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Another thing - it was apparently a 'virtual church,' i.e services on zoom or something.. there was no physical building
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 19:02 (three months ago) link
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 19:53 (three months ago) link
Ah, grift. Enjoy a gift link!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/business/bitboy-ben-armstrong.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU0.XIQw.waNRmXK-BCc_&bgrp=g&smid=url-share
Among other joys:
Back then, BitBoy was one of the most popular figures in the wild, scam-ridden world of crypto influencers. Cultivating a persona as a straight-talking everyman, he filmed a livestream five days a week in which he lectured his hundreds of thousands of listeners on the virtues of experimental coins with names like Polkadot or XRP. He said that regulators were fools, and that digital money offered a path to upward mobility. The Lamborghini was vivid proof: Crypto would make you rich and cool and successful.Two years later, Mr. Armstrong, 41, has lost his production company and much of his wealth. His friends have turned on him, and his wife has filed for divorce. Over the last five months, across countless social media posts and videos, Mr. Armstrong has claimed to be the victim of a “criminal conspiracy” by “terrorists” who took over his YouTube channel. “BitBoy is dead,” he recently declared....
“I’m going through a midlife crisis,” Mr. Armstrong said in one of several recent interviews. “A spiritual crisis.”....
Like any charismatic salesman, Mr. Armstrong has a carefully honed pitch: He used to be just a regular guy, he likes to say, until crypto changed his life. After undergoing treatment for a methamphetamine addiction in the early 2000s, he attended a Christian college and ended up marrying his admissions counselor.
And especially this bit about the woman he's having an affair with:
Since the summer, Ms. Wolfe has been working with Mr. Armstrong to rebuild his fan base and fight for control of his company. Before she got interested in crypto, she considered law school, she said, and ran a small clinic for people who wanted to represent themselves in court — mostly men in divorce cases.Ms. Wolfe, who has been married and divorced four times, met Mr. Armstrong at a conference in 2022 as she was trying to make her way in the crypto industry. A few months later, an astrologer she had found on the gig work site Fiverr told her that someone was about to “change the trajectory” of her career.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 February 2024 20:56 (two months ago) link
one month passes...
As of today, March 28, 2024, Pacman has refused to acknowledge our letter.
― President Keyes, Friday, 29 March 2024 15:39 (four weeks ago) link
"I recently lost Bumbledoor Glockbottoms to a North Korean zero-day hack. It's tough living without such a critical part of me"
― koogs, Friday, 29 March 2024 16:38 (four weeks ago) link
well, shoot, y'all, it's with a mighty heavy heart i gotta up and tell ya 'bout the sale of my ol' buddy, salazar, the fella with egg all over his mug most folks 'round these parts know me when i'm with him my young'uns reckon i'm his partner in crime, and heck, i even courted my missus with this egg-faced rascal been part of my hide for a dog's age
me and ol' salazar, we've been ramblin' 'cross god's green earth together, from them fancy hotels to them rowdy honky-tonks, and them peaceful beaches too but doggone it, them shenanigans of damon albarn and his britpop troupe done gone and turned my egg-splattered pal into a dime-store trinket ever since damon albarn moseyed on in, his market price done fell from a sky-high 85 eggs down to a measly dozen
regrettably, i gotta bid adieu to my ol' buddy to save what's left of my bacon 'fore it's cooked to all y'all good folks in the egg-faced brotherhood who've been sendin' kind words my way, i tip my hat to ya 'til we meet again down the road, so long for now and who knows, maybe one day we'll cross paths again on the other side of the fence until then, take care, y'hear
https://i.imgur.com/FdrOKzt.png
― z_tbd, Friday, 29 March 2024 16:51 (four weeks ago) link
This has been Gorillaz's plot all along, hasn't it?
― jmm, Friday, 29 March 2024 16:57 (four weeks ago) link