Josh
Josh Brown

Helping nonprofit folks lead with less stress and more clarity

Public Key

npub1yl8jc6znttslcpj3p6p8vuq98awu6w0xh4lqtu0lkjr772kpx4ysfqvz34

NIP-05 Address

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsz0nevdpf44c0uqegsaqnkwqzn7hwd88nt6ls978lmfpl09tqn2jgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0ds2d8fuk

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1yl8jc6znttslcpj3p6p8vuq98awu6w0xh4lqtu0lkjr772kpx4ysfqvz34

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Last Notes

2025-05-21 15:23:03 UTC

I wrapped up my time at Verse a few weeks ago and I’m taking some time to figure out what’s next.
I’m especially interested in human rights and climate action, and I’d love to help out at a nonprofit or mission-driven org—places like ACLU, Amnesty International, Sierra Club, 350.org, or others doing meaningful work. Whether it’s coaching leaders or making process improvements, I love helping nonprofits to make things run more smoothly so they can focus more on their mission.
If you're at a nonprofit of any sort, let's chat. And if you know someone doing this kind of work, I’d really appreciate an intro or a share. Thanks!

2025-03-10 14:34:59 UTC

Merida
https://image.nostr.build/ea52e38f0611776710167682d1b66afcea94eaefc01e2ed3e79c67023a7aadb1.jpg
#photography #dogstr #outdoorstr

2025-03-05 15:33:09 UTC

I’m not sure I completely agree that ClickUp has this right. Work is broken? Maybe. Probably. But “app-switching fragments work, steals time, and kills productivity”? I’m not sure about that. I get a lot more work done when I don’t have Mail or Slack open. Having them integrated in a single app seems like *more* of a productivity killer than switching between apps.
This is one of the nice things about Nostr, actually. I *want* to switch between a variety of smaller, more focused apps to do specific things.
#note1l3a…4fhy

2025-03-05 15:26:44 UTC

Really enjoying the Dart course from Code with Andrea. I’ve learned a lot of Dart in the few hours I’ve spent with it. Well worth the time and money.
https://codewithandrea.com/courses/

2025-02-19 22:48:24 UTC

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Oh, thanks — just downloaded! I was hoping to be able to search for a note (I have the nevent ID) and I’m not able to find a way to do that in Notedeck.

2025-02-19 22:42:27 UTC

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We have the ability to create, edit, and delete lists in Nos now! Check out the Nos 1.2 release on the App Store, or 1.2.1 on TestFlight.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nos-social/id1670125746
https://www.nos.social/install

2025-02-19 22:38:46 UTC

@npub1xts…kk5s Damus crashes on launch for me on macOS 14.7.2 (23H311). Well, it started when I logged in — it crashed immediately after I pasted my key and clicked the Login button. Now whenever I launch it just crashes. I deleted it and reinstalled; still crashing on launch. Is there something I can do to clear data and try again?

2025-02-19 19:30:19 UTC

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Oh wow, that sucks! I’m really sorry to hear about this. I’m an engineer on the Nos team and I’d love know more so we can try to fix it. Can you tell me what app you used to add your name, profile pic and banner, NIP05, and lightning address? And anything else you may have done around the time you lost them. Thanks!

2025-02-19 18:34:50 UTC

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💪

2025-02-19 15:56:00 UTC

If the Right to Vanish is important to you, you can do it with @npub1pu3…tfch on iOS.
#note1ee3…t84z

2025-02-19 15:54:44 UTC

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We support it in @npub1pu3…tfch!

2025-02-18 22:52:51 UTC

I’m super excited that we were able to release this, and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the new lists feature!
#note1kpl…8ndv

2025-02-13 16:22:18 UTC

I recently bought an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite — my first ereader — and have been reading Radical Candor on it. So far, I’m loving how I can highlight things without ruining the book. As much as I love reading on paper, I never wanted to destroy a book by marking it up with notes or highlights. It’s nice to feel totally free to do this, and the Paperwhite makes it really easy to highlight text.
Maybe I should just get over myself and mark up paper books, but I guess that would require buying rather than borrowing and I’m not sure I want to do that.
#note1grp…ze28

2025-02-12 18:13:21 UTC

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Mmmm I wish I could try some!

2025-02-12 18:09:39 UTC

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😂

2025-02-12 18:08:23 UTC

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Oh, it’s by Kim Scott and of course you can buy it anywhere: https://www.radicalcandor.com/the-book/

2025-02-12 18:06:37 UTC

I started reading Radical Candor on @npub1qlk…yayc’s recommendation and I’m loving it so far. I’ve been trying to be a little more direct and a little clear on what I want, need, or expect at work.

2025-02-07 17:48:14 UTC

Yes! In A Bit of Optimism where Simon Sinek interviewed her, they talked about how this is useful for dealing with adults, too! The Simon Sinek interview is quite a bit shorter, so it might be a good option if you don’t have ~3 hours to listen.
https://simonsinek.com/podcast/episodes/kids-and-employees-know-more-than-you-think-with-dr-becky-kennedy/
#note1h46…hmzj

2025-02-03 16:33:33 UTC

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😱

2025-02-03 16:31:17 UTC

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What a view

2025-02-03 16:30:04 UTC

This is why I work on Nostr.
#note18x2…g5vs

2025-01-31 19:53:48 UTC

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Yes! I always love new hardware! Glad everything is faster for you now!

2025-01-29 15:12:15 UTC

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😂

2025-01-28 18:53:22 UTC

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Wait, really? That works?

2025-01-28 18:52:52 UTC

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Wow!

2025-01-28 18:51:25 UTC

Enjoyed this post about X, Nostr, Mastodon, and others:
https://highlighter.com/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqtkqtqa8m2md0lhr9mcd2fwsefd99ff4lvnwezp8ykfwld3lyr04qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uqq6vfhxgurxve5xcerwwpsxydr7f92
I do wonder about this — everyone says this, but I’m not sure _why_:
"Do regular users really need to think about public and private keys? Yes, yes, I get it — users have to keep in mind their privacy if they want to have it. But you have to read at least something to understand what you're doing, which is automatically more difficult than simply press ‘Sign up’.”
_Do_ regular users really need to think about public and private keys? Why?

2025-01-27 17:21:19 UTC

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Amazing!

2025-01-27 17:17:36 UTC

This. The weird onboarding process for Nostr is a serious issue, but not an unsolvable one. We can figure this out.
#note1thg…v5y0

2025-01-27 17:14:22 UTC

Started re-reading Badass: Making Users Awesome and absolutely love the caption on this image:
https://image.nostr.build/9764366df4b0512c7460758f5d3bf0376983ec79204804cb576692bf92766cfd.jpg

2025-01-24 22:18:48 UTC

Yep, it’s really cool to have my Nos Team list and my Nostr Devs list in addition to the list of everyone I’m following. Sometimes I just want to check in on my team and see what they’re posting, and now I can do that with @npub1pu3…tfch!
#note1lga…w82e

2025-01-21 21:38:36 UTC

@npub16c0…6nvr 👋 hey, Linda mentioned that you (or someone on your team) might be willing to talk with us about some technical details around Nostr apps in general. Specifically, we’re looking at implementing some automated tests for scroll performance in Nos for iOS and I’d love to know if the Primal team has any experience with those. Thanks in advance!

2025-01-21 20:15:04 UTC

Snowy
https://image.nostr.build/9e1e53cf36470852de1fa8d6b0f7c4556c44c6581a69a7433efe5f1ee9b4dcb4.jpg
#photography #outdoors #snow

2025-01-17 17:08:24 UTC

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I’d love for us to skate to where we help people have healthier, more social lives. Especially after reading these articles about how too much solitude (the way we’re currently living) is unhealthy and causes so much unhappiness.
https://time.com/7205289/vivek-murthy-interview-surgeon-general/
https://archive.is/PmWkf

2025-01-17 17:06:12 UTC

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Yes, please! Let’s make this happen!

2025-01-17 17:01:12 UTC

A lot of this article rings true and aligns with other things I’ve been seeing, hearing, and reading.
https://archive.is/PmWkf
Along these lines, we recently had the Surgeon General’s Parting Prescription for America, and the Join or Die documentary on Netflix. It sure sounds like the consensus is that self-imposed solitude is destroying our health and happiness.
https://time.com/7205289/vivek-murthy-interview-surgeon-general/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81746809
So: what do you think? Are we doomed to unhappiness if we don’t spend time with people in real life?
Thanks to @npub1wmr…g240 for sharing the Atlantic article with the team and to @npub1j60…d7ua for sharing the documentary.

2025-01-15 20:12:09 UTC

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So cool! I’ll have to try it sometime!

2025-01-10 22:46:48 UTC

Yes! Cursor and Warp have both been awesome for me, too, by generating a lot of code that would’ve taken me too long to figure out on my own.
#note14yk…vndm

2025-01-06 20:41:40 UTC

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this is hilarious

2025-01-06 17:14:39 UTC

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Having more diversity on Nostr is one of my personal dreams, but yes, it seems like a massive uphill battle.

2025-01-06 17:07:48 UTC

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I really don’t know much about Kotlin or Android dev in general so I’m in the “it can’t be that hard” zone. But I know from experience that things are never “not that hard”. 😄

2025-01-06 16:53:00 UTC

Nos 1.1 is a big upgrade — maybe bigger than the version indicates. The ability to see a feed of notes from just photographers, or my team at Nos, or developers, or whatever group of people I create is *really* cool.
#note1ql6…96n8

2025-01-06 16:49:14 UTC

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Ah, yes, good NDK support seems like an excellent reason to choose it over others. I wonder how challenging it might be to take Quartz — maybe in a fork of Amethyst — and wrap it up in a KMP package/framework so it could be used from a KMM app. Not that I really know anything about that — just thinking out loud.

2025-01-06 16:45:09 UTC

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@npub1gcx…nj5z that would be really cool; seems like it would encourage more KMP/KMM development.

2025-01-06 15:11:54 UTC

Had a great time swimming with the sea lions at Isla de Lobos in Uruguay. There must have been hundreds of them — you can see some on the sand, on the rocks, and in the water.
https://image.nostr.build/cc63db6d141b743dcff042ed012a0c80447163788ba9e5fcf36c00ee5b450bb4.jpg
#photography #nature #animals

2025-01-06 14:57:55 UTC

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@npub1yau…vjmf @npub1l2v…ajft Why React Native over other tools like Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile or Flutter? I’ve heard that some people hate React Native, though I suppose that would be true of any tool.

2025-01-03 15:00:16 UTC

Yes! First of all, if you ever get the chance to pair with @npub1wmr…g240, take it! And second, I had no idea Warp existed and now it’s the only terminal I use. I absolutely love it! Give it a shot!
#note164w…np50

2024-12-19 14:44:11 UTC

Punta Del Este
https://image.nostr.build/e2647af0de980ba98e7d7338cc94106c680867cb98a39ef16cf5f78da15a3f13.jpg
#photography

2024-12-18 17:19:23 UTC

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Whoa, that’s really cool!

2024-12-18 17:18:00 UTC

This take from Karnage makes sense to me — for creativity to happen, you need to love your work *and* your workplace needs to be fun.
#note1czx…qgp7

2024-12-17 19:08:47 UTC

After a week with my first vertical mouse, I’m feeling good. I’d been using the Apple Magic Mouse for years because I like the way it looks. I know, I know — not a great reason to keep using a mouse that’s ergonomically terrible for me. Then I found the Logitech Lift, and I actually like the way it looks. So far, it feels nice and doesn’t cause cramping in my hand. I still need to figure out how to gently rest my hand on my desk while using it (I had the same problem with my old mouse), but maybe someday an ergonomics expert will visit and solve it for me. At least I don’t get cramps with this one.
#photography
https://image.nostr.build/abd5e78994c6de8e5456bcc86844018f14a91c2572cc486c59817a51907225ab.jpg

2024-12-10 14:37:07 UTC

Kitten at Casapueblo
https://image.nostr.build/9bf0d78d9af2164b07f740cdccc80ba1077a5ffea2afa5558d268c473e1a162b.jpg
#photography #animals #cats

2024-12-10 14:30:00 UTC

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Both are great. I prefer horizontal since the house is the subject, and it’s wider than it is tall, so it feels to me like the frame reflect that.

2024-12-10 14:27:13 UTC

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Yeah, that’s right. I could add and remove items but whenever I tried to save it failed. Of course, after I sent you the message, I tried again and it worked. 😂
Luckily(?) I just tried again and it failed.
https://image.nostr.build/24ef80e157c08b19d9b4e035fc62abb2981a93047178fd083205db7c079108dc.jpg

2024-12-09 17:25:01 UTC

@npub1zuu…c2uc I'm using list.lol which is awesome -- thanks for building it! I'm having an issue where I can't update my list -- any time I make any update, it says "Something went wrong. Please try again." at the top of the screen. I'm using the Nostore extension in Safari on my Mac; maybe something wrong there? I can't add or remove people from my lists.

2024-12-09 16:14:54 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/5b18f0189723f7efb6d8a67488afb0234f55f91ca661ad0039b21d490471a03c.jpg
Crane flower, Punta Del Este, Uruguay
#photography #flowers #nature

2024-12-06 15:16:36 UTC

Nothing Phone 2a. I’ve never said this before about an Android device, but I love the hardware design. It’s unique, it’s beautiful, it has personality. I could actually see myself carrying one of these.
https://image.nostr.build/6ebd72e93c16041bfd3dbf7750baa8a358769d345aa622ffce396bcf91517404.jpg
#photography #technology

2024-12-05 16:16:40 UTC

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The blue in that sky is amazing!

2024-12-05 16:15:19 UTC

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Hahaha yes!

2024-12-05 16:14:32 UTC

Punta Del Este
#photography #outdoors
https://image.nostr.build/e2647af0de980ba98e7d7338cc94106c680867cb98a39ef16cf5f78da15a3f13.jpg

2024-12-03 18:46:41 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr! So happy to have you here!

2024-12-03 18:45:41 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/3e1264ef0c704161cacf0a05209bad190c1c81de07cdd4504201a20adcd1b08c.jpg
#photography #outdoors #nature

2024-11-26 22:51:55 UTC

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Ohhhh I want one! How is it so far?

2024-11-25 21:26:37 UTC

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Currently seems just fine in Safari, Chrome, and Opera.

2024-11-25 21:23:10 UTC

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Thank you for working on this! I appreciate it!

2024-11-22 15:13:12 UTC

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Here’s a video of what’s happening: https://www.loom.com/share/f94f682c20bc4d76ac7f58f642355a45?sid=d0f2b046-769a-4f2c-ac2d-96047fb6d6e4
I can assure you I’m not hitting Command-R or anything weird like that.

2024-11-22 15:09:14 UTC

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It’s happening right now! But on a different npub.pro site. I went to joshbrown.photos, clicked my link to “Follow the photographer” which goes to https://joshbrown.npub.pro, and that site is now refreshing constantly for me

2024-11-21 21:22:02 UTC

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Thank you! I appreciate your quick response, and I’ll be sure to let you know if/when it happens again.

2024-11-20 18:55:07 UTC

@npub1xdt…ntxy sometimes when I type joshbrown.photos in Safari to visit my npub.pro site, it redirects to www.joshbrown.photos and refreshes continuously. I’m not sure if I have an issue with my DNS settings or if something is going on with npub.pro. Do you have thoughts? Of course it was _just_ doing it for me but after I started typing this message, the issue stopped.

2024-11-20 18:35:59 UTC

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Great — maybe we’ll point our fork of Nostrmo to your fork of flutter_link_previewer. Thanks so much!

2024-11-20 18:29:19 UTC

Watched a beautiful sunset from Punta Ballena in Uruguay after a lovely tour of Casa Pueblo.
https://image.nostr.build/36a122cbc2d712653aaba9d639d6b996879e6c0e4432c6ac90ce8c557eac2367.jpg
#photography #nature #sunset

2024-11-20 15:02:46 UTC

@npub19ye…zqwk Hey, thanks so much for open-sourcing Nostrmo! We’re looking at the NIP-29 groups features and they’re working really well for me. I’m curious what fixes you made to flutter_link_previewer in your local environment. Would that be something you could share, maybe in a fork of flutter_link_previewer?
cc @npub16zs…92l7 @npub1qlk…yayc @npub1x8r…ptks

2024-11-18 19:06:38 UTC

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It sounds like you and I have a lot in common; I’m also a left-leaning software engineer and I’m more than a little tired of seeing posts about crypto. I’m doing my best to fight it by publishing about things I’m interested in, like software, photography, books, and tech.

2024-11-18 18:57:41 UTC

It’s always been about community for me, and it always will be.
#note1526…ta3z

2024-11-14 16:33:04 UTC

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What makes you say that?

2024-11-14 14:45:56 UTC

This is kind of a big deal.
#note1kzr…49x7

2024-11-14 14:45:37 UTC

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Welcome, and thanks for being here! It’s great to have you!

2024-11-13 19:43:53 UTC

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This is awesome! That sounds like hard work, and I’m glad you’re doing it!

2024-11-13 19:16:36 UTC

Oh I’d love to see the results of this after more people respond! Answer and repost!
#note17vn…enx3

2024-10-31 21:14:52 UTC

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The question is: what led to the account deletion? And how can we avoid this in the future?

2024-10-31 18:54:07 UTC

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Absolutely amazing work — if you compare before and after in Instruments, it’s just astounding. Seriously awesome work, @npub1qlk…yayc!

2024-10-31 18:52:29 UTC

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I’m so glad @npub1v02…mwuj is on nostr and that we could feature the magazine in our updated Discover tab!

2024-10-31 18:51:08 UTC

Excited that Nos is now available in the Australia and New Zealand App Stores!
#note1lpx…gra8

2024-10-31 18:32:27 UTC

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Looks so good — I loooove ramen!

2024-10-30 21:52:24 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/c6a782bd22a932ac4c59116ae98ed2e6950bb5aaf72c6a8053d735f529a52af9.jpg
#photography #nature #sunset

2024-10-30 21:47:47 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/17b81bf7537274c4de7b6c01f2995dc82960b2f14316e688da52e5269f27e52f.jpg
#outdoors #photography

2024-10-30 21:21:45 UTC

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Such a lovely photo!

2024-10-30 18:21:37 UTC

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It works! Thank you so much!

2024-10-29 16:09:14 UTC

@npub1xdt…ntxy I’m trying to add a custom domain to my npub.pro site and I keep getting this error: "Error: Error: Failed to attach domain”. Are you able to help me determine what I’m doing wrong? Thanks!

2024-10-28 18:27:09 UTC

Red-tailed hawk about to take flight
https://image.nostr.build/e68c996e5a68ea5b0d15a9c792048aef426f4904b5de58a1a21ce9db3d78b9a0.jpg
#photography #outdoors #nature

2024-10-18 12:51:41 UTC

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So cool!

2024-10-17 13:37:45 UTC

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Welcome! I’m glad you’re here!

2024-10-16 19:47:15 UTC

Some nice changes to how we show images and videos in Nos. I’m totally biased, and I think they make the feed look _awesome_.
#note1r3d…2d36

2024-10-16 19:45:40 UTC

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There’s no zapping in Nos, at least for now. It does notify you when you receive a zap, but that’s all.

2024-10-16 14:32:43 UTC

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I’m gonna have to go search for some red now. Luckily the leaves are changing so it shouldn’t be too hard.

2024-10-16 14:30:44 UTC

Merida at the pumpkin patch
https://image.nostr.build/946260ae2d17c00de9075258083ed5fa587f8dd2b6b835f70a11a564e1d0b4c7.jpg
#photography #dogstr

2024-10-15 14:35:42 UTC

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Oh my goodness — I’m glad you said something. There’s a bell pepper plant in the foreground here; the basil is in the background. Whoops!

2024-10-15 14:33:27 UTC

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Definitely the right color for oregano!

2024-10-15 14:09:33 UTC

I love the way the light was hitting this dying basil plant.
https://image.nostr.build/e70767d8cc0c1960a70afc72b0ff4840c42b7dea5fecf47b5b82ed77cff05153.jpg
#photography #nature #outdoors

2024-10-10 14:28:07 UTC

One leaf on this tulip tree is ready for fall!
https://image.nostr.build/5f6564e5096d6893a21d0658f0edacf494bf6a024c3d7a0e4afa05c1fa29f207.jpg
#photography #nature #outdoors

2024-10-10 13:34:46 UTC

Subscriptions subscriptions subscriptions subscriptions! I can’t imagine one-off payments working to sustain an online business — subscriptions make a lot of sense, and it would be great if Nostr made them easy.
#note1tvj…j49m