The compassion and care of this community continues to inspire me. We not alone and difficult times will pass. Keep reaching out and reaching back. 🫂

In our just-released book chapter, "Decentralized Governance for Youth Online Safety: Open Innovation, Digital Democracy, and Federated Social Media", Dr. Pam Wisniewski and I argue that youth online safety is not just a moderation, compliance, or technical problem; it is a public value and governance challenge at the heart of digital democracy. If we want safer digital public spaces for kids and teens, we need transparent, accountable, participatory safety infrastructure that distributes power rather than concentrates it inside centralized platforms. Read it for free here:

Decentralized Governance for Youth Online Safety: Open Innovation, Digital Democracy, and Federated Social Media

<p>Youth online safety has emerged as a critical governance challenge within the broader context of digital democracy. While regulatory reforms and...

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The latest version of @Divine HQ is in @Zapstore. Thanks to @franzap for pushing the fix that made it work!

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Divine — Zapstore

Divine is a new 6-second looping video app, inspired by Vine, with a commitment to preserving authentic human creativity. AI slop is not permitted ...

Welcome @Bart! Great meeting you in #Berlin at #DWeb. #grownostr View quoted note →

Spotted at EWR @npub1t5u3...j4c2

@Divine HQ is now available on @Zapstore! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to help our team reach this major milestone. Special shout out to the @npub1t5u3...j4c2 collective and our friends in the Nostr ecosystem—especially the @Team Soapbox, @primal, @White Noise, @Cashu, Zapstore, Amber, and Blossom teams. This is how I believe Nostr wins: through real relationships, shared principles, and a commitment to open-source collaboration. View quoted note →

Start line to finish line!

Timeline of my reaction to reading the feedback from Reviewer 2 🤔😕🙁☹️🤨😠😤😡🤬 #IYKYK

“Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle. The conflict has been exciting, agitating, all-absorbing, and for the time being, putting all other tumults to silence. It must do this or it does nothing. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass, 1857

diVine, White Noise, Cashu, Shakespeare, Flotilla, Marmot, Bitchat… just when I think I couldn’t get more bullish on the #OtherStuff, the list keeps growing. LFG @npub1t5u3...j4c2

Maybe Santa shouldn’t have dropped his cargo at the first sign of an imperial starship?

If you feel like you don’t belong in this world, it might be because you’re here to build a new one.

Yesterday, doing Thanksgiving dinner prep in our kitchen, my daughters are discussing who is making what. Elder daughter notes that their Uncle Paul is making the pumpkin pie using frozen pie shells. Younger daughter responds, “Yeah, he’s vibe coding the crust.” 💀💀💀

WTF is happening with Williams Sonoma??? “Reversible” in what way??? #SoManyQuestions #NSFW

Happy (half) Birthday, @npub1t5u3...j4c2! In the last 6 months, here’s some of what AOS has accomplished… • Marmot protocol • Shakespeare, a Nostr-based AI coding agent • diVine showing mainstream breakthrough potential • Bitchat (iOS + Android) supporting people in freedom movement • Major upgrades to Cashu libraries • Flotilla as the Foundry’s first external project partnership • A real innovation lab with traction + PMF • The first Nostr Builder Experience Survey • The core team is connected, engaged, and actively collaborating together TL;DR: The kids are alright. Learn more and get involved at

AOS – Technology for Human Thriving

AOS builds freedom tech that enhances, explores, and empowers human thriving through open, decentralized systems.

Useful advice both online and IRL #Bergen #TrollMuseum