OH...and GM! Pura Vida!!!

Italy's Central bank says in the linked report that #Bitcoin is the most technically robust cryptocurrency in the world. Game theory anyone? https://www.bancaditalia.it/pubblicazioni/mercati-infrastrutture-e-sistemi-di-pagamento/approfondimenti/2026-074/N.74-MISP.pdf

Bathhouse Flatiron is a 35,000 sq ft location in a former underground Manhattan parking garage. It's got six Bitcoin heated pools, saunas and recovery spaces. Co-founder Jason Goodman says Bitcoin mining is being used as an energy efficiency and capital optimization solution.

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@Simon Dixon on how to fight the system... 🔥 🔥 🔥

I like this...

This is 8 years old and still a damn solid explanation of Bitcoin...

How 'bout them Epstein files!

Did you know the news used to regularly air stories about people's lives being ruined by vaccines? That was before big-pharma took over the major TV networks. Here are 56 mind-blowing news segments they'd never air today.

Vaccine Amnesia: How The Media Used To Cover Vaccine Disasters

Forgotten news segments show how widely acknowledged vaccine injuries were before the media was bought out by the pharmaceutical industry

I do traditional radio in Columbia, Missouri, USA. There's not much talk about shortwave radio, however. Shortwave provides access to the airways for thousands of programmers and uncensored content for listeners. Supporting shortwave is supporting freedom.

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded. sometimes destroyed.” - Ernest Hemingway

GM...

@npub10eg2...qrzz What's Saturday night in @Bitcoin District Prospera Prospera like???

Bitcoin miner/water heater featured on the CES 2026 show floor. - Bitcoin ASIC miners mounted on a 50-gallon water heater. - Similar energy usage as a standard electric water heater while mining Bitcoin. - Mining revenue offsets water heating costs.

Amid the snow, the Farmers take Paris... "ALL roads leading to Paris will be BLOCKED" Much of the Parisian population reportedly ready to support with their own vehicles. 🔥 This video was from 1/6/2026, with road blockades and convoys heading to Paris. A larger event is planned for January 8. Sources: Le Monde, Le Figaro, France24.

@gladstein talks with @balajis on The Network State Podcast. Excellent talk.

You can be poor without being broke...

Not the way I wanted to start the day but GM anyhow... 🤔🥴🤣

"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free." – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I need a good movie to watch with my wife tonight. Needs action...but romance too, to keep wife engaged. SciFi, supernatural, etc OK. Zaps for recommendations. 🤔😉🤣

I recently returned from a family/friends vacation in Costa Rica. It's hard to overstate how wonderful it was. Lovely people who understand the important things in life... Pura Vida they say... And you feel it when you're there... Lots of Bitcoin friendly merchants... So awesome...if I didn't have a bunch of hooks keeping me here in the US, I could live there... Huge thanks and my biggest endorsement to the crew @Airbtc..Jacob and Ursula in particular. Check them out if you're traveling and want to use Bitcoin to pay for your trip...they have amazing properties for lease, all around the world.