plantimals

https://drss.io
https://npub.blog

building bridges from RSS => nostr and nostr => RSS. nostr seems like the ideal mechanism for distributing feeds of all types, but especially blogs and podcasts.

reading: naddr1qq…wqcz

Public Key

npub1mkq63wkt4v94cvq869njlwpszwpmf62c84p3sdvc2ptjy04jnzjs20r4tx

NIP-05 Address

rob@buildtall.com

NIP-57 Address

plantimals@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsdmqdght96kz6uxqrazee0hqcp8qa5a9vr6sccxkv9q4ez86ef3fgpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5cfftlh

Publishing to

nos.lol

nostr-pub.wellorder.net

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1mkq63wkt4v94cvq869njlwpszwpmf62c84p3sdvc2ptjy04jnzjs20r4tx

Show more details

Last Notes

2025-05-21 16:10:01

- reply

audacious is my daily driver, but the ui feels clunky. so not pefect, but so far the best I've found.

2025-04-30 03:28:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acFpic9jhGQ

2025-04-26 12:17:42

- reply

I used it in a speech synthesis pipeline to go from markdown to html, then in beautiful soup to remove any formatting, to get plaintext for reading. markitdown works well so far in that role.

2025-04-24 20:54:46

- reply

the idea's time is now.

2025-04-24 20:31:57

- reply

I made a thing to demonstrate this:
https://npub.blog/npub16gwqt4qw6stjd2g9kg2pfl76jpxj4ethgqr05tgwwp064n2aw20s9quukf
https://npub.blog/npub16gwqt4qw6stjd2g9kg2pfl76jpxj4ethgqr05tgwwp064n2aw20s9quukf/rss
the urls are ugly, sorry

2025-04-24 20:24:01

- reply

add imeta tags to mp3 urls to your posts, and the rss bridge can turn them into audio/mpeg enclosure, and you've got a podcast

2025-04-23 23:17:41

- reply

Looks like you are using cursor or vscode, both support mcp tools:
https://github.com/upstash/context7

2025-04-23 22:55:41

- reply

context7 mcp has been very helpful when working with newer stuff. it keeps getting in edit cycles, but context7 allows it to look up code examples and docs for the version you're on.

2025-04-22 22:53:59

- reply

ΔC

2025-04-20 16:20:38

- reply

nostr, specifically web of trust, will be very important for maintaining human connections during this onrush of ai manipulation

2025-04-13 20:17:06

- reply

would you call this "compatibalism"?

2025-04-13 14:30:15

".... I take the prompts from the Product Manager AI, and give them to the engineer AI....
I'm a PEOPLE PERSON, GOD DAMNIT"

2025-04-13 00:15:54

- reply

context later?

2025-04-02 11:38:15

https://image.nostr.build/6413952bef69218ce032105e790ddd9cadcb457ee2381945251100ef44b04732.jpg https://image.nostr.build/981e2999efec942fe324c7d4bae5640805904651eaf82df6ff497ad7771bb2db.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7c782eddab2bf03e667dd7375b9b4cf7eac1819adbc6df9a6757c37c9c6ae1ba.jpg

2025-04-01 12:28:53

- reply

"This provides additional evidence for a kind of conceptual universality—a shared abstract space where meanings exist and where thinking can happen before being translated into specific languages."

2025-04-01 12:02:01

https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model

2025-04-01 11:23:37

- reply

I guess we'll find out when you wake up from sleep tomorrow morning, lol

2025-03-27 12:16:09

- reply

those pear trees are a blight

2025-03-26 03:21:20

I heard you like mcp servers
https://github.com/anaisbetts/mcp-installer

2025-03-23 16:41:03

https://youtu.be/DUoAFPhgHcE

2025-03-23 12:47:24

- reply

It's one of his best. I always felt like he was sneakily describing what real life is. people can basically do what they want. some realize this, some do not. and some people use the cover story of civilization to do crazy things.
other good ones:
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
The Circular Ruins
The Immortal
The Zahir
The Aleph
but they are all worthy. I am certain that more than a few of them apply to our work here in Bitcoin and nostr.

2025-03-22 16:01:54

- reply

npub16sq23d0f0algnztk65gmsa9fj6p90anap2reucwlk94zxge7ve3s5pscjz this thread is of interest to you

2025-03-22 13:33:56

- reply

and it's not even close. ownership and agency beat undifferentiated hype

2025-03-19 15:13:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_OLrK4ZuE

2025-03-19 12:36:38

- reply

a decision results in an emission of data, and an action an emission of energy (money)?

2025-03-19 06:03:07

- reply

you can add relays to your nip05, just make sure your profile is on that relay

2025-03-18 21:33:54

- reply

I don't do python. on the Go side of the fence, I can say that https://templ.guide/ is a beautiful templating solution for hypermedia.

2025-03-18 17:00:08

- reply

thank you. I am trying to solve the mobile web login problem myself. do any of the alternatives stick out as most useable?

2025-03-18 15:51:12

- reply

where in the process are you seeing "read only"? I was able to login using nos2x just now.

2025-03-17 12:37:21

- reply

@nprofile…jrdl your comment about a run of "qqqqq" in a response triggered my thinking along these lines.
nevent1qqsxu2haxc2dxeglrmrpg48gu8yja5qx23ncmh3kk9nr42usjtdenagyna6v0

2025-03-17 12:33:48

"The Library of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges
https://archive.org/details/TheLibraryOfBabel
is the the story that got me into Borges' work. it's an incredible work of fantasy that illuminates much about humanity by casting us into a strangely different universe, that of the infinite library of hexagonal rooms, each filled with books that contain seemingly random and non-repeating strings. the people aluded to in the story have different and illustrative takes on the situation.
I will not be the first person to compare the library to the world hashes. the world's bitcoin private keys are all printed in this library, the true identity of Satoshi is there, along with proof of the falsity of his true identity.
it is an even easier leap to apply the library to nostr. the whirl of hashes all mapping to meaningful information, it's the great book that explains the meaning of the library that some where searching for. there actually is meaning in there.
and like all bitcoin private keys, every note that can ever be composed is listed in the library.
a project that visualizes the library exists and is brilliant: https://libraryofbabel.info/book.cgi?0-w1-s1-v01:1

2025-03-17 11:35:57

- reply

never let them enclose this frontier.
https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html

2025-03-17 01:50:40

- reply

you can just decide to walk onto land

2025-03-16 20:03:01

- reply

this one way you can scale up. makes more than it burns. also you can use normal wood in the 55 gallon.
https://image.nostr.build/881fe76cc24506466cdaae3db238697eff8016e5393a75ecf9afe7bb24d062ba.jpg

2025-03-16 18:57:40

- reply

it looks perfect. if you scale up size you'll get a better char per fuel ratio.
congrats, that's a successful experiement 🚀

2025-03-16 17:33:01

- reply

looks like solid premise. hope to see how it works. if you want to upscale, go for 35 gallon drum (with holes drilled around the top) inside 55 gallon drum (with holes drilled around the bottom)

2025-03-15 13:02:37

- reply

one must imagine sisyphus with inbox zero

2025-03-13 20:06:59

- reply

the sequential thinking mcp has helped reduce this, but still an issue.

2025-03-12 12:18:05

- reply

gm ☕🌄

2025-03-11 19:53:19

I've really been enjoying these long-form posts from @nprofile…zx3h
#naddr1qv…khg9

2025-03-11 12:17:12

- reply

Model Context Protocol
it's a way of making structured information available to AI models. https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol

2025-03-11 01:05:14

is anyone working on an MCP server that connects to relays?

2025-03-03 15:51:52

- reply

it is. but I wonder if this is universal, or more likely for people with sensory-integration issues? some find it hard to concentrate on a task, like writing code or reading for comprehension, with music playing (worse when there are lyrics). which makes sense to me, interfering streams of linguistic input to parse.

2025-03-01 23:03:30

- reply

there are a lot of ways to get it done via nostr, but I decided we need one more. still adding basic functionality, but https://npub.blog will render an npub's articles as a "blog" with an #rss feed

2025-03-01 14:55:41

"This is my npub. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My npub is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my npub is useless. Without my npub, I am useless. I must use my npub to establish true identity. I must sign more securely than my enemy who is trying to disrupt me. I must shitpost him before he shitposts me. I will ...
My npub and I know that what counts in war is not the events we sign, the relays we submit to, nor the tags we use. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit ...
My npub is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its hex encoding, its subkeys, its profile event and its relay list metadata event. I will keep my npub clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will ...
Before God, I swear this creed. My npub and I are the defenders of my property. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory for the sovereign individuals of the world and there is no enemy, but peace!"

2025-02-28 18:19:05

- reply

very cool family operation at Vivola

2025-02-27 16:09:46

- reply

@nprofile…45wt

2025-02-27 14:25:25

- reply

one day, dark and light cycle, per year. checks out

2025-02-27 04:28:13

- reply

welcome to the frontier

2025-02-25 20:27:40

- reply

a horse walks into a bar
the bartender says: "why the long face?"

2025-02-25 18:55:48

- reply

do you consider email a requirement for a nostr-based substack alternative?
I can understand if the anwer is "yes", as there are many technologies which seem antiquated compared to the nostr-way, but they may be crucial bridges to onboarding people and content.
I personally look forward to the day when I will only encounter email as a historical curiosity.

2025-02-24 13:44:31

- reply

gm 🌄☕
the nostr network effect is unique in that it isn't gatekept by a demonic personified entity, but dietributed to those who provide value to the network. the nostr network dividend. just like bitcoin distributes the seigniorage dividend to those who hold it over time, in proportion to their holdings.

2025-02-23 21:47:38

- reply

it is beautiful. spring can't come soon enough

2025-02-23 21:46:41

- reply

it's an amazing tool. looking forward to a future where that markdown can live on a private relay as articles, and syncing is aomething that just happens

2025-02-23 19:31:56

- reply

here is @nprofile…2dhz's feed:
https://npub.blog/npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc

2025-02-22 16:29:17

- reply

we could drop the dns and get away with using bare IP addresses, but that would be a painful hack. we'd end up with people camping on easily remembered IP addresses recapitulating DNS inside nostr. hmm.

2025-02-22 16:27:23

- reply

I agree there's a lot that can be done by just not having the human readable layer. maybe that is enabled by WoT.
still, there is probably room for something human readable, even if it's something more like seedwords for an npub, just to allow people to speak it.

2025-02-22 15:59:40

- reply

npubs will replace IP addresses for identifying snd retrieving content. but will there be an analog to domain names, a human readable layer, something not nip05?

2025-02-21 22:20:53

- reply

follow 2-3x more people at least

2025-02-21 19:00:31

- reply

going grapheneos?

2025-02-21 15:54:26

- reply

if someone wants to reform the current polis, I wish them luck. meanwhile, we'll be here building a parallel polis, based on our values.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Polis

2025-02-21 14:34:37

nostr is the digital frontier. this is where people are mixing their labor and information with the state of nature and bringing untamed digital wildernesses into productive use
#nevent1q…dxt0

2025-02-20 21:52:03

after delving into the outbox model ( https://mikedilger.com/gossip-model/ ) I'm realizing it is much simpler than I thought, and makes perfect sense. thank you @nprofile…nq40 for pushing this through.
if you are working with nostr clients, this should be on your reading list

2025-02-20 16:00:03

- reply

gm 🌄☕

2025-02-20 02:15:42

- reply

I'm looking at https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/51.md and not seeing how I would make a list of lists based on what's already in there.
which `kind` would you use to represent such a list?

2025-02-20 01:42:48

- reply

the only missing protocol component is a list of lists kind

2025-02-20 01:34:00

- reply

I like the idea of an app that turns opml files into lists of lists of npubs that represent rss feeds. also the reverse, lists of lists of npubs i to an opml.

2025-02-19 14:49:55

- reply

and the supply of gold, even if you include all existing gold, known or unknown, in the universe, is still not fixed. with enough energy new gold atoms can be made

2025-02-18 19:01:35

- reply

I tried before seeing this message. doesn't seem catastrophic. after hitting update, then clicking install in the dialog, it goes back to zapstore and indicates it's still on `0.2.3`. but otherwise it is still functional, and offers the same update again.

2025-02-17 22:31:56

- reply

obsidian
neovim
sparrow

2025-02-13 14:56:29

- reply

one day jack butcher will be on nostr

2025-02-12 23:19:52

- reply

well, I'm not aware of a site that will render a blog like site for a collection of articles published by an npub. I'm working on that.

2025-02-12 18:27:02

- reply

why not an npub that publishes long form articles once a week?

2025-02-11 22:37:46

what is the best practice for nostr CLIs accessing nsec's?

2025-02-11 02:45:18

- reply

cleared cache and same results

2025-02-11 02:28:02

- reply

cleared cache, reloaded, and I see the same result. (btw, this is not urgent for me, just hoping to be helpful in debugging)

2025-02-11 01:50:09

- reply

I dropped it in a DM

2025-02-11 00:18:55

- reply

hmm. I can get the legacy side working, but the next side loads a black background and a svelte favicon, but no visible elements.

2025-02-10 14:16:40

I'm pulling in RSS feeds and publishing articles for each item. when I do so, I set the published_at date to the same as that of the RSS item, but leave the created_at date on the event to be the present. this seems like the most protocol-respector way of doing it. but now I am running into the pain of returning articles from a certain date, filters can generally be made to apply to the presence or absence of tags, but not "since" or "until" type of operations on the "published_at" tag.
tl;dr - are there any obvious drawbacks to back-dating the events so I can filter appropriately at the relay layer?

2025-02-10 12:56:51

- reply

gm 🌄☕

2025-02-10 12:48:45

- reply

@nprofile…c3pj whois the proprietor of
https://www.vancecrowe.com/podcast

2025-02-09 17:24:33

- reply

bitcoin standard @nprofile…6g5h and then "Mandibles" @nprofile…zx3h

2025-02-09 16:14:02

- reply

are the newsbots sipping from RSS?

2025-02-09 16:02:47

- reply

is the feed all notes published? or is the relay subsetting the selection of notes in some way?

2025-02-08 19:06:20

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

2025-02-08 17:57:46

using @npub1wyu…87ez for a change and it's pretty amazing. there's a lot going on, but I like how it is not specifically a social media app. the experience seems to be centered on managing one's nostr presence, or accomplishing tasks.

2025-02-08 15:34:27

- reply

gm ☕

2025-02-08 01:47:37

- reply

@nprofile…6eqn

2025-02-07 21:55:25

- reply

I'm in my profile and on the lists tab, but I don't see any way to add items to a list or see what's on the list. is there a way to edit lists in @nprofile…20y8 ?

2025-02-07 16:17:41

- reply

not sure if that project is an ongoing concern, but I am fascinated by the idea. I would like to use lists for collecting things as I encounter them while nostr-ing

2025-02-07 14:45:10

I'm using https://listr.lol, but the "add to list" button says "coming soon" @nprofile…hppf is that something wrong on my side, or actually unimplemented?

2025-02-07 14:30:27

another example of ambient music that makes for productive coding bgm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZ3fGR2SDY

2025-02-05 19:17:33

- reply

this is all fascinating, thank you. npub16sq23d0f0algnztk65gmsa9fj6p90anap2reucwlk94zxge7ve3s5pscjz
https://gitcitadel.com/r/naddr1qvzqqqrhnypzplfq3m5v3u5r0q9f255fdeyz8nyac6lagssx8zy4wugxjs8ajf7pqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qq2g9kx27rpdej8y6tpq7z4jt

2025-02-05 18:44:54

- reply

we talked about the concept of "private relays". another use occured to me, that being the syncing of an obsidian-like cluster of replacable articles that cross-reference one-another.

2025-02-05 17:27:25

- reply

if you are talking to someone into maths, I find that explaining a cryptographic hash, a function that cannot be inverted, is a great hook to garner some interest. that's going to be a rare slice of the population to be sure. but some of us travel in scientific and engineering circles, and it helps to have a few different approaches.

2025-02-04 13:14:50

- reply

do you mean the open timestamps nip03 style?

2025-02-03 14:15:26

- reply

if you just enjoy the thoughts in the moment, typically they are lost to mists of impared memory. writing them allows you to look at them in the cold light of day. then you have the option to retain and enjoy the ones that still make sense.
it's not much different than writing down any dreams you remember. you can collect those writings and look back at them, and it is possible for them to impact your future in that way. where if you let them pass without capturing them, they are usually lost.
it's a low percentage of highdeas or dreams that are worth remembering, but some of them are really beautiful, insightful, piercing, etc.

2025-02-03 02:30:08

- reply

he's a fascinating character and I'm glad he's podcasting now.
just watched this recently:
https://youtu.be/vabwGiTWRVo

2025-02-02 21:28:01

- reply

hmm, that is odd.

2025-02-02 21:11:49

testing cashu. who wants some?
cashuBpGFteCJodHRwczovL21pbnQubWluaWJpdHMuY2FzaC9CaXRjb2luYXVjc2F0YXSBomFpSABQBVDwSUFGYXCFpGFhAWFzeEBjOTg0YzI3ODA4YzhkMDk3Y2IzYjA5YTM3Y2Y5YjI4YmYzOTI0NGM5ZTk3Y2JkYWZjY2VjMGY5NmQ1M2NmNmJkYWNYIQLNhSe95l28ePq9HpNqcnjs6Ydx1u3eTE5YvoCe8h-pyGFko2FlWCAMeI3eTKTQl3svNsrnhQNl3mCVqmNVqFZkpzXor8hZwWFzWCDfb_9QIRXFDEEXQC_88t4T-5t89fJWgky8CHiLOSn6ymFyWCBVsoo_80IDFpMtdT4r30tI7qyjr2nd2avRs325kvz7BKRhYQJhc3hAZTFmMzc5OWI1NTc3M2I1MmI3YWRkOWE0MTc3ZWQ1Y2QzMjUwYjVlMDE0ZTM4NWUyMDI1ODk1MjU2NTg2ZjJiN2FjWCECecnwGZ3DruoWWiy9u070wJ12R93VNOJ6wRJAhU3POx5hZKNhZVggT_sndCrZoUwwlDgqNXLs7ok8DxhJFiRRCvFJGMByN7hhc1gg75Na_tqp1W_jgimR7Jaa8sgn_jhQc1ZQ48BQXgsM9xRhclggQ5CKhVKxGdW3cXMr_GXqzELHOXB7Y5JPyUAXNWRh2qakYWEEYXN4QGZkN2M2ZTJjMzdkZTU2MjJmZjA2MTE3YTMzNjViNTYyNjk5NjhkMmIzMjE0NWYwZDRkNmIxMTljOTQwMjU5OGVhY1ghA8JwOTCK_n51-38wY_0rIJn09xKMaSVIx7C5BY4s92lNYWSjYWVYIALvmU6YkMU8Q8mfDHx5wJVXKTtEIqLtnduHt0VCxzhrYXNYICaIn70IbvqvY3HG5l5Uu1tpaIfdxIfoWRmqmIeVEN5TYXJYIN26C74cGC--EB16Z711x_EynUEHUTGLmFAwYk69VaG8pGFhCGFzeEAxZDg1OGM5YWU4NzQ0MWY2Nzk5MTJlYTJkYWJmZDZkNzE3MDJlNzIwMTI1OGFiNmM2ODdmMmYwNjVlYzc1NzQ3YWNYIQOBlG-1faUqWmn-6VQlt-z63vl8Ze2g5RyAymsjR2rUpGFko2FlWCDKSLbl_Wfqu1ys-OcjhArSBIUdboaE3IFIKR82yqdvTmFzWCDeHCRYXjI2Dm6_l-g07L5hi0NIv6noPfCIv_6Hbod_7WFyWCCBe0dKT2fWH2_NdXl4Qp7GcATR1vEXk2MTrJ0xwkc-3qRhYRhAYXN4QGQ0MTdkOThhNDE0NzkyMjU0MzYwMjljZDYzMjhlZTQyNjA4NGUzNTJiNTA5ZjFmOTZlNjYzNjhkYzczOWJlNWJhY1ghAxgGIoVOy8mFKn8ltmx9GLJKSp0nNHCYZaoAIVIqiXMwYWSjYWVYILaFowt4NJpBybgh3cKGxm7p61fOPGbVcaRVIYB69wACYXNYIMUYWeJVhCIFz9Zae6cfkwAoCGJ491sshUVtuOwuOlvcYXJYINZkOK4XGC_c_jlF4yjHItG8XIOaWb9c2xOetvJWn_xNYWRyU2VudCBmcm9tIE1pbmliaXRz