I’m a big fan of beaches on the shoulder season.

In many of the “what should Nostr do next” threads over the past few weeks some users have noted search isnt great across Nostr. This morning our team looked up the relays that support NIP50 - the search NIP and there are some but very few of the major ones folks connect to support search. We have built our relays on strfry which prioritizes speedy return of npubs rather than indexing. Curious if folks are relying on something other than NIP50 for search? Also curious what is or is not motivating implementation of NIP50 amongst relay managers?

I’m unclear if the bear has a really sore shoulder or if some testosterone loving raccoons have moved to town. The wire cable straps are still intact but the bags were ripped open both in and outside the can. Regardless we will be having a long conversation about recycling at dinner tonight.

At the height of rhe eclipse last week, all of the wildlife had something to say including the coyotes who only chimed in when the sun was mostly covered. It’s faint but you can hear them twice near the beginning.

If you haven’t heard @nos is launching both Journalism Accelerator and Creator Residency programs. This is an initiative inspired by conversations we’ve had with the Nostr community. If you know Creators or Journalists on other platforms please encourage them to apply. Nos is excited to launch this in partnership with @Damus , @primal , @npub1w0rt...cu4x @YakiHonne & @npub13myx...v3qk . For more details check out: https://www.nos.social/journalism-accelerator Or https://www.nos.social/creator-residency

The Biden student loan forgiveness program is for max $20k / student. These Republicans collectively walked away with $15.5 million in PPP loans they didn’t payback AND they self dealt the loans to themselves.

I have 3 separate Mac devices and each one has a different charging dongle. Such a pain and waste.

Constraints are often a force for innovation. Complete freedom in architecture often leads to blan cookie cutter spaces. Even small adjustments can have profound impacts on the feel of a place.

the city and the limiting virtues

"freedom to" and "freedom from" in the cafe, church, and library

Two articles this week on the impacts to women and sex workers of Deepfakes.

The Cut

AOC Describes the ‘Trauma’ of Seeing Deepfake Porn of Herself

“It’s not as imaginary as people want to make it seem,” she said.

404 Media

‘AI Instagram Influencers’ Are Deepfaking Their Faces Onto Real Women’s Bodies

AI 'influencers' on Instagram have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views by stealing reels from real women to make the...

I don’t think people realize the downstream effects of the loss of housing. - people need to move further from their jobs which increases transportation costs or they have to get different jobs - schools lose pupils which then translates into less $ for the kids who remain so programs are cut - local employers can’t find people to work bc no one actually lives nearby its all 2nd homes or short-term rentals - businesses cut back hours to only weekends bc no one really lives in the community during the week which leads to job loss or cut hours etc

The other day I posted the beaver gnawed tree in the back but here is the second just in front. Maybe they are opening space for seedlings to take root.

A photo from yesterday’s eclipse.

Woah Steve from Stranger Things is a muscian! And its pretty good!

Spotify

End of Beginning

Djo · DECIDE · Song · 2022

Dan Hon’s latest newsletter asks an interesting question about whether we’ve solved all the easy problems with maths and what remains are the people problems which are much more difficult to solve. Scratching the surface of content moderation tools in recent weeks, it certainly feels like the people problem is going to require more than maths…

s18e06: Low-Hanging Fruit, Information Processing, and People Problems

0.0 Context Setting A grey Thursday morning in Portland, Oregon, on April 4, 2024. For April fools this week, Florian and I switched the homepage o...