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Mark Penney
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A well regarded painter living and working from Vancouver Island

Looking forward to it. There are a lot of facets to consider and learn from. Will be watching with interest.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6753040236

HashWatcher-Miner Dashboard by Engineered Essentials Ventures

This app controls by API a variety of ‘home miners’ including the Canaan Avalon Q. It handles bitaxe and braiins os based miners, the list is pretty impressive.

Interesting to me is that you can get fan control and a lot of live data. Free version supports 2 miners.

#mine #heat #home #canaan #avalon #mine4heat #grownostr #app

This episode seemed a little light on Nostr content, ‘cept the freedom to post an opinion part. 😀

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and some great memories too.

Gallows humour is a thing.

I spent too long in my younger years with a suicidal disposition.

I still don’t understand it - but I basically wanted off the planet I went out of my way to avoid participating in things I objected to, it made things difficult but I found some solace in it.

Later I found the sentiment that if it were inevitable that I could delay the act and try at least to accomplish anything of value before wrapping things up.

Don’t give up.

Don’t do it , we love you.

An older man that I deeply respect recognizing my position phoned me at a very dark time. I didn’t take the call, but I did hear his message, and the conviction in his voice.

Since then my life has changed course. I’ve invested in myself. Things have gotten slowly better

Bitcoin is helping. I feel less pessimistic about the corruption. Nostr is helping. I feel less disconnected seeing others being genuine.

You got this.

Just keep breathing .

Hope you have a good holiday - or at least not too bad.

Sends sats ⚡️ Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone

Nostr.build

Nsec.app

Fountain.fm

Plebchain.market

2026 will be an interesting year for me. I intend to slide as much of my own content over to Nostr from various platforms and my website.

I hope to do more sales of my artwork in Bitcoin going forward

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Fountain.fm had a significant update - and it looks good 👍

This app has my attention- what it needs most is more music content Seems like they’ve got the podcast realm worked out.

If you know some musicians who could benefit, encourage them to consider this app.

Myles and I are gonna figure how to upload some of his catalog. If it goes well, I’ll start bugging other musician friends to join in.

Doubled down on the Avalon Qs

F*ck the furnace. Bitcoin is keeping us happy and warm now😀

#mine #heat #avalonq #btc

Steve from Gamer’s Nexus usually has a pretty good take on things.

How is it he’s not a bitcoiner on Nostr ? 🤔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUrJVdF2me0

I use 3 main solutions in concert.

Shakepay. Good for onboard / swap and pay.

Tangem wallet for cold storage.

Wallet of Satoshi for zapping

A lot of Nostr client updates this year. They’ve all been steadily evolving. Each has their own set of features, aesthetics and quirks.

Damus is still my daily driver. I think because of the way it feels. Predictable, easy to navigate and read.

Primal is slick, possibly the most mainstream but some (like Canadians) will not be able to use the wallet. The search and firehose feed stand out.

Nostur is quickly evolving. Simple looks belie strong features, like delete (which asks the relays to pull your note) a good option for fat fingered people like me.

Yakahonne is a standout for style It kind of has its own culture coming from a Japanese perspective. Long form notes and lots of interesting stuff

Amethyst (Android) I tried this app setting up a friend. Seems very twitter-like.

There are a few browser based / clients for desktop I’m interested in. Although I currently use my phone almost exclusively.

https://nostrapps.com/ has a growing list to explore.

#grownostr #apps #client #nostr #welcome

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Saylor is

Apparently Amethyst app is good on android for uploading video. I have no experience with it.

Yeah.

I mean it’s organic in that I just get zap happy when I see something compelling enough to zap. ⚡️

It works tho. I’m both happy to zap and I’m happy to be zapped.

Recently my painting, Me Wàyé (Become Day) was sold at live auction.

It was made specifically for and donated in support of Pearson College They displayed the painting during their 50th Anniversary celebrations this August.

After having the painting appraised by a third party, the gift-in-kind charitable tax receipt was valued at $4000.

Funds raised will go towards supporting student scholarships this academic year.

#artstr #painting #art #artist #grownostr #charity #donation

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Wait wait - take a deep cleansing breath

Look at your contribution to Nostr All your posts might do well on another platform

Opinion : You could to make/ post or interact with content and in a tone that makes sense here, among people you know and care about.

It’s the only one that feels real tho.

It means something to get zapped.

I care about the reactions of the people connected to me

For me the goal is capturing the money we would have spent on heating as bitcoin.

I have a few nanos, an open air GPU rig, and the recoup of heat expense is real

I have a Loki Urlacher S19 on the way to tie into the HVAC.

I’m stacking, it’s a little at a time for me, but I can put some of my power bill back into my BTC wallet.

😉 Saved power is one way of stacking more.

“Sell Your Dollars”

#buythedip

#memestr #catstr #sellyourdollars #gm #grownostr

I imagine there’s a soft line between woke and politeness Gonna take some time to balance that while missteps are so costly.

I feel ya.

Lots of things happen that I feel I really can’t be forthcoming about, at least not publicly.

A trusted friend can help. (Although personally I feel apprehensive about talking with friends- I don’t want to make my issues theirs )

Recently I’ve been speaking with a councillor… it’s been surprisingly helpful.

If something that happened really is bothering you, dont overlook it.

Find a way to come to terms with it so you can avoid carrying an unnecessary burden.

The ‘not a therapist’ mode of Grok could be useful in that it’s been trained on an impressive body of literature.

😀