Nostr notes by Karmancer

#grownostr #aurora ...

2024-05-11T06:33:56+02:00

#grownostr #aurora

I AM a becon of joy! #grownostr #webcomic ...

2024-03-28T01:42:11+01:00

I AM a becon of joy!

#grownostr #webcomic

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2024-01-16T09:16:04+01:00

#grownostr #plebchain #comic #education #school #GoOutside #kids #rebel

Brave birds still fly through fog. - Stephanie Shen #grownostr ...

2024-01-16T09:12:29+01:00

Brave birds still fly through fog.
- Stephanie Shen

#grownostr #quotes

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are ...

2023-12-31T07:12:57+01:00

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered.

But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written.

We adjust to new conditions and discoveries.
We are pliable.
Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum.
I am my own god.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system.

We are here to drink beer.
We are here to kill war.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”

― Charles Bukowski

#grownostr #quotes

“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged ...

2023-12-14T08:22:55+01:00

“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
― Alan Watts

@npub1587…kv0n Every time you recommend this I always mean to ...

2023-12-01T03:32:58+01:00

jackspirko (npub1587…kv0n)

Every time you recommend this I always mean to pick up a copy for my library, this week I finally did. Looks to be a delightful historical touchstone. Thanks for the recommendation, and for your efforts with the podcast.

#grownostr #BookRecommendations #AnalogHistory #BooksAreMagic #Library

Author Cormac McCarthy died yesterday. Here are a few words he ...

2023-06-15T03:13:20+02:00

Author Cormac McCarthy died yesterday. Here are a few words he left behind:

"Most people don’t ever see anyone die. It used to be if you grew up in a family you saw everybody die. They died in their bed at home with everyone gathered around. Death is the major issue in the world. For you, for me, for all of us. It just is. To not be able to talk about it is very odd."

“The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.

The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.”

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #philosopherpoet #writing #death #reality

I was picking up some plants and pet food this afternoon when a ...

2023-06-13T05:25:49+02:00

I was picking up some plants and pet food this afternoon when a nice gentleman noticed my space shuttle T-Shirt and initiated a conversation. He used to do Space Shuttle launch photography and helped engineer special astronaut-friendly micro-switches used by NASA.

He and his wife also run this awesome website which you should totally check out: https://the2flags.com/

He was full of all sorts of cool stories, we could have sat and talked for hours. Super neat!

#grownostr #plebchain #NASA #spaceflight #Aircraft #military #OldMenTellGreatStories #Serendipity

Patiently Playing the Long Game. ...

2023-06-07T07:52:24+02:00

Patiently Playing the Long Game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw&ab_channel=HighlySuspect

#grownostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #LateNightVibes

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2023-06-07T07:49:35+02:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbs1jxL_lQA&list=FL_85rCBMqvj8SgFwktmQzYA&index=3&ab_channel=ODDKO

Older video, but it has triggered a memory in my brain tonight, I think it relates significantly to the current timeline: let me know what you think: Love, hate, tangential thoughts?

#grownostr #nostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #ListenToThis #music #philosopherpoet #Disobey #ODDKO

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2023-06-04T07:56:32+02:00

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https://www.amazon.com/s?k=awareness+by+anthony+de+mello&hvadid=580629327492&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9019459&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12582039636809631330&hvtargid=kwd-1199241032&hydadcr=8269_13500792&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_97xcgkh6zp_e $13 bucks on Amazon, I'm 3/4 of the way through, and it's really got me thinking. I've found it very readable, I'll ready a new section every day or two: every "chapter" has has had a interesting idea at the bare minimum, a deep important perspective shift if it hits you at the right time.

"The moment you put things into a concept, they stop flowing; ...

2023-06-04T06:55:34+02:00

"The moment you put things into a concept, they stop flowing; they become static, dead. A frozen wave is not a wave. A wave is essentially movement, action; when you freeze it, it is not a wave. Concepts are always frozen. Reality flows.

Finally, if we are to believe the mystics (and it doesn't take too much of and effort to understand this, or event believe it, but no one can see it at once), reality is whole but words and concepts fragment reality. That is why it is so difficult to translate form one language to another, because each language cuts reality up differently."

~ Awareness - Anthony De Mellow "The Perils and Opportunities of Reality"

#philosopherpoet #quotes #grownostr #nostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #movement

"It generally feels better to run toward something than to ...

2023-06-02T19:52:11+02:00

"It generally feels better to run toward something than to run away from something. Focus on what is pulling you in, not what you're trying to avoid."

- James Clear

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #goals #quotes

Poet and teacher June Jordan on perspective: "Our earth is ...

2023-06-02T07:38:24+02:00

Poet and teacher June Jordan on perspective:

"Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and both be right. The difference of our positions will show stars in your window I cannot even imagine. Your sky may burn with light, while mine, at the same moment, spreads beautiful to darkness. Still we must choose how we separately corner the circling universe of our experience. Once chosen, our cornering will determine the message of any star and darkness we encounter."

Source: Soulscript

#grownostr #plebchain #NostrAfterDark #poemstr #poetry #philosopherpoet #perspective

Saw this comment from self-described "Lebanese geopolitical ...

2023-05-29T11:01:04+02:00

Saw this comment from self-described "Lebanese geopolitical commentator" on Twitter, and I'm inclined to think she makes a good point:

"Isn't it amazing how the United States can drop bombs on Syria, illegally occupy Syria, steal Syria's oil and scream about Ukraine's sovereignty at the same time?"

https://news.antiwar.com/2023/05/25/us-building-new-base-in-northern-syria/

I really wish the United States government would stop "helping": Thanks but no thanks.

#grownostr #plebchain #antiwar

https://xkcd.com/1338/

2023-05-28T11:08:32+02:00

https://xkcd.com/1338/

Telling kids “don’t read ahead” belongs in the dustbin of ...

2023-05-28T09:50:15+02:00

Telling kids “don’t read ahead” belongs in the dustbin of outdated educational practices.

What a detrimental thing to teach children–that they should reign in their curiosity, and not run with it.
~ Austin Scholar

Not entirely sure about the origin of this quote so if you know of a better source let me know.

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes

“It is easy enough in retrospect to see a book as a screen, a ...

2023-05-28T09:30:55+02:00

“It is easy enough in retrospect to see a book as a screen, a shield, an escape, but at the time there was just the magic – the startling and renewable discovery that a page covered with black markings could, with a slight mental exertion, be converted into an environment, an inward depth populated with characters and animated by diverse excitements.

A world inside the world, secret and concealable. A world that I could carry about as a private resonance, a daydream, even when I was not reading. A moveable feast.”

~ The Gutenberg Elegies, by Sven Birkerts

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #reading #books #InternalLife #magic

“The moment you learn to execute regardless of how you’re ...

2023-05-27T03:33:03+02:00

“The moment you learn to execute regardless of how you’re feeling, everything changes.”

“Enthusiasm is common, endurance is rare.”

“To achieve overnight success will require a decade of consistency.”

“If overnight success was real, you’d have tremendous pressure. Instead, you can focus on taking today’s step, understanding that you’re building a rock-solid foundation.”

~ The 1% Rule, by Tommy Baker

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #endurance

Not EVERYTHING is found in books (a lot: Context and ...

2023-05-26T08:43:22+02:00

Not EVERYTHING is found in books
(a lot: Context and Translation).

Personal experience, living in the moment, and the natural world are also powerful teachers.

Above & Below, Internal & External,
Truth & Reality, Beauty & Balance.
Potential Transcendence.

#philosopherpoet #plebchain

“Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment ...

2023-05-26T07:02:12+02:00

“Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.

~Hippocrates (460-400 BC)

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #ArtandFear

“If you want energy for your brain, you need to take care of ...

2023-05-25T02:10:34+02:00

“If you want energy for your brain, you need to take care of your body: Research shows that the most important cognitive, health, and mood benefits of exercise can be attained in just twenty minutes."

~ Make Time, by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #quotes #StrongBodyStrongMind

For your consideration: ...

2023-05-22T12:05:35+02:00

For your consideration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0bjyDBVesM&ab_channel=Inspire

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #philosopherpoet

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the ...

2023-05-22T10:13:23+02:00

“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Collected Poems and Translations

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Hurt people Hurt others but, Healed people Heal others. Safe ...

2023-05-22T09:47:07+02:00

Hurt people Hurt others but,

Healed people Heal others.
Safe people, Shelter others.
Free spirits, Free others.
Enlightened people, Illuminate others.
And Love ALWAYS wins.

So shine your Light of Love,
on all who may cross your path in life,
because what YOU do Matters!

#grownostr #plebchain #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

“I suggest that we should think of the time spent in creative ...

2023-05-22T09:32:15+02:00

“I suggest that we should think of the time spent in creative thought, in quiet reflection and contemplation, in mental replenishment, in consolidation of our identity and values in positive terms - not as what it is not, but what it is. It is time to restore our psychological well-being. It is time to promote growth as human beings. It is time to unleash our imaginations.

It is time to protect our sanity. It is time to understand who we are and who we are becoming. ‘Wasting time’ engaged in the activities I've described is far from immoral uselessness. It may be the most important occupation of our minds.”

“Invisibly, almost without notice, we are losing ourselves. We are losing our ability to know who we are and what is important to us. We are creating a global machine in which each of us is a mindless and reflexive cog, relentlessly driven by the speed, noise, and artificial urgency of the wired world.”

~ In Praise of Wasting Time, by Alan Lightman

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Dreams and goals are Tricky Things. They become dangerous ...

2023-05-22T08:29:17+02:00

Dreams and goals are Tricky Things.
They become dangerous obsessions if unobtainable.
They turn into pits and ruts if too easily achieved.
It might be better to act with love for the activity.
Find the joy in the journey,
The peace in the process,
The magic in the moments.

#poemstr #poetry #grownnostr #plebchain #nostr #NostrAfterDark #philosopherpoet

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed ...

2023-05-21T08:39:54+02:00

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

~ Thomas Edison

#quotes #philosopherpoet #plebchain #grownostr #nostr #PositiveMindset #dothework #getafterit #work #SeriousBusiness

Nice Suggestion! I like it!

2023-05-21T08:23:26+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…cfke
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Nice Suggestion! I like it!

“Make it known that you will not tolerate negative thinking or ...

2023-05-21T06:59:40+02:00

“Make it known that you will not tolerate negative thinking or talk around you. Post it up in your office that it is not tolerated any more than you would allow someone to leave trash or filth in your space.”

“If you don’t have something positive to say, then go away until you do!”

~ Sell or Be Sold, by Grant Cardone

#quotes #philosopherpoet #plebchain #grownostr #nostr #PositiveMindset #BanishNegativity #personalgrowth #AintNobodyGotTimeForThat

“Perfection is a distraction - another shiny object taking your ...

2023-05-20T23:32:04+02:00

“Perfection is a distraction - another shiny object taking your attention away from your real priorities."

~ Make Time, by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

#quotes #philosopherpoet #plebchain #grownostr #perfection #focus #nostr

“Somehow, we need to create a new ‘habit of mind,’ as ...

2023-05-20T03:00:54+02:00

“Somehow, we need to create a new ‘habit of mind,’ as individuals and as a society. We need a mental attitude that values and protects stillness, privacy, solitude, slowness, personal reflection; that honors the inner life; that allows each of us to wander about without schedule within our own minds.”

“Without downtime, we might not physically die, but we will die psychologically, emotionally, spiritually. In downtime, not only are we making sense of the events of the day, we are making sense of our lives. We are combing through the thousands of hours and days of our lives to find those experiences and thoughts that have personal meaning to us that speak to us, sometimes in that quiet, whispering voice.”

~ In Praise of Wasting Time, by Alan Lightman

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

As long as I'm on the topic: Their cover of Iron Maiden's ...

2023-05-19T06:47:16+02:00

As long as I'm on the topic: Their cover of Iron Maiden's Phantom of the Opera is nothing to sneer at.

#grownostr #plebchain #music #ListenToThis #nostr #websurfingsoundtrack #NostrAfterDark #PhantomOftheOpera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-VdZ4LEKg&ab_channel=Ghost

“Our ikigai is hidden deep inside each of us, and finding it ...

2023-05-19T06:15:21+02:00

“Our ikigai is hidden deep inside each of us, and finding it requires a patient search.”

Your ikigai can be found at the intersection of what you love, what the world needs, what you can be paid for, and what you are good at.

“For many, helping others might be an ikigai strong enough to keep them alive.”

“According to scientists who have studied the five Blue Zones, the keys to longevity are diet, exercise, finding a purpose in life (an ikigai), and forming strong social ties – that is, having a broad circle of friends and good family relations.”

~ Ikigai, by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

"The best way to change the world is in concentric circles: ...

2023-05-19T03:45:42+02:00

"The best way to change the world is in concentric circles: start with yourself and work your way out from there."

– JamesClear

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #change

I 100% accept and respect an honest "I don't know". ...

2023-05-18T20:02:46+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…7rd7
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I 100% accept and respect an honest "I don't know". Too many 'religious' people think they have the whole thing figured out. I look forward to future interactions. Have a great day!

I skimmed the text, and am currently absorbing the audio... I ...

2023-05-18T09:40:39+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…z3hp
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I skimmed the text, and am currently absorbing the audio... I find this quite interesting, you continue to surprise me: Color me intrigued. The denominational factional warfare history of Christianity definitely played a crucial part in my falling away from "the church". I'll have more thoughts later, and probably a million more questions.

“This moment exists only now and won’t come again.” “Life ...

2023-05-18T08:35:48+02:00

“This moment exists only now and won’t come again.”

“Life is pure imperfection, as the philosophy of wabi-sabi teaches us, and the passage of time shows us that everything is fleeting, but if you have a clear sense of your ikigai, each moment will hold so many possibilities that it will seem almost like an eternity.”

“Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounded by the people who love you.”

~ Ikigai, by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Balance achieved!

2023-05-18T07:26:00+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…wjey
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Balance achieved!

This is accurate.

2023-05-18T02:49:43+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…cqyx
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This is accurate.

Eliot: “The important work of moving the world forward does not ...

2023-05-18T02:49:01+02:00

Eliot: “The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”

“All complex systems that work evolved from simple systems that worked.”

“Those who will not face improvements because they are changes will face changes that are not improvements.”

~ The Personal MBA, by Josh Kaufman

#grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #quotes #nostr #motivationalthoughts

I spent a lot of hours just driving around listening to the radio ...

2023-05-17T22:39:31+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…mr3h
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I spent a lot of hours just driving around listening to the radio in that game. #nostalgia

Oh look at that it works now. Must have been on my side: I was ...

2023-05-17T22:32:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…f053
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Oh look at that it works now. Must have been on my side: I was having some internet connection issues last night. So here you go #ZapZap

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One ...

2023-05-17T07:35:45+02:00

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

―Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #nostr #quotes #reading #books

I'd zap you but you don't seem to be conductive. Got to ...

2023-05-17T07:17:38+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…6xke
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I'd zap you but you don't seem to be conductive. Got to set up that lightning wallet!

Thanks for the recommendations!

Kin If you've ever grabbed a stick from the ground and ...

2023-05-17T07:13:32+02:00

Kin

If you've ever grabbed a stick
from the ground and thought
"oh, this is a good stick,"
then we're family.

~Love Notes from the Hollow Tree

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #nostr #nocturnal #bedtimeprocrastination

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest ...

2023-05-16T19:55:41+02:00

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”
―Ben Okri

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #nostr #quotes #reading #books

“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to ...

2023-05-16T10:48:10+02:00

“I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Today has been a long day, I spent a good portion of it helping my parents install their air conditioners for the summer and move things they shouldn't be moving and I go to see some of my nieces and nephews for a bit. They were a little sad because I was running out of gas but that time so I wasn't as open to running around with them as I usually am.

My sister saw that I had been bitten by a deer tick, so now I'm all paranoid about Lymes disease (am I tired or just sick?) I took a nap and work up to wash clothes for work tomorrow, I am behind on my weekly preparations but just feeling empty. Back to bed.

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Nice! I haven't read any of these yet: Thanks for taking the ...

2023-05-16T10:40:57+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…6w8n
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Nice! I haven't read any of these yet: Thanks for taking the time to respond! I highly value seeing things from other's perspectives, it helps to gain clarity and context that you can't see from your own window.

It's late, but I'll keep conversating until I pass out ...

2023-05-15T10:39:10+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…n0r4
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It's late, but I'll keep conversating until I pass out for the night. As you've alluded to,and I've projected, there is time, until there isn't.

I grew up Lutheran: LCMS and WELS for specific denominational context. Private grade school, high school, and college. Midwest, Americana Dairy Farmers.

Currently: Agnostic/Atheistic/Pagan? If we must apply labels to facilitate context and conversation.

I've deduced through your previous notes you're all in on the Jesus narrative, as I once was, but not so much anymore. However, I'm open to discussion.

So worst-case scenario you get some practice with a moderately intelligent idiot who knows nothing.

Clever. If I'm lucky I have the advantage of time: waiting ...

2023-05-15T10:10:02+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…6fw7
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Clever.

If I'm lucky I have the advantage of time: waiting you out on points I disagree with. I did not expect to find another more experienced person with "Loki energy" as my wife describes it.

You've awakened my curiosity, but I suspect I'll just have to let this interaction of egos and perspective play out to their conclusions. A new mystery: how delightful!

Hmm, 70's... recalibrating my assumptions, confirmation that ...

2023-05-15T09:44:24+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…y3wq
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Hmm, 70's... recalibrating my assumptions, confirmation that my estimation skills are not calibrated correctly.

I love it! I still have much to learn. I had pegged you as an enthusiastic youngster, but obviously, I was quite wrong. I'm hesitant to speculate further since my initial assumptions were so wrong: I guess we'll just keep orbiting each other and sending out our explorational probes, trying to gather more data and figure out: everything.

Nostr keeps surprising me. 7 decades! Hmm... that's a lot of experience I wasn't prepared for: you have me at a disadvantage - Touche'!

It is on my future reading list. I'm curious how many decades ...

2023-05-15T08:59:48+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…ujpf
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It is on my future reading list. I'm curious how many decades you have walked the earth: I'm 40 this year and I'm getting 20's maybe early 30-year-old vibes max from you. Just testing my intuition.

Something is off, I tried to zap but I also got the Inurl error. ...

2023-05-15T08:56:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…2umh
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Something is off, I tried to zap but I also got the Inurl error. Maybe double-check your wallet address on your nostr profile?

No, thanks for helping me test the block function in nostr ...

2023-05-15T08:47:41+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…r90p
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No, thanks for helping me test the block function in nostr clients: I guess you're not completely useless, just mostly.

I suspect we could have some very interesting conversations also. ...

2023-05-15T08:43:43+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…epmw
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I suspect we could have some very interesting conversations also. I'm not opposed to this at all.

Scheduling a long formal interaction will be the largest hurdle. Technology has negated geography but we might be obstructed by Schedules and obligations. You have my attention.

Oh, this looks like I'm going to have to do some WORK to ...

2023-05-15T08:24:40+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…9meu
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Oh, this looks like I'm going to have to do some WORK to track down a physical copy. You're winning on the difficulty of the obtainability front at this point: Thanks for the recommendation!

The author is actually very geographically local to me. I've ...

2023-05-15T08:21:05+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…43wm
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The author is actually very geographically local to me. I've read everything he's written. He seems to be in a slump right now, but I agree the magic system is quite compelling!

You obviously have great taste in fantasy literature. Thanks for the recommendation!

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you ...

2023-05-15T07:34:01+02:00

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

I would love to hear your most obscure book recommendations.

Give me the weirdest, niche book that tickled the neurons in your cranium! I will zap every recommendation, thanks!

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Find your Tribe. #grownostr #plebchain #nostr #comic #humor ...

2023-05-15T04:11:47+02:00

Find your Tribe.

#grownostr #plebchain #nostr #comic #humor #poorlydrawnlines #friends #friendship

Read books. Be kind. Stay weird. #nostr #grownostr #plebchain ...

2023-05-15T03:40:12+02:00

Read books. Be kind. Stay weird.

#nostr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #NostrAfterDark #coffeechain #emotionalsupport #passiveencouragement

In the End You were a part of the sky on loan to a body. A part ...

2023-05-14T08:42:05+02:00

In the End

You were a part of the sky on loan to a body.

A part of the sea that awoke to thought.

A part of the Earth who borrowed a name.

The essential piece of you that lingers is the love and knowledge that
you set in motion while you moved through the waking world.

You are nature and nature will go on,

but there is a kindness that only you can choose to bring to the world.

~Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #nostr #nocturnal #bedtimeprocrastination

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The ...

2023-05-14T08:06:55+02:00

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you'll go."

- Dr. Seuss

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects ...

2023-05-14T06:42:04+02:00

“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public”
― Adam Smith, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Volume 1 of 2

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Yes, I did! I cannot zap you back yet though so... The only other ...

2023-05-13T18:37:05+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…skyd
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Yes, I did! I cannot zap you back yet though so...
The only other thing that you need to do is make sure you have your lightning address set in your Nostr profile. This is the address where you’ll receive Zaps. I'm leaving for work, in 30 seconds so I won't be around for the next 12 hours, but keep reading guides try #nostr #asknostr #pebchain if you get stuck, there are probably a few guides and youtube videos out there if you do a little internet sleuthing. Good luck!

It's not always about the zaps. You don't even know how ...

2023-05-13T08:55:47+02:00

It's not always about the zaps. You don't even know how much a like/heart, retreat, or positive comment will be the thing that keeps another person going through their day. Be the wind in another ship's sails, the tiny respite in a horrible day.

Imagine that one tiny input from you is the lifeline that a lost, drowning swimmer needs to survive another day. Be kind. Take a moment, if you throw a positive thought to a stranger, what's the worst that could happen.

Positive actions over time change the world. Never stop supporting each other: we are stronger together. Undefeatable.

#nostr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #NostrAfterDark #coffeechain #emotionalsupport #passiveencouragement

"Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our ...

2023-05-13T06:54:28+02:00

"Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all hate to be our enemies." -Alexander the Great

* posted from Amethyst (for science)

#grownostr #plebchain #quotes #nostrafterdark #philosopherpoet #nostr

Home Safety Tip If you are awoken by a strange sound, make a ...

2023-05-13T06:26:13+02:00

Home Safety Tip

If you are awoken by a strange sound,
make a stranger sound.

If there's no response,
congratulations.

You are the monster now.

Get out of bed.
You don't need to sleep anymore.

Now, all you need are the shadows
and the endless whispers of dark corners.

Jarod K. Anderson

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #nostr #nocturnal #bedtimeprocrastination

My wife is a foraging maniac, she loves finding free food to eat. ...

2023-05-11T07:06:24+02:00

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My wife is a foraging maniac, she loves finding free food to eat. Mushrooms are so interesting, they play such an essential role in the health and interconnected ecosystem of a forest...

If I lived to be thousands of years old I would barely scratch the surface of all the fantastic things to learn about nature, our planet, the human mind, it's endless!

Need but won't receive, sometimes even if not blind people ...

2023-05-10T16:16:26+02:00

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Need but won't receive, sometimes even if not blind people refuse to see. If the pain tolerance is too low the comfortable lie is less painful.

Most people shy away from pain, and often the truth hurts!

It's hard when people are unfairly critical of our work. ...

2023-05-10T15:59:50+02:00

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It's hard when people are unfairly critical of our work. You're already thinking smart by not immediately responding with your initial emotional reaction.

If I'm a potential guest and I see an unreasonable negative review I actually become more interested when I see the owner respond politely. If I see a location has only positive 100% scores I automaticly devalue all the positive comments because I assume the negative ones are being censored.

Some people just like to complain, if a future potential customer is turned off by- I couldn't read or follow instructions, and I have no self control towards what I stuff in my face... you probably don't want to deal with them as a customer anyway.

Negative feedback is also a good chance to improve your business practices too. If the information is too long and boring to read maybe you can highlight and shorten the presentation in your communications. I always try to be polite to everyone, but I also assume that everyone is easily distracted or tired or just plain dumb. Some people need more handholding than others.

Don't forget your business is not you. You will never make everyone happy all the time. They are allowed to be disappointed, you can try to reduce the disappointment but it will never be eliminated.

Good luck, keep at it!

For some specific fields, but I suspect a whole portion of the ...

2023-05-10T15:40:01+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…6ms5
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For some specific fields, but I suspect a whole portion of the data collection is done via automated processes, so at the very least it would obscure and obfuscate his identity. If they won't delete the data he can take small steps to make it less usable.

Worst case scenario: update all the data fields you're ...

2023-05-10T15:05:31+02:00

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Worst case scenario: update all the data fields you're allowed to change into nonsense. Change the address to some political party headquarters - all your linked accounts update the numbers to 123456 or something. Identify as a different gender. Change your birth year to 1776, all that sort of thing.

Their system is built for collecting data... it doesn't have to be the right data!

#grownostr #plebchain #firewithfire #ouruborus

Going Only humans believe there is a word for goodbye we have one ...

2023-05-10T08:37:01+02:00

Going

Only humans believe
there is a word for goodbye
we have one in every language
one of the first words we learn
it is made out of greeting
but they are going away
the raised hand waving
the face the person the place
the animal the day
leaving the word behind
and what it was meant to say

GN Frens

#nostr #poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark

Think of it more as guidelines or suggestions. #grownostr should ...

2023-05-10T08:18:05+02:00

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Think of it more as guidelines or suggestions. #grownostr should be more like cooking than baking. You can afford to be a little loosey-goosey with the details, and everyone likes things spiced differently. The main thing is that you're here and you're participating. Skip some days, maybe the true value is a few good posts a week, or a thought a day. Sometimes you can't force it, follow your muse: squeeze water and it squirts away.

More Books!

2023-05-09T10:52:00+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…888c
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More Books!

Could you maybe can, freeze-dry or dehydrate and sell online? ...

2023-05-09T08:13:53+02:00

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Could you maybe can, freeze-dry or dehydrate and sell online? Peppers never grow great in my backyard, I would be personally interested in supporting a fellow Nostronian who could add some fire to my frozen tundra pantry.

Boost is just their term for repost. It is the same action.

2023-05-08T15:36:56+02:00

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Boost is just their term for repost. It is the same action.

“If you keep experiencing the same things, your mind keeps its ...

2023-05-08T09:45:42+02:00

“If you keep experiencing the same things, your mind keeps its same patterns. Same inputs, same responses. Your brain, which was once curious and growing, gets fixed into deep habits. Your values and opinions harden and resist change.

You really learn only when you’re surprised. If you’re not surprised, then everything is fitting into your existing thought patterns. So to get smarter, you need to get surprised, think in new ways, and deeply understand different perspectives.

With effort, you could do this from the comfort of home. But the most effective way to shake things up is to move across the world. Pick a place that’s most unlike what you know, and go. This keeps you in a learning mindset. Previously mindless habits, like buying groceries, now keep your mind open, alert, and noticing new things. New arrivals in a culture often notice what the locals don’t. (Fish don’t know they’re in water.)”

#grownostr #plebchain #trysomethingnewtoday

“The key to making money, and therefore living a life of less ...

2023-05-08T09:22:03+02:00

“The key to making money, and therefore living a life of less stress, is to cause someone to joyfully give you money in exchange for something that they perceive to be of greater value than the money they gave you.”

#grownosr #plebchain #nostr #v4v #LiveFreeZapFree #ZapZap

I subscribed until I found #nostr! Now I just have a legacy ...

2023-05-07T11:24:18+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…esza
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I subscribed until I found #nostr! Now I just have a legacy network I've left behind to pull other people to the nostr network future.

We all like to pretend that "Inside you, there are two ...

2023-05-07T11:20:38+02:00

We all like to pretend that "Inside you, there are two wolves..."

In reality inside you, there is one monkey and you have no idea what you're doing!

#grownostr #plebchain #monkey

I love your thoughts! I also thrive, and find purpose and ...

2023-05-07T10:22:08+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…7xfq
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I love your thoughts! I also thrive, and find purpose and opportunity on the internet: I post quotes for context, pushback, and perspective - I'm delighted at your engagement! I'm constantly swinging like a pendulum between the analog and digital worlds - pros and cons to everything- and I am but one singular human perspective. I love just observing, thinking about, and pontificating on potential futures and modes of interfacing with reality. Existence is complex, complicated, confusing, absurd, and amazing - I'm just along for the ride!

Systems engineer and environmental scientist Donella Meadows on ...

2023-05-07T09:21:40+02:00

Systems engineer and environmental scientist Donella Meadows on nonmaterial needs:

"People don't need enormous cars; they need admiration and respect. They don't need a constant stream of new clothes; they need to feel that others consider them to be attractive, and they need excitement and variety and beauty. People don't need electronic entertainment; they need something interesting to occupy their minds and emotions. And so forth.

Trying to fill real but nonmaterial needs—for identity, community, self-esteem, challenge, love, joy—with material things is to set up an unquenchable appetite for false solutions to never-satisfied longings. A society that allows itself to admit and articulate its nonmaterial human needs, and to find nonmaterial ways to satisfy them, world require much lower material and energy throughputs and would provide much higher levels of human fulfillment."

Source: The Limits to Growth

#grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #quotes #people #lifeworthliving #humanity

Everyone keeps wishing away this era of cheap, cheap Bitcoin, ...

2023-05-05T06:54:54+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…0ws3
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Everyone keeps wishing away this era of cheap, cheap Bitcoin, I'm over here grinding away trying to responsibly shovel as much as I can into cold storage.

Stick this in your legacy journals: There will be a day in the future when 1 Sat will feed a family for a whole year: I may or may not be alive at that moment but unless some great planetwide cataclysm occurs it's inevitable.

Bitcoiners are creating a new era of generational wealth and true financial freedom free from the historical structures of control.

It will be the greatest inversion in recorded history, people will look back in awe at the days when we are zapping stacks of sats around because a funny picture made us laugh.

Bedtime procrastination, curiosity, love of the night, ...

2023-05-04T08:53:08+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…rc0w
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Bedtime procrastination, curiosity, love of the night, intellectual quiet time, internet rabbit holes.

Lifespan A firefly lives two months. There are bristlecone pines ...

2023-05-04T07:53:34+02:00

Lifespan

A firefly lives two months.
There are bristlecone pines standing today that have lived 5,000 years.

The vital dignity of each of these species is not measured in time.
Both are perfection.

Treat your time likewise.
Your moments deserve the same careful attention as your years.

pg.64
"Field Guide to the Haunted Forest"
by Jarod K. Anderson

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark #timemarcheson #time #reflections

Agree. It's all about maintaining power. This scary computer ...

2023-05-04T07:10:47+02:00

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Agree.

It's all about maintaining power. This scary computer is too dangerous for you, Joe Taxslave to interact with: Let Uncle Sam take care of that mean nasty scary computer for you.

It's about limiting access to the general population, if you don't think the powers that be are not in a furious AI arms race you are not awake.

Going to pick up my daughter from the psychiatric hospital today. ...

2023-05-03T16:55:08+02:00

Going to pick up my daughter from the psychiatric hospital today. New doctors, new medications, hopefully she'll help pull herself out of the abyss.

Wish me luck #nostr, I'll take all the encouragement I can get.

Books or quotes that have helped you are more appreciated than anything else, I think there's a lot of power in the correct words at the right time. Maybe I'll have the wisdom and perspective to write more about it someday.

#mentalhealth #parenting #grownostr #plebchain #braceyourself

2140 hopefully by then we'll have colonies started on other ...

2023-05-02T20:11:19+02:00

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2140 hopefully by then we'll have colonies started on other planets and perhaps a new form of decentralized governance. The bitcoin of political power?

It's fun to think about, there's a lot of combined global brainpower that's going to be thinking about all the upcoming problems and issues. Who knows exactly what will happen, but I'm optimistic that the good guys will win in the end, I think "evil" -bad decisions - inefficiency -entropy- whatever you'd like to label it is all self-defeating.

I mean if you take a long enough view entropy might eventually win at the heat death of the universe but that's way longer than my perspective.

RIP Gorden Lightfoot: he was a great songwriter, here's my ...

2023-05-02T07:55:25+02:00

RIP Gorden Lightfoot: he was a great songwriter, here's my favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A&ab_channel=Zeezy

#grownostr #plebchain #music #ListenToThis #timemarcheson #MementoMori

Hymn To Time by Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” ...

2023-05-02T07:21:50+02:00

Hymn To Time
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Time says “Let there be”
every moment and instantly
there is space and the radiance
of each bright galaxy.

And eyes beholding radiance.
And the gnats’ flickering dance.
And the seas’ expanse.
And death, and chance.

Time makes room
for going and coming home
and in time’s womb
begins all ending.

Time is being and being time,
it is all one thing,
the shining, the seeing,
the dark abounding.

#poemstr #grownostr #plebchain #philosopherpoet #poetry #FavoritePoems #NostrAfterDark

Flow Lives aren't completed. They're concluded. You are, ...

2023-05-01T10:52:46+02:00

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Flow

Lives aren't completed.
They're concluded.

You are, and forever will be, unfinished.
This is nature.
Cycles and spectrums.
Moments and seasons.

Do you ask when the weather will be complete?
The spring finished?

Your life won't have one point or purpose.
You're lovelier than that.

#poemstr #grownostr #philosopherpoet

I'm noticing weird effects that I just can't put my ...

2023-04-30T09:21:30+02:00

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I'm noticing weird effects that I just can't put my finger on. Comments or like will be visible in one client but not in another. I will receive a zap on a post but later the zap isn't visible... despite "having the receipts" I'm too new to nostr to know what "normal" conditions look like.

If you get bored one day and send me some recommendations that ...

2023-04-29T07:26:35+02:00

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If you get bored one day and send me some recommendations that would be HOT! I have no time but I keep adding books to my future reading pile.

Onions really! Wow, it's peppers, that always have failed ...

2023-04-29T07:20:53+02:00

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Onions really! Wow, it's peppers, that always have failed around here. I'm sure it's a climate thing. I never understand people who are bored, I could live a thousand years and there would still be things I was trying to learn.

Nostr cheat code: I will always zap unique book recommendations! ...

2023-04-29T07:15:52+02:00

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Nostr cheat code: I will always zap unique book recommendations! Thanks also to you, sharing knowledge is why we have achieved some form of civilization, books are truly magical artifacts, so many people have forgotten just how much they have altered our current reality.

Have you heard of, read, or have any thoughts on this book: ...

2023-04-29T07:00:04+02:00

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Have you heard of, read, or have any thoughts on this book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195019199/?coliid=I2YEBOS5LU3WT3&colid=2SJTOH3D8N6KB&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

I keep almost picking it up but it's not my main field of knowledge: I like reading outside my knowledge base and looking for weird connections.

Good morning and good night #nostr One last poem for the road: ...

2023-04-27T10:42:12+02:00

Good morning and good night #nostr
One last poem for the road:

Options

The rat will adapt to most any landscape.

The beaver will gnaw and slap and drag the landscape to fit her needs.

I can't tell you which is better.

Just reminding you that both are options.

Pg 46
Love Notes from the Hollow Tree
Jared K. Anderson

#grownostr #plebchain #poetry #philosopherpoet #poemstr #FavoritePoems #coffeechain #cassiechain #nocturnal