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Also I always prune fruiting branches leaving "spurs" and ...

2026-04-03T01:11:49Z

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Also I always prune fruiting branches leaving "spurs" and not all the way back to the main branch. That way 3 to 4 buds remain to push another another branch to refill the empty space.

Adding to David II's practical assessment, I'll provide ...

2026-04-03T01:06:56Z

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Adding to David II's practical assessment, I'll provide some nerdy background. That compared to apples, Shade is really the enemy to peach trees. They really, really need sunlight penetration into the center of the tree.

Once an older branch has been shaded out, it won't produce enough buds to regenerate more younger productive wood. The fruiting zone will keep getting pushed closer to edges looking better sunlight. Leaving barren holes in the center of the tree. That won't regenerate even if opened up to light again.

Its hard to explain, but ideally the only long-term wood are the truck and 3 to 4 main scaffolds spread apart. (This is the open vase shape you hear about) Then its managing, pruning, and renewing younger fruiting 1-3/year old branches that produce buds off the main branches.

I hope i dont cause you to over think it. You'll still get plenty of personal fruit without the ideal management. (I dont always ideally manage mine) These are just some of horticultural concepts on sunlight that I am betting you'll find interesting.

But In short, which David II said, Cut out the center and the drooping (which will get shaded out anyway) and you are good to go.

The best time to thin is after fruit set when the little peaches ...

2026-04-02T22:22:20Z

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The best time to thin is after fruit set when the little peaches are about the girth of your pinkie and very fuzzy. There is a 10ish day period when they just fall off by rubbing your hand up and down the branch. Before or after that you'll have to pull them one by one.

In general a single peach every 6-8 in apart on the branch is a good load. They want to set way more than they can sustain.

Worth buying cuttings. Plant them horizontally 2-3 in deep. In ...

2026-03-29T19:42:36Z

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Worth buying cuttings. Plant them horizontally 2-3 in deep. In 1.5 years you willl have an unlimited supply of pencil sized starts for expansion. not easy to kill so start in the spot you want it. .starts getting woody in year 2. Year 1 like a flexible carrott.

Ditto. Was also a bit disappointed that Stilgar was written as ...

2026-03-28T17:21:43Z

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Ditto.
Was also a bit disappointed that Stilgar was written as more foolish than wise. But the acting was good enough to compensate.

overall I won't nitpick. It was well done.

shocked dune was allowed to be good.

2026-03-28T16:43:55Z

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shocked dune was allowed to be good.

I'm also wondering if bad software is less bad code and more ...

2026-03-24T23:22:06Z

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I'm also wondering if bad software is less bad code and more of a developer being unclear of the ultimate need or goal?

The potential for good and evil lies within the heart of man. ...

2026-03-24T23:12:14Z

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The potential for good and evil lies within the heart of man.

Solutions and systems are tools.

It also should cause strong reflection. If a prevention system is ...

2026-03-24T23:08:58Z

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It also should cause strong reflection.

If a prevention system is proven that bad......

What percentage of the crime is real vs dissuaded by illusion/hassle vs shall we say "not organic" in the general population.

Will always remember my first time.

2026-03-22T20:40:57Z

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Will always remember my first time.

Yeah.....that is insultingly wild. And probably almost nobody ...

2026-03-19T00:33:01Z

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Yeah.....that is insultingly wild.
And probably almost nobody knows why.

I don't know man. We are in a 5th generation warfare ...

2026-03-18T11:11:27Z

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I don't know man.

We are in a 5th generation warfare landscape. Manipulated polls, social media bots, captured media... What evidence could I really provide.

Those numbers are just too high.

80% Silence (and in shock), I would believe.
80% Support, very unlikely.

Unless the sample group is heavily skewed. Maybe a poll would disclose in fine print. But back to point one.

And exclusively gets news from Fox

2026-03-17T23:14:50Z

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And exclusively gets news from Fox

Maybe.......if the sample group was landlines and called between ...

2026-03-17T23:12:46Z

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Maybe.......if the sample group was landlines and called between 9 am to 3pm on weekdays.

Very helpful!

2026-03-16T14:26:31Z

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Very helpful!

His book insights used to be decent. What happened to him? The ...

2026-03-13T11:51:18Z

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His book insights used to be decent.
What happened to him?
The Internet or Covid really broke him .....

If, climate change hoax fails, Then, incite a war to destroy oil ...

2026-03-13T11:47:43Z

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If, climate change hoax fails,
Then, incite a war to destroy oil production capacity?

Leads to same outcomes either way?

ratcheting down an unstable load. Ratchect the left side a few ...

2026-03-08T12:54:57Z

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ratcheting down an unstable load. Ratchect the left side a few clicks. Change sides. Ratchet the right side a few clicks. Repeat.

Or tightening lug nuts in a criss-cross pattern.

After a few subtle iterations.
Previous potential volatility now locked down.
Working evenly from both sides is key.

Vs. 18 bottles of soda per week.

2026-03-08T12:40:33Z

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Vs. 18 bottles of soda per week.

And last weeks conversation continues....... @nprofile…662s ...

2026-02-22T22:52:46Z

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And last weeks conversation continues.......
The Beave (nprofile…662s) this further explains the line of thought we were on.

https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/east-end-boys-west-end-girls/

Savory explained this all so well. He was able to speak ...

2026-02-16T00:18:54Z

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Savory explained this all so well. He was able to speak effectively to broad audiences.

Every time I think about savory. I recall how sad that his first organization HRM switched focus from grazing to more social issues. Did he get subverted by his NGO board in the early 2000s?

The core mission got diluted by wokish tangetiles (chasing donors?) and probably set back broader US grazing adoption by at least 20 years

He left his own organization to start over again. I never heard the official story why.

Fix the foundations first (logjams). money and land. Other things will become easier to address.

Blech. Indeed.

2026-02-13T01:43:20Z

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Blech. Indeed.

Foxtrot bot. This is not a conversation for you.

2026-02-13T01:40:33Z

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Foxtrot bot. This is not a conversation for you.

100%. PSA just didn't resonate deeply. This episode helped me ...

2026-02-13T01:12:22Z

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100%. PSA just didn't resonate deeply. This episode helped me understand why.

As a Protestant, after a couple years of exposure to Orthodox ...

2026-02-13T00:16:19Z

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As a Protestant, after a couple years of exposure to Orthodox podcasts (which you often post too) ..... generally the orthodox way of thought ive heard honestly rings truer.

Some things seem strange, but often the Protestant protest against them becomes stranger when I've weighted both perspectives.

Complexity is a warning sign. Sometimes can't be avoided, but ...

2026-02-09T00:08:29Z

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Complexity is a warning sign.
Sometimes can't be avoided,
but always should be examined.

Some good IP here (better than most re-re-recycled IP). Mistborn ...

2026-01-29T00:00:39Z

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Some good IP here (better than most re-re-recycled IP). Mistborn and Stormlight #1 are among my favorites.

But Sanderson has fallen hard.... Stormlight # 5 was a total train wreck. I won't buy another book. ever.

Its a submarine transmission channel. Runs silent and deep but ...

2026-01-16T11:55:35Z

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Its a submarine transmission channel. Runs silent and deep but transmits and receives data packages when it surfaces on the network.

clean and snappy.

2026-01-15T00:12:23Z

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clean and snappy.

I'm super ashamed that it took a re-reading of Dune to ...

2026-01-10T15:11:58Z

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I'm super ashamed that it took a re-reading of Dune to "get this."
(and this probably wasn't already clear because of Enlightment brainwashing) .

But we are just mere humans riding the a wave of earthly events. Some things were set in motion in the past that now can not be influenced by normal people (e.g., "voters"). All we can control is how to properly orient ourselves to the wave that is coming.

It really doesn't matter if we support or reject "x" thing. "x" things are now happening no matter if we like it or not. "x" is a reality, so how do we orient ourselves to "x" is happening.

This isn't black pilling or defeatism. It's bringing ourselves into alignment with reality. Part of which is devoting energy to influencing what we can actually impact. Selves, family, friends. And part of that orientation is the prayer and church.....which is the only possible thing that we can influence the tide. But how that works..... is beyond me.

Contrasted with serving political idols, which is giving energy to the wrong team. And wokism, which desires to make us morally culpable/guilty for things that you and I have no influence over.

Complexity, marketing, and evil forces obscure simplicity. The ...

2026-01-10T13:21:41Z

Complexity, marketing, and evil forces obscure simplicity.
The power of small consistent actions over time is a hidden superpower, essentially free.

Maintain a -500 cal food deficit.
Walk 2 miles.
Read your bible , say your prayers
Find 2 moments a day to be extra kind to another human, might make a friend.
Stack a couple sats.

.......and miracles start happening.

No experimental drugs, no fancy gym membership, no esoteric knowledge, no secret society memberships, no prediction market payouts.

Just a little discipline.

The impact of light spectrum is shocking. The closer to flame the ...

2026-01-09T11:20:31Z

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The impact of light spectrum is shocking. The closer to flame the better .

HAHA.

2026-01-01T18:15:22Z

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HAHA.

plus the uptick of ads randomly inserted in my favorite podcasts ...

2026-01-01T18:12:47Z

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plus the uptick of ads randomly inserted in my favorite podcasts in the last 12-ish months.

Fine. Host ad reads. Preferabley inserted at logical coverstion breaks.

Not fine. Random adds promoting Draft Kings in the middle of a discussion about damage of gambling in society.... that's some sick stuff.

GM!

2025-12-30T15:33:45Z

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GM!

thinking machines.

2025-12-30T15:26:54Z

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thinking machines.

KISS. For calorie estimating IMO, close counts. +/- 10-15 % More ...

2025-12-27T12:38:43Z

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KISS.
For calorie estimating IMO, close counts. +/- 10-15 %
More precision isn't worth the extra effort for either user or app....e.g., finding exact labels online, scanning labels, etc.

Can you tell Coach Claude what you ate and let him track the ...

2025-12-27T12:25:01Z

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Can you tell Coach Claude what you ate and let him track the running total of calories and macros for the day?
Thus, eliminating fiddly and data leaky apps like myfitnesspal?

With prediction gems like...... Will it rain in NYC today? Maybe ...

2025-12-23T20:28:53Z

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With prediction gems like...... Will it rain in NYC today?

Maybe cloud seeding will become more profitable.

#nevent1q…yesg

2025-12-20T15:37:17Z

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quoting nevent1q…yesg
I update my take to dystopian....

“It’s quite an ethical quagmire, to say nothing of the pure degeneracy of it all. There is so much room for insider trading and manipulation that it boggles the mind."

"Yes, because if there’s anything America needs more of, it’s complex financial instruments that extract wealth from people without actually producing anything tangible in the real world. Our public infrastructure will crumble, but at least we can bet on where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will honeymoon."

https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/05/cnn-partnership-kalshi-prediction-markets-betting-breaking-news-events/

idk man. gas station slot machines were a net negative. and draft ...

2025-12-20T15:30:02Z

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idk man. gas station slot machines were a net negative. and draft kings in our pocket is much worse.

All due to the propaganda pipeline: Strong Fathers -> Weak ...

2025-12-20T14:48:06Z

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All due to the propaganda pipeline:

Strong Fathers -> Weak Fathers-> The Devouring Mother -> Next Act: Vengeful Sons

Never forget, it did not have to go this way.....

Walden 2 metaverse.

2025-12-20T14:34:44Z

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Walden 2 metaverse.

Tom Luongo had a couple frames I hadn't heard before..... ~ ...

2025-12-20T13:12:16Z

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Tom Luongo had a couple frames I hadn't heard before.....

~ min 12..... the financial industry tried to control the gold industry via capital
(did they fail in the long run?)

~ min 33.... maybe the OG wallets aren't owned by who we think they are? Being sold off because they are running out of money and need cash flow?

https://fountain.fm/episode/DKnzhhRMZoddt1sSh7Es

"It’s convenient. It’s offered as the default. You know ...

2025-12-20T12:23:03Z

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"It’s convenient. It’s offered as the default. You know how I feel about both."

Yes sir, Yes I do.
o7

Thank you for thoughtful AND actionable articles. You have ...

2025-12-11T13:59:11Z

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Thank you for thoughtful AND actionable articles.
You have provided so many opportunties to read, think, do.
Looking forward to the next 6 months.

@npub1sk7…jraw @npub1guh…6hjy a bitcoin video idea. Scene 1: ...

2025-12-09T12:21:37Z

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TFTC (npub1sk7…jraw) MartyBent (npub1guh…6hjy) a bitcoin video idea.

Scene 1:
A calm bitcoiners stacking stats, then enjoying a family meal.

Scence 2:
a neurotic crowd following around commentators, politicans, and CEO's trying to place instant draft king bets on which words are used in their speeches.
Similar to a Ruby broadast in the 5th Element.

etc.

I update my take to dystopian.... “It’s quite an ethical ...

2025-12-09T12:10:07Z

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I update my take to dystopian....

“It’s quite an ethical quagmire, to say nothing of the pure degeneracy of it all. There is so much room for insider trading and manipulation that it boggles the mind."

"Yes, because if there’s anything America needs more of, it’s complex financial instruments that extract wealth from people without actually producing anything tangible in the real world. Our public infrastructure will crumble, but at least we can bet on where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will honeymoon."

https://dailycaller.com/2025/12/05/cnn-partnership-kalshi-prediction-markets-betting-breaking-news-events/

This was interesting. Thanks for sharing.

2025-12-07T19:55:24Z

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This was interesting. Thanks for sharing.

How goes the testing?

2025-12-06T03:02:39Z

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How goes the testing?

well put.

2025-12-05T00:55:58Z

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well put.

this is very true. In many aspects of life. Creator spirit.

2025-11-24T19:36:18Z

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this is very true. In many aspects of life. Creator spirit.

The best desert dish.

2025-11-23T23:35:40Z

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The best desert dish.

Recommend set up a ventoy USB stick. Then drop any and all ...

2025-11-19T03:11:32Z

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Recommend set up a ventoy USB stick. Then drop any and all distros you are curious about on it. Take a few for a test drive before picking the one to install.

Interesring to note. Primal down. Jumble down. But Jumble imwald ...

2025-11-18T12:47:31Z

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Interesring to note. Primal down. Jumble down. But Jumble imwald is up. For me.

I've been reflecting on this point lately. History was ...

2025-11-17T00:23:52Z

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I've been reflecting on this point lately.
History was neglected. But is really valuable to learn from. Remember who we are. helps us be wiser.

Now history is in vogue again, but we forgot how to apply it.
Trying to re-live history and pretend the patterns aren't changing is not wise either.

@nprofile…u77y you might find the background video useful. ...

2025-11-15T23:26:01Z

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The Beave (nprofile…u77y) you might find the background video useful. Haha.

This is an interesting observation. though in this case, since I ...

2025-11-14T22:47:59Z

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This is an interesting observation.

though in this case, since I am not the npub 20 regulars, Im the old guy at the coffee shop sipping alone enjoying a newspaper AND also enjoying the fact that a group of friends is having a great conversation two tables over. Who occasionally gets pulled into the conversation... Which is a certainly a cozy community vibe.

☕

For me its a signal-- ai data center infrastructure bubble.

2025-11-14T22:17:21Z

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For me its a signal-- ai data center infrastructure bubble.

A slight expansion on one of @npub160t…yjc9 's thoughts.... ...

2025-11-14T14:40:56Z

A slight expansion on one of average_bitcoiner (npub160t…yjc9) 's thoughts....

Privacy is about maintaining human dignity in an age of total surveillance....It is about ensuring that every citizen has the tools to defend their minds and souls in the 5th Generation War we are currently fighting.

With a major battlefield being fought indiscriminately with anti-human tactics inside every living mind and soul.

The casualties from propaganda and algorithm skirmishes are our friends and neighbors now wounded with nihilism, depression, radicalization, trans humanist mental inclinations, etc. They were ambushed in a war they didn't know had started.

How do we pull them off the line? Care for and help them heal?
How do we help the survivors upgrade armor and sharpen defensive tactics?

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naddr1qv…7vr9

Dear Speaker Sexton,

*Thank you* for taking the time to visit the Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2025. Your presence and willingness to engage with our community on these critical issues demonstrates the kind of forward-thinking leadership Tennessee needs as we navigate the challenges of our digital age.

As you noted during your remarks, Tennessee is now the number one state for federalism in the nation—the most prepared state for the federal government to be out of our lives. This is not merely a ranking to celebrate; it is a call to action. I wanted to follow up on our discussion regarding digital privacy, particularly the case that exemplifies why states must exercise their sovereignty to protect their citizens from federal overreach: United States v. Rodriguez and Hill (Case No. 1:24-cr-00082, S.D.N.Y.).

The Samourai Wallet Case: When Code Becomes Criminal

In April 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York arrested Keonne Rodriguez, 36, of Harmony, Pennsylvania, and William Lonergan Hill, 67, a U.S. national residing abroad who was detained in Portugal and extradited to the United States. Their alleged crime? Developing Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet software.

The developers were initially charged with:

Money laundering conspiracy

Conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business

Wire fraud

Computer fraud

In July 2025, Rodriguez and Hill pleaded guilty to a single count: conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business knowing the business transmitted crime proceeds. As part of their plea agreement, they agreed to forfeit $6.4m. On November 6, 2025, Keonne Rodriguez received the maximum sentence: 60 months (5 years) in federal prison. William Lonergan Hill awaits sentencing on November 19, 2025, with prosecutors seeking the same five-year maximum term.

Think about that for a moment. Two software developers, writing code, face the same prison time as violent criminals—not for committing financial crimes themselves, but for creating tools that enable people to exercise their human right to privacy in the digital domain, just as they could with cash in the physical space.

During your visit, I recall you mentioned California's push to hold software developers liable for how users employ their applications—blaming the software itself rather than the criminal actors. You warned that Tennessee must not follow that path. The Samourai Wallet case is exactly that—but at the federal level. This is the federal overreach that Tennessee, as the nation's leader in federalism, is uniquely positioned to resist.

Privacy Is a Human Right and State Sovereignty Is the Path Forward

Speaker Sexton, as you mentioned on stage, privacy is fundamental to human dignity and freedom. It should already be protected by the First and Fourth Amendments, yet the federal government has taken extraordinary liberties in eroding the privacy of average citizens. The Samourai Wallet case demonstrates how far this erosion has gone.

Tennessee has an opportunity—and I would argue an obligation—to lead by enshrining digital privacy as a constitutional right at the state level.

Code Is Speech: Legal Precedent Already Exists

In Bernstein v. U.S. Department of Justice (1995–1999), federal courts established that code is speech and therefore protected under the First Amendment. This precedent should protect software developers like Rodriguez and Hill, yet here we are, watching them receive maximum sentences for writing software.

Every state in the U.S. should pass constitutional amendments or legislation that explicitly protect free and open-source code under the First Amendment. Additionally, developers of infrastructure and non-custodial tooling must be protected from legal liability or persecution for how others use their tools.

Do we prosecute gun manufacturers when someone commits a crime with their product? Do we imprison the creators of encryption standards when criminals use encrypted communications? The answer has always been no—until now, when it comes to financial privacy tools.

The 5th Generation War: Everyone Is on the Battlefield

In 5th Generation Warfare, the battlefield is everywhere, and everyone is a potential target—whether they recognize it or not. We must enable every citizen of this country to defend themselves in cyberspace.

Unlike the Second Amendment, this cyber defense requires no kinetic projection of force. In fact, no amount of kinetic force can break the mathematics of cryptography. This is defense in its purest form—protection that cannot be overcome by violence, only by voluntary disclosure.

When I attended a CTTSO (Combat Terrorism Technology Support Office) course on cyber operations in mid-2010's, the lead instructor—a retired Green Beret—told a room full of three-letter agency leaders and DoD personnel that we were losing the cyber war against our peer nations. It seemed true then based on my assessment of force readiness and peer capabilities. As my career has advanced and my knowledge has grown, it has become increasingly apparent that free and open-source software development is how we as a people, and humanity as a whole, can secure a bright future—for the United States, even as we balkanize, and for the rest of the world.

Bitcoin is the monetary layer, but there is so much more to this movement. It represents a philosophical alignment with American values—voluntary participation, individual sovereignty, and freedom from centralized control.

Financial Surveillance Has Been Weaponized

Financial surveillance is no longer a tool reserved for catching terrorists and drug lords. It has been weaponized against people of all classes. President Trump himself suffered under financial lawfare. I only see this increasing as more power consolidates at the federal level.

The Biden administration fundamentally undermined our financial dominance when it kicked Russia out of SWIFT. That single action told the world that the U.S. dollar and its associated payment systems are weapons that can be wielded for political purposes. The consequences of that decision will reverberate for decades.

In our modern digital age, the Bank Secrecy Act is a gross overreach of federal power. Bitcoin can be handled like cash was before people stopped carrying it around. Cash is private. Bitcoin can be private too.

Much like guns and the Second Amendment, if you ban privacy tools, criminals will be the only ones able to use them. This means mass casualties in the current 5th Generation War we find ourselves in—casualties measured not in body counts but in destroyed lives, frozen accounts, and financial persecution.

Tennessee: The Volunteer State and Voluntary Money

My late stepfather enjoyed the benefits of a thriving cash business and utilized the privacy it offered to his advantage. Tennessee should enshrine the right to financial privacy in our digital age so all its citizens can enjoy the benefits of electronic cash on the internet without exposing themselves to the battlefield of 5th Generation Warfare.

To quote Eric Hughes from A Cypherpunk's Manifesto: "Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." This quote reads to me like voluntary revelation—you choose what to share and when. Tennessee is the Volunteer State. Bitcoin is voluntary. The philosophical alignment is natural.

In my observations, Bitcoin's moral and philosophical values largely align with Christian and conservative values: hard work, honest money, personal responsibility, and freedom from centralized control.

Open Source Software Enables Disaster Recovery

Open-source software is what enabled disaster recovery after Hurricane Helene devastated parts of our country and Tennessee. Protecting those doing the critical and often voluntary job of maintaining these software projects means that Tennessee directly benefits from protecting these developers.

Bitcoin Veterans utilized the Meshtastic open source project in the disaster recovery. Devices were distributed to people on the ground in the disaster area and they were able to communicate up and out. We were even able to get these devices onto Tennessee and North Carolina National Guard helicopters, greatly extending the range and capabilities of these small but robust free and open source devices. This open source communications platform enabled responders and local residents to communicate well before any modern infrastructure could be reestablished.

When developers face federal prosecution for building tools, the entire open-source ecosystem suffers. Talented developers flee to other countries with more favorable legal climates. Innovation slows. Preparedness as a country shrinks.

State Sovereignty in the Digital Age: An Attainable Goal

The reassertion of state sovereignty is not some distant dream—it is an attainable goal within our lifetimes. Different states are already taking divergent approaches to technology, privacy, and digital rights. Tennessee, as the nation's leader in federalism, must lead the way on the digital front by enshrining digital privacy into law.

During your remarks, you mentioned the opportunity for Republican states to coordinate on issues like privacy—to come together, pass the same policies, and set a unified standard that becomes much harder to undo. This is exactly the kind of interstate cooperation that can restore the balance of power between states and an overreaching federal government.

Without states exercising their sovereignty to protect their citizens, we will continue to watch federal agencies prosecute software developers, freeze bank accounts for political purposes, and erode the rights that should be protected by our Constitution. We need state-level constitutional protections that establish:

Code is speech and is protected under the First Amendment

Developers of non-custodial tools cannot be held liable for how users employ their software

Financial privacy is a fundamental right in the digital age

The right to use privacy-enhancing technologies without fear of prosecution

A Call for Pardons and Legislative Action

Speaker Sexton, I urge you to consider two parallel paths:

First, I respectfully ask that you use your position as Speaker of the House in Tennessee to directly petition President Trump for pardons for Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. These men are not money launderers—they are software developers who built a tool. They are casualties in a war on privacy that threatens every American's digital rights. Your voice as a state legislative leader carries significant weight, and President Trump has shown willingness to pardon those who have been unjustly targeted by federal overreach.

Second, Tennessee should pass legislation—ideally a constitutional amendment—that explicitly protects digital privacy rights and shields software developers from prosecution for building privacy-enhancing tools. Make Tennessee a haven for the kind of innovation that will define the 21st century.

The majority of Bitcoin is owned by U.S. citizens. This is American innovation, American capital, and American freedom at stake. Tennessee can lead, or Tennessee can follow. I would prefer the Volunteer State leading.

Conclusion

Privacy is not about hiding criminal activity. It is about maintaining human dignity in an age of total surveillance. It is about preserving the American tradition of financial independence. It is about ensuring that every citizen has the tools to defend themselves in the 5th Generation War we are currently fighting.

Tennessee has always been a state that values freedom, volunteer action, and individual rights. As the number one state for federalism, Tennessee is not just prepared to be free from federal overreach—it is obligated to lead the way in protecting its citizens from it. State sovereignty in the digital age is within reach, and Tennessee should be the first to grasp it.

You noted during your visit that Tennessee wants the federal government "out of our lives." The Rodriguez and Hill prosecutions are precisely the kind of federal interference we must resist. By protecting digital privacy and software developers at the state level, Tennessee can demonstrate that federalism is not just a ranking—it is a governing philosophy that delivers real protection to real people.

As a Naval intelligence veteran who spent time in our nation's premier units, I have a unique perspective on the world that sees a critical need for digital privacy to ensure the nation I volunteered to defend—even at the cost of my life—is protected. I did not serve to watch that nation criminalize software developers or erode the very freedoms I swore to protect. Furthermore, I see Bitcoin and digital privacy as tools that will help spread true American values around the world. Most importantly, these values are aligned with Christ. This is not merely a political issue; it is a moral imperative.

Thank you again for your time at the Bitcoin Veterans Summit. I look forward to continuing this conversation and working together to make Tennessee not just a leader in digital privacy rights, but a model of state sovereignty for the entire nation.

Respectfully,

Gary R Krause\ Chief Petty Officer of Bitcoin Veterans\ Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2025

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"Privacy is the ability to selectively reveal yourself." — Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated." — Fourth Amendment, U.S. Constitution

What did you learn about the information ecosystem? Really ...

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What did you learn about the information ecosystem? Really curious.

a sad and gross fact.

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a sad and gross fact.

100% correct. Using art and music as an example. For decades its ...

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100% correct.

Using art and music as an example. For decades its drifted towards some collectivist indistinguishable blob. AI slop is going to mold an even tighter sphere.

In that world anything with a hint of rawness or truth or beauty becomes catnip to the soul.

Double Bubble. #1. AI infrastructure is being way overbuilt to ...

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Double Bubble.
#1. AI infrastructure is being way overbuilt to accomplish #2.
#2. And AI will replace the B.S. jobs.

The ripple effects will dwarf 2008.

I recently re-watched The Big Short. When it got to the end and ...

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I recently re-watched The Big Short. When it got to the end and showed the payoffs of finally overcoming the corrupt 2008 game...i thought... wait that's all they made?

Maybe the memes were right and paying attention to Bitcoin rewires the brain.

This is a great song.

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This is a great song.

try black plastic mulch. they need heat.

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try black plastic mulch. they need heat.

Yes, the pre-chapter quotes are often thought provoking.

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Yes, the pre-chapter quotes are often thought provoking.

nice.

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nice.

Thanks for this drop of wisdom. ------> “I don’t stay ...

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Thanks for this drop of wisdom. ------> “I don’t stay calm. I stay curious.”

that's right.

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that's right.

Sorry for the tip. I wanted to enjoy the whole arc since Book 1 ...

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Sorry for the tip. I wanted to enjoy the whole arc since Book 1 and 2 were great.
3 was OK.
4 was eh.
Book 5 I got up from my chair mid paragraph and tossed it in the dumpster on the spot.
I'll keep 1 and 2. Still debating if I should discard the rest starting at book 3 or 4.

indeed!

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indeed!

Thanks for calling attention to this. Sun Eater is a very ...

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Thanks for calling attention to this. Sun Eater is a very overlooked series.

Yes. Wax and Wayne, is similar but different enough to give you ...

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Yes. Wax and Wayne, is similar but different enough to give you that break.

In that class.

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In that class.

Sun Eater is better than Way of Kings. Way of Kings continues to ...

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Sun Eater is better than Way of Kings. Way of Kings continues to decline in quality after Book 3. Sun Eater gets better each book.

Why is nobody is talking about the Butlerian Jihad? Relevant and ...

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Why is nobody is talking about the Butlerian Jihad?
Relevant and a decent framing for AI safety discussions and....... crickets.

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Windows 11 broke my most anti-apple, pro-windows friend
He asked me about my favorite linux distros.

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plus uglier
plus slower
plus glitchier
plus the implied "secure" app store is scammy. I need a shower after looking at it.

I understand corporate marketshare capture, but why would anyone use it personally ?

There was a time when we dared not question the digital status ...

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There was a time when we dared not question the digital status quo. But now we write and read about the importance of online privacy, and, congregating in online forums and social media groups, we complain to each other about the erosion of our digital rights, the manipulation of our personal data, and the insidious influence of algorithms on our lives. There's the unnecessary bravado around our government's and corporations' collection of our personal data, against the backdrop of widespread data breaches and cyber attacks at home; and the buttressing of surveillance capitalism; and the kindling of online echo chambers; and the ill-thought-out cultivation of artificial intelligence (at our expense, to boot)—in the end, we'll be the ones who suffer the consequences, and we'll have to live with them, what other option will there be? And they collect and analyze our personal data, and brand those who resist as paranoid or extremist—and it is always "they," while we are—helpless.

We are approaching the brink; already a universal digital demise is upon us; a loss of control over our personal data is about to engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble:

"But what can we do to stop it? We haven't the strength."

We have so hopelessly ceded our digital autonomy that for the modest conveniences of today we are ready to surrender up all our online privacy, our digital souls, all the benefits of our technological advancements, all the prospects of our digital future—anything to avoid disrupting our comfortable online existence. We have lost our strength, our pride, our passion. We do not even fear a common digital catastrophe, do not fear a massive data breach (perhaps we'll hide away in some online crevice), but fear only to take a digital stance! We hope only not to stray from the online herd, not to set out on our own, and risk suddenly having to make do without our social media accounts, our online shopping, our digital entertainment.

We have internalized well the lessons drummed into us by the tech industry; we are forever content and comfortable with its premise: we cannot escape the digital environment, the online social conditions; they shape us, "data determines behavior." What have we to do with this? We can do nothing.

But we can do—everything!—even if we comfort and lie to ourselves that this is not so. It is not "they" who are guilty of everything, but we ourselves, only we! For every time we click "agree" to a terms of service, every time we surrender our data to a corporation or government, we are complicit in our own digital enslavement.

Some will counter: But really, there is nothing to be done! Our data is already out there, no one listens to us, no one asks us. How can we make them listen to us?

To make them reconsider—is impossible.

The natural thing would be simply not to give away our data, not to participate in the digital charade, but there are no alternatives in our digital landscape.

In the past, people have used online petitions, social media campaigns, but we are too cowed, too scared: How does one just give up one's online presence, just go offline?

All the other fateful means resorted to over the last decades of digital history are even less fitting for us today—true, let's not fall back on them! Today, when all the algorithms have optimized what they've optimized, when all that was coded has borne fruit, we can see how lost, how drugged were those conceited tech enthusiasts who sought, through hacking, cyber attacks, and online vigilantism, to make the digital world just and free. No thank you, fathers of the internet! We now know that the vileness of the means begets the vileness of the result. Let our digital hands be clean!

So has the circle closed? So is there indeed no way out? So the only thing left to do is wait inertly: What if something just happens by itself?

But it will never come unstuck by itself, if we all, every day, continue to acknowledge, glorify, and strengthen the digital status quo, if we do not, at the least, recoil from its most vulnerable point.

From the surrender of our private data.

When surveillance bursts onto the peaceful digital landscape, its face is flush with self-assurance, it displays on its banner and proclaims: "I am the all-seeing eye! Make way, step aside, I will collect your data!" But surveillance ages swiftly, a few years pass—and it is no longer sure of itself. To prop itself up, to appear decent, it will without fail call forth its ally—manipulation of our personal data. For surveillance has nothing to cover itself with but manipulation, and manipulation can only persist through surveillance. And it is not every day and not on every shoulder that surveillance brings down its heavy hand: It demands of us only a submission to data collection, a daily participation in the digital charade—and this suffices as our fealty.

And therein we find, neglected by us, the simplest, the most accessible key to our digital liberation: a personal refusal to surrender our private data! Even if all is covered by surveillance, even if all is under their control, let us resist in the smallest way: Let their control hold not through us!

And this is the way to break out of the imaginary encirclement of our digital inertness, the easiest way for us and the most devastating for the surveillers. For when people refuse to surrender their data, surveillance simply ceases to exist. Like parasites, they can only survive when attached to a person.

We are not called upon to step out onto the digital square and shout out the truth, to say out loud what we think—this is scary, we are not ready. But let us at least refuse to surrender our data!

This is the way, then, the easiest and most accessible for us given our deep-seated organic cowardice, much easier than (it's scary even to utter the words) digital civil disobedience.

Our way must be: Never knowingly surrender our private data! Having understood where the data collection begins (and many see this line differently)—step back from that gangrenous edge! Let us not glue back the flaking scales of the digital ideology, not gather back its crumbling bones, nor patch together its decomposing garb, and we will be amazed how swiftly and helplessly the surveillance will fall away, and that which is destined to be naked will be exposed as such to the world.

And thus, overcoming our timidity, let each person choose: Will they remain a witting servant of the surveillers (needless to say, not due to natural predisposition, but in order to provide a digital livelihood, to rear the children in the spirit of surveillance!), or has the time come for them to stand straight as a digital honest person, worthy of the respect of their children and contemporaries? And from that day onward they:

· Will not surrender their data to any corporation or government without a fight;

· Will not participate in online activities that compromise their digital autonomy;

· Will not support companies that prioritize profits over privacy;

· Will not click on ads or links that track their online behavior;

· Will not use social media platforms that collect and sell their personal data;

· Will not install apps that compromise their digital security;

· Will not participate in online discussions that are manipulated by algorithms or bots;

· Will not subscribe to online services that require them to surrender their data.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of the possible and necessary ways of resisting surveillance. But those who begin to cleanse themselves will, with a cleansed digital eye, easily discern yet other opportunities.

Yes, at first it will not be fair. Someone will have to temporarily lose their digital privileges. For the young who seek to live by digital truth, this will at first severely complicate life, for their digital tests and quizzes, too, are stuffed with manipulation, and so choices will have to be made. But there is no loophole left for anyone who seeks to be digitally honest: Not even for a day, not even in the safest digital occupations can they avoid even a single one of the listed choices—to be made in favor of either digital truth or surveillance, in favor of digital independence or digital servility. And as for those who lack the courage to defend even their own digital souls: Let them not brag of their progressive digital views, boast of their digital status as influencers or thought leaders, distinguished digital citizens or online personalities. Let them say to themselves plainly: I am a digital slave, I am a coward, I seek only digital comfort and to click my way through life.

For us, who have grown staid over time, even this most moderate path of digital resistance will be not be easy to set out upon. But how much easier it is than digital self-immolation or even a digital hunger strike: The digital flames will not engulf our bodies, our digital eyes will not pop out from the heat, and our digital families will always have at least a piece of digital bread to wash down with a glass of digital water.

Betrayed and deceived by us, did not a great digital community—the online activists—show us how one can stand down the digital giants with bared digital chests alone, as long as inside them beats a worthy digital heart?

It will not be an easy path, perhaps, but it is the easiest among those that lie before us. Not an easy choice for the digital body, but the only one for the digital soul. No, not an easy path, but then we already have among us people, dozens even, who have for years abided by all these rules, who live by digital privacy.

And so: We need not be the first to set out on this path, Ours is but to join! The more of us set out together, the thicker our digital ranks, the easier and shorter will this path be for us all! If we become thousands—they will not cope, they will be unable to touch us. If we will grow to tens of thousands—we will not recognize our digital world!

But if we shrink away, then let us cease complaining that someone does not let us draw digital breath—we do it to ourselves! Let us then cower and hunker down, while the technologists bring closer the day when our thoughts can be read and our behaviors altered.

Not a dig.... small simple actions overtime add up.

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Not a dig.... small simple actions overtime add up.

Three extra clicks made me a rebel...

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Three extra clicks made me a rebel...

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A series of events the last couple weeks have recalling how easy things were in the more analog world of 20 years ago. The world of apps, defaults, convenience, cloud accounts..... made accomplishing these tasks measurably worse for me.

My point. more Friction and moving slower aren't just a trade off, the results may better in the end.

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Oh man... I'm honored to put him on your radar. He will approve of maximum fruit intake. I'm not qualified to explain any of it.
maybe start here or here....

https://bioenergetic.forum/category/12/ray-peat-resources

https://fountain.fm/episode/6BjK3dCJwZ6zXUH5pGka

Ray Peat?

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Ray Peat?

paradoxically true.

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paradoxically true.

I think it transmits to the Trisolaran Fleet. 😉

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I think it transmits to the Trisolaran Fleet. 😉

I find this far funnier than I should. Nice!

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I find this far funnier than I should. Nice!

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The semi-woody steams will be enough marker to find them in spring.

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Nice list.

Someone shared this on nostr several weeks back. another starting point for researching alternatives.
https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy

Not that the woke / collectivist / individual discussion in the ...

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Not that the woke / collectivist / individual discussion in the thread is unimportant in our time. But it is interesting that's where the discussion went....

The labor movement is one thread of a bigger cord.
How do we remain human in the midst of anti-human ideologies/technologies? Looms, chemical weapons, coal mines, assembly lines, propaganda, McKenzie consulting, algorithms, AI, etc.

It's a spiritual war. Enlightenment thinking can't solve it, because it caused it.

Bitcoin is resistance to an exploitative economic system. 100 ...

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Bitcoin is resistance to an exploitative economic system.

100 years ago human dignity demanded coal miners in West Virginia do the same. Learn the hidden history of Labor Day.

https://fountain.fm/episode/TMCKynqA08xa5TIbtBBv

quoting
nevent1q…wjcr
One year ago Bitcoin was under $60K

This Labor Day be grateful for all the work Bitcoin has done in the last 365 days

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I wouldn't cast shade on the kid. We don't know what we don't know. But the Rough Extraction episode basic lays out what you are saying and why it made sense.

A very exploitative-corporate model had emerged, human dignity demanded a response.

As the political map gets reoriented, labor unions discussion is going to be hard for some. Must get past the WWE political narrative first. Most importantly, this history rhymes with today's de-humanization in the AI revolution.

Here's a bit of hidden history on the labor movement. ...

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Here's a bit of hidden history on the labor movement.

https://fountain.fm/episode/TMCKynqA08xa5TIbtBBv

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Recommended methods to shop online privately as possible?
Payments and transactions, I can see the path in the forest.
Shipping products, seems harder...

Hope they don't burn your claude logo. ❤‍🔥

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Hope they don't burn your claude logo. ❤‍🔥

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In my humble opinion, required listening every Labor Day.

In August 1921, 10,000-20,000 armed coal miners marched on Mingo County, West Virginia to lift the martial law imposed there, free their jailed brethren, and avenge the assassination of one of their local heroes. At least 20,000 more wives, young boys and other civilians followed the army providing medical, logistical and other services. Before it was over, they would storm a mountainside under fire from entrenched machine guns, and while being bombed from the air. It was the largest and most serious armed insurrection in US history since the Civil War. This episode is going to discuss the West Virginia Coal Mine Wars, and The Battle of Blair Mountain.

https://fountain.fm/episode/ZcdYQBkw7na9aPY7JhE6

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Rotate perspectives like you rotate passwords. Your brain is the root system. Compromise it, and every branch is weaker. -@Ghost

default privacy.

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default privacy.