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steve mcmaster

Consider myself to be an ancap libertarian
Love electronic club musicand learning about the world in general.

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2025-05-06 02:16:01

One of my fave tracks from the double naughts decade.
"Dangerous Power (Cicada Full Mix)" is a remix of the track "Dangerous Power" by the San Franciscan trance duo Gabriel & Dresden, featuring vocals by Jan Burton. Released on November 7, 2006,
Gabriel & Dresden, formed in 2001, were at the peak of their influence in the mid-2000s, known for hits like "As the Rush Comes" (as Motorcycle) and their debut album released in 2006. "Dangerous Power" was one of the standout singles from this album, the Cicada Full Mix, crafted by the UK-based production duo Cicada (Aaron Gilbert and Alex Payne), leans into a more upbeat, club-friendly sound compared to the original’s introspective tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cax2l8q0Phk

2025-05-06 02:12:43

#JODA was born from Grant and Tate’s work on the 2019 environmental documentary The Last Glaciers. Their creative synergy during the pandemic led to the JODA project, blending retro and modern electronic influences.
"Spark (Jono Grant & Harry Diamond Remix)" is a track by JODA, a collaborative project between Jono Grant (one-third of Above & Beyond) and Darren Tate. Released on March 20, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABnrnxypZSE
#Music

2025-04-22 12:54:31

All you have to understand is that's why there's #AskNostr
So far it's batting 1 on 1 with Grok. So many all over the internet cheering on Artificial Intelligence when it wouldn't exist without real intelligence. That would be you nostriches, if you don't understand. 😉 😘
#nevent1q…wpkr

2025-04-22 12:36:26

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GM and this time watch out for possible tornados, Carl!

2025-04-22 01:55:17

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

2025-04-22 01:54:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-HItNcbS14

2025-04-20 20:05:47

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I would say apart from a need to simplify the interface for easier use by those unfamiliar with the technology, the actual Festival streamed great. Good vibe all around and to be a witness to this years before the ancient music label model catches on, we on nostr can say we were there. That's the feeling of being on the cutting edge of the music future. Definitely worth a you did it boogie Ainsley.

2025-04-20 04:19:24

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Sorry to hear that. the Pinephone was one of the other phones i considered before picking the Librem.

2025-04-19 05:43:35

I won't be using Discord in that case.
#nevent1q…fk0r

2025-04-19 01:09:41

Oh I haven't forgotten. Fuck you Canada and your attempts to lock me in the house, making threats towards me when I refused to exchange freedom for subservience.
You can take your current made in Canada national socialist campaign and shove it where it's painful. I don't feel any affinity or connection with you tyranny cocksucking Canucks.
My heroes don't appear on stamps. honk honk.
#nevent1q…s6lw

2025-04-18 15:12:06

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Your online stalking extends to me now. Since you won't go away I'm predicting the same old whining cringe that digit had to endure starts very soon. Digit was right about you and the best decision she made was to cut you off.

2025-04-18 14:05:37

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Once again here you are desperately seeking my attention. You need more medical help obviously.

2025-04-18 05:38:08

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Yet here you are once again trying desperately to get my attention.

2025-04-18 05:32:20

#NewMusic
Signum is a Dutch trance music project, primarily led by Ronald Hagen since 2007, following the departure of his former collaborator Pascal Minnaard. Originally formed in 1997 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, Signum (comprising Hagen and Minnaard) became a prominent name in the trance scene during its golden era.
"Homage" is a solo original by Signum (Ronald Hagen), released on April 9, 2025, via Anjunabeats, marking his first solo track on the label.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGHNjtgxUhY

2025-04-18 03:38:43

Originally released as a single by #Monaco which is Peter Hook explaining his long time and distanced relationship with Bernard when they were New Order. It was covered in 2021 by Ilan #Bluestone and Giuseppe de Luca during the height of the covid lockdowns.
Play at least until the lyrics kick in, as the emotionally energy of that period iwith this rather dark indie electronic single hits hard and is rather catchy if you listen to the entire duration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2MU2MRXs0
#Musicstr #history

2025-04-17 13:56:53

Argh!! I love how (facetious here) the post office will send a quick 24 hour mail window to pay taxes and duties on customs and by the time you see it, that window has closed with a sorry you're too late grin.
Seriously why can't they just leave it open and let you pay it so you don't have to waste the delivery person's time with a slip and a trip down to the post office on a good friday easter weekend, which leaves Saturday morning as the only chance to get it? I'd pay it right now so the downstairs front desk can receive it.

2025-04-17 04:17:43

So where are the #Nostr #Wikileaks #FreeAssange street action supporters?
I want to give a follow for old time's sake like on X and FB, you're my real online peeps. Make your presence known I'm sure there must be some who aren't just waiting on time for TalkLiberation to go public.

2025-04-16 12:15:23

Or since no actual Russian official is quoted other than Mr anonymous as usual and it's the Times a UK propaganda outlet, here's a shocker. The UK and NATO plan to perform more operations like the DNC hack and Christmas day Nashville bombing so they can be blamed on Russia.
His British spy name will be Flood, 007, Warren Flood at your majesty's service.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-belarus-ready-ramp-spy-war-against-nato-kremlin-intel-chief

2025-04-16 04:49:34

The G2 document was sent to WL with the intention Assange would release the document and then by exposing the planted fingerprints, it would be used to extradite Assange to the US.
CyberBerkut's hack of Geraschenko exposed that NATO were behind sites like informnapalm. They recorded it in a document that was later used by Guccifer2.0 as his "Russian" fingerprints. Bellingcat & InformNapalm are linked in multiple ways. The guy running informNapalm was from a Ukrainian Psyop unit who worked with US Special Operations. Roman Burko. Let's just say you wouldn't want to run into him on the subway, or if you were a DNC employee who discovered something unusual while exploring the NGPVAN flaw and was pondering what to do while taking a 4:20 a.m. walk in a Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
https://m.primal.net/QRbg.png
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2025-04-15 13:51:54

Russia’s “Doomsday” radio station UVB-76 just sent four cryptic messages in 24 hours: Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, Nootabucks.
As always, nobody in the civilian world knows what any of it means — which is presumably exactly the point. When this happens though something newsworthy big follows.

2025-04-15 13:45:14

I recommended #Nostr to her. After accumulating over 300,000 followers for her travel blog, Zucks decided to ban her Instagram and FB account. She's a strong supporter of free speech and would make a great addition to the travel side here.
https://x.com/sashameetsrus/status/1907518219025350911

2025-04-15 13:28:14

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I don't understand these so called legacy social media that are clearly punishing you for something but don't bother to explain what it's for, at best they give a vague reason and this time around no indication of how long I'm to sit in the corner and think about what I did. #FB

2025-04-14 13:39:36

So #facebook has stopped sending sms messages to my phone for who knows why reason. The number hasn't changed. I guess that it's over for using FB anymore.

2025-04-12 23:15:33

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That store looks beyond cool. i miss those. We used to have them on Queen street from rave to goth genre styles. Kids these days have little individual identity it's all gap style chain shops now and a stunning lack of support for any unique music/fashion styles. It's either pop, rap, or indie rock. Well at least they don't know what they are missing just twenty years ago.

2025-04-12 23:11:02

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Quiet has benefits. Nicer people behaving. I'm trying to get the people to think outside the box because they are missing a lot of lucrative opportunities that can earn them more than just zap change and innovate far beyond an alt- X format.

2025-04-12 20:37:53

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I have some expertise on this since I'm stuck here. Canada has filled its quota of special kind of stupid to put it mildly. Think of it as 3 leeching freeloaders for every one person wishing they would leave the wallet alone. It's better for Americans to view Canada from that perspective. Think leeches. It wasn't unreasonable for Trump to apply the tariffs considering they are the amount Canada decided to deflate its currency for export advantage.

2025-04-12 17:12:52

There was a time way back when when a had accumulated 180 BTC. Do the math with today's conversion rates. Today I have almost zero. I wouldn't change a thing. Many chose Hodl. Instead I used them to improve and save lives in Donetsk.
Klara was disabled by a Ukrainian petal mine that fell from USaid purchased drones into a park and here's her photo showing me her first paycheck after I bought her enough supplies of yarn and wool she could earn enough for food by knitting clothing for neighbours.
https://m.primal.net/QNCP.jpg

2025-04-12 06:29:03

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Primal. First client I came across.

2025-04-12 06:26:41

A group believed to be a subset of APT10, abuses WSB (Windows Sandbox) by creating a .wsb configuration file and using it to spin up an instance of the Windows Sandbox.
This is interesting because Windows Defender cannot access the Windows Sandbox.
The payload enables folder sharing, network access, clipboard access, microphone access, and video access.

2025-04-12 05:37:36

I'm at the point where I would offer $250 for a basic mute feature for select words. Those being zaps and bitcoin.
The Nostr blind date goes..
blah Blah zaps,zaps zaps zaps zaps
Three hours in.
My eyes are glazed over. Yawning and I'm begging for an exit. I know autists and OCD's with more variety to the conversation than the current feed of posts.
Anyone else who wants to talk about anything else and for that reason doesn't get any responses, send a hello. I'll follow and respond.

2025-04-11 13:54:57

I'm genuinely curious to see how all this plays out. Watching the new powerhouse overthrow the old powerhouse is a once in a century or two historical observation. China began the real selling of US treasuries yesterday. Remember while both countries have passed the rather ridiculous level of 100% tariffs, that's 43% of global trade. Every country will have to decide carefully which side they pick.
Amid this fiat carnage, gold soared to a fresh record high as algos slowly but surely realize that if the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency, and every other fiat currency is worse than the dollar, then... yeah.
https://m.primal.net/QLuG.jpg
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2025-04-11 05:16:24

I'm registering as either Ewok or Dalek.
Your Name?
I am the superior being!!!
and your reason for visiting?
"EXTERMINATE!!
Probably better to stick with being an Ewok.
🤔
#nevent1q…39pm

2025-04-11 04:54:56

Agentic #AI is not just a new trend, but a real technological breakthrough in the field of cybersecurity. In this video, we will tell you how autonomous AI agents are already working in SOCs today, replacing routine and empowering people. How are they different from regular AI assistants? What tasks do they take on? Who has already implemented such solutions? We will understand the potential and risks of a new era - the era of autonomous digital protection.
https://rutube.ru/video/a1b369a63c0997f25f61473fb4fa2eae/

2025-04-10 03:31:49

An eclectic mix of the best dance Alternative Dance, New Wave, House, and Trance.
https://www.mixcloud.com/jldub/the-saturday-night-dance-party-3292025/

2025-04-09 13:09:50

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A very beautiful bird and really good photo. Most photos capture them in the water or flight. Unique perspective here.

2025-04-08 13:30:32

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Russia's economy expanded to 200 trillion rubles ($2.37 trillion) in 2024, growing six times faster than Europe's. Mishustin noted that Russians’ disposable income surged by 8.5% while unemployment hit its lowest level in history. Over the past two years, Russia’s economic growth has outpaced the global average, solidifying its place among the world’s top four economies in purchasing power parity.
“Russia’s economy grew by 4.1% last year,” Mishustin stated. “In two years, our growth has exceeded Europe’s almost sixfold.”

2025-04-08 13:22:52

I stated this back on Jan 20 to a few people on inauguration day as my comment. Sure bring back the manufacturing jobs is a good idea, but to where? You need a minimum 5 years to build up the infrastructure required to make it possible.
Putin was able to prepare the Russian economy for sanctions over a period of eight years. Now that Trump wants to emulate that economic success via self enforced tariffs, there will be a period of shock since there's been no time prepping for this.
"China will never accept this. If the U.S. insists on going its own way, China will fight it to the end."
1. Significantly increase tariffs on U.S. agricultural products such as soybeans and sorghum.
2. Prohibit the import of U.S. poultry meat into China.
3. Suspend China-US cooperation on fentanyl.
4. Countermeasures in the services trade sector.
5. Ban the import of American films.
6. Investigate the benefits that U.S. companies have gained from intellectual property in China.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/tariff-war-just-begun-beijings-new-tariff-target-list-leaked-bloggers

2025-04-08 05:14:45

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Animals can pick up when something's wrong. They won't understand the complexity on a human level, but they do in their own way to show their understanding. It's fitting to return that attention because even if Carl can't figure out why you're always showing him that metal box we would call a phone camera, he would know it's a sign everything's good.

2025-04-08 03:41:20

Community event classes are something that could really make Nostr grow. Think of them as more than just X spaces with Zoom. I'm talking arts and craft courses, along with fitness and educational courses. Want a huge growth potential for the economy ahead? Homeschooling courses, auto and home repair courses. There's real income potential here.
#FutureNostr
#nevent1q…nczn

2025-04-08 02:00:55

You can just say no to zaps.
Or does that get you excommunicated from the hive mind?
Serious question.
The good: Yes it's a clever way to use the Pavlovian theory, people will tend to behave nicely if they think they will get rewarded.
The bad: Pavlovian theory tends to breakdown into the hive mind where everyone will chase after treats. I've been observing this behaviour now for a week. Paying for attention. It's no different than giving Musk the 800 bucks to have your xweet seen by anyone outside your algosphere.
The ugly: It's way interaction is down to the levels they are which is bleeding users. You're all trained to think zap is the highest compliment when the reason why most people join any sort of back and forth communications on the internet is social interaction.

2025-04-08 01:47:40

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Correct i haven't a clue. Though I'm new here. What happened to you?

2025-04-07 01:59:39

About 2 weeks ago privacy nerds on Reddit began reporting they're unable to watch YouTube videos when using a VPN. YouTube displays a "VPN/Proxy Detected" warning.
Initially it was displayed on desktop computers, however it is now being displayed on mobile devices too. Some users stated they were able to evade the flag when using "Stealth Protocol" with Proton.
https://m.primal.net/QGtk.jpg

2025-04-07 00:09:03

I would be more in favour of tariffs if they were tied to freedom rankings, than just free trade. Free trade with a un-free slave labour command economy nation using absolute advantage is hard to justify from a ethical libertarian view.
#nevent1q…xjk9

2025-04-06 23:37:21

To be honest that would be a dangerous approach to the issue. You are high wired to survive if you think something is wrong and its affecting your life you're probably right. At the very least you need someone you can trust, talk you through it. I'm not saying trust the government. I'm saying trust your own instincts and listen to those around you and ask yourself what if they are correct?
#nevent1q…amyv

2025-04-06 22:33:24

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I'm more of the listening in large groups, talking one on one two or three type. Talking in large groups is more presentation or questions and answer interview style. It involves entertaining the listeners rather than interact. It's easier to be real when it's 5 or less. Is that a hermit? I've always imagined hermit meaning solitary.

2025-04-06 21:21:47

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Easily, but its in a coffee shop surrounded by people i don't know. the older you get the harder it is to find people who don't have good excuses why they can't. It's life. What's nice about nostr is you can always talk out loud even to yourself since someone might here and join in without having to order a 5.99 latte every half hour. Zap tipping is encouraged, just remember what comes around should go around.

2025-04-06 20:11:48

Similar to how the mass extinction of dinosaurs led to other than the ostrich, Australia and New Zealand having the last dinosaurs. Emu's and cassowaries. We lost most of the Pleistocene megafauna apart from elephants, giraffes, rhinoceroses. In the ocean though the blue whales continue to grow in size where they have more protection from land based extinction events.
#nevent1q…yq3q

2025-04-06 19:26:31

Black monday for cryptos just started. Remember though it's only for a lack of buyers with BTC 78,000 currently. The mindset is what would you do if you thought you were about to lose your job? People don't invest when they are thinking about preserving whatever they can for bills and debt payments. Wait for the stimmies talk, than grab even sats if you can. BTC could reach 100,000 if there's bank pumping interventions.
https://m.primal.net/QGdo.jpg

2025-04-06 19:17:25

First game played with this will be ouch ouch hot potato.
#nevent1q…60fv

2025-04-06 18:39:47

That's one of the things RUH8 did. He's also responsible along with the UCA for losing the Vault7 tools on their server and he's Cozy Bear, the people who spotted Seth Rich in the DNC server who was curious about the NGP VAN flaw.
Previously to all this RUH8 along with UCA also netted WL 'RussiaFiles" leakers Alice and Anikeev aka Humpty Dumpty who hacked Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin which was first real introduction to Hillary, Parkhomenko ,Chalupa and Alperovitch.
Ask RUH8 how much he hates CyberBerkut and within all the flowing insults you'll discover CB were his cyber nemesis. Hence why the term Project Nemesis https://nemez1da.ru was created.
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RUH8 is another name for Andriy Baranovych, the #Ukraine #Hacker who set up the #Trump #Russia scandal by injecting code in a browser add-in that made it appear the 1st Trump campaign was communicating with #Russian email servers.
https://x.com/wavetossed/status/1765526518024020310

2025-04-06 17:37:36

Quishing is the new term for Phishing via QR-Codes. Redirecting web browsers on phones to Webapp URLs.

2025-04-06 17:25:15

This framework for Man-In-The-Middle attacks using Kali Linux.
You have no idea the importance of this relating to 2016 leaks. Well Guccifer2, CrowdStrike and Ukraine Cyber Alliance did learn the hard way. It saved Assange from NATO's extradition plans. Unless you believe in lottery level coincidences like Seth Rich just happening to have similar G2 docs or how he released tranches from beyond the grave.
Two tranches of emails were sent to Wikileaks after Seth Rich was killed.
P.S Assange would never even hint at exposing whistleblowers and leakers on principle. Show him more respect.
https://m.primal.net/QGXj.jpg

2025-04-06 16:43:19

#CyberHistory
Jan 4, 2016
Hello, World! We CyberBerkut. In our hands got an interesting video received from the smartphone of one of the fighters of the Ukrainian punitive nationalist battalion "AZOV". The video speaks for itself and requires no further comment. We urge the entire world community - open your eyes! The Ukrainian Government uses militants from terrorist group Islamic State, Turkey, and other Arab countries! Democrats and liberals, as well as connoisseurs of European values and world peace – Wake up! People! This indifference to the growing fascism and Nazism in the territory of the Ukrainian State, you may get in their backyard millions of rabid terrorists and countless training centers of Wahhabis. Maybe you forgot about the Paris tragedy or someone thinks that it will not touch you? Remove the rose-colored glasses and look around. No with this it began, Iraq, Libya, Syria. Your government, led by the United States directly involved in what is happening in the world. Think. Think before it's too late!
@🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit hear that phones aren't your friend. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43TNgH3vy-0

2025-04-06 16:11:10

This sounds like you've had recent problems with your phone. 😄
#nevent1q…3yg4

2025-04-06 15:58:34

A lot has changed in IoT surveillance since Feb 2016. When it comes to your privacy, today it's a lot worse. Don't say you weren't warned. Security is a myth, and you may not feel completely safe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_7hlvI0FE

2025-04-06 15:38:49

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There's a tagline going back to 2015. Your secrets aren't safe with us. Expect us. We don't forgive. We don't forget. That was a familiar quote back in the day. Behave yourself and don't make threats.

2025-04-06 15:17:37

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No I'm the guy inside your phone if you remember going through your screenshots. Shitty phone to be using around custodial wallets.

2025-04-06 15:15:40

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You gotta use better ipsec. Reddit collects and tracks user data, including IP addresses, browser information, operating systems, and device details. Guess what happened?

2025-04-06 06:19:19

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It's her and no amount of name calling changes that. Now grow up and get a life. Or how about i call that psychiatric hospital and get you pumped on meds again. would you like that? Good thing your opsec was shit years ago during the digit years. Sleep tight you never know when they'll grab you. 😇

2025-04-06 03:47:36

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They still talk to her so they that. If you had bothered to apologize she would be now giving you a chance to get some closure by saying some final words. You wrecked that chance, by being the usual narcissist.

2025-04-06 01:17:25

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You're doing great! It isn't easy, never is, but what I noticed over the last two years is you really channeled your fighting spirit energy into your own goals of self improvement. This next part is for anyone reading. Sometimes I find what helps is setting smaller achievable goals step by step rather than focus on the things that are final outcome. This can be anything from drugs, to drink or diets. Celebrate losing that 5 pounds or one month substance free then say to yourself let's go for another month or 5 pounds.

2025-04-06 00:43:48

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Dude it's right there on Reddit for anyone to see. It was you. What you shared without asking was private chats. Never once have you apologized for that according to Digit's friends.

2025-04-05 17:55:11

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This might be the coolest thing I've seen all year! Note to future self, remember not to press the bull riding mode button. 🤗

2025-04-03 13:04:53

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GM!! Have an amazing day. I'm looking out the window getting ready for work and 24 hours ago it was snowing, now it's almost 65 degrees. It's that time of year when what to wear becomes a game of dare. 😄

2025-04-03 01:50:41

#TheSmiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, widely regarded as one of the most influential acts of the 1980s alternative scene. The lineup consisted of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass), and Mike Joyce (drums). Emerging from the post-punk landscape, they blended jangly guitar pop with Morrissey’s witty, melancholic lyrics, tackling themes of alienation, longing, and social critique.
"How Soon Is Now?" is one of The Smiths’ most iconic tracks, released as a single in January 1985. The song features Marr’s signature tremolo-drenched guitar riff—created by layering multiple takes through a Fender Twin Reverb amp. Morrissey’s lyrics, inspired by a line from George Eliot’s Middlemarch ("To be born the son of a Middlemarch manufacturer, and inevitable heir to nothing in particular"), paint a raw portrait of loneliness and unfulfilled desire. This is the extended version clocking in at 6:43 with many alternative music magazines ranking it one of the most influential songs of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOQ3_9J43eY
#Music

2025-04-01 04:51:09

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You are showing signs of Intermittent Explosive Disorder, talking with someone who isn't going to lock you up which is why I suggest online resources, would be good for you. Follow me here, someone who won't lock you up. If you like I can help you find and make sure that someone won't lock you up, but really need and look in the mirror when i say this, 'deserve' to have someone who can help you so you don't feel like killing or harming people.

2025-04-01 02:22:19

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I'm not going to feed your hostile trolling. This is my final comment.

2025-03-31 01:11:36

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He didn't start the fire. 😄
Or did he? hehehe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LkVKCWL0U4

2025-03-30 20:19:25

So I've just about given up on zaps since in order to get a Primal wallet I need a wallet already to pay the lightning invoice and yet I can't find a laptop wallet that offers a service of paying QR code invoices. Does one exist?

2025-03-30 02:19:35

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Is it a wood or metal scabbard?

2025-03-29 23:51:11

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😄Thank you. One important rule with looks for any guy who hasn't found this out yet, is make sure to ask a woman and not just the sales agent first if the shirt looks good before committing to that purchase. Many mistakes can be avoided before it's in front of dozens or more.

2025-03-29 22:37:06

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The pixie hair cut looked good on you, but so does the more current more elven look. The real point here is ignore what I'm saying and do what feels the mood.

2025-03-26 02:07:53

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A nostr Alexandria library is an amazing idea. Looking forward to seeing this progress.

2025-03-21 13:03:59

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This was the equivalent of telling the child in me, no we're not going to the zoo, we're going to the dentist. 😩 While there's no current 3D theatrical screening of the Harry Potter films around Toronto, the first four films, including "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in 3D, are returning to theaters in the US, but not in Toronto.

2025-03-20 02:54:40

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argh did it again. This is why edit features are a god send for me elsewhere. I meant lemonade out of lemons.

2025-03-20 02:26:33

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It makes sense and it takes wisdom to learn from the school of hard knocks and you did. I heard it within your first podcast. You said made lemons out of lemonade. Yes you did. My impression was more than that and I was impressed and wow'ed how this woman has the inner strength and potential she doesn't yet truly realize what she is capable of in the future. This article is a sign of that potential. You figured out how to install a shower head and how to refinish the floor. Skill smarts. and yes that's different and rare kind of smart. Reciting info from books is just being a parrot able to impress teachers enough to get a grade thumbs up.

2025-03-19 13:22:34

It might just happen on my end, but in case this is what others see when they like the note or click the article link.
I want to clarify to everyone this article was written by Eliza. She put a lot of effort and honesty into this and when I see somehow it appears like it attaches my name to the article, that's unfair to Eliza who deserves the credit.

2025-03-19 02:31:48

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Upon reading this article Eliza, I'm not saying this to butter you up, though I want you to know my admiration has grown even more and I'm impressed beyond words. I really do think this article is essential and critical for it to obtain a far and wide reach. I've posted links to this where I could on X and other social media because if it can reach even one child who is suffering fear because they have found themselves in a AI fake similar situation, letting them know they can ask for help without feeling ashamed or terrified of being accused of being at fault, it's worth it. I'm 100% in on helping you get this article out far and wide. This includes donating money, time, etc. You name it I'm there.

2025-03-18 13:18:50

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The wisdom of the ages. Focus and enjoy more of the things in life that make you go mmm, than the things that make you go grr.

2025-03-18 13:13:14

This is why decentralized social media Nostr is the future for journalists. Take control of your investigations and join.
Mike Benz is a former official with the U.S. Department of State and current Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, a free speech watchdog organisation dedicated to restoring the promise of a free and open Internet. Once a staunch advocate for the X platform, he now denounces its no-warning, ruthless and opaque practices of de-platforming.
I got no information about why my X account was nuked, and it remains a mystery to others who have publicly attested to my ever courteous behaviour on the platform, and the public interest in keeping my 15-year X archive as a filmmaker and journalist online. I did a lot of courtroom reporting and nine years of writing about WikiLeaks before I joined Consortium News. It has all been erased from the historical record.
You’re made to guess why you’ve been nuked, by reading the X Rules and picking one out - but it started with me being asked to prove I was human, followed by X saying there was a “technical issue” with returning me to my account. They invited me to try again, but then came messaging to other users about unusual activity on my account, advising them to proceed with caution.
For two weeks I sent multiple forms of ID, bank statements and invoices for my Premium account to X, in order to prove I was not only human but me. I tried to contact tech support but there is only a portal for appealing locked or suspended accounts, and it only issues automated responses. I got nowhere and I couldn’t access my account during this period to download the archive.
Much to my surprise, the lockout ended with permanent suspension for [allegedly] breaking [unspecified] X Rules. I was then permitted to log in again, after two more tests to prove I was human. They had made my account invisible to the world, and only partially visible to me. All but my profile photo, of 2296 images and videos uploaded over 15 years, are greyed out and I can’t get an answer on whether X has permanently deleted the media, or if it could be restored. I have been stripped of subscribers and followers. I can’t like, repost or follow, and I can’t read or write messages.
They call it “read-only” mode and it’s like solitary confinement, but where all trace of everything you did - for 15 years before breaking any X rule - is obliterated.
I didn’t lose my Premium account. X continues to bill me for it every month and I’m reluctant to stop that if there’s a chance I can recover my media, especially the videos that exceed the duration for a free account. X is not enabling me to download my archive, even though suspended account owners are supposed to be able to do that. It just keeps saying, as it did before with the technical issue, “Oops, something went wrong”.
I don’t know if something did go wrong, as X was claiming, or I did something wrong, but it’s a hell of a punishment that has harmed me, both personally and professionally, as well as removing a slice of history that others can no longer find.
https://www.facebook.com/cathy.vogan/videos/1154750925862840/

2025-03-18 02:56:31

#DepecheMode is a British electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The original lineup consisted of Dave Gahan (vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Andy Fletcher (keyboards), and Vince Clarke (keyboards). Clarke left after their debut album in 1981, and Alan Wilder joined as a full member in 1982.
Their single "People Are People" was released on March 12, 1984, as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Some Great Reward. Musically, "People Are People" blends catchy pop sensibilities with an industrial edge, featuring sampled sounds like clanging metal and a driving synth rhythm. A rare hard to find vinyl 12 is featured here pressed on colored or marbled vinyl in limited editions.
The Adrian Sherwood remix of Depeche Mode's "People Are People" is a notable reworking of the original track, released as part of a special edition titled "People Are People (ON-USound Remix by Adrian Sherwood)" in 1984.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zYNE4-46Q8

2025-03-17 04:45:00

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Maybe it's a result of years of FB, twitter and even myspace, but a comment feels the most rewarding. It's easy to like, even zap, but it takes effort to type something, and that feels real. Even someone typing cool, or polite disagreement with reason explained is better than a like. I say this from arranging Assange vigils. A like is support sure, great for motivation, but a comment, hell that might even mean actually coming down and joining, My rule was I'd trade 10 likes for a comment.

2025-03-17 02:43:12

#DanHeld
Respectfully, this would only matter if as you are thinking in terms of investing, as if the success of NOSTR is solely focused based on zap growth. What you appear to not mention is the effect zaps have on behaviour. People are more pleasant and friendly when they can be rewarded with zaps as a thank you. The personal experience is what matters to many users.
https://x.com/mcmastersteve/status/1901462922989125870
No one does 🤷‍♂️
$1k a day of pennies being slung around.
https://x.com/danheld/status/1901451637618618881

2025-03-17 01:55:18

🙂 This looks like fun!!
The 40th Medieval Festival of Provins, known as "Les Médiévales de Provins," is scheduled to take place on June 14 and 15, 2025, in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed medieval town of Provins, located in the Seine-et-Marne department of Île-de-France, about 80 km southeast of Paris.
This annual event, one of the largest #medieval festivals in Europe, celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025
The festival transforms the fortified town into a living historical tableau, featuring a wide array of activities and performances. Expect to encounter troubadours, minstrels, jugglers, acrobats, and stilt-walkers roaming the cobblestone streets, alongside artisans and merchants showcasing medieval crafts such as leatherwork, stone carving, textiles, and spices. The event includes medieval games for all ages—like shuffleboard, skittles, and wooden swordplay—plus workshops on calligraphy, illumination, and combat techniques. Highlights include the traditional medieval ball on Saturday night at Place du Châtel, a grand medieval concert, and the iconic Sunday parade, featuring over 700 participants in period costumes, winding through the town’s historic ramparts and towers. Provins’ well-preserved medieval architecture, including the Tour César and Saint-Quiriace Collegiate Church, provides a stunning backdrop.
The festival kicks off at 9:30 AM each day, with Saturday extending into a festive nocturne. Visitors are encouraged to dress in complete medieval attire—headpiece, top, pants, and shoes—for a discounted entry fee (fantasy-inspired costumes are also welcome), enhancing the immersive experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38O7YrEzW9Q
#RenaissanceFair #Medieval #travel

2025-03-16 20:00:14

"Everything In Its Right Place (Hybrid Remix)" is a reworking of #Radiohead’s original track "Everything In Its Right Place," the opening song from their groundbreaking 2000 album Kid A. The remix was crafted by Hybrid, a British electronic music duo formed in the mid-'90s by Mike Truman and Chris Healings.
Released in 2003 this version below as a record pool exclusive 12 inch single, the song written primarily by Thom Yorke with contributions from the full band—Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Philip Selway—is a minimalist, synth-driven piece born from Yorke’s post-OK Computer burnout. Conceived on piano in Cornwall, it reflects his stress and disillusionment, with cryptic lyrics like "Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon" and a hypnotic, looping structure. Hybrid’s remix takes this cerebral foundation and transforms it into a dancefloor juggernaut. They amplify the track’s eerie atmosphere with pulsating breakbeats, deep basslines, and lush, atmospheric pads.
The last time this 12 version appeared available for purchase it was on ebay back in 2015, it sold for $175.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JZJlVsw7I

2025-03-15 05:14:26

Tinlicker is a Dutch electronic music duo from Utrecht, Netherlands, consisting of Micha Heyboer and Jordi van Achthoven. Formed in 2012, they have made a significant mark in the electronic music scene with their emotive, melodic soundscapes that blend elements of progressive house, trance, and techno.
Brian Molko is the lead singer and frontman of the British alternative rock band Placebo, which he co-founded in 1994. Born on December 10, 1972, in Brussels, Belgium, Molko is celebrated for his distinctive voice, androgynous persona, and provocative lyrical themes that often explore taboo subjects like love, rage, and identity.
"Nowhere To Go" is a single by Tinlicker featuring Brian Molko, released as part of Tinlicker's third album, Cold Enough For Snow, on February 16, 2024. Lyrically, "Nowhere To Go" delves into themes of frustration and suppressed emotion, with lines like "Rage is love with nowhere to go, so come home" reflecting Molko’s penchant for dark, introspective content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8JtY2pimg

2025-03-14 02:45:37

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The full blood moon lunar eclipse is supposed to start in the EST zone around midnight and peak around 2:20 am.

2025-03-09 23:26:55

Tori Amos, born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963, in Newton, North Carolina, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer known for her emotive voice, intricate piano work, and deeply personal lyrics. Raised in a strict Methodist household—her father was a pastor—she showed prodigious musical talent early, playing piano by age two and composing by five. At five, she won a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore
"Jackie's Strength" is a standout from Amos’s 1998 album From the Choirgirl Hotel, released May 5 via Atlantic Records. Written by Amos and produced with her longtime collaborator Mark Hawley, it’s a reflective piece inspired by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The lyrics weave Amos’s pre-wedding jitters—she married Hawley months before the album dropped—with Jackie’s resilience after JFK’s 1963 assassination
The Wedding Cake Club Mix—part of a 1999 remix single—takes it to a different plane. Remixed by Warren Rigg with additional production by Rigg and Albert Cabrera (of Latin Rascals fame), this 8:40 version transforms the introspective ballad into a pulsing house anthem. It keeps Amos’s haunting vocals and piano flourishes but layers them over a thumping beat and hypnotic loops, stretching the "And Jackie" refrain into a trance-like mantra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGjVuHYIh3M

2025-03-09 07:54:08

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Thank you did you find it simple to setup on nostr? Any suggestions of what to do or not to do?

2025-03-09 07:51:19

A question about wallets. What does #Nostr think is the best canadian #wallet based on best secure and best simple? I've always been a cold wallet type, Trezor, so this is still new to me. I'm up for zapping people but the last time i tried that with Alby it sent me into a phantom account.

2025-03-09 00:34:56

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I love this post Eliza. I'm certain you can see how now more than ever you portray elegance, sophistication and right here nobility. Amazing what surrounding yourself with nostr positivity instead of twitter negativity can do. It's a working fountain of youth. I was thinking this might make the perfect soundtrack for this photo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t4y8zUc-wQ

2025-03-04 04:02:40

Now is a good as time as ever to explain what I'll be using this page for. I wanted to contribute something different on Nostr than the political takes found on X. There's so much great content here and this page is here for your dancing pleasure and for those who want to listen to music. I'm starting with some of the oldest singles within my collection and as time progresses move on through the various singles that were promos distributed through record pools such as Rockpool and PDP. If I had to label the variety of music, I'd say alt-dance, since most of these won't be the top 40 hits, though some of course were and are well known.

2025-03-03 14:17:39

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Oh yeah, that's who that is. Ha! At first I thought this was an old photo and that was Hunter Biden and Hillary. Okay I won't deny maybe the need to get glasses. But i was convinced of that which thinking about it adds a whole extra level of humour to it.. Adam right now, 'really Hunter? Okay, grabs razor. 😄

2025-03-03 05:23:43

It's dark, but so is abuse.
A survivor's song.
The Golden Palominos were an ever-shifting collective led by drummer Anton Fier, known for blending genres like no wave, alt-rock, and trip-hop across their discography, with Nicole Blackman’s spoken-word poetry taking center stage.
This single aligns the spirit of resistance one would associate with Belfast during the Troubles with a survivors determination to not let her situation defeat her.
I've included highlights of the lyrics.
Empty as wire, violent as fire
You lick her diamond and kiss her pearl
But you can't get the Belfast out of the girl
This is how you throw her, you think you know her
Empty as wire, violent as fire
Make up your mind as she makes up her face
She'll never really know her place
You'll lay on her frame and give her a new name
And bless her with all you can spare
Empty as wire, violent as fire
You'll carve her out of thin air
She's crashed home and cruised your world
But you can't get the Belfast out of the girl
She hasn't left you yet but she will
By airplane ticket or kill-me pills
Sewn into her dress, she can't refuse
(careful what you love, what you abuse)
She knows violence, she knows please
Her hands for cuffing and she says nothing
And hooks her hands behind her knees
You fuck her flag and feel it unfurl
But you can't get the Belfast out of the girl.
Twist her arm til she's cries uncle
Crawling through your bedroom jungle
Turn off the light, time to succeed
She's China glass, there to bleed
Her lovely throat, her lovely cough,
White eyes are smoking, black sea is broken,
She's already destroyed, just finish her off
Hold down her hand and see it curl
But you can't get the Belfast out of the girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iey3R48etPg

2025-03-03 04:41:46

Continuing the theme of liberty and freedom in music.
Pardon Moi are Thomas Freudenthal and James Brook. The song is about using technology or more specifically hacking or disrupting via a distributed denial-of-service attack to support freedom . A good example of this in action was during the 2017 Catalonia referendum when hackers disrupted the Civil Guardia police communications so people could vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVad-erTHU

2025-03-03 04:10:27

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I'm back! i figured it out! I thought I really lost my account. Feeling like that guy even though he has that ugh influencer grin.

2025-03-03 04:01:55

testing

2025-03-02 22:27:49

Continuing the theme of liberty and freedom in music.
In 2016, Laibach released a new version of their song "The Whistleblowers," dedicating it to Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and other whistleblowers and as a theme song for everyone holding protests and vigils for Julian Assange.. This track, originally from their 2014 album Spectre, was reimagined to highlight their support for individuals who expose hidden truths, with Assange being a central figure in this narrative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5GaqdVtNag

2025-03-02 20:55:27

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Current me but back then?
In my head.
The middle ages Musk with the title on the business card Einstein Da Vinci, it's that or burned at the stake as a warlock or the devil for being the village Nostradumbass and constantly predicting the future, probably the latter.
First order of business, my PayPal and off I go to mass market soap as a medical aid, make billions.
Next my SpaceX, explain electricity and the means to store it.
Heads down to Ye Olde Medieval Goods store to obtain wire and a kite, a glass jar or vial coated on the inside and outside with metal foil.
What actually happens. 😄
Accidentally invent the world's middle ages Hitler when the king finds out about my talented inventions, throws me in a cell demanding I invent more and uses them as a force multiplier against every other kingdom in Europe. Kind of what we do now with tech and copywrite patents just with better jail cell incentive programs .😟

2025-03-02 19:41:58

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Imagine what they would look like in a 3d movie. 🤓