is anyone working on an MCP server that connects to relays?
it's not standardized, but I'm still testing and monkeying around with it, trying to see if it makes sense. and to me, it does.
the RSS => nostr part is handled at https://drss.io
the nostr => RSS part is handled at https://npub.blog
an RSS feed maps to an npub. each "item" from the feed is turned into a kind `30023` note. the content is converted from html to markdown.
since I posted the above, I've made a change for podcasts, that being I no longer use the `mp3` tag mentioned above, which is not a standard, I found the nip-92 `imeta` tag. I add one of those with mime-type `audio/mpeg` and the url to the mp3.
one could publish a podcast by uploading an mp3 somewhere and then publishing an article that serves as the description for that episode, title, published on, etc, and include that mp3 link in the imeta tag, and if you directed someone to the npub.blog/
The Trautonium.
A synth inventied in 1930 which uses radio tubes, and neon light tubes to create oscilating tones and harmonics.
https://m3.gab.com/media_attachments/d8/db/38/d8db386742f0f14820d71d5729aec257.mp4
sounds a lot like a theramin
it is. but I wonder if this is universal, or more likely for people with sensory-integration issues? some find it hard to concentrate on a task, like writing code or reading for comprehension, with music playing (worse when there are lyrics). which makes sense to me, interfering streams of linguistic input to parse.
The web was always about redistribution of power. Let's bring that back. https://werd.io/2025/the-web-was-always-about-redistribution-of-power-lets-bring
s/redistribution/decentralization/g
for these changes to be durable, people will have to change what they want, or the consolidation will just happen again. libertarians aren't the problem, it's the lower quality product that decentralization, thus far, provides. we have to make the decentralized options superior
there are a lot of ways to get it done via nostr, but I decided we need one more. still adding basic functionality, but https://npub.blog will render an npub's articles as a "blog" with an #rss feed
"This is my npub. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My npub is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my npub is useless. Without my npub, I am useless. I must use my npub to establish true identity. I must sign more securely than my enemy who is trying to disrupt me. I must shitpost him before he shitposts me. I will ...
My npub and I know that what counts in war is not the events we sign, the relays we submit to, nor the tags we use. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit ...
My npub is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its hex encoding, its subkeys, its profile event and its relay list metadata event. I will keep my npub clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will ...
Before God, I swear this creed. My npub and I are the defenders of my property. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory for the sovereign individuals of the world and there is no enemy, but peace!"
very cool family operation at Vivola
one day, dark and light cycle, per year. checks out
on the dilemmas of megalopolitain systems
"The size and intensity of such concentrations of wealth and power have been resented by other regions of the countries in which megalopolitan systems have arisen. The other regions claim a more equal share in the sum total of the country's population, wealth, and power. A too-large portion of these seems held in the megalopolitan areas. There is a basic ethical and political problem inherent in geographical concentration on such a scale."
git clone https://github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr
cd go-nostr
go test -bench=BenchmarkParseMessage -run=NothingAtAll -v
Please run this and let me know if the "simd" variant is faster or slower than the "golang" variant. From my tests one or the other will be many times faster than the other depending on the machine, I don't understand why, so maybe we can get some patterns. Thank you.
BenchmarkParseMessage/golang-24 100 11935651 ns/op
BenchmarkParseMessage/simdjson-24 32 128227596 ns/op
a horse walks into a bar
the bartender says: "why the long face?"
do you consider email a requirement for a nostr-based substack alternative?
I can understand if the anwer is "yes", as there are many technologies which seem antiquated compared to the nostr-way, but they may be crucial bridges to onboarding people and content.
I personally look forward to the day when I will only encounter email as a historical curiosity.
this is an interesting line of thinking. what is it about nostr that allows one to extend their moral agency?
gm 🌄☕
the nostr network effect is unique in that it isn't gatekept by a demonic personified entity, but dietributed to those who provide value to the network. the nostr network dividend. just like bitcoin distributes the seigniorage dividend to those who hold it over time, in proportion to their holdings.
it's an amazing tool. looking forward to a future where that markdown can live on a private relay as articles, and syncing is aomething that just happens
if you are reading the above note on nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgzn9kpsmllqnsf7wh5tz3wgy4cclsftqqplv8tpayrhwgw8llunevgnmdf3 , it will be munged out of existence. sorry for the temporary inconvenience.
I'm experimenting with turning arbitrary npubs that have published articles into a blog-like website, including RSS feed. if those articles have an imeta tag attached with type "audio/mpeg", and a URL to an mp3, it will become a podcast.
the idea is that a podcast can be a collection of articles with URLs associated with them.
try pasting an npub in a see what comes up. this is only the thinnest of thin vertical slices, so go easy on it. this is pre-alpha messing around.
if you want to bypass the front page, try:
https://npub.blog/[npub goes here]
and RSS feeds look like:
https://npub.blog/[npub goes here]/rss