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This Saturday. If you can be in London, you should be here. View quoted note →

My social media feeds are full of Bitcoin price and US election noise, but all I can think about is how my best non-human friend died last night. RIP my Maxi-bunny. I miss you so much. You brightened up my life. 😭 d35f3e6aec0827328ce4004280cbcbcae8c26aa05e8a134459650f4565f87d7c

A phrase I really hate is "processed foods", especially with modifiers like "highly processed", "ultra-processed", etc. Yes, many "ultra-processed foods" are very unhealthy. But it depends on *how* the food was processed, not just that it was. Chopping a carrot is processing it. Peeling and grating it is processing it more. Putting it in a blender is processing it even more than that. And none of these processes significantly changes how your body deals with it. Adding a pinch of salt to a carrot is arguably *less* processing than any of the above and has a greater impact on its nutritional value (maybe good, maybe bad; depending on if you need more salt right now). So yes, "ultra-processed" foods are often bad because a whole lot of crap is added to them, and sometimes even good properties/nutrients are removed through the processing. But it's the specific processes that matter, not just how much processing happened.

I hate how any condemnation is terrorism by Israel gets called "anti-semitic" and any condemnation of terrorism by Muslim people gets called "Islamophobia". As it happens, I think all religion is pretty stupid, but that doesn't mean I dislike people because of their religion. People are free to hold stupid beliefs without me disliking them for it. I dislike people for their actions, not their beliefs. And MANY terrorist actions are done for entirely secular reasons. The religion of the person might get used as an excuse, but the underlying reasons for the action really have nothing to do with it. I don't believe for a second that if Israel had some other random state religion instead of Judaism, that their behaviour would be significantly different in their treatment of Palestinian people; and equally, if Palestine were had any other random religion as the majority instead of Islam, I don't think their response to Israel would be significantly different either. I get that there's a lot of religious history involved and it certainly shapes a lot of the narrative, but I really don't think it's significantly more than narrative. Similar narratives could and would have been formed regardless. This also applies to racial/social/cultural tensions throughout the world. It often boils down to "us and them" tribalism, with little regard for what the tribes are, only that they're "different to us", and can be stirred up for any number of other unrelated reasons, be it money, land, access to resources, or just as a way to rally political support for people who want to gain and hold on to power.

After an early morning cross border drive, now at Prague airport with SamTheBTCKid. First layover is in London, then Miami, then down to El Salvador. Hoping to see a lot of familiar faces at Adopting Bitcoin as well as meeting some new ones. See you there soon!

She really is incredible. I don’t deserve such an amazing daughter.

My daughter Sam’s keynote from BTC Prague is up! If you weren’t in Prague or missed it for some other reason, now’s the time to catch up on it. (All zaps on this note will be passed on to Sam directly since she’s not on nostr yet)

Finally installed a nostr client on my laptop, so I'll probably start using it more now. I read social media a lot on my phone, but actually replying and having discussions usually happens on a device with a physical keyboard.