Michael of St. Joseph 🔏

🪶 I'm a storyteller writing and sharing in common with others ☦️
Also, I like verifiable tech 🔎

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2025-11-04 04:12:55 UTC

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I'm pretty sure these are made of plastic 😆

2025-11-03 15:58:30 UTC

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They are such a product of the modern mind and of Americanism, if either of those two things pass away then most of the stories told won't make much sense to future people.

2025-11-03 03:26:11 UTC

I think within 1 generation most Hollywood movies will be completely incomprehensible to most people.

2025-09-24 03:57:38 UTC

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Make Depression Great Again

2025-09-13 13:54:30 UTC

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The rationale continues to be, "Spam has always been possible, so let's make it easier and less expensive because I personally think it's better this way. I also hope the negative consequences magically go away in the future." This wasn't a convincing argument a few months ago, and it still isn't. Do better.

2025-09-13 02:40:24 UTC

If I believed in free speech, I would voice my opinion on everything.

2025-09-09 23:50:43 UTC

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I still need to read this one from Fr. Seraphim Rose. Thanks for sharing.

2025-08-15 14:44:24 UTC

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Yes. The only realistic way I can see residential blue collar work being automated is if houses are built specifically to be serviced by robots in the future. As it stands, there is no planet where a robot could service existing homes.

2025-08-15 01:20:58 UTC

The arrogance and smugness of most Libertarians kept me from seriously considering Bitcoin for several years. I have seen many other people off put by this attitude. I came to Bitcoin in spite of it, not because of it.
It's possible to be right about Bitcoin and wrong about everything else.

2025-08-14 18:21:30 UTC

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Copyright laws are so draconian and so expansive you are pretty much always in "violation" of something. It's just a matter of whether or not your corporate or government overloads deign to punish you at any given moment. "Fair Use" is a legal joke that depends on court judge interpretations.

2025-08-12 19:03:38 UTC

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It's about an angel on the last day of time and her quest inside a mystical vault-world. There's more on my website!
https://michaelofstjoseph.com/wherethingswent

2025-08-12 18:30:59 UTC

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My health improved dramatically when I accepted that everything I had been told about health and nutrition was a lie. I befriended this bodybuilder online who gave me lots of great advice and I tweaked it from there.
Simply put, it's less about what you DO eat and more about what you DON'T eat.
Do not eat:
any oil besides olive, avacado, & coconut
Soy
Artificial sweetener
Artificial food dye
GMO
Breakfast (unless you do manual labor)

2025-08-12 17:44:42 UTC

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Does it help improve my handwriting? Or is the technology not there yet 😅?

2025-08-12 17:43:23 UTC

I am feeling very positive today. I need to direct this energy into my #manuscript. The second half of my #novel that needs #editing will take a lot of focus, and perhaps more #coffee is needed ☕

2025-08-12 02:30:55 UTC

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Test reply

2025-08-12 02:26:55 UTC

How can I do this exactly?

2025-08-12 02:23:40 UTC

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Why won't my relay work... So annoying.
#nevent1q…xvmg

2025-08-11 16:22:47 UTC

Hmm, I'm trying to add my personal #relay with the wss:// URL after whitelisting my HEX Pubkey... But Amethyst says there's an error. Here's a test I guess!

2025-08-11 15:35:18 UTC

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Those POV swaps are egregious. You clearly line break for a random guard's POV for some useless commentary that could have been nested anywhere else (or omitted entirely). Then you swap back to the woman's POV for a few sentences before swapping AGAIN (without a line break) to a totally different POV. That's crazy.

2025-08-09 18:20:50 UTC

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Amethyst is my favorite client. Whenever I figure out how to connect a lightning address I'm sending some ₿ your way.

2025-08-09 13:39:52 UTC

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I don't have start9 hardware. I just installed start9 on an old PC with spare parts. It's not doing the trick 😅

2025-08-09 13:38:19 UTC

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Funny you say that, I was trying Wallet of Satoshi yesterday. But whenever I went yo create a wallet I was getting an error that told me to try again later...
Also, I was trying to build a node on start9, not Windows (I don't use windows). My old spare computer hardware isn't cutting it though.

2025-08-09 04:05:16 UTC

I've been goofing around with Nostr and #Lightning a bit more. I tried setting up a BTC #Node but my old desktop stalls out around the 70% mark when verifying the blockchain. So, self-hosting a custodial lightning wallet is a no-go for now. I set up the #Alby extension for login and I'm considering subscribing for their custom Nostr and lightning address.
I set up my own private Nostr #Relay and I... Think it's working? I literally just plugged my HEX npub into the Nostr RS Relay service on #start9 and it looks like it's working?
It would be nice if setting up the lightning network wasn't such a pain. For some reason I can't get my Strike address to work with Nostr integration. So I figured I'd try and self-custodial it, but as I have heard and experienced, it's not a lot of fun to do that. I'll figure it out.
Oh, also, unrelatedly, I like to #write and I'm working on finishing up my debut Fantasy #novel for release next year. I will be releasing it into the #Creative #Commons in some form or fashion, so keep an eye out! #introduction #intro #introductions

2025-08-08 16:53:33 UTC

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Now that I'm thinking about it, I've only really visited 6 states for any length of time. That's less than I thought. For anyone who answers 1, I respect their contentment.

2025-08-07 14:44:53 UTC

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The new Blockstream app is pretty nice, but I'm no expert on the topic.

2025-08-06 15:21:22 UTC

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I would recommend making your own recording of live discussions as a backup. You never know how someone might try to deceptively edit what you say (especially on a political show). It's probably better that they didn't air it at all.

2025-08-01 14:22:03 UTC

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The Reformed faith is an interpretation put over-top of scripture. You can argue it is derived from scripture, but my original reply outlines how scripture alone is insufficient to determine what scripture is valid or authentic. I once was Reformed as well, I am familiar with the arguments. And I am Orthodox Christian now, so we have no infallible Pope in Rome thankfully!

2025-08-01 13:16:28 UTC

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This presupposes that God's word is *only* scripture (which is not what these verses say). It also presupposes that you are only supposed to use the words in the Bible (which is also not what these verses say).
There is no prescription in scripture for what books are supposed to constitute the Bible. How does one know what books belong in the Bible if the Bible doesn't tell you and you're only allowed to use the Bible to know this?
This makes your last verse very difficult, considering it was written by John before the new Testament was assembled (and perhaps before it was even finished being written). You are ascribing the warning in Revelation to all of the Bible after the fact, thus begging the question.

2025-08-01 03:38:09 UTC

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Is that warning about sola scriptura in the Bible?

2025-07-31 15:28:55 UTC

And yes, I'm working on setting up #zaps for #lightning channel stuff. I'm still new to Bitcoin and I want to make sure I'm doing things correctly. Plus, #Primal won't verify off of my #Strike account for some reason! I'm not going to make another Strike account, so I'm going to figure out an alternative (preferably something self-hosted if that's not too crazy).

2025-07-31 15:24:49 UTC

I would like to give articles/long posts a shot on Nostr at some point. I've kept my eye on #Substack for many years, and I could have gotten in super early if I wanted. But there was always something that just felt untrustworthy about them. Plus, I'm not a fan of subscription models...
Some topics of interest:
My Journey Through Alternative #SocialMedia
Overthinking Solutions to #Copyright Problems
Falling Out of Love with #Copyleft Licensing (Tragedy of the Commons?)
Why it took me a billion years to publish my book... etc.

2025-07-31 15:04:48 UTC

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I'm working on my debut #fantasy #novel set in a world I have hand crafted over many years of (slow) development. I hope to have it ready to publish the first half of 2026. It will be 11 years since I first began to conceptualize the story and 5 years since I started writing!
Also, I fully intend on releasing it under an open licensing scheme. I want other people to share and adapt my work. I believe this is better for everyone, financially and otherwise, compared to current #intellectualproperty standards.
Maybe it will be first published on Nostr? Who knows!
#nevent1q…y7es

2025-07-31 14:55:44 UTC

I went to a #writers club again this week. I had a goal of revising the first 10 chapters of my #book and a bonus (overly ambitious) goal of revising all 20! I only made it to chapter 12, but I'm on track to complete this revision next month.

2025-07-31 14:54:01 UTC

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I've been #lurking on Nostr for a little while now. I still haven't re-activated my X account (and I hope I never do). I'm also beginning to see the potential of this protocol.
#nevent1q…jlm6

2025-07-28 14:18:10 UTC

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I would recommend focusing on the onboarding process. Various clients and two different long strings of gibberish keys is a lot for a standard user to take in all at once. I know some other people have discussed follow groups and I think that's a great idea.

2025-07-26 05:15:32 UTC

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A little bit of outside input is good. It helps you know if you're moving in the right direction. Too much early input and idle chitchat spoils progress.

2025-07-25 15:54:13 UTC

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I love this style of coffee cup, I need one.

2025-07-22 05:06:00 UTC

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We need more random book excerpts on Nostr. Thanks for sharing.

2025-07-21 18:40:06 UTC

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I wonder if they're using Farcaster as the protocol for the Base app social media features?

2025-07-18 16:21:18 UTC

I #deactivated my #X #Twitter account again. Hopefully for the last time. I really hate how much time I've wasted on it, always in hopes of it being useful someday. Maybe it's been useful in some ways for me, but it has long outlived what little use I've had for it and now only serves to waste my time and make me feel worse. I have higher hopes for #Nostr but #socialmedia in general has deleterious effects no matter how well-designed it may be.

2025-07-02 20:47:33 UTC

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I didn't know you could buy shares of the MARA CEO. What's his market cap?

2025-07-02 18:40:45 UTC

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Some kind of cherry tomato, right? I forget its actual name...

2025-06-26 21:40:56 UTC

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True, that's why I would charge them a fee for the convenience of IRL help. I think crypto = scam is slowly going to die as BTC alone becomes inevitable.

2025-06-26 18:36:39 UTC

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AI is not beating the world-consuming-monster allegations

2025-06-26 14:55:24 UTC

What are your thoughts on a Bitcoin #retail store?
Something like what Best Buy did for non-tech savvy people, but for Bitcoin? There are many people who can't or won't wade through the internet to learn about this. I'm curious if a brick and mortar store to educate people and sell Bitcoin stuff (like #hardware #wallets, HDDs, YubiKeys, #books, accessories, seminars, etc.) would be a good #business? I really like the idea of helping your #local #community in a tangible way.
#asknostr

2025-06-24 18:49:58 UTC

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I have predicted (for over a year now) that #AI companies will resoundingly win against any #copyright violations or complaints. I have been proven right at ever step. How did I know this would happen? It's because governments like new technological power more than #art.
#nevent1q…w73m

2025-06-23 21:35:58 UTC

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I'm pretty sure this site has that feature https://nitter.net/

2025-06-18 18:21:56 UTC

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*the reason why there are so FEW alternative clients

2025-06-18 18:20:06 UTC

The reason I quit using #Farcaster is because I came to believe #Ethereum was fundamentally a flawed foundation. There are lots of well-intentioned people over on Farcaster and I had many fun conversations. The Farcaster client is very sleek and easy to use. But ultimately, the untrustworthy foundation that is Ethereum combined with the gambling #altcoin #memecoin attitude turned me off. This all coincided with me learning more about why #Bitcoin is uniquely the best.
I also suspect the reason there are so alternative clients for Farcaster is because the protocol itself is also complex and burdensome. It's night and day compared to Nostr's wide selection and use cases.
Proof-of-use: https://farcaster.xyz/michaelofstjoe

2025-06-16 23:49:46 UTC

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こんばんは！コヒコヒおいしいですか？

2025-06-16 20:19:58 UTC

It should be illegal to ship any product without a dark mode

2025-06-12 19:58:15 UTC

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Yep, was just having this conversation with a coworker

2025-06-12 16:18:41 UTC

After consulting with a #lawyer friend of mine and fellow parishioner, I made some changes to what once was my own content #license. For my use case (which is #writing), he suggested using a much simpler #covenant instead of a formal license. I was not as familiar with covenants, but the simplicity and readability they offer outweighs the more formal agreement provided by a content license.
I want to share my work with the world, inspire others, and prove that you can make money in #art without strangling your own audience. #law #copyright #intellectualproperty
https://michaelofstjoseph.com/share-no-resale-covenant

2025-06-10 22:20:01 UTC

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I increased this a bit. And I think TOR is enabled by default which I didn't expect. I'm working on turning that off now.

2025-06-10 22:11:21 UTC

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HDD 🫤

2025-06-10 19:01:15 UTC

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I'm proud to admit I am not a real man

2025-06-10 14:39:26 UTC

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Good news is I'm really liking this revision of my #book. It has been such a long and painful process to realize the story that has played out in my head for over 10 years. At the same time, I truly believe it will be worth it in the end. I'm really inspired seeing all of the other merchants, vendors, sellers, and craftsmen on Nostr. I want to join them as an #author someday soon!
#nevent1q…km5e

2025-06-10 14:37:00 UTC

My Bitcon #Knots #node on #StartOS #Start9 has taken over a week to get above 70%... I'm using old crappy hardware I put together, but this still feels like a really freaking long time to set it all up!

2025-06-10 01:01:23 UTC

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Y2K UI nostalgia?

2025-06-09 04:18:04 UTC

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Thanks for sharing this. I love this format of a client.

2025-06-06 00:10:46 UTC

I've screwed around with #socialmedia for several years and have decided it's not very much fun. It's much more fulfilling to find some niche group chat online and chat with people there. Posting out into the open internet feels more like an invitation for headache. I wish this wasn't the the case, but it has been my observation.

2025-06-04 21:27:23 UTC

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After being poor and between jobs for several years, the first time I got a decent job all I wanted to do was figure out how to not go down that path again. Turns out this "working hard" thing is worthless if the game is rigged. You have to play a different game.

2025-06-04 03:31:07 UTC

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I just finished 3 days worth of screwing around with my Frankenstein PC to get Start9 running. I tried other operating systems and different drives. Start9 hated my SSD, but my HDD finally worked. Installing Knots atm 🚀

2025-06-04 00:34:40 UTC

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If this statement is true, it makes the statement untrue

2025-06-03 00:47:41 UTC

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Yes I completely agree. Childhood is the first 2/3s of your life no matter how long you live.

2025-06-02 21:16:19 UTC

Also, I didn't #write a lot, but I did write a little bit. I have a new idea for my #fiction project that wouldn't require me to do a total re-write. I'm going to lean back into the 3rd person cinematic style and see what deleting chapters looks like. Make smaller, more flowing #books without chapter breaks. Sounds like a fun thing to try.

2025-06-02 21:14:39 UTC

I spent the weekend screwing around with trying to set up a node, but my stupid Frankenstein spare PC with Ubuntu on it kept going into hibernate mode no matter how many work-arounds I tried. I'm going to mess with #Start9 #StartOS and see if that fixes my problems or if my hardware is just too weird.

2025-06-01 03:57:33 UTC

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These bots actually scramble my brain. I give them a B+ for creativity though.

2025-05-31 13:25:58 UTC

My Bitcoin #node is still processing the blockchain history and I made my first purchase with BTC yesterday. It's amazing what you can accomplish when procrastinating on writing!

2025-05-31 00:39:10 UTC

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This futuristic software is crazy https://image.nostr.build/a95ec5f15d6116c18fa6e85ffec19e0f79c42f4c9e8556e2e51197bbfc424693.jpg

2025-05-31 00:36:55 UTC

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Woah, is this the #AI #artificialintelligence I've been hearing so much about??
https://image.nostr.build/e111dad2cd84dd5951c5a0185d083115e4a46ace8150da46c3871b353d2e9ca4.jpg
#nevent1q…9ddh

2025-05-31 00:34:45 UTC

Installed 2 old hard drives from a spare Frankenstein PC and accidently booted into #Windows Vista instead of #Linux 🤣
I want to use this computer to see if I can figure out how to run a Bitcoin node, Lightning node, and/or Nostr relay. We'll see! https://image.nostr.build/a3ec7cb4652f509b0f77b6b6e06789785158e96b92573b7238e138a8631aacb3.jpg

2025-05-30 14:55:44 UTC

Looking into hardware wallets, there's a lot I like about @nprofile…nkd7. The deal-breaker for me is not allowing me to store the cloud backup in anything besides #Google Drive on #Android. There's some other stuff I don't like so much, but that's the number 1 thing. I'm probably going to get a Blockstream Jade Plus. Much more versatile, compatible, and open. It comes recommended by another guy I trust as well.

2025-05-30 02:59:08 UTC

"Verifiable" is a better term for healthy, non-abusive technology. The "open" in #opensource has so much baggage and mixed meanings it's functionally useless. I think "Open" AI was the last nail in the coffin for that term having much proper use.

2025-05-30 02:26:24 UTC

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There are several of these livestreams all still popping up on hacked channels. YouTube is such a disgrace.

2025-05-29 16:17:45 UTC

Alright I think I figured out how self #verification works, thanks @nprofile…ytxu for the assistance! I had an extra #domain to use for it which is nice. The #website builder I used to make my full website doesn't give me file access so I'll just use my snappy short domain for this.

2025-05-28 21:29:53 UTC

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It appears that running your own self-custody non-KYC lightning wallet is quite the elaborate process...
#nevent1q…wysd

2025-05-28 18:12:39 UTC

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Leaning into that caveman technology I see. Very nice.

2025-05-28 00:05:26 UTC

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I know there was some debate about Sats vs Bitcoin. Seeing this, I actually kinda like the Bitcoin symbol instead. One universal unit. Most people will never get into the weeds of a 21 million supply, why that matters, etc. Letting people know there's a capped supply is probably good enough.
#nevent1q…wa04

2025-05-27 21:10:16 UTC

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I'm learning about the lightning network at the moment. It took me a while to come around to why Bitcoin is the best, and I'm seeing if that holds true for Nostr's potential as well.

2025-05-27 18:21:29 UTC

I love alternative app stores. I've been using #F-Droid for years and just found out about the @nprofile…tdq0. I reinstalled @nprofile…nrxl through it. I'm hoping to use a de-Googled #Android OS soon but haven't got there yet 😮‍💨

2025-05-27 15:51:35 UTC

Dust glitters on photo framed
Damsel and dame don’t know his name
He stood alone at tabletop
Best of kin there with him to cater to a forceful grin
Love
I love them all
Oh how many ways they love him!
But one way families lack is in beauty that the eye attracts
Perhaps she could be a salve to his splintered soul
An image of the one who holds the world in His hands
If so, the question then becomes…
When do you stop being one?
Another year two become…
That picture. But you? Without painter
The muse is missing. Your skills?
Lackluster
Timeless tutors yet clock moves onward
Readily do we cast aside the wisdom of an elder life
Or perhaps, they too
are absent
Wristwatch is loose, I want to fill it…
...with strength of arm and right-handed ways
But I’m a lefty, oh no, dismay…
...at what I do fill, my mind of toil yet hands, idle
Work widens the wallet then sets the sun
Muse is costly, alien to mine eyes
she’s difficult to find with unsettled mind
Still, I could be her Adonis
Generosity would be in need to find something of worth in me
Worth wrought through body gruff
Calluses by callousness dawned by difficulty still to come
Establish now what is to be the fruits of they labor
For those who endure until the end
are those who have been made men
Yet made men must not forget
the maiden who lead them away from sin
Her excellence in endurance, assurance of they worth
Not gemstones or jewelry, acts or attitudes, pleasure, or passion…
But every year the two remain that picture
Dust decorates the frame of the legacy left for loved ones
#poem #poetry
May 2nd, 2020 & June 12th, 2020

2025-05-27 15:47:50 UTC

Adverse, revert, toxic inaction
Plague spreader of a wide-eyed paradigm
Under bright lights we dance and play
The days far spent, though we never cared anyway
Toy and fancy drew us away
Vibrant flickers and wave of hand
Magicians wrought slaves under the great tin man
Profit they did and idols we made them
Puppet strings have long drawn out
Mannequin all men became, on fishing line a fishing game
Reel to rule, lust over love, meaning gone…
No more speaking of
A priesthood of provocateurs, spawns of serotonin shamans
Evocative in power, summon your master, shower his praises
Kept lies to smile, feel something within
Dismay delayed, vision is sin
Deride truth and look no further
Future is now, our own lives we murder
The Sacrifice has been demanded, payment past due
Tab put toward blood rituals to please panopticon
We’ve made it here, New Babylon
#poem #poetry
April 11th, 2020

2025-05-27 15:46:24 UTC

Art. Artist. Critic. Adoration
An analysts’ autoerotic fixation
A penny for a life devoid of patron
Pick up the pieces, pedestal placement…
…of a poor life glanced over
Auteur we found!
A saint we made him!
Canon by rich man’s sick amazement
Gone the maker, but still I stand,
to profit off this woeful man
The worse he was, the wonders better
Resurrected to wares by archon peddler
Oligarchs ensnare a child’s vision;
groomed to become artifact derision.
Unfair, unfazed, the cycle goes onward
Begat of trial or wealthy wiles
We etch ornate tombstone tiles
#poem #poetry
April 7th, 2020

2025-05-27 15:45:01 UTC

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Is it a lack of faith?
An impatience grows
ever greater, yet, slowly…
We journey forth stuck, alone
‘till fear or death bring us home
Laud the unknown, laud the worry
Lord and us to test
quicken us, hurry
lest we dally in dreams
“Lead us not into temptation…”
yet us fools lead lives to chasten
Forsake us not, forgiveness aplenty…
…for those who ask and seek his mercy
Gone away for we have been
only to be found in love, again
#poem #poetry
April 1st, 2020
#nevent1q…23g5

2025-05-27 14:38:34 UTC

I need an interpreter of dreams to explain to me why I spoke with Brian Armstrong in my dreams last night. It's probably because I deleted my #Coinbase account. I will say, he seemed like a nice guy, but I'm not a fan of his business. And yes, I did use Coinbase for like $30 worth of swapping #altcoins over to BTC. I know better now.

2025-05-27 04:43:29 UTC

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I didn't expect to come across an Orthodox Nostr account in only a few days! ☦️

2025-05-26 06:14:01 UTC

Anytime I start someplace new online I like to post some old poems I wrote a few years ago. This is my reminder. After that I'll post some articles I haven't had online for a while. Then, new stuff.
✍️

2025-05-26 01:25:35 UTC

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I started with Pop_OS a few years ago and used it for 2 years. It's great. I use Zorin OS now which I recommend even more for new users.