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 Gonna try to reach people, or get blocked, by talking about bitcoin on bluesky. I'll report back ... 
 It is not difficult to obtain sensitive data about active-duty members of the military, their fam... 
 You can also watch “The Monopoly of Violence” documentary on YouTube or via Invidious 

https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=XWAEKQjN-yM nostr:note1yw89rumfrsnn30t3ycgkjvr0us8lmstw5k8xd9dllj629ygfmfys6nd9aw 
 Exactly what Skynet would say to keep humans weak and infertile 😋 
 I keep watching videos about Meshtastic, and it seems great this is getting developed rather quic... 
 Network effects certainly matter.

But How do you know there’s no one around you without a radio to listen for them? 

Though say you do know, Maybe others are also waiting to get one because no one else has one. Perhaps you starting will help encourage others to join the movement? 
 Huh, I didn’t know about Meshmap. Thanks. I wonder what percent of people share their location there (impossible to know probably but just something I wonder)

I understand the LOS concern. 
 Cell phone networks are ridiculously    porous and weak. Build your threat model accordingly. nostr:note10rltzw2v553n3cwk9du8uudwlm6pg6epe89xupyzjxm6nzrl7fns48x5lf 
 Test post

#introductions 
 Welcome to Nostr! 
 90% of the people on here are legends. You all will most likely never get credit for how far ahea... 
 🫂

Before long at all my notes will be long ago purged but I appreciate being here in the early days 
 I really should. I was kinda musing and  thinking the other day  about what it would take to back up some of the most important npubs and relays onto long term archival data mediums for the historical record. 
 Tomorrow my calendar says I have time blocked off for “event” yet I can’t for the life of me remember what that event was supposed to be 🤦‍♂️
#oops
#fail 
 🫡 May your freezer soon be full! 
 What a beautiful problem to have 😅

May you feast abundantly, share richly, and do flavorful airdrying for the rest 🫂😉 
 Today is my birthday and also just so happened to be the day we welcomed our firstborn into the w... 
 Wow, happy birthday and congratulations! 🎉 
 This was a chilling read 🫂
I’m sorry for your loss but thankful for your thoughtful words 😔 
 Login with DM is such a simple yet clever solution to keeping accounts secure while not risking nsec exposure 🫂 nostr:note1sqrud9hpmcdn0j06l7nn9mlerg8yuesx80v5vcfwst72lnlsh9equ0rar7 
 I love ya Lyn

But I can’t even eat fries at PubKey anymore because of this goddamn tallow craz... 
 Why do you do a vegan diet? Is it for health, ethical, or other reasons? 
 I understand concerns about many modern industrial-scale food practices but have trouble understanding why, for example, people won’t eat eggs from local regenerative farms. Animals play such a vital role in biological cycles that going full vegan seems to throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater in my perspective 
 I wasn’t going to read it but NOW I really want to know why they didn’t want me to read it 👀😅 
 🙄I would love to see it but I doubt it until I see proof. And minus intangible social points for anyone who blindly accepts a likely scam without verification. 


#DontTrustVerify nostr:note1kzrxfhw4etygu8td8k8y2sztv6em7v25wfjrvc5fx2t8mfck6gpssx49x7 
 This is no simple task to figure out for most people and is not a viable way of verifying high pr... 
 They need to do at least something. NIP-05 isn’t that hard if you’re savvy with websites like a large organization should be. But even a message from a known account verifying the the npub would be a temporary/short term way to verify. 
 The Guardian is excited to announce our arrival on the decentralized social media platform Nostr.... 
 Are you personally vouching for the authenticity of this npub? 
 A while back I bought a physical copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s “Gateway to the Great Books of the Western World”

I’ve been reading about 15 minutes a day and it’s been delightful and insightful. I can’t believe these authors wrote so many years ago as their insights are timeless and still extremely relevant today 

https://download.library.lol/main/146000/e50051dfb0ac3dabd218e743456ab9d0/Robert%20M.%20Hutchins%2C%20Mortimer%20J.%20Adler%2C%20Fred%20Steffen%20-%20Gateway%20to%20the%20Great%20Books%20%5B10%20Volume%20Set%5D%20-William%20Benton%20%281963%29.pdf 
 Neither Being fast nor efficient is incentivized for a deeply pro-government bureaucracy like California 
 I used to think single people who talked about their “fur babies” were being silly and fun. Call me crazy but I’m now inclined to believe this is a majorly detrimental neuroticism and not as innocent as I once believed. Most Men and women should be rising to the historical challenge and celebrating their raising of the next generation of humans 
 They can if they want. It’s just that I’m seeing a lot people being sad as they age that they haven’t built families 
 Everyone is different and should make their own choices, but I fear that many people are making short term choices over long term based on misguided assumptions 
 Interesting insight!
Children are wild and chaotic and wonderful… young people need to find healthy ways to be around children 
 I used to think #nostr is this place where people who shall make the world a better place were ga... 
 Nostr is about free speech. Some people can’t get past the fiat price of Bitcoin but the movement is bigger than that 🫂 
 Looks like Orange is the new black. 


Am I doing this political humor right? 
#DumbJokes
#BadStandup nostr:note1mkkxmjcmyf8v9c30ky0wr5fqkxkp557k6hw4uxg0x3hq5eyqpyrqyr4dxg 
 My wife was talking on the phone with the boy.  She put him on speaker.  Our golden retriever wen... 
 Their children who would be immune to the noose 🤣 
 😅 
With all these many newly available hours a week I’m sure they will read a lot of Murray Rothbard, Thomas Sowell, and the Bible and through that rationally restructure their worldview 🙃 
 man, im feeling encouraged by nostr people. 
seeing past party, institution, and convention, stay... 
 🫡 rise above and be excellent 
 I did not know that you could just go to https://bsky.app/ and read all the bad takes without logging in. Eye opening some of the perspectives 👀 
 Well, I think that's enough politics for me. Until fagocrats try to fuck me over again.

I prefer... 
 This has been an interesting last 24 hours. I have a lot of amusing screenshots for my personal collection and reflection 😅 
 Early Reddit was super cool. Basically the current Nostr vibe. It’s since devolved into an absolutely insufferable, mega cringe  mess. Outside of some small very technical subreddits this likely one the most selfaware posts in while 
 “Moderator” ban in 3, 2, done! 🤪 
 No matter your opinions you can join us here as we ride out the USA clown show 👀 
 Hey friends, when was the last time you checked your car’s tire pressures, vacuumed out your fridge coils, amd changed your HVAC filter? 

Build a checklist and take frequent small steps. These small preventative steps save pain later 🫂 nostr:note1evfcsvgll9r6h2tzxnh9pvke7nn59ee3ctjcjw7wghs29eqxn5rst6609t 
 I could be proud that like a handyman ninja I just replaced a smoke detector battery in under 4 chirps 

…but in reality I’m embarrassed I didn’t proactive change batteries according to my pre-planned schedule 🤦‍♂️ 

Maintenance schedules and checklists are your friend, fren

#SelfResponsibility 
#PreventativeMaintenance 
 💯

I learned that organically over the years but that book “checklist manifesto” by Atul Gawande was a good read too 
 All physical ailments stem from unprocessed emotions.

nostr:nevent1qqst5qgr9vn8s9qvafyg8accz8457... 
 Wow! I thought I broke my arm when I fell off my roof last week but turns it it was just me suppressing my emotions 🤣 
 tomorrow is a better day... all the things are turning off at this point. i need peas 
 And maybe some carrots too! 

I’m just being silly. Tomorrow can be a better day 🫂 Good night. 
 if suicide is the only option

then i do it in aid of destroying the system 
 Sounds like you are having quite an evening of notes. Please reach out to someone if you are struggling. Suicide isn’t the only option and it won’t aid in destroying anything but your own opportunity to contribute to better systems  🫂 
 It can happen. Glad you’re ok 🫂 
 I just want a government who won’t raid my home and kill my family pet. 
 💯

It would be very interesting to know how much money was expended to pay for everyone involved throughout the whole investigation, raid, and euthanasia process. 
 calmly and rationally explaining to someone why I would like them to unplug the alexa speaker in ... 
 🤣 I literally laughed out loud reading this and playing it out in my head 
 🤯 what if this is the real reason lead was banned from paint, because it blocked the signals? 
 Do squirrels use Cashu?

Asking for Peanut. 
Event not found
 Slightly odd yet still wholesome 😅🫂