An American politician hosts a Russian politician at his very nice, upscale riverfront home. The Russian is impressed and asks him how he affords this on a legislator's salary.

The American points and says "See that $50 million bridge?"

The Russian nods.

"I got $55 million allocated to it, and through various means, I funneled $5 million of that to my own pocket in the process."

The Russian looked very impressed.

Later, the American visits the Russian, and was amazed when he saw that the Russian had an entire mansion. He asks him how he afforded it. The Russian points and says, "See that $50 million bridge?"

"No," says the American.

"Exactly," says the Russian.

This was my X account. I never posted anything, it was just a read-only account.

In the beginning I was banned several times and had to authenticate with a captcha. Now I can neither interact with likes nor see new posts.

It's either because I registered with an email alias a few weeks ago or because I liked posts criticizing Israel for their actions in Gaza. I'm not sure which reason it is, but I do know why we need Nostr: it's decentralized and censorship-resistant.

Nostr is real free speech. 🗽💜