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Jessica Chasteen

I know I’ve been in hibernation, but the maples are blooming now. 😇 #spring #growstr #flowers
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2026-01-07 16:24:17 UTC

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Not pictured “every time you laugh for no reason, the spirit of Robin Williams told you a joke” guyssss 😭

2026-01-07 16:22:04 UTC

Me: I’m not going to cry today…
Internet: “Just know you’re never really dining alone because the spirit of Anthony Bourdain sits in every empty chair…” 😭😭😭
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2025-11-04 11:37:55 UTC

Swear-word censorship is probably my least favorite…
Folks say authenticity is SO important, but then slap me with a community guidelines violation for telling someone authentically to fuck right off.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-10-13 16:12:50 UTC

In times of great censorship, subtlety is king.

2025-10-04 14:00:45 UTC

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Amazing and refreshing lol

2025-10-04 13:31:57 UTC

I didn’t take a screenshot of this, but earlier in the week I had some stranger in the comments asking me to take off my glasses so he can see my whole face… not today, Palantirbot. 🤣

2025-10-02 00:53:44 UTC

Tucker Carlson is absolutely on fire tonight. 👏

2025-10-01 11:28:39 UTC

Another report from the #TikTok Mod Wars: this guy has 3.5M followers, and yet his videos this week are being removed and suppressed to the point where fewer than 700 people are seeing them. And all because he dares to criticize Benny Yahoo and the ‘Real Gang. Cool and normal! Nothing to see here! 🙄 #censorship
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2025-09-30 00:29:44 UTC

🥹 a good story from the TikTok trenches for a change.
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2025-09-28 19:57:12 UTC

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The number of Palestinians killed

2025-09-28 19:56:33 UTC

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Welcome!

2025-09-28 17:30:32 UTC

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Did you see that both Nick and Alex Jones just got deplatformed from YouTube?

2025-09-28 17:27:49 UTC

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That’s part of the reason I pronounce it differently and don’t use captions

2025-09-28 14:44:05 UTC

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Although honestly the way the algo is right now, prob only 300 people will see it 😆 absolutely out of control.

2025-09-28 14:30:48 UTC

If we get another influx of users from TikTok, my bad. Lol. The censorship has me riled up. Correct my pronunciation at your own risk lol #grownostr
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2025-09-28 14:09:47 UTC

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TikTok today.

2025-09-28 14:05:30 UTC

Hahahaha they just will NOT allow any NOTICING… buckle up yall. This is the canary in the coal mine. Mark my words.
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2025-09-28 13:10:06 UTC

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😄 im not even that leet - it’s just that tiktok has high viral potential because of its search features and algorithm. I grew my audience on there in 2 years from 0 to 100k and I’ve never been able to do that on any other platform. It’s been a wild ride.

2025-09-28 13:04:11 UTC

Here’s an example of why I wish everyone’s replies were visible on their profiles on TikTok so that we could see the bots easier…
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2025-09-27 15:38:25 UTC

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To the question of why I’m still on TikTok despite the Mod Wars… every storyteller needs an audience.
#nevent1q…vfmx

2025-09-27 15:36:21 UTC

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Because when I do get to exercise my free speech over there, I reach millions of people and there’s really no match to it in terms of organic unpaid reach. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2025-09-27 12:58:34 UTC

And we’re back for another round of “what the fuck did I say to get censored?!” 🤣 I’m telling yall it’s out of control over there!
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2025-09-25 00:52:43 UTC

Can somebody tell Michael Shellenberger that he just described Nostr on Tucker Carlson’s show? 😄 #censorship #grownostr

2025-09-21 18:25:17 UTC

Sometimes all we can do is cultivate our gardens… or so says Voltaire anyway…
#gardening #homestead #growstr
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2025-09-21 17:19:43 UTC

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Meant to say I only planted 4 of them and have been harvesting them since about June I think.

2025-09-21 17:17:36 UTC

Bumper crop of aubergines... Same variety, different light conditions (good light = purple; shaded = golden). This was my first time growing eggplants. Just so you know if you want to try to grow them: They are tall with woody stems and benefit from staking. They are prolific (obv haha) and are still flowering and producing fruits as the rest of the summer fruits are slowing down. The easiest way to preserve them is cube and freeze.
Second photo is Thai basil in full bloom. Third is some fun guys I found growing under the tomato forest. 😆 #growstr #harvest #gardening
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2025-09-15 19:03:50 UTC

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TikTok mods are going absolute HAM right now smh

2025-09-15 17:36:14 UTC

Lol look they’re taking videos down so fast on tiktok that I didn’t even get to see the one someone tagged me in 8 minutes ago. Now this is what I call a RODEO! 🤣 #censorship
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2025-09-15 17:33:49 UTC

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Is there already a client that looks like old MySpace? Because millennials are feeling pretty nostalgic for simpler times on the Internet (aka without the overlords).

2025-09-15 15:52:58 UTC

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You the real MVP…
Are we writing poetry? 😆

2025-09-15 15:28:43 UTC

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There’s a book that warned us about this a while ago - I think it’s called “Filter Bubbles” - but it’s wild to watch it play out.

2025-09-15 15:25:37 UTC

Exactly this. The moment for me was in December 2023 when I asked my husband to show me his home feeds across platforms to compare them with mine. He was seeing zero news from Gaza, and that’s when I realized they are building and reinforcing multiple divided social realities here, not simply doing censorship.
#note1ek7…wnzu

2025-09-15 15:20:43 UTC

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That’s been my experience too, although there has also been a hard line drawn for anti-war lefties like Hasan and myself. Anyone who isn’t a “lib”. The best old-Twitter metaphor I could make for it is that the mainstream social media are all the KHive now lol

2025-09-15 14:03:44 UTC

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Yeah they’ve become craftier. It’s the illusion of free speech now.

2025-09-15 14:03:11 UTC

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Yeah I agree with what you’re saying here - but Hasan is a great example because I have followed him for years and stopped seeing his content across all platforms about 18 months ago.
Twitch for streaming seems to be a lot less sensitive in terms of controlling the speech and reach, probably because people are gaming on there so it’s harder to know if something is “violent” speech or just part of a game.
But even today I do not see any posts about COVID or long covid or vaccines or any of the things that were getting people banned in 2020, so I guess what I’m saying it 2020 created a new baseline for censorship that we’ve all just adapted to now, but it hasn’t gotten better.

2025-09-15 13:45:32 UTC

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I’m not sure what a WASP is in this context, but for the record my JFK reference was about the fucking CIA! 👻

2025-09-15 13:39:33 UTC

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This time the word on the street is it will not be given another grace period from the administration. But idk.

2025-09-15 13:38:47 UTC

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Ah I see - yeah it’s really frustrating that every 90 days or so it comes up again. But this time Trump might just let it die.

2025-09-15 13:31:43 UTC

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Tell me about them so I can share!

2025-09-15 13:30:20 UTC

During Covid is when I deleted every post I had ever made in 15 years on Facebook because I could see the direction it was going. I would not call it worse then than now, though. They are still banning and shadow banning like crazy. We still can’t even say the word “vaccine” pretty much anywhere. Maybe X now, but still there is no organic reach on X anymore.
#note1l2u…3zd2

2025-09-15 12:25:47 UTC

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Here’s the screenshot:
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2025-09-15 12:25:18 UTC

Just as an update from “normie internet” for those who are Nostr-only:
Perhaps the most dangerous thing that is happening is the psychological manipulation of public opinion through siloing users with interest-or-outrage algorithms plus providing near zero protection against AI-driven bot armies in the comments, that give the illusion of consensus for extremism on both “sides”. I read the JFK files, so I have my suspicions about who this benefits and it isn’t the American public.
The second most dangerous thing happening is the censorship. The content moderation (or “community guidelines”) on other social media apps has gotten absolutely insane. I have to speak in code to keep my videos up because even saying the word Trump or Palestinian, for example, will get me throttled or flagged. Saying Russia or Israel gets me bot-swarmed and then flagged. Smh. Political topics have become completely blacklisted (now that the election is over 🙄) and now conspiracy topics are also being shut down.
I’m attaching an image of my “saved videos” tab from TikTok so yall can just get a feeling for how many videos are being taken down.
I have garnered 100k+ followers, but an average video of mine gets about 2k views, so what’s even the point of having that large of an audience? I’m not monetized for views on tiktok because when I tried their monetization program, my views went down to 200. I suppose that’s “legal censorship” of employees, so I quit taking their hush money.
But yeah if you’re looking around wondering what is happening to our culture… that’s what’s happening. We need a true public square, and that’s what I think NOSTR is helping to create.
Keep ya head on a swivel. Love yall. #grownostr

2025-09-15 11:56:45 UTC

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Lol sorry you don’t want more friends? 😅

2025-09-15 11:51:16 UTC

I’m about to make another NOSTR recruitment video over on the ol’ Tickety Tok before it’s decommissioned (for Americans) on the 17th.
I’m not even sad about TikTok getting banned this time because the censorship is truly out of control over there. (It’s out of control on meta too, but they’ve really cracked down on TikTok in the past 23 months). It’s not fun anymore honestly. But I will miss my mutuals. Maybe I’ll convince some of them to come here and hang out.

2025-09-14 00:32:43 UTC

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Thanks. It’s been an unsettling week.

2025-09-14 00:28:47 UTC

The mainstream social platforms have gotten so tiresome. The algorithms have everyone in their own filter bubble so that it’s like no one is experiencing the same reality, and everyone is convinced and self-righteous about their version of reality.
The “moderation” has become so intense and sensitive that I got a strike on my account for saying “ku klux klan jokes really aren’t funny right now for white or black people” yet hundreds of actual bullying comments calling conservatives klansmen were given a pass? What?
I’m not even conservative, but I think the whole “all conservatives are extremists” bullshit is unhelpful and not in my own self interest as someone who doesn’t want us to have another civil war… but apparently that’s controversial and I just need to shut up?
Nostr is the only place that makes sense anymore. Smh.

2025-09-07 14:28:36 UTC

Did I mention the audio version of my book is available now? 🥰 Read by the author (you’ve been warned). You can find it here: https://nontoxicmen.org/
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2025-08-27 22:26:52 UTC

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Til the bitter end. Lol. What’s up?

2025-08-09 23:56:46 UTC

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For scale they are almost the size of my head lol

2025-08-09 23:56:02 UTC

Are aubergines this size still good to eat? I left my garden alone for 3 weeks to finish my book and now we have this situation 😅 #asknostr
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2025-08-09 12:43:09 UTC

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Yes it is! You’ve been warned lol

2025-08-09 12:42:36 UTC

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The “toxic” man is the “shadow” version of the self. The shadow appears differently in different men. This is what the book is about.
And to your first point, yes, I am a little bit of The Rebel myself so I value liberty. 😊

2025-08-09 12:39:32 UTC

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Haha nah I’m a woman telling stories about great men so we can all remember and appreciate and learn from them. 🥰 common misconception though. 😅

2025-08-07 23:41:40 UTC

This puppy is a menace 😅 why is he like this?
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2025-08-07 12:20:48 UTC

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You might also be glad to know it’s pro-Jesus 🥰

2025-08-07 11:12:41 UTC

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🥰

2025-08-07 11:11:51 UTC

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The genre is Jungian psychology and storytelling. I go through the 12 masculine archetypes and give personal examples and stories from pop culture, history, and myth to demonstrate how men share similar strengths, struggles, and redemption paths. In a world that condemns men, I wrote a book to celebrate them. Cheers to the good men! May we know them, may we love them, may we raise them. 🥰

2025-08-07 11:05:03 UTC

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Thank you so much! I designed and made it myself! 🥰 I love how it turned out after printing

2025-08-07 10:55:51 UTC

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You can check out the project site at nontoxicmen.org 🫶

2025-08-07 10:51:57 UTC

My book in the wild! 🤩
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2025-08-04 12:00:29 UTC

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I like Carl Rogers too - the humanist. I always thought it was funny that my two fav psychologists are both named Carl. 😆

2025-08-04 11:58:53 UTC

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Danke! Das Buch ist voll von persönlichen Geschichten. Ich habe es unter anderem deshalb geschrieben, weil ich das Privileg hatte, so viele gute Männer kennenzulernen. 🥰

2025-08-03 17:15:59 UTC

It’s official. I’m a self-published author. 😎
Toxic masculinity is a real problem, not just for women and children, but also for men.
The solution to this problem is not to deny that it exists nor to make men be more like women.
Remember what MLK Jr said: that darkness cannot drive out darkness?
Well, that’s why I wrote this book - to illuminate the strengths and struggles of good men and the virtues that redeem them from their toxic shadows.
Drawing from Jungian psychology, I describe 12 archetypes of masculinity through stories from pop culture, history, and myth, and we explore how each type grows into the men they were born to be.
Don’t just be a REAL man.
Be a real GOOD man.
Learn more at nontoxicmen.org
#writer #author #menshealth #motivation #storyteller #growstr
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2025-07-19 22:38:55 UTC

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The entire book is pretty Jesus-y honestly. I’m a preachers kid. Gotta write what I know. But I do make a hilarious joke in the caregiver chapter during the Jesus bit. 😆

2025-07-18 14:28:01 UTC

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🥰 that’s probably the Hero

2025-07-18 12:56:15 UTC

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So far on TikTok it’s a race between the Hero, the Joker, and the Creator…

2025-07-18 12:54:33 UTC

POLL — when my new book Nontoxic Masculinity: A Celebration of Good Men launches on Aug 1, I get to add a teaser chapter to the listing. The book is a collection of stories about men (real & myth) who represent the 12 archetypes of masculinity and what we can learn from them. My question to you is: which chapter should I post as a teaser?
1. The Warrior
2. The Magician
3. The King
4. The Lover
5. The Joker
6. The Hero
7. The Caregiver
8. The Sage
9. The Explorer
10. The Innocent
11. The Rebel
12. The Creator
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2025-07-18 12:29:08 UTC

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They really are. It has been a joy to write about.

2025-07-18 11:01:16 UTC

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Ooh I might! I was going to try to research that kind of thing this weekend

2025-07-18 10:59:54 UTC

FYI -
#note192u…l40j

2025-07-18 10:59:15 UTC

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😇

2025-07-18 10:58:45 UTC

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Yeah the title is definitely controversial but that’s also kinda why I picked it. 😜 The teaser chapter will be posted when it launches, but I need to pick which one. Maybe I’ll poll and let yall decide. Thank you!

2025-07-18 10:54:20 UTC

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Yes there will be a preview chapter when it launches 🚀 I still have to decide which one I want to use but each chapter talks about a different archetype, building on Carl Jung’s work.

2025-07-18 10:50:30 UTC

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☕️ cheers to Friday!

2025-07-18 10:47:57 UTC

LOL so far I’ve had two kinds of trolls on my book:
1) Toxic females who think no man deserves to be called “good”.
2) Toxic males who think I’m trying to feminize them.
Both could not be more wrong. At least they have each other for company in the vast sea of their bad assumptions. 😄

2025-07-18 10:41:06 UTC

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Lmfao what a judgment. Read the book and tell me if you are wrong about me! Spoiler: you are!!

2025-07-18 10:40:26 UTC

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Haha well deserved obviously.

2025-07-18 10:40:10 UTC

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🫶 thanks brother! I’ve been blessed to know and love some really amazing men, and they say to write what you know. 😇

2025-07-18 10:37:04 UTC

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Too fucking late 😆

2025-07-18 10:36:13 UTC

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Thanks troll 😆

2025-07-18 10:35:00 UTC

I guess this person doesn’t understand the meaning of “don’t judge a book by its cover” lmao
#note1q7s…hstd

2025-07-18 10:33:49 UTC

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Lol fuck right off

2025-07-18 10:27:36 UTC

GM! 🌞 I wrote a book 📖 I hope it blesses some hearts 💞
You can check out the preorder at nontoxicmen.org - text versions launch Aug 1 and audio version will be out Sep 1!
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2025-07-18 10:21:13 UTC

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Mmm I love pepper relish! I might have to try that

2025-07-17 10:11:27 UTC

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Thank you!!

2025-07-17 10:11:16 UTC

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Weird I thought I set it to never expire

2025-07-17 02:03:15 UTC

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I’ll figure that out by the time I launch. This point of sale I’m using doesn’t have the option yet.

2025-07-17 01:45:28 UTC

My BOOK is available for preorder now!! 🤩🥳
Check it out and preorder the ebook and audio book at:
nontoxicmen.org

2025-07-13 14:54:16 UTC

A video of the peppers this year because a photo doesn’t do it justice… #growstr #growyourownfood #gardening #homestead
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2025-07-13 13:50:48 UTC

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Also I have no idea what variety those fatter ones are - I put out a bunch of old seeds thinking they weren’t going to do anything and now I have a food forest 😅

2025-07-13 13:49:30 UTC

That peck of pickled peppers ain’t gonna pick itself - seriously though I have too many peppers. These are just the few I’m going to cook today. Do yall pickle your peppers? I’ve never done it but I might have to this year to save them from going to waste. #gardening #homestead #growstr #growyourownfood
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2025-07-11 17:26:08 UTC

It’s officially the best time of year… #gardenstr #growstr #homestead #growyourownfood
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2025-07-07 15:15:47 UTC

Pardon me while I scream into the void…

2025-07-04 16:19:52 UTC

Ten chapters down. Two to go. We’re in the end game now.

2025-07-01 22:52:34 UTC

Anybody here using #SintraAI? It’s suuuuper nifty.

2025-07-01 22:38:06 UTC

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Haha that’s basically a mound now I guess. That Bermuda grass is wild!