John Balkam

It's likely the case that most people will not get Bitcoin because they do not want to go through the painful awakening process that accompanies understanding Bitcoin.

2026-05-01 15:56:02 GMT

Opt the fuck out
#nevent1q…q5cs

2026-04-07 19:34:38 GMT

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Defund the welfare/warfare state.
#nevent1q…9664

2026-04-01 17:25:39 GMT

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Yeah, just learned a bit more about quantum computing today during a presentation Alex from River was giving. I'm just starting to wrap my head around it.
This comment was mostly on the narratives we are being peppered with this year about QC "threats" to Bitcoin. None of those narratives give me concern based on what I've learned so far.

2026-04-01 13:11:01 GMT

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It'll be a sick joke when Big Pharma gets a new lease on life bc of QC

2026-04-01 13:07:07 GMT

Will quantum computers do anything useful? Or are they solely being created to try and break Bitcoin?
Weird marketing strategy 🤷‍♂️

2026-03-28 01:52:56 GMT

I had an American raised grass fed NY strip for dinner and a swear to you it was medicine

2026-03-27 14:22:26 GMT

The Death Economy Doom Loop
Debt -> Lies -> War -> Money Printing -> Inflation -> Death and Despair
Over and over again until the parasites have destroyed the host and seek a new one.

2026-03-21 19:47:09 GMT

My buddy sent this to the group chat and said, "these targeted ads are getting out of control."
I gave him a hard time, "the next ad you're gonna get is gonna be for an AI sex robot."
He says, "its already ordered. Her name is OpenClawdia."
😂😂😂
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2026-03-16 19:39:42 GMT

Individuals MUST maintain sovereignty over their consciousness if they ever wish to experience liberty during their lives on Earth.
Freedom tech is a means to the end of liberating human consciousness.
Keep fighting.

2026-03-14 14:05:15 GMT

So it seems that half of American politicians have been captured by Israel and the other half have been captured by China. Either that or they've been captured by transnational capital interests that have no loyalty to the United States whatsoever.
You can probably count on one hand the number of federal politicians who have Americans' best interests at heart.
It's a sad state of affairs and a core reason to focus on freedom tech and more or less ignore politics.

2026-03-14 12:28:54 GMT

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Here's Erik's presentation at Plan B for those who'd prefer to watch and listen.
https://rumble.com/v75tz1q-not-your-keys-not-your-mind-bitcoiners-and-the-future-of-ai-plan-forum.html
#nevent1q…h043

2026-03-14 12:27:30 GMT

I cannot recommend this article by @nprofile…ough.
The battlefield for the rest of this century is our minds and our consciousness. Centralized AI is incentivized to consume our consciousness for profit. Sovereign individuals, families, and companies must utilize sovereign AI or risk losing everything.
https://coindork.github.io/vora/blog/nyknym/

2026-03-13 23:05:15 GMT

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This week The Economist also posted a video claiming that Bitcoin isn't "cool anymore" because it's available in tradfi wrappers like ETFs now.
Let it rip.
#nevent1q…m7lu

2026-03-13 23:01:26 GMT

The clownish former Prime Minister of the UK comparing Satoahi to Charizard and Pikachu is a major bottom signal

2026-03-07 20:59:40 GMT

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Welcome

2026-03-05 17:15:57 GMT

After twenty years of living with them, I believe it is safe to conclude that centralized social media platforms were in fact SURVEILLANCE media platforms all along.
I predict that reasonable people will revive their grandmothers' old practice of documenting their families' lives: physical scrapbooks.
Your life and my life is NOT entertainment for the world. It is NOT designed to be consumed by strangers the world over or by the authorities. It is meant to be lived and shared with the loved ones we hold dearest.

2026-03-05 17:08:25 GMT

I jump on IG and X every once in a while to see how our @nprofile…9w6n accounts are doing and my goodness are those platforms trash. Post and ghost is the only way to survive there.

2026-03-04 18:15:38 GMT

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👀

2026-03-04 13:41:49 GMT

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GM
#nevent1q…7u2d

2026-03-04 13:40:26 GMT

China is stockpoling gold because it is easy to centralize. The CCP regime requires extreme centralization.
Bitcoin is the perfect weapon to counter. Harder than gold. More decentralized than gold. Easier to transact.
It may take a long time but we can defeat communism once and for all with Bitcoin ✌️

2026-02-26 17:18:59 GMT

We're building a Life Economy.
https://blossom.primal.net/f0f7bc410192396bb232c5bf90aab1babb6fed35dc84d84c45478610eb627f04.mp4

2026-02-25 20:16:24 GMT

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I think any individual or small group of individuals that believes they need to "fix" Bitcoin or "save" Bitcoin has been wrong in the past and will continue to be wrong in the future.
Also, check out Bitcoin Commons, a new implementation that is in the works:
https://thebitcoincommons.org/

2026-02-25 19:47:54 GMT

The fiat system is optimized for the extreme taker.
Bitcoin is optimized for the extreme giver.
For the giver, the world seemed completely upside down until they discovered Bitcoin.
For the taker, they scream at the top of their lungs that Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme because they cannot afford for Fiat to be exposed as the real scam.

2026-02-25 19:27:50 GMT

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You could say that a Bitcoiner is someone who caught the banks and governments in the middle of their heist and got the hell out of dodge.
#nevent1q…n38l

2026-02-25 19:18:43 GMT

I don't think you really get Bitcoin until you realize the banksters are complete criminal fraudsters, aided and abetted by criminals in the government.
Its a very tough pill to swallow, and most aren't willing to take it. Yet.

2026-02-22 21:45:48 GMT

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You know what, maybe America is all the way back 🇺🇲

2026-02-20 16:26:43 GMT

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Topped you up a bit homie

2026-02-13 00:10:28 GMT

Time is not a river. Time is a heartbeat.
🤯

2026-02-06 12:45:07 GMT

Couldn't have said it better myself.
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2026-02-06 01:20:11 GMT

If you're too afraid of a little contact, get off the fucking field and sit on the bench. Let the real dogs play and tear each other apart to see who wins.
#Bitcoin
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2026-02-04 22:04:11 GMT

We don't need to make the world "smarter."
We need to make the world more beautiful. We need to make the world more peaceful. We need to make the world more just.
That's why I'm dedicating my professional life to driving Bitcoin adoption and not very interested in AI adoption.
Intelligence without wisdom is dangerous. Wisdom says stick to Bitcoin 🧡

2026-01-31 01:22:12 GMT

People will wake up one day and ask themselves:
Why did I pretend to work for that fake company just to earn fake money to impress fake people that I pretended to care about?

2026-01-31 01:11:06 GMT

Epstein really was Pandora's Box.
Everyone in "elite" circles. And I mean EVERYONE was exposed. Government. Finance. Banking. Technology. Business. Hollywood.
They are all criminals. Clintons. Trumps. Musk. Thiel. Hoffman. Dimon. Etc. Republicans and Democrats. They're going to try and build AI dystopia to cover it all up, but it's too late.
They are FUCKED.

2026-01-30 02:30:23 GMT

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Nations or tribes often go to war to get what they want. Bitcoiners will fight in unique ways that the world has never seen. If we can find a way to stop fighting ourselves, that is 😂

2026-01-30 02:20:24 GMT

It's weird to say this, but I think Bitcoiners are forming a new nation. The first ever digitally native nation.
I mean that in the sense that the United States of America used to be a nation. England used to be a nation, etc. Globalization essentially dissolved those nations of people. The States still exist but the nations are going extinct.
In the internet age, people don't believe in the old idea of belonging to a nation based on blood and soil. Why sacrifice for the people in my country if they don't share my values? Why sacrifice for the people in my country if they aren't reciprocating my efforts? They are just taking from me. This sucks.
Ironically, the answer to globalization was to form the first truly global nation based on internet protocols, not geography.
Bitcoiners can meet each other all over the world and click almost immediately. It is like you are meeting someone you've known for a long time when you meet a fellow Bitcoiner. Because you know you've had shared experiences and you have shared values. You've been reading and watching the same things. That's what a nation of people is supposed to feel like. A big family.
This is not to say that Bitcoiners will create a state a la Balaji's Network State thesis. Bitcoiners tend to despise government. I find it hard to imagine that we would voluntarily build a Networked Nation State.
It is a remarkable story, nevertheless. A tribe, a nation, that is forming across the globe, connected by a single open source software program. (And now a second one, in Nostr).
Perhaps other nations will form digitally in the coming decades. But I find it hard to believe that they will be as strong and as powerful as Bitcoin Nation.

2026-01-29 19:41:20 GMT

My game theoritic mind thinks that the US will ultimately rug pull the world on gold, and pivot to Bitcoin.
Why go to all this trouble with the SBR, with the close relationship with Tether? Why go to the trouble of doing GENIUS & CLARITY?
The US knows it's in deep shit. The US knows it's rivals have a shit ton of gold.
Everyone is rushing out of paper into commodities. Those gotdam commies in China are heavy on gold but light on Bitcoin.
Why not stick it to those bastards and say, 'hey, nice shiny rock you got there. We're about to play checkmate on you assholes with digital gold. Fuck you."
🙏🇺🇸

2026-01-27 18:56:02 GMT

The Paper Chasers are not gonna have a good time over the next five years.
Physical commodity holders will likely do very well.
Bitcoin self-custodians will do best.

2026-01-27 17:44:18 GMT

People talk a big game about resisting the government, and yet they still use the government's money.
Until you opt out of fiat currencies, you are all talk and zero action. Your words carry no weight.
Put your money where your mouth is.
#Bitcoin

2026-01-27 17:34:53 GMT

Gold and silver ripping are evidence that the boomer institutions know that fiat currencies are fucked.
Bitcoin ripping (soon) will be evidence that Millennials and Gen Z know that fiat currencies are fucked.
We will outlive the precious metals camp. Just give it time 🫡

2026-01-26 15:09:22 GMT

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Thanks for joining us on the show @nprofile…2pcv 🙏
#nevent1q…haww

2026-01-25 22:19:16 GMT

We have been living through the hard times for quite a while now. There are likely more hard times in front of us.
Not to worry.
If you're still here, that means you are becoming a strong man or woman. My hat's off to you. We will create the good times together.

2026-01-25 22:12:57 GMT

Nature is healing
#nevent1q…uf25

2026-01-22 16:21:53 GMT

At the bottom of the rabbit hole is a massive white pill.
The self proclaimed "elite" of this world are, in fact, the lowest of the low. They are extreme takers, they lack empathy, and they are incapable of feeling love. And that's putting it lightly.
The white pill is realizing that you win by simply not being like them.
Don't bother playing their games. Chasing wealth, status, and power will force you into the "elite" world and you will be approached to compromise yourself and your integrity in order to win their games.
Their games are rigged and stupid. There is no point in playing and debasing yourself. Don't stoop to their level.
Win by being loving, being a giver, being a creator.
So what if you don't achieve high status? So what if you don't become wealthy?
You will feel good about yourself and you will maintain your honor and integrity. That makes you a winner. That makes you elite.

2026-01-21 17:03:06 GMT

Have fun playing with your shiny gold bars

2026-01-16 01:04:45 GMT

I have a little Juliet balcony in my apartment and sometimes I just open the door, stand in it, and take it all in like Batman perched over Gotham. It's the best.
https://media4.giphy.com/media/B4jfJqiIxvU08/200w.webp

2026-01-15 16:03:05 GMT

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Thanks lemme investigate

2026-01-15 16:00:45 GMT

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Shout out to BK @nprofile…keuq who did an excellent job carrying the flag for Sovreign and Bitcoin in this interview 🫡
#nevent1q…49l0

2026-01-15 15:57:52 GMT

I realized in 2022 that Bitcoin was a weapon built to go to war with the banking cartel.
Seems that the banking cartel is doing everything it can to lobby the Congress to strangle and box in Bitcoin as much as possible.
They can only extend and pretend for so long.
Tens of millions understand the fiat game now. What happens when it's hundreds of millions? What happens when a billion people realize the banking cartel is an international crime syndicate?
Con men rely on confidence. The central banking long con is losing humanity's confidence.

2026-01-14 14:29:57 GMT

The Two Realms > The Network State
#naddr1qq…0z5k

2026-01-09 17:33:40 GMT

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Well said. Thanks for the perspective.

2026-01-09 14:03:16 GMT

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Sorry to hear that. Sounds like a wonderful person.

2026-01-09 13:58:58 GMT

While the whole Somali daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota is brutal, it seems like a shiny object to distract people from the deeper problems our country faces.
The amount of fraud at the Fed, on Wall Street, at the Pentagon, etc is exponentially higher and more damaging. The amount of criminality and violence perpetuated by Intelligence is far more negative than the illegal immigrant fraud schemes.
My guess is that Trump and Co will use the Federal government to bully the State governments and create division based on race, religion and politics. You will start to see the Red Feds attack the Blue States and create a civil war atmosphere. Meanwhile the Fed and Wall Street will continue to asset strip our country. Intelligence run media will narrate the whole thing and pit us against each other.
God be with us. These people are brilliant with their deceptions and there is no bottom to their treachery.

2026-01-08 00:13:25 GMT

In a fiat dominated world, having integrity becomes a major liability.
Look at the fraud, deceit, lies, war, and violence around the world that props up the fiat ponzi scheme.
Bitcoin's promise is that it enables honest and hardworking individuals to live a decent life without abandoning their dignity.

2026-01-07 23:38:30 GMT

Bitcoin is a way of life suitable for creative, high agency, high integrity people.

2026-01-03 14:42:44 GMT

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GM
#nevent1q…ehnn

2026-01-02 20:05:54 GMT

2026 resolution: Nostr only.

2026-01-02 15:47:24 GMT

This is the Victims of Communism Memorial.
Most people visit Washington, DC and never see it. It's easy to miss because it's small and tucked away on New Jersey Ave next to Georgetown Law, several blocks away from The Mall.
It is dedicated "To the more than one hundred million victims of communism and to those who love liberty."
Yesterday, a new mayor was inaugurated in New York City who promised to "replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."
Collectivist ideology is un-American and leads to totalitarian dictatorship. It is easy to paint "individualism" as selfish. But what the new mayor fails to understand is that individualism is about liberty. And liberty is what America is all about. It always has been and it always will be.
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
It is time for Americans to remember that we have inalienable rights, endowed upon us by God. Among them, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
God bless America.
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2025-12-31 17:46:07 GMT

Hell yeah
#nevent1q…djnk

2025-12-30 23:18:47 GMT

At least 90% of government operates like the State of Minnesota, that's why 90% of people are feeling the squeeze right now
https://blossom.primal.net/a85f9ce785d58086b6ab58f43f6f07e6d278bc863f9d9c7e95b5c6e71b8b609c.jpg

2025-12-30 03:43:22 GMT

If this doesn't wake up the masses, I don't know what will.
https://blossom.primal.net/edcf3a41a3713dc53a761b1590e622e0b3b2f93391937a03311a1510903d411f.jpg

2025-12-30 03:09:10 GMT

It's is very easy to get people using Bitcoin if you offer them delicious burgers, dogs, fries, wings and beers, then offer them a 21% discount if they pay with Bitcoin.
I think we cracked the code @nprofile…rsqx

2025-12-29 22:04:48 GMT

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Read that one via eBook 🤝

2025-12-24 17:31:13 GMT

Working for and with Bitcoiners is a huge competitive advantage and an easy way to improve your quality of life.
2026 is going to be an incredible year @nprofile…9w6n @nprofile…rsqx

2025-12-23 17:41:14 GMT

My New Year's Resolution for 2026 is to stay humble and stack sats.
Same one as 2025.
🫡

2025-12-22 18:29:36 GMT

Awesome pod this week with Armani Cotton of Cypherpunk Studio.
@nprofile…keuq @nprofile…9w6n
https://youtu.be/y3xDUm_agUE?si=MObx3zHghtwpCwv_

2025-12-22 13:41:38 GMT

To all the FUDsters out there, I say:
Go FUD yourself.
GM everyone.

2025-12-21 01:18:36 GMT

I believe the most effective orange pilling technique is to build incredible things and stack corn.
Show don't tell. Others will follow your lead.

2025-12-21 00:34:10 GMT

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Come through
#nevent1q…zdmh

2025-12-20 23:12:59 GMT

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Getting there https://www.pubkey.bar/dc

2025-12-19 12:36:22 GMT

GM @nprofile…rsqx DC is open today

2025-12-18 13:08:30 GMT

The external world is one big PSYOP. How is one to respond?
Run your own PSYOP on yourself.
Write your own programming.
Fill your mind, body, and spirit with whatever gives you strength, courage, wisdom, love, and light.
You do that and the external world CAN'T TOUCH YOU. You become unbreakable. Their PSYOPS bounce off of you like a bullet bounces off of Superman.
"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you."
Easy to forget this Truth, but important to remind ourselves from time to time.

2025-12-18 01:24:09 GMT

YOU ARE THE HERO IN YOUR OWN LIFE.
Gn.

2025-12-15 23:38:31 GMT

2026 is winning time.
Pedal to the fuckin medal.
Flawless execution.
Victory on every front.
🫡

2025-12-15 00:20:51 GMT

Great conversation. This is why we #Bitcoin
https://youtu.be/iVYzoGYgjhg?si=8zB7ihcGz6h9xmO_

2025-12-14 15:39:20 GMT

Dark times create an opportunity for you to shine your light.
Hard times give you the opportunity to become a strong man.
It's all about perspective. We have a remarkable opportunity in front of us.

2025-12-13 13:15:28 GMT

Europe is going to hell in a hand basket. Again.
I cannot see how the EU and NATO still exists in 2030.

2025-12-12 14:18:58 GMT

Things are about to change a lot and fast, aren't they?
2026 - 2029 is gonna be like a never ending game of Temple Run.

2025-12-10 12:32:50 GMT

Becoming an entrepreneur taught me that self-belief and conviction is everything. Without that, you are lost.
What it also taught me is that you have to marry that with humility and flexibility.
Without that, you are also lost.
You have to have unmatched belief in yourself that you will figure things out, and you have to be willing to face reality and change your ways when you realize you were wrong about something.
Conviction paired with patience and humility is a powerful combination.

2025-12-10 01:39:03 GMT

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Who watches the watchmen?
This case is infuriating and the justice system failed.
#nevent1q…4u63

2025-12-09 01:54:25 GMT

Bitcoin is a new financial institution.
It's native to the internet, and it works exactly the same for every user.
No insider deals. No opacity.
Fairness and transparency for every single user, no matter if you own 1000 sats or 1 million whole coins.
It is decentralized and cannot be manipulated by powerful governments or corporations.
This is a technology that arrived at exactly the right time because God only knows what the centralized legacy banking and finance powers would have in store for us if we couldn't opt out with Bitcoin.
I will die on this hill. I will fight for liberty and Bitcoin for as long as it takes until we achieve victory.

2025-12-08 22:46:51 GMT

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Top shelf reading material
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2025-12-08 22:40:50 GMT

Had to complete the series @nprofile…n50k!
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2025-12-08 14:49:07 GMT

October and November were Exhibit A of why the "stay humble and stack sats" mantra is so important.
If you use leverage to try and cut corners with #Bitcoin, you will get wiped out.

2025-12-02 00:06:16 GMT

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Great rip for the ride or dies
#nevent1q…qnhq

2025-11-21 23:47:42 GMT

Opened @nprofile…rsqx DC last night behind the bar 🫡🇺🇸
We're going to win.
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2025-11-10 22:33:25 GMT

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Bullish

2025-11-10 14:43:36 GMT

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Every day money 🫡

2025-11-10 14:42:53 GMT

Remember that a tyrannical ruler is a weak ruler. A tyrant is insecure and feels that their power is in jeopardy.
We see more tyrannical governments in the EU and UK in recent years because they are afraid and weak.
A powerful ruler is secure and not threatened by the power and prosperity of his people.

2025-11-07 19:49:36 GMT

Doing my part 🇺🇸🫡
https://youtu.be/eAD9nSjfXN8?si=D0ga-LEujwrgEimk

2025-10-15 18:42:50 GMT

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I was there. The coffee and the breakfast sandwich tasted like freedom 🧡
#nevent1q…jj3f

2025-10-12 00:30:57 GMT

The sooner you learn that it's #Bitcoin, not crypto, the sooner you and yours can be free 🫡

2025-10-06 18:13:59 GMT

It was incredible talking with @nprofile…2qlf backstage at BTC in DC.
Thanks for taking the time Adam 🙏
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2025-10-03 12:12:04 GMT

We're going back to the moon, this time riding #Bitcoin.
It was an honor to moderate a panel on "The New American Dream" at BTC in DC at The Kennedy Center.
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2025-09-30 12:13:36 GMT

Hanging out with some legends at the BTC in DC welcome dinner last night
@nprofile…tkhj @nprofile…rzjs @nprofile…xdee
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2025-09-29 20:31:19 GMT

BTC in DC starts tonight at the Kennedy Center.
I'll be making my conference speaking debut moderating a panel on "The New American Dream" Wednesday afternoon on the main stage.
LFG 🇺🇸🫡

2025-09-29 12:23:32 GMT

This was an absolute banger
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanhaidt/p/we-are-the-slop

2025-09-15 13:34:11 GMT

Great rip @nprofile…0fd0 @nprofile…keuq @nprofile…9w6n
https://youtu.be/LfVFBo4ZB38?si=2-2JkLC1OuW-VX4X

2025-09-14 21:04:43 GMT

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Right there with you. The feeds were awful this week. Tuned them out.