pomp moves back to nyc because [checks notes] it was a mistake to use brains to make rational decisions 
godspeed bud 🫡
godspeed bud 🫡
mark
mark@codeandstrategy.com
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pv fam 🤙🌄
disobedience is the root of freedom
privacy is one of my core values
better to selectively decide what to reveal to the world rather than reveal it all by default and assume the entire world behaves like a close friend or family member
two things i've never had even the remotest desire to ever do, so much that i would actually pay money *not* to do them:
1. run a marathon
2. go to burning man
saying sunshine causes cancer is like saying water causes drowning
remember when one of the largest U.S. banks was caught laundering drug money from Mexican gangs? 
i wonder how many drug money laundering schemes are being facilitated by banks today 🤔
the Guardian
How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico
As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Obser...
wild that they tried to make "dad bod" a thing
"no seriously, women prefer that doughy, undisciplined, muscle-free look!"
lol
optimism is defiance and cheerfulness is a middle finger
pv fam 🤙🌄
“If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.” —Epictetus
whoever can hurt your feelings can control you
“value” and “valor” share the same root, meaning both “be strong” and “be worthy”
“value” and “valor” share the same root, meaning both “be strong” and “be worthy”
before a reliable market emerged for retail software you could buy, personal computers used to be sold with user manuals that had programming instructions 
i'd love to meet Gigi one day
here are some spicy topics of conversation to drop on unsuspecting companions from time to time:
- what's something you've changed your mind about recently?
- what's an unpopular opinion you hold?
- if you had to choose, which do you value more: safety or freedom?
BitBlockBoom highlights in no particular order:
Mandrik's baklava
meeting based plebs
chatting with the Samourai team
minscript stickers in the swag bag
chatting Nakamoto Institute with bitstein
orange pilling the security guards
Dhruv's presentation
FractalEncrypt's art
Friday night bbq
zero shitcoinery
Texas is #Bitcoin country 🧡
Mandrik's turtle baklava is not of this world
try to define yourself not so much by what you think as what you're trying to discover
people became enamored with the "blockchain" aspect of bitcoin and i wish they had become enamored with the public key cryptography aspect instead
"We had such a drawn out fight with TARP, the bank bailouts... that was all 1 trillion dollars. All of that.
And we literally have printed 1.3 trillion dollars in new debt in the last two months."
Spotify for Creators
Rabbit Hole Recap #267: Bank Run on Binance? by Rabbit Hole Recap
Is there a bank run on Binance? https://www.discreetlog.com/is-there-a-bank-run-on-binance/
Electrum v4.4.6: Security Upgrade https://www.nobsbitc...