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Persistent provocateur of deliberate thought | Advocate for radical individual sovereignty | Occasional composer | Reformed Christian Need a good Bitcoin jam? 👇🏻 https://wavlake.com/album/257a5d0f-bb0f-48a0-8875-5a2624c955a6
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Contra 3 months ago
The fundamentals of Nostr are straightforward…share your thoughts freely, build genuine connections through real dialogue, amplify voices, and support good content with zaps. The protocol works when we participate actively rather than passively. Every person here contributes something distinct to the conversation. The collective gets stronger as individuals show up authentically. So take what you have to offer today and put it out there. That’s how we build something worth being part of.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Gm and PV
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Contra 3 months ago
It is time for these armchair Zionists to put their money where their mouth is. If they are so enamored with the idea of Israel, they should be willing to take the ultimate step and become citizens, subjecting themselves to the same risks and challenges faced by those they so vociferously support. Anything less is nothing short of cowardice, a pathetic attempt to reap the benefits of Zionism without shouldering any of the burdens.
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Contra 3 months ago
When someone starts sharing uncomfortable truths and mainstream influencers suddenly coordinate to shut them down, pay attention. The scale of the backlash usually reveals how close they got to something real. Watch who’s trying to silence them and ask yourself what they’re protecting.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Contra 3 months ago
Workout Done ✅ EMOM 25 minutes -10 cal echo bike - 3 PC, 3 FS, 3 Jerk @ 95lbs - 10 ring dips - 10 GHD - KB swing @ 53lbs Yard work is next….
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Contra 3 months ago
Gm. Stop spending your prime years in environments designed for distraction and consumption. Redirect that energy toward becoming the kind of man a quality woman would want to build alongside. The relationship you want starts with the discipline you practice when no one’s watching. Your future family is built on the habits you’re forming today.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Contra 3 months ago
The Privacy Paradox: What Data Breaches Reveal About Us The sheer volume of data breaches has become background noise. Another headline, another apology email, another year of free credit monitoring. Yet we continue uploading our lives to centralized platforms, seemingly unbothered. This is not ignorance. This is learned helplessness masquerading as trust. We have outsourced our digital sovereignty to authorities and corporations under an implicit bargain. They will protect us, regulate the bad actors, make it all okay. The same institutions that cannot secure their own databases are somehow expected to secure ours. The same regulatory bodies that move at glacial speeds while tech evolves exponentially. Every breach proves the bargain is broken. But rather than reclaim ownership of our data, we wait for the next patch, the next regulation, the next promise that this time they will get it right. The contradiction is stark. We claim to value privacy while actively surrendering it. We demand accountability from systems designed to centralize power, then act surprised when that power is abused or incompetent. Perhaps the real revelation is not that breaches keep happening. It is that we have normalized them. We have accepted that our data will be leaked, sold, or stolen as the price of participation in modern digital life. Decentralized protocols are not just technical alternatives. They are philosophical rejections of this entire framework. They suggest that maybe the solution is not better authorities, but fewer dependencies on authority altogether. The question is not whether culture cares about privacy. The question is whether we care enough to do something radically different about it. What do you think? Are we genuinely apathetic, or just trapped in a system that makes real privacy feel impossible?
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Contra 3 months ago
You can’t convince your friend to try that amazing restaurant until they’re actually hungry. You could describe the food all day, but until their stomach growls, they’re not interested. That’s orange pilling in a nutshell. Readiness isn’t about intelligence. It’s about necessity meeting curiosity.