The City of the Prophets: Urfa ( Şanlıurfa ) places around this area are like a living human history documentation, you can see how different human civilizations lived here, and they built things that last so we got to know that they existed, which led me to think about what our generation is building that could last, besides Bitcoin?

Went to Göbekli Tepe recently, the oldest temple discovered so far; it was built about 12000 years ago, you could probably find many videos online of it, but nothing beats seeing it in person - it's literally in the middle of nowhere, seeing everywhere yet without being seen from afar, super smart! ( there are still other areas waiting to be excavated ) And one of the interesting things I have learned is that ppl used to use it to gather together to exchange goods, even marriage 👀 not just being a temple; I was getting lost a bit in history last week, too much to learn...

Maybe it's not about going or searching for the places that are more popular with Bitcoin if you are willing to do the work yourself. So far, I've paid Airbnb hosts/rent, devs who I work with, some of the restaurants I go to all the time, VPN, Mail, Domain, and basically most of my web setup switched to paid in sats. *You don't need the whole world to accept Bitcoin*; Seriously, all you need is the people around you; And be selective, only pill the good ones, don't waste your energy.

am I the only one find it strange that why clothes these days are trying to show others everywhere, but showing too much is cheap not sexy… agree? now I'm tempting to pick up some sewing skills so to make whatever I want. 🪡

Went to see some rock tombs, and I thought to myself, how did people even manage to build that? Not only it's HUGE, but it's built on steep mountains, and they carved the tomb out of the rocks... And the more I see, the more I think people in the past mastered way better skills than the modern ones, yes you built airplanes, the internet, and many cool techs, but the knowledge of how to live in harmony with nature or how to make the most of natural material is going downhill.

A simple search on the internet about Geoarbitrage mostly gives results about moving to a place where living costs are significantly lower than your current home. However, after few years of exploring, I have come to believe that geoarbitrage is more than just living in cheaper countries — it is a way of thinking and creative problem solving ✨ sharing a few fun ways to make the most of your money and arbitrage the difference: https://blog.geoarbitrage.com/geoarbitrage/

really hard to come by those who have skills, taste, and attention to detail these days; many just want to get the thing done fast instead of making the best thing they could possibly, I mean nothing is wrong with that, but doing something extra can win you miles away in such mid-core society.

Imagine everything you own is crafted by yourself - why not focus one or a few years on solving ONE problem? Second year into making my own clothes! Not only I'm unsatisfied with chemical dyes, as I've shared before, but I also want to control the fabric from the start now, so here I am - don't underestimate what is possible, even in a foreign land! I traced down some remaining masters to see how they weave fabric the traditional way; I want to see what's possible and understand how certain structures are being weaved because I have some ideas in my mind, and I want to see if it is doable... The weaver is the one truly has freedom to decide whatever she likes, yet most people think once they are "rich" enough, they can buy whatever they like, while in fact they only get to buy from what's available in the market, which is limited freedom; And to make things even worst, people are rat race buying what whatever brands to show their social status, yet being fed mostly massive produced junks? And I am not sure how many of you dig into these so-called fashion industries, I was a bit shocked seeing how the layers of layers middlemen work, and then again, the weavers/makers earn the least while doing most of the work. It makes total sense why not many people keep doing these time-consuming yet beautiful crafts:

anyone know what's this flower? 👀