@AQSTR FYI I tried using the repost across multiple opportunities and got invoice generation error on them all. Quote worked fine. Not sure if this is related to me or a bug.

Welp… Guess Hawaii is off the visit list. I just learned its illegal to laugh out loud there. Only a-lo-ha is permitted… 🤣 Good night Nostriches! #GN

@bitBeaker oh man you made me laugh out loud… That’s super hard to do! “Imagine 21 of these” Oh man that was funny right there.

Well...there is a lot of nuance missed with this belief and context missing for sure. Primarily we have to take into account environment (not purely as in "nature" but what is an individual surrounded by). A lot of research exists which supports 'we are the sum of our closest 5 people' so physical and relational environment are huge factors. Further, take into consideration personal struggles, addiction tendencies, etc. I'm friggin brilliant. Lot's of people tell me so and pay me so...YET I'm overweight. I have all the head knowledge and have on several occasions lost significant fat, but manage to put it back on. Is this because I lack intelligence as you claim or something else? Perhaps discipline or addiction struggles or a myriad of others reasons. === Too often people want to point to a binary claim for causation, when in fact correlation does not always equal causation. === As for the "fat children"...do we really believe, especially in America, that we are setting kids up for success health wise? The quality of food we feed our children is horrible. And I'd certainly argue few and far between parents, could claim ignorance on the subject. Yet here again, there are many variables that play a role. For example, food deserts - an area with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly in predominantly lower-income neighborhoods. More specifically, a community with at least a 20% poverty rate and where 33% of residents live more than 1 mile from a grocery store in urban areas or 10 miles in rural areas. While not an excuse for me, but rather as a point of relevance, I live near 3 such places just a few miles away. So food deserts are a real thing even in America. Which is to bring it home to (physical) environment. We can't blame intelligence or apparent lack there of, for an issue that has multiple variable inputs. View quoted note →

Good analogy. I'd add: In a distributed manner. What is others knew and thereby had evidence the certificates in your safe were in fact yours. It's a good system for sure! Just trying to figure out how to consistently stack more sats! View quoted note →

Good morning Nostriches! I’ve been blessed in my younger years to travel to other countries. This brought me a few good long term relationships that are still thriving today. More recently I became connected with an organization which has significantly more connections around the globe than I do (not hard to do 🤣) Through these connections and in particular as I believe Leadership = Relationships I’ve come to realize, you have to meet people “where they are at”. Yes sometimes physically, but more so, connectivity and relationship wise. What does this mean for NOSTR and Bitcoin? Well we can either come in yelling and screaming, cramming our message down someone’s throat, exclaiming from the rooftops “Orange and Purple only, no Blue check marks…” OR… We can meet people where they are! Learn to value them. Engage on the topics that interest them. Help them move closer to what it is they want and what God has for them. In short: Earn the right to be heard. If we do that, if we approach growing NOSTR and Bitcoin via relationships first, I know we will succeed. P.S. Remember if it’s worth a Like, Comment, ReNote, or QuoteNote; it’s worth a #zap Pura Vida #GM #PV #grownostr #bitcoin #leadership

Going to sleep soon Nostriches. Last night i took a little extra Melatonin and it seemed to help me get my first “through the night” sleep in a couple of weeks. HR was also a couple beats lower. Not at target but closer. Probably looking at a 48h fast this week followed by a day or two of bone broth to kick the “holiday food” inflammation which I assume is what’s been going on with my sleep these last few weeks. We shall see.