Definitely some good thinking here. Why Nothing Brings You Joy Anymore - Alan Watts

Author concludes with this point. I would add “…and do they want us to know?”

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@sankarshan concludes with this point. I would add “…and do they want us to know?’

Political Capitalism. This is the thing we are up against. “Political capitalism is the capitalism you get when the cheapest, most reliable way to improve your rate of profit is to invest in the political process, to get favorable regulation, pork barrel government contracts, and cash bailouts.” ‘“capitalists have gone from profit-seekers to rent-seekers…”’

Pluralistic: Metabolizing the theory of “political capitalism” (06 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Working with "my buddy Claude" on some identity-adjacent stuff in VS Code. There is some irony to this...

Yup. Most private browser. Perfect privacies… Sure…

Ars Technica

This browser claims “perfect privacies protection,” but it acts like malware

Researchers note links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks.

Foundations: - identity - communications - payments - trusted data

Do #nostr apps receive a portion of the Zaps that I send (or receive? No: should/could they? Yes: should/could they? I want the best UX and am willing to pay - directly (already doing it) and indirectly.

Digital Threat Modelling Under Authoritarianism

Schneier on Security

Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism - Schneier on Security

Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app lik...

Human Attention > Machine Attention But how much greater???

Seth Godin's This is Strategy is one of the best, and most actionable, books on strategy. Especially as it applies to things that are changing the world (hint: #nostr #bitcoin).

Very true. Drives a lot of our thinking at Ayra.

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Ayra Cards & First Person Project | Ayra

Ayra Cards use a concept of Payloads. In a hypermedia context, this is a use of Associative Linking: Information is connected based on relationships and associations rather than just hierarchical or sequential organization. h/t to @Tim Bouma for the ref to some (classic) hypermedia docs.

Ayra Cards and the First Person Project

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