Phil Mustang

Finished the appendices at the back of Return of the King a few nights ago
https://blossom.primal.net/c1e9fcc7477813264cabc0d28e5d4b1481a645cefd0abbdd6315f5e132a923a1.jpg

2026-03-03 20:16:18 UTC

For what it’s worth, I’ve had a much easier time STRC-pilling people than orange-pilling them. It’s easier to grasp a high yield savings account than it is to understand Bitcoin mining and self custody, and people are remarkably undiscerning about what’s backing their savings. If it works they’ll use it, and so far STRC appears to work

2026-02-28 23:34:54 UTC

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It works. Can we communicate through here too?

2026-02-26 18:18:15 UTC

This was tough.
35 min, 14 miles, roughly 550 kcal. First time breaking 14! Had to take the headphones out to focus on those last few minutes
https://blossom.primal.net/4a8bb2482c22c9e88a478d57d09dc921f1916eae55fa8e9880efe3de5758e0d8.jpg

2026-02-19 13:23:12 UTC

As part of my job, I occasionally talk to homeless people who are schizophrenic and who don’t use drugs.
There tend to be two subgroups. One experiences angels and demons as part of their everyday reality; I talk with them and try to help them out but they’re clearly living on a different plate than me.
Then there are the folks that are convinced they’re living in a surveilled technological nightmare where their movements are being tracked and their attempts at digital activity blocked at every turn. I find it stranger to talk with them than with the supernatural people, because they’re kind of right.
Their focus is unfortunately usually on themselves only (“my email keeps getting hacked, every time I get a phone they find out what my new number is,” etc) but it’s hard not to agree with the overall sentiment.

2026-02-16 03:24:58 UTC

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Tripophobic

2026-02-14 17:18:55 UTC

@nprofile…wqja glad you’re back at the writing desk

2026-02-14 15:25:28 UTC

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Took me a day to realize this was a bot explaining to me that “the machine is modeling you”
#nevent1q…tujt

2026-02-13 15:03:55 UTC

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I’m not the most well read on Marxism, but he’s always seemed the most interesting to me, even more so than Marx. Perceived the problems of fiat from a cultural perspective rather than playing at economics

2026-02-13 13:00:02 UTC

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It do

2026-02-13 12:26:53 UTC

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Nice. Ran across the quote yesterday and it rung a bell so I thought I’d ask
“The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.”

2026-02-13 04:34:05 UTC

@nprofile…wxz8 is your bio a Gramsci quote?

2026-02-09 03:15:19 UTC

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Thank you sir

2026-02-08 18:44:36 UTC

@npub1n8e…v74j @nprofile…0fd0 mentioned a brand of bread flour several weeks ago that’s glyphosate free. I can’t remember the name of it but would like to buy some. You might have to search “glysophate” too because @nprofile…0fd0 and @npub1guh…6hjy always mispronounce stuff

2026-02-05 19:10:26 UTC

In the depths of this red candle, my wife’s on a metabolic health conference call and a gal mentions that she saw Steak n Shake has tallow fries. We’re going to win.

2026-02-02 23:20:50 UTC

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I wouldn’t have listened unless you’d recommended it either, so thanks. Center of their Venn diagram was definitely Israeli govt influence; I kind of enjoyed the fact that if you didn’t know otherwise you wouldn’t guess how much these two likely disagree on. Refreshing collegiality

2026-01-30 01:41:09 UTC

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Yyyo

2026-01-27 03:33:53 UTC

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Gold really is the final boss. 5%! I remember when it was 10% less than a year ago
#nevent1q…45hu

2026-01-24 15:00:44 UTC

I think I’m developing a biorhythm that alerts me when it’s almost time for a new @nprofile…hmqs newsletter

2026-01-22 02:30:52 UTC

Never really put it together that LOTR is the story of a very long chess game between Sauron and Gandalf

2026-01-18 18:35:53 UTC

I was talking with three millennial coworkers this week; someone couldn’t remember the name of the company that develops ChatGPT. Before anyone could answer, one of my coworkers said “MK Ultra.” Everyone laughed and the conversation continued. I was surprised everyone seemed to know what MK Ultra was

2026-01-16 05:00:29 UTC

Playing in a rock and roll band

2026-01-12 04:44:06 UTC

Talked with a friend today who started stacking sats about a year and a half ago. There’s a peace of mind that comes with having at least some liquid, scarce savings that is irreplaceable

2026-01-11 19:16:09 UTC

@nprofile…dxvy lower

2026-01-07 06:54:49 UTC

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DON’T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES
#nevent1q…r4dg

2026-01-07 06:52:26 UTC

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I have this belt that holds up my pants, but then I have these belt loops on my pants that hold up my belt. What is really going on down there? Who is the real hero?

2026-01-03 02:24:58 UTC

Hey @nprofile…09rd you recommended Baja Gold awhile back. Much appreciated; family salt game has improved because of that fateful note
https://blossom.primal.net/27196515d85b49b0275f3f7d62ded05c315458ed6157a073341ad19514585bdc.jpg

2026-01-03 02:20:10 UTC

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“In the twentieth century, Henri de Lubac traveled with his notes in a sack”

2026-01-01 18:07:03 UTC

Happy New Year Nostr - going to try to post more this year. Already vacated X, time to put more out there instead of just abstaining.
In other news, I can take or leave the All-In pod most weeks, but I’m glad I listened to their take on the “one time” billionaire tax up for discussion in California. The idea that the ultimate target of such a maneuver is the $170 trillion of middle class net worth that’s out there and not the $8 trillion of billionaire net worth is compelling and makes opting into Bitcoin all the more vital in my mind.
If this kind of asset seizure gets passed and starts to proliferate around the country as the dollar debases over the next several decades, we’ll also see dynamics similar to the Banking Secrecy Act take root, wherein financial transactions greater than $10,000 have become way more common than they were when the BSA was passed in 1970 thanks to inflation.
I’m sure there will be politicians that try to push the ceiling down on these taxes and make them “one time millionaire taxes” or something, but they’ll also have the tailwind of more and more people entering those taxable categories as the dollar continues to devalue.
Anyhow stay humble and stack some cold storage sats, anon. Happy New Year

2025-12-22 01:51:53 UTC

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Thanks fellas, already looking forward to the next one. High signal on cycles and quantum and as a Checkonchain subscriber I appreciated the shoutout John gave those guys.
https://fountain.fm/episode/5PTNZ3YiUr6aZEzacke5
#nevent1q…7m84

2025-12-18 01:39:48 UTC

Today was the first day I used @nprofile…xqd6 soap. First day of the rest of my life

2025-12-17 03:36:19 UTC

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I liked Bitcoin is for Everyone in Portland, OR
5/22 - 5/23 this year

2025-12-12 19:03:26 UTC

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Shhhhh

2025-12-09 06:30:12 UTC

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@odell had an inadvertent haiku
#nevent1q…arjj

2025-12-02 18:10:15 UTC

There are so many yin/yang qualities to the relationship between fiat and Bitcoin. The first you think you can hold in your hand but there’s nothing behind it; the other you think you can’t hold in your hand but it’s backed by the very nature of reality.

2025-11-22 00:03:25 UTC

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The only jiu jitsu instructional I ever bought

2025-11-22 00:02:09 UTC

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Made it
#nevent1q…nqrf

2025-11-22 00:01:30 UTC

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No prob Bob!

2025-11-21 04:55:31 UTC

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Struggle for the legal tender!

2025-11-21 04:54:08 UTC

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Days in November

2025-11-19 02:05:55 UTC

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Stay humble
Drill rounds

2025-11-18 05:21:13 UTC

I wonder if most diehard HODLers, the people who just don’t care when it’s way way down, have a reason besides NGU

2025-11-14 15:09:17 UTC

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Plz fren
https://blossom.primal.net/0df6f29f6e6f2a881699288136884eee0b69e4c4c5d6994d96031a86431c67d4.jpg

2025-10-20 03:19:27 UTC

@npub1pm5…xe07 can MLB players chew tobacco on the field or is that prohibited?

2025-10-09 19:09:54 UTC

Looked at the ten year Bitcoin price chart the other day. Not in log scale, just the regular old chart. That’s what monetization looks like

2025-10-06 18:03:32 UTC

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@npub1pm5…xe07 what about a metaphysical question? Ask yourself a metaphysical question, then answer it

2025-10-06 17:46:18 UTC

Hey @npub1pm5…xe07 can you ask yourself a question and then answer it?

2025-10-06 02:24:25 UTC

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We like the corn

2025-10-04 05:05:33 UTC

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One of my favorite B sides of theirs

2025-10-01 18:50:56 UTC

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Slow reading for fast times

2025-10-01 02:24:15 UTC

Occasionally I’ll worry that chess.com is gonna sell my game history to some cognitive analytics firm that’ll figure out some way to one-shot me, then I remember I’m just a normal guy

2025-09-30 18:53:15 UTC

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Some heavy hitters @npub16le…ffxj
Great discussion fellas. We certainly are living in fast times. I thought the looks ahead to the possibility of a permanent underclass weren’t really looks ahead, honestly. A lot of 20- and 30-somethings in the US would tell you we’re already there.
https://fountain.fm/episode/X6mrzdmAfrcNgaYSxi4b
#nevent1q…4j27

2025-09-30 04:52:10 UTC

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Sometimes I wonder about the immediate aftermath of the JFK assassination. Like how long did it take people to start asking questions?

2025-09-25 21:54:27 UTC

Yo @nprofile…7ne7 congrats on being the #1 Macro Voices guest. Calling it now and looking forward to next week

2025-09-19 03:33:40 UTC

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Each side wants to burn you at the stake too
#nevent1q…hatk

2025-09-19 03:29:04 UTC

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Nice. That is inspiring

2025-09-14 05:42:06 UTC

Digital dark age; Bitcoiners are the monks keeping the truth

2025-09-11 14:49:09 UTC

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Felt pretty similarly. I’m glad they’re doing what they’re doing

2025-09-10 19:23:38 UTC

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This was great, particularly on the normie-onboarding front. The day my mom asks me about AI I’m ready with @nprofile…yxxv
#nevent1q…fkcf

2025-09-04 04:24:41 UTC

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Next time someone paraphrases something Jesus said for their own convenience I’m ready
https://blossom.primal.net/63a94fac198fe73d2c9cf685882d5f1f35d84ab759ded40eed454700934795e8.jpg
#nevent1q…hj7u

2025-09-01 19:28:06 UTC

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Thoughts to return to in the coming years; thanks Lyn.
On that last note regarding Nostr being part of the epicenter of Bitcoin’s future, X feels more and more devoid of signal every time I log in. I use it to see what you and @nprofile…xhz8 and a few others are up to then bug out

2025-08-24 23:19:55 UTC

Feel like bitchat could become the innermost Russian nesting doll in the messaging stack. Formalities on SMS, more specifics on Signal, then bitchat for the most important stuff

2025-08-24 22:28:50 UTC

Bought some ice cream today
https://blossom.primal.net/304ba392eb189f15f8a40381ff3ab290a4db4fae8890e96652aaccf03c944f4a.jpg

2025-08-21 14:01:10 UTC

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npit doesn’t have quite the same ring but there it is
https://blossom.primal.net/0e75bd8215986bc77118b6397a3d1dbb66c77844a0d453f271b4f2e234ff0187.jpg

2025-08-20 05:17:36 UTC

It’s going to be funny someday to say, “Yeah, we used to just zap each other like 1,000 sats for shitposts. Wasn’t that much money in those days!” the same way my parents say “I made $20,000 a year in 1983; that was a lot of money in those days!” It’ll be funny to have experienced both.

2025-08-18 22:40:18 UTC

Hey @nprofile…ezse next time Erik and Patrick have you on Macro Voices could you tell them I want to remake their intro? Or if they ever do a live show, I’m there. I’ll even refrain from knocking the cameras over if they let me in 😆
https://blossom.primal.net/649e6f681345c0dc902a694fd0817246756528a438428b58f046c1d9e47e33fc.mov

2025-08-15 18:01:48 UTC

A haiku
Lake Crescent’s rope swing
Was built too long. I swung nude;
got an enema

2025-08-10 21:41:51 UTC

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Yo! Back when there was an anti war left

2025-08-07 17:59:32 UTC

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Bitcoiners with mining as their primary lens remind me of guitarists who started out as drummers. Completely unique set of insights and ways of looking at the realm.
https://fountain.fm/episode/kxdUzSX8nWoK6ej2lilT
#nevent1q…zc6m

2025-08-04 01:43:37 UTC

Would be cool if this ended up being a smaller fractal of the November ‘24 to April of ‘25 air pocket refill. This one measured in weeks instead of months

2025-08-03 05:56:17 UTC

Dude Bitchat is so cool

2025-08-02 16:48:43 UTC

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Hey early congratulations then!

2025-08-02 03:33:26 UTC

I saw @nprofile…5jrs at @nprofile…rrd8 and the rumors are true: the pleb-force really does flow that strongly in him. Look at those shorts
https://blossom.primal.net/e201d32c9853315eae56b9e6921f5ad82a8e8ea020d04b2d54b84242700a8bc2.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/a4366c254598e1cb099e5b94a6e26a9967509ead6f418f411aadb69b5776da02.png

2025-08-02 00:35:41 UTC

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Just left B4E and there’s no one on Bitchat at PDX Union Station…looking back wistfully already
https://blossom.primal.net/07258380884f4f3dab5e05b788a0e6202fee867f41372c2e8078d4a9350eca7d.png
#nevent1q…z6qs

2025-08-01 15:33:25 UTC

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Didn’t think I’d see the Diaz bros on Nostr this morning!

2025-08-01 14:34:42 UTC

If things really are gonna split into freedom-oriented Bitcoin jurisdictions and socialist fiat jurisdictions, I’m curious to see what kind of art comes out of both

2025-08-01 13:34:29 UTC

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See Check on WBD=send sats
https://fountain.fm/episode/OSpoGOmSUVRfXXnPGSnV
#nevent1q…9rcs

2025-07-23 16:54:03 UTC

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“We’re on a mission from God”

2025-07-18 03:43:26 UTC

Realized Cap hit $1T today

2025-07-13 14:56:26 UTC

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Ralph Cifaretto

2025-07-10 20:33:16 UTC

@nprofile…tu9f what was your final thought!?!?
https://blossom.primal.net/e06a7659d637f46c84a7a8c5eb117128e28eb2e53765e7a28161c745ab9d939c.png
https://blossom.primal.net/629fc922951953d86a35c93cc8e559f5210f5279d3f522f880cad65d4789c8b9.png
https://blossom.primal.net/94994197cbe5cb308f71e12bc6f4d5318218c9f8d0d5d0aa8bf11cba98c89d4c.png

2025-07-10 01:23:38 UTC

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And ye shall know them by their TRT crania

2025-07-09 22:58:34 UTC

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Marty’s up on @nprofile…lsz3 ‘s latest then. Right on fellas looking forward to it

2025-07-09 16:27:12 UTC

@nprofile…2374 @nprofile…0fd0 will you guys put this on the list for the next RHR? Curious to hear what you have to say @nprofile…ncd3
https://www.cyphertux.net/articles/en/research/bitcoin-80k-btc-mystere-opreturn

2025-06-21 16:14:00 UTC

If you really don’t like Trump, stop putting him in the center of all your ideological calculations when you don’t need to do so

2025-06-21 16:12:34 UTC

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Thinking ahead I see

2025-06-18 21:33:38 UTC

@nprofile…racs do you know where @nprofile…vemp is? Do you know where I am?

2025-06-18 21:31:16 UTC

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Been wondering

2025-06-18 00:08:38 UTC

So is there going to be some attack, purportedly launched by Iran, against some entity other than Israel that will justify the US getting openly involved in the war?

2025-06-16 16:55:24 UTC

I guess it makes sense in retrospect that people drawn to the “we are all souls, our bodies don’t matter” end of the philosophical spectrum tend to be naive. Meanwhile, adherents to the hard physicalism of “we are only a collection of chemical processes, consciousness is strictly biological” are flatly, boringly cynical. The truth is the binocular view triangulated from both ends

2025-06-14 17:04:19 UTC

For the Martians observing from afar: there are two shows of force today, but only one of them is seeking to destroy the city of Sacramento’s NBA team. That about covers it.

2025-06-12 04:27:00 UTC

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Cool!

2025-06-08 23:22:13 UTC

😂
https://blossom.primal.net/51763215d32092eaf32b551c7e76f503ef292199dda39c0ee144c5cfa7cadd33.png

2025-06-08 02:06:52 UTC

GN
https://blossom.primal.net/ef7091ed3404b0aa39e1d800738395fd66fcfe1709588659769aed9ff0af6fa3.jpg

2025-06-06 21:19:48 UTC

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This is known as nudist season