Lately, it's been taking me three tries to send a Zap on nostr, and I'm wondering why...🤔🧐😮❔ Anybody have a clue?❔❔❔😳😁 Zapping used to be pretty reliable... #asknostr

In case you haven't noticed, Starship launch is scheduled in about 20 minutes... Incredible to watch at:

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GM...😁 I have a theory about solo bitcoin mining...😁 Care to hear it?🤔🧐😆❔ Solomon once said: "The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the Lord." - Proverbs 16:33 I believe that Jesus/God has an INCREDIBLE sense of humor. (If you don't know that, go read the 9th chapter of John...😜🤣😂) Besides what Solomon said, the Bible is full of evidence that God is in complete control of "random" events. Now, even though statistical odds make solo mining with something like a Bitaxe massively unlikely, when you combine God's sense of humor with his control of random events, you have the most plausible explanation for why we have already seen more than one small solo miner scoring a block. Read about the solo odds:

The Bitcoin Manual

A BitAxe Miner Nets A Block - The Bitcoin Manual

A solo Bitcoin miner with 3 TH/s has mined block 853742, overcoming odds of 1 in 1.2 million and earning 3.192 BTC for their contribution to the ne...

And read what the Bible says about "randomness."...:

Topical Bible: Casting Lots and Divine Decision

BTW, there are other fascinating Bible stories on the topic, such as the one about the archer who let his arrow fly at random and killed king Saul... Look THAT one up!😜🤣😂

Interesting discovery today; the original meaning of "doge"...

Wiktionary

Doge - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

#TIL #doge

"Holding bitcoin is using bitcoin." I believe this is true, and an important assertion to make. At the same time, I believe we need to step up our game, using bitcoin day to day as money totally divorced from the state. I know that I personally need to learn more about the available tools that can facilitate transactions in a 100% peer to peer, private, circular bitcoin economy. "Thou shalt not steal" is a truth deeply embedded in our bones, yet flagrantly violated with impunity by the state, which then proceeds to gaslight us into feeling guilty for not rolling over and accepting their daily rape of our assets. It's long past time that we said "No, thanks" to the universal robbery... #bitcoin #anarchy #anarchism #statism #hodling #CircularEconomy

Simplicity! by Duncan Cary Palmer (Special to nostr, 27 February 2025) A decade or so ago, a dear friend expressed a longing to simplify her life. She spoke of eliminating superfluous household items, reducing reliance on technological devices, eliminating clutter, and other appropriate downsizing. My thoughts about simplification are perhaps a little more Solomonic... I've long been jealous of Solomon - at times, in the most juvenile of ways, picturing two or three new babes per night throughout the year... But, as I've, ahem, *matured* a little, *ahem*, my jealousy has been more focused on Solomon's *access to resources*... What does that have to do with "simplicity?" MY concept of simplicity is not the elimination of "stuff;" rather, the ability to keep my stuff under tight control, fully organized. I remember my Grandma Tess, who introduced me to Jesus at a very tender age (five) and who loved me by telling me stories, taking me "gospel tracking," encouraging me in many ways, and especially praying for me... I recall Grandma saying to me "A place for everything, and everything in its place." That is something I have *struggled* with all my life! I desperately want to have a large array of *tools* at hand; tools that enable me to implement my ideas. Over the last decade or so, I've worked to improve my tool situation; first, by building a workshop in the garage; later, a woodworking shop on the end of the driveway... And it's *still* not enough! I struggle *mightily* trying to keep the tools I have *organized!* What I *really* want and need--and what makes me so jealous of Solomon--is access to *minions*. The man had immense resources, including *minions* by the *thousands*--hey, if he could afford 700 wives and 300 concubines, I'm sure he had a *servant* or two, ya think? Fast-forward to the 21st century, and I *do* have minions, of a kind... I have "thinking machines" that help me with my work and keep my reading matter, documents, and important papers from flooding my office. I have robots that help my better half keep the dishes and laundry clean. I imagine one day having even *more* robots to handle many other menial chores. *Way* back in the '70s, when I was working as a maintenance man in a plastics factory, I recall agreeing with my colleagues that our jobs would *never* become obsolete. It seemed obvious that things would *always* break, wear out, gum up, or otherwise deteriorate, requiring our repair skills... With the advent of AIs, however, that may one day no longer be true. AIs plus "replicators" (i.e. solid printers, CNC machine tools, etc.) may one day--rather than repair--simply use robots to disassemble, recycle as raw materials, and re-fabricate the broken, good as new... Given replicators, we need not "keep things" all filed and sorted... we'll merely stock basic "raw materials," out of which our replicators can "build" the things we need--on demand--as needed. I guess--for me--"simplicity" would be primarily a matter of far more tightly controlled organization; of truly having the "space" to store things in an organized fashion; of having robots to "deal with" keeping track of things for me; of keeping my personal space uncluttered and restful; of off-loading menial tasks, so as to afford the maximum time for social interaction, for family time, and for me to do what I did yesterday; namely spend hours with my granddaughter out on the lake, teaching her and making her laugh and teasing her and loving her towards a happy future womanhood. I also think of Bob Heinlein's stories--like "He Built A Crooked House"--in which he imagined tesseract houses, and spacecraft that have larger *insides* than *outsides*, interior space folded in interesting and very useful ways. Cool ideas. I recall another among my favorite Sci-Fi series, the "Heeche" novels by Fredrick Pohl. In them, the protagonist has programmed his AI to appear as a holographic Einstein... an "electronic amanuensis" who accesses information and keeps track of everything for him. *I WANT THAT*! I *need* an amanuensis to facilitate my life, to deal with all the myriad and niggling and otherwise troubling details, thus *freeing me up* to concentrate on the technical and design problems du jour... *SOME DAY*--in the Glory, if not before--*I SHALL HAVE* all of this, along with friends at my side to collaborate!, and THEN the universe will be "my oyster," and some *amazing* things will begin to happen... Until then, I'll just have to muddle along as well as I am able. Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think in the thread below...

Evil on a Global Scale by Duncan Cary Palmer I share the link below more as a fan of Dr. McCullough than Naomi Wolf, but not primarily about either one. I consider the specific topic--aftermath of Covid 19--important, but I think the background information is even more so... Are you ready for the next global propaganda campaign?🤔🧐❓ Listen *between the lines* to the interview below. Consider what must be involved to coordinate the level of psychological coercion that was involved in Covid, on a GLOBAL scale... The interview speaks of a multiplicity of evidences that specific, common lies about the safety and effectiveness of the mRNA "vaccines" were promulgated through government, corporate, and media channels world-wide in a coordinated propaganda effort. These lies have culminated in thousands of deaths directly attributable to the injections. I've heard such evil commonly attributed to "the elite" and to "the deep state," but I am persuaded the root cause is even deeper. Scripture speaks of "principalities and powers" behind the scenes. Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world; Jesus declined the offer, refusing to worship satan; but the "principalities and powers" are fully on board with the devil's program, and EVERY nation state in existence is under their sway. And so, I'll ask again; Are you ready for the next thrust? Once you realize that the entire game is rigged; that the devil himself is pulling the strings behind the scenes; and that--as Jesus plainly said--satan "comes only to steal and kill and destroy," you will be better prepared to think critically about whatever we're faced with next time around, and you will be more likely to have the fortitude to "just say NO." So give this interview a listen; recognize there is a universal deception afoot behind the scenes; fortify your mind against whatever the next wave of propaganda may be... ~~~~~~~ Dr. Naomi Wolf's Outspoken: "Dr. Peter McCullough on HHS Revolution" Episode webpage:

"Dr. Peter McCullough on HHS Revolution"

Opinion - Dr. Naomi Wolf

Media file: ~~~~~~~ And don't miss this collection of articles that go into great detail about the global deception, and its ultimate antidote; the Kingdom of Jesus/God:

PeakD

'The Kingdom of Jesus/God/The Heavens' - My Library Shelf | PeakD

A collection of articles challenging prevailing views of the relationship between the church and ersatz civil government... by creatr