#[0] any chance we can get a count on Replies?

Would be great to know if there is already a conversation happening, rather than having to click on the note to check, only to find there isn't and we could have just hit Reply and commented on the OP right away, if that makes sense?

I wish I could delete Facebook Messenger. But I have several group chats with close friends. It's how we've communicated for years. I would never be able to move them to Signal. I wish I could though.

Clearest picture of Mars ever taken.

Can y’all see my profile picture?

HMH: how do I post pics on here? 🤔

I'm on the cusp.

I don't know what's keeping me from pulling the trigger.

It's certainly not Saylor.

Jack was in a no win situation with Twitter. Once the too big too fail banks own all the voting rights and have the seats on the board it’s very hard to implement change…or stop change for that matter…. Jack is a tremendous asset for spreading freedom and equally and someone we need to keep fighting the good fight. Most people that have amassed his net worth and stature can’t empathize with the plight of the normal person. Look at all the other people in big tech & big banking, it’s pathetic. The Eric Schmidt’s, Larry Summers, Bill Gates, Jamie Dimon etc. of the world are the one’s wrecking havoc while performing fellatio on themselves and their egos.

Consider,

Twitter could've implemented lightning tips, or honestly payments of literally any kind YEARS ago. But they didn't. Why?

#Nostr on the other hand has accomplished this in no time, and everyone who has experienced it immediately feels what a big deal this is... but why exactly?

Numerous features implemented in Nostr could've been on Twitter all this time.

• Do you think it's because they didn't want to?

• Was it too technically difficult, even though Nostriches pulled it off in a matter of days or weeks?

Of course not, it was POLITICALLY infeasible. Remember how Facebook spent *years* and bookoos of capital trying to create a *whole new currency* just to enable it because there was no chance of doing it with dollars? They were even dragged before Congress to explain why they would do such a thing as enable payments on social media! How dare they! It was easily squashed despite the fact that the list of those backing it was essentially a Who's Who of Silicon Valley fintech.

And what did the Twitter Files teach us? That not only would the suffocating regulatory environment make tips and payments on social media virtually impossible, but the political leviathan refused to even allow them to freely TWEET to their followers! Intelligence agencies were both *funding* social censorship & had direct communication channels to shut down people's accounts, shadow ban, & ensure that "unapproved" opinions simply can't travel through the network.

Like @#[0] said, "this has the power to monetize dissent." Consider the insane power of sharing an "unapproved" opinion to millions of people and being directly rewarded with 1000s, maybe 10s of thousands of private, instant payments while the post has unfiltered, free flow to every last user in the network.

No more "donation services" or "patreons" that take 10% and will preemptively shut down anything remotely against the establishment. No more Go fund Me's fuck stealing millions going to protestors to donate to a "charity of their choice." They are all immediately redundant & pointless.

Instead we are walking into a world with unfiltered, free flowing information and unfiltered free flowing money.

The simple fact is that no large, centralized social platform of any kind CAN do what Nostr does so easily. Because they have a gun to their head & they know it.

This is the 10x value add that is going to wake people up, and it's going to start with ALL the dissenters. We need to find all of them and bring them here.

The simple ability to have direct access to millions of followers, and be able receive payments and tips from them directly, unfiltered, untaxed, with no middle man & no authority whatever involved...

They are afraid as FUCK of that power. And they absolutely should be. Think of what a staggering problem the mere existence of someone like Joe Rogan has presented in the past couple of years. Now consider they attacked him through his network, his advertisers, his payment processors, and a huge targeted propaganda campaign (and fucking LOST despite, 🤣). Now think about the 1000s of others we watched get attacked, banned, deplatformed, canceled, etc...

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Now imagine the past 3 years done over again, except without any of that being possible anymore...

Guys, we are right in the fucking middle of the revolution. It's right now.

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Global M2 with year over year (y/y) % change on the bottom. Chart via ZH.

I hope someday reposts and zaps completely replace the need for “likes”/🤙🏼.

Reposts and zaps are true value exchange…and have a real cost: your reputation or money.

Likes are superficial and exist only to inform an algorithm.

Relevance algorithms have their place, but they are best informed by a truly costly action.

Good morning and pura vida!

The tail end of summer keeps on delivering. Wish I had an outdoor office with some misters! ☀️

Thank you 😊 we’re (the guitarist on this song and I) are hoping to get this song done by the summer for some acoustic releases.

Nature and art provide a cleansing of the mind, a vacation from noise. 🧡🙏

My daughter is 12 years old turning 13 soon.

My wife’s been struggling with letting her walk home from school and go places around the neighborhood with her friends.

So we finally caved on getting her a phone as a trade off to letting her have more independence.

We let her have a cell phone with the following rules:

-it’s our phone not hers

-she has to keep it charged and keep it with her when she’s not home so we can see where she is.

-she has screen time limits of 5:30 daily

-she has to answer when we call

-she acknowledges that we will be monitoring her messages and communications for her safety.

-she can’t use social media apps like tik tok, Snapchat, Instagram, etc.

-wear a whoop so we can encourage each other to be active and not let the phone give us bad physical activity habits.

So far so good, but I’m worried she’s not active enough already before getting her the phone.

Since the pandemic we kept her home from school so she would not have to wear a mask all day.

She developed poor habbits because all of her physical activities (hockey, karate, school) went out the window.

She wanted a dog forever and we finally capitulated because she promised to take care of him.

I thought she would be able to go on lots of walks etc with the dog … but he was a demon for the first year and we still have all the scars to show for it.

She is back in real school this year which has been great for her mentally and physically, but since the pandemic she only seems to be interested in playing games with friends, listening ti music and drawing … she plays hockey once a week still but quit karate.

I bought a meta quest to try to encourage more physical activity in games, but she got tired of that quickly and didn’t really give anything but beat saber a shot.

I don’t want to force her to enroll in physical activities, but I’m looking for tips on how to navigate this over the next couple of years as she becomes a young woman and more independent and opinionated.

She’s a great kid, does well in school independently and doesn’t get into trouble.

Anyone have any good resources for how to be a better parent and how to raise a teenage girl the right way?

Costa Rican words that are good to know:

Pura Vida

As most of you probably already know, this is a saying in Costa Rica that translates to "Pure Life". People use it in many ways. It can mean hello and good bye, how are you?, life is good, no worries, etc. It describes a way of life. A slower pace, where people make a point to enjoy themselves. The amazing weather and nature probably has something to do with the laid back attitude of the Costa Ricans. Something we should all learn to appreciate.

Mae

This is used like "Dude". Pura Vida Mae!

Tuanis

There isn't a perfect translation for this, but its used like " dope" or "chill". It's a term often used by surfers. Honestly, a good translation would also be this emoji 🤙

Soda

A soda is a traditional Costa Rican restaurant serving typical food. Sort of like " Diner" in the USA is a place that serves typical American food. Make sure to order the standard rice and bean breakfast called Gallo Pinto, or a Casado for lunch, which is a protein, rice, beans and a salad, all on one plate. Other typical foods include Olla de Carne, a hearty soup with meat and vegetables and Arroz con Pollo (or Camarones or Mariscos), which is a rice dish with protein mixed in (chicken, shrimp, mixed seafood, typically)

Tico

This is a term to refer to Costa Ricans, used by Costa Ricans and foreigners. This term came from the way Costa Ricans talk, by adding tico to the end of certain words. For example, when describing a small amount you would say it is "Poquito", but many Costa Ricans will say "Poquitico". After many years of this, Costa Ricans, and latin Americans generally, started referring to Costa Ricans as Ticos.

Pura vida!

#puravida #nostrica #costarica

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Bridges... we like bridges! ♥️

Bridges could be built.

Bluesky is focused atm on purely social media. nostr is a lot broader than that in my view.

So I think they will be competitive and ideas will be copied between both.

Most important thing is we have multiple experiments and ideas all towards same goal, which is taking the balance of power out of centralized corps.

pv 🌞

Weather looks nice for building…