Nate Long has walked through the valley of the shadow of the Internet for 25 years, focused on cybersecurity and privacy. He spent 10 years working for an Israeli cybersecurity firm, the past 6 years as cybersecurity evangelist for a large healthcare system, and is the founder of CyberHedge, LLC, a company focused on digital homesteading, personal privacy, and the skills necessary for an anti-fragile life.
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I'm having "failed to zap" issues, but I'll be back to zap this too! npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/Prcg.png npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe A major shift in power dynamics is under way. The age of nation states is giving way to a technoractic, neo-feudal future. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Most Americans don’t have a payments problem, but a savings problem. That which is saved, however, eventually is spent. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Certainly he would be amenable to donating his money to paying off the national debt then. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Excellent episode; pure signal npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I’ve been testing it hard since November…big fan. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://fountain.fm/track/d5Sftp9KIGJIfSw2w9ds npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Take note of those who reveals themselves to be the enemy. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe There’s nothing more powerful than former antagonists who _actually_ woke up and realized what they thought they opposed was being done to them _by_ the loudmouth, hypocritical Leftists. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Pumped to see you doing this! npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe What we have been watching in our nation is the difference between two religions, expressed in their civil application. This is misunderstood or not perceived by many from all sides. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I’d be more excited about this if I had access to Proton Wallet. Starting to get pretty annoyed at how long it’s taking considering how long I’ve been a Proton customer. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe What is motivating the development of Pubky? A theory that options are better in general, or a specific thing that makes it superior to nostr? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe it's intriguing to me that we can see that initial comprehension is metaphorical at best, but not see that Divine comprehension generates taboos that transcend our journey toward intricate comprehension. For example, we recognize perhaps the simplest aspect of the negative possibilities of eating pork (trichinosis) but what other impacts do we not yet perceive? The rabbis theorized after millennia of observation, for example, that the consumption of pork induced spiritual blindness. How will we measure that? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://open.substack.com/pub/nathanlong/p/hope-is-christian npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Hope is the realization within, evoked by painting with what may be seen, that what is presently imperceptible is not only possible but perhaps more real than what is presently evident. Hope is the fuel of human endurance and proof of the transcendent. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Hope is the realization within, evoked by painting with what may be seen, that what is presently imperceptible is not only possible but perhaps more real than what is presently evident. Hope is the fuel of human endurance and proof of the transcendent. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Technological innovation has allowed mankind to imagine he has altered reality, when instead we have eliminated the natural boundaries that labored to ensure our health and well-being. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe "Of course, I want more than cultural Christianity—I want everyone to have an active, vibrant faith in Jesus—but I don't want less than cultural Christianity. True religion brings to a society the goodness and beauty of order and freedom." - Dustin Messer npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe 2 npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/LvlQ.jpg npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/Lumz.mp4 npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe “There is a disintegration of moral integrity that parallels the disintegration of monetary integrity.” - Robert Breedlove npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://image.nostr.build/c07fd0f05eca5fb929dea71dbc848851070edb7473f9385d44f6bd37f475fcf4.jpg npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe 'The Reformation worldview leads in the direction of freedom. But the humanist worldview with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the centre...inevitably government or the state' - F. Schaeffer npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe the medium is the message! npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Good point npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe it is strange; perhaps it is folly to hope for anything to be universal and 'villages' of common practice are inevitable. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/LrUy.jpg npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://image.nostr.build/5bc80a633187bc391cb412d3779d37ff6553c0d500afb07529ffd2c00cf2a6bc.jpg npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe On Sunday, November 3, 2020, my then pastor described communications he regularly receives from a Rwandan friend. They always follow a pattern: epistle-like greetings followed by descriptions of the most mundane stuff imaginable—the rains have come, a stranger appeared in the village, etc. I was struck by the realization that life in a village enables the understanding that local, personal events are significant. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe “[Jordan] inveighs against a common phenomenon: using a confessional affirmation as the criterion for Reformed identity without regard to its role within a functional biblical theology.” npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Great; something else I need to track. Why can't we blend #nostr and #pubky? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe This is why I appreciate Jacques Ellul: npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://image.nostr.build/4b41225bfd3c4c2f064da15e9c4c7679aae521c3ed1b805923bf03a751245ecd.png npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://image.nostr.build/2ec759106e3565a36fd614de01d378d387b7b527e0e931733061cedc988d18eb.png npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe the worst guest I have ever heard on your podcast; isn't even capable of a conversation. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe This guy would not shut up and even let you speak, Peter. I hope you never have him on again. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Robert mentioned a quote with ancient provenance. The idea seems to have first appeared in Cicero, "serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint," though he credited Caecilius Statius. But it was philosopher/theologian Elton Trueblood who said it in the manner I think you were referencing, "A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit." ("The Life We Prize," 1951) npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Robert mentioned a quote with ancient provenance. The idea seems to have first appeared in Cicero, "serit arbores, quae alteri saeclo prosint," though he credited Caecilius Statius. But it was philosopher/theologian Elton Trueblood who said it in the manner I think you were referencing, "A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit." ("The Life We Prize," 1951) npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://open.substack.com/pub/nathanlong/p/instantiations-of-the-heavenly-reality npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Thank you! Great reply!! I will dig in to that blog post. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://fountain.fm/episode/WKmkmWztFjjOV4iqKVid npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe What’s the unique value of StashPay? What are you hoping to provide that Strike doesn’t, for example? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Ha! Just shared a note I want to come back to to “Notes to Myself” in Signal. Worked flawlessly. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Trying out nos.social. Appreciated Rabble’s recent presentation and his interview on Plebchain Radio. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I am really jonesing to get access to Proton wallet. Anyone with access who could send me an invite? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Ahh, that makes sense npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Yes! Surprising and delightful npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I’m really liking the new Damus client! npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I didn’t realize Jeremy was the founder of Odysee…that puts a new twist on things npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I’m curious why you would use SMS 2FA at all? Email or preferably Authenticator app is superior… even better, Yubikey, although not as widely accepted. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe "What I realized was that I had subscribed, unintentionally, not to two discrete events, but to two communities governed by two calendars." npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe are there any English -only relays? I'm getting flooded with Thai notes... npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe @npub1xkh…xycs, how do we find you online? Website? npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe There is a certain kind of reasoning that is seemingly reasonable and yet entirely insufficient: we may most accurately call it madness. As Chesterton said, “The madman…has lost everything but his reason.” npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/Kmis.jpg npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Totally agree. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe A stiff dose of Aristotle would do our society a lot of good. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe One does not grow past common sense: one simply grows to comprehend its validity more intricately. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe “Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms. Our business is to interpret and criticize modern thought by the gospel, not vice versa.” npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Paul wrote that we see dimly as if through a veil, and this applies to today’s current events unless one studies to discern the riptides surging under the ostensible surface of media propaganda. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe It's too chunky to put in a wallet, but not in a purse. However, I would use a mobile wallet on your phone for medium of exchange transactions. Keep in mind, however, that right now store of value is the part of the adoption S-curve that we're inhabiting. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe From the dawn of time, God's plan has remained constant, though our understanding of it deepens and expands as the scroll of history unrolls. Too often we conflate our growing perception with alterations in God's approach. Created for finite beings, time enables us to comprehend our existence, but God transcends time and what He wills is equivalent with its accomplishment. Thus, while we perceive God's will through the lens of progressive revelation, it is critical to recognize the primary continuity of God's singular plan experienced within the boundaries of a chronological construct. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I need a tutorial… didn’t realize gift wrapping was a thing… npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://m.primal.net/JTCM.png npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe https://open.substack.com/pub/nathanlong/p/a-self-indulgent-culture?r=3lvcbp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe there's a disturbing level of perspiration mentioned in that screenshot... npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe I don't know and don't care if his ideas about what to do are good/valid/whatever. What I like are his two observations: npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe @npub1trr…hdpu. @npub1l2v…ajft, @npub1sg6…f63m, @npub18am…p424, I thought I'd try to get this guy some traction on Nostr. npub19zdzspva35sjs6sxvd48twu7a48zfnqzrx3374x5607f2xw6unpsuzgl0e literaryjoe Hey, Nostr. This eminently sensible and forthright author lost "waves of subscribers" for speaking the truth. I wonder if we can replace them?!
