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Been underwater a bit. Sorry.

Going through the motions. So I don't fall off the treadmill. Skin my knee.

I'm getting to the point where if a specific app asks me to enable notifications more than once I'm just deleting it.

And absolutely excellent summation of the BIP 110 situation, in my opinion. 📝 a923a205…

@LNemail Y'all still there?

Definitely interesting. 📝 67205d46…

"Idle games are the devil's workshop games." Is that true or is that too stupid or convoluted? 😁

@LNemail Howdy! I am a thankful user of your simple email service and I also like the ideal of text only email for so many reasons. And I understand why you probably would rather serve the email that way. Is there any perhaps API driven way to access the inbox and have minimal HTML rendering done? It would be nice to be able to click on links to unsubscribe from something, for example. I didn't know if there was some kind of way to bridge it to some elementary pop or Imap client or whatever... I don't think so, or if there was a way to see the messages via an API call where I could maybe even create my own renderer. (or use a tool that exists?)

Trooooo 📝 1979400f…

This is just one of those perennial everlasting bits of advice. 📝 34741283…

@puzzles @Noshole I swear I just found puzzles in my video game.

GMY nostr... ☕🖤

I got a new Large Diaphram Dynamic Mic for Christmas and decided to make my nostr fam a little treat with it! I will shamelessly @ those of you with a following and hope you will give the gift of reposting it as I would like to share the spirit more broadly! But also to wish YOU a Merry Christmas! https://blossom.primal.net/5852ec258511bb250448f66e121452… @+Ragamuffin! @ODELL @Bearetta left @beejay @Carman @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 @Cameri🐦‍🔥 @Guy Swann @corndalorian @Noshole @Yarnlady 🧶 @Hanshan @Hans Karlsborn @puzzles @Gowron @YODL @calle @BitcoinIsFuture @ DagzTagz @B⁴‽ @mike @Scarlett @Lauren of Light ☀️ @walker @HODL

I do not apologize.

Okay, I recommended an interview w@npub1qg8j6gdwpxlntlxlkew7eu283wzx7hmj32esch42hntdpqdgrslqv024kw a while back because he was even tempered and did a great job explaining his positions on our favorite drama. And I know everybody should be able to enjoy a little trolling now and then, but shit like this is not helpful. And in my opinion, Shinobi has been without honor since the beginning of this. If all you're going to do is character assassination, in childish mockery, then you don't have an argument. And if you're going to present yourself as someone who it purports to understand the other side a little... Well... It's two faced to play scorekeeper for a troll. In the end, it's "don't trust verify" and it's don't trust verify all the way down.

Please, please, please, please for the love of God watch this interview and then zap @nat brunell @Adam Back too. 😁 He is articulating the big picture of what has been happening for the last six months more clearly than I've heard elsewhere. Adam may be one of the best experts on the issue of spam in the context of freedom in the digital domain. After all, he invented one of the most important technologies used in Bitcoin proof of work for exactly this purpose. And he touches on this a little bit in the interview. And though he ends up on the filters don't work side of the argument, which will bother those people on the other side, he does it with nuance and maturity. He doesn't mock the people who want to stop spam. He just points out why he thinks certain actions would be not only moot, but have second order effects that make the problem worse. Anyway, I don't know why I'm trying to mash my opinion into this. I guess in part because I resonate with most of what Adam says here, and have for quite some time, but it's very difficult to communicate this in the conversation where there is so much shit being thrown back and forth. 📝 9436d348…

@Adam Back has been even, logical, frank, and professional all throughout the incredibly contentious #datacarrier debate. He has stood his ground. Refined and even shifted his thoughts along the way. I think his involvement has been hindered and his reputation tarnished by two things out of his control. First, the astonishing level of black/white thinking on both sides. Binary thinking is a strong temptation for (even brilliant) people since it seems to simplify arguments and clarify a position. But in complex issues like this it is nearly never accurate or helpful. This is one reason Back's arguments have confused many. He argues from nuance. This alienates his position from many participants. Second, combined with the above the formation of polar factions has resulted in communication styles that have leaned into passionate and often dehumanizing language words like "retarded, low IQ, enemy, compromised" and so on have reduced the conversation to a non productive lowest common denominator. So each side demonizes those who disagree with them while exalting their own positron and "virtue" FAR too much. "Cyphetpunks/knights, saviors, devs (an exalted position)" and so on. All with vicious mockery of the other side. The childish namecalling brats who have taken center stage for their tribe have drowned out the people with reasoned, gentle arguments and done actual damage to their reputations by proxy.. Not just Back but many level headed folks. Bitcoin will survive this. And the adults in the room will recover their reputations and the damage done to their businesses. It will be harder for those who acted like spoiled children though. And that is just. In the end we are guilty of putting people on pedestals. We use "Don't trust, verify" as a virtue signaling bumper sticker when we SHOULD be concentrating on what misplaced trust can do... And concentrating on VERIFYING our positions OURSELVES rather that raising the flag of a tribe.