stupid is as stupid does

or retarded ... as the case may be

IDK. Thanks, I'll look at them.

🤙

Can anyone recommend a trustworthy company I can buy BTC with using Interac, preferably in #Alberta?

I was using BTC Well but lately 2 different banks I'm a client at refuse interac transactions to them.

#asknostr

#buybtc

#canada

the high of -2C was at 2am and it's -17 now... on the way to -21. #tea time. GM.

a dog

sniffing the snowman —

with yellow feet

#GM #teachain

#Alberta #YYC

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

#snow

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin) - it's finally FINISHED.

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the finishing touches: darks, finger nail, leveling the sea, and signing the painting.

bone black, lead white, Italian yellow earth, Sartorius red, French burnt umber, viridian green, Prussian blue, #RublevColours

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting

washed a bunch of old gaiwans, saucers, and #tea cups. sitting down to a cup of houjicha. GM.?

autumn wind

skipping across the prairie —

mule deer... two... three

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#photography

#gtownostr

snowy outside. Sunday: walk + #coffee + #tea day. GM.

dawn!

he notices the birds'

silence!

#GM #teachain

#coffeechain #haiku

#poetry #grownostr

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin)

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the toga/blanket and a couple of touch-ups in the sky.

bone black, lead white, French umber, viridian green, Prussian blue, #RublevColours

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting

after today... it's going to be brrr. #tea time. GM.

taking a seat

this morning —

the autumn wind

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin)

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the darks/shadows on the arm and legs, and hair highlights. I also marked a couple spots where I need to paint back the sky on some edges.

The painting is nearly complete.

Paints: bone black, lead white, French burnt umber, French umber, Italian yellow earth, Sartorius red, #RublevColours

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting #grownostr

stocked up on #tea this weekend. GM.

the glint

in the crow's eye —

is the age of the moon

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

i brought out some old pre y2k Oolong #tea from Wuyi Mountain this week. GM.

the sound of the wind

on the snow covered prairie

a coyote's howl

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

#snow #buddha

white sky white snow. #tea time. GM

the sound of magpies —

shivering in the wind

on the wire

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin)

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the lower leg and the hand.

bone black, lead white, French burnt umber, Italian yellow earth, Sartorius red, #RublevColours

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin)

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the his hair and the robe/toga/blanket (not sure which it is).

bone black, lead white, French burnt umber, cinnabar green, viridian green, Prussian blue, Italian yellow earth #RublevColours

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting

this teapot has been making only Chinese Wuyi Mountain Oolong #tea for 25+ years. it's stained black on the inside. GM.

frozen pond —

two teams of kids playing

the sound of hockey

GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#micropoetry

#grownostr

It's as cold as it is clear blue sky here... brrr. warming up by the fire with #catstr and #tea. GM.

the sun repeating

behind my eyelids —

low sun

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#cat #grownostr

up in the mountains this weekend. the sun's poking through the trees. #tea time. GM.

the frog pond

frozen over —

the sound of bubbles

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#hrownostr

this magpie looks very cold. brrr. #tea time. GM.

silence!

the snow has

spoken

#GM #teachain

#haiku #poetry

#grownostr

Master Copy: "Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer" (by Hippolyte Flandrin)

Today at #AtelierArtista I worked on the darks on the upper back, temple, and toes.

#art #artstr #nostrartstr

#mastercopy #oil

#oilpainting

late #tea time. GM.

the colour

in her cheeks —

pink snow at sunrise

#GM #teachain

#poetry #haiku

#grownostr

#photography

I think it's possible for a civil/society to last with government but not with overrreaching government.

the past 40-70 years in the West have seen a degradation of education and more and more tax to feed politicians.

perhaps if there are limits set in the beginning? idk

the Internet has made things worse by far, socially especially in the West. people no longer talk face to face as they once did.

I remember when it was not like this.

idk.

if you mean less government interference, particularly in education, yes. people should be left alone to live their lives and keep most of what they earn aside from what is absolutely necessary to levy as tax for roads, infrastructure, etc.

here in north america, it is past the tipping point. kids are being taught non-skills that serve to create division and bigotry meanwhile the literacy rate is appalling and they can't reason or do math or they only look at stats and not people. the average IQ is -15 of what it was for example.

another piece of the puzzle is loss of morality and demonization of spiritual life. i had to seek it on my own, my parents had no spiritual life. they just didband said what they were told to.

i think you're in India? if so, beware if and when this starts over there. it seems to appear after a country fully develops.

i spent about a month in northern India in 2014. loved it there. the people were real, life was real.

❤️🤙

yeah 💯

you can't tell by the surface except those who advertise it 🤣

it's important to treat people as individuals and not assume we know them because of superficial things.

not knowing is most intimate.

yep.

'reified postmodernism' is the scholarly term for wokeism.

personality cluster B is a group of personality disorders that are related to each other. the Wikipedia page on it/them is not bad.

those 2 combined == bluehairs and people like them; the stereotype that is

reified postmodernism

+

personality cluster B

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there are barely any bugs at all in Alberta where i live now. ❤️

the ones we have are teeny tiny.

It's quite funny the things people say when they think people don't understand.

He was saying it all in French too so most people had no clue.

I told him to get fucked and asked him if he'd be as brave as that if we were not on a flight, then drew attention to the fact that he was half my height and weak... all in perfect French.

#dontfuckwithgayguys 🤣

that seems pretty creepy.

what other devices are you logged on to with that account?

'I am an ant'

you see?

nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgpr9mhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0q9n8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99ah8qatzx9e8gmr3vdsnsu3kv96hjcthx4hr26pnds6ngv3jv3kngumj0y6kg7nxv4jngd3exen8zefcwvm8zem4v34hxdmydf6xvuelvfex7ctyvdshxapaw3e82egy8tpxn

here is the thing about free speech. it comes with responsibility.

people can say whatever they want to BUT with that comes the responsibility of accepting the consequences.

we are living in a permissive society that does not value personal responsibility.

we don't all need to agree on anything other than agree to listen and try to understand others, particularly those we disagree with.

for example, shitting on a person who has been murdered for their opinion/views is a sin, broadly speaking.

(sin originally means separation [from community/others])

take a look at far left and far right radicalism from a place of neutrality. ignore what is being argued and look at the devices being used in the words in order to create separation (sin).

for example:

"that's JUST YOUR opinion..." It's meant to separate and ostracize. it implies that the person is totally alone.

there's more to this than that and I am going off on a tangent now.

I'll end by saying 'can' does not mean 'should'/and knowing when to stfu is a skill that is developed over time and with reflection including self criticism when we eff it up.

I'll STFU now. 🤙❤️🙏

so are they assuming illegal/nefarious activity because some people use BTC for illegal purposes and trying to make it seem like everyone using it is a crook? sounds like Liberal logic.

some leaves are green and some are tinged with autumn. drinking leaves in oolong #tea form this morning. GM.

orange leaves,

one by one they fall —

arrives

#GM #photography #fall

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry

#teachain #grownostr

might be

🤙

💯🤙💫❤️🎯

there are many types of dust.

an abandoned house may contain things like:

- rodents and animals, dust

- rotting things like old wood, dust

- chipping paint turning to dust

- dirt blown in through a broken window, dust

etc.

and old dust that gets stirred up again.

in China where they mine cadmium, the tailings settle into man made ponds to settle, when they dry up, the cadmium blows into the air as dust. People living near by breathe it in and get cancer.

lots if dust.

oh also this diet sketch about #dust (URL is clean)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YZYx5IyCprc

eh

🤣🤙

Lunch at #ClassClown (#YYC)

Best burgers in town.

#yummy #food

#Calgary

the Zen/Japanese word for this is the Floating Realm

the word is usually use is 'the overlay'