I would love to try duck eggs.

If there isn't one already (I don't imagine it would be hard for the smarties to create), there should be a Nostr landing page, or home page, for individual IDs. It could show links like Linktree, or intros, contact info, etc. Something we can update. More extensive than our normal profiles shown in most Nostr apps.

How do I know which Nostr ID is the real one for Ross Ulbricht? I see at least a couple of them.

It makes sense to me, due to the nature of Nostr, that people should have two or three Nostr IDs. With one, you should have the freedom to say whatever is on your mind in the presence of contacts you don't know in real life -- but that one should be an anonymous ID. It can be reserved for potentially controversial posts that could be used against you, like those that express certain political, pharmaceutical, or religious views. Another ID might be a more measured, professional one, a public face of sorts, where you are well "behaved" and won't get in much trouble with the thought police. Thirdly, one could have a personal ID for contacts you know in real life. (Better yet, don't be on social media with your real-life friends -- actually be with them! Or send personalized direct messages through Signal.) All the while, in any case, it's important to keep in mind that whatever you say will likely stay on your "permanent record." You don't want to post stupid things in your 20s, for example, and have it haunt you in your 40s.

Sometimes when I use another Nostr client meant for the same purpose (such as microblogging), I feel like I'm cheating against the one I normally use. Of course that's silly. But the experience just shows that the protocol is decentralized and user-centric -- it's not meant to tie us down to one centralized platform. I hope Nostr developers continue to make strides in their great work. It's already cool; I just want it to be extra, extra supercool in five years.

I might be kind to a random woman in town, because we should love our neighbor as ourselves. But God forbid that we worship her! I should love my mom in a significantly greater way, because we are to honor our mother and father. But God forbid that we worship her! We should love the Virgin Mary more than any other woman, because she is Jesus' mother -- i.e., the Mother of God -- and because Jesus gave her to us at the Cross to be our mother, too. But God forbid that we worship her! Catholics are big on both reverencing Mary and having no other gods before the true God.

It's been hard to hang out on Nostr because of the non-stop Bitcoin chatter. But I come back today after a few months, and I see people are mostly taking about normal human things. That's great. I also learned of a new Linux client and the existence of remote signers. Super cool.

On the morning of Good Friday (yesterday), my brother had a heart attack, and his heart stopped beating. He was resuscitated. He was given a stent and it's believed he will make a full recovery. Not sure, but he might rise up out of the hospital on Easter Sunday: his own personal triduum.

Over the years, Pope Francis has changed the way I pray. As I begin the Rosary, I pray "for the holy intentions of the Pope."

The Church is a hospital for sinners AND a museum of the Saints in light -- with the Saints also serving as support staff.

While I'm happy to have Trump as our president, I am not a fan of promoting AI the way he does. If it is so powerful to do great things, it is also powerful to do evil things. It will be used for evil when evil men are in leadership. Even if you like and trust Trump, this is no time to relax one's fight for digital #privacy. Administrations come and go. You never know who's next.

Catholic Bibles are bigger.

I did early voting today. I try not to be judgmental, but I wondered things like who the blue-haired, mask-wearing fat lady with cankles and the rainbow t-shirt voted for. Also the black lady who forced her son to come in and vote with her seemingly against his will. And the guy behind me who was asking for an absentee ballot for his mother-in-law in the hospital. I wished I had gone in to vote wearing a garbage bag shirt.