Pretty much just my shower thoughts šæš§ But I do other things like... Developer Advocate at Lightning Labs | Organizer of San Juan Bitdevs | Founder of Velas Commerce
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Last Notes npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose š² npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose I don't have the video yet npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose And also, I speak Spanish! Here is me giving a talk, in Spanish, in El Salvador last week! https://blossom.primal.net/661c507775f5f1e0a0f690fd4a5a82b73fc44078c00d7d3486d0ff28c7fab043.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/46c305ea3f6e0042b73438a59380b98c471241e2f26cdeed5ed7f0432ed5b4ec.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Humans are not wired for hurting each other, we really arenāt. When something horrific happens both the victim and the perpetrator suffer long term psychological consequences. So how do we wind up with atrocities? I think there are two ways this happens. 1. Dehumanizing. Thinking of a group of people as not fully human and so not worthy of the same human rights as your group is a necessary first step. Dehumanization is a prerequisite to atrocity. You couldnāt massacre your friends, but likely it would be possible to work you into enough of a fear state and frenzy to get you to massacre āforeignersā. 2. Psychopathy. Some people, for a variety of reasons, are simply lacking basic human empathy. These people are rare, but they self select into the positions of the most power. Without any moral guidelines, without any care for others, they do whatever is necessary to accumulate money, power, fame, etc. Psychopaths/sociopaths are dramatically over represented in government, corporate leadership, etc. And once in positions of power they tend to make decisions that further concentrate power and allow further atrocities. The solution? 1. We need to have a strong cultural awareness of dehumanization and intense guards against it. 2. We need to have systems that combat concentrations of power. Smaller more local government, etc. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Y'all we have such an awesome @nprofileā¦qxte planned for you - 1 week from today! Soon...ish, I'll update the event description with all the deets. But I can tell you that we'll be at a great location in Viejo San Juan! Please RSVP -> https://www.meetup.com/san-juan-bitdevs/events/313097187/ npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose When you spend time with those you truly care about, those who genuinely interest you. When you get to look into the eyes of those you want to be close to, those you respect. When you are in the room you want to be in... then you just don't give a shit what some celebrity is doing. Then you can not be lured by fame and fortune. Then you are solid. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Void and a cigarette? #nevent1qā¦3cwu npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/02ec532bf50add834614c4c503cf186ed710b0880a365e78a21d0acdf42eb6b1.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ...I don't follow. I don't have an 'alpha male significant other'. I have a loving husband. And I very much discuss this stuff with him. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/58959dcb0a6abdd1f9e7c0e01abd426ab208ce220f833ed565f84d0cdb3ec75c.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Well it's looking more and more very likely that our president is a rapist. And I could be like MAGA are fools, etc. But the truth is that nearly all presidents and prime Ministers etc. are rapists. Because rape isn't about sex, it's about power. And only those absolutely desperate to have power over others do what is necessary to become president. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Condolences to anyone who just had their faith in their heroes destroyed by the latest release of the Epstein files. https://blossom.primal.net/7622fc2ccc6510eea7ae401f2d2c954bc0ddbe426b8e14f797cf596a9f63c83a.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/a93654d8d396d882e879a1accfd08467a05717ee3deea65faa830fe8d11ffd6b.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose But hey, she does have pretty fabulous eyeliner! https://blossom.primal.net/e5fd8808fb121cce559bc9f3c57273aa4c2605ad70bbca9f5065b434dd6058ae.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/a66196d315dd9b093b6b8c85215bfb7b0152165c139a4cccd0f80dd29fadcb0f.webp npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose as in look up the reliability of the make and model? Ya, of course. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose *updated npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose We've got an undated Taproot Assets protocol intro video! This one walks through minting, on-chain transfers, adding assets to Lightning channels, and introduces the concept of an Edge Node. This is what turns the Lightning Network into a multi-asset network where one can send and receive transactions using stablecoins, reward points, tokens, or other custom units and seamlessly move value between them over the same open, global, fast, and affordable payment network. https://youtu.be/XFqOxxOcRHs npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Maybe a silver lining to Trump will be that weāll have to sit ourselves down and do some soul searching. It now seems pretty clear, we made one of the worst bullies humanity has ever seen the most powerful person on the planet. We can blame him, and we should, but he got here due to our support/lack of push back. Please understand that this is the natural outcome of a zero-sum hierarchical mindset. When you view it as a value to be āaboveā others, then you will rally for the bully that claims that they will help you push others down. The pedos, the grapists, the scam artists will rule us until we stop valuing being above others. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Ya know in 2026 can you please not announce your new podcast episode or conference appearance with āBreaking News:ā 2026 has no chill, āBreaking Newsā is basically a jump-scare. Thank you for your attention to this matter. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/6fd6ee8dc055e5d9241dfc6ab162eaee97361ec91674ca54618b97099a61e19b.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/4aea50507153eff4c701bd204a1ce752413b370ba25b65f7e8d191d5f17db719.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/71e397a6d754ad2b2f657f0aff35e522c5f4522fc6c0783cb9bea4f60d614be2.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose When you think you're above something is when you are most susceptible to it. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Wouldn't work, but very true. We aren't wired to hurt each other. When ugly things happen everyone is hurt, victim and perpetrator. https://blossom.primal.net/d2a8877220fa9fbc58488fead7782c3ca677a9cf9c4514ed17a3556097540dd3.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Seen in a newsletter... 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It's on you to have some moral standards and to push back at an appropriate time. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/2a5860fc478553a6dccbac9f457eeea873da877cb7e2753243228ea88ab27f78.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/cd4475b4eca48505fb2cdd0c74f233874813321a7f1dc87b751195da2918e42f.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/19a3c07858ad234a638921058c0e2acb45a0ab73eee8af7abc08c50fe2476c74.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/a40daef81355750d9e7cbf7c528da67d6ffe8b79c64ce275ea30cf4132294fc4.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/9b917e4619bf8cb6764625193702e04d9d8d2c99208d6bd4a016a70be88436af.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/9b4783dbe7c9cade7ca7300e171c0ed2717fc92c9cea030cd8a096515e8d6b82.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/1ce8f63dea6b96ae10a949edeeb305d53e2b15da022a1b0d02da8f2c706b3d73.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/1c77edf2ec61830ec4a6e1426240ddb7f02c399e596b1e80dd5cc8d0c49233f8.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/61a336f6970dbd55c8171b03e59fefd8bace0db07bf85538532891dfc9150aca.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ...am I a psyop? š npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose š«¶ š š š https://blossom.primal.net/06e72febcc4504ed6f330c6b5697118c4199b93283160e0bf0d69444dd0b6ad0.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose I don't want revolution, I want evolution. It doesn't matter which flag is flying if we're still repeating the same patterns of control. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Please RSVP here -> https://www.meetup.com/san-juan-bitdevs/events/312835395/ npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Wednesday another @nprofileā¦qxte We'll be discussing... - Local news - Bitcoin 2025 Review - Decentralized Identity continued... - And then we'll be joined by Jesse from Amboss to discuss the state of the Lightning Network! https://blossom.primal.net/8f744edcab84b5e1c88f414d5e02d91a7147a1b55c4defda14773a5513929b79.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/bc3351f610d27046ea106c437d6cb28994c18a0dc34eae7a31c2f9772fd5c83e.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/8b4b34c6173a014a5fbb34be0063b59db99c0fcd3d72223e9cb8a810b06ef7eb.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/5da9b9be5520228fbf1dd1cb6a9aeaaa2637077030c2e9a2d63255cb7ffec4b1.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose š š«¶ š https://blossom.primal.net/1772354e158af0b22cd70bc8f07af6b4c371c0c102caeb23e370de0b5a89696f.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Today in Bitcoin is freedom tech, have you heard of Roya Mahboob? Sheās an Afghan tech CEO who very early on realized the freedom potential of Bitcoin. She taught women in Afghanistan about Bitcoin, helping a few to escape the Taliban. And this is why I work with this tech. This is so much cooler than NgU. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-financial-freedom-in-afghanistan npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose check me out making good use of my MidJourney habit! ...also, this is how I like to imagine me and the husband look while we're in the office together š npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose If you just say things boldly and frequently it will become normal and thus true⦠right? š¤š The perception of Bitcoin as just a crypto bro investment is BS. So weāll change that... with pretty pictures! Bitcoin is cypherpunk š Bitcoin is for everyone š¤ Bitcoin is freedom tech šļø https://blossom.primal.net/0e24f2cc34df54f3a28e47b934371ce13670a68d9c53ab0f2184f819570311b5.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose We all crave attention and admiration from others. Thatās just part of being human. But itās important not to seek the adoration of strangers, instead, seek the respect of those you respect. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Using mockery as a means of defense always brings backlash. You may momentarily silence people, but in the long run you are just recruiting for the opposition. Mockery may feel like strength, but it is strategically weak. https://blossom.primal.net/e8ccb11f52905d32d970a871219f25d0f18e01d48094ca7541cea5a20cad9bc1.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Thereās a false dichotomy that says you have to chose between being ātoxicā or being taken advantage of. You donāt. You can call out scams and bad behavior without needing to mock people into conformity. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Not sure what ya mean. the only entity that pays taxes in my house is the business that me and my husband have. And of course we raise our kids. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose That's so 2025 bro. Eww, move on š npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose fuck being nice... be kind. and kindness is not at all weakness. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ya the 'discussions' always seemed to be more lectures about why I should be back home and have more babies. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose I want Bitcoin events to be spaces for free thinkers again. Not purity tests. Not toxicity. Not groupthink. Just curious people debating ideas in good faith like the early days, before being nasty became a lauded value. Iāve been chatting with old friends about the meetups back in the day, and thatās what I miss. Prior to the āmaxisā it wasnāt that social or political ideas were off-limits, it was that the space felt open. Curious. Willing to explore disagreement without hostility. Somewhere along the way, that shifted. As maximalism moved in, being ātoxicā, engaging in mockery, etc. became something to celebrate. Any deviation from complete Bitcoin worship and praise of NgU was ridiculed. The culture narrowed. It became closed-minded. And so now, with all the events Iām a part of, I will attempt to undo that. I want to help rebuild a vibe thatās open, non-toxic, and genuinely welcoming to thoughtful disagreement. Bitcoin deserves better less toxic spaces free of group think. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose No. A lot of people voted for him as they thought he would reduce the abuse of children. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose What are your principals? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Wow. Impressive! npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose I've got a lot of sympathy for Trump supporters. I was never a supporter of his, but I get it. I imagine if I was as disgusted as I am with the American far left and also had yet to lose my faith in politics.... I also might have wound up as a Trump supporter. The extreme wokism, the covid vaccine mandates, all sorts of insanity that can leave you desperate for any kind of shake up. And that's what a vote for Trump has been. He's the button to push to say 'fuck this shit!' Trump was a human Molotov cocktail š§Ø And so here we are. But now, in an undeniable fashion, his true colors have emerged. He was supposed to drain the swap but turns out he was a part of it the whole time. That's a devastating betrayal. That's rough. I'm sorry. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Did you experience this shift too? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/ad10e581f9ea692b917b9b9c1b38ab5c5c9560e4f5e659a562526c52f596de14.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Healthy people work this way! ...being healthy isn't all that common. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Pondering the early Bitcoin meetups, I have a question for anyone who was around then, ~2015-2018. My experience of Bitcoin and Crypto meetups now is dramatically different than in the past in very specific ways, and Iām not sure if the events changed or if I did. Did we always talk so much about social issues? Now when I go to Bitcoin events (that are not my own) I try to discuss tech, but always wind up in discussions of social issues. I am particularly sensitive to this at the moment as in the past ~5 years Iāve been bombarded by people literally following me around trying to give me their asinine gender studies treatise š¤¦š»āāļø At the past few events Iāve been to I didnāt get too many insane lectures on why I should go home and have more babies etc, but it was just uncomfortable for me as I wanted to discuss tech and I was seemingly the only one who did. Was it always like this and I was just less sensitive to it back in the day? Did we discuss a lot of social issues at BOB meetups? Or has it changed? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Sexual attraction and respect should go together. Healthy people are attracted to people they respect, and they respect people they are attracted to. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose we all get to chose our own roles in life. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Go on and laugh! ...it's that or cry. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/f112f6126bdae20c70d4df582fc5bd5e7df98cd453cd4b068e513d294a760fe7.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose The gender wars are over. Men need women. Women need men. Anything that harms half of humanity degrades all of humanity. That bullshit is over. Thank you for your attention to this matter. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/3dba81f4d4808a5eec77f80776c2f2beb214ce28b8c9aacf684db3f681b51713.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose I've been using Venice AI. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Itās embarrassing when someone you used to have a close association with has gone off the rails or fallen into an ugly ideology. ...something Iāve been experiencing a lot of in the past few years. With some people I can look back and see that the signs were there, but then there are others who I was suspicious of years ago who I now have more respect for than ever. You just donāt know which direction people will go in. People change, sometimes for the better and sometime for worse, and you canāt control that. All you can do is walk away when it becomes necessary. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose We use guy as we default to male.... The patriarchy hangover. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose What a privilege to feel deeply and to have expirences worth feeling. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ya "good person" and "bad person" would be technically correct, but doesn't quite carry the same meaning as the "bad guy". npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose What makes someone dictator enough for it to be justified for a foreign country to capture and remove them? Do you think any US presidents have ever reached that mark? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ...ya know what, alcohol only works if you're regularly eating carbs. When you stop regularly eating carbs then alcohol doesn't provide much euphoria and it comes with a much worse hangover. It's a shity deal. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose What's a good gender neutral term for "good guy" and "bad guy"? Cuz of course sometimes ladies are the "good guys" or the "bad guys"! The best I got at the moment is just heroes and villains. You got anything better for me? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Most of the time there is no "good guy", it's just all "bad guys". npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose It annoys me that right wing people can't understand why socialism is popular. But to be fair, it also baffles me that the lefties can't understand why people would fear the "collectivism". npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Now I got no idea if Will Smith is guilty of this or not, but the Diddy documentary, headlines like this, Grindr crashing during RNC conventions, etc. makes me ponder how much ugly, how much toxic behavior is downhill of men being intensely shamed for deviating from strict heterosexuality in any fashion. If we lived in a world where men could experiment with their sexuality without heavy social consequences, would we have this headline? Would Diddy have become the monster that he is??? https://blossom.primal.net/3e74c1350e80b66d27aa5f4f7982e35fe01072616de8f9cb374662ef5f46a74f.png npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose ya he's my Dad. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/2e92e60d1543f402fe2ccabfad5744200b24995cdd9e3b48b9c6d7727cf347f1.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Yup, and this is why he wins. Human's are not wired for "rugged individualism" we are wired for community. People who can't see that and speak to that will keep losing to people who can. A rant about it -> https://hannahmr.com/a-libertarians-guide-to-understanding-the-popularity-of-socialism/ https://blossom.primal.net/ab02ae63b191184374a2933d2c2ab35410c8941f8760b8cf64032d549aa65e5a.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Why is sexual assault so endemic in our culture? Because we are obsessed with power. We have this collective unconscious view of the world as a zero-sum hierarchy and we are obsessed with being above others⦠obsessed with having power over others. Grape isnāt about sex, itās about power. If you have an insatiable need to feel that you have power over someone else, what is the most brutal and intense way to prove your power over them? Grape. Famous prolific abusers, Epstien, Diddy, Weinstein, etc. are all men obsessed with accumulating power. No coincidence there. Countries with the lowest ages of consent or lowest ages at which marriage is allowed are also the most patriarchal, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. I doubt there is a higher rate of people with pedophilic urges in these places, it is simply that having a very young bride gives the husband much better odds at controlling his wife. Itās not about sex, itās about power. And this epidemic of sexual abuse will continue for as long as we keep our cultural obsession with having power over others. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose My hair is getting pretty ridiculously long. It's a pain. But I'm thinking I'll keep it till summer when I'll do a dramatic chop. But until then... what are some fabulous hair styles that require super long hair? npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose In a strange plot twist the red pilled dudes have gotten so bizarre that when I get pulled into a debate with one of them I now spend most of that time defending men. At this point the only way they can make their world view work is if they decide that indeed men are violent monsters and that is appropriate and necessary. ...and so I just wind up spending all my time explaining that men are actually wonderful, unique, honorable, caring people. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Itās sad to see Bitcoin framed this way, but we shouldnāt be surprised. When we talk about the technology almost exclusively in terms of investment and profit, then thatās exactly how people will understand it. https://blossom.primal.net/14853f60ce394269e058b34bbbd3c745afa51f013d03ef21d0b27ad4a4c51d6d.jpg npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose You know what I plan to do in 2026? Iād like to not spend time discussing NGU. Instead I'd like to spend lots of time discussing the utility of Bitcoin. Iād like to have many conversations discussing Bitcoin in itās cypherpunk freedom tech context. Please join me. npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose Good morning! Happy International Hangover Day! š„³š npub1tv5j2h2742ht2a6490cdzypsxah5wlge5qyutadgphw884ynt8mqg4jlst hmichellerose https://blossom.primal.net/3a38d7b302a7c660d2cd7d51fb805c15062eec42a9c9df6b9e91de79c634c5d0.png