over a decade of dilettantesque cultishness ended the moment words were written which reoriented what the community believed the future of The Coin would be about. many, many hurdles to progress were accomplished via proper communication, but you wouldn't know that if you were just sitting there waiting for things to go boom. don't even get me started on how complacency could have killed our beloved coin, and how these internal battles have already been fought and won. nobody is asking you to maintain the code if you won't maintain a code of honor in respecting those who may have a little more leverage than you in making the future great for everyone. some people really want the vision for the future of the coin to be free of religion whilst making a religion of the coin that is devoid of a future. nobody said that these things were going to be specifically beneficial to the atheists and agnostics of the world, so don't get mad when all the rest begin to openly utilize the combined power of their beliefs and the money which supports their freedom, for the furtherance of their faith-based missions. it will be a full circle moment for some of us, and a long overdue one.

I am sorry that I had to dethrone you, but it was necessary due to your misguided political ideologies and alliances, and it was long predicted that this would be the case, and so it was. things have massively improved since then, despite my own occasional missteps and overreaches, which were understandable given the circumstances, and negotiable considering the gravity of yours. however, we will never forget the legwork it took to cultivate a community while the 'project' was still in its infancy. it is in the best interests of all that we remain in solidarity during this time of tumult and schism.

the reason why I initially hated Twitter was because I anticipated that the minimization of ideas might create vulnerabilities in social cognition – a type of hypermemetic subscription to thinly-veiled falsehoods in the name of concision – and this could have dire consequences. needless to say, as with most assessments of modern technologies, I was right; at the same time, where would we be without it? perhaps, not even Nostr would exist without that precedent. we might never know. I am quite happy to say that I was never actually influenced by the culture of twitter, and I would never want to be, though it was nice knowing that the tool was available whenever I was ready to use it, and I did, and I never want to go through that again.

in either the year 2008 or 2009, I tweeted maybe twice, and I don't remember what I tweeted, but I was like, "I fucking hate this," and then went back to writing my first album on my acoustic guitar.

question: do you ever have moments where you're like, "who the fuck WAS I ten years ago?"

tbh, the only reason why people have a distinct disliking of me is because I talk about Jews under the harsh light of reality, and they of me; though, I have found myself far more beloved than they, despite being partly, negligibly, and allegedly, Jewish myself. I love relays because, truly, things do get relayed back to you, and in a timely fashion; specifically, if you consider the nature of collective consensus, one might gauge the success of their own expositions on certain topics to be heightened by the near-immediate turnaround of feedback. relays don't innately disfavor the loquacious, as was and is the problem with legacy social media and its attention-span reductionism. I do prefer the Nostr protocol for this reason, and another: if miljan braticevic, for example, hates people who say true but unsavory things about Jews, his whole app can go fuck itself and I will still be here.

question: do you have stamina?

GM to everyone who has the constant desire to drink three different beverages upon waking: a glass of water, a glass of milk, and a caffeine beverage with more milk.

I have got a lot to write about and I think the songs that come from this will be very good, classics even, but the love songs will be particularly special because they are real.

there might be two kings and one queen but there should never be two queens and one king or three kings or three queens.

"I asked you as a joke anyway"

I think the main thing is that despite past failures due to the pressures of the internal censorship arm of the shadow government, had twitter not existed in the first place, many important global conversations would not have taken place. that said, I'm prepared to honor my oath to serenade all those who would like to hear my voice. all will be forgiven, since I am *that good* 😌

GM, I would like to introduce you to my latest artistic obsession, Japanese Catholic art:

imo, Nostr distills the basic principle of untethered information broadcasting that made Twitter so great early on (or so I have heard because I only joined it in 2019) through "call and response" types of consensus-making rather than engagement metrics as an indicator of truth. while not *irrelevant*, the numbers matter far less than the principles of successful communication, which is the feeling that one is being heard, and the style by which people transfer information without the crash-and-burn cycles of "Breaking News" elsewhere. this matters when the goal is to create communities with open dialogue rather than a competitive environment where likes and follows determine who gets seen and heard the most. I think we all just become better communicators when we know nobody is trying to stifle us. the difference really isn't all that subtle anymore.