I'm at a point where I almost don't believe anything I see or read on the internet or social media anymore. - In the 90's I had already stopped believing in legacy media (print, TV etc.) - In the 2000s I firmly believed in the principle: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." - As soon as Twitter launched in 2007 I also stopped believing in the sincerity of regular, real people online. - At some point I also lost faith in the credibility and competence of popular Islamic scholars on the internet, with very few exceptions. - I recently lost trust in the integrity of the Bitcoin Core developers (you know why) - For the past two years I haven’t believed that there are real people behind any given pubkey, or that you should be doing business with them (sorry, that’s the price of anonymity) - Somewhere along the way I also stopped believing in citizen journalism. - No need to tell anyone that photos can't be trusted. Now it’s videos too. - Even seasoned lawyers are showing up in court with AI-invented precedent cases. The entire internet, Nostr included, is one giant brainwashing machine. Keep it real. Anyone who stays real is priceless.

AI fake news

There’s no other Nostr client that shows as many notifications and comments as Amethyst. Ideally paired with Pokey. Not even Yakihonne, not even Jumble. And definitely not Primal. If you really want to stay on top of what’s happening with your account, use Amethyst. Prove me wrong.

We’re living in a time where we’ve got some of the most unfit und pathetic leaders ever. If you want to do something that actually makes sense politically, start by cleaning up your own backyard before jumping into world affairs. Start by giving the job to someone who’s actually perfect for it, but doesn’t even want it.

Meanwhile, Germany be scared of Friday the 13th. But "your religion ... baaaad" 😄

Ladies and gentlemen, witness the sudden and unexplained mass outbreak of Middle East experts on social media. A rare internet phenomenon that only comes around every few years. Meanwhile, I’ll be enjoying a modest breakfast. جمعة مباركة

When will they understand?

ChatGPT was down this morning and half of LinkedIn couldn't post content, lol.

If you don’t have principles you won’t bend, then what do you really have?

I agree. The Nostr ecosystem is going through a significant crisis right now. Zapping is becoming more and more difficult. This started when Alby pulled out. I remember when it was enough to just enter an Alby address (in email format) into your Nostr client and the zaps worked. Switching to Coinos with NWC was already a step back in terms of user experience. You can say what you want about NWC, but it’s definitely more complicated than just using a simple Lightning address in email format. And there were also more glitches and hiccups compared to how stable Alby was before the end of 2024. And now the proposed alternatives are even more complicated. If you're serious about lowering the barrier to entry, you need to start thinking from a usability standpoint, not just from a technical one. View quoted note →

If you never spend Bitcoin, it's just theoretical for you. Money on paper, nothing more.

Big Muslims Follow Pack update due to #Eid signal. https://following.space/d/bsb40kv9nwr4

Regarding the Coinos incident ... how come no one’s saying "we’re too early"? 😄

Perfect man cave on the Mediterranean

Nostur is such a nice desktop client. But why can’t it zap notes? Only profiles. #asknostr

Italy's dancing, the Balkans, Sweden, and Estonia are getting mentally lazy, Belgium and Slovakia are buying on credit, the rest are blowing their wealth on Chinese stuff and paying with their data. Only the Netherlands is doing a little bit for its OpSec. And Russia ... they're just now discovering Meta.