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Author of the Olga “Seje” Hansen thrillers. Psychological noir that’ll make fans of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo reach for a stiff drink. Three free chapters (EPUB) or full copy for 3900 sats – https://rtcrenville.com/store/ Where Wordpress meets the power of Nostr and Bitcoin #PsychologicalThriller #EroticThriller #ScandiNoir #OlgaSejeHansen
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RTC 2 months ago
My best ideas arise while traveling. It makes sense to me. We are nomads by nature. On the move we would stare into space, minds open. An unusual form or a break in the expected pattern of our surroundings would catch our attention. We would react accordingly.
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RTC 2 months ago
On Nostr can you prevent users from following you? I know you can mute users you don’t want to hear from, but can you actively remove yourself from someone else’s follow list? Or is it a relay issue making my timeline really really poor quality - apart, of course, from the few quality accounts who stick. #asknostr
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RTC 2 months ago
Going back to X sounds about as appetising as trying tequila again, forty years after a spectacular fail to impress a girl I thought I fancied.
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RTC 2 months ago
#Warleaks What if Julian Assange had taken the next logical step—using Bitcoin not just to sidestep PayPal, but to make it impossible for a state to erase the truth? One of the worst afflictions of creatives is turning off the tap of ideas. 🤪 I’m deep into writing the #OlgaSejeHansen thriller series—a four‑book arc that covers everything I love: action, noir, erotica, intrigue (usually sharing the same side of the same knife), philosophy, cultural clashes, humor, the whole shebang, even crypto. In Book 2 the “not‑your‑keys” trope underpins the storyline. In the final book the heroine pays for a Hercules in the Yukon with BTC. Don’t ask; it’s a pretty cool finale. A recent podcast between @calle @npub1guh5...6hjy prompted the following line of thinking… Bitcoin can’t end war—human greed, malice, and ideology still drive it. Maximalists love to claim that the incentives baked into a Bitcoin standard will “fix” conflict, but while a sound‑money system could shorten wars, on its own it can’t neutralise the three forces that oil the fire. But what if we paired that immutable money with a force for good? Imagine an AI swarm that constantly monitors, verifies, and disseminates evidence of aggression, drowning out misinformation. After listening to the recent pod about Clawi, it seems feasible to have an LLM agent in every home—or an army of LLM agents in every home—more good than ever fighting evil. When that AI truth army runs on a Bitcoin‑based incentive layer—a match the community identified years ago—the cost of silencing truth becomes financially ruinous for any regime that tries. In short: money that can’t be seized + AI that can’t be silenced = a self‑defending shield against war‑driven lies. That’s a book, a movie franchise, and… maybe a whole new lifetime of storytelling. btw, ideas are literally worthless and unprotectable until they are executed. It would be great to read someone else's completed book version of this plot line.
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RTC 2 months ago
Perplexity for bang up-to-date research. @Maple for a safe space to build out theses. Humans for both the first and final say. Thoughts anyone? image
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RTC 2 months ago
This a screenshot from Idiocracy, right? Option 2? We'll search your passport details on the dark web. All being well we'll find it and our intern will confirm you are mature enough to post crap on social media. This is that "darkest before it gets light" moments - hopefully. View quoted note →
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RTC 2 months ago
It's challenging writing about fights between the heroine, #OlgaSejeHansen and the bad guys, like, really bad guys. Before joining the Helsinki Police "Bears" unit – Finnish SWAT team – her title was "Unarmed Combat Instructor" at the Utti Jaeger Regiment. She trained Special Forces operatives to fight hand-to-hand asychronously. What does that mean? When baddies face a Tier 1 fighter like Olga, they have little to no idea where the first or next strike is coming from. She doesn't fight to a pattern, but to opportunities. A body feint left, fists up, halfway through the feint she may let go a kick to the groin, or maybe a hook kick to the jaw, or maybe a spear punch to the throat. Even if the opponent doesn't go down, it will hurt or deaden a limb. Either way the strike will momentarily disorient even trained fighters. That moment of confusion is the opportunity for another kind of strike if required. Asynchronous. So unlike most Hollywood fights, there is no pattern, no kata-styled one-two-threes. And definitely no fluff. The aim is to take out an opponent in a few seconds. Does the heroine always get her own way? No. But she is not there to entertain with extended, glamorous fight sequences, or give anyone a chance. So, it is quite hard to write such a degree of unpredictability into action scenes. Rather like describing how we walk, it can also be frustrating to break down the subtleties and even harder to communicate them without a reader glazing over in too much detail. Nothing like a challenge. This is about 6 seconds of action... Seje moved out of range of Bozo’s reflexive flailing hammer fists, angling for a disabling strike to the groin. Fists ready, upper body feinting left then right. On the first feint left her right heel stomped inside by her left foot. A heartbeat later, like a dancer, she flowed her body upright and glided her right leg back into its original rear position. Seventy percent weight on the back leg, still primed to strike with either knee. Bozo was focused on her left leg. One instant muscle memory strike was on its way to find out. Pushing off her right foot, she shifted her weight forward, leg, hips, knee and foot unleashed in one whipping move, full power. No evasive action from Bozo. The dance worked. But as the ball of her foot landed, she realised, "Fuck, he's wearing body armour over his balls." The full force of the strike between Bozo's legs glanced to the side, his thigh absorbing the bulk of the blow. He winced but stood his ground. Re-focusing, she took advantage of a lull in his aggression... "No armour where this is landing." There is a free download on my bio of the first 3 chapters. Seje is not just a fighter, she's a master strategist and to put it mildly, she will do anything to achieve the outcome she needs – even dropping her colleagues in horrendous circumstances. Grim, shocking, funny, nothing is ever gratuitous but advances the plot and the characters. That's #noir!
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RTC 2 months ago
Social media ban for under 16’s. Boo! Social media addiction affects kids and parents alike, and proposed bans miss the real culprit: toxic business models. The Problem with Banning under 16's Banning kids from mainstream social media criminalizes families while ignoring adult vulnerabilities. You really think we adults are able to resist the influences of 10,000 psychologists from FaceBook, TikTok and Twitter trying to addict then manipulate us into eating E-numbers and voting against our best interests in the next election? Governments dodge the core issue—platforms like Twitter and FaceBook amplify rage for profit, harvest data, and turn users into products. Profit = rising GDP figures and tax revenue – a government’s lifeblood. rest of the article...
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RTC 2 months ago
– where Nostr has reached across to WordPress to show legacy internet users what proper social media looks like... zap buttons, my Nostr profile feed, embedded Nostr posts, discounted price for payment in sats, free chapters on Nostr ... To show it is possible to live outside the fiat banking nonsense, the domain name is paid for in Bitcoin, as is the server, as is a Proton suite for hosting free book chapters and email. It was so refreshing not having to provide every damned personal detail to pay a small amount online for a service. As if Lightning were cash, go figure.
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RTC 2 months ago
I can see naddr info for individual posts. Any idea how to find naddr info for a full feed. Want to use a plugin on WP to show a nostr feed, proof of how good the info is on Nostr! If only I can show it. #asknostr