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Pleb - Father of 4 daughters.

I would choose Europe everyday.

But the point is, Europeans do not self proclaim themselves to be be exceptional. Exceptional is a very strong word.

Europe and America is better than other regions, but exceptional?

Genuine question; Do Americans not see both the good and bad that America does?

The rest of the world sees America as being good sometimes and bad sometimes?

What is it about this fake exceptionalism?

Stay free Alhumdulilah!

stay free alhumdulillah !

The world’s on edge, waiting for a handful of old men at the Fed to decide if we’re getting a rate cut. It’s like watching a group of referees argue over a single call—deciding if Mahomes is being a whimp or its roughing the passer. Everyone’s holding their breath, hoping the decision doesn’t send the game/economy into chaos.

Live free Alhumdulliah!!

Asalamualaikum, Live free brothers!

I love the fact that the Americans are socialists when it coems to professional sports and the British have been absolute capitalists.

#nfl

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I haven't worn makeup in a decade in any public context. There was a bitcoin documentary that put some on me but I don't know if they aired it. Or maybe a brief moment. I don't know and don't care.

My husband often says I should wear makeup for special occasions. Which means he'd like to see it and I should practice more. I ignored this for years and he keeps reminding me, but this year I'm going to do better at it, for him. We have our 7-year anniversary coming up. I'm going to try to surprise him with it.

My argument previously was I can't be good at everything. If I'm going to run our main business then maybe it's fine if I'm not great at makeup. It's not that I don't have time, although that's a factor, but mainly I don't have mental bandwidth. I wear the same clothes, I don't wear makeup, I get the same haircut, and focus on finance and tech every day. When I'm alone for a season, separated by him due to travel, rather than figure out makeup I post too much on social media and write a 130k word science fiction novel manuscript (which in retrospective, he ends up really liking) to fill our time apart. So I'm like, "maybe makeup isn't me."

His argument, as a proper method to not insult his own wife, is that it would "be a shame to not ever dabble in make up", given how I could look in it.

Objectively it's a reasonable argument; there are plenty of iconic people that look totally different without makeup. His argument is that I should at least wear it sometimes. I've been meaning to give him that view for years but I keep putting it off. Years now.

But sometimes it's a character rather than a concept that brings us to an idea. Much like novels. It's about characters more-so than plot or worlds that wake you up to something.

So I see Kristi Noem at 53 with great makeup, looking amazing, getting sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security.

All the politicians are thinking about her new position, but realistically myself and many other women are like, "fuck, that's my new 53 year old benchmark." She looks so good. Partially because she's attractive but also her makeup and hair are just so solid. I assume she'll be weak at the job but she'll look damn good doing it.

And so I think, "Well fuck, I hope I look half as good at 53 as she does. Maybe I can ignore this shit in my 30s but I have to figure it out by my 40s and 50s."

Anyway, that's my random vulnerable mental shit for Nostr.

My Mrs doesn't wear makeup and I love it.

she has objectively more beautiful skin than 90% of women.

Especially when women get over 35, makes a big difference.

Delayed gratification.

Just watched "Don't Look Up" again. It nails today’s world of tech billionaires and politicians like Trump—dismissing real threats, focusing on personal gain, and spreading misinformation. Musk's Twitter rants and Trump’s leadership both echo the film’s satirical take on ignoring catastrophe for ego and profit.

And now we have XRP.

#Bitcoin

Waiting for the first personality on Nostr to start their own meme coin.

What's the opposite of Zapping?

Salams, I'm one of the newbies.

overall experience is good. Optically and general use is good.

In terms of improvements, I'm not fully versed on seeing posts from my own preferenced posters. It seems nostr does not discriminate between Lyn Laden and any other person I follow. So I would need to type Lyn's name on the search to see if she has posted anything.

is there a facility to prioritise which feed i see as priority. I want to see all, but it appears random at the moment.

There are some amongst us who engage in mental gymnastics when "pro-Bitcoin" politicians like Trump rugs us. Trump's career of scamming and scheming is ignored.

They rationalize it after the event, by arguing that Bitcoin transcends any individual or ideology, focusing on its universal appeal when the shit hits the fan.

Ultimately we are but a cog. Everything is good for Bitcoin. Even scammers.

Everyone in power is corrupt. Sometimes they are with you but mostly they hate you.

The lesson is stay free, stay sovereign.