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News Of The WeekNews Of The Week

Welcome to this week’s issue of the Books And Articles newsletter. Once again, thanks for all of the quality posts.

Once again, I encourage you to check out this post by Shane/Rayo2. He owns Liberty Under Attack Publications, a freedom focused publishing house. You can also learn more at LIBERTYUNDERATTACK.COM.

I hope everyone has a good week.

Top Five Posts Of The WeekTop Five Posts Of The Week

The top post of the week will be forwarded 50% of the zaps earned on this week’s newsletter post. Rankings will be determined using the SN zaprank.

Here are this week’s top posts:

• Broken Money Explainer  by @grayruby
• A Brief Profile of Scoresby 🐳 by @plebpoet
• Sensei Stacked 900k Sats on Stacker News by @cryotosensei
• The Final Product, Chapter 15 by @cleophas
• Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon by @Scoresby

Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions

• The Arrest of Samourai Wallet Devs Shows the US Gov Hates Privacy and Freedom by @erict875

It’s not often that an article from mises.org shows up in this territory. Although it got some attention, I can’t help but think it would have gotten more engagement if posted in the bitcoin territory. I have been reading every article I can get my hands on about the Samourai indictments, and this is one of the best. I did not know the Mises guys were focused on bitcoin. The legal analysis is first rate. Placing the prosecution in the context of the ETF launch highlights the big picture for all of us to see. It is worth taking the time to read.

• i want to look back on my life and regret nothing by @speakingyourtruth

I always enjoy reading about @speakingyourtruth’s adventure in Japan. For some reason this post didn’t get much engagement, but I really enjoyed it. I think it’s worth your time.

This week’s Golden Oldie:

• Reality Is Just a Game Now by @elvismercury

Today’s Golden Oldie is from @elvismercury. I thought about this article a few weeks ago when having lunch with a friend. He and his wife are typical New Yorkers. He is a psychologist and she is a City College professor. He grew up in a secular Jewish family. They both are politically very liberal. They live in Morningside Heights, literally a block from Columbia University’s campus. We rarely see eye to eye politically, but I think it’s fair to say we both enjoy our back and forth banter. Our lunchtime conversation naturally turned to the Israel/Palestine situation. He felt threatened and scared by the violent protests. I pointed out to him that a few years ago he was literally a BLM protester who witnessed cars being burned and store windows being smashed while looters stole merchandise. He had excused those incidents as justifiable. He insisted this wasn’t the same. He feels unsafe in his neighborhood and is thinking of moving.

Later, I thought about how these recent events have caused me to seek out news sources I would never have paid attention to a few months ago. Politicians and pundits I despise suddenly sound like the voice of reason. Others I always agree with sound like stark raving lunatics. I don’t know if anyone else has had this experience. The only consistent news source for me is the New York Times. No matter the issue, the Gray Lady is always wrong.

Writing ContestsWriting Contests

• Writing Contest #1
• Writing Contest #2

Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs

• Fighting The Daily Grind by @cryotosensei
• Personal Blog, Got My First Job by @CyberCrypto

My Bitcoin JourneyMy 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 by @grayruby
• I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
• From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter

Book ClubsBook Clubs

• Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ

BooksBooks

• The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
• Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
• The Final Product by @cleophas
• Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
• The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
• Submersible by @johnbnevin

Book ReviewsBook Reviews

• Some Thoughts On Re-Reading Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• The Last Policeman, by Ben H. Winters by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Number Go Up Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
  by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• The Bezzle, by Cory Doctorow by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Some thoughts on Moore and Lloyd's V for Vendetta by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Author Recommendation- Andrew Heaton by @Undisciplined
• The Things We Leave Unfinished, by Rebecca Yarros by @Tef
• The Achilles Trap, by Steve Coll by @Coinsreporter
• Software,by Rudy Rucker by @Scoresby
• Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon by @Scoresby
•  “Better than Before” by Gretchen Rubin by @cryotosensei
• Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24

EssaysEssays

• Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
• Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

PoetryPoetry

• Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I by @cryotosensei
• plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
• Churning Black Matter by @Nuttall
• If A Day Comes... by @Tef

Short StoriesShort Stories

• Neo’s Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin by @VEINTIUNO