🇭🇰 We had another busy week here in HK. We have been out and about every day. This is the HK lifestyle - with your apartment being so small you have to get out every day and there is plenty of sunny weather to enjoy. This is certainly one of the benefits of living in HK!

Over the weekend I was out hiking with the group - this is a fantastic way to meet people and to see some of the more interesting parts of HK. This week the hike was Wong Nai Chung Gap to Central - so pretty handy! Sunday I was out hiking again with a friend and we decided to go from Central up to the Peak and back down for lunch in FCC - this is something of a tradition.

During the week I got in a few more hikes, including SKW to YSW midweek with a great brunch at Jaybird on the Pier (recommended). Following that V decided that she wanted to go back for an evening at the races again this week - so that was another night out.

Other destinations during the week included Sham Shui Po, Mong Kok and Causeway Bay in addition to Hung Hom and North Point. You have got to love how well-connected everything is in HK.

We had Friday lunch at the Windsurfing club as usual and Friday evening V has booked us to go to the HK Cultural Center for some modern dance; let's see - this is not something you can do in Bangkok, Palma or Belfast! This coming weekend I will be out hiking again and there are quite a few friends visiting from abroad. Another advantage of living in the world city that is HK!

Meanwhile, in the matrix things do seem to have moved on to the next phase. The much anticipated US (s)election came and went pretty much as expected and I tend to agree with Jason's perspective on what follows - he did predict this years ago and now seems to be the time. My thinking on all of this and how you can best navigate what ensues pretty much aligns with what David Icke shares in The Reveal, so if you have not read it yet you might want to make a start.

No one can be told what The Matrix is.  You have to see it for yourself.
- Morpheus to Neo in The Matrix

Book of the week

I got quite some interest and positive feedback from last week's book recommendation. Several subscribers are now also reading along and appreciating David's insights in The Reveal. Last weekend I completed the book and my recommendation to get it is only strengthened. You must read this and encourage others to do so too.

I know that some of you will find some things that David says are a step too far. That's fine. Note them and leave them for now. Focus on all the other points. He gives hundreds of examples with dozens of authoritative sources you can check directly yourself and by looking around you and considering honestly what has happened in the last few years. Chapters 14, 15 and 16 are especially insightful with much new and very pertinent material. It is interesting too to see connections with the 7 Habits that we have discussed before - there are no coincidences.

After that, what better to read next than one of the books that David cited early in his book and one that was instrumental to much of the early discussion. It was also referred to in the Where is my Mind podcast that we discussed a year ago.

The book is fascinating - the revised edition was written some 10 years after his first book and it was expanded to include dozens of new pieces of research from all around the world with researchers independently confirming many cases and unearthing dozens more.

The evidence is overwhelming, self-evident and undeniable - only mainstream "science" can ignore it as they do with anything that challenges the empire propaganda. You ought not to be surprised - this should remind you of the Covid Crimes and mainstream behaviour throughout that period and subsequently - even still today.

More in this issue

• Photo memories - around Hong Kong this week
• Project Updates - Nostr, Cashu, Zapping and deGoogled phones
• Plenty of useful links - don't say nobody told you!
• Closing out - Breaking pattern, King of Edessa and the Sun Square

🛠️ Project Updates

The following are updates from some projects that I am following, supporting and collaborating with. These are all part of the Parallel Systems that we need to build and use. What are you doing?

Nostr - it is really taking off with eCash

This is another in the series of Nostr-focussed meetings that NVK is running. It is a must listen and you will learn a lot about how the entire Nostr environment is helping to speed the development of reliable and scalable alternative payment methods. Cashu leads the charge and this will also benefit Fedi.

• (05:12) Building a permissionless public square on Nostr
• (12:25) Challenges in decentralised social media and privacy
• (18:43) Cashu protocol integration with Nostr
• (22:50) Role of eCash in relays and wallets
• (28:16) Nostr as an open social graph for applications
• (31:42) Innovation in digital payments and Zaps on Nostr
• (35:14) Open-source culture and project monetisation
• (39:23) Bitcoin integration in social media platforms
• (42:38) Scaling challenges and user adoption
• (47:06) Nostr’s impact on new market designs
• (48:25) Future of Zaps in expanding Bitcoin user base
• (49:24) Social feedback and micro-transactions
• (50:20) Infinite innovation potential with Nostr and Zaps
• (51:57) Nostr’s role in enhancing app social features
• (54:29) Regulatory challenges and JavaScript as a platform

Meanwhile - elsewhere in the matrix

Some of my subscribers are looking actively into how to have private phones. I have previously indicated my preferences for Graphene (albeit on Pixel) and CalyxOS. Yet another option has surfaced. This one is from Germany and I am still investigating but by all accounts it seems like a seriously interesting option, especially for those who do not want to have a Pixel (for obvious reasons).

WDYT? Do reach out and discuss if you have experience or informed opinions.

For those who are happy with GrapheneOS on Pixel or who just want the cheapest and simplest phone I have got to recommend the Pixel 4a. We discussed this back in Newsletter #115 - and you can pick up these phones secondhand from Amazon Renewed for around £100. I get 2 day battery life on mine and it does all that I need.

🔗 Links for your edification

The following are links from my NetNewswire feeds - learn, enjoy and share.

Kazan - the end of the beginning?

This unofficial club of nations, largely representing the so-called ‘global south’, is becoming steadily more aligned and assertive. Collectively they represent about half the of the world population. Cementing them together is their dissatisfaction with, and opposition to, the US-led, dollar-dominated global and financial order that was established with Bretton Woods and corrupted 15 August 1971.

We are clearly moving into the next stage. The local currency loans may sound interesting but they are meaningless unless/until the currencies are "backed" somehow - this will likely emerge with the backing being locally produced commodities, gold and (eventually) bitcoin - the implications are far reaching.

As always, I encourage you to download and read the original source document. Here is the Kazan declaration. Make your own informed decisions and don't say that nobody told you.

You might also want to ponder on the implications of this surprise announcement from the BIS.

Bullshit jobs

I came across this great short video by Tom. He is Polish and now living in Sweden. He is inspired by video creation and creating high-value content as opposed to 9-5 jobs. I think many will recognise what he describes.

Do listen through the second half of the video - he is planning is year ahead. What are you doing?

Choose wisely!

Quite a few people appreciated Chad's walk-and-talk that I shared recently. Here is another one from this week. He points out that the people you surround yourself with have a profound impact on your life, shaping your mindset, behaviour, and ultimately your destiny. As he says, choose wisely - the choice is yours.

1984 - Ministry of Truth - a near miss?

Gabriel and Urban discuss the recent cyberattack against The Internet Archive, details about how the company and its services function, and some thoughts about how we can start backing up the Internet ourselves. This seems to have been a near miss or perhaps we will yet discover what has been done behind the scenes.

Internet Archive does certainly deserve your support. We must also make our own backups. There is not yet any good alternative solution available. They remind us that this situation has happened before and point out one example that you may not have heard about: How the Irish saved civilisation.

A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilisation – copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task.

🤔 Closing Thoughts

This week I am closing out with three interesting topics. Firstly a reminder of the benefit of Breaking Pattern, secondly a fascinating interview by Jason as part of Archaix 3.0 and then something that you likely did not appreciate about 1776 and 2024, all rather relevant given the recent US (s)election and other current events.

Breaking Pattern

Somehow this video clip dropped off last week's newsletter so I am featuring it here so you don't miss it. Done by an independent creator, he took one of Jason's monologues and set it in the new style that you will see a lot these days. Well worth 12 minutes to educate yourself with practical knowledge that you can put to use today.

The King of Edessa

This is a fascinating interview. You likely have not heard of Edessa and as you will find out there are some rather interesting reasons why that would be. Ralph has been studying original biblical and contemporary texts for over 40 years and he is author of 12 authoritative books. This discussion is indeed a meeting of minds.

Among many other topics you will also get to understand more about the real origin of Snow White and 7 dwarves and the anointing of King Charles.

The Sun Square

With the US (s)election just having passed I thought this was an appropriate set of insights to introduce you to now. In the Sun Square, the rows, columns and diagonal lines all equal 111 and since there are 6 rows and 6 columns you reveal 666. But it goes MUCH DEEPER.

37 is also hidden within this square and finding this takes us much further.

666 + 111 + 111 = 888

666 + (37 x 6 = 222) gives another 888.

Together, these 888s add up to 1776.

8+8+8=24 and the 24th letter is X! (Why do you think Elon named his company X and did a post with prime numbers equaling X)

Remarkably, the year 1776 began on a Monday and is a leap year, with specific alignment dates, 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12, along with key dates like July 4th and October 31st, which all fell on Thursdays.

Fast forward 248 years and you land on 2024, which also starts on a Monday, again a leap year, with those exact dates landing on Thursdays again.

Why is 248 important? This number marks the time Pluto takes to orbit the Sun and the last full orbit began in 1776; the very year the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Illuminati was founded.

The Freemasons later crafted the dollar bill, embedding it with symbols:

• 13 Stars above the eagle on the Great Seal.
  13 Stripes on the shield covering the eagle’s chest.
  13 Arrows held in the eagle's left talon, symbolising defense.
  13 Olive Leaves in the eagle's right talon, symbolising peace.
  13 Berries on the olive branch, adding to the symbol of peace.
  13 Steps on the pyramid, representing progress and the original colonies.
  13 Letters in the motto "E Pluribus Unum" above the eagle, which means "Out of many, one."

Dividing 1776 by these 13 steps reveals the number 137, the 33rd prime number, reflecting the 33 degrees of Freemasonry.

The new World Trade Center, standing at a symbolic 1,776 feet, echoes this interesting number.

1776 and 2024 are connected in many ways - there are no coincidences.

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