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Yes, Amethyst definitely goes beyond expectation. I'm not sure how I feel about it as to whether that is good or bad. I wasn't joking about situational awareness. You want to learn how nostr stuff works? Spend some time in Amethyst. Veteran Amy users are the best nostr teachers around because of its craziness.
I wish the "daily driver" mentality was a little more lax so people could get comfortable with the idea of hopping around to accomplish whatever it is they are trying to do. Nostr really shines once you can navigate through a personaized snapshot of the ecosystem. Amethyst's early approach to partial kind support was brilliant for encouraging exploration.

2026-09-03 01:08:27 UTC

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I kinda love the poetry of seeing spam on jank 😅

2026-09-03 01:03:58 UTC

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I only see one on that note, too... over the course of time, I've realized that the relays that I can connect to vary greatly depending on where and how I am connected to the internet. 4g is different from 5g and both are different than my home ips. I can move from my living room to my kitchen to switch from 4g to 5g and see 2 different Nostrs 😅

2026-09-03 00:57:48 UTC

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I haven't seen nearly as much today either and none on my own notes. (🤜🪵) I also don't read from or write to any public relays.
I received a bunch in Amy when this started, though with the same relay setup as I have now. I think blastrs, relay-to-relay streaming, and listeners make these situations much worse. There's no reason I should have gotten spam replied so quickly unless something is hoovering up all my notes as soon as I publish. I've been thinking about that a lot today 😂

2026-09-03 00:19:41 UTC

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I've just come to accept that Amethyst is going to spam me... which is helpful in maintaining situational awareness 😅
As far as the encryption thing, yeah. I understand the frustration, but doesn't the process add quite a bit of weight to the client? Maybe it would be nice to have an option as to whether the user wants to encrypt such lists? Amethyst already does that for mutes and follows.

2026-09-02 21:22:28 UTC

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Keep hist as a write 😅

2026-09-02 21:21:24 UTC

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Save wss://subnet.relays.land as a relay feed, in Wisp. 😊 https://dawn.blossom.band/698a541a5781623d1baa49fab9c03de7f964e0d911dba8bc3d7647bac94f63d4.jpg

2026-09-02 20:55:19 UTC

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🤣 are you still strictly/predominantly Damus?
Has Damus iOS changed to outboxing?
If the answer to those 2 questions are 1. yes, 2. no , then I can't help you 😅 ...otherwise, I'm down

2026-09-02 20:47:49 UTC

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Wouldn't that be better placed as a write?

2026-09-02 20:41:05 UTC

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You can afford to drop more, if you want. 2-3 is enough and 5 is more than enough.

2026-09-02 20:39:54 UTC

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All these that I've drawn through in red, get rid of those in your read/inbox list. Are you a paid subscriber to nostr .land? If not, you can remove that too.
This is somewhat client dependant but it should improve your experience in most. https://dawn.blossom.band/ab90f6905f9857a07a3fcf3bb0695f89344f2bdf572db7cc18cf2943321a4408.jpg

2026-09-02 19:45:06 UTC

In this context:
WRITE = send and recieve
READ = view as a 3rd party to a conversation
WoT relays belong in your 'read/inbox' list (if you're included in that relay's social graph)
Including them in your "write/outbox" list will have little to no effect on what reply notifications you receive.
#nevent1q…czvu

2026-09-02 03:55:14 UTC

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If you decide to do this, I would love to hear how it is recieved!

2026-09-01 20:06:58 UTC

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Will do, thank you!

2026-09-01 19:26:46 UTC

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Yeah, same, but I haven't spent much time in that space. Something might already exist that suits the bill, that's just not getting used 😅

2026-09-01 17:10:36 UTC

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Hmmm, I'm going to have to dive into Nostr map world. I haven't done much of that yet.

2026-09-01 17:00:22 UTC

I totally forgot to post in advance about Nostr Study Group, but the show went on regardless. I had the pleasure of learning how well @npub1qc0…lsha 's presentation at the LAVITS symposium was received, and we talked about some minor technical anomalies that I'm still trying to unravel.
2 of the 3 Community-focused presentations that have been under construction amongst our group, in recent weeks, have now happened. Some of my time is opening up in that realm.
If you to have an idea you'd like to share, Nostr things you'd like to learn about from a relatively well-seasoned group of nostr veterans, or a community idea you'd like to launch, plan for Tuesdays 1pm UTC. We usually chat for about an hour, sometimes longer.
I also have dedicated Thursdays to one-on-one Community Building sessions and demos, for anyone who wants to go all-in but isn't sure where or how to begin. None of it is hard. It's more a matter of knowing is possible and what tools exist to help you make it happen.

2026-09-01 16:23:47 UTC

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Sir, we're going to have to start broadening the line between patience and tolerance if you're going to throw suggestions like that at me. 😂

2026-09-01 16:21:38 UTC

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👀 That's a great idea! I think I know of a couple relays that sort of lean into that topic already. Wouldn't that be nice, to show as the "find me on these socials" link at farmers markets and what not?

2026-09-01 16:14:16 UTC

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I haven't talked to him yet. His recent blog posts document struggling with hardware (and some with WP), while also dealing with the loss of his wife. He talks about never having such problems in 50 years of working with computers.
He's obviously put a ton of effort into building the library and it's all free, so I imagine he'd be open to duplicating it somewhere, so that it could remain available through the his personal difficulties and beyond... such as in Nostr. I hadn't considered the PDF dilemma.
I joined his FB group yesterday. There is only about 400 people in it, so I'd bet I could get some conversation going, if we can find a mirroring solution that works. I'm going to start interacting and try to build some repiore, regardless, because I appreciate his little library. I hadn't visited it in probably a year, and I found him in the middle of a disaster when I finally did.

2026-09-01 15:54:47 UTC

🫧📌
What other interest groups would benefit from seeing Nostr in something other than an orange light?
#nevent1q…yujy

2026-09-01 12:10:12 UTC

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Okay. If you happen to come up with any ideas, I am willing to approach him.

2026-09-01 03:57:06 UTC

@npub1m3x…a5sf do you want to go in a side quest with me? Will you skim over this blog, from 6/11 until now, take a look at the contents of the library, and tell me if there's anything we can do to help him? Maybe to even add stability and longevity of his project? Maybe replicate it? I don't know.
https://www.survivorlibrary.com/

2026-08-31 14:41:12 UTC

https://youtu.be/syIUmrSJWAU?is=jORRZqzbCsD-JarB

2026-08-31 13:51:26 UTC

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I need to focus on getting weirder.

2026-08-31 13:07:53 UTC

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So the dark jokes about this kind of stuff aren't jokes anymore? Cool. 😕

2026-08-31 01:51:29 UTC

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Which client you use shouldn't matter for viewing your follow feed, except on rare occasions when it does. If you're following someone controversial who gets themselves banned by the client or the hardcoded relays that it uses, that's one occassion. Another is noticeable client performance variances. Some clients will seem super fast, others might be a little slower, but the slower one might serve you a more complete feed of your follow's notes. Today, ones that enable you to filter out spam replies are kind of a big deal 😅 On a regular day, the fun stuff you can do and support for different content types is where client choice really matters. Ideally, a good client will be somewhat relay-agnostic, fetching notes for your home feed by your follow list's advertised relays and giving you the option to view other content hosted on those relays.
Something like https://44billion.net is fun for checking out various clients. You can discover & use different ones, save the ones you like. It's pretty cool.
If you're looking to explore different content types and topics, I'd recommend https://jumble.social or https://yakihonne.com . Jumble is very relay-oriented, while Yakihonne is more content oriented, but both open up either possibility.
If you want to look at how I introduce people to Nostr, https://noasis.spatia-arcana.com is my custom client for the SpArc relay community. (I'm not a programmer, we just have ton of crazy and cool options available to us). SpArc tries to keep the bitcoin talk to a minimum and there's no zap functionality in the client. It's not a strictly forbidden topic, just not a dominant one (most days lol). Anyone is welcome to use it, though some of the surfaced features are for relay members only. Your follow feed and favorite relays are available there, just like any other client. If you try it and have questions, feel free to tag me and I'll answer if I can. If you enjoy exploring the community view, you can request to join at https://spatia-arcana.com .
If you find yourself in a client that let's you view relays directly and you're curious what I'm talking about with my long-winded relay rants, here's some good ones to browse:
wss://aquaticchickentheory.nostr1.com
wss://basspistol.org
wss://pyramid.fiatjaf.com/popular
wss://chillstr.nostr1.com
wss://spatia-arcana.com/favorites
wss://livestream.livelier.live

2026-08-30 23:58:55 UTC

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I accidentally bought a router like that and the app doesn't work! My fancy new router sits there with its stupid spider legs collecting dust until I can find someone to explain to me wtf I'm supposed to do 😅

2026-08-30 23:47:30 UTC

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I'm obviously a big advocate of relay browsing for content discovery 😅 that's always my recommendation... and for the flipside, of publishing that way, as well, lest everything just stays a big soupy mess. So many relays stream and blast with total disregard to where the content may best be suitable, I guess for the sake of being known as a "busy" relay or perhaps in the overzealous spirit of redundancy. That's a gravity that my recommendation consistently has to battle against, but...
Any client that enables you to visit different places over a closed set of fixed places is an improvement over a client that does not. Trending style feeds chosen or operated by the client are basically single-place perspectives (of maybe a set of relays at best), and pre-selected follow suggestions are (mostly) an extension of that. It's a starting point, but that method ultimately leads to the same outcome for the user, regardless of the "big" topic. That topic just so happens to be bitcoin. It could be circus elephants and it would end up just the same.
Now, if a user starts out in a client that offers diverse relay feeds to browse, (maybe some are of the trending type, maybe some are not), they're more easily able to discover niche interests, less celebrity, more normal people, the cool thing no one is talk about, etc, then, it becomes a little easier to navigate towards their own interests and they can start building a relatable follow feed. They can figure out where they want to publish their own content to start assimilating into a community (in the purest meaning of the word). They can avoid groups and topics they dislike. I could go on...
There's still a lot to be done to expand the ecosystem on the relay side, but it's just a matter of finding and teaching motivated individuals... which is happening.
But, yeah. I like rocks 😁 ...and @npub1dwl…47nd hello, a belated welcome to #thenostr

2026-08-30 16:32:02 UTC

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I think they stay small, as the name eludes. They're sort of strawberry shaped and colored.

2026-08-30 15:20:24 UTC

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Cut nostr.bitcoiner.social for your friends' sake. Then use Wisp or Hallway for your own. 😅

2026-08-30 15:12:44 UTC

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Not completely. Some clients will show you replies from every relay under the sun.
Coordinated spam prevention with safe inboxes and clients that respect them works, though. Client side WoT filtering will, too.

2026-08-30 15:05:53 UTC

In Hallway instances, you can read replies from any relay. It will default to a view of the note author's read relays, then you can choose to view (or remove from view) replies that are published to other relays. A couple examples:
https://hallway0.netlify.app
https://noasis.spatia-arcana.com
Click on the little relay-beacon icon at the top right of the reply section to filter replies by relay.
This spam attack is actually kind of interesting to watch from there. You can filter it out on a whim, see which relays are spammy, easily see who uses those relays, etc.
#ndoc

2026-08-30 14:43:53 UTC

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Welcome to the noasis 😊😅

2026-08-30 14:19:36 UTC

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😂🫂 I had to turn my head a little sideways to see it, but I can.

2026-08-30 14:14:15 UTC

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I'm seeing them on some relay I don't recognize plus one random public relay each. Is that what you're seeing too?

2026-08-30 13:55:13 UTC

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https://noasis.spatia-arcana.com

2026-08-30 13:54:23 UTC

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I don't think blocks and mutes are going to work very well for this one.

2026-08-30 13:51:18 UTC

Its almost like reading E. E. Cummings 🤣 https://dawn.blossom.band/caa17644cf21854f6239ad754a11000c76267c013d55f22b359b700e73684514.jpg

2026-08-30 13:42:14 UTC

Oh, wow, the bots that respond by scrambling the words of a note are back, but with extra words and 15 instantaneous replies from 15 different keys this time 😂 I'll be hanging out in safe inbox clients for a while. I'd you don't want to spam your friends, check your inboxes.
https://dawn.blossom.band/048ef5b1adc33dfacdc2f6998704d208ed6adf35a48a8667b69f46c83ddb9040.jpg

2026-08-30 13:11:16 UTC

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Predictable irony 🙄😅

2026-08-30 13:07:51 UTC

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@npub1fhp…ds8n this was supposed to be a response to you and I don't know what I did to make it _not_ that 😂🤣🫂

2026-08-30 13:05:57 UTC

We were alting again... I was laying in bed last night reflecting on everything that's happened since I've been around and feeling probably overly emotional about it all. So much has changed, all of it for the better except usage metrics. We've got so many cool tools and fun ways to interact and great people to horse around with while we figure out what works and what doesn't. The UX, in general, is way better than all the broken stuff that the rest of the internet just considers to be normal and acceptable.
At the same time people are churning out, we've got other individual people starting their own initiatives to bring nostr to more diverse groups, which will make everything even more fun and useful. I think right now is an important time, too, because of that specifically. We're on the middle of a big reset that removes the barriers from what "nostr is". Maybe now it can become more of what it can be.

2026-08-30 12:33:50 UTC

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😅 epic rap battles. Amazing.

2026-08-30 04:07:06 UTC

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🤣😂 @nprofile…nd70 that is not my foot!

2026-08-30 03:52:20 UTC

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You don't want to ask ai to switch the theme for you? :)

2026-08-30 01:10:07 UTC

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Also pulled in 30 more tomatoes, 18 jalapeños, and a basil plant that was up to my waist. 🥲

2026-08-30 01:05:49 UTC

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Wild ride, yeah?

2026-08-30 00:57:43 UTC

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Strawberry popcorn
https://dawn.blossom.band/96e0e011e374164fe7ccc4e04b8c76b6dc2889dc2b438276df7700faf8c06040.jpg

2026-08-29 23:43:44 UTC

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Awesome! Thank you! I definitely have enough to accomedate that. 🫂

2026-08-29 23:41:25 UTC

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😂 no. Have you heard the good word about bitcoin?
Bookmarks are 10k sats each + shipping, so within the US that'd be about 27k sats. Glycerine tanning will take about 2 weeks, then a couple days to make the bookmarks. Do you want me to let you know when they're ready and we can work payment & addresses out then?

2026-08-29 23:36:02 UTC

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Nice! I'm glad to hear that! The only other person I've checked in with about them uses it in his Bible, so his gets shuffled around a good bit but also not heavily abused.

2026-08-29 23:07:34 UTC

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💜 are they holding up okay? Mine has, but I feel as though I've barely had time to read lately.

2026-08-29 23:00:46 UTC

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They're magnetic https://dawn.blossom.band/871fc6d317bd8e28ac68426526d6c9e461414477739816c9d80925ee4b4478a6.jpg
https://dawn.blossom.band/2d3f05367ab75ee71b39eb13bdf03cd3aeca46f4fe2ffe315d739ef5bc4aeea6.jpg

2026-08-29 22:49:48 UTC

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Thanks! I'm trying to get used to the nastiness because the outcome is so cool and the snakes would otherwise be rotting in a field. I do remember my "🤢 never again" moment but I'm dammit I'm tougher than that. 😅

2026-08-29 22:46:07 UTC

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I am so impressed with this setup. This is the most symbiotic companion planting I have tried, and it's so nice that they're both perennial. I started edging my patch with sage and now I'm looking for recipes that incorporate all 3.

2026-08-29 22:41:16 UTC

I spoke too soon on my lack of snakeskin. Archery season has started. I now have 2 more snakes, so my bracelets and googly eye bookmarks are back on the market (pending tanning time, of course)...
#naddr1qq…l9hc

2026-08-29 22:03:02 UTC

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I completely failed on my white asparagus experiment. Forgot after the first week 😅

2026-08-29 22:02:01 UTC

2 years in a row, I've gotten fall asparagus shoots from plants that started as wild seed. 😊 https://dawn.blossom.band/2b7d668a14b7a4ca8f323419fe53d0c504e41a354f976e03b9b4102ea7a05a25.jpg
#growfood

2026-08-29 21:00:26 UTC

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Is Spirit Halloween open? Those animatronic jumping spiders do wonders for deterring deer. So do the motion sensing sprinklers. Maybe they'd work for bears too?

2026-08-29 01:25:35 UTC

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I'm being overrun with tomatoes this year. I don't know what to do with all of them. I only planted 2. 1 has been slow and the other is producing as much as 5 plants usually do. I've already made 2 gal of sauce, blanched whole another 2 gal, and dried a couple jars worth. My basket and plant are still full, and plant #2 just showed its first red today.

2026-08-29 01:16:00 UTC

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Glad you're here, too! ... would fomoland be shaped liked Europe? 😅

2026-08-29 00:05:41 UTC

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G'night 🫂

2026-08-28 23:57:10 UTC

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I try to (mostly) operate from a base position of "Noone is entitled to my opinion" because of that. An opinion is an invitation into someone else's brain and I want to keep my brain space somewhat sacred. If I'm sharing opinions, I am welcoming someone into my sacred space 🫠 Save the best parts of the self for people who deserve it.
... and that's my opinion on the subject, so take whatever you want from that 😂🫂

2026-08-28 23:34:01 UTC

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Nice work and congratulations! If there is anything I can do to help further, do not hesitate to ask.

2026-08-28 22:30:23 UTC

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Yes. It's one of my favorite movies of any genre.

2026-08-28 22:20:41 UTC

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🤣 I immediately think "DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT CHICKEN?"

2026-08-28 22:13:04 UTC

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Agreed. If they'd budgeted that to a 3 hr film, the ending could have been much better.

2026-08-28 22:09:59 UTC

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Either, but I am fond of the remake. The score, the actors, some great one-liners. The only problem I had with it was wishing it were longer.

2026-08-28 21:53:03 UTC

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Young Guns

2026-08-28 21:51:49 UTC

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3:10 to Yuma

2026-08-28 21:45:57 UTC

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Do you like your slackline? Been thinking about getting a little indoor one for myself

2026-08-28 21:41:43 UTC

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It's supposed to be 65°F and rainy here on Sunday.

2026-08-28 16:55:05 UTC

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G'morning, Rand. I was up before myself. Then went back to bed

2026-08-28 16:43:30 UTC

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Good luck today!

2026-08-28 03:48:17 UTC

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💜 enjoy! I want to say spring is my favorite season but I really enjoy all of them, so that wouldn't be an accurate statement.

2026-08-28 03:38:03 UTC

I tried to take a pre-eclipse picture of the moon, but my phone camera went into night mode before I realized (and I moved), so I ended up with this eerie, smeary, oil-paint-esque image instead. https://spatia-arcana.com/7d36aafcd5fdca68c415a18f34ed7e51c246fc69677a367deb44b07ea14370df.jpg
Another one of those moments that I wish had happened on purpose. Now, clouds have moved in, so I don't think I'll be watching our shadow tonight. I'm sleepy. Will someone sacrifice a chicken on my behalf, please?

2026-08-28 01:39:01 UTC

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How can something be an improvement and still be so awful? 🤣

2026-08-28 01:35:02 UTC

The starlings are starting to flock and the leaves are already turning yellow. All signs point to an early fall around here. I bought myself a new, fuzzy, grey sweater. It has a hood. I'm pretty excited to wear it. I've been told I dress like an assassin way too many times this summer. It was a super cool compliment the first time, but now I'm starting to get concerned about my vibe.😅

2026-08-28 01:28:05 UTC

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This is a popular kayaking spot so the beavers are pretty chill about people. The ones at the river, though, they are some slappers! It's so cute.

2026-08-28 01:23:51 UTC

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The Poorlies

2026-08-27 20:25:51 UTC

It's fun to watch the little beavers swim around when I collect agates and jasper near their den. Sometimes they watch me, too. Last summer, one was curious enough to follow me, from about 20 feet offshore, as I walked. I felt we had bonded by autumn, but I haven't seen my buddy this year. https://dawn.blossom.band/1b6275ac1e575b710a71c58bd21aa7ae6e5b928f266c3ad128d1fa64eb8c2ded.jpg

2026-08-27 20:08:22 UTC

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Ah, this is adorable! You are tough competition and I'm slacking! I have my story half written, but I got distracted by too may tomatoes and the urge to go look for rocks 😅

2026-08-27 13:19:01 UTC

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Exactly! I suspect most current users will have no interest in my perspective, but everyone I liberate will see Nostr this way first, and they'll be exposed to a lot of the things that make Nostr interesting (and functional) right away.

2026-08-27 12:13:00 UTC

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😅 nah, I'm good. 🫂

2026-08-27 03:58:35 UTC

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I moved on, they were undisturbed.

2026-08-27 03:55:46 UTC

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That's okay 🫂 (and I bet your english writing is fine, probably better than many native speakers 😉)

2026-08-27 03:51:31 UTC

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😅 to the bone

2026-08-27 03:46:55 UTC

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Oh shoot! That's pretty good, too! Would you like to participate in our story writing exercise? A short story about what you see happening in these clouds?

2026-08-27 03:38:28 UTC

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Yes! That would be amazing! Can we? 🙏

2026-08-27 03:35:30 UTC

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I'm gonna flesh it out over coffee tomorrow. We'll see if it's worth sharing 😊

2026-08-27 03:33:50 UTC

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...he wished he could fly like the dragons and now he's upside-down!

2026-08-27 03:31:57 UTC

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You mean the park or the show? Because if you mean the show, I've got a 3 hour long negative review rant that would probably tell you a lot about me 🤣

2026-08-27 03:29:21 UTC

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💯 that's what I see too, and now I want to write a story about how the 2 figures ended up in this bittersweet situation in the sky

2026-08-27 03:25:52 UTC

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Its such a clear and specific image to me, but I have shown the picture to a few people who didn't see the same. I had to extend the study 😅

2026-08-27 03:23:34 UTC

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How dare you?!
I assumed the same, almost motherly