For younger parents…. The child who follows you from room to room isn't being difficult they're reminding you that you are their favorite place to be.

These prices are unprecedented… But also, what’s gonna happen now that they no longer the space to get higher than $9.99 in the board

Bro learn the history of money. -who created it -who controls it -who benefits from the confusion around it -why the confusion isn't an accident Also, Gm Nostr

You should be civil to strangers but it should not be easy to become your friend. Only lower the drawbridge for the worthy. A man who welcomes everybody into his kingdom will soon enough have no kingdom to speak of. What is true of countries is likewise of men

Let’s pass this campaign ad around. Get em in. @HODL @Erik Cason

Your KIDS are going to figure you out someday. The kind of parent you are. The kind of spouse you are. How you treat others. How much effort you put into them. You'll either be someone they look up to or someone they NEVER want to be like. You get one chance. Prioritize accordingly.

There's an old line among Christians that sharing the faith is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread. I've been chewing on it all week, because it quietly takes apart the way a lot of us talk about God. Think about what a beggar actually is. He has nothing to bring to the table. Whatever he eats, somebody else made it and somebody else handed it to him. So when he runs into another hungry man on the street, the only honest thing he can do is point down the block and tell him where the food is. That's the Christian story if you take grace seriously. Paul asks a blunt question somewhere in Corinthians: what do you have that you didn't receive? And if it was given to you, what exactly are you bragging about? Most believers I know came to faith hungry, usually at a low point and well before they had anything figured out. God fed them first. Where we go wrong is forgetting we're still beggars. Somewhere along the line we start acting like we run the kitchen, checking who deserves a plate, then act surprised nobody wants to come inside. Meanwhile we've got crumbs all over our own shirts. And the beggar never stops needing bread. You don't eat once and graduate. I need grace today as much as the day I first walked in, and I'll need it again tomorrow. Remembering that keeps me honest when I'm talking to someone who hasn't found it yet. I've spent a lot of time around people on the worst day of their lives. The distance between them and me is usually a couple of decisions and the grace of God, and I didn't earn either one. So if you're running on empty and can't even name why, you won't get a lecture from me. The bread is down the block. I'll probably be in line too. #ToChristAlone

Fed hiked a quarter point yesterday. Warsh says it's good news for folks who don't own assets, which is a bold thing to tell a guy who's been watching his grocery receipt get longer since 2021. Twelve people sat in a room, decided what your paycheck is worth for the next few months, and we all just kind of nodded. I keep my savings somewhere that doesn't hold meetings.

When you were going through your own hard times and still found a way to pour into other people, that is character that cannot be faked. Generosity from a place of lack is one of the rarest qualities a person can have. And that kind of giving never goes unrewarded.

I realized people only like you when you're easy to benefit from. When you say yes, stay quiet, and let things slide, they love you. But once you start saying no, setting boundaries, and standing on what's right for you, everthing changes. Suddenly you got an attitude. Suddenly, you're the problem. Truth is, they never respected you, they just liked your silence. I'm not being difficult, I'm being real. If me protecting my peace offends you... that's your issue, not mine.

Every era has a defining skill. Ours is knowing what to make visible and what to keep sovereign. Build in public. Learn in public. Contribute in public. But save in Bitcoin and protect your advantage in private. The people who master both reputation and sovereignty won't just participate in the future. They'll own it.

Some days posting here feels like nobody's listening. You write something you actually care about and it gets two reactions and a 21 sat zap from the few people who zaps everything. That's what early looks like, though. The people who kept stacking through 2022 weren't getting applause either, and most of their friends figured they'd lost it. The devs building clients here are shipping updates to a few thousand users and doing it anyway, because they think this matters. It does. No algorithm is paying anybody here to keep posting. If you're still showing up, it's because you believe in it. I'd rather build with a few thousand people like that than perform for a million who'd leave the day the feed changes. So keep posting, and zap accounts when they say something good. That's how most of us got found in the first place.

So apparently RSVP'ing back to a wedding invite “maybe next time” isn't the correct response

THERE'S NO REASON TO TAILGATE ME WHEN IM DOING 50 IN A 35. AND THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS ON TOP OF YOUR CAR LOOK RIDICULOUS.