rabble

hacker, anarchist, troublemaker. i'm @rabble on twitter and rabble.nz on scuttlebutt.

Public Key

npub1s9wrrcw0934uckzpglayhje6rwtfwh006l9xj62q3k36u8v5xxqqjx4smj

NIP-05 Address

rabble_at_mastodon.social@mostr.pub

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsgzhp3u88jc67vtpq507jtevaph95hthha0jnfd9qgmgawrk2rrqqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qevgfyv

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relay.mostr.pub

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npub1s9wrrcw0934uckzpglayhje6rwtfwh006l9xj62q3k36u8v5xxqqjx4smj

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Last Notes

2024-09-16 08:40:33

How is it Emily in Paris wears a new outfit every scene and she’s almost never shown shopping, nor it it explained how she affords the clothes nor where she stores it all in her tiny walk up apartment?

2024-08-15 19:32:26

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@npub1dts…6798 why do we insist homeless be sober when everyone is is fine drinking? I’m sober and in recovery but I don’t think it should be a requirement for people to have their basic needs met.

2024-08-14 14:39:15

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@npub18mx…03vl it’s created by a community of developers. He created Nostr is even less accurate than saying he created Bluesky. Or that he was the one inventor of twitter.

2024-08-14 06:02:58

What’s the protocol that twitter should have been?
https://reason.com/2024/08/13/can-nostr-make-twitters-dreams-come-true/

2024-08-01 21:41:11

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@npub1trd…ussx i'm rabble@nos.social on Nostr you can see my profile at rabble.npub.pro

2024-08-01 21:39:01

We're hiring a product marketing intern (paid) to work on open social protocols and nos.social
https://www.nos.social/career/product-intern

2024-07-16 04:30:18

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@npub1lrv…tth9 There's a reason i emigrated.

2024-07-09 08:48:29

The new npub.pro tool to display your Nostr content using ghost templates is super nifty….
Here are examples of what people have setup in the first few days.
https://njump.me/note19zkawk48ujq2mk6dezh0ehxfrw9td0dum0gtqgjrpm98awwu8l0qxq727k

2024-07-04 22:56:13

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@npub1lwu…6w4j It has nothing to do with that. This entire election result is due to the Conservatives fucking up enough that Reform is running candidates in their ridings splitting the vote.

2024-06-28 03:29:42

Every single American in New Zealand has the same conversation when they meet each other. First is asking where you’re from, then how long you’ve lived here, and then it goes to both people talking about how glad they are to be here.
It is very easy to immigrate here. Most employers can sponsor visas without quotas or a lottery. Most work visas lead to permanent residency. Residents can even vote!
We did it. You can join us.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz

2024-05-29 03:06:02

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@npub1cda…czgz shoplifting is for bottoms?

2024-05-20 04:33:39

We’ve launched a program to support creators and journalists on nos.
Finding new business models that aren’t based on getting a cut of advertising revenue that the platforms algorithms has deemed we deserve is important. This is a step in that direction.
https://njump.me/note1ajlszp8hk7pwshw6a7fa68yftzcs5vqs4pa2alhjdsag8zumj57sxgkp4t

2024-05-09 22:24:35

There’s a an interview which just got published for folks wanting to know more about Jack leaving the Bluesky board and his take on Bluesky, Twitter, Nostr, Elon, and Bitcoin.
He was responsible for Bluesky and twitter existing, and it’s interesting to see why he left.
https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

2024-05-05 04:22:00

Is it true that if two people reply to my this post from different servers they won’t see each others reply?
Doesn’t that make user and community discovery really hard? How do you have emergent conversations with new people?

2024-04-27 02:26:33

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@npub1cda…czgz That's really impressive actually.

2024-04-25 21:39:18

Reels / TikTok and social sharing is a really important part of social media that the more text / microblogging protocols inspired by twitter are missing. That’s why I’m excited about this new short form video viewing / sharing / curation app is coming to Nostr.
https://cdn.satellite.earth/76fddebeb0fbac2ce4f558b00a3dd10bbfb4e9221010a4c133558855bf680c69.mov

2024-04-21 09:28:52

Wouldn’t it be ironic that Trump’s legal troubles only hurt him because people see him repeatedly fall asleep during the trials?

2024-04-20 02:50:22

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@npub1yea…8ytz can we set it up to send a daily newsletter to users based on their Nostr content?

2024-04-19 08:32:34

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@npub16un…e944 @alex@gleasonator.com I guess you could use mostr as a kind of AP repeater…

2024-04-11 19:40:22

I just realized that the mastodon official iOS app doesn’t show polls. The web app does. There’s no indication that there is functionality missing.

2024-03-22 21:23:54

Folks interested in emerging social media protocols should check out Willow. Like Bluesky’s atproto and Nostr it is inspired and built by Secure Scuttlebutts developers. It’s another approach that solves a bunch of problems in its more popular siblings.
https://willowprotocol.org

2024-03-16 05:28:34

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@npub19et…jx5h authors should clearly be demanding that Amazon’s platforms be opened up and take a lower % of gross.

2024-02-29 04:31:47

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@npub1jeq…jglm not yet in the AppStore. The TestFlight beta is open but it’s not ready yet.
https://www.nos.social/install

2024-02-29 02:49:20

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@npub1jeq…jglm there’s planetary.social on Scuttlebutt and nos.social on Nostr.

2024-02-28 19:15:47

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@npub19ag…qgye Where did we say mobile apps? I think Snapchat and maybe instagram are the only one on the list that are only mobile apps.

2024-02-27 23:56:42

Help us make open source open protocol social media easier. We need folks to talk to us about your experience. Was the fediverse confusing and hard to join? We’re trying to make it better.
https://forms.gle/5zdNTtW3DHKL4vRQA

2024-02-24 20:12:32

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@npub1hyk…3p33 we need to tell this story a thousand times. Especially as Meta seems to have redeemed its reputation.

2024-01-25 04:34:20

My nostr acccount is on the fediverse, but because Mastodon and others don't have nor do they ever plan on supporting changing user names, the name is this ugly long string: @npub1wmr…g240

2024-01-07 20:55:14

Here’s an interesting piece looking at Nostr, ActivityPub, and decentralized social protocols play a role in Cuba and the abolition movement for pan-african liberation.
https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzdesxsenwv3hxumnvde3qgswe9j5qhs356nps6e8lfz35tluzwtwmeug85h2z8pjl0fvvwvkjesrqsqqqa28mvhau0

2024-01-03 08:04:50

In the interest of advancing the indieweb POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere), there's now a project to allow publishing from drupal to nostr, full length, formatted posts, not just summaries and links.
https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qq4kummnw3ez6ur0wdek2ttywf6hqctv94kx7mn894nx7und943k7mn5v4h8gttwd9cz6v3nqgsqvcu68pkfcyq5y9mz9n9u7sys33835rpnuglc6mtg7j4lv40c7ugrqsqqqa28uerlaf

2024-01-03 08:03:37

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@npub1htm…5ul7 Yep! Enabling that is one of the design goals.

2023-12-16 01:05:51

We're getting private encrypted groups on Nostr. Check out the prototype video: https://v.nostr.build/maAK.mp4
Try out the beta: https://dev.coracle.social/groups

2023-12-16 01:04:23

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@npub1w7a…tpn3 @npub1alq…mnj6 I think he means Dominic Tarr, who's not doing social media protocols at the moment, he's focused on https://socketsupply.co/

2023-12-14 09:14:43

Kind of amazing that a major meta service is joining the fediverse. Over a decade after facebook abandoned open social and activity streams that was the precursor to ActivityPub. Welcome @zuck@threads.net & @npub1vx0…ku9p! This is an important milestone.

2023-12-09 05:44:09

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@npub1p7c…3xp5 @npub1tj5…5ry2 you can see the nostr version of a fediverse account by putting the username in to mostr.pub. For the other direction the nip05 username of any fediverse user on nostr use username_at_mastodon.server@mostr.pub
in nos.social you can follow any mastodon/fediverse user just putting their username in the search box.

2023-12-01 06:14:49

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@npub1lj7…zczx
This is what we're working on to fix login / identity servers: https://damus.io/note1crl44xk24yc2ym5xlyyfjdeumxueyguzxetseg8r0prqzmqts47sghnmgp

2023-12-01 06:14:27

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@npub1lj7…zczx
I agree it's confusing.
It shouldn't really matter much which one you pick. Your same identity should work in all them and display the content. Each app of course is different, but the distinction is smaller than choosing what fediverse server to use, because the app is separate from the data and your account.
For login right now it's a browser extension, which isn't good. We're adding oauth style login with identity servers which should be a lot easier for users to grok.

2023-11-30 19:57:56

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@npub1s89…f0yf @npub1lj7…zczx The one at the top is a nostr:note***** link which will try an open an installed nostr app.

2023-11-30 07:31:13

Links to nostr users on the fediverse now load in a nice viewer giving you a choice of what app you want to use. This is an important step towards nostr being a first class part of the fediverse.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/498/327/725/477/449/original/8a2408cf879c5501.mp4

2023-11-30 03:09:03

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@npub1tj5…5ry2 In effect mostr.pub acts as a fediverse server aggregating users from nostr and making them visible to the fediverse... while converting fediverse users in to a nostr identity so that nostr users can interact with folks from the fediverse.

2023-11-28 02:11:55

Nostr integration with the fediverse gets better.... mostly from a nostr perspective it's easier to find and follow fediverse accounts: https://mostr.pub/

2023-11-27 01:31:50

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@npub1mwl…3htl I think it's a kind of contradictions of food categories.

2023-11-27 01:25:39

Want to build an open source social media commons? We're looking for a swift developer, full time, paid, remote... Come work with me on nos.social.
https://forms.gle/tVGV8T8xJNumTaTK7

2023-11-23 11:03:44

Thoughts of the way the reply guy and trolls silence speech on decentralized social media. https://habla.news/rabble/reply-guy

2023-11-22 03:32:14

One of the first use of the Twitter api was the Twitter map @npub1mm8…sg9m built. We now have a version of that for Nostr.
https://wherostr.social/map/

2023-11-12 07:56:52

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@npub1js0…76y2 this is happening all over the world. How do we communicate to retailers that they’re better off with more space for people and less space for driving and parking.

2023-11-03 05:46:53

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@npub1htm…5ul7 yep. Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGZ2epF8ZY

2023-11-03 05:26:13

My talk on Nostr for Normies, looking at what we’ve done with nos.social and where we need to go with Nostr is online. #nostraisa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGZ2epF8ZY

2023-11-02 07:01:50

Discussion between Edward Snowden and Jack Dorsey live. https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjxyerp8yuxyc3k95cnwwfh956xvcty94skgvnx94jrswpkxqenwvpcv4jr2q3qeaz6dwsnvwkha5sn5puwwyxjgy26uusundrm684lg3vw4ma5c2jsxpqqqpmxwazrhe8

2023-11-01 02:15:23

Live stream of the #nostrasia Nostr conference in Tokyo for the next three days.
https://nostr.world/index.html
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/332/878/474/491/963/original/29b8ff0dfe2eb9be.png

2023-10-09 06:44:20

Can anybody else login to medium or create an account? It just doesn't work for me...

2023-09-29 00:33:23

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@npub1trd…ussx oh now you’re being a crazy communist. :)

2023-09-28 09:37:17

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@npub1s89…f0yf oh I agree. Nostr has an content and user reporting system for both bad behavior and spam. It’s just mostr ignores all of those reports.

2023-09-27 20:48:43

I've finally found a way of seeing who's federated whom! I think every fediverse server should publish this information along with their policies for users before they register an account.
https://fba.ryona.agency/
Thanks to @npub1htm…5ul7 for sharing the link!

2023-09-26 19:28:56

In the fediverse, how do i tell which servers federate with / defederate which other servers? I was trying to follow somebody on hachyderm.io via mostr.pub and couldn't find them. But is there an explorer or list?

2023-09-21 00:19:01

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Or it seems like that's a mastodon specific thing and not part of the ActivityPub spec and doesn't apply to non-mastodon parts of the fediverse.

2023-09-21 00:15:57

Do all fediverse names have two at signs? Or do some people / apps drop the first one because it's weird to have two?

2023-09-18 20:23:55

What if Pinterest were a decentralized commons controlled app instead of a private company? pinstr.app
With Nostr we're remaking all the social apps, but open source, on open protocols, as a commons.

2023-09-17 21:53:45

There’s tons of social media about what’s left on the Playa after burningman… this year was even worse than others because of the rain and mud. What none of these viral media posts cover is how there was actually less left this year than past years. Just like every year, there is no trace of the event left out in the desert or along the roads to and from the event.
https://journal.burningman.org/2023/09/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/checking-in-on-playa-restoration/

2023-09-16 18:01:28

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@npub1hs8…wt32 do any of the other more code focused LLM’s work better?

2023-09-16 00:05:12

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@npub1w7a…tpn3 it’s the most not me domain possible. Actually the only rabble domain i have is rabble.NZ

2023-09-15 23:49:40

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Almost everyone reacted with cooperation and humanity. Making sure they and their neighbors were ok. A few elite and wealthy panicked and fled. This is what they are going to do in the default world and we must both educate them in to not hating humanity and also prevent them from causing more damage in their panic.

2023-09-15 23:49:22

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Instead of our homes becoming a giant buffalo to carry us to safer pastures we have refugees who must flee with nothing but what they carry. If that isn’t hard enough we criminalize their migration!
It is so fitting that this piece was at a burningman where we saw multiple storms hit and flood the desert.

2023-09-15 23:48:47

The “Burden of the Beast” piece by @sabatomstudios was probably the most timely and prophetic art at #burningman2023
It is made out of reclaimed materials from houses destroyed from climate disasters in New Orleans. It depicts the way in our homes and lives would migrate to safer places escaping the impact of climate change if we lived in a Miyazaki movie.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/071/836/352/250/809/original/a6fd23f6be17cb69.png

2023-09-13 17:34:08

What if Quora knew who you followed on social media and used that to help scope what kind of questions and answers you saw? That's what swarmstr does! It's quora but as a social media commons built on Nostr.
ActivityPub lets us build decentralized apps, but Nostr et al let us build on top of that network in a way that's fundamentally more powerful.
https://swarmstr.com/e/nevent1qqsyuhzx9h787y6kxc5m7qehqdzhrwnx0ztzcua9e9s878ug73hf6uqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdulvpefd

2023-08-29 21:54:11

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@npub12jg…0gha I have tried it. It works well but suffers the same problem as all fediverse services. Sure mobilizon federated with other instances of mobilizon but my user there isn’t the one I use for mastodon.social and there is no network effect. Federated but fractured.

2023-08-29 12:13:23

Swarmstr: A question and answers social app built on nostr. Open platforms and open protocols are the way.
https://swarmstr.com
https://iris.to/note1fewyvt0u0uf4vd3fhupnwq69wxaxv7yk93e6tjtq0u0c3arwn4cqztmlsn

2023-08-25 00:10:36

Nostr is seeing the emergence of medium like long form sites / blogs for users, not just the shorter form tweet like posts.
There's yakihonne.com, habla.news, and blockstack.io
Here's a review of what yakihonne has been adding: https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qq24qmz2dqehw520x49rj46gdpzhw633xemy2q3q6027ha9p0puuc4wjxvtcyhr6dxed9twlewt8qajsr3cd6xmtmwxsxpqqqp65w2s9dzy

2023-08-23 00:47:50

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@npub1csc…8pjk i do know how both work. You can run multiple atproto networks which don’t federate. That’s what the testnet is right now.
One reason I don’t develop on ActivityPub is because I don’t like the federation model and how servers have all the power and it’s impossible to build on top of AP. You can only build with it.

2023-08-19 15:38:25

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@npub1eqm…zv84 @npub1jsv…nekl I got one. Thanks.

2023-08-17 04:13:00

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@npub13hz…zech Interesting... but was scaling the server performance ever the issue with limiting the growth of mastodon or the fediverse?

2023-08-17 03:32:31

Fragmented social media makes some things that were easy hard. Looks like i'm going to be in California at the end of August again this year. Anybody have a BM ticket and car pass they're selling?
I can bring you manuka honey from new zealand as a gift ;-D

2023-08-16 05:05:08

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@npub1yf8…5j7z It's cute... but i just tried asking chatgpt....
Me: "a country in africa that stars with the letter k"
ChatGPT
"A country in Africa that starts with the letter "K" is Kenya. Other African countries starting with "K" include:
Kenya
Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland)
Kiribati (though it's not in Africa, but in Oceania)
Kenya is a country located in East Africa, and it is known for its scenic landscapes, wildlife, and cultural diversity."
why mention Kiribati?

2023-08-16 04:59:16

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@npub13hz…zech Twitter was built in a day, it was a hackathon... well the actually launched version took a couple of months.
Who spent 10 years building a twitter clone?

2023-08-16 01:21:10

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**Conclusion**
This approach aligns with Bluesky's original vision of empowering people to run their own communities. By handing over the current server to its users and developing software for both the standalone instance and the larger network, we can support diverse digital spaces that accommodate the needs of all users, while upholding the vision of an open social media protocol.

2023-08-16 01:21:00

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**Funding the Transition**
Running Bluesky costs money, so funding will be essential. Possible sources include Bluesky LLC, crowdfunding efforts, or donations from foundations. Once established, the community could explore sustainable business models to continue funding trust and safety efforts.

2023-08-16 01:20:50

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**Empowering Users**
What if we transferred management of the current server to its users? Bluesky the company would continue to develop software for both this specific instance and the larger network. Users could vote and select a management team for technical and trust/safety issues. Digital democracy tools like loomio could be adapted to enable this community governance model, giving users a direct voice in shaping their digital space.

2023-08-16 01:20:41

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**Examples of Exclusivity**
Examples like the fediverse servers, some of which either don't federate at all or only have very limited federation (like certain Japanese servers), demonstrate that exclusivity is an option. The current server with its 600,000 users could remain its own entity.

2023-08-16 01:20:33

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**Managing Speech**
In a fully open, decentralized social media protocol, managing speech in the way that many early Bluesky adopters envision may not be feasible. You can block and mute objectionable users and content, but you can't prevent them from using the protocol altogether. This highlights the inherent tension between the preferences of early Bluesky adopters and the open-source, open-protocol nature of what the company is building.

2023-08-16 01:20:26

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**Accommodating Users**
Current users could choose to stay on the existing server or utilize key migration technology to move their accounts to another server that's part of the open network. They could maintain the same identity on both platforms. This approach would allow users to choose their preferred experience.

2023-08-16 01:20:18

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**Addressing the Challenge**
Both a federated social media protocol and a commitment to actively policing against bigotry have merit. But these two goals aren't entirely compatible. So, what if they didn't have to be? What if the current Bluesky server continued as a standalone entity, running updated Bluesky software, while the company simultaneously launched the atproto network using the same software?

2023-08-16 01:20:09

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**Facing Conflict**
However, it's not all been sunshine and rainbows. The server has become a site of considerable conflict. There's a fundamental gap between those who advocate for an open, decentralized protocol and others who desire a more actively managed social space. The vision that drives the project and the evolving values of its growing community have created tensions within the Bluesky team.

2023-08-16 01:20:01

This is a proposal for the future of Bluesky and the at_protocol that would accommodate both the desires of the community of early adopters and also the vision of an open social media protocol.
**Building a Community**
Bluesky has successfully built a thriving community on its initial test server. With its own norms, culture, and even inside jokes like the sexy alf, it's more than just a test server. It's become a significant entity in its own right, with a community of 600,000 users.

2023-08-14 00:53:38

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@npub1pgf…d5h0 This is great, but really not enough. As an immigrant and resident in Aotearoa New Zealand, I get to vote in all elections. Residents aren't subject to taxation without representation. Everyone living in a place should get to vote and participate in the democratic process, at all levels.

2023-08-14 00:50:36

When rebuilding Lahaina they should look at how Christchurch was rebuilt after their earthquake. It was done with the direction and cooperation of the Maori. Incorporating indigenous design, values, and culture in the new rebuilt city. Making it a better city for all.
https://bit.ly/3YACFYs

2023-08-10 23:13:35

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@npub1hyk…3p33 So tan colored...

2023-08-08 00:30:33

What is the United Federation of Instances? There used to be a website: ufoi.org
But it's gone... And apparently there was lots of drama...

2023-08-01 11:38:15

I just realized that on Instagram I never see any posts by friends except in stories. The feed is a mix of advertising, suggested follows, organizations I follow & viral influencer types. The people I know only show up in stories. This is how Threads works, not what we want as a twitter replacement. It’s somehow a worse nightmare than what Elon has done to twitter.

2023-08-01 02:33:27

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@npub198j…d3fm @npub1qu2…uj0d Yeah, it was an interview and discussion rather than structured presentation. I did give a talk on some of the broader history here: https://bit.ly/nostrovia-rabble
There have been hundreds of social media protocols and projects. It'd take hours to talk about all of them with any depth. Most people aren't interested in the history to be perfectly honest, so it's summarized and lots of things get left out.

2023-07-13 00:48:48

Documentary: Social Media is Broken. Can we fix it?
https://youtu.be/aA-jiiepOrE

2023-07-08 05:22:28

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@npub19ag…qgye come join us in windy welly.

2023-07-08 01:01:42

I have liked flight coffee in Wellington for a while but only just now discovered they’ve got a cafe. I’m so happy. #showmeyourcoffee
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/675/761/274/602/983/original/e4e37924e0715c60.jpeg

2023-07-04 21:10:21

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@npub1pc7…r46d @npub1psd…9sr7 So don't use mastodon, nostr, bluesky, scuttlebutt... stick with the Meta family of apps. ;-D

2023-06-29 00:07:41

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@npub1tel…4v4v Has anybody suggested they hold the fight in a submarine at the Titanic?

2023-06-27 04:12:31

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@npub14vz…7yp2 it’s $40 billion for a bunch of telcos who will do almost nothing. These programs are just redistribution of wealth from the government to investors on Wall Street.

2023-06-24 02:19:47

Bluesky has announced their community moderation plans. https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/6-23-2023-moderation-proposals

2023-06-23 04:05:11

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@npub1g8e…qdqf @npub1wmr…g240 We've really gotta find a way to improve the usernames across the nostr-fediverse brdige.

2023-06-02 10:46:36

This gpt/llm prompt engineering for developers seems super helpful. https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/chatgpt-prompt-engineering-for-developers/

2023-05-31 08:26:08

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@npub1kqf…63gm @npub1alq…mnj6
This is how. https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzd3cx5enswpsxvcrqwpsqgs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47srqsqqqa28864zzq

2023-05-30 20:59:00

Deep dive in to the origins of Nostr and it’s creator Fiatjaf.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/05/30/bitcoin-social-network-nostr-creator-fiatjaf-/