themptyuniverse

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

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npub1l9pkyufll90r0y2tzt2aypnas033f04lred5n60lgdch8rzhyzgqruy5cq

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themptyuniverse@themptyuniverse.github.io

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2025-08-08 17:00:02 UTC

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Things like that happen when you start the day like this:
https://image.nostr.build/bbad5e33d5efc5ca398d9fbf91b27d2d181ee6a5a73efe9889d2a981160ef157.jpg

2025-08-01 21:00:14 UTC

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Paint it blue and white and you have the F4 Fantasticar 🤣

2025-07-25 20:08:22 UTC

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I would think that @npub1qny…95gx is who @npub16dj…fh2m means.

2025-07-25 20:06:47 UTC

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🤥Okay, well...Enjoy...or don't...
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2025-07-24 18:09:27 UTC

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"I am Donald J Trump and I approved this message" 🤣

2025-07-23 21:09:30 UTC

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#nevent1q…sdku

2025-07-23 18:36:25 UTC

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The True Bearer of Hope: Reconsidering Samwise Gamgee as the Primary Hero of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
While Frodo Baggins is traditionally viewed as the protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a careful analysis of the narrative structure, character development, and thematic elements reveals that Samwise Gamgee functions as the trilogy's true hero. This paper argues that Sam's unwavering loyalty, moral fortitude, and decisive actions at critical junctures position him as the central heroic figure whose journey embodies the work's core themes of sacrifice, hope, and the triumph of ordinary goodness over extraordinary evil.
Through close textual analysis, this study demonstrates that Sam's character arc follows the classical hero's journey more completely than Frodo's, progressing from humble gardener to Ring-bearer to the eventual Mayor of the Shire. Unlike Frodo, who increasingly succumbs to the Ring's corruption and despair, Sam maintains his moral clarity and serves as the driving force behind the mission's success. Key evidence includes Sam's rescue of Frodo from Shelob's lair, his temporary assumption of the Ring-bearer role, and his crucial intervention during the final moments at Mount Doom.
Furthermore, this analysis examines how Sam's working-class background and practical wisdom represent Tolkien's idealization of English pastoral values, making him a more relatable and inspiring figure than the aristocratic Frodo. The paper concludes that while Frodo serves as the nominal Ring-bearer, Sam functions as the emotional and moral center of the narrative, embodying the "eucatastrophe" that Tolkien identified as essential to fairy-tale literature. This reframing positions The Lord of the Rings not as the story of a reluctant hero's burden, but as a celebration of steadfast friendship and the heroism found in everyday devotion.

2025-07-23 18:33:58 UTC

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100% agree...I actually wrote a paper with this as the thesis in school...

2025-07-22 17:55:40 UTC

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The random things that happened to get to how we ended up speaking and writing now is amazing sometimes. Like the Greeks taking the wrong letter from the Phoenicians for s which was called samekh. The Greeks took the letter that the Phoenicians used for the sh sound which was called shin but called it by the sound the Phoenicians used for s (samekh) and called it sigma.

2025-07-22 17:37:25 UTC

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For extreme language nerds:
In Latin, words that originally started with “w” changed to “b” and then “v.” But some words kept the “w” sound because of custom.
Those were usually place names, words that were used a lot. The problem was that the letter V eventually became recognized as standing for the “v” sound. So newer Latin needed a way to indicate the old “w” sound. The solution was a double U. Other languages modeling themselves on the Roman system, like German,
adopted double U as well. So, it started out as two “oo’s,” and that’s why it’s called “double U.”
Old English already had its own letter for “w,” called wynn. It’s something we never see today. It was needed because Old English had words like water and we, so there was no question as to whether “w” was a real sound. The problem with wynn was that it looked too much like P and made things confusing. After the Norman invasion, as English took on French words, the wynn fell away and the French-style double U was used to indicate the “w” sound.
In French, to indicate the double U, they used “ou,” as in oui, “yes,” and ouest, “west.” After a while, they adopted the W, especially for words borrowed from other languages. By then, however, there was a print tradition of writing the two Us as V-shaped. English speakers continued to call it the “double U,” but by the time the French adopted it, late in the game, it looked like two Vs, and that’s why the French call it double vé, “double V.”

2025-07-16 19:07:30 UTC

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btcgoldchart(dot)com

2025-07-16 16:00:45 UTC

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Kagi is great

2025-07-10 20:02:04 UTC

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Same first name as you???

2025-07-06 19:34:40 UTC

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Also a reason someone can’t have kids 🥶😉

2025-06-27 23:50:30 UTC

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It’s probably easier for you to list the movies you have seen at this point.

2025-06-27 22:33:44 UTC

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Hopefully you are talking about the Brendan Fraser one and not the Tom Cruise abomination.
https://image.nostr.build/9f4dbe9f1712e992713d9b7d2bc400bfa0fe94c2a3b0758353789c140e91db3a.jpg
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2025-06-26 16:46:31 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/a93a8d22276d10ffe2f16b04f9737383d38c4c934ef3992ab0d02f3c6d9441b3.gif

2025-06-25 18:00:13 UTC

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1) He would probably be dead now instead of on the right side of a court victory over the government.
2) He would have re-enforced the things the government accused him of and made it easier to dismiss him and his publication as a crack-pot, right wing, extremist organization.
It that a better outcome that what happened?

2025-06-21 00:00:25 UTC

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https://video.nostr.build/7050fd702e0e43ffade3a3ed1902ab4280612283b62d6b3ed1c1474a26bd14dc.mp4

2025-06-20 15:02:58 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/d61bf792cb0a6fd6ff44dc791623a410744f8fe9b3b47c4c66166841b07e9885.jpg

2025-06-18 20:51:43 UTC

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That is where the "misunderstanding you" prefix in my note came from...I sensed some less than devout enthusiasm for the bible other than the words of Jesus in the thread. I was obviously incorrect. Sorry about that.
I'm curious if you view the bible as the divinely inspired Word of God which reveals Jesus Christ, who is himself the ultimate Word of God (John 1:1) but that Jesus (the Word of God) does not inspire the bible (the Word of God)?

2025-06-18 20:46:24 UTC

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Is that not a distinction without a difference though? If Jesus=god, then word of god=word of Jesus.

2025-06-18 19:45:47 UTC

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Unless I am misunderstanding you, to be fair, plenty of Christians do claim that. They claim Jesus is god (and the holy spirit is god for that matter), and that the bible is the divinely inspired work of god. Therefore, the bible is the divinely inspired work of Jesus. Also, I am pretty sure there is a large subset of Christians who would take exception to your "Jesus isn't even in the bible until the new testament" argument and would state that the entirety of the bible is about Jesus. In fact, i believe I saw a pretty well known npub on her state that just the other day. If you are saying that only the words of Jesus matter in the bible, then why revere the bible at all...if you don't take the entirety of the bible as a whole being the divinely inspired work of god, then what is your justification for following Jesus?

2025-06-16 21:06:38 UTC

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According to what you posted, they have been trying to shut down the custodial wallet for a year and have been notifying users (can't speak as to if these notifications actually happened). BlueWallet did the same thing when they shut down their custodial lightning service a couple of years ago...with much less lead time for users. I wonder if anyone has actually posted about contacting alby about getting their sats back?

2025-06-12 20:55:05 UTC

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Did you post this just so we could know who to mute based on the replies? My thread was already filled with a ton of Note from User you Muted messages. I added some more to the list. Thank you for your service.

2025-06-12 20:03:44 UTC

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Why would anyone not only voluntarily commit to worldwide taxation that comes with US citizenship, but actually pay for it?

2025-06-12 19:56:30 UTC

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No problem! @npub126n…e9ll is really nice. No experience with umbrel but hear it is a good experience as well. @npub1xnf…lpr5 is best in class. I even have my 10 year old using it for receiving his allowance.

2025-06-12 19:40:02 UTC

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What about 300lb guys that aren’t fat??

2025-06-12 19:38:20 UTC

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Not Pokémon!
https://image.nostr.build/e09aef0649a497f7fdfe98525958070cd9c9b4d9a145b8c43f6863b4f2bfddf6.gif

2025-06-12 19:20:12 UTC

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Self hosted lightning on @npub126n…e9ll server connected to @npub1xnf…lpr5 is one way to go.

2025-06-12 18:44:06 UTC

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yep. love @npub1ex7…vyt9 and @npub1cn4…3vle, but this is why you self custody.

2025-06-11 22:43:40 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/5134b21d51148c7df9cc5644ab9e5067d6d290f3315d564b3bb7019399c3c201.gif

2025-06-11 21:51:23 UTC

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Some clients have different time periods for mutes (1hr, 1 day, indefinite). Not sure if all relays recognize all of the different options though. Such is life on nostr.

2025-06-11 21:02:55 UTC

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He is sooooo high. Definitely a cunt though.

2025-06-09 20:25:10 UTC

@npub164q…2rl3 curious if this Trump term makes progressives more affectionate toward nullification as a check on presidential/federal power? Especially since the legislature and judiciary don’t seem to be very effective. #principlesof98
#defendtheguard

2025-06-09 18:51:28 UTC

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Yes, I would be interested in what you are referring to here. Limits other than what are disclosed on your profile page???

2025-06-09 15:39:54 UTC

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2025-06-06 17:32:38 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/ed3d591c5b9d5d43e87b739493b11352b1a0fed31d59e3fc0a7139c791b3a81b.gif

2025-06-05 21:05:26 UTC

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Elon v Trump I would guess.

2025-05-28 12:55:43 UTC

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David Bowie?!? ;-)

2025-05-26 14:00:32 UTC

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How is that number determined? What about people who have good UTXO management and don’t have all of their BTC in a single UTXO. If 1 million have a whole coin in a single UTXO then there are probably a significant number with a whole coin distributed over many UTXOs.

2025-05-25 23:17:24 UTC

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https://video.nostr.build/3c35ff025cf00c3ee4d79ecadfcb41252a1dc4fc667c1120394b198d429fd14a.mp4

2025-05-25 15:16:53 UTC

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If that car were on the road where I live.
https://image.nostr.build/2bea0a0d77b5ca977d63db48c53b01af4bdfa74e637eac1f781456aec0720ac2.gif

2025-05-25 15:13:36 UTC

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I have some. FaceID on iPhone doesn’t work with them on. Flying commercial tomorrow and thinking about wearing them through security just for the heck of it.

2025-04-19 20:32:12 UTC

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Not sure there is with the cashu, just testing out the alpha build right now. I will probably switch back to their zaplocker address eventually. Not to bad for a non-custodial solution to open the app every 24 hours to redeem as long as you have notifications on. I have to admit that I have missed some zaps in the past because I didn’t have notifications on. Like yesterday when I made a comment on that damn Sydney Sweeney thread and I had to turn of my nostr client notifications.

2025-04-19 20:17:50 UTC

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Yes.

2025-04-19 20:15:22 UTC

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With @npub1xnf…lpr5 you can still receive zaps without the app being open, you just have to open the app and “redeem” them within 24hrs. If you use their new cashu implementation (custodial I know) you don’t even have to do that.

2025-04-18 21:25:53 UTC

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I did receive all 6. Thanks for the info. Not sure if @npub1xnf…lpr5 has any info on zap time on their cashu wallet implementation.

2025-04-18 19:49:54 UTC

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The former Mrs. Billy Joel. Please don’t say “who’s Billy Joel?”

2025-04-18 19:40:39 UTC

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Ummm…
https://image.nostr.build/b4c5b28e7d1bf44603677cda1a79b7846a1bca9782497249dc0ec22c9128f71f.jpg

2025-04-18 16:20:37 UTC

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I bet @npub1pef…tv2p meant the other “football.”
https://image.nostr.build/5821308110eeaf5cc0c9f4a5715588d551a605e2f5c4dfebbff78e88106013f8.gif

2025-04-09 23:30:41 UTC

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I’m willing to give up mandatory theft and threat of violence for voluntary agreements and human cooperation.

2025-04-09 23:23:53 UTC

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People shouldn’t be forced to float around on a boat the rest of their lives to avoid governments that have a monopoly on violence (which is all of them).

2025-04-09 23:03:38 UTC

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Yes. I have yet to find someone who can refute the factual arguments.

2025-04-09 23:01:23 UTC

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Spooner’s writings convinced me of this.

2025-04-09 22:38:54 UTC

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Don’t worry. They will be back on.

2025-03-29 21:35:04 UTC

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*PTSD 🤬

2025-03-29 18:27:29 UTC

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Ugh…Kidney stone PSTD setting in….glad you were able to pass that monstrosity. 🫣

2025-03-29 14:44:15 UTC

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Oof! Thanks. I was messing around on my profile and entered my BOLT12 address in the zap address field by mistake. Hopefully fixed now.

2025-03-28 21:02:55 UTC

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For cross posting just about everywhere other than x there is https://openvibe.social/

2025-03-28 21:01:33 UTC

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Not sure about cross posting from x to nostr but this seems to work from nostr to x
https://connect.nos.social/

2025-03-27 16:37:36 UTC

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That is when you remove your hat and at the same time you pop on a pair of these
https://www.reflectacles.com/

2025-03-26 22:08:07 UTC

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I didn’t say I didn’t know it would kill them…just never done it that way…I now have a new tool in the toolbox as they say. 🪳🪲🐜🐛

2025-03-26 22:00:02 UTC

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Not going to lie…I’ve killed my fair share of bugs…and not once have I thrown hot water on them 😂

2025-03-06 21:13:00 UTC

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Sam is the hero of the story.

2025-03-03 19:36:14 UTC

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*Maravich was not allowed to play as a freshman per rules at the time...also, no 3 point line during his time.
Caitlin is still amazing though.

2025-02-15 03:44:22 UTC

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You're welcome? ;-)

2025-02-09 21:39:25 UTC

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet via Kagi is much more based. https://image.nostr.build/18e59d709fea060cac834803a9162a8240fd3a20ea3ae7c4af72b56d738d2605.jpg

2025-02-05 21:33:23 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/3cb60df4cea450c535a09ad0e52f64d1b4dc300296ab68c41398c41878d92bcb.jpg https://image.nostr.build/c313746fb46997f1babd95fafafaaad13c66658d19376c6d0f29acbe096c8a8c.jpg

2025-02-03 18:13:07 UTC

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Oh missed opportunity to shill Hayek:
All roads lead to Bitcoin.
Except the Road to Serfdom.

2025-01-22 20:49:54 UTC

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Welcome @npub1el0…f95a !

2025-01-06 22:38:44 UTC

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If you have any tech ability at all, Coldcard (or seedsigner, or passport...not getting in the middle of that squabble). If not, Bitkey. Anyone can use a Coldcard, but the Bitkey does help normies from shooting themselves in the foot. Also, any time you are using a collaborative custody set up (Bitkey), you are giving up a bit of privacy to the other party. Trade offs all the way down.

2025-01-06 22:32:49 UTC

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Step 1 - Unbox
Step 2 - Download app
Step 3 - Follow super simple instructions
Done.
Feel free to use this as your description on the video. 😁

2025-01-06 21:33:44 UTC

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Hope this helps!
https://geyser.fund/project/gitcitadel?hero=themptyuniverse

2025-01-06 18:29:58 UTC

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a paid search engine/AI chatbot/translator. No tracking and the results are great!

2025-01-06 18:27:33 UTC

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Love @npub1xsg…zazx

2024-12-09 23:26:52 UTC

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Haha. I read this as DC's Swamp Thing https://image.nostr.build/5154661c62ddd757aa3515ab79f60665035394870fbe75780aca6e3ad78e2c0d.jpg

2024-12-04 21:56:00 UTC

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Not associated with matrix.org
https://matrix.org/blog/

2024-12-04 21:54:09 UTC

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https://matrix.org/blog/

2024-12-04 21:53:28 UTC

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This "Matrix" is not associated with matrix.org...

2024-11-18 16:31:26 UTC

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WEN DARK MODE FOR WALLET???
https://image.nostr.build/b209ead6b16aa7428d8da7a79c7ea14abeb2461f1d67ab87b4f35dc723dd4a6a.jpg

2024-11-01 22:06:31 UTC

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While I am generally of the opinion that voting is usually pointless. Third party voting does more than throw away a vote. For certain third parties, the number of votes they get allows automatic ballot access the next election, which frees up resources to actually campaign as opposed to spending time and resources on ballot access. The goal, in the US anyway, is to eventually be able to effectively fight the duopoly and give voters an actual choice as opposed to what we have now. Of course, if a third party were to actually get some traction, they would probably sell out in a second as politicians are wont to do.

2024-06-19 20:47:51 UTC

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Perfect Time for an Airstrike

2024-06-07 22:32:57 UTC

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Yes, BlueWallet did have tor connectivity and it just disappeared one day. I ended up ditching the wallet because attempting to run tor system wide on iOS sucks.

2024-04-27 19:39:38 UTC

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I believe one of the indictments in the Tornado Cash case did have to do with MTB. The defense recently filed a motion to dismiss based on the fact that tornado cash had no “control” of user funds and the US DOJ’s response was that “control” is not required to be a MTB

2024-04-16 16:18:34 UTC

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Because Israel has mandatory conscription for (almost) every single Israeli citizen and America doesn’t.

2024-04-11 20:13:46 UTC

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OpenSats.org will take your filthy fiat money and turn it into pristine #Bitcoin to fund open source development.

2024-03-29 04:18:13 UTC

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There are things like Wavlake (music service)and zap.stream (videos) where you can log in via nostr and stream sats or zap you favorite content. There are also people working on a GitHub alternative on nostr I believe. Those are the ones that I can come up with off the top of my head. Maybe someone else can come up with some more #asknostr

2024-03-28 22:56:40 UTC

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I hear this was its predecessor. https://image.nostr.build/0416abeb8a2317d6b860f4548e60fdfa7c69370873e7a680d915e136d4c40f6e.jpg

2024-03-28 18:25:52 UTC

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Without #Bitcoin there wouldn’t have been a Silk Road. Miners took a cut of every transfer. They are not innocent.

2024-03-28 03:19:38 UTC

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☝️. This. He has bitcoin. He is not a bitcoiner.

2024-03-28 03:17:19 UTC

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While this is true 😂, we are subtitle maximalists in our house because we noticed our child (who has dyslexia) taking much more interest in reading once we started using them…would even ask us to pause to give more time to read.

2024-03-24 03:04:53 UTC

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I think so, though I got to #Bitcoin in the opposite direction after I had studied libertarianism and realized how broken government money is. Bitcoin just seemed to click for me that way. I do think Bitcoin can lead people down the “Our Enemy, The State” rabbit hole. I am certainly more ancap than I was pre-Bitcoin.

2024-03-23 15:09:49 UTC

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themptyuniverse@zeuspay.com
You law breaker!

2024-03-22 18:31:18 UTC

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🫡

2024-03-21 03:35:31 UTC

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2024-03-21 03:17:38 UTC

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🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

2024-03-19 16:04:07 UTC

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I’m in the US now. Zero permits. Multiple guns. Open carry. Granted you probably need to carry in Chicago more than where I am. You just need to move where it is warmer anyway.

2024-03-17 03:12:04 UTC

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Have used. Does work.

2024-03-16 20:03:05 UTC

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You a Brandon Sanderson fan?