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2026-05-12 14:09:54 UTC

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I am actively cultivating my social environment to be ever more direct and productive. To foster expansive perspectives and conversations, even if they are at first uncomfortable.
It’s easier to reshape who I spend time with as far as friends and digital social interactions. But it was far more challenging to navigate this with the moms this last weekend, in the face of generational perspectives on this emerging and confusing world.

2026-05-10 13:11:44 UTC

The biggest lesson I’ve learned in the last decade, is that no one on this planet is to be taken literally.
Any words spoken in a moment are just that, a moment to be observed and considered in the greater context, all of which are absolutely subject to change.
In fact, it seems that this era is more about learning to be comfortable with the ever changing and becoming that is happening all around us. Instead of needing to have any certainty about anything beyond the immediate moment.
In an ever and more rapidly changing world, how could we expect any thing or any one to remain constant?

2026-05-09 16:45:37 UTC

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2026-05-06 12:37:08 UTC

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I JUST figured out what you all have been posting with these cryptic colored blocks…
Thanks, new addiction unlocked to accompany my morning coffee

2026-04-22 13:32:38 UTC

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Strafe jumping and rocket jumping..
These are important skills to pass along to the next generation.
I opened a LAN center in 99’ shortly after high school. Four glorious years of my life.
I might still boot up a little Quake Champions from time to time.

2026-04-16 12:26:31 UTC

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At what point do we need a set of filters for who has been personally vouched for? (is this WoT?)

2026-04-06 13:54:43 UTC

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I would agree with you that I experienced a contracted version of Christianity.
After I left, to continue my journey alone, I did grasp at other religions for some sense of structural stability. I studied a number of them, large and small, and attended the various gatherings. Each rasped against my spirit in the same way Christianity had. After each attempt the quiet whisper became a little more obvious and was saying something like “what you seek is not in religion, it’s an absolute surrender.” A trust fall into the vast bottomless unknowable.
In comparison to that, every ‘ism’ or ‘anity’ is contractive, limited, and acts as an intermediary.
I suspect anyone who’s had a profound moment that led to a conversion or dedication to any religion, had exactly that experience of unbounded, surrendered ‘isness’, ‘forgiveness’, and ‘innocence’. But the mind is so quick to try and label and understand and attach to something in the world as the cause, or the way to ‘get back to that experience’.

2026-04-05 13:53:06 UTC

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ARC Raiders

2026-04-03 19:34:33 UTC

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At the urging of my uncle I began reading the Bible every day, twice a day. I was 12 years old when I began.
I would read and then pray and contemplate.
I read and contemplated so much more than was ever discussed in my church, family, or community.
Over the next 6 years, until I graduated high school, I read the Bible cover to cover twice, and then the New Testament 3 more times.
One of my daily prayers was to be given the wisdom to understand. In time I started noticing that my interpretations weren’t always the same as everyone else’s.. but in my heart I knew they were for me.
By the time I was in my early twenties I stopped going to church. It was clear to me that I the God I knew was taking me beyond the community. It was so disorienting at scary at first. But in time as my intimacy and understanding continued to develop and expand I knew I was on the right path.
By the end of my twenties I could no longer call myself a Christian. I couldn’t abide by the label or all that came with it.
My journey has been deep and dark at times, and yet my intimacy and faith has only grown more rapidly than I could have ever imagined.
My understanding has overlaps with Christianity. I absolutely love and continue to model myself after Jesus. But my understandings are often heretical, and are impossible to unsee for me.
So should you read the Bible for yourself?
I believe so, and do so without letting any man, woman, or institution tell you how you should interpret it. Let only God speak to you through it.

2026-04-02 14:35:37 UTC

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And deep awareness of my entire body and emotional system. As well as subtle energetic system.
When I first started this practice, all those years ago, I had no access or awareness of anything but my thoughts. It took an initial process of asking a series of questions to even get the first inkling of awareness of “myself” beyond my thoughts.
Though once I started sensing my greater system I became absolutely obsessed. The things I began to uncover and contend with, then get freedom from, were stunning.
I dropped out of society, relationships, and spent about14 hours a day in this meditative/contemplative practice for three years.
I started the journey deeply uncomfortable with myself and life. Depressed, anxious, contracted, in constant dread, and ready to check out.
On the other side of that multi year deep dive I was liberated from the worst of that. Interested in life again, and able to rejoin society. Little did I know that was only the beginning!
Those next handful of years were like jet fuel to the process. I had to meditate frequently throughout the day, to contend with all the new “strings” that were being plucked.
But in time the frequency and amplitude of those disruptions grew ever more gentle. Until one day I was laying in bed and realized it had been days, or even weeks since the last time I had been significantly triggered.
This is such a freedom.

2026-03-31 22:59:56 UTC

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And so, to answer your question more directly “when do we stop interrogating reflections and start recognizing deliberate smoke?”
In this case, I would only change my behavior towards the reports after I can’t find any more charge around them.
I know for myself the reaction to the smoke would only be the first layer, or the first approach, there would likely be more.
And I’m happy to explore this with you if you need help discovering the next one after this first one is discharged.

2026-03-31 22:54:10 UTC

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Great question Nathan. I’m going to move quick, please inform me where you may need expanded explanation.
So one thing I’ve learned is it’s almost never actually about the specific content, it’s about what gets plucked in me.
You mentioned the distortions and smoke in the reports. How does it make you feel to not be able to get accurate information?
That is the question I would ask myself, and then I would really explore it by identifying the feeling and then moving my attention to the area in my body awareness that is most obviously activated. And then just be with that as uncomfortable as it is. Without trying to figure it out or change it, just being with it like I would as the detached curiosity of someone else’s perspective on it.
If I lose the focus on that, I just retrigger it by thinking about the ‘distorted information’ again and then moving my attention to the plucked string. Back and forth until I can’t find the “burn” in that charge anymore.
The really cool part of this is there is often some sort of epiphany or realization about the whole situation that emerges and may resolve as that charge dissipates.

2026-03-31 14:15:47 UTC

All the world is my mirror. No exceptions.
Anything I am witness to that “causes” any type of reaction in me is only because “that” is also me, in some way. My job is to contend with me, not condemn the reflection. My job is to be curious and careful, how am I also “that”.
It’s often not a one-to-one obvious reflection.
A decade, or more, of this commitment has left me deeply peaceful and only occasionally perturbed.
Responsive, not reactive, and with immense capacity for feeling the full range of emotions as they move through my system.
Naturally, I have come to see that how others may react to me being open and honest in my expressions, is their “stuff”.
With the caveat of great responsibility: it’s not cart blanch to act out or do anything that would be knowingly selfish or harmful to another. I am always working to speak or take action only from an emotionally balanced place.
And yet, I see that I trigger others regularly. Instead of wanting to protect their emotions, I’m deeply curious about what their “string” was that I plucked. The string is the unexamined tension in the system, the vibration of the string is the emotional reaction.
The real work is in navigating this part, because it’s so easy to cross the line into gaslighting them if I don’t tread carefully, compassionately, and slowly.
I must always acknowledge and take responsibility for myself first, is there any part of me triggered right now? If so, I out the emotion and show them my vulnerability, as I uncover why it was plucked and what I’m now doing about it.
If there isn’t anything triggered in me, I still actively and openly look further, so they can see that. Only then, from a truly neutral but curious and compassionate place can I ask them if they are willing to out exactly what I just plucked.
This way of being with my friends has caused many of us to grow so very deeply intimate and open with each other. And has driven away others who would rather blame, than be committed to their own growth.
My current growth edge is in how to approach even casual encounters in this way. A true masterclass, and I’m moving so slowly and carefully in it.
This has been the most interesting, satisfying, and rewarding game I’ve played in life.

2026-03-31 13:58:13 UTC

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All the world is my mirror. No exceptions.
Anything I am witness to that “causes” any type of reaction in me is only because “that” is also me, in some way. My job is to contend with me, not condemn the reflection. My job is to be curious and careful, how am I also “that”.
It’s often not a one-to-one obvious reflection.
A decade, or more, of this commitment has left me deeply peaceful and only occasionally perturbed.
Responsive, not reactive, and with immense capacity for feeling the full range of emotions as they move through my system.
Naturally, I have come to see that how others may react to me being open and honest in my expressions, is their “stuff”.
With the caveat of great responsibility: it’s not cart blanch to “act out” or do anything that would be knowingly selfish or harmful to another. I am always working to speak or take action only from an emotionally balanced place.
And yet, I see that I trigger others regularly. Instead of wanting to protect their emotions, I’m deeply curious about what their “string” was that I plucked.
The real work is in navigating this part, because it’s so easy to cross the line into gaslighting them if I don’t tread carefully, compassionately, and slowly.
I must always acknowledge and take responsibility for myself first, is there any part of me triggered right now? If so, I out that and show them my vulnerability.
If there isn’t anything triggered in me, I still actively and openly look further, so they can see that. Only then, from a truly neutral but curious and compassionate place can I ask them if they are willing to out exactly what I just plucked.
This way of being with my friends has caused many of us to grow so deeply intimate and open with each other. And has driven away others who would rather blame, than be committed to their own growth.
My current growth edge is in how to approach even casual encounters in this way. A true masterclass, and I’m moving so slowly and carefully in it.
This has been the most interesting, satisfying, and rewarding game I’ve played in life.

2026-03-28 13:22:17 UTC

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First of all, I am angered to hear about the bullying. You guys shouldn’t have to contend with that, what you are building to is too important.
There needs to be some other fundamental model for this sort of thing on Nostr. It should be up to us, the supportive community, to protect and defend.

2026-03-25 23:57:45 UTC

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Shout it from the rooftops. Every good woman deserves a man who is willing to do so

2026-03-19 17:06:27 UTC

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“That’s very perceptive son”
He was always acknowledging when I noticed important details and the larger patterns.

2026-03-09 20:02:09 UTC

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I agree whole heartedly with your observation that ignoring cancer doesn’t make it go away. I’ve seen too many examples of this and similar things to argue.
This points out one of the often misunderstood and poorly explored aspects of attention: Unconscious attention.
Just because we ignore something consciously doesn’t mean we aren’t in a constant state of unconscious attention upon it.
The best way to check where these “hidden attentions” are is to simply explore the things we want or don’t want in our lives, or the world, and notice what sort of emotional reaction happens in the body and the subsequent thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors, that follow.
If we do this, and find we are anything but emotionally neutral and open to possibilities or options, then there is definitely some background process running, unexamined.
I share all this not as a prescription, but as an axiom. It’s a starting place.
To the degree that anyone or anything in the world can trigger me, is the degree that I am shackled and enslaved by that.
My goal is complete sovereignty, to choose the directionality of my life.

2026-03-09 19:07:43 UTC

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Daniella, thank you for pouring your heart, mind, and passion into bridging these two worlds. It’s no simple task.
I’ve long straddled the worlds of money and spirituality, and have historically found it difficult to communicate the treasures I find in each to the other.
Recently my wife and I hosted a mini retreat in our home with our spiritual tribe. It was an incredible weekend.
Though I can’t help myself but to make attempts to share the freedoms I’ve found in the worlds they are most resistant to. It’s always a razors edge to keep the conversation productive for all.
However
One morning as I was joining the group for coffee, I was delighted to see one of the young women curled up on the couch with Beyond Money in one hand and her coffee in the other!
We all did end up having breakthrough moments around Bitcoin and the fundamentals of money that weekend.
I’m excited for your next book!

2026-03-09 15:34:55 UTC

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Thank you for the heart and passion you are pouring into this area Daniella. I’ve also long straddled the worlds of money and spirituality and have historically found it difficult to bridge those conversations with my friends from either world.
My wife and I recently had a gathering at our home with a group of our friends who resist any discussion around money. I was so delighted to wake up one morning to gather for coffee and found one young woman curled up on the couch reading Beyond Money! Your book was clearly resonating. So excited for your next.

2026-03-05 14:34:33 UTC

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True elegance comes from refusing excess, clutter, and inelegance.
One thing I love about Nostr is that I can really filter what appears on my screen. I refuse to consume junk or synthetic data.
Having a refined and grounded mental model is too precious to me, I put too much work into it to engage with other peoples trauma expressions. I will engage with the heart of the person, but I will not entertain and encourage their self flagellations, because that what all of that looks like to me.
I love the depth of intelligence and heart that I’m experiencing here with the people I do engage with.

2026-03-04 14:35:28 UTC

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Ha! I like that

2026-03-03 04:10:26 UTC

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I tried all the natural ones years ago, and nothing was ever satisfying, until a buddy (who always smells amazing) taught me about essential oils.
So now I use an oil blend that I make myself. Vetiver, sandalwood, frankincense, and palo santo.
Just a drop of the blend under each arm.
It’s been ten years and I haven’t looked back. I get compliments regularly.

2026-03-01 11:56:33 UTC

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Nostr is often a slow drip.
I love it.
The space and pace to work out my thoughts, and to be able to really hear and feel others.

2026-03-01 11:53:23 UTC

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Love this.
The highest leverage point is the crucible of detached curiosity.

2026-02-26 20:30:41 UTC

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I know exactly what you are saying, my journey in this also started with psychedelics. They are incredible for showing us our "stuff", but without the tools to fully integrate, that stuff is stirred up and clogs the works.
I am happy to share more, to illustrate effective ways of approaching this perspective. Since I first saw this message from you yesterday Damon, I have been making attempts to flesh out my process, but I'll be honest, I'm struggling. At first it seems pretty straightforward, but I realize there are a few base understandings required and definitely a number of possible pitfalls along the way. Each of which only make sense in the moment of actually confronting them.
I spent the first few years working out the basics, and unfortunately falling into some of those pits. I really hope I can help illuminate those along the way for others.
It seems to me the better way to transmit this toolset would be to walk you through a few scenarios, if you're interested and willing?

2026-02-25 15:31:03 UTC

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So I guess that’s all to say, I wish I could help others more, I desire that very deeply. But unless someone specifically asks me for help, the only thing I can do is make sure my oxygen mask is securely on first.

2026-02-25 15:26:55 UTC

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It is painful to watch. Certainly. It can feel really helpless to have to just stand by.
Many years ago I began taking the advice of my mentor in this regard. He would insist that there is only one person in all of the universe, me. Everyone else is a reflection, or a character on the screen of consciousness to reflect back an aspect of myself.
To the degree that the activities, words, or emotional expressions affect me is the exact indication of where I should look within myself. It’s tricky at times, because most reflections don’t necessarily map one to one with my inner terrain, but they are always directional and there is always “something there” when I get honest and quiet enough to really look into the shadows.
Now, is this actually true?
I don’t know and it doesn’t seem to matter, because living from this perspective absolutely works.
I’m still at it. It’s been about 15 years now of using this every day. My inner terrain has completely transformed, my wife (met 7 years ago and is also a navel gazer) has always said I’m the most unflappable person she’s ever known. At first she expressed how frustrating and slightly disturbing it was, that I’m not emotionally reactive. She and her friends interpreted that as uncaring. But eventually she admitted in a moment of quiet relief that it’s actually unsettling because she couldn’t find hooks to manipulate me with.
The first response I get from anyone I share this with is “why do that!? I don’t want to become an unfeeling robot!”
It’s exactly the opposite, my capacity for real connection has grown exponentially. I feel compassion, empathy, connection, love, and all the beautiful and painful feelings far more deeply than ever. They just don’t hook into traumas or triggers anymore, and so they pass through my system in fullness and completion in the moments they happen. It feels like a super power, and yet it’s obvious this is just simply how it’s meant to be.

2026-02-25 01:15:27 UTC

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@nprofile…xx0n did a read, a few weeks back, on how training with synthetic data causes ai model collapse. The obvious parallel is how our mental models are affected by synthetic information.
This concept really stuck with me, I’m still chewing on it like a hunk of rawhide. What exactly is synthetic information when it comes to us humans?
I mean, it’s obvious to spot the slop, but what about derivative conversations with real people in person, is that synthetic?
Or more importantly, what is pure signal? How can I determine what is real or regurgitation?
And you’re absolutely right Contra, the more time I spend looking from this perspective the more repulsive most content is becoming.
https://alwaysthehorizon.substack.com/p/urban-bugmen-and-ai-model-collapse

2026-02-22 18:17:03 UTC

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Ok, I read through that. Seems straightforward enough, and develops out my understanding of orphaned blocks.
So now my question is, how does BIP110 and/or OP_Return slot into this framework?

2026-02-22 18:04:12 UTC

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Thank you!!

2026-02-22 15:20:57 UTC

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Fully agree.
I’ve begun asking each of these “influencers” to “show their proof of work” in this debate.
A comprehensive video breakdown of the code, in neutral terms, without ideological commentary.
We need pure signal, not all this derivative noise. Let’s discuss from there.
So far I’m only getting radio silence, which in itself is at least some signal.
Also, on a personal note: I appreciate your Nostr handle 😉

2026-02-22 15:02:43 UTC

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Fully agree!
I’ve started asking for the same from these guys on both sides of the debate.
We need a high signal breakdown of the code and exactly what it does, without any ideological spin, narrative, or especially finger pointing. Just the hard facts, let people decide from there.
All other commentary is just derivative noise at this point.

2026-02-22 14:57:36 UTC

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Please show your work.
A video of a full breakdown of the code and exactly what it does, in neutral terms, without any of the ideological spin.
All this abstraction and commentary is just noise at this point.

2026-02-22 04:22:59 UTC

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I’d like to see a full breakdown video of the code and exactly what it does in specific terms. Completely ideologically neutral. Let’s discuss from there.
All these abstractions and talking points have become noise.

2026-02-21 20:57:05 UTC

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Excellent question!
Though I realize there are two ways to interpret it, both valid:
-Will I curate playlists and share them on Nostr clients?
Yes! I would like to do that.
-Is there a way to curate and share playlists?
I have no idea how..
Do you?

2026-02-21 19:35:05 UTC

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"strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and weak minds discuss people." -Socrates

2026-02-13 21:07:33 UTC

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Forward Escape.
Great album by Tipper, just set it as my banner and then saw this message moments later.
Its in the field
https://blossom.primal.net/0a75050d727e6db04f5b7652164df5aebbdc99d295c0a012e76a8dec0c2bf34e.jpg

2026-02-07 20:33:01 UTC

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Dang..
at this rate we’re not going to have any 90s musicians to see in the casinos when we’re older

2026-02-07 16:47:55 UTC

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I do yes!
I’m delighted you asked.
I’m currently working on a short playlist for a gathering next weekend. I will share it with you when it’s complete.

2026-02-07 16:43:26 UTC

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The Files are a brutal mirror, and one of our greatest opportunities to contend with the disease in our own hearts.
Immense bravery is required to gaze into those pages and to ask “how is this me?” And then to sit quietly and burn internally with the answer to that question.
This is the only game going on. Everything else happening in the external world is just the pixels moving around on the screen to show us more of who we are. This is so we can contend with those aspects, and truly heal them at the core.
“The line between good and evil runs through every human heart” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

2026-02-06 18:04:00 UTC

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Yes, to healthy habits and routines that help stabilize the nervous system to be able to handle shocks.
Even better is to find routines that stretch and expand that elastic bandwidth for big events.
A few of my favorites are breathwork, extended darkness retreats, and complex and unpredictable music.

2026-02-06 16:03:30 UTC

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I’m currently in the market for an alternative pc display. I appreciate this post, I’ll be following this thread closely.

2026-02-04 14:58:09 UTC

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Thank you. Yeah, it’s the blind oracle that makes me a little nervous.
Though it sounds like their wallets would still be fine for multisig as well.

2026-02-03 16:22:55 UTC

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That explains my unsent message from a few minutes ago. This note was clarifying

2026-02-03 15:47:11 UTC

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Does this news put the Blockstream hardware wallets into question?

2026-02-02 04:42:52 UTC

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I admire that you’re even considering taking on the Linux challenge, with being a new dad. Congratulations for that by the way.
I can’t push you towards Linux in good faith without knowing a lot more. It has required dedicated attention for a while, and I don’t even use my computer for much. When something breaks it can be really frustrating.
Also, as with any potentially addictive substance I want to caution you about going with Apple. It’s really warm and cozy over there, and it’s difficult to tell just how dependent one has become until they try to quit.
Thinkpads have a solid reputation. I don’t have much of an opinion about most brands otherwise.
Best of luck!

2026-02-01 17:06:04 UTC

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If you’re looking for a good laptop, check out https://frame.work/
They are the most configurable and repairable laptops ever created.
Framework has been around 6 years now and is a handful of generations deep with the whole stack, so they have a very solid platform.

2026-01-31 19:14:45 UTC

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If a bad actor was able to hard fork, what would be the incentives for the rest of us to participate in that new network?
Correct me where I’m wrong, but doesn’t the original iteration of the network continue unchanged?

2026-01-30 17:04:23 UTC

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Wise man once say “man who wear mask alone in car, is man who wear condom alone in bed”

2026-01-13 19:19:04 UTC

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https://stats.andotherstuff.org/

2026-01-04 14:21:00 UTC

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Perhaps this phenomenon is signal from the collective unconscious, indicating the actual monetary value of Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️

2025-12-26 00:17:33 UTC

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Yikes!! Youre right..

2025-12-16 17:49:10 UTC

Your attention is the fuel that expands what it is placed upon.
This is binary phenomenon or natural law. Attention causes growth, inattention withers.
The subject matter makes no difference.
Even your inadvertent attention, your unconscious attention, and especially your resistant attention expands those things.
No exception.
Contemplate this. Assess your uses of attention, how does it measure up to what you would rather see more of in life vs less of?
I still fall short of my own ideal use of attention, you likely will too. But it has slowly dawned on me that this is the highest leverage I have for changing my experience of the world.

2025-11-20 14:00:57 UTC

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Bout time. It’s hard to argue when the rates of ‘tism among the Amish is 800% lower than the general US population.

2025-11-08 14:07:28 UTC

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I appreciate this more nuanced and complete perspective regarding cash. Thank you Ape.

2025-10-27 18:50:38 UTC

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That audio clip is permanently engraved in my synapses.
Also, has a better audio platform ever been developed? Lightweight, no telemetry, clean UX, great audio linked visualizations.. I miss 2000

2025-10-26 01:31:00 UTC

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Sure enough, librekitty said it. It’s all been renamed and polished since I last looked in. Minetest is now Luanti, and the in game browser is where you can find the MC parity development called VoxeLibre.

2025-10-26 01:28:05 UTC

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Sure enough! It’s called VoxeLibre now. Looks like everything has been renamed since I last checked in.. that was probably 5 years ago. But it sure has developed some good polish since then!

2025-10-26 01:14:46 UTC

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“In general I don’t get involved in things I don’t understand” -Tucker
Thanks for being honest TC. Everything else he said about it sounded like noise to me.

2025-10-25 13:12:52 UTC

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Thankfully there is Minetest, an open source alternative that’s been around since 2010. Clearly it doesn’t have the same social pull that Minecraft has, but there is a nice little community that maintains MT and last time I checked there was an easy to add mod that attempts parity with all of Minecraft’s features.

2025-10-23 13:48:33 UTC

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Are those the new Sennheiser headphones every audio geek is talking about?

2025-10-18 13:19:03 UTC

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I’m afflicted with the same condition

2025-10-07 16:01:48 UTC

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Yes, and I’m glad you asked, I really enjoy engaging with this topic. Let me gather some resources for you, I’ll respond with those in a few days.
I’m also composing my own explanation that I will share here on Nostr as well.

2025-10-07 15:58:48 UTC

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Shoot, I’ve been sitting with your question for a couple days now, and I realize the answer isn’t straightforward as I first thought.
Forgive me, I am going to take a bit more time before I answer. I am energized by trying to get to a clear and concise explanation.

2025-10-04 19:39:06 UTC

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So true Jeff.
The most important skill I’ve learned is to treat the external world as a mirror.
I’m over a decade into this experiment and the emotional sobriety I now experience is priceless.
If one is brave enough to really commit and persist with this perspective they will absolutely transform their experience of reality, and of what it means to exist with it.

2025-09-28 22:39:27 UTC

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I would say almost complete deprivation. No light whatsoever.
And the idea is that there are no outside sounds either, except that the place I did it wasn’t completely sound isolated, though most dark facilities are.
There are food deliveries twice a day, and I have to admit how exciting that moment becomes after a couple days.

2025-09-28 19:40:54 UTC

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Recently I did a 5 day Darkness Retreat. No stimulus, absolute boredom.
I feel like my nervous system has down regulated significantly. My aperture for life has expanded. Looking forward to doing my next one.

2025-09-25 04:36:58 UTC

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Fun thought. I’m guessing you might be interested in dream yoga..
I recommend the most recent podcast with Aubrey Marcus and Andrew Holecek. Andrew is a decades long explorer of consciousness and dreams, and relates it in a fascinating way.

2025-09-22 21:31:14 UTC

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Some of us can, and are quietly noticing to what degree others are paying attention or not.
Then extrapolating to assess just how many of the general Nostr opinions are worth ignoring.

2025-09-19 19:27:16 UTC

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Isn’t it?
I mean it’s not ubiquitous, obviously, but it is being used as every day currency in some places already.

2025-09-17 15:55:55 UTC

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Bitcoin is one of the more powerful psychedelics I’ve ever taken.

2025-09-17 02:06:15 UTC

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See ya later Discord

2025-09-12 15:37:18 UTC

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I hope this is an accurate and balancing perspective coming from the inside of this process:
https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8xmkchfng96gendkvjpwsqj29znfqcje9pcrr765plc6zfwqnvdsg2cgry

2025-09-12 15:26:03 UTC

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Thank you for sharing this, it really clarified my understanding of this particular topic. It also helps mitigate FUD.
Should be a must read, and pinned at the top of the original post.

2025-09-04 18:43:36 UTC

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I feel the same. I got in just after the blocksize wars.. I can now see why they were called that.
Finding the signal in all the noise is becoming increasingly difficult.

2025-08-15 12:30:29 UTC

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I just tried it, I’m back in EST after six weeks in Bali, 12 hour clock difference..
I think it helped somewhat, but it certainly didn’t mitigate the jet lag in a way that I would stand behind and insist anyone else do. Also, those larger doses made me feel a bit nauseous.
That said, I believe the studies about it, and will definitely megadose on days I’m under-slept again.

2025-08-11 22:06:51 UTC

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I wonder if the trend towards analog media, like vinyl and cassettes, will make it all the way to appliances and our other gadgets?
I’d personally love to see a number of small companies creating rugged retro household products. I envy that my grandparents only ever had to buy a thing once, and it worked wonderfully for the rest of their lives.

2025-08-10 12:34:00 UTC

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And everyone should spend a few years in the service industry as well, waiting tables and sweating in a kitchen. It helps develop respect and compassion for when you’re a customer being served.

2025-08-06 15:39:38 UTC

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Yeah! Good ol’BBS days. The fun of tying up the household landline for hours.
The fights that caused were more brutal than any Doom deathmatch.

2025-08-06 10:44:15 UTC

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It seems unfortunate that there is friction between the communities of these projects. But maybe that’s what inspires some to really dig in and try to outbuild each other.. I can see it both ways.
I’m here on Nostr because of the community that is here and I like the tingles I get when people say “censorship resistant”. I value sovereignty and freedom above all other issues, and I’ve been around long enough to know that the terrain we inhabit is always shifting, becoming, and crumbling.
I don’t have the technical understanding to be able to really grasp how either of these systems work, Nostr or Pubky. What I really need is someone who can skillfully translate the technicals into a picture or graspable framework. Much like the authors/speakers are doing for Bitcoin, take Jeff Booth for example. I’ve watched him get ever more skillful at being able to express his perspective such that I’m not only able to see it, but to really embody it, and be able to “see from it”
I need the same for these other freedom technologies, and I would greatly appreciate it. I imagine there are many like me.
I hope this message is helpful.

2025-08-03 09:55:53 UTC

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Welcome Dune

2025-07-30 15:25:46 UTC

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A good hack, to get that first business class experience, is to ask at the gate if there are any upgrades available.
Occasionally it’s so relatively cheap, at the last moment, that it becomes worth the splurge

2025-07-22 23:30:26 UTC

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It’s willful ignorance to believe we are operating with all the information.
Regarding well, anything..

2025-07-22 23:28:11 UTC

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It’s almost willful ignorance to believe we are ever getting all the information.
About anything..

2025-07-19 05:17:29 UTC

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Curious what sort of security measures have you guys established to cope with this technology?
Family passwords/pass-phrases?
What else can we be thinking of?

2025-07-19 00:01:32 UTC

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I go through cycles or phases too. Every few years I’ll get a voracious appetite for all things Bitcoin and devour for hours a day, months at a time, then loose my appetite and mostly move on to other interests.
If Bitcoin is going to be a lifelong friend and ally, this pattern feels totally natural to me.

2025-07-01 02:14:12 UTC

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Aren’t all homes depreciating from the moment they are built? Doesn’t living in a home cause some of it to wear and break down faster?
I can’t think of anything created that ultimately doesn’t have an expiration date.
Sure it’s over longer time scales than a fire but it seems the principle seems the same.

2025-06-27 09:03:30 UTC

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Well said Andrey.
I came to say something similar but wouldn’t have written it so well.
I do want to reiterate your sentiment by saying that I don’t want to diminish The Wise Rabbit’s message, which is important. Though, whether we like it or not, Bitcoin is for everyone.

2025-06-22 21:37:33 UTC

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Done! I also swallowed the orange pill with bong water.

2025-06-22 02:25:28 UTC

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Does this mean my new smoker qualifies for a religious tax exemption?!?

2025-06-18 18:40:07 UTC

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Your concerns are heard and noted. And, there are also other options if Knots and Core are both a concern to you.
Being in this Bitcoin space really does invite me to keep exploring each facet of every issue that is presented. One thing I deeply appreciate is how due to its open source decentralized nature there is always another option.
https://blossom.primal.net/21e5f5db925ce52e44cbcfd9e76de2662dd28349606fbd2b3ab0b02cfe8efeb2.jpg

2025-06-18 13:57:17 UTC

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He has publicly stated a number of times he would like others to work on it as well. Sounds like less of a direct Luke issue and more of a call for community responsibility to me..

2025-06-18 03:12:46 UTC

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Becoming truly okay with whatever arises is the beginning of pure freedom.

2025-06-15 17:43:39 UTC

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I’d recommend a powerhouse of a PC, then you can stream gaming onto even a mediocre laptop with incredible performance.
I was a holdout on streaming my gaming until I got a laptop with a higher refresh rate monitor (at least 120hrtz). Oh I get it now, this is what everyone is talking about!

2025-06-12 20:17:44 UTC

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Why is it safer that everyone run the same node implementation?
… As I understand it, by running a different protocol their node will automatically get kicked off the network, correct?
What an about Luke makes you skeptical?

2025-06-12 13:52:50 UTC

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And just like that your grandkids and great grandchildren will passing down your legendary story of how they became such a prosperous family!

2025-06-11 17:07:06 UTC

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Do it! Whatever it takes!
One of the best things I’ve done for myself in life is to always be willing to move somewhere I want to be. It’s disruptive yeah, but in every single case it’s been more than worth it. (I’ve moved many times and now live in three places part time, but mostly in the Northeast US)

2025-06-10 20:18:17 UTC

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Busy people get things done.
So I’ve notice anyway…

2025-06-10 17:26:44 UTC

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If you like this album you might want to check out Phurpa. I would start with the album Trowo Phurnag Ceremony