Ben Weeks ⚡
ben@bengweeks.github.io
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Open source dev: @Damus | @LightningPiggy | @LNbits | POWR | @LnBits. Homeschool youngest and help her run @RobotechyShop (3D printing shop)
Pre-war clamp down on media:
UK - Defence of the Realm Act, 1914
US - Espionage Act of 1917
UK - Regulation 18B under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act of 1939
US - The Smith Act of 1940 (and the Great Sedition Trials)
UK - Online Safety Bill 2023 (always for your safety) now coming into full force
“We have the power to fine companies up to £18m or 10% of their qualifying worldwide revenue – whichever is greater – and in very serious cases we can apply for a court order to block a site in the UK.”
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/time-for-tech-firms-to-act-uk-online-safety-regulation-comes-into-force/
It’s cold in the UK :-(
A little bit of El Salvador to savour.
The mot-mot (known locally as a “Torogoz”) is the national animal of El Salvador. Haven’t been able to get a picture of it until today as they don’t sit still for very long! Note the tail. Puerto Barillas, El Salvador. #elsalvador #birdstr @npub1wdzc...2z0e @Ninimonk05
GM. Puerto Barillas, El Salvador. #elsalvador
Feature requests @BTC Map:
- Ability to filter to business types (e.g. I want to know restaurants that accept Bitcoin near me)
- Ability to see comments / pictures on a location, ie.e Nostr integration**
- Easier to click on a location to see details (some quirky behaviour on iOS here where it zooms back out and I loose which one I clicked on).
- Ability to click on a website for it.
** Figured out how to do this one?
PS I know what you’re gonna say @Nathan Day ;-)
GM Nostr :-) View quoted note →
Unpopular opinion: Nostr clients should have edit (versioning) and delete functionality.
This should be an opportunity to improve communication between us, not set in stone misunderstandings / mistakes.
Is anyone actually using ARC?
Puerto Barillas, El Salvador. #elsalvador #birdstr 
GN. Sunset boat trip. Need help identifying some of these bird gurus. Puerto Barillas, El Salvador. #elsalvador #birdstr #asknostr 
I would also like to express my gratitude to Rodolfo and his family at @npub1h53u...0v4p and the El Salvador healthcare system.
I had (what we think was) a tic bite. Rodolfo forwarded the pictures of the bite (that had been growing for a few days) on WhatsApp to the doctor in a nearby village. They asked me to go in and see me the same day. Rodolfo took me there and translated for me (my Duolingo level of Spanish wouldn’t have cut it).
The nurse logged me on the system, and then I had a consultation with the doctor a few minutes later with no queue. He was very thorough and explained the diagnosis.
We then were given the antibiotics medication for which there was no charge (I have made a donation to cover the costs of the consultation and medication to Bitcoin Smiles @npub1vh5n...an97).
In the UK, the appointments would be booked up for weeks (literally), unless you can convince the receptionist it’s an emergency (I would not have known), and you certainly wouldn’t be able to ping the doctor on WhatsApp to check.
I am very grateful to Rodolfo, his family, and the El Salvador healthcare system. Tic bites can have Lymes disease which can be nasty if left untreated.
Another +1 to El Salvador @John Dennehy and @Stacy Herbert 
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Why do I not get good mobile signal on my iPhone 15 Pro (bought in the UK) with a virtual sim card purchased using Airola when travelling central America (Costa Rica and El Salvador)? Is there a difference between the bands a UK phone supports and a phone from this region?
Also, what is the best way to get a virtual sim with a local mobile number for El Salvador (Airola only does data for El Salvador)? #AskNostr