0 notes, 0 replies, 0 zaps. I keep getting a lot of new followers who have zero activity on Nostr but follow hundreds of people. I assume that they are bots. But why? Does anyone know what's behind these accounts? #asknostr

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Instagram has reportedly blocked Jill Stein’s account. She is a US presidential candidate for the Green Party. One of the things I find most interesting about #nostr is its potential to circumvent gate-keeping and expand the reach of political actors.

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The author of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, James Madison, wrote extensively under an anonymous pseudonym. Along with his co-authors John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, he published The Federalists Papers under the name "Publius." The federalists wanted their readers to focus on the arguments rather than their personal identities. Madison was the primary author of our First Amendment and later became the 4th President of the United States.

Any creator of anything knows this feeling: You experience someone else’s innovative work. It’s beautiful, brilliant, breath-taking. You’re stunned. Their ideas are unexpected and surprising, but perfect. You think, “I never would have thought of that. How do they even come up with that? It’s genius!” Afterwards, you think, “My ideas are so obvious. I’ll never be as inventive as that.” I get this feeling often. Amazing books, music, movies, or even amazing conversations. I’m in awe at how the creator thinks like that. I’m humbled. But I continue to do my work. I tell my little tales. I share my point of view. Nothing spectacular. Just my ordinary thoughts. One day someone emailed me and said, “I never would have thought of that. How did you even come up with that? It’s genius!” Of course I disagreed and explained why it was nothing special. But afterwards, I realized something surprisingly profound: Everybody’s ideas seem obvious to them. I’ll bet even John Coltrane or Richard Feynman felt that everything they were playing or saying was pretty obvious. So maybe what’s obvious to me is amazing to someone else? Hit songwriters often admit that their most successful hit song was one they thought was just stupid, even not worth recording. We’re clearly bad judges of our own creations. We should just put them out there and let the world decide. Are you holding back something that seems too obvious to share? Source: Derek Sivers

Why are you bullish?

Having a productive and focused Friday. Best day of the week so far.

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In case I don’t see ya, GA, GE, and GN.

My #Lightning node has been offline for several weeks because I’m going through the moving process with my family. What does this mean for my node? Will the channels close? Does my #bitcoin get returned to me on-chain? Anything to be concerned about? #asknostr

Though we live on the US Dollar, You and me, we’ve got our own Sense of Time.

The new #Primal update is working really well.

Tonight's Republican debate will not significantly change the dynamic in the race. The candidates uniformly came across as small and hawkish. As cliche as it sounds, Trump did likely benefit from sitting this one out. The only thing I enjoyed about tonight's debate was that some of the fault lines within the Republican Party were on display, especially vis-à-vis Ukraine. In the long run, it's probably a strategic mistake for the Democratic Party to skip these debates.

Using #Primal app on iOS. Does anyone know why reposted notes like this one don’t display properly? Anything I can do to fix? #AskNostr

@Max DeMarco is quickly becoming one of my favorite content creators. In this new video he tries the carnivore diet for 30 days. From personal experience, I can say that the first 3 weeks are the most difficult. I was strictly carnivore for nearly 2 years, but following a more flexible meat-based ketogenic diet now. For me, it has provided great mental health benefits, with a tremendous reduction in stress and anxiety. Max--aside from the physical benefits that you describe in the video, did you experience any cognitive or mood improvements?