So just in case folks think I complain too much, here’s a video of me walking in to #burningman in a giant inflatable teddy bear suit.

I’m genuinely confused at how many people on Nostr are weirdly authoritarian. I mean it’s a permissionless decentralised social protocol. You’d think people who used it would not be enthusiastic nationalists who believed in an authoritarian state. It’s like bitcoiners who are excited about the US government integrating bitcoin in to the central banking and federal reserve system. The entire point of bitcoin was to create a financial system in opposition to Wall Street and central banks. It confuses me. I also get confused leftists who think the solution is to deplatform people they oppose, but thankfully the “delete their account” folks aren’t much on Nostr. It’s the right leaning authoritarianism here which confuses me. View quoted note →

The latest episode of the weekly Nostr Recap is out. This is important because we can't all keep track of everything that is happening, a summary is so useful. View article →

I think we should pay more attention to what @npub1xtwy...6rus and the yakihonne folks have done. It's a fantastic app that works really well. They've explored and moved around a bunch over the last couple of years, but they've also made yakihonne really solid. I notice that i'm shifting to using it as my go to app, which is funny, because i love my own nos.social, but on my desktop, yakihonne web just works. Because they're based in Asia i think a lot of western nostr users don't think about YakiHonne, but I think we should celebrate it more.

JD Vance says the US government will investigating opposition organizations. If they start revoking the legal status and seizing bank accounts of opposition non-profits then this represents a fundamental threat to the ongoing operation and viability of an open democratic society. They're going to crackdown by revoking articles of incorporation, tax exempt non-profit status, and then go after the bank accounts. Charlie Kirk's assassination was just an excuse they've been waiting for, if it wasn't him they'd have found another excuse. This is what happened in Hungary, Turkey, and Russia. Authoritarian democracies take and hold power by taking the money away from an organized opposition. https://archive.is/KIGjp

Ok bitcoiners, can somebody explain to me or give me a pointer to what the hell is going on with Knots vs Core? To somebody who is not really aware of the personalities.... I get that it is about "Core’s planned removal of the 80-byte limit for OP_RETURN data." But what is it really about?

Oh my this guy has a naming problem.

Mark Zuckerberg | Indiana Bankruptcy Attorney

Indianapolis Bankruptcy Attorney Mark Zuckerberg shares the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

In Bluesky the app is really located on the server and the client is just a view. This is more like how traditional clould apps works as opposed to how Nostr works with its thin server and thick client. Honestly the Nostr model is struggling. We see it with all the server stuff you need that apps like yakihonne, primal, Damus, and nos do. In order for the client to be fast, get aggregated data like reaction counts and follower calculations, most importantly notifications. View quoted note →

I had to ask my very online kids who hang out on 4chan and discord in order to explain groypers. Turns out I’m not the only one trying to understand this subculture, it was trending on TikTok until the platform banned the term. #tiktok #groyper

Anybody else having issues with primal web notifications loading?

My kids tell me that i need to do video essays and not just interviews for my revolution.social podcast to take off... what do people think? Should i take a try? They also say that I work on 'boring social media apps' but that's them just being teenagers i think.

Latest episode of revolution.social is out. I sat down with author, technologist, and activist @Cory Doctorow. We talked about open social protocols, critiques of Bluesky, the role of science fiction in social change, and the future we’re trying to build. On Fountian:

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Revolution.Social • Cory Doctorow on Escaping Big Tech, Privacy Battles & “Enshittification” • Listen on Fountain

Sci-fi isn’t about hypothetical technologies, but rather about challenging the social impact of that tech, says author and activist Cory Doctorow...

On YouTube: If you can, the viewer numbers on YouTube help me build an audience. I also need more reviews and ratings on Apple Podcasts

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Is this what they mean by a keyboard warrior? This is from the protests in Nepal against corruption and the ban of social media in the country.

It’s Father’s Day here in Aotearoa New Zealand and I’m spending it building the biggest Lego set I’ve ever seen with my daughter. 10,000 pieces.

Apparently the Wellington airport cart advertising is not frequently updated. This one announced Singapore airlines service to Wellington is coming 9 years ago.

The cat didn’t like its post burningman bath but it was sorely needed.

Love or hate her, @npub1d9nn...udfv, has a ton of interesting things to say about social media. In my latest episode of revolution.social, we talk about free speech, social protocols, and the need to control your own infrastructure and tech.

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Revolution.Social • Taylor Lorenz on Moral Panics, Tech Villains & Protecting Free Expression • Listen on Fountain

Journalist and Power User host Taylor Lorenz has reported on the fall of Vine, influencers who accept "dark money," and the proliferation of far-ri...

The bike lock stand outside the LGBTQIA2+ center in Reno is on brand.