2.8k people support censorship. Shocker! nostr:note1elwg59qjhc8q3mtfn5jj6hlx2dtsaaxmgeu0dlcsellpqdnp87wsaluqny

ok, I'm a brand new non technical user, first heard of NOSTR in a libertarian chat on Telegram, a few months ago. Yesterday on X, Reason posted an article "Nostr is a community-run digital network highly resistant to censorship and corruption." It caught my attention, so I found and joined this new platform for me. My interest are Canadian libertarian politics, general economics, general trucking as I'm a simple truck driver for a living, the carnivore lifestyle for my health and my family is most important to me.

As a non technical user, I must engage in my own learning curve and discover how I and this platform community can mutually benefit from my limited participation.

Cheers

Instead of frequently doing/joining Twitter Spaces, I'm thinking of firing up #Nostr Nests going forward.

A good idea or nah?

Is there significant interest here on #nostr for macro, investing and (obviously) Bitcoin-related discussions?

I'd love to build and share ideas more on #nostr rather than on X.

one of the worst things about social media and soon to be aggravated by ai is the lack of originality, repetitive, thievery, and plain laziness all for the chase of clout. all simply avoided by acting genuinely and taking the time to do the work.

finally got around to trying Fold and my bank refuses to transfer funds to the routing number provided. time to become a little more ungovernable.

REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE EVERY DAY

Bank security practices are so byzantine and broken it's absurd. I spent 45 minutes helping my mom unlock her Chase account today (which was locked because she sent $500 via zelle to a friend who is in the hospital!) Here's how it went:

- Locked for no reason

- Number on website goes to automated answering machine

- It asks for her debit card number (what?) to identify the account

- This is lost and also needs to be replaced. There is no alternative method, 0 doesn't get us to a person

- I call Chase customer service, different number, very similar system, but I am able to get a person on the phone

- They verify her identity by making me hand the phone to my mom and ask her to state her name (what). They also ask for her ssn and a security phrase she doesn't know, although she does manage to share the security phrase for her other bank.

- They re-order the debit card and transfer us to another department, where we do the whole verification charade again

- They send a 2fa code via sms. We receive it, but the site shows an error and won't let us put the code in.

- They then send a different code, and ask me to give it to them over the phone, which the text message explicitly says not to do.

- Despite my better judgment I gave them the number. They then do something on the backend, and I enter a *new* code they gave me over the phone into the web portal to get it unblocked.

It's no wonder old people get scammed! Force someone to deal with this BS for 20 years and anyone would get confused and give the wrong code to the wrong person.

when you’re outside, just try to smile, and be kind to strangers

there’s something so beautiful about seeing a stranger go from a visible frown and distress, to a smile and wave of calm from just a smile and a hello.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU ARE SAVING BY JUST BEING KIND, SOMETIMES ALL PEOPLE NEED IS A BIT OF KINDNESS TO GET THROUGH DARKNESS

Making jambalaya on Saturday. Listening to podcasts about AI. Life’s good.