I'm checking out OpenVibe which cross-posts on ActivityPub, ATProto, and Nostr protocol platforms to see how text, links, pics, etc. render where they land but may as well share some real bangers while doing so.
By Nate Bear:
https://www.donotpanic.news/p/the-liberal-abandonment-of-greta https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/6703e93bab06f5b50c2e67ae065bd04968d439d1a0d5ec68d4da3107bb29cb46/6d23b4c1155780c1cca47923ac7cc6e15ff738ba8caad1e2dde701f444a76d5f.webp
"For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely."
— Thawra Abukhdeir
The people who believe in replacement theory crap don't really clock that. Not a Bari fan, really, but she's absolutely spot on here.
Policy bringing threat amplificarion in one area is driving people to make tradeoffs for threats in others. Dumb phones are minimal on some kinds of data but the tradeoff is plain-text readability by providers in every other respect.
I'm not ready to give up e2ee, and there are many communication networks that go around the IDwall.
⚡️🇬🇧 NEW - Keir Starmer blocked a ban on 'cousin marriage'.
Many Britons are asking themselves: is the British government actively encouraging incest?
https://blossom.primal.net/fa0444c176c1357822af9ff102f4a480f5bbb9e88dcb4f94bd54c5135ae0b771.mp4
Such a ban could be devastating for the monarchy.
Always a growth market. Very safe investment.
A guide for the America you got, not the one you want https://andrewfordlyons.net/2025/10/01/a-guide-for-the-america.html
⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 NEW - Benjamin Netanyahu declares the Bible foretold Israel’s current battles in the Middle East, using scripture to justify ongoing wars.
He warned that those who “curse Israel will be cursed,” insisting that anyone who attacks will pay a heavy price, while those who ally with Israel will remain safe and secure.
Netanyahu claims this prophecy is unfolding right now before the world’s eyes.
https://blossom.primal.net/f1bc4cc40cb63c48d24bbe8bf1d04275a737bbc880b2325a6205d9c2e7e97670.mp4
This is creepy stuff. America's bible belt is what keeps the U.S. funding the carnage.
The Taliban has virtually cut off everyone in the country from both the internet and mobile networks in the last couple of days. These moves generally come before something a regime desperately doesn’t want the world to see. 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/afghanistan-communications-blackout-taliban-shuts-internet
Relaunching a Nostr presence to play with all the decentralised and federated things via micro.blog
Watch this space.