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@ 46cab04c:987bb0c4
2025-05-21 11:44:32
GM ⭕|||||||⭕
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:44:29
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide as US-China chip feud rattles trade nerves
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-futures-slide-as-us-china-chip-feud-rattles-trade-nerves-231552483.html
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@ 7ec32b0a:880c9127
2025-05-21 11:44:27
today 45 degree temperature in Bahawalpur
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@ 9358c676:9f2912fc
2025-05-21 11:44:27
nostr:nprofile1qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8gprfmhxue69uhkcmmrdd3x77pwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hsh2c3z4 several years ago after being expelled from Twitter and FB, today he sees his dream come true with all of us 😅⚡ #memestr
nostr:nevent1qqstkp9x6tshlaru5ru0f26j3qmkhzjahqwkll05rmgv9ymwe0e97cqpupmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhj2v3swaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9ujnyvrhwden5te0wfjkccte9eekjctdwd68ytnrdakj7ffjxpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6te9xgc8wumn8ghj7mnxwfjkccte9eshqup0y5erqamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7tjwvhxumm5daeks6fwwa5kute9xgc8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwv4u8getj0ghxxmmd9ujnyvrhwden5te0vejkuunfwgkhxtnwda6x7umgdyh8w6twqgsr7acdvhf6we9fch94qwhpy0nza36e3tgrtkpku25ppuu80f69kfqrqsqqqqqp3w0u97
https://blossom.primal.net/99b7e321f4f256fda8690561a8a0dca69a54af6437d403116931404faa9cdc29.jpg
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@ 97541564:e5e20753
2025-05-21 11:44:27
T1747827867.384:status:fserieskeeper:kwady2kywe+4071142383/g690829-b3023cdbe1da92acbb10731d67ca91d86+4071144480
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@ cfb6da66:b9055726
2025-05-21 11:44:27
Gängkriminell gömde sig i Finland – gav morduppdrag till svenska tonåringar
https://www.dn.se/sverige/gangkriminell-gomde-sig-i-finland-gav-morduppdrag-till-svenska-tonaringar/
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@ cfb6da66:b9055726
2025-05-21 11:44:25
Victoria och Daniels hemliga luncher
https://www.aftonbladet.se/podcasts/episode/385549
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:44:24
Is United States debt becoming unsustainable?
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/counting-the-cost/2025/5/21/is-united-states-debt-becoming-unsustainable?traffic_source=rss
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@ 9db752ac:50e1ac55
2025-05-21 11:44:24
Ok, so, things are going good, ok cool,😄💞☕🎈👍. https://image.nostr.build/969dc24bbe38e1791614a6008d3f3b8fdd246e0b7eeb62eccc3c921c102771e5.jpg
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@ 20d29810:6fe4ad2f
2025-05-21 11:44:23
GM 🫂☕✨ dread
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@ 7f5c2b4e:a818d75d
2025-05-21 11:44:22
I don’t think one needs much as long as they continue doing something useful for the community. An open project that one enjoys working on will generate zaps that could promise a significant value in 5-10 years.
Even after retiring I do not see myself doing nothing.
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@ 79be667e:16f81798
2025-05-21 11:44:22
1947/897683/39058
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:44:19
Daily – Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 05/21/2025
https://finance.yahoo.com/research/reports/ARGUS_43585_TopBottomInsiderActivity_1747823671000?yptr=yahoo&ncid=yahooproperties_plusresear_nm5q6ze1cei
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@ c6967015:ea31ab06
2025-05-21 11:44:17
nlogpost:1747827857:[[[[pinningtools debug fseries 0 good 0 lost 0 bad 0 total / 12 entries]]]]
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@ 91052ba3:84bcc28c
2025-05-21 11:44:16
So deep
https://blossom.primal.net/732ee4fa4bc2c14d033ba2701c67920c62910b2ee0d3ef776ae42a0cd3a273c8.jpg
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@ 627a79d2:dc467f66
2025-05-21 11:44:14
New episode up. Can you check if I did the tags correctly? Thx
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@ 5ceb45be:3828dd35
2025-05-21 11:44:13
Good morning, NOSTR Friends! I hope you're well this morning. Today is Hump Day: it's all downhill from here! 😉
It rained here overnight, so I doubt I'll be doing a lit outside this morning. It is 55 and cloudy right now, and The Weather Channel says our high will get to 66 this afternoon.
I hope you all have a great day and get lots done! I'm off to make coffee and bring in Dog=O!
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@ 1fa35456:f63dc5a2
2025-05-21 11:44:13
Total thirst dehydration over load.
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@ 0a56ac4d:2d6c95b5
2025-05-21 11:44:10
กินไม่หยุดตั้แต่เช้ายันก่อนนอน แถมดุด้วยค่ะ
ดีใจที่ชอบเพลงค่าา
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@ b934818d:7e4a379c
2025-05-21 11:44:09
T1747827849.195:status:hexakeeper:kyvj6hxxda+4071123932/g930829-d84ab861f3d58827d74f509af7d1f669d+4071126050
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:44:09
Market Digest: ADTN, ALL, SPG
https://finance.yahoo.com/research/reports/ARGUS_43586_MarketSummary_1747824181000?yptr=yahoo&ncid=yahooproperties_plusresear_nm5q6ze1cei
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@ fc97fc29:db5d2e30
2025-05-21 11:44:05
🦀
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:43:59
My husband died before he could retire — should I claim his pension at $495/month or take a lump sum of $89K?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/husband-died-could-retire-claim-113200412.html
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@ 41de1771:0b1d3243
2025-05-21 11:43:58
do I really have to put a /end sarcasm tag after my notes? man, there are some dumb ass here.
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@ b934818d:7e4a379c
2025-05-21 11:43:58
T1747827838.572:status:hexakeeper:kf64vtgxfe+4071113493/g690829-c8c0d345bf27f9ccfea3b56b7366f150c+4071115650
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@ 62bf13d3:054579bb
2025-05-21 11:43:49
Money is required for humanity to scale.
Imagine what the world is capable of once we have a single, apolitical, monetary network.
Frictionless specialization and trade amongst 8 billion people.
Bitcoin is prosperity.
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@ 4bef66fe:99075f72
2025-05-21 11:43:48
T1747827828.268:status:hellkeeper:k3zr7tx5mm+4071102642/g960829-b9ce7090b66d7847531bffbcc9a84bcd7+4071105102
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:43:48
L3Harris stock rises on Golden Dome prospects
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/l3harris-stock-rises-on-golden-dome-prospects-4056563
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@ c6967015:ea31ab06
2025-05-21 11:43:46
nlogpost:1747827826:[[[[pinningtools debug hexa 1 good 0 lost 0 bad 1 total / 4 entries]]]]
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@ 188b7cb5:1f06b60f
2025-05-21 11:43:45
T1747827825.827:status:haxxkeeper:k58kubuweg+4071101331/g690829-c0a96e9f34383fd29409ca4b064f68439+4071103085
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@ 5fa18f40:bf8f6f53
2025-05-21 11:43:44
Big ✨
https://image.nostr.build/cd2224f9a5d625d514abc54f1920afb40b578d0a124d5806dd54ac8a2f3cbd3e.jpg
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:43:38
UnitedHealth Group shares drop on report of secret nursing home payments
https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/unitedhealth-group-shares-drop-on-report-of-secret-nursing-home-payments-4056578
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@ ae545f79:78635096
2025-05-21 11:43:37
If so, why?
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@ 4bef66fe:99075f72
2025-05-21 11:43:36
T1747827816.788:status:hellkeeper:kknzpzg8rb+4071091325/g580829-cb10cc3d1dc047abab18d50b3ffda1939+4071093783
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@ 188b7cb5:1f06b60f
2025-05-21 11:43:36
T1747827816.077:status:haxxkeeper:kzwspmjn87+4071091381/g960829-c728147393eae78fcff2681cc4a4424b8+4071093176
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@ 056c6abe:08bac24d
2025-05-21 11:43:34
Nothing to see here.........expecting some fireworks when the dam breaks on the benchmark 10YR JGB. Sheesh I wonder what the popping of a sovereign debt bubble will look like nostr:nprofile1qy0hwumn8ghj7cnfw33k76twd4shs6tdv9kxjum5wvhx7mnvd9hx2qg4waehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsqzq3e0gs8jnmued6f2rp4c6vs07xqvs4vs8zpwt82smcdch4txjvq76kl2yj. JGB's with maturities longer than 10 years have a total market size of $6.16 Trillion USD as of the May 9th release from the Japan MOF. https://blossom.primal.net/0f3cdc026f598a800001a7fa033f38a9176ca7503dc0861c4e795ebbb949f206.png https://blossom.primal.net/deccc9073055a6e347611e972fe9b4b7a1411da29bd2339c2d2b1a9bc7d63632.png
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@ 1fa35456:f63dc5a2
2025-05-21 11:43:32
Sand lands.
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@ 91052ba3:84bcc28c
2025-05-21 11:43:31
https://media.tenor.com/Xy8O_uwp2UkAAAAC/kitty-blackcat.gif
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:43:27
Donald Trump Jr on running for president: 'Maybe one day'
https://www.investing.com/news/economy/donald-trump-jr-on-running-for-president-maybe-one-day-4056558
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@ c6967015:ea31ab06
2025-05-21 11:43:26
nlogpost:1747827806:[[[[pinningtools debug hell 0 good 0 lost 0 bad 0 total / 14 entries]]]]
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@ d3d74124:a4eb7b1d
2025-05-21 11:43:25
GM #nostr
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-21 09:27:35
Cool, so its native dart code now and it works like NAP?
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@ c6967015:ea31ab06
2025-05-21 11:43:25
nlogpost:1747827805:[[[[pinningtools debug haxx 1 good 0 lost 0 bad 1 total / 79 entries]]]]
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-20 10:40:09
Yea maybe web only for now
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@ 5423d836:fb8eabbf
2025-05-21 11:43:17
T1747827797.410:status:halkeeper:kg23cdsav8+4071072129/g580829-d45c812518ee955883ffe174733bb4be0+4071074386
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@ 274fe9ae:565805d2
2025-05-21 11:43:17
Dollar drops as traders fret over Trump tax bill
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/dollar-on-defensive-as-traders-eye-trump-tax-bill-g7-currency-talks-4056030
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-20 09:09:40
You mean like on zap.stream? Videos/Shorts?
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@ 675b84fe:12e1d728
2025-05-21 11:43:15
An interesting application for AI: use it to distinguish embedded advertising (like a host-read ad) and remove it automatically (for real scifi, imagine removing subtle product placement in a movie).
For me, "embedded" advertising was always the "right" way to address ad-blocking, not crappy adblocker blocking games.
But now technology has advanced, the war will become a lot more sophisticated.
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-19 16:10:07
No major issues so far, i can see performance maybe being an issue soon though the chat can be pretty laggy sometimes
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-19 15:59:12
Published v0.7.0 of the zap.stream app
## Added
- Show "copied to clipboard" message on iOS
- Badge awards in chat feed
- Badges assigned to users in chat
- Share stream button on stream info modal
- Timeout feature, timeout viewers for x seconds
## Fixed
- Auto raid redirect loop
- Always show open in wallet button
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nostrlabs-io/zap-stream-flutter/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0
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@ 627a79d2:dc467f66
2025-05-21 11:43:14
@node
@inpc
@Tonewrecker
@Cristalina
@Pattern
@DuhLaurien ✌🏻👽💨
@marykateultra
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@ 1fa35456:f63dc5a2
2025-05-21 11:43:13
Like 150 Farenhite and above.
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-19 12:00:47
Probably build something on top of owncast to publish to nostr
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@ a34b99f2:c540c5bd
2025-05-21 11:44:09
1947/897683/39047
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@ 3b90a834:096a5679
2025-05-21 11:43:11
Tick-tock
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-18 10:38:52
What app
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@ 5ab33493:8d259c22
2025-05-21 11:43:06
ゆこぴのにまいめってアルバム聴いてる。ゆこぴはいいぞ
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-17 16:49:27
Pixel 9 Pro
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@ 5423d836:fb8eabbf
2025-05-21 11:43:06
T1747827786.292:status:halkeeper:kswcy6wzkk+4071060669/g960829-b516d61f23a4b48cd45ec93c86024d431+4071063107
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-17 13:21:23
I had reports like this before and told them I am not hosting that content and they never replied
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@ a96a35a2:222a6a69
2025-05-21 11:43:06
9, 12, 23 and 25 I actually do.
18 is a work in progress. :)
Most of those other uses look like terrible wastes to me!
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-17 12:14:30
GM
https://nostr.download/291e91d27d817d0ff9f294c780a256e3b19f7b9d19472c6914d936c3c47bf0b0.mp4
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-16 22:01:35
Well that doesnt impact me so I don't really care only that im not being poisoned while walking down the street
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@ 77911886:4b218091
2025-05-21 11:43:03
現在のブロック高さ:897683
<推奨手数料> 単位sats/vB
最速:5
1時間以内:4
[参考] 直近6ブロックの最小手数料
3,2,1,1,3,5
[参考] 次ブロック候補の最小手数料
3
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-16 21:47:47
Also no toxic gases emitted
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@ 59cb0748:9602464b
2025-05-21 11:43:03
今度レンズもっていくか中古カメラを置いてる店で、古いレンズの使い勝手を
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@ 63fe6318:330504ed
2025-05-16 16:12:32
Pushed v0.6.0 of the zap.stream app
# Added
- Custom zap amount
- Simple profile editor
- Live running timer on stream info
- Following streams on all stream lists
- Embedded note mentions with note previews
# Fixed
- Hide zap button on chat modal for profile with no lightning address
- Trim chat comments
- Stop video player when navigating off stream page
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/nostrlabs-io/zap-stream-flutter/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0
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@ 9b4976b0:ff9c5528
2025-05-21 11:43:02
Vitória, ES
#capixabadagema #EspiritoSanto #Brasil #animal #wildlife #picoftheday #photography #nostr
https://video.nostr.build/2a7b5ab25264afe8f286a6666b022964ed3d2be11cedb487aa2185100429f4ef.mp4
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@ 470ae30b:77619527
2025-05-21 11:43:00
Do you know the fossa? It's the largest carnivore native to Madagascar, a catlike forest dweller of the civet family, Viverridae.
This is a young one.
[📹 oneminuteanimals]
https://video.nostr.build/6ca93be2c61a8289511d55234c71d4391585f0743f66581a945efe7564b844a3.mp4
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@ ed4be2fe:1140bf42
2025-05-21 11:42:55
Model T?
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@ 71c63cb8:8e401568
2025-05-21 11:42:55
Neither is the paid off house
You yearly pay your rent to the government
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@ c6967015:ea31ab06
2025-05-21 11:42:55
nlogpost:1747827775:[[[[pinningtools debug hal 0 good 0 lost 0 bad 0 total / 4 entries]]]]
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@ 332bc762:259e5ef8
2025-05-21 11:43:37
Netflix won't work on some Amazon Fire TV devices from June – here are the affected models
https://www.techradar.com/televisions/streaming-devices/netflix-wont-work-on-some-amazon-fire-tv-devices-from-june-here-are-the-affected-models
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@ 1ec45473:d38df139
2025-05-21 11:41:01
https://laantungir.github.io/img_repo/00e094364b0aaa305f1ff9211c39aded44c33d10b187f21ebcfbc176068df4a2.jpeg GM.
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@ 1a35b54e:1879ce71
2025-05-21 11:39:22
炊き立てのご飯の匂い()
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@ 74ea67e6:223a5a4d
2025-05-21 11:42:53
Eu já vi, na minha época de escola, um cara de 17 anos que não sabia o que era uma rota marítima (sem brincadeira).
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@ 00000001:1e5eed21
2025-05-21 11:42:52
GM
https://blossom.primal.net/0aed8ce34d0f650357b3bf002b6664df93f659987f4273ad71644d645f509fb6.jpg
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@ cbab7074:f9f0bd61
2025-05-21 11:30:47
Block 897683
3 - high priority
3 - medium priority
3 - low priority
2 - no priority
1 - purging
#bitcoinfees #mempool
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@ 3f11abb2:32a42f40
2025-05-21 11:42:47
Be-Bop instead of Airbnb, that's progress!
nostr:nevent1qqsdsv8jxp65e9c737lpj2344aa73u39zgppck0r0snzg8m5psy9esgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygxhegvca4al29hxy4enrqjcjkqnpwf3u9883zpm69m3wxysdvj4qgpsgqqqqqqs05z00q
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@ 6247478f:84e8a49e
2025-05-21 11:42:45
Stats:
containers: 1
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@ f03df3d4:a4d4f676
2025-05-21 11:25:47
Block 897682
5 - high priority
4 - medium priority
4 - low priority
2 - no priority
1 - purging
#bitcoinfees #mempool
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@ 5a0ff48c:d5399239
2025-05-21 11:22:18
Money is the key to our freedom.
When you want to provide a service to society, you also need your customers to pay you money so you can continue. If you provide good service, you are rewarded. If you defraud, cheat, or fail to deliver, the market turns its back on you.
But...
When you receive money periodically or in large amounts, banks trigger warnings to tax collection agencies. Then you are investigated: they make you confess the source of that money, threatening to accuse you of money laundering and other crimes.
And...
When you confess that you have set up a business, they apply all kinds of taxes; and worse, all kinds of regulations that they themselves have determined to be correct.
So...
By stopping using state money, we will achieve the freedom we crave.
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@ e7bf8dad:839ef3db
2025-05-21 11:20:47
Block 897682
4 - high priority
4 - medium priority
4 - low priority
2 - no priority
1 - purging
#bitcoinfees #mempool
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@ 4b537d79:a71ba934
2025-05-21 11:42:43
GM Bitcoin Nostr!
Wednesday already???
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@ 1afe0c74:6808e36d
2025-05-21 11:42:30
If I’m being honest things fell apart much faster than I ever thought they could.
And I suppose that’s the point.
No one ever realizes what they’re doing until it’s too late.
We were told it was progress/liberation to give up control, tradition and responsibility.
But it wasn’t. It was collapse dressed up in nice language.
Not just the economy. Everything.
The culture got weird. The family broke down. The future stopped making sense.
It didn’t happen all at once it just slipped, little by little, until one day you looked around and didn’t recognize the world anymore.
The globalists rejoice knowing they have us whipped. Hooked on cheap dopamine and debt, too busy fighting each other to notice who is pulling the strings.
It’s over.
Our beautiful world is shattered and people are too apathetic to mount a resistance.
The funny thing is they never saw bitcoin coming.
Think of bitcoin less as a monetary network and more as a civilizational scaffolding.
Because bitcoin reestablishes the sacred.
At the heart of any durable culture is something sacred, something untouchable, beyond negotiation.
Enter the truth machine. Incorruptible, It cannot be printed, manipulated, or compromised by state power.
Bitcoin creates autonomy in the place of learned helplessness. It realigns masculinity with virtue. It rebuilds community from first principles via shared belief.
Bitcoin doesn’t just preserve wealth, it preserves meaning.
So did things fall apart? Absolutely.
But we will build them back with an even stronger foundation.
It’s our purpose in this life.
Our destiny.
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@ f03df3d4:a4d4f676
2025-05-21 11:20:47
Block 897682
4 - high priority
4 - medium priority
4 - low priority
2 - no priority
1 - purging
#bitcoinfees #mempool
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@ d05b9833:43f4689f
2025-05-21 11:42:29
Hong Kong seeking proposals to revamp Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
Authorities emphasise commitment to promoting the terminal for hosting more non-cruise and commercial events during off-peak seasons.
https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2025/05/21/601b2247-5c78-4aa1-b8a3-9075dd035f2b_81a91076.jpg?itok=AT0EUNqO
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3311259/hong-kong-seeking-proposals-revamp-kai-tak-cruise-terminal?utm_source=rss_feed
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@ 6934e1cb:ab8fe17d
2025-05-21 11:19:25
1747826365577
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@ 6934e1cb:ab8fe17d
2025-05-21 11:18:55
1747826335566
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@ 8a387a3b:b46edfe9
2025-05-21 11:43:16
Im a newb with these things so i don’t really know a lot about them yet just experimenting with them
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@ 4e9a4f33:e0e9b4e9
2025-05-21 11:42:29
Big news for Bitcoin DeFi: Magic Eden is partnering with Spark! This collab will provide fast, low-cost settlement for native assets, boosting efficiency for things like stablecoin/BTC swaps, while preserving Bitcoin's trust model. Rollout expected in coming months.
#crypto #blockchain #news #BTC #Bitcoin
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@ 71c63cb8:8e401568
2025-05-21 11:42:28
Quit completely and do something you want like traveling the world, saying no to jobs,…
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@ 1fa35456:f63dc5a2
2025-05-21 11:42:27
Total desert jungle.
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@ 6934e1cb:ab8fe17d
2025-05-21 11:18:25
1747826305557
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@ 06b7819d:d1d8327c
2025-05-21 11:42:26
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ‘LIKE’ BUTTON
South China Morning Post
May 21, 2025
It has had an enormous impact on social media engagement and the digitally driven world – so who came up with the thumbs-up icon and why?
The internet would not be the same without the “like” button, the thumbs-up icon Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
Like it or not, the button has served as a creative catalyst, a dopamine delivery system and an emotional battering ram. It also became an international tourist attraction after Facebook plastered the symbol on a giant sign that stood outside its Silicon Valley headquarters until the company rebranded itself as Meta Platforms in 2021.
A new book, Like: The Button That Changed the World, delves into the convoluted story behind a symbol that has become both the manna and bane of a digitally driven society.
It is a tale that traces back to gladiator battles for survival during the Roman Empire before fast-forwarding to the early 21st century when tech trailblazers such as Yelp co-founder Russ Simmons, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, and Gmail inventor Paul Buchheit were experimenting with ways of using the currency of recognition to prod people to post compelling content online for free.
As part of that noodling, a Yelp employee named Bob Goodson sat down on May 18, 2005, and drew a crude sketch of thumbs up and thumbs down gestures as a way for people to express their opinions about restaurant reviews posted on the site.
Yelp passed on adopting Goodson’s suggested symbol and, instead, adopted the “useful”, “funny” and “cool” buttons conceived by Simmons.
The discovery of that old sketch inspired Goodson to team up with Martin Reeves to explore how the “like” button came to be in their new book.
Although Facebook is the main reason the “like” button became ubiquitous, the company did not invent it and almost discarded it as drivel. It took Facebook nearly two years to overcome the staunch resistance by CEO Mark Zuckerberg before finally introducing the symbol on its service on February 9, 2009 – five years after the social network’s creation in a Harvard University dorm room.
As happens with many innovations, the “like” button was born out of necessity, but it was not the brainchild of a single person. The concept percolated for more than a decade in Silicon Valley before Facebook finally embraced it.
The effort to create a simple mechanism to digitally express approval or dismay sprouted from a wellspring of online services such as Yelp and YouTube whose success would hinge on their ability to post commentary or video to help make their sites more popular without forcing them to spend a lot of money for content. That effort required a feedback loop that would not require a lot of hoops to navigate.
And when Goodson was noodling around with his thumbs-up and thumbs-down gesture, it did not come out of a vacuum. Those techniques of signalling approval and disapproval had been ushered into the 21st century zeitgeist by the Oscar-winning film, Gladiator, where Emperor Commodus – portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix – used the gestures to either spare or slay combatants in the arena.
But the positive feelings conjured by a thumbs-up date even further back in popular culture, thanks to the 1950s-era character Fonzie played by Henry Winkler in top-rated 70s television series Happy Days.
The gesture later became a way of expressing delight with a programme via a remote control button for digital video recorders made by Tivo in the early 2000s.
Around the same time, Hot or Not – a site that solicited feedback on the looks of people who shared photos of themselves – began playing around with ideas that helped inspire the “like” button, based on the book’s research.
Others that contributed to the helpful ideas included pioneering news service Digg, blogging platform Xanga, YouTube and early video site Vimeo.
But Facebook unquestionably turned the “like” button into a universally understood symbol, while also profiting the most from its entrance into the mainstream. And it almost did not happen.
By 2007, Facebook engineers had been tinkering with a “like” button, but Zuckerberg opposed it because he feared the social network was already getting too cluttered and, Reeves said, “he didn’t actually want to do something that would be seen as trivial, that would cheapen the service”.
Once Zuckerberg relented, Facebook quickly saw that the “like” button not only helped keep its audience engaged on its social network but also made it easier to divine people’s individual interests and gather the insights required to sell the targeted advertising that accounted for most of Meta’s US$165 billion in revenue last year.
The “like” button has also created emotional problems, especially among adolescents, who feel forlorn if their posts are ignored, and narcissists whose egos feast on positive feedback.
Reeves views those issues as part of the unintentional consequences that inevitably happen because “if you can’t even predict the beneficial effects of a technological innovation, how could you possibly forecast the side effects and interventions?”
Even so, Reeves believes the “like” button and the forces that coalesced to create it tapped into something uniquely human.
“We thought serendipity of the innovation was part of the point,” Reeves said. “I don’t think we can get bored with liking or having our capacity to compliment taken away so easily, because it’s the product of 100,000 years of evolution.”
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