zen<3lofi
Zen<3lofi

haha with deso, I went from confused, to curious, to intrigued … what’s next? excited?

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zen<3lofi@nostr.com

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zen<3lofi@coinos.io

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2025-05-23 16:31:45

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This post uses dehumanizing language. Reposting something that calls people slaves because they live differently or make different choices is a big red flag. It makes the writer look out of touch, arrogant, and/or dismissive of real systemic issues.

2025-05-23 16:16:07

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this post is another one of those posts where the individual is blamed rather than looking at the macro things… like the societal systems.
It also just vaguely describes the problem in a V for Vendetta way.
I don’t get why Lyn Alden reposted this, having written Broken Money.

2025-05-20 19:17:42

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what about the word ‘inspired’? As in, you might see 10 influencers in your daily scroll but no one makes you feel inspired.

2025-05-19 01:01:58

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do you know that for a fact? Cuz yeah … that’s the first question that pops into mind…

2025-05-14 01:07:36

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drama kings

2025-05-13 00:56:49

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I have no idea what the context of Bitcoin core is … but just wondering, what would be the motivation of a “dishonest and inauthentic social media campaign against it”? Why would people be doing that?

2025-05-07 21:26:15

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that’s a cool effect how the face is the most detailed part … then it gets more abstract towards the tail 😗

2025-05-05 21:11:23

May 4 - Buttercup
(gonna’ skip the next two, Calla Lily and Camellia).
#nostrartstrMay2025
#watercolor
Thoughts/notes:
I really liked drawing this golden flower on rainy days. The moist air + watercolor effect was interesting. Blending colors was easier, because the paint takes longer to dry. I had to wait a longer time between layers for the same reason.
Oh yeah, so with the Buttercup, my rule about doing these in one sitting went out the window. ☺️ I’m ok with that, I guess the main spirit of my rule for myself is, work fast and get it done.
My mom would describe the way I go about things as being like ‘embroidering flowers’ (绣花儿）heh heh.
https://image.nostr.build/87fe5e73c8d8888c3831223ff11906d24ffeb68dd65c94c9449fb82aa1105539.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/ac84994096e472e2f20b21ee814421c4cf20d5c1322efc665b4f01f2e8792641.jpg

2025-05-01 21:30:02

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what kind of a name is “yakihonne”?

2025-04-18 17:19:19

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It would be really good if things could be sorted without needing to type out hashtags. Hashtags are annoying and distracting.

2025-04-18 03:06:22

Hm I think I actually learned about something that was scary to me, as in, I didn’t want to learn about it… but it turned out to be not scary at all, and actually showed what is really scary.
I read several of Ross Ulbricht’s blog posts on Medium. As of yesterday, I didn’t know who he is (didn’t have his name memorized or anything). I really appreciate his writing style. And yeah, the really scary thing is not him and the silk road that he created when he was 26. It’s vague what people were using it for and I really don’t want to look into it. But the really scary thing is how he said the media had to make him seem like a villain so that his sentence of two life sentences + 40 years wouldn’t seem unfair.
And so, why couldn’t any other president have pardoned him? It’s not that hard to explain why a pardon in this case was the right thing to do.
So in this sequence of events, Trump is actually doing the right thing? Helping the libertarians?
Then I also read an interview with Jack Dorsey on PirateWires (5/9/24), and feel like I better understand the distinction of Nostr being a protocol and not an app.

2025-04-17 15:40:57

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is this the first nostr lounge? How come the location is las vegas?

2025-04-16 22:33:17

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what do you mean? what are you comparing the Nostr experience to?

2025-04-14 17:22:36

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is it? If it is, I didn’t find it. ☹️ Maybe you could post it to your profile if the r/Bitcoin mod said it was so good, but … still censored it.

2025-04-14 17:00:07

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can I see the original comment the mod is referring to?

2025-04-13 12:55:08

Last night I reread the ending of A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki. I had forgotten how the plot had been resolved… It was a complex braiding of different people’s feelings and their choices and actions. To put it simply, it involved Ruth in the present time, and Nao in a past time (but it also involved Nao’s great-grandma in a dream). The emotions hit differently this time for me. The last time I read this book was before my own grandma died. Reading the ending, where Nao’s great-grandma is dying, and how before she did, she encouraged Nao and her dad to live (生) … was suddenly way more emotional for me then the last time I read it. That time, years ago, I suppose the feeling was like, ‘yes, this makes sense. This is one of the puzzle pieces that resolves things.’ Sad, but satisfying.
I woke up this morning with this chorus section in my head, “Hold onto hope if you got it. Don’t let it go for nobody. They say that dreaming is free. I wouldn’t care what it cost me.” I couldn’t place it at first, like ‘ooh this is a familiar song, but who is it by?’ (It’s the song ‘26’ by Hayley Williams of Paramore)
Oh, I just noticed a funny connection. Towards the end of the story, Ruth and her husband Oliver have realized that currently, in their present time, Nao is not 16 anymore, but probably around 26 or 27 years old.
Connecting these two works, the ‘hope’ in the song refers to how at the end of the story, even though Nao’s personal story has resolved for Ruth, she still doesn’t know what has happened with her, since Nao lived in Japan, during the year 2011, when the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami happened, which then also led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
So the book ends with Ruth writing a letter back to Nao. Earlier, she and her husband had realized that somehow, by believing in Nao and what she wrote ‘to them’ in her diary, they were actually causing the diary to continue to a conclusion, rather than ending abruptly. And their belief in Nao, somehow resonated back towards themselves. So even though Ruth has no way of knowing if Nao had died along with so many others in the tsunami, she wrote her a letter, hoping that her belief in her still carries meaning.
https://image.nostr.build/84fe6eb326b62624bc935e617e3b244900dcd17400e5be1b54ba3d4d0a0ea71f.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/a5927e792032ef9b52b73cc921869967b8189c47bade00270da05022d7739281.jpg

2025-04-10 15:38:34

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oh that app sounds helpful! my other strategy along with the night shift mode, and lowering brightness is to just not use screens much after like 7 pm … meditate …
it also might be related to the fact that I haven’t been to get my eyes checked since 2019, and I found out that my left lens prescription was a little too high. So I got that fixed, and got transitions lenses for outside. Soooo much better.
I think it’s not so much the ‘light’ that affects my sleep, but more like the speedy pacing of online activity that gets me mentally jittery. A lot of online activity tends to be about ‘volatility’ in many areas.

2025-04-10 15:26:32

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I recently started to use the ‘night shift’ mode on my phone and laptop. That adds like a warm yellow hue, also I lower the brightness.
This was mainly cuz I noticed a sensitivity to light/dark contrasts… didn’t really have any issues with sleeping though.

2025-04-07 16:03:02

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wow! Talk about persistence paying off 📚

2025-04-04 14:46:01

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wow since high school… what got you into it?

2025-04-02 22:15:47

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hmm I haven’t experienced any spam or explicit content so far …
Just wondering, if you think moderation is important, why are you using Nostr? You mean like, in general, it’s important?

2025-04-01 22:00:08

I was reading an article which discusses the difference(s) between Blue Sky and Nostr. And it seems the main difference is moderation. Blue Sky has moderation, and Nostr doesn’t believe in having any moderators.
This doesn’t seem like such a big deal to me… because doesn’t this mean individuals can just use the ‘mute/block, mute convo’ options whenever they feel the need to?
#asknostr #introductions

2025-04-01 21:52:58

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it seems like every rich person eventually gets into beekeeping and harvesting the honey from that … David Beckham… Meghan …

2025-04-01 21:51:44

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ugh yeah … I have not encountered so many males who label themselves as “carnivores” on their profile about me until I joined Nostr.
A few years ago, for Earth Day, I learned that farming large animals for meat contributes more to excessive amounts of carbon than “all vehicles combined”.
Although, probably the main problem is all the restaurants in densely populated areas that keep on pushing meaty and oily dishes to make money.

2025-03-31 17:38:17

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have you tried discussing a dream with chat gpt or another AI app? I thought it was a really good experience.

2025-03-31 17:36:38

something i’ve been wanting to look up … is decentralized social media only possible due to blockchain technology? Is this why it hasn’t started earlier?
Putting this as a note like tying a string on the finger. 😐
#asknostr

2025-03-28 15:28:42

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extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence … I’m not the one making extraordinary claims here. The responsibility is on the guy who is.

2025-03-28 15:24:58

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just saw your comment! Someone on reddit shared a video tutorial by that guy who is coding Damus… I had to go to a website called zap.army and toggle on, so now I have the ⚡️ on posts and comments. Someone on reddit also suggested I use Coinos wallet, which is working. So now I just set it and forget it ☺️ just allow the magic piggy bank to be.

2025-03-26 15:59:25

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I’ve read posts with similar sentiments on Reddit, in the subreddits of r/antiwork, r/leanFIRE, r/simpleliving, and r/adulting.
The slightly frustrating thing for me reading those posts is that nobody mentions Bitcoin. That’s why I’m liking Nostr. Those same topics are discussed, but with the inclusion of Bitcoin.
So basically everyone’s complaining about wanting more relaxation time for themselves …
it also gets repeatedly pointed out by people who have financial independence that - the problem shifts from ‘surviving’ to ‘thriving’, as in, having meaning and purpose in their daily life.
I’ve read a few posts from basically some newly rich person going, “now I’m bored!” haha

2025-03-26 13:38:51

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Oh like this post that Jeff Booth reposted? #note19xr…vqn3 (via Bitcoin Apex).
I totally agree actually. I can see how that has happened for me on a individual scale.
That actually is very intriguing and exciting. I think that’s always been possible even when people are “poor” though … but I’ve also see in my own life, how the toxic cultures of higher education and workplaces can exacerbate divisions. It sucks. Hence, the “broken system” phrase.

2025-03-26 02:20:23

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So you’re saying, “nation state and corporate treasury adoption” is *not* boring because it is part of the path for Bitcoin to become global currency (and not just lumped in with other risk assets). … but … then this is somehow connected with enabling a more Utopian society based on the values of Christianity?
Your other comment with the catchphrase “fix the money, fix the world” makes sense. I guess that’s why it is a popular catchphrase.
Anyways, GN 💤😴

2025-03-24 18:11:41

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I think my main thought is, by making the economic system more fair and balanced (via Bitcoin vs. USA fiat only) is a pretty sure fire way to reduce a certain type of suffering for a lot of people.
Your comment about how in some religious views “it is important to ensure that everyone is not corrupt, not criminal and saved.“
…. how do you ensure that? People make their own choices?
I actually wasn’t sure how your comment related to the topic … but it made me think of other spiritual worldviews

2025-03-24 17:08:25

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in other spiritual beliefs, it’s important to reduce suffering …

2025-03-23 16:29:03

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ohhh I figured it out by clicking things hahaha … 😅 another misunderstanding on my part. I have to click on the upper right icon (see pic) of a person with a check mark.
https://image.nostr.build/a7ab92b9e9c6cf102a797598709dd2152719f9742a06641788815e0268a229c7.jpg

2025-03-23 13:30:14

Fyi: not a big deal, but my ‘notifications’ section has been weird for a few days … not showing all the notifications, or showing the recent ones … then later when I check they’re not there 😲
#asknostr #damus #introductions

2025-03-23 13:25:20

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oh boy. I wonder what type of body if it is even possible. Like living to 1000 in the body of like a 90 year old? Or … in like a perpetual “middle aged” body?

2025-03-22 03:03:24

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yeeeesssss … although I’m confused why my Coinos account doesn’t show any transactions occurring, even tho I saw some numbers by my ⚡️ and I also tapped someone else’s ⚡️

2025-03-22 03:00:38

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idk… if any ⚡️ were given, I don’t see it on my coinos page. I think I might’ve accidentally zapped you back 1000 cuz I didn’t set the default amount. 😴💤🥱 GN

2025-03-21 23:12:09

I really hope this is done now. Switched from the Alby wallet to coinos … it does seem to be easier … wow what a wallet setup journey.
First, I asked chat GPT what wallets to use with Nostr. The ones it suggested (ex: Wallet of Satoshi) did not work either due to region (USA, NY), or phone (iOS), or was not actually compatible with Nostr (Speed, Strike, Muun).
So then I got the bright idea to see what Nostr recommends, which is how I wound up with Alby. But that one needs Alby Hub, and the free “diy” version apparently requires setting up a node.
So, finally - Coinos.
This felt like I was at work. 🤷🏻‍♀️
#introductions #damus #freedomtech #plebchain

2025-03-20 15:10:32

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I am also doing colored pencils again after trying out watercolors for a while… just not abstract …
https://image.nostr.build/75eec737678a18cf6713b6320c6221982ec3304b441f321131ae07020da0bcd8.jpg

2025-03-19 18:17:43

#nostrzaps Is it possible to zap a post or comment? I’m not seeing a way to do that… (newly connected lightning wallet)

2025-03-19 17:55:36

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well I can definitely put three or more words together without AI, just not on any of those listed topics.

2025-03-19 17:41:25

I think I set up a lightning wallet using Alby. Went through like 3, before realizing only certain ones work with Nostr. (I tried Speed, Strike, and Muun, and those do not work either due to my region or it’s not compatible with Nostr). Slight frustrating friction.
#introductions

2025-03-16 01:03:26

https://image.nostr.build/850b02940f0f8ede01b9609d280072bd05677fdb4f7eb2c6968223fe9f63a27c.jpg

2025-03-13 21:06:55

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I was noticing that when you click a comment, you can’t just go back to where you were in the comment thread

2025-03-08 15:41:22

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I like “think less” haha (no ‘s’) … referring to clearing the mind at times

2025-03-05 19:48:38

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it does for me! I occasionally use the option to slow it down, like .75 or something. Whatever that one lower option is.

2025-03-03 15:50:41

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It falls under the category of stories about a person’s ‘awakening’. I think any genre can go with that important theme, and do it in their own style. The style could be light, or dark/heavy/cynical+hopeful. I think the Matrix is in the 2nd group.

2025-03-03 15:08:13

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it is helpful in thinking critically about living and working in big cities and what you actually like/want.

2025-03-02 15:19:30

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wow cool! Yeah it seems to empower individuals, with a very supportive tone. ☺️

2025-03-02 15:06:30

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just saw this from someone who apparently works with AI technology. Currently I think AI is helping the average person (me, for one). I’ve had very therapy-like chats with it (which has a social aspect), and learned about financial planning and stuff so (informational), it’s been very practical. https://image.nostr.build/af50b8b45cb75ecbc25a0fc221a76358fa95e070db6819aac865a06622995427.jpg

2025-03-02 14:56:51

#socialisolation
I think I mainly feel “social isolation” after 7:30 pm during long winters. (Every winter eventually feels like a long winter ha).
It’s like, the light is too dim to wanna do any desk stuff. My vision has gotten sensitive to light/dark contrasts (I sometimes get ophthalmic migraines, so need reduced screen time), so it’s actually not really “social isolation” but something that has been written about in literature since at least 200 years ago … what they called “the tedious hours”. Especially in winter.
Also, something else that gets lumped under the word “social isolation” is just that life has a repetitive aspect. Whether you’re married with kids, or a college student with a core friend group since highschool, or a couple with pets, there’s a repetitive aspect to daily life… even if you do occasional out of the ordinary things like go on a 3 day ski trip, or take a month-long vacation.
#thoughts

2025-03-02 00:10:03

🩶 “ Which is more important; … to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even though it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful? If you do not know the answer, you will not even be able to practice zazen; if you do know, you will have found the true treasure of life. “ https://image.nostr.build/c760f41b03336f5593a59c43839ceb5e1bf43348c5da11cbdf9434450ba9da74.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0a1df970d89d772ad3ad25b822096352c09a4cb891fc7eb1e250eae4eec1e85b.jpg

2025-02-27 20:05:12

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every person obviously cares about their health, physical and mental-emotional, and everyone is aware of their own energy levels on a daily basis. Individuals gotta make their own choices. For me, eating mostly vegetarian has been working out pretty well compared to when I eat junk foods or meals heavy on red meat, salt, and fried at high temps.
therefore, I cut out red meats, and sharply reduced white meats. Been doing this since the 3rd grade.

2025-02-27 19:14:36

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I don’t know about other carnivorous animals, however, what I’ve learned about dogs is that they have much shorter digestive systems compared with humans, which is better for digesting meat. Humans have much longer digestive systems, which is better for digesting plants.

2025-02-27 15:58:33

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I just looked at Ben Wehrman’s profile … he has some … beliefs. He thinks the holocaust is a hoax? He thinks vaccines are fake? And he thinks nationalism is the true diversity? o…..k…….. that was totally unexpected.

2025-02-27 14:36:00

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thank you! Yeah this will be my next lil project re: Nostr and getting used to it.

2025-02-27 13:48:09

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oh cool. Yeah I see your posts are talking about micropayments or something … I would like to figure out how to set up the zap / lightning wallet thing, just cuz it’s cool to have that option! Although I want to avoid feeling like I’m posting just to get a small payment.

2025-02-27 01:25:44

@npub1zeh…8tgg how do I set up a lightning wallet?

2025-02-27 01:17:21

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cool. I like lofi music, so soundscapes sound similar.

2025-02-27 01:15:55

#introductions follow up - first time using a decentralized social media app.
It feels like a mix of Reddit and Threads, except that everyone on here seems to be a self-selecting bunch of people who value decentralization in its two major forms (in social media, and in finance). So, for that reason, I’m liking it.

2025-02-27 00:25:05

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masking fluid

2025-02-27 00:23:15

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I get it now … plus also asked chat gpt … which explained about the moderation…

2025-02-27 00:21:40

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haha I like all of those things except “carnivore”. I think eating red meat is really unhealthy for the body and the environment. I think I’ll probably just “lurk” a bit and get used to this whole deso thing.

2025-02-26 16:59:25

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thank you for explaining! It gives me a few more questions though don’t feel the need to personally respond haha. I would want to use Damus Nostr, though I might wanna also try pixelfed, the one that is like Instagram.
what does that distinction mean about Bluesky being “filtered” not decentralized? 🤔 that might be a question for chat gpt later…

2025-02-26 16:30:52

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yeah I was confused about that too considering that I first heard about nostr from an interview he and Lyn had like several months ago.

2025-02-26 16:27:00

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i’m new to deso too

2025-02-26 15:54:40

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do you use any other “deso” apps or just this one? I just started so … kinda confused about how to choose when there are so many

2025-02-26 15:48:42

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I love the visual animation of the facial expressions and stuff ^^ didn’t finish watching s2 tho …. too intense. I am looking for lofi stuff

2025-02-26 15:45:11

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aren’t they a Christian band? I was very into Christian bands at some point sooo this is sounding familiar

2025-02-26 15:43:12

I’m confused about how this works… so there’s a Fediverse … but there are sooo many decentralized social media apps. How exactly are they connected? Like, my post here doesn’t automatically also post to Bluesky right?
#introductions