Contra

Knowing a thing and being told a thing are different and most people can’t tell which. Reformed Christian, Nostr class of 23, I think

Host of The ContraCast Podcast
https://fountain.fm/show/XRuDwbnAzVdjjchD4Veq

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2026-07-22 02:39:15 UTC

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I “had” as well

2026-07-22 02:38:18 UTC

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The ask is never let’s stop the criminals. It’s lets control the tool before ordinary people get too comfortable using it without permission.

2026-07-22 02:35:09 UTC

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Hope isn’t kidding yourself, the plan comes after belief. You can’t plan for something you don’t think is possible. Thankful without hope just means you’ve stopped expecting more.

2026-07-22 02:25:37 UTC

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It was years ago and it still lives in my head

2026-07-22 02:16:48 UTC

I once asked a guy I looked up to what purpose is.
He said, “The alignment of your gifts with the world's need.”

2026-07-22 02:00:49 UTC

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https://wavlake.com/album/735687f9-033d-477f-b0cc-4cff8a0ac873

2026-07-22 01:49:20 UTC

URL didn’t work. This one does. Sorry.
https://wavlake.com/album/735687f9-033d-477f-b0cc-4cff8a0ac873
#nevent1q…fsc3

2026-07-22 01:48:24 UTC

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U are right. Weird.

2026-07-22 01:47:48 UTC

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Really? https://wavlake.com/album/735687f9-033d-477f-b0cc-4cff8a0ac873

2026-07-22 01:41:05 UTC

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Build a monument to that man.

2026-07-22 01:38:28 UTC

I put time and money into every one of these tracks, I’ve spent plenty of sats, Zapvertising without ever seeing it come back. I do it because I enjoy it. And y’all want sats. This one might not be your genre. Fair enough. But throw it on at the gym
https://wavlake.com/album/735

2026-07-22 01:30:05 UTC

A man without a mission drifts toward whatever fills the silence. Screens, vices, other men’s opinions of him. Doesn’t matter how disciplined he thinks he is. Empty hands find something to hold.
When you wake up, the work should be waiting on you, not the other way around. When you lie down, it should be the thing your mind won’t let go of, not because you’re anxious, but because you’re building.
Nobody hands you this. Show up. Put your hands on something real. Watch what happens to the wandering when your hands are full

2026-07-22 01:27:59 UTC

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Haha. Hell ya

2026-07-22 00:58:54 UTC

…..we don’t give up around here

2026-07-22 00:45:05 UTC

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lol

2026-07-21 23:54:40 UTC

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lol. She does kind of have a neck though

2026-07-21 23:53:02 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/5fb653f1c729d5b12e347e5616833951f43ee3129dbe87fed96ce020956178fd.jpg

2026-07-21 23:45:24 UTC

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Nah

2026-07-21 23:44:44 UTC

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😂

2026-07-21 23:20:06 UTC

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🤣

2026-07-21 23:16:24 UTC

Not that everyone sits around waiting for me to drop new music, but here’s one of my favorite tracks from the new album….
“Collapse”
https://wavlake.com/track/7cea31d4-c0ca-49f2-8765-c465421e9cee

2026-07-21 23:15:03 UTC

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Even that hair is graying. Apparently I’m dying or something.

2026-07-21 23:14:36 UTC

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Good luck with that. lol. You’ll go from buzzing to Bic’ing it in due time

2026-07-21 23:12:20 UTC

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Haha. I’m not taking that picture

2026-07-21 23:08:20 UTC

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Haha. It happens quick

2026-07-21 23:08:07 UTC

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And a full beard. Lol. At least I have that going for me

2026-07-21 23:01:55 UTC

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Baldstr
https://image.nostr.build/f8633e8ceaec9d2e57702370d9a494e4afc83f9f8237097814c972f65689f1d5.jpg

2026-07-21 22:04:05 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/edf3f745954b173dc24d7c3e5944886dafb708d9bd65d797d22753b4921252ff.jpg

2026-07-21 21:59:55 UTC

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Ooooh. I like it

2026-07-21 21:58:59 UTC

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Haha

2026-07-21 21:58:35 UTC

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orcas intentionally create waves to wash seals off floating ice

2026-07-21 21:38:32 UTC

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Nostr was not going to make this easy for me. I should’ve known you’d pick #2. lol 🫂

2026-07-21 21:37:06 UTC

Remember when we did this?
Ya…um, this needs to be normal again.
#nevent1q…flud

2026-07-21 21:33:32 UTC

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Parenting 101.

2026-07-21 21:32:15 UTC

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I thought that might be the case

2026-07-21 21:24:35 UTC

Which album cover picture 1 or 2?
https://image.nostr.build/ee3d85688db0e66c99d22695778d31ab63e93b332608caa9266d74792563c143.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/9082677c46fb21210ebb3cc4ce3e025c4fe4d3e5154289a504cdbb2b66f28d2c.jpg

2026-07-21 21:12:15 UTC

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Kindness is always a must. Their willingness though…

2026-07-21 19:15:20 UTC

Calculation isn’t the hard part. Foresight is. Any fool can add. Few men can see five years down a road they haven’t walked.

2026-07-21 19:11:00 UTC

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That would be easier

2026-07-21 17:43:46 UTC

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That’s for sure

2026-07-21 17:43:30 UTC

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👀

2026-07-21 17:36:36 UTC

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It’s crazy

2026-07-21 17:36:27 UTC

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True. Is it as big of a problem in our culture as it seems? Seems we’re placed by it

2026-07-21 17:18:45 UTC

You ever tried helping somebody and realized they like their problems?
I think it’s because they didn't want help, they wanted an audience

2026-07-21 17:17:46 UTC

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🤙🏼

2026-07-21 15:36:14 UTC

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Indeed

2026-07-21 14:47:31 UTC

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The mere fact y’all are still working through these Nostr matters tells me we’re on the right track. Never settling. 👊🏼

2026-07-21 14:31:55 UTC

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https://nostrnests.com

2026-07-21 13:08:58 UTC

I have a lot of respect for genuine people.
They might not be perfect, but at least they're not pretending to be.
Shoutout to people whose genuiness isn't a strategy but a way of life.
Gm Nostr

2026-07-21 13:01:12 UTC

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You’ve found none here?

2026-07-21 03:59:21 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/08df07562a805abf73f5308aa1c0de5adc426b5cb051333e63b283af9cf892ff.jpg

2026-07-21 02:47:48 UTC

A live global intelligence dashboard, built for people who don’t trust the summary they’re handed.
Military movements. Economic shocks. Natural disasters. Cyber incidents. Flight paths. Shipping lanes.
29 stock exchanges, commodities, and crypto tracked in one panel.
https://www.worldmonitor.app/dashboard?lat=50.4135&lon=-13.8462&zoom=1.04&view=global&timeRange=7d&layers=conflicts%2Cbases%2Chotspots%2Cnuclear%2Csanctions%2Cweather%2Coutages%2Cmilitary%2Cnatural

2026-07-21 02:31:35 UTC

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There’s usually always one. But the likes and reposts say otherwise

2026-07-21 01:33:05 UTC

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Tactical Rick Moranis

2026-07-21 01:04:48 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/db9afe8b26fc771503a02585a55643539d2ff54235e6111e4ada64a710baa488.jpg

2026-07-21 00:48:17 UTC

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Love it

2026-07-21 00:34:21 UTC

In an age of information, ignorance is a choice.
Most people aren’t choosing it out of laziness either. They’re choosing it because knowing things is uncomfortable and picking a side is expensive. Easier to stay foggy and call it balanced.
This is why we did the work to get here.

2026-07-20 23:27:44 UTC

0% of me is competing with you.
Competition assumes scarcity. Nostr isn’t scarce, it’s additive. Every relay you run makes the network harder to kill. Every note I write adds signal that didn’t exist before. Your contribution doesn’t subtract from mine, it multiplies it.
This is what a positive sum system looks like from the inside. No zero sum instinct applies here. We’re not dividing a fixed pie, we’re building infrastructure that gets stronger the more hands touch it.
That’s the whole bet this network is making on human coordination.

2026-07-20 23:02:32 UTC

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True

2026-07-20 21:40:00 UTC

You will inspire some and trigger others.
Both are necessary.

2026-07-20 21:17:53 UTC

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No switch happened, you just noticed the mechanism. Decency is simple because there’s a standard we’re all drawing from whether we admit it or not. That’s why you can call something murder and expect me to agree it’s wrong, not just different.
If it was actually subjective there’d be nothing simple about it and nothing to argue over. Every side would just shrug and move on. Nobody does that.

2026-07-20 21:16:08 UTC

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🤙🏼🫂

2026-07-20 20:54:23 UTC

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You called it murder. That word only makes sense if there’s a standard above culture, otherwise it’s just an ancient tribe doing ancient tribe things and you’ve got no ground to condemn it. You borrowed the absolute you say doesn’t exist.
Nobody actually lives like a relativist. People know murder is murder regardless of era, then argue philosophy about it after

2026-07-20 20:25:39 UTC

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Numbers 31 is a specific judgment on Midian tied to the Baal Peor incident, not a general ethical code Christians live by.
Civil and ceremonial law expired with the old covenant. Moral law didn’t. Nobody’s building an ethic off Numbers 31 any more than off the imprecatory psalms.

2026-07-20 20:18:45 UTC

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Cultural strategy doesn’t get you out of it either. You can want to beat your outgroup and still not lie to their face, still not use people, still not kick someone when they’re down. Those aren’t universalist ideals, they’re just what functioning humans do even in a fight.
History’s full of people who won without needing the hanging. Strategy and decency aren’t opposites, they’re just uncomfortable together sometimes.

2026-07-20 20:12:32 UTC

"So what are your hobbies?"
Me: um pattern recognition

2026-07-20 19:56:50 UTC

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Not that subjective. Don’t lie to people. Don’t use them to get what you want. Don’t kick someone when they’re already down. Don’t humiliate people for sport. Keep your word when it’s inconvenient. Help someone who can’t do anything for you in return.

2026-07-20 19:52:32 UTC

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Same guy every cycle. Genius, dumbass, doesn’t matter, my opinion of you isn’t a leveraged position.

2026-07-20 19:47:42 UTC

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How about treating people right when there’s nothing in it for you and no one’s keeping score?

2026-07-20 19:28:11 UTC

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Sure. Both can be done

2026-07-20 19:27:25 UTC

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Here for it

2026-07-20 19:26:42 UTC

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Nope

2026-07-20 18:59:31 UTC

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Wow. This is worth the fight

2026-07-20 18:50:18 UTC

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😂

2026-07-20 18:41:48 UTC

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Keep grinding

2026-07-20 18:35:57 UTC

You know what I would really like to see go viral?
Basic human decency

2026-07-20 17:57:49 UTC

This generation is trying to normalize a lot of things that shouldn’t be normalized.
Not because they’re new. Because nobody wants to be the one who says no.
Every generation has its list. What’s different now is the speed. An idea gets floated on a Monday morning and by Friday it’s a hill people will lose friends over.
Normal used to mean tested by time. Now it means tested by algorithm. Whatever gets the most engagement wins the argument, whether or not it’s true or good for anybody.
You don’t have to go along with it. Say the unfashionable thing. Someone else in the room is thinking it too.

2026-07-20 16:26:50 UTC

Your closest relationships shape your future. Spend more time with people who inspire you, challenge you to grow, and make you better.
This place has more people who’ll actually argue with your ideas than agree with them for free.
Who in your follows list has changed how you think this year? Tag them. Let’s build the list.

2026-07-20 16:00:19 UTC

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🤙🏼

2026-07-20 15:29:59 UTC

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I like it

2026-07-20 14:42:28 UTC

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Haha. Straight black

2026-07-20 13:56:51 UTC

No. I'm not a coffee addict. I'm a caffeine based life form and as such, I must honor the ways of my people.
Gm Nostr

2026-07-20 05:08:20 UTC

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Congrats bro.

2026-07-20 05:07:12 UTC

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lol. I get it.

2026-07-20 05:06:30 UTC

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You posting a note is the only verification needed

2026-07-20 05:05:43 UTC

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Welcome aboard.

2026-07-20 05:02:50 UTC

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Well to be fair, it takes energy to stick a needle in your butt cheek.

2026-07-20 05:01:52 UTC

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Be mission oriented

2026-07-20 04:59:45 UTC

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2026-07-20 04:59:31 UTC

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Welcome to being well written…lol

2026-07-20 04:58:46 UTC

Semper Fidelis, Teufelshunde
https://image.nostr.build/9f1ed9648399fdb74fba0150b0a4b96e05f4ab85a3c431092e6de9a06eb61ecb.jpg

2026-07-20 03:54:10 UTC

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That’s some solid work.

2026-07-20 03:53:25 UTC

#Golfstr
Idaho was amazing. Back to the fiat mines tomorrow and back to spending more time with my favorite peeps on Nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/3ec1edb8bde190e5b39b755f18b58640665401f290bd109cd6a6e44d8f43e6ad.jpg

2026-07-20 03:48:17 UTC

If the truth costs you money, you’ll find a way to stop believing it.
Not because you’re dumb. Because you’re wired to protect what feeds you. Watch who benefits before you trust what they’re telling you.

2026-07-20 02:33:04 UTC

Feelings don’t overturn facts. That’s not complicated. It used to be common sense.
Somewhere along the way schools stopped teaching people to think and started teaching them to feel their way to an answer. Now half the country can’t tell an argument from a vibe.
That’s not an accident. A population that reasons from feelings is a population you can steer. Know the trick and you stop falling for it.

2026-07-19 14:31:55 UTC

WORSHIP IS AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE, NOT A RELIGIOUS DUTY.
Gm Nostr.
Rejoice and be glad.
It’s the Lords day.

2026-07-19 05:03:14 UTC

While chasing things money can buy, always remember to stop and check if you're losing things money can't buy

2026-07-19 05:02:13 UTC

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💯

2026-07-18 18:10:12 UTC

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Great piece. One of my favs

2026-07-18 15:06:18 UTC

Anybody can be brave in their head. Rare are the ones willing to be unpopular in public for it.
Gm