Barbarian sword, 2022.

I modeled the sword in 3D using Blender + Zbrush and created the textures in Substance Painter. My main inspiration was the sword from the Conan movies with Schwarzenegger. Instead of complex decorations I went with simplicity, runes and battle cuts. Proper barbarian ornaments.

A friend told me that most people’s morality is entirely defined by the preferences of their in group and I realized in that moment that I have never once felt that way. Probably why I’ve always felt on the outside looking in.

It wasn't my intention to be viewed as an outcast by the cult I was raised in or the world at large when it went mad over the past three years. I'm not rebellious by nature. I just possess conviction and loathe injustice. Apparently those qualities are lacking in the majority. That's why I Nostr, because it's clear so many of you are the same. 💜

My wife has pulled through, the doctors saved her. Close call.

You, Nostriches, saved me 🤙🏻

True story 💜

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This one’s better

Hope my badges protect me from being cancelled.

Looks like somebody is trying to cancel me 😅

Exactly. And if he didn’t, and the story had been written differently, I wonder where we would be now?

Yes! Thanks for sharing. Our stories have so much power, and yet we cede control of them to centralized platforms. I often wonder what btc would be, without the story of Satoshi.

Good, reminds me of Aesop.

-- The fable of the Dog and the Wolf --

(Aesop, from memory)

A dog meets a wolf at the outskirts of a town.

Good day cousin wolf, barks the dog.

- Nice to meet ya, responds the wolf.

I see your fur is ragged and you look hungry, says the dog. Why don't you come with me to see my Master where I live, and he will provide you with all the food you need.

- I haven't eaten in days so this offer of yours sounds tempting. Do you live far from here?

Not that far away, a good ten minutes pawpace from here, says the dog and leads the way.

As they are walking along the road towards the homestead of the dog, the wolf starts to notice that there is something unusual with the dog's neck.

- Hey cousin dog, what's the story of that torn fur around your neck?

Oh, said the dog, that's just the spot where my Master ties the rope every night. It was annoying and itchy at first, but you know, it is still a good tradeoff for the easy life I live here with all the food I need and easy chores, whereas you may go starving from time to time.

- I see said the wolf, deep in thought.

Goodbye cousin dog, said the wolf and hastily made his path toward the woods.

As we proceed forward:

An NPC economy is not a real economy.

It takes decentralized, sovereign human cognition to establish and uphold a free market.

A market operated by AI is not a market; it's an interconnected web of centrally controlled servers.

Real markets consist of decentralized cognition and sovereign agents; there is a potential for error-correction, course correction and rebellion.

The ability for Bitcoiners to say “GFY” to the biggest hegemony in human history is an underrated advantage we have on our side.

No revolutionary ever changed the world by being overly polite.

That said, “toxicity” should be directed only at deserved targets.

Remember, when getting chased by a bear, you don’t have to run faster than the bear, you just have to run faster than the slowest person running from the bear.

This is a Bitcoin tweet.

There is always a risk that an individual Nostr private key become compromised.

If that were to happen, we are still fortunate that the thief cannot ban us from our account or prevent us from posting from our account.

If we implement a form of account protection that hasn't been thoroughly considered, we have to bear in mind the risk that we might end up in a worse situation where we could be locked out from our social media. Account security measures have to be considered very deep and hard.

Since notes are public, the main target area for theft is the account itself and our private messages. A separate password or passphrase to lock private messages would reduce that risk.

One solution to the risk of account theft is to create 1 or several Nostr backup accounts. Cheap and easy without relying on third parties or KYC. If the main account is compromised at a future point, those backup accounts would be the most authoritative on-Nostr channels for account verification. Creating and verifying those backup accounts before our account is compromised could be a good idea.

Nostr (IMO) is demonstrating a capability to create a communication protocol which gives Twitter users a fair and open alternative

any user with a smartphone and internet access

elons takeover has given preferential user experience to ppl with an extra $132/year to spend on his platform AND a government identification they voluntarily submit to twitter

Billions of humans have neither of those..but all have an equal voice on Nostr

Nostr is a revolution for the global town square

Not everything needs to be decentralized to take advantage of nostr and apps.

In fact, I’m betting the future is full of centralized company apps using both.

I am having the toughest week.

I do find joy loggin' back in and be around you all Nostriches.

So...thank you 💜 just wanted to say it.

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