Serious thought for those who love using Nostr (I love it too): We talk about how we own our content, but do we really post much of anything in our daily social media lives that we even care about after a year? Or a week? Even after a few hours? I suppose it depends on the content format. Microblogging is often silly or lacks substance. Lots of memes and wisecracks. An article, on the other hand, or long-form writing, is something you might want to hang onto for a long time. Vlogs or podcasts or video podcasts -- we might want to hang onto these, too. I miss the old days when we used internet forums with conversation threads. I used to frequently go back and review past conversations. But with today's microblogging, our "tweets" and posts and such, if I don't see something right away on my feed, I often don't go back searching for someone's past posts, or at least not that far back. What has changed? Is it me or are we all posting less interesting things? Our content is more shallow, perhaps? I don't know, but this I do know: Facebook is the devil. Nostr is a godsend.

To me, in Michael Jackson's "Black or White" song, it sounds like the rapper in the interlude says, "Where you butt comes from is where your face is." But surely that's not what he says.

I just found out about nosmero.com, a Nostr client that zaps Monero. Sweet. Anyone else use it?

Moving a photo in Microsoft Word:

I wish I knew who leaves gooey pee stains and pubic hairs on our toilet seat at work. 🚽 Kinda gross.

A friend messaged this to me over Signal. My best rapper name for this guy would be Shiddy-Scent.

I stopped in for a visit at Best Buy last evening just to see what's going on these days. I had no idea there was a color version of Amazon Kindle using e-ink. I also see Kobo has the same thing. Incredible. Not that I have a reason to use color e-ink (I don't read comic books), but it's still cool. I suppose it would be useful when subscribing to magazines from the library, but I don't really do that either. I'll stick with my old black-and-white Kobo till it wears out -- and the price of the color versions comes down dramatically.

I notice not many clients automatically post notices of long-form articles posted. I see Amethyst does. And Jumble.social. OK, and Coracle, too. But not all of them. I think they should.

Habla

Are My Friends in Hell? - TheDarrenator

I don't always have high hopes for people I know who have died.

Here's what I wish Pope Leo would publish as an encyclical to be entitled "Mea Culpa": === My bad, brother bishops and all the faithful. I should have been clear right off the bat. Catholicism is the one true religion. Christ is King. Don't be pagan. Please refer to the Roman Catechism. Abortion? Always a hard no. Don't be communist. Are you kidding me? And stop with all the gay crap already -- or else! That's it for now. In Christ, Pope Leo XIV PS: I mean it! ===

I'm not convinced LaFawnduh was the best choice to be Kip's wife. I also wouldn't bet that Kip isn't still chatting with babes...all day long.

Can't really run Windows 11 on a computer built for Windows 8. But that computer runs just fine now using MX Linux with Fluxbox. 😁

I've learned why I struggle to read books and other documents while dreaming at night. Lately, to figure out why, I've decided in my dreams to pay attention to the individual letters. It turns out all the words are not really words after all. Just a cluster of random letters. I guess my sleeping brain just isn't going to go through all the work of coming up with brilliant text for me to read in a dream. I'll have to stick to reading books in real life while I'm awake.

WARNING: This post contains hate speech against Facebook. I hate Facebook with all my heart. I believe in digital privacy. But I'm at my parents' house cleaning up because they have moved. We need to get it ready for sale. I only have a week. I never, ever use Facebook, but I do have an account (with alias name) because I used Facebook Marketplace a couple years ago. Since Marketplace is so effective, last night I advertised various items from the house for sale. I have only logged into Facebook from my Linux computer on an isolated browser with 2FA (TOTP). Using VPN. Suddenly it decides it needs my mobile number in order to confirm that it's truly me. But who else could it be that has my username, my password, and a TOTP? That's the whole purpose of two-factor authentication! Moreover, I have never given it my phone number in the past. Any clown could then put in their phone number -- which could potentially lock ME out. Makes no sense. In desperation, I put in my VoIP number. Rejected. It demands a regular mobile number. With hatred in my heart, I submitted my mobile number. And, of course, the privacy notice says the number can be used to suggest friends and to be used for affiliate programs. Facebook is evil and I hate it. Imagine a world where communities across the land used a Nostr marketplace.