Things I like about nostr: It's not fragmented like fediverse, you are not blocked by default by association. Things I don't like about nostr: It's stuck on sats.

The only way for the EU to implement "chat control" (i.e. client side scanning of encrypted communications) is to build the great firewall of Europe. One might be tempted to believe that, in reality, this is the final goal.🚮

What exactly does "civil libertarians" mean? Are they some sort o part-time libertarians? Do they believe libertarian things just for the weekends? Or are they too polite libertarians-light so as not to offend the easily offended leftists? They are probably libertarians in the same way that I am a vegan: just for the time I don't eat meat.

No, shared block lists for the "naughty" users are not like ad blockers. They would be like ad blockers, if ad blockers blocked political opponents additionally to the spam.

God, I've even fallen for the zap meme. Next up: anime girl in the profile pic

The head of a state gang isn't just accountable for the bills that are enacted under his rule. He is also accountable for all laws that are enforced by the state at the same time.

> Bad thing happens > "You should pay me a tax to prevent bad thing from happening again. Or else..." > Bad thing happens again > "You need to pay more taxes so the Gods will spare us next time"

If we are the state, then it's not an invasion of privacy for the state to collect all our data. We can't hide from ourselves after all.

"Zap" is to nostr what "nigger" is to poast apparently.

Every time I switch to the iris tab the flamingo extension asks me to approve an empty window 2 or 3 times. wtf. Can I stop this madness?