Hot take: Nostr inadvertently promotes self-censoring.

Explanation: because of everything is permanent (broadcast to multiple relays) we have to think HARD about things we say.

Let's say I want to make a statement about my vaccination status (or lack of). I can't go back and delete that note later if I decide I shouldn't have shared that.

a recent bluesky follow that has left

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A Japanese company has created a new energy drink that feels like getting slapped in the face by an anime girl.

"In March 2020 Coinbase held over 1,000,000 BTC.

This has now dropped to 439,000 BTC.

The exchanges are being drained.

#Bitcoin is on the cusp of true price discovery."

- Joe Burnett

what’s the camera like with graphene?

I think the major OSs’ do a bunch of software processing in the camera these days - assuming you lose that? 🤔

Not all the US does either

The next Einstein is somewhere out there… Drinking fluoride straight from the tap.

GrapheneOS is awesome, it feels like bootstrapping the phone, building everything from scratch which could be seen as annoying. But the benefits are great, I have both better battery time, and I feel I'm almost in full control of the phone. Oh, and I occasionally forget I disabled the mic, which is causing some confusion, but other than that, super happy!

I have never done this, but I suspect it works the same way.

Reminder: Until institutions start “proving” ownership of bitcoin on a routine and ongoing basis, it is safe to assume they hodl ZERO bitcoin.

Here are some examples of companies or funds that, IMO, hold zero bitcoin:

Coinbase

Binance

Gemini

GBTC

Microstrategy

ARK

Many others.

It’s easy to sign. If they don’t, demand it of them! If they still don’t, assume they have zero coins.

Recent example was prime trust losing access to funds years ago and essentially running a Ponzi scheme since that time.

Normalize proof of reserves. And when they tell you: “Well that doesn’t show liabilities.”

Simply say, “Fk your liabilities. Prove to me you own the bitcoin.”

They are lying!

True?

I really want to run Graphene OS again. However, not having access to Google Wallet for NFC payments is a no go for me. I just ran to my local gas station to fill up my car and my wife's car. They're running a special for Independence Day. Gas is only $1.776 per gallon 😱 I didn't bring my wallet. I just brought my phone. Dammit Google.

I wouldn't say Firefox is a private browser default, there are Firefox forks that have much better default privacy: TOR Browser, Libre Wolf, Mullvad Browser.

And if you don't want Google & Apple to fully control web standards, Firefox & it's derivatives are the only real alternatives.

Like I do on Edge and Chrome. That’s kinda my point.

I don’t use Firefox because it consistently doesn’t work. That’s the only thing it seems consistent in.

I constantly hear people talking about privacy, but you’ve got to do the same stuff to be private on this I do on browsers that work.

I feel ya though, and I don’t care what people enjoy running, but this struck me as ridiculous if you can feel where I’m coming from.

WTF?! Recommended by “Pocket”?!

What new sort of new FireFox cuckoldry is this?

How many people deposited 6 figures into Prime via Swan over the last 90 days who now have to wonder if that money will be subject to a clawback?