Contra

The unexamined premise is the only tyranny that asks for your consent. Prolific thinker. Reformed Christian, Nostr class of 23, I think

I make music, bitcoin music 👇🏻
https://wavlake.com/contra

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reformedsaint@zaps.lol

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2026-10-14 02:07:33 UTC

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But But Israel cares about humanity.

2026-10-14 01:52:49 UTC

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Pretty good.

2026-10-14 01:52:23 UTC

Let’s make it a song…for the VOID of course.
https://wavlake.com/track/c8237763-eb7b-4777-9705-c7bc7b1a7c3d
#nevent1q…hef9

2026-10-14 01:29:21 UTC

A Nostr Haiku…
PV to the void
the void zaps me twenty one
we are friends now, void
Next day I return
the void has gained a follow
it is a bot. Hmm.
I post a long thread
on decentralized money
the void replies: "k"
We fight. I mute it.
Two relays later, it's back
the void forgives me
Now we zap each night
no algorithm to judge us
just me and the void

2026-10-14 01:04:43 UTC

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Amen!

2026-10-14 00:58:27 UTC

Israel printed a steak. Soy protein, methylcellulose and a premix blend, layered by a machine to fake the marbling a real cut gets on its own. It's on shelves in the Northeast now, and the box calls it “premium.”
A 250 gram "marbled steak" with 26 grams of protein. A real ribeye that size carries more than double, and it got there eating grass in the sun. Methylcellulose, for the record, is the same binder in fiber laxatives and wallpaper paste.
A cow belongs to whoever raised it. A cartridge of premix has a patent and a licensing fee, and the rancher gets written out of the story.
We already learned you can't print money and call it value. Dinner works the same way. Find a rancher and keep paying for the real thing while it's still easy to get. *Emphasis in the picture is mine*. You can’t make this sh*t up.
https://image.nostr.build/c7ff732f0f1a04b0119c38862e31f541bd29781cdd1d796aecbd35c970149d0a.jpg

2026-10-14 00:26:15 UTC

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Heck ya!!

2026-10-14 00:23:15 UTC

Pick up your copy of Nostr’s CEO on Time Magazine. Hurry, it’s limited.
https://image.nostr.build/e04324615c68de6036e5555724afa47ff549b819f4ed54d3fb26125880bb0e2e.jpg

2026-10-13 23:03:24 UTC

@npub1aeh…4nwx pointed out this has a name, the firehose of falsehood, and it's only one tool in a much older kit. There's the big lie, too large for anyone to believe was invented, and the kernel of truth, where a lie hides behind one real fact. Laundering plants a claim somewhere obscure and cites it up the chain until it looks independently sourced.
When criticism lands, you discredit the source, distort the facts, distract, and make caring feel pointless, or you just answer with whataboutism. The subtler tools look like freedom. Reflexive control makes you choose what someone wanted and call it your own idea, controlled opposition keeps dissent in safe lanes, and a limited hangout confesses a small truth to bury a bigger one. In the West, ownership and access to officials do the censor's job for free, and the result is manufactured consent. Rename something and the label wins the argument, and keep people afraid of a permanent enemy and they'll trade freedom for protection.
#nevent1q…d6vl

2026-10-13 22:29:55 UTC

Modern propaganda has mostly given up on convincing anyone. It works better to flood the room with so many claims, counterclaims and manufactured emergencies that you eventually stop trying to sort them, because sorting has become exhausting and nobody can keep it up forever. A tired mind gives up on asking what's true and settles for whatever feels familiar or belongs to its own side.
That exhaustion is the real win for whoever is running the game, because a person too worn out to reason will hand over the job of deciding to someone else. Protecting your attention is how you keep the ability to think for yourself.

2026-10-13 22:02:59 UTC

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*without. My bad

2026-10-13 21:59:49 UTC

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Without, yes. Oops

2026-10-13 21:42:15 UTC

The only place left with ads is a book.

2026-10-13 19:54:08 UTC

Self custody was never a product you could buy. It's a habit you keep, and lately it's also a game you play.
https://image.nostr.build/637af4becfe7acb592970a4b1cb86bd0fb5640e97ae5288c7598b91954a00fcb.jpg

2026-10-13 17:54:51 UTC

Sovereignty is boring and repetitive, and that's how you know it's real.

2026-10-13 16:58:09 UTC

Sovereignty is boring and repetitive, and that's how you know it's real.

2026-10-13 16:08:06 UTC

Outrage feels like participation. You read one more thread and walk away convinced you did something, when all you really did was hand your mood over to whoever wrote the headline. The people who profit from your anger have figured out that a feeling of action is cheaper to sell than the real thing.

2026-10-13 15:52:17 UTC

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🤙🏼🔥

2026-10-13 14:12:27 UTC

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I know.

2026-10-13 14:05:29 UTC

GM. Back from a long, offline weekend on the lake in Coeur d'Alene with my family getting all of my attention. Felt good man. Real good.
But I am back and it’s good to see you all this morning. Missed you guys. Here’s a few pics from the trip.
https://image.nostr.build/1433c50ef233e7f5f1cd745fcc35efc648a125b2421f4605f5fd29b0c0bf8721.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/2ef7d70f2180f5bfb3b1c20543d5fa4a7f94ca0b568a5bab6d59dd2174a86902.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/061e71f4cd291fb333b8e7178efd78ba952fd67d76779fae0037edb859d2bd2f.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/7a94609434db99d79ece96e1c5342553d3a34cb300ec51cdcd27c1387de457ef.jpg

2026-10-13 13:49:45 UTC

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It’s not can, it’s a shall. lol.

2026-10-13 13:49:04 UTC

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How do I use this? It’s asking for password? Looks awesome btw

2026-10-13 05:31:33 UTC

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What is Fox News?

2026-10-13 05:30:57 UTC

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Ummm, what?

2026-10-13 04:38:25 UTC

✌🏼

2026-10-09 13:36:01 UTC

Gm Nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/c3374bacd8f7613ae2841fd0a42bfbba68cb9f58feaadba44f1b1af0898f5250.jpg

2026-10-09 13:33:22 UTC

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Thanks Owen

2026-10-09 13:31:16 UTC

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lol

2026-10-09 13:30:54 UTC

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Haha.

2026-10-09 13:30:28 UTC

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🙏 thanks

2026-10-09 03:02:11 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/cb55e9d41d0a78b80651f06f2ee71fa021f6c26f841688647abb153404b2b426.jpg
#nevent1q…f4s6

2026-10-09 03:01:51 UTC

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Haha. For sure. I got a good quote repost for that.

2026-10-09 02:10:27 UTC

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🤙🏼

2026-10-09 01:51:16 UTC

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I have a 🧠 and write my thoughts out loud for all to hear. lol

2026-10-09 00:40:50 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/9b8f0c98f83e4188b6760c6b45369db909aeaa3c895e7d3a7863e64bffac12d1.jpg

2026-10-08 22:34:36 UTC

Dear Satoshi,
It's been a while.
You missed a few things.
First, your internet money worked.
This has created enormous problems.
The dollar still exists, but now half my friends measure their net worth in sats and their self worth in follower count.
Speaking of followers, we built a decentralized social network called Nostr.
It was designed to eliminate gatekeepers.
Within six months we had influencers.
Within twelve months we had celebrities.
Within eighteen months we had people posting screenshots of engagement metrics while explaining why engagement metrics don't matter.
Progress.
A guy spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas.
Every year we celebrate this event to remind ourselves that we're all financial geniuses.
The celebration consists primarily of calculating how much the pizzas would be worth now and suffering.
You'd love it.
The banks eventually adopted Bitcoin.
Not because they were convinced.
Because there was a fee involved.
The same people who said you were dangerous now offer Bitcoin exposure in a retirement account.
The same people who said "never trust banks" own it through those accounts.
Everyone claims victory.
A software company borrowed billions of dollars to buy Bitcoin.
Then more companies borrowed billions of dollars to buy Bitcoin.
Then investors bought the stocks because they couldn't get enough Bitcoin.
Then those companies borrowed more money and bought more Bitcoin.
A generation of MBAs now believes debt is a mining rig.
We call this institutional adoption.
You probably called it something else.
The block size war ended.
For about six minutes.
Then we discovered new reasons to fight.
We fought over ordinals.
We fought over inscriptions.
We fought over spam.
We fought over filters.
We fought over software clients.
We fought over whether fighting was good for Bitcoin.
At this point the fighting is one of Bitcoin's longest-running consensus mechanisms.
Nobody has changed their mind since 2017.
The arguments continue anyway.
Your whitepaper was nine pages.
Bitcoin podcasts now require seasons.
The Monero people still tell us Bitcoin is surveillance.
We still tell them nobody can audit their supply.
Both sides believe mathematics is settling the argument.
Both sides post about it every day.
Neither side appears confident.
Quantum computers are supposedly coming.
Depending on who you ask, they'll arrive next Thursday or sometime after the heat death of the universe.
The proposed solution is to move old coins.
Which brings us to you.
A surprising number of people would like to secure your coins by confiscating them.
For safety.
Bitcoin governance has matured considerably.
My node validates every transaction on Earth.
It sits in a closet making tiny blinking lights.
My family believes it's a router.
I've decided that's close enough.
I memorized twelve words to become my own bank.
I immediately stamped them into titanium, engraved backups into steel, created encrypted copies, distributed geographic redundancies, and developed a disaster recovery plan.
Being my own bank has become a part time job.
Nobody knows where their seed phrase is.
Everyone insists they know exactly where it is.
These are not contradictory statements.
On Nostr, strangers send each other tiny amounts of Bitcoin called zaps.
This is revolutionary because we've finally monetized agreeing with each other online.
People now earn money for posting pictures of coffee and saying "stay humble."
Some make a living doing this.
Capitalism always finds a way.
Also, there are now AI versions of you.
Several, actually.
They all sound confident.
Which means they're probably realistic.
As for me, I don't care about price.
I checked it this morning.
Then after breakfast.
Then after saying I don't care about price.
Then one more time to make sure I still didn't care.
Bitcoiners have become exactly what they feared: A global network of paranoid optimists with hardware wallets, strong opinions, and twenty browser tabs open.
And somehow...
you were right.
It's still running.
It's still 21 million.
Nobody has managed to print more.
Trust us, many have asked.
Thank you for disappearing.
Had you stayed, we'd have blamed you for everything.
**P.S.** If you're still around, send 21 sats from one of your wallets.
You would instantly settle thousands of arguments and create millions more.
**P.P.S.** Please don't send 21 sats from one of your wallets.
We finally got the arguments organized.
Truly Yours, Contra

2026-10-08 21:51:09 UTC

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🤣

2026-10-08 21:46:41 UTC

Verizon: "Can you hear me now?"
#nevent1q…a6f6

2026-10-08 21:43:50 UTC

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🤙🏼

2026-10-08 21:43:37 UTC

I'd explain it to you, but I don't speak Walmart.
#nevent1q…65gc

2026-10-08 21:40:14 UTC

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This is kinda true.

2026-10-08 21:39:58 UTC

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I know. lol. Nostr frustrations. 🤣

2026-10-08 21:38:44 UTC

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This is legit Vinney

2026-10-08 21:34:45 UTC

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🤣

2026-10-08 21:34:26 UTC

What if "event not found" was found?
Asking for a protocol.

2026-10-08 20:35:37 UTC

You know gas prices are ridiculous when the guy in the lifted truck isn't revving his engine at Walmart during mating season.

2026-10-08 20:10:21 UTC

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Hell ya

2026-10-08 20:09:15 UTC

Don't pick sides until you know the full story. Some people are really skilled at making others look bad.

2026-10-08 20:06:33 UTC

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They are. Quite expensive as well.

2026-10-08 18:44:58 UTC

💯
https://npub14hq5lgadtyy9dhvtszq46dnl0s0xwdddqr7e32rdqqhma8a4xhsspxjjzu.blossom.band/acff9df523800fb43aa236564dd8bcc54a6ba6fa15d4877938b0823e12633211.jpg

2026-10-08 18:43:26 UTC

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That would be legit. I’m with ya

2026-10-08 18:42:35 UTC

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🤣

2026-10-08 18:42:19 UTC

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What r u talking about

2026-10-08 17:45:52 UTC

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https://static.klipy.com/ii/e293a233a303a98e471f78d04e13a1b0/65/5f/oKeu1xYC.gif

2026-10-08 17:44:57 UTC

I think I found a fellow Nostrich in the wild. That Zap Life baby. ⚡️
https://image.nostr.build/e8fd5566e686f99c91cbca09548646ff06d319a2d75423272c2f2f02be0a3ea1.jpg

2026-10-08 17:36:10 UTC

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Smell that? Thats the smell of cheap Sats y’all.

2026-10-08 17:35:39 UTC

@npub1lrn…qnw5 memes be like…
https://image.nostr.build/93324b2d60dccea444ba33ddefd0059b279c13b57bc5e0356e2c5999b287d3e2.jpg

2026-10-08 17:25:05 UTC

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Honestly, I don't think anything replaces the phone. It just ends up staying in your pocket. You'll talk to AI instead of tapping through apps, and glasses and earbuds handle most of what you look at and listen to. Kind of like the desktop. It never died, we just stopped living on it.

2026-10-08 17:22:03 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/b40125bf570cde3ec4b957f0b35e51c5f501f1fb49eeacff58d4b635cec0d6a5.jpg
#nevent1q…t32v

2026-10-08 17:20:44 UTC

I love the smell of cheap sats.

2026-10-08 16:32:38 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/8b4ba374b403594901cf1a967cbada65580fb8e950147e003734110456430dd4.jpg

2026-10-08 15:02:19 UTC

Real wealth has a smell. Leather. Old wood. Fresh flowers. Quality food being cooked. Nothing synthetic. Nothing cheap. Nothing that trades longevity for convenience.
The sensory environment of a wealthy home is just a higher standard applied consistently across every detail that most people never think to elevate.

2026-10-08 14:43:55 UTC

The most advanced symptoms of a sick society and a broken criminal justice system is when righteousness, crime, accountability and justice themselves become objects of humor

2026-10-08 14:16:46 UTC

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You're making my point for me. The leaf blower at least gets you a clean driveway. The things it stands for in the post don't even manage that.

2026-10-08 13:53:57 UTC

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lol. 😂

2026-10-08 13:52:59 UTC

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Blessings 🙏

2026-10-08 13:51:48 UTC

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2026-10-08 13:50:26 UTC

GM. The leaf blower is the honest emblem of an age that measures effort by how visible it is more than by what it resolves.
It displaces a problem without solving it, consumes energy in the process, and announces itself loudly enough that no one doubts work is being done. People and institutions alike learn to prefer this kind of labor, because motion is easy to observe and resolution is easy to overlook. So finishing something has become the rarer skill, precisely because nobody hears you doing it.

2026-10-08 13:44:49 UTC

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Sorry. I put the phone down for games. lol. Terrible game bro. Just got outplayed everywhere

2026-10-08 13:43:59 UTC

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🤙🏼💪🏼

2026-10-08 13:39:18 UTC

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Are you on the Nostrich app? Under campaigns?

2026-10-08 03:44:25 UTC

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https://wavlake.com/track/10558d6a-e86e-4e40-a981-0612e1207020

2026-10-08 03:40:10 UTC

Let’s make some more music #V4V
#MusicStr
https://wavlake.com/track/3a84bd5e-d23b-4be7-9880-799172b232a9

2026-10-08 03:22:56 UTC

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Made ya eat it

2026-10-08 02:09:04 UTC

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Yup

2026-10-08 02:08:46 UTC

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So true. Goosebumps

2026-10-08 01:41:08 UTC

LFGSD…
https://blossom.primal.net/6b766ed056ad50270789f5244e49d8e4ea068dbd9f3bdc36ab713c10d68cbd8a.jpg

2026-10-08 01:37:57 UTC

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Let’s go Padres

2026-10-08 01:31:34 UTC

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Agree. I haven’t seen it. Crazy. Nostr needs more of it

2026-10-08 01:29:29 UTC

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https://static.klipy.com/ii/935d7ab9d8c6202580a668421940ec81/40/b5/Mbv9b6Ri.gif

2026-10-08 01:28:44 UTC

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What is that?

2026-10-08 01:27:35 UTC

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Heck ya

2026-10-08 01:24:28 UTC

I don't talk much about my love for baseball, especially the Padres. Nostr could use more of a sports corner and I'm not waiting for anyone else to start it.
You don't have to like baseball or the Padres. Sports are where people argue hard and stay friends, so maybe this gives us something else to fight about.
Game 4 tonight vs the Brewers, so I'll be sitting in utter anxiety, usually let down by the same team I've followed since I was 5.
Anyone else tuning into the playoffs?

2026-10-08 01:21:23 UTC

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👏 yes

2026-10-06 22:04:40 UTC

Who are those people who know half the truth, assume the other half, then punish you for their assumptions?

2026-10-04 14:28:43 UTC

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I swear there’s only a few of us left that aren’t in on Monero like these other guys are.

2026-09-29 21:54:19 UTC

Watching the kids rip wheelies down the street on e-bikes gives me two feelings at once, and I can't fully sort them out.
Part of me loves it. Kids are outside, loud and together, and nobody's stuck in a dark bedroom staring at a screen. That's a win in my book.
The other part of me is standing there thinking slow down, you're about to eat pavement or get hit. And I don't totally know where that comes from.
Then I remember being twelve with pegs on my bike, hopping every curb in town, 50-50 grinding the waxed curbs through parking lots until some manager came out yelling at us. I'm pretty sure a guy on his porch was having this exact thought about me.
Maybe that's just what happens when you go from being the ruckus to watching it.
Anybody else catch themselves turning into the guy on the porch?