This means when bitcoin soaks up all the available liquidity the cost of living will also increase.
inevitable:
I consider Google to be a hostile enemy of the human spirit.
Consider them dangerous and actively try and avoid them at all costs.
Their consistent censorship and misalignment of weighted search results should be considered a crime against humanity.
We don't hate Google nearly enough.
Good morning 😎
nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx keeps referring to The Mandibles. I finally got down to reading it. Holy shit!!! I am not prepared. None of you are prepared!!!
What's the tldr? 🤣
L2 wallets are just a tool like anything else. I like using Iris web app when I pull up someone's l2 wallet qr address I just open my wallet and scan the qr and approve the transaction. I wonder if mobile apps like Amythest and Damus have issues like this as well.
Not sure what's going on here 🤔?
New https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak release with support for running a local in-memory relay for debugging and development:
This I'd cool 😎.
I'd love to use just a text based Nostr app in terminal. Not sure if something like that exists already I just think it looks cool. 🤔
Good Morning Nostr people! 🌄 ☕️ 💪
I've been spending a lot of time this week using my body to earn $.
Transitioning to earning money with my 🧠 instead has not been easy for me but I think I figured it out.
Key 🔑 is to stay consistent and to have a clear vision.
Do all the things!
58k forever 💜
You can feel the incantations from 1000 miles away.
It's bananas 🍌
Freedom tech allows for the life economy to exist.
Onward!
Fixed my Nostr npub QR code... 
Just made this, I'm thinking about printing out 1000's of these and handing them out in a blitz in every major city in the Southern United States...
Oh boy. The UK National Crime Agency's latest Risk Assessment finds "cryptoassets are increasingly used to launder non-digital proceeds of crime" and names increased risks to children through end-to-end encryption.
The only problem: the assessment provides no concrete data to backup its claims and stands in direct contrast to industry findings.
You will be surveilled and you will be happy, even though we are terminally incapable of publicly demonstrating a need for increased surveillance at all.
Source: trust us bro.
https://www.therage.co/uk-nca-national-risk-assessment-2024/
They can fuck right off.
X (formerly Twitter) has announced that it will be shutting down its operations in Brazil after employees were allegedly threatened with arrest by the Brazilian Supreme Court. The company’s legal representative in Brazil was reportedly given an ultimatum by Alexandre de Moraes, a Supreme Court judge, demanding compliance with censorship orders. This demand came despite X’s multiple appeals to the Court being ignored and the Brazilian public not being informed of these orders. According to X, its Brazilian staff had no control over content restrictions on the platform, yet they were directly threatened.
To protect its employees' safety, X has decided to close its operations in #Brazil while continuing to provide access to the platform for Brazilian users. The company expressed deep regret over this decision, blaming the actions of Alexandre de Moraes, which it argues are incompatible with democratic principles. The message suggests that the Brazilian people must choose between democracy and the actions of Moraes.
This situation highlights the potential role of decentralized platforms like #Nostr, which operate without centralized control or corporate entities susceptible to government pressure. Unlike X, where staff can be threatened to enforce censorship, Nostr’s decentralized infrastructure allows individuals to communicate freely without a single point of failure or control, making it a more resilient option in the face of government overreach.
The situation with X in Brazil underscores a critical vulnerability in centralized social media platforms—they are subject to government pressure and control, which can lead to censorship and the suppression of free speech. When platforms like X are forced to comply with #censorship orders under threat of legal action or arrest, the very principles of open dialogue and free expression are compromised.
This is where #decentralized platforms like Nostr offer a powerful alternative. Nostr, short for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays," is built on a decentralized network architecture, meaning there is no central authority or company that can be pressured into censoring content. Instead, Nostr operates through a network of relays where users can share and access information without relying on a single entity to govern the flow of communication.
In a situation like the one in Brazil, where government overreach can lead to the shutdown of a platform or the persecution of its staff, Nostr remains resilient. Since there is no central server to target, and no corporate employees to threaten, Nostr users can continue to communicate freely, regardless of governmental attempts to impose censorship.
Nostr's model protects #freedom of speech in ways that centralized platforms simply cannot. It allows users to bypass censorship, maintain control over their content, and ensure that their voices can be heard without fear of reprisal. This makes Nostr a critical tool in preserving open communication, particularly in environments where free speech is under threat.
As more governments around the world attempt to control the narrative by pressuring centralized platforms, the importance of decentralized alternatives like Nostr becomes increasingly clear. They offer not just a #refuge from censorship, but a sustainable model for free expression in the digital age.