When I first came across keto, it felt counterintuitive. But it immediately clicked for me. I had already tried a no-meat diet (I was a vegetarian for over a year) and knew how constantly hungry it made me. When I reintroduced meat, I noticed I could go much longer without needing food. That experience opened my mind to the idea that a low-carb (and therefore lower-plant) approach might actually improve health. And so it did.

The mute button is there to be used.

It’s quite plausible that multiple powerful parties are conspiring to keep you fat and unhealthy. It’s equally plausible that the goals of Big Food support the goals of Big Pharma, which is keeping people dependent on on-going treatment. You’re free to choose which view you take. The former is considered “conspiratorial,” while the latter sees it as the result of a “random convergence of interests.” But even if you don’t believe in a conscious conspiracy (or if you cannot bear the label of being a “conspiracy theorist”), it’s hard to ignore how certain interests align with each other while working against your well-being.

Some people, when they hear descriptions of psychedelic trips, say they’ve reached similar states through meditation or spiritual practice. But unless you’ve experienced both, you can’t know for sure that the same states are truly accessible through either means. And even then, it remains only a personal proof. You can’t tell me with certainty that they are the same, because your definitions and your experience of those states may differ from mine. We can never be completely sure we share the same frame of reference.

One thing I'm glad this OP_RETURN controversy has made clear to us Bitcoiners is that, unlike centralized companies that can quietly change their Terms of Service or User Agreements without our consent, every change in Bitcoin —big or small— is open for debate. We aren’t forced to accept anything sneaked into the code. Our consent cannot be assumed. We can choose to adopt a change or reject it. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on—Core or Knots—and I respect your choice. What this has reinforced for me is that Terms of Service cannot be imposed on us Bitcoiners. We can literally vote and make our agreement or disagreement heard.

Not only am I gonna replace some arrogant docs with a Google search, I’m gonna replace them with advice from gym bros and conspiracy theorists and I’m gonna end up outliving them, even if they’re younger than me.

A beautiful warm, sunny day. The Bitcoin walk ahead is gonna be a blast!

I find anger to be a great driving force.

I’ve been using X in the Following mode, and honestly, it’s not that bad. You get to see what the people you’ve chosen to follow have to say, and you even start to grow an appetite for longer texts. For example, I read some long tweets from Geoffrey Miller today. I wish I’d known about this small but impactful tweak sooner.

GM Say no to KYC.

From Joseph Campbell’s reflections on myth and the hero’s journey, to Roland Barthes’ ideas, I’ve come to see “myth” as a shared language for making sense of the world. Ancient myths—Apollo, Hercules, creation stories—are the myths of history. Today, when we speak of democracy, AI, or the internet, and try to grasp their meaning, we’re engaging with the myths of our own time.

Jellyfin is the gateway drug to self-hosting!

Rumi hasn’t said more than half of the shit people assign to him.

If you are convinced that Bitcoin’s price will continue to rise (driven by its absolute scarcity coupled with the deflationary effects of advancing technology), then concerns about block rewards eventually reaching zero and transaction fees remaining low are misplaced. In the distant future (perhaps beyond our lifetimes) when block rewards finally disappear, miners will still remain profitable. By then, Bitcoin’s price will have reached such levels that even small number of sats paid as fees will be valuable enough to sustain competition among miners.

The left criticizes bearing guns all day long, but it is them who exploit guns to oppress their opponents.

Let lifting be thy medicine.

Had to rebuild my Umbrel node from scratch for troubleshooting. I almost didn’t, thinking it would take a week like it did on my Raspberry Pi 4 and old 2016 MSI Core i5 laptop. Turns out, my N95 mini PC did it in under 24 hours! That’s how impactful your CPU power is in initial blocks validation.

⚡️ New Tutorial! ⚡️ Learn how to migrate your @Umbrel ☂️ node safely, without losing your Bitcoin, Lightning channels, or apps. Perfect if you’re looking to move to bigger, faster storage. 📺 Watch here: