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Hello, wellcome to my blog. I am an artist who wants to share his drawings and writings with everyone, and receive feedback. I have been having some trouble setting up my wallet and profile picture on this platform, if anyone has any suggestions, they would be welcome.

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Existem diversas corretoras onde você pode comprar e vender bitcoins e outras moedas. O ideal é sempre escolher empresas idoneas e com boa fama, para isso, antes de ir comprando bitcoin conheça pessoas que usam estas corretoras, veja os depoimentos destas pessoas sobre esta plataforma, isso é bem básico e serve para qualquer coisa. Geralmente estas exchanges (corretoras) exigem alguns dados pessoais, ou seja, são fontes de bitcoin por KYC. Para pessoas que querem ter bitcoin sem seus dados registrados é necessário a compra peer-to-peer, que é a compra direta por pessoas sem a uma "instituição financeira" mediando a transação. Dica número 1 : Nunca deixe seus bitcoins armazenados em corretoras.  Apesar do bitcoin ainda não ter nenhum tipo de regulamentação, as corretoras por serem consideradas "instituições financeiras" são reguladas pelo Sistema Financeiro Nacional, sendo vulneráveis as decisões governamentais. Além disso, as corretoras por movimentarem grandes quantidades de dinheiro, estão vulneráveis ataques hackears que são frequentementes. Dica número 2: Sempre deposite seus bitcoins em carteiras  As carteiras são locais de armazenamento seguros e alguns tipos com as cold Wallet não há gestão dos seus fundos por intermediários, logo a responsabilidade pelo seu dinheiro é totalmente sua. Sempre importante guardar e ter uma boa organização quanto as senhas de acesso, pois uma vez que perde não há nenhuma forma de recuperá-la. Algo que o economista Fernando Roxo fala no YT que concordo plenamente ,é , que não se deve deixar todos os ovos numa cesta só. O que aplico no universo bitcoin que não se deve colocar todos os seus bitcoin em apenas uma carteira. É muito importante dificultar o máximo para os criminosos roubarem, por isso devem ter várias carteiras. Dica número 3: Entenda que Bitcoin não é investimento, e sim uma solução econômica.  Não desista do bitcoin , só porque ele ocila de valor. O bitcoin não é um investimento a onde se aplica e você tem um lucro. O bitcoin é uma solução em decorrência da desonestidade dos governos que imprimem moedas sem valor agregado. Este conhecimento é extremamente importante para que não se iluda com promessa de ficar milionário ou algo do tipo. O bitcoin é uma moeda segura que tem o intuito de proteger o mercado financeiro em decorrência da má fé de estados, e também uma arma contra governos. Dica número 4 : Ajude a comunidade, comercialize em bitcoin. Quer você seja consumidor ou produtor, faça com que seus fundos estejam em bitcoin. Apesar de estamos engatinhando no mercado há muitas iniciativas como o Bitrefill, maquininhas e software para movimentações em bitcoin que tem facilitado as transações. Dica número 5: Conheça os termos técnico sobre este universo. Fique sempre atualizados com os termos da comunidade com KYC, cold wallet, hot wallet, fiat ... Assim você poderá seu um "agente" pró bitcoin e ajudar pessoas simples a entrarem neste universo e ter sua auto custódia e estarem imunes aos desgovernos.

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The moments and events that leave you lost. Shook. In Disbelief. Those are the moments you need most. They unlock something dormant in you. Feelings you didn't think imaginable. Journeys you thought unlikely to happen. Paths and roads filled with ups and downs. Uncertainties, roadblocks, long distances of absolutely nothing in sight. Periods of turmoil and absolute stillness. Don't mistake where you are for the finale. Embrace life, it gives you character.

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https://blossom.primal.net/af0bc86b52c7f91c26633ed0cba4f151bb74e5a5702b892f7f1efaa9e4640018.mp4 [npub16d8gxt2z4k9e8sdpc0yyqzf5gp0np09ls4lnn630qzxzvwpl0rgq5h4rzv] ### **What is Reticulum?** Reticulum is a cryptographic networking stack designed for resilient, decentralized, and censorship-resistant communication. Unlike the traditional internet, Reticulum enables fully independent digital communications over various physical mediums, such as radio, LoRa, serial links, and even TCP/IP. The key advantages of Reticulum include: - **Decentralization** – No reliance on centralized infrastructure. - **Encryption & Privacy** – End-to-end encryption built-in. - **Resilience** – Operates over unreliable and low-bandwidth links. - **Interoperability** – Works over WiFi, LoRa, Bluetooth, and more. - **Ease of Use** – Can run on minimal hardware, including Raspberry Pi and embedded devices. Reticulum is ideal for off-grid, censorship-resistant communications, emergency preparedness, and secure messaging. --- ## **1. Getting Started with Reticulum** To quickly get started with Reticulum, follow the official guide: [Reticulum: Getting Started Fast](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/gettingstartedfast.html) ### **Step 1: Install Reticulum** #### **On Linux (Debian/Ubuntu-based systems)** ```sh sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt install -y python3-pip pip3 install rns ``` #### **On Raspberry Pi or ARM-based Systems** ```sh pip3 install rns ``` #### **On Windows** Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) or Python: ```sh pip install rns ``` #### **On macOS** ```sh pip3 install rns ``` --- ## **2. Configuring Reticulum** Once installed, Reticulum needs a configuration file. The default location is: ```sh ~/.config/reticulum/config.toml ``` To generate the default configuration: ```sh rnsd ``` This creates a configuration file with default settings. --- ## **3. Using Reticulum** ### **Starting the Reticulum Daemon** To run the Reticulum daemon (`rnsd`), use: ```sh rnsd ``` This starts the network stack, allowing applications to communicate over Reticulum. ### **Testing Your Reticulum Node** Run the diagnostic tool to ensure your node is functioning: ```sh rnstatus ``` This shows the status of all connected interfaces and peers. --- ## **4. Adding Interfaces** ### **LoRa Interface (for Off-Grid Communications)** Reticulum supports long-range LoRa radios like the **RAK Wireless** and **Meshtastic devices**. To add a LoRa interface, edit `config.toml` and add: ```toml [[interfaces]] type = "LoRa" name = "My_LoRa_Interface" frequency = 868.0 bandwidth = 125 spreading_factor = 9 ``` Restart Reticulum to apply the changes. ### **Serial (For Direct Device-to-Device Links)** For communication over serial links (e.g., between two Raspberry Pis): ```toml [[interfaces]] type = "Serial" port = "/dev/ttyUSB0" baudrate = 115200 ``` ### **TCP/IP (For Internet-Based Nodes)** If you want to bridge your Reticulum node over an existing IP network: ```toml [[interfaces]] type = "TCP" listen = true bind = "0.0.0.0" port = 4242 ``` --- ## **5. Applications Using Reticulum** ### **LXMF (LoRa Mesh Messaging Framework)** LXMF is a delay-tolerant, fully decentralized messaging system that operates over Reticulum. It allows encrypted, store-and-forward messaging without requiring an always-online server. To install: ```sh pip3 install lxmf ``` To start the LXMF node: ```sh lxmfd ``` ### **Nomad Network (Decentralized Chat & File Sharing)** Nomad is a Reticulum-based chat and file-sharing platform, ideal for **off-grid** communication. To install: ```sh pip3 install nomad-network ``` To run: ```sh nomad ``` ### **Mesh Networking with Meshtastic & Reticulum** Reticulum can work alongside **Meshtastic** for true decentralized long-range communication. To set up a Meshtastic bridge: ```toml [[interfaces]] type = "LoRa" port = "/dev/ttyUSB0" baudrate = 115200 ``` --- ## **6. Security & Privacy Features** - **Automatic End-to-End Encryption** – Every message is encrypted by default. - **No Centralized Logging** – Communication leaves no metadata traces. - **Self-Healing Routing** – Designed to work in unstable or hostile environments. --- ## **7. Practical Use Cases** - **Off-Grid Communication** – Works in remote areas without cellular service. - **Censorship Resistance** – Cannot be blocked by ISPs or governments. - **Emergency Networks** – Enables resilient communication during disasters. - **Private P2P Networks** – Create a secure, encrypted communication layer. --- ## **8. Further Exploration & Documentation** - **Reticulum Official Manual**: [https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/) - **Reticulum GitHub Repository**: [https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum](https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum) - **Nomad Network**: [https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet](https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet) - **Meshtastic + Reticulum**: [https://meshtastic.org](https://meshtastic.org) --- ## **Connections (Links to Other Notes)** - **Mesh Networking for Decentralized Communication** - **LoRa and Off-Grid Bitcoin Transactions** - **Censorship-Resistant Communication Using Nostr & Reticulum** ## **Tags** #Reticulum #DecentralizedComms #MeshNetworking #CensorshipResistance #LoRa ## **Donations via** - **Bitcoin Lightning**: lightninglayerhash@getalby.com

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This time from a laptop computer via Highlighter, from which the Merry Frankster can post long form content. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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## Details - ⏲️ Prep time: 20 min - 🍳 Cook time: 4 hours ## Ingredients - 1kg of chicken thighs - 3 large onions - 1 tablespoon garlic powder - 2 tablespoons brown sugar - 1.5 dl Ketjap Medja - 0.5 liter chicken broth - Pepper - Salt - Nutmeg ## Directions 1. Cut the onions and sauté them 2. Add the chicken thighs in pieces and bake for a few minutes 3. Add the garlic powder and the brown sugar and bake for a short time 4. Add the ketjap media and the chicken broth 5. Add some salt and pepper and nutmeg and let it simmer for 3 to 4 hours 6. Make sure all the moist evaporates but make sure it doesn’t get too dry. Otherwise add some extra chicken broth 7. Bon appetit!

@ 6e0ea5d6:0327f353

Of all the people you should fear, fear most the peaceful man in situations where anyone else would be aggressive. The strongest man is the one who masters his emotions in moments of rage and fury—who, even in anger, does not destroy everything around him, including himself. Remember: no man truly knows how evil he can be until he strives to be good in a corrupt world and, for that, is crushed by it. Anxiety makes a man suffer even before there is a concrete reason. The mere act of anticipating pain makes him feel it in its full intensity, even if it never materializes. On the other hand, anxiety leads to rash actions, driven by impulse or anger. And these decisions, in the end, can destroy him. The most harmful choices are usually made under stress, rage, or passion. Anxiety, in turn, is a formidable adversary, difficult to tame. Controlling it requires constant and gradual training. The key is to balance expectations—facing the future with serenity rather than allowing worries to corrode the present. Sometimes, it is necessary to abandon the life we planned to face the life that awaits us. Instead of acting impulsively in moments of deep stress, learn to reflect rationally on all possibilities before taking action. I recognize that, in theory, this advice is easy to give. Sono d’accordo, I know how difficult it is in daily life. But listen well: do not let your actions be driven by impulsiveness. Remember, stubbornness combined with anxiety is a direct path to a pit of regrets. Stubbornness, unlike persistence, makes a man insist on mistakes or ignore wise counsel. It forces him to act against logic, preventing him from learning from failures and reevaluating decisions. It is a silent source of suffering, robbing him of opportunities for change and growth. Just as a river reaches its destination by adapting to the course it encounters, a wise man must seek new approaches rather than persist in the same mistakes. Adapting, learning, and changing course are the keys to reaching one’s true destiny. Thank you for reading, my friend! If this message resonated with you, consider leaving your "🥃" as a token of appreciation. A toast to our family!

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## Details - ⏲️ Prep time: 20 min - 🍳 Cook time: 4 hours ## Ingredients - 1kg of chicken thighs - 3 large onions - 1 tablespoon garlic powder - 2 tablespoons brown sugar - 1.5 dl Ketjap Medja - 0.5 liter chicken broth - Pepper - Salt - Nutmeg ## Directions 1. Cut the onions and sauté them 2. Add the chicken thighs in pieces and bake for a few minutes 3. Add the garlic powder and the brown sugar and bake for a short time 4. Add the ketjap media and the chicken broth 5. Add some salt and pepper and nutmeg and let it simmer for 3 to 4 hours 6. Make sure all the moist evaporates but make sure it doesn’t get too dry. Otherwise add some extra chicken broth 7. Bon appetit!

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Se você acompanhou o noticiário, deve ter visto que o ministro Alexandre de Moraes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), voltou a investir contra as redes sociais. Na sexta-feira (21), Moraes determinou a suspensão da rede social americana Rumble no Brasil. De acordo com o ministro, a rede social cometeu "reiterados, conscientes e voluntários descumprimentos das ordens judiciais, além da tentativa de não se submeter ao ordenamento jurídico e Poder Judiciário brasileiros" e que instituiu um "ambiente de total impunidade e 'terra sem lei' nas redes sociais brasileiras". No entanto, o CEO da Rumble, Chris Pavlovski, afirmou que Moraes exigiu que a Rumble cumprisse decisões que são ilegais segundo a legistação americana e passou um “aviso” ao ministro: “nos vemos no tribunal”. Não é de hoje que o STF e Moraes são acusados de promover um ambiente de “censura” através de uma suposta perseguição enviesada a perfis que criticam as atuações da corte e do ministro, inclusive exigindo a remoção de perfis por parte dessas redes – algo que contraria a legislação brasileira. Em 2024, o X chegou a ficar suspenso no Brasil por quase 40 dias, sendo que Moraes chegou a impor multas para quem tentasse acessar a rede via VPN, uma decisão contestada e vista por muitas pessoas como ilegal. Isso mostra que o poder do estado vai continuar agindo contra as redes sociais com o intuito de estabelecer algum tipo de restrição a essas plataformas. E tal poder tende a funcionar, pois estas plataformas são consideradas empresas e muitas têm representantes legais no Brasil, que são um vetor de ataque para eventuais suspensões. Felizmente, a criação do Bitcoin (BTC) levou a um avanço na forma como podemos manter nossa privacidade protegida da sanha autoritária dos estados. E isso chegou nas redes sociais com a criação do Nostr. Por isso, o protocolo descentralizado com foco em redes sociais é o tema da nossa newsletter de hoje. O que é o Nostr?## A palavra Nostr, que dá nome ao protocolo, é a sigla para Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays (Notas e Outras Coisas Transmitidas por Relés, em tradução livre). Esse protocolo surgiu em 2020 para criar uma “camada social” na rede do Bitcoin. Ou seja, permitir o desenvolvimento de aplicativos similares a redes sociais. No entanto, foi a partir de 2023 que o protocolo ganhou fama, a ponto de ficar conhecido como o “Twitter descentralizado”. Esse nome se deveu ao fato de que um dos aplicativos mais populares do Nostr era o Damus, que funciona como uma espécie de X. A principal diferença do Nostr para outros serviços é que os aplicativos criados pelos protocolos não podem ser censurados. Eles operam baseados em clientes e relés (relays) muito similares aos nós que rodam a rede do Bitcoin. Por isso, não adianta um governo tentar derrubar um nó: se os demais estiverem ativos, a rede seguirá funcionando livre de censura. Sistema de chaves## Da mesma forma que no Bitcoin, no Nostr cada usuário é identificado por uma chave pública. E também há uma chave privada, que ele usa para assinar as transações. Mas ao contrário do BTC, as chaves privadas não são formadas por sequência de palavras, mas sim por uma sequência de letras: chave pública: cada chave pública do Nostr começa com as iniciais “npub”. Ex: npub43tahY4T… chave privada: já as chaves privadas começam com os caracteres “nsec”. Ex: nsec4T6uyA4F… Para acessar os aplicativos do Nostr (como o Damus), você só precisa fazer o download e inserir a sua chave privada no app. Ele vai ler a chave e identificar que você de fato controla aquela conta, mas o aplicativo não armazena as chaves. Por isso elas não ficam sujeitas a roubos, mantendo o seu perfil seguro. Uma vez logado no aplicativo, cada vez que você publica algo (por exemplo, uma mensagem que publica, uma atualização da sua lista de seguidores, etc.), você assina uma transação. Os clientes validam estas assinaturas para garantir que estão corretas. Hoje, existem mais de 70 aplicativos criados para o Nostr, desde outros “Twitter descentralizados” até serviços de mensagem. E todos eles funcionam de forma integrada, o que significa que a sua chave privada funciona como uma identidade única. Isso permite que você acesse a todos os aplicativos com uma única senha, sem precisar fazer cadastros e deixar seus dados expostos em várias redes sociais. Esse protocolo foi criado por um brasileiro conhecido como fiatjaf, que preferiu se manter anônimo. O projeto fez tanto sucesso que recebeu um apoio massivo de Jack Dorsey, criador do Twitter, que chegou a doar 14,6 BTC para ajudar no desenvolvimento do Nostr. Hoje, esse valor corresponde a mais de R$ 8 milhões. Como fazer uma conta no Nostr## Antes de acessar os aplicativos, você deve criar suas chaves pública e privada no site oficial do Nostr. Basta acessar o [Endereço ]( https://nostr.com) e clicar na opção “create your Nostr account”. E pronto, o site gera as duas chaves automaticamente. A chave pública (npub) fica visível, enquanto a chave privada (nsec) aparece coberta. Basta clicar nos quadrados do lado esquerdo da chave privada que ele vai copiar automaticamente. Você também pode clicar em “show private key” para ver a chave privada, ou clicar em “download keys” para baixar ambas as chaves. Cabe frisar que essas chaves, sobretudo a privada, são essenciais para acessar qualquer aplicativo criado no Nostr. Por isso, assim que você salvá-las, guarde essas chaves em um lugar seguro e longe da internet, para evitar roubos. Por isso: jamais anote sua chave privada num bloco de notas; escreva a chave privada à mão num papel e guarde com bastante cuidado; nunca, sob qualquer hipótese, compartilhe sua chave privada em arquivos na nuvem ou por e-mail. Se você quiser ter ainda mais segurança, pode adquirir o NOSTR Signing Device, dispositivo que serve para assinar publicações com o Nostr e mantém sua chave privada segura. Ele é importado, mas custa apenas 20 euros (cerca de R$ 120) no site da [LNBits.]( https://shop.lnbits.com/product/nostr-signing-device) Redes sociais à prova de censura## Bem, agora vamos conferir as duas redes sociais que selecionamos entre os mais de 70 aplicativos do Nostr. Nelas você pode publicar qualquer coisa sem medo de sofrer com censura, bloqueios ou processos indevidos por causa de alguma acusação vaga como “promover discurso de ódio”. O primeiro dessas aplicativos é o [Primal]( https://nostrapps.com/primal), que é praticamente uma cópia do já citado Damus. Ele também se parece muito com o X e lá você pode publicar, mandar mensagens inbox para outro usuário, curtir, salvar, compartilhar e comentar. Ao contrário do X, o Primal não impõe limite de caracteres nas publicações e você não tem selos. O aplicativo também possui uma carteira Lightning onde você pode enviar e receber satoshis. E o melhor de tudo, o Primal possui a função “zap”, que permite que você possa enviar e receber satoshis por causa de suas publicações. Ou seja, se você escrever alguma coisa no Primal e as pessoas gostarem, elas podem te enviar “gorjetas” em satoshis. Isso significa que você consegue monetizar o seu conteúdo sem precisar assinar nenhum plano ou pagar para conseguir um selo. Você também pode enviar satoshis para seus criadores de conteúdo favoritos. Mas se você gosta de publicar artigos mais longos (como esta newsletter), o Nostr conta com o [YakiHonne]( https://nostrapps.com/yakihonne). Este “Substack descentralizado” permite que você publique notas como o Primal, mas também oferece a possibilidade de criar artigos em formato de newsletter. Você pode favoritar ou salvar os seus autores preferidos, facilitando a leitura de artigos. E o aplicativo também possui seções de curadoria específica. Com ela, você consegue acessar artigos por tópicos e ver o que está se destacando no YakiHonne naquele momento. Quer escrever sobre um tema polêmico? Faça seu artigo no YakiHonne sem ter medo de censura ou de ver seu texto desmonetizado. E caso ele faça sucesso, você pode receber satoshis como pagamento e monetizar seu trabalho recebendo em moeda forte. Infelizmente, os tribunais de censura seguem em crescimento no mundo e a liberdade de expressão em plataformas centralizadas seguirá ameaçada. Afinal, estas empresas visam o lucro e estão sujeitas às leis. E elas dificilmente farão frente ao poder do estado apenas para beneficiar seus usuários. Por isso, da mesma forma que você pode tirar o estado do seu dinheiro com o Bitcoin, você pode tirar a censura das suas palavras usando o Nostr. Afinal, como diz o personagem Ensei Tankado de “Fortaleza Digital”: “Todos temos o direito de guardar segredos. Um dia eu farei com que isso volte a ser possível.” Vale uma olhada## Matéria completa sobre o lançamento do Nostr no [CriptoFacil;]( https://www.criptofacil.com/nostr-conheca-protocolo-criado-por-brasileiro-que-utiliza-o-bitcoin-para-descentralizar-redes-sociais/) O canal dos tem um vídeo excelente falando sobre como criar e armazenar suas chaves privadas do Nostr usando o Signing Device. Vale a pena conferir.

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**Ascolta bene, amico mio.** The type of woman you choose reflects the type of man you truly are—or the one you hide from being. Don't deceive yourself: your choices are a mirror of your essence. If you constantly get involved with women who drag you into chaos, who manipulate or belittle you, that says more about your weaknesses than about theirs. *Chi sceglie male, paga il prezzo.* You cannot blame fate or the woman for your decisions. The responsibility is yours. If you are foolish enough to be swayed by superficial beauty or the need for approval, you are digging your own ruin. A real man, before loving, learns to understand women—not just one, but many. He observes, understands their motivations, and learns to distinguish between those who add value and those who destroy. If you choose wrong, don't blame the world. *Cazzo!* The mistake was yours, and so will be the consequence. Needy men, who let themselves be trapped by the first woman who offers crumbs of attention, end up being shaped by their circumstances. *"La donna non ti fa cane; sei tu che ti fai cane."* By choosing a woman without character, you reveal your own lack of discernment and courage. And, my friend, if you fear being alone, remember: loneliness next to the wrong woman is far more bitter. If you seek respect, start by choosing wisely. Those who cling blindly, out of fear or necessity, are doomed to suffer. Own your choices, learn from your mistakes, and be selective. The world does not forgive the weak, and excuses will not redeem your weakness. Thank you for reading, my friend! If this message resonated with you, consider leaving your "🥃" as a token of appreciation. A toast to our family!

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Every generation loves to learn. However, our public schooling system has gone as far as it can take us. The abundance of easily accessible information on the internet, coupled with emerging tech like AI, decentralized protocols and bitcoin, means this is our time to innovate our learning infrastructure. A complete overhaul is due along with the development of a pilot program to test new and unconventional models. Let’s carve a path towards innovation by sparking discussion around this topic. Hence, this blueprint. It is a gauntlet for any person who genuinely wants to become a stakeholder for our country’s future. Entry points are: - Builders—Startups, developers and investors who will fund and create infrastructure. - Practitioners—Educators and researchers who will test models. - Supporters—Parents, donors and community members who want to contribute. **Where Do We Begin?** Let’s think about crafting the main components of a new pilot model. Below are suggested areas of focus: - DEFINITION - APPROACH - PHILOSOPHY - CULTURE - PHYSICAL DESIGN - OPERATIONAL ORGANIZATION - ACCOUNTABILITY METHODS - RISKS & CHALLENGES - STYLE - STAKEHOLDERS **How It Works** After researching your pedagogical ideas for current and future generations of scholars, it’s time to share your insights. Contribute  your viewpoint by structuring a blueprint—one page per section—in the following sequence: - Definition of your modern learning model with its key principles. - Description of the core learning approach. - Philosophy distilled into central concepts that will orient stakeholders. - Culture your modern learning model aspires to live by. - Potential challenges, risks and drawbacks. - Design of physical spaces and rationale. - Operational framework detailing adult and child learning organization. - Accountability methods to ensure skill growth and competency. - Style development and name of your model. - Skin in the game, sign your model with your first and last name (unite stakeholders). Perhaps if enough stakeholders come together, we can begin to actualize a more effective and updated way of learning. This is a challenge meant to separate those willing to engage in discourse, planning and laying foundations from those content to complain from the sidelines. **Why Now and Where Does the Money Come From?** After being a public educator for fifteen years, I learned you will not change the system, the system will change you. It’s time to design and build above and apart from the current model. 2025 is when courageous people step up to the plate and discuss our learning infrastructure. Whether it’s contributing out of the box thinking, modernizing curriculum, investing in startups or creating your own venture; there is no greater time than now. And no greater place than in the USA! (By extension, we also create the opportunity to influence our global allies including our neighbors to the North and South.) “But how!?” Learning Producers is figuring it out by asking not, “how?” but “who?” Who will unite together to develop our learning infrastructure? If you decide you want to participate and join our efforts, share your blueprint as well. For all stakeholders, this is an investment in an untapped market of a new learning economy. If not, you’re not alone. Some consider this just rhetoric, idealism, or wishful thinking. Additionally, it is unclear how such actions can be profitable or how such infrastructure building will be funded. Money talks. Bullshit walks, right? In that case, let’s talk, and let’s fine tune our BS detectors. Onward, with this call to action: - Share your own blueprint online or reach out to Learning Producers, Inc. ([Learningproducers.com](https://learningproducers.com/)). - Conduct research on an ideal location and team to lay foundations on a pilot program at small scale. - Engage in dialogue with investors interested in developing learning infrastructure for their own children and families. - Secure stakeholders to develop and test a real world pilot model (real location, real agreements, real timeline, real people). - Sponsor or donate resources to counter concerns over funding. Now, we leave you with our blueprint: PEDAGOGICAL WABI-SABI We hope you enjoy it. Sincerely, **Israel Hernandez** **Founder of Learning Producers** **\**[Read or download full blueprint here: <https://www.learningproducers.com/blog/pedagogical-wabi-sabiblueprint-for-developing-learning-infrastructure> \]

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Hello Stackers! It's Monday so we're back doing "Meta Music Mondays" 😉. From before the territory existed there was just one post a week in a ~meta take over. Now each month we have a different theme and bring music from that theme. Welcome to Femmes Fatales 3!!! I absolutely loved doing this last year so I'm bringing it back for round 3! It's Femmes Fatales, where we celebrate women in ~Music. So let's have those ladies of the lung, the sirens of sound, our Femmes Fatales! Stackers, here's Avril Lavigne. https://youtu.be/dGR65RWwzg8?si=T5onrZ0T_zREhd-n Talk Music. Share Tracks. Zap Sats. originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/895855

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Money is more abstract than most people think, as I will show in this article. Debt slavery stems from financial illiteracy, which occurs intentionally. The biggest secret is how bankers actually create **currency claims out of thin air and transfer the wealth of their clients (including nation states) to themselves for free without risking a cent, real money, or currency.** ## **MONEY** Money, one of the most important things in our lives, is so important that we exchange wealth to obtain it. Not because we want it but because we need it in order to buy food, shelter, clothes, etc. Money is not inherently bad, although some may argue that the love for money is the root of all evil, and I'll agree. If you are willing to sacrifice your soul, honor, reputation, family, or friends for money, it indicates a lack of morality and a willingness to engage in harmful actions to satisfy your greed and materialistic desires. **Money is a technology, a tool, and like any tool or technology, it is impartial**; it cannot be inherently good or bad. It can be used to help others or to destroy them. At the end of the day, it’s all about the intention behind human behavior. Money is not just a useful tool; it’s **the most important tool** to have for global commerce, division of labor, specialists, and the level of sophistication and comfort we achieve as humanity. All of this will not be possible without this tool working as a common medium of exchange and standard of value, a common language for all humanity: the language of monetary value. **Money is the cornerstone of civilization.** Money is the bloodstream of commerce, and commerce is the spine of civilization; it’s what made our civilization so prosperous, letting any one of us decide how we want to provide value to society. Money is half of every transaction, and since we will always need to intermediate between every exchange, money is the perfect intermediary to help achieve millions of different combinations of exchanges. It will be practically impossible to barter on a global scale; even in a small community with a few different products, it will be a mess. For example, if there were 10 products, there would be 45 combinations; if there were 100, there would be 4950 combinations. Imagine a scenario on a large scale, requiring the exchange of hundreds of thousands of products every second.. This issue **necessitated the development of a new technology: money, which in turn led to the emergence of moneychangers (v4v). Money is a tool to exchange, measure, and store wealth.** Wealth is anything we can sell: our labor (time and energy), our house, a car, a product, a service, etc. **Gold and silver were money for thousands of years** because of their unique characteristics of scarcity, durability, divisibility, and transportability. The most important characteristic of these metals is that they are scarce, and they can’t be created out of thin air or reproduced with no effort. **Only God can control the supply of gold and silver found in nature.** Men can only extract it, and it requires investment, work, time, and effort to find and mine it. So the common knowledge and the common sense of the people over thousands of years consensually chose gold and silver as money. And **this money is the only lawful money under common law.** > “Gold is money, everything else is credit” > > J.P. Morgan 1912 As an interesting fact, the word "money" is used 140 times in the King James Bible, the word "gold" is mentioned 417 times, and the word "silver" over 320 times. But the word “currency” is not mentioned a single time. The most important function of money is to **exchange and store your time and energy**. You work to acquire money and then use that money to acquire other goods and services. **Our time and energy is our real wealth** because it’s limited. We all have a limited time on earth, and we can do certain things in the 24 hours we have every day, so we have to be conscious about how we administrate and store the fruits of our labor. Money is a means to an end; we don't want money; we want what money can buy, and guess what, money cannot buy more time. ## **CURRENCY = FAKE MONEY** **Currency exists as a money substitute.** Currencies began as the opposite of money, the **promise to deliver money in the future: debt**. Currencies can be used to exchange wealth, but they are not a fair unit of account and are never a good way to store it because men are tempted to create more and dilute its value (a process known as inflation) Currencies have almost all the same characteristics of money, but there’s a big difference: **currency is not scarce and durable**. Missing the store of value characteristic of money, since **its supply can be manipulated by men.** For wealth preservation and measuring, modern currencies make no sense. Men control the supply of currency; **banks and governments can inflate or deflate it in any amount they please, giving them supreme power and control over wealth distribution.** This creates two classes of citizens: those who work to acquire currency and those who create it instantly and for free. International banks have stolen money (gold and silver) over the past century, replacing its supply with currency or fake money (paper receipts). \[1913, 1933, 1944, 1971\] Under this monetary game, those with "fixed income," savers, and creditors are the biggest losers, while debtors and asset owners are the winners.. The **most important distinction to keep in mind is that nature controls the money supply, making artificial inflation impossible.** On the other hand, men can inflate currency in unlimited amounts. It is **a manifestation of God's power on earth, as the mediums of exchange serve as the lifeblood of commerce, the backbone of our economic system, and facilitate the division of labor.** If someone can **inflate the currency supply, this has the same economic effect as counterfeiting,** and he’s effectively stealing from everyone contracting, trading, and saving in that currency. Manipulating the mediums of exchange in an economy enables manipulation of every security, industry, and business. This is the reason the founding fathers of the United States made gold and silver only lawful money for the payment of debts. To give everyone equal protection under the law and to get rid of the nobility and two types of citizens: bankers and workers or nobles and plebeians. > Bank-notes are not money. It 's currency. It’s unfair to take banks' currency as a standard for comparison. > > Bank-note currency is not “lawful money”. It never could be counted as part of banks cash reserves. ***It would be too much like a man writing and signing his own promissory note for a million and then claiming that this made him a millionaire.*** > > The very grave evils any currency depreciation always impose upon businesses and the people. > > Alfred Owen Crozier, US Money vs Corporate currency, 1912 So money has three very important functions that work as the pillars on which the wellness of our economic system and civilizations relies. Currency is not a store of value because its supply can be easily manipulated, men in power can create more of it, and so using this always-changing currency as a standard of value or a unit of account is like using an always-changing ruler to measure distance. A dollar today does not buy the same as a dollar one year ago. So yesterday prices are not equal to today's prices; this is an unfair business calculation. So money has three very important functions that work as the pillars on which the wellness of our economic system and civilizations rel**ies. Currency is not a store of value because its supply can be easily manipulated**, men in power can create more of it, and so using this always-changing currency as a standard of value or a unit of account is like using an always-changing ruler to measure distance. **A dollar today does not buy the same as a dollar one year ago**. So yesterday prices are not equal to today's prices; this is an unfair business calculation. There are several Bible verses that discuss the manipulation of weights and measures, emphasizing the importance of honesty and fairness in commercial dealings. 1. Leviticus 19:35-36 New International Version (NIV): "**Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or quantity.** Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. 2. Deuteronomy 25:13-15: Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small. **You must have accurate and honest weights and measures**. 3. Proverbs 11:1—"A "**dishonest scale is an abomination to the Lord**, but a just weight is his delight." **Fake money (currency) is always and everywhere a dishonest scale.** So if you want a real measure of value or wealth use something with real value instead, like gold, commodities, products, times, etc. Bankers have redefined the word money to mean fake money, currency, or debt. And this is not the worst part. Let’s introduce another concept: credit. ## **CREDIT = FAKE CURRENCY** **Real credit is the promise to pay money in the future.** It involves delaying the payment of money. **Currency was born as credit**, as a money certificate or receipt. During the last century, banks gradually replaced 100% of the money with currency and bank credit to further boost their profits and control. \[1913, 1933, 1944, 1971\] But in order to achieve this goal, **bankers redefined the word money to mean the opposite of money: credit/debt. This is like calling a night a day or evil a good.** When you take out a loan from a friend, you receive credit from him, but you also incur a debt with him. You promise your friends that you will pay them (asset/right), and you owe them (liability/obligation). The asset and the liability are one and part of the same deal; they cannot exist without the other. There’s no credit with no debt, no debt with no credit, and no liability with no asset. Federal Reserve notes, commonly known as **“dollars,”** are a private corporate currency; they are **not money** because they are not gold or silver, nor receipts for these metals as many people still believe. They were not redeemable in money from the start, despite being created under the assumption. The “peso” (Spanish word for weight) used to be a standardized amount of gold or silver, but it’s not any more; it's just a debt denomination. And what's owing? Currency. **How can someone lend the opposite of money and charge interest? O**nly deceiving you into believing that he is lending you money. So they redefined the word money to mean the opposite of it. But redefining words does not change the economic effect of the transaction. When currencies first appeared, I can imagine people asking themselves, "How can people trust these paper certificates in exchange for their money?" Who will be that stupid?” And **nowadays, people don’t understand the difference between money and currency, to the point that bankers redefined the word "money" to mean the opposite of "money."** Lesson: Money is not just a medium of exchange; it is also a store of value and a unit of account. Currency, the opposite of money, is debt. Since it can be created in unlimited amounts, it can't work as a store of value because its value depreciates as more units are created; for this same reason, it is not fair to denominate values in currency units since one currency unit today does not buy the same as a year ago because of inflation, the loss of purchasing power. Summarize: While money, currency, and credit all serve as effective mediums of exchange, only money serves as a reliable store of value for saving. Currency and credit are not stores of value (not good to save), and there are not fair units of account (not good for price). In simple terms, money is not currency, because currency is just credit and debt. We can conceptualize it as a ledger, a record of who owes what to whom. Currency is fake money since it’s the opposite of a store of value; it's always depreciating in value while its supply is inflated. This is the definition of inflation. **Modern credit is not currency; it’s the opposite. It’s the promise to deliver currency in the future, the promise of a promise of money (in theory). But there’s no money behind. It’s an air loan.** But how did we get here? Is everyone stupid? No, we have been tricked, manipulated, and dictated to use these currencies, and this banking system was forced on us. They stole our money and replaced it with fake substitutes to boost their profits. ## **MODERN MEDIUMS OF EXCHANGE = MONOPOLY MONEY** **So nowadays we have fake money acting as cash/currency and fake currency acting as bank deposits or credit.** One is worse than the other, but both of them serve only as mediums of exchange. Those who store wealth with them will be robbed, and those who calculate business will be lied to. Today we use currencies (government notes), coins, bank deposits (currency claims), checks (bank deposit claims), credit cards, and debit cards. All of them are ‘monopoly money’ fake claims based on a big and global fraud. - *Government notes (government debt)* Since governments are under the control of central banks, they can only create currency by borrowing. Governments must issue bonds, or debt, and the central bank can generate credit, or currency, to purchase these bonds. The bond (government liability) is the counterpart of the ‘asset’ (the currency, a central bank asset). Bonds are debt, and currencies are credit. When the central bank creates currency to lend it to the government at interest, it has literally the economic effect of **transferring the wealth of the nation to the banks for free**. The banks are not lending anything that they had to labor to produce; instead, they are creating it by printing paper notes or digital currency. On the other side, governments have to collect money from citizens (producers, merchants, and workers) to pay the interest on the debt. Despite their best efforts, governments are unable to repay the debt due to interest, which makes it bigger than the amount of currency. Let’s say the debt is 100 at 1% interest. So there’s only 100 in currency. But at the end of the year, there’s going to be a debt of 101. In order for the system to keep working, someone else has to go into debt to create more currency units, and governments have to keep borrowing and at least only paying the interest and rolling the debt. The important thing is that if you have government currency debt free, you own it. This is the new ‘money.’. **Government currency is the ‘real’ cash, liquidity, or water.** - *Bank deposits (bank debt)* When you deposit your government currency in the bank, you are legally lending your currency to the bank, and the bank owes you the amount you deposit. This currency is not stored by banks until you request it. Banks use this currency as if it were theirs, and they do business with it. That’s why I said, **‘Your money in the bank’ is not yours; it’s not money; it’s not in the bank.** Its currency, its owe to you, is only registered on the bank ledger as a debt, not in a safe box. The numbers you get in the bank account, or your balance, are government currency substitutes; they are bank deposits. Your currency deposit is the asset, and the number on your bank account balance is the liability. But this is not the worst part. Banks lend around 10 times more currency than they have in deposits. So banks have more liabilities than assets (they are literally broke). People often treat bank deposits, also known as government currency substitutes or bank tokens, as legal tender, allowing banks to create them arbitrarily and 'lend' them to unsuspecting clients who mistakenly believe they are receiving currency. This is possible only because the bank's deposit has equal cash value. ***Government bonds, government currency, and bank deposits have equal value. But they are not the same.*** All of them have counterparty risk, but **cash, or government currency, is better** or safer than bonds or bank deposits. If interest rates rise, the value of bonds can decrease, and default on bank deposits can result in total loss, a scenario that has frequently occurred. Keep in mind that bank deposits represent the bank's debts, also known as liabilities. Business activities and risk-taking make your currency unsecured, and they don't compensate you enough for the loan and risk. - *Debit cards (bank deposit transfer)* Your bank deposit is your right to get your currency back. When you use a credit card to buy something, you are transferring that right to the seller so he can redeem that bank token for currency if he wishes. But you have to have had a deposit before you can spend it or transfer it. - *Checks (bank deposit transfer)* The same applies to checks. Your bank deposit is your right to get your currency back. When you use a check to buy something, you are transferring that right to the seller so he can redeem that bank token for currency if he wishes. - *Credit card (bank deposit creator)* Credit cards are different. When you use a credit card, you are creating a bank deposit backed by your promise of paying it back. By allowing the bank to create a currency substitute out of nothing and charge you high interest, you are essentially working for them for free. Not only this, but you are also letting them collect fees from the payments processing that cost them nothing and support their fake money as a medium of exchange. **Using credit cards is literally voting for financial slavery.** This is why companies make credit cards so convenient and offer benefits, with the intention of incentivizing and pushing people into the debt slavery system. ## **BANKS = MONEYCHANGERS** ‘Loans’ = exchanges **The history of money is the history of moneychangers**, money dealers, or bankers. Money is an inanimate object. Bankers are alive; they are the ones in charge of making the money, currency, and credit flow or stop.  **They have been in existence for thousands of years**, from Egypt to Rome, where Jesus Christ himself threw them out of the temple and called them thieves, and he was not wrong.  Moneychangers played a crucial role in facilitating trade by exchanging different forms of currency and commodities. The profession of moneychangers evolved over time, particularly during the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages when various currencies were in circulation. In these times, moneychangers would set up shop at markets or public spaces to provide their services and **help merchants convert their money into a form that could be used for transactions with other traders.** As banking systems developed over time, the role of moneychangers expanded to include more complex financial services. Today, moneychangers are still an essential part of the global economy, helping people exchange currencies and facilitating international trade. **The Knights Templars** were a Christian military order established in 1119 who played a crucial role in the establishment of the financial system in medieval Europe. They established **a gold-backed credit system** that laid the foundation for the modern banking system. Their financial services included deposit accounts, loans, and even a form of early traveler's checks. **The history of the goldsmiths** starts around 700 years ago in the year 1327. The company became responsible for hallmarking precious metals and played a significant role in regulating the quality and authenticity of gold and silver items. **In exchange for written acknowledgments or "receipts,"** they also provided gold deposit services. Both groups played significant roles in the development of these early financial instruments, with goldsmiths issuing written acknowledgments for deposited gold and the Knights Templar establishing banking institutions that facilitated the use of such receipts as a form of payment. This is a brief summary of the beginning of the moneychangers and how they discovered how to multiply money with paper receipts, better understood as counterfeiting. We now refer to it as fractional reserve banking, and let me tell you something: it's based on fraud. Not only do they create bank deposits when you deposit currency, but they also create them when you "take a loan." Banks do not lend money, and they do not lend currency; they lend bank deposits (bank tokens/IOUs/currency substitutes/ paper receipts). Banks had to redefine the word money to mean the opposite of money (debt) to trick the people. How can you lend the oposite of money and expect to be paid back plus interest? This took them thousands of years to achieve. **The fact is that this is not a loan but an exchange.** When you take a loan, you sign a contract that creates a promissory note, which is your promise to pay. The bank then takes this promissory note, without your permission (steals), and sells it for cash (if you requiere it) or government bonds (to earn interest). Your promissory note has equal value to cash and government bonds. And banks always need an asset to create a bank deposit (liability). So the banks literally steal your asset (promissory note) and sell them to create IOUs that they will ‘lend’ to you. They ‘lend’ the oposite of money and call it a loan. The truth is that they are acting as moneychangers, and they are exchanging your IOU (promissory note) for a bank IOU (bank deposit) without your permission and pretending that you pay it back, but they never pay back theirs… How is this possible? This is only possible because most people treat bank deposits (bank tokens, IOUs, and debts) as a medium of exchange because they trust the banks. This is the root of inequality under the law. While one group can create IOUs from nothing and steal others, the other must work for them or exchange wealth. If this bank defaults, its IOUs quickly vanish. This is a mathematical certainty; that’s why banks that are 'too big to fail' demand bailouts. **Every bank is bankrupt** since they have 7–10 times more liabilities than assets, and the assets they have are not theirs but their clients' assets. The only thing that keeps them alive is the trust of the public and the bailouts of the government. **This is legalized slavery and theft.** There’s no other name. Banks own every industry, government, public figure, actor, etc. They have the power of God on earth, and it's time to stop them. If we let the bank take our wealth for free, we will end up bankrupt, and they will end up owning everything. Every medium of exchange nowadays is an IOU or an IOU of an IOU. Ultimately, it is mathematically impossible to repay all of those IOUs, and banks pretend to keep all the assets. *Check: IOU = deposit; IOU = cash; IOU = bond; IOU + interest* The only way this system can continue is to keep creating new IOUs to pay the old ones, but even then (as it has been for over a century), the value of those IOUs keeps falling, causing hyperinflation. If banks and governments want to ‘avoid’ (imposible) or relent to hyperinflation, they need to incur a great confiscation. So heads you lose, tails they lose; playing this game doesn't make any fucking sense. Buy Bitcoin, self custody, and fuck the government and the banking system. Live free or die trying.

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