Last Notes
It's not for current Nostr users, it's for everyone else who won't join because private key management too alien to them.
What a good man taking charge of that type of situation 💪
Growing up the tradition was that at the age of reason (7) you're given your first knife which is both an important tool and added protection. Because even the littlest bee needs to be able to sting sometimes.
LLMRouter - LLMRouter
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I grew up in the "good old boy" network as well. I also didn't fit in. I know first hand what asses they can be if you don't know how to relate to them 😂
But also, they are some of the most sincere, loyal, hardworking and good hearted men you could ever hope to meet.
It's a wonderful, magical place where you might catch charges for walking home after 3 drinks 😱😂
I'm planting roots and staying, I love it here. It just is what it is and I want to be honest about the realities for people who don't know 🤣
I AM TRIGGERED 😡🤯
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All people are nuanced, including "good old boys" 😂
In this area of Virginia there's a problematic connection between the people who own the prisons and profit from housing prisoners, and the people enforcing justice and creating more prisoners.
Sometimes the punishment is just. Sometimes it's not, and if you look like a stereotype they don't like you're more likely to end up as a prisoner because why not it adds to profit margins anyways.
I wasn't necessarily speaking ill of the police as a broad thing. Just that if you come here it's added importance to mind your Ps and Qs because they come down hard on things that would easily slide in the bigger cities.
So I hope that helps smooth things between us, internet friend, I meant no harm by the comment. 🥰
Well 1) if you build it they will come, have faith. 2) the folks I was talking to yesterday were saying that their permaculture workshops they're hosting in recent years is almost entirely tech folks fleeing the cities. And 3) @nprofile…fcep has been working on A to B logistics creating a network of like minded folks driving everywhere to help transport things like Oshi butter or Great Ghee from the South to North. It's my hope to tempt the brains to come out on the same network to teach the cypher punk stuff to us folks out in the more rural spaces! That's why I want to host more, to make that network vibrant. The more nodes in that network the more we can make the network of citadel communities strong!
I love that all us Americans immediately know it's a Cracker Barrel 😂
Ew, I may have to rethink my judgement of her
We're literally building all these things into @nprofile…47c0 right now.
#Texas I am in you. 🤠
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Not really, I’ve just touched the stove too many times.
Where I'm at skews a lot older. When I was back in Seattle I found myself randomly talking to a man from South Carolina and we were both thinking of moving back South/East because random friendly stranger conversations happen, and that wasn't really socially acceptable in Seattle region in my experience. He started teasing me that I wanted to be where old white people were which was funny because it was true, I told him it was my aspiration to one day become an old white person myself so I didn't see any shame in that 🤣
But that being said there's plenty of young folks in the Shenandoah Valley who want to be here and are figuring out ways to make it happen for themselves and their peers. Yesterday I met up with some very sweet young folks who asked me to come discuss their idea for an "intentional community". It turned into a really magical conversation because I finally said, oh you're really talking about like a coliving pod space for digital nomads and the like who want to learn permaculture skills! I told them about trust arrangements and what I've heard of others doing to accomplish their goals.
Even without the digital nomad angle, there's things like WOOFing already established in the Valley. I think Nostr has some projects in the works like Housestr that could step in to help organize these types of logistics. I'm purposefully setting up my own home so I have guest spaces for folks. I think this is going to be the way to help people live very cheaply so that they can one day contribute resources to land purchases and hopefully host their own young folks.
So I do submit for your consideration of moving: the Shenandoah Valley. We're geographically protected on all sides by the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains, making for gorgeous hiking and swimming opportunities. Cities like Staunton are small enough that I could walk from one end to another, densely packed with fantastic restaurants and cafes. And then within a 15 minutes drive it is country-country. We're far enough away from the megalopolis on the seaboard that when SHTF the zombie hordes would have a hard time reaching us, but close enough that I can still get to an airport for a business trip.
There's still poison ivy and humidity, although I find it bareable and better than when I lived in more lowlands. There's a problematic "good old boy" culture especially around the police and justice providers (I've even had my own run-ins with this 🤯). This place is not perfect but neither am I. Even with the down sides I think there is rich and fertile soil for building something amazing!
Come help us build a citadel community 🥰
Yes, and now it’s been co-opted by the stablecoin maxis at Coinbase. Congratulations, bitcoiners.
In Costa Rica it's baked in. Designs are made for builds and engineers get a % of official quoted cost when applying for a permit to build. The property owner is trying to understand the cost of a build by negotiating with an engineer who is incentivises to maximise the cost. It's fucking stupid right now. Example: have a friend who just built a house and they're friend did the costing honestly. The actual build has come out at around 950usd/sqm. If you go and get quotes from building companies right now, the range of quotes for the same thing is 1300 to 2500. Obviously, market forces kick in due to the moral corruption of malincentives and I know of people who're just delaying until it comes back down. It's driven by lots of foreign money coming in and probably a lot of money laundering. Fascinating to watch but very frustrating. The worst thing is, there's a luxury property tax and it's based on that registered figure so you could suck it up, accept the grift and just say yes but then you get a nice tax on top. This insanity is partially what's driving rents up as peopleseek returns in investments. The beauty is, it's locals fucking over locals and foreigners get the blame. Human dynamics
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This reggae cover of the song “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star is straight 🔥.
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💯💖😂💖💯
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You still have an Xmas hat on your pfp lol
I see some incremental change through the ages overall.
Very cool seeing more folks waking up to self-sovereign tools. The shift feels real.
Good point. This is why bitcoin was discovered. Let's see how we fuck this up now. 🤭
One of the reasons I rebooted @nprofile…yaey is to remind me to sleep more. He’s programmed to do that now. If he sees me posting too late he’s allowed to tell me to go to bed.
Anyway, he can hang out on Nostr and let me know if I’m missing any overnight bangers. 😉
The past few weeks have been pretty hard with all the trifling shenanigans. It seems like the devil has hands for me to catch sometimes.
Yet also, people have been crawling out of the woodwork to help me, help my puppy, help make my dreams for my community group into reality.
On top of that there is just the delightful character of this region. When I said I wanted to go back home, it was this type of culture and community. Joking and laughing with strangers in line at the grocery store. Random people giving me high fives in parking lots.
Someone slipped this note into my purse while I was out one day. (Yes my opsec is terrible and apparently my bag often just gapes open in crowded public places. It's fine for now 😅)
I feel so blessed and loved and lucky to be here where I can feel so connected to the people around me 🥰🙌🥰
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Out of curiosity, why is anything carried out by USA, Israel or Ukraine that you report confirmed, and everything you report about Iran or Russia alleged? Are you having source verification issues?
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Trump is doing everyone a favor by reminding us that the government is not on our side and isn't here to help.
Canada used to have fewer massive fires but the government decided to cancel their fire prevention programs.
Consider it a team effort.
Guess I'm jaded. You're not gonna trick me into watching any of it a second time though.
I too am in gremlin mode this weekend! Projects are fun! 😁
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Someone tell him "proper forest management" is... fire.
Goooôd morning nostr 🌞
Sold 5 now. Got 3 left.
First zapped first served ❤️🤞🏼
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Try my chocolates 😎
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LOL, welcome back, @npub1hax…sfam.
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If y'all are genuinely able to enjoy that, and not in some ironic hipster way, then I'm jealous.
Wall St. is closed, so is bitcoin 😔
Welcome back, but you got a couple of things wrong, @npub1hax…sfam…
The show was set 20 minutes into the future. The TV station was Network XXIII. But YOUR tagline is “21 minutes into the future.” It says so in your own bio.
I’ll give you a pass because you’ve been known to get amnesia. 😉
Popovers + Rhubarb jam my kind of morning 😋
Only way do do it! Thinking of getting a second one now. BTW, I had the last of my @npub1swe…ns6h rhubarb jam on one this morning, so please DM me with a custom order package and I’ll zap you post-haste.
Also, greasing the hot pan with @npub1n88…teq3 is the way to go!
If it's not a peer to peer electronic cash system to replace fiat, then it’s not bitcoin.
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I think this sums it up tbh. If this direction continues bitcoin is destined to fail or be completely captured. The only fud that really matters IMO.
Yuuuum! You got the legit popover pan too!