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Replying to Avatar Forever Laura

I made a mistake during my Bitcoin lecture last week in the university of Bologna. One I’m not going to repeat. I assumed something. And I shouldn’t have.

Since I was talking about my job, I told the students that a big part of it is debunking myths around Bitcoin...

You know, the usual stuff: Bitcoin is a Ponzi, it’s going to zero, it’s killing the planet. I built like 15 slides for this. I was ready to fight. Ready to debunk every single one of them, one by one.

So I asked them: “What’s something negative you’ve heard about Bitcoin?”

Silence. No one raised their hand. No one mentioned pollution. No one said anything about volatility or scams. These were 22 years old, curious, open-minded, and genuinely there to learn. They didn’t have myths to unlearn.

So there I was, spending the next 20 minutes talking about gas flaring, carbon-negative mining, and all the reasons Bitcoin is not what “they” say it is. But “they,” in this case, didn’t even exist. The only person bringing up those narratives was me.

And that’s when it hit me. All these years in the Bitcoin scene have trained my brain to always be on the defensive. To expect resistance. To anticipate criticism. And that mindset slowly killed a part of the joy I used to feel when I first learned about Bitcoin.

Back then, no one had told me it was bad. I just found it exciting, revolutionary, empowering. My brain wasn’t busy filtering negative takes it was busy being amazed.

That beginner’s energy, that childish awe, that sense of discovering something precious, it’s something I want to reconnect with. I don’t want to be the person who walks into a room full of open minds and immediately starts talking about the bad things people say.

I want to talk about freedom from banks and government, creativity, women empowerment, potential. I’m not saying I’ll stop responding to critics when necessary. But I want to stop assuming that everyone is a critic.

There are way more people out there who are just curious, interested, open to learning, than there are loud contrarians I’ll never change the mind of anyway.

From now on, I want to speak to the curious ones. Not the ghosts in my head.

Thats such a fantastic point!! We expect all that 'adult' criticism and skepticism, but In your class like that it's different - it's all the open minds and that energy. Especially to save _themselves_!!

Well done for doing that class! 👏👏👏👏

Replying to Avatar mcshane

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🎯Is this from today's MIT expose?

I don't have to remove too many letters from that domain name to get the word Satan Institute.... 😬🤑

Replying to Avatar GrapheneOS

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Duly Noted, but which others have (decent) voice typing while staying local to the device??

Replying to Avatar Clarkian

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You will likely need a better keyboard than stock!! After running through 5 of them I recommend FUTO keyboard. It has on-device voice typing and better prediction.

Download the 2 larger, typing and voice dictionaries. FOSS with Voluntary one-time payment

Replying to Avatar Keith Mukai

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Over about four days she steadily got her conscious mind back. Lots of eye contact, happy tail, fully interacting with us, regained bladder control (👀), holding toys in her mouth, and just being her loving, joyous self again.

https://v.nostr.build/wmw29S64QttU2c9g.mp4

I was desperately hoping for this. When she was in mindless robot dog mode, it was horrible to think that the real Kuma might be lost to us forever.

It's just a momentary reprieve but at least we have her truly back for at least a little while. Getting the chance to really appreciate her is such a gift. Every moment beyond this point is a bonus win.

Her very positive response to the prednisone has given the neurologist and radiation therapist enough optimism that we all agree it makes sense to go ahead with radiation therapy.

A directed beam zaps the tumor and hopefully kills a big chunk of it to buy her more time. Successful treatment yields prognosis estimates from 6-18mo to 18-24mo (depends on the tumor type, which we don't actually know).

But it can't get all of the tumor so eventually it re-establishes itself.

It's NOT a cure but getting that much extra time with her would be the best possible outcome given the bad cards we've been dealt.

Next steps: Another expensive MRI+CT scan next week to plan for the even more expensive radiation therapy (so far her pet insurance is coming through for us. 🤞). Then it's 10 anesthesia+radiation zap sessions over 2.5wks.

Success obv isn't guaranteed. We'll have a sense if it was effective about 8wks later. But unfortunately many dogs succumb to their tumors before that point is reached; time just runs out on them. But we're happy to give her that fighting chance.

❤️❤️ Also: ❤️❤️ The pics here all feature gifts she received as part of a cancer care box from LiveLikeRoo.org - the stuffed animals, the blanket, the treats, a ball, a gift certificate, and a (😢) bucket list of fun activity suggestions.

Incredible, wonderful organization that's dedicated to helping families whose pets have cancer. Very niche and, yes, there are certainly bigger tragedies out there, but their warmth right now is an incredible boon.

They're also facilitating some local experiences for us (doggy photo shoot; an indoor pool just for dogs! etc).

I'll be sharing more about them in the future.

#dogstr

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That IS some good news to hear Keith! LiveLikeRoo's gifts to her sound great! And kudos to them for their work!

We all hope that the Prednisone and radiation treatment are successful!

& Always great to see the tail go up!!

🤗

M.

I am always Shocked at how much stuff it picks up! Despite the floor looking clean and it ran 2 days prior. But.... it must never ever ever be able to find any doggy doo-doo. 😬😬

Replying to Avatar Enki

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Rhune 20 backpack by Gregory bags. Very v happy with it. Does take 2 14"s. Not sure about 15" tho. Quality and design is great. Try find a close-out deal.

Cross the river, sure. Driving in it? Thats just Fucking up the river life for a thrill or worse an - instagram video.

Replying to Avatar Alby

We've been cookin' 👩‍🍳

Latest two releases of Alby Go, 1.10 and 1.11, brought you lots of goodies:

🗺️ nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsra2ey033mkdwl5w8q0jss9ak69zafh82xsuvhwsaauw3trkq2amgvvanjv integration for quick access to global bitcoin merchants map

🔌 Confirm new NWC connections to your Alby Hub directly in Alby Go! No more copy-pasting or QR code scanning

🇿🇦 Support for nostr:nprofile1qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwwak8vuewwdcxzcm9qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t6qqsz85k206vm3vqdmlvcy9l4kyfqchlnf4hnctasxufa3ph0ck9decgv95m3a Pay Pick n Pay QR payments in over 2000 stores in South Africa

Alby Go is to pay with your node "on the go", but where to go? nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsra2ey033mkdwl5w8q0jss9ak69zafh82xsuvhwsaauw3trkq2amgvvanjv answers that question by showing you nearby merchants accepting bitcoin and it's now conveniently accesible directly in your Alby Go.

Go, spend some sats!

Huge UX improvement in connecting apps on mobile!

If you're using Alby Hub, you can enable "one tap connections" for your Alby Go. That will allow Alby Go to confirm new NWC connections on your mobile without the need to go to Alby Hub and copy&paste or scan the connection secret.

Available now to all apps that use Bitcoin Connect and soon in other apps too!

https://m.primal.net/PenX.mov

🇿🇦 You can now use Alby Go to pay at 2,204 Pick n Pay grocery stores in South Africa!

Integration was available thanks to nostr:nprofile1qyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwwak8vuewwdcxzcm9qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t6qqsz85k206vm3vqdmlvcy9l4kyfqchlnf4hnctasxufa3ph0ck9decgv95m3a . At the store, just ask for a "QR" payment and scan it with Alby Go. Who's going to test it first?

😮 There's much more smaller fixed and improvements in those last two releases:

🔃 BTC rates now refresh every 5 minutes for up-to-date pricing

🐝 Improved branding with Alby Go logos on success screens

✍️ Updated wallet removal copy for better clarity

🐛 Fixed iOS camera crashes and backgrounding errors

🖼️ Improved Skeleton animations across the app

Remember, Alby Go is open source. You can contribute to its code and see all the changes on our github: https://github.com/getAlby/go/releases

Get Alby Go and use it as a mobile interface for any nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wsqzqtw3gr9gpkmzhneh047mu6xj922m4fqar8zmf9c60qsy4a6evpg6c2uuxc wallet or node. Available on iOS, Google Play and Zap Store

https://getalby.com/products/alby-go

great idea to include BTC maps!! well done on including the money badger QR too!

Question : is Bitcoin connect a new name for NWC or is it something else?