So have been a little switched off in Guatemala for my birthday. I posted photos of El Fuego erupting and got zapped sats. Random mental wanderings ensued so a thought for anybody interested.
As bitcoiners, we try to orange pill. Explaining the nature of fiat and debt. It's hard because people don't tend to feel the gradually warming water in the pot.
Geologists tend to like to think of things as being very slow processs over millions of years. We learn about the sharp episodic events such as meteorite impacts and volcanoes. We tend to consider them outliers within academic circles. I personally do not adhere to this principle. I've mentioned before in a post that I was warning people in Costa rica that due to the hunga Tonga volcanic eruption of 2022, we would see a heavy rainy season and to be prepared. I was generally ignored. We had 1.4m of rain in November with obvious consequences. Episodic events to me seem more of the norm.
How do the two things relate? Are we, as humans preconditioned not to understand the concept of "gradually, the suddenly"? Do we simply want to think there's a state of equilibrium that persists? Is this a great psychological weakness or blind spot? It seems evolutionarily not to be advantageous, so why? Is it a hangover from more primitive times where we possibly needed to feel this way to deal with living in a more hostile physical environment? Just a thought
Not sure if it was Troll so don't quote me but before starting operations on one of these monsters of engineering, the lead on the project, who was a music buff, said its tragic to fill the concrete jacket without appreciating the acoustics so held a concert inside for the workers. It had already been installed so the concert was carried out below sea level. One never knows in the industry if the stories told are really true and doubt that would've been public but from a just kinda cool appreciation, I like to believe it was
Should also say for the Christians out there, I randomly stopped at a place for the night here called casa Madeleine. It's not always used for the public but if available, it's non profit and funds go to Christian missionary work helping underproviledged kids here. Also check out places accepting btc. There's a community here
Thankyou. This really is a beautiful place if you ever get the chance. Antigua and lake atitlan stunning if you've never been
Yeah for shipping, better to improve bunker fuel and what they can throw overboard. Be as strict as they are with oil rigs would be a good start. It's bloody baby steps with shipping for some reason. We should do better really
Saw this in Morocco. Spectacle up close. Bit of an environmental disaster considering what it took to build but early steps
Yeah. Just wow! Came for my 50th. Quiet birthday. Figured as geologist, couldn't hit the landmark without seeing this. Unfortunately had foot problem so couldn't do the hike but thus fucking rocks and will return for close up. Missus came a few months ago but I could join. I'll find a photo she took. She didn't have a bar though so not sure really who wins
Sitting down having a beer watching volcano erupting in the distance? Don’t mind if I do!
If only the hated care, does it matter? I think I hear a tree falling…. No was just a fart
It’ll be explosive am sure! https://video.nostr.build/14b903cf250112df20523710827a16d5e699cb7572ed9993e9fcf14cf98e93ef.mp4
Shilled as easy onboarding for adoption. It’s almost fiat. Path of least resistance. Most people do not consider the sacrifice made for convenience. This has been clearly demonstrated over last 15-20 years unfortunately
I was waiting for yodel and my guide and volcano is still just doing its thing in the distance. Consider that zap as deposit! Nostr is yodel primed! 
Stay HUMBLE and stack sats. Duty calls! 🤪🙄
Im watching now but gonna miss this as heading up a volcano for sunset explosions. I’ll have to check back in on this after!