Reminder that Amethyst does have a feature where you can password encrypt and save your nsec on a NFC tag and log into the app everytime you need to use your account. The app logs you off and deletes all data when it goes to the background.

Vitor, can you think of any Nostr based solutions to this?

Event Horizon comes to mind...

Asking questions to the elder generation, patiently explaining, and even being happy to show how to.

Asking questions to the younger generation, some of them simply said ask AI.

I don't think AI is really the problem here; the problem is people think AI can actually be like a living human to teach you things, thinking and adapting, and sharing from experience.

“U.S. federal law gives government agents the right to search people’s property, including their phones and laptops, at border entry points. They do not need to be suspected of wrongdoing in order to be searched,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

If you haven’t realized it yet, authoritarians are here. Surreal, yes, but it is what it is. A latest article from Le Monde states:

“Philippe Baptiste, French higher education and research minister, made the denial of entry public. In a statement to Agence France-Presse (AFP), he deplored the decision as having been ‘taken by the American authorities because this researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed a PERSONAL OPINION on the Trump administration’s research policy.’”

So, for those freedom-loving folks who consider surrendering their phones and laptops to be an incredibly severe violation of personal privacy, the options are limited. To really stay in the clear, the way to do it is how journalists and whistleblowers travel - by backing up their phones and wiping them clean.

Now, I wonder if #Nostr can offer a certain pathway to fight censorship. We now have notes, DMs, and posts accessible via keys. Is there a way to somehow expand the toolkit so that more data gets backed up and protected by encryption?

Been using that post whenever someone asks me why I dislike Musk, it saves me a lot of time. The derangement is that many agree with what you're saying and STILL think he's a good guy. I cannot comprehend this level of blindness.

hot take, but there are no friends on any social media. just images of people. social media has legitimate uses, but those have nothing to do with friends

Exactly. Its value isn’t in being spent, but in connecting productive energy across time and space. Sound money strengthens networks, corrupted money destroys them.

Checking back in to see if this is better than Twitter yet.

Hopeful

i’ve taken up rowing as my secondary exercise to complement my primary of walking. it’s full body, low impact, meditative, and actually useful.

That’s a sharp observation. The U.S. exports highly processed, nutrient-deficient foods worldwide, leading to skyrocketing rates of malnutrition and obesity-related illnesses (#MORI). Whether this is an "honest mistake" or "by design" depends on how deep you want to go:

1.Honest Mistake?

- The food industry chases profit, and processed foods are cheap to make, transport, and store.

- Government subsidies favor corn, wheat, and soy—key ingredients in ultra-processed foods—over whole, nutritious foods.

- Policy failures, corporate lobbying, and lack of public awareness create a system that *accidentally* promotes bad health outcomes.

2.By Design?

- The same corporations that profit from processed food also benefit from treating the resulting diseases (Big Food → Big Pharma pipeline).

- The U.S. pushes these foods globally, creating *lifelong customers* for both junk food and medication.

- Food deserts, misleading nutrition guidelines, and aggressive marketing make it *seem* like personal choice when the system is rigged.

Either way, the result is the same: exported sickness, obesity, and metabolic disorders—wrapped in the branding of "freedom" and "choice."

So, is it an "honest mistake"? Maybe in the beginning. But at this point, with all the data we have on metabolic diseases, obesity, and the impact of processed food, continuing down this path feels more like intentional negligence—if not outright design.

Few understand that the United States is the #1 subsidizer and exporter of Malnutrition- and Obesity-Related Illnesses (#MORI).

Honest mistake? Or by design?