Liz Warren is taking a page out of my playbook to take credit for stuff that's just going to happen anyway.
What do you mean? You're as reassuring as an Alice in Wonderland character
Grok says Dow Jones, which is subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp... Hmmm
Rupert Murdoch is aligned with Trump?
That's THE question.
Isn't he more hard line against Palestine than Kamala?
Or is it rhetoric?
#asknostr
This happened to me after clicking an Npub link in the body of a amethyst note:
My Android phone started downloading a series of 6 Zip files that took at least 10 minutes a piece
"En_fr.zip"
"En_it.zip"
Etc
I assumed they were offline maps for Google maps.
I tried cancelling them, but they would always start again.
A day later, I left Amethyst open on phone screen and when I unlocked phone again I noticed that my phone had composed a draft Note that was not something I would write. I also don't think it's something that was voice to text.
Is it possible for someone to put a program that instructs download manager to download zip files and execute them in a link that looks like an NPUB?
I was imagining this was like a web scraper that hijacked open Amethyst and attempted to post weird content.
Most likely it was just a scheduled download that I've never noticed before.
Creeped me out that my phone is downloading zip files that I have no idea what's in them.
Im so out of the news, I wouldn't know this if I didn't see it here.
I ask because my 96 year old great aunt who has a ton of wisdom reads it.
Thankfully she's not on Nostr because then she then would kick all of our asses.
What's your take on WSJ
it is the grimmest economic indicator there is
No kidding. There were many more of those notifications the week after COVID shutdown. I assume it's parents escaping with a kid over the Texas Mexico border, fleeing abuse, alcoholism, joblessness.
If this is railroad network money building this, I wonder what Bitcoin network money is going to build (credit to Saifedean et al. For the idea)
Someone put a castle with a nave atop the skinniest building in Asheville, North Carolina:


This reminds me that I put a marble in a balloon for the kids. They loved making the marble swirl around inside the balloon and it maked the balloon wobble and jump.
Half the people here believe that the West Coast is falling into the ocean and the same for the wicked cities to the east.
Someone should tell them that 300 miles isn't going to cut it.
If ADHD=Yes then
Sermon in a trail short version
"Stick to the ridges. As long as I have the energy to climb from craig to craig, I will try. The ridge is within view now, perhaps I can regain it."
ELSE
Sermon in a hike (buckle up friend)
The trail was "Chestnut Ridge Trail". A couple who turned around warned, "Just don't step off the trail".
I little bit of fear crept in as I thought about the chance of breaking an ankle and rolling unknown of the edge of the mountain. Hypothermia would set in before morning. I wondered if the night time temperatures were cool enough to preserve the body, until someone found me. Would it be cool enough to look good for a funeral.
I checked in with myself and counted a new blessing: this self-preservation urge was evidence that I'm not suicidal.
The trees were enormous. I stared up at the forest canopy to see if they were oak or actually the legendary Chestnut trees. The top of the forest was so high above me, the wind was whooshing through the tree tops, but on the forest floor it was calm.
I wondered where God was. The whooshing in the trees answered. These tall living things are so easy to take for granted. I don't think humans have ever made anything like them. I made a mental note that humans have the superpower to blindly wander through the most beautiful forest and wonder where God is, if there is a God.
Was God the interstitial dark matter scientists are looking for? Everywhere and close at hand and invisible to scientists? Are we pretending to be blind because it's a skill we have at deceiving ourselves.
It's not possible to deceive God is the conclusion I have recently come to. The only fool I deceive is myself. The only question is, how much do I need to cooperate with Him. Thankfully I'm good at boundary setting. I've taken that course in couples' counseling.
It's exhilarating to walk on a ridge. Rain falling on either side will end up in an entirely different watershed. I can see the future up here for the rain drops as they land. If any of them were curious to ask me as the fall, "where am I going", I could look at a elevation map and tell them.
I realized: wise men and wise women are just better life basic language programmers than the rest of us. There are open source documents like the Bible to download, as well as fun versions like Harry Potter if you want a nice GUI.
Teachers give us a program architecture when we are little so we have an internal program running.
Some of us venture out on our own and try our hand at programming. It can get messy.
But life is just a program. You either download a previous debugged version or you DIY. If you got a big ego and make your own, get ready for some head bashing debug moments.
End
I sat in the car and prepared for a long drive over the Great Smoky Mountains and through the Cherokee National Forest. I glanced at the gauge cluster and the question on my mind was
What does God want from me.
on cue, the YouTube algorithm mocked my mental state with this:
Life Basic Programming language
I just completed my Hello World program in a new programming language.
Do you ever find yourself wondering what to do? Caught in a quandary? Buy the Lexus or the Mercedes type stuff?
I discovered Life Basic Programming. By Programming myself ahead of time, I can stop worrying about upcoming decisions.
For example: yesterday (Sunday) I debated going to church. So instead of worrying about it, I told myself if the pastor friend invites me to Church, I will go. Otherwise I'm free to go hiking.
Pastors usually don't skip a chance to invite someone, whether we look at it from a salesmanship perspective or a Heavenly Deity prodding them to add a new sheep to their flock.
Hello World
If (during conversation with pastor friend) invitation=Yes then
Complain,make excuses, check temperature
Attend church
Else
Rejoice
Go hiking in mountains
End
By some divine miracle, he skipped salesmanship and must have been distracted by the impending sermon that he forgot to invite me.
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