Ed Braaten

72 Hours since last block found by OCEAN? Is something wrong with the pool? #bitcoin #mining #ocean #asknostr

#coffeechain #geotagged

Really enjoyed the road-trip stories and am looking forward to next week's episode where I hope to hear about the return trip. Thanks for the coverage of the Texas Linux Fest and for the effort the team puts into the show! https://fountain.fm/episode/AHVB5wiLBpQIrpBxrz6z nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpgs7th02re4wq67h3588zpv4q09m53ht8sg3guypmxcrf3c3wyw0rf2z6y

#hamradio https://fountain.fm/episode/sTK5owTfhynAJJ4U7lcG nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzppv303jarxuagkurq2p9xlvzevggypz0je83smuuv47hnu5n33tmfnavr0

A must listen for anyone considering a career in #trucking! #transportation https://fountain.fm/episode/Utfrqwk0se0Pa6Rz6rer

Giving #Fountain another try after the 1.3 release, hoping to replace #AntennaPod as my go to #podcasting app. #Nostr integration and value-for-value features aren't making it into AntennaPod soon enough. I listened to this episode of #LinuxUnplugged today while offline - and watched the SATs "streaming" while I listened. Very nice! I have to do some tuning on the best amount to stream to meet my budget, but fountain makes this pretty easy. The good news is that the show will now be receiving more consistent support from me. Thanks for the show and all the hard work that goes into it! https://fountain.fm/episode/9gbeU3iOXO0ydFdKsq6R nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzqmasa2ecn0fpnk772cy7qn6r6zjaglv6l2jfl7jrey5thttjg48f5vgdhv

#coffeechain #leftbank #olympia #pnw

Just completed a walk with RUNSTR! 🚶‍♀️💨 ⏱️ Duration: 20:29 📏 Distance: 1.07 mi 👟 Steps: 2,251 steps 🔥 Calories: 103 kcal 🏔️ Elevation Gain: 79 ft 📉 Elevation Loss: 87 ft After dinner walk. #runstr #walkstr #RUNSTR #Walking

It's high-noon and the day's allowance of coffee has already been consumed - what a blessed #PNW day this is! #coffeechain

Good morning from #LW #Olympia #coffeechain.

I had the privilege of enjoying #coffeechain with two of my grand daughters this morning. Guess which two drinks belong to the girls... 😀

I made it through #TSA at the #SeaTac airport this morning uncaffeinated without creating a security incident! 🤪. So here is my reward - a high-priced but decent latte. #coffeetrain

First chore today: refill the #birdfeeder. #coffeechain

These numbers certainly deserve discussion. Even if the accuracy was off by a 100+ percent they still reflect a very disturbing trend! #health #healthcare #healthcarepolicy #mentalhealth #communityhealth #lifestyle #environment #fitness #diet #technology #medicine

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son in law and the architect of the Abraham accords wrote on X: “September 27th is the most important day in the Middle East since the Abraham Accords breakthrough. I have spent countless hours studying #Hezbollah and there is not an expert on earth who thought that what #Israel has done to decapitate and degrade them was possible. This is significant because #Iran is now fully exposed. The reason why their nuclear facilities have not been destroyed, despite weak air defense systems, is because Hezbollah has been a loaded gun pointed at Israel. Iran spent the last forty years building this capability as its deterrent. President Trump would often say, “Iran has never won a war but never lost a negotiation.” The Islamic Republic’s regime is much tougher when risking #Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian and Houthi lives than when risking their own. Their foolish efforts to assassinate President Trump and hack his campaign reek of desperation and are hardening a large coalition against them. Iranian leadership is stuck in the old Middle East, while their neighbors in the GCC are sprinting toward the future by investing in their populations and infrastructure. They are becoming dynamic magnets for talent and investment while Iran falls further behind. As the Iranian proxies and threats dissipate, regional security and prosperity will rise for Christians, Muslims and Jews alike. Israel now finds itself with the threat from Gaza mostly neutralized and the opportunity to neutralize Hezbollah in the north. It’s unfortunate how we got here but maybe there can be a silver lining in the end. Anyone who has been calling for a ceasefire in the North is wrong. There is no going back for Israel. They cannot afford now to not finish the job and completely dismantle the arsenal that has been aimed at them. They will never get another chance. After the brilliant, rapid-fire tactical successes of the pagers, radios, and targeting of leadership, Hezbollah’s massive weapon cache is unguarded and unmanned. Most of Hezbollah fighters are hiding in their tunnels. Anyone still around was not important enough to carry a pager or be invited to a leadership meeting. Iran is reeling, as well, insecure and unsure how deeply its own intelligence has been penetrated. Failing to take full advantage of this opportunity to neutralize the threat is irresponsible. I have been hearing some amazing stories about how Israel has been collecting intelligence over the past 10 months with some brilliant technology and crowdsourcing initiatives. But today, with the confirmed killing of #Nasrallah and at least 16 top commanders eliminated in just nine days, was the first day I started thinking about a Middle East without Iran’s fully loaded arsenal aimed at Israel. So many more positive outcomes are possible. This is a moment to stand behind the peace-seeking nation of Israel and the large portion of the Lebanese who have been plagued by Hezbollah and who want to return to the times when their country was thriving, and Beirut a cosmopolitan city. The main issue between Lebanon and Israel is Iran; otherwise there is a lot of benefit for the people of both countries from working together. The right move now for America would be to tell Israel to finish the job. It’s long overdue. And it’s not only Israel’s fight. More than 40 years ago, Hezbollah killed 241 US military personnel, including 220 #Marines. That remains the single deadliest day for the U.S. Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later that same day, Hezbollah killed 58 French paratroopers. And now, over the past six weeks or so, Israel has eliminated as many terrorists on the US list of wanted terrorists as the US has done in the last 20 years. Including Ibrahim Aqil, the leader of Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization who masterminded the 1983 killing of those Marines.”