This episode might ***snap*** you out of the NGU joy bubble as you watch

WBD Whitney Webb Goodwin BlackRock

bitcoin

This episode might snap you out of the NGU joy bubble as you watch the price climb. I'm really glad there are voices like Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin pushing back on this ETF euphoria. Concrete examples like previous spoof trades to suppress and control the price of equities and gold are in our future. 

siggy47

Paris faces uncertain 2025 as Macron admits snap elections destabilized France

Politics_And_Law


> "We are also faced with political instability, it is not specific to France, we also see it among our German friends who have just dissolved their Assembly. But it legitimately worries us,” Macron said in his New Year address.



> France’s budget deficit is seen standing at 6.1% in 2024 and its debt pile at 112% of gross domestic product.

The long lens of his camera punched up through three ribs, ***snapping*** the bones into his thorax.

Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

Animal_World

Pretty horrifying accident:

> Nearly half a century ago, the young ecologist had been out documenting fruit crops in a dense stretch of Costa Rican forest when he fell in a ravine, landing on his back. The long lens of his camera punched up through three ribs, snapping the bones into his thorax.

There was more than one notice warning that it was illegal to buy and sell ***SNAP***/EBT cards on the premises

Native American Bitcoin Mining?

I went into the only market on the Hualapai Reservation this morning to grab some coffee and a roll for breakfast. There was more than one notice warning that it was illegal to buy and sell SNAP/EBT cards on the premises. 

I had ambivalent feelings. I oppose US government handouts paid for by taxpayers. On the other hand, I see the hardscrabble existence these people are eking out on land the government gave them as consolation for being invaded. Not much grows in this desert environment. People are doing what they need to do to survive and maybe get ahead. 

I know that bitcoin mining has been at least considered on tribal lands, I think by the Navajo Nation. I got a few phone numbers and I'm going to make some calls to tribal leaders when I get home. People look at you as if you're crazy if you bring up bitcoin in person here. I am an outsider and probably come across as a scammer. 

Still, bitcoin would benefit Native Americans immensely. I know there was some kind of initiative a few years back, but I think the guy involved was promoting a shitcoin. 

I was a bit drunk and tired, and I walked smack into a street light pole, which ***snapped*** my eyeglasses

Jet Lag, Wine, and Pope Paul VI

the_stacker_muse

BooksAndArticles

When I was fifteen years old I took a trip to Rome sponsored by the Catholic High School I attended. Around fifteen students were chaperoned by a teaching brother of the order that ran our school. We would visit the Vatican and attend a public mass served by Pope Paul VI in Saint Peter’s Square. 

The mass was scheduled for the day after our flight landed in Rome. I recall being tired, having not accounted for the effects of jet lag. It was also a very hot, humid day. This mass was  a very big deal for the members of the religious order who led our group.  There was excitement in the air.   We walked from our inexpensive Catholic pilgrim lodging to a small restaurant to get some lunch before heading over to St. Peter’s.  The restaurant could not accommodate our entire party at one table, so another kid and I were assigned to a separate table.  We all were given food allowances before the trip began, so we had money. 

The waiter came to our table and placed a carafe of red wine down before we had said a word. We looked at each other. We were two American teenagers, never having been given sensible guidance about a healthy relationship to alcohol, so we took full advantage of the opportunity. We downed the wine far too quickly, then ordered a second carafe. Then another.  It was a very enjoyable meal, as I recall. We finished off bottle number three just as we spotted the rest of the group get up to leave the restaurant. We settled our bill and followed them. 

As we exited the door I tried to keep my eyes on our group, but it was difficult because of the dense crowd of people on the street walking towards Saint Peter’s. The other kid saw the group and pushed ahead. I was a bit drunk and tired, and I walked smack into a street light pole, which snapped my eyeglasses in two. The other kid had not seen my mishap. I should mention that I was born with a severe astigmatism in my left eye, and my right eye isn’t great either, so I didn’t get around too well without glasses. I realized that I was now on my own. 

 Even in my impaired state it was easy to follow the crowd to St. Peter’s Square. It wasn’t far, and it seemed as if everyone on the continent was heading in that direction. I was surrounded. There was very little space for me to walk without colliding with another person. Soon the group I was a part of was absorbed into the sea that filled the square. We had arrived. I was drunk and tired.  I wasn’t really looking forward to standing through the entire Catholic liturgy.  I looked around for a place to sit down. No chance.  I knew I wouldn’t find my group either.

There was a murmur in the crowd. A surge of people pressed closely against me. I didn’t know what was going on. Using my limited knowledge of the Italian language, I deduced that Pope Paul VI had arrived in the square. I just wanted to go to sleep. Soon the space between me and the other people closed, and I was lifted off my feet by the wall of bodies. I was soaked in my own sweat and that of the pilgrims around me. The stench of body odor was overwhelming. People were screaming “Il papa.” I wanted to be anywhere but there. I blaspheme, but Rome in July is hot as hell.

 At this point I experienced a miracle. There is no other way to explain it. The crowd parted to get around the base of a light pole. I was pushed into the cool stone, and slid down into a sitting position. It was the perfect refuge. People passed close by me, but never touched me. I put my head down and fell asleep. I awoke later in the afternoon to see that the mass was over. I had not seen the Pope nor heard him speak. Most of the crowd was gone. Tourists gathered in small groups, and workers swept up debris. I climbed to my feet and found my way back to the dormitory. My eyeglasses were held together with tape for the rest of the trip.

anita

“My friend Bobby will take bitcoin, man.

Orange Pill Diaries: The Lebowski Brothers

![fear](https://imgprxy.stacker.news/o4zhEDE-5AX81vwtk99f_dAOtHelKmKMzTeXVSz3-Ng/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy9iL2I2L0h1bnRlcl9TLl9UaG9tcHNvbl9hbmRfT3NjYXJfWmV0YV9BY29zdGElMkNfTGFzX1ZlZ2FzXzE5NzEuanBn)

Hunter S. Thompson and his Lawyer Oscar Acosta, Las Vegas, 1971

***The events described below are mostly true. Names and locations have been altered in some cases to protect the identity of those involved. Assume any illegal actively is purely fictionalized***

### The Dudes

When I arrived at his house the Little Lebowski was sitting out on the back deck. It was noon, but there were already three empty Stella bottles lined up to his right with the labels partially peeled off. He was working on number four. I hoped he wasn’t driving us to lunch. My old college roommate, the Big Lebowski, came out through the back of the house and handed me a joint. I wondered why I agreed to meet these guys. I guess I assumed that things were different now that we were all senior citizens. Nope.

Their family and friends call them the Lebowski Brothers for obvious reasons, though neither one  resembles Jeff Bridges.  Big is tall, maybe six foot one or two. He’s got wide shoulders, with some muscle on him. He would be intimidating, except that he has the face of a gecko. An actual gecko. You know, goofy smile, bulging eyes.  Big was a housemate of mine during our senior year in college. We all liked him, but he kept pretty much to himself. He was kind of a loner. I know what you’re thinking. No, he did not turn out to be a mass murderer as far as I know. I met Little briefly back then too. He crashed on our couch rent free for a while. During the day he pretended he was our father. He lectured us on the importance of a clean living environment. When the sun went down and the party started, we had to convince him that it was NOT a good idea to burn down the house.  He is much shorter than his younger brother, with “the build of a welterweight”, as he liked to say.  He claimed to have been some sort of boxing champion in the army. I don’t remember the details.

Big moved to Denver thirty years ago. He was back on Long Island to celebrate his brother’s 68th birthday. I make it a point to meet with old friends now that I’m retired, so I accepted this lunch invitation to relive younger days. 

Little lived out in the Hamptons. I looked around the property. Pretty fancy place.  I wondered how he could afford it. He is a retired Bronx public high school teacher and an avowed socialist. I doubted many of his fellow travelers were living like this. Big read my mind: “He got this house when he and his third wife divorced. Now he lives here with number four.” Little just sat there expressionless. Big explained that his financially successful ex-wives were more than willing to pay him off if he would just leave. Number four was on a business trip and wouldn’t get back home until tomorrow.  Little now had a long beard and a ponytail, but he otherwise didn’t look that much different than when I knew him forty something years ago.

We brought each other up to date on our lives. More beers appeared. Another joint was passed around. I wondered when you get too old for this shit. I guess when you’re dead. Little was always a bit of a Don Quixote character. He told us that he wants to run for Congress and wanted political advice from me. Why me? I have no clue. I just nodded. Big was a Denver High School history teacher. He was in the process of retiring. He talked about his pension. The potent weed caused him to confuse some figures while discussing years of service calculations, but it didn’t matter. We weren’t paying attention. 

### Siggy’s Words of Enlightenment

Then they asked about me. I spouted my well rehearsed retirement story. When I was done, they looked glassy eyed and as uninterested in my story as I had been in theirs. There was a lull in the conversation. I had recently promised myself that I would try to orange pill everyone I met, but I thought it was completely pointless with these two. Still, I gave it a shot. I launched into my bitcoin pitch. Big rolled another joint and gave me an astonished look. “Siggy, no offense, man, but, like, I think you lost your fucking mind, man. That shit’s a scam, man.” Little was leaning over a little to his left and seemed more focused on maintaining his equilibrium than listening to us. I pressed on. I picked up steam. I was throwing out terms and connecting concepts left and right. Pristine asset. Scarcity. Decentralized network. Proof of work.  You name it. They both turned to look at me. I was on a roll. The words flowed like fine wine. Slowly I got their attention. I started imagining myself as a more eloquent combination of Szabo, Antonopoulos, and Saylor. I was a legend in my own mind. I could feel the excitement at the table.  It was working. I’m glad no recording exists of my little performance. I knew deep down that my monologue was incoherent, but they didn’t care. The marijuana was now talking. We were thinking as one. Or, more accurately, like three idiots. They shared my enthusiasm. They understood bitcoin. I pulled out my graphene pixel (now I’m bragging) and showed them my Phoenix wallet. I explained that I would treat them to lunch if we could only find a restaurant that accepted bitcoin. Little snapped to attention. 

“My friend Bobby will take bitcoin, man. He’s got a seafood place right in town.” I was pretty surprised to hear this. He misunderstood my reaction. “Don’t back out man, you’re treating.” I assured him that I would happily pay for lunch if the restaurant accepted bitcoin.  I was skeptical. “Are you sure he takes bitcoin?” 
“Look, man, I eat lunch there like twice a week. He’s my friend.” I still had my doubts, but it was worth a shot. 

### On The Road

![neal](https://imgprxy.stacker.news/_uqmBKpw2LY_kk_azCMNu1H5KGBSPPz4nom_YnB9Qv8/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy84Lzg5L05lYWxfaW5fdGhlXzE5NjAlMjdzLmpwZw)

***Neal Cassady, 1960s***

The brothers were energized. My bitcoin speech must have inspired them. Or, perhaps, it was the beer and weed. Little would drive us in his 20 year old Ford Explorer covered with bumper stickers supporting lefty causes. A side window was broken. There was also this brownish stuff caked onto the front windshield and wrapped around the wiper blades. Little saw me looking. “Yeah, fucking cop. He’s my neighbor. He thinks because he’s a cop he can play his music loud all night. The other neighbors are scared of him. I told him to turn down the music, man.” Apparently the offended neighbor has now made it a point to get revenge on Little. Every week or so his car is mysteriously damaged. Tires get slashed. Windows get broken. One morning he found a dead squirrel cut in half with the entrails smeared into the windshield wiper compartment. Little hadn’t fully cleaned it off yet. He plans to set up surveillance cameras to catch the cop in the act. Someday.

I was so distracted by my orange pilling success that I never considered the wisdom of letting this guy drive.  I climbed into the back seat, but had to dump empty water bottles and fast food wrappers on the floor to be able to sit. There was an unpleasant odor I couldn’t identify. The car was beat up and outdated, but there was nothing wrong with the sound system. Little started the car, pressed a few buttons on the radio, and announced “King Fucking Crimson, man!” He turned it up loud. Really loud. I wondered exactly how I had gotten myself into this mess. I had visions of a geriatric Wayne’s World as Big bobbed his head in the passenger seat.

Luckily it was a short drive to the restaurant. It was a typical South Fork seafood place. Everything was blue. Fake lobster traps everywhere. Big was all excited because he can’t get fresh fish in Denver. I didn’t tell him that he’d probably be eating frozen fish shipped from Nova Scotia. I searched the front door as we walked in for the unlikely bitcoin sticker. No luck. 

Little asked the receptionist if Bobby was here. She looked puzzled but ignored him and showed us to a table. As soon as we sat down Little asked me if I had enough bitcoin for a few cocktails with lunch. I assured him that I did. 

The first round of drinks arrived and we checked the menu. Big settled on the spicy crab cakes. I chose the blackened shrimp tacos. Little wanted to hear the specials. After our waitress finishing describing the various offerings and the Catch of The Day, Little ordered chicken tenders. This did not please Big. “What the fuck, man?” he inquired in a far too loud voice. The adult onset hearing loss didn’t help. I felt all eyes in the place turn towards our table. “What are you, a fucking five year old?  You’re a grown fucking man, ordering chicken tenders in a seafood restaurant?” The waitress backed away from the table. I stared at something on the floor. Little responded with a clever rejoinder: “Fuck you!” 

I tried to calm them down. The waitress left to fill our order. Little put his elbows on the table and leaned towards us. He spoke in a low voice. “I think she likes me. Did you see how she was looking at me?” This really got Big going. “Who, the waitress? What are you, an idiot? She’s young enough to be your granddaughter.” Little was undeterred. “I’m going to ask her for her phone number.”  Big looked at me. “He’s married. I can’t take this guy, even for  a week. I can’t wait to go home.”

The food arrived and we began eating. Big was disappointed. “These crab cakes are spicy.” I was confused. He had ordered the spicy crab cakes. Little couldn’t resist. “Should have had the chicken tenders.” This sparked more brother to brother verbal combat. I stayed out of it and ate my tacos. At one point the waitress was summoned again for another round of drinks. 

Finally, everyone was done eating and drinking.  I had forgotten all about paying with bitcoin by now. I just wanted to go home. Little, however, still wanted his free lunch.

He called over the waitress. “Darling, could you ask Bob to come over to our table for a moment?” The waitress glanced around the room. “No Bob works here.” Little was indignant. “Of course he does. He manages this place.” She kept calm. “Sir, I’m sure no Bob manages this place. Christine is our manager. I can get her for you if you like.” Little sat back in his chair, then slowly looked around the restaurant. He stared at Big and me accusingly. “Wait a minute. This isn’t Bob’s place!” He appeared to be somehow holding us responsible for this mishap. Big started yelling at him again.

Christine the manager came over, along with a busboy. “What seems to be the problem here?” Little took over. “Ma’am, my friend Siggy here wishes to settle our bill with bitcoin.” She was in no mood for this. “We don’t accept bitcoin. Cash, credit or debit card only.” I reached for my wallet. Just then, the bus boy called towards a well dressed older gentleman standing near the entrance to the kitchen. He was speaking Spanish. Then the three of them huddled by the receptionist station, but I couldn’t hear a word that was said. The busboy then approached me. He just said “Walking” in a heavy Spanish accent. I had no idea what the hell was going on.  He beckoned me to get up and follow him. It dawned on me that I was getting kicked out of the restaurant. This was ridiculous. I was the peacemaker. The most polite guy at the table, trying to calm these lunatics down. 

### Bukele Saves The Day

![flag](https://imgprxy.stacker.news/fM-NvwhMr6mor-gA_sVj_CQA8EK_mzGr0uKlnO1aXjY/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy9mL2ZiL0ZsYWdfb2ZfU2FuX01pZ3VlbF9EZXBhcnRtZW50LnBuZw)


I realized that he was leading me to the kitchen. He kept saying “walking”, which was strange, since I was walking. He pointed to a man in the corner who was opening the steaming industrial dishwasher to unload some plates. We walked over to him. The busboy got the guy’s attention, and then they spoke a little in Spanish. I caught a word or two I learned during high school. The busboy poked the guy in the chest with his index finger, and once again said “walking.” I finally understood. “Ahh! Joaquin!” I understood. They both smiled. We stepped into a corner. Joaquin looked at me. “Guhzhob?” he said. I pulled out my favorite Spanish word. “Que?” I asked him to repeat himself. “Guhzhob?” I had no clue what he was trying to tell me. He reached into his pocket and opened an app on his phone. “Yes! Cash App!” I was so happy. Finally, something went right. I patted Joaquin on the shoulder. He patted me on the shoulder. We smiled. We laughed. He spoke to me in Spanish. I caught exactly three words: “Bukele”, “Salvadoreno”, and “Teep”. 

Now another group huddle formed that included Joaquin, the busboy, the older well dressed guy, and Christine. I awaited the verdict. They spoke for a few minutes. Then Christine walked over to me. “Okay, Joaquin will accept your payment in bitcoin and then settle up with the restaurant. But, you have to tip him twenty five dollars in bitcoin for his trouble, and the waitress must be tipped in cash.” I was getting squeezed, but I figured what the hell. I had come this far, and I didn’t want everyone to think the bitcoin man was a cheapskate. So, I agreed.

I returned to our table to share the good news. The brothers were very happy to hear they wouldn’t be splitting the check. Little even agreed to pay the waitress her tip in cash. He wanted to talk to her some more anyway. There was one final glitch. Cash App does not support the lightning network in New York. That meant we would have to wait around for the transaction to be confirmed. Little wasn’t bothered by this at all. 

“No problem, man. We’ll just go to the bar. One for the road. My treat.” 

I considered explaining that “One for the Road” wasn’t really a thing any more, with, you know, drunk driving laws and everything, but what was the point?

Against all odds, everything went smoothly from then on. I was happy, the brothers were happy, Christine was happy. Joaquin was happy. All in all, it was a good day.

I got home pretty late that night, but my wife understood. It’s not the first time I had lunch with old friends. 

I learned a lot that day. I made some mistakes. I took some chances. 

Orange pilling can be tough, but somebody has to do it.




He just ***snapped*** a photo of some books he had been keeping at his parent’s house, but the selection was

Books & Articles Weekly, Issue 58

![](https://m.stacker.news/83527)

### News Of The Week 

Welcome to Books & Articles Weekly.  It was a good week. @realBitcoinDog kept us informed of the exciting launch of the most recent [21 Futures Project](https://stacker.news/items/916918/r/siggy47) with a few posts, including a generously boosted book giveaway. Three made the top 5 of the week. @plebpoet took the top slot with her reflections on the events in Austin at Bitcoin Park. @OT also gave us a book review that made it to the top of the heap.




Reminder: For the time being (except this week) I will zap the top post half the rewards I receive about twenty four hours after the post, rather than split zaps into cowboy credits. I have forgotten until later in the week to zap the top post once in a while. I apologize, and I won’t be offended by a gentle reminder.

Happy reading!
     
. 
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.   

Logo design by @plebpoet
Link to last week’s post: 
https://stacker.news/items/913764/r/siggy47


### Top Posts Of The Week 


- [- - Not an Ad or a Link, But a Third Thing - -](https://stacker.news/items/916336/r/siggy47)  by @plebpoet

- [[GIVEAWAY] One paperback copy of 21Futures to highest zapped SciFi meme 🚀👽🛸](https://stacker.news/items/916918/r/siggy47) by @realBitcoinDog

- [Book: Bullsh*t Jobs - David Graeber](https://stacker.news/items/918755/r/siggy47)  by @OT 

[REVIEW]: 21 Futures: Financial Fallout ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
](https://stacker.news/items/914239/r/siggy47) by @realBitcoinDog

- [[WINNER]: @craigonbitcoin wins one free paperback 21 Futures: Financial Fallout
](https://stacker.news/items/918543/r/siggy47) by @realBitcoinDog



### Siggy’s Suggestions

- [Review - The Big Print by Lawrence Lepard](https://stacker.news/items/914600/r/siggy47) by @stack_harder

@stack_harder gives us his impressions of Lawrence Lepard’s long awaited new book. I haven’t started reading it yet, but it’s on my list. 


- [Random Books- Pick your champion](https://stacker.news/items/919371/r/siggy47) by @grayruby

This was a great idea for a post by @grayruby. I’m surprised it didn’t get more attention. He just snapped a photo of some books he had been keeping at his parent’s house, but the selection was diverse with a lot of high quality stuff. The discussion is worth your time.


### Writing Contests

- [Writing Contest #1](https://stacker.news/items/412579)

- [Writing Contest #2](https://stacker.news/items/429644)


### Stackers’ Blogs

- [Fighting The Daily Grind](https://stacker.news/items/413483) by @cryotosensei

- [Personal Blog, Got My First Job](https://stacker.news/items/426378) by @CyberCrypto



### My Bitcoin Journey

Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.

- [Grayruby’s Bitcoin story](https://stacker.news/items/417967) by @grayruby

- [I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill](https://stacker.news/items/428900) by @brandonsbytes

- [From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/510278/r/siggy47)  by @Coinsreporter

- [My bitcoin journey](https://stacker.news/items/559500/r/siggy47) by @Carreson

- ["Who are you?" — How do I want to answer?](https://stacker.news/items/674910/r/siggy47) by @IamSINGLE

- ["My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban"](https://stacker.news/items/676287/r/siggy47) by @BTCLNAT

- [@realBitcoinDog Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD](https://stacker.news/items/722720/r/siggy47) by @realBitcoinDog




### Book Clubs

- [Stoic Book Club:Meditations](https://stacker.news/items/423469) by @Se7enZ

- [Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God](https://stacker.news/items/782630/r/siggy47) by @denlillaapan

- [Broken Money_ book club: index and reflection](https://stacker.news/items/859969/r/siggy47)  by @elvismercury
 


### Books

- [The Universal Good Deal](https://stacker.news/items/409637)  by @cleophas

- [Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1](https://stacker.news/items/410853) by @cleophas

- [The Final Product](https://stacker.news/items/512884/r/siggy47) by @cleophas

- [The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1](https://stacker.news/items/599283/r/siggy47) by @cleophas

- [Happy The Hippo](https://stacker.news/items/401625), an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.

- [The Rogue Scholar](https://stacker.news/items/481687) by @jbschirtzinger

- [Submersible](https://stacker.news/items/446662) by @johnbnevin

- [And Then She Disappears - Block 1](https://stacker.news/items/680735/r/siggy47) by @ginkgo



### Book Reviews

- [REVIEW]: 21 Futures: Financial Fallout ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
](https://stacker.news/items/914239/r/siggy47) by @realBitcoinDog

- [Review - The Big Print by Lawrence Lepard](https://stacker.news/items/914600/r/siggy47) by @stack_harder



- [Book: Bullsh*t Jobs - David Graeber](https://stacker.news/items/918755/r/siggy47)  by @OT

- [The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows](https://stacker.news/items/907332/r/siggy47) by @ek

- [Book Review: Castle Warlock](https://stacker.news/items/906919/r/siggy47) by @jbschirtzinger

- [“Wabi sabi”](https://stacker.news/items/898530/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [“The secret life of the dyslexic child”](https://stacker.news/items/912858/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei
- [“At Home with Dyslexia”](https://stacker.news/items/912040/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Book Review-Bitcoin Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich](https://stacker.news/items/895622/r/siggy47) by @siggy47

- [Book Review: The Bitcoin Mining Handbook](https://stacker.news/items/909034/r/siggy47)  by @siggy47

- [Review – I read Gary the economist’s book, The Trading Game: A Confession](https://stacker.news/items/887282/r/siggy47) by @stack_harder


- [[REVIEW] There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://stacker.news/items/872312/r/siggy47) by @Scoresby


- [Book Review - A Monetary and Fiscal History of the US 1961-2021 by Alan Blinder](https://stacker.news/items/874232/r/siggy47) by @dough

- [A Philosopher Goes on Holiday](https://stacker.news/items/871609/r/siggy47) by @Rothbardian_fanatic

- [The Wheel of Time: Halfway Point](https://stacker.news/items/869411/r/siggy47) by @Undisciplined

- [review - Smuggler, by Rodger Reeves](https://stacker.news/items/862128/r/siggy47) by @stack_harder

- ["Saving and Spending Money"](https://stacker.news/items/875356/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [“100 Small Money Habits of People Who Save 100 Million Yen”](https://stacker.news/items/876056/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [“Invent and Wander”](https://stacker.news/items/874042/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Book Review | “Zen Musings from A Fly On The Wall”](https://stacker.news/items/846102/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Book Review | “The Little Book of Ikigai”](https://stacker.news/items/840271/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Book Review | “How to talk so teens will listen and listen so teens will talk”](https://stacker.news/items/838558/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Book Review- Bitcoin Dog: Following the Scent to the Bitcoin C++ Source Code](https://stacker.news/items/840774/r/siggy47) by @grayruby

- [Book Review: Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy (Binder)](https://stacker.news/items/841158/r/siggy47) by @denlillaapan

- [Book Review: On Ruling](https://stacker.news/items/880813/r/siggy47) by @jbschirtzinger

- [Book Review: A Very Principled Boy--The Life of Duncan Lee](https://stacker.news/items/876662/r/siggy47) by @jbschirtzinger

- [Book Review: Unbroken](https://stacker.news/items/829218/r/siggy47) by @jbschirtzinger

- [Book Review: Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm](https://stacker.news/items/851811/r/siggy47) by @jbschirtzinger

- [Book review | ‘Why Empires Fall’ by Peter Heather & John Rapley](https://stacker.news/items/831222/r/siggy47) by @carlosfandango

- [Edward Chancellor, "The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest" (Joakim Book)](https://stacker.news/items/824335/r/siggy47) by @denlillaapan

- [Review of Greg Bear’s Moving Mars](https://stacker.news/items/822238/r/siggy47) by @Rothbardian_fanatic


- [Book Review Directory #3](https://stacker.news/items/821485/r/siggy47)

- [Book Reviews Directory #2](https://stacker.news/items/665395/r/siggy47)

- [Book Reviews Directory #1](https://stacker.news/items/489224)


### Bitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews

- [Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review](https://stacker.news/items/727081/r/siggy47) by @SimpleStacker

- [Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review](https://stacker.news/items/734528/r/siggy47) by @SimpleStacker

- [Bitcoin: What Does Mainstream Economics Have to Say? | Article Review](https://stacker.news/items/745057/r/siggy47) by @SimpleStacker

- [Competition and trust in the private provision of money | Article Review](https://stacker.news/items/764363/r/siggy47)  by @SimpleStacker


### Movie & Television Reviews

- [Sound of Freedom | Movie Review](https://stacker.news/items/710780/r/siggy47) by @SimpleStacker

- [Movie Review | “How to make millions before Grandma dies”](https://stacker.news/items/683086/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars”](https://stacker.news/items/694123/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [Movie Review | “Culinary Class Wars”](https://stacker.news/items/694123/r/siggy47) by @cryotosensei

- [El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very good comedy](https://stacker.news/items/689468/r/siggy47) by @DarthCoin

- [The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TV series](https://stacker.news/items/694922/r/siggy47) by @DarthCoin

- [Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat" theory](https://stacker.news/items/701874/r/siggy47) by @DarthCoin

- [From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TV series](https://stacker.news/items/696122/r/siggy47) by @DarthCoin

- [Bingeworthy: Slow Horses](https://stacker.news/items/734282/r/siggy47) by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears




### Essays

- [Prose piece | Running](https://stacker.news/items/744729/r/siggy47) by @carlosfandango

- [Prose piece | The storm](https://stacker.news/items/753425/r/siggy47) by @carlosfandango

- [Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche](https://stacker.news/items/406816) by @jurraca

- [Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction](https://stacker.news/items/503830) by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

### Poetry

- [Reflections on the recent holiday](https://stacker.news/items/791634/r/siggy47) by @plebpoet

- [internet feelings](https://stacker.news/items/774628/r/siggy47) by @ek

- [Sorelle](https://stacker.news/items/747511/r/siggy47) by @Myshkin

- [Autunno](https://stacker.news/items/781581/r/siggy47) by @Myshkin


- [Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I](https://stacker.news/items/411278) by @cryotosensei

- [plebpoet’s original poem + discussion](https://stacker.news/items/414472) by @plebpoet

- [a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻)](https://stacker.news/items/676672/r/siggy47) by @plebpoet

- [I am not man enough](https://stacker.news/items/571876/r/siggy47) by @Nuttall

- [If A Day Comes...](https://stacker.news/items/493818) by @Tef

- [Let's pretend we loved each other](https://stacker.news/items/666008/r/siggy47) by @Nadia

- [That's MINE! Poetry.](https://stacker.news/items/661773/r/siggy47) by @Malach17

- [Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love](https://stacker.news/items/666985/r/siggy47) by @0268a5c238



### Short Stories

- [Short story | The motel](https://stacker.news/items/762852/r/siggy47) by @carlosfandango

- [The poet and the reader || short story](https://stacker.news/items/723702/r/siggy47) by
@02879c7d869

- ['little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don't Belong](https://stacker.news/items/713535/r/siggy47) by @plebpoet

- [Short Story: “Quarter” by Eduardo Prospero](https://stacker.news/items/713942/r/siggy47) by @eduardopro

- [Neo’s Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/467448) by @VEINTIUNO


### Comics

- [Apriori Flower 01:16 - Are We Better? - Dhamma Comic](https://stacker.news/items/571900/r/siggy47) by @Nuttall






Stacker Saloon

saloon

I very quickly ***snapped*** this photo from a bus window in the new part of Panama City.

I very quickly snapped this photo from a bus window in the new part of Panama City. I can't find anything on BTC map to help me identify it. Any Panamanian bitcoiners know if this is an incubator, dev lab, etc?

![](https://m.stacker.news/130506)

What I'm referring to is about a third of the way up the building. You can see a large bitcoin symbol on the left, and letters spelling out bitcoin in the other windows.

Maybe it's just some stacker?