I see the McDs Big Arch is trending on X. The McDs CEO is getting roasted. People are piling on with mock videos. A&W did a roast. ReviewBrah did one (king of memes that guy!)... Thing is, we had that burger in Canada last year. It's... Not bad. It's a full day's worth a calories and a year's worth of processed seed oils, but it tastes ok. I'll stick to making my own smash burgers at home, however. Cheaper, tastier, fresher, cleaner, and I don't have to drive to McDs. Smashburgers always win!

Hey! Remember when Trump was bragging at the State of the Union how cheap gas was? Yeah... That was only a week ago. Diesel prices up about 30% in Ohio since then. 😬 The cost of Iranian Freedom. I'm doing my part!

I'm not entirely sure why Pierre Poilievre is doing an overseas trip and giving speeches... I have my suspicions why. Anyways, this speech was rather good and played well to the audience of conservative Brits. https://www.youtube.com/live/-up6KnjRtJ8

Checked out the new Samsung S26 Ultra today... It's $2300 CAD. I have no idea why. I have an S21U and the difference between the phones is certainly not $2300 worth. Yeah, 8 can get it cheaper (wow... $1800) bu, honestly, after 5 years is expect holographic 3D imaging or some magic shit to have developed. I'll be holding my S21U till it's truly dead before I even think of an upgrade (and then it'll likely be for a Pixel as it's something I can ironically degooglify).

It was a good day celebrating wife's birthday. Started with a big breakfast done right at home (by me). Then we went out and brought home some amazing cheeses from a local cheese monger that had the best assortment within 50km. Then after we ate some of it paired with some local wines we dined out at a fantastic family run Greek restaurant. There's nothing like spending quality family time together (kids joined us for dinner). With all the conflict in the world I can't help but reflect that I trust they will all get to have the same experiences shortly.

Furnace died. Water tank old. Just signed a contract to replace both... Gonna cost 0.1BTC. But I ain't sellin'! Nope. Got offered a 0% 6mos finance plan open loan that I'll pay off before interest hits (at 6mos they start charging 13%) after taxes filed (and paid). This won't even disrupt my stacking goals. That's how you play the game!

We're all just waking up to the news we expected at some point but didn't know when... And we're all just trying to figure out where it will go and what it will mean. I'm going to go make a gorgeous birthday breakfast for the wife. Mundane? Perhaps. But better use of my energy and time than doom scrolling. Yeah, I'll post pics later. Because my life doesn't stop when those asshole lever pullers are screaming at each other. (Also placed a limit order to sell more fiat).

Block letting go of 40% of their workforce is a warning to us all. You don't have to work in tech to see where this goes: - each employee at block earns an average (from various aggregators) of 125k-300k. They just cut about 600M of income. - they have mortgages, investments, BTC, etc. - they can no longer afford their lifestyles. - if they don't bounce back quickly, and Lord knows it ain't easy, they will have to divest some of those investments. - that income equaled 120M in tax revenue that will be at the corporate rate now. - they won't be shopping or spending. Now... Picture this happening to hundreds of more companies and you will see the cascading affects from dropping local tax revenues, shops not selling, houses coming on market, investments being sold, and the spiral down will spread. It will spread beyond those companies and their employees to everyone globally like a GFC pt2. Clankers don't need anything but energy. The wealth divide will widen and the calls for UBI will grow. The split path of the elites and the subsidized will be surrounded by shiny toys. Me? I'm stacking and going to convert my whole backyard into a vegetable garden (with patent free heirloom seeds). My kids? They're going into essential services. My job? Only a matter of time but, fuck it, I'm old.

nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wshsc5rrsmi can think of nobody more likely interested in sovereign communications... What are your thoughts on Reticulum?

Nobody entertains at a SOTU like Trump. He's just having so much fun up there. It's such a circus.

Gawd... Listening to Trump correctly state that the US Military is stacked... While Canada is looking to allow foreign invaders join the Canadian Arned Forces. I can't help but think that, in Canada's case, foreign armed military members would have no problem turning their force on the citizens at the corrupt govt's will. 😔

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.