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 Ditto is fantastic. Truly.  
 TIL there are 5 dwarf planets like Pluto discovered so far in our solar system beyond Neptune  
 scientists also think that there's also a massive planet out there too, or a black hole. 
 Bitcoin. OpenTimeStamps. Nostr. No need for a Shitcoin or a blockchain or a Charles Hoskinson.

https://atlas21.com/voting-with-your-smartphone-bitcoin-and-nostr/

https://truevote.org/

 
 It's been around for 3 years, or at least in development since then. They presented at Bitcoin 2021 or 2022. I used to follow this project and talk to them on the blue bird app. 
 Agree. Though, maybe Bitcoin Policy Group would be the shiller in this case or at least TrueVote themselves. 
 The rumors on this are having a difference of opinion 😭 
 is nostr growing too? #asknostr
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 It doesn't like it according to stats.nostr.band 
 Yikes. We need to let these people know that better alternatives exist. 
 Closest guess for the day btc hits 100k gets a fat zap 
 November 23rd. 
 When will #bitcoin become P2P digital cash? 
 Now? Now. 
 This #nostr thing is pretty cool, but I wish it was more mainstream, right now it seems pretty du... 
 User retention is bad, but mainstream is lamestream. 
 A chef's press is critical to getting an even crust across the entire steak, definitely buy one i... 
 If your cast iron is rusting, you have failed at creating a good seasoning. 
 I use the bottom of a smaller cast iron skillet sometimes as a bacon press 🥹 
 Asking for a friend..any tips for stacking more sats during a bullrun ?  #asknostr 
 Fold and Lolli. 
 No one is perfect and we all make mistakes. How we learn from them is what defines our character. 
 It doesn't matter if someone makes mistakes non-stop. It's the actions that follow. I tell my son this all of the time. He's the king of making mistakes. I am never overly mad at him as long as he learns from it. 
 Never stop learning. 
 Nothing. Just saying this in general. 
 nostr:nprofile1qqs0qlstrtcxddyrswrrvzs69janw3pf48a64dvnqflnlnfm6w6uxecpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ukzcnvv5hx7un8qyxhwumn8ghj77tpvf6jumt93az68j you could use this and I'd still kick your ass 😂 
 Well yeah, when we're playing doubles! 
 Without Gary, we would not have Bitcoin ETFs. Shitcoiners don't like him, because of his Shitcoin regulation policies. 
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 He has to be. He taught a course on it at MIT. 
 I don't think it was a scalding. He just said it wasn't being endorsed.  
 I think he did his job well, playing the long game.  
 How was he incompetent? 
 The long game. 
 I also don't think the timing was right either. Things don't happen overnight in most cases. Would we have liked it sooner? Sure, but we aren't running the SEC. I'm sure a lot of stances and opinions had to change for it to happen. 
 I agree with #2. 
 So apparently there is a mom that got arrested becuz her 10 year old went to the grocery store a ... 
 LMAO. At 10 I was riding my bike all over town. I lived 5 miles outside of town. Shit is crazy. 
 Without Gary, we would not have Bitcoin ETFs. Shitcoiners don't like him, because of his Shitcoin regulation policies. 
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 I've seen people mention before that they'd like notifications for when certain npubs post to Nostr. Nostur on iOS does this already. For us Android folks, I'm assuming that this could be done with Pokey. Maybe nostr:nprofile1qqsxg45ph8gx0vdrvtzta6xal7v86frx6jvstsnvhrlvtehmwwh4epqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9nhwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmny9ua2vh28 could implement a subscription section, where you can add npubs to subscribe to, and you'd get notifications for when they create a new note. The technical hurdle here would be then subscribing to that npub's relays and watching them for new notes and having to do so for every npub that you're subscribing to, right? That doesn't sound efficient or battery friendly. Maybe another, better method exists? 
 It's essentially the iOS version of Amethyst. The Swiss Army knife of their respective platform. 
 That's awesome that this is on your roadmap and that you're already thinking about technical solutions. I love our developers. Thank you. 
 Make Fries Tallow Again 
 Beef fat. 
 Oh no. nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuegpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqcu9929 they're trying to pull us back.

https://youtu.be/fQXHFrLX6A4 
 That's the point 😂 We wanted this nearly 20 years ago. I don't have time to play this today, but I'd love to see how they work and visit friend's houses. 
 What is nostr without zaps? 
#asknostr 
 You wouldn't be the Zap Father though 🥹 
 I don't own a Blockclock. I've wanted one for years though. They're expensive. So, I never bought one. I figured it was better to spend those funds on more bitcoin.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
 I rarely buy things for myself. I get to go to Bitcoin and Nostr conferences around the world. That's good enough for me. 
 I'm sure it would be a fun project. I have so many of those thought 😅 
 Oh. Good point.  
 Nice! 
 Jesus. People need to learn not to develop pseudo-romantic relationships with their political beliefs. 
 Why do you have to make my cry over my salad D?! lol seriously though this is awesome and a testa... 
 🫂🫂🥹🥹 I'll have him working on Notedeck next year!

Haha. Man. I am so fucking proud right now. 
 That's awesome, congrats! 🔥🔥🔥 
 I went on Reddit earlier to talk about this in the /r/Pennsylvania sub and they shit all over me 🤣🤣🤣 nostr:nprofile1qqsd7zhdjt0lqr20lmdz7nxc3kt8m3tkk42fgq9e9tae3fqe4grwdagppemhxue69uhkzerjv5h8xaf0qythwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qythwumn8ghj7cn5vvhxkmr9dejxz7n49e3k7mf0gxfavm 
 They're still big mad over the election. 
 My son made a python soccer game in class. I asked him if the game could do something that it doesn't do. He said yes, and began working on it. This is showing me that he truly understands what he's learning. I've never been more proud. Watching him code live is fucking cool. 🥹 #dadstr 
https://nostrcheck.me/media/3f770d65d3a764a9c5cb503ae123e62ec7598ad035d836e2a810f3877a745b24/08e44e77d7b0b5c5a1082e6f00b794534ee4eb626be30cf84f3f85d4a1b852f4.webp 
 Damn good idea. Gotta get him to learn more languages. 
 It's very basic 🥹 But it's still super fucking cool. I'm more excited than he is I think. GitHub soon. 
 What do you mean? 
 Sure... We don't really have a super Gen Alpha friendly app IMO. It's going to take some work to build that experience for them, IMO. Otherwise, I don't think they'd stick around.

My son would because he wants zaps 😂 But I don't know if any of his friends would use any Nostr apps. 
 Eh...he probably doesn't. It was the school lesson.

That said, I do, I played all of my youth, coached a couple years in my early 20s, and my daughter plays now. We look forward to seeing a World Cup game here in the USA in 2026. 
 It was simple, yet I was very impressed to see him thinking and figuring things out. So, so, so proud.

He struggles a bit in school, so I'm hoping this is something for him to truly enjoy doing and focus on. 
 It's slowly grown over the last 30 years IMO. When I was a kid, we had a small league with both boys and girls playing in the same league. We had a boys high school team. Now, we have separate boys and girls youth leagues, more age brackets, and middle school teams and high school teama for both boys and girls. 
 People here still gont get the rules though. At my daughter's game I kept saying that a girl on the other team was offsides and yelled to my daughter to continue cherry picking until the refs see it. I had a grandma tell me that they can't be offsides when they have the ball. She was a real Karen about it. I explained to her how it all works and that I've played and coached for many years. Her husband packed up his fold up chair and walked to the car after that. I wasn't mean about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
 Yes. It's super cool. 
 This. 
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 I guess we gotta spin up an orange sky and purple sky instance and join the at protocol. 
 Hello #nostr! Long live #bitcoin, #nostr, & the decentralized community!

#introductions #zap

..... 
 Welcome to the world of decentralized social communication! 🫂💜🤙🏻 
 You've been married for 60 years? 👀 Damn. Congratulations. 
 Gotcha! We're 20 years together, 18 married.  
 Absolutely. The Proof of Work is worth it.  
 Hello world.  At Nostrville. 
 Awesome. Welcome, Luke! 🤙🏻💜🫂 

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