Some leaders stoke the fire of differences, dividing people as a means of power and control. Others unite by focusing on what we share—the same fundamental human needs for love, safety, purpose, contribution, and connection. We have real differences, but beneath the disagreement lies the same human heart. Leaders who choose division as strategy rarely suffer the consequences—it is the people under them who suffer. Those who sow division harvest violence. — Ava Aum

Looks great. I prefer images to display uncropped, in-line with the content... blog post/website style (the current Amethyst default), but it would be a great option for those who like gallery view. Well done!

Good morning

💯... so much fun. Might mod the power light color too! :)

Just got gifted an OG Xbox One Model 1540. Using my Leatherman multi-tool bits to tear it down and clean it out. So dusty! Used a spudger to remove the grill. Removed the sticker in one piece and popped the tabs to open the case. This ribbon caught me by surprise, so glad I opened the case gently. If it's damaged, the power button would literally stop working! Removed the speaker and WiFi/Bluetooth board cables. Used my Leatherman Torx 8 bit to remove the WiFi/Bluetooth board... Removed the Torx screws marked C1-8 with a T10 bit and detached the WiFi/Bluetooth cable from the motherboard. Easy peasy. This is going to be a fun clean/restoration. Might replace the drive, the fan and some other parts while I'm in here.

Apple makes both the phone AND the chip inside it, so they work together perfectly... like LEGO blocks designed for each other. Their chips are 2-3 years ahead in efficiency (they get first dibs on TSMC's newest process nodes) and iOS is ruthless about killing background apps. Google just started making chips in 2021, Samsung's are inconsistent, and Android's open philosophy means apps run wild in the background... draining battery. iPhone = perfectly tuned Formula 1 car where every part is optimized together. Android = modified street car with more freedom but less efficiency. Control + cutting-edge chips + aggressive app management = all-day battery with smaller batteries.

Sandwich + audiobook, then sleep 😋 4:30 AM comes early.

Such a banger. Much love my friend ❤️

MTVoid - Propagator YT https://youtu.be/mgKdN6q31Mo?si=e5UhT2b7yIBwi2Uz #MTVoid #Music

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire YT https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g?si=K_zpJTYfFGSe_V65 #BillyJoel #Music

Indeed, but we can refocus and recenter.

Those who sow division harvest violence. — Ava Aum

Very nice. Bought my first modded console in Taiwan around that time (all region + played burned discs and games). Got me interested in it. There was this one shop downtown where you could pick out games (new and old) from a book, give a $5-$15 "donation" to the business per game, and return home to find that the burned discs had "magically" arrived in your mailbox via private motorcycle courier. It was amazing. Being able to mod and play ripped discs on those consoles was like magic. I had so many games :)

I think it's usually the result of edits. People start with a longer post and trim it down, but don't notice the extra spaces before posting and can't edit later.

I agree freedom tech is so important, whether most people realize it or not. That's exactly why we need to solve the adoption/retention problem. Sustainable before mainstream. If grants like OpenSats dry up due to low user adoption, then the main devs will find it much harder to afford to code for Nostr on user donations alone—even with vibe coding. Period. Last year (before the grant) was literally the first year we didn't see Will from Damus posting his usual annual plea about not making enough money for Damus development to be sustainable.

Welcome to The House of Payne...

This makes no sense. Saying people who track metrics "don't want nostr to win" is like saying doctors checking vital signs want their patients to die. Or engineers stress-testing bridges want them to collapse. Or Bitcoiners who watch the market and post prices want it to fail. If someone just posts the negative and not also the positive, then yeah... maybe they are trying to direct a narrative. But periodically keeping track of Nostr's vital signs is important. We can't get to where we're going if we deny where we're starting from. Twitter grew because they watched what users actually did and fixed what wasn't working. Reddit built communities by studying engagement data. Every platform that succeeded did it by measuring reality, not by pretending problems don't exist. You're not being optimistic. You're being willfully blind. Positive thinking only gets you so far when you're ignoring reality. If your gas gauge is flashing empty and you cover it with a smiley face sticker and start chanting "plenty of gas, plenty of gas," you're still going to run out of gas. Tony Robbins nailed this: "I don't believe you should go to your garden and chant, 'There's no weeds, there's no weeds, there's no weeds,' and think that's going to solve something. I'm a believer in find the weed and rip it out." That's what metrics do. They show areas of growth and what's working. They show pain points. They find the weeds. If Nostr's going to make it, we need people willing to see what's actually happening and fix it, not just a bunch of Nostriches with their heads in the sand chanting, "there's no weeds." And muting anyone who dares to point them out.

Still pretty epic though. Well done.

💯 So do most artists and businesses.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitude and expectations. If we feel that our environment could stand some improvement, we can bring about that change for the better by improving our attitude. The world plays no favorites. It's impersonal. It doesn't care who succeeds and who fails. Nor does it care if we change. Our attitude toward life doesn't affect the world and the people in it nearly as much as it affects us. — Earl Nightingale

Same here.