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Snow twice in one month in GEORGIA? We only see snow once a decade (maybe) and it usually never sticks.

Let's not forget about how we got hit with Hurricane Helene too. The debris piles with look nice blanketed in snow (note the sarcasm).

Trump is president again. Elon isn't getting any brownie points. What a weird timeline to be in.

" We're not searching for anything except people. We don't need other worlds. We need mirrors." - from the novel Solaris by Lem

I noticed my reflection the other day while laughing with my children and saw crows feet and other wrinkles appear. I didn't shudder. I smiled because I know they're a badge of wisdom and courage.

I don't talk about this with anyone really, but I don't dye my hair, get my nails done, have Botox or plastic surgery. I get my hair cut once a year. I paint my toe nails at home during the warm months. I don't wear make-up unless it's a fancy event (I can only really tolerate lipstick at this point). I say all this because it wasn't a conscious decision. It was financially driven at first, but then I just started to see how beautiful we are naturally and wanted to embrace that. Now, don't get me wrong, I have tattoos and I'm not opposed to more. Same with piercings. But each person has their thing, but embracing the natural aging process has become mine.

People that fall for pyramid schemes don't understand money nor do they look into the future as we do. We want long term stability, confidence in our money. Not a get rich quick scheme. They need to be educated, but I can testify it's impossible to educate the unwilling. I've been teaching for 7 years.

Replying to Avatar Dikaios1517

A message to all the new folks:

Welcome! We're all glad you are here and get to experience true freedom of speech.

I hope you are prepared for what that means.

We don't LARP about freedom of speech here. You can literally say anything you want and you will not be banned. You CANNOT be banned.

If I don't like what you have to say, I can mute you, and I can blacklist you from posting to any of my relays, but you will still be able to post to any other public relay on the network, or host your own relay for your content.

That means you equally cannot get anyone else banned from #Nostr either, no matter how horrific, offensive, hurtful, or antagonistic their posts may be. Nostr is not a safe space. If you are going to stick around, you are going to have to be able to deal with that fact. There have already been plenty of folks who have left because they could not handle the fact that there are no authorities here who can bring the ban-hammer down on internet jerks and creeps.

YOU are the only one who can control the content that you see. Don't want to see an npub's replies to your posts anymore? Mute them and be done with it. No one else can silence them for you.

When you are new, it can sometimes feel like you are shouting into the void and can't really gain any traction. This is because Nostr is still in the very infant stages of enabling various kinds of discoverability optimizing algorithms, and only certain clients currently have even these available.

Rather than just posting notes into the abyss, hoping someone will see them when you have no followers, try browsing hashtags that are related to your interests and engage with those who are already using those hashtags. This is a value-for-value community. Give others the engagement they are seeking and they are likely to reciprocate.

Finally, ignore your follower count. It is not exactly meaningless, but it is impossible to get an accurate number for how many people are following you, because of how following works here. Focus on providing value to the community in your own way and take responsibility for curating your own feed.

If you have any questions about how all this works, just #asknostr. We'll point you in the right direction.

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He decided to pardon Fauci instead 💀

Me - that's interesting, a career for former teachers. It must be too good to be true.

*Clicks on profile*

*Notices highlight for MLM Kangen*

*Continues to get adds for scam*

FML

Promotion of betting apps in YouTube videos makes me uneasy.

The inauguration is the perfect history lesson today. Watching it live!

Y'all ready for my non political commentary? 🇺🇸

This has to be some type of metaphor, right?