Nama Citta

@thepowerfulHRV How will individuals and Fidelity/Schwab track the basis adjustments when folks DCA monthly over many years? And will 1099s be wrong? And will our CPAs/tax preparers understand it?

Today I learned I don’t have to pay taxes on my $STRC

@deathcab Logistical question: if someone DCAs each month, or even annually, will Fidelity/Schwab track the basis adjustments over time? Or will they spit out faulty 1099s when STRC is eventually sold? And mixed-lot sales?

Strategies STRC product is not "tax-free," it's tax deferred. Similar to a 401k but via different means. Example; - You own $1m of STRC - The dividend yield is ~10% - You receive ~$100k each year in dividends - You do not have to pay up front tax on these dividends as they are a 'return of capital' not proceeds. - After ~10 years you have made ~$1m in dividends and your cost basis is now $0 - All your capital has been "returned." - You will now be charged cap gains on future dividend payments - You will also be charged cap gains on a sale of STRC with a cost basis of zero. - If you sell the entire position, you will owe ~$200k in cap gains tax (or whatever your state + federal bracket is) Not tax free, tax deferred. As usual the influencers have a lot of difficulty with these things.

For thousands of years, Theravāda Buddhism—an ancient tradition with origins in India—has described what is considered the highest meditative attainment, called nirodha samāpatti, regarded as deeply connected to nirvana/enlightenment. For the first time, we have been able to use brain imaging techniques to observe material correlates related to this meditative event in advanced meditators: the physical signature of the human brain in this condition. Our findings provide initial validation for those who have wondered whether such a state has measurable correlates, or questioned the reports of practitioners who describe it. Equally important, the material patterns we observed, when compared and decoded quantitatively against existing brain-mapping indices, aligned strikingly with indicators of well-being and the absence of suffering. For now, I want to share this preprint because it represents a landmark not only in the neuroscience of meditation but also in the broader study of cognition. We believe this preprint marks a milestone in the scientific study of meditative traditions, notably here from South Asia, and brain states, while also offering fresh insights into the nature of consciousness itself. There are further deep implications for ongoing questions in neuroscience, which I will explore in future posts. More to come. We're entering the era of empirical enlightenment: A scientific understanding of what might be the deepest forms of human spiritual development. For the first time, science is starting to empirically capture what contemplatives have claimed for centuries: that conscious experience can be completely shut off on purpose. Not from trauma, sleep, or drugs, but through advanced meditation. And what comes after might be one of the most profound psychological shifts a person can experience. We’ve just released an initial preprint of the first-ever scientific study of Extended Cessation (EC). Using ultra-high-resolution 7T fMRI, we intensively tracked advanced meditators as they entered what some describe as nirodha samāpatti—the most advanced meditative state in certain Buddhist traditions, characterized as the cessation of all mental activity and conscious experience, and thought to be closely related to enlightenment (e.g., nirvana, nibbana). Each participant, as a rare practitioner, accessed this state through advanced concentration and insight practices and all reported the same thing: no thoughts, no sensations, no emotions, no awareness, not even the sense of being. Consciousness went offline for extended periods. Our neuroimaging results aligned with these first-person reports. Among the most striking findings: —Major brain systems, including the visual, central executive, and default mode networks, as well as subcortical and brainstem regions, reorganized significantly during EC, suggesting the brain was functioning in a fundamentally different way when consciousness went offline. —Most brain regions communicated much less during EC, especially between the brainstem and higher-order cortical networks, suggesting a global quieting of brain communication, with a few sensory and subcortical areas remaining selectively active. —The brain’s overall organization shifted in a surprising way: instead of going flat like in sleep or anesthesia, it became more polarized, suggesting that some types of neural processes may actually sharpen during cessation. —The brain’s basic energy patterns dropped significantly, especially compared to memory-driven states, pointing to a broad cortical dampening consistent with a mental ‘shutdown.’ —Neural activity during EC aligned with brain regions rich in histamine H₃ receptors, linked to alertness and sensory clarity, while calming in areas tied to higher-order thinking and emotional reactivity. This pattern may help explain the clarity and peace reported after EC. —Brain activity during EC was also related to brain modes associated with alertness and sensory clarity, while less with brain modes associated with psychological suffering such as loss, pain, anxiety, fear, and stress. EC mirrors some descriptions from Buddhist texts of nirodha-samāpatti. Traditionally, this state is seen as a gateway to the radical reduction, even cessation, of psychological suffering. And that’s exactly what our participants described. After coming back online, they reported deep alterations to their minds: exquisite clarity, sensory vividness, radical openness, and lasting inner peace and joy. We’re entering a new era of meditation research where radical contemplative claims and cutting-edge neuroscience are finally meeting on rigorous, empirical, and incredibly exciting terms. What once sounded like mystical metaphors are turning out to be measurable states and reproducible human capacities. And thanks to the astonishing dedication of a few rare practitioners who we have had the honor to study, we’re starting to explore questions about consciousness—and what the brain may still be capable of—in ways never before possible. I am deeply grateful for my incredible colleagues on this study: Winson Yang @winsonfzyang, the first author, and our collaborators Akila Kadambi, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez @kabellanedap, Grace Mackin, Isidora Beslic, Ruby Potash, and Terje Sparby @terjesparby. You can read the full free preprint of the study in the comments. If you find this work exciting or moving, my colleagues and I at the Meditation Research Program would be deeply grateful for reposts and sharing with others who may be interested. This work is only made possible and meaningful through the generosity, dedication, collaboration, and insights of our growing community of scientists, scholars, and practitioners around the world. May this work benefit many 🙏

@LorrieAnn25 @RpsAgainstTrump Yes AI and bots are here to stay, but if you really are a human I was not commenting on the quality of your intelligence. Your delight in the suffering of others does, however, reveal the quality of your soul. Your reality is dark and malignant. Mine is not.

@NamaCitta @RpsAgainstTrump You think I'm as smart as a computer? Thank you. But I'm sorry you don't like facts, it's just reality. I know you don't like to live in reality but the real world is here to stay. we're not going anywhere.

This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van. “Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!” What has America become?

@LorrieAnn25 @RpsAgainstTrump Trollbots like this seem to be here to stay, folks. Responding as if they are real humans only makes it worse! Better to just Scroll On and Keep Calm.

@RpsAgainstTrump How do you know that's a US citizen? And this is part of due process. They're just going to take them to a detainment center until they get their deportation order and then send them home!

@J0hnADouglas @jrs_rankings @JomboyMedia That father did not “cave”. He demonstrated immense character and defused a sudden, volatile intrusion on a moment of joy with his son. That moment having been utterly ruined, the Wise Dad averted the moral peril of physical conflict with that unhinged Karen.

@NamaCitta @jrs_rankings @JomboyMedia Caving to a bully is weakness personified, I don’t care what sex they are

The Marlins gave this young fan some gifts after the woman took the ball from him and the crowd cheered. He is at the game celebrating his birthday

@jrs_rankings @JomboyMedia Karen wasn’t leaving without that ball. Would you have punched her in the face as the situation escalated? Is that the example of strength you show your kid in that moment?

@JomboyMedia Honestly the fact that the dad gave the ball back is extremely weak.

Did anyone else notice the Star Trek logo that is subtly embedded in this True North Star? --> Further celebrating the commitment "To Boldly Go Where No-One Has Gone Before!"

@PunterJeff @_DannyKnowles @LynAldenContact @dampedspring I’d love to hear Tru North’s take on his claims of MSTR fraud re the Q2 earnings slides (esp EPS)

@_DannyKnowles @LynAldenContact @dampedspring Andy Constan re Bitcoin “I‘ve been aware of Bitcoin since 2015” “I would own some, I don’t” “I don’t own any”

Is MSTR a Ponzi? With @LynAldenContact & Andy Constan (@dampedspring) We discuss: - Treasury Cos vs ETFs - What Happens in a Bear Market - If Premiums to mNAV Will Continue - "Ponzi Adjacent" Treasury Companies Watch here: youtu.be/BbgR5ceiqL4

@IIICapital Saylor. Period.

If the United States government was about to purchase 1,000,000 BTC would you rather be a government official or leading a bitcoin treasury company?

@ereboreum @Swan None of these statements are true.

Strategy(MSTR) just posted: • $14B operating income • $10B net income • $32.60 EPS And yet… it trades at a P/E of 4.7x. That’s lower than 495 companies in the S&P 500. Here’s what Wall Street still doesn’t get about MSTR 🧵👇

@isabellasg3 No, wait, use both fonts. Font #1 on the left for "Fix the Money, fix the Isla" and Font #2 for "...but first, Coffee!" I think that makes the serious statement clear and softens the coffee statement with humor.

This is tough 🤔

@isabellasg3 Left is #1. The Best. More legible. You don't need a casual style for something so important as fixing the money. But maybe change the font size between the two statements, and move the exclamation point to the end (helps the humor and impact!)

Immediate reaction to $MSTR tonight may be flat, but the $-0.12 analysts may soon be feeling like this when reality takes hold…

This will be the most important event in the history of @Strategy. If you are interested in $BTC or $MSTR, you should join.

@ThatEricAlper How about "Running Basic and storing files on a cassette tape on a Radio Shack TRS-80" old?

You may be old, but are you "Installed Windows 95 from a bunch of floppy disks" old?

@Ahead_OfCurve @Strategy @PrestonPysh @LynAldenContact @Excellion @PunterJeff A “shill” is “an accomplice of a confidence trickster or swindler who poses as a genuine customer to entice or encourage others.” Jeff is the quintessential opposite of this. Bones and blood genuine. Obviously. As is Lyn.

@NamaCitta @Strategy @PrestonPysh @LynAldenContact @Excellion @PunterJeff Just don’t be a shill and ask hard questions if warranted.

We're excited to announce that leading Bitcoin analysts will be joining the live Q&A of our Q2 earnings call tomorrow at 5 PM ET: @LynAldenContact, @PrestonPysh, @Excellion, and @PunterJeff.

Is R2 the correlation between M2 and inflation? I asked Grok and it said: 2.  Statistical R² in Analysis: In economic studies of money supply, R² might refer to the coefficient of determination in regression analysis, which measures how well a model (e.g., relating money supply growth to inflation or GDP) explains the variability of the data. For instance, a high R² in a regression of M2 growth against inflation would indicate a strong correlation. This is not a money supply measure but a statistical tool used in analyzing money supply impacts.

The US Money supply (M2) is growing at 6.46%. R2 = 98.9%. It's like clockwork. No wonder why 3% inflation is not actually achievable. But that's nothing compared to China... 1/2

@LizardWizardBTC Wasn’t part of his problem trying to compete against the scale of Microsoft (rather than corporate incompetence)?

It doesn’t matter how much of a genius you are — if your software company lacks the necessary talent (especially engineering talent), it will not get ahead.