2025-02-06T18:43:44Z https://nostr.ae luxorator https://nostr.ae/npub1zm35kz9pchm93qaeryqzlczkj8gavnddcddhpec6y5dxecqzs7gsanuca6 https://image.nostr.build/b81c9680cdd5157e5c4f5615d2f9db9075a56c3d84bf5f5ed258f40223f86ba2.gif https://image.nostr.build/b81c9680cdd5157e5c4f5615d2f9db9075a56c3d84bf5f5ed258f40223f86ba2.gif https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9mc8d8wum2ex3qk77lwqt7p0f3eju3pxm4r9pf0r7kfj9vldcs2szyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezdapayu One of my absolute favorite things is watching my husband while he cooks. He flits about the kitchen confidently, usually listening to his music or a podcast, with a little smile or laugh periodically lighting up his face, and therefore my whole heart. Concocting pure magic. I am a damn lucky guy. 2026-07-16T23:14:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsym0qfrjkjv8ew84a3zra64lm0788yun0ngxl00lhsnzv3epwrs5gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezzz583t “Confronting, accepting, being with negative thinking and feeling, knowing that they are not the whole of reality and not you, is the most fruitful and beneficial of all spiritual practices — better even than experiencing bliss or oneness.” 💬 Norman Fischer 2026-07-16T22:15:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzl4t5yrh3a8dm2j8udksua6q45y3qdn6czzclzee5feu235cxgqzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez08sr2s My hot take of the day — I think the moralization of personal choice is a mechanism that absorbs political energy and redirects it away from power. I want to write an essay on this soon with emphasis on personal AI usage, but also activism more broadly. 2026-05-26T15:58:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0u67vzd3gmluaqenggk432s6yuhtm4m6e4hr77zs7dqp96snq7sszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezr3xgtl Today I migrated Mastodon instances for the second (or is it third?) time. Partly because I think indieweb.social fits my current vibe. But mainly because universeodon.com refused to connect correctly to Micro.blog for cross-posting. Alas, you can now find me at @luxorator. <a href="https://indieweb.social/@luxorator">https://indieweb.social/@luxorator</a> 2026-03-03T15:21:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpd7hyz8m460eqn7j6t0acghefmlet7fahcvt96g823uz55l87lgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez4fhcc8 New project completed. Officially cut the cord from DreamHost and moved my WordPress install into a Docker container on my Mac. Running it through Cloudflare. Self-hosting is kind of addicting. Definitely not watching the State of the Union tonight… 2026-02-25T03:50:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwmz8ncp0tgnu92v6gyhdqf2dr7q439nenn5lemds66mjw0js9xgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez4c0swp Remember that your energy is your inventory. It’s finite, precious, and if you’re prone to burnout like me, you are probably bad at conserving it. Our nervous systems are not all created with equal capacity. “Toughing it out” may in the end be counterproductive. Find a rhythm of engagement that works for y... tycrisp.com <a href="https://tycrisp.com/2026/02/07/5533/">https://tycrisp.com/2026/02/07/5533/</a> 2026-02-07T15:34:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw357y8ftmy60v8x4ca0ljxhjk8pul7wdffncgfyl6m3l45ppnj6szyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezux8e06 I am committed to posting my thoughts more frequently in this new year. I definitely need the outlet. In the midst of working on my private pilot license, I have also elected to start a small housecleaning business. It should be enough to occupy my attention for a while, I expect. We’ll see where everythin... tycrisp.com <a href="https://tycrisp.com/2026/01/02/5528/">https://tycrisp.com/2026/01/02/5528/</a> 2026-01-03T03:38:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsysr26zy6hg59lhzg0r22rz9wz58qtz00wffkmryfulx77ejk0zrszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezy0z5wg “Who’s to say that there is any more support for Freud’s psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations?” 💬 Tony Campolo 2026-01-03T03:30:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqd0vrn4sdj5tj3llyenduwp9zh37eyg6km0u4d67klum86zyw5mczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezyslywn “I’m about to leave the world with all the mess, whereas young people have to grow up into it. If they succumb to the doom and gloom that’s the end. If you don’t hope you sink into apathy; hope is a crucial way to get through this.” 💬 Jane Goodall 2025-10-05T15:00:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsytrw00gjlr6j76f9jf6cuqw2akv4w6rxlcxqy6a2rfdjkfazw7wgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez36jywh “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” 💬 Frédéric Bastiat 2025-06-22T15:39:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsts5r3tvddhj6ya5j4cxje7gzpqu72j6tqzssdts20yqvhuj7p7agzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezvw8e5j The U.S. has mastered the art of making people worship their oppressors while blaming the poor for their suffering. 2025-04-01T22:23:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfnnzl74q503rkjaphplfgg0md303xzc7w4qlpslmtw9jkfzam75szyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezsdsmfy A vital read.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump</a> 2025-03-05T20:04:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsql6ufj5gevajkshsv22ke27n2x456mf8c8l4q8dd4wear29c0q2qzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezqmmvh9 “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger — something better, pushing right back.”<br/><br/><br/>💬 Albert Camus 2025-02-24T16:56:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst6kwf79lxh43qcqlvqwprgqg4dwy35hgp6pgddu7ne5v5pdn53qgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezfnl08z “Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.” <br/><br/><br/>💬 John Brown 2025-02-21T13:25:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs228fvhw2v62q2qyhp3l85fnqyawn8s8pvjvqegjc8uc88z2pwd3czyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezr6uxh3 It’s fascinating and positively gut-wrenching to watch how quickly the institutions that protect our rights can be dismantled. It’s downright terrifying to see so many people blind to the reality of what’s happening right in front of their noses… 2025-02-12T02:41:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs28xmzzaswu9p3uzh3gas9vnd7l2pcrky2hj28rru7pqx6ax2nyxszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezv8vjvl Likes TJ Klune Presents His Standalone Novel, The Bones Beneath My Skin.<br/><br/>Last night I attended a meet and greet with TJ Klune, an interesting and newly discovered author whose work I’m excited to peruse.Thanks to my best friend Katie @punkrascal23.bsky.social for letting me tag along! <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tj-klune-presents-his-standalone-novel-the-bones-beneath-my-skin-tickets-1089935559599">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tj-klune-presents-his-standalone-novel-the-bones-beneath-my-skin-tickets-1089935559599</a> 2025-02-06T19:18:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdt05xhq4hmgvjhf8a8pl67aa545gqdl86z4dpyh0tj4cmvu223dqzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezaqhjpq “The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.” <br/><br/><br/>💬 T.J Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea 2025-02-06T18:27:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgk47c6drr7pr4h9ss26z5x868j8x8f8aak7czwq5hyx6pn3qsjlszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezud4ndk “Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”<br/><br/><br/>💬 C.G. Jung 2025-02-06T18:22:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvz4s0e0twrttwe03kmuesyx5vnm5x7g3l54qzkanu5e98k92l03gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezlpmsn5 In reply to Webmentions Testing Tool – beatonma.org.<br/><br/>Currently experimenting once again with adding Webmention support to my blog. I think maybe I figured it out it this time. #indieweb 👍 <a href="https://beatonma.org/webmentions_tester/?#">https://beatonma.org/webmentions_tester/?#</a> 2025-02-04T05:00:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2lyt7s6dfsz9keufmp4svnhjklrtz0eg7d7t7td52wrj3tkzl9vgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezsuwxnn Is it just me, or are CunninLynguists woefully underrated? Super soulful and ethereal hip-hop. I really dig their southern underground style. For those who are fans, what other groups should I check out? #music 🎵 🎧 2025-02-04T03:40:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstjp6xlnt432nz8jq6f7kc0chvfws5kfsktx8x5sptdyw22huanpgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezy25vj2 Protected: Journal Entry #3 <a href="https://tycrisp.com/2025/02/03/journal-entry-3/">https://tycrisp.com/2025/02/03/journal-entry-3/</a> 2025-02-04T03:16:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyn7ngp7frgykpnfreqhcqa5rx2fut6surktm8vd78cy8anpl8zyczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezmvf44z “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” ~ Emma Lazarus 🫰 2025-01-31T23:11:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f4knrkx45gpxmkaja9g9qtj0vqqqe9de5e40ju6mjwztlk7yp5gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2reznmym2h Listened to some Alice In Chains today — MTV Unplugged and Jar of Flies — and came to the conclusion that acoustic grunge is my vibe. 2025-01-31T22:58:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8gupsfw7p7mh2a32lzgqx33ejjwlmxfkc7zkx6880r4c2zmp46czyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez7h2zel Listened to some Alice In Chains today — MTV Unplugged and Jar of Flies — and came to the conclusion that acoustic grunge is my vibe. 2025-01-31T22:53:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdmr30xlq9ferh47wherdj5986rh9wqxvgn9qrhzt4rmdc54jjfczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezv28d89 “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Do not become bitter or hostile. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. We will find a way to make a way out of no way.” ~ Rep. John Lewis #goodtrouble <a href="https://tycrisp.com/tag/goodtrouble/">https://tycrisp.com/tag/goodtrouble/</a> 2025-01-21T04:31:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8mkthtv0w36vzj08fuplexhx8gjwag0lmeaskmg4hertl7zpz6gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezc7esq2 “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” ~ James Waterman Wise 2025-01-20T15:20:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgpnh46tzsx28fjt4tcxltqa3hhacwnj60s3y035w0jvaptekashgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezakemhn Alice In Chains is astounding rock. 2025-01-19T16:10:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyrerxrj670ah88xhujccu6szmkeqy5gjstcykldk6x7z2fahdspszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezwnmhpm “The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity, every crack in the common front against fascism.” ~ Henry A. Wallace 2025-01-13T03:51:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86s0jxsamg6k5myyw4dydramy0320cf43pc4zd0m0pw7q9ulu9vczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezwz8azq “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.” ~ Jim Morrison 2025-01-12T20:07:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfuch9knjuw4j2j3jv7tt9vsnqyznt6hwxdm9swkxxvu9l5l4lnrgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez2hs42f “There are 2 kinds of fighters: those who fight because they hate, and those who fight because they love.” ~ Criss Jami 2025-01-12T19:54:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmeu8s5mfp8jrm63fc4ed7efpnk406nhd6jlg49f0r6hgvwv2p7gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezu6e54l “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt 2025-01-12T19:39:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr7yjgkjutr5hlnr0ycathmkp9788ktcp33ar3c5cvpxv4g38y2xczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez2y52uy Well, it seems my journey to “indiewebify” my #Wordpress blog is currently on hiatus. I could never get webmentions to work properly. I may revisit this project in the future, but for now I will settle with ActivityPub federation and syndicating my posts through Micro.blog. <a href="https://tycrisp.com/tag/wordpress/">https://tycrisp.com/tag/wordpress/</a> 2025-01-11T05:28:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvusrcmmekydue20u6jwp0acf36wdnuxgkddk224hlvhed6vthugzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezysda8t I’ve been dealing with upper stomach pressure, pain, bloating, and GERD for the past 2 years that gets better or worse depending on my posture and position. Feels like my diaphragm is getting compressed and slightly short of breath. I strongly suspect I have a sliding #hiatalhernia despite an endoscopy and CT scan leaving me in the clear. Anyone else have advice or experience with this? 2025-01-04T04:34:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2zw0amml8cq4cfa5zrykh7ndf53aypx4rul6u92pqku5cyufr5eqzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez9kr6f5 Spending the first day of the new year on blog maintenance. Currently I’m cleaning up the formatting of my old book reviews, fixing broken links, images, etc. I think I’m feeling the long-lost urge to get back into the universe of book #blogging. 🤔📚 #bookstodon #booksky #writers #books #2025 2025-01-01T17:21:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvy8h3c7vzkwmsea6l3jn4eq3l97r797lah5nxtqn45h2r74hztczyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez7trkx7 After many long years of putting it off, I’ve finally migrated my website from the managed #Wordpress .com service to a dedicated web host (KnownHost). The freedom to use plugins is a godsend. Currently experimenting with #ActivityPub support and connecting my #blog to the #fediverse. 2024-12-11T21:19:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzj2gl7qrknmtprdeavgtg02tlzrqax64jdek9ukcz2dl32uczqgzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezvzl8ty Some days my #faith in the world, “God,” universal goodness, or whatever you want to call it, is tested. It’s the force at the core of my being that validates an optimistic perspective about reality. It’s not a constant thing. But reading #Tolkien somehow always brings me back out of the dark. ✨ 2024-12-05T14:56:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdr9hzqfhxfqgt8f5sa98xyx6t88qp0wpcsc40t29d45c07az4g0gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez0pk642 Always with my #1. 😘 <img src="https://nostrcheck.me/media/16e34b08a1c5f65883b919002fe05691d1d64dadc35b70e71a251a6ce0028791/4de4857e9fc3eb65e837c0b226c4536fbbe38ac0dd57bc002a5edf687f9892a9.webp"> <img src="https://nostrcheck.me/media/16e34b08a1c5f65883b919002fe05691d1d64dadc35b70e71a251a6ce0028791/e859592f2260c4cb25bfd051edd796efa6e112c5c69d16f6564d860c2c6e4ab0.webp"> <img src="https://nostrcheck.me/media/16e34b08a1c5f65883b919002fe05691d1d64dadc35b70e71a251a6ce0028791/68af8bcede8fbad91e7d72a601d714dee06112e16488da69e2a58c858346a019.webp"> <img src="https://nostrcheck.me/media/16e34b08a1c5f65883b919002fe05691d1d64dadc35b70e71a251a6ce0028791/eb22a0aaef0f862219f43918ded587409ff9f47e8a17c62e8a7f146c95c106e6.webp"> 2024-11-29T21:24:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszh4ruaraqc9n9885fywz8z6ypeljelxx22dfxwndwq6enp5gwtuszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezkpkw2s &#34;The sage moves through a village<br/><br/>Like a bee pollinates a flower,<br/><br/>Not harming the flower, its color or fragrance.&#34;<br/><br/>~ from the Dhammapada 2024-11-26T03:24:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx5c4ugduc969jq3fcj4rsm0squuty98x2wq4kaph2h9pnedl3kfszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rez9laykq It&#39;s been a revelation to realize that you can&#39;t brute force change within yourself. You have to allow it to naturally occur by first truly accepting who you are. Trust in your human nature&#39;s transformative process. Self-acceptance does not mean complacency. #change #acceptance 🐦‍🔥🔥 2024-11-26T03:22:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsruhf83742mnf3fk6zlzd4rc090gzra99dp7d8x39wqdhexhsjj9szyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezjmrx4c Denaturalization and detention “camps?” What hellscape reality have we slipped into…<br/><br/>“And it seems to me important for a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again.” ~ George Takei 2024-11-19T22:42:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgvpn8ev7vsazcujhzshqp2mar3v64m3vksvaur6tce5rps5najmszyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezrp4wxk &#34;No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.&#34; ~ Sheeta/Princess Lucita Toelle Ur Laputa, Castle in the Sky 2024-11-18T23:22:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwgecrw8l477kvc5ksy8wzwkvzrlk4q2jcwzwy5rkm5x8mg7w07gzyqtwxjcg58zlvkyrhyvsqtlq26gar4jd4hp4ku88rgj35m8qq2rezp9yldu &#34;A king without compassion does not deserve a kingdom.&#34; ~ Sheeta/Princess Lucita Toelle Ur Laputa, Castle in the Sky 2024-11-18T23:21:25Z