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HannahMR

Pretty much just my shower thoughts 🚿🧠 But I do other things like... Developer Advocate at Lightning Labs | Organizer of San Juan Bitdevs | Founder of Velas Commerce

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2026-05-07 15:50:45 UTC

I am constantly handing out this career/life hack and it baffles me that so few people do this.
It goes like this… you have a special interest/career focus and you see a really interesting person talking about your topic! You’d really love to just invite them out to a bar and have an hour long conversation with them and ask them all kinds of questions about their work… but that’s kinda creepy, you can’t just do that.
And so, ladies and gentlemen, what you do is... wrap that whole process in a meetup! When you’re running a meetup you can totally invite that person to a bar to give you a personalized lecture, you just have to do it in front of a bunch of other people and call it a fire side chat at an event. But this way not only will they not find your invitation creepy, they will be flattered, they will show up, and then they will thank you!!! 🙌
It’s the most genius career hack I’ve found. Why are you not doing this?!?!?!

2026-05-07 15:25:58 UTC

Buen dia a todas. We have an epic @nprofile…qxte this month.
Janusz will be discussing his research into the privacy of Spark payments and then Isabel Foxen Duke will be taking us on a deep dive into BIP360 & Bitcoin’s quantum issue!
As always RSVP below or we won’t have the right amount of beer!
https://www.meetup.com/san-juan-bitdevs/events/314676183/

2026-05-07 13:21:23 UTC

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Being pregnant is statistically the 6th most dangerous job in the US. In some years it’s more dangerous than being a police officer or being in the military.
https://www.scarymommy.com/pregnancy/how-dangerous-is-birth-in-america
Complications in pregnancy and childbirth is a leading cause of death among adolescent girls in developing countries.
https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/maternal-health

2026-05-05 19:50:47 UTC

Ain't it funny that the dudes that go around calling everything "gay" and reference their right to free speech are the same dudes who lose their shit when when a lady with a septum piercing makes a mean joke about men on TikTok or when anyone makes a Charlie Kirk joke.
Pick one buddy. Do you want the anything goes 'free speech' vibe or the decency vibe?

2026-05-04 18:16:31 UTC

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Free speech means that people can make whatever jokes they want, and it means that people can denounce and ridicule whatever jokes they want.

2026-05-04 18:16:05 UTC

The jokes that someone makes/laughs at reveals their values.
When someone objects to a joke, 9 times out of 10, it’s not that that person lacks humor, it’s that they are rejecting the values revealed by that joke.

2026-05-01 19:33:28 UTC

Understand but don't accept.
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2026-04-22 14:12:40 UTC

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2026-04-20 02:14:12 UTC

The difficult and complicated part its that it’s both.
I imagine we’ve all seen the very publicized examples of very crass abortion supporters who have done things like throw an abortion party, etc. That’s ugly. And it says that women matter but a fetus does not matter.
I’m sure we can all also think of an example of a staunch anti-abortion campaigner who would like to see women forced to carry their rapists babies. That’s horrific. And it says that a fetus matters but a woman does not matter.
The tricky part about all of this is that it’s both, and it’s not simple at all. The life and well being of a woman matters, and a fetus also matters. In tragic times and places when the their needs are at odds, then very difficult choices about which matters most have to be made. And the ‘answer’ to that will differ in every situation. It’s not simple. We can’t make it simple. And that’s why someone in a fancy suit hundreds of miles away who knows nothing of the specifics of the situation can’t be the one that makes those choices. The people directly affected by the outcome of the situation are the only people fit to make those choices.

2026-04-19 19:51:16 UTC

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It's interesting that I'm talking about sexual assault and you change the topic to money chasing. Why are these things related in your head?

2026-04-19 19:22:31 UTC

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If you are someone who has a lot of money and is public about that then it would make a lot of sense to be wary of a new woman that you are dating and try to sort her intentions. Makes perfect sense.

2026-04-19 19:10:18 UTC

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What are you talking about?

2026-04-19 18:50:23 UTC

Every woman knows that it’s not “all men.” But women don’t know WHICH men it is. Predators aren’t dumb, they present as normal dudes. Because of this, it is logistically necessary for women to be wary of all men that they don’t know well.
A situation that sucks for everyone.

2026-04-15 21:57:50 UTC

Does being understanding and loving actually work? I feel like I've put in an epic effort for decades to be as decent as I can to people. I've bent over backwards to be understanding. I've worked hard to hug rather than kick when someone is down. ...did any of that help anything?
If someone doesn't want to see you, if their ideology won't let them respect you, then they will just never be good to you. It doesn't matter how loving you are.
You can't make someone care.

2026-04-15 14:39:09 UTC

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ahh, ya you didn't sound genuine to me, and this proves it.
You have a lovely day now (which is passive aggressive for fuck off)

2026-04-15 14:07:13 UTC

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warder?

2026-04-15 02:56:41 UTC

Where are all the protectors? I was told that men are protectors… where are they?
Now there are a few, but wow are they rare, and I get so, so exhausted with having to explain why I have basic human rights, why I should have boldly autonomy, why I should be the primary decision maker in my own life. At times it seem that I’m surrounded by a sea of men that want to subjugate me and control my body.
Where are the protectors?
I would really, really love to know more men that take it as a given that I have bodily autonomy and should be leading my own life. I would really, really love to be around more men that actively protect my autonomy in the world. ...can someone help me find them?

2026-04-15 02:55:17 UTC

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ya, I know a lot more than you on these topics.

2026-04-14 22:23:02 UTC

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...ahh, right. this is all my fault.
so sorry, I'll go admonish myself until others stop being shit to me.

2026-04-14 22:21:50 UTC

People who are staunch pro-lifers and yet own guns and eat meat have a strange set of priorities.
You’re telling me that you are willing to end countless animals for your culinary enjoyment, but you wouldn’t end a 6 week fetus to save a 12yr old from having to carry and birth her rapists child?
I think ya got that morality the wrong way around.

2026-04-14 21:32:08 UTC

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Agreed. A lot of men were sold the idea that their value comes from being "the head of the household" etc. they have this idea in the back of their head that if they aren't leading a woman they have no value. That sucks.
And so to get out of that you have to give them a different way to value themselves. And these ideas can't come from me... cuz I'm a lady. sigh.

2026-04-14 19:08:34 UTC

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This is an issue in the present moment.

2026-04-14 18:41:25 UTC

How exhausting it is to constantly have to check and test to see if those who are trying to get close to you have any respect for your basic human rights.
That has been the case for me in the past ~4 years. So, so many in the Bitcoin/Crypto community have gone down an ugly red pill path adopting an ideology which tells them that women are not appropriate to full autonomy. And these people will attempt to pull you in to their ideology. They will court you and use lovely sounding words and phrases, and once your guard is down they will try to convince you that you are a follower, inappropriate to decision making, a second class human, support staff only.
It’s so exhausting, and pathetic. They hide their ideology as they lack the courage to be honest about their convictions. They know that they will be rejected outright if they don’t hide behind flowery words and drip feed their disrespect.
What sucks most about this is that now it’s a logistically horrible idea to let anyone in at all until they have thoroughly proven their respect for my basic human rights. So tiring. And it doesn’t feel like that should be the case, that I should have to performs checks to see if someone supports my basic autonomy. What bull shit.

2026-04-11 00:52:11 UTC

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O no big story, just thousands of small ones. I ran out of tolerance for those not willing to put in any effort to understand others. I've just had enough of that for a lifetime. I am now done.

2026-04-11 00:06:31 UTC

O the amount of times I’ve been told that my concerns are paranoid, illogical, hysterical. I’m always being told to shelve my concerns so that I can consider other people’s perspectives. I can’t do it any more.
There is quite a lot to be learned from listening to others perspectives. I’d go so far as to say you can’t learn or grow if you don’t. But it has to be mutual. Continuing to do the hard work of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes when they won’t do the same for you just degrades your respect for yourself.
If you can’t be kind, if you can’t be understanding, if you can’t take a moment to consider how a situation impacts someone else…. Go fuck yourself and good bye.

2026-04-09 15:54:07 UTC

Understanding is not the same as agreeing or condoning.
One of the most frustrating things about being on social media is watching the sea of posts and memes and “debates” which are just people intentionally misunderstanding each other. People purposely being obtuse and twisting others words in attempts to “dunk” on others and score a few likes.
It’s not just ugly or childish, it’s wildly lazy. What a cheap easy way out of actual thought.
“It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

2026-04-09 00:01:14 UTC

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Do you think there is an objective definition of terrorism? If so, what is it?

2026-04-08 22:04:50 UTC

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2026-04-07 17:25:51 UTC

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2026-04-07 17:25:02 UTC

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2026-04-06 03:24:46 UTC

One of the most intellectually lazy things you can do is decide that if someone disagrees with you it’s simply because they are an idiot.

2026-04-05 18:28:37 UTC

Here is some discrimination against men. This is what the red pill crew should be mad about.
https://blossom.primal.net/ed6c45d8cec46456184d863a66ad540f1b7dd97a85db3a05656f64fb0a90cddf.png

2026-04-03 19:51:51 UTC

Today is my last day of being 42, my last day of being the answer to life the universe and everything 😭 Really I can’t say I pulled that off, but I sure did give it a go!
In the past year I made 12 trips to 5 different countries. I did two talks en español!
I definitely prefer the messier moments and the messier photos. Life just is messy, you make yourself miserable trying to be perfect and polished.
https://blossom.primal.net/d01fe1fce87e42d1630b58a2a58de3140084149d3cf315175e4e6313ea1d9e2b.jpg

2026-03-30 17:57:36 UTC

Affirmative action for white men has been a part of the states for the entirety of it’s existence.
That has been fading a lot in my life time, but it amuses me how people get so angry about the evil “DEI” and don’t realize that in a lot of places DEI is simply a process for removing the affirmative action for white men. It’s a process for making the hiring process more fair… making it more of a meritocracy.

2026-03-30 17:53:48 UTC

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No you can't. You can influence a lot of things, but in the end you control nothing but yourself.
If you take on responsibility for things outside your control you will make yourself miserable. Fewer things in life I am more sure of. This is just the way it is.

2026-03-30 16:14:12 UTC

The key to the whole inner peace thing is to not have any desires or attachments that your sense of self is dependent upon.
20+ years ago I spent a few weeks studying Buddhism in a world religions class at Oakton Community College. I don't remember a lot accept that I didn't like it. I'm not supposed to desire anything? What's the point of being alive then?
Years latter I came to understand the concept more as you're not supposed to be attached to things and that made a lot more sense to me.
...But I am attached to things! I have to un-attach from my kids in order to have inner peace? Nah that's BS
But now I get it. It goes back to this 'outcome pressure' thing that I deal with a lot and the idea of not taking on responsibility for things outside my control. It's about a sense of what you are and are not responsible for.
The attachment thing is mostly right. But it doesn't mean don't care, or don't strive, it means don't lose your sense of self to an attachment to something external.

2026-03-27 18:38:48 UTC

Someone: "how do you do it all?"
Me: "I don't, I have a partner who does it all with me."
Ladies, don't marry a man that wants a wife and kids. Marry a man that wants to be a husband and father!

2026-03-24 14:33:50 UTC

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It wouldn't bother me so much if I were paying for schools and firetrucks. But it really does bother me to know that I'm paying for bombs that get dropped on schools.

2026-03-24 14:32:51 UTC

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2026-03-24 12:25:46 UTC

There is no utopia, everywhere has it's problems. You gotta pick the set of problems you prefer.
...like today, my office in San Juan is far too sunny. So sunny I put sun glasses on over my computer glasses.
These are my kind of problems ☀️😎😉

2026-03-22 13:25:25 UTC

There is a variety of misogyny that I run into a lot in the crypto community. It's very nice sounding hippie dippie misogyny and it goes like this... male leadership is simply natural, it's what we see all throughout the animal kingdom. That's just the way nature is.
Two things here:
1. This is just plain false. For example, Bonobos are one of humans closest relatives in the animal kingdom, and Bonobos are matriarchal.
2. Let's say that the animal kingdom were entirely patriarchal, do we want to be like the animals? Do we aspire to be like Chimpanzees, or do we aspire to be more enlightened creatures? And I'd argue that more enlightened creatures aren't interested in suppressing half of their species.

2026-03-20 22:59:33 UTC

“SaaS is dead” they say. AI killed it, we’ll all just use Claude to write our own custom apps.
*ahem* Claude is SaaS.

2026-03-20 19:09:49 UTC

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2026-03-20 17:12:51 UTC

Ahh the grotesque state of the world.
https://blossom.primal.net/adf6b776f0f8d619f1db5743b38de67b3ee7f9b6ec79977b2a5f9275be64fbdf.jpg

2026-03-20 15:09:08 UTC

Chuck Norris' email was gmail@chucknorris.com

2026-03-20 14:00:10 UTC

Ooo, I found the official music video, and it's stunning.
Not sure why flowers and flowing fabric are so sensual, but they really, really are!
https://youtu.be/qKFMK2eDWeQ

2026-03-20 13:40:01 UTC

Wow I need a bottle of wine and an evening that inspires me to dance to this 🍷💃🎶🥰
I must be overdue for date night… or maybe I’m ovulating. Who knows. Just dance.
https://youtu.be/Tyu8yRPlyIw

2026-03-20 13:38:37 UTC

"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates ~400BC

2026-03-20 13:33:41 UTC

I think most of us know it on an intellectual level. If you’ve read a shit ton of books, if you’ve done a bunch of shrooms(so I’m told), if you’ve been to therapy, then you know…
You control nothing but yourself. You are not responsible for the behavior of others. You are not responsible for the outcome of a complex situation. The only things it makes sense to worry about are your own choices. Life is mostly just about deciding who you are and connecting with others.
We know this intellectually, but we were born in a world that sold us a very different perspective on life. One where you must feel shame if the outcome is not what you hoped. One where life is about being above others, and having more. And removing that programming from the back of your head takes years and years of work.
But everyone once in a while, I don’t just know these things, I feel them. Every once in a while I have a morning where I forget to feel shame and forget to try to be above others. And on those mornings, life really feels pretty fun.

2026-03-19 18:23:40 UTC

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2026-03-19 17:52:13 UTC

Both "woke" and "based" are cringe. Flip sides of the same political bullshit coin.

2026-03-19 17:39:26 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:19:20 UTC

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2026-03-19 16:15:28 UTC

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2026-03-19 14:49:19 UTC

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

2026-03-17 19:27:14 UTC

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okay, but don't you think that you matter? When do you get to be the priority?
I'd argue that in a healthy relationship two people are supporting eachother. At times one may get prioritized, but balance is pursued. Your goals, your ambitions, your development shouldn't be ignored.

2026-03-17 15:56:50 UTC

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Giving up autonomy is not a path to self realization.

2026-03-17 15:26:59 UTC

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Agreed, there is a difference. But I see submission as taking someone away from full self realization. ...which I view as a big part of the purpose of life.

2026-03-17 15:21:08 UTC

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...there is a video of him with 6 fingers? I missed that. Links?

2026-03-17 15:20:39 UTC

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2026-03-17 15:12:10 UTC

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I think that dynamic frightens people as they don't perceive it to be healthy. ...I'm one of those people.

2026-03-17 15:10:58 UTC

So what do y'all think about the Internets new fav conspiracy theory that Netanyahu has been dead for like a week now???

2026-03-17 14:56:06 UTC

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But gents, please do braid your beard and wear cologne!

2026-03-17 14:54:22 UTC

It always blows my mind how people will speak like an authority on a topic that they haven't even researched for 5 mins.
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2026-03-12 20:33:43 UTC

If I ever quit tech I think I'd run one of those hippie dippie wellness retreats, but like with science. So you can totally bring your crystals and do sound baths if you like, but we also have Congnative Behavior Therapy and anti-inflamitory food. Chant whatever you want but you have to do your EMDR session!
And it won't cost an obscene amount cuz it's just some shack on the side of a mountain in Peru. So you just have to get down there then it's like $250!

2026-03-12 15:16:12 UTC

In a world ruled by violence, the most violent will rule.
What kind of world do you want? What do you want the world to be ruled by?

2026-03-12 15:15:28 UTC

You can take a difficult fact about humans and you can decide to help, or you can decide to take advantage and use it to oppress.
Men are bred to be cannon fodder. Do you want to try to change that, or do you want to abuse that and send them out on your wars?
Women are physically vulnerable. Do you want to support and protect women, or do you want to use that to control women?

2026-03-11 19:20:53 UTC

Next @nprofile…qxte! 2 special guests:
SuperTestnet on testing hard/soft forks on regtest.
Then San Juan local Donny on mining pools & what they mean for you...Rumor has it he's bringing some NerdQaxe++ miners with him! 🚀
RSVP below
https://www.meetup.com/san-juan-bitdevs/events/313746427/

2026-03-10 17:35:35 UTC

In the past ~5 years I've learned SO, SO much about the human mind, and nervous system, and psychology, and how we operate, epigenetics, and neuroplasticity, etc. and it just blows my mind how uncommon this knowledge is.
Just 5 years ago I was a very educated and intelligent person and yet was walking around all day utterly ignorant of how my own mind functions. Wild.
It bums me out how psychology and therapy are demonised. Y'all we are so ignorant. We really need to be leaning into these tools a lot more rather than shaming them.

2026-03-10 14:42:13 UTC

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I like this. It's not making A plan, it's making planS. And precisely because we don't know what will happen.
As this is a constant issue for me I’ve tried tackling it in many ways. It’s an uphill battle as the culture all around us tells us that there is a very specific path to follow in life, it’s our job to stay very narrowly on that path, and should we deviate, should tragedy find us and knock us off the track, well that is a shameful failure on our part. ...wow is that exhausting!
I like making AI + Photoshop images and I made these two. The first represents the narrow path. It’s a frightening and exhausting way to live. The second is the expectation of life that I’m trying to install in my head. It’s the idea that there are all kinds of possibilities all the time and it’s our job just to attempt to manage them well.
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2026-03-10 14:26:16 UTC

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2026-03-10 14:24:00 UTC

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2026-03-10 00:32:44 UTC

In case you forgot... you control nothing. You can scheme and influence but in the end you don't stand a chance at actually controlling anything besides yourself.
So if you want a more loving world, you should be more loving. If you want a more educated world, you should be more educated. If you want a more violent world, you should be more violent. etc, etc.

2026-03-09 20:28:31 UTC

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2026-03-09 19:33:12 UTC

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Agent tools: https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/
L402 docs: https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402
L402 tutorial video: https://youtu.be/DmrnISsk-vU (using the old name - LSAT)
Aperture: https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture
x402 whitepaper: https://www.x402.org/x402-whitepaper.pdf

2026-03-09 19:32:52 UTC

Agentic payments are so hot right now 🔥 You’ve probably heard of L402 or x402, but what are they?
I’ll explain, but first, the internet! Back in the early 90s the HTTP protocol was being built, and with that came some error codes, 404 page not found being the most famous. 💅 But, reserved for future use, is a very forgotten error code, 402 payment required. This error code has sat waiting, for decades, for its moment to shine. And now, finally, we have money truly built for online commerce, Bitcoin + Lightning ⚡
And of course agents will choose to work with money designed for them. Agents don’t have identities, they can’t open bank accounts. They aren’t so great at filling out forms on a website, but they excel at using APIs! They can crunch numbers way faster than we can and they don’t want to sit around waiting on third parties to verify payments and grant access. L402s were designed for them!
So what is an L402?
It’s an access token that includes proof of payment. An agent shows up to an API endpoint looking for some data. The service returns a token with a Lightning invoice. The agent pays that invoice, receives the preimage as proof of payment and adds that preimage to the token, making an L402. The agent then returns to the server to access the data in that API endpoint presenting the L402 to get instant access. But wait, there’s more. As this is a bearer token, an agent can also attenuate that token and sell it, or pass it along to sub-agents, etc. Lots of options. No identity needed, no need for the server to hold on to user data.
This is a protocol created by Lightning Labs in 2020.
And how does this relate to x402?
You can think of it like this, L402 is a bearer token while x402 is a process. An agent shows up to an API endpoint looking for some data. The service returns a 402 error code along with instructions for various payment methods. An agent makes a payment and a facilitator service monitors the blockchain to check for confirmations, returning data to the server when a transaction is settled. The server can now grant the agent access to the data in that API endpoint.
This is a protocol created by Coinbase in 2025.
x402 focuses more on the broader crypto ecosystem while L402 focuses on Lightning. L402 tokens were built specifically for Lightning payments but it’s theoretically possible to use L402s inside of the x402 process.
There are of course so many more details here. If you’d like to dig in checkout the links below 👇

2026-03-08 18:45:32 UTC

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one without everyone trying to dominate everyone else. One where we care a lot more about co-operation and exploration than we do about having more status than someone else.

2026-03-08 18:43:00 UTC

It’s one of the most consistently difficult things in my life, how on earth can someone hold the reality that this could all end at any moment, at the same time as they engage in long term planning?
Car accident, WW3 nuclear blast, stroke, etc. you just never know. And you then have to hold that knowledge while planning your kids education, deciding if now is the right time to refinance your home, making a 5 year career plan… like I just don’t think the human mind can really do that.
So in a lot of ways, you just gotta say fuck it and go for it knowing that you and everyone you know will die, but just live anyway.

2026-03-08 18:23:13 UTC

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2026-03-08 18:19:17 UTC

It really bothers me when people say that men are protectors, not because I don’t want them to be, but because most aren’t.
I’m speaking in broad generalities here, and certainly there are exceptions, but generally, this is how it goes...
A woman spots a threat in her world, she goes to a man who is in a ‘protector’ position, a father, a brother, a husband, etc. She tells him what her concerns are. The ‘protector’ dismisses her concerns as hysteria. “You’re being paranoid”, “I’ve not seen him do that!”, “Not all men!”, “don’t be such a feminist.” And so she receives no protection. Instead she needs to arrange and manage her own protection. She forms alliances with other women. They text each other when they know they will be in the company of men they don’t feel safe with. They have code words. They share their location. They keep their phone near them waiting to go find and pick up their friend if needed. They help scheme on how to gather evidence. They are the shoulder to cry on when protection attempts have failed. And they are the support group when deciding how to manage an assault. And still, the ‘protectors’, don’t even believe them, let alone join any effort to protect.
Gents, if you consider yourself a protector, if that is something you wish to be, I love that, I support that. Just please fucking do it! Please actually do the protecting. The women are exhausted with doing all the protecting. They could use your help!

2026-03-08 18:16:25 UTC

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2026-03-08 14:57:23 UTC

Stuff like this is the only way we're going to get better as a species. Just individuals that refuse to be a part of the problem. 👏
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2026-03-08 00:00:42 UTC

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
So what turns pain into suffering?
Shame.
At least for me. How about for you?

2026-03-07 15:57:08 UTC

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2026-03-07 15:27:09 UTC

We don't have a meritocracy, we have a psycocracy.

2026-03-07 13:31:36 UTC

I woke up this morning thinking about interventionist wars. I know, so relaxing!
Maduro is a bad dude, Khamenei was a monster. These people were destroying their own countries. But will our taking them out help at all? I hope so, but I really don’t think so. If the US hadn’t invaded Afghanistan in 2001 would the women there be better off today? Not sure, but it would be hard for them to be worse off!
And then I got to thinking about aliens. It’s my personal guess that they do exist and have been here to visit and, assuming they are a more advanced civilization, I always wonder… why don’t they help us?!?! But now I see. If they took out Trump, or Putin, or Kim Jong Un, would we really be better off in 20 years? No, highly unlikely. Because the leaders that we have are a result of our own issues.
Our horrific leaders are a symptom of our own lack of maturity. If we don’t get better as a species we will just put another psychopath in power.
So really, in a lot of ways, if you want to make the world a better place it’s probably a far better idea to be a therapist than it is to be a political revolutionary.

2026-03-05 23:28:31 UTC

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2026-03-05 23:20:37 UTC

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2026-03-05 16:10:14 UTC

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Zero! It's wild!

2026-03-05 15:25:25 UTC

Just watched a disturbing video on Instagram. It's a dude explaining how Epstein trapped people and how some of his friends almost got trapped. he describes a situation where a business man goes to meet with Epstein looking for investment and after the meeting Epstein say 'hey I'm about to get a massage would you like to join me?' and the masseuse is an attractive young woman and during the massage she then gives dude a hand job and dude doesn't realize that the masseuse is 17 & there are cameras in the room. Boom, he got you!
Do you see the problem here? This guy presents this situation as if it's just a freak accident that anyone could fall into. Like a car accident, just a sad unfortunate situation. And he completely glosses over, and just assumes that all middle aged business men are quite happy to accept a hand job from a woman young enough to be their daughter.
And who the fuck actually does that? Who just has such low moral standards that with out even thinking about it they cheat on a significant other, and with someone young enough to be their child?
No way bro. That's no accident. If you got caught by that you 100% deserved it!

2026-03-03 23:11:33 UTC

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just venting. This all sucks.

2026-03-03 22:53:56 UTC

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2026-03-03 14:07:07 UTC

It's not their son's that die in their wars, it's your sons that are sacrificed to their cause.
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2026-03-03 14:06:11 UTC

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you matter too

2026-03-02 18:02:21 UTC

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2026-03-02 17:40:39 UTC

😥
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2026-03-02 15:49:44 UTC

This, just make it tropical 🌴
(Note, my husband is hot not just because of his bulging biceps, but because he is a decent and very caring person 🫶 )
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2026-03-02 15:45:39 UTC

Don’t let Bitcoin be co-opted. And no I’m not talking about some BIP, or filter, or fork, I’m talking about authoritarianism.
...and how fucked up is that? To have to tell Bitcoiners of all people to reject authoritarian values!
But it makes perfect sense, especially after having digested recent world news, Epstein files, etc. My number one take away from what we’ve learned from the files is that evil people, and by that I mean psychopaths, etc. will attempt to co-opt and control whatever they can. Bitcoin tech, as it currently exists, can not be controlled, but the humans working with this tech sure can.
What are your values? What drew you to Bitcoin?
Years ago when I was studying economics and monetary theory I realized what a massive force for the centralization of power fiat money is. I wanted better money that didn’t centralize power. I wanted money that democratized power. I did, and still do love Bitcoin because it is freedom tech. And that’s the important part there, concentrations of power are the antithesis of freedom. I saw that then, and now it just burns a hole in me every morning when I wake up and remember the dystopian nightmare we are living in.
We can see from recent news that those who wish to put their boot of oppression on the world don’t try to outright, openly suppress others, instead they slowly take over, compromising influential people, they co-opt. And whether it’s intentional or a by-product of efforts elsewhere, this is what’s been happening to the public facing culture of Bitcoin.
With hindsight I can see that I started to encounter authoritarianism in Bitcoin way back in 2018, but it presented to me in the form of misogyny. And this makes perfect sense, misogyny is just an intimate form of authoritarianism. It’s just a component in the “dominance hierarchy”. When you value hierarchy and status, when you aspire to be above others, and when violence is justified in this effort, well, women are some of the first targets for suppression.
It’s so widespread in the Bitcoin influencer crew that I can turn it into a fun game. I can pick out one of these authoritarian people when at some speakers' dinner, go up to them, launch into an anti authoritarian rant, and they just can’t help but tell me why I should go home and obey my husband. Like for reals, it’s so predictable. Let's play this game together next time we're at a conference. We can place bets. I’m going to clean you out!
But what is very important to note here is that these people really are not representations of Bitcoiners at large. They are just the crazy loudmouth infestation that claim to speak for everyone else that every movement suffers from. When I go to smaller events, when I’m around non-American Bitcoiners, we commiserate about how atrocious these influencers are. The values of these loudmouth influencers are not the values of Bitcoiners at large. Most Bitcoiners are very decent people. Freedom loving people. And by that I mean people that want freedom not just for themselves, but for the world.
And that makes perfect sense. The vast majority of people in the Bitcoin world came here because we value freedom and see Bitcoin as freedom tech. For most of us, we saw how fiat money was a concentration of power that is very abused, used to fund wars, used to further inequality in the world, etc. And we came here to work on this tech to remove that co-opted concentration of power. We don’t value being ‘above’ others. We don’t value wearing the boot of oppression.
“Dominance hierarchy”, “status”, “citadels”, “have fun staying poor”, “women need to submit to the leadership of their husband”, etc. these things are a reflection of poor values. These things are a reflection of not valuing human freedom. These are the values of people that are not freedom loving.
A small, but steady, percentage of humanity are “evil”, or more technically speaking, psychopaths and sociopaths. That by itself is bad, but what really turns this reality into atrocities is when all of us who do possess empathy and solid values allow ourselves to get caught up in these ugly mindsets. These psychopaths can’t rule the world if we just stop following them.
You don’t have to try to change them. Just hit the unfollow button and let them be the crazy guy rambling around the town square shouting insanity while we all just carry on having lunch with our friends.
Because again most humans are very decent people who want to do good in the world. Most Bitcoiners are freedom loving people who want to build, use, and support freedom tech. We just need to hold on to that. We need to know our values and not allow ourselves to get caught up in the us vs them hatred that will be used as excuses to compromise our values.
Your values aren’t your values if you only follow them on good days. Don’t get co-opted.

2026-03-02 14:30:43 UTC

Please don’t try to compliment me by telling me that I look young. I’m every inch of 42. This life is tough, every year is an accomplishment. Please don’t try to diminish that, I earned this 42!
Please do compliment me by telling me that I look fit and healthy. I work hard on that!

2026-03-02 14:28:58 UTC

How sad is it that here we are in 2026 and nearly every time I leave the house to attend a social event I wind up having to explain to someone why women's minds and decisions should be respected.
People really just openly have such atrocious values that they will just go around stating that the decision making of half of humanity should be discounted, disrespected. Wild.