Misty

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misty@getalby.com

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misty@getalby.com

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2024-10-21 14:11:19

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There was a fictional book about 10 years ago (don't quote me on the year) called "Agenda 2030." It was co-authored or ghostwritten for Alex Jones.
In that book, in the future, this is how all the city power was generated. Everyone was forced to walk on treadmills installed in the living spaces. Every morning and every night, someone came around with their allotted block of calories for the day. Walking on the treadmills was mandatory. Not doing your daily share on the treadmill meant jail or being "disappeared." They all walked for hours each day to fulfill the energy quota.
Walking plates like this in busy areas would be great to help with energy generation (as long as walking across them are voluntary).

2024-10-01 10:22:33

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I'm straight up putting this in my brand new Zettlekasten.

2024-09-14 12:31:25

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Walking across America is something I'd still like to do.

2024-09-13 15:09:14

I'm leery about answering DMs here.

2024-09-11 18:33:59

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I stayed up late back then. The house phone rang early in the morning -- too early.
The person on the other end could barely get the words out, "We're under attack. Turn on the news right now!"
In a sleep-deprived blur, I clicked the remote to the TV and found the news.
Numb, too much to process. Shock. I remember not breathing when the first tower fell. I remember my hot tears, the screams I heard, not just from my apartment, but from those in the complex around me.
We watched the live coverage for hours, made calls to our families.
I still had to go to work?
I was a telemarketer then.
It was all so absurd. People at work acting like we just have to keep on because that's what we're being paid to do. I had to pick up the phone, call people, and pretend like they'd inquired about getting new windows for their home.
All their reactions were justified.
"Why do we have to pretend nothing is wrong?"
Of course, I couldn't.
I still feel the knots in my stomach, remember the blurred traffic as I drove home, not really remembering when I'd last eaten.
I was 25, and I new nothing would ever again be the same.
I was terrified.

2024-09-10 11:51:07

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My grandmother had a walnut tree. Oily leaves, but lots of walnuts. Those berry bushes do grow like crazy. I imagined them as part of the fencing. They could use the fence to grow upward (in theory), creating another natural barrier and attracting more wildlife.
The herbs are a great idea. I love fresh rosemary and thyme in chicken soup or fresh sage on steak.
You can never go wrong with honey.
I hope one day you're able to see these things come to be.

2024-09-10 11:48:09

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In what ways do you think? What have you noticed that's changing or that is changing for the better?
Maybe it's there and I haven't seen it because I wasn't looking for it.

2024-09-10 11:45:06

Identity Thieves Feel Emboldened
🎯 Have you guys checked your credit reports and fraud alerts lately? With the big data breaches recently, your information has probably been leaked.
I was just waiting.
According to the fraud alerts I received this morning, some of my old identity information has two other phone numbers out of California I do not recognize.
Good thing I froze my credit reports back when the Experian debacle happened.
Too bad the State of California or the United States Government isn't actually interested in pursuing these criminals.
Remember: Identity theft includes more than just new debt created in your name. Identity thieves use your info for utility bills, medical access, legal matters, and more.
🎯 Take part of a day and check your records, put up fraud alerts, freeze your credit reports, and review your accounts. Put a reminder on your calendar to check your accounts at least once a month (just take a few minutes) as part of your normal routine.
Do other countries deal with identity theft plagues, or is it just the United States?
https://image.nostr.build/196b7e710ecbc9739357ff36a9bdb8b84104a7d4fa4b93c0a1b05a8878dcdfc4.jpg

2024-09-09 17:49:20

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Which trees?
For mine, I'd want plum, apple, and pear. Then I'd also want strawberry, blueberry, and blackberry bushes. I'd like a filbert tree too. Sunflowers. Potatoes. Quail. Chicken.
If I lived in a warm enough environment, then I'd like orange, avocado, and lime trees, too.

2024-09-09 11:14:06

Growing up, our generation didn't have the internet and we were required to read books, talk to a librarian, and work with a group of people (sometimes multiple times) to gain knowledge faster.
To learn something hands-on, we had to speak to someone directly and interact with a person physically to learn something. Think hunting, fishing, welding, fixing a vehicle, sewing, cooking, dancing, etc. We didn't have YouTube.
Because we were forced to interact with others regularly, we were required to learn how to communicate professionally to prepare us for the workplace, to have conversation, manners, etc.
Today's younger generations do not have the same skillsets by the time they are young adults.
It was a different time.

2024-09-05 16:06:13

This is new. The Real World isn't loading. TRW attempts to load and then shows a black screen. I know they've been working on a few things. Hope it's up soon.
I don't want to miss today's live call.
https://m.primal.net/Kffw.png

2024-09-04 20:44:21

This evokes memories I never knew I had.
#note10yc…9cdu

2024-09-04 10:27:38

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I don't think the prices was the issue. The price of the Bitkey was the same. I think it's more about the steps involved. As another user pointed out, I may need to force myself to learn with small amounts and count it as the cost of learning now for greater piece of mind later.

2024-09-04 00:19:20

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No, getting the address to send it to is easy. You just need one.
What is intimidating and what I'm scared of messing up is first buying it somewhere, then sending it to Sparrow. To do that, I have to makes sure I first configured that the correct way. Once the bitcoin is in that wallet, then I now have to do bunch of steps to send it to a cold storage which (in coldcard's case) equals exporting the wallet to a file, popping out a microSD card, plugging it in to the computer, getting Sparrow to recognize it properly, doing a bunch of stuff, copy something, copy something else(?) and then pop the SD card out again and then plug it back into coldcard and do something else and something else. If all of that went OK, then I have to deal with something called uxtos.
Compare that to with what I saw with Bitkey:
👉 Set it up. Buy bitcoin. It appears in wallet.

2024-09-04 00:13:38

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I'll take a closer look at Bitbox again. I couldn't remember now why I didn't initially choose it.

2024-09-03 23:25:53

I'm back to square one on my bitcoin self-custody solution search.
I watched Coldcard "how to" videos, but I'm still scared I'm going to screw that up somewhere. Like, really scared.
I promise, I can follow directions (I write them for a living), but often the directions I'm looking at do not match the current workflow exactly and my intuitive choices in those moments can mess up a process.
This is not something I want to chance.
I opted for a Bitkey because I could buy it and have it transferred there in one step, *not two*. When it arrived today, I couldn't set up the app. Turns out my up-to-date phone does not support NFC. 😔 (It's less than a year old, I never use the NFC function on the phone, and I thought it just came "standard" like an option in a car, so I didn't think about it.)
How do you buy bitcoin and have it go directly into a cold-storage wallet in one transaction?
Ideally, that's the setup I'm looking for.
#asknostr

2024-09-03 16:52:59

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💰 Technical documentation solutions (information architecture & technical writing) & coming this fall, transcript proofreading. I also run The Stealthy Scribbler Society, an informal organization encouraging people to write by hand more often.
https://www.mistysbledsoe.com
Working to replicate this on npub.pro.

2024-09-03 12:50:34

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As an introvert living in an extrovert world (online and off) I have to pick and choose where I engage, how much, and to what degree.
It's not you. It's me. ❤️ I do this with everyone.

2024-09-03 11:43:48

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The last company I helped build documentation for had you update things in the homegrown content management system and then manually update the json files to have the pages render in the right places.
I got paid, but it was tricky to always remember that step.

2024-09-03 00:20:30

I'll be lengthening my mute list on X over the next week as terms come to mind.
It's long already, but it needs to be longer.
I'll be doing this at the expense of seeing some of the latest headlines, current news, politics, & passionate or scathing tones (even if rightfully deserved).
If there are 6 million(?) active users on X then there has to be a greater selection of content to find and curate.

2024-09-01 17:29:36

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Right. Most people now understand this. Do you have any ideas for a solution for someone that finds themselves in that situation?

2024-09-01 14:29:17

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So what is the solution? How does a person pay their bills, etc., if all their cash is locked up with no recourse?

2024-09-01 14:05:15

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The money has to be in a bank to pay certain bills. Without access to that cash, how does a person pay those bills?
They could essentially be evicted, get fired (because they can't get to work), have judgements placed against them (for getting behind on child support), and more.
How does someone still pay their normal day-to-day bills when their money is locked up?

2024-08-31 01:07:00

My long-time girlfriend called. We were discussing the generally high tensions in people.
Today, while she was in the grocery store, someone tried to run her over with a grocery cart.

2024-08-28 16:47:49

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I liked it less than one minute ago. It's been four minutes since you posted this.

2024-08-27 11:53:51

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I'm very glad Alby subaccount options exist. It will make it easier :
* to save sats for loved ones
* distribute things like, say, part of an inheritance
* avoid probate in some cases
* pay allowances
* send emergency funds
I'll have to spend more time working towards understanding all the working components. What works. What doesn't work. What's allowed. Keeping them all synced up. Nostr integrations for people who don't have keys vs. those that already do.

2024-08-25 11:22:14

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I couldn't find the file I published from Obsidian until I checked on Highlighter. That means some people didn't get to see it.

2024-08-23 17:09:12

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The cone is to keep him from digging or licking the area. If he isn't he doesn't need the cone. Just keep a super close eye on him. If no one can watch him or while you're sleeping, put the cone on him until someone can watch him again.

2024-08-23 17:08:06

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At first I thought this was an old-embroidery-floss friendship bracelet. I made a lot of those several decades ago.
Maybe I will again.

2024-08-23 17:06:56

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I can see the smoke coming out of his ears.

2024-08-21 23:57:49

Earlier today I submitted several #Bitcoin questions to a network I belong to.
After all my research, I still have some basic questions.
Accounting for timezone differences, if the questions are not answered within 24 hours, I will post them here.
-- I'm posting this from #Obsidian. I can't tell you how much I love this. I use Obsidian as my prime notetaking, writing, markdown editor, and more. This is going to help me publish past written works here and publish other ideas much faster. I'm also not distracted by the UIs.

2024-08-21 23:44:36

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OMG IT WORKS!!!!!
THIS IS SOOO COOOOL!
I'm gonna do it again.

2024-08-21 23:40:45

Sending this from Obsidian to Nostr

2024-08-21 23:23:29

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Update: Reading about it on GitHub.

2024-08-21 23:15:49

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I love Obsidian.
I need to read this article.
When I click on it from Primal or cut and paste the link separately into Chrome or Safari, the story does not load. Navigating to the highlighter.com home page, I'm using the search function and typing in "Obsidian" but it not appearing in the list of results.
I will keep looking for it.

2024-08-21 22:17:25

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I go back and forth with this.
Even if I did make a private one and tried to stay private, the same friends and family would know that it's me (so they knew I was alive).
Whoever would be looking for me, wouldn't have to look at me. They would look at my social circle, writing voice, style, phrases, etc.

2024-08-21 22:12:15

They're gonna start selling #certs so the public can trust the #authenticity of your videos and podcasts.
I have a feeling some regulatory body has already thought of this.

2024-08-21 22:06:34

1 package of 24 roll toilet paper
1 small bag consisting of post-its, hair clips, straight pins, and flea spray
$71
I used the word "deflation." Loudly. In the grocery store.

2024-08-21 01:46:01

I've now lived here a year.
I finished making a batch of homemade laundry soap. I haven't done that in years.
In some respects, part of me has accepted that I chose to live indoors. That I do live indoors.
I feel slightly peaceful, slightly sad, and have a tension headache.

2024-08-21 01:31:04

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My dog's energy only slightly subsided.
He was a stray here for some time, has social network, and his favorite ladies he likes to visit with.
I did it to prevent child support and reduce the amount of outdoor trips. I do not have a yard.
His personality didn't really change. Instead of being all over the place, he guards and socializing more intentionally. We still walk the same amount, weather permitting, almost as much as he used to while roaming when he was on the streets.
This helped us both adjusting to living indoors again. A few months before, I has just moved into the apartment from having lived and traveling in the van full-time.
The only time he turns into a puddle of "woosey-goo" is for the elderly lady a few doors down. She was formerly his pup-er-oni supplier while he was on the streets.
Maverick has been now been sober for 10 months.

2024-08-21 01:16:19

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I laughed. I shouldn't have laughed. I'm sorry.

2024-08-21 01:14:09

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Russian accent.
Somehow it got passed along to my daughter who speaks it to her babies when she "means it."
All emotion disappears. The Russian accent appears. The kids listen.
Or laugh.
Sometimes they laugh. 🥰

2024-08-21 01:01:35

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I don't pick fights, but I struggle with self-censorship. It didn't used to be that way. I even censor myself in my handwritten #journals, which is wrong. I want to write about whatever I want and have it be OK. I don't want to shape it into something semiformal, polish it, check for typos or analyze it from a potential client's, employer's, or lawyer's perspective before I hit "Post."

2024-08-21 00:54:56

Got some proofreading done today and a lot of chores. I stopped worrying about the time constraints and just did them. It's evening now, but many things are done. Gonna try and get some things done early in the morning to beat the heat.

2024-08-20 12:20:21

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I'm a technical writer by trade. 😭
A LOT of #documentation needs a lot of help.
I'd like to get the point where I can freely send surprise pull requests that fixes it, like someone would just wake up and find it all spiffed up and ready to merge.
I felt your post deeply. Bad documentation is bad for the world.

2024-08-20 12:16:23

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I don't mind hearing opposing viewpoints, but when people start with or devolve into rage-baiting each other, I can't take any of it seriously anymore.
I'm fatigued by it. Sorting through it on X to find better stuff to respond to is also fatiguing because of the current state of their algorithm.
Besides my current mute list on X, I'm now considering muting all things political and related to all types of rage bait, even at the expense of not getting the news. That's how bad it's gotten on social media.
People need to relearn how to have discussions and civilly argue again.
Many young people need to see what that looks like, modeled in real-time, to see how it works.

2024-08-20 12:09:38

I can't write in my #Arabic #Quran, but I also cannot recognize on site yet where in what ayat on what line I left off the day before.
Are there any best-practice recommendations for solving this?
I thought about using those peel-and-stick-sign-here-tabby things to mark it.

2024-08-20 12:08:47

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Done

2024-08-20 01:17:12

Is it required to have our profile picture recreated with red or orange gleaming eyes?
What does it mean?
#asknostr

2024-08-19 14:00:45

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Yes, they did. I owe the troubleshooting gentlemen ice cream for their efforts.

2024-08-19 13:48:55

**Leverage a troll's behavior and make money.**
Once upon a time, there was a misguided troll.
They spilled hate, frustration, and vitriol.
I typed up a lengthy reply to educate,
but realized instead I was after a checkmate.
There are thousands more, all unoriginal and predictable.
Satisfying this one with a response would be laughable.
The screen of newly written content stared me in the face,
helping me realize I could keep up the pace.
"What to do instead?" I asked.
Keep it to myself or rip off their mask?
Sending a reply causes my followers and account to hurt.
At that moment, I realized I had more power by choosing not to blurt.
The wall of text made itself clear,
a new creation waiting for an ear.
"I can be repurposed," I heard it say.
Nodding in agreement, I replied, "Let's make them pay."
The content and I joined forces that day,
realizing I would make money by writing it another way.
Articles, posts, and video scripts, too,
the content would become new.
Publishing the several new versions over time,
in theory, makes me well more than a dime.
The troll attempted to discredit my statement,
when all he did was increase my payment.
Thank you, troll, for being you.
Without your garbage, my bankroll would be few.
Let this be a lesson to all trolls far and wide.
You will never hurt us, and you'll take your defeat in stride.
---Misty S. Bledsoe, August 19, 2024
https://image.nostr.build/2d3b7f3b6ed56fe64fbd39d6fa349bfe5fc27fc893d0676f79dcae0ec772a1fb.jpg

2024-08-19 01:56:48

If you answer enough of these one-line questions people place for engagement farming, you actually disclose quite a bit about yourself.
- Previous locations
- Lifestyle habits
- Pay
- Assets
- Debts
- Previous incidents
- Family vulnerabilities
Be careful about that.

2024-08-18 16:30:25

The train's horn sounds like the dark suspensful music you see in the old black-and-white movies.
High, then low, then lower. It's still loud, but the tone is all wrong.
It must be broken. That was both a little awesome and creepy.

2024-08-18 15:59:20

I haven't slept well in so long. Now that I am, it feels good to start seeing the creative juices come back again.

2024-08-18 10:38:20

My wallet/node thing has been sorted.
The break gave me some needed time to discover more how I want to publish going forward.

2024-08-17 14:45:33

My wallet connections are broken right now. I have no idea what I did to break it or how to fix it.
I'm working with Alby to get it sorted, but I don't have an ETA.
My stress levels are kind of high due a combinations of things this morning. I'm putting my devices on do not disturb in about 20 minutes.
I wasn't planning on investing the amount of time I had this morning on any of what I ended spending my time on.

2024-08-17 01:03:48

Yesterday, I realized the difference between trying to become a syndicated newspaper columnist 30 years ago and publishing on the internet today, both with the same end goal.
I know what my instincts are nudging me toward, but I don't like it, mainly because I've spent so much time building over the last 18 months.
Today, I saw some of the new analytics on my X account. It was incredibly eye-opening. It's not what I intended.
I know I could take it in one of (probably) three different directions. Right this second, I'm unsure of the best way forward.
My instincts are showing me an obvious path forward for part of my future work. But it's just one part. Things feel fuzzy, and tonight, my brain is unwilling to dissect and analyze the possibilities.
I will decide once I can get some perspective and clarity.

2024-08-16 15:56:54

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Got it. Thank you.

2024-08-16 15:19:23

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Thank you for the recommendation. It's on my list to explore. What others might be available?
I want to explore them all so I can create a good strategy for long term.

2024-08-16 14:41:47

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Either one

2024-08-16 14:29:31

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I can't open this article on Highlighter on chrome. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It crashed chrome. I exited out of it.

2024-08-16 14:26:12

I need open a can of worms.
On #Nostr, how do I sell or provide full-length guides or courses available for download?
If this isn't possible, which client allows me to #publish full-length guides/books/and courses that include videos in one post or one spot?

2024-08-16 13:33:15

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I know. It was pretty amazing.

2024-08-16 02:12:18

My son got a junk catalog in the mail. I grabbed it from him as it's one of the ones my grandmother used to get in the mail.
Flipping through it, I found an Ostrich pullover. #Nostr
https://m.primal.net/KBEP.png

2024-08-15 20:56:50

Every time I read the notes on #Nostr, I learn more.
The world's oligarchs cannot stop people who insist on remaining free.

2024-08-15 14:23:59

In the next 20 minutes, I plan on asking the office about the lifted late-'90s navy blue Crown Victoria with brand-new off-road truck tires and dark-tinted windows.
I saw them when I pulled in. It was like they were checking something out.
It could be innocent, but I did not get a good vibe from them at all. My hair stood up.

2024-08-15 13:47:04

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Alby has a good thing going. In the end, it's probably the best way to go. I know you guys are working hard in the right direction.

2024-08-15 13:46:19

You have to have a special energy/way about you to clip a dog's nails without them freaking out.
Maverick has always had difficulty with this aspect of his care since pulling him off the streets.
Today, Maverick had a quick and calm nail-trimming visit.
His success formula = his prescription stress pills a full day and night before, the morning of, and him being wrapped just so in one of their blankets, plus butt scrunchies.
I ensured this vet tech communicated this, and it was documented yet again.
This was not done during the last visit. At the last visit, muzzles were involved, and the phrase "alligator roll" was used. The tech and the tech team did not use the blanket.
Hopefully, this will be better going forward.

2024-08-15 11:23:58

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I hear you, but that's not the experience I had when onboarding. I'll have to try again another day on a test account to see if I can get that to happen.

2024-08-14 23:44:22

Make old-school customer service great again.

2024-08-14 17:47:53

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This is also something I want to know. I love what Alby is doing, but a new user, it wasn't easy getting it figured out or sorted. There's no way I can put my friends or families through all that. Plus, if I ever wanted or needed to start over fresh, I'd want a very simple way of doing so:
1. Client.
2. Wallet that sends and receives.
It works. Nothing else.

2024-08-14 17:39:20

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That is actually not a bad idea.

2024-08-14 17:28:09

Grok is generating images now. I tried generating a picture of myself + my dog, and it broke... ahahahah.
So here's a pretty picture instead.
https://m.primal.net/JzWu.jpg

2024-08-14 00:36:41

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All day, I've intended to get to a task I feel is important. All day. I have an hour left of my day. And I here I am.
"I'll just check the notifications. It'll be quick." Then, "I'll just check the latest feed. What can possibly be there?"
HAHAHA.
Because of things I found in the feed, I ended up learning about a slightly new topic, went down one rabbit hole (partially), and ended up backing up my entire password manager with a different one.
I intended on none of those things today.
I don't spend all day on social medias, but I spend quite a bit of time switching between platforms, websites, and communities. Each day is a different.

2024-08-14 00:21:03

The social graph on iris.to reminds of the graph view in Obsidian.

2024-08-14 00:17:51

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I see. I figured it would include several things like this. Thank you for a breakdown.

2024-08-14 00:11:38

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This is @npub175n…g6w0

2024-08-13 18:16:47

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And the ironic thing is -- I didn't have time to get to Best Buy. I was going to feeling like I would have had a better experience, but I couldn't get there.
I'll keep my eyes peeled next time I venture out that way.

2024-08-13 17:07:30

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👀

2024-08-13 16:55:38

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I can't speak for everyone, but I know growing up in America, being taught what it was and what it is and what it's supposed to stand for definitely does not match up to many things we see today.
For me, over the last several years (tiny cracks in the narrative started after 9-11), I've watched a layer here and layer there fall apart. When you face it, it causes an emotional grieving to take place.
When you really look at it and see things for what they are -- I know I went through a grieving process.
I still have hope for America, but I no longer pretend it's something that it isn't. It was disheartening to come to understand just how far back the rabbit hole goes.
Many Americans today are either waking up and beginning that grieving process so they can find their forward or, like you mention here, they stay willfully ignorant.
But now I know why.
Many people cannot face the truth of what things have become. It' too much.
If they did, it means the narrative they've been taught to support all these decades isn't 100% true. And if that's not 100% true, what does that mean for their life, the choices they thought they were making back in the day, and for some, even the military service they took part in.
Then let's say they get through all of that, process it, grieve it, etc. Now what?
Now they can see the corruption in the places it exists and they can kind of predict the behavior and see the propaganda where they couldn't before.
Some will get through this part and feel completely hopeless and despondent because they feel like they will never be able to change things.
It's a huge mental crack and most people cannot bear it.
I never want to lose that hope that things will turn around, but I'm definitely more guarded about the impact of the corruption.

2024-08-13 16:27:08

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I needed the gear today. I bought something that was good enough.
Thing that bothered me the most was being discounted and the total unwillingness on his part to hear me or investigate further. My experience and knowledge didn't mean anything to him because "It says so right here." And that was the end of it.
I felt like I was watching this scene all over again.
https://m.primal.net/JyZP.png

2024-08-13 15:07:43

After I'd explained to the tech guy at my local office supply store what I was looking for and what I needed with exact specifications, he said, "We don't have that." Then, he explained something different than what I'd requested.
When I further explained that I'd seen those specs on boxes and product descriptions for the items in question because the technology is smaller and these items contain it, which is why I was specifically asking which of those items in the store had that, he simply said, "Uh-uh. I looked it up."
He points to the Google/Gemini-#AI-generated blurb of what I'd asked for and says, "That's not what it is," then tapped on his phone. "It says so right here."
I kept a straight face, took a breath, smiled sweetly, thanked him for his time, and proceeded to the cash register with what I had.
I have no words.

2024-08-12 18:05:04

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BTW, I shared this article in three separate places. I never do that.

2024-08-12 17:50:24

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So here's a very serious question:
How does a person truly remain private in communicating their thoughts via an electronic or digital medium?
There has to be a way around this.
For example, my current npub uses my real name and face. There may come a time when I want to start a fresh one but have it completely segregated and private as possible, yet still communicate with the outside world via Nostr.
How does a person truly do this?
Some basics:
- Never use your real name, face, job description, etc.
- Never post pictures of buildings that can be used to identify your location.
- Use a VPN before you launch the Nostr application
-- But what else? --

2024-08-12 17:42:39

I'm editing some footage.
I found raw content I filmed in January. It was kind of basic and crappy. I've gotten better at it since then.
Hoping to take pieces of the earlier videos and use them in lessons on how life is always changing.

2024-08-11 22:38:00

With Nostr, I feel like I'm in a coffee shop where people are talking.
Except, you're free to join conversations and others are mostly welcoming to your contribution. Then you can leave again and go back to reading your book in the corner with no pressure or expectation.
Regardless of what you do, others are happy you're there. Even if you never spoke to anyone, it feels like I spent time with people.
Except, unlike other places, I don't feel the need to perform.

2024-08-11 22:02:52

On Nostr, notes don't live forever necessarily.
They only live if they are still part of a relay that's communicating.

2024-08-10 15:47:30

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Now that I think about it, I probably would not have resold the rummage items. My parents might have. Back then, I was more interested in the stories I could find or invent.
Something always had a story.
- The story behind the jacket that was hung earlier or the old postcards in the bin by the books
- The legend of how the valley was protected in the deep winters
- How the china dolls in the stamp and stationery store came to be
- Whether the Pony Express came through and what their lives were like
- The truth behind the late nights the sheriff and his deputies put in back behind the conference room. The upholstery was from the '70s, and their ashtrays were full of butts.
- How many novels my English teacher had actually written
So many memories and interesting things.

2024-08-10 14:00:07

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Admittedly, I don't know know a lot about Monero.

2024-08-09 21:44:31

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Until technology enables us to speak to our future-future generations without someone in the family line screwing things up, my goal is to do so through preserved #handwritten journals. I haven't worked out all the details yet, but I am under the firm belief there's not enough handwritten diaries to pilfer through for the occasional obsessed family historian that eventually rises up.

2024-08-09 17:26:00

When I was a teenager, my family of four had to move into an 18-foot Class C RV.
My dad took a job across the state, and we had nowhere to live and no money. My parents did the best they could.
We eventually moved into a little double-wide for rent in town.
People might look down on that, but I'm telling you right now that summer and the next 18 months were my childhood's two most memorable years.
We did free things and drove almost daily into the region's outskirts. My brother and I would explore the ruins of abandoned cabins, peeling back layers of wall insulation of the day (newspapers) to reveal dates from the early 1900s.
We played outside because the inside was really only for sleeping or shelter during storms.
We went to every museum and attended every free event downtown put on.
We became experts at which washing machines and dryers worked the best in the local laundromat.
We spent copious amounts of time in the libraries, especially the one that had the basement where a rummage sale happened each week.
We experienced extreme weather bouts where we learned so much about ourselves and the world around us.
We hiked on the weekends.
Mom had to take a part-time job. I used to help her periodically and learned some things by doing that, too.
I learned about angry yellow jackets, bucket rides that helped you scale mountains, and legends of the local Native Americans.
Forest fires happened the following summer. After that, we joined the mushroom pickers for a chance to make extra money. I remember I got to keep around $20 for putting up with Dad dragging us up the mountainside.
Mom wasn't 100% pleased, that I remember, but it was a good adventure, and by the end of the day, my brother and I were too tired to argue.
The wildlife was unmatched for that part of the world.
I'm sure my parents had an entirely different perspective on things, but those two years were full of imagination, awe, and discovery. Thirty-five years later, I still remember the most details from that period.
I never would have had those experiences had we not moved into that tiny RV, no matter how temporary.
https://m.primal.net/Jtpj.png
#story #stories #memoir

2024-08-09 01:49:00

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🙌 Hi!

2024-08-08 17:42:13

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This has always been one of my favorites. It always got me scared. My grandmother loved the movie called Duel ('70s). It always scared her.
I haven't seen Rear Window in years. I'm not sure what brought it to mind last night.

2024-08-08 17:20:01

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Yes. I have not tested it yet. My type-A personality wants to avoid a possible posting mess by knowing ahead of time.
I'll have to try it one day to see what happens.

2024-08-08 17:15:48

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👋 Nice to meet you!

2024-08-08 17:06:45

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No, I have not. I will take a look at it.

2024-08-08 17:05:59

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I wasn't referencing this one. I'm still trying to learn my way around, exploring corridors and such. So far, it takes me far less time to get through the feed on this one than some of the others.

2024-08-08 13:59:13

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Sunlight, fresh air, movement, and hydration fixes many problems. Others have solved the problems you face now. You are not inadequate because you feel stuck. You just need some perspective. You can do this.

2024-08-08 13:52:56

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As a new #Nostr user, I didn't realize until I'd gone through the signup process and "spinning up a node" and all of that, something like two weeks later — that using crypto is absolutely **not** required to use Nostr.
I had no idea!
As a #new user, I would have been far more comfortable onboarding, knowing I could leave the whole crypto thing to the side and use Nostr to stay in touch when there's no other way of staying in touch with family or what have you.
I could have had time to do more research to see which setup I may have preferred otherwise. I like to research when I have time and evidently, there are several choices to choose from.

2024-08-08 13:45:56

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Slightly off-topic, but the other day I as Googling something, and I kid you not, the top Google result was an old Steemit article.
I literally got up from the desk and computer and shoved it out of my mind. I'd thought I'd stepped into an alternate reality.
It freaked me out a little. hahahaha. I've never seen that happen in all these years. Not once.