The stogie can't deny that it's grown in Nicaragua. It's a mild and simple all-day cigar for little money. Sure, it's not a celebration but gives you some solid enjoyment.
#cigarchain


Perdomo Habano Maduro cigars, also referred to as Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel-Aged Maduro, are blended by brand founder Nick Perdomo from a signature recipe of premium Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers aged for a minimum of six years, including a dark and toothy Nicaraguan wrapper leaf. In a finishing step, every wrapper leaf rests in a bourbon barrel for several months to attain an unusually sweet and voluptuous taste. Savor a medium to full-bodied profile of dark chocolate, roasted coffee bean, earth, and leather punctuated by a plethora of chewy spices in a popular collection of thick sizes. Aficionados love Perdomo cigars for their meticulous consistency and value.


Impressive.

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Thank you for this very helpful insight. I really didn't know that carbs, milk products and red meat play such an eminent role for the mouth flora. Thanks man!


Thank you John for responding. The trick is to brush your tongue, not only your teeth. It helps. -- Would be interested to hear which kind of cigars you smoke..


Perdomo Nicaragua is almond sweet, medium strong and beautifully built. #cigarchain

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Newman's Quorum Maduro Robusto is nothing special. But it is nevertheless a good Nicaraguan.
#cigarchain

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Forgot to get a stogie for tonight.
O, how much do we love these patio times.
#cigarchain


Ernest Hemingway Kenya 1952

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"At a recent concert, I felt a moment of what can only be described as epiphany: I was suddenly at one with the music, as if my whole body had become its instrument.  It was sensual and empowering, but also humbling. It amounted to an act of total surrender on my part, and perhaps on the part of my audience, too.

What thrilled me was that members of the audience told me afterwards they recognised that something extraordinary had happened: they said they felt as if they were hearing the music for the first time, my oneness with the music allowed them to sit back and enjoy the experience without any distractions, they felt confidence in me to do justice to the music

Great music liberates us, it helps us to mature and to be more human. I see it as nothing less than a glorious act of consummation between a musician and his audience.”

— Cyrill Ibrahim


Rachmaninoff
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Much fun with https://slidestr.net/p/npub1tp2mnu766ymvttpm8q2tzavevsqc2hnkh85mydecasct85m9lwasp4d25n#g20


It's real fun to communicate on Nostr with help of a laptop.
Kind of Chevrolet compared to a little smartphone.
Lumina client shines..


False ideas are the contrast through which truth emerges.


GM with some energizing Assam.
#redtea

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I’ve thought alot about this, and I think that when you free information flow, money, and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs from State control, the State inevitably falls back on the only thing they have left, which is violence.


Power of prayer.

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My fav cup over many years.
Columbian with a little bit Ethiopian.
#redcoffee

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#redcoffee
Just to enjoy life as a great gift.

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Enjoying a hot but relaxing Tuesday.
Time can be so precious and valuable.


Big talk tonight on Zoom:
T, US and CY.


Last coffee for today.
#coffeechain

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Very productive day.
Another proof of the Pareto principle: 20/80.


$1,500.00 for a battery that keeps all your appliances running for 24 h is pretty good. Recharge 5 h. That's exactly the time  electricity works in the early morning hours.  I would buy and move on.

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Latin American cappuccino was excellent!
Got two Aging Room stogies, one for tonight.
#cigarchain


A tamer and more easygoing version of Rocky’s famous Edge line, the Rocky Patel Connecticut cigars use the same blend of premium Honduran and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos found on the original Edge, but for this offering, instead of a Cuban Corojo leaf, a silky-smooth Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper is employed to tone down the strength a few notches. Still boasting the same extraordinary complexity and refinement found its stronger counterpart, handmade premium Rocky Patel Connecticut cigars serve up a mellow tapestry of cocoa, cedar, leather, sweet cream, and just the perfect touch of spice.
#cigarchain

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Looks like on the Desert Road from Cairo to Alexandria. Thanks again for this insightful report. I enjoy to read your excellent journalistic work!


The truth is simple and invincible.

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Mild and mellow late evening on the patio.
Smoking a Rocky Patel Vintage 1992.

Country of Origin: Honduras
Size: 6½” x 52 (box-pressed)
Strength: Medium
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra (Aged 10 years)
Filler & Binder: Nicaraguan & Dominican Ligero.

#cigarchain

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I believe I found my home with Freerse.


Thank you for this very well written back stage info. I just come from Egypt and can confirm every of your details.


Was ist verboten? Using their Wifi?


Global SIM with roaming in most countries still seems to be reasonable price wise and the better option when wanting to post on nostr. Usually there's no WiFi on the country side, no coffeeshop or McD. You depend on GSM.
Nostr texting and image upload works well with minimal G2 connection in Africa, Asia and South America.


Enjoying the free time today.
So many little things need to be done.
Tomorrow back the frontline.


Back on the island.
Same weather. Totally different culture that I need to get adjusted to each time.


Hopefully boarding in 5-10 minutes.
Getting all a little bit long.


T2 at CAI airport.
Nothing new but pretty professional anyway.


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Welcome at Cairo Airport T3 with Egypt red vine.
Awesome.


At the hotel got a currency exchange rate of $1=48 EGP.


Looking for my next real coffee.
Not so easy here.


The greatest and most important art has always been to make friends for life. That's the heart of it all.


Looking forward to a great brunch with dear friends.


Preparing for"brunch" this morning somewhere in Heliopolis.


Back in Cairo since yesterday morning.
I didn't meet any appealing life.
Will leave this afternoon.
As quick as possible.


Fresh and sunny in the early morning hours. Very pleasant.


Egypt again.
Home sweet home.
How beautiful, how rich you are!


Super sweet dates.
That's all need for this afternoon. https://nostr-chat-bucket.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/images/1719244456953619CMP_20240624185416700.jpg


Whit Sunday's peace fills the streets.
It's a treacherous peace.
We know.


Got all I needed.
Very thankful.
Undeserved.


Flight goes Tu 12:15p.


I like the picture..


The earliest Christian mission, the Great Commission and Dispersion of the Apostles, was active within Second Temple Judaism. Whether a Jewish proselytism existed or not that would have served as a model for the early Christians is unclear; see Circumcision controversy in early Christianity#Background for details. Soon, the expansion of the Christian mission beyond Judaism to those who were not Jewish became a contested issue, notably at the Council of Jerusalem. The Apostle Paul was an early proponent of this expansion, and contextualized the Christian message for the Greek and Roman cultures, allowing it to reach beyond its Hebrew and Jewish roots.

From Late Antiquity onward, much missionary activity was carried out by members of religious orders. Monasteries followed disciplines and supported missions, libraries, and practical research, all of which were perceived as works to reduce human misery and suffering and glorify the Christian God. For example, Nestorian communities evangelized parts of Central Asia, as well as Tibet, China, and India.[4] Cistercians evangelized much of Northern Europe, as well as developing most of European agriculture's classic techniques. St Patrick evangelized many in Ireland. St David was active in Wales.

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A wonderful, bright and fresh Sunday morning.
30 Celsius feel like cooling fresh.
Everything in life is relative..


Maybe the laptop is the stage that we need for quicker responses.


Another full day.
Lot of shocking insights.


man of courage https://image.nostr.build/9fd1690d7765a4d952ff87112fad358726f237b07838190af9b85ccf2ddcc9bf.png


Exploring noStrudel and the big variety of features.
Amazing.


8:29 pm and still pretty hot in the island. https://nostr-chat-bucket.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/images/1718817742814890IMG_20240619202222693.jpg


0xchat on Android is a charme.


Satellite on Mac Pro looks awesome.


Playing with Primal web app on Chrome.
Intuitive. Easy operate. ☀


Read to improve your writing. Write to improve your thinking. https://image.nostr.build/77fcac6990330d925ee46170500361b11bc07c0f39e80f197ac3324ab09b5a52.jpg


In free fall to totalitarianism.

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So go and thill and water!


Even Lidl applies this unfair shrinkflation trick.


So you categorically pick at "Feinkost Edeka" what's on sale? This supermarket has always been the most expensive compared to all the others in our neighborhood. But I want learn from you, seriously. What's the hack?


Do I understand you right that you cover all your material needs with ALDI?


Prayer is either the greatest insanity or the most wonderful news. It’s insanity if there is no God and we’re just talking to the walls. It’s astounding if prayer is real communion with God in the name of the Son with the help of the Spirit.
~John Starke (via Trevin Wax on X)


You will never think prayer is a good use of your time if you’re thinking of prayer in terms of usefulness. That is the wrong starting point. Prayer is the mystical dissolution of loneliness.
~Travin Wax on X


GN 👋


*hot


Any 👥 ..


The best would be to stay here for any communication.


Every night I come back to satellite:
simplistic, speedy, nested, beautiful.


Had my small cup good-night coffee, the mellow mix of Brazil, Nicaragua and some African (probably Ethiopian). I grind the little beans very fine and pour hot water (not boiling) over it. The coffee drips through an unbleached paper filter into the cup. ☕ #coffeechain


Very sad news 😔.


nostr:npub1tp2mnu766ymvttpm8q2tzavevsqc2hnkh85mydecasct85m9lwasp4d25n Still testing nostr apps. Not really happy with all I can use.


Needs some exercise.
Nice design.


Exploring 0xchat.


Now playing with 0xchat.
Impressive!


Extreme heat, famine, poverty  https://nostr-chat-bucket.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/images/1718724991235907IMG_20240618183631107.jpg


Nice but not for me.


Playing with iris.


Basil, I fully agree with you. But it is not an "of course" but rather the prayer: "Lord have mercy on this bloody and corrupt planet". People who aren't rooted in the truth and confidence that you and I have, rather believe that everything is out of control. Many even assume - believing in God - that He's tired of mankind and doesn't want to care anymore.


Car working again. Made some shoppings. Feel much blessed. Thankful.


1 h 10 m mere pleasure


shrinkflation is getting more and more popular


I’ve been reading an American history book from the 1800s.
Some really interesting things in there I’ve never heard.
The British were actively using information warfare to foment resentment between European Immigrants, and Native Tribes. Before the war of 1812, the general sentiments toward the Native culture was respectful. But the British helped to foment, fund, and arm some radical “kill all the white people” leaders. (Just like the U.S. did recently in Ukraine funding and arming Nazi movements). Some of the things that went down during the war of 1812 with the Tecumseh confederacy shifted the general sentiment as the rumors of Natives siding with and fighting for the British circulated. This change in sentiment was exploited by expansionists 30 years later in passing the Indian Appropriations act.


There are verbally thousands of hummus recipes. Did you try one saturated with fresh garlic?


Enjoying for the first time an Aging Room Nicaragua Quattro Maestro. A masterpiece. #cigarchain


That's love 🥇🥇🥇.


Let me think about that..
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Would you say that today's church is still "well within God's control"?


Would never happen on nostr..


Open question: Was the First Council only about theological matters or also about power politics?


Colonialism/Imperialism never changed its ugly face. Nothing actually changed. Thank you for the reminder!


GM from the island. Just got a message from a popular Instagram photographer: "Don't reply to my original account. They hacked it". When I read it the painful moment came back to memory when somebody had hacked my Twitter account.


GN 👋


More and more feeling at home here. Looking forward to the upcoming weeks.


The last shot tonight. For the first time with a little bit salted butter. #coffeechain

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'History, really, is a fiction .. not because it is composed of invented facts, for the facts are real .. but because in the organization of those facts there is much fiction ..’

José Saramago


In the Incarnation, Christ models the way of Christ. A way that rejects power and an embrace of radical self-sacrificial love.
We don't follow Christ by lusting after "power over". We follow Christ by taking up our cross and laying our rights and lives down for others.
#biblestr


Thank you for your honesty. Bringing it to the (nostr) light has all the promise of a genuine confession.


Incredible precise observation!

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Thank you @lovvtide !


Functional. Intuitive. Beautiful.


Always going back to satellite. I love it.


Yes amazing! Why did it take thousands of years of human exploration, discovery and creativity to appreciate coffee beans? The Babylonians didn't know this beverage, nor did the Romans. There's not one word about coffee in 5000 years of Chinese history. #coffeechain


LAST Sunday evening, Mr. Spurgeon, before beginning his sermon, announced that he should not preach long that night, because he wished his friend Mr. Pentecost, who was on the platform, to say a few words to the congregation.
    Mr. Spurgeon then gave a very earnest address on the words, "I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Thy statutes. I cried unto Thee; save me, and I shall keep Thy testimonies." (Ps. cxix. 145-6.)
    He spoke strongly and plainly upon the necessity of giving up sin, in order to success in prayer for "quickening," and as an evidence of sincerity. Mr. Spurgeon, in concluding his discourse, said, "Now then, perhaps Brother Pentecost will give you the application of that sermon."
    "Brother Pentecost" is an "open communion" Baptist minister, of the American city of Boston. He responded at once to Mr. Spurgeon's call, and, stepping to the front of the platform, gave some excellent remarks on the latter portion of the text, with much simplicity and force of manner.
    Referring to one part of Mr. Spurgeon's sermon, he gave us an interesting bit of personal experience. He said that some years ago, he had had the cry awakened in his heart, "Quicken Thou me." He desired to be more completely delivered from sin, and he prayed that God would show him anything which prevented his more complete devotion to Him. He was willing, he thought, to give up anything or everything if only he might realise the desire of his heart.
    "Well," said he, amidst the profound silence and attention of the immense congregation, "what do you think it was that the Lord required of me? He did not touch me in my church, my family, my property, or my passions. But one thing I liked exceedingly—the best cigar which could be bought."
    He then told us that the thought came into his mind, could he relinquish this indulgence, if its relinquishment would advance his piety? He tried to dismiss the idea as a mere fancy or scruple, but it came again and again to him, and he was satisfied that it was the still small voice which was speaking.
    He remembered having given up smoking by the wish of his ministerial brethren, when he was twenty-one years of age, for four years. But then, he had resumed the habit, for he declared during that four years he never saw or smelt a cigar which he did not want to smoke. How, however, he felt it to be his duty to give it up again, and so unequal did he feel to the self-denial, that he "took his cigar-box before the Lord," and cried to Him for help. This help he intimated had been given, and the habit renounced.
    Mr. Spurgeon, whose smoking propensities are pretty well known, instantly rose at the conclusion of Mr. Pentecost's address, and, with a somewhat playful smile, said,
    "Well, dear friends, you know that some men can do to the glory of God what to other men would be sin. And notwithstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed to-night.
    "If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, 'Thou shalt not smoke,' I am ready to keep it; but I haven't found it yet. I find ten commandments, and it's as much as I can do to keep them; and I've no desire to make them into eleven or twelve.
    "The fact is, I have been speaking to you about real sins, not about listening to mere quibbles and scruples. At the same time, I know that what a man believes to be sin becomes a sin to him, and he must give it up. 'Whatsoever is not of faith is sin' [Rom. 14:23], and that is the real point of what my brother Pentecost has been saying.
    "Why, a man may think it a sin to have his boots blacked. Well, then, let him give it up, and have them whitewashed. I wish to say that I'm not ashamed of anything whatever that I do, and I don't feel that smoking makes me ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke to the glory of God."


Purchased at discounter Lidl a couple of days ago to a very reasonable price. This roast has Lavazza quality. Compare market prices.


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A new package of mere coffee joy.


write. write. write

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The way is to always be frugal and prudent, regardless of the currency, and spend intentionally, deliberately, and charitably.

Fiat shouldn't make us spendthrift.
Bitcoin shouldn't turn us into misers.


No big difference.


Learning to work from the nostrudel launchpad.


Back on my Mac. So comfortable and relaxed typing.


The key has always been and will always be to to build on reliable friends. Any network's quality is built on that.


Captain Black Original Burley mix hasn't lost its brilliance.


The cool morning hours on our patio feel so comfortable compared to the super high temperatures that kick in during lunch time.


The old method of reading books together can still be so powerful.

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Here's just another example of why we need decentralization.
Any third party eventually is compromised.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/03/04/millions-of-google-whatsapp-facebook-2fa-security-codes-leak-online/?sh=426d02ef74d1


GN

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right

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My last one today. #coffeechain

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Evening hour from our patio.

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Open Bible and a cigar go well together.


Spurgeon smoked a "good cigar" every evening before going to bed. #cigarchain

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Chesterton loved cigars as many great men have been doing.
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#cigarchain


Enjoying a quiet Saturday evening. The heat is gone for a few hours.


How to cut out the noise?


I try to understand Freerse's philosophy.


Testing Freerse.


“Liquidity providers, atomic bridges, and ecash mints. A novel financial network all sharing the same settlement layer.

Nostr’s arrival provides the social abstraction that ties it all together. A social network based on similar principles as Bitcoin, it provides a simple set of rules engineered to maximize interoperability. By avoiding being prescriptive about the functions it enables, Nostr is unleashing a Cambrian explosion of open innovation.”

via nostr:npub16fhh3ev4gytmt3jn3gkkez9z99kxtspcwupen4cxn2tcym4sd22surn62p

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/the-emerging-bitcoin-modular-ecosystem


yes it's pretty dirty

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For the first time this year super hot wind going over the island. Several forest fires near Paphos. Wild.


Chesterton #cigarchain

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🤤 searching for cigar emojis. Any idea?
#cigarchain


I like your ashtray. Never seen such nifty thing. Thanks for the 📸.


Any solid reason to use corny chat?


GM with a big Dominican cigar on my patio. Tolerable temperatures that will climb to the hundreds during the day. All Mediterranean countries suffer. Not only us. Gaza is on our hearts, and Hatay..
#cigarchain


No coffee tonight anymore.


💯
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In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is the one thing you cannot get by looking for it. If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth—only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair.

— C. S. Lewis


Will be interesting to find out whether nostr works during flight or in the desert (weak GSM signal), both with minimal bandwidth.


Still learning.


Will have my fourth cup in about an hour ☕❤☕.


Sell BTC in Cyprus: https://symlix.com/sell/btc-bitcoin/cash/cyprus


Sell BTC in Istanbul: https://www.coinsfera.com/sell-cryptocurrency-in-istanbul/


Sell BTC in Egypt: https://bitmama.io/


Sell BTC in Lebanon: https://pursa.co/


Incredible heat already in June. What to expect in July? 50 °C?


https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/postmillennialism-a-biblical-critique/

Pre or post -- solid critique


GM ☀ PV 🤙

Who’s already on their second cup of coffee? ☕☕

#coffeechain


I found another coffee lover: nostr:npub1aeh2zw4elewy5682lxc6xnlqzjnxksq303gwu2npfaxd49vmde6qcq4nwx


In about an hour: ☕☕☕


Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua, dark, sweet, fantastic.


We got the pink shirt, but no tie. Cappuccino and Tiramisu were excellent.


On the way to Debenhams. A new shirt and tie. And a cup of cappuccino.


GM to all who have the courage to welcome this new day.


Preferring satellite.. text oriented, nested conversations, beautiful design.


Brazilian.


I very much enjoyed this late cup of coffee.


I should prefer words... Now is coffee time and to call it a day.


Takes so much time to find people who feel and think like me, who have same interests and goals.

If you visit a shop that doesn't have the variety you're looking for, you leave it and look for another shop. You don't waste your time and take another round in that shop. And you don't feel guilty about it.


Take yourself seriously. Stick to self-discipline.


.

noise
******

No matter which protocol, there's so much noise out there that you need to look for a quiet place where you can process and articulate undisturbed.

.


You can use it as a simple journaling tool.
No bells and whistles.


Don't mess it all up with lengthy reposts.


humiliation

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Bitcoin isn't just a digital currency; it's a very clever and sophisticated assembly of concepts and technologies forming a protocol that redefines digital transactions. Created in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin has evolved into a robust, decentralized, open-source ecosystem over the past 16 years. It’s blend of cryptography, economics, and network theory has laid the foundation for a new era of money.


Coming always back here.


Torn between satellite and primal.


Going deeper into the nostr world.


After spending 7 years as a political prisoner, I understood what freedom really is when I was under solitary confinement.  Freedom is not one thing, freedom is the sum of being able to do many things, that’s why I believe that financial freedom is one of the many dimensions of freedom at large.


WOW

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A timely letter to friends..

Dear Friends and Co-workers,

It seems as if our training has been long ago. Since then all of you have worked hard, each at their place of ministry. Thank you for sharing so diligently with updates and photographs.

Although the sponsored time of internship will come to an end this month, we hope that you have the desire to continue with us. Contrary to our policy in the past, from July you will only be supported with the funds that your personal friends will send to your specific support account. In order to do that, you would need to apply for joining staff. When that is done, you will get your own account with us and a donation link with your name.

We assume that this is all new for you and you probably have a few questions. We would like to have an online meetup with each of you during these days to answer your questions. We can go with you step by step through the application process.

We're proud of you and feel honored to have you as friends, hopefully for life.

Blessings


I slowly begin to believe that I've been suppressing grieve about loss and failure most of my life. Inner freedom gives way to grieving. Late but not too late.


Something in me is continuously changing. There's a sense of being set free. At the same time I feel sadness about relations and moments that are buried by time passing. They are gone. Just biased memories in my being, narratives that you can't trust.


As every evening the ☕ was a wonderful finish-up.


“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/gal.6.2.NIV


The cup of coffee is loved and cherished.


If I really search for something and can't find it, I'll use Nostros.


Minimalism sticking to tradition.


Marsa Matrouh could become a challenge.
Maybe it is already.


🚩The letter to our interns still needs to be written. The outlines for marriage and forgiveness need to be put together this weekend. Next week all can be fleshed out.


Stuart Bowman.

Stuart is the main developer and maintainer of Satellite Earth, a web-based nostr client and CDN server that is geared towards self-sovereign communities.


Laziness might harbor fear.

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I'm kinda tired of letting my laziness get the best of doing hard, but worthwhile, things.


Thoughts cross my mind. Thoughts of doubt in what I'm doing every day. The goals that I had set months ago became foggy. Maybe I never really believed in them. That's the worst part. I observe myself not being fully committed anymore. If that is true, we won't win any battle.


Make totally sense.


Images
***
Generally nostr is text focused and image storage is considered outside of the scope.


beauty

Satellite is the most beautiful nostr app so far. It intentionally does not offer image upload. Nostr was originally created for notes. Summer people can't live without pictures and video.


https://nostrrr.com/p/nprofile1qqs9s4de70ddzdk94sans993wkvkgqv9temtn6djxuuwcv9n6djlhwcz7mqa4

..a truly beautiful reader of my posts..


Being dropped by relays..

If all the relays that you have used in the past go offline, all your posts will be unretrievable. This is one reason that Nostr allows users to connect to many relays – this ensures some degree of backup. That said, if you’re really interested in being uncensorable, you can and should run your own personal relay.


https://nostr.info/relays/

Another live relay list.


https://nostr.watch/relays/find

Looking for the best and fastest.


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Your choice
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How you want to live and communicate is your own choice. Nobody can manipulate you in what to read or write.

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noise
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No matter which protocol, there's so much noise out there that you need to look for a quiet place where you can process and articulate undisturbed.

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https://njump.me/r/relay.damus.io

The other side of the street - relays.


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_6667301166261101861718187763.webp

Mom's delight


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_6053793496666311661718187381.webp

Celebrating lunch


https://youtu.be/VjUVlrRdVOo

Solzhenytsin at his best.


When posting on nostr I'm again and again reminded of the late Russian writer Solzhenycin who for security reasons deposited his manuscripts at various hidden places. Today we would call it relays. He believed in decentralization. He had learned during endless years at the GULAG (Siberian concentration camps) that unknown from each other hiding places can be very effective. Eventually, part by part of his opus found the way to Paris where the YMCA press published most. One of the best intelligence services was not able to locate and confiscate the author's GULAG reports, thousands of hand-typed pages.


To my surprise there exist many African Bitcoin traders who are believers.


Enjoying the freedom of a sunny and not threatening day. It's June 12.


Going into another day of uncertainty.
Anyway optimistic.


I agree!


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I'll try to continue the old coffee cup tradition.
At this location.

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https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_4165929473603721061718131773.webp

The tradition goes on.


As I said several times these days, I'm learning.


I'm ready to build that network.
On Nostr.


X depth and variety inspires me like on the first day.
But they can pull the plug like a bank.
That's what they did with me a few years ago.

We all know that decentralization makes that impossible.
That's why we're all here.

But the inspiring network needs to be built.
And that can take ages.


Use nostros!


* N O S T R O S *


Always coming back to *Nostos*.


How do I get my own posts on the stream at Primal?


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_8949054617587312031718116345.webp

I like this rat.


I'm learning.
With patience and resilience.


Still a lot to explore.
Scratching the surface.


https://gettingsimple.com/podcast

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_1026505267231154111718112003.webp


I wished we had the content on nostr that I liked so much on X. There's still a long way to go.


Getting hot again.
Time for a nap after lunch.


Akrogialli has been marvelous today.
Environment, nature, kitchen and the people are all extraordinary.


Don't really understand why I should tap into the Global Feed.


Still not really happy with any of the apps out there.
Tinkering with several.


45 °C feels pretty annoying.


You all should deeply enjoy the beauty of a garden full of flowers. Here on the island of Cyprus everything is basically burned because of a way too early heat wave. Talking about sometimes 100 °f and more during the day


That's what happens when older brothers take care of their younger siblings -- selfishly destroy for generations.


Sykes-Picot crime

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_6169712991413889821718086918.webp


On this day in 1916, Arabs under the leadership of the Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali, rise in rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.


spot on nostr:note1pkdtm4k2hg76684zdqzwf9gnqy2c7d7x3mjqm85jrtf7ktd32rzqmyat0k


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_5120436848137979651718085273.webp

The count


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_9677372505578908161718085103.webp
James Lawson


Precious jewels in these journal snippets about the count.


Bro. Louis kept a quarter of an hour concerning a soldier's mind.


On June 10, 1742, German Moravian bishop *Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf* (a.k.a. “Bro. Louis”) visited a ship that had recently arrived in Philadelphia and told a group of German Moravians on board, including my 6th great-grandfather Philip Meurer, that they “should shine as Lights in this Country.”

https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_1049515515357573691718084258.webp


Imagine we would apply this principle in Gaza.


"When you are a child of God, you try to imitate Jesus in the midst of evil. ...you not only love your neighbor, but you recognize that your enemy...has been made in the image of God and therefore needs to be treated as you, yourself, want to be treated."
-James Lawson


Working with two nostr accounts to learn decentralized communication is definitely a breakthrough.


I've always been fascinated by speed.
But a mindful slow-down has something dignifying.


I'll have to learn how to communicate with others on a decentralized network.


I haven't yet thought thoroughly to the end what decentralization really means. Our entire human history has been centralized.


It's a new world for me.
I was raised in a centralized, hierarchical world.


https://nostrcheck.me/media/134743ca8ad0203b3657c20a6869e64f160ce48ae6388dc1f5ca67f346019ee7/nostrcheck.me_3417382484660890151718038195.webp

This looks so majestic.


Better here..


@npub19mayvrg9w4g0873wkpce4yv2wwpgjpz83j2ukmee95v0xehr5jmskzm567 Good to see you here. Let's meet at summer point!


This is the first post on my secondary nostr ID.