Life in China is impossible without WeChat, one of the most powerful surveillance and control tools ever developed by humanity.

And this is Elon's vision for Twitter.

Every blue check is complicit in bankrolling this blooming dystopia.

What I liked about living in Southern California (specifically near LA) is the feeling that anything is possible.

As a kid, growing up in Midwest if felt like I had no future there. I’m sure many kids feel that living in rural areas. And even though other larger metro areas offer some hope of possibility, that feeling felt amplified in Los Angeles area. I don’t know why, but you can feel it.

I do wonder if LA natives feel the same, suspect not.

Start local nostr meetups! nostr:note1l59vs72cd873w86hyywvar8z8rfth4ukxnglr398jkrmekw08h6qwev9qj

This bar in Cairo has clever designs for its restroom doors. (As a disclaimer the designs are mildly graphic I guess.)

The bar had a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band that was pretty good. They also had great food, including the best beef I’ve had in Egypt, which is why we went there.

Sometimes when I post pictures of Egypt, people ask how conservative the place is. The answer is that it varies a lot, as demonstrated by this place. West Cairo has a more cosmopolitan vibe than East Cairo on average, but overall it’s a big mix. You’ll see people in niqab, people in bikinis, and you’ll see mosques, churches, bars, etc.

The most significant news in #Apple 's event today wasn't iPhone or such, right? They didn't say many exciting things there other than that some Silicon structures on their new chip are only 12 atoms wide.

But instead the news was that they want to be #carbon #neutral across the entire company and all of their products in 7 years.

That sounds extremely unlikely to me. But then, 12 atoms wide also sounds extremely unlikely to me. What do you make of this?

Is there anyone actively working on a wikipedia alternative for nostr?

It’s amazing to me that the world is still obsessed with low fat diets. So many products cut out the natural fat, and what remains is just a sugar fest.

Fly on an long distant flight- constantly offered breads, juices, fat free yogurts, etc. Sugar bomb after sugar bomb. I usually fast on planes.

At a breakfast buffet right now. Eggs fried in seed oil. The butter packets are mixed with seed oil. Juices and fruits everywhere. Coffee machines whose only milk option is fat free skim milk. The main area is waffles and syrup. The child at the table next to me has a breakfast plate with chocolate-covered waffles, french fries, and juice- just layers of carbs and sugar. One has to dig into the corners of the room to find the meat and boiled eggs and such.

“Just 30 days to stop all violence.“ nostr:note12h6chyc7f40wfdvhqumuu0zj45m6dxg5wwhe4ts33fhmtepthexswvrdkq

how do people deal with the endless #email #spam and scam?

do you create a new email?

How do we make it so sharing #nostr notes and links on other platforms are as visually available as possible?

ie. previews, account images, thumbnails, etc?

I think sharing on other centralized platforms so that the content is visible is a major pull to actually entice people to go out of their current network to see some content. I actually finally setup an instagram a couple years back because of Joe Rogan cross posting videos.

At the bare minimum there's still a ton of Bitcoiners on Twitter who have foolishly been dismissing #nostr & we should be figuring out how to make them feel like they are missing the good BTC stuff, just like Twitter was to Reddit in the 2016 era. 🤣

We need a decentralized Amazon.

Amazon has increasingly moved to abusing sellers with advertising costs. I spent a year and a half trying to cater to the algorithm and build a brand. I kept my costs down by importing raw materials direct, building packaging and labeling the product myself. I have trademarks and have done everything right. Reviewing my year it’s costing me $1 in ad spend to generate $1.20 in gross sales. In addition they charge 15% commission, storage fees, FBA fees based on item weight size and category and the seller is responsible for returns and damaged/lost products.

My material costs are 25% of the sales price. Add it all up and I’m selling at a significant loss. I would have stopped earlier but I built significant inventory to support the additional volume and there was no other sales channel for me to move the volume. It would have been cheaper to throw it all away, but I reasoned that with time and reviews it might start to improve. I have over 50 5 ⭐️ reviews and haven’t seen any boost. I answer every customer question and follow best practices on the platform.

Amazon is designed to extract money from entrepreneurs. If we build a decentralized version we can pass the savings to customers and improve the customer experience. Vendors would flock to it but it would be difficult to compete at scale without a “hook”. Ideas?

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