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There’s two of us here: Diana & Tom. We are a photography collective based in the Berkshires, Massachusetts. Art prints for your home, Visual Storytelling for your business.

Nothing noticeable. We get compensated for the energy at the end of season (in the fall) and our batteries should have plenty left to see us through to sunrise tomorrow am when they’ll recharge from the roof. In the event the batteries run below our predetermined limit tonight we simply pull from the grid to replenish slightly. It’s all done automatically.

-Tom

It’s happening. We are dumping 10.3kW of #energy into the grid from our batteries just as everyone is getting home from work and cranking up their A/C, contributing to a total of 10.7MW. Kinda like #proofofwork. Cool.

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Tomorrow our home’s battery storage is participating in its first VPP event, something we have been eagerly anticipating. Essentially our home will be joining a fleet of other homes to form a ‘virtual power plant’ and support the grid during this heatwave. In total there are 1441 homes taking part for two hours, and we’ll be compensated for the energy we provide. Very cool. It feels appropriate to use those funds for #bitcoin.

#energy #massachusetts #newengland

Yeah, sometimes you have to manifest.

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Today I paid for my haircut in #Bitcoin. Fucking awesome.

I’ve been going to the same person for about 15 years now, which is wild to think about. She knows exactly how I like my hair, so I don’t even have to say anything anymore.

There’s something comforting about that kind of consistency. But what I really appreciate about her is that she’s a genuinely wise, open-minded person. She’s well-traveled, with stories from Africa, South America, and beyond. And she’s always tuned in - aware of the world, curious, thoughtful.

Every time I sit in her chair, we end up talking about what’s going on in the world. Last time, I mentioned Bitcoin. I explained a bit about what it is, how it works, and why I think it matters. She was naturally curious - the kind of person who embraces new ideas. I told her about Strike and how easy it would be for her to accept Bitcoin payments. She said she’d look into it...

And sure enough, when I saw her today, she had downloaded nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jqjrm2qp . So I paid for my haircut in Bitcoin. It was such a cool, novel moment - and a reminder of how powerful it can be to share what we know, and help people take small steps into this world. That kind of openness is what we need more of.

But what makes this even more special is what she’s doing next.

She told me she’s heading to Mozambique for three months to teach at Liberty Project Africa - a training center that helps girls who’ve survived trafficking and exploitation. Through vocational and cosmetology training, these young women are given the tools to build a future with real hope and opportunity.

She’s trying to collect donations for salon essentials to help stock their new classroom and salon space. And now that she’s set up with Strike, I want to help direct donations to her Lightning wallet - both to support this powerful work and to encourage her even more to see how Bitcoin can be a tool for good.

If you want to donate, you can send directly to her Strike wallet address: acirs99@strike.me

It would be very cool if you could. I'd like to surprise her with it! I will also be sending what ever this note generates as well for the fund. Thank you!

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This is really cool, I love how she got set up on Strike following your conversation. Introducing people to something new that opens up their knowledge and experience is such a buzz. Congrats!

-Tom

Red lines, blue lines, shapes, geometry. #photostr #photography #artstr #minimalism

Perhaps the value of art made by humans actually increases dramatically in the era of artificial intelligence?

Yeah, I love the ‘Bitcoin is money, use it as such’ mantra but at the same time I don’t particularly want to part with the sats I have!

Would you say that you’d feel much more inclined to buy someone’s product or creation if you could pay with #bitcoin?

#asknostr

It depends on the chemistry of the cells, but with regards to rechargeable camera batteries you are probably correct.