Nostr notes by j

If you’re not using @npub1uq7…u0c2, nostr, nymchat, or ...

2026-05-15T20:06:00Z

If you’re not using Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2), nostr, nymchat, or bitchat as an option/alternative to be sovereign, protect your identity and live free, I’m not sure you get what’s going on yet.

The @npub1uq7…u0c2 wallet is very nice as well! You may want to ...

2026-05-14T16:38:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…d4me
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The Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2) wallet is very nice as well! You may want to take a peek at it. They’ve done many serious updates to their user interface that improves the entire experience significantly.

#endthefedwtf @@npub16jd…33sv https://end.the.fed.wtf/

2026-05-05T03:08:25Z

#endthefedwtf

@Luxas (npub16jd…33sv)
https://end.the.fed.wtf/

I love Nymchat and bitchat! They are both excellent. Nymchat ...

2026-05-05T02:58:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…t3ez
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I love Nymchat and bitchat! They are both excellent. Nymchat being a bit more feature rich at this point.

Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2) takes the cake however.

Just use @npub1uq7…u0c2, done…

2026-05-02T18:13:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…p4wp
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Just use Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2), done…

Just because they claim to be a “bitcoiner” doesn’t mean ...

2026-04-23T03:07:35Z

Just because they claim to be a “bitcoiner” doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy or honest.

Only Jesus can truly transform someone.

#wwjd

Word salad for we control your keys and thus we control you.

2026-04-20T20:49:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…8wvw
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Word salad for we control your keys and thus we control you.

What is this event called? I’d like to do this.

2026-04-04T05:58:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…hn03
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What is this event called? I’d like to do this.

Why would anyone continue to use WhatsApp, telegram, or signal? ...

2026-04-03T23:20:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…wut0
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Why would anyone continue to use WhatsApp, telegram, or signal?

Keychat (nprofile…r962) is doing some cool stuff as well. Different use case but very cool nonetheless. Check them out.

April fools…

2026-04-01T12:15:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…4tjg
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April fools…

Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of Kings! Be thou ...

2026-04-01T00:47:29Z

Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of Kings!
Be thou Thyself the answer to all my questionings;
Live out Thy life within me, in all things have Thy way!
I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display.

How does eCash prevent double spending? @npub1uq7…u0c2 ...

2026-03-29T06:53:03Z

How does eCash prevent double spending?

Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2)

https://support.fedi.xyz/hc/en-us/articles/29549305907474-How-does-eCash-prevent-double-spending

It doesn’t appear to be up and running at this point.

2026-03-29T06:05:56Z

In reply to naddr1qq…w4cy
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It doesn’t appear to be up and running at this point.

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2026-03-28T16:57:41Z

#afroman and the internet for the win…

my annual visit to the accountant for income tax preparation. ...

2026-03-26T13:30:58Z

my annual visit to the accountant for income tax preparation.

While reviewing my pay stubs I realize:

No matter how much I make…I’m not making it.

You had me until you referenced “Pew research”. When/how did ...

2026-03-24T23:54:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…0jnp
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You had me until you referenced “Pew research”.

When/how did “Pew” become an authority…? and why should critical, independent, free thinkers consider their studies?

Boooooo

2026-03-24T23:51:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…kuy5
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Boooooo

Warmongers, and those who support them and their ideology… ...

2026-03-24T23:50:24Z

Warmongers, and those who support them and their ideology…

These individuals are sprinkled across the spectrum. They are Bitcoiners too.

Bitcoin is an option, an alternative. Use it, study it, talk ...

2026-03-24T23:42:15Z

Bitcoin is an option, an alternative. Use it, study it, talk about it all you want. It will still do what it was designed to do whether you like it or not, whether you approve or not, whether you’re informed or not.

#bitcoin

I’d love to see pictures of your set up. I’ll share some of ...

2026-03-22T17:56:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…mxrt
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I’d love to see pictures of your set up. I’ll share some of mine too. I have a Tacoma with a GoFast Camper, ARB awning that converts to a tent and a few other goodies.

Where is the roof top tent, or are you sleeping inside?

2026-03-22T12:30:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ftv4
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Where is the roof top tent, or are you sleeping inside?

S-M-T-W-Th-F-Sabbath “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it ...

2026-03-22T12:18:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…p59s
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S-M-T-W-Th-F-Sabbath

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/exo.20.9.NIV

Inside a carpenter’s house 2000 years ago: How Jesus actually ...

2026-03-21T22:26:29Z

Inside a carpenter’s house 2000 years ago:
How Jesus actually lived.

https://youtu.be/M1zFYMdn7QM?si=EaqV9eCzEkQMIk2B

Please provide web links to a government site that details this ...

2026-03-21T02:19:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…u38j
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Please provide web links to a government site that details this document you’re referencing here. Thank you.

Homeschool Use nostr Don’t watch the news Grow your own food ...

2026-03-21T00:11:07Z

Homeschool
Use nostr
Don’t watch the news
Grow your own food
Learn and practice a trade skill

The price of ammo will rise.

2026-03-20T23:14:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…2elz
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The price of ammo will rise.

Fractional Reserve Banking explained… ...

2026-03-20T22:29:16Z

Fractional Reserve Banking explained…

Be careful people… ...

2026-03-12T23:09:50Z

Be careful people…

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2026-03-11T23:23:17Z

buy once, cry once.

“The workers always win.” -Sean Ritenauer

2026-02-28T17:59:07Z

“The workers always win.”

-Sean Ritenauer

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2026-02-26T18:10:42Z

Interesting….

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/discord-wants-your-face-heres-why-you-should-say-no

"The BEP prints billions of dollars - referred to as Federal ...

2026-02-20T20:16:30Z

"The BEP prints billions of dollars - referred to as Federal Reserve notes - each year for delivery to the Federal Reserve System.

U.S. currency is used as a medium of exchange and store of value around the world. According to the Federal Reserve, there is more than $2 trillion worth of Federal Reserve notes in circulation.

Currency production is not an easy or simple task, but one that involves highly trained and skilled craftspeople, specialized equipment, and a combination of traditional old world printing techniques merged with sophisticated, cutting edge technology."

https://www.bep.gov/currency

“The BEP prints billions of dollars – referred to as Federal ...

2026-02-20T20:11:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…2lqk
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“The BEP prints billions of dollars – referred to as Federal Reserve notes – each year for delivery to the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve operates as the nation's central bank and serves to ensure that adequate amounts of currency and coin are in circulation. The BEP does not produce coins – all U.S. coinage is minted by the United States Mint. The BEP also advises other federal agencies on document security matters.”

https://www.bep.gov/about-bep

Audit the Fort Knox Bullion Depository. #donttrustverify ...

2026-02-20T20:08:18Z

Audit the Fort Knox Bullion Depository.
#donttrustverify

“Amount of present gold holdings: 147.3 million ounces. About half of the Treasury’s stored gold (as well as valuables of other federal agencies) is kept at Fort Knox.”

https://www.usmint.gov/about/tours-and-locations/fort-knox?srsltid=AfmBOooutaurWKCuYEsrqC0mtiYJMmqPgQnLRaDuLf0yz5sziY2WiBNN

@npub17cy…4ml3 Quality Bitcoin Education ...

2026-02-19T06:20:57Z

myfirstbitcoinorg (npub17cy…4ml3)

Quality Bitcoin Education

https://myfirstbitcoin.org/programs/bitcoin-intro-course/

#myfirstbitcoin

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2026-02-08T14:34:44Z

Ozempic face…that made me giggle.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of ...

2026-02-07T18:10:53Z

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
‭‭
Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.12.1-21.NIV

"The family is the basic unit of society, and its stability ...

2026-02-07T03:49:31Z

"The family is the basic unit of society, and its stability is crucial for the well-being of both individuals and the community!"

-Dr. Thomas Sowell

Toyota Land Cruiser. Great choice!

2026-02-01T22:39:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…p28t
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Toyota Land Cruiser. Great choice!

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2026-02-01T01:38:04Z

the revolution will not be televised…

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2026-01-31T20:39:24Z

When the student is ready the teacher will appear…

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision ...

2026-01-31T20:34:16Z

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/gal.5.6.NIV

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do ...

2026-01-31T20:31:35Z

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

— NIV, Student Bible by Zondervan
https://a.co/iI01Pf9

The only one that can provide absolution is God through his ...

2026-01-31T20:10:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…dkhc
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The only one that can provide absolution is God through his sacrifice of the son Jesus Christ.

No man can do this.

There is no intermediary person necessary to gain access to forgiveness of sins. All humans have direct access to God and salvation through Jesus Christ.

Our sins are already paid for. Salvation is given, and cannot be earned.

Peace and Love

“Legalism is like a cage: It can only condemn people and lock ...

2026-01-31T19:02:26Z

“Legalism is like a cage: It can only condemn people and lock them behind bars.”

— NIV, Student Bible by Zondervan
https://a.co/cbfuaLN

The Bible defines “blasphemy” as a man claiming to forgive ...

2026-01-31T18:15:02Z

The Bible defines “blasphemy” as a man claiming to forgive sins (Luke 5:21)
and claiming to be God (John 10:33). The papacy boldly claims the power to forgive
sins. Notice the following section from a Catholic catechism: “Does the Priest truly
forgive the sins, or does he only declare that they are remitted? The Priest does really
and truly forgive the sins in virtue of the power given to him by Christ.” The papacy
also claims that the pope is equal to God. Pope Leo XIII said, “We [the popes] hold
upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” Here is another startling statement about
the pope: “Thou art another God on earth.”

SOURCES
Joseph Deharbe, S.J., A Complete Catechism of the Catholic Religion (New York: Schwartz,
Kirwin & Fauss, 1924), p. 279.
Christopher Marcellus, Oration in the Fifth Lateran Council, Session IV (1512), manuscript SC,
Vol. 32, col. 761 (Latin).
Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter “The Reunion of Christendom,” dated June 20, 1894, trans. in
The Great Encyclical letters of Pope Leo XIII (New York: Benziger, 1903), p. 304.

https://manna.amazingfacts.org/amazingfacts/website/prophecyodyssey/docs/ProphecyOdyssey_BW_Guide11.pdf

In Bible prophecy, a beast represents a government, kingdom, or ...

2026-01-31T17:05:49Z

In Bible prophecy, a beast represents a government, kingdom, or political
power. God uses beasts to symbolize nations, just as we do today—an eagle
(United States of America), a bear (Russia), etc. In the Bible, “beast” is not
necessarily a disrespectful term. It does not suggest beastly characteristics. The
beast that has the mark is pictured in Revelation 13:1–10, 15–18.

“The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/rev.13.15-18.NIV

@npub1yzv…rf8q now using ecash! This is huge! Nice job. ...

2026-01-30T17:20:38Z

YakiHonne (npub1yzv…rf8q) now using ecash! This is huge! Nice job. #Yakihonne is my new favorite nostr client.

According to the prophecy, how does America transform and mutate ...

2026-01-24T22:22:50Z

According to the prophecy, how does America transform and
mutate over time?

Revelation 13:11
He had two horns like a __________ and spoke like a _______________.

NOTE: In prophecy, a lamb represents Jesus and a horn represents power. The two
great horns represent the Protestant principles upon which America was founded—
civil and religious liberty. The Founding Fathers fled Europe to escape religious and
political persecution. They came to establish a government without a king and
religion without a pope. Speaking as a dragon means that the United States, under
the influence of Satan, will abandon its original principles of freedom by passing laws
that force people to worship contrary to conscience. Violators will face economic
sanctions (Revelation 13:16, 17) and ultimately death (v. 15).

https://www.prophecyodyssey.com

https://manna.amazingfacts.org/amazingfacts/website/prophecyodyssey/docs/ProphecyOdyssey_BW_Guide14.pdf

Laurence “Larry” Fink, CEO BlacRock, is the co-chair of the ...

2026-01-22T23:30:25Z

Laurence “Larry” Fink, CEO BlacRock, is the co-chair of the world economic forum….

Let this sink in…

https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance/

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2026-01-22T20:50:14Z

if you fail to plan, you plan to fail…

Get off IG. #nostr is the way. #nevent1q…9wqp

2026-01-21T00:55:52Z

Get off IG. #nostr is the way.

quoting
nevent1q…9wqp
Geyser has been permanently banned from Instagram.

No explanation given.

As a result, we'll be fully migrating all our Instagram content on Nostr.

Boycott Instagram, choose Nostr. 💪

my goal is to improve. improve means to be more patient, more ...

2026-01-18T01:29:40Z

my goal is to improve. improve means to be more patient, more disciplined, more caring, more aware, more productive, more efficient, more focused on immediate family, more loving to immediate family, more helpful to others, more focused on health and fitness....

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2026-01-16T04:28:37Z

stay focused

running @npub1uq7…u0c2

2026-01-16T04:02:45Z

running Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2)

U.S. military veterans have a different look on things. We should ...

2026-01-10T00:26:35Z

U.S. military veterans have a different look on things. We should listen to them more.

Paul, As always, nice article bro. I enjoy reading your write ...

2026-01-07T23:43:35Z

In reply to naddr1qq…ec6j
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Paul,

As always, nice article bro. I enjoy reading your write ups. I’ve attempted to use primal and highlighter to create these type of curated long form posts. I never have luck with highlighter. I followed a previous article/tutorial you composed about using highlighter, but I just couldn’t seem to get it to be as nicely formatted as yours are.

I even have a 1 “read” listed for my profile and when I click on it nothing appears. Not sure why. I’ll have to see what the issue with that is.

Overall, nostr/Primal is a great place to be! If users could host live directly through Primal and engage with viewers it would be a breakthrough for all types of content creators and artists to interact without permission. Maybe I’ll try Primal studio. Maybe what I’ve mentioned could be a set of features on the road to development in the near future. Either way Primal is a great place to be.

Wishing you, your family and the primal (nprofile…qx6a) team the best in years to come!

Peace and Love!

What is your choice? Nostr, bitcoin, ecash, @npub1su3…cngd, ...

2026-01-07T02:05:23Z

What is your choice?

Nostr, bitcoin, ecash, fedimint (npub1su3…cngd), Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2), freedom, sovereignty, peace, love, kindness is my choice…

These claims from accounts @nprofile…4g5g and @nprofile…ltey ...

2025-12-30T14:38:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…ch3p
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These claims from accounts flash (nprofile…4g5g) and CarlBMenger (nprofile…ltey) seem baseless.

I’m not discrediting the individuals who own the accounts. I’m simply being critical of the information the account provides.

I want to make this clear. I follow both these accounts because I enjoy reading their posts. I’m not confident these posts are accurate in the information they’re claiming.

@nprofile…4g5g please provide reference to what your post is ...

2025-12-30T14:31:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…g9pc
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flash (nprofile…4g5g) please provide reference to what your post is claiming. A link to a EU government site would be most helpful. Thank you.

CarlBMenger (nprofile…ltey) posted something claiming the Federal Reserve “pumped $13.5 billion into the U.S. banking system through overnight repos…”

The CarlBMenger account never provided a government link or anything official to prove the claim.

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszgf6y6pyd9lgezmj2y4q8drgspc4rs9sc095n7mlxzzyhphyh5aqjh40jl

“If you put your kids first, you’ll never ever make a bad ...

2025-12-28T18:08:29Z

“If you put your kids first, you’ll never ever make a bad decision.”

-Eddie Murphy

Drew Builds Stuff https://drewbuildsstuff.com/ #note18a0…pf2f

2025-12-26T03:21:12Z

Drew Builds Stuff

https://drewbuildsstuff.com/

quoting note18a0…pf2f
Drew Builds Stuff. This brother is building very cool things. I’d love to see him on nostr.

I had to support him. Maybe you should too.

buymeacoffee.com/drewbuildsstuff

#andthen https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

2025-12-26T03:00:54Z

#andthen

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

Drew Builds Stuff. This brother is building very cool things. ...

2025-12-25T20:37:54Z

Drew Builds Stuff. This brother is building very cool things. I’d love to see him on nostr.

I had to support him. Maybe you should too.

buymeacoffee.com/drewbuildsstuff

Fedi has already done this.

2025-12-20T03:01:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…unym
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Fedi has already done this.

Not a good reference.

2025-12-19T04:03:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…td72
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Not a good reference.

The idea of a future cashless society is often linked to certain ...

2025-12-18T15:56:56Z

The idea of a future cashless society is often linked to certain passages in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament. Specifically, Revelation chapter 13 is frequently cited. This chapter describes a scenario involving the “mark of the beast” and notes that no one will be able to buy or sell unless they have this mark.

While it doesn’t explicitly say “cashless society” in modern terms, many people interpret this passage as a prophecy about a future system where traditional money is replaced by some form of controlled transaction method. It’s a widely discussed interpretation but not a direct quote about cashless economies as we think of them today.

Read the passage and interpret this for yourself.

“The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/rev.13.15-18.NIV

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard ...

2025-12-17T13:35:30Z

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭20‬:‭35‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.20.35.NIV

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one ...

2025-12-17T13:09:49Z

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/eph.4.2.NIV

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that ...

2025-12-13T13:50:22Z

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬

He’s so high you can’t get over him, he’s so low you ...

2025-12-06T17:49:09Z

He’s so high you can’t get over him, he’s so low you can’t get under him, he’s so wide you can’t get around him, you must enter in through the door.

#HappySabbath

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but ...

2025-12-06T00:58:07Z

“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/eph.5.11-12.NIV

The most important tenant of Christianity that I’ve learned ...

2025-12-03T22:44:48Z

The most important tenant of Christianity that I’ve learned over the course of my life is that my body is the temple and I need to maintain it in order to do good work.

“The platform captured all the value of those additional ...

2025-12-03T04:52:55Z

“The platform captured all the value of those additional connections through advertising revenue, data mining, and algorithmic control. You captured none of it. Worse, your ability to actually reach people diminished as the network grew. Organic reach plummeted. The feed became pay-to-play. The very network effect that made Facebook valuable made your presence on it worthless unless you paid for visibility.”

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There’s a lie embedded in how we think about social networks, one so fundamental that we rarely question it. We believe that as a platform grows, everyone on it benefits proportionally. More users means more value for all. This sounds intuitive. It’s also completely wrong.

The truth is darker and more interesting. In centralized platforms, network effects create a divergence so profound that it inverts the very promise of social networking. The platform becomes exponentially more valuable while you become exponentially more disposable. This isn’t a side effect. It’s the core economic model.

Understanding why this happens, and why decentralized protocols offer a fundamentally different equation, requires us to look beneath the surface metrics we’ve been trained to worship. We need to examine what social capital actually is, how it accumulates, and why the architecture of our communication systems determines who captures its value.

The Metcalfe Delusion

In 1980, Robert Metcalfe observed that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users. If a network has ten users, its value is one hundred. If it has one hundred users, its value is ten thousand. This became known as Metcalfe’s Law, and it’s been used to justify the valuations of every major social platform since.

But there’s a hidden assumption in Metcalfe’s Law that nobody talks about. It assumes that every connection has equal value and that value accrues to the users. Neither is true.

When Facebook had one hundred million users, you could theoretically connect with one hundred million people. When it reached two billion users, you could theoretically connect with two billion people. Metcalfe’s Law would suggest you became twenty times more empowered. In reality, you became twenty times more invisible.

The platform captured all the value of those additional connections through advertising revenue, data mining, and algorithmic control. You captured none of it. Worse, your ability to actually reach people diminished as the network grew. Organic reach plummeted. The feed became pay-to-play. The very network effect that made Facebook valuable made your presence on it worthless unless you paid for visibility.

This is the first layer of the paradox. The network effect exists, but it flows upward to the platform, not outward to the users. You’re not a beneficiary of the network. You’re the product being sold to it.

The Replaceability Curve

Here’s where it gets more insidious. As platforms grow, individual users don’t just fail to capture value. They become actively less valuable to the platform itself.

Think about it from the platform’s perspective. When Facebook had one thousand users, losing any single user represented a meaningful loss. That’s one-tenth of one percent of the entire network. The platform would notice. They might even try to win you back.

When Facebook has three billion users, you are one three-billionth of the network. You are a rounding error. Your presence or absence is statistically undetectable. The platform has no incentive to care about your experience, your complaints, or your departure. There are a million people exactly like you who can fill your slot.

This creates what we might call the replaceability curve. As the network grows, your individual leverage approaches zero. The platform can change its terms of service, degrade your experience, manipulate what you see, sell your data, and you have no recourse except to leave. But leaving means abandoning everything you built there, which is exactly the trap.

The platform doesn’t need you. It needs aggregate users, statistical masses, demographic cohorts. You’re valuable only as part of a bucket that advertisers want to target. Your individuality, the very thing that makes you capable of forming real relationships, is noise in the system.

This is the second layer of the paradox. The larger the network becomes, the more replaceable you become within it. Scale works against you personally even as it enriches the platform.

The Illusion of Influence

We tell ourselves that some people escape this trap. The influencers, the verified accounts, the people with millions of followers. Surely they’ve captured network effects for themselves.

Look closer. What they’ve actually captured is temporary platform favor. Their reach exists at the pleasure of the algorithm. They’re successful because they’ve learned to game the platform’s engagement metrics, not because they’ve built genuine social capital.

This becomes brutally clear when platforms change. When Instagram shifted from chronological feeds to algorithmic feeds, influencers who had spent years building audiences saw their reach collapse overnight. Nothing they had done changed. The platform changed the rules, and their supposed social capital evaporated because it was never actually theirs. It was borrowed visibility that the platform could recall at will.

Or consider what happens when someone gets banned or deplatformed. A decade of daily posting, millions of followers, thousands of conversations, all gone instantly. If that social capital was real, it would be portable. It would exist independent of the platform. But it doesn’t, because what looks like social capital on centralized platforms is actually platform-mediated visibility, which is fundamentally different.

Real social capital is relationships. Platform capital is permission to broadcast. We’ve confused the two because platforms deliberately designed their interfaces to make them feel the same. They gave us follower counts and like buttons and verification badges, all the trappings of status, while ensuring that the actual value accrued to them.

The influencer with ten million followers has no way to contact those people if the platform disappears or bans them. They have a number on a screen, not a relationship. This is why influencers live in constant fear of algorithm changes and platform policy shifts. They’ve built their livelihood on rented land, and the landlord is capricious.

The Depth Versus Reach Trade-off.

Centralized platforms trained us to optimize for reach. More followers, more impressions, more engagement. These metrics became proxies for success because they were the only metrics the platform showed us. But reach and relationship depth exist in tension, and platforms systematically pushed us toward reach at the expense of depth.

Why? Because depth doesn’t scale algorithmically. Deep relationships require sustained attention, reciprocity, vulnerability, time. These things can’t be automated or multiplied. You can’t have deep relationships with ten thousand people. It’s cognitively impossible.

But reach scales beautifully for platforms. Broadcasting to millions generates data at scale. It creates multiple surfaces for ad insertion. It produces viral content that keeps users engaged. The platform benefits massively from you optimizing for reach even though you personally benefit more from optimizing for depth.

So the algorithmic feed privileges content that generates broad shallow engagement over content that generates narrow deep engagement. It shows you posts from accounts with millions of followers rather than updates from your actual friends. It rewards hot takes and outrage over nuanced discussion. It turns social networking into performance art for an audience of strangers.

Over time, users internalize these incentives. We start creating for the algorithm rather than for people. We chase viral moments rather than meaningful conversations. We broadcast rather than connect. And in doing so, we actively destroy our ability to build real social capital even while our vanity metrics climb.

This is perhaps the cruelest layer of the paradox. The platform’s incentive structure trains us to behave in ways that maximize value for the platform while minimizing value for ourselves. We become complicit in our own exploitation, mistaking follower counts for friendship and impressions for influence.

What Social Capital Actually Is

Step back from platforms for a moment and think about social capital in the physical world. What makes someone influential in a community? It’s not how many people have heard of them. It’s how many people trust them enough to take action based on their word.

If you tell your neighbor that a particular contractor does good work, and they hire that contractor based on your recommendation, that’s social capital. You influenced an economic decision because your neighbor trusts your judgment based on repeated interactions over time. The contractor might pay for advertising to reach thousands of people, but your single recommendation carries more weight because it comes from relationship depth, not broadcast reach.

This kind of capital accumulates slowly through demonstrated reliability, reciprocal value exchange, and consistency over time. It can’t be manufactured or bought. It exists in the minds of people who know you, created through actions rather than words, proven through behavior rather than claimed through credentials.

Real social capital is antifragile. It survives platform changes because it exists independent of any platform. If you have genuine relationships with one hundred people built on years of mutual value creation, those relationships persist even if every social media platform disappeared tomorrow. You have their contact information, their trust, their memory of who you are and what you’ve done. That’s portable capital.

Compare this to platform capital. If you have one hundred thousand Twitter followers but no genuine relationships with any of them, what happens when Twitter bans you or changes character? You have nothing. The number was always an illusion, a form of legible social credit that the platform could display and therefore monetize, but which contained no actual transferable value.

The distinction is crucial. Real social capital is illegible to platforms because it exists in relationship depth rather than measurable metrics. It can’t be datafied or algorithmically promoted. This makes it worthless to platforms even though it’s invaluable to you.

The Decentralized Promise

This brings us to protocols like Nostr and why they offer a fundamentally different equation. The technical innovation is that your identity and social graph are yours, portable across relays and clients. But the deeper innovation is that the architecture changes the incentive structure.

On Nostr, there is no algorithmic feed to game. There is no platform owner who benefits from you optimizing for reach. There is no artificial scarcity of attention created by a feed that only shows a fraction of content. The technical design removes the intermediary who was capturing all the network effects.

This creates the possibility of network effects that actually flow to users. As more people join Nostr, you potentially benefit directly because your social graph becomes more valuable. More of the people you want to communicate with are reachable. More opportunities for value exchange exist. Your social capital becomes more liquid without becoming less yours.

But here’s the critical word: possibility. The protocol enables this, but it doesn’t guarantee it. You still have to actually build the social capital. You still have to invest in relationships rather than just broadcasting. The difference is that when you do, you actually capture the value.

Every genuine connection you make on Nostr increases your optionality in ways that follower counts never could. These are people who know you, who’ve observed your behavior over time, who trust you enough to take your recommendations seriously. When you need help, they’ll help. When you build something, they’ll show up. When you make an offer, they’ll consider it. This is compound interest on relationship investment.

The protocol gives you the foundation. You have to build the house.

The Parasocial Trap Transferred

Here’s where most people get it wrong when they come to decentralized protocols. They bring their platform behaviors with them. They start broadcasting hot takes, trying to go viral, accumulating followers, chasing engagement metrics. All the same patterns, just on different infrastructure.

This is catastrophic because it wastes the protocol’s core advantage. You’re using a tool designed for relationship depth to pursue broadcast reach. It’s like using a precision microscope as a doorstop. It technically works, but you’re missing the entire point.

Without algorithmic promotion, broadcasting to strangers is just shouting into the void. There’s no engagement hack, no viral mechanism, no way to force yourself into people’s attention. If you’re not building genuine relationships, you’re building nothing, regardless of how clever your notes are.

The people who succeed on Nostr long-term won’t be the ones trying to recreate Twitter. They’ll be the ones who understand that this is a fundamentally different medium optimized for a fundamentally different behavior. It’s not about reach. It’s about resonance with specific people who become part of your trust network.

This requires a complete mental model shift. Stop thinking about content that will appeal to the broadest possible audience. Start thinking about value you can provide to specific people you’re building relationships with. Stop optimizing for impression counts. Start optimizing for depth of conversation and mutual value creation. Stop performing for strangers. Start engaging genuinely with individuals.

This feels inefficient if you’re coming from platform logic. Where’s the scale? Where’s the growth hack? Where’s the path to millions of followers? Those are the wrong questions. The right questions are: who are the fifty people I want to build deep trust with? How can I provide value to them? How can we create things together? How can these relationships compound over time?

The Optionality Engine

When you build real social capital in decentralized spaces, something remarkable happens. You create what Nassim Taleb calls optionality: the freedom to take advantage of opportunities without corresponding downside.

Each genuine relationship is a call option on future value. You don’t know exactly how it will pay off, but you know it increases the probability that good things will happen. Someone might recommend you for a job. Someone might become a collaborator on a project. Someone might introduce you to exactly the person you need to meet. Someone might buy what you’re selling because they trust you.

These opportunities can’t be forced or predicted. They emerge organically from relationship depth over time. But they only emerge if you’ve invested in the relationships before you need them. If you’re building connections transactionally, trying to network for immediate return, people sense it and the relationships stay shallow.

The beauty of the decentralized architecture is that your optionality increases genuinely as the network grows, but only if you’re building real capital. More people on Nostr means more potential valuable connections, but only for people who are actually connecting rather than broadcasting. The tourists who are just trying to build follower counts get no benefit from network growth. The people building genuine community get compound benefits.

This is the inversion of the centralized platform dynamic. On platforms, your relative value decreases as the network grows because you become more replaceable. On protocols, your relative value can increase as the network grows because your genuine relationships become more valuable when there are more opportunities to activate them.

But again, this only works if you’re building the relationships. The protocol enables it. You have to execute it.

The Time Investment Reality

Here’s the uncomfortable truth that nobody wants to hear. Building genuine social capital takes time. A lot of time. There are no shortcuts, no growth hacks, no ways to automate it.

You need to show up consistently. You need to provide value without immediate return. You need to engage in conversations that don’t go viral. You need to help people with problems that nobody else sees. You need to be patient while trust accumulates through repeated positive interactions.

This is incredibly inefficient compared to platform dynamics where you could potentially go viral and gain thousands of followers overnight. It feels slow. It feels like you’re not making progress because there’s no number rapidly increasing on your profile page.

But this is exactly why it works. The inefficiency is a feature, not a bug. Relationships that take time to build also take time to break. They’re robust against platform changes, algorithm updates, and shifting trends because they’re not dependent on any of those things. They’re just two people who’ve demonstrated value to each other repeatedly over time.

The person who spends a year building genuine relationships with one hundred people on Nostr will have more real social capital than someone who spent a year amassing ten thousand followers through clever engagement tactics. When they need something, those one hundred people will show up. The ten thousand followers won’t because there was never a relationship, just a number.

The Compounding Question

The ultimate test of whether you’re building real social capital is simple. If the protocol disappeared tomorrow, would your relationships persist? Do you have ways to contact the people you’ve connected with? Would they remember who you are and what you’ve contributed? Would they vouch for you in other contexts?

If the answer is yes, you’ve built something real. If the answer is no, you’ve built platform capital that only exists within the specific technical infrastructure you’re using. You’re making the same mistake again, just on different servers.

The promise of decentralized protocols is that you can build social capital that genuinely belongs to you and genuinely increases in value as the network grows. But the protocol can’t force you to build correctly. It can only give you the tools and remove the intermediary who was capturing all the value.

What you build with those tools is entirely up to you. You can recreate all the same shallow dynamics of centralized platforms and wonder why it doesn’t work. Or you can do something different. You can invest in depth over reach, in relationships over metrics, in genuine connection over parasocial performance.

The network effect paradox resolves when you stop trying to scale yourself and start trying to deepen yourself. The protocol makes this possible. Whether it becomes actual requires you to understand what you’re really building.

It’s not a platform. It’s not a replacement for Twitter. It’s infrastructure for human connection that doesn’t extract the value of that connection to enrich an intermediary. What you build on that infrastructure determines whether you benefit from network effects or just recreate the same trap with different architecture.

Choose carefully. The protocol will be here for a long time. The question is whether what you build on it will be worth anything when the network is ten times larger than it is today

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be ...

2025-12-02T16:53:24Z

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/1co.16.13-14.NIV

“Data indicates Block handled more than 124 million ...

2025-12-02T16:47:14Z

“Data indicates Block handled more than 124 million transactions across Square, Cash App, and Afterpay over the four-day shopping period, reflecting a 10% increase from last year.”

@jack that’s impressive

https://investors.block.xyz/investor-news/news-details/2025/CORRECTING-and-REPLACING-Block-Processes-124-Million-Transactions-as-Americans-Shop-Local-This-Black-Friday-Cyber-Monday/default.aspx

Link us to it from the Federal Reserve website please. Like this: ...

2025-12-02T16:06:25Z

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Link us to it from the Federal Reserve website please.

Like this:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/default.htm

Please provide reference to this from the Federal Reserve ...

2025-12-02T16:01:46Z

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Please provide reference to this from the Federal Reserve website.

@npub1uq7…u0c2 has made the @npub1su3…cngd protocol very ...

2025-12-02T15:45:24Z

Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2) has made the fedimint (npub1su3…cngd) protocol very attractive for communities to use.

“Multispend” chat groups can be used to do many things. It’s definitely worth exploring.

Here is an explanation of “Who are the federations” from the Fedimint website.

https://fedimint.org/docs/GettingStarted/Who-are-the-fms

quoting note15zr…5dp0
The #bitcoin network is built out in front of our eyes, thanks to all the devs!
#Fedimint will play a huge part in multisig community custody.
It will be able to connect to all the layers of bitcoin,
the main benefit will be the privacy, scalability and community custody!

Any updates on this? …we’d love to tell the @npub1r73…v7zy ...

2025-11-30T16:22:42Z

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Any updates on this? …we’d love to tell the HarlemBitcoin (npub1r73…v7zy) community that Strike is available for NY residents to install and use.

Status update on this please @nprofile…avmy #nevent1q…jktj

2025-11-30T04:27:09Z

Status update on this please jack mallers (nprofile…avmy)

quoting
nevent1q…jktj
it’s been 3 years in the making.

we expect to get it as soon as this month 🗽
nevent1q…mrlc

@nprofile…x999 let me know what you think about lesson number ...

2025-11-27T18:24:48Z

msheath (nprofile…x999) let me know what you think about lesson number 11 and 15 in particular.

As a Catholic I believe you’ll find these two Bible lessons particularly insightful.

quoting
nevent1q…vh7z
For many years I’ve been studying the Bible with family and friends. Amazing Facts has always been an excellent lesson plan to follow. Clear, easy lesson plans that really allows God’s word to come alive.

Amazing Facts has recently put together the following 15 lessons that I’m noting as the most comprehensive lessons that will make any Bible student a strong believer. Let me know what you think.

Take special note of lesson 11 and 15. These two really clear a lot up for many who are new to the faith and life long believers.

https://www.prophecyodyssey.com/

A healthy man has many wishes, a sick man only one. #trainforlife

2025-11-27T18:21:36Z

A healthy man has many wishes, a sick man only one.

#trainforlife

@nprofile…g5gk you’ve done good brauh! You’re winning!

2025-11-27T15:44:42Z

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paulinthejungle (nprofile…g5gk) you’ve done good brauh!

You’re winning!

Worth reading and sharing. #nevent1q…gcjy

2025-11-25T22:18:17Z

Worth reading and sharing.

quoting
nevent1q…gcjy
The digital age has given us a new confusion where we think follower counts equal power. But authority doesn’t come from announcing you have it or collecting people who click a button. Real authority flows from legitimate sources, whether divine mandate, institutional office, or respect earned through years of demonstrated wisdom. The influencer who mistakes his platform for something more has misunderstood what he possesses. He has volume and reach, but these are morally neutral tools that amplify whatever is already there in the man himself.

A follower count gives you exposure, and exposure cuts both ways. More eyes mean more witnesses to your character, which either confirms your virtue or accelerates your unmasking. The man of genuine substance grows more credible under scrutiny. The fraud crumbles in proportion to the attention he receives. This is why time remains the great revealer. The influencer whose impact evaporates with his relevance was never really influential. He was just loud when people happened to be listening.

True influence works differently. It shapes how people think, adjusts their moral understanding, and reorients their grasp of reality. You can’t manufacture this through metrics. It only emerges from a life lived with enough integrity that others recognize something worth emulating, something true enough to reorganize their lives around. The crowd applauds today and condemns tomorrow because crowds respond to performance. But the man who has actually influenced someone has created something more durable. He has transferred wisdom or virtue in a way that lasts regardless of whether the masses noticed.

The question isn’t how many people follow you. It’s whether you’re worth following. And only time can answer that.

Zapped all three of them! Thanks for sharing.

2025-11-25T19:48:09Z

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Zapped all three of them! Thanks for sharing.

@nprofile…54jm is amazing! I wish more people in the U.S. were ...

2025-11-25T19:11:02Z

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Fedi (nprofile…54jm) is amazing! I wish more people in the U.S. were using it.

Thank you for sharing their wallet addresses. Please share your ...

2025-11-25T19:08:08Z

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Thank you for sharing their wallet addresses.

Please share your Fedi community. I’d love to connect there and support.

How can we zap these young men? @npub1zkr…k6ec have you thought ...

2025-11-25T16:02:48Z

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How can we zap these young men? bitcoinekasi (npub1zkr…k6ec) have you thought about starting a Fedi (npub1uq7…u0c2) community?

HarlemBitcoin (npub1r73…v7zy) has one and we use it to educate and grow and empower our community.

@nprofile…dsfs what was your biggest takeaway from conducting ...

2025-11-25T15:23:17Z

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FrankCorvaOldAccount (nprofile…dsfs) what was your biggest takeaway from conducting this interview? Specifically after hearing jack mallers (nprofile…skgk) make these comments in the video here?

For many years I’ve been studying the Bible with family and ...

2025-11-25T15:11:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…3l6v
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For many years I’ve been studying the Bible with family and friends. Amazing Facts has always been an excellent lesson plan to follow. Clear, easy lesson plans that really allows God’s word to come alive.

Amazing Facts has recently put together the following 15 lessons that I’m noting as the most comprehensive lessons that will make any Bible student a strong believer. Let me know what you think.

Take special note of lesson 11 and 15. These two really clear a lot up for many who are new to the faith and life long believers.

https://www.prophecyodyssey.com/

Does square POS enable merchants in New York City to accept ...

2025-11-25T02:26:44Z

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Does square POS enable merchants in New York City to accept bitcoin? We have been accepting bitcoin at safari (npub1uf7…ehfe) for a few years now. We are currently using Square.

If this isn’t possible yet when do you believe Square will acquire the BitLicense required to operate here? jack mallers (nprofile…skgk) says he will acquire the BitLicense very soon.

Is there a way to get other health and fitness apps like Garmin ...

2025-11-24T13:36:05Z

Is there a way to get other health and fitness apps like Garmin Connect and Strava to sync with RUNSTR (nprofile…n2f3) ?

Try @nprofile…r3dz. It has similar features to Keychat. Fedi is ...

2025-11-24T03:27:12Z

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Try Fedi (nprofile…r3dz). It has similar features to Keychat. Fedi is proposing something a bit different however. You may like it.

I like them both for different reasons.

A strong ministry is built on a message of health and fitness. ...

2025-11-22T18:48:01Z

A strong ministry is built on a message of health and fitness.

#trainforlife

When a tree falls into a river it doesn’t become a fish.

2025-11-17T02:39:39Z

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When a tree falls into a river it doesn’t become a fish.

Fractional reserve banking.

2025-11-17T02:19:01Z

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Fractional reserve banking.

Hummmm. #nevent1q…jktj

2025-11-16T03:58:17Z

Hummmm.

quoting
nevent1q…jktj
it’s been 3 years in the making.

we expect to get it as soon as this month 🗽
nevent1q…mrlc

The government prints money out of nothing, devalues your savings ...

2025-11-16T03:56:01Z

The government prints money out of nothing, devalues your savings with inflation, then taxes you for using it. The whole system is built to exploit you.

What disaster happened in El Salvador regarding lightning?

2025-11-16T03:04:44Z

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What disaster happened in El Salvador regarding lightning?