Anyone eat a campbells product this Thanksgiving? Did you see what their C-suite executive said about their food. Happy Thanksgiving fiat food edition 🤑

“How many da Vincis are out there that have been crushed by the public school system & the 9–5?” ~ @walker When I heard this on the podcast, I actually laughed. It’s a bit comical to picture today’s tech-addicted and soft-parented kids ever becoming a sort of Da Vinci level genius. Then a certain gravity struck me because there’s a painful grain of truth underneath this question. Think about it: Today’s kids are bathed in blue light, surrounded by non-native EMFs, sitting in front of screens for eight hours a day, being told exactly what to memorize and how to think… starting at five or six years old. And if a child doesn’t comply with this system? If they’re curious, energetic, imaginative, or simply don’t fit the mold? They’re labeled. “Disruptive.” “Hyperactive.” “Behavioral issue.” And then the referrals start. Teachers suggest evaluations. Psychologists get involved. Psychiatrists prescribe. Suddenly Big Pharma enters the chat — and kids’ developing brains are being chemically altered with stimulants or other psychiatric medications. Parents go along with it because they trust the system. They assume the professionals would never do anything to harm their child. They assume this is normal. But talk to enough adults and you’ll hear the same story over and over — a version of this exact pipeline. And when you zoom out, it really does look… dystopian. Which brings me back to Walker’s quote: How many brilliant, creative, passionate kids never reach their potential because the system wasn’t built for them to thrive — it was built to contain and indoctrinate them? And what might the world look like if we stopped drugging and infiltrating the young brain with unnatural environments and started cultivating them instead?

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What are the best Bitcoin-aligned charitable causes to support? Every year my family does Secret Santa. We each draw one name, buy for one person, and avoid the chaos of everyone buying for everyone. Without some kind of boundary, a holiday meant to celebrate a King who poured Himself out for others quickly spirals into a morning of accumulating more stuff than any of us could possibly need. At some point we noticed the pattern: after the third or fourth gift from different people, you almost go numb. It’s that weird catatonic moment where you’re smiling and saying “thank you,” but inside you’re thinking, I don’t actually need any of this… and where on earth am I going to put it? Anyone else ever hit that point? So this year, we’re shifting things. We’re intentionally pushing back against the consumerism that’s crept into Christmas and refocusing on what this season is actually about: bringing hope, loving the forgotten, and shining light into dark places. We lowered our limit of what we’re spending on gifts and shifting that extra money into donating to the charity chosen by our Secret Santa. I’d love to pick a Bitcoin-focused organization or a project dedicated to holistic, natural health literacy — something that genuinely empowers people in the long term. If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. And while you’re here, I’d also love to know: what traditions or rituals does your family practice to keep the heart of Christmas front and center?

Sometimes I forget how varied financial literacy is even amongst my own friends & family. I was talking to my dad recently about how the inflation number the government puts out is a joke. He was genuinely confused when he said, “How do they do that?” He had no idea that the CPI is manipulated to hide inflation. 1. The CPI basket changes over time If steak gets too expensive, the model assumes you’ll “substitute” with chicken. So the government counts the price of chicken… not the fact that you can no longer afford steak. Not to mention that there is a pharma industrial complex for anti-meat lobbying. 2. They use “hedonic adjustments” If a product is “better” than last year—like your phone—they adjust the price down in the index because you’re “getting more value.” Even if you paid more dollars. 3. Housing is based on “Owners’ Equivalent Rent” Instead of home prices, they ask homeowners: “What would your house rent for?” This means housing inflation can be wildly understated—especially during bubbles. 4. Energy and food get downplayed Core CPI removes them because they’re “volatile”… but they’re also the things people buy & use every single day. Just to name a few. Many people don’t realize that the headline inflation number is: • a model, • full of assumptions, • adjusted by economists, • and not designed to track real world affordability. It’s not that the CPI is fake—it’s just designed for policy, not for your wallet. And once you explain that, people suddenly understand why the official “3% inflation” never matches the lived reality of groceries, housing, insurance, and medical bills. So while the CPI is not “fake” it’s not exactly real either. S/o to amazing Bitcoiners like @Saifedean Ammous who have helped me understand this.

@BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish wanted to connect you with @AU9913 (our KC Bitcoiner Farmer) who was also talking about establishing some kind of trade route between circular economies. Let’s make it happen 💪🏻