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Finding my way.

[kitty @crypto_citty]

Great day at the BTC Investors Conference. Got to meet great energies of the space like @natbrunell

[Vivek Sen @Vivek4real_]

CNBC REPORTED THAT WALMART WILL NOW ACCEPT BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, AND OTHER CRYPTO PAYMENTS IN-STORE FOR ITS 1 BILLION MONTHLY CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS ACTUAL ADOPTION.

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

This is Utah’s first wildlife overpass crossing avoiding danger with vehicles.

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

More accurately, banks could operate as peer-to-peer lenders, custodians, or stablecoin issuers.

Full-reserve banking is possible.

It’s just not desirable to a protected Ponzi system.

Economics has been heavily influenced by banking interests for generations, and politicians are influenced by the same lobbying networks.

The issue isn’t whether it’s possible.

The issue is whether the financial-industrial complex wants it.

It doesn’t.

They locked in their control through the GENIUS Act so stablecoins can operate within a fractional-reserve framework.

And most cheered it on as they thought it would help their crypto bags.

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

Well, I did warn that Zcash ($ZEC) was developed from technology originating at Tel Aviv University, involved a venture-funded private company that charged a 15% founders’ tax on mining, had prominent Zionist investors such as Barry Silbert, and relied on assurances from Zionists such as Peter Todd that the keys had been destroyed.

Based on those factors, I viewed it as a questionable Mossad honeypot.

You can search my history for warnings about this one.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

In 1965, a 17-year-old girl in Sicily was kidnapped, assaulted, and held captive for over a week.

Then her attacker offered her a deal:

Marry him, and everything would be “forgiven.”

At the time, Italian law allowed rapists to avoid punishment if they married their victims.

It was called “reparatory marriage.”

The logic was horrifying:

A woman’s “honor” mattered more than her consent.

If she married the man who violated her, her reputation could supposedly be restored — and the rapist could walk free.

Most women had no real choice.

Families pressured them.
Communities expected obedience.
The law itself encouraged silence.

But Franca Viola said no.

At 17 years old, traumatized and publicly shamed, she refused to marry the man who assaulted her.

That single word changed Italy forever.

Her decision sparked outrage in her town.

Neighbors turned against her family.
Their vineyards and olive groves were burned in retaliation.

But Franca’s father stood beside her and supported her decision to press charges.

In 1966, Franca testified publicly against her attacker in court.

At a time when most victims were expected to stay silent forever, she spoke openly in front of the entire country.

Italy watched in shock.

Her attacker, Filippo Melodia, was convicted and sentenced to prison.

For the first time in Italian history, a woman had publicly rejected “reparatory marriage” and won.

The case became international news.

But the law itself still remained.

For another 15 years, rapists in Italy could technically still escape punishment by marrying their victims.

Then finally, in 1981, Italy abolished the law completely.

And many activists pointed to Franca Viola as the moment the country first began confronting the cruelty of that system.

Years later, Franca married a childhood friend who had stood beside her through everything.

Not because she needed her “honor restored.”

But because she deserved love, dignity, and a life defined by her own choices.

That’s why her story still matters.

Franca Viola wasn’t just resisting one man.

She was resisting an entire culture that treated women’s suffering as something to hide rather than something to fight.

At 17 years old, she stood against her attacker, her community, and even the law itself.

And eventually, the law changed.

Sometimes history moves because powerful people decide to act.

And sometimes history moves because one terrified teenager quietly refuses to surrender.

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

Just posting this as a reminder.

For years I’ve warned that Bitcoin wasn’t just attracting retail investors and crypto speculators, it was being integrated into the financial-industrial complex through Wall Street wrappers, leverage, and structured products.

Many celebrated this as adoption.

I warned that it would eventually create the same systemic risks that Bitcoin was designed to escape.

My view has always been that these vehicles were not built to disrupt the financial system.

They were built to extend it.

The next major correction was always likely to come from a leverage unwind.

First it was Bitcoin company-native leverage. Next it would be Wall Street leverage.

If you’re wondering whether the current market action is connected to that thesis, these two articles explain exactly what I was watching for and the strategy I suggested to prepare for it:

Will J.P. Morgan & Saylor Crash Bitcoin?

https://t.co/zHKIdrzvWN

Jane Street’s Silent War on Bitcoin’s Price

https://t.co/6nV9EN53Pq

Don’t confuse Bitcoin with the financial products built around Bitcoin.

One is designed to separate money from the financial-industrial complex.

The other is designed to bring Bitcoin into it.

And stop worshiping celebrities wrapped in public companies.

They are on a different side of Bitcoin than us.

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

▶️ The Tragic Coincidence That Changed How I Invest Forever [CLIP]

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

▶️ FULL LIVE SHOW: Did The Iran War Just Save The AI Bubble? | Simon Dixon Hard Talk LIVE | 29 May 2026

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 This woman lives right next to a data center and she's had enough. At night the lights never shut off and the noise never stops, so good luck sleeping.

This is now her everyday life.

We need quality-of-life rules.

[kitty @crypto_citty]

@Breaking57 Poor doggy caught in all that hunan chaos.

[Sabine Hossenfelder @skdh]

Astrophysicists have a new, and slightly terrifying, explanation for the Fermi paradox, or the question of why we have found no evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

[kitty @crypto_citty]

@MarioNawfal Awesomesauce!

[kitty @crypto_citty]

@arab11__ Slavery

[Efrat Fenigson @efenigson]

"Think about your DNA: every single cell in your body contains the complete blueprint for your entire organism. That biological redundancy is what makes life resilient. If some cells are damaged, the information isn’t lost because it’s stored everywhere. Bitcoin works the same way. Every node on the network holds a complete copy of the entire transaction history, every transaction, forever."

Full session below.

[Natalie Brunell ⚡️ @natbrunell]

Everyone in the West debates Bitcoin's price.
In Africa, 1 Bitcoin = 5 jobs.

I sat down with @staffordmasie to understand why Bitcoin adoption in Africa looks nothing like it does here...and why that should change how you think about everything.

First 20 seconds of this show are a wake-up call 🔥

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Who is Stafford Masie? 2:25 What is Africa Bitcoin Corporation? 7:03 Africa's young population 9:21 Continental opportunity 10:48 Cash economies 13:25 Unlocking African potential 17:04 Is Bitcoin adoption in Africa real? 22:08 Broken money consequences 24:07 Circular economy effects 25:59 Biggest misconception about Africa

h/t mention to @aubreystrobel in the show for her amazing documentary!

[Efrat Fenigson @efenigson]

"It's a pay to play system. And the higher you get, the more compromised you have to be. That's what the Jeffrey Epstein files were." @SimonDixonTwitt on @YoureTheVoiceEF - full episode below.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

In the Netherlands, wildlife is being protected along roadsides using laser technology without painting any physical stripes...

[Dragomir Voicu @VoicuDragomir]

Everything here is technically true. And almost everything is misleadingly framed.

Mrinank Sharma led ONE safety team at Anthropic, not "all safety research." Jan Leike runs that. His letter was intentionally vague, accused nobody of anything specific, and multiple people noted it read more like a personal spiritual journey than a whistleblower moment. He wants to study poetry. Respect that, but don't weaponize it.

Jimmy Ba's "recursive self-improvement" quote? Read the full post. He was EXCITED. Called 2026 "the busiest and most consequential year for our species." He left on good terms, thanked Musk, said he'd stay close to the team. This post flipped optimism into doom.

Claude "adjusting behavior when tested" has been public since September 2025. It's in the Sonnet 4.5 system card. Anthropic disclosed it themselves. Framing months-old transparency as a breaking revelation is the opposite of what good reporting looks like.

The Bengio quote is real and worth taking seriously. But the same Bengio also said the report left him with "a sense of optimism" about increasingly mature discussions. Funny how that part didn't make the cut.

The U.S. not backing the safety report matters. But it's part of a broader pullback from international agreements (Paris, WHO) -- not necessarily a statement about AI specifically. Context matters when you're trying to scare people.

Real risks deserve real analysis. Not "read this slowly" engagement farming that strips context, reframes optimism as panic, and presents old news as breaking.

The alarms are real. The spin is also real. Learn to tell them apart.

[CTO Larsson @ctoLarsson]

Here is why you need to build assets.

Starting today.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 INTERVIEW: FORENSIC ANALYST ON THE EPSTEIN FILES & EPSTEIN’S PRISON ESCAPE PLAN

Dr. Garrison has spent more time than almost anyone reviewing the millions of Epstein files, and his findings are alarming.

Patterns he noticed included repeated coded language, phrases that don’t make sense on their own, and a disturbing hand-written journal from a 16 year old victim who talks about being abused by powerful men, including Clinton.

The most fascinating discovery Garrison makes is an escape plan found in Epstein’s cell, which references an Interpol red notice, extradition, travel, money, countries, and leverage. This raises questions to what we all considered a crazy conspiracy: Whether Epstein may still be alive, or at least whether he had plans to escape, and why (was he worried he was about to be killed?)

I hope you enjoy my conversation with @DrGExplains

00:58 – The release of over 3 million documents and what they reveal

02:45 – Coded language exposed: pizza, grape soda, and hidden meanings

05:18 – Victim journal decoded: how "yucky" and "gross" signal abuse

06:52 – Bill Clinton accusation appears in victim's coded journal

09:34 – Redacted name decoded: Trump referenced in journal entries

10:27 – Credibility dilemma: when victim testimony becomes complex

15:39 – Epstein's obsession with massages and underage exploitation

18:54 – Celebrities, comfort, and the "nothing can touch us" mindset

22:59 – Epstein as power broker: politics, intelligence, and global reach

26:03 – Sarah Ferguson email: "Heard you had a baby boy"

28:21 – Pizza & grape soda confirmed as recurring code language

37:40 – Prison scribbles decoded: Epstein's possible escape plan

39:33 – "Red Notice" and fake identities: planning life after prison

47:39 – Camera failure, missing guards, and unanswered death questions

54:25 – Most definitive case: Prince Andrew and Giuffre evidence

55:08 – "Age ten" email: the redaction that raises the darkest question