TODAY IS MY #NOSTR BIRTHDAY
https://m.primal.net/HkVg.jpg
And it is a fiery love! Since we have no algorithms doing a “year in review” or whatever, I’ll try to make one myself :)
I didn’t really use social media much at all until May 2022, when I started using Twitter and Instagram (mostly with the idea of promoting my music and photos, but I quickly also started posting stuff regarding my ideas surrounding Bitcoin, philosophy, nature, yoga, etc.

Since joining nostr in March 2023; my main takeaways regarding the UX for the time being are:

1. Almost no spam and no ads thus far, which is awesome
2. No “being at the mercy of the algorithms,” which is awesome (although Instagram’s algo tends to do a pretty good job at showing me stuff I’m actually interested in)
3. Much higher signal/noise ratio than any other platform
4. Much less inflammatory and clickbaity stuff than any other platform
5. The ability to move your whole network around from app to app is an absolute gamechanger
6. I have already been able to use my npub to participate in rap cyphers (#nostrcypher represent) via  nostr:npub1stemstrls4f5plqeqkeq43gtjhtycuqd9w25v5r5z5ygaq2n2sjsd6mul5, to upload my music and podcast episodes via  nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg, to listen to streams via zap.stream, to publish my articles via  nostr:npub1yzvxlwp7wawed5vgefwfmugvumtp8c8t0etk3g8sky4n0ndvyxesnxrf8q, etc. It is inspiring (and dizzying) to see all the new ideas and implementations being thrown around and played with
7. Zaps are the new, improved version of likes
8. Interactions between users seem to be much more organic, fluid and dynamic

I’m including a screenshot with some rudimentary stats. I try not to be phased by my followers/likes/whatever count, because that is ultimately not the purpose of creation. However, the differences between nostr and legacy social media are huge. In my case, I have been getting 14 new followers per month on Instagram, 34 on X and 54 (nearly 55) on nostr!

https://image.nostr.build/7a4e5399400dac764abc2be543bc58371105e3a12ee727c164b7a9c2bd61aaf5.jpg

What makes this even more amazing is the fact that:
1. Both IG and X have a much larger user base
2.1. I follow a whole lot more accounts on X
2.2. And on IG a large % of my followers are my meatspace acquaintances, friends and relatives
3. Presumably on both IG and X I have many more bot followers than on nostr (I’m not entirely sure if bot followers are even a thing yet on nostr?)

Funnily enough, on YouTube, Spotify and Soundcloud I have less than 200 followers on each, even though Kontext as the pseudonym was created and existed, for the first 7 years (2015 to 2022), exclusively as the anonymous rapper moniker of mine (hence MC Kontext).

I have stated that I am a zap maximalist and a like minimalist, and as such I’m proud to say that for each like, I have sent out almost 6 zaps. The data below is from nostr.band and is different from other sources (e.g.  nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg- also happy birthday to them - my current favorite desktop app) says I have received 190 zaps for a total of 25.1k sats and a max zap of 2100 sats from )

https://image.nostr.build/7b22af1774373cee544df5d8742b0fbad70eac1ef0f098b384347c80d9a14ea9.jpg

Some of the most legendary people who I have received zaps from include  nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe,  nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc,  nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev,  nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft,  nostr:npub1saxmd5km0vusxhl84tqeaqaysftezh3h6ne22h95efntutth42yqlju5fv,  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx (but no  nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy). A total of 152 accounts have zapped me according to nostr.band. In return, I have zapped a total of 256 accounts (if anybody knows another good nostr+zaps stats site for all-time stats and aggregates, please refer it to me).

Now, obviously, I have managed to “make a loss” by using #nostr - I have zapped away 24k sats more than I have received! However, I regret no sats zapped as they all have been for a good reason, #value4value is real and I believe and live by it. Also, perhaps the fact that I have been rather generous with the zapping has helped my nostr account grow at almost twice the pace of my X account and 4 times the pace of my IG account?

Speaking of growing and zapping, I have also started experimenting with the ideas of #zapvertising and throwing different contests and games on nostr via my business account  nostr:npub1p6y243ek340jtqjr0qnqg2elkw3x5yn08kzhvxxxkejj486mlg9qtnwx3t.

https://primal.b-cdn.net/media-cache?s=o&a=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.primal.net%2FHZiO.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/e4ae321e4acc84304fd973ed0a077fa1b48b8f2467125ccfeae819fa49115c73.jpg

I will post a larger, more comprehensive post and stats about that whole venture at some point, but on a very rudimentary look, so far, we have spent approx 450k sats on 276 followers + approx 11 (or 4%) of them also converted into email list subscribers. Which comes down to approx 1.6k sats / follower or 41k sats per email. Now keep in mind - all that is just by posting zapvertising + a couple of memes, we have not published any other information about the enterprise. That being said, I do believe we have gotten some lovely exposure through these efforts (one of Satoshee posts was #3 on Primal 24h Trending at one point):

https://image.nostr.build/7f5ab4e203a1cb2ccb8fcbc1fecdc0efc68aa961e5d0b10ea72db45d14e86d3e.jpg
nostr:note1n49nkjst0apjqdfy4l86269n0srlqynj47mdee9cu7pcfahtz0qs3zmm0c

Hopefully once we fully launch the website and products, our gang of #nostriches will be there to test drive the site + become the first customers and/or recommend it to their friends. My thesis is that if we start off by literally paying our prospective customers, then they are more likely to trust and engage with our products as soon as we come to the market. All that will be either proven or disproven by time, of course.

Anyways (I never intended to go for so long and it’s almost 6AM here in New South Wales, #Australia right now) to wrap it all up: super excited to see freedom tech (both #Bitcoin and #nostr) just being so unbelievably more effective and inspiring than the old fiat systems and I can only imagine how much abundance and prosperity on all levels of the human experience; physical, intellectual and spiritual can and will be built upon all this.

Onward.
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https://m.primal.net/HkRb.jpg
#memestr
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I mean, the other is also both grammatically and factually correct tbf 😅


*Day 50 of 120+ pushups per day


#ProofOfWork https://image.nostr.build/5614a20ce5f68039a49db67016205e2706eadfb2c3caefe532c34079b62d00ca.jpg
Day 151 of 100+ pushups per day;
Day 50 of 120+ pushups today
https://open.spotify.com/track/64rnghzDMy4cAEMZhSOp9h?si=1LPvxq-3SxC2D2pUJi8tWA
#100adaytil100k #100adaytilidie #fitness #tunestr


Life is not supposed to get easier. In fact, it’s supposed to get harder the better you get at it. It’s the difficulty adjustment.

With great power comes great responsibility and vice versa.


SATOSHEE TREASURE HUNT #1
(Part 3/5 of 25k sats)
https://m.primal.net/HaHo.jpg

You and your merry band of buccaneers pool together your supplies and resources, and set sails through the secret gateway. Your first destination is a nameless island, where the locals are supposedly the only people who know how to properly navigate the seas in which the treasure is located. Reach the island and find a navigator, and he shall give you further instructions. The duration of the voyage to the island is said to take around 15 days.

What that is meant to convey is simply:
When this post gets 15 reposts, the next string of characters for the 25k satoshi treasure are posted.

Once you reach the destination, mention to the navigator the third part of the secret code, so that he will know what it is that you are looking for. The third part goes as follows:

mwhoo

More details about the treasure hunt, previous parts of the code:

Part 2:
nostr:note1l5wgjs873vv2psamq3clrvazzzeterdh2e49swqz9qz733cemkfq8fq0t2

Part 1:
nostr:note13qg49m4r03dvjdrmy54je6l7nugtwemsp07ygjqs9u69437t955qweushy

#gamestr #plebchain #nostr #treasurehunt #zapstr #bitcoin #zapvertisement #zapvertising


GM ODELL 🤠


The job of the artist is to get high. To reach out into the ether - the spaceless, timeless, shapeless void that contains within itself the whole of human potential - to let that silence talk to and through them, and to bring ideas, concepts never before conceived down from the shadow realms from a formless state into the lower layers of mental and physical constructs i.e. what we generally perceive as reality.

This is why the artist should never be concerned with what the audience wants. His only concern is offering them what they need - and since they’ve never had it - they don’t know what they need. The whole process mimics the creation of life itself and is what empaths, priests, parents, shamans and masters of various disciplines have been doing throughout history - and it is, essentially, being in contact with God or the Universe and simply following the Tao or the Way.

Life is art, we are all artists.


https://m.primal.net/Hjml.jpg

nostr:note1ljqphx2qnsl9f6ejrf546wttytdwpw4tf8xdwxf9g05n0pgnwq7scmlqkl


Proof of Steak + Proof of Saif
https://video.nostr.build/749affbdebaf71034e6d7396134f9bcc62071c80573c41fa452de4e0750dcd94.mp4
 nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak on "The Bitcoin Matrix" by  nostr:npub159xcmvys8az0s5z8whjwr4senal5px6sjgmskvhyq2u0fkwpk2ds0zg2g6 talking about his new book "Principles of Economics":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBi_jMNrH04
https://fountain.fm/episode/DN7Cd682Rl0Gyc9BZ2Ev
#proofofsteak #proofofsaif #foodstr


THIS GUY APPROACHES YOUR GIRL AT THE CLUB
WYD?

nostr:note1z039ng337kp8v5ncdjy8u4xj5fczvwujy59u02gctsz73ulc9pnsh6uufl


GM ODELL 🤠

It's not how many times you get knocked down ;
it's how many times you get back up.


IF YOU SEE THIS MAN
DON'T GIVE HIM YOUR BITCOIN
https://m.primal.net/Hjma.jpg
 nostr:npub15dqlghlewk84wz3pkqqvzl2w2w36f97g89ljds8x6c094nlu02vqjllm5m


MY MAN 🔥
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QXPjFn2K4984EtcidgbV0?si=e4340567cdf84bc8


I mean, opioids are definitely up there as well, but they are also very much legal + normalized so... 🤷♂
nostr:nevent1qqsqfrlhl6rs8wzw9xg7fhy53lfl5h0fc38tn8f6hyd3tyawkhrve8spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygqzw8smntvhu0c4a46zxf79e635jw7kv2qxz93ck7s0dc52mr8ljqpsgqqqqqqsqlhk0c


Probably! And a right wing extremist as well! But hey, as long as you're not a conspiracy practitioner, you're all good in my book :)


https://open.spotify.com/track/1UOhKnE2fZJuGdB7ssn9nf?si=tYej9R5AQPO7QX9GFFZCuw
#tunestr #weedstr #420


My favorite conspiracy theory is that alcohol and sugar are actually the worst drugs of them all; and that this is exactly why they're both legal and normalized :)


NON-FICTION:
#Bitcoin, economy, finance, sociology:
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
The Price of Tomorrow by  nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe
Broken Money by  nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a
The Bitcoin Standard by  nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak
The Book of Satoshi by Phil Champagne
Layered Money by  nostr:npub1qw6e8meaj5gzk49alamh9qf35lpmml5sq7ctjtxhcjk55qppmcjs0j2v52
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss, and Neil Howe

Other:
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
Mastery by Robert Greene
The Awakening of Intelligence by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey

FICTION:
1984 by George Orwell
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

(no I'm not that big on fiction)


https://m.primal.net/HjSj.jpg
#Bitcoin #memestr


NICE.
https://image.nostr.build/c008fe70fc348a89fcdf494f26fc40724e2636797a84d4b2b70a7127a33f1a43.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/track/44IX8SM0fEWApOGlhUGAFc?si=33871879b55e4006
#Bitcoin #memestr #69 #420 #tunestr


CHOOSE ONE, ANON
https://m.primal.net/HjRw.jpg


Can someone sell some corn pls
I really REALLY want a screenshot of #Bitcoin price being exactly $69,420
thanks 🙏
https://m.primal.net/HjRk.jpg


IN A WORLD THAT’S BUILT UPON LIE$
₿EING TRUTHFUL IS THE ULTIMATE ACT OF REBELLION


https://open.spotify.com/track/1XFyebjye69ZVGR2WOze2U?si=a9764bc87f8f4eb5
#tunestr


You can be hard on yourself without being harsh on yourself.
Don’t call yourself a fucktard.
Call yourself a silly goose.

The most important thing is to not lie. Every lie you tell to others destructs the fabric of society and every lie you tell yourself destructs the fabric of your soul. If you fucked up, you fucked up. Only that you didn’t fuck up. You made a rookie mistake.


GM ODELL 🤠
STACK SATS ON A SATURDAY
IT AIN'T CALLED SATURDAY FOR NO REASON


I need book ideas. And since I always end up choosing similar literature, I wanted to ask you on #nostr: which books can you recommend?


Being honest in what you do, who you are and what you believe in comes with a cost of letting go of anything that was associated with the dishonest. We've all grown up in a world built on a dishonest foundation in the form of a broken money... hence, there's a lot we have to give up. It's not easy but it is necessary.


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nostr:note1n5wmvmmdtxfvrgxjnn0ca2c0aj04kdkyw5hwtxy4ardp9nqtf7ns7rtg4m


EXERCISE IS EXORCISM

https://open.spotify.com/track/3djWN7th03XZtmF5s3C1Lv?si=8a951e4b167a4413
#tunestr #100adaytil100k #100adaytilidie


100%. The title + the thumbnail is clickbaity af, but the conversation itself is gold. I would especially recommend the last approx. 15 minutes for anyone who can't/is not sure whether to invest the full 2h


PRO TIP: ALWAYS TYPE IN ALL CAPS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH DOMINANCE IN YOUR ONLINE INTERACTIONS

CC/ nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx

https://open.spotify.com/track/3LQHP0nilvMpAbjlgZfGPz?si=2owTy9L5SjeWU3PxuzDEug
#TUNESTR #PROTIP #LIFEHACK


All that is not to say as if women/the feminine had any larger (or lesser) role to play in this than men/the masculine. But the feminine energy is the creative energy, which is ultimately what all life is in service of. Men may be the rulers of the physical realm, but women are most definitely the rulers of the spiritual realm. And from a holistic view, if you are the full embodiment of something then you are also its opposite. So the feminine is also the destructive force (which is why it’s also associated with death, the night/the moon, hell, etc.).

nostr:note14z28tpkquzre8mm0tp7lmdaqstcw4ftck203stlknjvv4f9dhchs0q8tmx


You could say "the Ouroboros represents the eternal cycle of death and rebirth" and so on, and yes, you'd be right. But I would argue: not anymore. This has gone further than that. This is not just the devouring mother; it's also the infertile daughter. Life begets life; and death begets...

nostr:note17jxwsmnmlwztpdzpszpaznchwfzxsvg8r59pynaf2mlymukrtggqppf0ak


GM GIGI 🤠


GM ODELL🤠


To clarify, Peterson made the analogy from the standpoint of women "taming" men, but I do think the extension of the Stockholm syndrome applies as well, especially if you consider that as per biology, men are the hunters, they are the ones who pursue, usually UNTIL wife/kids and then, they might find that they actually love the family more than whatever other temporary thrills and... chill out. Which, all in all, is a weird way of the same kind of story playing out.

But where this analogy shines the best is the women/feminine being the nanny state, the overprotective mother (or the devouring mother as Peterson himself says), which pathologizes into sexual immorality and authoritarianism; and the men/masculine being the risk-taking, competitive, entrepreneurial spirit, which pathologizes into stagnation, depression, bitterness and apathy; all the while clinging on to the "protective mother" with its rules, handouts and "nobody is allowed to fail" politics, which, of course, creates a fast track for the entrepreneurial spirit to become attached to the devouring mother, a combination of which basically becomes the Ouroboros, consuming itself and creating a void for darkness/authoritarianism/the Devil/Klaus Schwab/communism to emerge.

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Peterson's quote from:
https://youtu.be/g6VNAM58a_U?si=Gp6pChPFHEt1S99U


“Women probably did the same thing to men that humans did to wolves.”
- Jordan Peterson

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I LIKE TO HAVE MY BREAKFAST
WHENEVER THE FUCK I LIKE TO HAVE MY BREAKFAST https://image.nostr.build/0d05e3a56908bd118dbad0b65143ad095075d071def81bd93ce711962bde4f3d.jpg
#foodstr #coffeechain


How to become more decisive:
1) First choice is usually the right choice
https://open.spotify.com/track/388shqcx0vaSkJJ8bDYyBK?si=ce2bb3c581404baa
#tunestr #philosophy


Bitcoin And nostr Forces The Rare

Most earth minerals are rare and so are "good" ideas. For a mineral to be rare at least one of 4 conditions must be met:

1) An eccentric composition
2) Selective formation conditions
3) A fleeting lifespan
4) A dangerous environment

Bitcoin and nostr were not only birthed by two of these four conditions, they are instantiating their birth conditions upon other things which, in turn, will cause the creation of similar ideas. It's a cascade effect and we are watching the very first domino drop.

Bitcoin had the weird composition of depending on a rag-tag group of developers, fanatic users, a nodal structure, and an insatiable capacity to ingest energy from any source capable of producing electron flow. nostr, while not energy hungry (but does posses an inestimable hunger for information), at least shares the first three conditions with bitcoin.

nostr was birthed, and I'm reaching here because I do not know if this is true, as a reaction to increasing censorship on legacy social media (and other) platforms. Censorship, by definition is violence (See "Undue Alteration") and that is a very dangerous environment indeed. Bitcoin was birthed under circumstances even more brutal and insidious: a continuous, unrelenting, and worsening global financial environment brought about by the two most violent entities in existence; Central Banks and Governments.

What may be missed is just how quickly and tightly the elements of nostr and Bitcoin bonded to form a "molecule" that is as unstoppable as it is uncensorable.

#nostr #bitcoin


https://open.spotify.com/track/1kSxm4vU26W5xSUdnPUkyB?si=813cb69989f34628
#tunestr


In another sense, bitcoin is the only real intellectual property anyway. It’s the only thing that’s scarce.

All the rest of it can be as abundant as we let it be. Information yearns to be free.

nostr:note14z77etga0r8277p4eq2q7ge4af3vcz4e54evufupf5l342j0lh7snvxkjd


https://open.spotify.com/track/52zoeCUP7nS3AG4LARyLbU?si=YlqV5SLASCWJ0pxWOoutEw
#tunestr


First mover advantage is the only real "intellectual property" right.


Normies cannot comprehend that a problem cannot be solved on the same level it was created.


Study #Bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/64ed8526ed48a4473e7a3a9d3f55aa69bbc3fdb5fae22896228e35a20b0261f5.gif


I once heard someone say (I forget who it was) something to the tune of "the purpose of luxury is to signal to your brain that it's safe to take creative risks" and I think that's, to a large degree, also true for beauty.


IT'S ABOUT THE STIMULATION BABY https://video.nostr.build/0e598ec503dd5914830978703c0612ef958b96888eeaba26448c230646c9fc74.mp4
#protip #lifehack #writing


"FOR YOUR SAFETY"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-deploy-750-national-guard-soldiers-check-bags-subway-2024-03-06/


BASED


GM ODELL
HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAM ARE GOOD
NO I LIED
HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAM ARE FUCKING FANTASTIC


The money was just the beginning.


I am a #zap maximalist and a #like minimalist

#nostr #plebchain


https://open.spotify.com/track/5uqQyRJV8qLt8zEqnvsBVK?si=fbf5b43e93c94c8f
#tunestr


“Essentially each one of us is a ripple, expanding through time. It’s not just you in isolation, you carry within you the essence of everyone who has ever touched your life.”

- nostr:npub1s05p3ha7en49dv8429tkk07nnfa9pcwczkf5x5qrdraqshxdje9sq6eyhe @ Bitcoin Atlantis 2024
https://youtu.be/u6rdlkN-r6k?si=rmbaHyuu9YFBQLPu


SADE MY GIRL
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bgsj8kz5zWbQ6njk2Oqoz?si=ieiF5FrZQLy70AQZdlvLVw
#tunestr


GM 🤠


Thoroughly impressed with the new #Amethyst release
Good job nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z and Co 👏 https://nostrage.com/media/public/97d5f97646c317c22eb32e581296bf2f93591a9012eb7fa30e91ec9bdae5eabd.webp
#value4value #grownostr #plebchain


Anything you lose by being real was fake.


The money is not going to mean anything without the people.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7pv80uUHfocFqfTytu1MVi?si=25042108277745eb
#tunestr


Dessert: Greek yoghurt, honey, walnuts

That's how you do 1 meal/day and still build muscle
#foodstr #fitness
https://nostrage.com/media/public/4a474b488898fe0038213f043300c579a9e1e3092990ac38d260565c27bae969.webp
nostr:nevent1qqszkn3f0s5zypnh6sxngfhhkwe966svaqt2mtayjex6rkuggc6xhygpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsqyu0phxke0cl3tmt5yvnutn4rfyaavc5qvytr3daq7m3g4kx0lyqrqsqqqqqpjvaa65


Almost forgot
#proofofsteak #foodstr :)


Steak, sourdough & the rabbit hole...
https://nostrage.com/media/public/07f47750e37370e70ec6fc89ee8d8e0d475df68c8cf80c939584dda1fb921513.webp
Featuring The Bitcoin Matrix podcast w/ nostr:npub159xcmvys8az0s5z8whjwr4senal5px6sjgmskvhyq2u0fkwpk2ds0zg2g6 and Tom Luongo


👀

nostr:note19umxdefqg8pfqq8kyxsgkm7npqme9tfew6np9pzcu0tfs466787sqw2h5y


I was gonna make the "at this point I'm too afraid to ask" meme about it, but then I came across something about their tour or smth and looked it up, and decided now it was inappropriate for me to make the meme 😅


100 pushups a day is probably the best thing i've done in quite a while
#100adaytil100k
#100adaytilidie


4:20
https://nostrage.com/media/public/ce174f81b4d8a2e04e1abde462187194f2fdcf2a52a8da0abe919b53ceab8c0d.webp
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HjXvE0YWZs83IOgk2ttxq?si=Z5A81tgdQYC2KveEE696_w
#420 #weedstr #tunestr


Weak people make excuses as to why they can’t be strong. Strong people make excuses as to why they can’t be weak.


https://open.spotify.com/track/1n4lspQpBo5smutI9K0a0s?si=gxRBfVz6Q5uSp7bRzMkISA
#tunestr


When you control the money, then you control the economy; when you control the economy, then you control the incentives; when you control the incentives, then you control the minds; when you control the minds, you control the will; when you control the will, you control the spirit.

Because ultimately, it is the will of the spirit (of the people) that allows for things to happen or not to happen.

This is why "#Bitcoin fixes this" is so much more than just a meme

Highly recommend nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a's book "Broken Money" for anyone who is interested in a cohesive, concise and up-to-date overview of the evolution of money, how the fiat trap was kind of inevitable; and how the fiat standard as such is a centralizing force in its essence.

If anybody's interested in my personal (Work In Progress) meta-level overview of the layered nature of reality itself; how the physical i.e. Proof-of-Work level is the basis for mental and spiritual well-being and, again, how #Bitcoin fixes this by providing a monetary standard that imitates the nature of reality itself - feel free to have a glance at a draft I have up on Medium:
https://medium.com/@mckontext/unified-creation-energy-theory-ucet-8814041ed94c
Or get it as a pdf:
https://mega.nz/file/gts1gTiI#b-SF6gx9rFrUvaHlGjDdAF_AgafuFjEDZt8K8uMTzMU

Enjoy your weekend, friends
Don't forget to get some sun & touch some grass

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Control over the money printer is THE most important tool in establishing and maintaining a Communist regime. Few.

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https://open.spotify.com/track/0kzVnrJRftv33YazjOlKGa?si=26b3df67da5a43f2
#tunestr


Yes this feels like the peak of a mania. Like a potential "big short" moment. Or a FOMO moment, or both.

But remember:
"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

That is especially true in the fiat world. Also, as a fiat currency approaches the end of its life and hyperinflation, an increase of volatility in asset prices is to be expected (see: Weimar Germany).

PS. Don't do leverage, kids. Just don't.

STAY HUMBLE
STACK SATS
STUDY #BITCOIN

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https://image.nostr.build/388a9c6d834ae798fdb115a21e8550d009bd98d2ea4ea0f4d7e9beb8d8faf361.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/track/21qnJAMtzC6S5SESuqQLEK?si=2ac89da1ee2f4c35
#memestr #tunestr


Prediction: Fiat money will be regarded as the biggest and most destructive scam in human history


HE WHO DOES NOT STACK A SAT
WILL NOT OWN A COIN

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LOVE IT! Great job guys 🧡 🔥


POSITIVE SATSFLOW IS ULTIMATELY THE NAME OF THE GAME

Fiat money is also a lottery ticket… guaranteed to lose its value over time (except for in a deflationary environment), with increasing odds of losing the longer you HODL

cc/ nostr:npub1saxmd5km0vusxhl84tqeaqaysftezh3h6ne22h95efntutth42yqlju5fv

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YES I'm just about to elaborate on that idea :)


OWN A POSITIVE CASHFLOW BEFORE YOU OWN #BITCOIN

Otherwise you are not holding onto the most pristine asset and the future of money; but a lottery ticket. To an extent, at this stage of its evolution, BTC is a lottery ticket... with increasing odds of winning the longer you HODL


TRANSCENDENCE IS REALIZING YOU WERE THE CITADEL ALL ALONG


#V4V #nocopyright #creativecommons


Quick introduction to nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg + links to Kontext (as a rapper/musician) and The Kontext Experience podcast (philosophy/yoga) on my Ko-fi page:
https://ko-fi.com/Post/Kontext-now-on-Wavlake-V4V-G2G0UZKUX


YES. HOMEBOY SANDMAN FTW.


Another one of my older Estonian singles now available on nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg:
"Intensiivpalat" (2019):
https://wavlake.com/album/9836b6ec-371d-4810-a884-1c070e09facd

DOWNLOAD:
https://mckontext.bandcamp.com/track/intensiivpalat
https://mega.nz/file/R4txEIAY#4Y4bm_9OmwbT8q3hsfQQsxVZiOMTXsCoZJN_VI8Ce18
https://soundcloud.com/mckontext/kontext-intensiivpalat-prod-nomad

Licensed under CC BY 3.0
#tunestr #hiphop #rap #estonia


GM
STAY HUMBLE AND END THE FED


Surely this has been done before but...
https://m.primal.net/HfHK.jpg
#memestr #Bitcoin #nostr #zapathon #plebchain


Despair. Not because it's a Monday. But because of where the world is right now.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5bzeQQnjPj70gMaWVYjY7c?si=9e92228a4cab45d6
#tunestr


say the truth
and set yourself free
but only if you are ready
for pain
betrayals
and punishments
that are coming
for allowing yourself
to live in lies
for so long


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Cerra un poco los ojos
#negr0art

https://image.nostr.build/0d415aea7f5b1b566b419403108294dc982f83568174c516736ac7251597e325.jpg


THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY nostr:note16mjm5elhnw73ywwlt4j5fnrmewyc3an8f3r4rdvml366m7ppmaesvrarq9


Apparently I'm not the only one who's concerned 😄

https://nostrage.com/media/public/0bf63c0c1584df76c64947ff83629375a329700401c1de62be291f12b471f730.webp

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The normies… they’re never gonna fuckin get it. That’s why they’re the normies. Stop trying to appeal to the common denominator because the common denominator is LOW.

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Not attend? Go on about your business?


Open up X: ETF inflows, amount of BTC on exchanges, stupid shit politicians said, spam, ads, people arguing

Open up Instagram: people trying to flex, virtue signalling, ads, spam

Open up #nostr:  freedom tech, fashion, art, dogs, philosophy, spirituality, flowers, people being vulnerable, people making friends

It's different. I like it.
#plebchain


THE ONLY #BITCOIN CHART THAT MATTERS
HASH RATE IS THE PRICE
ALL ELSE IS IRRELEVANT
https://m.primal.net/HfGk.jpg


THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT SUFFERING.

But we can choose what we suffer for :)

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EVERY ADVERSITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY

We are, in fact, quite fortunate that the powers that be do not understand the powers that are yet to come.

We can build out those solutions, we can drive the adoption and the innovation. The globalist mega corporation propaganda and their ideological allies may burn to ashes with fiat if they wish to do so.

#Bitcoin will be here if they decide otherwise. We will be here, BUIDLING, either way

Onwards.

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Already did 😉


Sup. Just a guy with a broken heart, trying to become the best version of myself. Into #Bitcoin, philosophy, yoga, music, fitness and generally making the world a better place :)


As you do to Bitcoin
Bitcoin does to you
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POV: SATURDAY NIGHT
YOU: GET DRUNK AND EAT MCDONALD'S
ME: GET ON #NOSTR AND EAT STEAK
WE ARE NOT THE SAME
https://nostrage.com/media/public/f4a54cfcd8d5fb912c2f681af9bbfd64c7942ba31a0e45e4ae85c3ad3dc2b5ef.mp4
#proofofsteak #plebchain


⚡ MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN ⚡
https://m.primal.net/Herp.jpg
#BITCOIN
https://satosh.ee/


GM
SEEMS SO


The Kontext Experience Podcast now also available via nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg:
https://www.wavlake.com/podcast/the-kontext-experience

Alternatively feel free to engage in V4V via nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5:
https://fountain.fm/show/icx6Ch3p8cuFLtIn9gmX

Or via any legacy app such as Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/0aBg64w0QzjPxpNEOdgXH7?si=d070c005964f4bf0

New episodes coming ... at some point.


My Estonian hip hop single "100%" was originally released today (24 February) in 2018. Now also available via the nostr:npub1yfg0d955c2jrj2080ew7pa4xrtj7x7s7umt28wh0zurwmxgpyj9shwv6vg app:
https://www.wavlake.com/track/22b9bec6-b9c1-4837-b68e-a74a8c659c49
Copyright free, as always.

Download:
https://mega.nz/file/I01TQCYL#9vSJn-7arkDcQVPDs5VQa89nfNYQstbz2rjeh9K39G0

https://mckontext.bandcamp.com/track/100
Instrumental:
https://mega.nz/file/Ql0lSDAL#pb9FBpx1IT6XEd8uXo-tOx46LBj8xB5kAWeJ7N4ufBY
#tunestr


WISE WORDS FROM THE MAN HIMSELF
#100adaytil100k
#100adaytilidie
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BONES MY BOY
https://open.spotify.com/track/34LzJ0pKASl3mmMprZPZuS?si=f76378b4602a4046
#tunestr


SADE MY GIRL
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bgsj8kz5zWbQ6njk2Oqoz?si=ieiF5FrZQLy70AQZdlvLVw
#tunestr


Freedom is one of the greatest gifts that the Feminine can give to the Masculine. One of the greatest gifts she can give herself is to never settle for less than she deserves. Her standards are high, boundaries are clear, and her heart is pure. 🔥


I love Lana Del Rey


https://open.spotify.com/track/6imkXH0CdUtfLgZwYeUg7B?si=f16ca446b1704474
#tunnestr


My day rarely starts before the 2nd coffee


GM

“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
- Thomas Sowell

STAY HUMBLE & CHOOSE YOUR TRADE-OFFS WISELY


11:11
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pro tip: search for "steak was undercooked" reviews to find based restaurants


GM ☕ https://image.nostr.build/b8cd0e0cbb074d5882f317a93ae3142eaa10abe09d4954fffc883feb4c155503.jpg


"All the ingredients are in the pot to cook a certain kind of meal."
- nostr:npub1xu6eayhvuhr0er2h2h0qpr8tvfcgpzupfhw4zlfca04ty6vrdjtqlrukq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bai2Yy9BYzk


People have attached paper substitutes to real forms of money for centuries. Bitcoin also has to contend with this inevitable construct, but you can protect yourself by having total sovereignty over your coins, thus negating counterparty risk.


I have a thesis that we will experience a recession and likely set new low prices in that time. The timeline is unclear, though historical modeling would suggest it comes later in 2023 or early 24.

Bitcoin has not yet experienced a real recessionary downturn, and this environment feels like one where previously reliable cyclical patterns are under attack. We are in a regime shift, globally, and these processes are volatile in nature.

But even with that thesis, I did not miss the opportunity to stack BTC heavily below $20k. When price is below Realized Price, below the 200-week average, when every on-chain indicator has signaled bottom, that means you should be stacking. I did not hesitate. It is what the bear market calls for. The corn I acquired at the recent cycle lows will set the foundation for the next epoch of wealth accrual. If we make new low prices, I will step up to the plate again. I remain flexible, open minded, and optimistic.

No matter what my medium term thesis is, the endgame is unchanged. Bitcoin is an asymmetric bet on the perpetual profligacy of the fiat system. The destiny of that system is singular and crystalline: debase until bust.

In the rubble of the crumbling edifice of money by decree, empty hands will reach for hard assets, as they have for centuries... There they will find the world's first borderless, decentralized, censorship resistant, unconfiscatable digital bearer asset. Where previous generations sought scarce physical commodities like rice, grain, silks, and precious metals, the next generation will find digital scarcity in Bitcoin.


JESUS. These people need Jesus.


WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THIS:

IF I CAN'T GET A GIRLFRIEND

WHAT HOPE DO THE REST OF YOU POOR SACKS OF SHIT HAVE?


I have good news for Plebs in the west.
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Calling all Wavlake artists! Here's a chance to get your tracks on wax. Enter by submitting your Wavlake link to the nostr:npub1rwh33t5x8n7czknhts5fg0v0fml8mkl7neaarksumkkf8d679qrqcz7avv playlist below by March 31st 🟠🎵 https://b.tc/conference/2024/bitcoin-record https://image.nostr.build/ed339549286c189e8dfffedf8ec12df44eaea4721c9a2dfee90f7396ace4e3ca.jpg


THE MASCULINE DESIRE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT


GM
STAY HUMBLE
STUDY BITCOIN


Once Upon a Time in America
The Prestige
A King in New York
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Memento
Ford v Ferrari
The Gentlemen
Taxi Driver
Vanilla Sky


Zaps represent the only fundamentally new innovation in social media.

Everything else is a distraction.


YEAH, PROBABLY...
https://m.primal.net/HeOt.jpg
#Bitcoin


* PEOPLE ON #NOSTR NOT BEING LOCKED IN TO A PLATFORM *
* PEOPLE ON #NOSTR WORKING ON FREEDOM TECH *
* PEOPLE ON #NOSTR STAYING HUMBLE *
* PEOPLE ON #NOSTR GETTING ZAPPED SOUND MONEY *
https://m.primal.net/HeOf.jpg
WE ARE NOT THE SAME

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#ZAPCHAIN #ZAPATHON #PLEBCHAIN #MEMESTR


LESS OF THE TALK
MORE OF THE WALK
https://video.nostr.build/1a176740c34ed0e9baa56a88e2ec4e3f9faf4619eea7c9196661aa2914db1783.mp4

New journal 💫 🌞

https://open.spotify.com/track/6u2NQyc0ej8J7E6BwJ7lQH?si=1Q62CFCZSRS62smPQMsveQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5jwI06RORdt3bZ6AgOftHP
#philosophy #motivation #tunestr #plebchain


THAT'S A GREAT THESIS
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LEAD BY EXAMPLE

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Bookmarked. Thanks for sharing!


IT IS MALICIOUSLY EASY*
TO EUTHANIZE YOUR SPIRIT
https://image.nostr.build/d63ff7051dc80e00fd68b0fa861ef2924adab22df15042df2089f3c1611bcebe.jpg
* COMING SOON IN VR
BECAUSE FUCK REAL LIFE
THAT SHIT IS TOO HARD


#justnostrthings #zapvertising

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GM
WE SO AHEAD OF THE GAME
FIAT COMPANIES DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A ZAP IS
https://m.primal.net/HeEN.jpg

Also:
1. Follow
2. Repost
3. Leave a comment
4. GET ZAPPED MF*

* ZAPS GUARANTEED FOR THE NEXT 24H ONLY

#zapvertising #plebchain #meme #Bitcoin #FreeJulianAssange


Well I guess they better start coming up with ways to lift themselves out of the economic depression they've conjured upon themselves


Fiat media?


WE STAND WITH YOU nostr:npub1xw7h0efeg5s8gla2uyu55jh4lfrlgppcjemrwkmdc7lgvhkcz3fqpvumsa 🫡

https://m.primal.net/Hdxv.mp4


Which is the bigger lie?
1. "Inflation is a requirement for a healthy economy"
2. "Risk-free rate on government treasuries"


What business are ya building? Also, GL for the 2nd round 👍


GN 🌙 PV 🤙

We can tell them to stay humble.
We can tell them to stack sats.
We can tell them to self custody.
We can tell them to decentralize.

Most won’t.
They’re not here.
There aren’t many of us.
But I’m glad to be in the minority.


Manual labor was our grandparents' psychologist and psychotherapist.


Sending y'all good vibes 🎵
https://video.nostr.build/200f065e2997baf9fd07c8387422dc35335ace8c8c63953b043f16196cf7b815.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=544x960&blurhash=%5D02rpy%7Eq%25Gt1x%5DMw9F4nD%25jvxl%3FHxutQRjI_Rp%25Mxvaw4n8%5EogaiRi%25I%3Fb%3Fc-%3As%2B9GIW9GM%7Cj%5E_4-.n%7BRit7beN1M%7DIUxv&x=04c8b3f7eb7a94dde57e501b3c907bfd3594d942eb9d43595b26f1f384012fe6
#tunestr #plebchain


And here I am, screaming into the void...


ETFS ARE LETTUCE HANDS

GM

STAY HUMBLE
STUDY #BITCOIN


Music was already bad before the internet took off
Cinema is also, already bad

Bitcoin standard will allow for both artforms to re-emerge in a qualitatively better form


Life says she’s going to inflict even more pain?

I say bring it on, bitch. Fucking try. Pull me down, I’ll shoot back up.

For the opposite to happen you’ll have to end me.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3zZ30LpGe1lYzJsIQpyZPw?si=5da6ca4cb1bb4820
#tunestr #motivation


I still don't understand how anyone can look at this data
And say that this is NOT a systemic theft of the people's time & energy
+ that is not to even mention all the charts presented by http://wtfhappenedin1971.com

ROAD TO SERFDOM

Unless you opt out.

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*Slay


Sad to see respected names in the #Bitcoin space sell snake oil & hopium

Stay humble
Be ready to stay your heroes

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Vortex


"The situation is even worse than I thought."

Oh yeah?

Well let that be a lesson

not to fucking think too much

https://open.spotify.com/track/5t1cKDLL7Y3bL1aTMgJNtd?si=9901f11fa757468a
#tunestr #philosophy


"Whoever say they do it hasn't ever seen me do it, that's just apparent
I hate myself, I agree that's a sentiment that we sharing
You should never be content with your shit
Matter of fact, you should be embarrassed"

- BONES

https://open.spotify.com/track/6GOXeWkJud39sUsNHj5GOp?si=5c7afc1f301543d6
#tunestr


Dam that a slick 164


I feel kinda arrived. On nostr. 💜


Sounds legit

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My Feb 6th talk at Princeton about Broken Money is on YouTube now.

https://youtu.be/soGXgiGoMRU?si=fE_NkY2atDFTGkdq

Includes:
-My talk/presentation about Broken Money.
-Discussion with Carolyn Wilkins, former #2 at Canada’s central bank.
-Audience Q&A

Major themes:
-History of monetary tech
-Bullish case for Bitcoin and somewhat stablecoins
-Opening up monetary monopolies and allowing people’s choice for money
-Criticism of crypto VC’s that rely on fast exit liquidity
-Importance of financial privacy


“At this juncture, however, the impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained.”

- Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve Chairman (March 28, 2007) - on the risks associated with subprime mortgage markets

"I hope and believe that this will not end up being a systemic risk to the banking system."

- Janet Yellen, US Secretary of Treasury (February 8, 2024) - on the risks associated with commercial real estate markets


Low-key disappointed that this is not an exam about being Hard As a Motherfucker, but actually just Radios and Electronics and shit


HELL YEAH
SHOUT OUT TO ME

Really I view lots of the stuff I post as reminders to myself. Boosting to re-remind, y'know


Coincidentally, have been sleeping on the floor (carpeted floor & on a yoga mat, mind you) for a week now and it has been a surprisingly pleasant experience tbh. I literally only had 1 night where I woke up more than once, but also a small caveat, I was jetlagged when I first started this so that probably made the transition easier for me.

Anyways, overall I haven't felt huge differences to my physical well-being (although I feel like it might be helping me recover from workouts quicker - but this might be a placebo effect) and my overall need for sleep has been declining for a while now anyways, so I also can't really comment on the validity of that point that much.

But since I have no bed nor a mattress ATM and for now, haven't experienced any downsides to sleeping on the floor, I'll continue doing so for the foreseeable future.


https://video.nostr.build/d78c43669f6ee4811b4160cf98bf47dd140ff153e936d4a2f78f65931729f5a3.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=1080x1920&blurhash=%5D13IYJ-%3BIUjsM%7Bjsf6oLayWB00IU%25MWVxubHj%5BWBoftR%7EqxuM%7Bt7Rjf6WBofWBRP9FoLt7RjoLj%5Bt7ayj%5BozofNGWBt7fk&x=c96c57daa66b4d9055e6449b9dc7d975087214572bcc1e2bce702c4af827ae4c
Some thoughts regarding love & beauty
By a hopeful romantic :)

BTW. When was the last time you wrote a love letter to someone? No, not because it was Valentine's Day, or your anniversary, or anything other external you like to align yourselves to. But because you couldn't NOT write one? Because the way you felt was so special and so strong, that you HAD to express it, to let it out, because otherwise the flame would have burnt you up from the inside?

If you're reading this, I dare and encourage you:
BE THE PROOF THAT ROMANCE IS NOT DEAD.

BTW 2: I also kind of wanted this post to be a tribute to the song "Funnel of Love" by Wanda Jackson. The song, in my opinion, has some sort of a magic to it, whereas it conveys both the empowering and surrendering aspects of the feeling of falling in love so beautifully - the empowering part mostly through Wanda's vocals - which almost sound like a war cry; and the surrendering part mostly through the lyrics, which carry the powerlessness, a sense of divine inevitability and - almost, as if - a descent into insanity that one may feel when truly, fully, falling in love.
https://open.spotify.com/track/6uJXOi796U1D8iW9fj2ZGn?si=tVj7paC6Qwey5sKWOwjiQg
#love #beauty #philosophy #tunestr


"THE MATRIX BREAKING DOWN"
(MINI-GAME: 2121 sats up for grabs)
https://m.primal.net/HcWd.jpg

The Matrix might be breaking down, but #Bitcoin is growing stronger, with the hashrate continually setting all-time-highs. And here, let's not forget wise words of nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx:

nostr:note1fzey87vnhmyt63smpzd0dac6786s8dr2880w332jy2yggxlp7jrqnsa3z3

NOW, for the fun part: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE: 2121 SATS UP FOR GRABS

QUESTION:
Satoshee Strategy OÜ was registered on 25 May 2023. What was the last digit of the block height when the company was registered?

If you know the answer, add that digit as the final character in the URL below and IF you are the first to do so, you can claim the 2121 sats!

https://lightsats.com/tips/clskidpdf06q1oo98r8p8gtv
(lightsats.com/tips/clskidpdf06q1oo98r8p8gtv)

If you missed this, come join the multi-part game Satoshee Treasure Hunt #1 for the chance to find the treasure of 25,000 sats. As of posting this, 3/5 parts of the secret code have already been revealed:
nostr:note1c0xnd3hckmh0sxj84j4tk7rfcw9ekl6y2u2qmp0q5vywfk9fmvmsaajnyn

#gamestr #plebchain #nostr #treasurehunt #zapstr #bitcoin #zapvertisement #zapvertising #gamechain #minigame


The job of the artist is to get high. To reach out into the ether - the spaceless, timeless, shapeless void that contains within itself the whole of human potential - to let that silence talk to and through them, and to bring ideas, concepts never before conceived down from the shadow realms from a formless state into the lower layers of mental and physical constructs i.e. what we generally perceive as reality.

This is why the artist should never be concerned with what the audience wants. His only concern is offering them what they need - and since they’ve never had it - they don’t know what they need. The whole process mimics the creation of life itself and is what empaths, priests, parents, shamans and masters of various disciplines have been doing throughout history - and it is, essentially, being in contact with God or the Universe and simply following the Tao or the Way.

Life is art, we are all artists.


Dogs are really just wolves with Stockholm syndrome.


GM
https://image.nostr.build/538be7a9ca32dc81410e4424fbbb769e0f3b87b3ad30df1fff80b0fb026ad0ea.jpg


https://open.spotify.com/track/35M4cbE6QoUF5b3SlOR9GS?si=8NBM4om0TYW_4-b6NsgfGw
#tunestr


GM LOSERS
IF YOU SLEEP ON A BED (OR A MATTRESS) YOU AIN'T BULLISH ENOUGH
#BITCOIN
https://image.nostr.build/168f038661a539d84337da13a2c2e60f36d050b77982e826d4242a0d37509e2a.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x926&blurhash=ZCJ7%5D%2300rD00%25K%24Q9%40%7ECN%40-%2B%24jX3-payxvxGNGslej%254Io-pM%7DIo%251D%25oMn%24RjogNGj%5EIoNHt7W%3D&x=b8088b6b7ead50464bb6b8df4925126b292371c882f74f5664347df0cdaff66b


If there is such a thing as love, then it is you.

Love is an abstract, immeasurable concept with no defining physical properties. The only way it exists is through us; the way we perceive and feel life, ourselves, the people, and in fact, the whole world around us. So the only way for it to really thrive is for each and every one of us to embody it, to live it. It is one of the highest powers and it can be brought to life just by the virtue of your thoughts and actions. But it can also be destroyed as easily.


Love, gratitude, responsibility and empathy are the four fundamental qualities one should cultivate in themselves. All else will stem from there.


#100aDayTil100k
#100aDayTilIDie
https://m.primal.net/HcDB.jpg


https://open.spotify.com/track/1oaaSrDJimABpOdCEbw2DJ?si=d5e54e5ec3da4e32
#tunestr


There must be no fear.
There must only be love.
https://m.primal.net/HbyR.jpg
Photo taken: 7 January 2024
Wategos Beach, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
By: https://www.taniabuijten.com/


Happy Sunday dudes and dudettes
#plebchain #mood

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You should always keep $2,000 in cash in case you ever need to get a used ‘97 Honda accord and then live in it.

Few understand this. https://image.nostr.build/2d083e50280e4860cba162e0ffa98521039171050a02089c5c8a01b95a2e76b3.jpg


"You can pay for school but you can't buy class"

- Jay-Z
https://image.nostr.build/8d2bda2c886bb215223d07dc09231e893569439408a403ba1d945b18e59849db.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=954x1696&blurhash=%5DIBWVqRjIpV%40xZ%7EpRjR%2BWBs.-%3BoL%25LR*RjxuofxujsWBxubHaet6t7xuazjFf6WXkWofs.WVNGWCofoLazWB%252ayRjayj%5B&x=38d67b3d95ec0ed90914efb204338b36d2463b1c81445c4d60b7228ac47934ad


Come join the game frens

nostr:note1c0xnd3hckmh0sxj84j4tk7rfcw9ekl6y2u2qmp0q5vywfk9fmvmsaajnyn


The breakfast of champions
Gm.
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#coffeechain #weedstr #plebchain


https://image.nostr.build/8704da152cfbc913d1a28e768702269ae6c670e63b95573477de9ab108550820.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x1076&blurhash=%7C36RJu%7EWIUV%40IUWAM%7BR*Rj%7EWxajZofRPjZfQofWV4nM%7BxaoLofj%5Boft7t79FoKxajZV%40RjfQj%5Bt7Dixut7RjWBRiofkCozD%25xuofM%7Bt7WBofofj%5BWVWVozayWVofayayay-pRjaeayM%7BWBWBj%5Bj%5BxuWBWBWBa%7CRjRjofay&x=dd4a72c416e988b3ae78ecb3763e5d4420f1671f1440b510e4b624726d4e2f4b

#100ADayTil100k #100ADayTiIDie
(I actually upped my game to 120 a day / minimum after 101 days )

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I was going to post a video of the fireworks there but video sharing via #nostr is still a bit clunky so ya'll get these pics instead
If you really wanna see the fireworks (it was pretty cool tbh, they got "New Divide" by Linkin Park playing in the background), feel free to check out my Stories on the Gram
https://www.instagram.com/mckontext/
Or find it in "BEAUTY2" highlights


You've done 100 pushups? Still angry?

ANOTHER 100 PUSHUPS

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Easy.
100 pushups.

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Don't even have to "demand" Bitcoin. Just incentivize its usage (it is more efficient than using the fiat system anyways so this should not be that difficult).


The most effective way to orange pill society is to produce something that society wants, and demand Bitcoin as payment.

This forces people to study Bitcoin and figure out how to access it.

Team Fiat is producing iPhones, cars, air travel, houses, etc. It's impossible to access without having fiat in the loop.

This is creates demand for access to fiat.

What is Team Bitcoin producing? What products and services are *impossible* to acquire without having Bitcoin in the loop?

What products and services are we producing to drive the demand for access to our magic internet  money?


Some fresh Estonian hip hop
https://youtu.be/2BA1udtchHQ?si=Ii-QMezkxgrb8QD4
#tunestr #estonia


I see no reason to worry about anything that is not under my control.


I reckon if we added a #gamechain hashtag to our little #nostr games it would be a

GAMECHAINGER

nostr:note1c0xnd3hckmh0sxj84j4tk7rfcw9ekl6y2u2qmp0q5vywfk9fmvmsaajnyn


I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it! And I also appreciate you sharing a bit about your story and philosophy. I feel your view of the world and our place in it is quite similar to mine.

Feel free to check out my other pieces of writing (The Basics of Yoga, Unified Creation Energy Theory) as well, I reckon you might enjoy them also. And if you do read them and have some comments or any feedback, feel free to share, I'd be keen to get some more feedback on my works.

If not, all good 😉


Stopped at a random place in the PDF and I get hit with this:

“Philosopher-gardeners, or farmer-poets, are distinguished by their sense of wonder and real feeling for the environment. When religions cease to obliterate trees in order to build temples or human artefacts, and instead generalise love and respect to all living systems as a witness to the potential of creation, they too will join the many of us now deeply appreciating the complexity and self-sustaining properties of natural systems, from whole universes to simple molecules. Gardener, scientist, philosopher, poet and adherent of religions all can conspire in admiration of, and reverence for, this earth. We create our own life conditions, now and for the future.”

Looks like a very, very interesting book. I'm not a big fan of reading stuff from a screen but I might just do an exception in this case.

nostr:note135mvdk66e9505xjp7mpp3qaszgzcls957nh6rmjlmx2yh8mewuzqz9vz4w


All I can say so far is WOW!!
This manual is profound. I can’t seem to put the reading down for more than a couple hours before my thirst for more knowledge grows uncontrollable. If you have yet to endure this reading, it’s available for free here: https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Permaculture/Bill_Mollison-PERMACULTURE_A_Designers_Manual.pdf

The shear amount of philosophical knowledge, much of which I’ve felt were lost practices of indigenous peoples has simply overtaken me with hope and excitement.

#permies #books #knowledge #philosophy #permaculture https://image.nostr.build/b915bdcdbfeae1e56f3b9db402a56c005a0cd59b010aa8a31bb31d905925447d.jpg


First rule of push-up club is always talk about push-up club

100 done ✅ nostr:npub16secklpnqey3el04fy2drfftsz5k26zlwdsnz84wtul2luwj8fdsugjdxk nostr:npub1m6gvtkek5sq3l82cfh7p3hs62ujxs6r8npre8m6jvvcm28utg05sde2e6g


Damn. Dope stuff.


Gm all you sexy people 🌞
Don't forget to do your pushups 😘
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#plebchain


A year ago today, I published my 2nd essay "Life is Meaningless." In this short philosophical piece, I grapple with the inherent meaninglessness of life and describe what I have (so far) deemed to be the best way to reconcile with the fact.

The essay is available both in written form as well as audio (via The Kontext Experience podcast) and is, of course, open source / copyright free:

TEXT:
https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qq2kj4ztf424q3fj8p98wsn5w9cnyvngguu47q3qqfc7rwddjl3lzhkhgge8ch82xjfm6e3gqcgk8zm6pahz3tvvl7gqxpqqqp65w38f8a7 (via nostr:npub1yzvxlwp7wawed5vgefwfmugvumtp8c8t0etk3g8sky4n0ndvyxesnxrf8q)
https://medium.com/@mckontext/life-is-meaningless-5d4da5b97edc

AUDIO:
https://fountain.fm/episode/vz2rOZg695ewgkqwkXIT (via nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NLvNV5drScBhakqlH9eV8?si=7c1cc9a057cf4700


https://video.nostr.build/0712e2818d38c0dba45bb3496449f6c08e6539185ed273336635a0c673ca576f.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=544x960&blurhash=%5DRBg%23%24t3RQWAjZ_4t6RjbIax%3DVs%3BRjj%5DkC%5EIn%24Rkj%5Bof-loHWFofkC.8WBRjofoftSR*WAozoLt9jsa%7CofofxuaxWBofj%5B&x=0519d5a4f2d4f7edaaa3992f9d06e2e8d88b6dd025f3ed98a253e7a328b12db8
The Historic 2024 Rugpull scenario by TXMC
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/live/NH5ovZwy524?si=eTTgWhddTlYp_vDl
TXMC: https://twitter.com/TXMCtrades

BTW for those of you that are not familiar, TXMC does not talk just about trading and Bitcoin, but he does some very thorough and thoughtful analysis on macroeconomics in general. Highly recommend checking out his channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@AlphaBetaSoup/


Gm #nostr 🌞

Gentle reminders:
Sats don't stack themselves
And humbleness is not a given

https://image.nostr.build/59e22a35490e5be0b4c84b7bd999fec93a9b730f0d5cc2c345f93ebc9eb18658.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=954x1255&blurhash=_NGuzXxvsl-%3Bayt7of_4%25f8_bIoLV%5BkC%3Fb%25MoLWXofRjR*IUM%7Bt7flfRs%3AWCMxR*%253tRWBt7kCxZIot8WCj%3Ft7t7jvW%3DMxM%7BaeRjj%3FozW%3DM%7BRjRjf5ayoLbGWBWBWCjZWV&x=5a2a3dc0d79399ea62673e97f2412b90fd44d68a32d173d9fe59efd30e38513a
#plebchain #coffeechain #Bitcoin


How do you know when love is real?

If that love genuinely makes you want to be a better person, then it's real. That's it. That's how you'll know.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7bI27xMlA3wamlDk4kvVWz?si=1tVM1uZ3RC2T2r6cl8n41w

#plebchain #philosophy #love #tunestr


Never underestimate a crowd of tards doing 100 push ups every day

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Good morning ☀ Gratitude 🙏

Today is going to be an amazing day! https://image.nostr.build/07c8cb4f2be1ee5aa9080d42df2a919e849139eb6cc52595c8a3bf1fcfd7c2a7.jpg


If this bum can do it, so can you
#100aDayTil100k
#100aDayUntil100k
#bitcoin #fitness
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https://image.nostr.build/82d6da6bcddfc8cd445c3d7f57fce6bd4490632b1bb2c81b7cf85462efe35d40.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1080x1284&blurhash=%7BI61D%5EL%23HXtntmpfR3WBZLb%7Cp0adadacbcofZeXptTjEV%5BjDf%2CkCVVkYo%23WAjradbIkBVWkXkXaejYadbIj%5Baeflj%5Baeazj%3FbIazayfRfRj%3Fa%23fPj%5Bayo%7EadWAj%5BbHj%5Df7axW%40oIaeflj%5Ba%23j%3Faf&x=b74dc377c4313e7bd16297cad1edfdcada9cc12d414c750207dad6571caf34a5


(Part 1/5 of 25k sats)
https://m.primal.net/HZiO.jpg

SATOSHEE TREASURE HUNT #1

MONDAYS ARE FUNDAYS SO LET’S HAVE SOME
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE
AN AMPLE BOUNTY; PAYABLE ON DEMAND

Now read carefully, brave adventurer, as the forgotten book of knowledge, that once foretold the arrival of a worthy redeemer of the treasure, reveals its first secrets. It says:

“clryw”

Yes, you read that correctly. clryw.

This is the first set of characters of a Lightsats (@`lightsats`) tip ID that pays whoever redeems it, 25,000 sats i.e. 0.00025 bitcoin.

The URL to eventually claim the bounty is structured as follows:
lightsats.com/tips/”ID”

“ID” is a string of 25 alphanumeric characters - the first 5 of which you have now learned. In order to participate in the game, you should repost this note (or not) and pay attention.

When this note gets 5 reposts, the 2nd string of characters will be posted. When that note gets the previous +5 additional reposts (i.e. 10 reposts in this case), another will be posted, etc. The fourth note will have to have 20 reposts for the final note to be posted.

When this happens and the final string is posted, the very last character will have been left out…

Instead, the note will come with a riddle, whose answer will be the last character of the invoice ID. Whoever guesses the last letter first, assembles the invoice URL and redeems the sats shall… well, be the new rightful owner of said sats, of course.

Let the games begin.
Good luck, all.
#gamestr #plebchain #nostr #treasurehunt #zapstr #bitcoin #zapvertisement


New office for the week 💫
https://video.nostr.build/ee56cf75dce5fdcdbc2b404c241e1adac0fd1561321af059d24cfa39a2083746.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=544x960&blurhash=%5DMF68_IU00x%5DWA%7Eqs.IUt6ay00tR%3FvRjt7IAa%23%25MjbogWXoeoLj%5BjZjDofogWBaxt7jZf5j%5Da%23xvj%3FV%40offk%25LbIRkayay&x=616b614227bdc54dab243ad9b7aec1ef284d8a9af39c295bb24cc9145dc481cd
nostr:npub1p6y243ek340jtqjr0qnqg2elkw3x5yn08kzhvxxxkejj486mlg9qtnwx3t

Song:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4rrrn8OLrttq7r9RgNXalU?si=J71eQSmLRTmDVywVPATAXg

#bitcoin #Thailand #tunestr #nomad #homeless


This is why a deflationary system does not impede innovation; but rather accelerates it
This is why the prominence of credit will fall in orders of magnitude
This is why valuations mean nothing; and cashflow means everything

This is why Bitcoiners work hard.

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WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE #BITCOIN ARTISTS? (ANY MEDIUM!)

Shill them (or yourself) below;
⚡ALL LEGITIMATE ANSWERS GET ZAPPED⚡

❤🥳😊

#zapstr #nostr #art #zapathon #zapvertisement #plebchain


OK I'll name a few
Brekkie nostr:npub17hmxndj039akyp4yllfhvxqkczsvh0y2z7t09kps93shjl2hvmqqfkrrvv
ManLikeKweks nostr:npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx
Asanoha nostr:npub1mfndvgwstwm604jvrt07p6nyy898mdsdzzyumx9sdn8u6r4za4uqck6f8v
NoGood nostr:npub12hcytyr8fumy3axde8wgeced523gyp6v6zczqktwuqeaztfc2xzsz3rdp4
FractalEncrypt nostr:npub1fractalm9v8jss7n9jy0ats0jtmjjxxn6d6j06ry074hk0tdvshqgfr6de
reelrichard nostr:npub1e2wk36e9vg8uw40phrrkkhc4tax8a9ken3fjcyy63vmdyz9aee2sk9el27


The Holographic Universe
The Sovereign Individual
The Price of Tomorrow


Day 100 of 100+ pushups per day

So 10,000+ pushups in 100 days...

My initial goal was to do 7 days. Since that was surprisingy easy, I just kept going

There were a few days where I wasn't sure I would be able to complete them all

And on a fair few occasions I didn't do them until well after midnight

However, the fact that I have yet to fail makes me think perhaps I set my goal too low

Perhaps , for the next 100 days, I should do 120+ per day

https://image.nostr.build/8ad0c08444fdfc24deaf455d59e95cc6f718eea6c1f45fd1150cb09f2cad3bcf.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=954x1252&blurhash=_gJ*r0%252Xm.8D%24%25MM%7B_NkCaexaRjofofkrj%5BVsV%40kCf6jun%24aeRjWBt7ofWBofj%5Bf5aeozofadfkaej%5BkCaeayj%5BozfkWBoLj%40WBbHRPayoff6ayj%5Baeoej%5BbHa%7Df6ofj%5D&x=48a2114397a91e45c10a6f116a379a9f7c3ed804001894db66b277880540e61b

https://open.spotify.com/track/3hQCHzkE5oSA3F1xM8bpcM?si=oQZxtwrdRxm5kaMLwBG1YQ

#fitness #plebchain #proofofwork #tunestr


https://open.spotify.com/track/5KZ8y0RROfoYbB5lwCk3EJ?si=223b009d6b924d1d
#21


"The first thing we have to understand is that the Central Bank is a scam."
- Javier Milei

Savage.
https://twitter.com/Vivek4real_/status/1749221635587023029

https://open.spotify.com/track/30oTS7bm0aH3p7lqjEIu8q?si=425082f91b2f4238


https://video.nostr.build/361c53208fb2d49b8f692c376c3cbe6bcf2f0dba5def8d850cb5feef977df0c0.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=448x960&blurhash=%5B468EXj%5BM%7BWB_3j%5BRjj%5B00j%5BWBof9Fofofay%7Eqt7xuRj-%3BofxuRj00WBt7ay4nRjofj%5B-%3BfQRjof&x=f9ae80879bd598793d9d1e92ef0f75c1f0bac9e7017ef0914ed1257436f1045d

You cannot attain freedom without the grace of God. For as much as you seemingly can, you will be, in fact, shackled to your Eathly, sensory perceptions, desires and possessions. True freedom is being free to be who you really are, and it is a dream, dreamt by many, lived by few, as it is only the few who have the slightest clue to what that is.

Let me make it clear that by the word “God” I don’t mean God as is described in any particular religion, as I do believe all those descriptions are to a larger or lesser degree, inaccurate at best, or straight up deceptive at worst. Nor do I talk about a concept that is outside of, or separate from, ourselves. Rather, I would equate the word to “the Universe,” “the Source,” or, quite simply, “everything” as it is all-encompassing, omnipresent energy.

Also, a relevant quote comes to mind:
"Compassion is the barometer of grace."
- Michael Talbot

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21.01.2024
Chiang Mai, Thailand

#philosophy #quotes #freedom #religion


There are no coincidences
There are only consequences

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Quite 😉


“If you can see, you have nothing else to do, because in that seeing there is all discipline, all virtue, which is attention. And in that seeing there is all beauty, and with beauty there is love. Then when there is love you have nothing more to do. Then, where you are, you have heaven, then all seeking comes to an end."

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

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28.04.2023
Beauchamp Falls Campground, Victoria, Australia

#philosophy #quotes #nature #photography #love #beauty


When life gives you lemons...
Ot it gives you ledges...
Pretty much the same thing
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https://open.spotify.com/track/5x6uHnSxo3txWs2MbGbZRQ?si=22TZIePpQHCF9aMEX-h-Lw
#fitness #philosophy #calisthenics #tunestr


Looking for Bitcoin Telegram groups focused around bitcoin mining, and Bitcoin meetups. I want to learn more about mining infrastructure, setup, maintenance that kind of thing. I am also looking into creating a bitcoin meetup/group In my hometown so I'm looking for resources on how to orange pill people, how to setup a meeting, how not to over explain stuff  etc.

If anyone has suggestions  or resources I can tap into I'd really appreciate the help.

Together we can spread bitcoin to the world 🌎

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Plebs #Plebchain #Grownostr #Satoshi #AskNostr #Fuckfiat #Telegram #Education #BTC


Don't know whereabouts are you located but here's a couple local groups in Australia:
BRISBANE
https://t.me/BitcoinBrisbane
MELBOURNE
https://t.me/btcmelbourne


It's funny cuz it's true
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Seen on X
https://x.com/Rothmus

#Bitcoin #meme #philosophy #fitness #lifestyle


LEGION OF LOVE


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“The yogi should engage in yoga upon the cage that is body, the most important element.”
- The Parakhyatantra

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
- Socrates

Get a singlet like this one from my lil store:
https://www.kontext.store/listing/i-love-love-69?product=14

Photos by Tania Buijtenhuijs

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07.01.2024


Go. Flourish.


Define your priorities.
Forget your balance.
Because balance has its place in time.
And it's place is not here, and it's time is not now.


Kata Noi Beach, Phuket, Thailand 🇹🇭
#nature #photography #sunset #Thailand
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Curiosity is the seed from which the tree of knowledge can emerge. However, a seed is unable to germinate and develop on its own, in isolation. The conditions must be correct. The right soil with the right nutrients, adequate amounts of sunlight, moisture and warmth are all necessary for the process to take place. Similar conditions are required in humans for the tree of knowledge to grow and hopefully, one day, bear the fruits of intelligence. The requirement for curiosity to emerge in the first place is willingness to admit not knowing. The second requirement is the eagerness or need to know. Smash these 2 hard truths together like rocks, and you get the spark of curiosity, which, under the right conditions, can start a fiery passion.

I guess this is just another way of saying:
Curiosity creates luminosity

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Wangi Falls Loop, Northern Territory, Australia
24.10.2023

#Australia #nature #philosophy


For I am already dead; everything is extra.
For I am already immortal; everything is forever.
For I am already nothing; everything is for giving.


I use Skyscanner mostly


If it was possible to vote your way out of slavery we wouldn't need Bitcoin.

Freedom is taken not given.


I don't invest in #Bitcoin

I save in #Bitcoin

Few 🫡


They don't think it be like that
But it do

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"I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it."

- unknown (although often credited to Edgar Allan Poe)

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Photos by Tania Buijtenhuijs
https://taniabuijten.com
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07.01.2024
Wategos Beach, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

https://open.spotify.com/track/6Tsu3OsuMz4KEGKbOYd6A0?si=870e785b08f44c5a


Since Twitter was rebranded to X I don't really wanna do 3-tweet threads because 3-tweet threads are XXX

Thanks for nothing, Elon


"I got the kind of money that the bank can't hold"

- 50 Cent on #Bitcoin


You live and you (hopefully) learn 😉
Funnily enough, so far I haven't done much else aside from staying up the whole night and getting a few things knocked off of my to do lists.

Which actually reminded me of something I wrote the other day.

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Do it or discard it. Don’t “to-do” and don’t dwell on it, whenever possible. Otherwise, it’s extra weight on your shoulders, extra thoughts in your head. That’s the stuff that doesn’t let you sleep at night, or doesn’t let you focus on your life’s task. Clear the to-do list, clear your mind, and in doing so, you clear your path and free your spirit.


And I'm glad you're keeping up your yoga practice + crushing your to do list :) keep on going on!


At first I read that you were "off to do your crush" after brunch

But I guess "off to crush my to do list" is also acceptable


1) Create space in your life
2) A void emerges
3) DO NOT fill the void with ANYTHING other than what makes you excited (if nothing does, do nothing, be bored OR do something physical, preferably in nature)
4) That's it. Now watch the magic unfold. You've created a space for your spirit to grow into. Act on what speaks to you, what calls out for you, and you will have enabled yourself to pursue your most authentic self as well as your highest potential - BUT remember: this is a long process. Your interests, discipline, commitment will vary and change over time. You will fail at things. You will be looked at strangely since it will be hard to put a label on you.
That's all fine. You don't need labels. You need to be you.

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MISSED MY FLIGHT

FUCK

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Just like crying and laughter “come from the same place” i.e. are different expressions of the same primordial life energy, so are love and grief the opposite expressions of the same core aspect of the human experience - the feeling of unity, of oneness, of wholeness (and holiness). Our very core connection to everything else. This is, literally, why love hurts.


IDK WHY BUT 2024 REALLY FEELS LIKE AN ALL CAPS KINDA YEAR


I kinda want the BTC price to dump on the ETF approval just so everyone would shut the hell up about the "floodgates opening" and the "billions of dollars" of "big boy dollars" piling into Bitcoin and actually focus on creating something useful.

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2022: Character definement
2023: Character development
2024: Character deployment

THE PLOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN
LFG 🔥🔥🔥

https://open.spotify.com/track/7v6zWoWAcqvOLQHWr9abJN?si=98e16093c5be4665

#kontext #motivation #tunestr


Good morning everyone!

I'm happy to announce that the rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated and that I am, in fact, alive, and quite well.

Oh. There have been... no rumours of my death?

Very well. I'll have the matter looked into. Thank you.

My apologies for the confusion.


“It's all lies. Back to nature, the only truth.”

– Rick Rubin

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BTW. I should note that in my opinion, The Great Ocean Road as a driving experience is overhyped and overrated. I think the way from Cairns to Cape Tribulation (AKA The Great Barrier Reef Drive) is a way more interesting stretch of road (and the Daintree as a destination is bar none as well...).
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April 2023

Unedited, full resolution photos available for free: https://unsplash.com/@kontext
#nature #photography #Australia #quotes


The job of the artist is to get high. To reach out into the ether - the spaceless, timeless, shapeless void that contains within itself the whole of human potential - to let that silence talk to and through them, and to bring ideas, concepts never before conceived down from the shadow realms from a formless state into the lower layers of mental and physical constructs i.e. what we generally perceive as reality.

This is why the artist should never be concerned with what the audience wants. His only concern is offering them what they need - and since they’ve never had it - they don’t know what they need. The whole process mimics the creation of life itself and is what empaths, priests, parents, shamans and masters of various disciplines have been doing throughout history - and it is, essentially, being in contact with God or the Universe and simply following the Tao or the Way.

Life is art, we are all artists.


Lennox Head NSW, Australia
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#photography #nature #australia


David Goggins is THE exemplification of "hard times create strong men"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLb8_wgX50


All of this, and I mean ALL OF IT, only exists with the sole purpose of providing us the ability to learn and grow as souls in order for us to "return home" as we find our true selves.

If we shy away from the trials and tribulations presented to us, we shy away from those paths of learning as well as the path to our highest selves, leaving us stuck in a loop of the same experiences, same mistakes, same restlessness (Samskara).

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You wouldn't be presented with challenges and hardship unless you were ready to face them.

So face them.


Any energy that’s not directed at creating order, will invariably be directed at creating entropy.


Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
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#photography #nature #Australia


This is why I don't like to edit my texts
I always seem find ways to make them worse

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Weak people make excuses as to why they can’t be strong. Strong people make excuses as to why they can’t be weak.


Isn’t it crazy how you can have one of the best, most meaningful years of your life and still feel like a total failure at the end of it? I guess it’s worth reminding ourselves that it’s not about the goals achieved, but the progress made. Onward.


The Final Boss that you have to defeat is yourself. Good luck


Things you will inevitably find on the quest to find your true self:
1) Discomfort
2) Loneliness
3) New perspectives
4) “Fuck this, I’m too tired”
5) FIRE
6) Your demons


Ultimately, what you want from your partner is for them to submit to you to a degree. That’s what devotion is. You shall be devoted to, as if to a God, and you shall devote yourself, as if a holy person. But, like actual faith (or religion if that’s what you wanna call it), this cannot happen forcefully or through doctrines or conditioning. It must be allowed to happen, naturally.


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PREACH 🙏
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Based


Song #420 in my "Easy listening" playlist:
Sade - Love Is Found
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Mxq7vByHJGcKLsSb85J8G?si=e0079cf7ee044fc8

Full playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3HJfiQRxxZkVm3OUic12eg?si=4ded6a760c1d47d7
#tunestr #playlist #kontext


Anybody that's not us


"MC" actually stands for "Meme Crafter"
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stop being honest with people
that are not honest with you
it's not you, it's them
there is nothing you can do.
the attention
the loyalty
the effort you put in
are all pointless
they have made their choices
and those choices do not include you.
so, move on
stop the talk
and
walk the walk
journey the journey
to find where you truly belong.


What is life?
https://m.primal.net/HTHq.mp4


🤍 THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, but first it will piss you off. 🤍


My goals for the remainder of 2023 are as follows:
1. Climb a mountain
2. Do a handstand
3. Have a cup of tea
https://open.spotify.com/track/7tqhbajSfrz2F7E1Z75ASX?si=6dc1545126294a47
#goals #tunestr


Moonbi Lookout, New South Wales, Australia
https://video.nostr.build/75240a2a7196869ab5e22e63bcf02464e60d6741a55036aab2f97acb6d26c63b.mp4
#nature


I did fast the day before... but even when not fasting per se, I do keep my meals sparse, but large


Gm & pv #nostr 🌞
May the Force be with you.
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#coffeechain #plebchain #foodstr


A good game generally gets more difficult as you progress through the levels. Why would you expect life to be any different?

https://open.spotify.com/track/4y2fS5zuK5DuKKuVICYKV6?si=5903149abef849c8
#philosophy #kontext #tunestr


Full pod
Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/GBsA47GGjrRoq9fQNx8v
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0JMlbCsHHba56mHr2niL2g?si=CTxs4cxVSG61j7N5fOZTqQ


Wow lol


So much good stuff in this episode. This part was one of my favourites.
https://video.nostr.build/e7b64832daca4ef87438dce63b2cb519a3df75b1e7404c294cefac42eed7e80a.mp4
#motivation


Your credentials are worthless in a fake world.


Small scale or cloud based, sure. Do your stuff without "registering" yourself with any centralized authority. Large scale though, or if what you do has a high level of interaction with the fiat world, it is probably necessary (at least for now) to be a "Bitcoin company" or whatever.

The way to minimize the risks associated with that is:
1) Minimize exposure to fiat currencies and legacy financial institutions
2) Decentralize your company (register in multiple jurisdictions), allowing yourself to hop to another country in case things go poo-poo in your "main" jurisdiction


Kontext with some Estonian lyrics from way back
On an old Kaytranada beat
Additional vocals by Levenstein AKA MC Kobras
https://video.nostr.build/3338cbce63906b8f235420bb23bd7fb37b75d248ca90be2af4d134ce9dfc48ca.mp4
#hiphop #rap #tunestr


A rare occurrence of MC Antonio going full Estonian
On an old Clipse instrumental
Additional vocals by Levenstein AKA MC Kobras
https://video.nostr.build/109432763e7fd70757f1aceeeacd3788ce4e13cfee043fd6b47e4f419746c1cb.mp4
#hiphop #rap #tunestr


“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

Melbourne - Uluru - Darwin
16 days
4200 km+
Just me and Cherry Pie
'23 Bonnie & Clyde

This is the "photos in portrait" batch from the roadtrip. Most of these (and some additional ones) are also available on my Unsplash page (https://unsplash.com/@kontext) - like all of my original music, like all of my original writing - copyright-free.

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September 2023

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#nature #photography #poetry #words #Australia #kontext


Humans have not seen a money emerge as money (the natural way) in thousands of years. This is why it is such a difficult concept to grasp and requires a great deal of curiosity and open mindedness to even consider as a possibility. Lyn's take is a beautiful overview of how it is happening right now, and it's exactly the way I see (and am experiencing) the current situation as well:
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Too late. Already hit the road too hard

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MURPHY'S LAW:
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
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It certainly was :)


Gm and happy Monday, #nostr!

Refuelling before hitting the road.
I have 2 options for an audiobook to listen to:
1) The Bhagavad Gita
2) Broken Money by nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a
Which one should I go for?
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#plebchain #coffeechain #foodstr #asknostr


Everything has an opportunity cost.

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A story about a turning point in my life.

Imagine how excited I was when the New Zealand Trade Development Board arranged for me to pitch at the University of California’s San Diego Connect program, one of the world’s most successful stages for marrying entrepreneurs with capital.

If you had been with me in San Diego on 3 September that year, you would have seen a life-changing sequence of events. I was suited and booted and I looked sharp. I opened the door and I saw everyone else was in Hawaiian shirts and board shorts.

My clothes were saying, “I’ve dressed to impress.” Their clothes were saying, “I no longer have to impress anyone.”

Inside those shirts and shorts were individuals who between them had witnessed more than a thousand investment pitches. The room contained probably well over US$1 billion of net worth from people who had led multiple successful companies, and who had the means to propel an entrepreneur’s company to the next level, if the pitch was good enough.

I’d read about the importance of visualizing the outcome you want. So, I had visualized these people saying “that was great” at the end of my pitch and deciding then and there to open their checkbooks.

To complete this visualization process, once I entered the room, I zoned in on the hardest-to-impress looking investor I could find, a poker-faced, bespectacled and bearded man named Jay Kunin. He looked like a hard-nosed version of the movie director Peter Jackson. In my mind’s eye, I visualized him fixing his eye on me at the end of my pitch. In my mind’s ear, I heard him say, “That was great” and committing to invest.

This is what happened next. I had just finished my pitch. There was pin-drop silence. My heart was pounding. I was roasting inside my jacket. Then Jay, exactly as I visualized, squinted at me, peered over his glasses and said three fateful words. “Was that it?”

That wasn’t the phrase I’d written for him in my visualization. He continued. “If your technology is as good as you say it is, what’s to stop a better-funded team here in California overtaking you in six months?”

I knew how to handle this. I looked him in the eye, and I said “Jay. That’s a good question. I don’t have an answer for you right now. But I’d be happy to get back to you in a couple of days with the answer you seek.” It’s the sort of evasive answer you give when you’re stumped and are trying to minimize damage.

Then the woman, a venture capitalist, sitting next to him, began. “Given that academics are notoriously hard to sell to, how do you know that your cost of sale won’t be more than your buy price?” I can’t even remember what I said. But it wasn’t good.

What followed was a 20-minute tag-team mauling by 12 dragons in Hawaiian shirts, where I learned that my product was one of the most problematic they had seen. I was a lot further from realizing my idea than I’d hoped.

They were friendly enough when I left, and even invited me back once I had more answers (something they did to everyone, no matter how bad their pitch was). I felt so crushed that by the time I’d stumbled back onto the plane, I’d already begun rationalizing to myself reasons to give up. Of course, I didn’t admit that to myself at the time. But that’s exactly what I had started doing.

Bad as that was, it was what happened next back in New Zealand that shocked me. I told Roger, my business coach, what had happened. He looked at me through his brown beady eyes and asked, “So, what’s next?”

I opened my mouth and started telling the lies that anyone starts telling themselves when they are starting to give up on their dream, lies that sound innocent, realistic and logical – but are in fact toxic to our growth and suffocating to our dreams.

“Well it’s just too hard to get investment. And without investment, I can’t fully commit right now. But it’ll still be on the slow burner.” What he said next changed the direction of my life.

He said, “Dan, in their feedback they gave you a recipe for success. You’re seeing it as an indictment of failure. You left your job for this idea. Ever since I’ve known you this is all you’ve talked about. This idea is your baby. If you stop feeding it, it’ll die. Your idea does not deserve to die!”

Most people think the number one thing that gets between them and their idea reaching its potential is an obstacle on the outside – the economy, lack of resources, lack of capital, lack of proximity to market. That’s not it. That’s the lies we tell ourselves. What stops our idea reaching its potential is when we decide to stop feeding it. Because when that baby called your idea needs feeding, sometimes even tomorrow is too late.

I said, “See that’s why you’re my coach – my idea does not deserve to die. I’m going back into the dragon’s den.” And I found another group to pitch to. And they also tore apart my pitch. But this time they didn’t find nearly as much at fault. This time, I heard their feedback as a recipe for change, not an indictment of failure.

I kept on pitching, until nine months later I was invited into a room of angel investors who had just completed one month of due diligence on our company after hearing my pitch. The lead investor opened his mouth and said, “We’re in.”

That group was called ICE Angels. As it turned out, they were making their first ever investment. Today they are New Zealand’s largest seed investment group. And today, the company they funded is one of New Zealand’s more successful high-tech companies, and exited in 2019. It changed the way that scientists do research into virus evolution and more around the world.

My questions for you:

What ideas have you put on the slowburner?
Do you have people in your like who love you enough to challenge you when you're about to lie to yourself (as I was)
Where have you taken feedback as an indictment of failure, rather than a recipe for success?


Education: a personal story
(Nostr only)

I grew up in an old “bach” (a small, modest home) nestled into a lush hillside of native New Zealand bush in the wild isolated coastal township of Bethells Beach, We were 45 minutes away from the main city of Auckland. Our nearest neighbour was a few minutes walk away. And the township was made up of a handful of alternative lifestylers, farmers, and fourth generation locals.

Life was rustic yet charming. We had a long drop toilet. I was bathed in the evenings in a tin bath.  There was no running hot water. Instead we boiled rainwater from the tank on an ancient Atlas electric stove.  There was 2 rooms, a small one for me, and a slightly larger one for mum.  The rich native bush and cadence of birdlife was everywhere. For a child the setting was solitary and idyllic: rich in natural beauty – sparse in people.

Growing up with not so many other kids around – the landscape became my playground; the birds, sand dunes and the beach my playmates.  I would wander for hours from a young age in perfect safety, free to explore my world.  The environment provided a safe haven for all of my senses to engage.  For better or worse, it forged in me a rigorous resourcefulness and a lack of need for the company of others.

My mother went out of her way to nurture the creative impulse in me.  From the age of 4 each morning she would lay out a puzzle One in particular was called The Soma Cube.  It was a wooden puzzle made out of 8 different pieces, which you had to make into a cube.  It was not an easy puzzle and many adults would venture to “help” me. But my mother would pounce on them and fiercely forbid them as though they were threatening the life of her young. In a way, they were – the creative life of her young anyway.

My mother’s parenting had been heavily influence by her own mum who in turn read a book which I found out years later was written in the 1920’s by an educator called Charles Batt.  One particular book called “Hands Off The Child” had changed everything for my grandmother, the impact had rippled down the generations. Now today a book with a title like that would be of one particular meaning.  But in those days it was a metaphor for not intervening too much in the child’s development.  The philosophy of Charles Batt was that a child has inherent creativity and most parents and educators leap in there to “help” and stunt the creativity of the child unwittingly in the process.

Years later I read some research suggesting that a neural pathway is set up if a child has to work out for themselves where the breast is immediately after birth. But when the mother attaches them to the breast, this neural pathway does not start to form.  In other words, the very first act of life after birth will define whether the parent is over-parenting, or allowing the child to explore and immediately form new neural connections.  It seemed to validate what Batt had said close to 100 years ago.

Anyway, my mother would put this cube out. But never as a cube. She would always take it out of the box and dismantled it first.

I'd never seen the cube fully or inside the box. So I would simply play with these eight fascinating wooden pieces as any child would. I would make buildings, animals, furniture or whatever came into my mind. Or else I would just seen how they fitted together with no goal to create any bigger shape at all. I did this happily for around about 3 weeks. Then one morning I made a shape I hadn’t made before. Something adults called a cube.

Later that morning, mum came over to give me a good morning kiss, but she never made it that far. She froze in her tracks – her eyes fixed on the cube.

“Did you do this?” she ventured. As though there was another explanation of how the cube could have formed during the night.

“Yes” I remember neutrally replying – neither expecting adulation nor feeling any particular sense of occasion. It was just “one more thing that you could make with eight pieces of wood.”

She looked stunned. Perhaps she felt she needed to see this cube appear one more time before she could fully believe what had happened.

So the next night she again deconstructed the cube and removed its box. The next morning a cube again emerged.

What had occurred was my complete freedom to play with these shapes without any sense of objective, had allowed me to reach the objective without a sense of whether this was success and failure, but also make many other things in the process.

I didn't realise that at the time of course, but she was teaching me a principle, which I would find invaluable in later life many times, including when I started and ran my first technology company.
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My questions for you:

What does education mean to you? Is it finding the right answer, or the ability to ask the right question?

Do you think that if more people had the ability to ask the right questions, more people would be bitcoiners?


Revolutionary track of the day

Hip-Hop by Dead Prez

https://open.spotify.com/track/2HoDr1yVksl19omOhc1zWy

#hiphop #tunestr #musicstr


York Motor Museum, WA, Australia

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#carstr #Australia


Hey Byron Bay peeps!
If anybody has a room or an apartment for rent in Byron or its surroundings (Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, etc.) for approx. 1 month from the beginning of December till the beginning of January (I'm flexible with the exact dates), hit me up.
Thanks :)
#byronbay #australia #nsw
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Iocm6VMu6bVNYwiDoyQFW?si=70eb7f1f821b4245


Gm & pv #nostr!
Stay humble, stay free, stack sats
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#coffeechain #plebchain


Usually steak, sometimes burger :)


Merged ideas from 2 Instagram posts I came across today.
https://m.primal.net/HQsd.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/track/3DNRdudZ2SstnDCVKFdXxG?si=aab8a9fa74574a23
#philosophy #tunestr


"You must value learning above everything else."

- Robert Greene, "Mastery"


'sup
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https://open.spotify.com/track/2LxAeJ9KUj1GRS9oeHgQ3i?si=83b76316b2d24fd7


Talk about Proof of Work


Alcohol is the fuel of delusions; nature is the fuel of inspiration.


G'day #nostr
Greetings from Coral Bay, Western Australia

My recommendations for this Sunday are as follows:
1) Get sun
2) Touch grass
3) Smoke grass
4) Eat grass-fed beef

pv 😉

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#nature #australia #plebchain


Everybody inspires me. Great people inspire me to become more like them; terrible people inspire me to become less like them.


Stone Grilled Steak

Essentially you are served a raw steak on a block of hot stone and you cook the steak as you eat it.

A surprisingly pleasant and undeniably tasty dining experience.

Location: Potshot Hotel & Resort, Exmouth, WA, #Australia

#steakchain #foodstr #proofofsteak

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One of the many ways we have disconnected... but also one of the many ways we can reconnect 🌎❤

The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding
https://youtu.be/44ddtR0XDVU?si=RNAaiyaG-7Oq4L5u

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The Fiatnam War is a spiritual war. Good morning.


A spiritual man recognizes the Divine in himself. An enlightened man recognizes the Divine in everybody else.


11:11 11/11

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Good morning and pura fucking vida, legends!

#plebchain #numbermagic #11 #tunestr
https://open.spotify.com/track/2d7139N7CJ9eJmGVE42Y44?si=4f1e081a6be54e63


"Not all those who wander are lost."
- J.R.R. Tolkien

Melbourne - Uluru - Darwin
16 days
4200 km+
Just me and Cherry Pie
´23 Bonnie & Clyde
///
September 2023

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More photos, all free to use:
https://unsplash.com/collections/GRpxYD8ECQk/melbourne---uluru---darwin-roadtrip-2023

https://open.spotify.com/track/2yYMZJdB6IYccaX1JmMXje?si=5311fc9416ab4451

#nature #Australia #photography