Woke up thinking it was Saturday. Damnit...

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Woke up in the middle of the night and smoked 😭😭

Willpower completely dead when I'm all tired and cranky

Back to square one

Grain is pretty simple. Just download the latest release unzip the app folder and run the executable. The program does the rest. From there you can change config.yml to suit your preferences. Whitelist domains, npubs, set rate limits by kind or by category.

We need more enterprise relay devs. The situation is dire. Relay operators cannot do this alone.

If you are a server-side dev, start a new or join a current relay codebase and apply to OpenSats.

THIS INDUSTRY IS ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL.

THE TRUTH IS I HAVE BEEN BURNED OUT FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS NOW BUT THE ONLY REAL OPTION IS TO PUSH FORWARD.

RHR IN FIVE HOURS AT 1800 UTC. 🫡

There will always be abuse but not a reason to terminate that policy

I mostly agree but also think asylum is good

Nearly everyone in the USA is an economic migrant within an handful of generations.

That’s partly what bothers me with all the scapegoating going on. People who move to seek out better lives typically do a lot for economies. Occasionally something horrific happens because 1% of all humans are psychos and we haven’t found a way of dealing with it then every migrant gets tarred with the same brush as some psycho.

Last night a whole bunch of wankers in the UK got a big fuck off from neighbourhoods across the country. Cool!

I was born in the UK - in London, in Guys Hospital in 1995 - which is weird cos I’m closer to St.Thomas’ 🤔

This is my home. If you send me away on a boat, I’d end up back here… or not, cos I don’t know how to sail 😭

I am not of Anglo Saxon decent - that I know of (Sri Lanka was colonised by the Portuguese, Dutch and British at various points in history).

Some might not consider me English, which is totally cool, I don’t think I’m English either cos my ethnicity is Sinhalese with a little kiwi (curtesy of mystery grandad/mum).

I am, however, British. That is my nationality.

Right now, this is my home, and has been my whole life. I love it. It will always be a part of me.

I especially love that I grew up in London, cos this stuff doesn’t matter unless you’re filling in a form. It’s not something I sit around and think about, I just know it in my heart. I love that my mum isn’t English cos I get to hear about how different her childhood was. If it wasn’t for that, I probably wouldn’t know how amazing outdoor showers are. I was so stubborn to try it when I visited Sri Lanka last. Now, I crave it. I love having had friends from England, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Jamaica, Nigeria, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Trinidad and Tobago, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia, China, Italy, Switzerland, America, France, turkey, Germany, Sri Lanka, India, South Korea, Japan, Dominican Republic etc.

I wouldn’t be who I am today if I didn’t grow up with so much love and culture around me. Granted I might be a little ridiculous sometimes, but I like who I am cos I know I have pure intentions and I try my best to understand people. I don’t always understand people - like right now with the rioters - but I am trying. I don’t care where you’re from, if I love you, you’re my family. Which means I have sisters of Afghan, Eritrean, Spanish and Portuguese ethnicity - and brothers who are of Indian, Italian, Nigerian, English and Sinhalese ethnicity. And we’re all British. I have always believed that family is where you find it. Same with home.

I can’t ignore that we do have our problems as a country, as a kingdom. Even so, how does responding in violence solve anything? I grew up around violence, and I never saw any good come of it. Just more violence. I take it as a life lesson - though I don’t know that I needed that much of a lesson 😅. I made a deal with the universe though - I’ll get my ass organised and in return I would like a mostly peaceful life with quite a bit of adventure and lots of love - that is actually a lot to ask I realise but I’m still hopeful. I just think there are no real winners in war. I understand self defence, but if you’re angry and looking for a fight cos nobody is listening, I’d recommend you buy a punching bag (pillows work for me), meditate, find your zen and work smarter to use your words with the people who deserve it. The world now thinks that we’re animals - no, not animals. Animals behave better than us. That we’re angry idiots. I’m sad, cos I know that that’s not who we are.

Im okay if people are protesting peacefully that they are unhappy with immigration. That they don’t think people like my mum should be here or that the children of immigrants should be here (🙋🏽‍♀️). It’s hurtful. I cried when I saw some of the things being said, and I don’t agree at all with what they’re saying about any immigrant, but I do think they have a right to say it if that’s what they believe. I agree with them that Police shouldn’t be arresting people just for that. I also understand and agree that the government aren’t doing their jobs properly. This is where my agreement ends. People will think I’m mad, but I’d rather have freedom of speech and disagree with people (peacefully) than not be allowed to voice an opinion and be arrested for comments online - which is what’s happening, and will likely be happening more, thanks to the rioters who have given government and the police an excuse to come down harder…

The media tell half truths (of course), people aren’t acting rational, the police aren’t letting people speak their truth and the people are responding with violence - though I don’t think that’s any excuse. I still don’t know what’s real. Are rioters really on their way to London to smash cars and burn stuff? Or is the media talking about a peaceful protest with a few dangerous racist plonkers? I don’t know. I know the media can lie and twist things, but there wouldn’t be anything to twist if the people weren’t committing violent acts. I do know that.

I really want to give the protesters the benefit of the doubt, even if I disagree with them. Freedom of speech is important, always. But I just see non-stop rioting/looting and burning now, and I will never agree with that. It’s inhumane.

Anyway, this was my rant. Hope I didn’t bum anyone out. Just needed to vent.

*GM

Gm,

9/24 smoke free hours down.

Of course I was sleeping so that was pretty easy.

So far just chewing regular gum is kinda helping?? Because it gives that minty burning feeling

True?

Any good that the Mutiny team did for self custodial lightning is overshadowed by this move to shut down their service so soon after launching. Has it even been a year? How many companies can expect to be successful after such a short time? How much of the funds they received from grants and other donations did they pocket? What are they not discolosing about their reasoning for shutting down. Fuck that and fuck them unless they’re more forthright with everyone about what’s going on.

I had the same thoughts. I just switched over to Mutiny because I liked their general philosophy and direction. I'm left wondering what the point was.

It's cool that they want to explore other products, but I won't bother with any of them (assuming they're relevant for me) out of fear that I'm just going to be rugged again.

It's so bizarre and unexpected. I also don't understand why the entire project had to die because one person is burned out.

I'm glad I didn't convert anyone over yet. Shit like this makes onboarding people really painful and risky for me.

The team should have been more transparent and made it clear that the project was a toy. I understand that people sometimes need to leave a project, but stuff like this impacts those who provide support financially and by helping others with adoption.

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The shitcoin they attached to it just turned me off. Maybe I should give it another try