The recent events during the US political election continue to show that fear mongering, propaganda, and outright hatred are highly destructive and often end up destroying the perpetrators. No one benefits when politicians intentionally stir up discontent, confusion, and paranoia.

I hope Julian Assange’s release truly revives the conversation about how we can protect freedom of press and whistleblowers. Sometimes holding the government accountable requires exposing its secrets. Individuals deserve to know when their governments are violating human rights or not working in their best interests. Individuals also have the right to confront their governments about those issues and demand change. We have to work hard to ensure that the events surrounding Julian Assange (and Edward Snowden) do not just become a footnote history but actually lead to new policies/laws that protect individuals who speak out their governments. #freepress #freespeech #humanrights #JulianAssange #EdwardSnowden

I’ll be in NYC next week. Any #nostriches have any recommendations for must try restaurants while I’m there? #plebchain

This is my dream home or at least a version inspired by the design. Love the all the windows and how it’s surrounded by nature.

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MERIT on Instagram: "Dorothy Turkel house by #FrankLloydWright, 1955 Photo by © James Haefner"

48K likes, 231 comments - merit_la on April 1, 2024: "Dorothy Turkel house by #FrankLloydWright, 1955 Photo by © James Haefner".

Just finished reading this book. Beautiful prose and interesting perspective on grief. Highly recommend.

I’ve always been interested in who exactly makes up the larger nostr community. I feel like they are a lot of assumptions about the demographics and values of the people who use nostr regularly. The loudest voices on nostr don’t necessarily speak for the majority, which probably makes it difficult to create effective solutions to improve the platform and grow the community. It would be interesting to develop a survey of some sort to help us truly understand what people like and dislike about nostr and identify opportunities for growth. I would love to hear people’s opinions on what information would be helpful to collect and even connect with folks who may interested on collaborating on something like this. #plebchain #asknostr

I vaguely remember seeing a network diagram of Nostr users. Does anyone know where I can find it or who was working on it? Thanks! #plebchain

Is it Nostr or nostr? I’ve seen it written both ways. #plebchain

‘Rumors of War, 2019’ by Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley created this sculpture in response to the Confederate-era monuments littered all across the US that serve no other purpose than to celebrate a failed resistance, white supremacy, and slavery. This is the actual work of art that I was referring to in my first post #[0]​ and #[1]​. It’s things like this that make me wish Damus allowed people to delete notes.

Censorship isn’t good but neither is harassment. Let’s make sure that we are using the freedom that Nostr offers to uplift others. Some of you are proving that certain platforms did a good thing by banning you.

Companies should be held accountable when they fail to protect customer data. Heavy fines that actually cut into profits would go a long way to incentivize businesses to protect the privacy of consumers. At the very least, the increased liability would make companies reconsider the type and amount of data that they want to collect and manage.

There is something very therapeutic about crying. I honestly wish that I allowed myself to do it more often.

Sometimes that best way to find the answer is to sit in silence and meditate.

What are the options for handling bitcoin payments if you want to sell/promote your art on Nostr? I may want to start selling my handbuilt mugs because I’m running out cabinet space at home for all my experiments with pottery.

When is a relay no longer considered small?

Which music streaming service is the best? Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, or YouTube music?

My favorite song right now:

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Bécane - A COLORS SHOW

Yamê, COLORS · Bécane - A COLORS SHOW · Song · 2023