I think I must be a total LN dumbass. When Satoshi Wallet was working, everything was flawlessly easy. It gave me an email-like address, and zaps to it just worked. When it was shut down, I started using Cashapp, it shows a bc1q address and a lnbc address for receiving BTC. However, I just realized the lnbc address changes with every transaction for privacy, and maybe it even expires after some time. Cashapp doesn't give me an email-like address for LN. Or does it? This is so confusing.

Is Primal superior to Amethyst on Android? I should give it a try.

I'm not a proponent of Apple iPhone. However, as an Android user while the rest of the family uses iPhones, I feel like I have a much higher rate of fat-fingering when using GBoard. Apple's virtual keyboard accuracy is far superior.

Worth contemplating: what 'checks and balances' exist in our system of government to counter abusing classification of data to hide wrongdoing?

«One day you discovered you'd learned a cartoon version of Lincoln in school. Not the man who favored an amendment to the Constitution forever preventing the federal government from abolishing slavery»

The moment you realized they were lying to you

Our culture and societal cohesion relies on a shared understanding of history as a collection of false but believable myths. Myths are formed from idealized stories retold to essentialize some moral principle or some virtuous characteristics that inspire us. Of course, the noble goal of freeing the slaves motivated our nation to transform itself. This is one element that binds us proudly in fraternity, because we are a part of a great improvement in society. We are built on myths to fuel our virtues, such as courage and valor. We look back to the precursors to our society, such as the 300 Spartans who stood bravely against the vast Persian army of Xerces. Their battle cry Molṑn Labé defied the enemy to come take their cannons and semiautomatic rifles, as it does today for us.

Did the value of all NFTs crash to zero yet? And everyone moved on without anyone noticing?

If there was ever any doubt that Jack was in favor or tolerant of establishment censorship and narrative control using Twitter, we now see that Bluesky is in full-on censorship mode to suppress such opinions as "trans-women are men" and to suspend accounts who engage in such speech.

@TheGuySwann I just heard your rant about Pear Drive. A quick search failed to find any trace of the project and its source repository. Is it not open source?

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Read_854 - Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

Bitcoin Audible · Episode

In today's climate of lawfare and the routine weaponization of “Show me the man and I'll show you the crime” (Beria's law), one should judge defendants accordingly. If someone is charged or convicted of crimes, ask who was the victim and what rights were violated? The state or a state agency or office has no legitimate standing to be a victim, because the state has no rights (only enumerated powers). The corollary to this is that unjust and immoral laws are also illegitimate. It is our duty to violate them. This includes laws that violate free speech, free expression, free association, privacy, and private property. This includes KYC, AML, surveillance, and lawful intercept.

Are there independent journalists on Nostr publishing current events and breaking news? To me that is the next gap to fill for Nostr to actually replace Twitter as the primary social media site, next to having a friends network that includes one's favorite people to follow.