Thai-style crispy rice inspired by Persian tahdig.

Cooked white rice in coconut milk with a bunch of yellow curry paste. Once it had cooked and cooled slightly, I heated up a big pan with coconut oil, added the rice, pressed it down, and made some holes for steam to come through.

Cooked 5 min or so until it was nice and crispy on the outside.

Served that with a Thai steak salad— lettuce, carrot, cucumber, chiles, pickled shallots, fish sauce dressing, and peanuts. Plus a sambal aioli on the side.

Beautiful mix of textures and flavors.

Christmas roast came out nice.

Language Transfer is an incredible tool. I’ve tried pretty much every language learning app/program out there and this is up there with the best.

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Been mostly lurking on Nostr for the past year or so. But in 2025 I’m committing to getting more active on here with content. And maybe even building a thing or two.

Loving all the new tools and things being built around here. Feeling excited about Nostr. LFG.

Huge fan of this product

I generally don’t even like conferences that much, but I’m having serious Nashville fomo at the moment.

Taproot Assets live on Lightning (via nostr:npub1uatf9mr3za8xnr0370gl2acc2k7vfeh9dpyf6t426jyasyry4nnqe7n24e)

Anyone know of any projects planning to use this for stablecoins specifically?

https://lightning.engineering/posts/2024-07-23-taproot-assets-LN/

Correct.

Unlike many here I’m still a fan of Twitter/X. Elon’s purchase of the platform has massively expanded the Overton window and has been a net positive for free speech.

But that stance has placed him firmly in the crosshairs of every powerful interest who wants to limit free speech and control the flow of information.

You’re seeing it already with the regulatory moves by the EU and other attacks on Elon. It remains to be seen whether X, as a centralized company, can continue to protect free speech even with Elon at its helm.

That’s where Nostr comes in.

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You may be right! Gotta do more research. nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u shared a podcast I’m gonna check out.

Thank you sir!

I’m still not fully comfortable with ecash, and it seems like using a custodial LSP is maybe better considering all the risk tradeoffs.

Can anyone point me to something that will explain why that’s wrong?

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Erwan is a legend!

Thought I had this morning:

Bitcoin is such a powerful technology and has so much potential for good that it gives many people a profound sense of meaning just to be involved in it.

I’m a believer in the idea that humans have a “God-shaped hole” inside of them, and in an increasingly secular society, they’ll naturally find alternatives to fill that hole. For some, this happens to be Bitcoin. They treat it like a secular religion. Look deeply and you’ll see parallels everywhere.

It’s a great thing that people are so passionate about Bitcoin and that it gives them meaning. But this dynamic also brings out some of the worst human tendencies that rise up with competing belief systems.

Ingroup/outgroup dynamics, social punishment for defectors, intolerance of opposing viewpoints…and perhaps most often— purity tests.

I’ve been seeing it on Twitter the last few days with Bruce Fenton going after nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m.

I think it’s important to remember to have humility. You don’t get to judge who is or isn’t allowed to contribute to Bitcoin, and they don’t owe you any explanations. If you think you can gatekeep Bitcoin in any way, prepare to be humbled.

Thanks! Great call.

I need more interesting people to follow on Nostr.

Please share your recs!

I tend to agree with this.

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Can anyone point me to a good non-technical explainer of Ark?

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Congrats nostr:npub16c0nh3dnadzqpm76uctf5hqhe2lny344zsmpm6feee9p5rdxaa9q586nvr on the raise and amazing work on the app.

What are the best resources for following Nostr developments on a weekly/monthly basis?

I'm finding it hard to keep up with everything. Is anyone compiling/curating anything good?

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4.5 hour rip from nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy ? Can't resist.

Lately Damus hasn't been usable for me.

Is there another iOS mobile client I should try? New relays I need to add?

Any insights appreciated!

Dogs of Nostr

Fun fact: #[0]​‘s dog and mine are possibly long lost relatives