melissa

Mama of 4 breaking normal
#unschooling #worldschooling #travel #digitalnomad #bitcoin #nostr
Empowering parents to leave the system behind 💫

Public Key

npub1cly0v30agkcfq40mdsndzjrn0tt76ykaan0q6ny80wy034qedpjsqwamhz

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melissa@getalby.com

NIP-57 Address

melissa@getalby.com

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relay.damus.io

nostr.cercatrova.me

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2024-09-22 09:57:04

GN ✨💤 https://image.nostr.build/f8c823213bd431cffb2a9f267eb57a492e2958ddeaea9f623d92f0619bc6a111.jpg

2024-09-22 09:47:18

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You're not a full nostrich until you zapped yourself 😂 I do it all the time (unintentionally I promise 😅)

2024-09-22 09:42:18

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😂

2024-09-22 09:41:47

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😂😅🤣 You can still be yourself. I am just thrilled she won't miss me sharing travel stories 😂

2024-09-22 09:29:17

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It's showing up ok for me... But had to edit her lightning address a couple of times for it to stick. might need her to edit the profile to make it visible 🙏🙏

2024-09-22 09:20:13

Woohoo, tonight I had time to sit with mum and set her up on Nostr with #damus and @npub1get…0nfm. She's all sorted and ready to follow along on our next trip around the world. 😍🤩 Woohoo 🎉
Welcome mum @npub1xfh…ur4j 👋

2024-09-22 08:11:52

This is why we #homeed #unschool #worldschool 💯 #note13d4…fd78

2024-09-19 21:25:06

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😢

2024-09-19 20:36:36

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Maybe. I have spent a lot of time in collectivist cultures and I greatly prefer that. I am more of a collaborator rather than a competitor. I don't really understand why we need competition to make things happen (we can work together as a team). Nostr is a great example of this where different developers are working together to make this protocol amazing. I don't feel like I personally need competition to learn and improve. Maybe it's nice to look out at the world and see areas I can do better, but to me, that is simply a worldview 🤷‍♀️
My thought is that competition is a very Western way of thinking a lot of the time. It's often a good means of directing attention to things that maybe don't matter as much as we are indoctrinated to believe? I am always open to being wrong and there can sometimes be more than one way to achieve things tok 💛😊

2024-09-19 07:43:25

We're so lucky to live in times where we have choices to educate our children 🙌
#homeed #selfled #unschooling #worldschooling https://image.nostr.build/736b0ff4c8ecdfa82b50898b01e3a78036791c283e79fcd06924cef4fd80d657.jpg

2024-09-18 23:45:10

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Love it! Enjoy. They grow soooo fast 💯

2024-09-18 05:43:36

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The birds that squawk at night in Australia are just awful. Soooooooo loud. I don't miss that 😂

2024-09-17 02:51:44

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GN 🌙

2024-09-17 00:10:54

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I really love the look of this 🤩🤩🤩

2024-09-16 21:52:18

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Oh looks like you're having a nice day 😍

2024-09-16 20:58:25

GM from #rotorua ☀️
I hope you're having an amazing day wherever you are 💯 https://image.nostr.build/07a427017d4b5e310f637352da16c0750c6b55ade7a2ce4d4ff69e75086c939e.jpg

2024-09-16 08:06:38

GN ✨🌙
Missing this night sky 💯
#stars #waiotahe #newzealand #aotearoa https://image.nostr.build/ef02c56e5cfa9dc01aba9e38730ed9999bde049644ec182adb28db344a7b87f5.jpg

2024-09-16 07:30:44

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So great be connected here! I love it that we have a growing number of home educators on nostr! 😍

2024-09-16 07:13:44

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Agreed 💯

2024-09-16 05:10:50

I love this saying 💯 #note1zgs…mh6s

2024-09-15 20:39:26

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GN 🌙

2024-09-14 23:50:34

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Hold on to your Kids by Gabor Mate or Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto were some of my favourite books in the last year. Took me a bit to get through the Gabor Mate book, but I learned so much! 💯

2024-09-12 09:14:55

It's been a day of packing (sort of).
4 sick kids and a husband with man flu (you can guess who got the sickest out of everyone in the house right?!) makes the best adventure trying to pack and do last minute cleaning things. 🤦‍♀️
Thankfully my cleaner did most of the painful stuff. Like scrubbing walls and windows. 😬
I took photos of all the pages of our Vietnamese Cook Book. One extra thing we can ditch for our next world adventure. 🤣
This was followed by a quick stove top and oven clean, with a kid throwing a tantrum for a cracker (we didn't have any, so she had to settle for a chocolate biscuit 🍪).
Sadly, I didn't make it to taking photos of my giant journal from September to December 2023. 📝
Tomorrow is a new day, and the last official day. Two #sunsets left. Tonight was beautiful.
GN ✨🌙
#digitalnomad #family #travel #newzealand #nz #aotearoa https://image.nostr.build/a8eae329f1c8d7b1fabd249b3820a5c3b5dc89502a3ab99257bd0260b3d7f198.jpg

2024-09-12 07:10:17

I can't really remember how old I was when I set my dream to someday visit New York. I remember being a teen at school the day the towers were hit. My friend and I took the rest of the day off and sat at my house watching the news which was playing back to back footage of what was happening. 💔
It was unbelievable that could happen.
Anyway, when the memorial was built, I heard it was beautiful and it must have been around that time when I decided I wanted to visit someday.
This year I finally had the opportunity to go. It was a dream come true. 🗽
Approaching the memorial I felt the energy shift. It was surreal to be there. 💛
Later that evening we were able to go up to the top of the World Trade Tower Aspire restaurant. The trip up in that lift was incredible. Watching the New York Skyline grow, seeing the rise of the towers and then blink, they were gone in an instant. It took my breath away. Sometimes I think it's hard to appreciate or even comprehend what a place was like way back in the early days.
Anyway. Just seeing the posts around the internet and work slack today made me reflect on being there. Which inspired this. 💜💜💜
#newyork
https://cdn.satellite.earth/8321c8c328e80855c3c4b280f0d304116d87082f256bd9782718ce1c6f1a7a57.mov

2024-09-12 05:08:36

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What do you do? If I can recommend anything going at my work, I will (pays in BTC too) 🙌

2024-09-12 04:23:18

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Great share. I'm right on the edge of temptation to build a travel families style community and try to get more nomadic families involved with nostr. I'm not really sure where to start and if I should (I'm not sure that's my strong skill set) 🙌

2024-09-11 19:20:37

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🤣 Dad is secretly happy because he can continue his rants with the security his family have done the right thing. Some people just like to keep their head in the sand 😂

2024-09-11 10:13:22

My thought for the night, safety is an illusion. Whenever we think we are safe, we are actually comfortable 💜
GN ✨
Photo: Tonights #sunset. 3 sleeps to go. 🚙 https://image.nostr.build/92c6875da01acb798cdd55ff18a90f1172da5d90eeeb908247c401ec34fe91a1.jpg

2024-09-11 10:08:31

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Not this time, but I'm sure we will sail past there on the way to Ponta Delgada in November (I wish we got to stop in the Canary's) 😂

2024-09-11 10:02:43

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October 5-November 6 🇪🇸
Let's do it 💜

2024-09-11 09:55:07

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This one is really tough. The reality is safety is an illusion. We can't forever protect our young people (& neither can any government or political system).
The best we can do as parents is educate. Have deep, meaningful conversations with our kids. My 15 yo already has more control with her devices than anyone else in the house. She was the most addictive a few years ago. She's very aware and very educated & interested to self educate.
My boy's are 17 and 8. They enjoy gaming. I had a conversation with my 8 yo asking if he knew that some kids might ask him to steal from others and make lots of money. He was already aware and said he blocks anyone that says anything like that to him. Communication is key.
Also keep in mind, kids are extremely resilient. Probably more so than we give them credit for. Often as parents we wrap them in cotton wool trying to protect them. Then we feel guilty for not doing enough to protect them.
The reality is, they can have any up bringing. We do the best we can. And as adults, they will have the choice - to be bitter about their childhood or to be forgiving and compassionate towards us for anything we didn't do perfectly 💛💛💛💛
As long as we are doing the best we can with what we know, that should be enough, and is already far more than previous generations could since we can access far more information (maybe it's not always for the best though) 😬
As adults, we get to choose our path forward. Just as our children will someday too. The best we can do is create a childhood we hope that they will remember as good. 😊
For our family that is travelling the world and living outside most systems as best we can. I talk to my children about all the things they wouldn't learn at school and not much of what they would 🤣
I think intuitively, we know what is best for our own. It looks different for each child & family. I'm sure you are doing an amazing job 💛💛💛💛

2024-09-11 09:36:21

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I'm going to be in your time zone again soon! Same country even?! We will have to schedule another chat, it's been ages 😍🤩

2024-09-11 09:34:22

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Totally. But damn the attention he gets for adding little value is just random. I just contributed to this. 🤦‍♀️

2024-09-11 09:32:53

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I was just fascinated to learn this as I've used Primal as my main desktop browser for over a year and didn't know this 😬

2024-09-11 08:28:49

This makes sense 😂
We are stacking for our children 💯 #note1re2…fk8j

2024-09-11 08:25:51

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Yeah I think it was way less stressful than organising something at home where probably 100 or so people would want to come and we would've been paying for a lot of food and alcohol vs enjoying a beautiful holiday with just over a handful of our favourite people!
Definitely was a win for us 💯

2024-09-11 08:24:03

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This is Whakaari, White Island in New Zealand 🙏🙌

2024-09-11 08:18:48

Ohh I think this is fascinating and also important to know. 💯 #note1gm4…2ykq

2024-09-11 05:10:07

The island was busy today. 🌋
I packed some more, did lots of washing and finally ticked off an important work to do item. ✅
I'm looking forward to my day off to finish packing and get ready to go. 🤩 https://image.nostr.build/0c1555e44f2dca4b21cb508439e7b5d014999f919cbee437acba888786f05bd8.jpg

2024-09-11 02:37:14

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I got married, with a two week holiday included by enjoying a tropical island wedding. We booked seats on a plane (more than 10 people flying the same route should get you a discount fare + epic payment plan) and had so much fun with our closest people - because those who were closest made the effort to come.
Bonus... This saved us a lot of money. We enjoyed a two week holiday with friends for less than a one day event had we done the traditional thing back home in NZ or Australia. 🙌
Additional bonus: We have the most epic wedding photos, tropical beaches, jungle, abandoned buildings, trash the dress... Amazing. Would do it all over again 💯

2024-09-10 05:51:54

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Hehe no advice on Amethyst, but if it makes you feel better I muted my own note by mistake 😂

2024-09-08 08:03:30

GN 🌙 https://image.nostr.build/2463b67af9fcb893df05caa571051d6a7a305b44ddf0df8b595f44fe0c9c8f44.jpg

2024-09-08 07:48:17

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GM ☀️
Found your npub on linkedin 🙌👋

2024-09-08 07:46:52

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GM 🤩
It's Melissa (we met in Bansko around Christmas 2022) 💜🙌

2024-09-08 07:25:13

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👋👋
Nice to see you here 🙌

2024-09-08 06:41:42

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Please do 😂😅🤣 Chur bro 💯😅
Yeah I guess we don't stand out that much, but that will do it. 🤣

2024-09-08 06:07:11

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That's so funny. We have a population of about 5-6 million. 1 million of us live abroad. Aussie is enormous by comparison 😂
But everywhere we go, we always find kiwis. Sometimes we are a bit hard to find 😂

2024-09-08 06:05:34

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@npub17cw…npu6 😍

2024-09-08 06:03:15

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My kids and my family are not my constraints, they are my reason for breaking through all my self imposed limitations 💯
If I demonstrate by travelling as a family, that it isn't hard, I won't pass that bs belief on to my kids. I also am fortunate to travel on a good passport- so recognise international travel isn't as straightforward for everyone. Travel is my freedom.
The key is actually in challenging our own beliefs- our beliefs are the biggest constraints. Freedom is often created from within ✨

2024-09-08 04:51:11

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Did you meet kiwis?! Not so many of us, but we are everywhere. Always in the strangest places too. I'm not sure we are as cool as Germans, but we are a pretty good breed 😅🤣

2024-09-07 21:58:32

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Totally agree 🔥

2024-09-07 21:48:57

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I love it there are so many toddler parents on nostr. Now if we can all get together one time 😍🙌

2024-09-07 21:15:05

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@npub1h3p…x050 🙌

2024-09-07 02:55:37

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I don't really know what this means, but I'm learning. I have a domain with the intention to set up a relay at some stage 😅
Baby steps for this mama 🙌

2024-09-07 02:48:19

#art #artstr #aotearoa #nz #newzealand #artist
#note1djr…7lsc

2024-09-07 02:44:02

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apparently I got number 3 wrong 😂

2024-09-07 02:15:33

Woohoo 🎉
Just set up all my family on my @npub1get…0nfm Hub. We are winning 🎉
@npub1zk6…l6ef I didn't get stuck (almost though) it was pretty easy. 🙌🙌

2024-09-07 00:01:02

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That's bravery right there. 90% of my mute list are bots 🤖

2024-09-06 07:31:46

I didn't GM today. I had barely any sleep. Miss M woke up at 3am and told me, "mummy look at the stars" ✨ 🤦‍♀️
She was awake a lot.
Anyway. I'm going to sleep now.
So GN #nostriches ✨🌙
Photo from the other day that didn't make it to #nostr 😅 https://image.nostr.build/400f1ba6c102c433f89ae7d140d6a6a0751a44fcfaee75e20adaf03e4754468b.jpg

2024-09-06 07:25:04

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I think we should all report his X profile as spam. If enough people report he will be suspended. Blue check or not 💯🫠

2024-09-06 07:23:44

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Muting the phrases
GM, from wss:
GM, replying from
has worked for me (will I see my own note after I post it though?!) 😂

2024-09-06 06:57:34

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Probably not 😂 teenage shit causer. How fricken annoying. Oh well. I did laugh after posting realising that everyone has probably already muted the words ReplyGuy (no one is going to see my note) 😂😅🤣

2024-09-06 06:53:57

Late night request... Could I request to add a report and mute button here?
I can't believe people have time for this shiz. Seriously. ReplyGuy is probably smart. Could probably make money with skills. I don't understand why smart people waste their talent doing crap things.
If I were your mother, ReplyGuy, I would be so disappointed. It would not make me proud to know my child grew up to be a troll 🧌 https://image.nostr.build/35cebc0b76c024e6b9a43410114bbe4e8acb35dad64ddee7231419a26c57a9a0.jpg

2024-09-06 00:20:56

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After muting the spam I saw today (still not that much compared to what I was just reporting on Twatter) I thought, I should've checked which relays they were on... Anyways, it is definitely encouraging me to look more into the paid relays options.
Maybe it would be cool if I could post to various relays and have filter options to see content on selected relays only + certain #s across all. I don't know. I'm sure it'll get worse and then better and then worse. I have hope there is a solution though 🤷‍♀️🤞💜

2024-09-05 20:59:59

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I don't think that centralized platforms even do the spam prevention well. Mute here works well and I can only assume the report function gets the spam content/abusers removed from relays. So far it's working fine for me (& definitely not worse than any of the mainstream platforms) 🙌

2024-09-05 06:38:41

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Ahh nice! Granada - one of the few provinces left where tapas are gratis with a beer. We stopped in Torrevieja on our way down the coast last time so I'm guessing that is roughly near you. I liked that place!

2024-09-05 06:36:24

A great explanation for anyone worried about why you have different followers depending on the day/client 🤣 #note1m9n…qcg3

2024-09-05 06:30:06

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buenos días ☀️

2024-09-05 06:24:02

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Probably very true. I guess so many people are desperate financially these days. I can kind of understand- but also spending thousands doesn't make any sense to me 😬

2024-09-05 06:21:44

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Hola Andy 💜
We are heading back to Costa Tropical in October. I'm thinking Costa Calida is further south! Great to be connected here 🙌🙌

2024-09-05 06:19:50

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Hola @npub1v67…mjjk Paco! Just watched as my family are heading that way (also watched the Las Terrenas video). Did you find many other places in LT accepting bitcoin? Do you think places there will be open to start accepting?! I'm really looking forward to my time there 😍😍

2024-09-05 05:55:18

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Congratulations 🥂 🍾👏🙌🎉

2024-09-05 05:47:28

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Sweet, I'll jump back on soon and try find it. I probably wasn't looking in the right place 😅

2024-09-05 05:35:39

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I do like that I can see some of my followers with #damus (thanks Will & team). It's cool to look and see if anyone is posting cool stuff to follow back. I wonder if one day in the future there might be a way to easily find people who follow me that share interests and post somewhat frequently 🤞🤷‍♀️

2024-09-05 05:31:38

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🙌

2024-09-05 05:31:05

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It is the steam cloud from New Zealands most active volcano. 🙏

2024-09-05 05:30:00

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Sad history. People on an active island volcano. Active volcano = not safe = risk involved. I'm so sad for those impacted. 😢💔 I hope people think a bit more when contemplating tourism that involves active volcanos (although I know the reality is people don't want to think the worst can happen) 😔

2024-09-05 05:24:20

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Yes, I feel incredibly blessed to have enjoyed this view almost six months! Looking forward to manifesting another beautiful location soon 💯🙌😍

2024-09-05 05:21:56

Just now...
I'm going to miss this view. 💯😍
#volcano #island #whakaari #whiteisland #newzealand https://image.nostr.build/8deacd465e6f808fc27ea9d1f003d0c0b13dffba151c51b853e174c076474089.jpg

2024-09-05 05:10:52

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It's been stunning. Cooling down fast now 😬
Have a great day 🙌

2024-09-05 04:11:44

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This is so painful to me. The amount of people who ask me for free advice about bitcoin and then tell me they are looking at a course for $3k plus... Does my head in. 🤦‍♀️ Chasing a quick fix... I tell them they are better off watching free Youtubes and put the money into Bitcoin while they learn 🫠

2024-09-05 04:07:31

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Happy birthday 🎂 I hope it was a good one 🫂

2024-09-05 04:06:35

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I'm giving this a try. From my alby hub, I created an Isolated connection... But where do I paste this in my family members existing Alby wallet/extension/dashboard?
Once I work this out, I should be able to finish setting this up (I think) 🙌🤞
Also just noticed my Alby Hub still shows v1.6.0 - I couldn't figure out how to get it to update 😅

2024-09-05 03:06:48

Woohoo I'm so excited to give this a go asap 💯🙌⚡️⚡️⚡️ #note1ezc…e5ty

2024-09-05 02:59:28

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GN ✨

2024-09-05 02:57:44

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Ohh adding this place to #digitalnomad #goals 😍😍😍

2024-09-05 01:58:26

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The best! Elijah didn't cut his hair until he was 8. Sadly lice got too it and dreadlocks + lice = ✂️
I love long hair 😍

2024-09-05 01:55:15

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Also now just seeing PT 2 😂 winning 🙌🙌🙌

2024-09-05 01:54:45

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@npub1el3…l27r always springs to mind as one of my favourites and same timezoneish. She's bound to also have some suggestions.
Also @npub1h88…hqta from Indonesia 💜
@npub1h50…rqev
@npub1clf…k28k 🤩
@npub1hu3…h8nh
@npub1hdh…37y7
@npub1csa…z4x9
@npub1ewe…uqlw
@npub1hwg…03sg
@npub1jt0…6q3n
@npub1qy2…avna
@npub1y67…q62h
We need some more ladies from downunder on here 😂

2024-09-05 01:01:42

The best 😍 #note17gl…ry8c

2024-09-05 01:01:05

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Maybe that's why everyone is so nice here. Most people are keeping the inner troll contained because we don't zap trolls 😂

2024-09-05 00:56:47

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Yes I LOVE this about bitcoin. 🤩

2024-09-05 00:53:19

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Need some more top notch ladies on that list 💯

2024-09-05 00:51:14

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That's a nice view 🤩
I think it's a place I would love to #digitalnomad in for a month or two. 💯

2024-09-05 00:46:06

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@npub1ruh…0ys2 🙌🙌

2024-09-05 00:37:11

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Cute 🥰 absolutely adore the hair 😍

2024-09-05 00:29:19

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GM ☀️

2024-09-05 00:28:20

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I change my region frequently using any old address and phone number. If an app has been removed from an app store region, you might need to uninstall before switching regions to reinstall. I'm not sure this will help, and it's definitely annoying but hopefully it works for whatever you're trying to do🤞

2024-09-05 00:03:01

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PV 🏝️

2024-09-05 00:02:25

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Yes to this 🙌