Imagine telling a stranger your most personal message so they can walk it across the room to your partner—then watching them copy it into a company database. That’s how most digital communication works today. We unpack why privacy is not secrecy, why “I have nothing to hide” is a trap, and how to build a tech life that works in your interest rather than mining it.

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Straight, No Chaser • Jordan - Build Tech That Can’t Be Tread On • Listen on Fountain

Imagine telling a stranger your most personal message so they can walk it across the room to your partner—then watching them copy it into a compa...

The year of the Linux Laptop 2 months in and my laptop still makes me smile every time it boots up. Super fast boot up, software that just works, did I mention most of it is free?

Pro tip for politicians: If you want to demonstrate your effectiveness, there is simply no better way than to just cut the grass. It's the easiest, cheapest and least technically complicated of any of the municipal services we pay for. If you can't do this, how are you to be trusted or believed when you talk about anything else more difficult and complicated?

The legends at Trezor and TrezorAcademy sponsored these beauties at the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026 conference. Thanks guys, this is incredible @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

The Bronx are a kick-ass rock band. Some of my favorite tracks are from this band. BUT, they have this alter ego called Mariachi El Bronx. Brilliant stuff. I'm a sucker for a bit of brass in a song, something from the early days of Red Hot Chillie Peppers - Flea puts some soul into the funk sound from their roots. Mariachi El Bronx have LOTS of brass, rythmn and melody. What more could you ask for?

This is Linda. She gives life to people so desperate with poverty and depression, that they can't get out of bed in the morning. Donate to the cause. Send some sats. #abct2026 @Bitsavers Eduhub @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

This is Ben and his 14yr old daughter Sam. She's speaking here at the Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2026 conference. Maybe my kids will join me for the next bitcoin conference? #abct2026

The word ''work'' appears more than 800 times in Scripture (more than ''heaven'' or ''hell'', although fewer times than ''money''). I think on this a lot.

It's coming up to the State of the Nation address time again. If you want to know what the state is, just drive around your neighborhood. Are the roads in good condition? Are the road markings clear? Do the sidewalks have overgrown weeds? Do you even have side walks? Are the road sign boards straight, upright and rust free? Are the traffic lights working? How about the street lights? The public parks? The list goes on and on once you stop to take a look. Politicians are good at speaking. What they don't understand is that words are useless. Only action matters. Have a look around and see - use your eyes, not your ears.

If the Deep State in the US is seemingly powerful enough to control government policy, why is the Deep State in the EU seemingly unable to do the same? Carbon Zero goals are killing the European Industrial machine. Why is it not doing the same in the US?

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The Lazy Lizard restaurant in Prince Albert accepts bitcoin payments. Powered by @Blink Wallet , it's a sweet experience. Be sure to stop by and support them.

Morning sun is the best

Cook'n up something new

Nothing comes close to artwork from @NoGood ✌️. This wallpaper on my phone makes me smile every time I pick it up.

The porn industry is always an early tech adopter. VHS, Internet, streaming and now NOSTR

After the space bar, the "enter" key must be the most used key on the keyboard. For the love of all that is holy, why is there not a standard size/placement/position?!

Monthly Round-Up 4: We trade war stories about AI coding that dazzles then stalls, and show how self-hosted LLMs and agents can reclaim privacy and time. The talk shifts to real-world Bitcoin: QR payments across South Africa, M-Pesa bridges in Kenya, community custody with FediMint, and a world-first open secure element from Trezor. • AI tools that impress early then hit walls • Self-hosted LLMs on Start9 for privacy and resilience • Defaults and data: using AI to summarise terms • Local hosting versus cloud trade-offs • FediMint community custody experiments and limits • Money Badger scaling Bitcoin at 700k+ South African merchants • Safety gains with Tando bridging Bitcoin to M-Pesa • How Bitcoin scales via existing rails and “change in sats” • Breez Time To Build challenge and OpenSats grants • Trezor Safe 7 with open secure element • China’s e-CNY, BRICS, and why neutral money matters If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, what are you doing? You can get 10% off your ticket if you use the code OKIN

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Straight, No Chaser • Monthly Round Up 4: Freedom Needs Better Defaults: Self-Hosted AI, Community Custody, And Paying With Sats • Listen on Fountain

We trade war stories about AI coding that dazzles then stalls, and show how self-hosted LLMs and agents can reclaim privacy and time. The talk shif...

I've started using @Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 on my home server. It's really incredible that this quality and functionality is free and fully open source software. Anyone looking to move away from big tech in the cloud, and to a more secure solution that just works, should just start here.