We are still very very early. Sharpest insight this week was that people use social media apps for the community not the tech. Going 100% on nostr is perhaps a good move for bitcoin and nostr Devs and influencers. But is this community open and big enough to support the growers, artists and makers? We shall see.

Dog was guarding #chickens for the longest time. Recently been AWOL. Lost a chicken to an eagle today. Moral of story - have a big dog around.

"Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter." The stuff of nonsense

The Spanish news is telling us food prices in Spain just rose 1.8% because of rising cost of electricity and fuel. No thought to mentioning that since April the ECB has increased the money supply from 16.1 to 17.1 trillion euros. One big fiat club and we aren't in it and worse, we are paying the members' subscription. BTC is the solution to the economic mismanagement, no fuss, no protest just disengage.

the Guardian

Bitcoin clears $93,000 and Dogecoin soars amid Trump-fueled crypto rally

Cryptocurrency boosters are expecting the president-elect’s economic team to be crypto-friendly

Bitcoin crosses $100k as Trump crypto boost continues

Its record price is making headlines - but that's just one part of the cryptocurrency's tumultuous story.

Even now, the UK press is driven to comment on bitcoin with negatively loaded language, misrepresentations and making old news seem current

Family member bought some BTC in 2021 at 66k and watched it plummet from that day on. They didn't sell but everyone else in the fiat family has been rolling their eyes the last 3 years at any mention of BTC being the future of money. Of course their fiat money has no future having already lost about 20% since 2021, if they are lucky. Recent message I received - it must feel quite exciting again for anyone owning bitcoin. I'd say that after 3 years of stomach churning learning experience, the word is vindicating rather than exciting. They rolled their eyes again when I said this time next year BTC will hit the moon. If history repeats another family member will buy a small amount at this cycle's ath around 400k. And watch it plummet and drive everyone else to distraction with complaints about how much they lost.

More people know about the current economic problems than understand the causes. And of those who understand the causes, almost none, relative to the total number affected, have a clue that there is a solution. Bitcoin can solve so much. Number Go Up is a brilliant attractant. Spending hundreds of hours reading up on and reading around Bitcoin is some of the best use of time spent on self education possible. But if my experience is anything to go by, you only grasp how Bitcoin can fix so much, after going through a full cycle and then some. That's a 5 year apprenticeship. The last generation that had to study that hard were probably the generation working in the 1950's! How many students these days study anything specialised for 5 years? Relative to the population, very very few. It has taken me 5 years to grasp that Bitcoin only fixes shit if it is circulating, not from hodler to hodler but from one lightning wallet to another. During my 5 year stint of duty, of suffering every emotion, mainly despair and multiple talks to self that I'm not going to give up even if I have to go hungry...it would sound counter intuitive that now's the time to start spending sats big time! In a bull run, especially this pending one with BTC heading for shirt busting mega numbers in dollar terms, Bitcoin doesn't solve problems if you are holding, hoarding, gloating at how much you are earning doing nothing but chart watching. Build economic activity p2p. Earn BTC with a plan in place to immediately spend it on someone asking for BTC for their goods or services - to avoid cap gains tax. Don't take a loan because,, back to the top, we are still so early. Unless you are Saylor, loans are in the future still. Thanks for listening to my recollection of various input from OGs. Any input welcome 😁

I last had flu, the bone aching shaking wipeout flu, not a cold, 50 years ago. I have never had a flu jab, and This year I have had two bouts, one in June wtf and coming out of another now. Speaking to a couple of friends of a similar age who are also very healthy as a rule, share similar stories. I don't travel at all, but they both have had exposure to international work environments. I have clearly not gained immunity from exposure after my first June episode. I'm not mentioning the c word here because that has not been diagnosed. The word is there are some plain and simple nasty flu strains floating around the world these days. And if that's the case, a flu jab seems like an even less effective proposition than when flu was somehow predictable, a jab was based on what strain is flourishing in Australia and it would still get office workers, school kids and OAPs in homes. Any thoughts or insights? #asknostr

This is the sum total of olives I will collect this year. Last year I delivered 9500 kgs to the mill. I hope everyone appreciates their olive oil.

Orange pilling a 79 year old. Cool

Just been for a follow up appointment at hospital. Doctor checking my notes said a) my blood analysis was great except b12 count was a little low I'm b) my blood analysis was taken in February. I replied, good job I'm healthy and good job I made a few changes to my diet since Feb, ie I haven't been strict vegan for many months. B12 deficiencies would explain a couple of misfires, which is why I had the blood tests in the first place. Sorry vegans but after 5 years doing my best to follow the plan, any diet that requires a supplement is not for me.