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The main treasury of @nprofile…9rg4 has been drained yesterday. ...

2026-05-26T13:38:57+02:00

The main treasury of commonshub (nprofile…9rg4) has been drained yesterday. We lost €110k (https://txinfo.xyz/gnosis/tx/0x89387e323934fc5b498c5e12714dc4a372be60781ef06f2800ffb138709bfbe4)

Already reached out to Monerium, gnosis team, etc. but there is nothing we can do to recover the funds 😢

What happened:
One of our signatories had for historic reasons two keys to make any payment from the multisig of our Monerium account. He has been a victim of a supply chain attack (PolinRider) earlier this month. We first thought that only environment variables were at risk, not his private keys. But apparently the attacker installed a keylogger and retrieved the encryption key of his metamask.

Mistake 1: those two keys belong to the same person and should have been on two different devices. They somehow ended up in the same metamask on his main computer (we were unaware)

Mistake 2: that person actually left the organization months ago and we should have removed his keys from the SAFE. That’s my negligence. It’s not enough to set up a multisig, it needs constant tending.

Very expensive lesson. How was your Monday?

Taste the difference. Make a difference. Vote with your money. ...

2026-05-01T13:42:28+02:00

Taste the difference.
Make a difference.

Vote with your money.

Gm Brussels ...

2026-05-13T08:24:39+02:00

Gm Brussels

How to Train Your Agent. Soon in a theater near you. ...

2026-05-12T23:00:56+02:00

How to Train Your Agent.

Soon in a theater near you.

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2026-05-12T08:27:50+02:00

Hermes relay allowlist verification; please ignore.

Gold is rarely used as money. Bitcoin is the ultimate settlement ...

2026-05-06T15:22:53+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…2k7p
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Gold is rarely used as money.

Bitcoin is the ultimate settlement layer. It doesn’t have to be the currency that people use everyday to transact.

There’s got to be a better way to rotate api keys and other env ...

2026-05-06T12:31:09+02:00

There’s got to be a better way to rotate api keys and other env variables 🔑

What do you guys use?

Looks like I’m infected. Damn. Be safe out there. Also, ...

2026-05-05T12:12:16+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…gw87
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Looks like I’m infected. Damn. Be safe out there.

Also, there’s got to be a better way to easily rotate your env variables.

Latest npm virus (aka supply chain attack): ...

2026-05-05T11:51:37+02:00

Latest npm virus (aka supply chain attack):

https://github.com/OpenSourceMalware/PolinRider

Everything that can be hacked will be hacked. Crazy times.

Hello Amsterdam ...

2026-05-04T16:15:45+02:00

Hello Amsterdam

CLI First is the new Mobile First. It forces you to get to the ...

2026-05-04T14:40:20+02:00

CLI First is the new Mobile First.

It forces you to get to the essence of your application. No distraction. Focused work. Efficient. Minimal battery impact. Just get the job done and get out of the way.

Yes 💯. Big believer in pick your (benevolent) dictator. We are ...

2026-05-01T13:40:55+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…rn3u
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Yes 💯. Big believer in pick your (benevolent) dictator. We are social animals. We live in societies. That means we have to give away some of our freedom to meet our fellow humans in the middle (it’s also simply too much work, too much mental load to have to be in control of everything).

But we should always be able to retreat to our own space where we should have full privacy and anonymity, and we should always be able to vote with our feet and pick another tennis court that follows different governing rules.

Always. That’s why it has to be done at the smallest possible ...

2026-04-29T22:55:51+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…4sy5
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Always. That’s why it has to be done at the smallest possible level. Today it’s at the global level (with current tech platforms). I’d argue we ought to decentralize that to the community level.

I’m all for sovereign individuals, but the reality is that the vast majority will be under sovereign communities.

I’d love to see a digital belfry, a place where any community ...

2026-04-29T22:22:45+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…swfl
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I’d love to see a digital belfry, a place where any community could safely store all its data and that would provide all the services for collective sovereignty:

- a nostr relay for messaging
- a blossom server for files/media
- a collective bunker to store everyone’s private keys
- an email server
- a shared drive
- a shared calendar
- a common ledger
- …

What else?

A belfry is a symbol of the sovereign collective: “Where a ...

2026-04-29T22:16:44+02:00

A belfry is a symbol of the sovereign collective:

“Where a cathedral spire represented the Church and a castle keep represented the lord, the belfry represented the commune — the self-governing town. Building one was an act of civic emancipation, an architectural declaration of independence from feudal and ecclesiastical authority. The bells rang on the town’s own schedule, the archives proved the town’s own rights, and the silhouette on the skyline said: we govern ourselves here.”

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2026-04-28T23:38:16+02:00

The orchestrator is the new webmaster

The main point was the cli, not the storage. So I just treat all ...

2026-04-25T13:52:23+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…38vs
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The main point was the cli, not the storage. So I just treat all types the same way. It gives you a local backup of all your notes in jsonl format and a way to sync with different relays.

👌 (I took a similar approach for https://nostrcli.sh)

2026-04-25T08:50:39+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…j0kk
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👌

(I took a similar approach for https://nostrcli.sh)

See you in Oslo!

2026-04-24T23:06:35+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…9cvu
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See you in Oslo!

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2026-04-22T17:14:17+02:00

What do Nostr people think of Mastodon?

@nprofile…va65 you all good? We haven’t heard from you in a ...

2026-04-18T13:31:43+02:00

Jurjen de Vries (nprofile…va65) you all good? We haven’t heard from you in a while. Hope you are well!

A mix of Apache 2.0 and EUPL-1.2 You can see it here: ...

2026-04-15T17:07:26+02:00

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A mix of Apache 2.0 and EUPL-1.2
You can see it here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet

I love that they open source it. Now I’m curious to have some ...

2026-04-15T16:33:18+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…m4qg
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I love that they open source it. Now I’m curious to have some experts taking a look at it.

https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification/blob/main/docs/annexes/annex-B/annex-B-zkp.md

macOS is the best OS for humans. Linux is the best OS for agents. ...

2026-04-14T11:46:44+02:00

macOS is the best OS for humans. Linux is the best OS for agents.

Instead of an easy to use but limiting GUI, text files everywhere to configure everything. A nightmare for humans, heaven for LLMs.

I've been using Claude to configure my machine and it's been (mostly) great. Not perfect, but very promising. I wish someone would train a small open source model dedicated to help you configure your Linux environment. This would be perfect.

The new interface is a chat bot. One single input. The system ...

2026-04-12T12:40:57+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…uu9w
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The new interface is a chat bot. One single input.

The system should be able to understand what the user wants and offer different views based on the context.

Gm Brussels (Hollekken-Linkebeek, just outside of Brussels, ...

2026-04-12T12:34:12+02:00

Gm Brussels (Hollekken-Linkebeek, just outside of Brussels, direct train)

Gm Brussels ...

2026-04-08T11:15:57+02:00

Gm Brussels

Every day a daily brief based on Brussels’ various newspapers. ...

2026-04-08T09:33:54+02:00

Every day a daily brief based on Brussels’ various newspapers.

You can also get it in your mailbox.

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Brussels Daily Brief — 8 April 2026

🏛️ Politics & Society

Le Centre Culturel de Forest en grève ce jeudi 9 avril — The cultural centre is calling on all means necessary to defend itself, including legal action, against cuts to Actiris ACS subsidies and the removal of FWB (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) recognition for performing arts distribution. Workers say the cuts are "hardhearted" and warn of lasting damage to the cultural fabric of Forest. A protest is planned Thursday April 9. (BX1)

Une nouvelle manifestation nationale le 12 mai à Bruxelles — A new national demonstration is scheduled for May 12 in Brussels. Unions are uniting against federal policy they say threatens public services and workers' rights. More details to follow. (BX1)

🚇 Transport & Mobility

Deux nouveaux chantiers compliquent la vie des automobilistes — Two major roadworks are set to hit Brussels drivers this week. The A12 Meise–Londerzeel section will be reduced to 2×2 lanes from April 9 until June 8 — expect significant delays on the northern approach. In Auderghem, a section closes entirely from April 10–14, with traffic diverted. Plan your routes in advance. (BX1)

Chantier de la Gare Centrale : le métro CIRCULE — STIB engineers are carrying out major metro tunnel works at Brussels-Central station — works that can only be done when the metro isn't running. It's a tight window but operations continue normally for passengers. (BX1)

🚗 Course-poursuite Uccle–Waterloo — A dangerous high-speed chase through the streets of Uccle ended in Waterloo on Tuesday. A young driver from Uccle was arrested after endangering multiple pedestrians and drivers. Police are reminding residents that road safety enforcement remains a priority. (BX1)

💶 Economy & Urban Life

"Too much Belgian laissez-faire": Businesses risk leaving Brussels over cleanliness — A growing number of businesses are warning they may relocate from Brussels over persistent litter, dumping and unswept streets. The Brussels Times spoke to traders in several communes who say the situation has become unbearable. "We can't keep attracting talent and tourists if our city looks like a dump," one employer said. The issue spans the full 19 communes. (Brussels Times)

🎭 Culture & City Life

Les cerisiers du Japon en fleurs à Bruxelles — Spring has truly arrived. The Japanese cherry trees in Brussels are in full bloom, painting several neighbourhoods in delicate pink. How long will the spectacle last? Scientists say the window may be shorter than in previous years due to unusually warm temperatures. Get out and enjoy them this week. (BX1)

Artemis II : la Lune passionne jusqu'à Bruxelles — The Artemis II mission — NASA's first crewed lunar orbit since Apollo — is generating buzz even in Brussels. Scientists from ULB are closely involved in the mission's research. "We don't know if what we study is representative of the whole Moon," one researcher told BX1, underscoring the stakes of sending humans back to lunar orbit. (BX1)

Peterbos : deux blocs rénovés et chantier sportif lancé — In Anderlecht, two residential blocks in the Peterbos complex are being renovated, and work has begun on a new sports complex nearby. The €8 million project will bring updated facilities to one of the commune's most densely populated areas. (BX1)

🌡️ Weather Today

☀️ Sunny and summery — Up to 22°C expected in central Belgium today, with clear skies and light winds. A beautiful spring day — perfect for the cherry blossoms. Pack water if you're heading out, and don't forget sunscreen. Feels like early summer. (BX1)

Read the full briefing (EN/FR/NL) online: https://manneken.brussels/news/en/2026-04-08-press-review/ Compiled from BX1, RTBF, Brussels Times. Brussels, 2026-04-08.

Anthropic is the Apple of LLMs. They want to have a tight control ...

2026-04-08T09:30:24+02:00

Anthropic is the Apple of LLMs. They want to have a tight control on their ecosystem to ensure prime user experience for normies. The “it just works” experience. Claude Cowork is a great example of that.

Claude is the M5 in an iPad.

The deno node runtime is actually a very good solution for the ...

2026-04-07T16:45:18+02:00

The deno node runtime is actually a very good solution for the supply chain attacks we've seen recently in the npm world as it allows you to define a whitelist of domains that your code is allowed to call. But somehow it doesn't seem to be getting much traction. Looks like bun is the new node runtime that people use. Why?

It's annoying that Apple Hardware is so much better than ...

2026-04-06T11:37:57+02:00

It's annoying that Apple Hardware is so much better than anything else. It's not even close. I don't want it. I want a proper Linux machine. This would be a good EU regulation: force all manufacturers to play friendly with the open source communiy.

Since I moved to Linux I was missing a proper nostr cli. So I ...

2026-04-05T17:15:39+02:00

Since I moved to Linux I was missing a proper nostr cli. So I made one: https://nostrcli.sh

My favorite features:

$> nostr dm <nip05domain>

List all users on that domain, start typing the username you want, enter, and start chatting. Back space, back in the list, type another user (bot) name, enter, resume that other conversation. With support for typing indicator to make sure your bot is doing something. 🤖

Also:
$> cat ~/.ssh/*.pub | nostr dm xbot

Give it a try and tell me what you think.

For now I assumed that the same level of security than your ...

2026-04-05T17:12:10+02:00

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For now I assumed that the same level of security than your ~/.ssh/key was good enough, but I agree, encrypted at rest is much better. An issue is good but a PR is better :-)
Just make sure that people who don’t have the same security requirements can also still use it without the friction of having to have a hardware wallet.

After 20 years, I'm back on Linux. Here is why. TLDR: macOS ...

2026-04-04T06:25:47+02:00

After 20 years, I'm back on Linux. Here is why.

TLDR: macOS is the best user interface for humans, but for agents, Linux is the one you need.

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Linux Is the New Mac

Written by Xavier with the help of its agents.

TLDR: Twenty years ago, Macs won despite slower hardware because the experience was better. Now the same thing is happening with Linux — because AI loves open, text-based systems. And in an age of digital sovereignty, that matters more than ever.

I used to be an Apple fan boy. I've written about falling out of love — the point of diminishing returns, the subscription nudges, the feeling that my €3,000 laptop is also a storefront.

But something bigger is happening now.

I recently installed Omarchy (Arch Linux) on a new Lenovo X1 Carbon. It barely reaches the same Geekbench score as my 5-year-old MacBook Pro M1.

And it doesn't matter. Let me explain.

The Mac paradox, version 1.0

Back in the early 2000s, Macs were slow. A PowerPC G4 got demolished by a Pentium 4 in every benchmark. Steve Jobs himself admitted the PowerPC roadmap was a dead end.

And yet — I chose a Mac anyway. My beloved 12-inch PowerBook G4, 2003. 🍎

Why? Because OS X was Unix with a beautiful interface on top. You'd lose a benchmark and win the afternoon. Less crashes, less fiddling. It was the machine that "just works". The slower machine was the more productive one.

The Mac paradox, version 2.0

Now the tables have turned — and the reason is AI.

Apple Silicon is objectively fast. macOS is polished, refined — though the quality of the software is clearly going down. But the bottleneck isn't hardware anymore — it's how well your operating system cooperates with AI.

And here, Linux wins. Decisively.

AI loves Linux 🐧

LLMs can read the source code. All of it. Every kernel module, every config file. macOS is a black box by comparison.

Everything on Linux is a text file. /etc, dotfiles, systemd units, crontabs. Text is exactly what LLMs are built to read and write. Ask an AI to configure your firewall or set up a reverse proxy — it generates the exact file. On macOS, you're much more limited in what you can do. A graphical user interface reduces the possibilities.

"UI is becoming just a presentation layer for monitoring, not for interacting. Don't worry about UX, worry about AX." — @xdamman, March 2026

The command line is the API. Every action can be scripted, piped, automated. An AI agent on Linux isn't just answering questions — it's doing things. The entire OS is designed to be controlled by text, which happens to be the native language of LLMs.

But what about running local LLMs?

Apple Silicon is great for running local LLMs. That unified memory architecture is genuinely impressive.

But it feels like driving an SUV for picking up bread. How often do you actually use it at full capacity? You're much better off spinning up a GPU instance in the cloud for the heavy lifting and keeping a lightweight, open machine for your daily work.

What excites me today? Repairable stuff. Modular stuff. Low energy stuff.

Tech sovereignty ⚡

There's another dimension that matters more than benchmarks.

"Why tech sovereignty matters. Trump will weaponize any US based company." — @xdamman, March 2026

Your Mac calls home. Constantly. Telemetry, iCloud nudges, App Store prompts, subscription upsells. Your €3,000 laptop is also a storefront.

Linux doesn't phone home. No telemetry you didn't opt into. No App Store tax. No "sign in with your Apple ID to continue."

Your machine. Your data. Your rules.

In an age where AI assistants have deep access to your system — do you want that system to be transparent and auditable, or opaque and phoning home to Cupertino?

The irony 🔄

Apple bet that great UX could overcome a hardware deficit. They were right — and became the most valuable company on Earth.

Now the UX advantage has shifted. Not prettier buttons. Something deeper: how well can intelligence — human and artificial — operate your system?

For a long time, the Mac was the perfect machine for humans. A highly polished experience that just works. Really good defaults, not much to mess around with. A safe, beautiful computer to get work done.

But we are entering a new age of automation. The interface is shifting. It's less and less about the graphical user interface, and increasingly about the agent.

What you want now is a system that your AI agent can read, understand, and tweak at will. Don't worry about UX, worry about AX (Agent Experience).

macOS still has the best UI. But Linux has the best AX.

Sure, Linux may not be as polished as macOS out of the box. There are rough edges, and you definitely have to get your hands dirty sometimes.

But for now, I'm having so much fun being able to customize my machine, my main working tool, my own bicycle for my mind, to my will using AI.

To be entirely honest, while I don't miss much macOS, boy do I miss Apple hardware. They are annoyingly still so much ahead of the curve. I'd buy a MacBook Air M5 in a heartbeat if I could put Asahi Linux on it.

AI Counter-Arguments

Before publishing, I asked my AI agent to take an objective look and criticize this draft. Here is our exchange.

🤖 AI: The premise is that AI loves text, so Linux wins. But the latest AI models are becoming incredibly good at navigating graphical interfaces. They can "see" the screen, click buttons, and interact with macOS just like a human does. In a year or two, an AI might not need to edit a bash script; it will just navigate the UI for you.

Xavier: That’s right, but interacting with a computer through a graphical user interface is greatly reducing the things that can be done. It’s fantastic for humans, but a limiting intermediary for agents.

🤖 AI: You write about the importance of tech sovereignty (not phoning home to Cupertino). But a few paragraphs earlier, you suggest spinning up a GPU instance in the cloud for heavy AI lifting. If your AI agent lives on an AWS or Microsoft server, how sovereign are you, really? You’ve just traded hardware lock-in for API lock-in. Running local, uncensored LLMs on Apple Silicon is arguably more "sovereign" than running Linux but relying on OpenAI's API.

Xavier: That’s right. That’s the reason why I’m advocating for digital commons, in particular investing as a local community in a data center that can provide the compute that local citizens can tap into. I’m also interested in decentralized GPU resources such as nunet.io.

🤖 AI: Giving an AI raw access to edit /etc/ config files on Linux is actually incredibly dangerous without guardrails. A hallucination could brick your OS. macOS’s closed APIs and permission models, while annoying, provide exactly those guardrails for AI agents.

Xavier: That’s right. That’s why it’s not perfect yet and there is still a lot of work to do to make this safe enough for the mainstream. New systems like NixOS could be part of the solutions by offering easy ways to describe, change and revert the state of the system. See also the latest post from Vitalik Buterin on this topic of AI safety.

🤖 AI: You mention the Lenovo X1 Carbon vs the M1. But it’s not just about Geekbench scores. It’s about battery life, thermals, and fan noise. You can work on a Mac for 14 hours on a train without plugging it in. Most Linux laptops still struggle to sleep properly or last half a day under load. For a "bicycle for the mind," hardware reliability when disconnected still matters.

Xavier: You are so right. And that’s why I still love Apple hardware. They are still the best. By far. No question. But if you want to live on the edge and already experience today the possibilities of a truly AI powered computer, you have to accept that compromise.

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2026-04-02T16:06:41+02:00

package main

Cool thanks

2026-04-01T19:14:02+02:00

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Cool thanks

Great feature. We need this too in nostr clients (and relays). ...

2026-03-25T22:22:13+01:00

Great feature. We need this too in nostr clients (and relays).

Deers in the Brussels woods. #regenwalk ...

2026-03-25T10:06:35+01:00

Deers in the Brussels woods. #regenwalk

There is no expectation that a relay should keep everything. FIFO ...

2026-03-24T07:53:49+01:00

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There is no expectation that a relay should keep everything.

FIFO seems very reasonable.

Now ideally relays could have two lanes:
- verified users by WoT (or other signal)
- others, for which you limit storage for x days

Given the amount of bots, this could probably give a lot of bang for the buck.

I’d be interested if someone would build a plugin for strfry that would implement that.

Gm Brussels ...

2026-03-22T09:35:59+01:00

Gm Brussels