Argh! Both NewPipe (on my Android device) and FreeTube (on my desktop computers) are now down. I can't seem to view any content. Invidious has been hit or miss the last number of weeks. Piped has been dysfunctional on most instances for months. Are there any other, semi-stable options left out there? Or has YouTube/Google finally closed most of the loopholes? #asknostr

One of my bosses was bragging today about how he's preparing to make a MAJOR purchase of XRP. Talking to him, I couldn't pull out out any objective benefit or technological value in Ripple. I know that 99.999999999% of us are Bitcoin or Monero maxis, but... Has anyone seen ANY benefit whatsoever to XRP? All I see is... hype. #asknostr #XRP

Has anyone successfully set up Nostr RS Relay on Start9? If so, how long did it take you to figure out? And, out of curiosity, what are you using your personal relay for?

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#asknostr #grownostr

Are there any FOSS alternatives that are able to copy this Ghibli style? I'd like to create one or two images, but I'd rather not use BigTech products to do so. #asknostr #Ghibli #Ghiblai #AI #AIArt View quoted note →

I'm seeing all sorts of Ghibli-style images out there now, from religious iconography to political cartoons. Why has this suddenly become popular? And is there a particular AI tool people are using to make these? #asknostr #Ghibli #StudioGhibli

XMR nerds, I've encountered a small issue using Mostard. I can't tip quickly, as my wallet would need to verify the first transaction over quite a long period before I could move onto the next tip. Is there a recommended wallet where I could do some kind of coin control to have access to more than one UTXO so that I could split up the available funds? Or should I just have 2-3+ wallets if I want to make multiple tips over the span of, say, an hour? What would you recommend? #xmr #monero

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"Talking about Putin's claims to the regions in eastern and southern Ukraine, [Steve] Witkoff suggested Russia had a right to them because they were majority Russian-speaking and repeated a false Kremlin claim that fair referenda there showed residents wanted to be absorbed by Russia." Let's take a vote and see how many Spanish-speaking areas of the southern United States would like "to be absorbed by" Mexico. 😅

ABC News

Trump envoy Witkoff sparks outcry after backing Kremlin talking points on Ukraine

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy and lead negotiator tasked with ending the war in Ukraine, sat down for an interview with Tuc...

#Russia #Ukraine #USA #Mexico #language #politics #humor #humour

A friend offered to send me a file today, and I suggested he send it over with OnionShare. He'd never heard of OnionShare, so we got into a fun discussion about secure, peer-to-peer file sharing. If you haven't already heard of it, check out OnionShare and test it out today.

OnionShare

OnionShare is a tool for anonymous peer-to-peer file sharing, chatting, and web hosting.

#privacy #p2p

What long-form (article) client are you using the most these days? Yakihonne? HablaNews? Another site? #asknostr

Niantic has sold its third-party games division, including Pokémon Go, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter, now, to Scopely for $3.5 billion, raising concerns about user location data. Pokémon Go relies on real-time location tracking for gameplay and ads, and the sale means this sensitive data could now be managed by a Saudi Arabian-owned company, sparking privacy concerns.

Nintendojo

Pokémon GO Has Been Sold to Spokely as Part of a $3.5 Billion Deal With Niantic - Nintendojo

Niantic has sold off its entire gaming division as part of this arrangement.

#privacy

Is GifBuddy.lol down for anyone else? #asknostr

A book wheel? I need one of these in my life.

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Global Museum (@globalmuseum@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image The #Bookwheel, invented in 1588 by Italian engineer Agostino Ramelli, was a heavy, 600-pound wooden rotating bookcase that let ...

If you could have any fiction novels, graphic novels, or non-fiction works in a school library, what titles would you choose? I have the opportunity to recommend works for a new school library, covering ages 11-18. While I have a plethora of my own ideas, I'd love to hear more of your own recommendations as well. Titles, authors, and links are all welcome! #asknostr #books #bookstr #education #teaching

I've been really tempted to start up my own server to run my own nodes, to run NextCloud, etc. Start9 seems like a solid option, but ordering from North America and shipping here to Asia sounds like a headache. Especially considering customs charges and hold-ups by domestic post. I know that Start9 has their own guides online, but I'm curious to hear from those that have used their OS themselves. Have any of you techie nostriches managed to set the OS up on your own hardware? What has your experience been? If possible, I'm leaning towards using a humble mini-PC to install the OS and designating an external SSD (maybe 6TB or so) as the storage option. Anyone know if this would work decently well? #start9 #startOS #asknostr #freedomtech #digitalsovereignty

It's been a *number* of weeks since I last used GifBuddy but was messing around with it yesterday on an old Android phone and noticed a peculiarity. I used to be able to tap and hold a GIF, select 'Share Image', and then select an app to share the GIF in (as opposed to just dumping a link). But when I went through the usual procedure to send a GIF to a chat group (on the Line app), and it only came through as a static image instead of being animated. Earlier this morning, I started to mess around with other apps: Telegram, Plus Messenger (an unofficial Telegram app), Signal, etc. The problem persisted everywhere but Signal. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this a quirk of those particular apps? Is there anyway to fix this? #asknostr #gif @lemon

Solution? Stop eating altogether, and go on a coffee-only diet. #coffee #coffeechain #gm View quoted note →

If I'm not mistaken Eastern and Western Christians will be celebrating Pascha (Easter) on the same date this year, right? If so, that means Lent should be starting for most everyone this coming week. So, #Catholic & #Orthodox folks, what are some of your humble, go-to meatless or vegan meals that are still fairly natural and healthy? I assume most Bitcoiners and other types of nostriches aren't eating soy-based meals day and night? #Lent #fasting #vegan #meatless #asknostr #Christian