This was a really good conversation. Trying to understand Simon Dixon's perspective is pretty challenging but seems worth the effort. Prof Jiang did an excellent job of finding the limits to and testing Simon's worldview. Their worldviews are compatible but different. 2 things were pointed to that will show whose perspective is right or wrong. 1) If Israel blows up the Al Aqsa mosque then Simon's view that Israel is subservient to the Financial Industrial Complex will be shown to be false and it will show that Israel is reaching for greater power and chaos than Simon is accounting for. 2) Simon claims that if the Dollar Index weakens then that shows that either Trump is subservient to the financial industrial complex or that he failed to push back against them. If the Dollar strengthens then according to Simon that would validate Prof. Jiang's belief that Trump has his own Caesar-like agenda and is not simply operating as a Financial Industrial Complex puppet/actor. They both acknowledged that Al Aqsa was a key deciding factor. Jiang didn't acknowledge Simon's point about Trump and the DXY.

IF you have some miners or some bitaxes like me you can point them to this block party and if we solo mine a block you'll get your share based on contributed hash rate. Pretty neat idea, View quoted note →

EVRRYBODY SAYY HOOOOO

Really top-notch look at global liquidity. Great presentation, very clear.

AI for tech support is the main reason I am able to get more out of Linux now. I used to have a problem and it would ruin my day havin to dig thru forums and crap. AI is super helpful for makin linux retard-accessible.

Get Linuxed Up. Ubuntu is awesome. Graphene OS is awesome. Start 9s and Umbrels are awesome. Open Source Trifecta. View quoted note →

“Just a thought... more of a shot in the dark, but uh... We wouldn't happen to be invading Iran today, would we?” lmao

Elliot Smith actually tunes his guitar down a whole step so the strings are actually DGCFAD, so it's based off the D instead of E. Pretty unique but prolly also part of the reason some people find his music D-pressing lol. I love it tho.

kinda getting the impression that nostr is on track to being gangraped by AI bots.

GM ☕ Drinking my first cup of coffee in a month.

Is Primal Premium worth it? What are peoples' preferred ways of using nostr and managing content and lightning liquidity? #asknostr Ive been using Nostrudel, albyhub, and a nostr.build account. I can see the benefits of Primal but the trade off seems to be that it is just not self-hosted, also seems very X-like. I like the Nostrudel client because it is kinda different from X and has all kinds of stuff to click on but it's not good on the follows as notifications tho it seems to have gotten better with the general notifications, so I end up checking primal too for that. Just curious what options people go with.

What is the best place to post blog type content on nostr? is it hablanews #asknostr

Finished Blood Meridian today. It has a slow pace but is very rich brutal and vivid. Crossing the desert in an entourage killing massacring scalping indians and whoever else was unlucky enough to cross their path. Exploring the carnage left by apaches and comanches, ruined towns and churches piled with bodies inside. Merciless violence painted on a canvas. The Judge's monologues were a highlight where he strips reality to stark ruthless truth. Could def read it again. #bookstr "Before man was, war waited for him" apparently it was based on a real entourage

John Joel Glanton - Wikipedia

yuh... 😬

Psychos Normies and Schizos. the secret war thats been going on since the dawn of time.

ok so this already exists apparently. i think you xcan play me with that link if you want.

Nostr Chess

Decentralized chess on the Nostr protocol

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Currently addicted to duolingo chess. There really needs to be a nostr chess app. Would be super cool to have a chess score for your pub key and just easily play anyone on here. #grownostr #chess

switching all of my investments to soup

2026 feels like the year the masks come off. The whole epstein thing coming into focus https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/epstein-western-decline-moral-collapse-elites meanwhile the fabian socialists are proudly announcing themselves (with the comments on their posts turned off lol)

Really good video summarizing the main points of Peter Turchin's End Times which is unfortunately one of the best books to describe our current moment. The concepts of Elite Overproduction, The Wealth Pump and Popular Immiseration are all blaring signals in the US pointing to us now being in a Revolutionary Moment. Very important book. #bookstr #history

A Video Illustrating Ideas in "End Times"

"Peter Turchin's End Times Dissected" by Bernard Tannett