I side swiped a wall in a parking garage yesterday while driving wife's vehicle, ending my 27 year record of not hitting anything.

#Shakespeare (and many other projects from Nostr friends) were included in the @HRF top tech of 2025.

Human Rights Foundation

Top 15 Freedom Tech Projects of 2025

Looking back on 2025, financial and digital repression under authoritarian regimes continued to grow. But so did the innovation pushing back agains...

Congratulations to all. Keep building freedom technology. Your work is paramount for our future.

Decentralized GIF buttons are the hardest thing to develop. Claude Opus 4.5 can't even figure it out. View quoted note →

The Ostrich is the perfect mascot for Nostr. Ostriches thrive in wide open environments with long sightlines. This mirrors open protocols like Nostr and Bitcoin, systems that reject walled gardens and favor visibility, freedom, and permissionless participation. It's poetic.

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NIP-17 DMs in #notedeck are great, but i think we're missing user's DM relays.

why yes, we do have a new Soapbox Sessions episode to start off 2026. Episode 18: 2026, The Year of the Builder is now available.

Fountain

Soapbox Sessions • 2026 The Year of the Builder • Listen on Fountain

This week on Soapbox Sessions…Derek’s Gen Alpha kid gets feedback from his high school teacher on an AI assignment and Heather’s Gen Z niece ...