IMPORTANT: If you are here because you see Nostr as a censorship-resistant alternative and the beacon of free speech, YOU MUST READ THIS. Something bad is going on, and you should be aware of it. It affects every user on Nostr.

First: Please, only utilize the 'Report' feature in extreme cases. Instead, prioritize using the 'Mute/Block' option when necessary. This is a humble request to all the IOS & Android users 🙏

Because we have a very huge problem and it's not a bug. Let me elaborate:

Regardless of where you choose to report, your 'report' will censor that person not just for you but "all of your followers" who use Amethyst. It only takes five reports from 'following user' to censor the individual "for you" without your intent and knowledge. No matter which client the censored user is using, they will be censored for Amethyst users after reports.

Amethyst users don't even have an option to turn off this setting. This is really messed up. Any five users I am following can censor any person for me, and I can't do anything about it. This is ridiculous.

By the way, don't make any mistake here, it's not a bug, it's by design. I raised this issue with Vitor many times. I respect his work, but there has been no meaningful response regarding this. In fact, he wants you to learn coding and do it by yourself.

I don't intend to call out any person; I just want to spread awareness. Maybe you like this feature idk but you deserve to know what's exactly happening and make informed decisions.

Btw, You don't have to share this exact post, but please let people around you know what's happening. So they can participate in this debate.

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I often think about our historical context. The Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD, but it's interesting to note that, that year wasn't generally agreed upon until the late 18th century. Many rulers through the Middle Ages saw themselves as successors to the Roman throne (e.g. Charlemagne).

It's possible that historians may point to some period in the past as the fulcrum of collapse. So — we may already be living post empire from a historical context without knowing it. nostr:note1xklppq2k3n74m4yxamv6kqtscn2penk2yldf2ukz88xgqwjv0txs0jq6xz

Inside you there are two wolves.

One is #[1]​ and the other is #[2]​.

I feel like I’m missing something… 🤔

What happend?

DAWN OF A NEW ERA

Gf's train is delayed, sitting in cold station turning off TVs lol

By @bpoppenheimer on twitter, an example of temporary low preference.

Before he was Han Solo or Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.

In 1964, Ford moved to Hollywood to become an actor.

“But I arrived on a metaphoric bus full of people who had the same ambition,” he said.

So he came up with this plan to prevail over the competition:

As Ford spent time around the other aspiring actors on that metaphoric bus, he became aware of something:

Most of them were in a hurry.

They were in a hurry to “make it” or to make lots of money or to prove something to someone.

Whatever the reason, most were on a tight timeline.

So Ford's plan was to do the opposite: to lengthen his timeline.

To do so, Ford said, "I had to have another source of income. So I became a carpenter."

“By doing carpentry," he explained, "I was able to wait it out.

And as the years went by, the attrition rate eliminated many of those people from the competition pool until finally, there were only a few of us left on the bus from that entering class.

I always saw life that way—you just have to find a way to stick it out, to prevail.”

Takeaway 1:

Ford chose carpentry for two reasons.

First...when he first moved to Hollywood, he taught himself the basic carpentry skills needed to fix up his dilapidated house. He was immediately attracted to the process of fixing things, calling it "a form of meditation."

Second...he thought—since Hollywood is an everybody-knows-everybody kind of town—a carpentry job could lead to an acting job.

Indeed.

Ford became known as the "carpenter to the stars." His roster of clients included Francis Ford Coppola, James Caan, Richard Dreyfuss, and Joan Didion.

Most famously, in the early 1970s, Ford was building "an elaborate portico entrance" at Coppola's offices where Coppola's friend, George Lucas, was leading casting meetings for Star Wars.

One day, Ford said, “I was asked by George if I would read with the other actors. There was no indication that I might be considered for a part in the film."

"I read with about 300 actors and weeks later, they asked me if I wanted to play Han Solo."

Takeaway 2:

Ford's “stick it out” strategy is a civilian version of what military strategists refer to as "winning through attrition."

In a study of the major wars that shaped the course of history, the strategist and historian B.H. Liddell Hart found that only 2% of battles were won as a result of a direct attack.

The majority of successful armies throughout history, Hart writes, all had the “power of endurance to last.”

As Ford put it, "You just have to find a way to stick it out, to prevail.”

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"Lengthen your timeline...It always takes longer than you think it’s going to take. That’s Hofstadter’s law. And even when you take the law into account, you’re still surprised." — Ryan Holiday

Time to get a new gi 🥋 at the Shureido! Karatekas (karate students) from all over the world visit the Shureido to buy gi's & other karate equipment

Okinawa is the origin of karate. There is a long history of tradition & karate culture in its bones & many make the pilgrimage to train here

Various weapons for sale

Ironically nunchucks are illegal in Canada (customs will confiscate! My friends make their own ;)

Wall makiwara, I'm taking one of these puppies home 🧡

Many gi embroidery options to choose from

We each have personalized gi (top & pants) - I'm getting a second with lighter material for hot weather. We recieve our belts embroidered with our name from our Sensei

Thanks for reading!