If you denounce everyone that succeeds, you will surround yourself with losers.


Brave started out okay, but has gotten worse; to the point where people are moving away from using it. DuckDuckGo, which appears to be a proxy for Bing, has been excellent until 2-3 weeks ago. Now I have to go to second and third page search results to find sites/info that aren't mega-corporations. I'm prepared to go back to using multiple search engines like it's 1998 all over again. 😜


Having used Google for searching is totally understandable. Still using it today by default isn't.


I know how to calculate for all of my failings. I just don't know what all my failings are yet.


33 minutes into the newest Indiana Jones movie and I am amazed at how Disney could be so horrible at story telling.  It's a perfect example of how to do it nearly 100% wrong. After an hour, I'm ready to quit the movie, which I've only done once or twice before in my entire life. They don't even deserve an F.


They're not destroying them, they're conserving them! Save the cameras!


Probably. The first I heard about it was Nostr folks talking about it breaking during every zapathon.


The past will never change anything; awareness will.


Wait a minute ... this car is real? Just when I thought Fiat couldn't get worse.


They used to live with parents until finding an eligible bachelor. Now they're choosing to be alone.


Where do I learn more? I don't mind being second place.


The number of guns you have doesn't mean much if you don't have more than 10k rounds for each one. (Which isn't very much, for those that don't know). Buy ammo now while it's still affordable!


Tommy, instead of playing, ask them the best techniques for recoil control.


Is "medoed" the word for badger? It is similar to the Russian word for "bear", correct?


I can see the makings of a "contacts" app, (or the equivalent functionality in Amethyst). This could end up being the start of a Nostr CRM (Customer Relationship Manager).


Am I correct in understanding that these relationship categories are private? If so, I like the idea.


Great find! Do you plan to dry it, extract, or something else?


Subconsciously, young humans observe so they can fit in with the tribe. They will follow the patterns they see, even when they are undesirable patterns to us.

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It's not even about the filters accumulating bacteria. The EPA is claiming that since bacteria is being removed, then that defines the filter as a "pesticide", and must conform to all of the requirements for a chemical pesticide.


At least the exchanges still function for you, even if the sellers don't. I wish I knew of a simple solution to this.


I love this type of video. The narration, pace, and animations really help explain what's happening inside.

https://youtu.be/1s4plUZGj4w?si=I8GBK_r-TG4up0YS


My friend asked my why all of my computers are sitting at a diagonal angle. I told him, "I always tip my servers."


Alchemize the situation by betting them in Sats. 😉


Make sure to buy herbs elsewhere though.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead-a6246621494/


Ah, so something along the lines of, "If you think the craft matters, but the motivation behind the craftsman doesn't, then you have big lessons ahead."? A physical talent vs spirit behind it?


What do you meam by "first principles of the developer"?


Maybe they're trying to appeal to a demographic that identifies with victimhood. 🤷🏻♂


Once deposited, they are no longer your funds. You are the first creditor, but it is officially owned by the bank.


It is impossible to pay back, and not because the debt is large.

Since 1913, the US has been paying a private corporation to print its currency. This corporation charges a fee. That fee can only be paid for in the currency it prints.


You become what you consume.

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Failure is a requirement of success. Avoiding failure ends up being a way to guarantee it.

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Encourage (react, boost, and/or zap) posts with content that is not related to Bitcoin or Nostr.


This is why it's called "bleeding edge".

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Are you asking about the quote, "Those that fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.", or a different quote?


That's me.  Also, "Is there a chance that no sweetener / sugar has been added? Nope."

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With Amethyst zaps set to "Anonymous", and attempting to zap you one sat, I get the message:

Invoice Not Created (element pr not found in the resulting JSON)


Oh wow! When Amethyst updated, it changed my zap preference from private to public.


Your contribution changes that; whether in time, code, or sats.


This probably needs to be boosted daily.

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Cheers to celebrating your existence! May your next year be full of good health, great wealth, smiles and laughter with loving friends and family, beautiful flowers, relaxing time on water, the dankest weed, and the best opportunities to all of your highest futures! Happy birthday!


I consider the plethora of Bitcoin and NOSTR posts as our biggest obstacle to mass adoption currently. For the masses, this content is just noise, and boring.

I don't give those posts zaps, and rarely boost them.

I see it the same as finding a great technology for communication, only to find that 90% of the content is about monster trucks and Taylor Swift. Am I going to feel a desire to login to that? I probably won't return after the first few visits and seeing only conversations that I don't care about.


I am somewhat, but until NOSTR, I never knew of anyone involved with it. Even the Bitcoin people I've met here that have a lot of followers are virtually unknown to me. For example, I don't know what they did to become
famous, just that they seem like cool folks that promote Bitcoin.

However, I think it's related to something else. For example, I never found it important to learn actors names. It's not like I ignore knowing their names, but I don't go out of my way to learn about that person.


https://nostrisdead.com/
#nostrisdead


Eggcellent!


Since they can't be banned, hashtag abusers (of any hashtag) should be publicly shamed. 😉


The trick is not wishing for a tail, but wishing to be able to see it. It's there, but men are usually obtuse.


That will only attract greedy people. I didn't join NOSTR for zaps, bitcoin, or anything monetary. If that's why you're here, then you're as bad as the Federal Reserve. Greedy people can fuck off and die.


Ah yes, I know those communities have "income". And to make it for decades, I would say they almost definitely have a profit margin.

If you don't cover your expenses, plus some extra, you are doomed and with a short span.

There will always be unexpected events. There will always be increase in costs. If you plan for that (by having an accurate profit margin), then you can perpetuate, and continue. Without that recouperation, plus a hedge for future strife, then you're dead before you started.


Until I can Zap A ZBD user, that platform will always be evil in my mind.


Hold on! I didn't wear a mask before, and I won't anytime soon. However, voodoo is powerful. Get into it!


To the best free operating system money can't buy, I celebrate you. I've cursed you, spent entire weekends compiling kernels on slackware, playing "library dependency hell" when trying to install the simplest of applications, tore my hair out playing with codecs and drivers just to get my sound or video to play, or to .... print ... (the original reason Linux was made) BUT (and this but is bigger than Andre The Giant's backside) ... I WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN TO HAVE AN OPERATING SYSTEM I CAN TRUST!!! I love you Linux, and every distro that you display yourself in. If you haven't used Linux on your home computer, you don't know what fun (and pain*) you're missing.

*All operating systems come with pain, but with Linux, your pain results in something that works for you, and you feel godlike when you've conquered that domain. Windows and OSX can't make that claim; not even close.

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After a few years attending several universities, I realized that my professors and department heads only knew their field right up to their graduation. I had studied their fields while taking their classes, and knew more than them in just a few weeks. Once you can run circles around your professor, it's kind of hard to justify the cost of tuition.


Wouldn't that finger be more practical if it was the handle?


God I hope so. Geeks are great at screwing up marketing entirely. Although I can see the coolness of "Simple X", the name was not thought through AT ALL. Did they even search the name first to see the results?

They might as well have named it anal herpes, but only if "anal herpes" returned five unrelated topics that have that same name.


Five years is a long time to you? I measure my past in decades, and it's fun! 😜


Things you learn from adulthood, and how not to grow up.

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I feel ya. I totally do.

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I was thinking of that same concept earlier today.


I followed its instructions for text-to-image and  it kept giving me text descriptions of images. At least my balance wasn't charged.


I have somes stand-alone icons, and folders for some categories. For example, any music, radio, audio apps (listening, or making) are in a folder. I have another one for file/network stuff with some ftp servers, vpn apps, and a torrent client.


Are you a Donald Fagan fan as well? I love the album Karmakiriad.


If you do not have any firearms, you should buy some while they're still inexpensive.

If you do have firearms, make sure you are familiar with its controls, and practice managing recoil.

Of course, always follow the four primary rules of gun handling.

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Ah, I see. I thought you were collecting profiles to drool over.


There are plenty of cases in fights where that is proven false.


I can't tell if it's all this love on #nostr that makes me want to fuck. Or if it's fucking #nostr that makes me want to love.

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Would that be like Kickstarter on the DVM? Kicking the vending machine? 😜


I just installed the app a few days ago. Here's are two shows I found that are not focused on Bitcoin.

This one seems to be folk-punk music.

https://fountain.fm/show/wwVoAqqul4KTCy2z9KIj

This one is about homesteading, and was started as a way to promote an annual self-sufficiency event.

https://fountain.fm/show/rmLIG4hzKmKatb9oemB6


What ... the ... ? Why would anyone use Primal after seeing this? Control freaks have no place in this protocol.

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Sometimes there is lag. If you have any data on who sent it, and when, there might be a way to troubleshoot the issue.


Check out this NOSTR search feature. I used nostr:npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj as the npub, used the search term "mute", selected the third radio button, and used yesterday and today's dates for start and end.

https://advancednostrsearch.vercel.app/?fromDate=2023-08-22&toDate=2023-08-23&query=mute&npub=npub12262qa4uhw7u8gdwlgmntqtv7aye8vdcmvszkqwgs0zchel6mz7s6cgrkj&include=followed


If you're talking about people that zap your profile, it goes into your wallet. I have Alby, and I've received sats from profile zaps.


For Damus, and other iOS apps it seems, they don't have the option to zap posts.


This song is so beautiful to listen to!

Watching a loved one take themselves down an ugly path is always heartbreaking. The best we can do is pray (even if it is just to their soul), that they make the choices to find a better state of mind, and to be available when they are ready to make those changes.


Damus isn't stealing them. Apple is being a jerk in this situation. It's like Steve Jobs never died, and his shitty control-freak attitude still lives on.


Hobbies can totally be practical. Some of the best hobbies are ones that fund themselves, like making beer/alcohol. Hobbies are regular activities you engage in for fun, and from your own desire. It doesn't matter what that activity is.


"...Mullvad doesn't.  Get it at ..."

is different than

"... Mullvad doesn't get it ..."


I can't get it to work. 😕 I keep trying the "text-to-image" command and it gives me text descriptions of pictures.


I wouldn't post a new note of the same content, that would be worse. I have used an older post to reply ro someone else though.

I've never been a "Hey! Look over here at me!" type of person. If you need extra convincing to give me attention, then you probably have better things to do. If you do find what I have to offer to be interesting, then you'll look for yourself without me jumping in your face and waving my hands.


This was from last week ...

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/dd98630fe1918ca0df735e58a980df235e777cc702c8397f5b527928323e8783.jpg


While preparing a garden space, I found this druzy agate with a bit of "fire" to it.

https://i.ibb.co/VpcpSXf/20230821-191811.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/6HD3B17/20230821-191832.jpg

#agates #rocks #gardening #grownostr


While up-potting some plants, this black widow and I scared the crap out of each other! After getting some pictures, I moved her to a nice dark spot near where this pot was sitting, and where we won't be disrupting her work.

https://i.ibb.co/HH4SY8T/20230821-212923.jpg

#blackwidow #spiders #gardening #grownostr


When we prepped these beds with their first soil, we added a mycorrhizal layer. These mushrooms (fruiting bodies) are a sign that a good soil biome is present. Multiple species appear in this picture. The yellow puffy looking ones are Leucocoprinus birnbaumii.

https://i.ibb.co/N300VmN/20230820-190832.jpg

#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #grownostr


My first salvo in the campaign. I'm excited to do more!

https://i.ibb.co/xHTJHcy/20230821-131858.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/WK9YP33/20230821-131907.jpg


My first salvo in the Bitcoin.Rocks campaign. I'm excited to do more!

https://i.ibb.co/xHTJHcy/20230821-131858.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/WK9YP33/20230821-131907.jpg

#bitcoin #bitcoinrocks


I love playing with GIMP.

https://i.ibb.co/9g7Twjz/Immaculate-Bitcoin.png


After that will be a pay phone version.


Imagine parents that are bullys.


It will even be great too!


I have some quick privacy tips you can take without knowing fuck all about tech:

 - use Protonmail or tutanota instead of Gmail
 - use startpage instead of google search
 - use a VPN that you buy no kyc

Just do those 3 things and you've probably fixed 80% of your privacy leaks


How about $170k instead?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3633-Connor-Ave-Saint-Louis-MO-63121/2697814_zpid/


My aloe vera produced babies after I up-potted it.

https://i.ibb.co/RHLnfbt/20230819-192222.jpg

#aloe #aloevera #succulents #gardening #grownostr


One of my opuntias is pupping nicely.

https://i.ibb.co/G3s40gB/20230819-192141.jpg

#cactus #opuntia #gardening #grownostr


A bee taking refuge on bamboo before a lightning storm arrives.

https://i.ibb.co/tKy24TM/20230819-160148.jpg

#bees #bamboo #gardening #grownostr


I've been a Zappa fan since primary school.

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That looks like a radio penthouse instead of a radio shack. I only have a couple of HTs. I'm thinking to put up an external antenna.


The State of Jefferson.


A large stone. One of many in these woods.
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/C6zzBC1/20230819-135011.jpg


The berry from a yew.
#trees #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/j4TbH7t/20230819-133942.jpg


The creek flows under the rocks and trees of the enbankment, then flows back out, appearing to flow from nowhere.
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/JkZWdB5/20230819-134808.jpg


The moss has grown so long that you could probably braid it.
#moss #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/t2sVbth/20230819-134023.jpg


These are smaller waterfalls near the main one in the previous post.
#waterfalls #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/sHy5kjh/20230819-133743-resized.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/tMGTr9W/20230819-134422.jpg


The main flow of a nice waterfall.
#waterfalls #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/zR7b1z2/20230819-134922.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/m5SbQ63/20230819-133529.jpg


Streptopus amplexifolius a.k.a. Twisted Salk
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/5B9p9P3/20230819-133049.jpg


I love little creeks like this.
#creek #stream #nature

https://i.ibb.co/2MjpGp6/20230819-132958.jpg


This is the way.
#nature #forest #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/xCTsj3C/20230819-132826.jpg


A good sized tree providing habitat for several species.
#trees #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/zPMn2mB/20230819-132655.jpg


A local fun guy growing from a stump.
#fungi #mushrooms #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/VxMt8kb/20230819-132203.jpg


This tree is almost as large as a small Redwood. It appears that the bark is providing a home for insects, which serve as food for the birds.
#trees #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/hfSb87w/20230819-132113.jpg


I used to taste them once a year or so when playing in the woods as a child. I'm sure there are some beneficial compounds in them. I think it's possible that your state of mind helped lead you to some medicine.


Yes, if you want to make them into a jam, you'll need a lot of sugar.


A stump that became a nursery.
#forest #trees #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/zSMHfhX/20230819-131853.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/M5wWwm1/20230819-131907.jpg


Someone just moved in.
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/T2nx2gg/20230819-132022.jpg


I have a full, 3½ hour online #ForestGarden class, which covers:

1. Introducing
2. Plan
3. Design
4. Protect
5. Perennial Veg
6. Canopy layer
7. Ground Preparation
8. Shrubs & Ground Cover

Half price, only £24.99 with this link:
https://store.natureworks.org.uk/l/BackyardForest/FiftyFifty

#gardening #FoodForest


Forest
#nature #forest #trees #woods #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/v3bnfXz/20230819-131502.jpg


Double-P ullshit on Double-P itcoin?


A wild Huckleberry plant.
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/SRPYSb5/20230819-131320.jpg


One variety of Oregon Grape.
#nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/FW89BwP/20230819-131308.jpg


Beautiful!


A local fern in the sunlight.
#fern #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/wrss8Cr/20230819-130249.jpg


It definitely does!


Your messages will be encrypted. The fact that you two are in communication together is out in the open.

If you want to increase your security, you could use the private chat in Nostr to share SimpleX ID's/invites. Then use SimpleX to communicate sensitive information.


The Western side of the sky glows softly with sunset while on the Eastern side (not pictured) the sky is solid grey and loud with thunder.

Male bumblebees sleep peacefully scattered throughout the garden while a few large raindrops patter down.

https://i.ibb.co/XjJc1qS/20230820-072857.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/c2rLXD4/20230819-193555.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/g6bV1MX/20230819-194031.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/WpFhZ27/20230819-201004.jpg

#nature #photography #insects #nativebees #bumblebees


Since 2015,I've been engaged in a trench warfare to unearth the truth about #WikiLeaks through FOIA
I've reconstructed it in my book #SecretPower
I'll keep fighting
If you've legitimate access to the docs,share safely here:

https://stefaniamaurizi.it/en-contactme.html

#JA's life hangs in the balance

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/876/092/246/472/402/original/cabda0f1b9d5ae4e.jpg


You get sats for the smore's pic though. 😜


Yes, I hung up on my dad while he was yelling at me when I had done nothing wrong. I woke up, and realized that here I am as an adult, letting some other adult treat me like shit for absolutely no reason. I was fed up with years of that bullshit and ended it. I knew he would never apologize, and that there was a large chance that he would die before we ever spoke again.  That ended being true, and I am not sorry in any way. I used to question whether I did the right thing, but then I would usually encounter the letter he sent me after I hung up on him, which was full of more abuse. When I've read this letter to others, they are shocked at the content. Getting toxic people oit of your reality is a way of being healthy to yourself. Staying with toxic people is being disrespectful of yourself.


Never touch a baby dear. The only defense it has is remaining motionless. Also, the mom knows exactly where she left her baby, but you screwed that up.

Not to mention that disturbing it was a jerk move.


🧡🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🧡
https://nostr.build/av/0bada45f0155c8f0a9d504ca822b85e47d60fd9278a05831024880abea30ea3d.mp4
💜🦋🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🦋💜


If you're going to drunk-buy tickets, at least make it somewhere nice!


Power outage here.


Announcing Rev. Hodl's Applied Permaculture Class (and Fireside Bitcoin Meetup)
https://i.imgur.com/c0vrFVo.jpeg
Learn how to apply permaculture to your lifestyle to build sovereignty, resilience, and wealth in this 3 hour class. I will detail how I apply the permaculture ethics and principles to homesteading, share how I build resilience in my wealth with the 8 forms of capital, and illuminate the connections between Bitcoin and permaculture. After the learning about applied permaculture, eat lunch prepared with fresh food grown on the homestead. After lunch I will give a full homestead tour showcasing living examples to see the ethics and principles of permaculture in action. You will leave with a full understanding of permaculture and the inspiration to apply it to your life in any situation.

Sunday September 17, 2023 10am (approximate location Baroda, Michigan)
Tickets - 250k sats
21 tickets available
To purchase tickets direct message me

I will also host a fireside bitcoin meetup at the homestead 7pm Saturday September 16 open to all. BYOB

Lodging available Saturday/Sunday night
Free camping (limited space for RVs contact me)
Book the house (4 beds/6 guest max)
Book the yurt (queen bed/2 guests max)
DM for details and pricing

Weekend Schedule

Saturday September 16
Check in and Fireside Bitcoin Meetup
3pm check in for those staying overnight
(No plans for dinner, do your own thing)
7pm Fireside bitcoin meetup (byob)

Sunday September 17
Rev. Hodl's Applied Permaculture
10am Permaculture Lecture
12pm Homestead Lunch
1pm Permaculture in action tour
3pm Wrap up and Networking


The next wave will come from whatever demographic is targeted for cancelation next.


Got it. Thank you!


I forgot about this one ...

https://youtu.be/pAIkCINLMHA


If the system knows you've completed a task, it can request an invoice from the third party, then passs it to you. No tracking needed.


So .. do I need to post an invoice for 10k sats?


For a good laugh ...

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Which app?


Pretending that your time has a dollar value less than infinity.


Some acorns were knocked off the tree, or maybe dropped by a woodpecker.
#acorns #nature #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/6tP6Pmk/20230817-162705.jpg


Some bunny came exploring. This one is small. It's probably his/her first summer.
#rabbits #jackrabbits #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/MCWkdF6/20230818-224559.jpg


A sleeping bee on a high branch.
#bees #gardening #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/j9CTXYK/20230816-191400-resized.jpg


I’m no physicist, but quantum entanglement leads me to think we are just a mote of an unfathomably larger whole.


Cannabis has its role(s), but is nothing like a 5g psilocybin experience. It's like the difference between swinging in a hammock versus riding a roller coaster.

With enough psilocybin, you can make use of neuroplasticity, the ability for your neuronic pathways to easily change to new connections. It's like thoughts create grooves the more we use them. Some thoughts are so deep that we develop unhealthy patterns, for lack of a better term, and can't easily get out of those grooves.  By setting the right intention, and facing what psilocybin has to show you, it is like someone pulling a sheet straight, removing the grooves.

With proper reflection and follow-through in the days that follow, the experience has been able to turn people's life around, sometimes with only one "trip". Many are finding this to be a solution for PTSD, depression, addiction, and more.  I have met several people that have likened a single experience as "worth over ten years of therapy".


Can I know where not to apply? I work to make money. I make money for the company, and money for myself.  I do it by being a professional, like showing up on time and setting the right expectations. If a business doesn't understand that, they're not in business.


I try not to repost stuff here that I already posted on Twitter / X, but this is too cool not share.

There's one thing that excites me more than anything with this project, and that's when people start saving in #Bitcoin, as a way to change their own future.

Sizwe is the owner of the GlobalBTCFest shack that we painted in January. Like all of the other painted-shack owners he receives R60 (~$3.50) in sats/week.

This is one way to get small amounts of #Bitcoin into the hands of the community without just handing it out randomly, but paying it in exchange for something. To encourage the circular economy.

Most spend their sats at the township shops we onboarded. But not Sizwe.

Sizwe saved all his sats. And over the course of 33 weeks (with weekly payments of 10k - 12k sats) he's saved over 350k sats, ~ $100 in Bitcoin, which nostr:npub10vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqf08djm moved into a self-custody wallet for him his week.

If you'd like to help encourage Sizwe to keep going, to keep saving, you can send him some sats here:

rumpledfang28@walletofsatoshi.com

Plus, all zaps received in response to this post will be sent to Sizwe.

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Marshmallow and her daughter Strawberry.
#cows #homesteading #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/2cYXfVH/20230816-185503.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/JK0S04Z/20230816-185525.jpg


Just because you're homesteading doesn't mean you never leave home. Grocery store visits are still necessary, Bitcoin meetups are possible. Life doesn't cease when you're outside an urban area.


I’ve met all sorts of fancy people.

- billionaires
- professional athletes
- entertainers
- tech elites
- scientists
- authors
- politicians
- wall street tycoons

Literally none of them know what the fuck is going on.

Reality is exceedingly complicated.

You probably have about as good a grasp on it as anyone else.

Lean on your own judgement and never outsource your thinking to anyone else.


I'm learning as I go, so take the text below for what it is: my notes on the process.  These steps could become outdated quickly, and I may have some wrong assumptions at places.  Either way, I have had success, and would like to share my experience for anyone new to the process.  If I have made any errors, please reply with corrections so that others may avoid potential pitfalls.

!!! If you have "KYC Bitcoin", keep it in separate wallets from your "Anonymous Bitcoin".  Any Anonymous Bitcoin in a wallet with KYC Bitcoin becomes 100% KYC Bitcoin.

!!! It took me several days to get all the right pieces set up before I could even start an exchange with someone.

!!! Using a VPN is highly recommended.  If you're not already using one, take the time to find one that suits you and get it running.

!!! If you don't normally buy Amazon Gift Cards, start doing so now, and just send them to yourself, or friends that will give you cash in return, etc.  For my first trade, Amazon locked me out of my account for about 22 hours, while I was in the middle of an exchange.  All because I had never purchased an Amazon Gift Card before.  It was quite nerve wracking.  My second trade was for $300, and although my Amazon account wasn't shut down, that order had a status of "Sending" for about 22 hours, due to the large amount.  In each of these cases I had multiple phone calls with their customer support, all of whom gave me false expectations.  Had I already been sending gift cards to the anonymous email address that I created in the steps below, and maybe other anonymous email addresses that I could make, then I might not have been stalled so much.

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1.  **Install Tor Browser for your OS**.  The RoboSats.com website issues a warning if you are not using Tor Browser.  If you don't know what Tor is, I won't explain it all here, but trust me, it's cool and helps keep you anonymous.  If you use Firefox, the interface will look very familiar to you.

2.  **Create a KYC-free e-mail address**.  I used tutanota.com in Firefox, as it would not allow me to create an account using Tor Browser.  After the account was created, using Tor Browser to login, check emails, etc. has been working perfectly.  Tutanota requires a 48 hour (or less) waiting period to prevent bots from using their system.  You'll be able to login, and even draft an email, but you won't be able to send.  After you've been approved, you should be able to login and send an email to your new address.  It should show up in your Inbox almost instantly if it's working.

3.  **Have, or create, at least one Lightning wallet that is compatible with RoboSats.com and has no KYC Bitcoin in it**.  The RoboSats website has a [compatibility chart](https://learn.robosats.com/docs/wallets/)  available to find the best wallet for you.  During an exchange on RoboSats, you will need to put up an escrow payment, or bond, in Satoshis.  This amount is usually 3% of the total amount being exchanged.  If the exchange is successful, the bond payment is canceled, leaving that amount in your wallet untouched, and with no record of it having been used as escrow.  If you don't hold up your end of the trade, the bond amount will be transfered from your wallet.
    I created a wallet, using my new email address, with the [Alby](https://getalby.com/) extension in the Tor Browser.  This anonymous wallet was empty, so I used a separate wallet for the bond payment of my first trade.  This wallet had KYC Bitcoin, but since it is being used for a bond payment, and no transaction will be recorded if everything goes okay, I don't mind taking the minuscule risk.  After the first trade, I don't need to use the "KYC wallet", and I will use only my anonymous Lightning wallet for transactions related to performing a trade.

4.  **Create a new Robot Token** by going to [RoboSats](http://robosats6tkf3eva7x2voqso3a5wcorsnw34jveyxfqi2fu7oyheasid.onion/)  using the Tor Browser.  Copy the Token (Robot ID) to a text file as a temporary backup.  It is recommended to create a new robot-token for every session of exchanges you make.

5.  **Select "Offers"** to browse what others are presenting. "Create" is for when you want to create an offer of your own.  You may need to create your own offer if none of the existing offers match your criteria.

6.  **Select "Buy"** at the top of the page.

7.  **Select your currency** (USD).

8.  **Select your payment methods** by typing "amazon" and selecting (Amazon Gift Card).  Repeat this process and select (Amazon USA Gift Card).

9.  **Determine Priorities** - If you prefer to trade quickly, and don't care as much about premiums, look for users with a green dot on the upper-right of their robot icon.  If you're not in a hurry, sort users by premium and select the best deal, even if they are inactive.  They may become active once they are notified that their offer has activity from you.

10.  **The Definition of Price** = the price with the premium added, but not the bond

11.    A.  **Find A Compatible Offer** - Select the row of the desired offer and enter the amount you would like to buy. i.e. $100  If you do not find a compatible offer, you will have to create your own offer.

        B.  **Create An Offer** - First, take a look at "Sell" offers for your same currency and payment method(s) that you will be using.  Take note of the premium those buyers are willing to pay.  If your premium is drastically less than theirs, your offer may get ignored.  Select "Create" at the bottom of the screen.  There is a slider at the top of the screen, select it to see all the options. Select "Buy". Enter the minimum and maximum amount that you wish to spend.  Type "amazon" to select the methods that you would like to use (Amazon Gift Card, Amazon USA Gift Card).  For "Premium Over Market", enter an amount that is competitive with premiums you saw at the start of this step and do not use the % sign!  You can adjust the duration, timer, and bond amount, but I leave those at their default settings.  Select the "Create Order" button, and follow the instructions for making a bond payment.

12. **Pay the Bond** - Copy the invoice that is presented.  From your wallet that contains bond funds, select "Send", and paste the invoice as the recipient.  This money will never leave your account if the exchange completes without issue.  No transaction will be recorded.  If there is a complication with the exchange, it is possible that this transaction will complete.

13. **Create and Submit Your Invoice for Their Bitcoin Payment To You** - Select "Lightning", if not selected by default.\*   Select the Copy Icon to copy the correct amount of Satoshis.  This amount already has the premium deducted.  From your anonymous Lightning Wallet, select "Receive", and paste the Satoshi amount. If you enter a description, it's probably best to keep it cryptic. Copy the invoice and paste it into RoboSats; then select "Submit".

    \* If you plan on "mixing" your Bitcoin after purchase, it may be better to select "On Chain" and pay the necessary fees swap and mining fees.  In the example this comes from, Sparrow wallet is used and has whirlpool ability in its interface.

14. **Connect With Seller and Send Funds** - Greet the seller in the chat window.  The seller has now provided RoboSats with the Bitcoin to transfer to you. Your move is to buy an Amazon eGift Card for the amount of the trade.  Log in to your Amazon account and start the process of buying an eGift card.  For delivery there is the option of email or txt message.  Ask the seller what their preference is, and get their address, or phone number, to enter into Amazon's form.  Complete the purchase process on Amazon, and check the status of your order.  Once you see the status of "Sent", go back to RoboSats in your Tor Browser.

15.  **Confirm Your Payment** - Select the "Confirm ___ USD Sent" button and notify the seller to check their e-mail/txt messages.

16.  **Seller Confirmation** - Once the seller select their "Confirm" button, the trade will immediately end with a confirmation screen.

17.  **Verify** - If you check the anonymous wallet, the new amount should be presented.

How To Buy Anonymous Bitcoin Using RoboSats.com And Amazon eGift Cards

My steps to buying Bitcoin anonymously (non-KYC) using the website RoboSats and Amazon gift cards.


So, SpaceX listed their BTC as a lower value in their accounting, it gets mis-reported, the price plunges, and I score a deal. It sounds like propaganda is finally working in my favor!

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It might be good to swim in the shallow end for a while. Seek out as many beginner projects as you can find.  Different tasks will call for different ways of using code.

As your experience increases, you will be able to absorb the intermediate aspects easier, and may have some practical uses for them from your previous projects. As the shallow waters lose all sense of challenge and adventure, the deep end becomes easier to go into.


They can turn off the gas supply. Maybe ethanol is the way to go?


TOWN.


A parallel system is forming.

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Pura Vida!


Ayurveda is not a rigid approach to wellness.

I had ice cream last night for dinner - pistachio and Belgium chocolate. It was delicious 😋.

Probably not going to eat it again tonight because too much cold food and sugar disturbs Vata energy.

Life is about balance.


When art becomes a problem for the system, the system is the problem.


yakihonne.com is good for long-form.


My digital ID is my npub.


If you're in the US, you can't vote for the President. The popular vote has never been the deciding factor. The popular vote isn't even mentioned in The Constitution. It describes the Electoral College, and how their vote determines who is President.

The popular vote is, and always has been, a distraction. Every four years Americans waste time debating about who "you" should vote for to take care of our mess, instead of building their own solution. The distraction is deliberate.


As of today, I am a millionaire ... in Sats.


I guess I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to "going long".


There isn't a way to post to Nostr and force other clients to not render the post. Until that type of functionality can be agreed on, your long-form posts will show up with the rest of your posts in your profile. You could make a new nsec that is only used for long-form posts.

I played with habla.news and yakihonne.com today, and I really like yakihonne. Amethyst even displayed the formatting correctly.


It's my computer OS of choice. I'm currently running Linux Mint on my laptop, and I own a couple of Raspberry Pis.


Community is the answer.

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For those that don't know, any money in a bank or credit union is not your money. After it's been deposited, you are the first creditor, but the bank/credit union is the owner.


I used RoboSats.com yesterday for the first time. The process went smoothly for me. My holder of fiat, not so much, lol. Same drill today.


want to have your stuff go trending on primal? post a note with #nostrends and it will automatically go trending


Yes, Primal absolutely engages in content filtering. We filter out spam from all of our feeds. This includes a bunch of pubkeys that post the same note over and over again. We also ensure that pubkeys who actively try to game our trending algorithm with bogus zaps, likes, etc. are no longer able to trend. This is a service to our users.

We will soon offer the option where users can set the list of pubkeys that should never get filtered, therefore giving each user the final word on filtering. Given that our entire stack is open sourced under the MIT license, everyone is free to stand up their own clones of Primal and set their own rules. Let the most competent operator win!

Finally, the beauty of Nostr is that you don't need to use Primal at all. There are many great alternatives, so all those who don't like the way we run things have other options. At the end of the day, all Nostr clients will compete in providing the highest quality signal to the users and we are here for it. 💜


No link to the source code? Damn, now I'll have to open lynx and grep for it.


There will always be vocal critics. There will always be secret admirers.


I'm so glad we have a free marke .. nevermind.


I guess it makes senses. Their interface focuses on "Trending", just like Big Tech. I'm too independent to ever care about anything that is "trending" anywhere. It's a metric for sheep.


I like Alby, since it has an extension for Firefox that also signs me in to Nostr web clients. I've also used Wallet of Satoshi, which is simple and works smoothly.

Some people would say those wallets are bad, since they are "custodial wallets". For a non-custodial Lightning wallet, I've seen a lot of people suggest Mutiny.


"Purity of Essense" - Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying, And Love The Bomb)


Hi everyone!
This is one of my latest watercolor that I did.
It was funny to animate it on Capcut app.
Hope you like it! ✨

One heart that has lost, watercolor on paper, 2022

https://nostr.build/av/4e688e4ca01491d25b6694f4bb0445c889536f38ecb33ed3ca5e9f8e9d927076.mp4

https://cdn.nostr.build/i/4fd1db221a57f38bb64b46c2640970957a8317690868f178c8248ee592803b18.jpg


I finally did it! Non-KYC for me! After what seems like the makings of an RPG adventure, and many days of trials, challenges, and hurdles, I have slayed the beast, returned with my bounty, and am ready to go back for more.

I'm not sure I could have done it without the videos made by nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 Check out his great work!
#bitcoin #nonkyc Can we call it #anonymousbitcoin ?


Heavy note that I felt compelled to share.

Trigger warning: Suicide

I’ve been kicking ass and taking names for 25 years, in less than a month it’ll be 26. To some that’s normal. To me that’s phenomenal. Because by the time I turned 18, a mere teen transitioning into his real life, I attempted to take my own twice and failed.

It was mostly to do with how my brain operated. It wasn’t doing what it was supposed to. It was telling me that everything was bad. And that there’s an easier way out. I had a really good upbringing. I had plenty of friends. I was the student body president. I was the class clown. But my brain was telling me “all this is worthless and stupid and you can’t keep this up much longer.”

I’ve never been more happy to have failed what would have been the biggest choice of my life. Twice.

Since then I’ve seen psychologists, medical doctors, pastors, and I’ve since become more comfortable and open about talking about my survival story. Because it needs to be talked about because I’ve since seen one of my best friends and my younger sister’s best friend unfortunately succeed in taking their own lives. And I’ve seen what happens to families, friends, and communities. No one should go through that. I wish no one ever had to ever again.

I wrote this because you need to hear one of two things:

1) You are loved so damn hard by so many people even when your brain is telling you that’s not the case. I promise. Even further, you are loved by a Creator who sacrificed everything for your sake. And if that still doesn’t help, hit me up. I’m happy to talk to you. Not to try and convince you that what I’m saying is true. I just want to hear your story. I want to be your friend. I’ll listen. That was all I really needed all along.

If that didn’t apply to you, here’s your message:

2) Think about every interaction you have with every single person from here on out. Be extremely intentional and think very carefully on what you say. Because you don’t know what they’re going through, and you could literally be the reason their loved ones see them again. And you might not even know it.

Happy to be here. Thank you for loving me. Now go love everyone else.


If the pollen sacks were open at all, you'll get seeds. Hopefully it's a small enough amount that your girls still vigorously produce more flower. If they get pollinated enough, they will slow down, or even halt.

I don't know anything about preserving cannabis pollen, in particular, as I haven't performed any breeding. However, for many/most plants, pollen does not preserve well.


Amethyst.


Most mainstream newbies will probably start with KYC Bitcoin. If financial tracking increases significantly, they will seek out methods of obtaining Anonymized Bitcoin on their own. Education is the key.


Introducing LlamaGPT — a self-hosted, offline and private AI chatbot, powered by Llama 2, with absolutely no data leaving your device. 🔐

Yes, an entire LLM. ✨

Your Umbrel Home, Raspberry Pi (8GB) Umbrel, or custom umbrelOS server can run it with just 5GB of RAM!

Word generation benchmarks:

Umbrel Home: ~3 words/sec
Raspberry Pi (8GB RAM): ~1 word/sec

→ Watch the demo: https://youtu.be/iu3_1a8SzeA

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I did use it once abouta month ago. I don't think I looked at the file afterward, but save it anyway.


I believe the user count I posted is data from one relay, so it could be a semi-accurate answer.


You'll have to upload it elsewhere and link to it.


My large opuntia started blooming!
#cactus #opuntia #gardening #grownostr #flowers

https://i.ibb.co/WshLxyQ/20230815-111637.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/9pmKTpS/20230815-111632.jpg


And then the Principia Discordia


If you have a laptop, you might check out some of the web interfaces to see if they perform better. Since I haven't used Damus, I don't know its settings. Maybe the workaround for now is to go to the reposted post?


What client are you using? I have no problem seeing reposted videos in Amethyst.


I'm only pretending.


I just got my stickers yesterday! I'm excited!


Also, set up a Lightning Wallet, and connect it to your Nostr account. Then people will be able to send you zaps. 😉


#grownostr is for content that is not about Bitcoin or Nostr.

There are a lot of posts under #art #gardening #homesteading , etc, but it's really more a matter of what you're interested in.


So far, my experience in attempting to get Anonymous-ish Bitcoin has been full of challenges and hurdles. It's been days of getting the right pieces into place, however, I'm sure it will be worth it. I'll update my guide after I've completed my first exchange.


Something I learned/ def still learning by direct experience through meditation:

We are not directly reacting to the outside world as it might seem, we are actually reacting to the sensations on our body that occur when we take in the outside world through our senses.

Let’s break this down.

Stimuli come in through our 5 senses.

First we become aware internally that some stimuli is coming in through our senses.

We immediately analyze this input through our senses and we judge this stimuli good, bad, neutral.

Depending on this judgement we start to get a flow of sensations on our body, somewhere.

If the internal judgment is good, we typically get a flow of pleasant sensations on the body.  And we like this, here is where craving can creep in. ( I want more)

If the internal judgement is bad, we typically get a flow of unpleasant or very unpleasant sensations on the body, we don’t like this, here is where aversion creeps in.  (I need to get rid of this)

If the internal judgment is neutral it has very little impact on us and goes mostly unnoticed.

Once we perceive this flow of sensations as feeling good or bad to us we typically react to it with ‘craving’ of more pleasant sensations ( I like this) or aversion to unpleasant sensation ( I don’t like this) this is where suffering comes in.  Whenever there is craving and aversion to what is (reality) or reaction suffering soon follows. Usually this reaction isn’t a single event but can beget more reaction and a snowball effect develops in the mind.  Reaction begets reaction in our own mind and with others.

So what can we do?

We can learn to be aware of our bodily sensations and train through meditation to not blindly react to them with craving and aversion.  We develop awareness and equanimity ( balanced mind) to our internal world,  which in a sense is our reality.  We learn to stay within the reality of the framework of our body.  Some may call this present moment awareness or staying in the moment.

When we can do this we can act to situations instead of blindly reacting and causing suffering for us and those around us.  We can stay calm, present and take appropriate actions that help instead of hinder.

Challenge:  don’t take my word for it, see if you can become aware of sensations on your body.

as your going about your day today be aware of the sensations on your body during different interactions, with different people, while scrolling nostr, you might feel tingling in the feet, hands or head, pressure in the stomach, heat, cool, pain, pleasure or numerous other sensations.
See if you can just observe them, stay calm and see what happens with them.

✌


Announcing my new nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 guide!

Reclaiming some mobile phone privacy no longer requires crappy hardware, unacceptable trade-offs or command line knowledge.

Install Graphene in under 10 minutes with just a laptop and a web browser. Learn how👇

https://bitcoiner.guide/grapheneos

This isn't just a guide on how to install @GrapheneOS
, it's full walk through of everything you need to know before removing Apple or Google from your mobile life.

The guide covers:
- Tips on easing the transition
- The install process
- How to customize GrapheneOS
- The various different methods you can install apps
- An extensive list of Apple/Google app alternatives
- An honest discussion about the GrapheneOS trade-offs
- Sandboxed Google Play Services
- eSims and 'Profiles'
- Backups

I hope you enjoy reading this one as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you do, please give the guide a share so more people can learn about Graphene and opt out of the surveillance software they carry with them every day.

If you have any feedback or suggestions, get in touch.

🧡


Several hours south of you, it got to 113 on Monday.

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Location: Freespace, Earth

Owned by its partakers.


I have a hard copy of Behold A Pale Horse by William Cooper. A PDF version on external drives too. 😉


I had a profound meditation guided by a fren. He had us pretend that we would die in 24 hrs. I lived today, not in dread but in gratitude. I helped someone undeserving. I said more kind words than usual. I hope that the day that I pass on, it will be this profound and wonderful.

Hint: the goal is to live like this everyday


So, the main error I kept running into, (whether using the installer from my package manager, or from using Tor's instructions for using apt from the command line), was when attempting to launch the Tor Browser for the first time.

What is supposed to happen is something along the lines of, "go fetch the most recent version, and apply updates before the first launch". There could be other settings being made here too, I'm not sure.  Either way, I would see some progress bars flashing by, then, a window would display "Error 404".

The solution for me was:

1. Remove Tor Browser. I did this using Synaptic, my favorite package manager. I only removed the "tor browser/installer" package, not Tor itself.

2. From https://www.torproject.org/download/ click on "Download for Linux". This will download a .tar.xz file to your download location. By default, this should be your "Downloads" folder.

3.  Open a shell/command line interface and navigate to the folder where the "tor-browser...tar.xz" file downloaded. For example, type "cd Downloads" and press Enter.

4. To unzip the file, type:

sudo tar -xvJf tor-browser

The  press the Tab key, to complete the file name. Press Enter.

5. After the files and folders have been extracted, let's move them to a proper location, instead of leaving them in the Downloads folder. Do this by typing:

sudo mv tor-browser /use/local/share/

6. Let's now navigate to that directory by typing:

cd /usr/local/share/tor-browser

7. Register the Tor Browser as a desktop application by typing:

./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app

8. Tor Browser should now appear as an icon in your Applications Menu. Launch it, and the browser should launch without issue. Good luck!

Persistence pays!


He wasn't thirsty at the moment.


Blackberry blossoms and blackberries almost ready to pick.

https://i.ibb.co/xjSVp5W/20230805-151810.jpg

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When a friend decides to be disrespectful, without cause, they lose the title of "friend".

If they respectful, but disagree with you, that could be a healthy relationship if you both are able to be honest with yourselves and each other.


There is the option to upload any non-text material on a third party site, then use NOSTR to share the link. For example, I use imgbb.com to host my images. There are free file servers available too.

I think a single source being used by the majority, like nostr.build, centralizes NOSTR. It's better that pics, vids, audio, etc be hosted in a distributed way, with each user making the choice of location(s).


If you're combating fungus/rot, I highly recommend sulphur.


It may seem that everyone is greedy. However, there are many that desire to help others. True compassionate capitalism comes from those that aim for all of our success manifest into the dreams of others. A form of collaboration. A synergy that keeps perpetuating a fusion of energy that cannot be contained by any one means.


By that logic, anyone limiting choice is blasphemous. I think I can agree to that to a degree.


Dancing, sailing, gardening, healing, mycology, homesteading, freedom awareness, mediumship, distillation, radio, martial arts, tango, chemistry, physics, firearms, hiking, programming, rasberry pi, python, arduino, business operations, investing, shamanim, quantum states of reality, ... I can go on forever, btw.


I tried that, and giving compassion to myself didn't stop me fearing my dad. Not one bit. That answer is a dead end.

I did find something that solved that permanently, however.  Faith/trust in myself.

Con = with; fidence= trust or faith.

Compassion is great, but it is powerless in this situation.


It could be that someone forgot to mark your room as rented, shift changes, new front desk clerk sells a walk-in customer an "empty room", and whoops! Hopefully, it was that innocent. Certainly a possibility .


Everything comes with an obligation. Being able to grow and raise my own food is more free than an obligation.


I haven't looked at any figures, but I assume any existing Big Tech company could buy-out OpenAI several times over. If so, that outcome is the highest probably. If the owner of OpenAI prefers power over money, they may stick it out to see if they can become a long-term plauer too. Personally, I think that's a losing move unless they have something big behind the scenes that they haven't revealed yet.


I remember moments like what you're describing. I sometimes have them still, but they are fleeting. It might be an inner call to do something daring. Make a direction, since there doesn't seem to be one, and scare yourself into a new state of awareness. Sometimes it can be relaxing to be lost though, if you can get past the frustration.


I agree, but it will take time. For example, I can pitch that NOSTR doesn't control your feed, that open source NOSTR clients don't track and sell your usage patterns, and that it's censorship resistant. But pitching, "You get to fiddle with relays." is not a selling point.

Later, when NOSTR isn't a mystery to the masses, they will want to know how to tune their carburetors for optimal performance.


There is a learning curve to get crypto/BTC operating correctly for you. It is beyond worth your time to learn though! Also, even though there may be "mistakes" made here and there, they are valuable lessons along the road to true financial freedom.

Just keep stacking (and learning the best ways to do so along the way). You're in good hands with NOSTR folk!


Even with a window shade, my spouse's steering wheel would get too hot. I asked her to pick out a good color/pattern of paracord so I could macrame a French Spiral. I might wrap the rest of wheel, but for now this solves the problem at hand.

#paracord #macrame #fiberarts #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/XCD2pb2/20230721-203354.jpg


Here is what real eggs look like.
#eggs #chickens #grownostr

https://i.ibb.co/0m1XqYB/20230721-203055.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/S5bR9w6/20230721-203104.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/PgxxXsd/20230721-203125.jpg


Sometimes it takes a while for the relays and clients to catch up.


We have more to fear form Artificial Stupidity than we do from. "AI".


Global is always feeding. It might help to use a client that translates Japanese.


It was my first Tango lesson, and I had no clue what I was in store for. I had assumed it would be instruction involving different sets of steps that repeated as a series of movements. It's that type of thing that had kept me away from all structured dance, as I could only be free by dancing freestyle.

Instead, I found that Tango was nearly identical to the martial arts that I had learned in the past; in that you have different moves for any given situation, and you can apply them improvisationally.

The other major aspect of Tango I discovered is *connection*. In the same way that Aikido cannot be performed until you're attacked, Tango cannot happen until you and your partner are connected to each other's bodies. It is the bodies, and the connection between them, that is used to communicate to each  other which move is happening next, not anything else.

Learning how to be spontaneous, analyzing connection with humans, and learning non verbal communication are valuable, I never expcted from an initial Tango lesson.

#tango #martialarts #aikido #connection #communication


What's the date and location of this event? It sounds like a good time!


I don't know what the current fad is about, but garlic is amazing. Aside from tasting good with nearly any meal, it's extremely healthy, and easy to grow.

Fermenting it in honey is becoming popular again too.


Garlic Blossom
#garlic

https://i.ibb.co/XYFRKjD/20230717-121112.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/0GbSySj/20230717-121116.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/8XmfnhH/20230717-121144.jpg

nostr:npub1a6k75m9m2qv2ry8sz9u90hj38np8r5jvj374dnvzc49xke9wg7jqhnmu4x


"Siberian" garlic bagged!
#garlic

https://i.ibb.co/9W2Yv2F/20230718-122111.jpg

nostr:npub1a6k75m9m2qv2ry8sz9u90hj38np8r5jvj374dnvzc49xke9wg7jqhnmu4x


The harvested garlic has had time to dry out, and is ready to be prepared for storage. The ones on the left are named "Siberian", and are a hard-necked, medicinal variety. To the right is the culinary variety "Lorz Italian".
#garlic

https://i.ibb.co/9TCJrNg/20230717-115817.jpg

nostr:npub1a6k75m9m2qv2ry8sz9u90hj38np8r5jvj374dnvzc49xke9wg7jqhnmu4x


#Mules

https://i.ibb.co/YcwJpbh/20230718-133504.jpg


The young boys. Finally outside with room to mingle.
#cows #beef

https://i.ibb.co/pyxW2Fq/Screenshot-20230718-132829-Video-Player.jpg


Marshmallow and her daughter Strawberry. Marshmallow might be pregnant. We will find out soon enough!
#cows #beef

https://i.ibb.co/M9ZrX9d/20230717-204622-resized.jpg


The tip of "Fire", growing new pups from the frost-damaged tip.
#trichocereus #trichocereuslovers

https://i.ibb.co/9wX26QM/20230718-111034.jpg


Trichocereus Family for 2023
#trichocereus #trichocereuslovers

https://i.ibb.co/FDtvfpV/20230718-111024.jpg


Mesmerizing patterns and colors (which don't show up well from a camera) of an Echinacea.
#flowerpower #flowers #healing

https://i.ibb.co/3WqyYRC/20230717-120227.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/68SK9fG/20230717-120246.jpg


Flower power! Two great healers. The yellow flower is from Calendula, which is good for your skin. The pink flower is Echinacea, which helps activate white blood cells for certain infections, and helps move lymph.
#flowerpower #flowers #healing

https://i.ibb.co/1mzv0s5/20230717-120220.jpg


Bamboo Rescue 2023 showing success!
#bamboo

https://i.ibb.co/y89w9vq/20230717-115705.jpg

Two days earlier...

https://i.ibb.co/6WHWWdY/20230715-202711.jpg


Between drinking and using NOSTR, you question the latter?


True OCD'rs proofread three times, or more, before hitting "Post". ;)


Find something in life that gets you this excited. (This video had me laughing in tears)

https://mega.nz/file/IYdB3C5Y#kDrXbpaOaPKvH9fJXyRb_7x3Ouc-DZxak0yfXaUHURY


Each part has a different health benefit too. So many people try to remove them from their lawns, but they were brought to the Americas because of their medicinal importance.

It's going to be fun seeing what doses of natural fertlizers and loving care will do to them. 😀


Yes, and to eat the blossoms with eggs as a fritter, and the leaves in salad. The roots can be ground for a tea/coffee like drink.


This one likes the spotlight. I might have to teach her/him a song and dance routine.


Video - Chickens settling down.

https://mega.nz/file/0VlzhAZY#D6Yn053OVOotfLmRRI1T8T802tNc8qLtV91G6FDHjiM


Video - Chickens walking in the light.

https://mega.nz/file/hQsyiQZJ#F8J_pEEyPAiKfe0HI-g8xJxg9BBGqlIoVCm4JAk215U


Video - Scratching in the hay ...

https://mega.nz/file/RFdSgBIa#JyS4ePI2BAVgY6W5PRoi2rvfSjik2srsmM3aD007_4k


Video - Meanwhile, outside the coop ...

https://mega.nz/file/gFEDkSoD#8J3Z-8dAl-3B0QkaJqWtghlNXWZDloy29cIdGICBtug


In the coop ...

https://mega.nz/file/EFF13SqL#x48H_qrMiu9Em6wiZkiexU4osX7yEJhpiKTNF767DoM


Trying to capture the pluple and green iridescence on the Copper Marans is really hard!

https://i.ibb.co/CKKH3zH/20230416-115535.jpg


NPC eyeing the camera.

https://i.ibb.co/YtZXdVb/20230415-155417.jpg


Cuddle puddle!

https://i.ibb.co/3hCp9d6/20230415-183939.jpg


After exploring, time to rest in the warm sun.

https://i.ibb.co/D7d6nkJ/20230415-155422.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/LQjM3pZ/20230415-155426.jpg


The young speckled one on the far left and far right are Barred Rock. The black and iridescent in the middle are Copper Marans. The light one might be a Golden Star.

https://i.ibb.co/fqChM2k/20230415-184118.jpg


The white one (whom I have named 'NPC') might be a Golden Star. Possibly protecting the speckled Barred Rock to the right. NPC might be a rooster, as he often likes to sneak up behind me, and tends to herd the others.

https://i.ibb.co/mqbNDsN/20230415-154606.jpg


A couple of young Wyandottes eating.

https://i.ibb.co/B2F2hCf/20230415-182923.jpg


Young Copper Marans chickens.

https://i.ibb.co/9Gwc1QR/20230415-182715.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/frL6qsr/20230415-182820.jpg


Italian garlic.

https://i.ibb.co/R2jng0g/20230415-143948.jpg

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Up close, and personal

https://i.ibb.co/jDbNFyd/20230415-143957.jpg


Growing dandelions intentionally?

https://i.ibb.co/f8bTCFh/20230415-143858.jpg

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Of course!

https://i.ibb.co/xLcBp4c/20230415-143927.jpg


A jumping spider on privacy glass.

https://i.ibb.co/FnWxD2K/20230415-183058.jpg


The cattails I transplanted last summer survived the cold winter! Huzzah!

https://i.ibb.co/mC4Q5T0/20230408-152024.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/2y9dM43/20230408-152045.jpg


https://i.ibb.co/sKLCTzm/20230326-145219.jpg

The chicks are more like hens now. Almost ready to go outside!


This is Stachys byzantina, "Lamb's Ear", after surviving several 10° F nights this winter.

https://i.ibb.co/hLLPfBC/20230326-144842.jpg


A bed of "Siberian" garlic; which has a very high allicin content.

https://i.ibb.co/ZVsmyGR/20230326-155949.jpg


A bed of "Lorz Italian" garlic.

https://i.ibb.co/Q9HtcJc/20230326-144055.jpg


A new arrival in the garden. Daffodil.

https://i.ibb.co/cFjvRJG/20230326-143631.jpg


I'm glad there is someone other than me is promoting mining integrity.


It's the first step in the alchemy of turning fiat into bitcoin. ;)


Very true words!
https://youtu.be/fVbpA-BuSdU


Plugging your ears is not censoring someone else. Plugging their mouth is.


The founder of Greenpeace has been speaking out against them for years.


Challenges exist to make us stronger and wiser.


Happy Spring Equinox!


A bad manager will sacrifice the time or energy of their subordinates for their own. The unintended result hinders workflow, and therefore the profit margin; not to mention decreasing workplace happiness.

A mediocre manager will do the minimal amount of work required for the position, and no more.

A good manager gets ahead of the team, clears the path, and paves the way to make the workflow a smooth success. No task is beneath a good manager, if it means success for the team.


Happy Druid Appreciation Day!


Bamboo Dew

https://i.ibb.co/ynQxQCx/Resized-20220617-070730-8228.jpg


Bamboo Rescue

https://i.ibb.co/7G2BGYD/20220712-163254.jpg


Quantum Alchemy

When you know you're on the right path, you know you will be happy in the future.

When you imagine your future happiness, you bring it into the present by feeling it now.

By the way ... you're on the right path.


I have minimal experience with bitcoin; with small amounts in CashApp and Coinbase.

From what I've been reading, it's best to buy through non-KYC sources/exchanges. So my current plan is to:

1. Make a new wallet, soley for non-KYC BTC

2. Use several non-KYC exchanges (just to see which one I might like best)

3. Use my debit card to buy an Amazon gift card for the BTC seller

4. Store BTC in my new wallet and hodl

Am I missing any recommended steps? Am I on the right course?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciNf7rhJDdQ

Spank!


Getting bigger, and getting bolder! They're growing quickly.

https://i.ibb.co/m0V7PCS/20230311-153737.jpg


Sempervivium "Always living/alive"

https://i.ibb.co/LNKzp3Z/20230311-154457.jpg


Garlic popping up through the mulch.

https://i.ibb.co/VgdZvwC/20230311-180143.jpg


Some kind of polypore fungi on a tree.

https://i.ibb.co/DWnFKwm/20230311-142738.jpg


Equisetum in the sunlight.

https://i.ibb.co/Lhgh1dy/20230311-122336.jpg


Out foraging along the river.

https://i.ibb.co/SVc0654/20230311-121021.jpg


I tried it, but got an error:

Unexpected Application Error!
n.at is not a function


... is being ...


That's how I save posts from my mobile for later so I can zap them with my destop client. Maybe before depricating features, we should get full functionality first, eh?


You can also mod your phone by installing a de-Googled OS. It's cheaper and more functional than any de-Googled phone you can buy off the shelf.


It seems to be fear-mongering without basis. Brave is a clone of Chrome, but that doesn't mean it uploads anything to Google/Alphabet. If someone has data showing otherwise, I'm eager to know about it!


You are that person.


If you're using it as an app, I would say yes.  Using it in a desktop browser, with a plugin, it works quite well.


There are different densities and compound configurations.  Also, there is a difference between a plastic compound and polymers.

If the object is big enough to have a stamp, you will find an indicator of the type of material it is made from.  For example, most 5 gallon buckets are HDPE 2 (High Density Poly Ethylene), and some deli containers are PP5 (Polypropylene).  Each has a different melting point, and other tolerances.


A network of computers acting as a "server", of sorts.  They are nodes of a mesh (or mesh-like) network.


That one seems popular.  Another is Alby (getalby.com), as it is also a browser extension that can hold your private NOSTR key. I think any LN wallet will work though.


Add a Lightning Network wallet to your profile so you can get Zaps ;)


Decentralizing food supply! Yay! :D


I've been avoiding social media for a long time, and the sentiment you've shared is what has me stoked about NOSTR.  The original decentralization of the Internet was amazing.  When it all started to centralize into specific corporations, we took a turn for the worse.

By claiming our community back, we will have strength beyond measure.


This sounds all too familiar.  Time to look for a better shop!


Professionalism, Integrity, and Respect

What defines a professional? I used to think ot was determined by someone being paid, as in "not amateur". However, I have witnessed people being unprofessional during their course of business. I have seen the results of "professional service", or "professional craftmanship", and the person's pay grade, or title, had no factor.

Being a professional is a matter of being respectful. This is easy when things are going smoothly, and tested when unexpected setbacks occur. It means being honest about your mistakes, and mending the aftermath to the best of your abilities. It means treating your clients/employer with respect, even when you disagree. Even if there is a departure in the relationship due to a disagreement, there is a respectful, professional, way to exit.

Another manifestation of respect is integrity. It was the original "social credit score", but is rarely expressed or sought after these days.  Integrity relies on you being honest and respectful of yourself enough to be honest and respectful of others.  Some ways of mining integrity coins are:

     • Doing a task, no matter how small, so well that you can take pride in your work.
     • Setting up the next person up for success. Whether it is the next employee taking over your shift, or the next contractor to pick up a project where you have completed your portion, impress them with what they find after you're done. Think of their needs/desires, or even ask them, and give them every excuse to do a great job.
     • Show up early, to be on time, and be consistent. You want your clients/employer seeing you as a person that is reliable, and respectful of their time and the expectations that you have set.
    • Correct your mistakes. We all make mistakes, that's unavoidable. You do have a choice in how you respond to your mistakes. Ducking away from the subject, or persons, won't benefit you in the long run. Own up to your mistakes as soon as possible, you will feel relief and increase your health. After that, do everything you can to patch it up.

When individuals learn that you follow through with your promises, and remedy the situation on the rare occasion that you fall through, you will receive rewards from directions you never expected. Being a professional with integrity will eventually make you a persistent powerhouse of success.

What are some good examples of professionalism that you have experienced? What are some methods you've used, or plan to use, to "mine integrity coin"?


Paste the URL of the video you want to post.


Screenshots?


Can you see them?

https://i.ibb.co/Jzv1cx9/20230227-042533.jpg

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How about now?

https://i.ibb.co/B2x2ssm/20230227-042636.jpg


I think I successfully forked, made a pull request, and linked it to issue #33.  If not, let me know! :D


I just now made one to upload the file.


I think I need push access to the repository.  PNG is ready ;)


I see it.  I'm using Iris as a client, currently.


Testy


Integrity. I've been meaning to write a post about "mining integrity" since it seems to be so rare.


The antidote to fear is confidence.

The etymology is: "con" = "with", and "fidelis" = trust/faith


Announcing your humbleness loud and clear, eh?


Strictly Ballroom


Yes


There is beauty everywhere if you know how to look.


One of my poor investments in time -

Continuing to stay in an abusive relationship after I was able to identify that it was abusive. It was a heavy lesson in the course of learning respect.

One of my rich investments in time -

The years I've spent practicing martial arts, yoga, and dance. The philosophical methphors in life, physics lessons, health benefits, and connections made to others has enriched my life in a myriad of ways.


Everyone is constantly investing, whether they realize it or not.

People that have enough money to buy entire countries say there is one commodity that no amount of money or power can obtain. That commodity is time.

We all have access to this precious resource, yet so few people understand that utilizing it to your best advantage is what can propel you to new worlds.

We are always making investments with our time, but are these investments good?  In the same way that a financial investor watches their investments like a hawk, to ensure that the result is an asset instead of a liability, it would be wise to pay attention to how one spends their time.

If you've never done this before, it's important to not place judgement on yourself in the beginning.  Put yourself in analysis mode, and observe.  Even "bad" investments are lessons available to be learned. There is postential value in any experience.  After watching your investments in time, you will be able to rank them in order of their value to your experience in life.  You may be surprised at what you'll find after some creative thinking in this area.

Reply with two memories: one representing a poor use of your time, and an investment in time that had great returns.


Persistence pays!


Zapped!


If you use the Alby extension, click on its icon.  You will see your balance below your "username@getalby.com" lightning address.


I see a profile pic.


Here are ten things I am grateful for today.

1. I am thankful that I am able to take care of all my basic needs with ease.

2. I am thankful for my healthy, loving relationship with my spouse.

3.  I am thankful for having multiple sources of income.

4.  I am thankful for my reliable and efficient car.

5.  I am thankful for the paradise in which I live.

6.  I am thankful for my loving friends and family.

7.  I am thankful that I am able to invest.

8. I am thankful for everyone that is dedicated to making our world a better place.

9. I am thankful for the opportunities today brings.

10. I am thankful for every zap that I receive!


Gratitude seems like a weak word, but it has more power than most of us realize.

It's one of the most effective tools at fighting depression. After living with chronic depression for over 30 years, and having defeated that beast, I attribute a portion of my victory from the practice of being consciously grateful on a daily basis.

If you're depressed, or just going through a rough day, list ten (or even just three) aspects of your life that you are grateful for. Repeat as often as necessary. Some days I would make a "list of 10", multiple times a day.

Gratitude can also be a great tool for manifestation. Whether you're in a good mood or not, reality can shift in your favor with just a few steps.

1. Determine what it is that you want.

This may take some time and energy as you need to get to the core. For example, let us say that your answer was "money", or "increased income", or "to win the lottery". No one really wants money. If you were living alone on an island, and a crate of currency washed ashore, it would be useless. What people really want are what money can bring. For some people this is security, for others it's freedom, to others it is power, etc, etc. This process may be similar to peeling an onion, stripping away layers until you've reached the center.

The same can be said for other desires, like "to lose weight", "to own property", "to be in love". These are higher level expressions of deeper, more basic, desires.

2. After identifying a core desired state, determine where that state-of-being is in your life already.

Let's say you identified a core desire for "freedom". What aspects of your life already embody freedom? They may be small and few, but they are there. The more you focus on the existing aspect of your core desire, the more it will manifest in your life.

3.  Be thankful for that state-of-being that already exists in your life AND be thankful for that state-of-being in your future existence.

For example, "I am thankful for my good health." and "I am thankful that my health is improving."  Another example,  "I am thanful for the secure home I have now, and thankful for the security I feel in a home that I own." (even though you may not own a home now)

Take Action!

Reply with some things you are thankful for. A "bonus round" would be to reply with a core-desire, and how you discovered it.


WhatsApp isn't secure against CIA. Telegram isn't secure against the KGB.


Technically, I have used it, as I once created an account. After looking around for a few minutes, I never returned.

The idea of a communication tool with intentional limitations is abhorrent to me.


Is this a group? Heck yeah!


Use a browser plugin/extension to hold your private key. The two popular ones are nosX2 and Alby.


Watch for rocks?


Hot chicks!

https://rumble.com/v29kj98-copper-maran-chicks.html