GM ! 🤗

What is it ? This note and previous. I love the patterns 😍

That sand art looks very cool Fren

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Leaving Tasmania on a gorgeous early autumn day…. 🍂

#GM

#Photography

Epistemology > Ontology > Teleology

I love asking what the purpose of things is. But in order to do that, you first have to know what the thing is, and in order to do that, you need to know how knowledge works.

Alternatively, asking what the purpose of something is can be a much richer definition of what it is than a pure description. And being embedded in this rich landscape of meaning can lead to richer conclusions about what knowledge itself is as well.

Are there still places with vibes anymore? Or did the internet kind of kill it?

I feel like digital spaces have vibes. Nostr has a vibe for sure, but everywhere I go (in America at least) feels flat, steril and homogenous now.

People like to pretend otherwise, romanticizing local charm and it’s fun to do so, but in reality there is no meaningful difference between New York, LA, Chicago, Austin, Miami etc…

The differences feel increasingly superficial. Miami with its neon pink and bad Latin art. New York with its identical minimalist cafes selling identical oat lattes. These aren’t cities anymore, they’re brands. “Keep Austin Weird” feels less like the rallying cry of a bohemian collective and more like a safe corporate brand slogan.

It wasn’t always like this. Cities used to incubate true subcultures that couldn’t thrive anywhere else. Seattle once had grunge music emerging organically from local clubs, distinct in sound and attitude. Detroit was a birthplace for techno and industrial grit that couldn’t have been manufactured. New Orleans had jazz clubs and vibrant local traditions that permeated every street corner authentically. Before the internet collapsed distances, you could sense deep authenticity upon arriving somewhere new. The vibe wasn’t something designed by marketing departments; it was organically woven into the streets, the people, the music, and local myths.

Now, vibes feel engineered and commoditized, reduced to Instagrammable moments and easily replicable aesthetics. I once watched from the balcony of my hotel in Nashville as 200 women waited in line to take the same stupid picture with the same stupid set of angel wings.

Digital spaces, ironically, have become refuges of uniqueness, fostering communities unburdened by geographical homogenization. Platforms like nostr host unique niche communities, from hyper-specific gaming bitcoin cultural milieu to obscure philosophical discussions, that retain genuinely distinctive vibes.

Perhaps we’re now entering a strange inversion, where real-world spaces chase digital popularity, adopting blandness to maximize broad appeal.

In this inversion, digital worlds might become the primary spaces where unique vibes survive, thrive, and multiply—leaving our physical world as little more than a flattened reflection of what used to be.

Nostr is where the vibes are at.

what kind of bitcoiner are you ?

It's fun, but it will be a movie that nobody will remember in a while, it's not a movie worthy of winning so many Oscars for my taste, although the rest of them won't either.

How can it be that this film was the winner of the Oscars?

Fuck, the movie industry is really fucked up 😂

Why #Bitcoin and #Metal are soulmates?

1- Anti-Establishment Roots

Both metal and Bitcoin were born as counter-culture movements.

#Metal rebelled against religion and the mainstream pop music industry.

#Bitcoin rejects the centralized financial system.

2- Censorship Resistance

A lot of Metal bands have been banned, blacklisted, and blamed for corrupting youth.

What about Bitcoin? Governments and banks preferred it didn't exist, but here it is!

3- Proof of Work

Bitcoin is secured by proof of work.

Metal bands grind for years in basements, bars, and festivals before making it big.

No shortcuts. Only hard-earned respect.

4- Decentralized & Global

Metal thrives in underground scenes worldwide, just like Bitcoin, which belongs to no nation or corporation.

5- Scarcity & Value

Bitcoin is hard money with a fixed supply—21M coins, no more.

Metal legends are rare too. Only a few reach iconic status, and once they do, their influence is immortal.

6- HODL Mentality

True metalheads don’t follow trends.

True Bitcoiners don’t sell at the first dip.

Both are in for the long haul, through bear markets and sellout waves.

7- Cypherpunk & Metal Lyrics

Themes of dystopia, financial corruption, freedom, and revolution?

You’ll find them in both Bitcoin and in countless Metal anthems.

8- Maximalist Energy

Bitcoin Maxis and die-hard metalheads are intense, passionate, and sometimes extreme.

Whether it’s BTC or #metal, they defend what they love at all costs.

#HornsUpForSatoshi