Which account did you repost this from? Because it smacks of fake news. Iran has immense reservoirs of computer science talent; I strongly doubt they employ many Indians (the Gulf states might).

⚡️A Catastrophe is Striking the Gulf States and Iran

Over the past two decades, India has dominated the software industry. As a result, Gulf nations and Iran have heavily relied on Indian software and programmers.

After a Mossad infiltration in Iran and subsequent investigations with China and Russia, it was revealed that Indian programmers had been in contact with India via Elon Musk's Starlink. Arrests and interrogations uncovered a shocking truth:

Most Indian software in Iran is actually Israeli, embedded with backdoors that transmit real-time data to Israel. This includes sensitive information like civil registries, passport data, airport systems, and more.

Even more concerning, this software disrupts military devices and enables remote control operations.

The same software is used in the Gulf States—UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait. This means entry and exit points for anyone entering these countries, including Egyptians, are being monitored and shared with Israel.

Iran has exposed this, and the revelation is causing a major crisis in these nations. A massive fallout with India is imminent, with full details expected in the coming days.

I've just realized my toxic trait is that I assume people have common sense and I get frustrated when they don't.

Instead of asking clients for direct Proof of Work, relay operators are willing to accept Bitcoin as a proxy, since it *must* have been mined with computational effort. That’s inherent to every satoshi, regardless of when it was mined, energy was spent to create it.

I had hoped we could keep the discussion on the technical merits, but since you brought my professional role into it, I’ll respond briefly on that front too.

Starting with “I don’t mean to get too personal” and then questioning my credibility isn’t a good-faith way to debate. It comes across as condescending and shifts the focus from the topic to the person.

If you believe I’ve misunderstood something about Proof of Work, I welcome clarification based on the facts. But ridiculing someone’s perspective, rather than addressing it, isn’t how sound and strong arguments are made.🤙🏼

The largest gift we received from Peter in a calendar year was $100k. He has not given in more than 12 years. Our annual budget today is north of $20M. This is completely silly

Any #duck experts here? My favorite one has a leg problem and jumps on one leg. Do they usually heal? Should I try to do something or will I make it worse?

It's a wild one who comes to my garden once I day to collect food. Now she sits out there and it hurts me to see her in that condition

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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-

George Orwell once said: The most terrible loneliness is not the kind that comes from being alone, but the kind that comes from being misunderstood; the loneliness of standing in a crowded room, surrounded by people who do not see you, who do not hear you, who do not know the true essence of who you are. And in that loneliness, you feel as though you are fading, disappearing into the background, until you are nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of your former self.

It’s that soul-deep ache of being surrounded by people—friends, family, colleagues—yet feeling completely invisible. You may smile, nod, and go through the motions, but inside, you feel a sense of isolation that words can’t fully capture. You feel as though no one truly gets you, as if the truest parts of you are hidden, left unrecognized, while the world only acknowledges the version of you that fits in.

This kind of loneliness hits hard because it isn’t about the absence of people; it’s about the absence of connection. You crave to be seen for who you really are, to have someone understand your soul’s language, your quirks, your dreams, and the complexities of your heart. But when you’re misunderstood, it feels as if there’s an unbridgeable gap between your inner world and the outside one. It’s like standing behind a glass wall, desperately hoping someone will look through and truly *see* you, only to realize they’re gazing right past you.

In that space of feeling unknown, you start to question yourself. You wonder if you should change, if you should become what the world expects or desires, just to feel a hint of acceptance. But even then, the loneliness doesn’t vanish; it only grows. Because the deeper tragedy is the slow fading of your own essence, the parts of you that you start to hide or let go of, simply to belong. You become a shadow, a ghost of the vibrant self you once were, drifting silently, holding onto the hope that one day, someone might understand.

What makes this kind of loneliness so painful is that it’s not just the longing to be loved—it’s the longing to be known, and loved *for* being known. For someone to look at the parts of you that are messy, complicated, and even broken, and to say, “I see you. I understand. And I’m here.” It’s the yearning for someone to hear your heart’s quietest whispers and to feel the depths of your soul without judgment or expectation.

Yet, even in that terrible loneliness, there’s a quiet strength. There’s a resilience in holding onto your essence, even when it feels invisible. There’s courage in keeping your light alive, in refusing to let the world’s misunderstanding extinguish the fire within you. You may feel unseen, but the truth is, your uniqueness, your complexity, is what makes you extraordinary. Somewhere, someone will value that. And until then, you can value that.

Sometimes, the journey through being misunderstood leads to a deeper understanding of yourself. It teaches you to embrace who you are, even if the world isn’t ready to. It invites you to find peace in your own company, to nurture the parts of yourself that feel lonely and unacknowledged. And, in time, you may discover that the right connections—the ones that see you, hear you, and know you—come when you least expect them.

So, hold on. Keep your essence alive. Refuse to become a shadow, even if that means standing alone for a while. Your true self deserves to be celebrated, and though the wait may feel long, the beauty of being fully known is worth every moment. Your people—the ones who truly understand your soul—are out there, and when they find you, the terrible loneliness will start to fade. You’ll realize that your essence was never meant to be hidden. It was always meant to shine.

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What would it mean to you to feel truly known and understood by someone?

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Yes you can go through Belarus to Russia, but seems more interesting through the baltic states 😀.

The route i would follow since i am in northwestern Greece would be Albania, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, ok Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq and then Saudi Arabia

Unpopular opinion: there are too many limits to pseudonymity to make it viable.

Nature related images are ok i think

Go up from the balkans to the baltic states. Pass through Russia to the Caucasus states and then south.

Alex nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t6qy28wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytn00p68ytnyv4mqqgzccaq65ccv9k3454480sws2wqepz73q5z0m5kckslhyhh6d533jc25xncl promotes Bitcoin. If what you're saying:

"Bitcoin is a technology. It doesn't care what 'rights' it is granted or not. The whole point of Bitcoin is that it routes around censorship."

is true, then your whole comment is a contradiction in itself, since Bitcoin cannot be hijacked for any specific purpose. Not even by the HRF. Freedom and Self-Sovereignty only.

The korg ai thing here is fucking retarded and if you use it you are also retarded.

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Satoshi in Prague

Heard this a few times now over the years. I want to know more. Do you have any links?

No

I - and many others - sent bitcoin to the Canadian truckers when their bank accounts were frozen. When fiat dollar crowd funding was shut off by authoritarians, bitcoin prevailed.

You should watch the talk

Public works drain the economy. Infrastructure projects funded by taxes divert capital from productive private uses to political boondoggles.

When I bought nostr:npub1d3f4m9dgvkdjxn26pqzsxn6lpfn78sxwllxyt8mp76q0a9zyyjlswhr4xv’s 'The Big Print', I had no idea I’d be sitting down for dinner with him a few weeks later.

What an absolute honor it was to spend time with Lawrence—an incredibly kind, humble, and sharp human being. He’s not just a brilliant thinker with deep conviction in sound money, but someone who’s spent years navigating the realities of the financial system from the inside. Hearing his personal journey and insights firsthand was wild, he definitely has real-world experience.

Grateful for the conversation, the company, and the fire he brings to the fight for financial freedom. 🧡📚 #bitcoin #thebigprint

You can just disagree with things

This is brilliant 👏 pic by nostr:nprofile1qqsy2ga7trfetvd3j65m3jptqw9k39wtq2mg85xz2w542p5dhg06e5qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyv8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxd46zuamf0ghxy6t69u4c5mjv