Michael Sparks ✨ 😶‍🌫️🗽⚡

Location: Middle Tennessee, USA

Homesteader, entrepreneur and all around goofball

Talks about: Guns, knives, pipes/tobacco, livestock, Liberty, Freedom, Free markets, Austrian Economics, AMSOIL, Infinite Banking, Bitcoin, Shitcoin, Lightning payments, building meaningful social relationships, business, entrepreneurship, homesteading, permaculture, agriculture, generational wealth, personal finance...

Member of npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r get on the mission

#GrowNostr #AMSOIL #AMSOILLubeDirect #LubeDirect #InfiniteBanking #FinancialTailwind #plebsrustica #ChestnutRidgeTN #middleTN #Tennessee ⚡⚡ zapper

Nostring since 4/20/23

Public Key

npub168u2cl8m4s9htdym5yref7tpkghw96lngc0d8cxqyc400f02sdjs3q68qx

NIP-05 Address

MichaelS@bitcoinveterans.org

NIP-57 Address

worthybill53@getalby.com

Profile Code

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relay.damus.io

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

nostr.oxtr.dev

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2024-11-02 20:02:13

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What makes you think so? Did you wear your sticker like a good little statist?

2024-10-31 13:21:20

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#coffeechain 🫂

2024-10-31 13:15:22

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Cool thanks

2024-10-31 13:09:36

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Some days are easier than others

2024-10-27 14:14:11

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99% of Tennessee is conservative and mostly rural. The 3 cities I would avoid are Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga... We are about 50 miles from Nashville, many times I forget to lock my doors, leave keys in the car and equipment out... (I am on 30 acres and you can see us) but we have very little crime. Depending on what you want land is relatively inexpensive, costs are low compared to other places. We don't have a state income tax, property taxes are low... We do have a high sales tax (9.5%)
Tennessee has Constitutional Carry, meaning anyone can carry a firearm (concealed or open) just about everywhere. The weather is overall decent with mild and short winters and hot, but short summers. It's easy to get to a lot of places from here... Also note Tennessee is a wide but short state. Driving lengthwise takes about 8 hours. Top to bottom is 2 hours... Further east is mountains, further west is flat. We are hilly in our area, but no mountains.
I've lived all over the US, and think that Tennessee is one of the nicest places. Most people are friendly.

2024-10-19 23:50:03

Didn't realize Dave Ramsey was negative on bitcoin...

2024-09-25 01:10:08

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Sounds like a great part time gig being a money changer...

2024-09-23 12:42:04

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We were up butt crack of dawn for knee replacement in Nashville for the wife... Got to see the sun come up. Of course coffee on the way! #coffeechain #coffee

2024-09-23 12:39:02

#YesterdaysWordle #wordle for Sunday September 22nd.
https://i.nostr.build/5IE2QaPVbAS3VLMJ.jpg

2024-09-20 17:23:23

Friends please reach out to your Constitutional representative to encourage support of Rep Thomas Massey Dr. Mark Green please support this bill!
#2a #2NDAMENDMENT #ConstitutionalCarry
The right of the of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/nagr/rep-tom-massie-introduces-national-constitutional-carry-bill/
https://i.nostr.build/hHuW2K7kBT3dwoWg.jpg

2024-09-20 13:15:38

So much for free speech... Facebook prevents me from make a post showing former president using bitcoin to buy burgers... Goes against community standards... When I changed it from using His name to 45 and removed the hastag of his name it went through. Bunch of bullshit
#trump
#pubkey
#bitcoin
#btc
#fuckfacebook
https://i.nostr.build/A9cnXpOPptsPCPkm.jpg

2024-09-20 12:30:35

#YesterdaysWordle #wordle for Thursday September 19th.
https://i.nostr.build/4FVrqKArLRYvyTn4.jpg

2024-09-19 13:30:00

Very funny. Seems to be Ai made. I guess the governor of California banned it... Whatever that means.
https://x.com/MrReaganUSA/status/1816826660089733492?t=8MsVGYTIA7h-1bcS2Nm6pg&s=09

2024-09-19 12:56:29

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2024-09-16 12:01:36

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Are they wanting it to be on the internet permanently? If they use nostr, the notes can be deleted in the future by the various relays... Unless they self host no guarantee that their notes will always be there.
As far as using nostr, I would just create a new profile in the name of the blog they want and only post blog stuff.
Only guarantee that the content will be permanent would be to self host it on WordPress with their own domain. You can purchase a domain privately

2024-09-16 11:56:12

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Because the deep state told them to. 🤷🏼‍♂️

2024-09-14 13:52:20

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This is amethyst client it has a share button built in and creates an njump link you can share anywhere else on the net. Hope this helps.
https://i.nostr.build/rny4K9zX12V6CTHz.jpg

2024-09-13 13:17:53

How do we get @nprofile…xk7g on Rogan to set the record straight? https://i.nostr.build/EqCKlYx0EaOTehOI.jpg

2024-09-13 11:35:49

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Good to hear!

2024-09-10 13:08:42

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60 years ago the only way was to read propagandist newspapers and TV news, the only social was getting in your car and going to social places like church events, private clubs like moose, vfw, etc and of course the best place for social, bars... I remember bars being on every corner as a kid.
People that are "unplugged socially" I believe have a mental illness, so since you have deleted all you apps, hopefully you've spent more time in church, civic clubs and social bars (not dance clubs) otherwise if you're sitting home with your cats, we'll I feel for you.
Best of luck.

2024-09-08 21:03:32

So @nprofile…3mkl shutting down I currently have zero balance. Anything else I need to do? I know I could self host. Maybe one day that'll happen, but I don't see myself figuring that out by the end of the year.
Also what's another non custodial lightning wallet? Currently using breez. https://i.nostr.build/UDoN3h4NZ1AqvZyC.jpg

2024-09-08 20:29:29

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Might as well be reading in Greek. I understand none of it.

2024-09-08 13:10:52

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😅 For sure! Looks like the price is up $20 from my last buy back in August. I just don't have a good way to get any, I have to do a swap for btc... Therefore I'll just hodl btc instead and use xrm as needed.

2024-09-08 12:18:06

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I didn't think that monero works the same as btc, as far as price vs fiat? It's designed as a private currency, not a store of value. You should be able to trade in and out of it using bitcoin or by mining it. Maybe I'm wrong 🤷🏼‍♂️ I have limited knowledge of it beyond the privacy part.

2024-09-07 22:55:37

How many reply guy bots are there? Can I fucking block them all?

2024-09-07 22:51:49

I'd like to kick reply guy in the fucking balls.

2024-09-07 22:46:58

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I send to a Shitcoin non custodial, then consolidate to cold at at least $1,000 🤷🏼‍♂️ don't know if that is the right way or not?

2024-09-07 21:40:31

#Pipe season in #Tennessee... Finally cool enough to sit out on the porch and enjoy a smoke. My good friend Eric picked up this pipe on his trip to #Germany this summer, it's my second smoke out of it. Seems to be a nice smoker... The pipe is a Vauen. Smoking some Eric Stokkebye 4th generation, Afternoon Melange. Smells like a Tennessee #tobacco barn. So nice and smooth. https://i.nostr.build/czYx6Iiibqp82QlG.jpg

2024-09-07 13:22:24

Guess the political view... Answer the question.
#guns #ar15 #2a #2ndAmendment
https://i.nostr.build/jbgAxcz3nqv422QJ.jpg

2024-09-07 10:37:24

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Lost millions I believe...

2024-09-07 10:36:50

@nprofile…lqvu welcome to #nostr #GrowNostr check them out

2024-09-07 09:58:34

#YesterdaysWordle #wordle for Friday September 6th
https://i.nostr.build/nW0vAhFoULnu5EVG.jpg

2024-09-07 01:38:17

Fucking Rico Suave stole business from my elder friend. I hate scammers. Thinking he she swim back to Costa Rica... Elder abuse sucks.

2024-09-01 08:56:40

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That's so cool! Permissionless money! That's the point!

2024-09-01 08:54:24

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Awe, how cute..

2024-08-30 02:33:46

https://www.youtube.com/live/khSHmM3PLdk

2024-08-29 23:13:30

Wrench in the plans for our first bitcoin meetup. Fucking Cafe is closed on a Saturday, for labor day (which is fucking Monday) guess they hate money.

2024-08-28 03:17:01

Why does your fucking bio suck. What would even make me want to follow you on Nostr? #GrowNostr

2024-08-27 02:17:04

While most people are not ready for #nostr and #bitcoin... We'll be here when they are. Keep spreading the message.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/08/26/telegram-and-youtube-censorship-show-bitcoin-and-nostr-are-critical/

2024-08-25 15:30:46

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That is definitely unpopular. What's your definition of fostering? I would not agree with you. This is the same as saying a gun manufacture makes a gun, then someone else kills another with it. This is a terrible way of thinking IMO.

2024-08-25 15:04:45

Your house is not a store of value. It should be utility value
https://fountain.fm/clip/T2RYlztsYFdqhxedWlzN
#housing #bitcoin #inflation

2024-08-24 19:29:08

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When you grab a link to share, delete everything from the question mark and after.
https://youtu.be/i19xTlTcAmY
This part 👉 ?si=5D_qj-GzUMsDUlSa

2024-08-23 23:52:40

POLITICAL POST!!! SCROLL PAST IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED. I STILL LOVE YOU EVEN IF WE DISAGREE. ❤️
The Democrats rigged their own primary process to block Bernie in 2016.
They blocked RFK from competing against Biden in the primary in 2024.
They've filed multiple legal challenges to keep 3rd party candidates off the ballot.
They covered up Biden's decline so that they could push him out and replace him with a candidate who didn't receive a single vote.
The Establishment controls the process to ensure the two choices you have in November serve the Uniparty.
They wanted Nikki Haley to fill that role on the Republican side. Unfortunately for them Trump survived an assassination attempt days before the RNC.
Trump has many flaws, but he makes the Uniparty nervous.
And the Uniparty must be defeated.

2024-08-23 17:01:56

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April 20th 2023 here. and I get on it every day.

2024-08-23 17:00:33

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Stupid now I go to the note I was replying to and there are 8 replies....At least it's a good reply on what are zaps... Zaps are Love😍

2024-08-23 16:59:21

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Zaps are Love 😍

2024-08-23 16:58:59

Why is Primal so buggy. Trying to reply to a note and get a notice that no relay's are available. On Amethyst never been an issue. Do I have to setup separate relays for each client?

2024-08-23 16:57:27

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Zaps are Love!

2024-08-23 16:56:58

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Zaps are Love!

2024-08-23 16:56:40

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Zaps are Love!

2024-08-23 16:33:46

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Zaps are Love!

2024-08-23 16:24:58

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Congrats!

2024-08-23 15:20:52

Hate tech... Trying to figure out why I can zap from my @nprofile…f5tj profile? I can zap to it, but when I log into that one and try to zap it tries to zap from cash app.
I had all my profiles setup a while ago, and now this one quit working. My personal profile works fine, it's just the AMSOIL one.
I have lubedirect@getalby.com in the lnurl on the profile and I have it set on the alby account. 🤷🏼‍♂️

2024-08-22 22:36:43

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Okay, I hate being so close to boomer age, but how do I make this happen?

2024-08-21 23:19:44

We are in dystopia... It's here folks. Get used to it and buckle up... It's gonna be a ride.

2024-08-21 18:49:48

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And I don't really work it hard on here.

2024-08-21 18:46:15

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I can power with pages @nprofile…f5tj... 😘

2024-08-20 15:50:37

Anyone know people at signal? Can't believe they don't take bitcoin or monero?
Who the hell would donate kyc for a privacy app?
#signal #privacy #nokyc
https://i.nostr.build/EE5Ak4GirtsleKr6.jpg

2024-08-20 11:46:57

Favorite peanut butter for nostriches? https://i.nostr.build/ejCvBysEC0Ag0YSw.jpg

2024-08-20 11:44:31

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2024-08-20 01:12:29

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I agree 100% there is more to life than bitcoin and nostr! We just fostered another dog. He got fixed today. Poor baby.

2024-08-18 14:50:33

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Welcome, I'm not techie either... Just start using it and figure the rest out as you go. Maybe put something in your profile about your interests and you'll get more followers... Biggest thing is to record you nsec in a safe place. That is your key to logging into your profile as you for all the various applications that nostr devs have made.
Also never give out your nsec ID to anyone, anyone that has it can basically become you...
You npub is your profile and your nsec is how you access it.
Also consider getting a lightning wallet to be able to accept and send zaps!

2024-08-18 14:37:31

😂🤣 How stupid these walled gardens are getting.
"The last time I heard, Reagan hasn’t been on the ballot in 40 years and not only that, he’s not even eligible to run because he served two terms."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dennis-quaid-baffled-facebook-explanation-throttling-promotion-reagan-biopic

2024-08-16 12:56:57

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2024-08-16 12:42:25

#YesterdaysWordle #wordle for Thursday August 15th
https://i.nostr.build/OCZinmHInm9W1Jhm.jpg

2024-08-16 07:56:13

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What he said... 👆 Inquiring minds? I don't use it for comms, but for several product groups that I follow.

2024-08-16 07:45:21

There were some very smart and thoughtful peoples in the early years of this nation. You reckon that Thornwell was right?
“If they (the North) prevail, the whole character of the Government will be changed, and instead of a federal republic, the common agent of sovereign and independent States, we shall have a central despotism, with the notion of States forever abolished, deriving its powers from the will, and shaping its policy according to the wishes, of a numerical majority of the people; we shall have, in other words, a supreme, irresponsible democracy. The Government does not now recognize itself as an ordinance of God, and when all the checks and balances of the Constitution are gone, we may easily figure to ourselves the career and the destiny of this godless monster of democratic absolutism. The progress of regulated liberty on this continent will be arrested, anarchy will soon succeed, and the end will be a military despotism, which preserves order by the sacrifice of the last vestige of liberty.
They are now fighting the battle of despotism.
They have put their Constitution under their feet; they have annulled its most sacred provisions; The future fortunes of our children, and of this continent, would then be determined by a tyranny which has no parallel in history.”
- Dr. James Henly Thornwell, 1862

2024-08-16 07:30:00

Why did I go to bed at 8:30 last night? It's now 0230 and I'm wide away. 🤦🏼‍♂️

2024-08-15 20:38:22

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It is, it's my 6th or 7th time. I set up as vendor for @nprofile…f5tj and @nprofile…vyx3 talking to people about financial freedom and wealth building principles.

2024-08-15 12:19:42

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2024-08-15 12:12:23

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All governments suck.

2024-08-15 12:10:47

Come on out to Camden Tennessee this October for Self Reliance Festival! It's a great time! Even have a chance to meet @nprofile…826g!
#homesteaders #Tennessee #middleTN #plebs #GrowNostr
https://selfreliancefestival.com/

2024-08-15 12:07:55

#YesterdaysWordle #wordle for Wednesday August 14th.
https://i.nostr.build/aDC95orX4pEw3I0K.jpg

2024-08-14 12:30:41

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Also bring back the running deer shooting event! https://www.topendsports.com/events/discontinued/shooting-running-deer.htm

2024-08-13 18:21:14

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I'm in Tennessee about an hour from Nashville... Most areas outside of metro Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga are conservative... Schools can very if you are looking at government education... If you homeschool that's a moot point. North of Nashville gets more winter weather, south of Nashville less weather... Lots of nature just a short drive from downtown... Several towns have had some growing pains (Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Franklin and Hendersonville) but there are some really nice areas. I'm "west of town" but I don't go to Nashville all that often. Hit me up to connect.

2024-08-13 12:38:26

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And like that they are graduating... Tic Toc next block...

2024-08-12 17:44:50

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Lol, I swiped it from a Facebook post by some uniparty idiot.

2024-08-12 17:42:59

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2024-08-12 12:17:04

People that post this fucking shit are economic retards... It's the money stupid, not the elected officials... If Trump wins it's gonna get worse, if Harris wins it's gonna get worse, it RFK wins it's gonna get worse.
Fix the money... https://i.nostr.build/HwkAOE96eG4rgRAV.jpg

2024-08-11 17:22:55

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So I bought a dump trailer, and a 3/4 truck... Now the guy that promised me unlimited wood chips is ghosting... 🤦🏼‍♂️ I need probably 100 ton to satisfy our needs. Total horseshit.

2024-08-11 10:52:46

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Way to go! Can't wait to see the photos.

2024-08-11 10:32:56

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Up and at it here! Gm #coffee is tasty this morning. #PV #coffeechain

2024-08-11 03:26:23

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9 years and I think I'll finally have my first chestnuts... Yep low time preference. "wise men will plant a tree they know they will never sit under."

2024-08-11 03:22:33

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Well actually... I think I try to think a little more, because it can't be deleted.

2024-08-09 15:25:58

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I guess mainly starting with lightning? As not to incur so much in fees, well get him a real wallet down the line as he learns more about it...

2024-08-09 15:19:51

13 year old learning about money... He asked me what bitcoin was, so we got to talking about money. What is the best hot wallet to show him about bitcoin? Not sure he's ready for #nostr yet
#bitcoin #btc #creaturefromjeckyllisland https://i.nostr.build/zRV3Ku4QxgDvJqwt.jpg

2024-08-09 14:47:00

#gm #PV 🤙🏼 #nostr #coffeechain #coffee is delish this morning... It's #friyay so let's get this party started! 64°f in Tennessee... Just a hint of fall!
https://i.nostr.build/X6de3T5XrvrV9khE.jpg

2024-08-09 14:43:42

#bustagut... Yo this shit is funny...
Prank call telling dude his wife is the guys brother... Don't be drinking any liquids during this one.
https://youtu.be/bOhn5NbYd2g?si=MlTqasDLs_vDUti6

2024-08-08 15:29:47

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Welp too late now... The one spelled right is also available. Lol

2024-08-08 11:44:41

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They posted one yesterday where a truck made about 10 laps before he exited. 😂

2024-08-08 11:37:45

All your folks living in far away places... They installed the first roundabout in #Clarksville Tennessee... It's been comical watching the idiot drivers try to navigate it it.
Here is an idiot that is going the wrong way.
I tune in and watch periodically for entertainment.
https://i.nostr.build/IVr5RIouhmFBExQ3.jpg

2024-08-07 20:47:05

So you know where the current regime stands.
#2a #2ndAmendment #pewpew #rkba #shallnotbeinfringed.
https://i.nostr.build/tdL08OKGBcTRCNMI.jpg

2024-08-05 12:21:31

Gm nostriches #PV #coffeechain I guess some things are happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear... But for me I'll just choose to stay humble and keep on stacking!
#coffee this morning is extra delicious... 🤙🏼
https://i.nostr.build/gsLglnH2qj9G3Epw.jpg

2024-08-05 03:10:57

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I have a vps with a prominent company.

2024-08-04 23:11:57

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What if you buy another crypto kyc, then send to a hot wallet then swap that crypto into your monero wallet?

2024-08-04 22:40:49

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I am the site owner. I've had the site checked for malware, but I still get this when I go to it occasionally.

2024-08-04 22:34:17

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Stacking as we speak. Great day for stackers!

2024-08-04 13:10:14

Anyone know when I periodically go to one of my websites I get this screen, then it forwards to a scam site? It does it both on my desktop browser and my android Brave browser.
If I back out, then go into the site again, it comes up as normal.
https://i.nostr.build/6pcXZtQ6t9teB6el.jpg https://i.nostr.build/4Ga0FuIm4I0PDZx3.jpg

2024-08-03 12:43:00

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2024-08-03 12:38:34

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I've got one if you still need it.