03Jan09

On Sunday afternoon, I stood next to the 200-year-old Jackson Magnolia. It showed its age and was supported on all sides by cables tethered to a steel pole.
President Andrew Jackson planted this tree, grown from seeds he brought to Washington from the Hermitage (his home near Nashville) in memory of his wife, Rachel, who had died suddenly months before he assumed office.
Back in the late ‘90s while living in Manhattan, I acquired a 4-foot sapling from that very tree and grew it in a pot on the roof of my building. When I moved to Williamsburg, I planted the sapling in McCarren Park to watch it grow from my apartment window. A week later, a Parks and Recreation employee on a tractor mower cut it down.
Yesterday, the day after I took these photos of the original magnolia at the White House, it was cut down “for serious safety reasons”. In its place, they planted a 12-year-old sapling, a direct descendant of the original.
The National Park Service announced they are collaborating with the White House executive residence to "ensure the preservation of the salvageable remnants of the 'Jackson Magnolia.'" https://m.primal.net/QIsC.jpg https://m.primal.net/QIsD.jpg

2024-12-25 16:21:28 UTC

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2024-12-05 03:02:35 UTC

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2024-11-05 12:08:46 UTC

“Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot;
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.”

2024-09-19 09:42:31 UTC

Louisiana Treasurer announces state services can be paid with Bitcoin and Lightning
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/louisiana-treasurer-says-state-can-accept-cryptocurrency/article_0b79a19c-7608-11ef-b402-e3d75a64b4fd.html

2024-07-19 14:15:49 UTC

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“It’s a complex system, which has entered disequilibrium. It’s unstable.” - Willing Mandible, Chapter 2 - "Karmic Clumping"

2024-07-16 17:26:09 UTC

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2024-06-24 14:35:46 UTC

“Bitcoin rights have become law in a second state as Louisiana passes a landmark pro-bitcoin bill to protect access to bitcoin and curb Central Bank Digital Currencies.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/06/24/louisiana-passes-bill-to-defend-bitcoin-rights-and-ban-cbdcs/

2024-06-08 20:48:12 UTC

75 years ago today, “1984" was published.
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/george-orwell-surveillance-and-the-state/

2024-05-18 13:28:00 UTC

“I wiped the iPad using official Apple guides before selling. I never logged into that iPad with my Apple ID after erasing the iPad. I sold my iPad to a friend in September 2023, they called me today after updating to iPad OS 17.5 and said my old pictures appeared in their Photos app.”
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/17/ios-17-5-bug-wiped-devices-photos-resurfacing/

2024-04-04 12:29:23 UTC

"a money storage facility" 💩
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-03/sylmar-burglary-money-storage-facility-30-million

2024-03-26 12:11:35 UTC

“Assurances”, from a criminal enterprise.
https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1772585710903558200?s=20

2024-03-13 02:09:57 UTC

Welcome back
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2024-03-04 23:05:20 UTC

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2024-02-21 15:31:14 UTC

#moscowtime today
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2024-01-12 16:19:07 UTC

Happy 40th, 2600 Magazine https://m.primal.net/HXeW.png

2023-11-30 14:53:49 UTC

PSA: On Dec. 1, Google will begin deleting inactive accounts along with their contents -- photos, Gmail messages, Calendar appointments, Drive documents, Contacts and YouTube content.
If you have dormant Bitcoin exchange accounts that you might need to access in the future (for transaction history etc) these might become inaccessible without a valid email address.
Ref: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-will-start-deleting-old-accounts-in-two-days-heres-how-to-save-your-google-account/

2023-11-10 03:29:29 UTC

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“It’s a complex system, which has entered disequilibrium. It’s unstable.” - Willing Mandible

2023-11-01 12:58:23 UTC

47 years ago today on November 1, 1976, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman published “New Directions in Cryptography”, with credits to Ralph Merkle and Claude Shannon.
The paper begins: “We stand today on the brink of a revolution in cryptography.”
The paper ends: “The last characteristic which we note in the history of cryptography is the division between amateur and professional cryptographers. Skill in production cryptanalysis has always been heavily on the side of the professionals, but innovation, particularly in the design of new types of cryptographic systems, has come primarily from the amateurs. Thomas Jefferson, a cryptographic amateur, invented a system which was still in use in World War II, while the most noted cryptographic system of the twentieth century, the rotor machine, was invented simultaneously by four separate people, all amateurs. We hope this will inspire others to work in this fascinating area in which participation has been discouraged in the recent past by a nearly total government monopoly.”
Pause for a moment to contemplate the profound effect on humanity of the Diffie–Hellman–Merkle key exchange.
Download: https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/publications/24.pdf https://image.nostr.build/10201d659f56f3b25c623ef7383a2350c1a1887eb02acfeea5df79b0743717c0.jpg

2023-10-11 18:35:58 UTC

“The European standards body that created secret encryption algorithms for use in TETRA radio communications is weighing whether to make new algorithms public, following backlash over its secrecy.”
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/p/standards-body-considers-uncloaking
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2023-09-03 14:02:23 UTC

First commercial use of a time stamped hash function to create an immutable record of some information, still hashing 28 years later on page 15 in today’s New York Times.
Tick tock.
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2023-08-28 20:35:11 UTC

Let’s fix it.
Thanks @npub1a2c…w83a https://cdn.nostr.build/i/d49aaf354f28f7cad8a77d6a231f6083f5ea2f213a6b011226cc196da0af6f1a.jpg

2023-08-24 15:43:13 UTC

“Your current remaining balance is 5 Central Bank Digital Tokens…”
BEYOND THE RESET - Animated Short Film - https://youtu.be/vWkepoLUZfs

2023-07-17 00:49:11 UTC

Tick Tock #799000 @npub1wu4…3vw0 @npub1az9…m8y8 https://cdn.nostr.build/i/c9819a3fba70700e31a9dcceb78a90d28da2ddf6b617bb1be355dac37df7a1db.jpg

2023-04-09 13:44:56 UTC

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An idea without legs

2023-03-23 19:26:32 UTC

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2023-03-21 13:46:00 UTC

Gonna tell my kids this is real
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2023-03-08 03:18:33 UTC

New Orleans Bitcoin Meetup this Friday
Mar 10 · 6:00 PM CST
The Tchoup Yard
405 Third St · New Orleans, LA
https://www.meetup.com/nolabitcoin/events/qksdzsyfcfbfb/

2023-03-08 01:08:02 UTC

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Douglas Adams re PoS:
“Thank you. Since we decided a few weeks ago to adopt the leaf as legal tender, we have, of course, all become immensely rich.”  Ford stared in disbelief at the crowd who were murmuring appreciatively at this and greedily fingering the wads of leaves with which their track suits were stuffed.  "But we have also," continued the management consultant, "run into a small inflation problem on account of the high level of leaf availability, which means that, I gather, the current going rate has something like three deciduous forests buying one ship's peanut.”  Murmurs of alarm came from the crowd. The management consultant waved them down.  "So in order to obviate this problem," he continued, "and effectively revalue the leaf, we are about to embark on a massive defoliation campaign, and...er, burn down all the forests. I think you'll all agree that's a sensible move under the circumstances.”  The crowd seemed a little uncertain about this for a second or two until someone pointed out how much this would increase the value of the leaves in their pockets whereupon they let out whoops of delight and gave the management consultant a standing ovation. The accountants among them looked forward to a profitable autumn.  “You’re all mad,” explained Ford Prefect.
- Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

2023-03-08 01:07:59 UTC

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2023-02-28 16:03:58 UTC

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Those same corporates made the same mistake in the ‘90s: “Our efforts continue to focus on how the underlying internet technology can be applied to building private INTRAnet systems.”

2023-02-28 15:55:33 UTC

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Bitcoin Takeover, yes. SXSW, no.

2023-02-28 14:04:51 UTC

Verifying my Nostr Nests identity: qifthV3nqL5yiUxRy6iRgMpZHUlf4thTLfvq8PbMnjs
https://nostrnests.com

2023-02-25 14:02:44 UTC

The Poe AI ChatBot knows. https://imgur.com/a/ELJWNuh