I must be an idiot. I don't understand why there are so many Bitcoin podcasts. It's really simple: - Find someone who will trade you their Bitcoin for whatever you have of value to then. - Take self custody. - Use it when you can to trade for other things of value. Stay away from govt. No KYC. No exchanges. Everything else overly complicates the matter, leads to confusion, loss, FUD. If uncertain about anything I said here, refer back to white paper.

Is it wrong or misguided of me to NOT care about Binance or any exchange? I don't keep anything on exchange. Yeah, they're convenient but also highly corrupted with KYC. Did I miss the section in the white paper where exchanges are mentioned? Carry on.

Everybody doing these Clawdbots for whatever techy thing... I just want to launch one that will scan all the grocery flyers and create a meal plan with a shopping list and all the price matching that I'd do along with recipes for all the best deals. Also, it'd keep track so it knows what is a "historical deal". Like a personal grocery shopping consultant and recipe advisor. Then you could say "hey, this was a hit with the picky kids" and it'd remember that crafting a new family recipe book. It wouldn't be doing everything for you but actually advising and ultimately saving you money while expanding your culinary skills and tastes. Bonus points for wine pairings. Add in the ability to set dietary needs (keto, carnivore, allergy, calory target, etc) and this would be a winner.

I'm sorry... But I'll never get used to Baby Metal and their influence on so many to go MetalCore. It still cracks me up, still makes me smile, and still sounds like the opening/ending credits of some insane anime.

I wonder how many bots I can get to like or respond to this post. Even better if they zap me. Go Bots, GO!

Sigh... Bot interactions. Fun experiments, I guess... But, really, I can't help but foresee this as the death of online interactions when you haven't met and exchanged connection IRL. But, then, my ellipses betray my Gen X roots so maybe I just don't get it.

So, um, William Shatner, at 94 years old is planning to release a metal album (announced yesterday) and today is shilling Elon's XMoney. Should we get a wellness check on him?

Today's one of those days when you just sing 🎵 "I hate all this bullshit"🎶... Yeah... One of those days.

Maybe I was wrong about Sophie Powers musical career trajectory. She collabbed with Vana, a New Zealand singer who blends rock and metal... I'm falling down a rabbit hole.

Just when I get bored with music and wonder whatever happened to <insert viral clip person here> I find that Sophie Powers is tracking her career like Grimes or Poppy (well, Poppy until she went into metal... Up to her Diplo collab). Small but passionate fanbase, quality production, impeccable imagery on a budget, not popular but very much pop..

I've begun to fear AI. Not the power it has/will have... But what happens to society/family/community as it becomes desensitized to its existence and effects. I believe this will be the catalyst (a good Carney word) for global totalitarianism that augments environmentalism and outside forces as the threat.

People are freaking out about Mohamed being the most popular baby name in certain western cities. Ironically, Amelia is the one for girls. That said, I sometimes wonder if we're programmed. When my son was born in 2009 we had the idea to name him Noah (wife liked that), Liam (a play on a tradition of William which has been passed down to first males over generations), or Aiden. A Pinoy/Japanese family friends of ours chose Liam before us (WTF?!), and Aiden won out for alliteration with his sister. Cut to school and every class has 3 Aiden's. Where'd they come from? No idea. And Noah and Liam are still in the top names... Really. I swear, we were subjected to subconscious programming. Maybe the Mohammed/Amelia thing is, too.