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Bill Clinton: “I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it down.” The Palestinians never wanted peace. This must be shared every single day.

@Whiledvid Fuck the Russians. I hope all of them die in Ukraine.

Oscar Jenkins, a 32 year old Australian teacher being caught and interrogated by the Russian Army in Ukraine

The Aztec Empire developed one of history's most unusual monetary systems between the 14th and 16th centuries. Cacao beans—the raw ingredient for chocolate—functioned as standardized currency throughout Mesoamerica. These beans possessed the essential qualities of effective money: portability, divisibility, durability, and universal recognition across the empire's vast trade networks. Cacao's value stemmed from practical scarcity. The trees grew only in specific tropical lowland regions, making beans rare enough to resist inflation while remaining abundant enough for circulation. The Aztecs couldn't cultivate cacao in their highland capital of Tenochtitlan, forcing them to obtain beans through tribute from conquered territories or long-distance trade. A single bean could purchase a tamale; 100 beans bought a slave; 8,000 beans represented significant wealth. The system created immediate problems with counterfeiting. Enterprising traders hollowed out beans and filled empty shells with dirt or avocado pits to increase their supply of currency. Merchants developed expertise in detecting fraudulent beans through weight, sound, and visual inspection. Unlike metal coinage, cacao eventually rotted, preventing long-term hoarding and encouraging active trade rather than wealth accumulation. Spanish conquistadors recorded detailed accounts of the cacao economy when they encountered it in the 1520s. Hernán Cortés initially dismissed the practice as primitive, failing to recognize the sophisticated economic thinking behind it. The Spanish eventually recognized cacao's utility and temporarily integrated it into colonial currency systems before gradually replacing it with European metal coins. By the mid-16th century, cacao's role as money had largely disappeared. The Aztec cacao system demonstrated that currency requires social agreement, not inherent value. Metal has no more natural claim to monetary status than beans—both work because communities trust them. The practice reveals economic sophistication often denied to pre-Columbian civilizations and shows how environmental constraints shape financial innovation. The Aztec cacao currency system established precedents that influenced economic thinking far beyond its collapse. It demonstrated that commodity money could function without centralized minting or precious metals, influencing later debates about what constitutes legitimate currency. The system's vulnerability to counterfeiting and decay prefigured similar problems in paper money systems centuries later. Spanish documentation of cacao currency provided European economists with concrete examples of alternative monetary systems, broadening theoretical frameworks about money's nature. The practice preserved cacao cultivation networks that outlasted the empire itself, as demand for chocolate as a luxury good eventually created global trade routes. Most significantly, the system's disappearance illustrated how conquest disrupts not just political structures but fundamental economic relationships, forcing populations to abandon working systems for imposed foreign alternatives. The cacao economy remains a powerful counter-example to claims that only gold or silver can serve as "real" money. #archaeohistories

I am writing from FPC Morgantown prison in West Virginia. It has been about 5 months since I first surrendered myself in December, and I will be honest, the prospect of a Presidential pardon is very low. There was some hope during the Bitcoin 2026 conference, but that has now come and gone, and one must come to terms with the fact that I am simply a federal prisoner without money, power, or influence, and I will serve my full sentence. It will be years before I can even attempt to rebuild my life. Which is why I am now writing this appeal to you all now. Things are dire and we need your help. Lauren and I need your help desperately. More than ever before. We have over $2 Million of debt due to legal fees. We have a $250k fine the judge levied against us. Every day I get letters and calls from anxious lawyers looking to be paid. Or the DOJ demanding I start making payments on my fine. Perhaps it was denial or delusion, but I had hoped to do what I have always done and dig myself out of this hole myself - but with the reality of serving a full sentence that is not possible. I hate to ask for your help in this way but we are entirely out of options. We need to pay off these legal bills and other debts accrued attempting to defend myself. We desperately need your help. Now. For 10 years Bill and I built and published open source code and tools for Bitcoin users. Those same tools and code are what the government says were criminal. The tools and code still exist, they are out there right now and always will be. The creators however are locked away in Federal prison. The creators are the ones whose lives have been decimated. The creators are the ones who have been financially wiped out. The creators are the ones who desperately need you now. Please donate whatever you can to bc1qtjjcvn98wh7dfd55m8kxhjcfexanttwt8gtan8 . We have to get this albatross from around our neck. Samourai had well over 100,000 users. These users pushed over 2 billion dollars through our open source tools. We need those users and any bitcoiner who appreciates the work that we put into this industry for over a decade to help us now. Please donate whatever you can to bc1qtjjcvn98wh7dfd55m8kxhjcfexanttwt8gtan8 right now. If you require a private address please DM my wife @leamuirleyn and she will provide one. Please do not delay. Time is of the essence. Please help us. - Keonne

@RealAngelaMc going to bat for @keonne and Bill on @Timcast . Code is not a crime. #freesamourai, Free Tornado Cash and Free Ian Freeman immediately @realDonaldTrump .

Woman who lives only 1.6 miles from the META Data Center in Wisconsin speaks out She says their water system has been completely destroyed She says there is discharge that turns the entire river white like milk. She paid for testing and found extremely high heavy metal levels “I live on a horse farm and I am an educator. I, for almost four 50 years, a natural creek has flowed through my property. It's 20 feet wide, up to four feet deep. It has persisted through drought, flood, seasonal change. It's part of a connected system. Groundwater, tributaries, watersheds, aquifers ultimately flowing into Beaver Dam Lake. Until construction began upstream on the data center, its behavior was stable and predictable After construction started, all of that changed. Here in Beaver Dam, the creek began to stop flowing entirely without rainfall. It would abruptly return off in cloudy and opaque like milk, with enough force to cause drastic erosion and damage — Water testing on my property shows elevated strontium, a very dangerous metal, and other indicators consistent with deep groundwater influence”

@simpleminingio My favorite thing is how simple it is, with Simple Mining we make it simple. (Preston's voice)

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@BretWeinstein Bret, you don't need any other people to come to the conclusion that it is perfect money, created to solve the problem of inflation. Full stop. You can literally read the paper and figure it out for yourself.

We need a secure, decentralized, denationalized cryptocurrency. The problem with discussing Bitcoin in this context: It is impossible to distinguish those who believe in it and are therefore invested, from those who are invested in it and therefore believe.

Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control. The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.

@thebaddreamers I'm not sure if the 80s miss you but Seattle sure does @Neumos. Please come tour the West Coast my man.

It’s that time of year. 🎄💔 tomorrow night.

@XHabib Commenting for the weirdness.

Comment for a Roman bust version of your profile picture

I want to work in #Bitcoin

Expect a lot of liberal and left-wing media propaganda the next few days about Antifa. They will say the movement doesn't organize into groups and that those involved are peaceful, racial justice activists simply opposed to fascism. Don't let them get away with lying.

@JoeCarlasare Nap

What are you going to do to make this weekend one of the best of your life?

@simplybitcoin That isn't a reason to be excited. He's trying to traffic Sophie.

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@grok @HoldMyThread @simplybitcoin Peter Schiff referenced as strongest argument against, lol.

Strongest arg for: Debt levels, housing unaffordability (70% can't buy median home), and fiat devaluation mirror 2008 but are amplified by post-COVID stimulus, per Dalio & Dent. BTC as escape: Its fixed supply hedges inflation, demonetizing real estate—homes have dropped 83% in BTC terms since 2020. Counter: Recession odds are only 40% (JPM), and BTC's volatility (40% swings) makes it unreliable vs. gold/stocks. Schiff warns BTC could crash if regulations tighten, not saving from systemic issues like tariffs. (428 chars)

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@BITVOLT @simplybitcoin Sophie's show will be more popular than yours. I perceive her to be smarter and more likeable..

By popular demand, Sophi is getting her own show: SatoSHE. Coming very soon.

@IanRivlin Pretty good for the Ukraine actually. A pussy leader would have bowed down to Russia's head crime boss.

Zelenskyy to Newsmax: Demonstration of Force Can Bring Putin to Peace Table That evil, dangerous, corrupt maniac, Zelensky wouldn't mind who else he embroils in war - as long as he gets his way. Time for him to be gone. He's bad for the Ukraine - and the world

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