Yes, but I think you have to delineate your territory in advance - through hosted, moderated, or cryptographically bound spaces. On Twitter, you were trusting them to be police for the public square. Here, there are no police, so you must personally protect your own space (or start your own town).

In the RL public square, you kind of do have to just tolerate whatever lunatic accosts you, until they cross into criminal assault. We just have a civil society.

Maybe instead of asking ‘what brought you to #nostr?’ We should start asking, ‘what would make you stay, contribute more, encourage others to join #nostr?’ I will start this #welcome

I had one once. Didn’t know what it was. I thought I was going blind. Very scary 😧 💜

Is there a mechanism to block on Nostr?

I’ve muted the scammers I’ve seen but because of the openness of Nostr, I don’t know how it would work.

The media calling Oliver Anthony’s song a right wing anthem when 1) it doesn’t mention political parties or specific politicians and 2) has rather broad appeal across anti-establishment types in general is inaccurate but predictable imo.

Now, I think one valid criticism is that if someone were to write a song called “Rich Men North of Richmond”, and it only criticizes one fiscal policy in the song, then food stamps (assistance aimed at the poor) probably isn’t the best one to pick. There is no shortage of fiscal programs that siphon money towards corrupt rich people (eg defense contractor graft), which would be more on-theme to pick.

But imo that doesn’t detract from the song much. And this unfortunately happens a lot. Usually the fiscal programs that benefit the rich tend to be harder to explain and more obfuscated than ones aimed at the poor (eg food stamps buying unhealthy things vs massive Pentagon or Medicare corruption). By design.

My son wanted to do something stupid and came to ask how to do it in best possible way (first victory)

I explained to him the disadvantages and possible consequences of the whole idea.

He asked if he could do it. I told him that it was up to him to decide if the experiment was worth the trouble or not. (big internal victory. Obvious answer was “fuck no you madman 🤣)

He decided not to do it (second victory)

NGL I’m pretty proud of myself

Who is this and why are his notes always tending on Primal with dozens upon dozens of “anonymous” zaps? Fuck off with this influencer bullshit playing the algorithms. Provide real value. nostr:note1fds2gr6lxr5qspl4at7rrymaln9nkum5dthzay09l5u2mmhqwmwsrz5t64

Feel the warmth of the morning sun.

Breath with the forest.

Connect with the earth beneath your bare feet.

Drink the sunlight.

Remember that Nixon ended the gold standard 52 years ago.

Subvert the State.

What’s your favorite #movie of all time and why?

I have 2 cats and 3 little dogs.

One cat thinks she's a dog. She is the backyard protector/hunter but it's very rough and tumble, the other dogs will run up and she stands her ground and wags her tail like what? Who we after???

One if the dogs is very much like a cat. Quiet. Timid. Skittish. If the other dogs start barking she might start because she knows she's supposed to but she'll be at the back behind everyone else and turned ready to run