I made my first JS8 QSOs last Saturday. I like this mode and will do more with it when I can.

No, you are not the last. I haven't seen it yet. I am just now watching Blade Runner 2049 (in stages because it's long) that I checked out from the library. The problem is that I usually watch movies with my wife, and she's not that interested in science fiction. I occasionally see a movie with some of my work friends who like more nerdy fare, and the last time I did that, it was Oppenheimer.

Good one!

Noster is Latin for "our", which I think is appropriate because it belongs to us, not some corporation.

If you mean a book I read in the past 12 months, I recommend the double-novel, *If This is a Man* and *The Truce* by Primo Levi, published in a single volume by Abacus. You can also get *If This is a Man* by itself under the name of *Survival in Auschwitz* by a different publisher. The first book is about Levi's time in Auschwitz, and the second is about his two year journey back home to Italy.

I read these with some friends, and when I heard what we were going to be reading, I did not want to read about Auschwitz. However, Levi is an amazing writer, and there is a lot of beauty in his stories of the people he encountered.

Most people on Nostr are aware the growing corruption in the power structures of our world. Levi shows how people survived under Nazi cruelty in the first book, and the disorganized confusion of the Soviet liberators in the second book. Who knows what we may encounter as things deteriorate in our current situation, but it is helpful to see someone make it under much worse circumstances than what we are now enduring.

Levi was a Jewish Italian chemist, and although he was not religious, he does seem to have some sense of God's existence and provision, and he does have a good moral sense. Sadly, although Levi returned to a successful career as a chemist in Turin and added a successful writing career after retirement, he killed himself in his old age, so that left me and my friends wondering what continued to haunt him.

I know that the Christian knowledge of the love of God and the hope of eternal glory has sustained many believers in the sufferings of this life, so I pray that I will hold onto that if I have to suffer such hardships.

You're an influencer of the highest level.

Thank you for the detailed post. Not only is it a kind tribute, but it also taught me some Bitcoin history. I wish you well in your future work.

I read something about Twitter not paying their Google cloud renewal, but they haven’t had time to get other infrastructure in place.

Yes, although he can be expensive sometimes.

I regularly listen to @ODELL and @Marty Bent on Rabbit Hole Recap, TFTC, and Citadel Dispatch podcasts. I also like Bitcoin.review hosted by @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 .

Thanks for the cool link. I got my license as a kid, but got back into it in 2021 doing mostly portable CW.