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As yet unsure. Presently this is just a temporary holding pen for some ex-Coldcard funds. May go back onto the CC or another hardware wallet but I feel I should figure out how to roll my own key using some real-world entropy.

2026-08-03 23:57:10 UTC

So getting Sparrow to generate a 24 word key and adding a passphrase is pretty good entropy? Can plug that into any hardware key via restore I suppose, and not worry about the on-device RNG at all? I have to look into this some more.. #bitcoin

2026-04-06 10:13:39 UTC

All the apps are going to demand I upgrade my OS to get age verification, aren’t they.
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2026-04-05 12:38:33 UTC

Quite bizarre coming over to the UK and folks here thinking Carney is doing a great job (and did a great job for the BoE). Sure he’s doing a great job, just not for the benefit of the people.

2026-04-04 03:46:16 UTC

I am once again reminded of the absurdity of loading large passenger aircraft front to back, and not in the more logical direction.

2026-04-03 01:42:45 UTC

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This was on a 15-year old Acer laptop.
So, to be honest, no; like watching someone using a typewriter with one finger.
But: was curious to see if it would run at all, and it does (just slowly). I can imagine it being very snappy on something more modern.

2026-04-03 01:22:46 UTC

Actually installed and ran Google’s Gemma locally today on an old laptop. Things starting to feel real.
Well, I say real. I mean more surreal. Reality shifting.

2026-03-26 20:24:05 UTC

Wow. X Pro now requires a Premium Plus sub. Getting harder to stay by the day.

2026-03-09 02:12:48 UTC

Our getaway is on a small island. One of our neighbours is recently ex-Google Gemini. No longer wants anything to do with the industry and is prepping furiously.
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2026-03-01 17:09:11 UTC

My iPhone just corrected “Jice” to “Nice” and it’s the first thing it’s got right this week.

2026-02-23 00:55:18 UTC

This is some excellent economic doomer fiction on AI. I am somewhat glad to be near the end of my career arc in tech.
https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

2026-02-21 15:55:19 UTC

They’re all at it. At some point there will be a suddenly-then-all-at-once moment for #Nostr. Likely six months or so as a shining beacon of free expression before its use is criminalized and we’re all off to the gulags.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/20/us-news/gavin-newsom-wants-teens-banned-from-social-media/

2026-02-20 01:21:22 UTC

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You too!

2026-01-28 02:50:23 UTC

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Been into the bullion exchange twice so far this week to sell. Still people buying, but it’s definitely quieter.

2026-01-27 18:15:33 UTC

Mother-in-law just pinged me about the price of #gold.
It’s so over.

2026-01-22 18:31:22 UTC

Happy 35th birthday, Doubt! What an album. Obviously some huge singles but “I’m Burning” my lesser-known fave. #music #musicstr
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2025-12-28 17:34:56 UTC

Ah, the steady drumbeat continues.
Thanks for existing, Nostr.
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2025-12-26 18:46:11 UTC

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It’s so hard to sell. It’s just so shiny.

2025-12-26 17:25:13 UTC

Anyone selling physical silver here or just sitting on it?

2025-12-25 18:24:06 UTC

Days like today I am reminded of the two-dishwasher theory whereby you load dishwasher A as you use dishes from dishwasher B and rinse, repeat.
Saves the largely superfluous step of loading clean dishes and cutlery into drawers and cupboards.
Merry Christmas, all.

2025-12-25 06:05:19 UTC

Part of our Christmas routine is listening to seasonal music on an old analogue AM radio while wrapping presents. Nostalgia is so rewarding.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
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2025-12-25 01:03:38 UTC

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!

2025-12-16 01:56:31 UTC

About the only bullish thing right now is how morosely bearish I am.

2025-12-13 23:21:09 UTC

Mid-December and these babies are still crisp on the tree. Left a bunch up after harvest for a longer fruit picking season. Love Russets! #foodstr #homesteading
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2025-12-13 22:10:20 UTC

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That’s great - the first movie I recall in the theatre, and I remember it vividly, was Ghostbusters. My then best friend James’ mother took four of us (I must have been 8). Library scene scared me silly.

2025-12-13 13:56:55 UTC

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You too! Nice goose.

2025-12-13 13:53:29 UTC

Good Morning.

2025-12-12 23:25:57 UTC

Don’t recall a time when all the top-drawer traders I know are so completely at odds. No-one has a clue. Merry Christmas!

2025-12-06 04:11:22 UTC

45 years today since this gem was released. One of the holiday staples in our house when I were a lad, along with Indiana Jones and Starwars. So many quotable lines! And that soundtrack, obvs.
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2025-11-26 22:39:47 UTC

For the kids(tm)🇪🇺
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2025-11-26 21:49:12 UTC

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82,100

2025-11-26 21:46:45 UTC

It is astonishing how quickly the iron curtain is coming down on freedom in Europe. Mandatory digital ID for social media (“to protect the kids!”) removes the last shreds of anonymous internet use, banking is obviously following with the digital Euro and the curtailment of physical cash. In Europe it’s overt, because the populations allow it, but it’s happening everywhere eventually. Shocking to be living through these times.
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/spaces/EUDIGITALIDENTITYWALLET/pages/694487811/Benefits

2025-11-22 17:13:20 UTC

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I hear ya. Was waiting for the “the number” that would have cleared the mortgage and left some sats for a rainy day. I need to re-learn ladder in, ladder out, it seems.

2025-11-20 22:34:05 UTC

Goodness now I’m watching crypto as the only part of these forsaken markets that’s climbing off today’s lows in AH. Not sure what that says about the state we’re in.

2025-11-20 02:20:34 UTC

Quick kid meal. Eggs, milk, seasoning salt, sourdough, bit of butter in the cast iron. Yum, eggy bread! #foodstr #kidstr
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2025-11-19 17:46:07 UTC

FIFA token-based collectables / ticket purchasing for the World Cup: absolute shit show. Site broken, again, with thousands either given tickets for no charge (which will have to be clawed back) or charged and not given ticket rights. Guess which camp yours truly is in.

2025-11-19 15:19:20 UTC

My World Cup Right-to-Buy convert window opens in 40 mins. Wish me luck. #sportstr #worldcup

2025-11-19 07:02:07 UTC

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🤞

2025-11-19 07:01:39 UTC

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How’d ya get my login?

2025-11-18 15:13:35 UTC

My market hopium this morning is that Bitcoin led down and is presently holding a (small) bounce up over 90. Solana, a little further down the curve, is up 6%. Stocks still look terrible, though 🫣

2025-11-16 15:19:08 UTC

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Me too! Bananas and chocolate chips (on the other side of this one). We try and do this every Sunday 🙂 #foodstr
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2025-11-16 15:15:24 UTC

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I’m not sure it will, sadly. I speak to folks in the UK and the BBC-listeners are still lining up for their boosters, as recommended by their GPs. It’s infuriating.

2025-11-16 15:12:24 UTC

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Absolutely. I’ve always loved the fullness of Guinness. Now I’m in my mid-life I find I don’t need or welcome the buzz. Though really I don’t need the calories either, yet here we are.

2025-11-16 05:44:59 UTC

I had no interest in the lo/no alcohol beers until I tried this. It’s really very good. Give it a whirl! #foodstr #boozestr
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2025-11-15 22:16:47 UTC

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This place is so much more real (at least for now); long may it last🤞

2025-11-15 21:09:51 UTC

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And yet it’s still 1,000,000x more positive than X’s “For You” feed 😆
Nostr is my light relief!

2025-11-15 20:31:58 UTC

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Looking forward to the game next weekend at BC Place - 53,000 seats sold. Gets expensive with a bunch of kids in tow but can’t miss it! #vwfc

2025-11-15 20:28:14 UTC

No matter how many battles seem to have been won over the past few years, in the war the powers of darkness are still very much in the ascendency. The inexorable grind is relentless.
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2025-11-15 19:08:06 UTC

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Holds up well!

2025-11-15 06:30:11 UTC

Can’t believe I went to all the effort of not telling my wife how well our Bitcoin was doing at 124k, because that’s the cast-iron jinx, and the thing went back to five digits anyway.
Apparently merely thinking it is enough.

2025-11-15 06:27:30 UTC

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This is certainly still possible at the local level, for invested communities. Something I’m very passionate about. At the regional or national level I’m not sure there’s any salvation from the digital tribalism and overwhelming focus on issues of irrelevance to the actual world in which constituents live. It’s a uniparty pantomime.

2025-11-15 05:38:30 UTC

There are some things you get to revisit as a parent that were key memories from your childhood and are an absolute privilege to enjoy.
Here’s my favourite page from Mog, which I’ve now got to enjoy with two kids, and every time I hear my mother’s voice.
#parentstr #bookstr #kids
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2025-11-14 06:55:39 UTC

Apropos of nothing, the next two dates in sequence are October 5th, 2026 and September 4th, 2029.
I have entered both in the #bitcoin diary. Somewhat gloomily.
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2025-11-12 19:51:06 UTC

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Watching with interest…

2025-11-06 18:20:40 UTC

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I’m sure they don’t but as noted, it hits my stubborn buttons and if they are using company domains (often for me it’s recognized tech vendors) it can be a negative strike.

2025-11-06 17:49:03 UTC

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Being of a stubborn disposition, I click “block and report spam” for literally every one.

2025-11-04 18:14:21 UTC

Ah yes, the IMF bailout, which is just an accelerated sovereignty transfer to the globalist project, and thus would likely be by design.
https://image.nostr.build/2c12ae5b2c2f96c6427936da5dc00d37fc6590ec079308233aae420992e9469a.jpg

2025-11-04 04:19:11 UTC

Honestly if they take down Authy and Bitwarden and whatever the third party service is that sends confirmation text messages on behalf of banks, my entire online footprint goes up in smoke.
Going to start writing passwords down again.

2025-11-04 02:31:58 UTC

Canada, already on the express elevator, going down, quietly clears cloned meat for disclosure-free sale.
Keep supporting local farmers, folks. #foodstr #ohcanada
https://winnipegsun.com/news/canada-quietly-clears-cloned-meat-to-be-sold

2025-11-02 05:36:36 UTC

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Me too. Be moving off a VM and into primary OS spot soon. DHH being based is a bonus.

2025-11-01 16:57:23 UTC

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Several years ahead of you up here in Canada. We look to Europe for our previews.

2025-11-01 16:39:48 UTC

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Not sure I’ve ever seen a two day forecast stick, let alone twenty five years. Tea-leaf stuff.

2025-11-01 16:00:32 UTC

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Partial photo. It’s being meticulously sorted and catalogued this morning 😂

2025-11-01 15:58:38 UTC

The Franco-communists are at it again. No escape for you with #bitcoin, monsieur.
Digital ID -> CBDC -> squeeze the alternatives with state monopolies of law, intimidation, ultimately violence.
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2025-11-01 14:23:43 UTC

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Ah, visiting 20-30 doorsteps with the kid and yelling “say THANKYOU!” at ~80% of them.

2025-11-01 03:03:31 UTC

One solitary Mars bar in the kids’ candy haul - must be the most expensive to manufacture and rarest in the variety boxes?
Most prevalent this year: Smarties, Aeros, Kit Kats, Sour Patch.
Happy Halloween!
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2025-10-31 17:36:57 UTC

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Love that framing! It is a totally different vibe here.

2025-10-29 03:41:28 UTC

Should we be worried about 3I/ATLAS? Seems the alien narrative may hit this week.
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2025-10-26 18:47:33 UTC

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And by extension, given the direction being taken in the UK, Canada and elsewhere with regard to controlling the rental market and its transactions, the Government.

2025-10-25 03:43:16 UTC

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It’s a burden.

2025-10-25 03:26:25 UTC

This overt trolling is quite something. It’s the brazen bit of “and they know we know they are lying (and they just don’t care)”.
Of course, digital ID is only effective as a total control measure once you’ve cancelled cash and got the peasants onto a CBDC. So that’ll be the next speed run.
https://image.nostr.build/1dcdfb0692946cf6ba8e3d6f71616ace22d402c135d75c9c1722aa873c559f12.jpg

2025-10-25 02:56:19 UTC

Facebook microphone pickup is ridiculous. I’ve literally expressed no interest, online or verbally, in ham radio before in my life. Say “that looks fun, I’d like to try that” while watching a radio sequence in “Elio” with the kids and I get a random highlight from a shortwave radio group on my next open.

2025-10-24 22:10:03 UTC

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Runs just fine in VirtualBox for testing purposes. Bit of a faff with screen resolutions, but all resolved via the October update note here: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/discussions/176

2025-10-24 20:58:27 UTC

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1995 was amazing. Though the UIs did need work.
Having plenty of fun with Omarchy at present, pixelated vibe but beautiful with it.

2025-10-23 21:07:14 UTC

Happy Birthday, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Released 30 years ago today, October 1995.
Right in the middle of peak “teen musical imprinting” for me, was completely absorbed by the Pumpkins at the time. Still can recite every lyric and note of the solos.
#musicstr #pumpkins #memories
https://tidal.com/browse/track/79279090?u

2025-10-22 17:19:36 UTC

In Canada we should be splashing around in near limitless energy resources, but we are governed by compromised dullards and so we get this.
British Columbia to perma-ban the crypto industry from its electricity grid, and data centers will have to compete for power allocation every two years. Although as we are also in the process of dismantling property rights I doubt any serious business would want to take the risk anyway.
#canada #energy #bitcoin
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2025-10-21 01:09:29 UTC

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“This week you purchased a pregnancy test kit, please note a child would exceed your 2028 guideline carbon curve, click here for options”

2025-10-21 00:15:36 UTC

Those conspiracy theorists at it again.
UK bank Natwest getting ready for the digital ID lockdown singularity. No beef for you this month, sir.
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2025-10-20 19:05:02 UTC

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2025-10-20 17:21:21 UTC

My spidey senses always tingle when retail get locked out of their trading platforms.
Are the plebs going to be denied an entry, or an exit?

2025-10-20 16:26:01 UTC

As true today as it was in 2021.
#aws #tech
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2025-10-20 05:16:47 UTC

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Nor me. These things tend to be trial balloons.

2025-10-20 03:37:11 UTC

Tonight…. drying rosemary and thyme in the dehydrator. We have a lot, obvs. #foodstr #homesteading
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2025-10-20 00:00:38 UTC

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Love Granville Island! Especially out of peak tourist season.

2025-10-19 23:56:43 UTC

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Brilliant. I recall slinging a weatherproofed serial cable between neighbouring windows at college to play Duke 3D peer to peer!

2025-10-19 23:40:33 UTC

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I used to love Wolf3D too. Dune 2 probably cost me the most hours on the 386, however!
My next machine after that was a Pentium 90, which felt like a rocket ship. Happy days.

2025-10-19 23:38:14 UTC

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It certainly terrifies me. Not just financially.

2025-10-19 23:37:05 UTC

The speed with which you can wreck a nation is breathtaking. I immigrated to Harper’s Canada in the early 2000s. Wasn’t an easy feat, back then. Felt like a completely different country.
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2025-10-19 14:20:24 UTC

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Going to have to get ourselves a dibble, clearly! Took us ages to hand plant ~150 cloves this week (3 varieties). Your farm looks great! #garlic #foodstr

2025-10-19 05:20:23 UTC

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This is at least waking up some normies.

2025-10-19 05:05:12 UTC

In case you were under any illusion owning land was a solid investment, here comes BC, Canada, to prove the end game for land acknowledgements is voiding of private property rights.
And clearly the ultimate beneficiaries of such chaos won’t be the tribes.
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2025-10-18 18:56:34 UTC

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Great work. Still limited to jams and chutneys and limited drying (garlic, pear chips, herbs) but expanding next year we hope.

2025-10-18 18:41:31 UTC

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Go for the elephant. That one looks like something out of Alien:Earth.

2025-10-18 16:18:38 UTC

I can’t hear the synth in “Won't Get Fooled Again” now without thinking of F-18s.
Well played, Tom, well played.

2025-10-18 06:14:16 UTC

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May I tag along here and ask the same for Arch/Omarchy. #asknostr

2025-10-18 02:14:31 UTC

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Thanks - hadn’t heard of that one. Ordered some overnight, will strain as needed and likely mix with a bit of raw honey. Kinder than a Ventolin puffer I am sure. Appreciate the tip.

2025-10-18 01:58:36 UTC

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Thanks. Seems like RSV (again, always this time of year). Respiratory stuff is brutal.

2025-10-18 01:56:18 UTC

Why do kids always get sick at night time? #parentstr