Branden
Branden with an E

Live as if you live at the center of the universe. Your country, your city or town, your home. Each a break in the plane of the ordinary, giving you the opportunity to live above the mundane, the opportunity to communicate directly with God himself. In truth, you have always lived in such a place. You stand in holy places. You are co-eternal with the Father. You carry on his work, building a universe starting right here, at the center, forever.

2024-06-27 02:10:49

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I feel like an Obsidian extension would do this easily.

2024-06-21 08:20:25

These people really need to stop with these dishonest color gradients. There is nothing out of the ordinary about the current temps in NC. It's the friggin' south. It's hot in the summertime. #alwayshasbeen #weather #climate
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2024-06-16 14:45:28

Now that I've had a decade of Father's Days, I've come to realize that it is the day that fathers work extra hard to give his family the opportunity to celebrate him by creating the illusion that he is enabling family recreation and relaxation for his benefit.
#happyfathersday

2024-06-13 03:25:49

The only legitimately amazing use of AI in the near term will be to bring Bradley Nowell back to Sublime.
#tunestr https://image.nostr.build/b07eca573c50ab1bd7b0d7a50398cf992bfb97705f6212b8482f8340eb3b32da.jpg

2024-06-09 05:25:54

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#unpopularopinion 0018
Most maxis think #Ethereum is not sufficiently decentralized.
They couldn't be more wrong.
Ethereum is no where near sufficiently CENTRALIZED for its purported use cases.
#ETH

2024-06-08 02:25:59

Want to know what it was like to create the universe? Gather your family around the dinner table tonight.

2024-06-07 22:11:18

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I know a Bluey dad when I see one.

2024-06-07 08:52:28

Nothin's gonna change if nothin's gonna change.

2024-05-23 03:04:19

Cheers, my friends. As for me and my house, we will honor Laszlo. https://image.nostr.build/102e2c504b7439fcaf17f7bb55c4b6a3eb84959cebaa7401a217de750c9fb17d.jpg

2024-05-21 17:31:29

Americans are addicted to fear. Its gross.

2024-05-16 01:58:52

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I think about this often. The older I get the more I think I was wrong when younger me used to believe he had sufficient capacity to be introspective.
So much time lost.

2024-05-16 01:46:25

Your home, your dinner table, constitutes the absolute center of the universe. It is the altar upon which sacrifices are laid and the world is created.
For those who have experienced Home, this is objective reality and absolute truth.
#home #grownostr

2024-05-10 23:11:27

Saw a cybertruck in the wild today. They are as ugly in real life as they are on the screen. But, a little bit bigger.

2024-05-09 22:14:23

I find myself sitting here at a Livestock Arena in NC where my 10 yo girl is about to show her prized chicken. #homeschooling takes you places you wouldn't expect.

2024-05-09 18:19:02

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Yes. Specifically GrapheneOS using the default browser Vanadium.

2024-05-09 18:17:31

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Yes.

2024-05-09 06:29:58

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Amazing how the good guys have managed to win every single war. Seems unbelievable.

2024-05-09 06:23:04

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I don't want to run a lightning node and manage chsnnrl liquidity. May just need to switch the kids to liquid.

2024-05-09 05:58:46

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Too bad, because ever since bluewallet's custodial lightning went dark, managing my kids' lightning wallets has been a PITA. Sure would be nice... (nudges @benthecarman).

2024-05-09 05:55:48

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yeah... could... but I'd opt not to.

2024-05-09 05:43:03

He's a Fiat maxi. Always has been. He loves the idea that no one can tell him he can't print his own money.
#nevent1q…m9mx

2024-05-09 05:39:55

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Actually, this didn't seem to work. Each pwa opens with the prior pwa's profile. So in the end I have 4 PWAs all with the same profile. Maybe a browser cache issue?

2024-05-09 05:22:21

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boom.

2024-05-09 05:18:22

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Thanks, but I'm failing to see how to manage 4 lightning wallets in the app.

2024-05-09 04:51:50

I just want to manage 4 non-kyc lightning wallets on one device... but I don't want to run my own lightning node.
Any suggestions?

2024-05-09 04:45:31

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2024-05-09 04:45:06

Let us cast off the old robes of cynicism and criticism that we wore with such flourish before bitcoiners.
Let us be heroic. For if bitcoin is what we say it is, we have no need for victimhood.
Let us be men of energy and action and enthusiasm and creators of a new world.

2024-05-09 04:17:53

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Yeah. Did it myself, with a little YouTube help. I now know the need for sharp knives.

2024-05-09 04:12:21

How quick we are to sacrifice our pleasure, how slow to sacrifice our pain.

2024-05-08 18:28:28

I processed my first chuck roll all by myself.
9 lbs ground beef
2x 3lb roasts
2lb Sierra Steak
2lb chuck eye steak
2lb Denver steak
1lb stew meat
#foodstr #meatstr #carnivore
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2024-05-07 19:43:10

Local Raw Milk + Local honey = Heaven

2024-05-06 03:57:29

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Note: To the people in the back of the room who don't read, this is not an endorsement of MMT. I'd insert my Austrian bonafides here if I could.
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Many Bitcoiners bash MMT as "nonsense", and thus lose arguments with statists before they even start. It would serve them well to understand the framing within which MMT is meant to be used.
MMT strictly limits itself in scope to money derived from monopoly violence. It is actually axiomatic in MMT that all money is derived from the barrel of a gun. MMT generally and chartalism specifically, asserts that the money must be ESTABLISHED by a state via force, and in order to do so, it must have something to ENFORCE. Thus the primary purpose for taxation under MMT isn't funding gov't programs, but rather to give the gov't a means to force and enforce the use of its fiat. Taxes exist to force us to use their money. This seems to be true. MMT is exceedingly accurate and descriptive with regard to money emitted by power centers with monopoly on legal violence. However, there is no room or intellectual tools within the MMT toolkit to analyze or predict the effects of a money that emerges independent of violence and coercion.
This is why when Ron Paul asked Ben Bernanke if gold was money, Ben responded "no".
MMT is totally unequipped for discussions related to bitcoin. When trying to orange pill an MMTer, you must first deal with their primary axiom.
It isn't that they believe that money CAN'T emerge organically. It is that they acknowledge (correctly) that OUR money HASN'T emerged organically and cannot persist organically.
So when talking to them, don't insult their theory. Don't quote Rothbard or Mises; it's a waste of time and you are casting pearls before swine. Acknowledge that MMT is useful for money that exists via force, but that you are working to build a world where money no longer requires force to persist.

2024-04-24 17:02:40

#homeschool
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2024-04-13 06:10:32

It's a cross I bear. #tunestr
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2024-04-12 05:12:51

Asymptotic #ossification MUST be the driving ethic or #Bitcoin can never be a universal money.
Bitcoin isn't a tech stock, it is a network protocol.

2024-04-11 04:18:28

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#unpopularopinion 0017:
Transaction malleability fix aside, segwit was a mistake. But it is a mistake we have to live with, so we might as well build LN .

2024-04-11 04:13:06

Advocating asymptotic ossification as an axiom is NOT a misunderstanding of bitcoin.
"The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime." - Satoshi
Sorry, not sorry, Dans.
#note1mge…5can

2024-04-10 20:17:06

Took a peek at bird app...
apparently it is 2017 still.

2024-04-09 03:02:52

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#unpopularopinion 0016:
The Constitutional Conventions of 1787 were a successful coup d'etat purposefully engineered to remove the constraints on government and centralize the power of the state.
#history #usgovernment

2024-04-08 16:40:24

Happy Rex Manning Day, #nostr.
#empirerecords #rexmanningday #rexmanning
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2024-04-07 21:36:39

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#unpopularopinion 0015:
Gold is remonetizing... temporarily.

2024-04-07 04:27:31

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#unpopularopinion 0014:
The Beach Boys > The Beatles
And it isn't even close.
Listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xedcSfMgQ8
Then Listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPN53PHDwe4
#tunestr

2024-04-06 16:27:46

Just a reminder:
2 days until Rex Manning Day

2024-04-04 12:53:31

GOOD MORNING ☀️ #NOSTR
Up before the sun.

2024-03-31 23:16:17

BELIEF is not the same as CONVICTION.
BELIEF > CONVICTIN
Belief is a CHOICE to INTEND to act AS IF something were true, because you HOPE it is. Belief, thusly, requires conscious acknowledgment of one's related doubt.
Conviction is a state where one is certain (convinced) that something is true and so acts accordingly. Conviction, requires an absence of doubt and therefore is the antithesis of hope and belief.
I've known way more people convinced of their "ism" than those who consciously believed their "ism". Belief is always more powerful.
Faith can ONLY be expressed by those with belief and cannot be expressed by those with conviction. It is the the choice to act on the intentions derived from belief. No doubt? No belief. No faith.
BELIEF is intention to act, derived from HOPE, with conscious acceptance of uncertainty.
FAITH is the choice to act on belief's intent.
CONVICTION is a state of certainty, in spite of intent. Hope has no role in conviction.
I love the words "I believe".
#note1a9f…5ujk

2024-03-31 18:46:03

The "big tech" push for AI has very little to do with the promises of AI.
Rather, it is all about selling compute cycles. Microsoft (Azure) is seeing one hell of a payday with all these AI projects hoovering up all the compute they can find.
#note15ge…4mr6

2024-03-28 18:20:01

THE MUSIC IS NEVER GONNA STOP.
#bitcon

2024-03-28 03:27:55

I'm looking for some viable scotch bonnet pepper seeds. Anyone have any? #gardening #cooking

2024-03-27 05:14:34

Testing an obsidian plugin.

2024-03-27 03:40:13

OK. Here's something a little light hearted. I want to hear your most memorable movie theater experiences.
Here's one of mine.
I was a fan of Jeff Goldblum from his prior roles, especially Jurassic Park. Remember the Jeep/T-Rex chase? "Must go faster!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqHVoZ0fzc
Fast forward 3 years. I was 15 when Independence Day was in the theaters. I went with some friends. Jeff Goldblum is once again a fantastic supporting actor. I remember being the ONLY one in the whole theater that busted out laughing when his escape from the alien mother ship was punctuated "Must go faster!"
https://youtu.be/1K8E1kOHMGA?si=HZO6O72w5noFizxJ&t=118
I felt like I was the recipient of an inside joke that no one else realized was even a joke. It gave me this warm "in the club" feeling. I'll never forget that.
Your turn.

2024-03-24 00:09:18

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That's not barbecue. That's grilling. And to be fair, it looks delicious. But this is barbecue.
https://image.nostr.build/9641542f66024232b8fb8ab545743d3ff65c824430a765c02787c34e6cbd4b54.jpg

2024-03-18 17:30:39

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Yes. Looks like yours is the center cockpit too. Nice stateroom for the Captain and his Mrs. Make sure you post your adventures here.

2024-03-18 14:40:47

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This is a fantastic boat. Enjoy.

2024-03-15 00:00:52

A little pre-spring magic from the Crystal Coast of NC.
https://m.primal.net/HkxJ.jpg

2024-03-14 04:12:21

pit pat piffy wing wong wang
Don't cave. HODL.

2024-03-14 04:04:50

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#unpopularopinion 0013:
Sons place orders of magnitude more pressure on their fathers than daughters do.

2024-03-14 03:03:44

Holy crap. This guy is RELENTLESS. https://preview.redd.it/1vlhm8khv5oc1.png?width=734&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8ea3279e555f09e8e3609dbee4054f20f073e32

2024-03-13 15:05:41

Good Morning Nostr.
turn it up
https://youtu.be/hjPLkPsLxc4?si=swL1-Q7XrA17cKQL

2024-03-11 15:20:09

Good Morning Nostr! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Yw1ofECSs&si=JrWM1tFMhlVGjq_M

2024-03-11 06:43:39

Should I tell him? I feel like someone should tell him.
#nevent1q…m0l9

2024-03-09 20:25:43

Good Afternoon. Sorry I'm late.

2024-03-09 09:39:01

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Cheers.

2024-03-09 09:37:54

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Ty...

2024-03-09 09:29:19

Testing if zaps to minibits works. Anyone willing to zap me a sat or two?

2024-03-09 01:52:42

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#unpopularopinion 0012:
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a coup d'etat, the result of which would have been dramatically different had it not been deliberately held while Jefferson was 3,700 miles away in France.

2024-03-09 01:49:22

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#UnpopularOpinion 0011:
pie > cake
And it isn't even close.

2024-03-09 01:47:47

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#UnpopularOpinion 0010:
Van Life is just glorified homelessness.

2024-03-09 01:45:29

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#UnpopularOpinion 0009:
PEDs were the best thing to happen to Major League Baseball. I will never forget 1998.

2024-03-09 01:43:14

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#UnpopularOpinion 0008:
.ETH domains are the AOL Keywords of this generation... and just as useful.

2024-03-09 01:40:05

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#UnpopularOpinion 0007:
The world needs more people. WAY more.

2024-03-09 01:37:47

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#UnpopularOpinion 0006:
It isn't that hackers are particularly good at their job, it is just that sys admins tend to be particularly bad at theirs.

2024-03-09 01:30:14

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#UnpopularOpinion 0005:
Science is and will always be incapable of solving the mysteries of Consciousness, Agency, Meaning, and Being.
The scientific method is a useful and limited tool.

2024-03-09 01:18:56

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#UnpopularOpinion 0004:
Civilization requires religion.

2024-03-02 02:34:42

"Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate."
- Captain Jack Sparrow

2024-02-24 01:27:56

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#UnpopularOpinion 0003:
There is no hope for a better future civilization that does not CONSUME orders of magnitude more energy than today.

2024-02-24 01:26:24

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#UnpopularOpinion 0002:
Few science proponents understand what science is.
Science is not exploration.
Science is not engineering.
Science is not discovery.
All these PRECEDE and ENABLE science. Science (properly understood) can prove nothing. Science is strictly the act of methodic falsification.

2024-02-24 01:17:29

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#UnpopularOpinion 0001:
No. Zoomers are NOT "more technologically savvy" than prior generations. They are CERTAINLY not "better at using the internet".
They have been corralled into a tiny, dumbed-down version of the internet running on third-party services EXPLICITLY designed for people who have no idea how the internet actually works. They aren't "better at the internet", they are simply the definitive embodiment of a product/market fit.

2024-02-24 01:15:40

I am starting an "UNPOPULAR OPINION" thread. I suspect, however, that these opinions will find more allies here on NOSTR than on other media. #unpopularopinion

2024-02-23 01:58:59

Just watched One Love with the wife. Very much a hagiography, barely a passing mention of his infidelities and absolutely no references to CIA skullduggery in Jamaica. But really good nonetheless. If you like the meaning to your music, you'll like this film. https://www.universal-music.co.jp/bob-marley/wp-content/uploads/sites/1643/2023/07/BMOL_INTL_DGTL_TEASER_1SHEET_JP_B1-724x1024.jpg

2024-02-22 00:09:34

https://i.imgflip.com/8gmfzy.jpg
Tin Cup Chalice is objectively the best.

2024-02-17 03:46:02

18005467777
If you had that drilled into your head on the school bus, we should be friends.

2024-02-17 03:45:04

Onna wheelay, onna wissitonna weyeah, enni cownan-assay, nannawow-assay, enni collow a ewaii.

2024-02-17 00:56:23

How to write off a vacation...
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2024-01-24 01:43:36

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Ive been anticipating an inverse onlyfans soon, branded as the place for women to fund emotional connection with men.

2024-01-13 15:30:15

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Node Implementation for Novel Joint Autonomy

2024-01-11 22:44:43

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Latest addition to my Jellyfin.

2024-01-11 05:06:36

Spin it
Let's begin it
Bear 'n grin it
When you're in it
You can win it
In a minute
When you spin it, spin it, spin it!

2024-01-08 19:12:40

At this point I'm not sure if the Bitcoin ETFs are meant to distract plebs from the Epstein file drops or if the Epstein file drops are meant to distract Anons from the Bitcoin ETFs.

2024-01-01 07:02:16

Trim your feeble lamp, my brother.
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2023-12-26 01:59:03

Santa brought surf boards.

2023-12-26 01:55:37

It really does feel like that.
#nevent1q…8saa

2023-12-26 01:54:14

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and before any of y'all @ me, I hear all about the store bought eggs must be refrigerated... Maybe if it takes you a month to eat a dozen. In this house, a dozen doesn't last 2 days.

2023-12-26 01:52:22

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No need to refrigerate eggs.

2023-12-21 08:17:31

I can hear this gif.
https://image.nostr.build/2485e6d6f272e587351c0f1980a46713181e3cde22b4515413714f3394ba8279.gif

2023-12-20 04:00:24

I have become convinced that "merchant acceptance" is the wrong goal. "Merchant demand" should be the focus.

2023-12-12 06:58:04

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When open source? I mean, I kinda trust Paolo, but I don't want to HAVE to trust him.

2023-12-08 03:27:31

Really? The opening paragraph on the opening article on the opening issue of Cashapp's new "zine" is this? This is how you kick off a new marketing initiative?
You cannot fight toxicity with toxicity. Only love works. Love for the "toxic" maxies and love for the "toxicity" itself. Honor the defensive, protective role or plays, then proceed with light.
@npub1sg6…f63m and @npub1cas…dg5l need to take a cue from Jeff Booth.
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2023-12-05 04:51:14

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2023-12-04 01:21:34

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