Jordan Eskovitz

www.vrtcl.studio

Multidisciplinary artist. Partner at VRTCL.
Christ is Lord. Festina Lente.

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eskovitz@nostrplebs.com

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eskovitz@getalby.com

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2024-09-17 04:51:28

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As a people, we have grown spiritually fat, slothful, and, in many regions, apostate. When a people turn from Christ, they turn from life to death. They no longer value life. So having no children is a consequence of spiritual rebellion. This is broasly true and works itself out more granularly and in unique ways on individual levels.
I also recognize people have legitimate struggles (unable to find a spouse, married later in life, fertility issues, etc.). I'm not intending to hypercritically target every individual.
Pragmatically, we have used technology and law to sever sex from childbearing, sex from marriage, and marriage from covenant (prenups, no fault divorce, etc.).
Monetary debasement is certainly relevant but a secondary factor.

2024-09-16 20:03:33

We are so back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRXH9AbT280
#music #linkinpark #fromzero #rock #nostr #grownostr

2024-09-15 01:35:17

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Marvelous work.

2024-09-10 03:25:00

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I've not had much experience with it, so cannot personally vouch for the service, but it may be worth your time to explore Zaprite.

2024-09-09 18:54:12

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-09-09 17:00:39

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Massive theological/philosophical shifts. Architecture is a good berometer of what a peoples believes to be true of the world.
Post 1920s architecture became increasingly statist, anti-theistic, and anti-human.
Post-industrialism also saw an increasing loss of craftsmanship and skills over the course of the past 200 years. We simply don't know HOW to make buildings like this anymore.
Add a century of fiat and high time preference to that backdrop.
There is a slow but present resurgence of excellent architecture, though. New Urbanism and New Traditional Architecture are two movements happening in Europe and America right now. Not the caliber of architecture you picture here, but a welcomed development nonetheless.
Check out newtrad.org
Here is an example of New Urbanism woodburymoscow.com

2024-09-09 16:48:29

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Wives that make sourdough would be taking *the two shall become one* to the next level.

2024-09-09 00:46:00

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What a time to be alive

2024-09-06 02:16:06

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Sociopaths is more likely

2024-09-06 02:14:06

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Hard question to respond to simply and succinctly.
Shotgun thoughts:
-I think it is a complex mixture of motives and incentives. There are power hungry and evil people in all levels of society and governance.
-As far as being captured goes, I would say this is true ideologically, via bribes, or via blackmail.
-There's also the global fiat banking cartel. too many world leaders have their hands tied by the IMF via debt restructuring conditions. -Then there's groups like WEF. Klaus Schwab has also publicly boasted about WEF protiges *infiltrating* political cabinets all over the world.
-I think a lot of people in the lower ranks of the global cabal probably think their going along with tyranny will also allow them to escape the worst parts of it.
-There are also a number of world leaders who don't have children, so that is a factor too.
-Underneath all of this is spiritual warfare. Satan and his demons hate God and therefore hate humans who are made in his image so they decieve and pervert and corrupt with the intention of destroying us. Many people, including some of the most powerful people in the world, are their puppets. But I would be remiss to say that and leave off that all tyranny ends, all tyrants die, all towers of babel fall, and, sooner or later, reality reasserts itself. The reality is that Christ is Lord.

2024-09-05 21:26:53

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https://image.nostr.build/1c5e4728b793a879d6fce40271b1e6a4a1ee4ea09064820a46ee85ac3432a3dd.gif

2024-09-05 21:03:53

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Work in reverse: do something physical. Take a walk, lift some weights, bike, etc.

2024-09-05 20:46:10

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Boooo

2024-09-05 20:43:26

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It is very imaginative and quirky. Equal parts dramatic and lighthearted.

2024-09-05 20:42:48

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Dream Keeper is very clearly inspired by Narnia. Her writing is more fast paced and cinematic than Lewis' but seems very much appropriate for the YA audience. Every person in the target age range (9–14) that I have given a copy to loves it.

2024-09-05 18:41:18

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Hydra bot

2024-09-05 18:34:53

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Yes. One reason we are so neurotic and distracted all the time is because we are so sedentary.

2024-09-05 14:17:29

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Wasn't meaning for my comments to be a cold lecture, by the way. Rather, I enjoy talking about it and my aim is to build up and generate lively discussion.

2024-09-05 04:22:57

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Welcome to #nostr!

2024-09-05 04:19:20

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If you are a reader, I recommend Paradise Restored by David Chilton.

2024-09-05 04:16:15

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This is from a conversation with a slightly different context but it relates in substance to what you have posted here:
#nevent1q…823n

2024-09-05 02:11:24

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Do a Pixel 8 with #grapheneos

2024-09-04 21:32:44

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Compilations*

2024-09-04 21:31:12

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Valley of Vision and Piercing Heaven are both comoilations of Puritan prayers. Cloud of Witnesses spans different periods of Christendom.

2024-09-04 21:29:47

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Hope your kids enjoy it and that it stirs the imagination.

2024-09-04 21:26:05

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I recommend:
Valley of Vision
https://banneroftruth.org/us/store/devotionalsdaily-readings/the-valley-of-vision/
Cloud of Witnesses
https://www.crossway.org/books/cloud-of-witnesses-fab/
Piercing Heaven
https://lexhampress.com/product/175924/piercing-heaven-prayers-of-the-puritans?queryId=9f5ea390f724c5cdf4990f7682350c1d

2024-09-04 04:44:54

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Thank you, Rose

2024-09-04 04:32:35

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Thank you! Yes there is a high standard of excellence on the design team and we publish a lot of great content.

2024-09-03 22:32:32

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You can do so at crossway.org

2024-09-03 21:13:57

Custom illustrations for the cover of You Will Be My Witnesses, an upcoming book from Crossway.
https://image.nostr.build/ea2ba1c88c11904b1f081b3d60e5fdc73c75b744413e68c0f8370b69c6423cdd.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/dda39e6bff958df8ac54679488b6903f1fb1aaf08ecefa5db374bc06ea873687.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/32180b731426f2a86df59b802698cff04b33b878f3df60369682ce4743986caf.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/20e996a89d5551337de9fef0596a3d348b3fe27ec700c694cf0125df9530f47d.jpg
#art #artstr #illustration #bookstr #grownostr #plebchain #nostr

2024-09-03 17:03:37

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Pray for reformation and revival

2024-09-02 19:14:28

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I'm guessing this one of the primary things the Davos crowd is planning on using digital IDs for.

2024-09-02 01:45:15

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https://image.nostr.build/cde6e7e8aa26b140ba31ee525d5ab52cb311471e73563e41ca7903df7e82f4c9.gif

2024-09-02 00:10:26

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Rare and well done

2024-09-01 21:59:32

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I'll look into it, thanks!

2024-08-30 23:45:30

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Thank God for Nostr

2024-08-30 23:43:44

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One way is to see that the accounts of non-anons are still active. They can deduce that said persons are using VPNs.

2024-08-30 23:41:57

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A bit heavy but if you have not seen The King on Netflix, it's an excellent historical fiction

2024-08-30 18:55:59

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Scientists are the priests
Activists are the prophets
Philanthropists are the patron saints
Renewables are your tithe

2024-08-30 17:07:22

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*KYCd fiat wages

2024-08-30 04:28:06

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-30 04:19:20

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So...not in boating accidents?

2024-08-30 01:53:29

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Best way to get started is finding people through hash tags and looking through people's following/follower lists.
Some top hash tags:
#bitcoin (for bitcoin content)
#grownostr (for everything else)
#plebchain
#nostr
#photography
#bookstr

2024-08-30 01:46:49

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Welcome to Nostr, by the way!

2024-08-30 01:44:16

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More so by putting in the work to curate your own feed with the people and content you want to see. Most clients are not doing this for you.
Another option is to save notes as a private or public bookmark, similar to X. Some clients allow for this.
Searching by a hash tag or key word does sometimes produce the desired result but it isn't often as exact as X.

2024-08-30 00:54:35

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And finally itself

2024-08-29 21:52:04

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The plebs:
https://image.nostr.build/7c13252a20f6d2ad11ff9ee539ad520bdac34043a5c9680aaf5088176592b7ca.gif

2024-08-29 21:03:21

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Give the pleb some time, not everyone lives on Nostr 😅

2024-08-29 20:48:26

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Agreed. God is a father, and all earhtly rule is modeling something of the fatherhood of God.
In the home it is familial fathers, in the church it is ecclesiological fathers, and in the civic sphere it is city fathers.
A man in authority may model God the father well or poorly, be a good father or a bad father, but in either case he is a father.

2024-08-29 20:44:16

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Yes, sarcasm 😅

2024-08-29 20:21:21

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Agreed on the importance to address aggression, though I would also say that righteous authority, especially in the home, is not only enforced to stem aggression but also to shape and mold the heart of the child. Modern people have developed a hatred/distrust/resistance to all authority structures but authority is both inevitable and essential. There will always be people in authority over other people—in the home, in the workplace, in the church, and in government—and part of my job is to teach my children what just authority looks like and what right submission to just authority looks like. Likewise, I am to point to unjust authority and help them navigate how to submit to the office said ruler holds while righteously resisting or rejecting the injustice being enacted by the occupant of that office. If my children do not learn how to submit to the authority of someone who loves them, they will not have the tools to honor God in circumstances where authorities that do not love them attempt their compliance/subjugation.
I am not familiar with the book. Thanks for the recommendation!

2024-08-29 19:55:40

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Go to Telegraph Hill and climb the Greenwich and Filbert steps. The area is beautiful and full of parrots.

2024-08-28 20:59:14

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I'll add one more thing, that despite God using unjust and tyrannical rulers for his good purposes, it is equally true that we are to resist unjust rulers and unjust coercion. John Calvin considered governing officials who betray their office to essentially be reduced to private persons, what's more, mere "brigands" and "criminals".
We are to respect the office but rebel against the office holder if that man rules unjustly.

2024-08-28 17:39:55

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Are you a Haunted Cosmos podcast enjoyer? If not, you should be.

2024-08-28 17:39:17

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I won't elaborate for him but I will add that God created a cosmos in which there is hierarchical forms of rule and authority. Christ is king of all existence. He then deligates authority to lesser powers—to his heavenly host (like angels) as well as mankind.
Man as God's image bearer is to take dominion of the earth—to cultivate, subdue, and rule (as God's governors).
God also subdivided his deligated authority to man into four primary forms of government—the church, the magistrate (state), the family, and the individual. Each government has its own specific roles and boundaries—clergy do not declare war, the magistrate does not administer the sacraments, for example.
When man sinned and fell, and all creation was subject to sin, man's governing roles and duties did not change but are now plagued with corruption. Even in a sinful world God did not do away with government. Rather, we are told that God gave the magistrate the sword to reward the just and to punish the unjust.
In 2 Samuel God says "When one rules justly over man, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass sprout from the earth"
In proverbs 29:2, it says "When the rightelus increase, the people flourish, but when the wicked rule, the people groan."
Ultimately we are all under the authority and rule of Christ, whether we accept that reality or not, but not accepting it as a peoples results in evil rulers.
We individually, as households, even as towns and communities and states, can and should resist evil rulers. Part of that resistance is writing code and using open protocols (nostr) and better money (bitcoin). But the heart of that resistance needs to be repentance and a return to rightly ordered rule under the ultimate lordship of Christ.

2024-08-28 16:13:36

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I imagine many people simply don't know what they are voting for. They just don't pay attention.

2024-08-28 16:10:31

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GM
Glad you did. Our bebe didn't. 😅🥱

2024-08-28 13:29:11

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GM sir

2024-08-28 02:40:01

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Ah, you're a OG sellout

2024-08-28 02:38:36

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Thanks! Was among the most enjoyable illustrations to do in the series

2024-08-28 02:37:35

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Thanks, B

2024-08-28 02:33:05

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Welcome to #nostr.
Check out #grownostr and #plebchain for people to follow and interact with.
Explore other hash tags.
Post content that interest you.
Double check all your notes before posting. Typos are forever.

2024-08-28 02:23:51

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Saying anything online has consiquences because saying anything at all has consiquences.
That said, here there is no CEO or board, there is no centralized server, there isn't only one onramp, there isn't the limitation of only going through walled garden app stores, and there is no way to delete content.
It isn't completely immune from government intrusion or overreach, but it is much harder to kill, harder to censor, and harder to manipulate.

2024-08-28 02:16:24

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Yeah. Behind the purist and zealous confrontation are often people that don't really know what it takes to run a business and see using platforms like X (now dogmatically anathema) for business as *selling out* or somehow not *truly* being missionally aligned with freedom tech.
Keep going man. You're putting in the work and providing value.

2024-08-27 21:02:29

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-27 21:02:03

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-27 21:00:26

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-27 20:59:21

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-27 20:57:45

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-08-27 02:26:43

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Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one's youth.
Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

2024-08-27 02:06:03

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(Not trying to pick a fight. I am actually a little confused by the statement)

2024-08-23 03:54:49

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If neo-western counts, The Highwaymen on Netflix is excellent.

2024-08-19 20:48:32

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I'm no authority on the subject but find that if used as a supplement and not a replacement it can be helpful. Most on the market are junk though. Two I have used that are decent: FNX Protein and Levels Protein.

2024-08-19 20:42:30

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Render unto God what is God's.

2024-08-19 20:36:46

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Is my body the wallet too? Can they airdrop right into my brain?
Where do I sign (in blood)?

2024-08-06 01:57:46

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Look into Blixt in addition to some of the other suggestions. It is young and I haven't experimented with it a lot yet but it seems promising.

2024-07-31 19:02:45

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As a general rule I try to ask a lot of question. Honest questions, not trap questions. And the aim is to win the man, not the argument. Sometimes that is the person with whom you disagree. Sometimes it is the hearts and minds of the onlookers.

2024-07-25 14:29:13

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Gm, sir 🌞

2024-07-23 19:11:06

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Hattie B's Hot Chicken

2024-07-22 16:58:53

I knew it
https://image.nostr.build/c1f7ee70f5caecec59a8ccfb60c5f44fcdd784be812a6955fd8637cefdc61076.jpg
#grownostr #plebchain

2024-07-19 20:29:36

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Webs of beauty

2024-07-14 15:55:49

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“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
G. K. Chesterton

2024-07-13 14:10:26

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I use Brave and Ungoogled Chromium for different purposes. Check out Ungoogled Chromium if you have not already.

2024-07-12 14:39:36

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That's putting it kindly

2024-07-11 00:43:51

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https://image.nostr.build/9ac14005186164d64f3a3aca5f5e291bb7354ca8274a55f75629790385282e6f.gif

2024-07-10 18:43:41

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All of the above

2024-07-09 02:14:44

Cameras on phones. Cameras on door bells. Cameras in TVs. Cameras on computers. Cameras outside stores. Cameras inside stores. Cameras in alleyways. Cameras on drones. Cameras on airplanes. Cameras on satellites. Cameras on streetlights. Cameras on traffic lights. Cameras on cars. Cameras inside cars. Cameras on delivery vehicles.
Do you ever get the feeling that you're being watched?
#nevent1q…gc7a

2024-07-06 16:39:42

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Breezy Weather app

2024-07-03 18:50:26

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Reminds me of the Transcendentals.

2024-07-02 19:53:13

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Welcome to #nostr

2024-07-02 13:59:54

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Welcome to #nostr, sir