The Evolution of #XmrBazaar Scammers (Part 2): Browser Barbarians When Primates Discover 𝖥̶𝗂̶𝗋̶𝖾̶ the DevTools #Monero

The Evolution of XmrBazaar Scammers (Part 2): Browser Barbarians

When Primates Discover 𝖥̶𝗂̶𝗋̶𝖾̶ the DevTools

Consider curating friends with higher Social Credit scores than mine... Just exhumed this gem from my Twitter graveyard 👇 View quoted note →

Why #Monero CLI Proves #XmrBazaar Mediators Aren't Escrow Services, Per the Letter of the Law ...and Why Sticking to the Letter of the Law May Not Shield You (or the Samourai Devs) from a Desperate State Beast #freesamourai

Why Monero CLI Proves XmrBazaar Mediators Aren't Escrow Services, Per the Letter of the Law

...and Why Sticking to the Letter of the Law May Not Shield You (or the Samourai Devs) from a Desperate State Beast

"If it’s banned, it works" - Monero

One friend just called the Bob Dylan's painting from my last letter (

Roads Less Traveled

On those who want not to understand, and those who were never meant for one-size-fits-all

) "awful AI slop, not even a good one." Another said the whole piece "feels AI-generated". People’s attitudes are messed up in an interesting way: they can’t differentiate anymore: everything is suspect as AI slop. Thanks to this, we’ve entered Hesse’s Age of the Feuilleton from The Glass Bead Game: "The most important consequence of this new attitude… was that men largely ceased to produce works of art. Moreover, intellectuals gradually withdrew from the bustle of the world." I can’t prove I’m not a bot to X or anyone anymore. The only "proof" left seems to be historical records, ID, or biometrics... and that’s not happening in my case. I’m exhausted from proving my humanness, not just to Twitter, but to friends too. Taking a break from being online. At least Bob Dylan never had to prove he isn’t a bot to anyone. View quoted note →

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. - Fernando Pessoa

Roads Less Traveled: On those who want not to understand, and those who were never meant for one-size-fits-all

Roads Less Traveled

On those who want not to understand, and those who were never meant for one-size-fits-all

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. - Ernest Hemingway, “Notes on the Next War”, Esquire, 1935