Druggies in the US have empowered the cartels. Statistically speaking half of you are to blame.

GM Nostr!

Question: what does Degan mean here? I sometimes see it like "that Degan got rekt" which I am assuming is a bad thing.

One of my novel characters is named Degan and I don't want him to be named that if it means stupid now 😅

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Before and after I found Ayahuasca, 15 months apart

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What do you think? Can "drugs" be a good thing?

#ayahusca #transformation #health #wellness #fitness #plantmedecine

#meme

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Nature's firmware upgrade

i always feel embarrassed when i discover a new person on nostr, and excitedly go to subscribe to their feed, and discover they already subscribe to mine. 🤷

That would be Paleo, which is what I do.

Truthfully tell me which you are currently eating:

1. Carnivore

2. Ketovore

3. Keto

4. Low-carb

5, Vegan

6. Vegetarian

7. I'm an idiot and don't think about food*

*If you're not thinking about your diet then big-food is doing your thinking for you, which means big-pharma is in your near future...

GM Everybody. I have a story I want to share.

Sometimes I wonder what I'm really doing by dedicating so much time to nostr. The answer can vary widely from day to day and some of the reasons are future oriented, but the most important are not.

In November of 2023 I posted a video of a bag swirling on a subway car with GM as the caption. I had a few GMs back and one of them stood out because of the profile picture.

I had a feeling this person might enjoy my lecture series. So I sent them a message and a link. This person listened to the entire 16 hours or so of the lecture series and then reached out to me to talk.

We started a conversation on November 21st of 2023 that is still going today. We live in very different parts of the world and lead very different lives, but we have more in common than perhaps either of us have ever had with anyone.

Talking with this dear friend who I met on nostr has been one of the most beneficial and joyful relationships of my entire life up to now. We have both learned a tremendous amount from eachother and we've shared more laughs than I could ever count. Just to give you a flavor, here's a brief screenshot of dozens, if not hundreds, of hours of audio notes we've sent back and forth. (I know, telegram is telegram. Please don't autistic screech.)

I could go on and on about what a great guy he is and I thought about tagging him, but the next piece would cause an anonymity issue so I decided not to.

Anyway, it's his 50th birthday today and I just wanted to say how much I love him and how much I love nostr so you guys could all get a feel for the impact.

Sure, maybe nostr is the future and it's going to take over the internet (I think it will), but frankly if it dropped dead today it would have been worth it for me just from this one connection. And fortunately for all of us it hasn't just been one connection. This protocol has literally changed my life already and there are only a few thousand people using it.

Thanks for reading 💜

Ok guys I have a moral dilemma. Nothing major, and really a first world problem, but I could use your help.

Backstory: My in-laws have been in town all week. My wife and I have been working all week, and I knew going into it that my week was going to be particularly hectic and a bit gruelling based on a couple of big, tight, contract bid deadlines with lots of estimating across thousands of square miles of countryside. Long days with little free time after work, which has been filled with prepping the garden and seedlings to get everything planted over the next few weeks as we wait for overnight temperatures to be guaranteed to be above freezing.

The culmination of the in-laws’ visit, and the thing I have been looking forward to throughout my shitty work week was to be a glorious steak dinner tonight. I’ve been dreaming all week about sinking my teeth into a perfectly grilled and prepared, marinated slab of Alberta beef, drinks, and good company.

Knowing that my wife and I were going to be busy this week, and wanting to treat us, my in-laws offered to pick up the steaks yesterday and drop them off so I could marinate and pre-season them to throw on the Traeger tonight.

My father in law is no slouch, and knowing from past experience that treating us on these rare visits is usually a spare-no-expense type proposition, I was confident enough that he and my mother in law would deliver my vision of 4 of the most beautifully marbled twenty-four ouncers, that I agreed to let them pick up the meat and we would get the rest of the fixings.

I arrived home from work last night to find out that my father in law had gone golfing, so he was absent when the girls went to the grocery and the butcher.

What greeted me when I got home are no doubt some of the puniest, leanest bargain basement sirloins that were in the store that day. The whole lot was the same price as what one single primo steak should have cost.

Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciate the gesture, and the fact that I get to eat steak at all. We are very blessed and we eat well every day on a primarily protein diet. I am sure I can work with these steaks to make them the best they can be.

Here is my question. Do I:

a) honor the gift by making these steaks the best they can be and forego the dream of a real treat that has sustained me through this shitty week,

b) pretend to drop the tray of steaks on the ground near the dog when I pull them out to marinate them this morning, forcing me to go to the butcher myself to buy some worthy replacements (and forever endearing myself to the hound) or,

c) go buy myself the prime slab I’ve been dreaming about all week, add it to the mix, and risk offending my mother in law when she sees it sizzling in it’s marbled glory next to the tiny pieces of shoe leather she bought.

It’s a real dilemma. Thanks for your assistance in this time of crisis. Lol.

#asknostr

*Arguments in favour of Bitcoin, refuted by gold as preferred money*

1. Gold, you can’t eat. ~ Sure you can’t, but neither can your eat Bitcoin.

2. Gold is mostly possessed in vaults. ~ Not true. Central banks yes. Many wealthy people will store in safe havens, such as Switzerland. The majority of my investors and other investors take delivery of their Krugerrands. (They are strongly encouraged to do so).

3. Most gold is held as paper claims such as gold ETF’s. ~ Those who are cost conscious investors, yes, but otherwise not true. I strongly discourage this. My motto is, “ _If you do not hold it, you do not own it.”_

4. Gold being 5 000 miles away from you. ~ No, it is not if you take possession of it, it is close to home.

5. Bitcoins has features of self-custody, portability, divisibility, and borderless transfer. ~ Gold and silver meet these criteria too. I add silver because it meets the criteria of “divisibility,” of being able to purchase a basic basket of fruit and veggies for an ounce of silver.

6. Bitcoin is portable. ~ So is gold. Ask any German Jew who had to flee Nazi Germany, he could not take any of his assets with him, except his few gold sovereigns.

7. Have gold bars at home, how will you trade them in a crisis? Shave off slivers? ~ The best gold to purchase is Krugerrands. No verification required. They are tried and tested – in fact they are the best branded product that SA has produced. Silver, as mentioned already, is for the small day today items. Gold is for the big items such as property and vehicle purchases.

8. Bitcoin, even if stored offline, is liquid and globally accessible again. No middlemen. No delay. No paperwork! ~ The same is true for Krugerrands, internationally they are the most accepted gold coin, and can be instantly turned into cash.

9. Bitcoin isn’t dependent on the grid… it just uses it better than anything else ever created. ~ Neither are Krugerrands dependent on the grid. Gold has been with man for 5 000 years. In every financial crisis the world has always returned to gold. Gold has a dependable history that has stood the test of time.

10. Bitcoin still needs to prove it is a store of value, before it qualifies as money. It meets two of the three criteria, a unit of measure and a unit of exchange. It still needs to overcome the hurdle of volatility, only then will it be regarded in the tradition of sound money.

This was a GOLD bug’s response…

Got a BBQ rub and only checked the ingredients later.

I thought it's salt and pepper...

But it also contains: rapeseed oil & smoked maltodextrin. What's up with these?

#asknostr #maltodextrin #rapeseedoil

The article talks about a “high dose” session of 10mg and 25mg (.01/.025 gram). That’s confusing as a typical microdose is 100mg (.1 gram). Encouraging tho, thanks for sharing.

One difference - Gold does not depend on the internet or the grid.😁 (normie)

Reply by South African Billionaire…

Yes, gold doesn’t depend on the internet or the grid…in theory…but let’s be real…if the power grid and internet went down globally, we’d be dealing with full-blown societal collapse. At that point, owning gold wouldn’t matter unless you can eat it, defend it, or trade it with someone who still thinks shiny rocks are worth canned food.

Also, let’s not pretend everyone who ‘owns’ gold actually possesses it. Most gold ownership today is just paper claims (ETFs, vaulted reserves, custodial holdings…actually all recorded and monitored via DIGITAL DATABASES ON TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD NOT WORK IF THE INTERNET AND GRID WENT DOWN) which ironically DO rely on the internet and financial infrastructure. If the grid goes down, good luck accessing your ‘allocated’ ounces sitting in a vault 5,000 miles away 😉

Meanwhile, Bitcoin offers something gold never could…self-custody, portability, divisibility, and borderless transfer. If we are in a Mad Max scenario, the medium of exchange will be bullets, not bullion. But short of that, Bitcoin gives you freedom and access that gold simply can’t match in a modern world…

Let’s entertain the “no internet, no grid” scenario. You think gold gives you the upper hand? Let’s be honest…if you don’t have physical possession of your gold in your hand (not some vault slip, ETF, or custodian login), you’ve got nothing. And even if you do have bars at home, how exactly are you planning to trade them in a crisis? Shave off slivers? Carry it in your pocket and hope someone accepts it? Verify its authenticity with… what, your survival kit x-ray scanner? 😂 Gold bugs forget the verification difficulties…could go on and on here!!

Now flip the scenario: the grid and internet start coming back online. Bitcoin doesn’t need a branch office, armored truck, or FedEx shipment to “wake up.” It’s software/digital. As soon as one node connects, and then another, the network starts syncing…block by block, wallet by wallet. Your Bitcoin, even if stored offline, instantly becomes liquid and globally accessible again. No middlemen. No delay. No paperwork…GLOBALLY, INSTANTLY!!

Bitcoin will be the first monetary asset to come alive the moment the lights flicker back on. Gold? It’s still sitting there, waiting for someone to weigh it, test it, or ship it…like it’s 1805.

Bitcoin isn’t dependent on the grid…it just uses it better than anything else ever created 🤸‍♂️

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