#KeepNostrWeird

What did @Derek Ross post?

@npub12zxg...3sj2 seems pretty cool. Just discovered it. It's one of the "Other Stuff" for movie ratings/reviews.

I was blessed to visit St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside CA a few weeks ago. I recommend visiting if you are ever near by. One of the outer doors features this carving of St. Symeon the Stylite. He lived most of his life on the top of a pillar in Syria, seeking a life of fasting, prayer and seclusion. As is the case with many Orthodox saints, despite his best efforts, his desire for seclusion was for naught as word of his holiness grew throughout the empire and his pillar became a place of pilgrimage during his lifetime. Paupers and emperors, great saints and great sinners all sought both his prayers and wise counsel. The idea of a political leader seeking the advice of an ascetic who had been standing on a pillar in the middle of the desert for decades in prayer seems so absurd to the modern mind, and yet that is exactly what happened in the fifth century.

Scenes from the yard on a chilly October morning

In the frantic pace of the global conference scene Pacific Bitcoin seems like ancient history already. Since then scenes Amsterdam and Lugano have come and gone, now there is Bali, before long will be Argentina, El Salvador, Nostrasia, Nostrville, an on and on. But I digress… I'm just an anon bitcoin pleb that’s used to going it alone. Been that way for years. I don't really have any IRL friends who get bitcoin and I've never been much of an evangelist, even for the things I deeply believe in. If anyone brings up the topic I’m happy to give my 2 sats but that rarely happens these days. I tried to orange pill a few friends years ago to no effect and in the end, “If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.” So when circumstances allowed me to attend Pacific Bitcoin I was stoked. Shout out to @Joshr for the ticket hookup. It was my first time attending a bitcoin conference and I'd never been around so many bitcoiners before, so many digital avatars manifested in real life. Many voices that have been planting thoughts and ideas in my brain for years through podcasts, twitter, books, and youtube were there in the flesh–real people after all. In the whirlwind of it all I didn’t sit through many of the talks in person, preferring to spend my limited there checking things out on the floor and chatting with folks. Shout out to @Erik Cason who I didn’t really know about before. I caught most of his talk and you should too. I haven’t gotten his book yet but I look forward to reading it at some point in the future. #plebchain #pacificbitcoin

Selections from the kids bookshelf @SHAmory

If 21 is the numerolgical symbol of #bitcoin what is the special number of #thenostr ? #asknostr