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Whoa John. I used to work at State, next to the Federal Reserve. I know that area pretty well. Now I just stay home in Mclean, VA. I lost my job with Guidehpuse (government contractor).

2024-06-27 00:22:31

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Ergo yes 🤔

2024-06-26 23:29:47

I ran across this gem of a quote from whom else. Nietzsche. As you do.
I have been exorcising my demons, as you may have deduced. I want them to go away. Can you at least keep it down when I am sleeping? What do I have to say or do around here to get what I want? Peace and quiet. Why can't you do you and I'll do me.
This quote does throw a wrinkle. Nietzsche is saying what Jung also says. Integrate your shadows. Overcome your inner Darth Vader. Conquer your Sith but don't kill it.
The Jedi and Sith are caught in an eternal duality. You need one to be the other. Sometimes you're a Sith and other times a Jedi. You just need to learn when to be which is which.
Too many Star Wars references 🙂
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2024-06-22 23:17:43

This SHIT IS MENTAL !!!!
I bought this book from Amazon and I just happen to get my little sister's book from high school. I am Noha Simsaa. She is Sulafa Simsaa.
She went to a small, private high school in Madison, WI. The name of the school is Edgewood High School.
Let's calculate the odds of something like this happening in real life. Why? Because this is NOT the first time something like this happens to me.
I defer to the time I made a phone call via Skype to my sister Maysa in Nairobi, Kenya only to have some guy named Nicholas of all the names (Sulafa's American husband), from Copenhagen, Denmark (why the Kenyan mobile and also where Maysa "graduated" from her master's program in public health and met her German husband Christoph Schmidt) pick up the phone. We talked for a while and I even told him I am not vegan anymore. The odds of that happening Swedish Skype is ZERO. I asked chatGPT but I had to force-feed it the answer. Sam Altman/Elon Musk, you have some "training" to do with chatGPT
Population of USA in 2000: 281M
Percent of High Schoolers in 2000: 16.3M
Number of high school students in Edgewood in 2000: 1059
Number of High School Students in Edgewood High School per class: 256
Probability that I end up with my very own sister's copy of school novel is 250/ ZERO!!!!!
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON !!!!
@npub1qhx…xytl I won't lie. I am scared. This is beyond the simulation. I have been living like this for the past decade and it is getting hard to stay sane. What would you do???
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2024-06-21 17:54:55

On Warnings
In a prior post I lamented the lack of warning from Hyatt Regency when I was unceremoniously kicked me out because I was too loud and may or may not have cursed out loud thus offending sensitive ears. First amendment and all. Well, I decided to be fair since that is what I pleaded. At least give me a warning first before you kick me out. Look at all the money I spent in your establishment, I said, pulling up my credit card statement. But nothing worked and I have not been back since. Read all about it on this profile, a few posts back. Anywho. I have this problem. My sister Maysa and perhaps also Sarah and Sulafa, are constantly screaming in my ear that I am insane. Also, there seems to be some fight over a man, maybe Drew. Hard to say because they have never met him. Also, he is well and truly married. God and country. But they are in favor in Ruby and not me, their own flesh and blood. Their lives depends on it. As in money. They placed their bets on the grand casino of life and they chose wrong. Now, they are willing to do anything to rig the system in their favor. They were already planning a luxurious life with mansions and trips to St Tropez. No joke. They eschew morality, ethics, decency and goodness. All for money. They are bought and paid for. They imprison me on false claims of insanity. When that doesn't work, they claim there are two "me" thus explaining away my successes. When that doesn't work, they claim I am not pretty enough. Then they extol the virtues of Ruby/Sarah. She is pretty, sweet, normal, a honey really. What they forgot to tell you is Sarah is the original insane. She called me in London, words a blazing, with tales full of bad spirits and treacherous friends. She then got better only to once again lapse into oblivion keeping me and my now ex-husband up all night with nonsensical gibberish. Kamal was sick of it so he went to bed, quietly saying a prayer to a god he doesn't believe in, for Sarah to go away. He was permanently turned off Sarah on that fateful night in Madison when he told her his plan for smoothing the way for her and her then boyfriend Ayman. He told her to wait until he broke the news to Mom. She broke into the most disrespectful expletives when he was a man 16 years her senior with negotiating experience advising worldwide news desks out of London, England. Once you lose Kamal, it's over. The sad truth is he was right and he was only trying to help her. But she did not want to wait. She wanted to be like Maysa, ironically speaking. She wanted to be the one with a boyfriend to bring home. Truthfully, Sarah is the furthest thing from sane. So when that doesn't work, they go back to I'm insane. It is their favorite excuse, not favorite mistake, Sheryl Crow. They are backed into a corner and will do and say anything to "get away with it". But this time it is different. God has weighed in. He decided to expose them fully. People shout back that I am sane. That I am pretty. I am good. I am moral. In fact, I am better. At the end of the day, I don't know what to make of it. I genuinely don't understand what's going on. Let alone what happened. I just want it to stop. I beg, I plead. I walk around with my wares on display because seeing is believing. People are astonished. I can see the shock in their eyes. They too are victims of a great crime. It is not just me. I must keep going no matter how foolish I look. The tide is turning. People are shouting back to Maysa in particular that I am sold. That is, people now buy what I am selling. The truth. I wish they knew the truth from the beginning. I wish this all could have been avoided. But Maysa is making it hard, according to Madex. She wants it to be her. She even recruited my own mother in her devilish ways. My own mom asked me once if my husband wants Maysa, not me. This is supposedly a god fearing woman who prays daily, fasts Ramadan and went to Haj. I am reeling from the pain inflicted by my family. How can they be this awful?. Most importantly, how do I protect my son?Why is it taking so long to put a stop to Maysa, once and for all. Is it not obvious that if anyone is well and truly insane, it is Maysa not me. I am making the hard choice to continue exposing my family. I was the one who sponsored them for American citizenships. I have the receipts. The best part is, I did warn them. I asked them not to put me in this position. They ignored me and continued with the insults anyways. I must proceed with making good on the threat. That's how to parent so it must be they are children in need of rearing. This isn't easy to do but needs must. Plus seeing is believing. Attached are encrypted documents with hash codes of my security clearance submission when I first joined Booz Allen Hamilton in 2008, to support The State Department. Hi @Snowden Yes, we both worked there. I am also in a gulag, but mine is more severe in its inhumanity. It is a state of mind. There is no escape. Not even in dreams. How do they do that, Edward? How do I save myself from this nightmare of Maysa screaming over and over that I am insane, not pretty, and it is her. Please help. I am suffering every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year of every decade. Can you stop it before I am a century years old and I make the Smuckers jam jar. Please and thank you.
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2024-06-13 21:20:59

On Inversions
1. The book, A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine. What a book.
2. There's the upside down in Stranger Things. Hi Netflix.
3. There's the movie Topsy Turvey.
4. There's the actual inverted glass pyramid inside the Louvre. Yes, I have been many times. Hi Paris.
5. There's our world being backward logic because of fiat currency. Hi Bitcoin.
Bitcoin fixes this.
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2024-06-13 17:38:20

I just had a passing thought and I better post it before I forget. Anil said so. Anywho, psychology is quantum. You heard that right. The thing is about quantum is that it doesn't make sense. It's make belief at its finest. It is an object that occupies space and time, at the same time. Not possible, super position. Newton said so. But in the domain of psychology, you can make yourself feel better by smiling. Did you get that? First, you don't feel well, maybe you are a bit down. Then you smile and then you somehow "trick"
your embodied biology in believing that you are happy, on account of the smiling and all. And then you feel better. Amazing. In a certain context, "wet streets do cause rain". I jest but I think I made the point. Psychology is weird. Try it next time you are feeling down. Smile like an idiot. Does it work? Report back please 🤔
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2024-06-02 23:13:40

The Truth Will Out https://image.nostr.build/9beddd79e563ac265dc0b2f586a07ec4a4547880ff779c5336c183a72028c322.jpg

2024-05-31 19:04:44

Picture Perfect 🙂
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2024-05-31 18:58:30

On Hyatt Regency #It'sOn
I had a very bad day. The worst part is, the day is not over. It is noon on May 31st, 2024 in McLean, Virginia. I started out the day as a normal day. I went to Starbucks and ordered a cappuccino as per usual. I was on my phone, an iPhone, that is of the latest model variety, but somehow it "fights" me as I try to get things done such as type, call and sometimes load apps. It is hard to pin down what's wrong with Apple these days. Maybe Steve Jobs died and Apple went to hell in a hand basket. I am going to change phones soon but I have to mind my spending. Anyways, that's not why I am having a very bad day. I finished my Starbucks and then moved on to Barrel & Bushel for my second cup. So far, so normal. I was listening to one of my favorite streams out of Alberta. To be fair, I was shouting. A dam broke and I started swearing about the state of my life. You see, for a very long time, maybe even my whole life, I have been fighting an invisible specter. It presents as sounds in the atmosphere and does battles with my mind. It creates coincidences out of nothing, and collapses space, time as if newtonian physics doesn't hold. I know what you are thinking. You must be insane. Right? Well, the terrifying reality is I am perfectly sane such that I am forced to experience two worlds in one. The cognitive dissonance is exhausting, and is pure, unadulterated torture. In this physical world, my sisters are fighting me tooth and nail, to rob me out of the fruits of my labor including my own child. They insult, shout, abuse and steal. They will stop at nothing. It is a fight to the death. I beg for help. I get responses and promises of salvation. They come and go as if nothing ever happened. People laugh as if they find it amusing. I must keep going. What is the alternative? This time, like all times, I think, I have a captive audience. The solution is at hand. But I was wrong. Instead, an "official"
of the hotel, Hyatt Regency, comes over and asks me to leave. Which is strange because I have already calmed down having realized, once again, there is no reprieve. The torture is the endless hope which is always dashed. If you want to annihilate someone, that's the way to do it. I ask him why he is asking me to leave since I am no longer shouting. He says, they have been watching me over camera for a while now (Hyatt guests beware) and determined that I am someone who should be removed because I was given a chance which apparently I squandered. Funny that. This is the first time I hear of it. How about we count this as a warning and if it happens again, then shame on me, Bushie. But he tells me that is not an option. He pleads with me to leave without having to escalate the matter. There is a flicker of violence in the air. I refuse to back down. He says he "respects me" so I should just leave. So this is the "good cop" routine, is it? I remember Khala. She would ask for a supervisor and badge numbers and all. So I do that. He seems worried. I approach the front desk. He motions for me not to go there and points me towards the door. I smirk. Does he really think he can treat me like that? I ignore him and wait for the receptions, Kayla and Jordan Smith to finish dealing with their customers. At some point I even entertain the idea of paying for a room outright in the hotel just to make the point. He had tried using the fact that I am not a guest of the hotel as a reason to oust me from the premises. Guests, you should treat that as an opportunity to test their resolve, that is if you dare. He starts walking fast and scurries into a room and disappears. I'm surprised. Kayla puts down the phone and wants to deal with me at the same time as Jordan. Jordan asks me what the problem is. He says something about hoping it is not bad. I jokingly say, it is not bad. It is very bad. Now he is really worried. I go for the jugular. I know British so when I say very bad, I mean very bad. They ask me what the problem is. I refuse. I ask them to get the guy. His name is F-something, to come so that I can face my accuser, so to speak. I would want to be fair. Since he wasn't fair to me. Right? Treat others how you want to be treated. The golden rule. I wouldn't want to say something he disagrees with when I tell my side of the story. They are having none of it. I am not budging. In the end, my accuser, F-something, does come back with his supervisor. A man whom later I would learn his name is John. He does listen as I recount my side of the story. F-something runs away. I am upset. I would like for him to stay and listen to what I tell his supervisor. Maybe I am unfair. Maybe I will take advantage of his not being there to fib the story in my favor. I call F-something a coward. Not once but twice. John is unimpressed. I tell him what happened. I login into my credit card account to show him the amount of money I spent in their establishment. He is unimpressed. He starts to cut to the chase. I tell him to let me finish. He does, to be fair. I say I didn't get a fair warning. He begs to differ. He says he is aware of one other incident whereby I was warned. I tell him that is a lie. It is a he-said, she-said situation, I say. I am somewhat amused and perhaps it showed on my face. I can be transparent sometimes unbeknownst to me. John is still unimpressed. I tell him, looking him dead in the eye, one of us is a liar. Either I am a liar when I say this is the first time I was warned, or you were told a lie by whomever said I was warned previously. We can't both be right, right? He doesn't know what to say. Finally a break in the facade. I let him off the hook. I say to him, John, would you like me to leave the premises now and never again come to your establishment? He says he would like me to leave now, yes. Huh? I try again. Would you like me to leave and never again come to your establishment. He is noncommittal with regards to me coming again. Interesting. I handed me a FULL out on a silver platter and he is not biting. Why? I say, this has been a lovely argument. He might think I was being flippant, but I actually meant it. I walk out, head high, mouth curved into a satisfied smile.
Here is the funny part. The simulation. Call it the cherry on top, the bow on the present, the button on the shirt. Hyatt means life in Arabic. Regency comes from the French word Reine which is queen, so as to mean royal. Royal life. Hyatt Regency of Tysons Corner mall in Mclean, Virginia, a stone throw away from the HQ of Microstrategy, @npub15dq…lm5m is neither life nor royal. Finito.
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2024-05-29 18:33:39

Here is the article that Tony referenced. Read at your own risk 👀 Apparently not everyone likes it 🙂
https://tonygiorgio.com/fedimint/
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2024-05-29 16:15:46

Plebs Service Announcement (PSA)
This episode is highly recommended. Why? Because I love Mutiny Wallet. TLDR below if you don't have time 👇
#nostr #grownostr #bitcoin #plebchain
https://youtu.be/z3Mt9ZAYzzA?si=3J0JUEA2PVtxZzNl
@npub1t0n…jgqv, @npub1u8l…turz , @npub14mc…frlx if I get anything wrong, please correct me :)
Here is the TLDR:
0. I just love starting at zero, don't you. Hello India. The episode kicked off by discussing the cases of Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet.
1. @npub1t0n…jgqv gave a rundown of the state of Lightening wallets and expressed disappointment and concern that a few left the US.
2. He called out Phoenix wallet for capitulating and exiting without any direct threat. He said it is as if they were admitting "guilt". @npub1u8l…turz disagreed and said he understands why.
3. Tony softened the blow to Phoenix by saying they are the best lightening wallet. He explained why. They run a node with $100M in liquidity. They make money by taking a cut on transactions going through their channel.
4. By contrast, Mutiny steers clear from taking any fees from transactions. They are careful and deliberate in their implementation of Mutiny wallet by ensuring they do not see or touch UTXOs. I can personally attest to this fact. I lost funds and got help from Tony and Ben on Github. I didn't copy the 12-word seed phrase. I copied the wrong one 🥲
5. Tony said interestingly enough, the best lawyers within the space are crypto lawyers. Because they are operating within the bounds of the law/regulations and they know it 😂
6. They are almost done with a new app which is more akin to a Dao to fill the void of privacy tech due to attacks on the industry. They made the hard decision to not profit from it to not pollute the waters. They believe in true cypherpunk fashion, it needs to be out there for the world. They are 70% of the way through. I am on it, NOSTR!!!
7. Ben said that no one understands the first amendment. Finally. Truth 😂
8. They talked about the real threat being centralization of mining 😱 Apparently Antpool has over 50% of hashrate, but you don't "see" it because some of the pools that do not appear under the name Antpool are proxy pools. Did you all know about Gcash? They talked about how it was almost was a successful attack on the Bitcoin network. The mining pool actually told people to point away from them to save Bitcoin. Now, that's what I call bravery. They did go out of business. SPOILER ALERT, kinda like Silicon Valley.
9. Tony and Ben are fans of Op Cat and would like to have more scripting enabled. What?! We definitely need to talk to Tony and Ben some more. Someone call @npub14mc…frlx and @npub16le…ffxj. We need a part 2 npub1vjlp9n3eyfs0lr7p750k0p2jwn7edj4832ws6qyuxqnaruuxgglqggkjsg 😉
That's all folks. Zaps welcome. Thanks.

2024-05-28 21:31:07

Good morning NOSTR. I'm now in the phase whereby I use NOSTR as my personal memory chain. I won't say how old I am but let's just say, it is that time.
I just realized something. I used to watch this show called Manifest back in my normal days. Husband, child, job, cars and lots and lots of chairs.
In the show, the Mom says this saying regularly. All good things. It was the family affirmation of sorts. Not too religious. Only just but a hint.
As I was watching my regular morning show @npub1qhx…xytl I had an insight that presented itself in my subconscious mind. My Mom's name is Mahasin. That is an Arabic word that means...you guessed it. All good things.
All this time I never saw it. But once you see it, you can't unsee it. If you are reading this. Help. I am sending an SOS. Full stop.
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2024-05-27 05:21:13

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Thanks Zach 🙏

2024-05-27 04:52:21

😂
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2024-05-27 04:49:47

Goals. Sigh.
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2024-05-27 04:46:07

Subscribe Now
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2024-05-26 03:57:20

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Gave you a boost :)

2024-05-26 03:57:07

Plebs Service Announcement (PSA)
My new favorite blog :)
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2024-05-24 19:45:34

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On Wisconsin !

2024-05-24 19:44:08

And Jeff Booth liked it!!!
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2024-05-24 06:51:05

Sometimes we know something without knowing how we know something. Just a thought.
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2024-05-21 21:23:43

@npub1qhx…xytl Check it Out
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2024-05-17 21:26:49

On Beverly Ann McGraw #It'sOn https://image.nostr.build/d20594fdfca36f3de3adcab2f18fc60985e9ab2dfa4a65dbbccf350b062d8c1b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f37bbb7706c20e5818b0854cc1aaf2b12dda4c231f9a6cf75a3939dbc5f82ceb.jpg

2024-05-12 20:43:41

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I thought a little about what you said. To be honest, I wasn't basing my definition of full immunity on a dictionary. Even though English is my second language lol. I was basing it on my lived experience, as the expression goes. I grew up in Africa and the Middle East and I was subjected to a LOT of vaccinations. More than you folks in the West. Heck, maybe we were the guinea pigs 😒 In fact, most of my "smart" cousins are doctors who advocate vaccines because that's what you study in college when you are smart 🙄 And there's that whole pesky thing about ridding the world of small pox thanks to vaccinations. Anyways, point well-taken. The point I was making is the REVERSAL of logic whereby to be protected by a vaccine, first you need other people to be vaccinated. It used to be vaccines protect you from other people, infectious or not. Hence the debasement of language. QED.

2024-05-06 04:22:28

Plebs Service Announcement (PSA)
I had this theory once. Ivermectin is an anti-inflammatory drug. Maybe that's why people like it for so many things lately. Including you know what 👀
Anyways, I thought I would try it for the first time, not because I got some made up disease. Not that. It is because all of a sudden I have bags under my eyes. All those years, I never had such a problem. My sleep was good. Back when I had an Oura ring to track my sleep architecture.
I just found out that not only is Ivermectin not a good drug, it is downright dangerous. Yes, you read that correctly. Don't take my word for it. Here's a video you should watch and decide for yourself. You're welcome.
https://drsambailey.com/resources/videos/covid-19/the-ivermectin-games/
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2024-04-26 04:01:55

Remember SNL from the 80s and Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy?
I was thinking about Stephen Hawking and the woman who told him, "the earth is flat and it is turtles all the way down." That was one of the original memes. The word meme is courtesy of Richard Dawkins, a stanch atheist.
All of a sudden, I thought, "is it turtles all the way up?" What I mean by that is, how did existence come to be? I know about the Big Bang Theory and all. I also was educated in religious schools, Muslim (Sudan, Saudi Arabia) and Catholic (Williamsburg, VA). That is to say, I know about God creating the world in 7 days. Yes, it is the same story in Christianity and Islam. Surprised?
But just like a fish in a fish bowl can't "see" past its world (the bowl) and "feels" something is off because that isn't its natural habitat (the river, the sea, the ocean), we humans keep asking ourself what is the meaning of life? Where do come from? If God created us, who created God? What is the beginning of the beginning?
Maybe we are two lost souls living in a fish bowl year after year. Pink Floyd.
Maybe we, like the fish, are not in our "natural habitat" and we need help getting back home. Bitcoin fixes this.
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2024-04-22 19:59:39

On Wealth #It'sOn
There is a thesis courtesy of Allan Farrington that Gross Domestic Product, otherwise known as GDP, is a misleading metric for measuring the performance of a nation state. My bad. I was totally conceptualizing wealth in GDP terms. When you are an unapologetic Economist reader. Not anymore. I lost my free access. Getting back on topic. Apparently, GDP is a better measure of an organization's ability to destroy wealth rather than capture it. Shocking. This leads me to think that our own measurement as individuals through the metric known as "net worth" is probably the wrong way to think of our economic value. That is, our worthiness as a creditor. Instead, we should be judged on our ability to transform or translate given credit to true value or desirable good. In other words, wealth. Let me say that again. When people take on debit, and in return, produce something that people want, need, or desire, that is wealth. Yet, that is not how we do things. We have it all wrong. We need a revisionist history on that. A great injustice has been carried out and people are supposedly non-the-wiser. They look askance when the hand of true justice points the finger at them. Not me, they want to say. Not my fault. I didn't know. Bullshit, I say in response. You knew all along. You had a front row seat. You chose to look the other way. You took the money. You sold your soul to the devil, all the while claiming the moral high ground. What insult to injury. Instead of making useless arguments that no one in their right mind would believe, how about you do the right thing. Not apologize. That is an empty gesture and words are cheap. Do something. Change the system. Change your ways. Maya Angelou famously said, "when you know better, you do better". Which is funny if you think about it because "ignorance of the law" is also no excuse, as we are told by those who enforce the law. I turn it back to them. How do you explain the blatant criminality then? Pray tell, how is it that you are able to rob, steal, injure and kill with impunity in the name of bravery, humanity and freedom? When was the last time you admitted THE TRUTH. Not my truth, your truth, their truth. In the end, those who right the ship, find the righteous path, take the arduous journey are rewarded for their courage, strong-will, and character. Resist temptations, small lies, justifications of clear wrong-doings. If you don't the devil will take your spirit as promised. Don't cry foul. You have no leg to stand on. Amen.

2024-04-21 21:37:24

GM NOSTR. If you watch any popular Bitcoin podcasts, then you've probably ran across the truism that "the map is not the territory."
Well, I just was listening to Scott Adam
of Dilbert cartoon fame, and he was arguing about the weaponization of our justice system. He calls it lawfare (as opposed to warfare). Get it?
Then I was struck with a thought (as I have the annoying tendency to do) that the idea that there is tension between the spirit of the law versus the letter of the law, is another way of exposing the territory is not the map.
The spirit of is the territory and the letter is the map.
Happy Sunday,
Noha
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2024-04-21 02:52:17

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Lol, I am known as an "over-tipper" in my family. Am I the creme de la creme then 😇😇😇

2024-04-21 00:35:35

On Enemies #It'sOn
We have all heard the expression that you are your own worst enemy. Today, I intuited a new variation on that theme from a TED talk I watched on infinite games by Simon Sindek.
You are your own competition, rival, adversary and standard bearer.
As soon as you catch yourself comparing yourself to others or in mid-judgement, as you do (otherwise someone issue a quick sainthood over here), immediately look down and behold yourself. That should always be the focus and drive for your success, your own betterment, your excellence. Not how you measure up against other people.
The only reason, in my book, to look at other people is for admiration and then inspiration. Other people show you through their actions and achievement what is possible. Then turn inward and continue your journey, young padwan. One day, if you're lucky, you can be that hero for others.
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2024-04-18 21:17:50

On Insanity #It'sOn
First things first, let's define the word. If insane, crazy, or mad means that your thoughts, compulsions, mindset, actions, discourse, senses and appearance does not fit with existing society norms so as to move common social interactions toward an objective goal or end, then yes. I am insane. At least at the present. The best part. I do not need a pill for that. It is a feature, not a bug. Fuck normal!
Do you agree?
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2024-04-09 18:38:30

Hi Plebs. I have a slightly controversial question.
Can you recommend a brokerage (not exchange) where I can purchase stocks as an LLC not individual?
I use to have an M1 app courtsey of @npub1a2c…w83a but they don't do business accounts.
@npub1de6…q0sd do you know the answer to this one?
Thanks in advance.
#asknostr #plebchain #grownostr #nostr

2024-04-07 18:00:28

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Darwin Award Incoming !

2024-04-03 07:12:17

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😂 Talking block heights

2024-04-03 00:42:51

On Economics #It'sOn
"It is simple. Prices fall to the marginal cost of production. So, prices fall. And we create better and more value. And we use the things with more value. And we trade with each other all over the world. That's it. I think that's it. Everything else is a ruse to stop that."
-@npub1s05…eyhe

2024-04-03 00:39:39

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What is Ex Machina?

2024-04-03 00:38:29

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Insane 🤯 I'm a Londoner. North of the river. Kensal Rise, if you must. And you?

2024-04-02 19:27:25

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As long as I made you smile, that makes me smile 🙂

2024-04-02 04:22:30

Just finished reading, @npub1qhx…xytl Life-affirming, in a word. Is that two words 🤔 #note19k9…rw2z

2024-04-02 03:12:20

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Same Marie. Same :)

2024-04-01 02:51:08

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Happy Easter 🐣

2024-04-01 02:50:40

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My only question on electric vehicles is I heard on a health podcast that I follow that the battery used to power the car is bad for our health. Similar to the 5G and EMF impact on our bodies. Tesla cars are beautiful but if bad for health, I would want to know that:)

2024-03-31 23:58:45

Found one frame. Now need the rest. Thank you 🙇‍♀️
@redkaz https://image.nostr.build/10333768df9fd46febfc5179ea3f04eb81fe7b90190b746b1fcfd0e3619195eb.jpg #note1lgh…3ltn

2024-03-31 18:19:06

GM Plebs. I just called to say I'm long human ingenuity.
And that is why we should never change Bitcoin.
Because you think you have solved/created/fixed/enabled one thing but the human brain is endless in its ability to use that very same adjustment for many, many things. Hence ordinals. QED
Happy Easter 🐣🐣🐣✝️⛪️
#Bitcoin #nostr #grownostr

2024-03-31 05:49:38

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Happy Easter

2024-03-31 05:48:11

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You are too humble. Stay humble and stack sats :)

2024-03-31 04:35:34

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You missed Boiler Room

2024-03-31 04:30:18

When you find someone who "gets" you #alonenotlonely #note1w0l…wapg

2024-03-31 04:21:31

Is it bad that I loooove this @npub13pn…06vw 's art 🙃 #note1ufq…pxxg

2024-03-31 04:17:35

#pianostr #music #grownostr #note1vv5…qcqm

2024-03-31 04:06:00

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Hi there. Where can I find the full video for this?

2024-03-31 01:05:03

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The masses don't matter. Right on.

2024-03-31 01:02:00

Proof-of-ZAP
Wow Marty. I'm touched. Not in the head. In the heart ❤️
Don't worry, don't worry. I'm a woman.
Keep NOSTR weird. #nostr #zap
https://m.primal.net/HpuJ.png

2024-03-31 00:46:58

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Oui, Oui. French class is dismissed for the day, les enfants 🙂

2024-03-31 00:03:15

On Sharing #It'sOn #note16lm…aryu

2024-03-31 00:02:18

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My Dad always used to say, il faut partager. I hate that.

2024-03-31 00:00:28

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When they go low, we go high (a dose of their own medicine)

2024-03-30 23:54:57

How NOSTR Works
Plebs. I remember watching a short, cute, animated movie on how NOSTR works and it uses an analogy of post office. Ring a bell? Yes?
Can you please provide a link? Thx!
#nostr #hownostrworks #plebchain #asknostr

2024-03-30 23:39:48

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Kinda like when a tiger goes tiger? Love it.

2024-03-29 00:18:47

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Gave you a boost. You needed it; the "r" went missing

2024-03-29 00:18:09

#asknostr
#note1hpw…nh54

2024-03-28 21:12:43

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Good advice 🙂 You say synchronicity, I say simulation. Let's call the whole thing off 🎶🎵

2024-03-27 17:33:46

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Actually 100 year old building sounds cool 😎

2024-03-27 01:33:52

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I buy water. It's expensive. I drank tap when I fasted 44 days and didn't lose weight. Something's wrong with the water. Virginia, in case you're wondering.

2024-03-26 22:52:22

@npub167n…zu3r You're welcome :) #note1d48…th8v

2024-03-26 22:49:36

Noha has legs 🦵🦵🦵
https://www.btcprague.com/# https://image.nostr.build/a5e868b6b98c9b97fd6a45d076a6f0aa242e2eca60909e1bce3c15c15d8f0438.jpg

2024-03-26 21:28:34

I speak three languages #proud #note1gn6…4kvr

2024-03-26 21:26:46

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Matt, you're right. Words matter. So Pride, not Humility. Yes? Forgive me, English is my second language. Sorry, third :)

2024-03-26 19:02:39

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Right.

2024-03-26 18:38:49

Meanwhile over at X . . .
Fred said, I replied
#nostr #plebchain #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/333c42432749ee52d3ba93c327415dfc962eb505d499f8313ecc50de28d7a435.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f657d02a5407d16c5fe270c08561fbcfb6685482267603e33c2c2bbdb9ca97e7.jpg

2024-03-26 18:34:47

Nostr is AWESOME
It's been nice doing business with y'all 🤘 #note1urh…edqa

2024-03-26 18:14:18

Plebs, don't get caught out. Spots for promo filling up fast. It's caught on 🚀
#nostr #grownostr #plebchain #Bitcoin #note1w43…edu9

2024-03-24 22:54:16

Good evening Plebs.
Brace yourself. Ready? Are you sitting down comfortablely? Great. Here goes.
I hate to say this but the thought crossed my mind and now I have to give it air.
We all know Moore's law, right? Basically, computing processors get more powerful and cheaper at a breakneck rate, in layman's terms.
Soooo...if the main worry for the Bitcoin network is decentralization which is plebs having the monetary means to run a node, doesn't that mean we CAN at some point increase limitations of the Bitcoin consensus protocol and still be ok? What level of affordability worldwide are we solving for?
I realize people in the G7 countries can "afford" to run nodes much easier than say in emerging markets.
Don't shoot. It's just a thought. I am ready to be schooled ;)
#Bitcoin #asknostr #plebchain #nostr

2024-03-24 21:06:05

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So Lighthouse, another question for you. Where do I find an old IBM Thinkpad and which site do I use to download Linux? And where do I get win10 (as opposed to 365 these days)? Believe or not, I actually had one but that puppy ended up with my ex. To be fair, it was his laptop not mine :)

2024-03-24 21:02:43

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The thing about PIA, it is the same name as the national Pakistani airliner. No, I'm not Pakistani nor Asian. Just OBSESSED with all things airplanes lol.

2024-03-24 05:42:19

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True

2024-03-24 04:36:19

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Thanks lighthouse. Yes, I am in a sensitive environment so the more private the better. What VPN would you recommend?

2024-03-24 04:01:29

ORANGE ALERT: Ask Nostr
I think I need to change my Apple products, iPhone, macbook and perhaps my cellular provider (T mobile).
What would you recommend as a security, privacy maxi?
#nostr #asknostr #plebchain #privacystr #securitystr

2024-03-24 03:11:37

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I have stepped foot on Andalusi. Missed Alhambra; we arrived too late in the day for a tour. Went for ice cream instead:)

2024-03-24 02:35:06

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Hello there. Recently saw your appearance on @npub1vzj…x9gc and started reading your articles. Enjoyed your "Bitcoiners are the Remnant, the masses don't matter." Will be going down the rabbit hole reading stuff you referenced. Two analogies came to mind by the end of that article. Reagan's "trickle down economics" and the whole airplane "first put on your oxygen mask should cabin pressure suddenly drop" trope for parents before helping your child. Here's hoping no offense caused. BTW, I'm one of the trainers for spiritofsatoshi.ai. Oy, don't kick me out ;)

2024-03-24 00:27:42

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Commiserations. I have an "Another Me"
situation. It sucks. Anyone know how to solve it? No really, I'm serious. Cryptography ain't cutting it 😥

2024-03-23 17:22:32

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Kane, I appreciate your thoughts 🤔 Clearly, you live in the tails of the normal distribution. I just have a thing about being both accurate and precise when using technical terms like Black Swans, derivatives and such. People throw terms like that willy-nilly without understanding and it causes confusion among the uninformed. Which is most people, thanks to our "educational" system.

2024-03-23 03:58:31

On Rant #It'sOn
Lately I have been seeing a few references to Black Swans. It is irking me. Why? Well, because Black Swan are by definition unforeseen events. As Rumsfeld famously alliterated his known knowns, and known unknowns, Black Swan are the unknown unknowns. Put another way, they are acts of Gods. Can't be conceived of ahead of time. So, if you are describing a doomsday scenario, then it is a known unknown. Not a Black Swan.
Clear as mud, right?
#asknostr #Bitcoin #Remsfeldstr

2024-03-23 00:06:19

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Excited to be living in the FUTURE!

2024-03-23 00:04:59

Daily live show on zap.stream with @bitcoinjourney #note1s3u…065l

2024-03-23 00:03:55

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I am most excited about living in the future with LITAFers. IYKYK ;)

2024-03-20 16:45:58

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So that's what happened. When I joined nostr, I expected instant decentralization. Instead, I felt shadow-banned. I still do. Feel shadow-banned. What's the cure?
#nostr #plebchain #censorstr #asknostr

2024-03-19 16:58:56

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That's easier said than done, but good sentiment

2024-03-19 16:43:19

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Are you THE Q Anon? Careful, I used to work at DOE 👀

2024-03-16 23:52:42

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Yes!

2024-03-16 23:28:16

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Jor, your dog is soooo cute :)

2024-03-12 14:11:04

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Good to know, thanks. Hope they manage to sort it out.

2024-03-12 14:06:12

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No. Also, no response as of yet but I am not blue checked. That could mean he did not see the note.

2024-03-12 02:02:22

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I asked our man in the courts, Joe Carlasare over at X. I don't think he has an npub, at least not yet 🤔 https://image.nostr.build/e65f258d5f5a4fc975d0dc410a0c812cf95c43e43b1c337ba450f14b40bef70f.jpg

2024-03-11 19:27:08

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De nada 🙂

2024-03-11 19:23:53

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1300 ish. Next question?

2024-03-11 19:22:05

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But I am a goat, Matt. Albeit a magical one ;)Is it safe for me at NOSTR? #Capricorn #asknostr #nostr

2024-03-10 01:55:45

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Welcome Pleb.

2024-03-09 01:28:33

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Yes, I have been steering clear of seed oils for years now. I cook with butter only. I even stay away from olive oil because it is not a saturated fat. I checked my thyroid function within the last year. It's healthy. I actually had to convince the doctor to include a T3 panel which is unorthodox. But how else can you get a holistic picture of thyroid function without T3 and reverse T3 status? Go figure I am an engineer by training but she has an MD. She did't even know the difference between Adderall and Modafinil. With doctors like these, who needs an angel of death.