love it. We so need some hope for humanity stories!!!

Today is my last day of being 42, my last day of being the answer to life the universe and everything 😭 Really I can’t say I pulled that off, but I sure did give it a go! In the past year I made 12 trips to 5 different countries. I did two talks en español! I definitely prefer the messier moments and the messier photos. Life just is messy, you make yourself miserable trying to be perfect and polished.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

If I ever quit tech I think I'd run one of those hippie dippie wellness retreats, but like with science. So you can totally bring your crystals and do sound baths if you like, but we also have Congnative Behavior Therapy and anti-inflamitory food. Chant whatever you want but you have to do your EMDR session! And it won't cost an obscene amount cuz it's just some shack on the side of a mountain in Peru. So you just have to get down there then it's like $250!

Agentic payments are so hot right now 🔥 You’ve probably heard of L402 or x402, but what are they? I’ll explain, but first, the internet! Back in the early 90s the HTTP protocol was being built, and with that came some error codes, 404 page not found being the most famous. 💅 But, reserved for future use, is a very forgotten error code, 402 payment required. This error code has sat waiting, for decades, for its moment to shine. And now, finally, we have money truly built for online commerce, Bitcoin + Lightning ⚡ And of course agents will choose to work with money designed for them. Agents don’t have identities, they can’t open bank accounts. They aren’t so great at filling out forms on a website, but they excel at using APIs! They can crunch numbers way faster than we can and they don’t want to sit around waiting on third parties to verify payments and grant access. L402s were designed for them! So what is an L402? It’s an access token that includes proof of payment. An agent shows up to an API endpoint looking for some data. The service returns a token with a Lightning invoice. The agent pays that invoice, receives the preimage as proof of payment and adds that preimage to the token, making an L402. The agent then returns to the server to access the data in that API endpoint presenting the L402 to get instant access. But wait, there’s more. As this is a bearer token, an agent can also attenuate that token and sell it, or pass it along to sub-agents, etc. Lots of options. No identity needed, no need for the server to hold on to user data. This is a protocol created by Lightning Labs in 2020. And how does this relate to x402? You can think of it like this, L402 is a bearer token while x402 is a process. An agent shows up to an API endpoint looking for some data. The service returns a 402 error code along with instructions for various payment methods. An agent makes a payment and a facilitator service monitors the blockchain to check for confirmations, returning data to the server when a transaction is settled. The server can now grant the agent access to the data in that API endpoint. This is a protocol created by Coinbase in 2025. x402 focuses more on the broader crypto ecosystem while L402 focuses on Lightning. L402 tokens were built specifically for Lightning payments but it’s theoretically possible to use L402s inside of the x402 process. There are of course so many more details here. If you’d like to dig in checkout the links below 👇

It’s one of the most consistently difficult things in my life, how on earth can someone hold the reality that this could all end at any moment, at the same time as they engage in long term planning? Car accident, WW3 nuclear blast, stroke, etc. you just never know. And you then have to hold that knowledge while planning your kids education, deciding if now is the right time to refinance your home, making a 5 year career plan… like I just don’t think the human mind can really do that. So in a lot of ways, you just gotta say fuck it and go for it knowing that you and everyone you know will die, but just live anyway.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. So what turns pain into suffering? Shame. At least for me. How about for you?

New Do ✨

An evergreen concept, but I gave the meme a modern AI upgrade 🫶

gulp, I got the video of me giving a presentation en Espanol! I was so nervous to give the talk and I'm nervous to look at it 🫣 But here it is! https://rumble.com/v75x560-la-revolucin-silenciosa-dlares-digitales-sobre-bitcoin-plan-forum-el-salvad.html

I love men that can wear a skirt, or paint their nails, or wear some dangling earnings. Ya know why? There has been this pervasive collective unconscious idea in the world that femininity is inherently less than, pathetic, embarrassing. And when a man is terrified of appearing in any way feminine, it very strongly gives me the impression that he also finds femininity to be less than. "I'm not ashamed to dress 'like a woman' because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman" - Iggy Pop When I man can be unashamedly feminine I feel safer with him. I get the impression that maybe he is capable of respecting me and respecting my mind and my decisions 🫶

Nope. If we can't pull it together here people then it's best to just hand the planet over to some other creatures and let them have a shot at intelligent life.