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I am one who wishes to maintain a degree of anonimity and privacy, yet simultaneously has regular urges to over share and unintentionally doxx myself. From time to time I write a detailed post of something I find interesting and then delete it before sharing because it gives out too much of "me"... ๐
I'm Mexican/American, born in Dallas and raised in Cuernavaca. I'm bilingual. Dual nationality. I went to to a top 10 leadership military school. I was in a coma for a week and a half from a skateboard accident a week before graduating high-school. I lost my sense of smell and taste from that accident and regained taste a month after, and smell 4 years later when a horse kicked the back of my head. I played polo for 16 years before I became a bartender. Now I enjoy cycling and golf as my hobbies.
I've been social media sober since 2020 until this time last year when I joined nostr. It was one of the best decisions I've made, ๐ซก๐ซ๐ป
I felt less alive gor those 4 years. Smell triggers a lot of memories. I didn't get those triggers anymore. It was depressing.
Hang in there, regarding the debt! The good part is that it should eventually mostly just inflate away! As long as the rate is not too predatory.. (I hope itโs not)
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Fiiiiiinnnnneeee I'll leave you alone
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im entropy/chaos the dark matter that holds this clown world upside down and shakes it up a bit
Hey, Iโm Eshara ๐ฅน I talk about dead bodies in the river Thames when Iโm nervous. Ghosts, vampires and aliens come up sometimes too. That being said, I also talk about them when Iโm not nervous.
Cheers to this.
Hi Keith, Iโm well jel
GM
I like long walks on the beach
Probably not a fed
Sometimes I meme, it rarely catches on
Here for teh tech
Did I mention long walks?
View quoted note โClass of โ22 been living with the Bear looking forward to the Bull. Just a humble sat stacker livinโ the bitcoin vida loca.
Imo the runs really make you miss the lows and appreciate them more next cycle.
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Sir that is a violation of HIPPA regulations and I demand you delete it
You should listen to Haunted Cosmos
I bet when you got kicked in the head by the horse (!) It *rebooted* your olfactory. Check this video out:
A family member sent this to me a few years back when I lost taste and smell from the rona. Doing the flick trick in this video I recovered both senses in short order.
Much less dramatic than your experience but I immediately thought of this when reading your intro here and imagine that the same underlying physiological *correction* occurred when you got kicked.
Oo this sounds familiar ๐ฅ I shall definitely give it a listen, thank you Jordan ๐ซ๐๐ฝ
Tell you what, I was able to do so many dirty jobs. Even pulled a dead possum out from under my uncles house; never smelled a thing.
I played polo with all those guys. My grandad started point clear polo with them.
Show them this video
View quoted note โI played a lot with Herndon, super nice guy. I broke Hutch Radclifs color bone. Tripped his horse with a hook. Bobby chewed my ass out. He's a dick.
You know enough to accept Sats! That's more than most!
Hi, I'm cynic, I post my stream of consciousness thoughts on nostr because I can. I am not always right or tactful. I believe in Bitcoin. Bitcoin is more than just number go up. It will literally disarm a lot of evil in the world. We are going to witness justice. Just need to be patient, and humble. ๐ค
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I am Yadunandan from #India
- interested in #bitcoin & #lightning
- father to a 3yr old
- tech Co-founder of PYOR & Brownrice Capital
- built Coinswitch - India's largest #crypto exchange
- a bit skeptical about #nostr yet! ๐ฌ
Nice try KGB ๐ถ๐คฃ
Kewl is so 90s chat
In the PNW too. ๐ซก
๐ฅ๐ฅ Nice to meet you!
I am the kind of person who finds receiving gifts stressful.
Call me a narcissist.
To me, gift giving is a moment where a person's impression of me is laid bare. A gift says so much; who the giver thinks I am, and what values they believe I hold. Receiving a gift is a moment of glaring clarity, a moment that displays the distance between who I am, and how I am perceived.
As may logically follow, I have always found introductions difficult as well. How does one introduce themselves, summarize a lifetime's journey, and possibly attempt to present a concise picture of who they are, absent context.
Perhaps this is why I present as a dog on the internet. A simplified and caricaturized persona that attempts to disarm, while offering a touch of the friendly non-toxic communication style I choose to use.
I am now 3 paragraphs into this introduction and have seemingly failed to do much beyond make my therapist upset that I never open up this much during our sessions...
So who am I?
I am a Bitcoiner. I am a recovered nihilist who has seen the light and leapt into it. I am the kind of mild autist who has his brain broken reading "How to Take Smart Notes", and must spend the next several months completely reassessing his relationship with the information he encounters in the world. I am a person who is unsatisfied if I end a day and do not feel like I have improved as a member of the Human race, an obsessively curious individual who cannot leave stones unturned.
Happy to meet you!
Hey frens! I'm Prayer, a solitary traveler in cyberspace. Sometimes serious sometimes sarcastic. Walk with me on this journey called life even just for a few steps, we will find common ground. Or show me boobies and we're cool!
Hola hola y bienvenida en Nostr!
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gracias!! es cรณmodo aquรญ (:
awww iโm flattered !! iโm hoping to post biweekly
Met some cool people and it was great showing up to abandoned churches even community centers with everyone there to have a great time.
Highly recommend for young men to even learn the basics. Go to the dances and improve dancing and a safer place to build up social skills.
No one is a stranger at those events, only prospective dance partners
Wassup !?
What is considered old tech?
Youโll find lots of Linux tech junkies here
This is exactly what a spook would say
Hey friends. I'm a sat stacking freak who loves high quality local beef, privacy, and nostr! Outdoor and sunlight maximalism is the way.
Howdy, I'm Spencer I do a podcast called Bowl After Bowl every Tuesday night with my wife
@DuhLaurien โ๐ป๐ฝ๐จ where we talk about weed legalization news, lightning node operation, bowling and value for value content delivery. We've got 4 kids 3 dogs a flock of chickens. Hobbies include smoking barbecue, 3D printing, anything bitcoin/lightning, photography, not wearing clothing, bowling, trolling and flying drones!
cia doesnt take zaps? ๐ค
I'm in the market for a standing safe, got any recommendations? Not trying to buy something with a backend for the manufacturer to open it if requested by the feds
Itโs ok but out of date
well im sure their are other solutions out there to help you out
Thank you! I am working on at least two books and some other things
Name's Pines, I'm an artist and a full time culinary student in 2 weeks. I love reading, writing and playing the violin (I struggle with tuning), I go outside for a tea or coffee every Friday. Often very forgetful, so I write things down.
Yo ๐ค๐ป
I'm with you on this fight.
Unified, the #plebs armed with #Bitcoin will reshape the world for the better.
Bitcoiner since January 2024
Welcome Gerry. #nostr is one of the best use cases for #bitcoin this far. You will see why so many here focus solely on btc and not defi. Itโs the greatest combo of money and social combined to ever exist.
Bullish on Shopstr ๐ซก
Can relate
Respectfully ๐ค๐ฝ๐ป
Golbez here. Using a nym. Came here through Bitcoin and stay for no algorithms
shoveling stuff in front of me. I like being my own moderator. I hate herd mentality, be you and have your own opinions
Outside of Bitcoin stuff Iโm into music (huge metal head), outdoors stuff, shooting, video games and other computer stuff like Linux.
#intoductions
Iโm what you call a geriatric millennial, grew up in the 80s & 90s. Now I have grown up responsibilities
Open minded, here to talk about whatever is going on, thoughts and opinions, hobbies and experts and of course fun shitposting.
GenX, gamer Dad although I seldom game nowadays, P&C insurance agent in Louisiana, open minded, new to NOSTR and loving it, into photography of nature, possess a large genra of music taste (metal is my go to) as much as I do food, placed upon this earth to learn teach and move on, never got mechanics until a dear friend passed and a light bulb went off, often a candle burning at both ends, often in a fire and I smile with "everything is fine", into spiritual things but not religious, the hell with establishment anything. I digress as I'm out of breath. ๐
Intriguing post. Following you as well. ๐
Whatโs up all? Iโm pretty new to Nostr but have been in Bitcoin since late 2017. I work as a security engineer for a fintech startup. Iโm a father and family man, just trying to figure out how to make a better future world for my family.
Iโm very invested in my current job, but Iโm hoping to eventually work for a Bitcoin company. I am a pretty technical person, and looking to study Bitcoin and lightning more so I can contribute to open source and maybe make it my job at some point. So if anyone has any resources, would love to take a look!
Otherwise, I like to grill/bbq, drink a little whiskey or beer, sometimes Iโll game, and I watch a lot of podcasts.
What are those little things you love in economics?
Political economy like for example the surplus value theorem from marx
Nice. So do you think that the surplus value is needed and it's a important part of the economy, or do you think like Marx that it's just a way to exploit the workforce? ๐ค
It's just a way to exploit the workforce, only that one thing has changed. That is technology that in some cases makes workforce not really important so it could be somewhat disputable
Ok, I see that as a necessary and important part of the economy.
Example:
You have a company and have more work to do than you can do by yourself, so you want to offer a productive job for someone with the needed skills.
Let say there's a $100 job. You as an emloyer need to calculate the correct pay for the employee so that your company can get the job well done + get some profits. You would not pay that $100 directly to the employee, right?
You as a ceo of your company take a multiple risks running the company and it's not charity so your goal is to make some profit and with that profit you plan to expand and employ even more people, which is very good for the economy, right?
Right, this is a very good approach, but...
The fact remains that even if you don't want to steal the worker, you still steal the worker because you keep the surplus for yourself. It is the system that works this way. Moreover there is a risk on the side of the worker too, a risk that quite well be bigger than any businesses owner or ceo will take, especially if the worker does a dangerous job.
You don't keep that surplus for youself, it's for the company profit and company profits have 3 very important functions in economy (we can talk about them also).
About the risks. If the company fails you get bankrupt, but the worker is not, they got paid as was negotiated all the way.
You as an employer need to also do work to find a suitable worker, a work that doesn't pay unless you find a worker that is willing to work for you and will succeed at the job. If the job is dangerous, you would need to pay higher wage and do more work to find a worker with suitable skills and willingness to work for you.
The worker can always start a business and work for themselves, but there's definitely many reasons why many workers decided to work for someome else.
You have interesting way to look at this, I almost thought the same before I started studying austrian economic theory.
Do you believe that every company should be non-profit?
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Yes, that's why i said that this is a very good approach, and healthy approach as much as it takes, i add now. Still your company though, not the workers company, aka your benefit.
About the risks, a worker can even lose his life due to the job. Is there a bigger risk? Risk, in general, is not an excuse for stealing the workers by keeping the surplus. I am telling this, because this is why risk is involved in such conversations, it was invented as an excuse during the cold war as an effort to justify the theft.
No, it is not possible in many cases and for many reasons, for a worker to start it's own business, but yes , on the other hand there are many cases that workers can make their own business or cooperate with others, but they don't do it usually for the exact same reasons you already mentioned. So, it depends on the case, you can be well right with your criticism on this, i certainly can agree too, but not a general rule. Far from that.
But it is not stealing we agree with the conditions.
You arrange the $100 job, I agree to work and get paid $95, you get $5 profits. But one needs to understand that this $5 is not free to you, you worked for it, you had to negotiate with the customer and with the about the job and pay.
Often those negotiation are hard and sometimes the worker do bad job and it's your job as an employer to fix all.
Well the surplus value theorum PROVES that it is stealing. So...
That theory is clearly wrong. Stealing would be if we agreed $95 pay and you pay only $90. Then you would steal $5.
Another example:
If you sell me 10 apples for the prize of $10. Then I notice that another store sells 10 apples for $8. Does it mean that you've now stolen $2 from me? ๐ค
Agreement between the tiger and the deer about the tiger's meal, is pure cheating.
Anyway look... About this particular subject, for obvious reasons, there was a huge effort during the cold war, to find an excuse to justify the stealing. Because it was recognised as stealing to the capitalist world also and as i said and as it is famously well known, this theorem comes with a proof. So, relatively close to the cold war, they ended up with the excuse we have already discussed. The risk of the business owner. That is the best they could come up with and as we saw, this excuse is more than weak. That is what they also teached, otherwise no academic career... Recently, a few years ago, i heard something about trying to justify the stealing through the theory of marginal utility, if you are aware. Of course this failed too and never heard that again since then. The only thing that can really dispute the surplus value theorem is technology, as i have already said, because it might change the situation, depending on the case, making the human work less important.
Anyway, i don't say that you don't know economics, you are probably better than me on many things, why not, but this is not your thing.
I guess the next subject i would like to discuss with you, if you are in the mood, would come also as a surprise.
By the way, i am not a marxist or something like this...
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Salutations fellow Remnant.
Greetings ๐ค
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El cuarto de Tula...
I love technology and independent thinking. I want to know why before what and Iโm trying to reduce suffering in others.
Anything else is noise.
This is one of my favorite threads of all time. I found a lot of plebs to follow here.
Always worth a repost (and thank you
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I just had an idea why donโt you reply to this note introducing yourself
saying a couple things about yourself as short or as detailed as you want it to be
in the hopes of meeting someone new, possibly a new fren, a likeminded individual, idk letโs see what happens
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Hey Nostr fam! Iโm Jared aka Cheetah Cowboy! Iโve recently launched my Organic Yerba Mate company here in Costa Rica using the IP rights from my Bored Ape! Our company is called Mono Mate and we hope to launch in the states this summer! Hope youโll follow my journey and give us a try!
I also shot myself with a .22lr pistol through my left knee at the age of 11.
The proceeding year my family would be displaced due to the Mexican police breaking into my home beating up the maids in search for my father. He escaped through a hole in a wall of bugambilias that I used to visit my next door neighbor Fernanda (whom I had a crush on) with his berretta 92fs. He would remain on the run until 3 years ago when he died homeless outside of a McDonalds in Dallas; in the town I had been born.
You should write a book about your life
Noone would believe it.
Pretty epic set of postโs about your life sir
It's been a wild ride so far my fren. I've lost everything and built a whole new life. And I couldn't have done it without Bitcoin!
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For an excellent "Nostr 101" guide for beginners, I highly recommend this video, which covers all the essentials ๐
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Welcome! This video will get you up to speed ๐
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Welcome Nostr Newcomers!
For an excellent "Nostr 101" guide for beginners, I highly recommend this video, which covers all the essentials ๐
@โฟen Wehrman @Derek Ross #introductions
Welcome! This video will get you up to speed on the wild world of Nostr ๐
WhyBitcoinOnly.com
Welcome Nostr Newcomers!
For an excellent "Nostr 101" guide for beginners, I highly recommend this video, which covers all the essentials ๐
@โฟen Wehrman @Derek Ross #introductions
Welcome! This video will get you up to speed on the wild world of Nostr ๐
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Welcome Nostr Newcomers!
For an excellent "Nostr 101" guide for beginners, I highly recommend this video, which covers all the essentials ๐
@โฟen Wehrman @Derek Ross #introductions
Ah man Whaa ๐คฃ๐๐ซ am I that bad that I have to take nostr 101 ๐ญ๐
You guys giving me homework 8 months in is just cold ๐ญ๐ซ Dโs the best though ๐๐ฝ Iโll do it tonight before bed ๐๐ฝ thank you Ben ๐ฅน๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ
i do not think it is stealing or cheating.
But If we say, yes its stealing and so we wont do it, then i wont start the business in the first place. There is no incentive to do so.
If an agreement was between two deer, would that be ok? Is this really about difference in power?
Nice, welcome MAC ๐ซ๐งก
For what it's worth, my first impression of your is you're a good writer and a sharp thinker ๐ค
Welcome bitcoinpup!
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Yes as i said, even if you don't want to steal, the system works this way. Guys all the top economists of the west, tried to debunk the theorem for decades for a reason. There is literally a ton of books and other critics on the subject. All of them failed so far. Half of the planet tried in the past to switch to socialism because of this. Have a look...
Agreement between the tiger and the deer is purely natural. Tiger can eat deer but eventually worms will eat the tiger. So what's the agreement between tiger and worms?
Anybody can try to prove anything they wanted, but one can always use their own brains.
We've $100 job. You do the easier part (negotiations and arrangements) and I do the harder part. So you get $5 and I get $95. I see no stealing in that arrangement, we both agreed with it.
In my opinion, stealing is something that happens when somebody takes something someone else have earned, without their consent. I think printing money is stealing because it reduces the purchasing power of our wealth without our consent.
How do you define stealing?
Welcome!
ok. I wasn't arguing on this point, just asking a follow up. I also want to understand the thinking that leads to this. Because it doesn't make sense to me.
I see. The best is to look the theorem itself and the proof that accompanies it. In a nutshell, there is a surplus value created by the production procedure, and that whole surplus value ends up only in the pocket of the business owner. I hope that i am not confusing you, i am not really good on explaining things.
Ah, so it's the word stealing that confuses you. Ok, we could maybe say it blackmail or injust. Let's say injust. Please read the theorem and the proof and make your own definition and share it with us, i think that would be the best. I am curious if you'll see something different.
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Good news is, Iโm in slightly better shape now. These 100 pushups still arenโt easy but Iโm getting through them more quickly.
Letโs fucking goooooo!
I started the challenge a bit late (last week) so Iโm sore af rn plus back into the gym idk why tf I ever left ๐ญ never leaving again
Ngl i havenโt been doing it. I tried and got rekt for like a week. Iโll start trying again ๐ซก
LFGOOOOO! U fuckin got this ๐ซก no pain no gain babeeeyy
Youโve got this! Do 20 sets of 5 throughout the day. Rhe shorter sets will reduce soreness. Or just do them every other day.
My name is Sandy, I like sats. Yours. I am quite opinionated and not liked by many. Maybe we can be friends. ๐
Hey guys Iโm Nina, I like to freestyle and eat sushi. I also like talking about post apocalyptic shit. ๐ซก
Just Awesome.
Hello, the proof of work sets a certain pace in the TIMECHAIN and this timechain therefore has a smallest time unit of 1 single block. But there are multiple time schedules present in the timechain. most notably the halving schedule that recently happened. And also the difficulty adjustment. Do you know of any other time schedule that is coded in the timechain? Because that itself can be refferred to as a timeunit on the timechain. Like we have days and months, we got blocks and halvings and etc.
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I just had an idea why donโt you reply to this note introducing yourself
saying a couple things about yourself as short or as detailed as you want it to be
in the hopes of meeting someone new, possibly a new fren, a likeminded individual, idk letโs see what happens
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Hi Sleepy !
I post art and mountains ๐๏ธ
Hi Iโm Scott. I draw, paint, make music, t-shirts, and sew cool, practical stuff. I collect Hot Wheels and watches. I probably have more tattoos than you.
Hi I'm Ted.
I am a homesteader, dog rescue volunteer, guitar maker and Bitcoin pleb who also enjoys restoring motorcycles.
Wake up, Ser! Learning as much as I can about Bitcoin, stacking sats the BCA way, learning to be humble.
Hey, Iโm Adrian! Massage therapy is my trade and I narrate audiobooks in my spare time. My lady partner of 12 years also narrates audiobooks and we oftentimes tag team projects together to increase production values ie. multiple narrators, music, and (sometimes) sound fx. Weโd love to create โFlash Fictionsโ where we write up a quick script and produce it into video using AI tools while we narrate and add sound fx to really heighten the storytelling!
I love movies, games, TRPGs, books, but what ties these all together is a love for storytelling. The stories we engage with teach us more than anything else. Iโve been bothered by the lack of integrity with our fiat art.
@Saifedean Ammous's chapter in the bitcoin standard about how art is affected by money was so poignant and deeply resonating. I hope to fuel my art through bitcoin and walk us in the other direction away from the needless condescending, cynical, and political attitude our art has fallen into.
That was longer than expected! Thank you for reading.
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What up Adrian!
Hello friends! I appreciate the zaps and follows. I hope to start sharing more of my work as I learn more about Nostr!
Hello!
I go by many names. Iโve trolled many of you. I will troll many more.
If you believe in communism I will troll you even harder because youโre a moron and your views have killed hundreds of millions of people.
Sup!? I am an enthusiasm enthusiast. I have learned that itโs not a black pill if it is factual!
#introductions
Hello, my name is Luis, I live in Brazil and I have a common fiat job. My dream is to be able to help in the adoption of bitcoin by educating people and one day be able to have bitcoin as my only job.
I've been in Nostr for 6 months and I'm loving it. currently Nostr is the only social network I use. No ads and no bullshit!
Godspeed, Luis! ๐ซ
Long time Nostr user under another npub, I'm a civil servant who will bespeaking at the adopting bitcoin conference in El Salvador this year.
I've never taken any public-facing roles before, but seeing what I see I felt I couldn't be silent any longer.
I plan on speaking about the erosion of state sovereignty and what you can do today to help make your government more open and transparent.
Iโm Brazilian too! ๐ซถ๐ป๐๐ป Welcome to Nostr!
Annonymal is the first #heavymetal band that sings about #Bitcoin history, philosophy and goals.
Annonymal was born on October 31st, 2022.
We'll have our second anniversary soon.
Our initial plan was to record and release the first Bitcoin-only heavy metal album in human history this year, 2024.
Unfortunately, that might not happen.
We have been able to stack sats over these two years and we are going to start recording our album this month and it will be ready to launch by next October 31st.
However, we are considering postponing the release to October 2025 because we currently lack the budget to promote the album properly.
The songs we released up to this day were just pre-productions to show you the musical direction we are heading in. The album will bring more mature content.
So, here's the deal: if we can raise enough sats to release the album this year and promote it as best as possible, we will do it.
But if we don't get the funds we need, we will keep the album unpublished and wait one more year to release it, hopefully with the budget to promote it properly.
Because of this, we will release this note periodically on NOSTR to try to engage you guys in helping us make it happen.
You can donate using LN (annonymal@getalby.com) or the on-chain address (bc1qq06tpkugwle76wwj50u5gcvr0mv5ettmeflryg).
Our goal is to raise close to 6.000 USD (six thousand USD), to work on a realistic but good budget for our needs.
Every sat counts and is much appreciated.
We understand that not everyone likes the idea of a Heavy Metal Bitcoin band, but this isn't about those who don't get it.
Our mission is about orange-pilling others and having fun during the process, at least from our point of view.
We are also open to discussing partnerships and having a patron on our team. So, if you want to talk about it, just slide into our DMs.
Let's rock the world by spreading the word!
Thanks for being an awesome community!
Horns Up For Satoshi
Capitalism baby! LFG๐ฅ
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Followed! Your gonna make it!
Follow me for poetic ramblings that wonโt make total sense but Iโm here for my entertainment and not yours
Hell ya dude. I hung up the saddle a couple years ago but I still got the Tree Motion.
I only climb my trees when the storms break out the tops lol.
ยฟQuรฉ tal? Mi nombre es Fer y he estado trabajando en entender la crisis en Mรฉxico. Mi cuenta sรณlo hablarรก de Mรฉxico y su situaciรณn. Si a alguien le interesa mi jornada en la chingadera que es Mรฉxico, agรกrrense. Me gustarรญa conectar con otr@s Mexican@s o periodistas latinoamericanos. Gracias.
What's up? My name is Fer and I have been working in understanding the crisis in Mexico. My account will only talk of Mexico and its situation. If anyone is interested in my journey to the shitshow that is Mexico, buckle up. I would like to connect with other Mexicans or Latin American journalists. Thank you.
@Malos10 ha estado posteando desde Venezuela รบltimamente
Ya vi, quรฉ buena onda. Gracias.
@zoรฉ es mexicana y tambien
@Sergio
Gracias, verรฉ sus perfiles.
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Hi everyone, I have undecided yet, how much I want to disclose about myself, out how to use NOSTR, but I am someone who is seeking good life.
Hi ๐๐ป I am Betty ๐น
Hi Iโm short and love dogs
I know nothing about bitcoin.
