Can we build a more human internet? @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻🍁 joined me on Connection for a conversation that gave me a fresh perspective on Nostr and community. I keep coming back to the power of smaller networks. Places built around shared interests, where we get to know each other and have a reason to return. Cooking is one of those connections. There are countless others. What happens when we build more of the internet around that idea? Grab a coffee and join us 😊

Day 284 🌿 ✨ "A house divided against itself cannot stand." — Abraham Lincoln 💫 "I trust that slow growth is still growth." 🙏 Grateful for my wife and our experiences together

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Wife and I hit the coasters today 🎢

Day 283 ☀️ ✨ "The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object." — Marcus Aurelius 💫 "I am surrounded by love and support." 🙏 Grateful for this day and this breath

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Next weekend, there will be 🫂 View quoted note →

111 days in a row of sharing gratitude 🙏 View quoted note →

Day 282 ⭐️ ✨ "Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice." — Laozi 💫 "I trust in my ability to overcome challenges." 🙏 Grateful for the compounding moments

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Day 281 🌻 ✨ "As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind." — The Dhammapada 💫 "I am learning to forgive the gap between who I am and who I meant to be today." 🙏 grateful for the mentors in my life

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A reason to celebrate is coming 🍷 🥳

Day 280 🌞 ✨ "Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all." — George Washington 💫 "I release the scoreboard. This day is not a contest." 🙏 Grateful for cool mornings

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Day 279 🌅 ✨ "A cucumber is bitter—Throw it away.—There are briers in the road—Turn aside from them.—This is enough." — Marcus Aurelius 💫 "I release the belief that I must earn the sunrise." 🙏 I trust that everything will work out

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You all kept pushing me to make food discovery better, and I’m excited about where we landed. Great curation, our own relay, and a food experience you can take into other Nostr apps. And yes, we built a pickle feed. 🥒 Thank you for the feedback and for supporting what we’re building at Zap Cooking. Try it out and tell me what you think. View quoted note →

Day 278 🌿 ✨ "As in walking you take care not to tread upon a nail, or turn your foot, so likewise take care not to hurt the ruling faculty of your mind." — Epictetus 💫 "I practice returning to this moment whenever I wander." 🙏 Grateful for each breath

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Breath as Qigong (Taoist) Breath is the most portable practice. Soften the belly, lengthen the exhale, let the shoulders drop. Taoist work with qi often begins here. Gratitude rides on the breath we did not have to earn. Each inhale is provision; each exhale is trust. We do not need a mountain temple. A doorway, a pause between emails, can be enough. Thank the air. It has been doing this for you all day. "Can you concentrate your qi and become soft like an infant?" — Tao Te Ching, ch. 10

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Day 277 ☀️ ✨ "The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the people his mind." — Laozi 💫 "I am learning to stay with myself." 🙏 Grateful for the community at camp

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Fall fire 🔥

My son is shorty from killer klowns from outer space

Day 276 ⭐️ ✨ "But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle." — Thomas Jefferson 💫 "I am becoming the best version of myself." 🙏 Grateful for the opportunities around me

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The OG magnets handed out at Nostrville will be worth money some day. You had to be there. View quoted note →