There definitely is a strong degree of truth to this!
In the late 1960s, my mother went to Woodstock since she knew a doctor and pretended to be a nurse in his medical tent.
In the early 1970s, she went to travel Europe as a backpacker for over a year. And then, she traveled to Morocco through Gibraltar, and Morocco had a coup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Moroccan_coup_attempt
So my mom got stuck there with little money and few exits. There was a government agent named Mohamed that courted her for a while and would pay her daily; he wanted to marry her and leave. She eventually managed to escape that situation, by befriending a Canadian pot dealer. He was chill, and gave her funds and said to pay him back once she gets home. So she stabilized and was able to get a flight home.
My mother and I are opposite personalities. She mostly didn’t raise me; my father did. And yet in every picture, her right ear is visible but never her left. To this day, I get jokes online about never showing my left ear. Every picture. People say it might not exist.
It’s fun how that works. Maybe I’ll show my left ear only for Nostr.
Cool story! An adventurous life for your mom
Movies I don’t have anything right now, but House of the Dragon you should watch!
Love it. You are doing things bigger than just for fame points. There are many great podcasters that just need a guest that has a following to kick start and gain momentum.
I get it now more than ever. I know so many convicted Bitcoiners panic sold or reduced position when it went from $74K to $50K
Nostr progress 2022-2024
https://video.nostr.build/fe6e8817df3b4cdbe71628db79d837e023c510fb5020e2b30ba35541616e9d07.mp4
Is there a chart somewhere of NOSTR adoption by users around the world, and activity of those users?
This is the way!
It’s fine, you can always get one down the road as well!
It’s really a beautiful thing. So much freedom signal.
It is far too easy to people please and say the "right things'.
We need more people standing up for what is right, and being outspoken even if it goes against the popular opinion.
Found this post by nostr:npub190dy7q6yd0qudlcqt98r2zs70mzhlwwdcjnm2f55yg74dns9n85sja09r3 on Xitter today and it just shows how much noise there is out there.
Bitcoin transactions per attendee tell us about the quality of the crowd that attends these conferences. Sometimes we get blinded by the shiny lights and big names but forget that NGU is not what matters.
We need to live by our words and beliefs.
I am also beyond proud to see how one of the smallest conferences in Europe, Baltic Honeybadger by nostr:npub1yul83qxn35u607er3m7039t6rddj06qezfagfqlfw4qk5z5slrfqu8ncdu, has the highest number of transactions per attendee.
Even prouder to work with and call my best friend, the mastermind behind this conference, nostr:npub1zu5tdnq7w63fgmsfz85te7e6zeg7y2lt8q8r9jp5zcg68jfy73jqraqtgz and to have done the same set up for nostr:npub1h493d0qgwhu95s82zd9sxrt3ckn3ttgvaf04z02neckadxw5fkvqte4cwz with her.
All of these conferences are organized by bitcoiners who do this because they clearly see the importance of leading by example.
Like Anna, nostr:npub1tdc9um9kqfp9cqvjqtwswzsvqzdsgzkpn9swamed3286kfwpaljsrr8r0y, nostr:npub1f40egu9fymsz0qmg9cyqgtl0u7vznxsyr3czse6x66jp3d9723uszajn7l, and nostr:npub137x48n3c7wzyaawmeydkwdxdkvg3gd2mvpp6phrjft9y5xrxqa9q9kz69c are good people who put in the PoW to ensure their cities learn about and use #bitcoin.
Great job, guys 👏! I want to be like all of you when I grow up!
Number of Transactions per Attendee
Bitcoin Atlantis vs Bitcoin
2.917 > 0.03835
nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r vs. Bitcoin 2024
0.728 > 0.03835
Baltic Honeybadger vs. Bitcoin 2024
4.907 > 0.03835
At the bitcoin conference, it was crazy how many individuals didn’t accept bitcoin and only credit card.
It’s limited thinking with this cat lady
