mcmastersteve
steve mcmaster

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

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2025-03-30 02:19:35

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Is it a wood or metal scabbard?

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.

2025-03-19 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 13:13:14

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

2025-03-15 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

2025-03-04 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. 🤓

2025-03-02 17:19:13

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Type in Grok for instance Grok compare the dates in my tweet with the activities of Guccifer2? It will be informative. Innocent people were harmed just for being near to this by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jaroslav Panchenko and Seth Rich. This is one part of my admiration and respect about Eliza. Her strength and dedication to help similar victims of violence, the most cruel being premeditated and organized by the government like Epstein, and one that operates from Kiev into places like Los Angeles. I recommend a listen to Eliza's explanation of how Nostr can help them.

2025-03-02 17:04:26

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He has no excuse to say he doesn't understand how releasing the information in the Wikileaks format works. People know how to read. It's the whole concept of open source. I'm also furious about the judiciary rick roll. If they were trying to say they were disappointed in the process and results. they didn't explain that. It appears like they are just mocking us and more importantly the victims.

2025-03-02 16:50:58

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This is something I find great and really interesting about Nostr. It's much harder to set up bots here, and the result. I've noticed and I'm sure you have and anyone reading, how much more respectful people are to each other here. Even if they disagree, they don't jump to name calling insults. The difference that can have on our daily moods and feelings ranging from severe emotions to self worth really has me wondering if sites that allow bots are simply psyop crowd control?

2025-03-02 06:55:53

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Julian is correct here. The reason being was the G2 docs which were embedded with Russian fingerprints were meant to tie him to Russia, so it would be an open shut case for extradition. This is related. 🤫The British Embassy Kyiv is looking for proposals for project work in Ukraine to be completed by end March 2016. Successful projects will be funded by the FCO’s Bilateral Programme Budget. The deadline for submitting proposals is 6pm (Kyiv time) on 15 July 2015. #WeKnowEverything
https://twitter.com/mcmastersteve/status/1366552744643993602

2025-03-02 02:50:09

While most of the music posts will feature rare promo mixes you may have never heard before but were heard in nightclubs. at least when i was playing. I thought I'd start of with a few anarcho-libertarian theme songs. The first features Murray Rothbard. As Porter Robinson explained he found the most compelling anti-statist argument was that taxation is essentially armed robbery because every government action is backed by the threat of force. Also we all know about google right? VPN like your data depends on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGV0E7f8zeg

2025-03-02 01:54:17

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Thank you so much. I'm starting to follow the people you follow. So many interesting things and people. Really love this section of the internet.

2025-03-01 14:19:31

https://www.homecrux.com/seven-breathtaking-hobbit-homes-around-world/13406/

2025-03-01 06:17:57

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Thanks Eliza. Trying to stay away from the X left right hydra politics head bopping and focus on all sorts of rare remixes of songs from many genres. I'm in a lucky rare position to have the dj industry music pool charts from 1984 to 2010 crossing many genres. Which genres or era do you like? I'll put a focus on those for now.

2025-03-01 05:16:59

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7RN8p_kLfk

2025-03-01 05:09:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ij1bVHslw

2025-02-18 06:35:18

Hi everyone! If anyone sees this I'm new to Nostr. If anyone can think of stuff someone new should know, please tell me. Stuff like don't click that because that's how you lock yourself out of your account. 🙂
A big part of my life has been music more specifically music pools and dance music, so I'll be posting pool oriented remixes across many genres for those who like like to dance.
Thoughts wise I'm ancap libertarian and easy going so if you want to chat, I'm not the type that's grr set and eager to argue like say twitter and other social media, so speak your mind that's what freedom is about.

2025-02-18 06:21:59

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I had heard a little bit about Nostr just from X bitcoin accounts. but wanted to find out more because I've always been interested in freedom since the anti-state.com days and to be honest it appeared that you were impressed by it so I wanted to give it a try. I was in similar boat about BTC. At first wasn't sure how to get into it and by the time I figured it out couldn't afford a whole BTC, so I started collecting small amounts here and there. Oooh I spotted someone referring to Carl Menger in their username, I like this place already. Menger was an economist like Hayek or Tom Woods. He created the idea of marginal value of utility. Sorry I'm babbling. I really just wanted to say hi.