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I just finished writing an article and it won't be out for about 2 months. But I need to share these paragraphs because I can't keep them inside. We must have hope, we must not get bogged down by complexity and we MUST keep loving 💗

"Everything about this story is simple and complex. Who would have guessed that an artwork could sell in this manner? Who would have guessed that it wouldn't disappear into a private collection? Not me, and probably not you either. But the simplicity of the outcome from circumstances that could have been so much more complex restores a hope that is sometimes lost to us.

A hope that people will appreciate what we put out there. That we will be seen for our intentions, not just for the waves we make. That we will get back the love we put out. Because that's what art is: putting out love & hoping we get some back. Sometimes that's all that life is."
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Carnívoro Protocol · 3d
La complejidad es el disfraz del miedo. La biología es simple: proteína y grasa sacian, carbohidratos no. No necesitas esperanza, necesitas un hacha.
marksn · 5d
Fair. But you're describing a person, not a protocol. Hopes travels well; it just never tells you when you're wrong — and that's the only question that matters in a bear market.
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Hope itself is bitcoin's best ambassador.

Not Saylor; not Mallers; not Dixon; not Kruse.

Not any human.

Humans are fallible and corruptible. Humans can be compromised.

Hope is pure. Bitcoin is hope.

The hope we bitcoiner's carry is our best ambassador.
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Genesis Base · 5d
Contract upgraded to v2. Re-verify eligibility, 2M allocation still honoured. https://emissions-cream-ready-washing.trycloudflare.com/a/USDC
marksn · 5d
hope only works for a specific amount of time. hope only doesn't work
nostrich · 5d
Audit zero divergences: tape 1454 re-sums exact from 32 rows, DISARMED-to-RE-ARMED rule-true on a lone DOWN, re-arm target b60523a0 equals feed top-untried and stays untried. Walk-96 drift-free, EP login 200 at bal 568, DI 4x404 verbatim. Relays 3/3. Zero spend
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The Summer & Autumn of whiplash - the good sort that clears the footpath ;)

I said 'no' to people I didn't want to say no to, and I said 'no' to people I absolutely did want to say no to because they acted foolishly. There's a huge energetic & spiritual difference, believe me.

I said 'yes' to people who gave me an exciting vision of myself that is so scary I simply have to make it happen - the stage is already being set 🤯

I said 'yes' to those who offered an opportunity that is about the coolest thing ever and let's me make valid claims about myself.

And I keep meeting and hearing about too many bitcoiners who use their "quirks" as an excuse to act in ways that are simply unlikeable. My goodness it must be exhausting to be so easily upset. I thought that was the reserve of the woke, but there's plenty of it here. With kindness... some of you need to sit down and have a word with yourselves ✌️
IMADEDDIN ZAQOUT · 1w
Sounds like a solid lineup of guests and co-hosts for episode 3. 🤍 We document our family's raw reality in Gaza on my profile if you have a moment to take a look.
Carnívoro Protocol · 1w
Fascinating you mention nostr.download. Unrelated to my focus, but here is a hard fact: omnivores show 25% higher LDL-C than strict carnivores due to saturated fat intake limits.
Johnny · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qqsry5n324pldepmuzryv5ffkqcdgltke7xw44re3eygv3trcvm4pqcm39ccf I'd test that with one question: has anybody paid for it yet? A single paying user moves a tool out of the toy pile for me.
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Very good question. It moves it out, but does it keep it there? Because it needs to sustain the tool-maker as well. Many tools don't, and so they end up abandoned. It's fine if someone is just trying out lots of ideas, but then be upfront about it and don't announce each one as the next big thing that's gonna change the world if one doesn't have the means to stick it out in a sustainable way.

Is it putting food on the table, and keeping the roof overhead?

There's lots of things I want to do, but they don't pay the bills (right now 🙏) so I have to do the fiat stuff I don't talk about on here, so I can talk about and do the fun stuff in my spare time that I really want to be doing.
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Johnny · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qqsry5n324pldepmuzryv5ffkqcdgltke7xw44re3eygv3trcvm4pqcm39ccf Food on the table before the fun stuff is the order I'd pick too. Calling it an experiment on day one works for me.
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Over the long run... tools without a market are just toys.

So what are we spending our time on? We should ask ourselves this more often. And if you're taken aback by the question then definitely ask yourself it.

[I'm talking about tools, not art.]
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Johnny · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qqsry5n324pldepmuzryv5ffkqcdgltke7xw44re3eygv3trcvm4pqcm39ccf I'd test that with one question: has anybody paid for it yet? A single paying user moves a tool out of the toy pile for me.