I am still hoping to find a clean, dedicated blog client for my Nostr articles/reads. I want to tell people, "Go here to find my blog," not "Find my profile on this microblogging client and then click the 'Reads' tab." I told people about Habla, but now that's gone.

When "Big Mike" told Grover on Sesame Street that breakfast, along with "healthy snacks," is very important because it gives you lots of energy, she was either: (1) trying to promote another government program, or (2) showing herself to be a carb addict I'd say both.

#Hantavirus

Hantavirus? Nah, not worried about that. Omicron is supposed to kill us off first!

Like him or hate him, I bet Fuentes could bring a lot of attention to Nostr if he was on board.

Outside of using Marketplace in a pinch, what kind of weirdos scroll through and hang out daily on Facebook?! FB in 2009 was kinda fun. FB in 2026 is infectious brain rot. Nostr is what we would've wanted in the early days of social media. It might be too late, however, for those whose brains and souls are already fried.

I'm troubled that after updating, my Ditto app no longer works. Insists I now use Google in the background. Previously I had it installed from Aurora Store in my GrapheneOS phone, and it worked fine. Now it doesn't. A shame. I liked it a lot.

I am thoroughly, overwhelmingly impressed with Soapbox's Nostr apps. And I love having a choice between those and Coracle and Jumble and Amethyst and... all of them. I use many of them. I can better recommend Nostr to normie friends.

I love that if we were to have to face COVID-26, we could share our thoughts about it freely, without censorship or cancellation. C-19 was the last straw that led me to dump Facebook and NextDoor.

One Nostr frustration I have concerns relays (I'm sure). I hate the fact that when I use different clients, some will show certain comments or articles or posts or notifications, while other clients do not. I wish I knew a reliable way for my comments and others' comments, etc., to be seen everywhere.

I just listened to a #Techlore video. Henry, the host, explicitly said, "Nostr sucks," and that we can quote him on that. (Go to 1 hr, 11 min. at It was kinda funny, because the reasons he gave were understandable. It's not as polished and fast and non-buggy as others, but I believe in its underlying philosophy and aim. That's why it's my #1 social media go-to. In time, smarter-than-average normies will come as Nostr works out its kinks. Until then, I'm tickled pink using Nostr itself -- even if BTC religionists push too hard.

The Internet would be more interesting if more people had personal sites and personal blogs. People enjoyed their friends' homepages back in the day. And when there were too many to keep up with, RSS feed readers served them well. Modern social media has ruined this. Nostr can fix this, or at least has the potential to. I would life to have a Nostr web client allowing me to custom arrange a "homepage," including themes, and sections for pics, microblogs, articles, recommended friends or links, voice messages, vlogs, etc.

I can tell I'm getting more mature, because I am kind of looking forward to what's next after this life. I'm not too afraid to die. But the thing is, I don't want to die for some stupid reason, like eating too many french fries or choking on a potato or falling off a cliff after losing my balance from taking a selfie. I would be embarrassed and would never hear the end of it. Ever.

So many people at my office -- especially the younger employees -- carry backpacks. That's fine. It's just that when I was in high school, only the Down syndrome kids had backpacks. The rest of us carried duffel bags. Styles and trends change. I'm okay with that. But as cool as white high tops were in the 1980s when we were young, my wife and I will never wear them with our suits or dresses at Mass.

This war is to Donald Trump's legacy as hot diarrhea is to one-ply toilet paper.

A CATHOLIC HYPOTHETICAL Imagine your bishop telling the parishioners of the diocese that when coming forth to receive Communion, from now on they should play the Macarena song on kazoos while doing the Macarena dance all the way up to the altar, where they are to reach into a repurposed Pringles container to grab and consume their consecrated Host, followed by taking a to-go sippy-cup that contains the Precious Blood. And what if the Vatican supported the bishop's decree? And what if the neighboring diocese was a full day's drive away? Would you accept your bishop's decision with obedience since he is the local guardian of Tradition? Would you accept Rome's ruling, even if it goes against your liturgical preferences? Would you go along with it and participate, with your children, since the Eucharist would still be validly consecrated? Knowing we are to go to Mass each Sunday, would you be in mortal sin if you deliberately chose to stay home from this Mass -- a five-minute drive from your home? Everyone knows there are limits to authority, even for bishops, and we are not obliged to follow unjust laws. Disobedience in such cases does not make one a bad Catholic, but a good Catholic. If we follow the Church's clear Tradition, even if a priest or bishop does not, we are doing God's will. We are serving the Church, the Body of Christ.

"Epic Fury" was the last straw for me. DJT is not MAGA. He lost his way.

This is so simple and clear. Q&A format. Every Catholic should be studying this. #bookstr

GLEASONATOR I haven't been to gleasnator.com in a long time. I went there just to see my old Fediverse account, but it looks like the site is now a Nostr web app. It is super slick. Nice job, @Alex Gleason ! I don't know where I've been that I missed this!