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I've got a plausible theory how that happend:

In many European countries a lot of charities used to collect bottle tops and sell them for fiat - this is the best type of plastic, thick, unified in colour, can be easily recycled - so there is a market for it. So I think it's the big recycling companies just trying to extract more money out of their operations (many more bottle tops end up in their hands) under false pretends that it's all about saving the planet...

GM

Rise and shine ๐ŸŒž

It was tough but we've survived, the juvenile one from the pic was especially vicious ;)

Once we've returned the capitan said over tannoy that they'll accept tips in cash, bitcoin and etherium. As you can imagine I got very excited (only cause of bitcoin) and decided I'll donate whatever sats I had left in my hot wallet to the crew for saving us from this gang. Turned out they were joking... (Shit joke if you ask me...) but he pointed me to one of the crew, who had a binance app but couldn't figure out how to receive sats... So I left them with couple of dirty fiat coins and told to at least install WoS for next time.

So, moral of the story is: dolphins are more intelligent then some people - took sats without even asking for permission ;)

These guys rushed off into the distance with my trezor... #boatstr #boatingaccident

Replying to Avatar Andrรฉ Loja

Hey nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m and nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg... I wanted to pitch Madeira Island as a possible location for a future edition of the Nostr Unconference. As we are only doing the 2nd edition of Bitcoin Atlantis in 2028, we can help you locally with all the production. Plus we are already home to many ostriches and purple related projects, like nostr:npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5!

It would be fire! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

I support this message :)

#nostrdeira ?

Ok - figured it out :)

Need to go to getalby.com - click username in upper right corner, settings, lightning address :)

Testing something. Can someone zap this note please? #asknostr

Replying to Avatar Max

# A Declaration of Separation

## To The Governments & People of Earth:

We claim the right to exist, and we will defend it. We do not seek to overthrow anything. We do not seek to control anything. We/merely wish to be left alone.

All we ever wanted was to live in peace with our friends and neighbors. For a long, long time we bore insults to our liberty; we took blows, we did what we could to avoid injury and we worked through the system to get the offenses to stop. That has now changed.

We no longer see any benefit in working through the world?s systems. At some point, working within a system becomes cowardly and immoral; for us, that point has arrived.

Regardless of the parties in power, their governments have continued to restrict, restrain and punish us. We hereby reject them all. We hereby withdraw from them all. We hold the ruling states of this world and all that appertains to them to be self-serving and opposed to humanity. We now withdraw our obedience and reclaim the right to strike back when struck. We will not initiate force, but we do reserve the right to answer it. We did not choose this ? it was forced upon us.

## To The Governments of Earth:

You are building cages for all that is human. In the name of protection, you have intruded into all areas of human life, far exceeding the reach of any Caesar. You claim ultimate control of our property and our decisions, of our travels and even our identities. You claim ownership of humanity far beyond the dreams of any Emperor of any previous era.

Understand clearly: We reject your authority and we reject your legitimacy. We do not believe that you have any right to do the things you do. You have massive power, but no right to impose it upon us and no legitimacy. We have forsaken you. We are no longer your citizens or your subjects. Your systems are inherently anti-human, even if all their operators are not. We are not merely angry young people. We are fathers and mothers; aunts, uncles and grandparents; we are business owners and trusted employees; we are mechanics and engineers and farmers. We are nurses and accountants and students and executives.

We are on every continent.

This is not a burst of outrage; this is a sober declaration that we no longer accept unearned suffering as our role in life.

For long decades we sat quietly, hoping that things would turn around. We took no actions; we suffered along with everyone else. But after having our limits pushed back again and again, we have given up on your systems. If our fellow inhabitants of this planet wish to accept your rule, they are free to do so.

We will not try to stop them. We, however, will no longer accept your constraints upon us.

From now on, when you hurt us, we will bite back. If you leave us alone we will leave you alone and you can continue to rule your subjects. We are happy to live quietly. But if you come after us, there will be consequences. You caused this because of your fetish for control and power. The chief men and women among you are pathologically driven to control everyone and everything that moves upon this planet. You have made yourselves the judge of every human activity. No god-king of the ancient world ever had the power that your systems do.

You have created a world where only the neutered are safe and where only outlaws are free.

## To The People of Earth:

We seek nothing from you. We do not want to rule you and we do not want to control you.

All we wish is to live on earth in peace. As always, we will be helpful neighbors and generous acquaintances. We will remain honest business partners and trustworthy employees. We will continue to be loving parents and respectful children.

We will not, however, be sacrificial animals. We reject the idea that others have a right to our lives and our property. We will not demand anything from you, and we will no longer acquiesce to any demands upon us. We have left that game. We reject all obligations to any person or organization beyond honesty, fair dealing and a respect for human life.

We will shortly explain what we believe, but we are not demanding that you agree with us. All we ask is that you do not try to stop us. Continue to play the game if you wish; we will not try to disrupt it. We have merely walked away from it.

We wish you peace.

## To Those Who Will Condemn Us:

We will ignore you.

We welcome and seek the verdict of a just God, before whom we are willing to expose our innermost thoughts. Are you similarly willing? We would stand openly before all mankind if it were not suicidal. Perhaps some day we will have to accept slaughter for our crime of independence, but not yet.

Your criticism and your malice are much deeper than mere disagreements of strategy or philosophy. You do not oppose our philosophy, you oppose our existence. Our presence in the world means that your precious ideals are false. Some of you would rather kill us than face the loss of your ideologies, just as those like you have either hated or killed every sufficiently independent human.

You present yourselves to the world as compassionate, tolerant and enlightened, but we know that your smooth words are costumes. Oh yes, we know you, servant of the state; don't forget, we were raised with you. We played with you in the schoolyard, we sat next to you in the classroom. Some of us studied at the same elite universities. We watched as you had your first tastes of power. We were the boys and girls standing next to you. Some of us were your first victims. We are not fooled by your carefully crafted public image.

## What We Believe

1: Many humans resent the responsibilities that are implied by consciousness. We accept those responsibilities and we embrace consciousness. Rather than letting things happen to us (avoiding consciousness), we accept consciousness and choose to act in our own interest. We do not seek the refuge of blaming others, neither do we take refuge in crowds. We are willing to act on our personal judgment, and we are willing to accept the consequences thereof.

2: We believe in negative rights for all: That all humans should be free to do whatever they wish, as long as they do not intrude upon others; that no man has a right to the life, liberty or property of another; that we oppose aggression, fraud and coercion.

3: We do not believe that our way of life, or any other, will make life perfect or trouble-free. We expect crime and disagreements and ugliness, and we are prepared to deal with them. We do not seek a strongman to step in and solve problems for us. We agree to see to them ourselves.

4: We believe in free and unhindered commerce. So long as exchanges are voluntary and honest, no other party has a right to intervene before, during or after.

5: We believe that all individuals should keep their agreements.

6: We believe that honestly obtained property is fully legitimate and absolute.

7: We believe that some humans are evil and that they must be faced and dealt with. We accept the fact that this is a difficult area of life.

8: We believe that humans can self-organize effectively. We expect them to cooperate. We reject impositions of hierarchy and organization.

9: We believe that all humans are to be held as equals in all matters regarding justice.

10: We believe that the more a man or woman cares about right and wrong, the more of a threat he or she is perceived to be by governments.

11: We believe that there are only two true classes of human beings: Those who wish to exercise power upon others either directly or through intermediaries and those who have no such desires.

12: Large organizations and centralization are inherently anti-human. They must rely upon rules rather than principles, treating humans within the organization as obedient tools.

## Our Plans:

(We are building our own society. We will supplement traditional tools with networking, cryptography, sound money, digital currency and anonymous messaging. Our society will not be centrally controlled. It will rely solely

on voluntary arrangements.

We welcome others to join us. We are looking for people who are independent creators of value, people who act more than talk, and people who do the right thing because it is the right thing.

We will develop our own methods of dealing with injustice, built on the principles of negative rights, restitution, integrity and equal justice. We do not forbid anyone from having one foot in each realm - ours and the old realm - although we demand that they do no damage to our realm. We are fully opposed to any use of our realm to facilitate crime in the old realm, such as the hiding of criminal proceeds.

We expect to be loudly condemned, libeled and slandered by the authorities of the old regime. We expect them to defend their power and their image of legitimacy with all means available to them. We expect that many gullible and servile people will believe these lies, at least at first. We will consider traps laid for us to be criminal offenses. Any who wish to join us are encouraged to distribute this declaration, to act in furtherance of our new society, to voluntarily excel in virtues and to communicate and cooperate with other members of the new society.

Free, unashamed men cannot be ruled.

# We are The Free and The Unashamed.

Thank you for reminding me to sign :)

The cat is stuck under the sofa for most of the time... If you'll get some result keep us posted - running out of ideas...

Followed by the cold shower? ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿšฟ

Happy days :)

GM #nostr

Upon return it turned out I've got a new cohabitatant. Meet Rafa.

First proper walk done ๐Ÿ‘

Still on probation because we've got a cat already so we're trying to figure out if they can work together (and sure enough the cat is not the happiest now...). But we'll see.

#dogstr #catstr

Yup :) I'm already back and the bike should be here Monday/Tuesday โ˜บ๏ธ

I'll make some notes with few pictures from the trip once I'm back in my home rhythm.

So, that's the plan for next couple of days. Departing tomorrow morning.

Any butchers recommendation along the route? #asknostr

I'm on a mission to find some dry sausages and bring over to the island of #Madeira.

Also any places to stop overnight (somewhere half way) are welcome too.

It's UK version but already registered in Poland (after paying some silly taxes).

But to change odometer to km from miles you need to upload European firmware which is not do it yourself thing...

GM #nostr

Quite wet in my part of Europe but I'm heading out for a ride :) #bikestr

I've noticed huge difference with sun exposure after dumping seed oils. Prior I thought I have some sort of sun allergy (with my pale skin getting all sorts of spots after 20 min in full sun).

Last two years I've been sitting in the sun for hours without any burns or spots. Also I've ditched sunglasses - when you block certain UV lights your body thinks it's night time so it doesn't adapt to sunlight the way it should.