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RIP #TommyGeorge - Aug 21 to Nov 25
Replying to Avatar Rodrigo

I know, those great conveniences is how they get you to stay. One step at a time my friend. My first suggestion is to start with you own server. You can connect from your apple devices.

I never used iPhones so it was easier.

Suggested journey:

1. Get you own nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll server. Happy to share more insights if you want to DM me. I also have a discount code.

2. With deeper understanding and hands on experience with self-sovereignty get rid of the iPhone, but a Pixel and flash nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5

3. Get rid of the Mac and buy a new laptop either with Linux already installed or flash it. I also know there is a Linux distro available for Mac. But I just shy away from their hardware.

I have the home server already, running Umbrel because (annoyingly) I couldn’t get Start 9 to recognise second HDD. Have explored GrapheneOS also. It’s on the to-do list next year. Have been hoping someone like Umbrel or Start9 partners with GrapheneOS or does something similar.

Replying to Avatar Rodrigo

One of the real costs of privacy is convenience.

It's not easy to give up the UI/UX of Google and Apple products for hardwares and softwares like nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll, nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5 and Linux (all three which are great).

Once you take the bold and liberating step, the feeling is kind of the same as having a kid. You won't really know how awesome it is until you do it.

I know the day is coming and I’m slowly preparing for it, but it’s the tight integration of the Apple ecosystem that I’m fairly sure I’m going to miss the most. Watching a movie with wife when kids are asleep and being able to easily connect both our AirPods to AppleTV so we don’t wake them, for example.

There was a dude a while back going turbo antisemite, think he got barred from a few relays, I just unfollowed him. True story 😆

Reposting this for newcomers enjoyment #catstr #introductions #grownostr #ungovernable nostr:note1c4ar5hzs3c0n5qu7rw0x52m2w0srd9k3r33zyeuc6wvnfg3vvj2qyjg387

Replying to Avatar Erik Cason

I’ve been off Twitter and all social media except for Nostr for a month now, and the results are hard to argue with.

I’ve started reading real books again (4 this month) and have noticed both my patience and attention increase noticeably. I also feel less angry and anxiety daily, along with being committed to my workout routine.

I found that Nostr has met my social media needs, most importantly, my own ability to self-limit with it. Nostr is a bit ‘boring’ compared to traditional social media because ITS NOT TRYING TO KILL YOU!!!

Controlling your own data isn’t nearly as important in terms of ownership, as it is about allowing that information to be used against you. All of your most intimate thoughts and feelings are data mining by massive corporations specifically to find emotional triggers for you, so they can sell you shit, or force thoughts on to you.

Fuck these people that run these companies that farm our emotions to sell us shit, and to work with corrupt government to censor our speech, sell out dissidents, and destroy our internet.

We are much, much, much more powerful than they will ever be because we don’t need force, corrosion, or permission to run these systems of social connections that they cannot destroy.

My month of social media detox has really lifted the veil from the hate industry complex that are all social media companies today. Stop prostitution your content, thoughts and powers to these shitty companies that enrich the scum of the earth, and empower illegal, unconstitutional and immoral government agencies from their dragnet surveillance.

I’ll make one last tweet explaining this and then nuking my account in the next few weeks. Then I’ll be Nostr only.

Nice, I did this well over a year ago but I had no investment in Twitter, I was just a lurker.

We are the product of our experience

Not got into Jack’s prior solo stuff but this album is phenomenal, if you’re into good old fashioned blues based rock n roll dive in head first:

https://youtu.be/xT4u1j8qDYk

#garthtunes #music #tunestr

seems you can’t post to NOSTR if the podcast doesn’t have an account setup?

https://fountain.fm/episode/MYcBKIx569d0beOLsSXS