Going down the FreeBSD rabbit hole… Have successfully deployed #nostr #safebox on and old laptop, a VM on my MacBook and on a Raspberry Pi 4, all using FreeBSD.

Good Afternoon! #bikestr

the universal interface is text

Use logic, not politics.

Running private payments and securely sharing personal records through a decentralized relay-backed system using cheap NFC card could be a real category-killer. This is the vision of #nostr #safebox. In pilot discussions with a local food bank that wishes to accept bitcoin donations and then disburse cheap NFC cards to people who don’t have phones. Though it is bitcoin underneath, everything just looks like fiat payments for food. If the card is lost, and the holder remembers the access key, they can self recover and issue themselves a new card (< 25 cents). If the card and key are lost, the funds still remain in the food bank treasury, but with a blinded mint liability, that can eventually be re-purposed if necessary. What’s also cool, I can issue voucher to the card - so in addition to funds, a client can receive other credits for services, etc. And it is all designed to work with Web of Trust, so if different food banks decide to trust one another, they can negotiate and set up directly- not be rug-pulled by a platform provider. Onward!

My new high speed internet cable and router.

The two nation-state apex-level trades right now: 1. Oil for dollars 2. Compute for electricity.

Don’t trust. Control.

100 basic rules of cryptography.

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Taliban bans smartphones for government employees Ottawa Citizen Jun 22, 2026 KABUL • Government workers in different parts of Afghanistan have started switching off their smartphones, following an order that reportedly came from Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. A letter announcing the ban on smartphones for all government employees started circulating on social media earlier this month under the emblem of the Supreme Court, which has not responded to AFP'S requests to comment. “All the heads of departments in their respective provinces are advised to inform their staff, higher-ranking or lower-ranking, that using smartphones is strictly banned effective 17 June,” said the letter. It referred to all employees of the military and civilian departments, mentioning that exemptions could only be granted by the supreme leader. As of last week, multiple central government departments were still publishing information through their Whatsapp groups. Two spokesmen for the Afghan government did not respond to AFP'S requests to comment on the decision. In Ghazni province, located between the capital Kabul and the seat of the supreme leader, Kandahar, government employees started signing off from their smartphones last Tuesday. A municipal worker in Ghazni, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said they had been warned that anyone who uses a smartphone would be fired and face legal action. In remote Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, an employee of the provincial information department said the penalty for breaking the rule was six months in prison. “A verbal decree of the Islamic Emirate (of Afghanistan) was read out, and all heads of government departments were ordered that from today onwards, none of the employees of Taliban offices are allowed to use smartphones,” he said. How widely the rule was implemented in Afghanistan and the scale of its impact were not entirely clear. But some government workers in Badakhshan told AFP it would be hard for them to do their jobs, speaking anonymously due to safety concerns. A teacher described the decision as “truly heartbreaking” and said his smartphone was confiscated last Wednesday, before being returned with a warning not to carry it again. “We need apps to stay connected with the students and hear their problems, for example, in the Whatsapp groups, they can share their classroom problems, questions related to their homework,” he said. An employee from the provincial education department said he had been using AI tools on his smartphone to translate between his native Dari and Pashto, the language used in government communications. “Then I would send the replies to the ministry. Now I don't know what will happen,” he told AFP. The Taliban authorities have ruled for nearly five years according to a strict interpretation of Islamic law. Last year, broadband access was restricted in several provinces for weeks, before the government unexpectedly cut off the internet and phone networks countrywide. Life ground to a halt for two days, paralyzing banks and causing chaos at hospitals, before communications were restored. Shared via PressReader connecting people through news

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Amazing. Just installed a digital antenna and now receive 8 high definition channels for free. The only problem is that it looks like it can be used for something else as well.

Rise of the ‘Human-only Web’ - nostr is perfect for this https://medium.com/the-tech-notes/the-dead-internet-theory-isnt-a-conspiracy-anymore-it-s-an-infrastructure-crisis-b986c4682e31

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Innovashun!

Good Afternoon #bikestr

Mistaking the record for authority leads to technocracy.

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