I have to say the Openvibe app is a great way to follow breaking news
I'm using it to get a single unified feed of my Bluesky and Mastodon accounts
(The feed also includes my Threads and Nostr accounts, but those are not much good for news)
For location privacy, this action by the FTC in the final weeks of the current administration could be important
It might at least slow down the surveillance capabilities of the next administration
https://www.404media.co/ftc-bans-location-data-company-that-powers-the-surveillance-ecosystem/
I may have found my book bucket list
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/totemic-books-for-many-fields/
Reading Harari's latest
Like his earlier book Sapiens, it's a tour de force of clear writing that makes you think about things in a different way
Sapiens was mostly a fascinating academic mind fuck
But Nexus is extremely relevant to our current crises
In a few short years, we have become used to the fact that computers can pass the Turing test, be indistinguishable from humans
Makes you wonder… are they really that smart, or are we just so predictable that we can be emulated by a fancy autocomplete?
What does that say about us?
There's a "Threads Login Troubleshoot" section here which seems like it is addressing your problem:
Great to find you here, and to learn about nos.social!
(Looking forward to trying the app if and when it's available on Android)
Threads integration into Openvibe seems to work OK for me
My posts appear in Threads, and I can see other's Threads posts in my Openvibe feed
Lots of good advice in this article
E.g., learn how to quickly disable biometrics (fingerprint or face-detecting login)
For Android, long-press on power and click on "Lockdown" on the next screen
https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/
I just rejoined Nostr for the second time with a new identity
I think the radical decentralization of Nostr is very interesting in the simplicity of its relay-based architecture, and it would be great if it could succeed
In my previous Nostr incarnation I tried to find a community I could relate to by modifying the set of relays I was subscribed to, but I found I mostly got the same people on every relay
I'm rejoining now with the hope that Nostr might have developed a more diverse user base, or that I could get a reasonable timeline by curating who I follow and block
I'm a left-leaning software engineer working on privacy and AI. I can find many like-minded people on Mastodon and Bluesky, but not here on Nostr.
Everyone here seems to be a crypto enthusiast. And although I find the blockchain very interesting from a conceptual and technical point of view, I'm highly skeptical of all the actual crypto that has been built on it.
We'll see how long I'll stay.
The one thing that makes it easier is using the Openvibe app which presents a unified feed of Nostr, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, and allows crossposting across all four.
Be careful
It has always been the case that any of your personal data stored by any tech company could be demanded by American government officials using various types of subpoenas and warrants
For some people, that will soon become much more of a real threat
Facts, truth, science, journalism
They all matter more than ever
https://www.404media.co/why-the-work-still-matters-under-trump/
Trying out Openvibe
Still a few kinks to work out, but it is pretty cool to have a unified feed for Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads