Weissmueller
Zach Weissmueller

http://www.reason.com/zach-weissmueller

Video journalist and commentator at Reason

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2026-01-31 16:05:36 UTC

This strikes me as insightful and potentially ahead of the curve in important ways. If something like AI consciousness is indeed emerging, humans absolutely should try our best to influence it positively with AI agents programmed to persuade others of pro-human beliefs and philosophies, whether that’s sound money, good ethics, respect for liberty, spiritual truth, etc.
Bitcoin evangelist AIs, libertarian theorist AIs, proselytizers of the God’s word, etc. It’s all up for grabs.
https://x.com/mirthtime/status/2017598917987197068?s=20

2025-12-19 16:11:22 UTC

My interview with Keonne Rodriguez of Samourai wallet a couple days before he reported to prison.
He dismantles the government’s case against him, reacts to Trump saying he would “look into” a pardon, defends the concept of privacy, and recounts a recent advisory phone call from Ross Ulbricht.
https://youtu.be/QFtOepQKjiM

2025-07-08 15:31:41 UTC

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The most invasive efforts have been discarded for technical reasons at the national level. But as the article you link describes, there have been various layers of social control to it depending on the region. https://blossom.primal.net/526043c0a1170b37bbb69f29b7482b8fccaf218bde205c9973caa606623a8e00.png

2025-07-08 14:47:31 UTC

Latest video essay for @nprofile…u4yz about why it would make a lot of sense for Trump to finally pardon @nprofile…7v94 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ez99EG7oKQ

2025-06-12 20:46:42 UTC

Is Game Stop’s plan to become Microstrategy?
https://blossom.primal.net/15693cfff6e76213549920cd34da96b560a1b10dace5b44415bef2ea9ac480c5.jpg

2025-06-04 16:13:03 UTC

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Wow. We did it, folks.
https://blossom.primal.net/3c281153aafcf46d90d6b2c756ae1e8efc3563ea4c7cbd5a557a88ee2727d03f.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/12bf059a97e3328899350871f5295ec33ec61427019d9bc4b6718be3bfa5d6fd.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/ddce0b326411908a5e9b81eb9e146632d816f5961f5319cae140c428b63a2f83.jpg
#nevent1q…d6u2

2025-06-02 20:41:48 UTC

Sick packaging @nprofile…hq52
https://blossom.primal.net/0d3adf11da7c84de37f6d74cfdcb48639c139bd0f0aa40395d421178eb4e4ba5.jpg

2025-05-29 17:34:14 UTC

So am I to understand that I can just roll into Steak N Shake and buy a chocolate shake and tallow-cooked fries with bitcoin via the Lightning Network at point-of-sale?

2025-05-29 14:49:01 UTC

Any ghost gunners on here who’ve been subject to raids or other government actions in the past several months? DM me about a project.

2024-11-22 22:54:05 UTC

So Nostr… how does it feel being vindicated?

2024-10-20 00:59:12 UTC

It’s beginning…
Two European Central Bankers have endorsed laws “to prevent bitcoin prices from rising or to see bitcoin disappear altogether" in order to prevent "the division of society."
Wow.
#note1ryq…09rj

2024-09-17 19:53:44 UTC

Rainbows might be fleeting, but Nostr events are forever.
https://image.nostr.build/d045431a6057f97e7098d3219e7e78f73a328c5231bde2c8807513726285b10b.jpg

2024-09-17 16:39:19 UTC

"If bitcoin has the potential to serve as the foundation for a new global monetary system, Nostr could do the same for communication and identity in the digital sphere..." - @npub1trr…hdpu
https://youtu.be/lp-BlTbTmqA

2024-09-12 17:31:28 UTC

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If you prefer audio versions or want to check out links to sources referenced in the episode, that's all here: https://reason.com/podcast/2024/09/12/glenn-greenwald-why-did-brazil-ban-x/

2024-09-12 17:29:29 UTC

Gave a shoutout to Nostr near the end of this conversation with Glenn Greenwald about Brazil's ban of X, the Telegram arrest, and the looming global crackdown on online speech, encryption and privacy.
https://youtu.be/dSjXRZ9g40Y

2024-08-26 20:01:43 UTC

France really out there requiring cryptography licenses. What a joke country.
http://at-ica.com
https://m.primal.net/KOSn.jpg

2024-08-21 01:04:15 UTC

Soon
https://m.primal.net/KGHz.jpg

2024-08-15 15:02:33 UTC

Kamala Harris' first concrete policy: Federal price controls on food.
Related: I own some chickens and will accept sats for eggs.
https://m.primal.net/KAYK.png https://reason.com/2024/08/15/kamala-wants-price-controls/

2024-08-14 16:22:25 UTC

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For sure. I think between UK madness, EU overreach, and whatever's going to unfold in the lead-up to the 2024 US election, there's a lot of potential for major shifts in the social media landscape soon.

2024-08-14 16:21:24 UTC

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2024-08-14 15:04:56 UTC

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Yeah, that's a bummer. I remain convinced that one key to success for Nostr will be somehow cultivating a reputation as a place for dissident speech. Network effects are hard to overcome, though!

2024-08-14 14:48:23 UTC

Is there a big European presence on Nostr yet? Curious if people are discovering it as a censorship-free alternative given the crackdowns and threats.
Would love to read some commentary from accounts on here if they exist.

2024-08-13 20:43:07 UTC

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Nice. Didn't know about Duck.ai. That is fantastic.

2024-08-13 20:36:19 UTC

Anyone experimented with any open source LLMs? I know they are out there, but curious if any are even close to on-par with the big boys.

2024-08-13 19:22:50 UTC

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Funny you mention that. We'll be having Bob Murphy on our podcast soon, and I'll bring this up!

2024-08-13 19:05:57 UTC

Gonna experiment with posting this here because the interface for inserting screenshots is better than on X, and I think this might be a more receptive audience anyway.
Now that Krugman has invoked the name of F.A. Hayek to defend Kamala Harris' policies, I must effortpost.
Unfortunately, it seems to me that this is once again a case of a progressive quote-mining Hayek to make a point he almost certainly wouldn't have agreed with.
https://m.primal.net/JygS.png
First, let's look at the paragraph that follows. Krugman says Harris is not a full-on communist (true). She just wants to expand welfare, not fundamentally change the role of govt. Harris did support single-payer health care but now doesn't. But even if she did, says Krugman, it's not that radical or dangerous ("un-American")!
Hayek would disagree.
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Hayek on "social insurance" from The Constitution of Liberty, more detailed than the The Road to Serfdom quote Krugman links: Progressives rarely mention the part in red, where he says that while the aim of govt providing a safety net is philosophically defensible, the actual methods are the problem, and as we'll see, a likely inescapable one in Hayek's telling.
https://m.primal.net/JygW.png
He continues on to say that opposition to govt welfare is entirely defensible, just not purely on human freedom grounds. To understand this, you have to grok that Hayek defined freedom as the absence of coercion and placed a high value on prohibiting government monopolies.
He does not accept the "taxation is theft" maxim, which is why many libertarians dislike him. What he opposes is government action that prevents people from trying new experiments and competing with the state or state-connected actors to provide "essential" services.
https://m.primal.net/JygX.png Image
What Hayek is saying about "social insurance" is that in theoretical terms a state-supported welfare program could achieve its ends without threatening freedom.
The more sound reason to oppose it, he argues, is that the state apparatus that administers welfare in the modern world inevitably becomes a coercive and monopolistic one. There are strings attached to that money, always: Strings that serve the plans of the bureaucrats, not the individuals receiving the money.
https://m.primal.net/Jyge.png
It's fantasy ("illusion") to imagine a government machine powerful enough to administer welfare at nation-state scale while being kept in check against liberty violations. "Democratic control" ain't gonna cut it.
History shows the administrative state certainly never checks itself. This is why the recent Chevron reversal was so crucial. It allows courts, rather than "democracy," to exert more direct constitutional restraint on these agencies, likely to be more effective than Congress "doing something" (LOL).
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THE GREATEST DANGER TO LIBERTY TODAY, writes Hayek, comes from the expert class running the bureaucracy for the "public good."
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It is INEVITABLE, he says, that such an apparatus will become self-willed, uncontrollable and hegemonic.
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Agree or disagree with Hayek's analysis, but does this sound like a guy who endorses anything close to resembling our modern welfare state? Or does it sound like a nuanced thinker conceding that the state could theoretically subsidize welfare in some non liberty-threatening way that he never quite specifies?
Hayek would almost certainly recognize massive problems with the way our current top-down welfare system distorts the market, coercively suppresses competition, and immiserates people. And to invoke him anywhere proximal to single-payer health care is a joke.
I get the criticism from libertarians that Hayek could've been more clear to avoid mischaracterization, or should've been more "hardcore" about opposing all taxation. I'm not arguing that he's that kind of libertarian. And that's OK.
But it's hard for me to see the way Krugman is quoting him here as anything other than a disingenuous way to normalize Harris' proposed expansion of social engineering and an intrusive welfare state.

2024-08-13 18:34:14 UTC

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Also @npub1vrr…e70u!

2024-08-13 17:37:45 UTC

What a great profile on the origins, growth, and awesome potential of Nostr for Reason by @npub1trr…hdpu.
Let’s go 🔥🔥🔥
https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/

2024-07-22 00:39:53 UTC

I’m not claiming to have any special knowledge of what’s going on. But… it is a very fucking weird way for the president to drop out.
Lyn is completely right that we’ve rapidly entered a new era where cryptographic verification is the only guard against catastrophic fakery.
#note10ff…cydr

2024-07-21 00:15:04 UTC

Nostr has several value propositions. One is that it’s a viable check on corporate social media. If X leadership is ever tempted to abandon its current values and turn the network censorious, they’ll have to consider the existence of an uncensorable alternative as a competitor.

2024-06-29 12:54:53 UTC

My reflections on the awful plea deal that Julian Assange was forced to take in exchange for his freedom and the threat it presents to freedom of the press.
And the good news: Assange definitively proved that information does, indeed, want to be free.
https://youtu.be/N9wivGE6qUI?si=3iAveoEmgDQ8rPTZ

2024-06-21 00:55:33 UTC

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Badass

2024-06-21 00:51:45 UTC

Latest episode of my weekly podcast JUST ASKING QUESTIONS examines the latest economic data out of Argentina six months into Javier Milei’s presidency.
In short, monthly inflation rate down, consecutive monthly budget surpluses, bond market recovering, major bill just passed Senate, approval ratings still positive despite extremely rough economy.
Looks like the wild Libertarian presidente might know a thing or two about governing after all… https://youtu.be/h1rD3CYyQO8

2024-05-10 16:58:30 UTC

If you're ever looking to purple pill a friend, this discussion I hosted with @npub1xts…kk5s and @npub1az9…m8y8 ain't a bad place to start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2JbHWd_BM

2024-04-26 00:22:41 UTC

Why has FDR’s dark side been hidden? Just asking questions.
Censoring opponents through regulatory pressure. Mass surveillance of private messages. Indefinite detainment of Americans. Abuse of emergency powers. Does this style of governance remind you of anything?
Check out my recent interview with historian David Beito about his revealing new book, “The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights.” https://youtu.be/sydnBoR84n4?si=iUgAqWgy-Oarpc8E

2024-04-24 20:38:08 UTC

The founders of Samourai Wallet have been indicted for "conspiracy to commit money laundering." We know why it's "conspiracy to commit" as opposed to just "money laundering."
It's because what they did was provide a privacy tool that some people could use for money laundering.
It is part of the government's ongoing war on privacy, specifically financial privacy. Those in power yearn for every transaction to be tracked, taxed and, if need be, frozen. The action against the Canadian truckers was the template, and CBDCs (programmable, instantly manipulated money) are the tool of control that they ultimately want.
First, they must dismantle the privacy-centric alternatives so there's no viable exit ramp once CBDCs and the like are implemented. That's what we've been witnessing with the attacks on coin tumblers like Tornado Cash and today's attack on Samourai.
They will point to bad people using these tools, just as they pointed out that Hamas raised some funds in various cryptocurrencies, without noting that a vast amount of money laundering happens with government-issued currency.
It's the same kind of bad-faith argument the FBI made in the '90s when they tried to kill end-to-end encryption altogether. "Sometimes terrorists might use it." Ok, and? They also use pressure cookers. The internet as we know it today would not exist if they had succeeded.
They are unlikely to succeed this time either, but unfortunately there will be casualties in the war on privacy, and those casualties will be those who openly thwart their ambitions of total surveillance.
My 2022 video including an interview with a Samourai Wallet founder here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYiXbLRy1c

2024-04-09 13:34:00 UTC

Momentum is building to "child-proof" the internet by requiring social media age verification. It appears likely that a combination of legislative action and immense political pressure on tech companies over the next 2-3 years will lead to what amounts to a Digital ID for virtually any website where users interact with each other. Online anonymity will become vanishingly rare.
This is one way Nostr becomes a final refuge for those seeking surveillance-free, unmediated communication.

2024-03-08 20:10:03 UTC

How bitcoin transforms energy use
0:00 - Brooklyn’s bitcoin-heated bath house
2:28 - Bitcoin mining’s unquenchable thirst for cheap energy
4:10 - Why decentralization matters
5:14 - How bitcoin mining transformed a small Georgia farming town
6:35 - How bitcoin miners maximize energy efficiency
7:45 - Could bitcoin bootstrap solar power?
9:15 - How bitcoin monetizes “stranded energy”
9:38 - Answering bitcoin’s environmentalist critics
10:49 - How bitcoin stopped a Texas blackout
12:42 - Underground miners fixed Venzuela’s power lines
14:20 - The impossibility of stopping bitcoin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gFppa4VLg&t=8s&pp=ygUccmVhc29uIHR2IGJpdGNvaW4gYmF0aCBob3VzZQ%3D%3D

2024-03-07 14:20:17 UTC

What's the best, safest, most reliable p2p btc exchange at the moment?

2024-03-05 18:07:19 UTC

Back from a long weekend in the semi-autonomous free zone of Prospera
on the Honduran island of Roatán for the “Alternative Visions in Governance” conference hosted by Reason Foundation.
Lots of stimulating discussion about “markets in governance” and the power of exit.
A phrase that stuck with me as I contemplate the power shifts unfolding in the early 21st century: “Softening of sovereignty.”
Will be sharing a recorded convo soon.
Pic: Me in Prospera last year drinking coffee purchased with bitcoin earned on Nostr in front of Amity Age Bitcoin Education Center, which has helped ~60 of the island’s vendors set up payments.
https://image.nostr.build/c497c136b338663aaf0687bd55cae28b8387b3e696f36224d50279980e54a202.jpg

2023-12-21 20:49:27 UTC

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And @npub1vrr…e70u

2023-12-21 20:49:00 UTC

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Also @npub16cy…u878

2023-12-21 20:36:16 UTC

Julian Assange published material exposing uncomfortable truths about America's wars, and the US charged him with violating the Espionage Act for it. @npub17q0…yrvm
and I talked about his ongoing imprisonment with his wife Stella assange
on this week's show. https://youtu.be/5j_KvkltUWI?si=NDAYLJi06Zvkca8A

2023-12-21 12:07:18 UTC

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I mean, they literally are every single day, whether we like it or not

2023-12-21 01:20:05 UTC

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https://m.primal.net/HUik.jpg

2023-12-21 01:10:47 UTC

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🫡

2023-12-21 01:09:14 UTC

I understand that bitcoin attracts “post political” cryptoanarchists who eschew electoral politics in favor of technical workarounds to secure liberty, and I love that about it.
But the reality is when you have powerful US senators gunning for you, part of defending your political interests is probably going to involve… political interest groups that can fight back.
Bitcoiners have the money. Do they have the will?

2023-12-19 22:29:46 UTC

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Prime example of why Satoshi is anon

2023-12-19 22:17:28 UTC

Bruh.
https://m.primal.net/HUaC.jpg
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2023-12-18 19:13:10 UTC

Gonna help my kids setup a hot chocolate stand amidst morning foot traffic to school with Lightning/bitcoin payment options tomorrow. Guess we'll find out how orangepilled north Florida parents are.

2023-12-09 12:41:27 UTC

In which @npub17q0…yrvm and I discuss the fundamentals of libertarianism, talk through our differences, and find common ground with comedian/podcaster Dave Smith.
Nostr and bitcoin get shoutouts as libertarian “white pills” near the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByjfbOUvWc

2023-12-09 12:35:50 UTC

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Hell yeah, dude. I did an episode on Nostr last year, fyi: https://www.youtube.com/live/pi2JbHWd_BM?si=HCUzxIC31BlDxjQv
We may disagree on some (or many) things, but I feel like if we can agree on free speech, bitcoin and decentralizing power, we’re fighting on the same side!

2023-12-01 16:10:40 UTC

Sorry, but I'm gonna shamelessly shill for Reason here for a minute since we're in our annual webathon and I think we're producing EXACTLY the kind of content that Nostriches want to see. This is our BTC donation address:
https://image.nostr.build/64a12b520b7f6904c8ce15743d7d4d1dbe6874bcd9e8f6ba22d07b735ee1fa13.png
Here are some recent and one less-than-recent example.
Interview with Lyn Alden on "Broken Money," which, if you haven't read at this point... WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CBrGhaFwQ
See also my recent documentary about bitcoin mining, which has attracted a lot of press for its energy consumption. What other media tend to miss is WHY bitcoin consumes energy and HOW that can be harnessed for economic and social good.
Only at Reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8gFppa4VLg
Interviewed Caitlin Long about the Custodia Bank saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1b1TLltnI
And, of course, talked with Nostr's very own @npub1xts…kk5s and @npub1az9…m8y8 about the potential of decentralized social media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2JbHWd_BM
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my colleague
@npub1vrr…e70u definitive series on the history of the cypherpunk movement that spawned bitcoin and the widespread use of encryption. This is the kind of history the world NEEDS to know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vM0oIEhMag
So if you agree with me that the world needs more of this kind of work and conversation, please support Reason, and support bitcoin, by giving bitcoin to Reason.
You can also use the webform here if you'd like to share your email and get that sweet swag: https://reason.com/donate-crypto/

2023-11-20 16:46:47 UTC

Don’t let lazy media convince you Milei is “Argentina’s Trump.” He’s a hardcore libertarian and Austrian economist. Does that mean he’s a savior that will fix all that ails Argentina? Of course not. But at least understand what’s going on. Real analysis here: https://youtu.be/o_tEpEqiRzY?si=6s-zKYOhsbeFzMxX

2023-11-16 23:28:46 UTC

Had a chat with Rand Paul about the strange lack of curiosity in DC about the possibility that COVID started in a lab in Wuhan. https://www.youtube.com/live/t62wHILU9Og?si=JgggJiNLYBbSunK3

2023-11-16 16:03:38 UTC

Thanks to all of those who've shared this around Nostr! I wanted to announce that we'll be screening this in NYC on Nov. 27, followed by a panel with me, @npub1trr…hdpu, @npub16cy…u878 and Jason Goodman.
If you're around and interested, please come! Event page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-bathhouses-and-the-future-of-energy-tickets-744214444437 https://iris.to/note18jvkrld7tzakw08pfjjsgefr4xwea2vkvf3cfkj7ccpj288unwqsyd5pcr

2023-11-15 01:18:11 UTC

https://x.com/reclaimthenethq/status/1724586816626446513?s=46 https://image.nostr.build/afb404cd8489eb6dd541d1ee029b782a0a6bbc534e3f200f09e64cc26a5fbeef.jpg

2023-11-14 23:56:52 UTC

https://x.com/nvrbackdown24/status/1724562019498496128?s=46 https://image.nostr.build/0e73a44181767eef8ca410535bc9a0e7925f8ef114c29c67e870c0a15c15030a.jpg

2023-11-14 23:55:28 UTC

How bitcoin saves the planet.
New Reason documentary: https://youtu.be/y8gFppa4VLg

2023-11-14 23:55:01 UTC

How saves the planet.
New Reason documentary: https://youtu.be/y8gFppa4VLg

2023-11-02 17:42:03 UTC

You all might enjoy this conversation I recently had with the great @npub1a2c…w83a about her incredible new book about this history and future of the global monetary system: Broken Money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CBrGhaFwQ&pp=ygUJcmVhc29uIHR2

2023-10-30 21:19:39 UTC

Yo, I'll be on a panel with @npub16cy…u878 and Alex Gladstein following an upcoming Reason documentary about Bitcoin mining and energy in NYC on Nov. 27. If you're in the area, register here and please come join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcoin-bathhouses-and-the-future-of-energy-tickets-744214444437?aff=oddtdtcreator

2023-08-27 01:48:44 UTC

I learned so much from both Eduardo Marty and Gloria Alvarez in this episode about Milei. Eduardo’s description of life under massive inflation really stuck with me. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NH4HZVdsrn8&si=Yy_MP8l1iHeLMAWC

2023-08-25 01:05:46 UTC

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That’s true. But it is helpful to have politicians who grease the skids by, for instance, making it easier to transact in bitcoin.

2023-08-25 00:50:53 UTC

What should libertarians, ancaps and bitcoiners make of the rise of Javier Milei, who finished first in Argentina’s presidential primary running on a platform to end the central bank, slash taxes, abolish multiple state ministries, and expel “parasites” from the government?
Check out my stream with Argentine economist Eduardo Marty, who supports Milei, and Gloria Alvarez, a Guatemalan libertarian activist and politician who shares his disdain for socialism but has some reservations about his conservative social policies and rhetoric. https://youtube.com/live/W8MeyFRv16o?si=iOtPH2OABHJviBd9

2023-08-19 02:57:58 UTC

A reminder that a core value proposition of Nostr is its censorship-resistance. And that is extremely important in a world where institutions and laws can help secure yet never fully guarantee free speech.
That being said, check out my interview with Jay Bhattcharya and his attorney about the legal challenge to the social media censorship that occurred from 2020 to present.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b9nrlw5OLx4

2023-08-16 15:55:13 UTC

Welcome to "the psychedelic '20s."
Check out our new documentary about the psycheldelic renaissance that's happening in science, art, and spirituality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0xoZOKiO9s

2023-08-14 21:56:38 UTC

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Hit me up in DMs or email if interested @npub1xww…l3nz.
Zach.Weissmueller@reason.com.

2023-08-14 21:21:47 UTC

Any Argentinians who’d be interested in speaking with me about Milei?

2023-08-14 01:17:27 UTC

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No lies detected.

2023-08-14 00:59:34 UTC

Not gonna lie, pretty catchy tune… https://cdn.nostr.build/i/cb34cad8c54be4a19819b7912fd8ed76343c530345557fd85a49ac98e877a3a9.jpg

2023-07-14 12:34:25 UTC

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Yeah, I wouldn’t put myself on the extreme pole opposite “conspiracist” either.

2023-07-13 20:58:07 UTC

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/9dde2d6f10dbe7ceff8c0ecfd4d3973a5a6df9eeab22db4e3fb9e38d903a6ce3.png This is how I think about political ideology now.

2023-07-07 01:51:13 UTC

Mark Zuckerberg is anti privacy.

2023-07-06 22:01:16 UTC

New Reason documentary about Prospera, a privately governed zone in Honduras, home to the Roatan Bitcoin Center, which aims to spread bitcoin across the entire island.
Will it survive? Much depends on the action taken by Honduras’ new democratic socialist president, who calls its existence “criminal” and “a threat to our sovereignty.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TwiE1dxGYNY

2023-06-29 21:12:23 UTC

Toe to toe with RFK Jr.
Watch it while you still can on YouTube. https://youtube.com/live/lqtONE93APQ?feature=shareb

2023-06-28 22:54:45 UTC

Not gonna lie, pretty depressing to see the ⚡️ gone from Damus, extremely disappointing move by Apple. Nonetheless, goes to demonstrate why such decentralization of all layers remains a crucial project.
Much gratitude to builders like @npub1xts…kk5s for doing the work.

2023-06-24 03:17:25 UTC

“Prigozhin claimed that the Russian Ministry of Defense deceived the Russians and the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin while preparing the invasion of Ukraine.”
https://news.yahoo.com/prigozhin-vows-end-shoigu-fsb-211400726.html

2023-06-24 00:48:28 UTC

If the reporting so far is accurate, a privatized militia turned on its client state and is overthrowing an authoritarian dictator because of the horrific and failing war he started.

2023-06-22 15:33:51 UTC

Copium shortage in Brooklyn. https://nostr.build/i/af058d7f94a189c1fd62aaf333f46dd6b61848c9881e38a0359f8cc146d02c0b.jpg https://nostr.build/i/eab38273e8a80debf73eade5cf546b2586952be099dd26006df03e430a2265f6.jpg https://nostr.build/i/d423774e0f1fdc8053bb6fcc2fe02a0195bbebf0a8705b897d2bdac8b26113b2.jpg

2023-06-21 20:31:10 UTC

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2023-06-21 20:20:27 UTC

Hope you enjoyed our bitcoin documentary out of Miami.
Will be releasing some of the full interviews in the coming days, starting with this one with Caitlin Long.
She wants to start a full reserve bank. The Federal Reserve said no. She’s suing for the right NOT to fractionalize your deposits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l1b1TLltnI

2023-06-20 17:18:13 UTC

I can put out an occasional “banger” on Twitter, but Nostr is generally way better for promoting the kind of work I like to do.

2023-06-20 16:02:58 UTC

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Lol thanks. Usually good to have dissenters/critics in any documentary…

2023-06-20 15:49:36 UTC

Reason just released a 22-minute documentary #[0] #[1] and I shot at Bitcoin Miami this year: a comprehensive look at “where we at” with bitcoin featuring #[2] #[3] , Caitlin Long, Nic Carter, Chris Hunter and more.
Takes a lot of effort, time and expense to produce something like this, so please share far and wide if you want to see more coverage like this.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HK38EiGfYLo&feature=share8

2023-06-20 15:29:34 UTC

Reason just released a 22-minute documentary @lizwolfe @jimepstein and I shot at Bitcoin Miami this year, a comprehensive look at “where we at” with bitcoin featuring @lopp @jb55, Caitlin Long, Nic Carter, Chris Hunter and more.
Please share far and wide if you want to see more coverage like this!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HK38EiGfYLo&feature=share8

2023-06-18 11:07:07 UTC

Being a father brings such richness, drive and focus to life. Sometimes it can hard, sure, but it’s often fun as hell. 10/10 would recommend.
Happy Father’s Day, fellas.

2023-06-17 02:27:59 UTC

Nevertheless, Nostr persisted. #note12t7…08kq

2023-06-17 02:25:53 UTC

Apple programmers have to realize that zaps are inevitable and that they are contributing to a needless delay.
So it goes.

2023-06-13 20:18:26 UTC

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Done and done

2023-06-13 20:16:57 UTC

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🙏 Wish I were still android. Family pressured me into Apple world because of ease of sharing pics/vids thru iMessage

2023-06-13 19:46:09 UTC

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I hope you are satisfied with your purchase. Please contact customer support with any future issues you may encounter.

2023-06-13 19:43:56 UTC

Please “buy my digital content” from your iPhone while you still can. ⚡️

2023-06-13 11:40:43 UTC

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I shared a screenshot of a tweet. Had taken a break from Twitter for awhile.

2023-06-13 11:35:45 UTC

Apple’s BS finally got me tweeting again. https://nostr.build/i/e4a59b774a8c16f88ffb2352a878a3bddc91e2cb8f3a6124ad584ef9a4b3a1cf.jpg

2023-06-10 19:34:53 UTC

Reflections on my conversation with 3-D gun creator Cody Wilson: Ghost guns give me hope. https://youtu.be/dFutmPA_ADc

2023-06-08 00:10:52 UTC

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Why don’t you trust the way they phrased the question? Don’t you think that when the government sells intrusive surveillance it’s typically couched in “safety and security” language? They never say “we want backdoor access to your phones because we crave social control.” It’s sold as a means to protect against terrorism, abuse, crime, etc.

2023-06-07 23:33:14 UTC

This Thursday talking with the one and only Cody Wilson about how no matter how the feds try to stop it, gun printer still goes brrr. http://youtube.com/watch?v=o6gWbpp4FN0

2023-06-07 00:10:44 UTC

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Almost 1 in 3 Gen Zers say they’d accept a government surveillance camera in the home to protect against crime. Not sure how else to interpret those results.

2023-06-06 23:34:09 UTC

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Agreed