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Ihtesham Ali:
"Edward Snowden recommends this operating system for people who cannot afford to get caught.
It's called Whonix, and it's free.
The design behind it is simple to explain even though the engineering isn't.
Whonix runs as two separate computers inside your one real computer.
One is called the Gateway. Its only job is talking to Tor, the network that bounces your traffic through random computers around the world before it reaches any website.
The other is called the Workstation. That's where you actually browse, type, and work.
The Workstation has no direct road to the internet at all. None. It can only talk to the Gateway sitting next to it, and the Gateway only talks through Tor.
....
https://x.com/ihtesham2005/status/2074762832802095173?s=20

2026-06-05 21:49:43 UTC

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Yep
https://telegra.ph/Ontsnappen-aan-Big-Tech-is-moeilijk---Maar-niet-onmogelijk-Een-artikel-vol-praktische-tips-06-05

2026-06-05 21:38:39 UTC

npub1awthl5gjzpnvlzgmepr46gfg28wdy22pgzrj6ckz3tftemwxh2ksx4t5rs Hoi

2026-06-05 19:01:11 UTC

Lack of privacy is nothing new…
https://youtube.com/shorts/7v2XbORT09E

2026-04-29 11:25:15 UTC

NIP-xxx needed !
😎
#nevent1q…pf6s

2026-04-29 11:22:11 UTC

Greece to BAN ANONYMITY on social media
"The major problem behind anonymity is toxicity," argues digital governance minister
https://www.euractiv.com/news/greece-to-ban-anonymity-on-social-media/

2026-04-27 11:24:06 UTC

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lying on my table :)
https://blossom.primal.net/6adf0082cb5a400f2b9fce1090bdc8df6125962d32b7e91a93bcf8b886584efa.jpg

2026-04-27 11:02:23 UTC

“MESH networks use radio waves to create parallel communication networks. In societies that are increasingly under surveillance or where governments can block communication overnight, like in Iran, these decentralised and accessible networks can prove very useful.
Tracks meets fans of off grid communication in London, Barcelona and near Bologna in Italy.”
#meshtastic #LoRa
ARTE
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/126484-047-A/tracks/

2026-04-13 16:26:44 UTC

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I once had a R500 and a R600, because I was (am) a beach boy.
Search for “transflective”. Most of the time you’ll find sturdy and heavy laptops for construction workers and forest managers.
But these Toshiba’s were ultralight.
(I still have those in storage.)
“The Toshiba Portégé R600 is a highly specialized, ultra-portable business notebook released around 2009, famous for being one of the lightest laptops in the world at the time (starting at roughly 1.1 kg or 2.4 lbs) while including an optical drive. Its defining feature is the transflective LED-backlit display, designed specifically for maximum outdoor readability and power efficiency.
Transflective Display Explained Outdoor Readability: Unlike standard "transmissive" laptop screens that rely entirely on a backlight, the R600’s display is "transflective." This means it can reflect ambient sunlight, allowing the screen to remain legible even in direct sunlight with the backlight turned off.

2026-04-13 09:31:27 UTC

Holy Camel !
I just discovered there’s a whole bundle of Perl libraries to implement a Nostr client and a relay!
Perl, my old love from the mid-90’s.
I will try and experiment with it for nostalgia’s sake.
(Maybe Claude will help me?)
https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::Nostr
Hello Nicholas Hubbard, are you here?
#perl
https://image.nostr.build/de8507039e87cd2092ceb3a1e7fcf36299033b10ada4eb9d3c54c87dfec2dc8a.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/c128b1e16ef8491d116a6a0096e5d67caac826b8baf8f1c559c6954e027b9768.jpg

2026-03-16 14:11:52 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/57be53f35fd93969d09384fb3486c3b72402d27adfd72d388807b64eec21ef64.jpg

2026-03-14 07:13:43 UTC

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Translation: "I was too late for Bitcoin, so now I have to promote X Money and hope Elon will reward me."

2026-03-06 05:57:35 UTC

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So at a server park of a bank, whose age is used at bootup for each server? The CEO of the bank? Or the operator installing and configuring the server?

2026-03-06 04:38:44 UTC

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Besides big blocks may be contaminated with illegal content, larger blocks heighten the risk of loss of decentralisation.

2026-02-27 17:31:48 UTC

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Only buy food with 3 or less ingredients.

2026-02-27 16:42:57 UTC

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was I correct?
https://youtu.be/cU1zVq3E_D8

2026-02-27 16:09:12 UTC

Naked short selling is illegal , but not punished in any way
https://fixupx.com/maxkeiser/status/2027153299284074556?s=46

2026-02-26 03:53:11 UTC

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yep, for starters:
"Libya holds one of Africa's largest gold reserves, with approximately 146.65 tonnes as of 2024, ranking it among the top three nations on the continent and 28th globally. These reserves, held by the Central Bank of Libya, are a vital economic stabilizer, **though significant amounts were looted or moved following the 2011 ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.**"

2026-02-25 19:07:43 UTC

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In the pre-war “Der Blaufuchs” movie this music is used in a village dance scene. My grandmother *loved* this movie.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029920/

2026-02-24 04:55:43 UTC

@npub1cgm…tnyr YOU are number 6 !

2026-02-19 10:05:11 UTC

“Haha
French President says Free Speech is bullshit.
The people of France have spoken.
𝕏 is now the #1 news app* on the France App Store.
Streisand Effect remains undefeated”
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2024194736530354257
(*) Damus soon 🤓

2026-02-12 01:40:04 UTC

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La Jolla?

2026-02-09 16:33:38 UTC

Has anybody built a Discord equivalent on Nostr protocol yet?
•Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access
Discord will require users to verify their age
via a face scan or ID to remove teen-
appropriate restrictions starting next month.
Unverified users will face limitations,
including access to age-restricted servers,
filters on content, and DMs from unknown
users being filtered. Verification options
include a video selfie analyzed by AI or
submitting an ID, which will be processed by
third-party vendors and typically* deleted
after verification.
[Cocoon AI Summary]
*one hopes
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/161215/discord-will-require-a-face-scan-or-id-for-full-access-next-month

2026-02-07 21:51:49 UTC

BITCHAT SATURDAY starts in 10 minutes 🤓

2026-02-07 13:32:14 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/62edb5158a0b5e95669e9c687ec5b52b97d495762eedac7a14a3f2ba8c25d5af.jpg

2026-02-07 13:31:19 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/62edb5158a0b5e95669e9c687ec5b52b97d495762eedac7a14a3f2ba8c25d5af.jpg

2026-02-07 13:23:34 UTC

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Nostr is the (only) answer

2026-02-07 12:11:26 UTC

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govuk yourself !

2026-02-07 12:04:06 UTC

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Anti-Isreal words, i read.

2026-02-04 21:49:43 UTC

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram:
🇪🇸 *My message to Telegram users in Spain* ❗️
Pedro Sánchez’s government is pushing dangerous new regulations that threaten your internet freedoms. Announced just yesterday, these measures could turn Spain into a surveillance state under the guise of “protection.” Here’s why they’re a red flag for free speech and privacy:
1. Ban on social media for under-16s with mandatory age verification: This isn’t just about kids—it requires platforms to use strict checks, like needing IDs or biometrics.
⚠️ Danger: It sets a precedent for tracking EVERY user’s identity, eroding anonymity and opening doors to mass data collection. What starts with minors could expand to all, stifling open discourse.
2. Personal and criminal liability for platform executives: If “illegal, hateful, or harmful” content isn’t removed fast enough, bosses face jail.
⚠️ Danger: This will force over-censorship—platforms will delete anything remotely controversial to avoid risks, silencing political dissent, journalism, and everyday opinions. Your voice could be next if it challenges the status quo.
3. Criminalizing algorithm amplification: Amplifying “harmful” content via algorithms becomes a crime.
⚠️ Danger: Governments will dictate what you see, burying opposing views and creating echo chambers controlled by the state. Free exploration of ideas? Gone—replaced by curated propaganda.
4. “Hate and polarization footprint” tracking: Platforms must monitor and report how they “fuel division.”
⚠️ Danger: Vague definitions of “hate” could label criticism of the government as divisive, leading to shutdowns or fines. This can be a tool for suppressing opposition.
These aren’t safeguards; they’re steps toward total control. We’ve seen this playbook before—governments weaponizing “safety” to censor critics. On Telegram, we prioritize your privacy and freedom: strong encryption, no backdoors, and resistance to overreach.
✊ Stay vigilant, Spain. Demand transparency and fight for your rights. Share this widely—before it’s too late.

2026-01-31 23:05:06 UTC

10 users online, absolute record.
Next week saturday 23:00 CET new Hello chat on Bitchat.
#note1d8j…hfvv

2026-01-31 21:53:25 UTC

Hey! shall we say “Hello!” on Bitchat in 7 minutes?
https://image.nostr.build/1ad80b038dc3baea0f8bac411b52aa8ff7f58e4c15aa25c87832c89a21ac6888.jpg

2026-01-28 00:47:07 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/4180d190973df3d8b95752c25fead655a209b6a163490e33ecbafb8d2ed74a03.jpg

2026-01-24 22:34:09 UTC

bitchat 8 people joined now. never before!

2026-01-24 21:25:09 UTC

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bitchat: join in 35 minutes
https://blossom.primal.net/8e47483b5dbb0f9c613499a7c735bf155fad64c27633c753d0a4cb5e24765458.jpg
#nevent1q…j35l

2026-01-24 14:09:55 UTC

Tonight, at 23:00hr (11pm) CET Amsterdam/Paris/Madrid/VonDerLeyen time:
#bitchat gathering.
cu later
https://image.nostr.build/088d4d06b57bd67a1d6cb2a7a5d9d3ef459dcabfaf20fcafaee527b5e23c0b6b.jpg

2026-01-16 01:56:21 UTC

So you have people skills?
https://youtu.be/hNuu9CpdjIo
#note17zp…0ln5

2025-12-29 21:41:05 UTC

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You'll surely find "Don't rely on GDP" by Alisdair Macleod interesting
https://www.goldmoney.com/research/dont-rely-on-gdp

2025-12-29 09:28:06 UTC

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Very good concise summary Keynesian vs Austrian ! Will use it 🤓

2025-12-29 01:27:37 UTC

BITCOIN’s Stock-to-Flow ratio is about 114 at the moment, and growing the coming years.
GOLD’s S2F ratio is about 80 and will keep incrementing, albeit more slowly.
SILVER’s S2F ratio is difficult to assess, as it’s stock is difficult to determine, as much silver is consumed by industries rather than stocked.
Anything between 50 down to 20 or less
That’s why I suspect silver’s current rally may be short lived.
Brent Hecht:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4358031-silvers-stock-to-flow-ratio-and-why-it-matters [2020]

2025-12-29 00:27:59 UTC

Sounds familiar, no?
“[X Chat] uses a sort of peer to peer based encryption system, similar to #Bitcoin. “
https://fixupx.com/bitcoin_teddy/status/2003224780393316422?s=46

2025-12-22 01:10:45 UTC

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-case-against-quantum-computing

2025-12-22 01:09:30 UTC

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-case-against-quantum-computing

2025-12-22 01:06:52 UTC

“When you leave law making to the police, you should not be surprised if you end up in a police state” — CEO of Proton
[my translation from German]
https://www.nzz.ch/technologie/proton-ceo-andy-yen-wer-gesetzgebung-der-polizei-ueberlaesst-sollte-sich-nicht-wundern-wenn-er-eines-tages-in-einem-polizeistaat-aufwacht-ld.1916779

2025-12-20 10:27:36 UTC

AFUERA !
#note1uar…e23n

2025-12-20 10:24:17 UTC

GM ehhh… Frens?
https://image.nostr.build/b410116d30d9c4d50228682ba02ec2b1ea29fc116ff32fdb9ef98130e6a48e51.jpg

2025-12-13 11:28:20 UTC

FBI & Signal
https://youtube.com/shorts/KIEsw-gpFaE?si=grbd8-N9GoW2RVba

2025-12-11 14:09:45 UTC

#Bluesky needs no age verification says the EU, meanwhile X gets fines…
https://youtu.be/vPHG-P7GQIk

2025-12-07 08:10:57 UTC

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No A.I. !

2025-12-02 14:18:05 UTC

Minister of deregulation of Argentina, Federico Sturzenegger, is in The Hague
https://blossom.primal.net/8279593e51f65db0b6eb4e2d636241032632d5fc84eccb4eca5ce9f7941d38ec.jpg

2025-11-24 01:55:12 UTC

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beautiful. reminds me of ken rockwell’s photo site , one of the first sites of the world wide web 🤓

2025-11-20 13:53:36 UTC

**Roblox Requires AGE CHECKS for Communication, Ushering in New Safety Standard**
Assigns Users of Similar Age Groups for Chat and Limits Interaction Between Minors and Adults
https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/11/roblox-requires-age-checks-limits-minor-and-adult-chat

2025-11-12 16:25:39 UTC

"Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez DEMANDS the END of online anonymity — calling for every social media account, Nostr included, to be linked to an EU Digital ID Wallet. At the World Economic Forum, Sánchez declared: “No one can walk the streets with a mask — so why allow people to roam online without revealing their identity?” #WEF
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaimejrod_spanish-pm-pedro-s%C3%A1nchez-demands-the-end-activity-7394362048715034624-WG4t

2025-10-28 20:36:17 UTC

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You are entitled to any of my opinions!

2025-10-28 18:34:27 UTC

GN, heeft iemand nog een ticket over voor de Noderunners™ conferentie op 1 November?

2025-10-27 18:46:43 UTC

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Bitcoin has to gain +50% if it wants to beat the ATH expressed in gold, which happened on 17 Dec ‘24
(1243 grams /40 ounces gold).
https://blossom.primal.net/c09a6a05c5f91c6b6e1a0ddd9ba3c16fc1243e7faee1116b1342be20ce6495bb.jpg
#nevent1q…rv7e

2025-10-15 00:43:31 UTC

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Mama mia! Ben, always check the switch of the press..... #sosad
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/10/treviso-winemaker-crushed-to-death-by-wine-press/

2025-10-12 14:27:09 UTC

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How can your wallet be emptied if your keys have vanished?

2025-10-12 00:58:19 UTC

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In Europe, Philips in the '50's introduced Natrium lights for streets and highways. This orange 'single spectrum' light has 2 big advantages: (1) low electricity usage and (2) the human eye does not get night blinded , because the orange light only triggers the cones in the eyes , but not the rods.
That's why https://blossom.primal.net/bed11174aa821348312f5b2b37420caa235abb7db00a3581b74b301ec4f69652.jpg BMW had 'orange only' display in their cars for decades. (This knowledge has been lost on newer generation of car engineers ).

2025-10-10 09:39:03 UTC

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I would love to leave Primal and continue on Damus only… BUT I need the Trending 24hr/48hr/1week timelines, in order to catchup after not Nostring for a while. Any suggestions how to add that to Damus? My own caching relay on Umbrel or something?

2025-10-10 08:19:41 UTC

https://fixupx.com/rothmus/status/1976296220348809721

2025-10-10 00:11:41 UTC

Pavel Durov (founder/CEO of Telegram):
“I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating.
Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers.
What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control.
Once-free countries are introducing dystopian measures such as digital IDs (UK), online age checks (Australia), and mass scanning of private messages (EU).
Germany is persecuting anyone who dares to criticize officials on the Internet. The UK is imprisoning thousands for their tweets. France is criminally investigating tech leaders who defend freedom and privacy.
A dark, dystopian world is approaching fast — while we’re asleep. Our generation risks going down in history as the last one that had freedoms — and allowed them to be taken away.
We’ve been fed a lie.
We’ve been made to believe that the greatest fight of our generation is to destroy everything our forefathers left us: tradition, privacy, sovereignty, the free market, and free speech.
By betraying the legacy of our ancestors, we’ve set ourselves on a path toward self-destruction — moral, intellectual, economic, and ultimately biological.
So no, I’m not going to celebrate today. I’m running out of time. We are running out of time.”

2025-10-07 22:14:25 UTC

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With Bitcoin and the Ten Notes ?

2025-09-29 23:18:58 UTC

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Jack, Gold flipped Bitcoin multiple times.
Bitcoin is now at the same gold-price level as in the beginning of 2021.
So the last 4 1/2 years have not been too good for Bitcoin, relative to gold. https://blossom.primal.net/8869924d0f4a4a994bcc648d6aa426864f1bfa34c3feeccbd93044c7ae7b1dbd.jpg

2025-09-29 02:37:49 UTC

Stacey in 2010....
https://fixupx.com/saylordocs/status/1971758150123769878

2025-09-28 11:27:50 UTC

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Agree that's a danger. But I hope the Swiss decentralised political system prevents creep of centralisation.
It did that in the first round.

2025-09-28 11:25:32 UTC

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I don't worship him nor his policies. But I do think his policies on crime is the best obtainable in that country in the situation it was.
The world is very imperfect, especially in the most dangerous countries in the world.
So to criticise his policies without presenting an alternative approach that would stop the killing AND adhere to abstract human rights in a country like ES, bears no value to me.
If each gang member was prosecuted individually, with 3 levels of court procedure, that would have taken years, failed, and the gang members would have increased their street violence and murdered judges, lawyers etc.
For now, each year about 5000 innocent families are happy that not a family member is killed. You want to take that improvement away?

2025-09-28 07:38:08 UTC

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Under the revised proposal, the new system would remain entirely optional and in public hands, with the data on the electronic IDs stored on users' smartphones rather than centrally.
Citizens can still choose to rely on a physical national identity card, which has been standard in Switzerland for decades.
To ease privacy concerns, a particular authority seeking information on a person – such as proof of age or nationality, for example – will only be able to check for those specific details.

2025-09-27 00:08:26 UTC

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I wouldn’t mind if the human rights in my country were destroyed in case the number of murders were decreased by more that 90%. That’s thousands of lives saved per year. And people or no longer afraid to walk their dog in ES.
So, if you know another way to reach that result in a violent country like ES, tell it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEMwYD_9Qsk

2025-09-25 22:42:46 UTC

* UK science secretary denies there are plans to ban VPNs
* The government is, however, looking "very closely" at how VPNs are being used
* VPN demand has soared in the UK since new age verification checks came into play on July 25
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row

2025-09-23 23:51:10 UTC

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I fly many times per year and never put on Airplane Mode. I never experienced a crash, so….
#nevent1q…edsd

2025-09-16 16:50:25 UTC

"We must break with the totally ERRONEOUS perception that it is everyone's civil LIBERTY to communicate on encrypted messaging services."
Said Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard.
https://blossom.primal.net/9fbca36836149a5a9ee2bd4d7ae57f3959e9e49acfa1fe7daee5da2e8958aec3.jpg

2025-09-14 01:16:59 UTC

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Canada's GDP per capita has been DECLINING in 2023 and 2024, leading to concerns about stagnating living standards. This trend is driven by strong population growth (fueled by immigration) outpacing economic growth, resulting in a decline in per-person wealth and a widening economic gap with countries like the United States.
Key details of the decline:
Declining trend:
Canada's real GDP per capita declined by 1.3% in 2023 and 1.4% in 2024.
#nevent1q…3e4e

2025-09-11 12:23:50 UTC

[EU chat control law] would essentially ELIMINATE ENCRYPTED MESSAGING, requiring services such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal AND NOSTR to allow regulators to screen messages BEFORE they are encrypted and sent.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/eu-chat-control-hinges-germanys-decision

2025-09-04 23:47:24 UTC

Hallo lieber medelanders! eens kijken of ik via Nostur iets naar de NL relay -als gesuggereerd door Constant- gepost krijg. Vingers gekruist!

2025-09-04 23:44:52 UTC

(ignore)
Test

2025-09-04 23:36:58 UTC

test in het nederlands

2025-09-04 23:31:03 UTC

Hallo lieber medelanders! eens kijken of ik via Nostur iets naar de NL relay -als gesuggereerd door Constant- gepost krijg. Vingers gekruist!

2025-08-31 22:21:05 UTC

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https://overcast.fm/+AA0EUSL-Un0

2025-08-27 10:36:09 UTC

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But a relay and / or client app can choose to function as an archive and ignore the expiration, I assume ?

2025-08-27 10:08:23 UTC

UK NGO's are setting up Servia and Croatie against each other by local events. The end-goal is to create a new conflict location for a new front agains Russia. (from minute 36)
https://youtu.be/JQTJy5LGeL8?si=LZ1DIZ2_Tuwf9XuF

2025-08-25 21:02:39 UTC

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So, maybe it becomes not uncommon in the future to have a smartphone with minimal functions set and a Linux based open source small tablet for all the apps you want to use without approval. (the mini tablet uses wifi via phone’s hotspot)

2025-08-25 20:54:24 UTC

+++FTC Warns Tech Giants Not To Bow To Foreign Pressure on Encryption
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/25/1939221/ftc-warns-tech-giants-not-to-bow-to-foreign-pressure-on-encryption

2025-08-24 16:53:37 UTC

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okay, so not a complete Internet Archive of podcasts…
Podcast makers must keep a copy of their sound files. Especially as with Spotify, you cannot reach those via an url. (And many new podcaster publish _only_ on Spotify, so there “is” no soundfile on the interwebs.

2025-08-24 16:31:39 UTC

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So democrats, who -i presume- initiated those laws can no longer meet online? har-har! now they have to return to musk’s hellhole…

2025-08-24 16:29:33 UTC

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iirc Podfather’s podcastindex.org also stores each episode, so podcasts cannot be censured away afterwards.

2025-08-24 15:43:06 UTC

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Please!! ZAP me bigly !!

2025-08-23 20:12:46 UTC

@npub12vk…pugg
Feature Request:
when media is not loaded yet, I like to see the kind of media that will be loaded when tapped. Basically: image or video? (jpeg vs mov, etc.)
When low on bandwith and/or time, I want to be able to download by tap images only.
TIA

2025-08-23 15:24:46 UTC

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Go watch French an Italian movies, they’re about people and their relationships. (Especially the ones from the 70’s. )

2025-08-23 13:05:45 UTC

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La Grande Belleza
OMG! its twelve years old!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358891/

2025-08-23 12:48:45 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/3b13be201fcf2995705a2a32029d21de1a9f84f5dedc5caeab1cf1d6e1b6dcbc.jpg
#nevent1q…lshd

2025-08-23 12:41:34 UTC

Mississippi’s Age Verification Law Could [Will !] Impact Us All
https://www.cato.org/blog/mississippis-age-verification-law-could-impact-us-all

2025-08-21 20:24:38 UTC

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33. Moderated Groups

2025-08-21 20:08:19 UTC

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As much as time travel is.

2025-08-21 20:07:36 UTC

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No.

2025-08-21 19:37:49 UTC

The Erosion of Free Speech
https://mises.org/mises-wire/erosion-free-speech