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2024-11-02 15:47:26

I want to make one thing clear.
People who are different from you are NOT the problem with modern society.
Stop blaming each other for a systemic failure of our economic system.
We CAN coexist peacefully on an honest hard money system.
The problem is the foundation of the specific section of our language and communication is broken! The communication of the transfer of value across space and time is utterly destroyed due to the money printers.
Save in Bitcoin, opt out of the mechanism of monetary inflation that is destroying humanity and it's ability to flourish.
Stop hating each other, we are all far more alike then we are different.
We all want the freedom to make our own decisions and to lead our own lives the way we see fit. Help us all to get their sooner by fully embracing the best form of energy storage in history.
The more you support Bitcoin, the better off society and you personally will be.

2024-10-29 21:43:43

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Reproductive rights refer to more than just abortion, there are groups advocating for the prohibition of contraceptives as well.
As for current states. When a government threatens doctors with prison time over providing abortions they deem necessary for the care of their patients, that the state has no business policing, then the state controls reproductive rights at the expense of the consent of those directly involved.
We do not currently have a state that tells people they're not allowed to have children, but many countries have in the 20th century committed forced sterilization of "undesirables" including the United States. Allowing state control over ANY aspect of reproduction is a slippery slope that is difficult to climb out of. Be careful what you wish for.

2024-10-29 21:38:35

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I am not a subscriber to Malthusian population theory, the earth has more than enough resources to support many more people than we have today if we use the resources wisely which the FIAT system prevents. You seem to associate with me with beliefs I do not hold, this is a failure on your part to have an honest argument.
I do not believe that anyone has the right to use someone else's body without their consent. I do not care if the person needs the other person's body to survive, they cannot use it without consent. Just as I do not subscribe to the belief that forced organ donation or forced blood transfusions are good even if they would reduce death overall. Removing or not providing consent can sometimes result in death, as it does in the cases of abortion or a lack of available organ donors, but that does not supercede the importance of consent in our dealings with each other.
I do not care if the person dependant is created through the actions of the other person who's body is needed to survive, because no action gives automatic consent to the future usage of their body by another person against their will.
You seem to believe that forcing children to be born to someone who does not want them and cannot support them is preferable to not being born at all. It is not.
Unwanted children are at much higher risks of every type of abuse, physical, mental, emotional, sexual. Unwanted children are at a much higher risk of being human trafficked. I would rather not be born than to be born into those sets of circumstances.
You speak on a subject without compassion for those involved, and crusade on behalf of those who cannot give their opinion otherwise.
You advocate non-consensual forced usage of another person's body against their will. That is slavery. You sir, are in favor of slavery.

2024-10-29 17:56:15

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Are you REALLY arguing for abstinence as a solution? Really? Also, condoms aren't foolproof.

2024-10-29 15:32:30

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It's surprising that you are on Nostr yet are in favor of state control over reproduction at the expense of both the women who must bear the pregnancies, with a higher risk of personal death and complications, and at the expense of the children born to such horrendous circumstances.
Everybody has a right to life but nobody has the right to use someone else's body without consent.
Are you in favor of the state forcing the donation of blood? Forcing the donation of extra kidneys? Should we have a national registry of eligible blood types to draft people into the service of saving a fellow human in need despite the greater risk of death or infection to the donor?
Or should risking our personal lives be voluntary if we understand and are able to handle the consequences?
What about contraceptives? Should we ban them? If it's murder to abort a fertilized egg, is it also murder to prevent fertilization that would otherwise occur?
In countries and states where abortion is illegal, doctors are scared to perform life saving abortions for fear of being prosecuted. This leads to adult women dying unnecessarily. Women who suffer natural miscarriages are also prosecuted and imprisoned where abortion is illegal when they're already suffering from the miscarriage itself.
Get the state out of our personal lives. Having children, going through 9 months of pregnancy and giving birth at a higher risk to ones personal health, is a very personal decision that should be up to the people directly involved and not bureaucrats.

2024-10-25 10:33:51

The first 50 Bitcoin took 10 min to mine.
The last 50 Bitcoin will take 52 years.
The value of 10 min is relatively worthless, and so were the coins at the time. But the value of 52 years is far higher, and so will the value of all coins be at that point.
Bitcoin's marginal cost of production, driving the value of every coin in the network with it, continues to increase relative to BOTH time and energy. Providing a perfect store of the value of both.
The world isn't ready, but it's happening anyway. Bitcoin isn't asking permission.

2024-10-24 11:10:13

GM you beautiful bastards.

2024-10-18 13:52:51

Since Nostr is both a public way to share and save things permanently, I wanted to save/share a sobering comment from reddit about a woman's right to choose.
Regardless of your current view as Pro-Choice or Pro-Life, you likely are a well meaning person trying to do good based on the information you have been exposed to so far. That's commendable and I applaud your efforts to do what you believe will improve the world. That's what we all want, a better world for everyone. We have to communicate to find the best way to do it with the least amount of suffering.
If you are currently pro-life please know that I especially want to hear what your response is to the post below. From the data I have seen pro-choice policies reduce unnecessary suffering of everyone involved by preventing children from being born to people who are unequipped to care for them, and into situations where they are unwanted, unloved, and abused.
On #Reddit (as with all traditional social media) there is often no conversation, just isolated silos. Echo chambers where views are never discussed across a community table like they used to be.
Without open dialogue between people as to their reasons for holding their opposing views there can be no progress.
If Nostr hopes to be an online renewal of the open community forum, where real discussions can take place to find a better way forward for everyone, then I take a step in that direction by sharing the following comment in the hopes of stimulating honest non-hostile discussion. I don't expect this to change anyone's mind, but I do feel that the sharing of information like this will do more to help us come together to find solutions to these issues than yelling at each other from our silos has accomplished so far.
We all want a better world, let's work together to make one.
This comment by u/kristinbugg922 is originally found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/f4k9ld/aita_for_outing_the_abortion_my_sister_had_since/fhrlcim/
"I know you stated you didn’t want to get into politics on this, but when it comes to abortion, that’s like trying to round up horses once they’re out the corral.
I am a child protective services investigator. I work child deaths, near deaths and shocking & heinous abuse cases exclusively. I have seen what can result from forcing a woman to keep a baby that she either does not want or is not equipped to raise. People can say that the baby can always be given up for adoption, but that’s not the fairytale you’ve seen on “Annie” either; there’s no Daddy Warbucks waiting in the wings to whisk most of these babies out of foster care into a limousine and off to their mansions.
Because no one wants to deal with babies born addicted to heroin, whose genetic pool is rife with schizophrenia and who contracted syphilis during their vaginal birth, because their mother didn’t receive prenatal care.
Because these babies aren’t blonde headed and blue eyed.
Because these babies are blonde headed and blue eyed like Mama and Daddy...who share the same father.
Because sometimes these babies have names like Keyshawn and Trayvon and Kiana.
Because sometimes these mothers don’t realize they aren’t ready to be mothers until these babies aren’t babies and you can’t drop a toddler off at a Safe Harbor Drop-Off.
Because sometimes these mothers live 45 miles from the nearest Safe Harbor Drop-Off and they don’t have a car, so the toilet is their next best option.
Because sometimes the Safe Harbor Drop-Off is the local police station in a town of 658 residents and the local police chief is Mama’s uncle.
Because sometimes a woman doesn’t need a reason for not wanting to be a mother and she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation for what she does and doesn’t do with her body.
I once held the body of an 8 month old infant in the back of an ambulance that didn’t need to run lights and sirens. He was too small to strap to the gurney.
When they handed him to me, he was wrapped in a blanket and he looked like he was sleeping, but no infant should ever be that still and cold or have white foam around their lips.
His mother tried to have an abortion, but didn’t have the money or resources. She had three children she couldn’t afford or care for already and she knew she couldn’t handle another one. She was told, “Just have him. You’ll be fine. You already have three kids, so you can figure it out. You can’t kill your baby. You can’t give your baby away to strangers, because no real mother does that. No...no, we can’t take the baby in. We won’t help you get an abortion and we can’t support adoption, but we will help you with the baby.”
But, when he was born, all the people who promised to help disappeared faster than her patience did when that baby cried and she was on day four of a methamphetamine binge. In the end, the only support she had was a methamphetamine addiction and a boyfriend with a nasty temper and even less patience than she did for that tiny, unwanted soul she brought into this world.
So, she had him and eight months later, she proved everyone who told her she couldn’t kill her baby wrong by allowing his life to be taken in a fit of rage, methamphetamine and the fists of a man who just wanted him to STOP. FUCKING. CRYING. ALREADY. And the only thing she could say was, “I told them I never wanted this. I said I never wanted him. Why did they make me have him? I want my mother.” But her mother had been dead since she was 10.
I know this because I was the first CPS investigator on the scene and I covered her little brother’s head with my coat and gave her my beanie, so they didn’t see the damage their father’s bullet did to the side of their mother’s head. Amy was a beautiful woman and her daughters look just like her....even in their mugshots.
Even when they’re trying to explain why their boyfriend shook and beat their baby to death. This one looks especially like Amy. This daughter perpetuated that cycle and her baby was collateral damage, I suppose.
Maybe if I had given her my coat to cover her head with, as I led her and her sibling out of the house, so they didn’t see their mother’s head shattered by their father’s bullet, she would have traveled a different path. But I didn’t give her my coat.
She was older. I thought she’d be able to cover her head better. So I gave her my beanie and I gave her sibling my coat and I covered their heads and told them not to look at Mama. I told them to keep walking and don’t look down. I said I was right there with them.
That’s why I gave her my coat this time and as she was being led out in handcuffs, I told her, “I’m going to cover your head. Don’t look down. Don’t look at the baby. Just keep walking. I’ve got you. I’m right here with you.” It’s funny. After all of these years, that’s what I blame myself for. That I didn’t give her my coat. That maybe, just maybe, if I had given her my coat instead, I wouldn’t have stood looking down at her dead son years later.
I don’t know what the last thing that baby saw was, but I pray it wasn’t the fist that ended his life or the face of the demon that ended his life or the woman who was supposed to be his protector. I still dream about him. I still dream about that coat.
The people who screech about how a woman does not have the right to terminate a pregnancy are always silent when they are questioned about what THEY are doing for their local foster care agencies. They rarely lobby at their state capitols for more funding for child welfare agencies and preventative programs to assist children and families in need.
They rarely, if ever, volunteer their time and money to support children in foster care or foster parents. Instead, they’d rather post hateful, judgmental vitriol on social media about women in difficult situations they know nothing about. They’re content to talk about what women should or should not be able to do. They’re content to pass judgment about a woman’s choices. But when they actually have to look at the consequences of those choices....well, that’s a conversation 99.9% of them are willing to sit out on.
People like your sister can screech about how abortion is murder. They can cry about the poor babies who never drew a breath. But you won’t see them doing anything for the babies that are breathing and living in foster care. The children that are living in homeless shelters. The kids that won’t get supper again tonight because Daddy’s check was short and Mama drank the grocery money again. Because that would mean they’d actually have to look upon the humanity they don’t want to acknowledge. It’s easier to crusade for a cause they don’t actually have to interact with."

2024-10-18 11:01:44

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Hope you like the Christian Fascist State that Project 25 is aiming to move America towards under a second Trump term...

2024-10-08 18:20:16

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Damnit! Guess I better bake dinner for 5 hours instead of 1...

2024-09-27 16:10:59

Converting your economic energy into #Bitcoin starves the beast of the #FIAT system and also boosts the value of the savings of every #Bitcoiner globally. Helping fuel the Bitcoin economy while starving the FIAT one.
Saving in Bitcoin directly helps all Bitcoiners because Bitcoin is a globally shared savings account. Everyone deposits money they don't need now, and withdraws money when they need it later. Mining continuously adds energy which keeps the whole system stable and secure.
There is nothing more moral than stopping the FIAT system that fuels needless wars and enables violence and theft, enslaving us all and breaking down human society.
Nothing any of us can do has a greater affect on the FIAT system than taking away their ability to rob you, without putting yourself at more risk of becoming a target through being more vocal.
Therefore, there is nothing the average person can put their time and energy into that is a more moral action than simply helping grow Bitcoin in any way they can.
We are the future, they are the past.
I already request Bitcoin as payment, request Bitcoin as a way to pay, and refer to FIAT as the "legacy financial system". Does anyone else I know do these things? Not yet, but they will.
The way to get people to see that Bitcoin is better, is to show them.
LIVE Bitcoin.
BE Bitcoin.
WE ARE BITCOIN. ☮️❤️₿
#WeAreBitcoin
#BitcoinIsFreedom

2024-09-24 21:36:03

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Caught in the act! You Replied Guy.

2024-09-13 13:29:54

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How private are Nostr nests? Are they publicly broadcast or encrypted and only readable by chat participants?

2024-09-13 13:28:01

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Curious. If one has funds in cold storage and wants to increase their privacy, could you send your funds to lightning enabled CEX and withdraw it to a personal lightning wallet which then transfers back to cold storage?
Would this effectively turn your wallet into a Non-KYC wallet? They wouldn't be able to track the funds through lightning correct?

2024-09-13 13:18:30

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Books I intend to read because I've heard good things:
#GraduallyThenSuddenly
#PrinciplesOfEconomics
#FiatFood
#TheCreatureFromJekyllIsland

2024-09-13 13:14:54

I'm 30k+ words into a book I'm writing on #Bitcoin, #energy, and #macroeconomics. I've been a bit frustrated lately as I haven't written anything in months (summer road trip, apartment search and then #moving apartments), but last night I had a brain storm and wrote 1k+ words!
I have some symptoms of a mix of #ADHD and #ASD so I often find it difficult to finish large projects, but I believe I will finish this book before too long. Never written a #book before, feels good to create something lasting. ❤️😊
In the meantime, what're your recommendations on good books to read?
I've read:
#ThePriceOfTomorrow by @npub1s05…eyhe
#TheBitcoinStandard by @npub1gdu…6nak
#BrokenMoney by @npub1a2c…w83a
All 3 great books I highly recommend!
Currently reading #TheFiatStandard also my @npub1gdu…6nak and enjoying it as well.
What else would y'all recommend?
#AskNostr

2024-09-13 13:01:23

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TSA stole a unique jar that was for a special edition model blender from my checked bag. They don't even make that model anymore so I can't get a replacement jar, and the blade wasn't even sharp or removable and was 2.5 inches in length... Fuck this bullshit security theater.

2024-09-13 12:41:46

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Ah I see. Curious, what is the total size of a fully synced relay currently? How close to fully synced is an average relay if you have access to that data?

2024-09-13 12:39:11

As we know, correlation does not necessarily equal causation. But I hadn't seen this chart before, it'll be interesting to see where the price goes in the next few weeks...
#note1ew7…wdne

2024-09-13 12:35:52

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We don't, but we know what it is now and what it has been and it appears Bitcoin's price is following the pattern of the M2 but 10 weeks behind it.

2024-09-13 12:33:37

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So the notes bypass the internal drives entirely?

2024-09-13 12:30:19

Good morning #Nostr! What're you wearing today?
It's a daily struggle for the most passionate among us...
#Bitcoin
#Memes
https://m.primal.net/Koit.jpg

2024-09-13 12:25:23

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Fair point that it's the methods used to grow the meat that is likely more unsustainable than meat itself. I'm sure if carnivore diets really are more beneficial to human health we'll find ways to meet that demand more efficiently.
I'm curious what is your view on insects as an alternative and more efficient source of protein? Many non-western countries eat insects regularly, and from what I understand they're the most efficient form of animal proteins available.

2024-09-12 20:09:47

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The fact that the carnivore diet is being pushed so heavily on Nostr is concerning to me personally. From what I understand there is simply not enough surface area to grow the food needed to feed the livestock necessary for the entire planet to be pure carnivores. I'm sure many people have had great success being a carnivore, I wonder how much of that health improvement is actually related to switching away from processed foods however.
I advocate for a diet based largely on unprocessed food. Within that category I would think a healthy ratio would be something like:
15% meat (beef/chicken),
20% animal products (dairy/eggs),
50% (20/30) Fruit and vegetables (fresh greens, roots, whole seeds, legumes, nuts),
15% carbs (primarily whole grain, fresh ground, homemade bread. As well as brown rice grown in Asia or California).
I'm not a nutritionist, and honestly who really knows, but from what I've looked at those who follow keto/carnivore diets tend to die younger than those who follow primarily plant based unprocessed food diets and eat generally less calories than the average person. I know I feel great after drinking a "dirty juice" (Google it) blended in my Vitamix than I do after a steak.
Good luck on your journey to find the best diet for your system! We all want to be healthy, but we also need to be considerate of food with more sustainable land and water usage.

2024-09-12 19:54:53

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*then

2024-09-12 19:54:41

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gradually than suddenly

2024-09-12 19:53:57

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The currency will debase either way, and you will end up paying back those loans eventually so it's effect on debasement is negligible.
However the value of those loans to the Bitcoin network, and to yourself, is much higher and beneficial to society than the miniscule effect it has on debasement.
I say take out the loans, buy Bitcoin and don't stress.

2024-09-12 19:50:01

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lol

2024-09-12 12:54:52

Welcome to the Bitcoin experience. 😊
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2024-09-11 13:55:12

Good morning fellow Nostridges. 🌄
In addition to the inevitable reading/watching/learning more about Bitcoin today, and stacking sats, I hope you get to spend some time with friends and family.
Remember, money is just a tool to get us what we really want: More time.
Don't forget what's really important.
Live, laugh, love. 🖖

2024-09-10 23:21:16

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💯 This train cannot be stopped. Bitcoin fixes the money which fixes the world. All the major problems people vote over will be able to be resolved because our monetary system will no longer be robbing us; no longer hurting our ability to actually fix things. Bitcoin doesn't care if you're red or blue, or anything else. It unites all of us. It doesn't matter who wins when it comes to Bitcoin and the long term. Don't worry. Just live your life knowing that your savings in #Bitcoin are helping grow the most #honest and #peace-enabling monetary system in history. Good things are coming. #Graduallythensuddenly.

2024-09-09 13:31:02

#GM #Nostr!
I hope everything is going well in your lives, and if not I hope it improves soon!
I did the personality analysis tool from the post I'm quoting below. Neat. I actually like what it said and it was pretty accurate lol. Decided to share it here for fun, and also for a more permanent record of it. Kinda like keeping a nostr journal. Maybe I'll make an annual tradition out of this. 😆
> "TheBitcoinBattery is a passionate advocate for Bitcoin, displaying a unique blend of optimism and idealism. He constructs persuasive narratives around freedom, health, and economic systems."
Roast:
> "TheBitcoinBattery, your posts read like a cross between a Bitcoin manifesto and an over-caffeinated self-help book. You're out here jamming about how "Bitcoin is freedom money" while also enjoying the quiet life flicking through your 1000-title film library—because who wouldn't want to preserve the joys of cinema in a world of streaming chaos?
And congratulations on 100 followers! That's a milestone that surely took a lot of effort, considering the competition from those endless Bitcoin memes.
Your days seem filled with grand visions of Bitcoin saving the world, and yet, here you are, sharing your yogurt-making process like it's the next breakthrough in liberty. I mean, if only Congress would listen to your dreams of a 'Bitcoin Congress' discussion instead of tightening those pesky regulatory screws. Just imagine the looks when you start lecturing them on marginal costs of production in a dream!
Oh, and how about that dream where you stacked sats instead of working on your 'Crypto thesis'? Now that would be a plot twist worthy of a sci-fi classic.
Keep stacking, keep dreaming, and for goodness' sake, don’t forget to touch grass. You might just find it has more to offer than you expect. But hey, at least your posts are never quite dull!"
End of roast.
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😂 Hey now, stack sats *instead* of working on my Bitcoin Book / "Crypto Thesis"? Why not both? 😁
Have a great rest of your day everyone. Just remember DON'T PANIC, just stack sats. 🖖
#note1thu…aad4

2024-09-08 21:03:34

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So you were an X user, now you're an XX user!

2024-09-08 13:01:21

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2024-09-08 04:14:50

Currently watching my own physical copy of #BicentennialMan, one of my #favorite #films and my favorite work of #RobinWilliams.
If you haven't watched it, I highly recommend it!
Wonderful slow #movie about the value of #freedom, #love, #life and #death and how spending time with other people is what makes life worth living.
#Scifi
#Asimov
https://m.primal.net/KjCT.jpg

2024-09-07 12:58:41

#GM #Nostr!
100 #Followers! 🥳 Thank you all for clicking that little follow button next to my profile name, it means a lot! lol.
In other news, last night I had a dream that I found myself in a small room with maybe 50 Congressional representatives discussing how to fix the #economy and I felt compelled to speak!
I did my best but I was so nervous and my voice was super dry that I had extreme difficulty doing so. Thankfully this was a made up #dream #Congress so they were patient and actually open to hearing from a random #pleb such as myself. I did get out how we're trapped in the #FIAT system, but I also started having more trouble speaking before I woke up right as I tried to start explaining in depth how ₿ is our way out. If only dream Congress could've heard what I had to say! 😂
In reality I'm writing a book on ₿ and when it's finished I plan to mail a copy to every congressional representative. That will be my chance to speak.
Until then, just keep stacking! Also, shoutout to podcasts I listen to and highly recommend by @npub1cj8…rz4u (@npub10qr…xqj8) and @npub1h8n…rpev (Bitcoin Audible) on Fountain! I listen to both frequently and learn a lot in doing so.
Have a great day everyone. ☮️❤️₿

2024-09-07 04:08:10

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Wait, if you deleted your Twitter that means you're an X user! I'll show myself out.

2024-09-06 20:45:38

It's always quietest before the storm... Stack sats at these prices while you can.

2024-09-06 16:25:34

#GM #Nostr!
I just got home from a16 mile morning #BikeRide. 🚴💪
1000+ calories burned! Toning and being #fit and #healthy, now there's some #ProofOfWork for ya 🤪.
Have a great day everyone!

2024-09-06 14:27:22

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https://media.tenor.com/hswW_2GNUL0AAAAC/logical-mr-spock.gif

2024-09-05 15:52:45

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It is already in many businesses and cities across the world, but these things don't happen globally overnight. It takes time.

2024-09-05 15:13:41

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I'm more knowledgeable about freedom tech than the average person, yet I'm not a cyberpunk and I make mistakes to the point that I'm sure if someone wanted to figure out who I am they'd have no issue doing so given enough time. But that's true of everyone, the more knowledgeable you are the less mistakes you will make and the more effort will be required to locate you.
Just do your personal best, and try not to worry too much IMO.

2024-09-05 15:06:40

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I had both for years, then earlier this year I noticed how #Eth's price has lost it's correlation to BTC's price ever since they moved to proof of stake. They've been losing ground ever since.
This happened around the same time that I realized how important mining is to inject energy into the ecosystem. Proof of stake is a Zero-Sum game which by definition is a ponzi scheme, proof of work is not. I sold all my Eth for BTC and hold no shitcoin's now.
Proof of work is what pushes the price up over the long term, as everything moves towards it's marginal cost of production which doubles every 4 years, as well as increases gradually every time there's an increasing difficulty adjustment.
I wrote my thoughts on this in more detail yesterday:
note1fsncsjmfhnhlp5s8ppdd5w7fk7937n4vtcw3wu3xf4y962gc036qdm6ced

2024-09-05 14:52:19

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First time seeing an #ObviousPlant post on #Nostr instead of #Reddit!
Now we just need #KenM posts and we'll be golden 😂

2024-09-04 17:33:08

Everything trends towards it's marginal cost of production.
Think of how if there are shortages in production of any market good the price of all units in the supply of that good skyrocket to increase available supply to meet demand.
Bitcoin is the only asset in history that has a forever increasing marginal cost of production, in not one but two metrics, over the long term.
Historically everything sees increased efficiency in it's production over time, even Gold. This curtails any significant gains to be had, from societal efficiency improvements, just by holding it.
But with ₿ the increasing energy efficiency of ASICs over time is countered by the difficulty adjustment, maintaining the time required to mine the same amount of ₿ while increasing the energy required. As miners get more efficient, the network adjusts the mining difficulty to absorb that efficiency and result in no net gain.
The difficulty adjustment raises, and sometimes lowers in the short term, bitcoin's marginal cost of production related to electricity (but NOT time) based on the demand for Bitcoin on the open market. Due to market dynamics this effect is what drives the hash rate increases over time, and increases bitcoin's price measured in electricity.
Further, the halving forces a sudden 100% increase in the marginal cost of production every 4 years related to TIME as well as energy.
This functionally raises Bitcoin's price as measured in time.
For the first time we have a sovereign, liquid and global, bearer asset that actively counters human efforts to make more of it for less effort, and instead requires more time / effort / energy to get it as time goes on.
Bitcoin fixes our money, and is humanity's shared savings account.
This is why @npub15dq…lm5m famously said it goes up forever (Laura), and why there is no second best.
Once you leave the cave, you can never go back to the dark.
#fixthemoneyfixtheworld
#asics
#mining
#Bitcoin
#efficiency
#marginalcostofproduction
#lowtimepreference
#thereisnosecondbest

2024-09-03 16:43:27

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Update: I threw the card away.

2024-09-03 16:29:36

I'm currently 20 min into waiting on hold to try and activate a "gift card" my friend thought they bought me for our local grocery store.
Turns out it's a prepaid bank account and they're legally required to get every piece of personal info I would need to give for opening a full bank account in order for me to access the huge sum of $20 my friend paid $22 to load onto it. But there's an option to give them less personal info so I can use it in a "limited capacity" at only the grocery store. You know, like a traditional gift card that this card is masquerading as.
This is why the legacy system will lose, how much human potential is wasted on these pointless meaningless wastes of time when we can just zap each other and settle instantly? BTC makes legacy finance adjust for the new economy or go extinct.

2024-09-03 15:20:53

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Long form posts are better IMO, I do them frequently too.

2024-08-31 16:00:49

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GM Jeff 😄🌅🌄

2024-08-30 03:16:18

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😝

2024-08-29 19:07:40

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It's a constant struggle yes, 2 steps forward and 1 step back, but humanity has come this far and we will never stop finding ways to improve. I am sometimes pessimistic as well, but I prefer optimism generally. Makes me feel better if nothing else.

2024-08-29 16:00:10

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₿ and Nostr are on the same team, and their network effects accelerate the adoption of each other. I can't wait until everyone uses both!

2024-08-29 15:57:18

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That's not what us HODLers mean.
https://primal.net/e/note1a6llljefapypz6ukg47ssnm907lxvyrvycumujnhhal8hfm6f7xqju4cn2

2024-08-29 15:54:47

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I'd like to add that this is not meant to say "don't spend anything! Save everything and never eat out, never buy fun stuff, never go on vacation!" and so on. Instead it's meant to make you be more conservative and delay gratification as long as you deem it reasonable, do I want to spend my money on cheap stuff now or be more patient and have better stuff later?
Because humanity never stops producing more stuff, and Bitcoin will never grow it's capped supply, relative to that capped supply of Bitcoin units the ever growing supply of new stuff gets lower and lower in cost. This is what @npub15dq…lm5m meant by "It's going up forever Laura!" and what @npub1s05…eyhe means when he talks about us living in a world of abundance where everything getting cheaper over time.
But do not forget that while our Bitcoin value grows, we're constantly losing time on the slow march towards the end of our time among the living.
We all have to balance whether the enjoyment we get from getting things earlier in our finite lives exceeds the greater value the finite Bitcoin spent on it will grow into.
For example, I have spent the equivalent of about 0.15 ₿ on my collection of physical media since the end of 2023. But I'm spending far less than I would otherwise because I'm also spending a lot of my free time finding the best deals possible, I find it feels like a treasure hunt! Shopping at thrift stores, online eBay resellers for used copies, or sales direct from the manufacturers.
This collection of physical media is more valuable to me than 0.15 ₿ is, because it's engineered fun for myself and my family and friends that I get to own and use without needing permission from anyone else, for the rest of my life.
Maximize your enjoyment of life, Bitcoin is just the greatest tool to do so. Don't HODL forever, but be more conscious in how you spend your savings and future you will be grateful for it.

2024-08-29 15:37:01

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I've thought a lot about this, and base my personal presumptions on the power law model found at https://www.porkopolis.io/thechart/ which says on January 1st 2027 the bottom will be $70k.
Comparing crashes, every time the price has crashed to a bottom of 80% or more down from it's all time high.
Considering this, I expect 5x the bottom of $70k to be the top. Or $350k. it could stutter before then, or crash less or more than 80%+, but even if it were to "only" crash 75% from it's ATH, than we're looking at a $280k top. Anything could happen though, so I'm personally guessing the top will be anywhere between $225k - $450k. If one were to sell any of their stack anywhere in that range, they'd be able to buy back in a year later and increase their position.
This actually helps both the Bitcoiner and the Bitcoin Network overall, because they're extracting economic energy from the liquidity pool when it's too high and at unsustainable levels, and inserting it again when it's at levels that are too low and where people are hurting because of it.

2024-08-29 15:28:08

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Yep! 💯
Bitcoin's mining network accelerates the development and deployment of ever more efficient renewable energy technology, by providing a huge incentive to create cheap and abundant energy which increases the profitability of the mining equipment. This future of abundance is accelerating towards us and will arrive much more quickly than people expect. The world isn't ready and doesn't expect it, but they're going to be forced to be freed by this abundance whether they like Bitcoin or not. 😆

2024-08-29 15:22:39

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The algorithms are designed to do one thing and one thing only, increase engagement to increase exposure time to ads. What increases engagement the most? Negativity. So they boost negative content and suppress positive content.
On Nostr the negative content has no power if we all simply ignore it.
I received a negative comment from someone last week. "Shut up loser" is all they said, I just blocked them and moved on. The best action is no reaction, to not give them attention. Let them be negative in their little corner of the Internet, doesn't affect me cause I won't engage with it and neither will the people who I do engage with.

2024-08-29 15:08:09

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This is why when we're on a global Bitcoin standard I believe people will be financially free after only 10 - 15 years of time in the workforce, instead of the current 40 - 50.
Imagine how much better life would be if everyone worked only as much as they wanted to, because everything was affordable. This is what Bitcoin truly gives us, our lives back.

2024-08-29 15:00:01

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Actual speech disappears instantly and only exists afterwards through first or second hand written accounts. Nostr may not be able to permanently keep a record of all notes, but through nostr our speech is much more likely to last for decades or even centuries and millennia.

2024-08-29 14:36:21

Gotta love the central bank grift.
> Never fund critical thinking courses in public schools, or courses on how money works, or on how to protect your wealth.
> Encourages everyone to invest in the stock market for retirement, without teaching anybody how to do it in schools.
> Average people working to make ends meet just keep their excess in a savings account with no interest.
> Borrows dollars from everyone and promises to pay it back with (on average) 4.2% annual "interest".
> Prints on average about 7% new dollars in a year so all dollars are worth about 7% less. This includes the previous loan debts that need to be paid back. 4.2% (interest) minus 7% (debasement caused value reduction) nets a real return of -2.8%. Treasuries are a bad investment.
> Measures the countries economic growth in dollars year over year, without adjusting for the reduction in the real value of the dollar.
> Economy "grows" 2 - 4% every year as measured in dollar units.
> Proclaim: Success! Economic growth goal succeeded!
Gee I wonder why average people earning an the average income can no longer afford basic living expenses anymore, like a average home or childcare or healthcare or university.
Don't worry though, the economy is doing great...

2024-08-29 14:23:04

#CentralBanks and #Governments be like:
"The inflationary theft of your savings and wages will continue so the #economy improves."

2024-08-28 15:51:55

GM fellow Nostridges!
What y'all having for #breakfast?
Here's what I often have lately, a thick smoothie with tons of fruit and greens. I literally don't feel the same without drinking this regularly, highly recommend it for improving your health!
Recipe inspired by https://alittleinsanity.com/dirty-juice/
https://m.primal.net/KRuM.jpg

2024-08-28 15:07:00

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That card looks awesome!

2024-08-28 15:05:05

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I like it occasionally. Flat water is the OG though.

2024-08-28 15:04:05

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Twitter is dead, it's grave marked with an X.

2024-08-28 03:24:56

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https://m.primal.net/KQxH.webp

2024-08-27 17:03:48

Pre-Bitcoiners often say "#Bitcoin has no #utility value" but the Bitcoin network does indeed have perhaps the most important utility value of all time.
Globally available, #IndependentlyVerifiable, #incorruptible #TRUTH. That is it's utility value.
Providing the ultimate economic foundation of truth for a peaceful world of abundance. THAT is it's utility value.
Stopping the primary method of wealth theft and transfer, which increases global inequality. THAT is it's utility value.
Ending the ability of governments to siphon economic energy from their people, to keep themselves in power and fuel unpopular wars. THAT is it's utility value.
Where unverifiable beliefs divide us, verifiable truths unite us.
₿ = TRUTH
#note1srp…y23f

2024-08-27 16:42:25

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Why not just use actual physical sats since they're so cheap?
jk

2024-08-27 16:40:09

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Gotta love receiving random invoices for things I supposedly owe. 😂

2024-08-27 16:27:34

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I will say this.
When people disagree on something, and that something is fundamental to how they see the world in a sense of good/evil, they will often resort to extreme measures to enforce what they see as 'good' and remove what they see as 'bad'.
This doesn't apply only to religion, this also applies to any group identity that is concerned with another group that they see as wrong. Things get especially bad when the opposing group and it's beliefs are seen as irredeemably evil.
Think opposing sides in any international or intranational disagreements, religious conflicts, or political conflicts, and so on. If the two sides cannot come to common ground through open communication, founded upon mutually agreed upon independently verifiable truths that unite them, they will often escalate until violence breaks out. This occurs due to disagreements themselves, regardless of the subject matter of the disagreement.
Whether or not we agree on which events are genocides, or just plain violence against other people, there are countless events throughout history in which religion or religious ways of thinking was either a primary or secondary factor that exacerbated the situation.
Religions and religious beliefs are things which humans do not and cannot ever agree on. Why? Because they are things which self admittedly are grounded on things that require faith to believe in.
If religious beliefs do become independently verifiable truths, then they no longer require faith and just become shared truths of humanity. For instance nobody worships the sun these days because we now understand what it is: a ball of nuclear fusion that radiates energy at the center of our solar system, to which our planet is gravitationally tethered. It doesn't hear or answer prayers, it has no consciousness and doesn't even know we or itself exists at all.
Things that require faith are things that have no independently verifiable ways of determining their truth. If there are no independently verifiable ways of testing any religious beliefs, then we will never be able to find common ground in them.
Without a way to find common ground, we self organize into groups who disagree on details that have no concrete agreed upon answer.
These groups will come to violence if they cannot find common ground, and that isn't possible with faith based beliefs.
The only common ground religions have is when they group together against another group with alternative viewpoints in which they disagree.
For this reason the world can never be peaceful until it grows out of the cradle of religious thinking. Not because religious thinking itself is bad, but because it is just a branch of the type of irrational thinking that breeds conflicts through disagreements on things for which there is no obviously verifiable truth.
Show me a religion that doesn't require faith and is purely based on independently verifiable objective truths that everyone agrees on. There aren't any, because that's not how religion works.
Religions are a type of organization that train people to just accept things that they're told on faith, to be subordinates. They make people who are willing to bow to authority figures who often claim they have been given this authority by an unseen being. This leads to good people being willing to do things they otherwise wouldn't, such as assault or even murder others.
Until we find a way to separate humanity from unverifiable beliefs, and discourage blind obedience and subordination authority figures of all kinds, the world will never have peace.

2024-08-27 14:03:38

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You can't be serious dude.

2024-08-27 12:36:22

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Primal and Amethyst. I use primal primarily (heh), but I like how amethyst has a different way of sorting and showing me posts. I like some things about amethyst better and some things about primal better, but I have less friction zapping posts thanks to primals built in wallet.
I have Phoenix wallet to zap with amethyst, but Phoenix charges me fees of 2 - 4 Satoshis per zap and primal doesn't so I also use primal to save on fees. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

2024-08-27 12:31:50

GM! I hope everyone has a beautiful day today!

2024-08-26 15:59:24

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I think it's more Satoshi -> 🌎🌍

2024-08-26 15:45:39

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Being a part of a "group", such as racial or national identities, brings a lot of baggage and guilt by association. Actually joining groups who identify with certain specific views also brings a lot of pressure to conform to the views of the group.
The lotteries (genetic and otherwise) that determined what I look like, sound like, who I'm related to, which part of the planet I live in (and by extension what language I speak, the religious/political/social views of the people around me that I was likely brought up to believe, the type of economic system used and my economic status within it), do not represent who I am or my views as an individual.
We need to stop grouping each other, and focus on the individuals within each of us.
I am who I am. For better or for worse, I get to choose the type of person I am.

2024-08-26 14:59:53

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No.

2024-08-26 14:56:12

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It's fun, stick around for a while and shit talk with us about Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays.

2024-08-26 14:54:32

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These days I subscribe to YouTube, a budgeting app to help me keep all my FIAT accounts in order, and I have a membership to my local theme park, but that's about it. Overall what I spend money on I own.
I caught the own-my-own-movie-library bug late last year, I now have nearly 1000 titles for less than $7 each on average.
I'm heavily considering starting a modern movie rentals club for people in my city to help people get off streaming services and inspire them to start building their own collections.
#Ownership is #sovereignty.

2024-08-26 13:03:03

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Personal use I now primarily use #Nostr / #Fountain #podcasts. I still lightly use #Lemmy, and a decent amount of time on #Reddit, never really used #Facebook or #Instagram all that much, never used #Twitter seriously. NEVER installed #TikTok.
I'm all for the Nostr future where we're the only ones in control of our accounts! No censorship! Power to the individual. Freedom tech is a beautiful thing to see develop at an ever faster pace thanks to being supported by #SoundMoney in #Bitcoin.

2024-08-25 05:51:04

Well said.
Live like no one else today, so you can live like no one else tomorrow.
The difficulty of raising children is more than fairly rewarded by having a strong family to help you in your elder years, and to have people you can pass your wisdom onto in return!
It's truly sad that the FIAT system isn't just stealing our savings and wages, it's actually stealing our families too. The family's that we would otherwise be able to afford to build if we were on a sound monetary system.
'DINK' being a movement is purely a consequence of constant FIAT debasement, they're enjoying life without kids when they're young, and they'll be extremely alone when they're in the final years of their lives.
Bitcoin truly fixes nearly everything that's wrong with the world today. It's beneficial effects fix every far reaching consequence of FIAT, and it cannot be stopped.
#note1rau…xqek

2024-08-25 05:26:55

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I love Nostr a LOT, but I must wholeheartedly disagree with you there. ₿ is a paradigm shift and frees humanity from itself. Nostr will help ₿ and ₿ will help Nostr, but let's not pretend that Nostr is somehow better than the mechanism to stop currency/savings/wage debasement globally.

2024-08-25 04:21:43

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Happy birthday!

2024-08-24 18:03:05

After seeing the linked photo I shared in my last post, I was reminded again of #CarlSagan's 3 min speech on the #PaleBlueDot. Which if you haven't heard it before, is viewable here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g
We are the guardians of this blue dot we call home, the #FIAT system is poisoning it and #Bitcoin is the antidote. Through it's market incentives to reduce spending, slowing the economy down to a healthier pace, and increasing energy abundance. In essence: By saving in Bitcoin, you're saving the #Earth.
#note15t8…93q8

2024-08-24 17:51:58

Laser Eyes.
https://m.primal.net/KLBR.jpg

2024-08-24 12:57:12

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*there's

2024-08-24 12:56:23

#askNostr
When sending Zaps on Primal theirs no fee that I can see, only the exact zaps themselves leave my account.
But when I Zap on Amethyst it asks for an external wallet to send from and I choose Phoenix. Phoenix wallet charges fees, 2 sat fee to send 1 test sat, 4 sat fee to send 21 sats.
How can primal zap without fees?

2024-08-23 04:20:51

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What information am I missing about seed oils being particularly worth avoiding? what qualifies as a seed oil? Are fruit oils okay such as Avocado? What about coconut? Coconut is a seed is it not? Palm fruit vs Palm kernal oil?
Are nut oils considered okay or seed oils?
I'm genuinely wanting to know, I want to expand my awareness.

2024-08-23 04:15:31

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*grass feed their cows.
*healthier source of fat.

2024-08-23 04:13:17

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Our primary milk is Low-Vat pasteurized and available from local health food stores. Look for local producers who also grass feed they cows and don't charge an arm and a leg more over the conventional stuff.
I like to spend up to 16500 - 20,000 Sats (~$10 - $12.12) a gallon for the high quality/cost sweet spot.
I also like to use my Vitamix to blend my own home made nut milks with natural sweeteners mixed with erythritol and monk fruit. Delicious and creamy and no need to filter them. As far as I'm aware they're a healthier force of fat that's okay to eat. Let me know if I should think otherwise!

2024-08-23 04:04:44

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When it comes to land use efficiency, Palm oil is the highest producer of healthy fruit oils per acre of land used. There's nothing more efficient for the fats needed for processed foods. I imagine since it's fruit oil like avocado, it's probably one of the healthiest of the low cost options as well.

2024-08-22 20:10:17

Great overview of the potential for #Nostr as much more than just an alternative to Twitter.
Appreciate the insights of @npub1a2c…w83a here and it was awesome to be able to just listen to it on my 12 mile bike ride this morning!
#note1ndf…yjdd

2024-08-22 20:04:58

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Actually, with ₿ it does. You don't understand yet, but you will.

2024-08-22 18:42:56

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I just bought my first ever Washer and dryer set. $175 used on OfferUp. Dryer works great but I needed to spend $25 on a new cable to connect to my older outlet. Washer works... but bangs due to imbalance, turns out it needs new suspension rods which after shipping, and 2 other small items recommended at the same time, was about $75. All in all $275 plus some time to repair them is a pretty good deal for a washing machine and dryer set! Going used is always going to save you money if you can spend the time to get / keep them working. Also saves things from landfills which is a big plus in my book.
If money is no object though, and you don't want to get your hands dirty, Speed Queen is what I've read as being the best quality money can buy. That and Maytag Commercial. 🍻

2024-08-22 18:19:56

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Discouraging spending is a feature, not a bug. We need a world of increasing efficiency that benefits everyone, where you spend less but receive more. Debt based FIAT systems are incompatible with this, ₿ enables it.

2024-08-22 16:38:06

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* #MixingMachines
** mass produced books. (Not "ass produced" LMAO)

2024-08-22 16:34:40

GM #Nostr. Here is something I like to remind myself of every now and again.
When #thinking about our lives we all tend to take what's #positive for granted, and focus on what's #negative. This is #natural as #evolutionarily you're much more likely to #survive if you only #focus on the #threats to your well being rather than what's benefitting you. We are just another member of the #AnimalKingdom after all, and our distant #ancestors had to #evolve traits that helped them to survive their #harsh #environments.
But in #modern times this evolutionary #trait has itself become more of a #threat to our lives via it's #detrimental effect on our #MentalHealth. And, rather than combatting it, #society generally uses this trait to gain attention and make #money through the constant stream of #negativity in the news, and #algorithms that give us the most #engaging #information (which is virtually guaranteed to be negative).
Yet as the #reality grows that threats become more #distant, and benefits become more #personal, it's important to remember to reset this way of thinking with #acknowledgements of what is going *well* with our lives.
In #2024 we are roughly 2 centuries into the #IndustrialRevolution which brought incredible #productivity gains to society. Most of these gains have been co-opted by the elite through various methods, largely to the disadvantage of those living in the 3rd world rather than the 1st.
But as these advancements are so significant, even when the system is corruptly siphoning our collective energy to the elite, we all still benefit greatly. Albeit at different levels depending on what part of the world you're living in.
Over the last 200 years the average person's #QualityOfLife has improved drastically everywhere.
We don't often think about how much better our lives are today than they were in the past, but they really are. In that time we've seen tremendous advancements in:
#Communications
(#telegraph, #telephone, #radio, #television, the #Internet, #mobile devices),
Food preservation and storage techniques (#canning, #refrigeration (which includes #freezers), freeze drying, and more.),
#Transportation
(#trains, #bicycles, #automobiles, #airplanes, #helicopters.),
Home cook assistants
(#Blenders, #FoodProcessors, MixingMachines, #Ovens, #PressureCookers, #RiceCookers, #BreadMachines, #SousVide, etc.),
Cleaning assistants
(#Dishwashers, #laundry washing and drying machines, #vacuums, etc.)
Home comfort improvements
(Interior #lighting, #CentralHeating and #AirConditioning, low cost #flooring whether #carpet or otherwise, etc.)
#Entertainment (for better or worse)
(Prepared outdoor #trails for #hiking and #biking, #Movies, #TV shows, #VideoGames, #SocialMedia, #TableTopGames, recorded #music,ass produced #books both physical and electronic, and more!).
It truly has never been a better time to be a part of the #HumanExperience.
The #FIAT system benefits from you focusing on the negative, telling you what you have isn't enough and that you always need more. Which you must get into #debt to pay for.
At what point do you ever have enough? The architects of the FIAT system and Keynesian economists want you to believe you never can.
But we already live in a future our ancestors could only #dream of, this is the closest to #paradise humanity has ever been. But #progress never stops, so every day is better than the last at an ever accelerating rate.
#Truth and #goodness will win this fight. Humanity cannot be suppressed forever.
Find out how to give back to yourself as much time you can, as that is the ultimate resource that we each have. Even if that means just sitting and doing nothing but thinking. Being alone with your own thoughts is what truly frees you, because it allows you to actually think about what matters to you and what you want to do with the rest of the fleeting time you have left in this life.
Life is short, make the most of it. 🖖

2024-08-22 13:26:12

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😂

2024-08-22 13:10:22

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LOL. Looks like @npub1v5u…n0v5 has a bug where everytime I add a hashtag (maybe just when replying to comments?) it will extend the entire message and make it all glitchy. We're very early in the development of this ecosystem and I love to see it!

2024-08-22 13:07:05

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Replying on @npub1v5u…n0v5! I completely agree Lyn, people have no idea how much this is going to change the world.
EVERY website and social media integrated with #Nostr. See something you like? Zap it, share it, comment on it. Automatically see the replies to comments from who you follow above everyone else, feel like you actually have an online community of friends that is all over the Internet with you. Be able to send value in exchange for value in any amount with virtually no transaction fees over Lightning.
I couldn't be more excited for the future!
Nostr. See something you like? #Zap it, share it, comment on it. Automatically see the replies to comments from who you follow above everyone else, feel like you actually have an online community of friends that is all over the Internet with you. Be able to send value in exchange for value in any amount with virtually no transaction fees over Lightning.
I couldn't be more excited for the future.
Zap it, share it, comment on it. Automatically see the replies to comments from who you follow above everyone else, feel like you actually have an online #community of friends that is all over the Internet with you. Be able to send value in exchange for value in any amount with virtually no transaction fees over Lightning.
I couldn't be more excited for the future.
community of friends that is all over the Internet with you. Be able to send value in exchange for value in any amount with virtually no transaction fees over #Lightning.
I couldn't be more excited for the future.
Lightning.
I couldn't be more excited for the future.

2024-08-22 12:26:17

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Update: Found it.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.greenart7c3.nostrsigner/
Amber Android Open source Nostr signing app. 😎