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 What’s up? 
 Tired today. Stuffy nose and sore throat. Just making some tea with honey 🍯 
 If I recall this was a good one. Don’t think I finished it though. 
 Need more clues. One too many Js 
 Wachu working on? 
 How much longer do you have in school? 
 Who had the left joining Nostr on their bingo card.. I see the latest virtue signalling is to lea... 
 What did I miss? 
 Finally figured out how to take moon photos 😂 
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 Do we all agree that X is now state-"owned" media again? 
 What happened? 
 Hi

#introductions 
 👋 
 do you laugh at your own jokes?

#asknostr 
 I’m the only one who laughs at my own jokes 
 Trying out Signal. I like it. My name means sign/signal in Arabic. Feels like a sign to start usi... 
 and you sign with your private key! Omg!! What does this mean?!?! 🤣 
 Because water molecule crystallization is made up science! 

Science: consensus on tested outcomes 
Critic: but consensus implies not testing  for yourself! 

🤦‍♂️ 
 A savings account in dollars is a terrible financial decision. 

Not because savings is bad, very... 
 My normie relatives still save in fiat. 
 I’m not 🤣 
 Does the ellipsis icon make sense for share? Over say … an up arrow ⬆️ 
 This is no simple task to figure out for most people and is not a viable way of verifying high profile orgs … 

Let’s be honest with ourselves, we need something way more simple. nostr:note1wjwagdg6lmrsnm96y55278850djg4tatuaw0l9qymr77jwy5ud8q72v46p 
 If you have to involve your IT team I’d consider it a failure 
 Message from known profile much easier for a social media manager but they may even hesitate to do that. But it’s good for nostr awareness 
 Sus 
 Maybe looking at CAD? 
 90s are back! But who’s checking … 
 We are thinking to limit adult media uploads only to account holders, no free porn uploads, to be... 
 Do what you need to do. 
 100k gang, you let me down 😔 

Gm! The stacking will continue! 🙌 

☁️ ☕️ 
 Good. More chances to stack more 😉 
 The Guardian is excited to announce our arrival on the decentralized social media platform Nostr.... 
 Welcome! 
 I don’t know. 🤷‍♂️ but no point in being rude, even if scammer. 
 I don’t know. Some people get really defensive and say harsh things. If it’s a scammer just ignore and if it’s not then at least “you” didn’t make an ass of yourself. Not talking about you specifically. 

We have to assume everyone will eventually come here sooner or later. 
 Hey are there any Nostr and Bitcoin people in Japan? Going there very soon 🙂

Also would love ... 
 Count me out 😔 
 Sorry 😞 caught a cold from kids, and travel a bit out of question for now. 

Someday, hopefully! 
 Gn nostr 👋 
Fully expect 100k when I wake up! 
 I still have not received a message from a normie friend about Bitcoin, (although I quit promotin... 
 Same. No one is talking. Kind of odd. 
 The 90s didn't last long in our childhood 

They won't last in bitcoin either

$100k by tomorrow ... 
 Tomorrow? Such bear! 59 minutes! 
 1 sat = $1 
Let’s go!! 

Speaking of symbols, when can we get one for sats 🤔 need to be able to type it. 
 Eww don’t want that. Let old fade 
 Let’s see how many minutes it takes to break 100 
 90 👀 
 Shorts are about to get obliterated  
 Here they come 
 Watching a show where dude kidnaps his parallel universe other self and assumes his life while the original dude is confused af. 🤣 
 That’s what they always say 
 Mine say “IM HUNGRY!!!” 
 Spent an hour looking at the moon and stars, trying to take some photos with an iPhone but the moon was kind of too bright. This one photo was interesting- it reflected the moon somehow and you can see the reflection on the bottom. The top is the actual moon, too bright to be picked up well. 2nd photo has a kiwi leaf 🍃 but I thought it was kind of neat (slightly filtered). https://i.nostr.build/Hah8zliNiVF402dM.jpg https://i.nostr.build/1IEtvgdBK1ExIGtT.jpg  
 It was pretty clear. Earlier I used a telescope 🔭 to look at the moon and could see fine details and craters - pretty awesome. 
 That photo was with an iPhone. Telescope view way closer, you can see all the craters. 
 gm nostr

Is anyone here exclusively nostr? Or are you sharing your time with other social platfo... 
 Nostr only here 
 #moonstr earlier today from my iPhone https://i.nostr.build/pQr7lfDNsbhWwCR3.jpg  
 Ya. Prob better if I had a tripod 
 The most radical thing you can do, is to live free and unashamed. 
 What does this mean in practice? 
 A friend just "doubled their money in Bitcoin, so decided to sell it all"

Reminder: value and pr... 
 Sold for an inferior money. Nice 👍 
 Clicked an X link today. 
Instant bad vibes from scripted gpted “content”.

Of course, thousands of likes and bookmarks because it’s visually presented as something to collect for “when I need it later”. It’s such a fiat experience that it makes me sick 🤢 

The copy was equivalent of an open mouth YouTube thumbnail, you could practically see it in the way ChatGPT presented it. Super clickbaity, optimized to hijack your senses.

This is indeed social MEDIA. A consumable bite sized format designed for one thing only - to grow your following. 

Sadly, everyone on fiat platforms must play the game. It’s no longer a networking environment but a shouting match. Who can say the snarkiest thing or present the same exact information that has existed for decades in the most dumbed down way possible. Of course, embellished with nonsensical lies and fake stats. 

Sorry to be a Debbie downer with this note, you’re worthy of more than this reflection on a toxic platform, but I just needed to share with someone. 

I think I’m having a realization right now, that the value of nostr is not in the user count, but in the way we interact here, and I hope it never changes. Maybe we don’t need to grow at all. Why do we need clickbait content here? Let it live on those other scripted fake people platforms. 

So glad nostr exists 🙏 🙇‍♂️ ty to all who are building it and contributing energy in any form. 
 Definitely not shouting into the void. 
 This pump is fake and gay and everyone who is taking it seriously as a "bull market pump" is reta... 
 Of course there will be early comers who want to cash out to buy something like a house 
 Yeah but that doesn’t make them bitcoiners, just people in possession of bitcoin. But like I said, people will sell to buy things they need. I don’t care either way. 
 Heads up! We're rebranding zap.store to Zapstore.

The premium domain renewal is too expensive, s... 
 Rgr