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John Balkam
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CMO at Sovreign | Bartender at PubKey DC
Bitcoin in self-custody is the No Kings protest that has real teeth.
"You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems." - James Clear What is your Bitcoin accumulation and self-custody system? It might be worthwhile to forget about a stack size goal and focus on a stacking system.
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John Balkam 2 days ago
I had an American raised grass fed NY strip for dinner and a swear to you it was medicine
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John Balkam 2 days ago
The Death Economy Doom Loop Debt -> Lies -> War -> Money Printing -> Inflation -> Death and Despair Over and over again until the parasites have destroyed the host and seek a new one.
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John Balkam 5 days ago
Maybe this isn't true for absolutely everyone, but I believe it's important to go through experiences that absolutely crush you. I'm talking hard times that break you down and force you to wake up and re-examine everything. Those are the times that you learn the most about yourself. Whether it be a breakup or a professional failure or health event. The pain forces you to take stock and make necessary changes. Everyone deserves the opportunity to strive and fail as it's those experiences that gives us the strength and wisdom that we need.
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John Balkam 1 week ago
My buddy sent this to the group chat and said, "these targeted ads are getting out of control." I gave him a hard time, "the next ad you're gonna get is gonna be for an AI sex robot." He says, "its already ordered. Her name is OpenClawdia." ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ image
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John Balkam 1 week ago
Individuals MUST maintain sovereignty over their consciousness if they ever wish to experience liberty during their lives on Earth. Freedom tech is a means to the end of liberating human consciousness. Keep fighting.
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John Balkam 2 weeks ago
So it seems that half of American politicians have been captured by Israel and the other half have been captured by China. Either that or they've been captured by transnational capital interests that have no loyalty to the United States whatsoever. You can probably count on one hand the number of federal politicians who have Americans' best interests at heart. It's a sad state of affairs and a core reason to focus on freedom tech and more or less ignore politics.
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John Balkam 2 weeks ago
I cannot recommend this article by nostr:nprofile1qqstm84k2lp9knmvmf5gw88zvfvar7duvfpqfplryfystdn55ug2gkspzamhxue69uhkzarvv9ejumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpramhxue69uhky6t5vdhkjmndv9uxjmtpd35hxarn9ehkumrfdejskyecfuenough. The battlefield for the rest of this century is our minds and our consciousness. Centralized AI is incentivized to consume our consciousness for profit. Sovereign individuals, families, and companies must utilize sovereign AI or risk losing everything.
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John Balkam 2 weeks ago
The clownish former Prime Minister of the UK comparing Satoahi to Charizard and Pikachu is a major bottom signal
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John Balkam 3 weeks ago
After twenty years of living with them, I believe it is safe to conclude that centralized social media platforms were in fact SURVEILLANCE media platforms all along. I predict that reasonable people will revive their grandmothers' old practice of documenting their families' lives: physical scrapbooks. Your life and my life is NOT entertainment for the world. It is NOT designed to be consumed by strangers the world over or by the authorities. It is meant to be lived and shared with the loved ones we hold dearest.
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John Balkam 3 weeks ago
I jump on IG and X every once in a while to see how our @Sovreign accounts are doing and my goodness are those platforms trash. Post and ghost is the only way to survive there.
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John Balkam 3 weeks ago
Pearl of wisdom overheard at the pub last night: "Life doesn't get easier, but it does get better."
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John Balkam 3 weeks ago
China is stockpoling gold because it is easy to centralize. The CCP regime requires extreme centralization. Bitcoin is the perfect weapon to counter. Harder than gold. More decentralized than gold. Easier to transact. It may take a long time but we can defeat communism once and for all with Bitcoin โœŒ๏ธ
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John Balkam 3 weeks ago
@Jeff Booth really nails it when says, "There is no us versus them. There is only us." It's a devastating truth that through the fiat system, we are all paying for our own destruction. Epstein network? We paid for it. Forever wars? We paid for it. Technocractic dystopia? We paid for it. It's all on us. We allowed it to go on and paid for it through taxation and inflation over decades. The only thing we can do is take responsibility and remove our time, energy, and resources from the extractive Death Economy. No more finger pointing unless it is at the mirror. Opt out. I know most if not all of you on here are with me.
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