Julian
Julian 🏛️🪐

Cozy schizoposting notes and other stuff into the ether on a Saturday afternoon while ‘social media’ collapses https://nostr.build/i/0440ed6982a860ca19ce0ff8a61ab07c7def028d364dd01188bf872289e69554.jpg

2023-07-01 23:33:51

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Full text
http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/banking_and_currency_1913.pdf

2023-07-01 23:33:14

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The people needed to be protected from “periodic sinister expansion and contraction of credits leading to ‘bull markets’ and ‘bear markets’…” https://nostr.build/i/747cd2699e041e90bc6e8ee4c17f09e1b6e8481a68516fd67cd3cfc6397c1e0e.jpg

2023-07-01 23:28:57

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Owen argued that the Fed was better served to control the money supply than private banks, because it acts from:
“An altruistic standpoint in service of all our people” 😅 https://nostr.build/i/fcf5277983586a1a2e2417deaafee8076ec3f9fff1143c65e88883b9671cf607.jpg

2023-07-01 23:24:51

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In 1913, the creation of the Federal Reserve was a cause of heated political debate.
Robert Owen was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, and co-sponsored the legislation creating the Federal Reserve.
Joseph Talbert was the VP of National City Bank of New York (now Citibank).
Talbert objected to the creation of the Fed, on several grounds, including that the Fed members would be “mere politicians…political appointees”
Owen responded that this was a “slur” https://nostr.build/i/e935765f7e18a0b2c762b4f76e0be4de583e02a1aa6d5de429736a1b2faf5650.jpg

2023-07-01 23:23:26

Wow, this letter is a must read for any #bitcoin historian
Written by one of the most senior politicians pushing to create the Federal Reserve in 1913, Robert Owen.
In it he argues in favor of the Central Bank, and answers objections from one of the most powerful private bankers at the time, Joseph Talbert.
It gives some great insight into the reasons and rhetoric of the Pro-Fed movement at its creation. 🧵 https://nostr.build/i/ca9237bf1947b83bed4924fa3c1f7061d6b7f1709f2db40ea80bdce43079a720.jpg https://nostr.build/i/c747b0951817a5bfd46c25b7a374d92cae8335b98e1fb4de740877729f3047c2.jpg

2023-07-01 22:47:13

clouds.fyi ☁️ https://nostr.build/i/d4e73424f94acb38bc30ba584c780f540f88016b8ee714705052665098226e20.jpg

2023-07-01 22:25:25

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https://nostr.build/i/85dca5af3fe36ef0d5c41ee593d9d5b0cb87224d97b583dfafd0623a4458b12a.jpg https://nostr.build/i/d867f2f4b629414cbb628263bbd6bf1e529871a793860c598bfeb265ee94d540.jpg

2023-07-01 22:23:41

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What is self-sufficiency? https://nostr.build/i/bdc5f61e4eedc62d4759c5c4a1befd5a4829bff5c7a0b46f927a595fbc56e175.jpg

2023-07-01 22:18:30

Casual Saturday reading https://nostr.build/i/e404e00c11716d1e631be4bb4fe39b4592a0040c58dcbaa5a5aee20e6ca4a67c.jpg https://nostr.build/i/7e1c04d83bd38461040913156c3d605f70efc3aaf1e38814e28b769cd3384da4.jpg

2023-07-01 22:15:45

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http://collapseos.org

2023-07-01 22:15:06

This is wild https://nostr.build/i/ea08dd2dcd27cf79007d8292777a52140f0a9feb17216948e94a295f19f4bdd1.jpg

2023-07-01 22:08:04

Having memes stolen hits different on nostr when there are actual sats at stake 😂

2023-07-01 20:48:57

Twitter users be like https://nostr.build/i/e46871a901e8bba910a9002f0d7885e623dd725ae01c32d9dfb0775b0e4baf32.jpg

2023-07-01 20:43:30

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Any short stories?

2023-07-01 20:38:40

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https://nostr.build/i/3a3c53b3969a92d9247dd96c244bd25b58282b7b1337fce034f71f91d208fb50.jpg

2023-07-01 20:36:24

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Actually never read any of his stuff! Where should I start?

2023-07-01 20:30:40

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Algoshillers in shambles

2023-07-01 20:27:33

Elon nuking twitter’s infinite scroll could cause the single biggest reduction in aggregate screen time the world has ever seen..

2023-07-01 20:15:55

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😂

2023-07-01 20:10:30

Got a big day of scraping ahead. Hope that’s cool with everyone https://nostr.build/i/b089e2d235a890467de666e408a3471d03be7824c3e9fa9b72f320ea68e2daf8.jpg

2023-07-01 19:06:18

You can get away with breaking things in the name of experimentation as a startup.
When you’re Twitter, and people hav more than a decade habituated to a particular experience, I’m not so sure

2023-07-01 18:58:08

#Bitcoin builders would be well served by remembering why bitcoin found such early, strong product market fit with poker players (and for other illicit uses).
Talk to many of these people today, and they’ll say “I didn’t understand #bitcoin at the time…I didn’t know what I was holding”
And yet, they ‘adopted’ it, because it solved a big problem for them. It was a painkiller.
Bitcoin has come a long way since. Surely there are many more cohorts who have big problems to solve - that can be solved with the world’s only an open, permissionless monetary network, which settles instantly and finally.
We don’t need to educate such people about the value of #bitcoin, other than to the extent it helps them solve these problems. In fact, anything else is a distraction.

2023-07-01 18:31:00

Evergreen #bitcoin product idea: build things that use sats to help people do what they already want to do

2023-07-01 18:12:16

Hey anyone else feel like reading 1500 posts just because?

2023-04-15 00:31:14

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Thanks! Messed up the post unfortunately 😅

2023-04-15 00:15:52

The Sopranos talk Bitcoin…https://nostr.build/av/nostr.build_3735d25957a1be379e786835b2bf77b89a7d446d74e78e2732b2d23ce96fd84c.mp4

2023-04-11 23:42:49

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_df8e48e77859fb18e7bcd80d5a835bfd1a8703ea99ba66f0e81ce5203f90bce8.jpg

2023-04-07 17:57:29

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Some people will never leave this behind. Incredibly sad

2023-02-28 03:21:02

Updated. Strapped in. Ready to zap https://i.postimg.cc/FFk8rgFC/8-D82-B2-AF-7-A0-F-424-C-8-B57-1-F010-A97-A02-D.gif

2023-02-26 03:05:19

🪐⚡️👾 https://i.postimg.cc/8z8YGfVw/DEC0-D23-B-9227-46-B8-B977-0-FBEF1-B7-F0-bbE7.png https://i.postimg.cc/Dyb25Ggc/7717-EEB7-934-D-4160-9-FD7-50-A0444571-D3.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3wYb4MNv/AD348389-30-B3-4-D14-B7-CE-E9-C03-CC6-A35-B.png

2023-02-26 02:47:25

https://i.postimg.cc/VNgZX70H/CDB21985-10-CC-436-D-8-A2-A-6-AB4928139-E8.png

2023-02-25 04:05:43

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2023-02-25 03:20:52

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They also named the Grammys after Scott Stapp’s dog. True story

2023-02-25 03:19:14

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Still is friend. Still is

2023-02-25 03:18:13

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https://i.postimg.cc/GhjytzcS/27027761-587-E-4-C97-B47-A-726-E2640-F449.gif

2023-02-25 03:15:41

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I’m afraid the takes only get worse from here

2023-02-25 03:07:27

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Some subjects are too nuclear, even for nostr

2023-02-25 03:03:22

Now that we finally have uncensored social media, I can get this off my chest:
Creed was a great band

2023-02-25 02:59:54

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I simply believe Bigfoot is real

2023-02-25 02:28:05

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Do you mean to nostr, or bitcoin generally? Almost everything I’ve seen on the former seems kind enough

2023-02-25 02:26:21

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Interesting test is how much someone sympathizes / identifies with the JK Simmons character. The prices people think are worth paying for greatness

2023-02-25 02:20:49

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⚡️

2023-02-25 02:02:06

Everyone arriving from Twitter https://i.postimg.cc/65w1fNHY/AB29937-B-CD2-B-4-F35-8-B7-E-93-DBC4-FDA87-F.jpg

2023-02-25 01:46:39

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Thanks! It’s in the style of Drew Struzan, who’s done some great movie posters

2023-02-25 01:27:57

Bitcoin Nostr Winter Series ❄️ https://i.postimg.cc/TY4jmWrd/60070975-D2-F7-4571-93-F9-360-F6-CB72-D8-C.png https://i.postimg.cc/WpSwNyzJ/4-A2-C72-EE-6-AEF-4-CA3-872-D-0-E3-FD1851519.png https://i.postimg.cc/qRTxqV22/5-ED97-BAB-97-CB-4-F23-9832-4737-F99-F8276.png https://i.postimg.cc/L6XBnVgQ/EDA8458-C-BB4-F-4086-8-B25-D245-D236-A0-B6.png https://i.postimg.cc/QCkvbYg9/0-C344190-C342-45-CE-8-E25-F78-CBE55786-D.png https://i.postimg.cc/zG4jmRBt/FA9-AC954-6-D30-48-D7-8-E97-0-C621-CBBA213.png

2023-02-24 17:23:31

Fix money
Fix payments
Fix discourse
Fix the world

2023-02-24 15:34:58

Snow Day ❄️ https://i.postimg.cc/g2z5KDDb/318-CD843-37-E9-4-DA5-9786-0-CB956276-C8-C.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0yV4XwWM/785-BC09-A-CDF4-45-E5-9024-BD759209-E40-A.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/xd74nSS9/CA4714-D7-0-F0-F-4-E75-8-E13-ABB797-EE651-F.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/vZJ4kbYW/26-B6-F1-C3-3-F5-D-4-ABB-A9-E3-8-BF095580-B5-C.jpg

2023-02-24 01:01:16

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⚡️🫡

2023-02-23 20:07:24

Bullish https://i.postimg.cc/PrwPvNhZ/26624-DCF-3218-48-B6-BECA-F347-D60-D9-A84.png

2023-02-23 18:58:42

I’m kind of enjoying this bear market https://i.postimg.cc/P5KJySh1/39-C46886-021-E-4776-B48-A-2-D72-CA2-BB700.jpg

2023-02-23 03:07:34

Nostr at nite https://i.postimg.cc/QN7KLTnL/80459471-28-F2-4662-9374-E153-F9-CF18-AD.png

2023-02-23 01:30:03

What if I told you with enough zapping we could DDOS the IRS and force a de minimis Bitcoin capital gains exemption https://i.postimg.cc/8PSjyrZZ/1-FAB741-A-1-E6-B-4-E63-8-E76-5-D82645-E4404.webp

2023-02-23 01:22:40

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Gn⚡️

2023-02-23 00:18:23

Society when everything runs on zaps https://i.postimg.cc/Wprz7K3g/8348874-D-A0-AF-4-B5-E-932-D-FA7-D5-E81-C8-FC.jpg

2023-02-22 20:43:40

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What’s your program? For me, flat BB is sub optimal + higher injury risk. I prefer flat DB + incline BB.

2023-02-22 19:49:57

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This is awesome. I was wondering what to do with mine!

2023-02-21 03:28:57

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“I just heard about Nostr and don’t like that it threatens my incumbent status as a Bitcoin top-dog”

2023-02-21 03:21:34

Left for a few hours and came back to find #babechain… https://i.postimg.cc/0NJLbRzR/D0-A21-C60-D8-FD-48-B3-A18-C-3-DC92-AA104-BF.gif

2023-02-20 23:17:00

https://i.postimg.cc/L4gvGDj0/05-EEAEC0-B88-D-43-F1-9630-4-B268-E88-DE0-E.jpg

2023-02-20 22:52:54

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https://i.postimg.cc/bJ2dhSCj/134-CF628-0-C36-4-CB4-993-D-BE10-E213-BD84.gif

2023-02-20 20:36:22

Hard to overstate how revolutionary this is:
You can literally now monetize your thoughts, in almost real time
1) Have thought
2) Post to nostr
3) Receive zaps, seconds later

2023-02-20 20:30:16

One thing I’m excited to see evolve is relay differentiation
It’s inevitable different relays will permit different content
This will allow for a free market of relay stack customization, and vastly different feed experiences (that are truly chosen and not foisted on you by a black box algo)
And because you can see anyone else’s feed with their npub, this means you can see the world through anyone’s eyes
See the feed of your most hated political enemy, or a celebrity you idolize, or an estranged sibling.
This can help break the wheel of algo-driven polarization. Way easier to reach echo-chamber escape velocity

2023-02-20 17:28:50

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That you can basically manifest what you want out of life
Fundamentally true at a low resolution of analysis. A great semi-true meme to adopt at face value

2023-02-20 17:25:36

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Sad

2023-02-20 17:24:49

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Took me many years to get past ego lifting and start focusing on time under tension, concentric and eccentric phases, form, etc.
So much better both for muscle gain and injury prevention
But I still treat myself to a 1RM occasionally

2023-02-20 17:05:09

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Thanks, haven’t come across Reno before

2023-02-20 17:02:59

Current reading reveal https://i.postimg.cc/cCdLmXyJ/74768937-D7-D0-4-DCC-B4-FC-D70-FE1-FB4050.jpg

2023-02-20 16:56:24

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Unironically yes. Books should be published on nostr.
Centralized control of digital books is a massive censorship vector, and we need a better solution than the “own physical media” meme

2023-02-20 04:07:18

https://i.postimg.cc/wxWpBKPq/CB8705F4-D4E8-4C7B-98B9-46ABF7950243.gif

2023-02-19 21:45:43

Who would have thought the Surveillance State would be so cringe https://i.postimg.cc/3wH5kQYg/D2-BF6-D77-DDCE-48-A1-B982-6-F2-DD2536650.jpg

2023-02-19 20:56:56

https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_796018a4a264ed9436055fe4e5ba54bf7496f6c3522b8466bd77b947770f98ea.png

2023-02-19 20:43:00

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by definition it’s pro-counter culture because by definition there can’t be *a* single dominant one

2023-02-19 20:35:36

#[0] info

2023-02-19 20:33:58

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Thanks

2023-02-19 20:22:25

@zapper info

2023-02-19 20:09:18

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Open unclaimed space -> positive-sum growth -> opportunity & hope & innovation

2023-02-19 19:55:19

I think American patriotism can be revived by radical technological progress and an expansion into free and open digital frontiers

2023-02-19 03:36:18

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🫂

2023-02-19 03:35:12

Came for the notes, stayed for the other stuff

2023-02-19 03:05:01

disobey.exe https://i.postimg.cc/85H5P1yq/0588481-F-9-B39-4-D2-B-B434-2-D8-C03-B603-F6.webp

2023-02-19 01:43:38

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https://i.postimg.cc/5y9fjtxc/AE9-B8-EA1-DA69-42-A7-B96-B-6-B7050-EB9-A2-B.jpg

2023-02-19 00:57:53

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In the kitchen. Need anything?

2023-02-19 00:42:17

Testing wallets https://i.postimg.cc/DZ2925P4/3DCD9837-964F-44C7-BD55-F48B57A23A22.gif

2023-02-18 21:44:18

Zapping, posting, scrolling https://i.postimg.cc/x19jgfMX/552-B0-D0-F-07-ED-48-C0-9-F82-098-A4-A7-F9927.webp

2023-02-18 21:33:00

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Welcome 💪⚡️

2023-02-18 16:40:09

gm https://i.postimg.cc/43WNzKdM/D7C61A33-2124-4E9A-8D8C-663B20C626DD.gif

2023-02-18 05:11:19

https://i.postimg.cc/kX80cNkR/01-C77-F27-D0-E0-419-A-B8-AE-D5-F3-FB29-B5-AF.webp

2023-02-18 02:31:32

One of the beautiful parts of pre-platform internet was the thrill of the hunt, and payoff, of finding deep-buried files, obscure esoteric texts, and just generally weird Easter eggs everywhere
Wandering into some super niche forum, and digging into some sub-niche of that, and stumbling into a years-long bitter flame war between two insane brilliant pseudonymous subject matter experts
One time when I was like thirteen I downloaded a bootleg remix of a Biggie Smalls track on Kazaa, lost it, and was NEVER able to find it again
I miss that internet

2023-02-18 01:34:51

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*What’s…
No edit buttons here 😂

2023-02-18 01:30:47

Why’s interesting is that previous ‘pro free-speech’ platforms (Gab, Parler etc) were completely captured by people who just went there to say the naughty stuff that got you banned on Twitter
AND then ironically couldn’t even support free speech due being centrally owned and controlled
Nostr on the other hand is both an *actual* protocol for free speech, *and* has managed to avoid being culturally dominated by people who want to exploit that freedom performatively. At least, so far.

2023-02-17 23:25:47

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Yeah that’s the essential problem (people buying their version of truth).
Maybe an ideal UI would actually signal that i.e that there are competing, highly upvoted / zapped answers to the same controversial question

2023-02-17 21:58:25

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Oh hell yeah, gonna get set up on lntips now

2023-02-17 21:30:37

Idea: Wikipedia but on nostr/lightning
Editors put skin in the game by posting a fee upfront, but are rewarded with zaps