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 sell your attention at the price it deserves 💋 nostr:note194lazdcgnmsrca9svext9g2lmztdch0n6gn4l9n9kslm2kajrg7qcrafe9 
 “People who succeed within a flawed system are the best people to perpetuate it.” 
 Get someone who looks at you the way my husband looks at the price of #Bitcoin. 

#elsalvador #marriedtobitcoin

@Ian https://image.nostr.build/36f529eebe32b17ba4ec2bd2aa508d20855279a0da5283a80d8c608574e03bca.jpg  
 Repping @nextblock all day everyday day 🤗 
 @Napoleon Osorio just picked us up at the airport. 

Best way to get around if you're visiting #elsalvador! nostr:note1w6ymw8xsn9x2wr20h5yw8etssx2y6dun26jg0al47l9t2xgrg6vq0stg8f 
 I get it. Just follow us here! We'll keep you posted. Also listen to @flirtingwithbitcoin for weekly updates. 
 Tanja has been traveling the world (literally) spreading the word of #Nostr. We should all be paying attention to her insights. 

I’m so excited to join her this weekend at the #adoptingbitcoin Nostr booth in #elsalvador! Saturday morning @Ian & I are also presenting on @nextblock at the conference. 

The #grownostr movement is alive and well 🙌🏽 nostr:note1pm6v7g42u7ennk5tdecep7xguxvd53fu44eajkthjlq8280sp6kqdn7eef 
 Packing up for our afternoon flight to #elsalvador for #adoptingbitcoin!

Who is coming? 
 Yes! I will try to remember before scarfing down allll the pupusas! 
 If you’re coming to the conference, find us at the Nostr booth! & @nextblock's session Saturday morning 🤗 
 Maybe next year 🤗 
 🫡 
 My dad ran a diner for 35+ years, and my mom spent 30+ years working an administrative job at a h... 
 Yesterday my own immigrant parents thanked my husband and me on not giving up on them. Bitcoin was the greatest gift I could ever give them without it feeling like their own child was supporting them. 

I hope 10 years from now it’s helped them as much as it has helped your parents. 💜 
 That’s such a bummer. But I think it’s the norm. We have a bitcoin podcast we made for our friends and family and even 3 years in only ~5 people a year start buying. 
 In one month, I will be turning 25. I really want to make the most of the next 5 years, so that b... 
 This is the best advice. Your brain is finally fully developed at 25. Spend 10 years getting used to your brain. Try stuff out. Don’t trust your judgement, test it. 

Then around age 35 take stock of your values and set up a life works for you.

And if that doesn’t work, you still have more time to figure it out. Just keep trying. 
 It’s @mandana’s first all time high! 

How y’all feeling? Any of our conversations come to ... 
 Thanks for listening!! 
 Yes 🙌🏽 
 😮‍💨 my zapping habits are suddenly getting expensive 
 We locked in our idea for @nextblock the night I wrote this post. 

Listen to this clip of our latest episode to learn what happened when @Ian first tried to pitch the #AttentionMarketplace to the #nostr community and how the posts below inspired all the features of new nostr clients we’re building. 

#grownostr @fountain_app @flirtingwithbitcoin 

https://fountain.fm/clip/cMgyGmcmKqQqnK9jB77V nostr:note16guapjx2tm5lxm5d2defjn4m4l93as8pz9cwv5kh65z3kg5xhtyslyxzxn 
 Thanks for letting me know! Does it let you zap the @nextblock post? That directly supports the project so hopefully that works for now 🤞 
 I don’t see a comment from you on this episode. Did your boost the pod itself?

Adding @Ian my tech support 😅 
 I don’t see it yet. Hopefully @Ian can see what’s going on. 

Thank you for trying! 
 @fountain_app the activity on our pod and episode is empty today. Are they just not showing or are they not being accepted? 
 Yes! I see that 🙌🏽 
 Have you listened to our latest episode of @flirtingwithbitcoin yet? 

It’s one of my favorites because I’m finally the expert on the topic: @nextblock 

https://fountain.fm/episode/NB4D4OwHkdNBHmMCTH74 
 #HappyVeteransDay to my husband @Ian and all the other Bitcoiners out there who want to stop endless wars. 
 Good morning! Look at that foam 😍 
 For the record, we posted our manifesto online over a month ago. But man, I jumped when I heard him say censorship cartel. 

I wonder if they'll make the State Department tell the truth about #Isreal and #Gaza. That would be the true test. nostr:note1k80nfxtayqw2tyltqt3fh9yshg7880j5p9ekwmh4xzxvy2z78plq0s8nck 
 Have you seen the Chicken Shop Date show? She’s been doing it for 10 years and has recently blown up. It’s an interview show in the format of an awkward first date in a random London chicken shop.

If you love flirting as much as I do, watch the 11 min Andrew Garfield episode. It’s sooo perfect. 

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/andrew-garfield-amelia-dimoldenberg-chicken-shop-date-flirting-b2633927.htm 
 This is why freeing #Palestine and #Bitcoin are aligned movements.

Eloquent answer to the ridiculous question of whether she believes #Isreal has a right to exist. 

(She is Francesca P. Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories) https://video.nostr.build/f06580a6174a94108f8c210d95eb75185b3627554403a9f7250e88c4e3c1540c.mp4  
 Love a midnight post! Very bummed to have missed your party! 
 I think it is odd that an advertising relay hasn't been made. (I know there aren't many of us her... 
 We are building a Nostr client that pays people to watch ads. Follow us at @nextblock and visit www.joinnextblock.com to sign up for the beta! 
 We are building an attention marketplace that will be open source for any client to plug in. This business model would transparently fund development on nostr. We're very excited about it. Thank you! 
 How are we all celebrating Nostr's 4th birthday? 

We're out of the toddler years! nostr:note1s307h0nq6d78gdq56udasah43s93pzurljmn40xz0tundnnztj2srx9u4p 
 Is there a reason why I have to hit the zap button 3-6 times to send a zap? It doesn’t happen e... 
 Can you post some more information. What client you're using and wallet? I probably can't help you but others will be able to with that information. 
 I asked @Ian and he said WOS may be the problem. He recommends trying @Alby as your wallet provider. That's what I use to receive and send sats on damus. 
 So the red team is in now. What changes? 
 Same exact policies and government actions get criticized by a different side and defended by the other. 
 The genocide got a lot of people who usually vote democrat to sit this election out. 
 I think you're underestimating how much the democrats alienated their base by pandering to republicans. 

You are in your own bubble. We all are. My bubble is former democrats who have removed themselves from party but also didn't want Trump. So yes, many people just stayed home. 
 Primary turnout for democrats was also extremely low. 

I agree that America voted for Trump this time. It feels right. But in 2020 everyone in my bubble was extremely motivated to vote for Biden (didn't want him but hated trump enough). This time around dems forced a candidate no one even voted for. They made a mockery of democracy. So those same people who thought voting for Biden would save democracy this time sat out so democracy could actually be saved. 

I think election fraud is a lazy narrative. There is a lot to support why millions of democrats sat this election out. 

Biggest one is genocide. If democrats won't stop genocide and instead fund it, may as well just give up all together cause nothing can apparently stop America imperialism. Not even losing the white house. 
 It was peak Trump hate. He was really bad at his job. We were all tired of his shit. 
 I muted it for awhile. Marie using Pamela Anderson tits to get followers to build a hellthread wa... 
 I personally think you've misjudged @Marie and her intentions. 
 👀 Are you guys watching #hellthread? 

@Marie is showing a solution to the ad "problem" on nostr. And it's controversial! (Oh la la) But it's working! 

What do yall think about this? 

@nextblock will let you opt into getting paid to see ads on nostr

In the meantime... is this gonna happen on the regular? nostr:note1s36zdvqxq33g63ask263tq57phmxx64t5jt30ng60uw5r5zflslsdr7zsj 
 Temporarily or forever? 
 #Nostr feels alive today. You love to see it! 
 Is there fair market competition for farming? The first job depicted here. 
 So is your opinion only theoretical? Because applied capitalism seems to make oligarchies or monopolies inevitable. Is that what we're going for? 

Why not instead support the concept of trade, mutual exchange? Why must we continue to defend capitalism. I don't understand this. 
 I don't see mutual exchange happening much in the form of capitalism I participate in. It's not a value4value experience. I often feel forced to pay for something that is worth less than I am paying. 

But I do perform many of the duties of what is deemed "unskilled" labor myself for my household. And that work is extremely more difficult and took me years to learn (for example, cooking, sewing, or gardening) than what I get paid to do at my day job. Which is essentially writing emails. But capitalism says I'm more valuable writing emails than making high quality meals to feed people? Or raising a child. Or building something with my hands. 

No government nor business benefits from paying the true price for this kind of work. "Society" will never get the choice under capitalism. This is the work that makes the world run. The pandemic proved this when all the "unskilled" labor force were suddenly our essential workers. And everyone else was told to just sit tight at home. 
 Capitalism drives greed and exploitation. It sets the goal to maximize profits for those at the top regardless of the human cost. It ultimately encourages the elimination of competition. 

I haven't spoken on a single political problem. This is how capitalism is supposed to work by design. 
 Now I think you've just missed the point of my post. I'm not solving or presenting a new economic theory. 

My point is that there is no such thing as unskilled labor. 

These jobs are hard and add great value to our society. 
 I think this is where we disagree. I do not believe low wages are a result of competition in a free market. 
 You're describing how monopolies set wages. Small businesses pay fair wages because they can't exploit people. 

But capitalism kills small businesses and prevents their growth. 
 Why do I have to have an alternative? Why can't I just state that the term "unskilled labor" is a capitalist myth used to justify poverty wages? 
 Maybe you'll find this interesting. https://youtu.be/lILy_rV-CRM?si=YmEB8b0GRKTEBkG2 
 Good morning! 

Start your week with some fresh flirting 🥰 #nostriches what do you think about our @nextblock project? nostr:note17zr0xl89gyx8aa6fk4mgggn229lz3h4gga5es2e78kj9kxfve3mqpxukeh 
 You're the best 😅 you're in! 
 Thanks for the thoughtful comment and sats! What an honor. 

You seem to get it Liam 🙌🏽

I'll tag @Ian and we'll add our npubs back into the episode descriptions. Our older episodes should have them. 

If you sign up for the beta, it will send an email when it's ready. But if you keep listening to the pod you can also keep engaging with us on the project. We want to build this publicly. 

Thank you for the support and cool ideas! It means so much to us 💜 
 Ooh is this Nostr premium 🥰 
 Just my way of saying this is beautiful! 
 Gm, my sunshine today:

My kids slept the extra hour, first time in 8 yrs 🎉⚡💜🫂 
 Hope is what we need today 😮‍💨😅