It's a bit alarming to me the posts I stumble across on Nostr with folks mentioning they are giving themselves a "trial" period, or detox-type session away from Twitter. Social media really has it's hooks in people now. Hmmm 🤔

#LifeOnZero

Learning more CSS today. Enjoying it quite a bit. Small, steady steps in my journey. 🚶‍♂️

Not that it's even remotely surprising, but Google Play out here just casually reminding users they're always being surveiled and you "can" opt-out. If you don't want those COOL INDIVIDUALIZATION of your apps. ...What does that even mean?!

Self-Serve stand of veggies is up! Shame that much will go to waste - this area makes it supremely tough on anyone looking to farm / have a small business. Hopefully a few people will appreciate fresh vegetables. 🌄☀️

Colorful charts and economic theories are cool and all - but I just buy it, hodl it, and carry on. 😌🤙

Truly can't wait for winter on the farm - my fav season tbh. Lots of wood splitting, hikes on the property (without the unintended hitchhiking insects), and that deafening quiet of the environment as a whole - love nature when she can make you feel as small as you truly are. ❄️🌄

Think I can safely say that teaching myself programming / coding is the first time I have felt engaged and excited about challenging myself in YEARS. It may just be HTML and CSS, but to start and grow is what I'm looking for. 💪

Another scorcher in the rust belt - the only thing about summer I tend to dislike in this weather is when the fields and property on the farm are (over)grown - it limits the ability to get out and get the walks in that I'd like to. That being said, being home now has afforded me the luxury of workouts again and I am truly a sucker for my cardio. Water rowing to be more specific. Just had a good Castles session and feel great. 💪

Have quietly been learning more and more regarding bitcoin mining this year. Far more interesting topic to dive into than I ever would have anticipated prior. 🧐🤔

My annual trip around the sun has completed. More satoshis stacked. However my world is still a bit wrought with anxiety. Work to be done... 🧐🤔

Finally. The day has arrived! #FutureBit Apollo II bitcoin miner has arrived and is hashing already! Far easier setup and go than I could have anticipated. I am beyond happy to be supporting the network and doing my part to compete on a solo level. Thank you to John Stefanopolous and the team at FutureBit - happy to support the work you all do and to further my own knowledge and experience. Onward and upward. 🫡 #bitcoin #solo #mining

Took a lot of time this weekend to rest, but also was able to work with the flowers in our greenhouse as well. Looking good so far I think! #Gardening #Farm

The biggest thing bitcoin has given me is a renwed hope in something as concrete and sure as the Earth. When I feel something, so steady, so sound - I cannot help but feel a great weight lifted off of my soul. The drops in a bucket discussions regarding privacy, future development, court rulings etc., though important and worth educating oneself - are merely rocks in the path to be ridden around, moved, or avoided. I have found truly immesurable value in what bitcoin has provided me - the peace of mind that comes from having a foundation that will allow me to live my life bindless. A limitless vortex of positivity, rather than a seemingly constant pit of despair that drags others under. In helping myself I will better aid others. "The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there." 🫡

Streaming would be a true freedom move for me. I enjoy the social aspect very much, and find conversing with others while strategizing gameplay / other activities very mentally stimulating. It's been a fun fit for me on the few occasions I find myself with time to do it. 🤙😌

I've been eerily creeping about - just not posting - I BELIEVE my self-hosted Mutiny Wallet is now connected. Honestly it's a bit of a crap shoot though, not always the best at navigating Lightning as much as I'd like to be. 💁‍♂️

I'm very curious what methods would be worthwhile to run / utilize to aid in ways that help the #bitcoin network via robustness / privacy / etc. I'm a huge fan of Jam / (the basics) / running a Tor-connected node / even mining privately. Just interested to see what other suggestions there are out there that I'm unaware / inexperienced with. Interested in Lightning Node setup / usage but hear more negatives than positives at this time. 🤔

Taking a bit of time this evening to just write. No bullet-points, no lists, no spreadsheets. Just a table, my Rocketbook notebook, and a good pen. Let the ideas run until the tank is dry. Will be looking to update my self-hosted Ghost instance to share in the near future. 📚✒️🗒 #Creativity

We have some power company reps coming to visit our farm tomorrow. Interested to see what they offer up / have to say about future possibilities here - not sure anything will come of it, but I like that we are open to any potential opportunities. Maybe having multiple bitcoin miners here in the not-so-distant future will become a thing. Time will tell. 🤷⚡️🌄

I hope to see Nostr become more widely adopted. It's amazing to see tech like this evolve, but I do have personal fears of it being a bitcoin echo chamber. We need the regular joes here, the day to day conversations - it is an interesting thought of what bitcoin and the evolvong world may play a hand in folks showing up / not. I suppose we'll see. 👀