ckrypto

cypherpunk • hacker • USMC vet • sysadmin • cyclist • aspiring infosec nerd • cryptocurrency enthusiast • progressive democratic socialist • unapologetic atheist

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2023-04-27 20:26:26

When it comes to setting up a lightning address for #zaps, is there a big difference between wallet of Satoshi versus cash app?

2023-04-20 23:28:10

The clipped together apology segment, is absolutely brilliant!
https://youtu.be/duKkHLm2QO0

2023-04-20 21:14:51

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Well I imagine this will be verified by multiple independent sources, and picked up by every major news outlet any minute now.
*holds breath*
*dies*

2023-04-20 21:02:00

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https://media.tenor.com/8aViLzhQ6gYAAAAC/sarcasm.gif

2023-04-20 20:00:20

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Electrons powering electrons powering electrons!!!!
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2023-04-20 19:55:43

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You don't like big words do you. Tell your dad he still owes me $500

2023-04-20 19:53:19

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Stay down your mom's basement where you belong.

2023-04-20 19:50:35

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https://youtu.be/rhgwIhB58PA

2023-04-20 19:12:19

Also, you're not a "visual learner", that's also a myth.

2023-04-20 19:11:46

There's no such thing as multitasking; you're just doing multiple things poorly.
If you were ever told multitasking was a skill you could learn, you were misled.
Learn how to organize your tasks efficiently so that you can then devote attention to them one at a time but without mistakes.

2023-04-20 03:08:37

https://youtube.com/shorts/7HvCYOPpC8U?feature=share

2023-04-18 12:29:32

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I saw people posting on Reddit about that. There are forest fires in the area and that is a reflection in the sky to the ice crystals

2023-04-18 04:03:58

✊
https://i.imgur.com/kIKU7Vw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CIzbOyH.jpg

2023-04-18 00:23:08

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I'm politically left and been into Bitcoin since 2016. Yes, I'm in the minority, but don't worry, the rest of us are coming.

2023-04-16 13:53:41

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I'm not even sure what's going on here, but it's funny anyway.

2023-04-16 03:00:07

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I feel like you might get a laugh out of this #[2]

2023-04-16 02:57:34

Ladies and gentlemen, the stupidest person on the planet, and a perfect example of how badly the #education system in the US has failed us.
https://i.imgur.com/71n3EdA.png

2023-04-16 01:14:16

I've never hated and liked something so much at the same time
https://youtu.be/d_o3nZHzCwA

2023-04-15 23:39:10

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Congrats!

2023-04-15 23:32:56

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https://nostr.build/p/nb3103.gif

2023-04-15 22:22:05

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Let's add one more:
https://i.imgur.com/qfQGnh8.jpg
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2023-04-15 20:26:08

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This sounds/looks delicious. Next time I'm at a bar I'm going to have them make it for me.

2023-04-15 11:47:59

Let's gooooooooo
https://nostr.build/p/nb3103.gif

2023-04-15 04:34:37

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There would be that anxious waiting to get confirmation on the block, all the while henchmen on both sides have itchy trigger fingers.

2023-04-15 01:45:12

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Greetings, and welcome. 🫂
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2023-04-15 01:40:46

Become anti-fragile

2023-04-15 01:36:22

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I like this, but it can't just be "information that contradicts", it needs to be "evidence that's irrefutable".

2023-04-15 01:17:44

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I've been thinking about RCS in terms of "game theory". If some percentage of the population is using RCS, that's more likely to _decrease_ the likelihood of them installing Signal in order to get the features that SMS doesn't have, because RCS chat already has them. Could refusing to use RCS be a means to push Signal adoption?

2023-04-14 22:33:40

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I still wouldn't trust RCS, it will most likely leak metadata to your the cell service provider. Have you tried installing Signal?

2023-04-14 22:22:40

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We did this to ourselves. Remember when anytime someone didn't understand Bitcoin the response from the community was "have fun staying poor"?

2023-04-14 21:59:57

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That's a bit misleading, you have to look at the ratio of kids in public schools compared to those in religious schools and/or accessible to a priest.

2023-04-14 19:21:42

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https://lmddgtfy.net/?q=no%20true%20scottsman%20fallacy

2023-04-14 03:27:14

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Is this real life? Or is it fantasy?

2023-04-12 04:25:29

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sudo rm -rf gossip/*

2023-04-12 04:12:25

https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/nearly-half-of-gen-z-born-after-1996
#atheism

2023-04-12 03:29:26

#Nostr I'm being inundated with messages from racist trolls. I mean it's annoying, but at the same time I consider it a badge of honor.

2023-04-12 03:09:43

Guess this is a good example of #Christian's "loving thy neighbor"
It's too bad shitty people have to pollute #nostr like they've done on other platforms.
The report and block button is your friend. Don't hesitate to use it. 🫂
https://i.imgur.com/A4j21AG.png

2023-04-12 02:56:07

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...and? Congrats you know how to follow a link.

2023-04-12 02:53:13

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Girl looks prepubescent. That's creepy and gross.

2023-04-12 02:36:22

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It doesn't matter what side of the political spectrum, there are some on the fringes who will never be happy unless they are tearing those who they perceive to be "the other" down. Fuck those people.

2023-04-11 23:52:34

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* You're

2023-04-11 02:33:35

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#### ~~Christians~~ Atheists
I'm not sure where you got your ideas about ~~Christians~~ atheists, but they are just people and they are not monolithic. Your stereotypes of them are just that.
> As for Christian in science, their contribution is a matter of historical records. It would be worth your time to brush up.
The fact that a long time ago most scientists were Christians doesn't mean diddly squat, everyone would have had to adhere to the religion of those in power or be hunted down as a heretic. Plus them being Christian doesn't change anything about what they discovered or the body of scientific knowledge being expanded.
### The story so far...
...is that your reframing my positions is a pathetic straw man argument
Christianity;
The popular belief that a celestial Jewish baby who is also his own father, born from a virgin mother, died for three days so that he could ascend to heaven on a cloud and then make you live forever only if you symbolically eat his flesh, drink his blood and telepathically tell him you accept him as your lord & master so he can remove an evil force from your spiritual being that is present in all humanity because an immoral woman made from a man's rib was hoodwinked by a talking reptile possessed by an malicious angel to secretly eat forbidden fruit from a magical tree.
Sounds perfectly plausible...
See I can do it too, but notice that I hadn't been until now. This conversation has become boring and repetitive, and I'm done with it. Don't bother replying.

2023-04-10 19:33:30

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Hell yeah congrats!!

2023-04-09 18:26:15

Happy #Easter #Nostr
https://i.imgur.com/ar2vOMA.png

2023-04-09 18:19:52

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https://i.imgur.com/SfRiaSX.jpg

2023-04-09 17:38:29

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LOL Faketoshi at it again.
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2023-04-09 17:35:30

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> I'm not sure why you would argue with this...
I was differentiating around the use of the "has". Some things are a mystery because there are things we don't know, but that doesn't mean we should stop looking for answers. Oftentimes that's what religion does, asserts things that can't be proven in place of a simple 'i don't know' and remaining satisfied with the "mystery" when *better* explanations are put forward.
> Who is this that never punts to mystery OR knows everything? Who has this worldview?
Theists, at least the majority that I've met
> Only a worldview that has a foundation of knowledge and certainty will value the Scientific Method.
I would argue that the scientific method builds the foundation of knowledge and that should build the worldview.
> Which explains why do many early scientist were Christian and other theists. It was birthed in that world view.
No they would be killed as heretics or at least put in prison or house arrest, like Galileo nearly was.
> So by evidence, do you mean eye witnesses, archeology, and other external documentation.
Sure that would count. But when you say "external documentation" it sounds like you already have something in mind...what would that be?
> Not in terms of religion. How do you know things?
The same way anyone does I guess. But I see from the bio that you're a Christian, and since this is Easter, how do you _know_ Jesus rose from the dead on the third day?
> So you are an atheist?
Yes
> So you believe that everything comes from nothing.
I don't know for sure but it's more likely than a god
> Do you believe that all life was immaculately conceived? It's hard to overcome biogenesis. Isn't it?
Abiogenesis is like big bang, it might be a very unlikely thing to happen, but it only has to happen once.

2023-04-09 01:16:45

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Another great one

2023-04-09 00:19:27

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Also worth noting that although it's not a movie per se, the Netflix series Altered Carbon would trump all of these, it's absolutely phenomenal.

2023-04-09 00:13:05

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Blade Runner 2049
Tron Legacy
Johnny Mnemonic
Total Recall (The newer version)
Ex Machina

2023-04-08 23:40:42

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> Every worldview has to punt to mystery at some point.
I don't think that that's necessarily true. Humans are inherently pattern seeking creatures, so our thinking in one area or another is always going to have the potential for flaws but this doesn't mean it's inherent to a particular worldview.
> my worldview provides the necessary foundation to know things and have certainty.
This is only true if your worldview values a way of thinking in line with the scientific method. You would have to value evidence above any sort of sacred text or doctrine and abandon them when confronted with incontrovertible proof that previously held beliefs are wrong.
> Not all of them do.
This is true
> How would you describe your worldview?
In terms of religion yeah you could describe me as an atheist, nontheist, anti-theist, secular humanist, any of those would fit. More accurately and agnostic atheist, because as I had said previously agnosticism is not a halfway point, it's a claim of whether or not you have knowledge not a statement of belief. But you might find it interesting that from an atheist perspective, the word atheist is something that shouldn't really be needed. It's a bit like describing yourself is a non-stamp collector. As someone famous once said, I can't remember who, "atheism is just the sounds that rational people make when confronted with unjustifiable beliefs."

2023-04-08 22:08:36

Warrior
Strugglin'
To remain
Consequential

2023-04-08 19:33:58

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1. The short answer is I don't know. (And I'm okay with that being the extent of it. I wish more people would just say "I don't know") but yeah it seems matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only change states. My suspicion is there can be exceptions to this, like an event such as the big bang itself, inside black holes, a spontaneous event like vacuum decay, or whatever might happen in very deep time when everything in the universe is cold and dark and there's only one particle per 1x10^⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹ lightyears². But this is getting well outside my area of expertise, so once again I will defer to the scientific community.
2. That seems to be most likely what happened, I don't have evidence to the contrary.
3. The phrase I used, "cosmic soup", is just an analogy for what astrophysicists call "nothing". It doesn't disprove thermodynamics, if you study the research virtual particles always appear in pairs of matter or energy and almost as quickly as they appear they annihilate each other. But again, getting outside my wheelhouse, if you have further questions I would recommend contacting someone who is well versed in quantum mechanics.

2023-04-08 17:02:39

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There's a problem with your questions.
Time itself is part of the expansion of the universe. So the "spontaneous combustion" of the big bang, or the universe being eternal presupposes that there was time or a "nothingness" before the universe started. It could be the case that a "soup" a virtual particles is about as close to "nothing" as there could ever be. Similarly since time is part of it, there might not be such thing as "before" the big bang, or "outside" the universe, because it would be like asking what's north of the North Pole.
But as for what I specifically believe, I've taken a few college level astronomy classes but I'm not an astrophysicist, so I know enough to know a good deal about the subject matter, but also that I don't know nearly enough to disagree with the scientific community. The evidence shows 14.5 billion years ago our universe was compressed to a nearly infitesimally small point and in a microsecond began expanding rapidly. Physics shows that very improbable things can happen occasionally. A big bang might have been one of them, but that only needed to happen once. The anthropic principle shows that it doesn't matter how improbable something might have been we would only exist in that improbable universe to postulate it. Notice that none of this requires a creator to be involved. So now you have to ask yourself what's more probable, a universe started randomly and on one of the trillions and trillions of planets life started evolving, or a god-created this planet specifically and cares about who you're married to or what kind of head covering you wear. I see no evidence of any sort of god and find the proposition ridiculous. Sorry, but not sorry.

2023-04-08 13:59:13

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Not a good use of the word "virtual", yeah I'll admit poorly named, but they do exist if only for a fraction of a second.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_particle

2023-04-07 20:29:14

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https://i.imgur.com/f7D7bhG.jpg

2023-04-07 20:22:20

https://i.imgur.com/myioIZP.jpg

2023-04-07 20:11:06

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Test

2023-04-07 19:14:32

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404

2023-04-07 19:12:58

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Started an #atheism channel
#[0]

2023-04-07 19:05:39

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I've just been clicking the appropriate reply icon

2023-04-07 18:48:38

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Happy Easter
https://i.imgur.com/QOmVEKu.jpg

2023-04-07 18:45:15

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"free"

2023-04-07 17:47:02

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Are you looking forward to Signal usernames rolling out soon?

2023-04-07 17:42:19

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Notes and other stuff
https://i.imgur.com/6JtDvHn.jpg

2023-04-06 23:21:39

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How do you think SHA-256 compares to SHA-512?

2023-04-06 23:08:29

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Well don't hold out on us, details

2023-04-06 23:07:06

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When I see those I block immediately. Telegram is trash.

2023-04-06 22:05:07

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🙄

2023-04-06 21:58:58

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When it comes to quantum physics and at scales near plank length/time, yes.

2023-04-06 12:15:47

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It's important to keep in mind the context about which we're speaking. Krauss is an astrophysicist. He's referring to nothing as the "cosmic soup" of virtual particles from which a big bang event could occur. In fact it may be the case that his version of nothing is the only type that can exist at all. That would mean absent all of the "stuff" that we know makes up a universe, a big bang would be inevitable. The implication that Krauss shows, is that a universe can come from nothing, no creator necessary.

2023-04-06 01:46:25

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Meaningful conversation is definitely a better way to go, but a good conversation can't get started unless terms are defined otherwise people end up talking past each other. Moreover, Ray Comforts question is worded dishonestly, and designed to trip people up.
What ray is getting at deals with quantum mechanics so it's not surprising that many people including him misunderstand completely.
Short version: https://youtu.be/JIDmzLfk0K0
Long version: https://youtu.be/YUe0_4rdj0U

2023-04-04 21:04:07

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Oh this will be great!!!! Can't wait ☺️.

2023-04-04 21:03:36

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I wish people would quit giving that nutcase a platform to spew nonsense. It's the same process that got Trump elected in the first place. The more outrageous they get, the more attention they receive, and the cult of personality takes over.

2023-04-04 20:27:12

What does everyone think is the best lightning wallet? #bitcoin #lightning

2023-04-04 20:22:20

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I don't have a wallet set up either. I'll get there eventually, just haven't had the time to dive into how it works.

2023-04-02 02:04:13

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~~and reviews~~ interviews

2023-04-02 02:03:07

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So is the new president of the Signal foundation Meredith Whitaker. Look up some of her and reviews and blog posts. On more than one occasion I have slammed my hand down on the desk and said "hell yeah", "right on", or "you tell em".

2023-04-02 01:56:36

I will preemptively block racists when I see them on here, even if we've never had any interaction. Racist, Nazis, fascist, deserve scorn, derision, and to be punched in the face repeatedly. If you happen to be one of them, and you're seeing this, 🖕

2023-04-02 01:29:08

Anytime someone sends me a link to telegram chats, I immediately block that person.

2023-04-02 01:26:57

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Don't make mistake of thinking agnosticism is a midpoint on a spectrum between theist and atheist. Most atheists have a strong appreciation for science and healthy skeptical thinking, thus an aversion to 100% certainty about anything, therefore most would fall into the category of "agnostic atheists".
Conversely, the very nature of religious faith, would mean most theists should be, or perhaps our commanded to be, gnostic theists. #themoreyouknow
https://i.imgur.com/Yz0WBNj.jpg

2023-04-02 00:57:13

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The most typical explanation I've heard would go something along the lines of, "I don't know how their universe started, but I don't see any evidence for any creator, so for the moment I'll go with what seems a more likely scenario: some kind of natural phenomenon, random chance, etc."

2023-04-02 00:51:14

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That's a misrepresentation of what most atheists actually think.

2023-04-02 00:43:07

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Isn't that obvious? Frogs aren't real. They're bio engineered surveillance robots being controlled by the reptilian overlords living in the hollow moon. 😉

2023-04-02 00:37:55

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No one is forcing anyone to wear a pride flag, that's absolutely absurd. It's never happened, not once.

2023-04-02 00:28:35

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There's no such thing as "chem trails"

2023-03-30 15:23:03

Why is it every time there's an update to Mac OS, my yubikey doesn't work because /usr/local/lib/libykcs11.dylib is broken?????
It occurs just frequently enough to be really annoying, but not frequently enough that I remember how to fix it.

2023-03-29 04:21:13

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2023-03-24 20:54:52

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Fuck that racist bullshit

2023-03-24 20:39:50

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Praise be to the most external FSM, may his noodlely appendage be upon you.
R'amen
https://i.imgur.com/5KwFQZ8.jpg

2023-03-24 20:31:24

https://i.imgur.com/EqcsPLY.jpg

2023-03-24 20:10:45

If you use "woke" as an insult, you need this book.
https://i.imgur.com/NngNDOo.jpg

2023-03-17 17:32:58

Abandon your religion and embrace rationality!
https://i.imgur.com/1RZsV3e.jpg

2023-03-17 17:27:12

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That was great episode. Thanks 👍

2023-03-15 18:59:44

This is a picture of Putin's private secure train.
Photographing it sent the photographer into exile by way of FSB harassment. So, I'm sharing it here. Please keep sharing it because certain people need to understand the Streisand Effect.
WaPo gift article on this (no sub required) here: https://wapo.st/3lfeQpY
https://i.imgur.com/CLPlpJw.jpg

2023-03-10 00:24:57

https://signal.org/blog/uk-online-safety-bill/

2023-03-05 01:44:41

https://i.imgur.com/7nyfcZS.png

2023-03-03 23:01:41

We've reached peak cringe.
https://www.marcjacobs.com/default/heaven/shop/view-all/

2023-03-02 22:01:42

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Signal protocol?

2023-03-02 20:39:40

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10 out of 10 murders are human on human.