I'm passing Nostr's marshmallow test, but it can be painful. Reminder to self:

Israel and the US refused to attend the meeting, but it looks like Palestine's neighbors have finally had enough of the pointless chaos and carnage. They're calling for a ceasefire under a blue helmet mission, with Hamas handing control over to the PA.

Arab nations turn on Hamas as they call on terror group to disband and surrender control of Gaza | Daily Mail Online

The Arab world has called on Hamas to disband and surrender control of Gaza, in a dramatic shift that could pave the way for peace in the region.

I'm so obviously online-old that the apps never ask me for my age. Same feeling, as not getting carded at the bar.

That means they have to do the age-check or get delisted, right? View quoted note →

Wieder mitten im bayerischen Verkehrskollapse. 🙈

Just turned a 15 mb Excel spreadsheet into a 41 kb SQLite database, and normalized it down to 3NF, and then quadrupeled the test cases it covered, and I'm feeling pretty good about myself. I have another behemoth to knock down, but it's a real doozy. This one was just the warm-up big ball of data mud.

Run your own Nostr node.

It is up to each of us. Burn your idols. Doctors, heal yourselves. Stop putting your faith in kings and get moving. 1) Download your events to your local app database or a local relay, or use an export tool. 2) Setup a local relay and include it in your app's relay list. Configure it so that you and your friends' events are protected ON YOUR HARDWARE. Make the censors pry the events out of your cold, dead laptop. 3) If you are using Android, install Orbot, Citrine, and Amber, and make good use of them. You do not need to use Amethyst, to use these systems! 4) Tip devs directly. Don't force the funds through a financial funnel. That funnel is a chokepoint and can get easily closed off. 5) Support and utilize a selection of large remote/aggregator relays, source-hosted from different legal jurisdictions and run by different admins. 6) Consider setting up and running your own community relay. More relays better.