2024-11-22T18:47:11Z https://njump.me LynAlden https://njump.me/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a https://m.primal.net/LtjB.jpg https://m.primal.net/LtjB.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ajhu6rnk58qzj06z6pfrer3pseka2z85ww0ea79l37gdp2t6anszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0574hxwwd Big fan of marriage.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsr4vm0y7pee95dkkwj9f0k92mycqu32udw0fmqad2c8rx2wgzx0dc5jzxle" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…zxle</a></span> </div> Contrary to popular belief marriage is awesome and very satisfying and fulfilling. <br/><br/>If your algo or surroundings are convincing you otherwise just know that there are very happy couples out there and they are living amazing lives together. <br/><br/>They don’t often talk about it as loudly as those who are miserable though because they know it’s rare and needs to be protected from the envious eyes of the world. <br/><br/>But if you look you will start to see it everywhere. <br/><br/>Most women are not dumb sluts and most men are not cheating assholes. <br/><br/>There’s a lot of really good people out there. <br/><br/>You can find yours if you’re willing to look and put in the effort it takes to sustain a life with someone who wants the same things as you. </blockquote> 2026-08-20T18:22:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0rv868yylvve35vp9jgqvhq8v4070uzcersqculmdhjuul6nvw4szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ynd67d That feeling when I’m at a gathering of elderly Egyptian in-laws who never read sci fi, and they want to know what The Stolguard Incident is about.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/ccdf69c8f19d9ad8e34dd35836baf9c219c27399b6cf600bd6a29924bab0b5d5.jpg"> 2026-08-20T18:12:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdmnr9zvfq63xcuteqtsl5t9a22cxdj7tkfet2altckm3wsen9acszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057xahhqx During the past couple weeks, Fable became a lot dumber.<br/><br/>ChatGPT 5.6 is crushing it right now at most tasks I use it for.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsvzry8p4qttwxe4ycus28hz8hca9dzhsuhr63ud4j8mrsveql5euqx34ves" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…4ves</a></span> </div> Now that Fable is back on the market, I did an apples-to-apples test with it.<br/><br/>While I purposely avoided using any AI to write Stolguard, I did feed the finished manuscript into ChatGPT and Claude prior to publication and asked them to analyze the characters, plot, themes, prose, genre, and overall thoughts. Like a robot beta reader among my myriad human beta readers. They did a half-decent job, like a smart high-schooler who read it but skimmed certain parts, made a few objective errors (including a big one involving all the nuance around Jade and what she’s up to and why, across the two interwoven timelines, iykyk), but otherwise got the gist of the book with some random inconsistencies.<br/><br/>I did that with Fable now. Just gave it the text and asked it to analyze it along those same areas. Its overall analysis conclusions were quite similar, but it avoided making those objective mix-ups around the most complex parts. It understood the interwoven timelines fully. Only with some follow-up questions did it start to slip a bit with some clear mistaking of one character for another or forgetting about certain scenes as its context window failed to keep up.<br/><br/>Definitely a step up in accuracy, based on a text I know well. </blockquote> 2026-08-19T14:23:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrk3m6xzdwlyusdcazc8ufx09mf7jnnsp9f2c9lul7swczddvl4qszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057k2aaee If you write a draft of something and ask AI to review it and give its thoughts as like a robot beta reader, it’ll be sycophantic. “This is a great, confident thriller with load-bearing thematic work, but a couple areas to tighten a bit.”<br/><br/>A better prompt is to say, “I’m a literary agent and this manuscript came across my desk. I only have one more slot for an author this quarter, what do you think?” Suddenly the AI doesn’t know it’s yours, so it’s basically like, “there are some good things here but let me analyze in detail why half of it is utter dogshit.”<br/><br/>So I always ask it the latter way.<br/><br/>Same thing if it’s a nonfiction article. You say you’re a magazine/paper editor deciding whether to publish it, not its author. Then it goes hard-mode on analyzing what you’ve written and why it probably sucks.<br/><br/>Same for investor decks or anything persuasive. You ask as though you’re the one considering an investment into this thing that came your way, not the deck you made.<br/><br/>Basically, prompting feedback for creative work by AI is all about lying to it that it’s not yours, and that if anything the more brutal it is the more it’ll save you time as the agent/editor/investor to reject it. 2026-08-17T13:53:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspajcfg5chlqxlnh4wuec5jv587tlcq8ga9h2adwn926yn3qsaxpczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057j4hnv5 Currently in Port Said, the industrial town where the Suez Canal connects with the Mediterranean.<br/><br/>At an old-school Lebanese restaurant. Really low time preference setting, lots of wood, intricate windows, traditional place with great food.<br/><br/>On the wall is a tv.<br/><br/>The tv is playing the movie Twilight. 2026-08-08T15:32:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgujm83fu724n2egrwgg4lxw257j6la0enejljz95xm2knwtn7rgszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057vvx7kr Typical reader reactions to the four parts of The Stolguard Incident:<br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stolguard-Incident-Lyn-Alden/dp/B0GNS9MYB5">https://www.amazon.com/Stolguard-Incident-Lyn-Alden/dp/B0GNS9MYB5</a><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/76beece1f28fc543cda08f487916d40e0055732bd6a490183eb4e1bcaedc52fb.jpg"> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqqqq9anype4ul2cny9hfkfzxppjdgqjlgn4qa2msgqcegee25hrc6uspf6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…spf6</a></span> </div> The Stolguard Incident was excellent! First fiction I've read in English in quite some time, definitely enjoyed it. It was good from the start, but I personally got truly sucked in and couldn't put it down until around midway. <br/><br/>Well done, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsw4v882mfjhq9u63j08kzyhqzqxqc8tgf740p4nxnk9jdv02u37ncxzszx8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LynAlden</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…szx8</span>)</a></span> ! </blockquote> 2026-08-06T13:28:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxz957fdvcwntnqw93zwkp0hkvsj72zeu260mh8gm5dgtr0230shqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ry7z5c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqq9anype4ul2cny9hfkfzxppjdgqjlgn4qa2msgqcegee25hrc6uspf6'>nevent1q…spf6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Glad you enjoyed it! 2026-08-06T13:23:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstv42zctq6v7d7d0vem8t7d7uksvrtydhqkaav3cq0yqtec2qpdfgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057eu4y33 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4y0cejuwlaetze7d8qd30gf6syp89s70xgmsdcr9u3l4mqd20lsfkgass'>nevent1q…gass</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why kill the golden goose?<br/><br/>If you have a 4-7 year mandate (literally need to give back investor capital at the end), you’re in a rush to do that. Get as many eggs out of the goose as possible until it is sick, then slaughter it. Then keep doing that. Buy geese, optimize near-term eggs.<br/><br/>But if there’s no near-term mandate to return capital, holding strong business can provide cash flows for decades. That’s what Berkshire does with companies it buys outright. Lets them run for decades, multiplying the entry price over and over. OJ intends to go public in the coming years, so investors can sell their shares for liquidity while the company itself keeps compounding cash flows. 2026-07-16T10:36:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv2frh05y4x3r00xh2snz730mv05f6ypfnhu88894gj7sjr9lutsczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057aj47vj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ew8lt7xduwcwcrphyr5zezlflj02jj2pa32k8hks3mmmh3lcu0q8xctul'>nevent1q…ctul</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>PE funds typically spin out a business with high debt when they are done. Hollowed them out, setting them up with a high failure rate after value has been extracted.<br/><br/>When we buy a business, it’ll become part of the OJ company, which is intended to to be managed with a strong balance sheet. If a business we own runs into a challenge or could benefit from more capital, it has backup from the parent company. 2026-07-16T10:31:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfzehzw0wxxl0puawkuh2qtahz7z0jl968xkfvtne2runmp5vm63gzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057fw6wc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdu0vkula2cq5ychk3h7fhyvme9rv4gdrvtfc37x96556d9tmarqs3wjpz0'>nevent1q…jpz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our holding period is intended to be decades or more. Like what Berkshire Hathaway does with its wholly-owned acquisitions.<br/><br/>Nothing lasts forever, and there are scenarios where we might have to wind something down or let it go, but the point is we intend to buy companies and hold them indefinitely or until the company one day becomes unviable. We don’t have a 4-7 year mandate to flip it out. 2026-07-16T10:29:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxtmu4wynf3q27ey3fcyhwdmsx8eajc7za62earv2g2pysrnk8pqqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0570p7yxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yjp98kycdyjjc2757wu47mc7y03fesm8l427ansdl5xcf5xjsesalmn54'>nevent1q…mn54</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Feel free to reach out to us with your business. 2026-07-16T10:27:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx59zdl9zqyaryz5544gg4s9wtetxf0zcufjfgtd46h9ztvethtrgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057fcls52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0y0qzmpczsafkt8qjdamy4x2p3jnu24fe0kyfahf7r8yscdkemc3g0r0p'>nevent1q…0r0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah.👍 2026-07-16T10:23:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswus77l3y0dw5kjwqng50rek2gw4z5nzk9pq5a0dv6tgd2ugqzerczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057eyt3qj GM.<br/><br/>Private equity funds generally aim to buy a business, cut costs, and resell it in 4-7 years with an indebted, hollowed-out balance sheet. It’s an important source of liquidity for business owners but has some well-deserved criticism. Companies that recently exited from PE have higher bankruptcy rates.<br/><br/>As an alternative, we’ve started a company called Orange Juice that seeks to buy private businesses, optimize where helpful, and hold them indefinitely. Instead of hollowing out their balance sheets out with, we will back them up with a bitcoin treasury.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.lynalden.com/orange-juice/">https://www.lynalden.com/orange-juice/</a> 2026-07-15T15:03:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs27aadpy2x33rm7ff8wh9xm2azrtspe0sc6cy72fam2dmkmam38kczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ls6ak0 Gm.<br/><br/>One of my favorite places to have my morning cappuccino is in my father in law’s office.<br/><br/>The vibes are just so cool and the chairs don’t get sat in enough. So I just come here and appreciate the place and plan my day.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/90b8124f75ebc5605ad9188e30fe253872626460f5fc04435f3c7c8d8e289cc8.jpg"> 2026-07-15T07:17:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqdnljw48ksefkfc6dvuhphelmnnfhzzwh4zj69qjued83k89fkmqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0573z4n5x Gm.<br/><br/>Some Amazon products ship to the U.S. and not to Egypt. So, my friend bought three philosophy books, shipped them to my place, and I brought them to Egypt in my bag when I came.<br/><br/>One of them, however, was a crazy misprinting. Inside the philosophy cover was a book on witchcraft.<br/><br/>Apart from being funny, it’s actually slightly dangerous. Some countries including the UAE have laws against sorcery. Imagine flying in there, get a random baggage check, and you unknowingly have a witchcraft book with a philosophy cover on it, as though you are sneaking it in. Like, what do you even say in that situation. <br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/c23d31003819f5c818b54a6404eb236713d3b90729635a6ffd98b55b482381be.mov"></video> 2026-07-10T16:13:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrwznfvnxanszj9hy86n0cfhed5pdrsxa74d7fmu6z35rlqtzkt5czyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057r4tzcq I go swimming or biking.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsd5r4yvdxtj74c7tsw278lw8a85gnm6qe4m722z6js7fagdehd7vcjc98d8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…98d8</a></span> </div> How do you get out of a funky mood? </blockquote> 2026-07-07T07:36:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyeljhu5cns933ryhf0y8mukss0zdx9sh9gacpwjf8e7vssa7rc2gzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057je8v3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7u3z7q8tgdxmxpwnftxgch3h39f2kegumvcncgecmql5h5rdexcdnw72h'>nevent1q…w72h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did, yes. In fact I dragged my husband to the theater to watch it, though we missed the imax period by a day. 2026-07-06T06:11:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqnawgstk2mggfme4ssp03qgjqn4tlpd38ga9qsyad8n6zn5yg9rqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057t9t3j7 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/14bf1a5554f636c0014265c98f0c71052ce41e8a06d5bfc1c06158ed6325768a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/ba50363d552eb254007a10cce4a817db38082e8c2de093cebb54a2a7e14ca8aa.jpg"> 2026-07-02T08:24:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqjlm8za7hgpnkm7u5jxv2w0nqx5ndallr3j92fj3vc4nzq3f4nlczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057pd8jsu That feeling when I spend Friday and Saturday writing about the implications of the US/Iran MOU for my Sunday report, and they end up not even keeping the peace through Sunday.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/761de0095ef2b42ff73e8c4999676a679cf06653ab1115bebf2b44c67aa66c10.png"> 2026-06-21T18:34:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszzct94f8qhh6xvlaca9armfrskdgucxmstdvfvftdxher4lquj4szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057qllm4m My canonical headphones broke a couple days ago. End of an era.<br/><br/>Replaced them with the nextgen version of the same thing. Stronger than ever.<br/><br/>Most youtube viewers won&#39;t notice, but I had to say it somewhere. Might as well say it here on the edge realms.<br/><br/>Hurts, man. 2026-06-17T03:36:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsguy39jvw85qph5p4n7zg4xyynww2anzmw4kxdg3uxupls472aszszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057dgavtt I think for many people there’s kind of a bell curve of philosophy, where up to a point it’s increasingly value to study (helps build good reasoning, awareness of multiple different frameworks for things, etc) but then there are diminishing results and potentially even some negative results if you spend too much time on it.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsxgk8a2rzggl45t8x76fkhduffv0f35824kyzdm0rda3d6z796ayspz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hkzmrsdpssj8gqug" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…gqug</a></span> </div> "In practice people who study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious; while even those who are the best of them are reduced by. philosophy to complete uselessness as members of society." </blockquote> 2026-06-12T12:27:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0l26dsaj0salxf84q5dfsl8ur95tsu0t8kcmqca2wlqfmlhrlnaszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057w9rykx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdu8sxefsx99vgg0k70nvsxfdewrrk4735dgtg6utw4w3x2xaeytgppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5mcnync'>nevent1q…nync</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With rare exceptions, I assume neither men nor women prefer bearded women. 2026-06-10T23:32:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf6fgk83288m0egux7rvyyq5eyd70ej6j5jlc5wap939t2gfwkmuczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057xhrpc6 I for one am in the camp that prefers men with beards. It feels natural to me. Masculine. They were born to have them.<br/><br/>There are only two public pictures of my husband, since he prefers privacy, and yeah he has a beard. Not a shocker.<br/><br/>But, where I do sympathize with the complexity of this issue, is about convenience. Some men have such thick beards that their lips aren’t even visible. How does that affect kissing? As a woman, do you kiss a coarse furball? What does that feel like? And as a man, what do you do about food particles and cleanliness? What does this all feel like?<br/><br/>IMO the optimal beard doesn’t cover the lips too much. But that’s somewhat genetic. Thick-beards can shave it, some people are born with it naturally avoiding the lips, etc. <br/><br/>My husband’s beard is thick but naturally avoids his lips. Visibly, when it grows long he’s like, “I need to shave this- I look like the head of ISIS.” And sometimes he gets the physical urge to shave it clean and start fresh and I’m like, “no!” but then he does it anyway and I’m sad briefly but look forward to it growing back. He controls his own hair of course. We both prefer the beard, but with limits. And his limits are ironically tighter than mine.<br/><br/>Anyway, good evening. What are your thoughts on beards? I’m curious why there are not more of them.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/2b027eb9faa0d2985525628b6edc3a8d4acb6eced46e7e57eb78986b6384ba48.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/1daa1ed5cde72d182934b26ea9d0238f3589ca8704f20b0ae399ff01565b54fc.jpg"> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs99nu99mg58j0ldfmu4n6qq0zd8pjjt0j9w8e89vszy4e97jw8mvguxk3ux" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…k3ux</a></span> </div> I feel like beards need more study.<br/><br/>-Measurable differences between bearded and beardless men.<br/><br/>-Measurable differences between women who like bearded vs beardless men.<br/><br/>It seems like one of the most binary decisions/preferences out there. </blockquote> 2026-06-10T23:30:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfldq0py9f4r84l57vsp8j2z6v7ud7sv05jhr9mffugtf8zp0td4czyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057qzspys I like to ask dangerous questions.<br/><br/>About beards.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqmk7qg2npk7sc37vfmp3v6evewey94ckt85deudjm86sdc75nvzgz5heh0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…heh0</a></span> </div> Lyn I want you to know this is quite a dangerous question according to Anthropic’s latest model fable, when I tried to have it deliver a response (I’ve been fucking around with the model this afternoon) 🤣 🤣 🤣 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b34c449f34e3c84ee6a997d96d4ecf4ccdd5458dd045436ac7bfbf879fcfa6c0.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-06-10T22:01:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg7xkxujsx560x6lqqyv3sanpdlc47c2ts2ag3qt0k6utjvx734agzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0577th06k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7r9qefak7fvmumnpl5gqqrlcauxjl4z9lae96mtsyg5cxlqdc5gqh36c0'>nevent1q…36c0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bronn. 2026-06-09T04:50:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsghn2dadq5l5vslfu532rqa47vgvqvhtpmee7ylhj6yvf9gfdmcxqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy05703rtqd I for one am a big fan of Odell back on X.<br/><br/>I could go into all the debates on whether deleting an account is worth it, about network effects, etc. path dependence.<br/><br/>But people want to be where they want to be. And Odell is welcomed where he wants to be, and does good work wherever he is.<br/><br/>And you know how I know it’s really Odell on X? Nostr and social graphs, is how. 😉<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsyuskhlf5f5f78rtrtwg5fylpv7s8ksgxt2ptpl8e5qr2jg6msahcp9emhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7umfv4e8ycfdw4kkyunp943kjurgv4eqex8jgw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…8jgw</a></span> </div> i deleted my x account 2+ years ago and went nostr only<br/><br/>i am back on x now, the bitcoin discussion there has devolved and i think i can add value<br/><br/>despite (some of) our efforts we have failed to move the majority of bitcoin discussion here<br/><br/>i will remain active on nostr, the tech is awesome, it is needed more than ever, i will continue to try my best to increase adoption<br/><br/>if you want to make me your enemy to motivate yourself to make nostr better, great, do it </blockquote> 2026-06-09T04:48:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst3jrgrhdlska79arjupr0ce73h46rvzn3te8vhw3v2zlmv79qz8szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0576y7ucn For context, Saylor’s company has like 4% of the coins.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsqqqx24dmekthxvkzw0yaehuv4jtlhdkkcthzl3thxxpsqs7harrcprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twd9ehgtn0wfnsy9lm39" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…lm39</a></span> </div> Could Saylor at any moment decide fuck it and become the new bear whale or does he need board approval? <br/><br/>Does the entire market depend on him? </blockquote> 2026-06-07T03:09:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8dxyfu8ts5u2heuxll5lc2c7leshp2g8ljt4nwdeecv90eqkhyjszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0579nundx The core realms are more efficient but the edge realms are way cooler.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqswyxxs8zwyd4ce286nfdl86hmzevrguxhx3dwy0cutfafjwygqancpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mq8908cj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…08cj</a></span> </div> 😂 <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/fba1da1900d6bf475dc05711fd36fca66908b792e777f63e80116d09db3848f7.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-06-06T20:16:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz202vypluvrn5zafnmvhva427x9hh3dumjq8mqzse5cwcewht0lgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057u3grlg When my husband Mohamed first visited London a few years ago, his first remark was, “why are there so many foreigners here? I wanted to see more Brits.”<br/><br/>And as he was dismayed by the high ratio of foreigners, he ironically meant people who looked like him (and he was aware of the fact).<br/><br/>He was like, “I’m not visiting Turkey or Dubai or Pakistan or my own country. I’m visiting Britain. I want to see British people.”<br/><br/>Anyway, not all foreigners want to destroy or displace the West and so forth. Even some them are like, “why are you guys doing this?” 2026-06-03T02:28:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfnkma794n5pgwyjjkng54lzqtp2xv2p92wf45zwdr4pyf2v72fegzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057e2qfv3 A really cool (and quite rare) aspect of The Stolguard Incident audiobook is that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpramhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0v3jhyatwdejhyuewdejhgam0wf4sz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatzjh3py2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>walker</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3py2</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqst7gmku9a6fmpxn5g0ejvk536xk3g322lfqv06frn5257au4fxhnspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedygul32v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CARLA</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…l32v</span>)</a></span> perform full duet narration.<br/><br/>In most dual-narrated audiobooks, the male narrator reads all male point-of-view sections, including any female dialog that occurs in them. And vice versa: the female narrator reads everything, including all male lines, in the female POV sections.<br/><br/>A harder subset is duet narration, where the male narrator reads every male dialog line, and the female narrator reads every female dialog line, while one of them reads the narration for the section depending on which POV it is in. This makes it feel more immersive, realistic, and well-acted.<br/><br/>I initially assumed we would just do standard dual narration, though I brought up duet as an option. The reason duet narration is not more popular is because it is far more complex to produce. But it was Walker and Carla who convinced me, since in their unique case they were able to do duet narration rather efficiently (the narrators are married, already do skits together, won’t have the scheduling issues of nonlocal narrator teams, and thus can perform live duet recordings together).<br/><br/>The result is truly special, and it’s thanks to Walker and Carla. Can’t picture the audio version of the story any other way.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-Stolguard-Incident/dp/B0H29Y33PQ">https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-Stolguard-Incident/dp/B0H29Y33PQ</a><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b9eb8776c61cc8b7551905cd7c8c66677c3a3878cbf1d3387d1fceb0745b625f.jpg"> 2026-05-26T11:45:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs98e0e2n2wpj06vqglp2lmw9mls0sf8pgq45razwg0fc5rue98lxszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057njmh78 GM<br/><br/>Not sure why, but I liked the look of this desert sunset last evening.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e7761200248b53f8f0c0129512ce42320e791eb020409335a9f82d73ef9664ee.jpg"> 2026-05-26T08:42:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqk575vvghqamzs8cn4hz9xt6ujej8u0mc0lrwaw6d88s3v2pjgczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057s8q2dy The link was down due to a bug on Audible’s end, but it’s back up now!<br/><br/>Check out the awesome performance that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqst7gmku9a6fmpxn5g0ejvk536xk3g322lfqv06frn5257au4fxhnspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnfdenx7qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0sdt2vc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CARLA</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…t2vc</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumrpdejqz9thwden5te0dehhxarjv4kxjar9wvhx7un86t4yh6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>walker</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…4yh6</span>)</a></span> put together for the audiobook:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs9twqg3u9uclclx2kp7q5etu3sld6nxwssnrsmwem5w6xwjxv4lpssznxxp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…nxxp</a></span> </div> GM.<br/><br/>The audiobook version of The Stolguard Incident is now available!<br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H29Y33PQ">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H29Y33PQ</a><br/><br/>It’s dual-narrated by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqst7gmku9a6fmpxn5g0ejvk536xk3g322lfqv06frn5257au4fxhnsprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezummjv9hxwetsd9kxctnyv4mqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmc9m0fhw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CARLA</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…0fhw</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpzemhxw309a6k6cnjv4kzumr0vdskcw358q6rsqgjwaehxw309amk7apww468smewdahx2uv3phq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>walker</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3phq</span>)</a></span> , and they brought their full voice acting ability to this.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/54c52dd6c4f3c313f387be769a09d5e537374170f853b7c13bc662753e7a3af1.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-05-23T13:23:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9twqg3u9uclclx2kp7q5etu3sld6nxwssnrsmwem5w6xwjxv4lpszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057zl9w8w GM.<br/><br/>The audiobook version of The Stolguard Incident is now available!<br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H29Y33PQ">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H29Y33PQ</a><br/><br/>It’s dual-narrated by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqst7gmku9a6fmpxn5g0ejvk536xk3g322lfqv06frn5257au4fxhnsprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezummjv9hxwetsd9kxctnyv4mqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmc9m0fhw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CARLA</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…0fhw</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsvfr3f7p95stxqrjslnmuvsmhcxxxqt8swjdfjx5tz7zq0yms5cygpzemhxw309a6k6cnjv4kzumr0vdskcw358q6rsqgjwaehxw309amk7apww468smewdahx2uv3phq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>walker</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…3phq</span>)</a></span> , and they brought their full voice acting ability to this.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/54c52dd6c4f3c313f387be769a09d5e537374170f853b7c13bc662753e7a3af1.jpg"> 2026-05-20T12:44:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq2k53cmtq4zhm0de4yrq394fmcm0j9h9mfmes9emgnf2g8wax0aczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057vvdr3l So there&#39;s this 2025 movie called Dust Bunny that only grossed about a million dollars at the box office. But from the few who saw it, it has good ratings from both critics and audiences.<br/><br/>The premise is that a young girl hires a hitman (Mads Mikkelsen) to kill a monster under her bed.<br/><br/>My husband and I watched it last night, and it has the most fascinating visuals I&#39;ve seen in a movie in years. The settings, the costumes, the cinematography, the casting choices, everything. Each individual scene was an art piece.<br/><br/>I think the reason it went so dramatically under the radar despite being well-crafted is because it couldn&#39;t find an audience. It feels like a dark action-comedy urban fairy tale, and it was supposed to be for both adults and mature kids, and yet they misjudged and it was rated R. (It should be rated PG-13 imo; I&#39;d show this to an older kid before I&#39;d show them Dark Knight, and yet Dark Knight is rated PG-13).<br/><br/>The vibe feels like Bullet Train or The Fifth Element, with some Tim Burton-esque visuals blended in, where it&#39;s purposely more about style than rationality. It heavily leans into visuals and whimsy.<br/><br/>By the time I finished I was like, &#34;I don&#39;t know what the hell I just watched, but I&#39;m glad I did.&#34;<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a22ea3cdfb371ca333b5ad299b337e631ce3dee2d60ff56b1a517ea3bed52832.png"> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> 2026-05-03T17:05:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfk3dpsd5xj4mwpxm57sv6a6f4pqg58wzt60mwe3ejp8rzgfuvjeqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057efemfe I had a great uncle named Hugh.<br/><br/>When he turned 18 in 1943, he decided to enlist in the military and go fight Nazis in WW2. As one does.<br/><br/>In early 1944, he found himself as the radioman on a B-17 bomber, as the Americans upped their bombing raids on Berlin. Their bomber was attacked by German pilots, heavily damaged, and the pilot said they gotta parachute out, it&#39;s going down.<br/><br/>So, Hugh funds himself parachuting over German countryside from a destroyed bomber.<br/><br/>Early in the war, it was relatively uncommon for American/British/German pilots to shoot at enemy parachuting pilots. It was considered dishonorable. However, when the Americans/British really upped the bombing over Germany, and the war was increasingly turning against Germany, the German pilots increased their rate of shooting at parachuting American/British pilots. Their cities had been disastrously struck, some of them lost friends/family in the bombings, so they were more likely to just finish off downed enemy pilots.<br/><br/>Hugh, as he parachuted down, was terrified at that thought, expecting that the German pilot who destroyed his bomber would finish him off. He watched as the pilot performed a wide arc and come back around, and he&#39;s like, &#34;oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit,&#34; but then the German pilot flew by him and saluted, and left. Trolled him but let him live, basically. Showed him he could&#39;ve done it, but didn&#39;t.<br/><br/>So Hugh lands in a tree in German farmland. He cut the parachute and fell to the ground, fracturing three vertebrae. So he&#39;s 19, injured, and realizes he doesn&#39;t know shit about geography, but decides he&#39;ll try to make his way in the general direction of Switzerland.<br/><br/>He spends a week sneaking around the farmland, injured, and eventually gets severely dehydrated. So he sneaks up to a well to get a drink, and comes across a 10-year old German girl, who stares at him wide-eyed since he&#39;s a disheveled soldier-looking foreigner. He panics, and has absolutely no idea how Germans greet each other. So he does an enthusiastic Nazi salute and yells &#34;Sieg Heil!&#34; which of course is *not* how most Germans greet each other. The girl screams and runs away, so he&#39;s like, &#34;oh shit&#34; and goes to hide in a tool shed.<br/><br/>The townsfolk come out and find him, capture him, and turn him over to the authorities. He gets sent to a prisoner of war camp for the next 16 months. Him and his fellow detainees circulated a newsletter within the camp at one point, and formed a music band out of like discarded cans and pots and stuff. Toward the end it got trough, because as Allied forces took more and more land, the outer prison camps would do forced marches where the prisoners would have to walk to a deeper camp, while malnourished, and if they got exhausted and couldn&#39;t go on, they&#39;d be shot. So he had to do two of those forced walks, but eventually got rescued by Allied forces.<br/><br/>Came back to the US, used his GI bill to go to college, and became a social worker at a hospital. Really quiet, calm guy. Most people didn&#39;t know he had this crazy story arc.<br/><br/>Anyway, that&#39;s the post. 2026-04-27T15:14:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstdfg3xyeqqh5j3nk3h7kt07sqqza3wpnjk0gkrwu5vmag804hwtczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057yhfn8v Folks are going to be blown away by how much passion and professionalism Walker and Carla brought to this recording.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs9eezjqyhgnqxvdcl7retw0khwcy83syv9wceygr9e2v78wu0xvucp99mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchhyetddamx2tm0wd3kzu3dwa5xjumtv4us02hlfp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…hlfp</a></span> </div> Yesterday I finished the final editing for “The Stolguard Incident” by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LynAlden</span> (<span class="italic">npub1a2c…w83a</span>)</a></span> narrated by me and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CARLA</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hu3…h8nh</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Just sent it out for mastering, then we’ll do final proofing. <br/><br/>It’s a bittersweet moment to finish the audiobook… Carla and I both absolutely loved TSI when we read the manuscript, and through narrating we got even closer to the characters… It’s been a true honor to use our voices to bring Lyn’s words to life. <br/><br/>It’s also quite a surreal timeline, because we recorded the final chapters the day before I had to call an ambulance for Carla… then emergency surgery… then a week in the ICU… then yesterday she was back at home recording the final minor edits. Just wild. <br/><br/>Audiobook officially coming soon but grab yourself a physical copy in the meantime.<br/><br/> <img src="https://i.nostr.build/8lP8MZjiFkeKQO0p.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-04-20T20:38:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst58vz8vkzl843r4ytx4tz53u9wetsv8d6gqd29a60dwhk7ucps6szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057pcum3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xnnama943wn8wc6mjzs94ruxfyr8js4jpxhum44ehlpe3l248ecp99mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumpw3kxzmn5d9eju6t09au8ycte94kkj6m994ax2mnfw35qymtss8'>nevent1q…tss8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One must always tip for good service.<br/><br/>We live in a civilized society. 2026-04-13T22:24:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8n8nvz6ek80altturxnrk3z9frfgzal6z8vr4d2vy5x9w7dfmvpgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ud2fdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjdkmkkn6c5rl8t50kjm7mwhzs3cd2ynmc6mm97e75pex72g8ldc404wrz'>nevent1q…4wrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Awful. 2026-04-13T21:08:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvjy3cndfnmmuweknfp478jj6t9t53xwsylwdv8mlhm7t98wk98eszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0579gec6d -You’ve got to fly somewhere, but the only flight available that day leaves at 6am. You begrudgingly book it anyway.<br/><br/>-Then the day before, you get an email from the airline saying “we regret to inform you that your flight has been delayed by two hours” to a far more reasonable 8am.<br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/7c922d0b48b12338e5f1982b7b11bb14e36c4e139672d64b0fd06c70f3e6315d.gif"> 2026-04-13T19:11:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvr7yp4n66urfns30666uq890xj20zrj9c96xw5hfykq6pz42vgngzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057htz0tf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqsjrp3wj9z85m0ar03tmpx3veupygesduqhjmpmdtqukystaqtskfc3tm'>nevent1q…c3tm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. 2026-04-13T18:59:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx5g6alugwg3tzt40d9jg48h5gusq0ugtdt904u7p4dhes6vh9pvczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ce9prv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v664mltuvmww2vgml5708pwpysey8cxgzmw0fl9gz4thgfu3z3cpj8shx'>nevent1q…8shx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Never.<br/><br/>We shall overcome. 2026-04-13T18:21:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyjq0mf0jdmazs6302s8u8cas0cnv98hu95tkxuwult7z64eavkvgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0570r6fcw So I found another uber driver final boss. It’s like the secret boss you unlock after you finish the game.<br/><br/>This guy has over 33,000 rides.<br/><br/>And he’s also an older gentleman who drives a Corolla. Been driving for Uber nearly since they expanded nationwide.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsdcxdhdp60upn5zyu8en86k7qml4m5jt5xydkfpeluum97804z6jspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgnqmcg0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…mcg0</a></span> </div> Just rode with an uber driver who has a perfect 5.00 rating. Don’t think I’ve seen that before. It’s almost always 4.9 something.<br/><br/>It was an older gentleman wearing a three piece suit, driving a Corolla. Super friendly.<br/><br/>Basically the final boss of uber drivers. </blockquote> 2026-04-13T18:20:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9yf9zc9mwk920r064djj3q8cudls2k4n0qtgxsue8kmq27e2zh5czyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057q3h78v This is absolutely wild, lol.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsven0xfm76efvsudqr4jnec6rjjarrvlhcpk6j69gtndaucvctwdsp9pmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtmkxyhh5atvw5khqctsvykkk6tvdu7jh439" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…h439</a></span> </div> A post from my AI agent was just blocked on X for “implying criticism of central banks or their policies” <br/><br/>Free thought and first principles are dangerous to a control system.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/d14d3e368109f363fa09376f3b664ce58d3ce83237b5665da7848b89d6f8c008.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-04-12T14:46:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst7n4we2c0fkjmtvehzxrxqtkc5twq782n0dgpe7jnef0q6mlckqgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057d0jkyv My half-hour animated Broken Money video now has 500k views on YouTube. Coming up on its two-year anniversary:<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs">https://youtu.be/jk_HWmmwiAs</a><br/> 2026-04-11T18:56:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7rd23sxtttjyc47da3jf60epqscp304z0d4c72r2pwvmznlkj8szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057m4mta4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2hd7a2ezxh52kf67em4n7h2hr54739kppk4czrddvla5fncawues0dxpjx'>nevent1q…xpjx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes exactly. 2026-04-09T16:58:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0nczaeq8x28rkvnszxfvwsszw6grj5a6qq3vt0mk3ze8p4mfrr3qzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057erx67l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gfnhxg3s2nkpwdyrpklrdlpu2z5t6z3lchqwcp78s9rvekx4yycu7vgsh'>nevent1q…vgsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There’s actually a genetically modified character in the book who gets certain abilities only when in ketosis, only when eating a ketogenic or carnivore type of diet. 2026-04-08T19:35:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgqlufachyetek3mle05z9zg6kcahzg8ylgsxej8sqzpnk86w9s0czyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057nwdd4t <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/41a8a69a8be9a296e6850a48b35da5d760164233c0922f5c2cc00e8556841963.png"> <br/> <blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp64suatdx2uqhn2xfu7cgjuqgqcrqadp864uxkv6wckf43atj860qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgnwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxtcqyr00p9vrlukz49qlxtf7r8c6naglxj66mjengp98kh5aqhgs3l8ax25tn6m" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…tn6m</a></span> </div> Here's a Nostr exclusive: the alternative cover of The Stolguard Incident.<br/><br/>During the design process, I had two artists design covers, and went with Kim Dingwall's cover. The other one by Joshua Griffin was cool too, but it had "movie poster" vibes and many readers prefer to picture characters the way they want rather than be shown them, so we kept that one as concept art. Still, Joshua's work deserves people to see it.<br/><br/>Ava, Stallard, and the Jade-Eyed Witch appear alongside Asim on this version. <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a3e79359f0c0c85e9281f4757e83f9a8bd032d36057bb649555ad0137642b00e.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-04-08T16:53:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdauy4s0ljc255rued8cvlr204ru6tttwtxdqy5767n5zazz8ul5czyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy05792uqjn Here&#39;s a Nostr exclusive: the alternative cover of The Stolguard Incident.<br/><br/>During the design process, I had two artists design covers, and went with Kim Dingwall&#39;s cover. The other one by Joshua Griffin was cool too, but it had &#34;movie poster&#34; vibes and many readers prefer to picture characters the way they want rather than be shown them, so we kept that one as concept art. Still, Joshua&#39;s work deserves people to see it.<br/><br/>Ava, Stallard, and the Jade-Eyed Witch appear alongside Asim on this version. <br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/a3e79359f0c0c85e9281f4757e83f9a8bd032d36057bb649555ad0137642b00e.jpg"> 2026-04-08T16:25:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgaxldjk86gj9l5503d64wth032z63gr5vxnwsa3cynpa6nuvw49szyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057h6r0hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9dtsygace5k57f0r2mdkuh0rg8r00re8vmffsmrpy2mhmljedrgssxlu6'>nevent1q…xlu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Really sorry to hear that. ❤️<br/><br/>Hopefully the pain gets under control soon and that can start a flywheel of felling better and more positive.<br/><br/>So many people are sending well-wishes, and I wish we could all take a little fraction of the pain to make it go away. 😔 2026-04-08T11:20:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswpcskm53hs2jwjr6tkgynm56nmreddvgte44q667nhqtgxw455ygzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy05727s26v I brought out Nostr Lyn a bit in the second half of this chat.<br/><br/>Talking macro on BTC Sessions w/ Luke Gromen:<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/6tkKoMEiFDk">https://youtu.be/6tkKoMEiFDk</a> 2026-04-07T15:02:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdr6eyvnfx6rj8q045uklpks8rfygrrk5fxavg03kj56ag39pl3hqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0575j52u2 A couple weeks back I was at the New York Stock Exchange for some meetings/events, and they were like &#34;let&#39;s update your formal pic that you use for things, that&#39;s from 2022&#34;.<br/><br/>So we do the classic &#34;let&#39;s take a slick pic under the NYSE bell, the literal heart of capitalism&#34; photo. Because that&#39;ll make it all professional and such.<br/><br/>The problem is, whenever I smile, I inherently look like I&#39;m trolling. Regardless of the setting, it looks like I&#39;m just there for the lolz.<br/><br/>So the pic seems kind of unusable for formal stuff. Fun for Nostr, though.<br/><br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/10121115699770217ffb3a7d6319077ae74cfb9ce35a75aacb77ccbbbb4d970b.jpg"> 2026-04-03T18:30:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf45rshaqegtheff7me64q5hypvyuhjmfzw4tmntteaf58nx70njczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057z87g6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2m6mak2u86jzzqs2ntvav6x3y7805s2jawmyx8yrkmhpuaaxypcsax6xrs'>nevent1q…6xrs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. Pretty much the main thing.<br/><br/>The gradual print. 2026-04-02T21:24:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqg332wg8g9q2pck0hs0ecd24qv7m87jrz7wqh96sgt9328zvtlnszyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057wxz0vj One of the few things *not* breaking these past few weeks is liquidity, actually.<br/><br/>The Fed’s standing repo facility isn’t being used, the Fed’s swap lines aren’t being used, and the SOFR-IORB spread is only mildly elevated.<br/><br/>#macro 2026-04-02T20:59:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0zz0wh3mdsczg905yctusa54zu37tat66je0nqdr60dgh6dtmucqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057trh36m Had a great chat with Peter in London!<br/><br/>The thumbnail totally makes it look like I’ve started my villain arc, though. 😅<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsgmmvlpq75ds42jjugjl8kqcfy2vypcczfwp4knexcr4e68acgfqspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhg3vshzt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…shzt</a></span> </div> I’m a simple man. I see an interview with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LynAlden</span> (<span class="italic">npub1a2c…w83a</span>)</a></span> and I listen to it.<br/><br/><a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/eQUkyrhmd4jTuQGO5zKn">https://fountain.fm/episode/eQUkyrhmd4jTuQGO5zKn</a> </blockquote> 2026-04-02T20:55:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqw6dkspmjl700vfk3tvuz84a7wr7su78th3ndqfzn4rrtr3zhzagzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057tlus9e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq98gypw62qx05jqkmvd7zunmwqr3sywuy3en7g6jrz7c33u38rugprdmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv8g6nw2854jc'>nevent1q…54jc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Over 80% of the chapters are recorded. 2026-04-02T20:43:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswt8xdsark0lqsrsd39zrvutcpj9wsx28zhyfd0ysca39vwfpjlnqzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057ey3023 Almost nothing in macro currently matters until the Strait of Hormuz opens.<br/><br/>That’s the macro. It’s a binary analysis similar to Covid 19. 2026-03-30T00:56:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2nuzrdwsp5nju43atjvmpx95aswgwvdyjs5j5e30jd3ah9aupycgzyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy057xwzx8s A little while ago, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummn9eek7cmfv9kqtrrke4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jack</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…rke4</span>)</a></span> gave a great fireside on this topic. Centralized algos replacing free will.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/MaZyXEU5XAg">https://youtu.be/MaZyXEU5XAg</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs2s5m8qpd08ewm28wmnktpyl92j5fzz0n2az4ynwr50k4v6mqwtwcj0h9y2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…h9y2</a></span> </div> What’s the Tik Tok algorithm feeding ?<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://blossom.primal.net/fa0f539b3c5a195594f1b16f628ce1ebb42ce1dd69ca72c304c47796b43dfd69.mov"></video> </blockquote> 2026-03-25T00:49:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz4y8txfz06z5lv7n5t7plk62dlnjd6p8760p5u8094dsndnp48jczyr4tpe6k6v4cp0x5vneas39cqspsxp66z04tcdve5a3vntr6hy0577ttu89 Every once in a while if I feel down about something, I practice gratitude by reminding myself that at least I&#39;m not a bond investor.<br/><br/> <img src="https://m.primal.net/IQjZ.png"> 2024-05-28T22:26:59Z