SueLinRNS

Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Messages

The Bitcoin Pionner: A Comic Tribute to Hal Finney

VeronicaFordOVE

Yep I was honoured to get a spanking. I was like “who’s this guy”?! 😂

mostly_harmless

When did you start to care about your (online) privacy?

MarciaLindsey1XW

As every week, I'm working in a new video. 

This time is about Nodes (on chain & LN) and why are they very important to the network, the video will be available (in Spanish) next week on my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@criptopanas) 

bitcoin

SN: Elevating Shitposting To Cathartic Connections

BeverlyHoweTE3

econ

With Bitcoin as it is, it does not look like 8 billion people can use it in a self-sovereign manner where they have sole control over their funds without a third party. Will we ever get to a point where it is possible?

Not asking about people's know-how/skill, or desire. 

AGREE/DISAGREE: Everyone will eventually be able to self-custody bitcoin

I wish @DesertDave well on his journey: https://stacker.news/items/496853

Picking up the conversation again because I know a few of you relate.

**I am done smoking weed. I'm fully done. It's not a long break, it's the *END*, bro.**

Since 2017, I've been a bit of a stoner. It was great. Really smooth sailing, no trouble. In the US, cultural acceptance of marijuana shifted once states began to completely legalize or partially legalize the sales and 'medicinal' use of it. Now it's not even a question. I don't know how it's helped me or hurt me in life, perhaps this will be revealed the longer I go without, but it has bonded me to a lot of people by being a social activity.

I was hesitant at first about smoking. No one in my family does, and in fact, they abhor it. I understand why. And they're squares anyway, so it's not for them. It took one profound experience for me to realize that it was for me: I went skiing in Colorado. While going through the process of renting my skis, I realized everyone working there was high, and it was totally fine. And I was like, okay hell yeah, that could be me.

My partner helped me get into it. He had to teach me how to inhale, which I wasn't doing for quite a few of my first puffs. We visited a greenhouse garden the first time I was properly high. A very fond memory I will always cherish, shout out to my bae. Maybe this experience stoked my interest in plant life, I think I acquired a new sense of the sovereignty and will of plants. 

I have had a lot of great experiences both solo and accompanied that the flower heightened. Yet I also remember the times that the flower heightened my anxiety and turned good times bad. No one said you could have it all, you know.

Why quit now? I have a good reason. I am committed to making my body a home for a baby. I want my mind clear for the journey of becoming a mother. I am nearing the end of my twenties, and I know it's time to move on. Goodbye stoner. 

*But I still like to have fun, okay?*

It's been nearly two weeks since I quit. I wasn't planning on abruptly quitting, but *gradually* like an addict promises to. Well, someone challenged me and called me out, and it was exactly the right thing to hear. I didn't think I was full of shit, it took someone else throwing it back at me to see it.

What's been different since quitting? Kinda nothing. I haven't desired it. I haven't thought about it. I haven't missed it. Well, I guess I would say a day feels a lot longer than it used to, but not in a bad way. I'm filling the day with more stuff I want to do. And every day I grow more confident in my choice and its longevity. 

Peace to all you stoners and those who refrain. We all have our reasons. It's good to discuss them.

I stopped smoking weed, gotta talk about it

I was recently reminded by @cryotosensei that I have a bunch of Minds tokens from the Before-Times (how I think of time before Stacker News). I'm planning on spending them all boosting a post about Stacker News. I have enough tokens to reach something like 1,000 people.

What I'd like to hear from my fellow stackers is what your best short pitch for Stacker News is.

If you're not familiar with Minds, it's an alternative social media platform that's dedicated to free speech. I'd say the likely audience is right-of-center politically and really into independence and alternatives to establishment systems.

An ideal Minds post would look a lot like an ideal X post, as they're pretty similarly designed platforms.

The two aspects I'm inclined to focus on are the diversity of content and the high level of engagement, but I want to know what you all find most compelling about SN.

What's your best Stacker News pitch?

Meetup report & help make it stick

DominiqueReeseV3T

Awesome chart. We need cross posting. I almost missed this. 

Analytics is changing all sports. 

Weekend Book Recommendations

NicholasWattsZJQ

Friends, it's time.  Today is [part 3](https://stacker.news/items/300775) of the _Broken Money_ book club.  So much geopolitical intrigue today!  Such big implications for life and society!  

Please stop by and share your thoughts!

Calling all stackers!

Leave a comment below to let the SN community know what you're working on this week. It doesn't matter how big or small your project is, or how much progress you've made.

Just share what you're up to, and let the community know if you want any feedback or help.

If you missed last week's thread, [here](https://stacker.news/items/391396) are the updates stackers shared from all their latest work projects.

What are you working on this week?

ChatBTC

KellyYangW7P

Day 342 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

__@_'-'

AGORA

Sorry, but it had to happen (@thebitcoinbugle made me do it):

1. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks hyperinflation is a fitness routine to burn calories by spending money
2. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks inflation is just the price of getting a good deal
3. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks rising prices is a sign of economic prosperity
4. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks quantitative easing is a brand of stretchy pants
5. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks she’s going to retire with social security
6. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks Elizabeth Warren should be president
7. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks working two jobs is better than one 
8. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks the price of gas is going up
9. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks buying something on sale means she saved money
10. Yo mama so fiat, she thinks the president is in charge of the economy

Which is best, what are yours? Throw it down.