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 That's great!

 Maybe - Uncle Mark Twain - please consider it 
 I love Mark Twain, such rich soul. 
 Plebchain Radio Live next week. 

Def Poetry with Uncle Allen Poe 
 Oof, good reminder, need to prepare one for live reading at BitBlockBoom.

If  @Derek Ross is coming, it'll be: "Nostr, Bitcoin's Layer 3".  
 🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽🫰🏽 
 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️  
 titled: QUIT WHINING BITCHES 
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 you should consider this opportunity Sarah  
 Uncle Poet 🫡 
 I kinda like  @cuban's version more - Uncle Allen Poe - what do you think? 
 What’s on this Sunday? 
 It's the day for artistic side of Rockstar, posting new poem on Nostr every Sunday

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 🫂  I think Marie will quite like the poem... can't spoil the topic. 
 I wrote the poem for this Sunday, actually quite proud how it turned out, can't wait for its premiere. 
 Uncle Rockstar
Nevermore
Nevermore 
 Deal 🤝 
 turning Nostr into poet incubator  
 your comments on my poems are very much appreciated 🫂 
 No settling in this short, precious experience of life. Doesn’t matter what others do and don... 
 🩵🌀🦋 
 Hodl on for a sec. I remember Uncle said back in the days that his private key was compromised. W... 
 Yes, @Deleted Account... @Parker Lewis is operating this account

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 I always can tell what direction bitcoin is going to move. 

I just bought bitcoin- down 
I just ... 
 Can’t wait to watch this one nostr:note1tqp09xkvv7xhksq8ftww4cyd697appxvpkjnk9raphefna3qxw6s60lma9 
 Uncle can do advance premiere for you. 
 Kudos to  @webworthy for producing such a high-quality documentary that tells the story of  @btcpayserver in #Bitcoin history!

It's been a pleasure to participate in shooting... had so much fun.

Excited for  @BitcoinFilmFest and looking forward to seeing you all in Warsaw!

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 I can't wait to hear your feedback... along with  @AviBurra's - I want to see how Men of Culture rate this piece of art! 
 🤝  
 Kudos to  @webworthy for producing such a high-quality documentary that tells the story of  @btcpayserver in #Bitcoin history!

It's been a pleasure to participate in shooting... had so much fun.

Excited for  @BitcoinFilmFest and looking forward to seeing you all in Warsaw!

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 Hopefully it's as polished as you Max <3 
 Good morning and pura vida, Nostr! It's time to create notes and send zaps! 🫂🤙🏻💜

NOS... 
 > Let me know where to ship the tombstone

😂

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 Too bad I don't have @ODELL again to discuss Nostr as Bitcoin's Layer 3. h/t @bob 
 I'd you insist 😂 
 *If

Nostr CEO should prioritize Note Edit on Bitcoin's Layer 3 
 I'm not sure I should write down these thoughts right now while I'm not sure about them, but if y... 
 💪💪💪 
 Final call to everyone who attended  @bitcoinatlantis and received #Bitcoin Bolt Cards—please sweep them.

Though April 1st was the deadline, Uncle extended it to ensure no one mistook it for a joke.  @btcpayserver handling requests is still up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCxILDa9H-Y&t=234s

You have until tomorrow to sweep the Bolt Cards; after 9 AM UTC, the funds will become inaccessible.

Follow the video tutorial I've recorded to withdraw your #Bitcoin and reset the Bolt Cards for future use!

Thanks again to  @andreloja for idea to do this & epic conference! 
 Finish the sentence👇
#nostr taught me… 
 On one hand I want my husband to officially say he’s my husband so we can become this cool Nost... 
 Smart nym, should lead the way. 
 Always there for some constructive anarchy 🤝 

You can't create quality world until you first destroy the old one. 
 i love nostr 
 lmao 
 If we can’t make a social media ecosystem where people feel safe enough to share then they’ll... 
 How do we proceed with this?

The only thing that comes to my mind are shared blocklists and popular relays closing posting based on the presence on those blocklists.

Do you have proposed solution on steps we can take? 
 I doubt popular relays would sign up to block notes from certain npubs, but first step could be that npubs can express preference not to be mentioned by some other npubs.

I don't see why those types of lists would not be welcomed by everyone - if someone is publicly willing to say - I don't want this npub to interact with me, the rest of the network should support that. 
 And yeah, Primal already has this in a way. You can still post messages to relays... but it's possible to subscribe to each other's mute lists.

So it's more of a problem of organizing community and then having support of clients to maybe eventually get to some kind of default "no assholes" list.

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 Yeah, that's basically what I'm proposing. 

On protocol level it's possible to craft any type of note, but relays could check - if a note contains reference to npub that blocks mentions by you - they wouldn't accept or propagate your note.

They also could stop returning your notes if the request is by certain npub. 
 ⚡️Zapped ⚡️
💜 Followed 💜
🙏 ₿oosted 🙏
🤙 #plebchain 🤙
Welcome to freedo... 
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 MY BROTHER IN LAW JUST INTRODUCED ME TO #NOSTR. BYE BYE FOREVER TWITTER #INTRODUCTIONS #GFYELON 
 Welcome! 
 Say hello to my other brother in law. 🤙
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 Sergio always delivers 
 $90,000 next week

Book it 
 lmao 
 Happy Easter to my drinking buddy 🫂 
 Us vs them
Divide & conquer 

Are illusions & control mechanisms 

Move beyond control, fear, jud... 
 🤍 
 love is the way
hate is a signal.
do not suffer
them pointlessly
but use them
to navigate your life
and end up
where you are
supposed to be.
kindness is the cure
for pain inflicted
and pain suffered
on the journey.
it happens
we all make mistakes
they are not the destiny
but fuel for entropy
a trail we leave
to honor the context
we exist in.
take it easy
take it slow
and pay attention.
it's all in your head
a mirage
you have to navigate through.
love is the way 
 🫂 
 Yes, I've miss understood it for too long, trying to turn hate into love. 
 🙏 
 What’s the biggest zap ever sent on nostr?

Biggest I’ve seen is 1M from #[0]​ 

And it was... 
 Someone had a great meme with missile launcher... it was such a pleasure to be part of all that 😂

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 but you can always ask politely, right? 
 that's one of the biggest things you need to figure out in your life 
 > Beauty will save the world.

What is this? For a long time, it seemed to me simply a phrase. How could this be possible? When in the bloodthirsty process of history did beauty ever save anyone, and from what? Granted, it ennobled, it elevated—but whom did it ever save?

There is, however, a particular feature in the very essence of beauty—a characteristic trait of art itself: The persuasiveness of a true work of art is completely irrefutable; it prevails even over a resisting heart. A political speech, an aggressive piece of journalism, a program for the organization of society, a philosophical system, can all be constructed—with apparent smoothness and harmony—on an error or on a lie. What is hidden and what is distorted will not be discerned right away. But then a contrary speech, journalistic piece, or program, or a differently structured philosophy, comes forth to join the argument, and everything is again just as smooth and harmonious, and again everything fits. And so, they inspire trust—and distrust.

In vain does one repeat what the heart does not find sweet.

But a true work of art carries its verification within itself: Artificial and forced concepts do not survive their trial by images; both image and concept crumble and turn out feeble, pale, and unconvincing. However, works which have drawn on the truth and which have presented it to us in concentrated and vibrant form seize us, attract us to themselves powerfully, and no one ever—even centuries later—will step forth to deny them.

So perhaps the old trinity of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty is not simply the decorous and antiquated formula it seemed to us at the time of our self-confident materialistic youth. If the tops of these three trees do converge, as thinkers used to claim, and if the all too obvious and the overly straight sprouts of Truth and Goodness have been crushed, cut down, or not permitted to grow, then perhaps the whimsical, unpredictable, and ever surprising shoots of Beauty will force their way through and soar up to that very spot, thereby fulfilling the task of all three.  
 I always love the synchronicity of Entropy as the Arrow of Time. Send the pic of entropy in cactuses when it's time. 
 Blue Sky can never be successful because it's a centralized Silicon Valley product. If people want that - they'll just pick Threads, Mastodon or some fringe alternative to Twitter / X. Or just use X... makes more sense than reinventing the wheel with less powerful group of Silicon Valley insiders.

But I get that bunch of you in US tech world are buddies and have to support each other. Good luck with it. 
 the more you're given
the more you have to give
mute your ego and serve
let others climb
let others celebrate
let others call you a fool
listen and serve
let them vilify you
let them misunderstand you
let them hide your contributions
it doesn't matter
let it go
let it happen
let it hurt
in the end it will all pass
you broke before
so many times
did you forget how you arrived here?
beyond pain and suffering
worrying about tomorrow
and how you will afford the future
for yourself and those you love
the more you're given
the more you have to give
serve 
 thanks to @paulinthejungle for zapping this poem in the video showing we live in the future 🙏 
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 Great video, thanks for linking it and enriching the conversation 🫂