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2026-04-16 22:55:48 UTC

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Been 2hrs for me 😬
~ I feel your pain ~

2026-04-15 23:17:16 UTC

This is a great day for Independent music venues and musicians. collectively. Live Nation and their cabal known as Ticketmaster might be broken up as they have now been determined by a jury to be a monopoly.
@nprofile…7dc0 and the members of #NIVA. Take a well deserved victory lap. This was over a decade in the making.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-industry-news/live-nation-trial-verdict-1236561243/ - Live Nation Loses Jury Trial to States In Monopoly Case

2026-04-10 03:11:47 UTC

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Meat is awesome but it doesn't transfer digitally. Send musicians some sats for them to buy BBQ with 🔥

2026-04-10 03:01:18 UTC

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The "Trump Corollary" is a real thing.
It's not far fetched.

2026-04-09 16:34:41 UTC

Musical artists, bands, producers, creators are seeking #freedom. Freeing their creations from the industry's (Big Labels, Spotify, Live Nation) clutches. Let's help them on the escape route. Follow, support, tip. Your heart and soul will thank you. 🙏
Supporting musicians is *sexy*
#nevent1q…yzpa

2026-04-08 15:12:54 UTC

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Keep building 🙏

2026-04-05 22:17:37 UTC

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Dude you could be on one of those calendars. Nice flex, literally.
Proof of work - atta-boi
#building

2026-04-05 18:10:08 UTC

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Cowan was the first person I heard this theory from. We're water and a good ⚡conductor

2026-03-31 22:59:01 UTC

Good riddance Q1. Kick that thing out the door and get some new vibes into the next quarter.
1 Bitcoin still equals 1 Bitcoin
Doesn't matter what Saylor says, or how much NAKA sells, or if Jamie Dimon talks out of both sides of his mouth... we got this.
Bitcoiners need to reunite and stop sniping at each other. Recall when we wanted to topple the central banks? The shiny fiat object has distracted many from that objective.
What if they created an SBR and no one gave 2 f**ks? We never needed approvals before, did we just get lazy?
Q2 - let's build community again.
https://i.nostr.build/7qzb3JEsVIPhCW3U.jpg

2026-03-28 02:14:07 UTC

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I'm not a fat fingered twit and kind of know my way around Nostr. I tried Amber on my mobile and apart from scanning a web app from a desktop, the other options wouldn't connect.
It's probably a simple fix or step that I'm missing but the point is, we need very simple login tools and ideally non-custodial. Otherwise new users will just abandon the protocol.
If this is just for tech friendly users, we won't scale. Without scaling this will be a fringe community at best, no real changes made in a world where freedom tech is of critical importance.
I appreciate everyone's efforts, so this isn't throwing shade, just keeping it real for the Grandmas. If we can onboard granny in 3 clicks, it's got a chance to catch 🔥

2026-03-28 01:43:46 UTC

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I just side loaded it to android.
I see the options to scan QR or paste a Nostr connect URL.
How does the nsecbunker work on a mobile device with a browser like Firefox or Brave?

2026-03-28 01:16:31 UTC

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I answered my own question by watching the video 1 more time...
"your keys stored securely on Primal"
So the app is the custodian. It definitely makes things easier for cross platform logins. I'm interested to see how the community responds.

2026-03-27 17:10:27 UTC

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We need more of this!
What's happening under the hood? Is this an elegant version of NIP-07 or is this Nostr to Nostr and not necessarily web app related?
#grownostr

2026-03-26 12:48:02 UTC

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Hello Will's self, nice to meet you.

2026-03-24 02:28:29 UTC

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1999 just before the tech-wreck and a Nasdaq bloodbath of -80%
Ah the good ol' days.
Are we today in a rhyming time warp, where AI is the new "Net" and current high-flyer public company valuations are based on this new AI frontier? Is Open AI, Yahoo and Anthropic, Amazon? How about Nvidia as the 2026 version of Cisco? There are parallels.
Nah... "this time it's different" says every overhyped, overvalued bubble.
Take away:
That same war is still going on for the soul.

2026-03-24 01:40:43 UTC

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Weather ☀️🌪️💦❄️
... now in the ☁️ - got it.

2026-03-22 15:57:29 UTC

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So now I'm confused what it means if I share this...
I'll need to sit with this for a while...
It makes a lot of sense though...
........

2026-03-20 23:21:55 UTC

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👀

2026-03-19 00:52:48 UTC

Discovering something totally new and different is why we must support LIVE MUSIC and independent venues and festivals.
This Quebec based duo, attributes the ample opportunities in the Quebec arts and music scene with finding an audience. That audience is now world wide, they're booked through November and the music created by Angine de Poitrine, is being celebrated as the anti - AI
Human creativity (as avante garde as it might be for some) wins the Internet.
Keep being weird y'all
@nprofile…e850
https://youtu.be/MirL1RnhyHc

2026-03-16 19:18:55 UTC

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That's heavy shit but poignant.
Had to look it up. I think a lot of people talk a good game but wouldn't have the ability or conviction to pull the trigger. Meanwhile, it becomes more pronounced as we see violence perpetrated on the innocent. I think this kind of action will start to become more common place.
Not sure how most countries laws will deal with it. For America's sake, I hope 2A remains and the consequences of that, give pause to anyone who feels they are beyond reproach.

2026-03-16 01:03:46 UTC

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ripened on the plant...
I imagine they must be incredibly tasty 😋.
Enjoying the glimpses into A-world.
✌️

2026-03-11 18:51:12 UTC

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well deserved 🙌

2026-03-11 18:50:30 UTC

I've avoided commenting on the controversy and or taking sides, as I lack the technical depth to fully understand the implications either way. So I'm left with the trusting not verifying dilemma, while I continue to obtain relevant information.
What I can discern are the ad hominems. There are plenty from both sides. These show emotional outbursts not relevant arguments, so both should be ignored.
Heros die:
Being a veteran of civil war 1 (big blocks) I've become split on the opinions from those whom I followed into battle previously. For and against each have significantly inflencial and knowledgeable people that stood for what I "believed" in. If those same people conflict with my values, I'm less willing to "believe" them now. Yet my beliefs have limited relevance to the technical facts. Can both sides be correct?
Like the Abortion debate:
As with this highly divisive and deeply personal topic both sides have entrenched personal beliefs and there are reasonable arguments to support each position. Yet there is only 1 truth.
What is the TRUTH in the OP_RETURN controversy? Will either side ever concede? Is it resolvable?
I don't know how this will resolve but it would seem that personal responsibility plays a big roll. Educate one's self to the best of our ability then align this information with our beliefs, being cognizant of the propaganda, AI and algos that fill the debate with useless noise.
For the sake of everything (I believe) Bitcoin represents, I pray the truth will come to light for the majority (consensus) and it does so before the non-truth faction potentially co-opts or ultimately destroys the greatest discovery of modern man - Honest, decentralized, secure, censorship resistant MONEY.
#naddr1qq…kypj

2026-03-11 16:55:22 UTC

Two based and inspiring dudes having a chin wag. Be a fly on the wall and drop in on this convo.
This is the way 🔥
#nevent1q…ty5t

2026-03-11 16:31:40 UTC

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This is why we can't have nice things.
To be fair to WL, as a smaller operation how can they better avoid/prevent slop and remain "free and open" to artists.
I don't frequent WL so I can't offer my personal experience but on balance, I'd say this is an AI music issue more than a WL issue.
Spotify is intentionally polluting the referral engines with slop so as to avoid payouts - pure evil.
Deezer has an algorithm that can detect the subtle differences and insists on artist labelling or they are banned at worst, marginalized in the ref engine best case.
This is something we are all grappling with.
Support live music when we can. Unsubscribe from slop factories (Spotify) and hold services to account like you have with WL.

2026-03-08 19:56:36 UTC

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When you spend and replace, you also teach them how this currency is used on an everyday basis. It's great savings technology for a starter home but it's money too. With Bitcoin it's possible to live within our means and save what we don't spend. That hasn't been possible for since early 70s thanks to broken money.

2026-03-03 05:11:27 UTC

Live music should not be owned by a conglomerate. Live Nation's vertical integration, kills live music on the one hand and then exploits artists and their fans with the other. This company should be broken into pieces, forced to compete fairly and face the strictest anti-trust penalties possible.
A fine is a slap on the wrist. Break up this live music cabal.
#nevent1q…2yaf

2026-03-01 18:29:13 UTC

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Well done!!
I won't go into the box of death. They don't like when you won't comply so an attempt at the humiliation ritual ensues.
I get my junk patted down everytime I fly. When they ask if I'd like it in private, I just say "have at 'er".
They usually end up the embarrassed one.
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Bio-metric boarding - hard pass. Never had an issue. When USA ramps up the Palentir state, I'm going to need to rethink the process.

2026-03-01 02:29:20 UTC

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and we sure can feel it.
unsettling, unfamiliar,
Some are drinking more, others doing drugs. The most accessible means to quell the anxiety.
Makes you wonder if it isn't all on purpose.
If we zoom way out, it's the convergence of cycles across millenia, centuries and decades (fourth turning). The weight of these simultaneously is triggering. I don't think a person alive isn't feeling something.
I'm going to touch grass more. In my opinion the darkness continues through 2027, then we begin to understand the shift that has been occurring. The lightness begins its return but it will be imparative that we haven't lost our tuning to the frequency. Keeping our signal finely tuned over the next 24 months will be key. It is very easy to get swallowed up in all the FUD.
It's a play for our souls.

2026-02-28 21:09:24 UTC

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I agree totally with you on derivatives and treasuries, they are not what Bitcoin was built for. I've taken the stance that Bitcoin is for our enemies as well as our friends. Bitcoin must survive all attacks, including Wall St's manipulation.
Sorry I didn't recognize your nym from Bitcoin Beach 🙃
If you believe Saylor, the Clarity Act brings banks and otherwise regulated institutions to Bitcoin. At the same time he talks about re-hypothication.
@nprofile…m5x7 acknowledges that a recent change allowing for in-kind redemptions for ETF products allows for settlement in Bitcoin. As she states this is a very good thing but it does still keep the door open to paper Bitcoin and thus false supply dynamics.
As the musical chairs game begins, the market will absolutely scramble for settlement as some contract holders will otherwise be locked out, similar to what's been happening lately with Silver. The contracts will be offered settlement in fiat but other than cuck buck gains, there's no upside as the Bitcoin supply continues to dwindle. They'll have fiat but not Bitcoin.
We just don't know when this all goes down. My guess is that the battle for control of the Fed will be the signal. Will Warsh acquiesce to the Trump Admin and the Fed and Treasury become one in the same? If so, how they stick handle through the collapse of the Federal reserve note and all derivatives associated to that is what we must watch.
Pessimistically, I feel Trump is in the pocket of Israel. The bombing of Iran today certainly suggests that. Israel will demand the world reserve remain the US dollar at the central bank level.
Does Trump have an ulterior motive? I'm not optimistic that he does.
All of this is simply the reality of where we are at today with Bitcoin. Nothing has changed with the fundamentals or the math. The only thing that will make a difference over a long period of time is self-custody. I believe the movement of precious metals recently shows us that direction. Physical over paper.
Agentics will only work on digital obviously. Tether is pushing XAUt, why wouldn't they? Stable coins may be what we settle on for the payment rails. If this becomes the case then the warning of @nprofile…eqct will have been prophetic. Bitcoin will be a store of value not a medium of exchange. At least not in the mass market.
We can do our part by spending Bitcoin into the circular economies mentioned (#BitcoinBeach) in the previous note and where we met. The more of these we can establish and support like @nprofile…zeyv the faster we set an alternative path for those who have seen and been adversely impacted by the manipulation of central control.
The optimist in me still looks at the Bitcoin protocol and recognizes that no one can stop me from sending peer-to-peer money. Even if central control locks down traditional PoS rails, we still have the ability to transact completely off the grid. To one extreme a TX sent over RF via ham radio @nprofile…rrsm
More recently Bitchat @nprofile…eqct using eCash @nprofile…xnfk each of them showing us the way.
Our focus needs to shift from concerns pertaining to Wall St. They're going to do what they've always done. We instead each have the option to focus/create and use Bitcoin in the way we want, as @nprofile…gyzc reminds us. There has never been a true honest free market, so we have difficulty comprehending how that looks or works. Yet nothing has stopped Bitcoin thus far. New blocks keep arriving. We just need to do our thing and focus on the world we want. Bitcoin will assuredly be there.
Bitcoin is the river. It simply finds a path. It can't be stopped.
I'll look for you at the mouth of that river. ⛓️‍💥

2026-02-28 01:16:29 UTC

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I participate and fully endorse spending Bitcoin into circular economies. Bitcoin Beach and Berlín in El Salvador are excellent examples of this. There it works every day as money. Not only as a form a payment but merchant "A" will go to merchant "B" and spend money they've recieved over the week. The velocity is what keeps this flourishing.
Aaron Day has created a conclusion and then he's gone about finding information that supports that. So leaving out important details which exemplify Bitcoin scaling (Lightning among them) is not surprising. He probably doesn't even know about it because he's never looked. Investigating as to why one might be wrong, is not conducive to a shills need for face time on the pods.
Frankly, I find it despicable.
Save Bitcoin - absolutely.
Spend and replace as well.
I've used Bull Bitcoin in this way. Send funds from fiat account to Bull. They arrive quickly, are available to spend, which I turn into lightning at Bull and send to my hot wallet. I'm just converting fiat into Bitcoin. It's no different than a debit card with the exception that the merchant gets Bitcoin. I've essentially just spent fiat in a swap.

2026-02-27 19:57:14 UTC

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What are you running?
I could sure use an ai accountant.

2026-02-27 17:56:57 UTC

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Aaron Day is really making the rounds it would seem. Dig a little deeper and you'll see why he is peddling the hijack and Epstein narrative.
I'll wager he's been gifted a sizeable stack of BCash. The connections run back to Roger through Jeffrey Tucker and a meeting in 2017. I was there.
Day is using this to pump (and then dump) his bags on the greater fools who will buy into this FUD.
#charlatan

2026-02-26 18:50:47 UTC

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I'm no fan of Justin Trudeau but props where props deserved, he went into the ring a took care of business.
This is how wars should be settled.
I don't know why this "toss" would allow them to film him at the heavy bag. 😔

2026-02-22 16:48:40 UTC

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It was Binnington's to lose. Hellebuyck was outstanding but the game really came down to Canada's inability to put nail in the coffin.
2 breakaways 0 - 2
Yawning cage 0 - 3
5 on 3 powerplay - goose egg
Never should have gone to overtime, so Canada grabbed a loss from the jaws of victory.
It seems to rub off from the top down. Carney is all sizzle no steak. Steps on his own dick in an attempt to deal with USA trade. Leaves the country with nothing to show for it.
Maybe the black maple leaf was fortuitous. ⚰️ of Canada?

2026-02-22 16:19:17 UTC

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Awarding Silver is a humiliation ritual.
https://i.nostr.build/9WvduAzWLJc256KR.jpg
"here's your loser medal and a teddy bear"

2026-02-22 02:45:15 UTC

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Don't let the "elbows up" boomer voter off the hook. They turned a blind eye to the chicanery and sold out their own children and grandchildren, so they could keep their "real estate lottery" winnings.
Fact is, most did nothing more than make a mortgage payment. The ponzi took care of the rest. As the bubble escalated, their entitlement grew along with it. Now they won't give it up for anything.
These are the ones to really hold to account.
The criminals in Government just exploited what was made ridiculously easy and obvious.
Canadians sold themselves out.
But how about those cheating gold medal Olympic curlers? 🥌🇨🇦

2026-02-17 02:44:46 UTC

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65,000 transactions per second (*upper limit - Visa network)
make that work on L1, validate it in seconds without 0 confs.
Allow me the freedom to sync my node so I don't have to trust a 3rd party to verify my full stack.
btw I don't have a data centre, mega watts of power, unlimited memory for storage or a Gb uplink. Just a humble pleb.
Your turn...

2026-02-17 00:58:18 UTC

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Where there's smoke...
I believe Giuffre and I think she was suicided.
https://i.nostr.build/oJEaq4VWxtLFFSEV.jpg

2026-02-16 20:42:05 UTC

👀 - are you ready for this...?
#nevent1q…8uvx

2026-02-08 00:02:17 UTC

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It's an announcement of the announcement - announcement.
LFG! Ben
I need to split open and melt.

2026-02-04 05:13:14 UTC

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🧐 wow!

2026-02-04 05:12:11 UTC

Save a musician:
Boycott Live Nation shows and Ticketmaster gouging.
#nevent1q…l0n7

2026-01-27 19:47:49 UTC

Powerful start to the afternoon sessions. @nprofile…nsuz
presenting and inspiring delegates from Africa, S. Korea, S. America, Indonesia among many others. #GlobalBCESummit. #Fedi
https://i.nostr.build/IXuCknGcfbvNXOpe.jpg

2026-01-23 17:30:05 UTC

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proof of pulse... 🫀

2026-01-22 01:59:03 UTC

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Well if he's collecting it, he might also be filtering all the Strontium aluminate which is supposed return to the atmosphere through evaporation. All that chem-trailing isn't cheap, so he's in violation of stealing. They've been working for years to create a gigantic projection screen in the sky. How else were they expected to make the aliens appear? And they'd get away too if it weren't for those confounded meddling rain collectors. Curses!
https://i.nostr.build/oOQvpTCRjmoYOV90.jpg

2026-01-14 21:13:23 UTC

👀 - something import is building...
#nevent1q…g2rf

2026-01-14 20:42:11 UTC

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https://i.nostr.build/5bn5bHxZsOAaUF9n.jpg
BTW - this is what the idea of "luxury townhouse" decorating in Vancouver, Canada looks like. Where it's mostly rainy and cloudy. Outside is dull and grey, inside is sanitized conservatism, ironically from the overly liberal minded boomers who own them.

2026-01-14 18:36:02 UTC

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Havana, Cuba. The more difficult things got, the brighter the colors. Cubans are resilient, hopeful and their spirit is reflected in an expression of individuality.
America's pallet is an indication of boiling bullfrogs. The slow decline of self, to a bland, neutral existence.
https://i.nostr.build/O2fWcCQGH4AJFmpa.jpg

2026-01-14 18:25:58 UTC

Yes, we all should have this talk.
Post-haste!
#nevent1q…tu9z

2026-01-12 19:17:40 UTC

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LOL good point. Unfortunately there's not much work for 9 piece horn bands anymore, so they probably are doing deliveries. Reminds me of a drummer joke...
What's the difference between a drummer and a large pizza?
a large pizza can still feed a family of 4.

2026-01-12 19:11:45 UTC

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fair ball.
I was never drawn in to the "fairy-boys with lipstick on" (Frank Zappa) so agree re David Bowie.
I guess what I was referring to is more of a New York sophistication thing, rather than throwing on a t-shirt. From Jazz to blues the players dressed for their gig. I'm not saying you need to wear a suite that's definitely more Jazz, but a cool shirt, a hat or a vest, says "I'm a performer" and caring how one presets themselves to their audience is a sign of respect and gratitude for that audience.
This guy always nailed it 👇
https://i.nostr.build/utKgauD1ISSOhxui.jpg

2026-01-11 07:04:25 UTC

Hey musicians... show a little more respect for your audience. Yeah it's cool to be in the same clothes you wore on your Uber Eats gig, but you're a performer. Get some class, it'll make a difference.
before/after
https://i.nostr.build/jtAN5HY5kvTM822v.jpg https://i.nostr.build/Y9CgrNtL0PLBX1oI.jpg

2026-01-10 22:54:51 UTC

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One of the coolest train rides on the continent. Everyone should do this at least once. Hope they take sats in the bar-car 😋

2026-01-10 21:32:50 UTC

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... and it never gets old.
Life's joys 😇

2026-01-08 03:36:38 UTC

Keep music alive and very much live in independent venues. Free Music (not as in free beer) release the shackles ⛓️‍💥
#nevent1q…d7u8

2026-01-07 05:44:45 UTC

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That's really nice! Total 70s vibe 🔥

2026-01-07 03:57:13 UTC

#FreedomTech for the win!
#nevent1q…wnpc

2026-01-05 23:21:13 UTC

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I panic a little bit each time I read this command before hitting enter. I literally say out load, "measure twice, cut once". 😬

2026-01-04 21:13:49 UTC

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Rick Beaton compares Grammy song of the year nominees from 1984 and from 2025. Kind of underscores my thesis above.
https://youtu.be/YXzB4v1Toj4

2025-12-31 17:35:11 UTC

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Here's to abundance in spirit, health and joy for 2026 🥂

2025-12-31 04:16:11 UTC

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Now this is a cage match I'd love front row seats to. If this goes to trial and a jury hears arguments, I'd be very surprised if they were sympathetic to Live Nation.
The hubris from this company is appalling but right on brand. They see ticket buyers as moronic mouth breathers and after raking each and every one of them over the coals, extracting as much money as possible, the buyer then becomes a liability. One for which they now need to honor the agreement with.
Not on trial for this but...
Live Nation does more to kill live music than help it flourish.
If I sound bitter, it's because I am. This is all too reminiscent of my years playing professionally and being controlled by another monopolistic organization (management company) Sam Feldman and Associates. Feldman controlled almost every room (100s) across Western Canada. If you wanted to play, you played by their rules and that meant - NO ORIGINALS! Feldman put bands on the road with a budget liability of a small tour. 5-ton truck to haul a mini concert set up, PA, lights and backline. After paying the crew, the truck, gas etc, the bands were left with a few hundred dollars, from a $6000 a week gig. Meanwhile Sam Feldman and Associates took 15% off the top from every band booked into every room all the while killing original/independent music. Parasitic behavior like this and that of Live Nation needs to be wiped out.
The DOJ might be a start but it's also incumbent on us. We might need to make some tough choices and if that means not seeing a favorite act in protest of the abhorrent practices Live Nation enforces, then it at least signals a vote with our wallet. Instead of paying top dollar + service charges for a Live Nation show, take a friend to your local independent club. The price will wash. You aren't feeding the beast and you're supporting the true champions of live music and the players who earn their living through door receipts and merch.

2025-12-27 22:57:27 UTC

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This has been a steady trend for 2 generations now. Began with high school dances changing from a live band to a DJ.
The next attack was liquor tax. In many regions the "sin tax" added 20-25% to the cost of goods. This had to be passed on to the consumer. Bar managers noted the decline in nightly receipts and only so much would be acceptable by the patrons in cost escalation or they'd go elsewhere. This left few options for managers to cut costs. Entertainment was the victim. From rooms hosting bands for 6 straight nights to 3 nights over a weekend, eventually lead to duos and singles acts. Bands had trouble finding places to play. Few gigs, fewer clubs and much less exposure to live music.
Computers, Internet and Mp3s were the kill shot. Rather than buying a band's album in anticipation of an upcoming tour in your town or one close by, listeners "snacked" on music like hors d'oeuvres. Play a track then switch to something else. Often only playing a single heard on heavy rotation. The concept of a B-side was lost, as was the long play format.
If live music ever had a chance to come out of its coma, streaming took it off of life support.
As a result of the above; music became about the latest musical fad rather than discovery. The formula involved 13 weeks. Push a song performed by anyone that fit the suit, pump it then dump it. Song factories wrote the hit and everything started to sound similar, so it mattered not who performed the number. It became about how they looked or about something shocking to break through the overcrowded soundscape of millenial woop sound alikes.
Inevitably, music became a throw away. Rather than a vinyl album that is a part of an audiophile's treasured collection, music is now merely background to a Tik Tok influencer's 15 min of fame. The band that wrote the song (if it isn't in fact AI), gets no recognition. Their musical work is treated like the paper liner on an In-N-Out Burger tray.
Bands haven't been appreciated for what they do or how they impact our lives for more than 40 years now. Unless they are crammed down the throats of the pre-teen set (Taylor Swift) most will have no connection to the idea that music is performed live.
Independent venues are the last bastions of a culture that used to thrive, launch careers and break out talent on a nightly basis. Go to the club Monday, check out the band to see if they're happening, if so, you'd be back Friday and maybe Saturday too. You could stumble across an act that was touring in support of an album you'd never heard on local radio. After they blew the doors off the place, you were at the record store the very next day buying their album and then sharing it with friends who'd also go grab a copy.
We need to support independent clubs as an endangered keystone species. Otherwise their loss will cause a cascading effect across a system barely hanging on. If we let this element of the music world go extinct, it will never come back and the knock on effects will only be apparent when irreparable damage is done.
Projects on Nostr like @nprofile…u5e4 are doing something about this threatened extinction event. Using the Internet to launch independent artists and put a cushion beneath them until they are able to draw well at an independent club, not only works for the artist, it supports the club, it supports the eco-system.

2025-12-27 21:37:11 UTC

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Thanks, I'll check it out. I love this kind of stuff!

2025-12-27 04:27:22 UTC

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Just finished watching it.
I'm curious what the mud flows were.
Free energy has been possible for centuries or maybe longer.
The cycle we are in is a real doozy!

2025-12-24 18:26:45 UTC

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try an update, that usually corrects issues. Side load from GitHub if you can.
Releases · vitorpamplona/amethyst https://share.google/b8wcV15Qf6oGbixWe
FYI - always verify the source, ie, don't accept the link below on my recommendation, dyor and ensure it's the correct origin. ✌️

2025-12-24 03:26:17 UTC

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Playa Hermosa is spectacular. You can drive and park a few yards from the beach, walk through the mangrove and take it all in.
El Zonte is more walkable imo but Uvita's beaches are hard to beat.
Can't go wrong at either destination and being able to pay in Bitcoin makes both places stand out. 🔥

2025-12-24 00:30:41 UTC

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Uvita - Bitcoin Jungle.

2025-12-20 00:56:49 UTC

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Not my thing.
But with AI music topping the charts on Spotify, this is par for the course.
We lost 2 generations to live music, fine arts and theatre.
Hollywierd hijacked the brains of video kids. Centralized music formatted on millennial woops, so as auto-tuned tracks all sound the same, creative listening is lost. No one paints when LLMs fill canvases in seconds. Theatre, like Jazz and Blues is dead.
Silver lining - Nostr and Bitcoin will fuel a renaissance of sorts, where a human that can produce music acoustically (the guitar at a campfire) or sing in tune without a machine or put color from a brush on tactile media, will amaze and confound the masses as an alchemist was able to in the dark ages.
AI and robotics dazzle today but they are a mimic with no breath, no soul. The connection with human spirit will cut through the dystopia.
#Freedom from the simulation will be the prize for some but not for all.
My bet is on those who do the work and choose wisely for the win!

2025-12-18 20:28:00 UTC

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Thank you TEAM!
#Freedom - winning!

2025-12-18 20:24:11 UTC

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mine works, send and receive.

2025-12-18 20:14:43 UTC

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🔥 stuff!

2025-12-17 06:57:34 UTC

Who do you trust?
That's not rhetorical.
Really, who do you trust...?
In Bitcoin:
In Politics:
In Spirituality:
In Education:
In Health and Wellness:

2025-12-17 06:51:15 UTC

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Legendary!
#nevent1q…89nt

2025-12-15 06:05:36 UTC

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powerful!

2025-12-14 08:03:23 UTC

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AI - mimics life but has no soul (connection with source - God). It is a mirror of ourselves, but like a reflection, it may look like us but it has no breath.
We are being fooled, cajoled by the spectacle.
This is the time to clear our karmic entanglements and create a pathway - bandwidth to the Source.
Use the machine don't let it use you.

2025-12-14 07:54:14 UTC

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This is fun. Our pulse wants to line up with the rhythm. Frame drums call out. Hear with your heart.
#nevent1q…m0us

2025-12-14 05:47:14 UTC

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Block vertically integrates - music wins.
I've had Tidal for years, it's everything Spotify is, but with artist support.
If AI slop on your Spotify playlist hasn't been enough motivation to switch, maybe this new feature will be.
Send Bitcoin to those that make your day. It's the "fiver" in the buskers guitar case. It's the extra % we give a serve who's made our meal special. Now it's possible to extend that to musicians at the speed of light.
Why wouldn't ya?
#nevent1q…rz7p

2025-12-13 20:04:43 UTC

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Really cool!
Do you find there's any delay between guitar and amp/pa when connected via Bluetooth?

2025-12-10 05:39:40 UTC

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and very flat...

2025-12-09 17:45:27 UTC

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Totally agree.
This is an "own goal" by a brand looking to be Chad. Influencer myopia

2025-12-08 18:50:59 UTC

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Fun tool! Thanks for making it.

2025-12-08 18:50:39 UTC

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Give it try, how was your year?
#nevent1q…q76p

2025-12-07 19:57:16 UTC

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Vancouver (the 604) continues its build as Canada's most robust Bitcoin friendly city.
#nevent1q…nuww

2025-12-03 17:32:48 UTC

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middle-out was cool 😎

2025-12-01 22:28:06 UTC

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I agree with you regarding the former stalwarts. Similar sitch re bcash. But what can one sell into? Metals? If Bitcoin doesn't work we are capital F - ucked.
So I think it requires us to become savages (to paraphrase Jack Kruse).
I'm not selling and I'll die on that hill

2025-12-01 22:04:34 UTC

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but why sell?
that didn't happen in 2016/17 big block wars which were potentially more risky.
UASF was the rally cry and maxis held on strong.
v30 isn't mandatory, 29 might be sufficient for now while Knots becomes more of a protest vote, signalling to Core.

2025-12-01 19:21:12 UTC

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Where's the Nostr link?

2025-12-01 19:06:58 UTC

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Trump reports to Israel. That pretty much makes the last part of this post - meh.
100% in agreement the cabal (bankers) are on the offensive. Bitcoin coin maxis are proving that everyone has a price and they are selling. Selling to their adversaries. Weak men perpetuate hard times. A lot of cypherpunks weren't that Chad after all.

2025-11-30 22:16:54 UTC

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his hands always freak me out.

2025-11-29 23:57:22 UTC

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Looking good San Antone!

2025-11-29 23:09:31 UTC

Tether invests in Ledn
https://www.ledn.io/post/tether-invests-in-ledn

2025-11-29 20:56:19 UTC

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hahaha, the guy who saved the snake, offers his friends a touch.

2025-11-29 18:48:50 UTC

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Don't trust - verify. Come to El Salvador and see what's happening.
Couch surfing politico critics write negative hit pieces on #Bukele without doing the work. If the reader accepts this view without coming to see first hand, the transition taking place in Bitcoin Country, then that reader is also blind to the facts.
As Jeff describes in this interview, the changes from 2022 to now are incredible. The IMF agreement is much more nuanced than even OG bitcoiner can appreciate.
Bukele bravely set the stage for Bitcoin and at that time no one would have predicted the most powerful nation in the world would follow suit within a few years.
Come to Bitcoin Beach or Berlín and spend sats. That in and of itself, propels change in oneself and everyone else it touches. The circular economy is real, be a part of it.
#nevent1q…cw3m

2025-11-28 00:35:48 UTC

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I can vouch for that, saw it action.
This is a cool app and excellent use case for the protocol.

2025-11-27 19:26:37 UTC

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😟
#nevent1q…pk0j

2025-11-27 00:32:28 UTC

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It was indeed a pleasure.
https://cdn.satellite.earth/6dd22fa5a906450fe53eefcd5a20cab320b97a025cd75363c34aa09a6b6c6b83.gif

2025-11-25 16:10:48 UTC

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The really cool part is this project realese is still alpha and to see what they've accomplished to this point bodes very well for advancements to come.
I am looking seriously at integrating this directly into an app I'm close to shipping. This handles the payments "tips" engages viewers and simplifies the UX.
Awesome job guys!!!
https://cdn.satellite.earth/62f3910ab924991381f039d70be6e44b0270306b8f430816a4e2af2ea994acf3.jpg

2025-11-25 00:02:12 UTC

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432hz

2025-11-24 23:58:30 UTC

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Has anyone asked the question, "how did bc bud become so potent/good?"
There's limited growing season so it was primarily grow ups. Did daddy gov turn a blind eye while strains were crossed and super weed was produced? In so much demand it traded 1:1 for cocaine. Daddy didn't know? Hardly, it was BC's dirty little secret for 2 decades. Money washed through the casinos bought houses and created a real estate bubble that never popped in 2008.
Daddy knew. He just bent the rules for his friends.