Vin Armani , founder of Cointext.io explains the historical significance of libertarians throwing a party in the woods every Summer. Here’s the full video of Vin’s speech , brought to you by Forkfest.party :

As an aside, the number one most-accepted crypto by the vendors at Forkfest and Porcfest 2019 was Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

This week, by request I added Horizen (ZEN) to our crypto tip jar page . You can now easily contribute ZEN, ZEC, DASH, BCH, and BTC via the QR codes and wallet addresses on that page . Are we missing your favorite crypto? Just let me know via email or post to the #cryptocurrency room on our Discord , and be sure to tag me, @FTL_Ian.

Also, can you help us reach our 1,000 follower goal on DLive ? We were recently promoted to DLive "Verified Partner" status and our next goal is to hit 1,000 followers. I recently flipped our HD 720p feed from Twitch to DLive as a result. We're still on Twitch , but in SD 480p resolution. So please do hit the follow button on our DLive channel once you've got your account created.

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Porcfest ‘s main stage this year featured a social media panel with moderator Naomi Brockwell and panelists Desi-Rae C , Lyn Ulbricht , and Carla Gericke . They discussed the challenges surrounding social media interactions and more.

Gericke is the former president of the Free State Project and is currently heading up the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence. Don’t miss Carla’s new blog at CarlaGericke.com . Finally, someone else is actively blogging in the New Hampshire freedom movement.

Easy come, easy go. Some listeners noticed the LRN.FM & FTL listening app is no longer available on either iOS or Android. I have reached out to the app people to find out what happened, but it's ultimately not really a big loss. While some people liked the app, others reported it was buggy with memory leaks at one point. I'm guessing they just decided our small audience wasn't worth the trouble of updating the app anymore. The company that had made the app for us is the same one that handles our telephone listen lines and they had offered to do it for free, which allowed them to sell ads in-app.

If you still have the app, it still works. I'll update you via email if it gets relisted, but for now, if you need an app with which to listen to the FTL 24/7 streams or the LRN.FM streams, please try TuneIn. TuneIn is available in your App or Play store and has been around for a very long time. Both FTL and LRN.FM's streams are available there. Plus our streams will work on...

Amazingly, I'm back at the Porcupine Freedom Festival this year, after a four year absence. Since we are now broadcasting from Forkfest each Summer, I decided to take some days off and just attend Porcfest for the first time where I don't have to broadcast. I hope you've been enjoying this week's episodes in the meantime, headed up by Chris Rietmann, Mark, and Michael Hampton.

I'm posting an occasional photo to social media, if you care to follow them, here they are: Twitter , Mastodon .

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