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2025-04-12 22:26:31 GMT

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Lyn - I’d be curious of your take on ‘The Employees’ by Olga Ravn. It’s a sci-fi esque novella. The world building is phenomenal given the short form, and the general formal presentation is very cool. If you have not read, I highly recommend.

2025-04-12 22:23:07 GMT

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The scale of a universe that Borges can create in 5-15 pages is amazing. Was just reading Ficciones this morning.

2025-03-24 14:56:16 GMT

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Read the intro and first essay this weekend. Very much looking forward to the rest. Expect it to end up right at the top with Broken Money.

2025-03-08 17:00:24 GMT

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While S1 had a magic to being introduced to the universe, the containment of the severed floor, and so much time with our favorite 4 refiners that can only exist in S1, S2 has been great in my opinion. The ORTBO, Gemma/Marks backstory, Milchik’s development and storyline, the dinner scene with Irving/Burt/Fields, Helena’s desire to be Helly, etc. I think the show is diving into human relationship to work, pain, consent, body in a very thoughtful way. Best show since Breaking Bad.

2025-02-08 15:20:29 GMT

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Agreed. Junk post. moving fast with misinformation is not *progress* which by not calling this out is the underlying suggestion of his post

2025-02-08 15:18:25 GMT

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*broadcasting MISINFORMATION directly using X and truth social. Why is this valuable? Roughly half of what Elon says is objectively wrong. Sure what they are doing is different but let’s not suggest that equates to progress.

2025-02-06 17:56:45 GMT

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How anyone could believe this shit is beyond me.
And regarding all the commentary in wake of this — imo anything that does not include Palestinian self determination at the forefront is irrelevant.

2025-02-06 13:49:59 GMT

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This is what sold me. Alongside all of the education info and seemingly top of class transparency

2025-02-06 13:49:21 GMT

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Using Mullvad myself, and echo paying with bitcoin is a plus!

2025-02-04 23:19:13 GMT

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Amen.

2025-02-03 17:47:38 GMT

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Are you a Phish head @npub1trr…hdpu ?

2025-01-26 23:25:52 GMT

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He’s not. One cannot be that corrosive at their core and be a bitcoiner.

2025-01-26 16:30:21 GMT

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Great to see you posting, Troy. I’m not on X and welcome your voice!

2025-01-26 14:09:55 GMT

Thich Nhat Hahn’s writing embodies compassion and peace — in every word — as he nudges us towards being present and mindful in every moment:
Breath! You are alive.
Peace is every step.
I know this is a wonderful moment.
I find most helpful his idea of a “bell of mindfulness”. Something to remind us to check in, right now.
#books #philosophy #art #mindfulness

2025-01-20 02:54:36 GMT

“But when you reach a point in your life where you understand who is fucking who —beg pardon, Lord— who’s taking it and who’s not, that’s when your obliged to choose how much you’ll go along with. If you are not devoting every breath of every day waking and sleeping to destroying those who slaughter the innocent as easy as signing a check, then how innocent are you willing to call yourself? It must be negotiated with the day, from those absolute terms.” - Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day
#books #nostr

2025-01-18 14:15:39 GMT

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Thank you for continuing to call this out. Trump is a grifter. Of course he would see the opportunity in crypto. The idea that he is a “Bitcoiner” is ludicrous. The unwillingness to admit this by so many Bitcoiners that I respect the opinions of and have learned from has me scratching my head in frustration and downright exasperation.
It’s obvious he doesn’t understand Bitcoin and what it is. Has anyone asked him what the supply cap is? Could he answer this question? Let’s start there.

2025-01-17 03:58:02 GMT

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Dune is about the extent of my sci fi along with a handful of Samuel Delaney shorts, but my partner loves Dhalgren and I’ve got it on my TBR for the year.

2025-01-13 14:25:04 GMT

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👌 I do not understand this delusion that Trump is some sort of free speech savior. Especially when you add in his (self stated) inclination to militarize the police/military against citizens if he deems it necessary. The Biden admin was terrible in regard to protests in support of Palestinian liberation, I’m afraid for what the Trump admin will do.

2025-01-12 22:42:45 GMT

Just started Against the Day. Any Pynchon fans out here? #bookstr

2025-01-12 22:26:01 GMT

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Agree with the sentiment, but question the objectivity of this list. Is having lots of children objectively good for all people? Should every one start their own business?

2025-01-09 23:54:27 GMT

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I don’t think Trump is going to reduce the amount of money we spend on Defense (War) and I think militarization against citizens is likely to increase, he’s already suggested as much. They both score 0/2 for me.

2025-01-09 23:30:27 GMT

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I read Trump as pro-crypto and not pro-bitcoin. Launching his own crypto grift and continuing to talk about a strong dollar, he doesn’t understand what bitcoin is — yet.

2025-01-09 23:13:58 GMT

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@npub164q…2rl3 I can resonate with not knowing exactly what I am politically as a historic democrat voter, though that was predominantly voting against Trump 3 times.
I can distill it down to two simple things though: Anti-War (which includes domestic violence in increased police militarization and the carceral system) and Pro-Bitcoin (meaning promoting a censorship resistance P2P money that allows people to truly save their time and energy). It’s as simple as that for me right now.

2025-01-06 17:22:52 GMT

Reading Kafka
#bookstr #literary #fiction

2025-01-05 04:55:58 GMT

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The Biden administrations unequivocal and unconditional support for Israel’s genocide is what finally made me see they are no different than Republicans. War and Bitcoin are my primary concerns and Biden/Harris/Dems perpetuate destruction on both fronts. I’ll vote and speak out against Trump forever but Biden is/was a disaster and most of that was in the last ~year of his presidency. A Zionist through and through.

2025-01-04 22:42:34 GMT

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Good thought - but also there is power and benefit in maintaining a handwritten personal journal imo. The physical act of writing is meditative for me.

2025-01-03 17:32:24 GMT

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Amazing

2025-01-02 18:03:37 GMT

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Thank you for sharing these

2024-12-08 00:35:22 GMT

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Agreed on the use with caution. Though ultimately I’m all onboard with Strike offering as an option. Someone has to start the trend. The messaging could be misleading to those who have not educated themselves on Bitcoin much yet though — and could get wrecked by a significant bear. @npub1cn4…3vle how would you caution newcomers? Or is the product mostly marketed towards Bitcoiners because who else would even consider living on Bitcoin than someone who is “all in”? I haven’t taken the step towards transacting in bitcoin, but I save almost exclusively in bitcoin.

2024-12-07 17:32:04 GMT

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I think the point @npub164q…2rl3 is making is that nation states accumulating Bitcoin is irrelevant (or perhaps even a distraction) to the most powerful use case of Bitcoin which is P2P transactions. Maintaining grassroots money for the people is what will truly make Bitcoin a world changing technology for all. Personally, I could care less if the US builds a strategic reserve. Thats not why I stand behind Bitcoin. Whose talking about educating ever day folks like you and I? That should be our signal.

2024-12-03 17:42:19 GMT

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Solenoid - Mircea Cărtărescu
Mind bending surrealist adventure through 1970s/80s Romania through the lens of a failed writer/public school educator. Came out in translation 2 years ago and finally getting to it and loving it 200 pages in.

2024-11-25 20:50:59 GMT

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Interested in this as well. Wondering if the Nostr/bitcoin space has any experienced users. Interested in the concept of the Murena “de-googled” eOS. Will check in to see if anyone else responds with feedback!

2024-11-22 01:15:05 GMT

Just started Joshua Cohen’s “Moving Kings”. Anyone in the Nostr verse read? #literary #fiction

2024-09-14 15:31:26 GMT

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There are tons of indie publishers publishing phenomenal fiction, especially in the translated world. Other Press, New Directions, Charco Press, Dorothy Press, Zerogram, and NYRB for a larger “indie”.

2024-09-14 15:28:39 GMT

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Try Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Historical in its setting, but completely original in its narrative framework, how the story is told.

2024-09-11 16:14:58 GMT

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My reading has certainly evolved over the years. I’m an avid fiction reader and a lot of my favorite books historically are written by white men - I think a lot of that has to do with what was published historically. I have a penchant for the doorstopper and most of my favorites fall into that category (Pynchon, DFW, Gaddis, Bolaño etc). But that has changed a lot in recent years largely due to the wealth of translated fiction that is available and continuing to be published and more widely available. To answer your question, the primary function that fiction serves (for me) is building empathy towards human experience, and reading translated fiction (by both men and women) is a rich and rewarding way to do that. There is so much good writing out there! I’m interested in “real” characters. A good writer writes what they know and have experienced and doesn’t try to appropriate someone else’s experience, I truly believe we can sense that in writing - does it feel honest and authentic? So I make an effort to read as widely as possible. A bit rambly, but I love reading and talking about fiction so I appreciate the question.

2024-09-10 16:13:06 GMT

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The most refreshing thing for me has been the lack of ads and promoted content. I still use Instagram, but the experience is degrading quickly. A quick scan through my feed is ~60% stuff I didn’t actively choose to see. Which is nuts.

2024-09-04 22:43:50 GMT

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I (historically) liked having one app for podcasts and music but my home page is now bogged down with podcast suggestions. Apparently because I am a bitcoiner I need a round up of all Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson’s episodes clogging my home page. With this I tend to agree with you a bit — and would prefer to maybe keep them separate.

2024-09-04 19:29:33 GMT

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Thank you! I will look into this

2024-09-04 19:23:09 GMT

Spotify is spamming me with suggested podcasts I have no interest in. What does music streaming look like on Nostr? #asknostr

2024-09-03 02:19:35 GMT

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I read the first two books of Stormlight Archive a few years ago and need to get back to them as I enjoyed them quite a bit. I read a lot of fiction, but don’t often get to fantasy/sci-fi even though I enjoy it when I do.

2024-09-02 23:21:27 GMT

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What’s your favorite Graeber book? I started Debt a few years back and put it down after 100 pages or so, but read Dawn of Everything last year and loved it so I need to revisit. Have Utopia of Rules on my shelf as well.

2024-08-30 13:30:53 GMT

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Something like this would be very valuable. And not that it necessarily needs to be labeled as “progressive” but that the content/topics/speakers are structured such that they reflect the values and interests of “progressive” thought. Okay done with the air quotes lol

2024-08-29 21:46:05 GMT

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I’m due for a reread!

2024-08-29 16:38:41 GMT

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Because too many of us aren’t interested in educating with patience and empathy, but like demonstrating how we know stuff you don’t know cuz we are superior ya know

2024-08-29 16:17:01 GMT

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Great episode! I’m all for the progressive bitcoin conference idea. Would love to help here from the Midwest. Make it happen, make it for us, the people @npub1n3s…te5l @npub14mc…frlx @npub12lz…ntw2 @npub164q…2rl3 @npub1dc8…jwqd
Btw - Love Peter’s Massachusetts location suggestion 😎

2024-08-28 19:08:01 GMT

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Zap it

2024-08-27 22:34:22 GMT

As much as I do identify with lemoncatfish3…..Best walk throughs on how to change Lightning address? (I’m using Primal)
Haven’t tried to dig into it much yet, but figured I’d throw this out of the #asknostr ether.

2024-08-27 22:27:21 GMT

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Agreed. For anyone here who likes literary fiction, best I’ve read this year:
- Hurricane Season; Fernanda Melchor
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead; Olga Tokarczuk
- Same Bed, Different Dreams; Ed Park
- Mason & Dixon; Thomas Pynchon
- There, There; Tommy Orange
- The Skating Rink; Roberto Bolaño
- Rediscovery of America; Ned Blackhawk (non-fiction US history from Native lens)

2024-08-27 20:58:34 GMT

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The way he “chisels” up his image in these 😂😂😂 — I’m so happy he’s not even trying to hide being a crypto scammer. You can’t even pretend he’s a “bitcoin” president at this point.

2024-08-27 17:04:08 GMT

Leaving this to the void for any bitcoiners who stumble
on this (as I currently don’t really have any followers) — but any big fiction readers out there? Recently finished Fernanda Melchor’s ‘Hurricane Season’ and currently reading Faulkner (Sound and the Fury). Would love to engage with any readers who also happen to be bitcoiners!

2024-08-15 02:20:38 GMT

Running Nostr…

2024-08-15 02:16:59 GMT

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Confused as to why we are sharing this in a way suggests they would be any different? Money printer was whirring and brrring under Trump as well…