It's 2026 and Steak n Shake still accepts bitcoin.

I found this old sticler in my sticker box. Check the date.

The longest time between BTC ATHs was 4 years and 17 days. That means everyone who held for that long has made a profit, even if the person who had literally the worst timing possible. On the flip side, if you are going to need that money in less than 4 years, maybe don't tie it up in bitcoin. Data source:

Bitcoin CounterFlow

Days Since ATH - Chart | Bitcoin CounterFlow

The Days Since ATH Chart highlights Bitcoin's time since its last all-time high, offering insights into market cycles and recovery trends.

I feel like we need a map of the free internet. No age verification, no government IDs, no centralized dictators who tell you "my way or the highway". This isn't just about nostr or bitcoin. It's much bigger than that. It's decentralized e2e chat apps, free software, self-hosting, and more. KYC not me is an outstanding resource. I'm imagining something like that but with a broader scope. Or maybe I should just contribute to that and make sure the internet archive has a copy in case it ever goes away. I suppose that's a good idea regardless.

I just made the worst chocolate chip cookies of my life. I substituted in coconut flour for chickpea flour, but I made the mistake of doing it by weight instead of volume. They were way too dry and even adding some oil didn't save them. ⭐⭐Two stars. I'll eat them so they don't go bad. If they scored any lower, I'd pitch them directly in the bin.

I am trying to do too msny things concurrently again. Tomorrow I pause all of them in favor of helping a mate set some posts for an off-grid solar system. #priorities

I just got through the game "Payday". I can see why it ignighted an entire franchise that is still going stromg more than a decade later. I started with the new one (Payday 3) and after enjoying that for a while, I decided to check out the previous two. The original is crude. It's lile they were goimg along in the development process and said, yeah that seems good enough, ship it. There's no story at all. Just a bunch of disconnected levels. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the world still playing online, so it's basically a single player game. Also, it's a hard game even at "normal" difficulty. I was too subborn to turn it down to "easy" mode, but that might make more fun if you're just getting slaughtered. I didn't even try turning up the difficulty. I feel like that option is for people who have a (non-AI) team who pratices together, a lot. I appreciate it scaling up like this. Overall, if you want to see what kicked off this craze, it's worth a few bucks. And it works flawlessly on Linux out of the box with Steam's compatibility layer. No tweaking any settings required.

Anyone here want to join the US military? I heard they're hiring.

Evasive Panda compromised dictionary.com. If dictionary.com isn't off limits, nobody is!

Daily CyberSecurity

Evasive Panda APT Hijacks Dictionary.com and App Updates in Two-Year Spree

Kaspersky exposes Evasive Panda’s AitM campaign, hijacking DNS to deliver MgBot through fake updates for SohuVA and Tencent QQ.

BTC Postage bug report: I. email isn't listed as a required field on the registration page, but it is. II. When email is omitted, no errors are shown. It effectively refreshes the page leaving the user to wonder WTF just happened. Not sure where to send this, but these should go into your issue tracker so they can get fixed.

Not sure where to send feedback for takemysats, but hopefully this message makes it to someone who can put these issues in the backlog. A. pictures can't be uploaded then creating a store B. After adding a product, it took me back to the products page which said I didn't have any products. It updated later, but it was alarming to appear as if it had post all my work (again) C. When it did appear later, it said thenprice was 0 sats (I sure hope not!) D. When adding images, you can drag pictures for the main image (good), but if you drag pictures for variants, it loses all changes and navigates to the file:// of the image. E. My shop didn't show up on the front page with all the other shops F. I can't view my product listing to make sure it shows up properly G. Can't set up fixed-price shipping options without having a BTC postage API key. H. Is the categories section supposed to be blank on the product creation page? If so, why not just remorlve this section until there's something there?

If anyone wants to do an amazing art project, capture all these YouTube videos saying "we have 900 days left" or that 2026 is going to see a huge crash or "we are not ready"... you know, all the sensational clickbait of today. Then post about them later to either credit or roast the prophets AND THE PEOPLE WHO PROMOTED THEM. Because failing to vet your guests who are spouting nonsense should be something for which they should be accountable.

Did you know that institutional investors do take sustainability into account? People think they just want to make short term gains. "Large asset owners globally are increasingly integrating sustainability factors into investment strategies, with 73% now applying such considerations" "Concern about climate risk's investment impact rose to 85% from 76% in 2024" And do you know why? Is it for the good of society? No. It's profit, closely followed by fiduciary duty. "Financial performance has emerged as the primary driver, with 56% citing better risk-adjusted returns as their top motivation, up from 47% in 2024. Fiduciary duty as a motivator surged to 42% from just 14% last year, while "societal good" fell to last place." I find it very interesting to understand how these investors think about risk, and even more interesting to see how it is changing over time. Source:

ESG Today

Asset Owners Increased Use of Sustainability Factors in 2025, with Performance as Top Driver: FTSE Russell Survey - ESG Today

An increasing proportion of asset owners globally reported implementing sustainability considerations in their investment strategies over the past ...

I really want to get behind the Rebel Tech Alliance, but I'm having trouble with the insulting attitude the person behind it has towards the exact people the project is aimed to help. He says "normies can't handle... KeePass". And the context for this? It was in a reply to a question about why their top recommendation for a password manager is a proprietary, cloud based, paid solution run by a for-profit company

4d2 Social

CryogenicNighthawk (@CryogenicNighthawk@4d2.social)

@patrickleavy@mastodon.social Why is the top password manager a proprietary, cloud based, paid solution run by a for-profit company?

I find that attitude utterly condescending. So while I fully support the idea of withholding your personal information from companies who sell it to anyone who is willing to pay, I can't say this group deserves people's attention at this time. So, yes, do their checklists if you want to have more private service providers. But no, don't bother becoming a member. Or do, I'm not the boss of you. 😝

Here's an idea for a service that would financially help open source projects.

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"Dougie Jones" (@dougie_jones@4d2.social)

project idea there's lots of different sites oriented around backing projects, making donations, supporting creatives, etc. it's a heavily fragmen...

The TL;DR is that it'd let people set a budget for voluntary contributions (e.g. $100/month) and enable people to make decisions about who gets how much. The donor would be charged a single payment using whatever sysyem they prefer (Venmo, CashApp, or whatever) and each of the recipients would get paid via whatever means they prefer (bitcoin, PayPal, etc.) They go into more detail in their post, so if this sounds interesting to you, I'd encourage you to read the source material. I'm curious to hear what y'all nostrinos think of this. Some of you are into payment processing, #v4v, #OpenSource and other topics which seem relevant here.

I'm a geek, so I use an inventory management system for my fridge (and pantry). It does a lot of things, but the thing I notice just after going grocery shopping is the cost of each product over time. Many of my food costs are going down over time (and they were already pretty low to begin with). And I don't mean it's going down after adjusting for inflation, or it's going down because one psckage is 20% smaller and 10% less money. No, I'm taking the price per pound is decreasing. I stock up when things are on sale, I use coupons, and when something isn't on sale, I'll choose an alternative (e.g. when chicken is not on sale, I'll buy pork). Vegetables are an exception. They are seldom on sale and the price just generally rise with inflation. Then there are the things with graphs that are all over the place, like onions. It's the one vegetable that has substancial sales. Normal price is a little over $1/lb. Today bought 12 lbs and paid $8.67 after tax. Every once in a while they have a 7 for $7 deal and they include 3lb bags on onions thinking nobody is going to buy 21 lb of onions, even if they are 33¢/lb. 🤠 I will! I might even do it twice! But those sales are rare and sometimes we run out of onions and pay full price, hence the graph being highly variable and with no obvious trend. At some point I will be working the system to the max and we'll bottom out on what we pay, but at the moment, I'm still enjoying seeing the cost go down. Make no mistake about it, getting these lower prices does have a cost. We have to chop up and freeze onions when I come home with a haul like today. I need to use coupons before they expire. I need to watch out for the sale prices on a name brand still being more expensive than the generic. I've basically memorized prices so I can easily spot a good deal. Perhaps most importantly, I need to make sure the food gets eaten before it goes bad.