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Zaps are the main selling point of #nostr for the general public. I would argue that the risk of being deplatformed is from legacy social media is not something that’s relevant for an average “content creator” because they would never do anything that would get them banned anyway. They are used to playing by the rules, in some sense it is their very specialty since their success is related to how well they “please” the algorithm. So the main differentiator between nostr and other social media is (aside from the bad UX), the existence of zaps - a P2P exchange of value within a protocol for exchange of information. Should the culture of zapping die, nostr would likely remain a very marginal, fringe part of the Internet. My hope is to see, in the not so distant future - for example, YouTube videos and nostr vlogs titled “How I make $100 a week creating content on nostr” - and for that NOT to be an overstatement, but a quite achievable thing for anyone who is artistically inclined or an expert in their respective field. And yes, I agree, “100k sats” sounds a lot cooler than “$100,” but come on, let’s be real: the normies aren’t there yet. They denominate in fiat, so we have to meet them where they are. #grownostr #plebchain nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqn3uxu6m9lr790dws3j03ww5dynh4nzsps3vw9h5rmw9zkcelusqyd8wumn8ghj7cn0wd68ytnvv43hgatjd9n8jtnwv46z7qgswaehxw309ahzummtxqhx7un89uqzp5sjqatf4vmn4uqt3ml9p9wlcee8vulple244rl4uw00ggp89srpv34llq

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External Beautification Grants Internal Gratification (A Mind Map) Around this time 3 years ago, as I was doing a yoga teacher course in beautiful Byron Bay, I started properly journaling. So, to refresh my own memory, to go down memory lane and also to remind myself how far I've come, I opened up my first journal from that time period. One of the many fun things I came across was this: Next page: Sidenote: The yoga teacher course propelled me to writing in general, as I wrote my first essay The Basics of Yoga as a philosophical exercise in figuring out what I would say to my students besides the cues and instructions related to the yoga practice itself nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqqn3uxu6m9lr790dws3j03ww5dynh4nzsps3vw9h5rmw9zkcelusqq2ng7ngf4t55cfdgvuy65r40yuhx4fcwfskshdrnam

Hey friends, Since I want to offer the resale opportunity of this book to additional bookstores (shoutout to nostr:npub1c74n52sngtmceu96gxms7lsfcdz3gqsfla9swcdgt7wc0qw684zqfe2cj2 for being the first in that regard) and most want hefty commissions, the regular price for the book has been raised to 25 € / $29 USD. HOWEVER, The book is currently "on sale" at Kontext Store of Value at the original price: 21 €, and you get an additional 5% off at checkout when paying with #Bitcoin :) PS. When the sale ends, you can get 4 € off (i.e. the book at its original 21 € price) by using the promo code "nostr" #bookstr #v4v #circulareconomy #plebchain #grownostr nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqqn3uxu6m9lr790dws3j03ww5dynh4nzsps3vw9h5rmw9zkcelusqyd8wumn8ghj7cn0wd68ytnvv43hgatjd9n8jtnwv46z7qgswaehxw309ahzummtxqhx7un89uqzph6m9ax5xjw46dy3q9afllqwn3z4uxt9e3v50z77a8cl6qj2p4xpy0uv72

❄️ https://blossom.primal.net/a7fffa29e072245927e0e9fad366b49676d0ddec1e85b6ff7a39b64ffa0ea17e.mp4 #tunestr #nature #firstsnow

https://video.nostr.build/4fb4ab6c956cc64624e47b818609f0346540fbbd0bc28e77beb14ad7d88f6ddd.mp4 Source: "Sabrina" (1954) #filmstr

Full article: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernhardguenther/p/why-people-abandon-inner-work-and Or check out the related pod: https://fountain.fm/episode/3wJf4X34n7CWQw5GkWIl

I have a friend who's a silver investor. "The price of silver is heavily manipulated," he says, as he keeps investing in silver. 🤷‍♂️

#NOSTR #VLOG VOLUME 8: “If you can't enjoy the process, trust the process" https://blossom.primal.net/6d9e814cc4ca8da778a11b58f18eaf62383f4e6e60d21f9bfec1440fc1f31818.mp4 #vlogstr

I listened to the audiobook version of JBP's Maps of Meaning earlier this year. Yesterday, finished watching the 13-part series of him doing lectures on this at Harvard in 1996. As I was finishing up the series, the first episode of the new Maps of Meaning lectures dropped ... guess I'll be going through this material for the third time 🤓 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn1Np7mrFck

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.” ― Aldous Huxley

My guitar-wielding buddy El Brujo & myself had a little jam session last weekend, this impro variation of Water Falling on some random drum beat came out quite nice, fresh & clean IMHO https://audio.nostr.build/36ad3028892dcaf665d559989abed1dc927af53c7606962fb1e1a4f528c4086c.mp3 #tunestr

It's Father's Day in Estonia and the Nordic countries this Sunday. In honor of all the fathers out there, you can enjoy a 10% discount at Kontext Store of Value with the promo code "father" (valid until 11/11/2025) 🤠 PS. I just published a couple of "FREE SPEECH NOSTRICH" t-shirt designs... have a look, maybe something catches your eye 👀 https://kontext.store/ #Bitcoin #nostr #merch #plebchain #CircularEconomy

Healing the individual heals the society. Healing involves hell and kneeling. You must descend in order to ascend. A Lover is a Healer; the mediator between Heaven and Hell.

The photo above, taken by yours truly, is free to use: ✅ Can be downloaded and used for free ✅ Commercial and non-commercial purposes ✅ No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!) Taken in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, in February 2020, it was uploaded to Unsplash in May 2022 and later to the nostr:npub1yxqdukmj70wlhwf6vg3fwkwcxmgdalahgsl7lcpka8gvs4xkew3s7p3a6x section of nostr:npub1p6y243ek340jtqjr0qnqg2elkw3x5yn08kzhvxxxkejj486mlg9qtnwx3t On Unsplash alone, the photo has been viewed almost 10,000 times and downloaded almost 100 times. Unsplash does not have #zaps though. Unsplash does not very well facilitate #V4V. Even though I'm supposedly "in the top 10% of contributors" on Unsplash, I've yet to receive a single tip or donation. Here's my offer: I will post 10 additional photos for free use, for any purpose if this note reaches the 5000 sats zap-goal post 👀 #photography #plebchain #grownostr (also, testing nostr:npub1qf9pur8yz8e8w78ap6255fx9x6xrakm2jgmqyv063l9365p7sdcs5fauu5 🤠)

Finally got around to doing a DSLR photoshoot of my book "A Stoic Resurrection: Notes From the Journal of a Modern Stoic" 🤠 #bookstr