Big piece on how to live without a smartphone, dropping in the next few days.

Exact steps and workarounds.

People who currently donate via PayPal are highly unlikely to start donating via an alternate seeing as we support many already. They would have done so if desirable to them. We need and gratefully receive the donations we get via fiat currency including those by PayPal which has only ever been a secondary option rather than a main one as demonstrated by the location in the list at grapheneos.org/donate

If we stopped accepting PayPal donations, we'd have less revenue to develop and build GrapheneOS. More and diverse revenue streams will always be a net benefit. We are already looking to do so for our fiat streams thanks to this. Yet again to emphasise this does not detract from our position on Bitcoin et al.

primal has a concept called "network" - it is all the people you follow + all the people they follow

it's a pretty great starting point for curating your nostr feed - would be a solid default view for a mainstream client imo

Sunday nights are for random Nostr advertisements on Twitter.

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have any of you ditched mobile phone for laptop only?

Compliance does not fix this.

Nostr fixes this.

investment real estate is a shitcoin

- can be rugged by local governments incredibly easily

- lack of liquidity, hard to buy or sell quickly

- overvalued due to decades of people trying to escape the losing purchasing power of their shitty money

- will trend to zero when priced in bitcoin

owning your own land is the exception - can still be rugged and will also lose value over time but can provide significant benefits for family security and well being

fortunately twitter now has a feature that puts a small blue check next to their names so we can spot these clowns much more easily

I came here to say simplelogin. Awesome service.

We need to stop normalizing address reuse for donations. Everyone forgot what happened to the canadian truckers.

Sparrow, Samourai, StackWallet, Bluewallet allsupport paynyms nowadays.

Everyone is sharing the worldcoin video, but I won't.

Look. Not everyone is going to make it. The point made by 1984 is the same point made by Ordinary Men: most people will love the regime. Most people will do anything to comply, to not stick out, to do what everyone else does—no matter how ridiculous.

The solution is deceivingly simple: don't try to change other people. Focus on yourself and how you spend your time.

Opt out. Don't feed the beast. Concentrate your time, energy, and attention on the alternatives represented by #bitcoin and #nostr. Become as resilient as you can. Become un-ruggable. Ignore the noise.

TRAVEL UPDATE:

Matera is a city in Italy known for its unique and fascinating cave dwellings called the Sassi. These ancient houses and buildings are carved directly into the cliffs made of limestone, creating a mesmerizing and otherworldly landscape. The Sassi of Matera have a history dating back thousands of years, making them one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world.

Exploring Matera with the family (and a stroller) actually isn't too bad. It's hot as hell and there's lots of stairs, but with a bit of teamwork and some midday rest at our place out of the sun, you can get a lot done. Early mornings and later evenings are key to avoid the hottest parts of the day.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk have the same goal - mass identity verification of the global population and control over billions of individuals.

No bugs.

No pod.

No chip.

No orb.

No check.

Freedom tech is hope. We must build the future we wish to see.