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Replying to Avatar FLASH

⚡️💬 I usually express myself in the evening before going to bed... but this time I can't wait. It has to come out.

Some people are embarrassed when I publish "sensitive" information: about the catastrophic situation in Gaza, the treatment of Snowden, Covid and all its excesses, Yemen, Israeli politics, the management of the European Union and other subjects…

I deeply respect all sensibilities - but I respect my own conscience even more.

This protocol shouldn't just be used to talk about development or to say "GM". (Go on, it's not a criticism.) But it would be, in my eyes, a huge waste if we were to settle for that.

Let me be clear: I'm not here ONLY to talk about Bitcoin or AI - even though I love these subjects, and take immense pleasure in dealing with them.

But whenever there's injustice, oppression, or complicit silence, I feel a responsibility: to relay. And I will continue to do so. Whether you like it or not.

Even if my number of subscribers halves, even if my income from Nostr drops - I won't regret this message. I just had to say it.

Because that's what Nostr is for me too: a free, uncensored space where you can let the light shine where others prefer the shadows.

And all the work I've done here - hundreds of hours, maybe more than a thousand, at the rate of 8 hours a day for 130 days - is meaningless if I can't express myself freely.

With all due respect once again, if we finally have an unfiltered space, then let's use it for what really matters. Denounce. Inform. Resist.

But also have fun, share, experiment. Nothing wrong with that.

Nothing changes after this message. I'll keep talking about what feels right - Bitcoin, Gaming, AI or Gaza.

Because freedom is also the freedom not to look away.

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

- Socrates

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Miniature art. Gouache on paper. Treasure Hunt

Replying to Avatar Ross Ulbricht

nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyehwumn8ghj7mnhvvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7ctewe4xcetfd3khsvrpdsmk5vnsw96rydr3v4jrz73hvyu8xqpqsg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q8dzj6n showed me nostr recently. Reminds me of a writeup I did back in 2021 on decentralized social media:

https://rossulbricht.medium.com/decentralize-social-media-cc47dcfd4f99

I'll be mirroring my X account here and hopefully finding some good conversations.

Welcome and thank you!!!🙏