Reminder to go outside more and don't take things so seriously: (I don't know how I got there but it's all the internet you'll need today)

GM, the great thing about Bitcoin is it doesn't care about your or my ideology.

This is so outrageous, really painful to listen to. Such an important episode on how the government can make your life hell with a combination of lying and utter incompetence:

Fountain

Darknet Diaries • 163: Ola • Listen on Fountain

In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.Find Ola on X: https://x.com/olabi...

Good short video on the current state of privacy:

Is vibe coding the speakwrite of 2025? #asknostr

Is there a way to integrate @Kagi search into @GrapheneOS vanadium? #asknostr

Aaron Swartz would've loved nostr.

“A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place, your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish.” —Epictetus, Discourses, 2.6.25

Such a great episode about nostr! @rabble is doing an excellent job of explaining the bigger picture of it in the struggle for a freer society in the digital realm. Also, it's beautiful to witness a good conversation between two people that have different opinions on some things.

The "What is Money?" Show • Free Speech in the Digital Age with Rabble (WiM552) • Listen on Fountain

“Tranquility can’t be grasped except by those who have reached an unwavering and firm power of judgement—the rest constantly fall and rise in their decisions, wavering in the state of alternately rejecting and accepting things. What is the cause of this back and forth? It’s because nothing is clear and they rely on the most uncertain guide—common opinion.” —Seneca, Moral Letters, 95.57b-58a

Bitcoin is nothing without open source. GM

Every system only pursues its own goals. If you don't pursue your goals yourself, chances are nobody will.