poorbaldmonkey / is on Nostr

Bitcoin and Liberty

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2023-04-14 17:20:12

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I have no chronic illnesses so I won't be involved. And, as much as I love bitcoin, nostr can be way more than a wonderful bitcoin echo chamber and it should be.
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2023-04-06 15:27:41

Morning coffee thoughts:
I think it's important to remember that we are a part of the network effect. By using nostr, we make it stronger and more useful. By being bitcoiners, we make it stronger and more useful.
However, if we cloister ourselves too much or for too long, we decrease the positive impact we, as individuals, can have. So, I think it's important that we remember to interact with other parts of the world.
So, when we're out in the world dealing with normies, I think it's important to bring something positive to as many interactions as as we can.
If we bring something positive in small, seemingly unimportant interactions with others, it's more likely that they'll be receptive if they find us talking about nostr or bitcoin or anything else.
If this is true, then we need not, in most cases, try to orange or purple pill people. We just need to be a positive memory, even a small one, when they discover that we are nostr users or bitcoiners.
And, rereading this before I post, I'm not sure if my coffee has taken effect yet. But, hey, I'll post it anyway in case it makes sense to some people.

2023-04-02 17:18:04

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Anyone under the age of 60 is pretty opposed to it. Those over the age of 60 seem to be mixed about it.
Small and mid-sized businesses are heavily opposed to it. Big tech seems to have written most of the Restrict Act.
The problem is that our legislators are all very old and subservient to their lobbyists with the most money. So, we're in a position much like cannabis laws: what the people overwhelmingly want is of no concern to legislators. And the Biden Administration is overtly taking the approach of "we're in charge and you'll do what you're told."
So, if the Restrict Act can make it through Congress (our combined legislative bodies) then the President will sign it. And if Congress rejects it, there's still a reasonable chance that Biden will attempt to institute it through Executive Order or under The Patriot Act. Of course the Supreme Court could overrule that, however that would take considerable time to do and, even then, the Administration is showing that it will openly defy Supreme Court rulings through the ATF (specific to gun laws) and by reinstating Operation Chokepoint.
So, I would say that the realities of the Restrict Act or some other form of draconian controls are likely regardless of America public sentiment.
But, I've been wrong before. I hope that I am in this case.

2023-03-01 16:27:50

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Nice article. Thanks for writing it and sharing it with us.

2023-02-17 21:57:04

I don't have the tech knowledge to know why this is, but I'm currently eating in a restaurant with severely limited internet signal. Everything is loading incredibly slowly on my phone except Iris.
I don't know if this is a feature of how the protocol works, but if it is, it's very impressive.