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I love truth, travel, and time well spent. I’m truly grateful to all the Bitcoiners out there who have spent so much time and money educating themselves and are now willing to help former normies like me rise up and break free.

not that anyone cares or is listening but it would seem that the Pelosi's have purchased a decent bit of google stock recently

Looks like marijuana isn't as bad as heroin after all...

I am currently using usmobile warp although I am not certain that the carrier matters that much as you can manually lock the mic the location and the camera on and off. You can also set up a alternate profile which I use to switch between a very locked down graphene os and a very sandboxed google play. Hope this helps!

The world is changing faster than our comprehension...

What did Ripple just do?

This is Scottish author Ian Maclaren aka Rev John Watson not Socrates. Penned for a Christmas message in 1897. Its often misattributed to Socrates and Plato.

America is just an oil company with an army ~ George Carlin

Faith changes identity.

Replying to Avatar Shortfiat

I agree with everything that Matt says in this video, with one slight caveat. The way to get the bitcoin that you want is to vote with your money. That is your power.

If the BTC444 fork starts with just 5% of the mining network, then it can start to get traction. The thing that will make the miners switch, is if the price of the new fork is higher than its relative hash power. For example, if the price of BTC444 is 10% of the old btc price and it has only 5% of the hash, then it is twice as profitable for the miners to mine BTC444 rather than the old one.

Miners are economically incentivesed actors, they will produce what people will pay for.

After the fork everyone will have both versions of bitcoin in their wallet. You can sit tight and play it safe, that way you will certainly end up with the winning bitcoin either way.

Alternatively, you can become an active part of shaping the future of bitcion by selling some of your spam chain bitcion for some clean chain bitcoin. It will be quite cheap at first.

Pay for the bitcoin that want to own and miners will produce what you pay for.

This is how capitalism is supposed to work.

The core devs are attempting a coup, but we have the real power.

If you think about how almost all of the OG bitcoin hodlers really don't like ordinals, then you can probably have a good guess as to who is going to win!

Peter Todd hates bitcoin and he wants to tear it all down.

He made a film in which he pretended to be satoshi.

He persistently proposes that we extend bitcoin beyond the 21m limit.

He is bullying the bitcoin core devs into expanding OP_RETURN. I have been to bitdevs meetings and I've seen it happen.

The only thing that we can do with 100KB that we can't do with 80 bytes is put more non financial data on the blockchain.

The CSAM threat is real. That is what central bankers want, it is what governments want, it is what shitcoin projects want and it is what Peter Todd wants.

They want to see bitcion fall.

Thank you nostr:nprofile1qqsggcc8dz9qnmq399n7kp2yu79fazxy3ag8ztpea4y3lu4klgqe46qppamhxue69uhku6n4d4czumt99uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wd3skuep026j8ly for highlighting this topic for us.

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Thanks for sharing!

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I grew up going to Roman Catholic Church. I went through all the motions but understood none of the meaning. I’d constantly ask my mom why I had to do all of the “stuff” and confess my “sins” to some stranger in a confessional booth. It felt hollow and mechanical. I left that tradition the moment I turned 18, determined to forge my own path.

But life has a way of humbling us. I got married at 20, had my first son at 22, and despite my best intentions, I found myself repeating the exact patterns I’d grown up resenting. Generational brokenness is devastatingly real. Another son came two years later, and after 10 years of marriage, I was spiritually and emotionally bankrupt. I’d sit alone some nights, confronting the uncomfortable truth that I’d become a narcissist. Everything I did seemed to revolve around my own needs and ego.

During this season, my wife started attending a non denominational church (Baptist roots). I was working weekend graveyards, so she took our boys with her. Honestly, I figured they’d all be better off without me there anyways as I’d wake up and marinate watching football all day. But over several months, I watched something remarkable happen to my wife. She became more patient, more sacrificial, more joyful. The change was so profound it got my attention in a way nothing else could.

God was working on my heart, creating a curiosity I hadn’t ever had. My wife had been quietly collecting Christian books, and I found myself drawn to Lee Strobel’s “The Case for Christ.” I devoured it in two days, and couldn’t put it down. The historical evidence for Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection was overwhelming. By the end, I was convinced not just intellectually, but in my soul: I was a sinner desperately in need of rescue, and Jesus Christ was real.

That realization changed everything because I knew it had to. If what I’d read was true and the evidence said it was, then this wasn’t just interesting information. It was the most important truth in existence, with eternal consequences.

In the many years since, God has completely reoriented my life. Through reformed theology, particularly RC Sproul’s teaching, I discovered that the dead saints often speak more clearly to our current struggles than most contemporary voices. Reading the Puritans and reformers showed me that God’s sovereignty and grace aren’t abstract concepts, they’re the foundation of transformed living.

The truth is, I didn’t choose God. He chose me. While I was spiritually dead, consumed with myself, He pursued me with relentless love. That grace has transformed my marriage from the inside out, revolutionized how I father my sons, and given me a brotherhood within the body of Christ I never knew I needed.

Now everything I do flows from that love. Everything I do here on Nostr is through that love. Not perfectly, but purposefully. I’m the same man, but I’m not the same man.

If you’re reading this and something resonates, don’t wait. Pick up a book. Ask the hard questions. Examine your life honestly: Are you just happy, or do you have joy? Happiness depends on circumstances; joy transcends them. One is temporary satisfaction; the other is eternal security.

I promise you, investigating the claims of Christ will be the most important thing you ever do. Not because I say so, but because He is who He says He is. And that changes absolutely everything.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Thank you for sharing that! David Pawson’s Unlocking the Bible series has indeed been a powerful and insightful resource for many people seeking a deeper understanding of Scripture. His ability to provide context, historical background, and theological clarity makes his teachings especially impactful for both new and seasoned Bible readers.

For anyone interested, here’s a bit more about the series:

"Unlocking the Bible" goes book by book through the entire Bible.

Pawson focuses on the big picture what each book is about, who it was written to, why it matters, and how it fits into the broader story of Scripture.

He teaches from a strongly Bible-centered, evangelical perspective, but with clarity and humility.

It’s a fantastic supplement for anyone wanting to go deeper beyond just reading or study notes.

Thanks again for the recommendation! definitely a blessing to many!

Saw a recent study talking about people who smoke cigarette's in the sunshine are less likely to develope cancer than people with little to no sunlight exposure. And no I'm not suggesting any of us smoke ;)