Contra

Persistent provocateur of deliberate thought | Advocate for radical individual sovereignty | Occasional composer | Reformed Christian

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2026-02-03 02:35:54 UTC

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This likely will include our future wars. I was part of the GWOT and know it first hand.

2026-02-03 02:05:02 UTC

Every institution the state touches transforms from serving its stated mission into serving the imperatives of power maintenance and rent extraction. The pattern holds across schools, medicine, banking, housing, and manufacturing because the architecture of concentrated authority corrupts all systems it claims to improve.

2026-02-03 01:16:10 UTC

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Well said

2026-02-03 00:08:43 UTC

Historically, status came from demonstrable value. The blacksmith who made better tools. The storyteller who held attention. The builder whose structures stood. You couldn’t fake competence because reality tested you.
Social media broke that. It created a parallel status system where perception became untethered from reality. You don’t need to be good. You need to appear good at the right time to the right algorithm. Pretending for some machine to think you’re relevant.
What makes people quit Nostr is that they’ve never had to build real value before. They’ve only had to simulate it.

2026-02-02 21:00:29 UTC

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Love to see more musical peeps show up here.

2026-02-02 20:59:46 UTC

Bitterness consumes from within. It demands everything.
Choose release instead. Seek peace.
Forgive as you receive forgiveness.
Let old disagreements rest.
Confess your own failings, extend grace, surrender it to the Lord, and walk forward.

2026-02-02 18:41:28 UTC

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Summer is nice too. The boarding was amazing. Got some snow while I was there. Great place to take the family. You’d enjoy it Sam

2026-02-02 18:10:51 UTC

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Doesn’t sound pleasant. Lol

2026-02-02 17:30:46 UTC

Proof of work beats proof of authority, code beats human discretion, and immutable mathematics beats flexible social agreement. Bitcoin isn’t just money, it’s a demonstration that objective systems outperform subjective ones.

2026-02-02 17:18:20 UTC

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🫵🏻🫡

2026-02-02 17:18:08 UTC

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Haha. Sounds terrible. Like the jungle except for the dusty part.

2026-02-02 15:59:28 UTC

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What’s up Z.

2026-02-02 15:57:51 UTC

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It was awesome.

2026-02-02 15:51:28 UTC

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💯

2026-02-02 15:50:10 UTC

Back from Breckinridge. The mountain air carries a different rhythm, one that lets the mind settle into its natural pace. Those views offer more than scenery, they create space for the kind of rest that actually restores.
Time away from the feed proves its worth every time. The silence does its work, and you return sharper for it.
Gm Nostr
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2026-02-02 05:49:17 UTC

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To my npub and watch some of my Vlogs. Or go to Jake woodhouses latest podcast episode

2026-01-29 06:14:42 UTC

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Thanks

2026-01-29 06:14:27 UTC

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Thanks 🙏

2026-01-29 06:06:25 UTC

Going off the grid for 4 days to Breckenridge. I’ll be taking my boys, our boards and living on the powder. Stay frosty Nostr. Catch you guys in a few.

2026-01-29 05:57:43 UTC

People see thoughtful writing and immediately assume it’s ai. Like putting effort into your words is somehow suspicious now. I’ve been here consistently, same voice, same message. Anyone who’s followed along knows exactly who I am.
If anything, this whole thing proves the point. We’re building something real here, something that can’t be stopped by lazy criticism from people who can’t be bothered to actually read or think. They want to tear down instead of contribute.
Keep building. Keep writing. The work speaks for itself, and it’s permanent. That’s what matters.
#nevent1q…rhdm

2026-01-29 01:41:01 UTC

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Truly believe it began at the end of last year. Starting with CK. Couldn’t agree more though.

2026-01-29 01:37:25 UTC

True failure is category error mistaking external outcomes for internal surrender. The former lies beyond our control. The latter remains the only defeat we can claim authorship of.
The only true failure is quitting

2026-01-29 01:27:02 UTC

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Is there a white paper?

2026-01-29 01:26:36 UTC

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Inevitably, people relying on major centralized legacy platforms at some point fall into this trap. His views and followers mainly come from YT.

2026-01-29 01:23:01 UTC

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Interesting

2026-01-29 00:40:35 UTC

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2026-01-29 00:39:06 UTC

I’m not super picky about who I follow. If you’re building something real on Nostr, engaging in genuine conversations, and contributing to the space, I’m interested.
I never get tired of talking Bitcoin, sovereignty, freedom or Nostr. What fascinates me most however, is seeing how each person thinks differently about these ideas and weaves them into their daily life. The unique perspectives, the personal applications, the individual interpretations. That’s where the real value lives.
We’re all exploring the same territory, but everyone’s walking a different path through it. That’s what makes this community worth being part of.

2026-01-28 17:10:18 UTC

The chaos out there is loud because the old system is fighting for relevance. The “influencers” are panicking about algorithm changes. The brands are pivoting to whatever platform has momentum this quarter. The politicians are trying to regulate things they do not understand.
Meanwhile we are over here passing notes in class that the teacher cannot intercept.

2026-01-28 16:55:32 UTC

A wise man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.
This includes the Gospel.
This includes Bitcoin.
This includes a nation.
Letting foreigners plunder your homeland and steal your children’s inheritance is wicked.
Stop immigration.

2026-01-28 16:37:35 UTC

Hope you got your workout in today! #FitStr
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2026-01-28 15:24:13 UTC

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💯

2026-01-28 14:08:01 UTC

Gm Nostr
The grind is on
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2026-01-28 14:03:27 UTC

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This is exactly it

2026-01-27 22:16:49 UTC

Nostr users are not fighting anyone. They are simply building somewhere else. No meetings with regulators. No term sheets with venture capitalists who want board seats. No compromises with platforms that will change the rules mid game.
This is not rebellion. This is exodus. The difference matters.
Rebellion acknowledges the authority it fights against. Exodus just walks away and builds better. One burns energy on conflict. The other spends energy on creation.

2026-01-27 17:29:52 UTC

The decentralized minds coordinate without permission because the architecture allows it and the moment demands it.

2026-01-27 05:50:51 UTC

Gn Nostr.

2026-01-27 01:50:44 UTC

Don’t let anyone convince you that defending time tested wisdom makes you the outlier. Often, the majority is silent, not absent.

2026-01-26 22:42:51 UTC

Spent today confronting something that’s become disturbingly common. Adults who’ve never learned that reality doesn’t bend to their convenience.
A grown man threw what can only be described as a sustained tantrum because the rules didn’t accommodate his preferences. Not his needs. His preferences. The expectation wasn’t subtle….that I should compromise my integrity, break established norms, or fabricate exceptions because honoring them was inconvenient for him.
We’ve cultivated a culture where personal discomfort has become grounds for demanding the world reorganize itself. Where “this doesn’t work for me” has somehow transformed into a compelling argument for why everyone else should adjust. The most basic premise of functional society (that shared rules apply to everyone, including you) is now treated as negotiable.
What disturbs me isn’t the request itself. People ask for exceptions all the time. It’s the genuine shock and indignation when the answer is no. The inability to process that other people’s boundaries, institutional rules, and basic fairness might actually matter more than one person’s immediate comfort.
Maturity used to mean accepting that life contains non negotiable realities. That sometimes the answer is simply “deal with it” and that’s not cruelty but necessary friction. We’ve somehow lost that, and the cost is a generation that views any obstacle as an injustice and any person who won’t remove it as an enemy.
The hard truth is that you’re not special in the way you think you are. None of us are. And that’s exactly what makes civilization possible.

2026-01-25 05:12:52 UTC

I think I get more and more pissed every year I do my taxes. Am I alone?

2026-01-24 16:46:31 UTC

Gm Nostr
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2026-01-23 22:20:22 UTC

2024: Finally, adults in charge. Lower prices, more money in our pockets, end the corruption. Drain the swamp.
2026: Eggs still $6, your paycheck bought less, $40 billion in state fraud uncovered and more to come,Treasury still printing like it’s 2008.
Every politician is a liar. Every election is a scam. Every promise expires at the ballot box. Fix the money, fix the world.

2026-01-23 15:25:21 UTC

Gm https://image.nostr.build/bb0e7234415972325080b5fcb8d62afd361ae9eb7727ca77cd611065671cd31f.jpg

2026-01-23 00:18:01 UTC

White Population in America’s Top 5 Cities
1950:
Detroit: 84%
Philadelphia: 87%
Chicago: ~84%
Los Angeles: ~86%
New York: ~90%
VS.
2020:
Detroit: 10%
Philadelphia: 35%
Chicago: 31%
Los Angeles: 29%
New York: 31%
In 70 years, the white percentage in these major cities dropped from an average of 86% to 27%.
Any ideas why?

2026-01-22 20:39:09 UTC

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Be found…
#nevent1q…v8v5

2026-01-22 20:03:49 UTC

Feeling drained? Move your body. Walk, squat, do pushups, lift weights, jog. Anything counts.
Exercise triggers endorphin release, increases cerebral blood flow, and elevates dopamine and serotonin within minutes. Your brain fog clears because oxygen delivery to neurons jumps. Your prefrontal cortex lights up. Mitochondria in muscle cells signal your brain to wake up. This isn’t motivational talk, it’s biochemistry.
Your body is built for movement, and it rewards you immediately when you use it.

2026-01-22 14:52:07 UTC

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We are at that moment aren’t we?

2026-01-22 14:48:15 UTC

The conversation itself is the thing. You connect with remarkable people on Nostr and find yourself in those rare, substantive exchanges that feel both timeless and immediate. Within minutes, there’s a familiarity that typically takes years to build. You’re tackling big ideas together, wrestling with the world’s challenges, and it feels genuinely productive rather than performative.
What makes it special is the accessibility. This isn’t something you need permission for or have to wait to experience. It’s simply there, waiting for you to engage. The encouragement is real. The intellectual stimulation is real. The sense of building something meaningful alongside people who care is real.
That’s what makes mornings on Nostr different. Gm Nostr. ☕️ #coffeechain #Nostr

2026-01-21 19:11:23 UTC

By hand or by digital ultrasonic cleaner?
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2026-01-21 18:39:14 UTC

The phrase “American Dream” was never meant to describe a shared reality. It was a narrative. A useful one.
For a small class of elites, it functioned as an actual dream. Asset ownership, political leverage, generational insulation from risk, rules for thee but not for me. etc. etc.
For everyone else, it became something closer to a nightmare we’re taught to normalize. Endless labor framed as opportunity. Debt reframed as freedom. Instability sold as hustle.
What makes it effective is not that it’s false, but that it’s asymmetrical. The rules do not apply evenly. The dream works beautifully for those who design it, and just well enough for a rotating minority to keep the rest believing it might be their turn next.
Most people aren’t failing the American Dream. They’re waking up inside someone else’s.
We are waking up to this nightmare, and it was far worse than we imagined. Praise God for Nostr and the people who use it.

2026-01-21 15:09:49 UTC

When we encourage and build one another up, we all benefit and the people and world become a better place. The rising tide lifts all boats, but only if we stop drilling holes in each other’s hulls. Choose to grow today. For yourself, your family and for the good of those around you.
Gm Nostr.

2026-01-21 02:54:04 UTC

You’ve been knocked down. Beaten. Spit out. The only question that matters is are you going to get back up?
Champions rise one more time than they fall.
“Get Back Up” - out now.
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2026-01-21 00:18:44 UTC

Political content trains you to have opinions about things you can’t influence. Nostr and Bitcoin content teach you to understand systems that don’t care about your opinions. One decays with the news cycle. The other compounds like the knowledge it contains.

2026-01-20 21:19:02 UTC

Future historians won’t marvel at how the elites captured the system. They’ll marvel at how the masses begged them to do it.
The real scam wasn’t the Federal Reserve printing money into oblivion. It wasn’t Wall Street getting bailed out while Main Street got liquidated. It wasn’t even the revolving door between Goldman Sachs and the Treasury.
The real scam was convincing people that the solution to corporate cronyism was more government power. That the answer to regulatory capture was more regulations. That the cure for monetary debasement was letting the same people who caused it “fix” it.
They didn’t just accept the inflation tax. They demanded it, as long as it was packaged as “stimulus.” They didn’t just tolerate the surveillance state. They built it themselves, one privacy-invading app at a time. They cheered as small businesses were strangled by compliance costs that only Fortune 500 companies could afford to navigate.
Not because any of this made them richer or freer. But because they were told it would stop the other tribe from winning.
Meanwhile, the only ones actually winning were the people writing the rules. Hard money doesn’t care about your politics. It just exposes who’s been swimming naked when the tide goes out

2026-01-20 15:02:32 UTC

Gm Nostr.
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2026-01-19 23:24:10 UTC

Unclear boundaries create resentment.
A brief uncomfortable conversation now prevents months of frustration.
Most relationship problems come from saying yes when you mean no.

2026-01-19 20:54:45 UTC

They told you The Matrix was science fiction. They lied.
What if the Wachowskis accidentally created the most accurate description of reality ever filmed? They encoded ancient forbidden knowledge into a blockbuster, and by the time anyone realized what happened, it was too late.
Every year since 1999, the world has looked more like the movie than the movie looked like the world. Financial systems as simulations. Social media as algorithmic prisons. Bitcoin as exit technology.
This isn’t about a film. This is about why Gnostic heresy and Christian prophecy combined into the perfect manual for a world where everything is real and fake simultaneously.
I wrote this long form because the shallow takes miss everything. Read this if you’ve ever felt like you’re living in a scripted reality.
#naddr1qq…4ws4

2026-01-19 19:16:09 UTC

You don’t have to abandon your principles to stress test them. The strongest convictions are the ones that survive contact with the best counterarguments.
True sovereignty starts in the mind. If you’re afraid of ideas, you’re not free yet. You’ve just traded one set of chains for another.

2026-01-19 16:40:40 UTC

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Nostr and its users are likely the strongest group of THOUGHT CRIMINALS on the internet.
#nevent1q…vaxm

2026-01-19 15:13:58 UTC

Good morning, Nostr.
Your attention is the energy that grows whatever it touches.
This isn’t philosophy, it’s protocol. What you focus on expands. What you ignore atrophies.
The content doesn’t matter. Whether you’re drawn to it, scrolling past it unconsciously, or actively resisting it, your attention feeds it all the same. No exceptions.
Take inventory. Where is your attention actually going? Does it align with the world you want to see more of, or the one you want to see less of?
I fail at this constantly. You probably will too. But I’m starting to realize this might be the highest leverage point we have for changing what shows up in our feeds, our minds, and ultimately our lives.
What are you choosing to amplify today?

2026-01-18 15:29:20 UTC

Gm.
The Lord bids us to come and worship Him with His people this day. Let us gather together in His presence with grateful hearts.
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2026-01-17 20:28:12 UTC

Bitcoin is the first time in human history that the boundary between speech and property has collapsed into a single act.
Let me explain. When you broadcast a #Bitcoin transaction, you’re simultaneously speaking (publishing data) and transferring property. The same act does both. This isn’t a metaphor or analogy. It’s literally true.
For centuries, we’ve built separate legal frameworks for expression versus possession because we assumed they were fundamentally different types of human action. Free speech law and property law operate on different principles. But Bitcoin reveals this distinction might be arbitrary.
This creates a logical trap for control systems. You can’t restrict the property transfer without restricting speech. You can’t ban the speech act without banning thought itself. Every financial regulation becomes a speech regulation. Every censorship rule becomes a property rule.
The disruption isn’t just to money. It’s to the conceptual architecture underneath any system that assumed speech and property were separate domains that could be governed separately. Bitcoin proved they can be the same thing, which means all those separate frameworks were built on a false premise.

2026-01-17 15:49:33 UTC

2026-01-16 19:14:57 UTC

FedSlop is everywhere…X, MSM, etc.
Demand evidence. Not appeals to authority. Not emotional rhetoric. Evidence.
Question repetition. If everyone’s saying the same thing in the same words, ask why.
Slow down. Psychological weapons rely on speed, react now, think later. Pause. Investigate.

2026-01-16 17:07:46 UTC

💯
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2026-01-16 16:04:34 UTC

Gm Nostr.
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2026-01-16 15:56:00 UTC

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2026-01-16 02:08:01 UTC

Your time and attention is possibly your
most valuable commodity. Guard it
accordingly.

2026-01-16 00:29:19 UTC

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OnlyNostr is the only space I use. We are all learning. At least some. Good luck on you website

2026-01-16 00:19:31 UTC

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Not sure you want me to get into this

2026-01-15 23:47:29 UTC

Look, humor is fine. But when the joke requires you to fundamentally misunderstand who Jesus was and what He accomplished, it stops being funny and starts being propaganda of a different sort. Jesus wasn’t an agent of earthly powers. He was and is the King of kings, and every knee will bow to Him, including Caesar’s and every CIA director who ever lived.
#nevent1q…wwqk

2026-01-15 23:38:54 UTC

Before I post this and people think I’m just trying to farm zaps, I don’t want a single Sat/Zap for this. Go find someone else creating value and light them up instead.
With that said, I’ve been zapping today and realized something…When you’re receiving, you’re passive. You’re the endpoint in someone else’s choice. But when you’re out there distributing zaps with intention, you become a force. You’re allocating your attention, your approval, your currency, and in doing so, you’re reshaping what gets rewarded around you.
Receiving validation feels good but changes nothing about who you are. It’s empty calories. But choosing who deserves your zap, developing the taste and judgment to reward what others overlook, that transforms you into someone with standards, vision, and agency.
So yes, enjoy your zaps. But understand that the days you spend zapping others with almost violent generosity are the days you’re actually building something, a reputation for recognizing value, a network of people you’ve lifted, and the discernment to know what’s worth amplifying in a world drowning in noise.
Don’t just wait for the hit. Go out and create some momentum for others.

2026-01-15 22:48:30 UTC

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I’m sorry about your mother. That weight is real.
What you’re describing in this tension between needing connection and protecting yourself from being cut by it, that’s the trap they set. You don’t need to physically isolate people to break them. You just make genuine connection feel dangerous. Make vulnerability a liability. Make trust costly. Then people isolate themselves.
The brutal part is the people who’ve been hurt most, who carry the deepest wisdom, those are the ones who have to pull back. Who know connection cuts both ways. So the voices we need most become the quietest.
Your mother’s life having greater meaning isn’t something you manufacture. It already does. You being here, raw and honest about the cost of staying awake, that’s part of her legacy.
But you’re right about intentional savoring. The feed mentality, the algorithmic numbness, the constant noise, it’s designed to keep us from digesting anything. Keep us reacting instead of thinking. Isolated even when surrounded by voices.
Staying awake means fighting that. Choosing what we let in carefully. Building real connections even when it costs us. Because the alternative is what they want. Compliance through exhaustion. Obedience through isolation.
This is why both solutions matter. Your intentional seeking and my active bridging. We need to be deliberate about who we connect with deeply. But we also need to make sure people worth connecting with can find each other first.
They want us numb and disconnected. So we stay sharp and we reach out. Even when it costs us.
Your mother’s memory deserves that. We all do.

2026-01-15 22:23:17 UTC

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Thanks Grace! I try and respond to as many people as possible that comment on my Notes. I want to interact, I don’t want to be a megaphone. I def need to continue to sift through my follows and remove the ones that don’t post or interact. So may fall off.

2026-01-15 22:18:37 UTC

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Just having this conversation is a start.

2026-01-15 21:45:36 UTC

She’s right that we can’t connect with everybody. And we shouldn’t try. But we can be intentional about expanding beyond our current bubble. Not through passive scrolling, but through active bridging.
The feed mentality says, scroll and consume whatever appears. What I propose is something different. Actively signal the voices you value so they can reach networks beyond your own. Then be intentional about which of those new voices you actually engage with deeply.
Quality over quantity. But first, we have to know the quality exists.
She’s fighting against passive consumption. I’m fighting against invisible fragmentation. Both problems are real. And honestly, I think we need both solutions working together.
#nevent1q…5mq7

2026-01-15 19:33:43 UTC

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Haven’t decided yet on time frames. What do most people think is the best time to keep interest? I’m thinking of both, but open to suggestions

2026-01-15 18:54:12 UTC

Thinking about starting a Rumble channel called, “Contra Intelligence”. Unless there’s a better protocol or platform. I’m up for suggestions.
This goes back to the #Nostr Interviews I said I was going to start.
I’ve been mulling over several ideas. Anyone have ideas or suggestions? #asknostr

2026-01-15 16:15:24 UTC

A psychological weapon does not have to exist physically to function effectively.
It only needs believability, repetition, authority figures and emotional resonance.
We must be aware and prepared for such weapons. Our governments bank on us believing said MindWars.

2026-01-15 15:10:02 UTC

We’re building systems that never forget, in a world that has always depended on forgetting.
Second chances are fundamentally irrational. They require someone to look at the same circumstances and say, This time is different. They demand we ignore the data and believe in transformation without proof.
This has always been the structure of grace. Someone with full knowledge of your failures choosing to see you differently anyway. Not because the record changed, but because mercy transcends the record.
Ancient communities granted second chances because memory was fallible. Your past dissolved into the charitable fog of time. But even in traditions with concepts of divine omniscience, forgiveness required a deliberate act of not counting what was known. The point wasn’t ignorance. The point was choosing not to hold the knowledge against you.
Today, every mistake is eternal. Every failure is timestamped and archived.
Hannah Arendt warned us by saying, justice systems without discretion become rigid to the point of cruelty. They mistake uniformity for fairness.
AI optimizes for consistency.
Humans optimize for mercy.
One requires the possibility of forgetting. The other cannot forget.
The problem is that we’re building systems that can judge but cannot redeem. They can execute justice but they cannot grant grace. Perfect memory with no mechanism for mercy doesn’t make systems more fair. It makes transformation impossible.
The question isn’t whether machines remember better than humans.
The question is can a system that never forgets still believe people can change?
Can second chances survive perfect memory? Or does redemption require us to deliberately build forgetting, or something like it, back into the architecture?
Something to consider as we hand more decisions to systems that have never needed forgiveness, never experienced transformation, and never had to trust someone to become better than their record suggests.
gm. Choose mercy when you can.

2026-01-14 23:32:38 UTC

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Depends on what kind of money?

2026-01-14 23:25:28 UTC

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How would this work. lol

2026-01-14 23:04:09 UTC

I spend sometimes more time talking to complete strangers on Nostr than I do to some people I’ve known for twenty years. And the strangers are better company.
You’d think this would be odd, but it isn’t. After a few years of watching how a man thinks, what he cares about, how he carries himself in writing, you know him. Sometimes better than the neighbor you wave to every morning who you couldn’t pick out of a police lineup if your life depended on it.
These are real friendships. Not the neutered, back slapping “hey great post!” kind that evaporates the moment you close your browser. The kind where you remember what a man said six months ago. Where the conversation has weight and continuity. Where you know someone by the shape of his mind, not the shape of his face.
I’ve wasted enough time on the other platforms to know the difference. They don’t produce this. Can’t produce this.
Nostr attracts genuinely fascinating people and then gets out of the way.
That’s the entire magic trick.

2026-01-14 23:01:45 UTC

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This is a good one. Especially the age we live in

2026-01-14 22:21:21 UTC

If you could be proficient in one weapon system, what would it be? And why?

2026-01-14 16:52:20 UTC

Because we love to roast @nprofile…hken 🎙️🤙
https://blossom.primal.net/7f68ba50754b2709a183c81e489edb2836551304daf166f99f16334a58a8fa4f.mp4

2026-01-14 16:00:05 UTC

👀 @npub1cj8…rz4u
https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/adc14fa3ad590856dd8b80815d367f7c1e6735ad00fd98a86d002fbe9fb535e1/64e051700e31e0971ade0bdf348c1a1a65c5baf86a732d7a6fdeeb3d081b11cc.webp

2026-01-14 15:21:50 UTC

One of the most remarkable things about Nostr is watching people collaborate and create together. I genuinely believe this is the sanest corner of social media, where optimism and joy actually thrive instead of getting drowned out.
I love showing up here every morning, and it’s because we share something fundamental. We’re all here for the right reasons. We’re building something better, together. That shared purpose makes all the difference.
Also, GM!

2026-01-14 01:53:53 UTC

Surveillance capitalism’s most profitable trick…convincing you to buy and install your own monitoring device
#nevent1q…uqnw

2026-01-13 22:29:50 UTC

The overlap between Antifa and gym membership appears minimal based on the videos I’ve been watching.

2026-01-13 20:39:24 UTC

🚨Watch This 🚨
If our government tolerates foreign parliamentary declarations targeting American citizens for exercising constitutionally protected speech, we have already surrendered sovereignty.
American discourse is governed by Americans, accountable to Americans, on American soil. Any elected official who remains silent while a foreign state names and targets our citizens has chosen their allegiance.
We either defend the right of Americans to speak freely without foreign legislative interference, or we admit we are no longer a sovereign nation. Which is likely where headed with we don’t stop this Israeli BS now.
Dispensationalism has poisoned the American church into abandoning the Lordship of Christ for political Zionism. We don’t owe theological loyalty to any earthly state. Our Kingdom is not of this world, and our King doesn’t share His glory with governments that reject Him.
Stop letting heretical eschatology dictate your politics. Christ is Lord. Not Netanyahu. Not the Knesset. Not any flag.
Your allegiance was purchased with blood at Calvary, not promised to a modern political entity that crucifies His name.
https://blossom.primal.net/c20208ddf11f8ced51a455ec84033b4355c306f74759842ddf552766b645724b.mov

2026-01-13 18:28:52 UTC

Sneak Peak—-
[chorus]
Diamond hands forever, I ain't never letting go
HODL through the bear markets, watch my stack grow
They can shake the paper hands, FUD won't break my soul
Twenty-year horizon, that's my only goal
https://blossom.primal.net/7a658509f186a50c1668a3ba143a060b4836fe8c8be822fbe962fd5447aaad6c.mp4

2026-01-13 02:16:15 UTC

Your followers are posting absolute fire and I have no idea they exist.
That’s the reality of Nostr. We’re all living in our own network bubbles. The people you follow and interact with every day? I’ve probably never seen them. And the people in my feed? Completely invisible to you.
No algorithm mixing us together. No corporate feed forcing connections. Just pure decentralized chaos where entire communities exist parallel to each other, never touching.
Some of you have been around me for months or years. We’re locked in. But your followers? The people YOU think are brilliant? I’m missing all of them. And you’re missing all of mine.
This is both Nostr’s greatest strength and its biggest challenge. We actually have to work to expand the network. Discovery doesn’t happen automatically. It happens through reposts, through signal, through people actively bridging their networks together.
Right now, someone in your follow list is dropping knowledge I need to see. Perspectives that would shift how I think. Content that matters. And I’m completely blind to it because our graphs haven’t connected yet.
So here’s what I want. I want to see who YOU follow. I want your network to crash into mine. I want the people you respect to show up in my feed.
If you’ve never interacted with my content before, if we exist in different parts of this protocol, REPOST this. Let your followers see it. Let’s smash these network bubbles together and see what happens.
This is how Nostr actually grows. Not through algorithms. Through us actively choosing to expand the graph.
Your people need to meet my people. Let’s make it happen.

2026-01-13 01:05:40 UTC

A work in progress. Didn’t spend much time on it.
https://blossom.primal.net/bfad7b02ba0f4c1c0426e97f1d90fdea22502b02cddcc1b4c7878d34a12037de.mov

2026-01-12 19:36:27 UTC

We don’t need to fix this system. We need exodus from it. A government limited to protecting life, liberty, and property, as our founders claimed to want doesn’t require massive parties, permanent bureaucracies, or trillion dollar budgets. It requires Christians who refuse to bow to political tribalism and who build faithful communities outside the state’s grasp.
The reset isn’t Left or Right. It’s up, toward the Kingship of Christ and out from under Leviathan’s shadow.

2026-01-12 17:23:22 UTC

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This is something I want to be part of.

2026-01-12 17:21:38 UTC

When @npub18am…p424 needs a jam, someone has to do it.
Track 1 out now-
“Stack Sats, Run Code”
https://wavlake.com/track/4298ec00-1ca1-4d8a-b1dc-c3ffd33cf23c

2026-01-12 16:11:00 UTC

Build on centralized infrastructure, inherit centralized vulnerabilities.
The question isn’t whether Nostr will protect speech better than alternatives. The question is whether any centralized platform can credibly claim to offer free speech at all.
History suggests the answer is no.

2026-01-11 21:13:08 UTC

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Thinks awesome. I love this

2026-01-11 15:23:41 UTC

Gm Nostr Fam.
https://image.nostr.build/e0194ba3849ddd459af2a24c976dd0b3909554791f900004f3d5e7b567e600ce.jpg

2026-01-10 15:39:56 UTC

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It’s back huh