Techpriest Baunach

https://davidbaunach.com/

| human being | catholic priest | artist |

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npub1tvw3h5xqnuc2aq5zelxp3dy58sz7x9u8e6enkxywmrz70cg2j2zqjes44n

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techpriest@nostrplebs.com

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techpriest@getalby.com

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2024-08-24 04:36:43

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I can see that, guess I'm used to hanging out with devs, and it seems like they all write/talk like that.
Another factor is it was only really advertised on Gemini, which is the best place to look for people interested in lightweight+offline first p2p, but it's also a tiny and very scattered community.

2024-08-21 05:26:42

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I ran across this project: https://sr.ht/~ivilata/gwit/ attempting to formalize it, but haven't seen much activity.

2024-08-21 05:16:34

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Been donig the git thing with a bunch of personal websites I follow, works very well.

2024-08-03 18:24:16

Just a fun post today, noticed where I've got the cat beds set up, looks like my armour is watching over them as they cat nap:
https://terra.techpriesthub.xyz/fileserver/01B0ACA5Q84ETJTW8CX7D6KGNM/attachment/original/01J4CQM3ABD2GFDZ2BYQ5S5HR3.jpg

2024-07-30 19:33:39

Been testing out Garnet for roughly the last week, and oh boy, XMR tipping is such a good feeling! Even though I've got my lightning wallet hooked up as well, I've just completely stopped using it. Why give BTC, when you can give XMR?
Now obviously using a mainchain comes with some tradeoffs, but those essentially got fixed in the last update of Garnet, since you can now use external wallets for tipping. On the Monero chain it takes roughly 20 minutes for a transaction to be fully confirmed and thus you can't send another transaction for those 20 minutes. So with the one built-in wallet for Garnet, that was one tip per 20 minutes. But now that I can use my external wallet, where I have a bunch of sub addresses, I can pretty much tip non-stop.
For those waiting before trying something so new, I can report that I've had a bug-free experience thus far (I'm sure now that I've said that something will happen!), it just works like Amethyst.
And also I haven't really seen this discussed, but my tipical Monero tip has been 0.001, which is about $0.16, which seems enough for a micro transaction.
If you want to try it out here's where to get the apk: https://github.com/retrnull/garnet/releases
#garnet

2024-07-26 03:49:25

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There is a ballad composed in it's honor, enjoy this piece of Americana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYE-1HfReQo

2024-07-20 19:16:38

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I think it worked!

2024-07-20 07:02:31

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I tried installing in a seperate profile, would having Amythest on my main profile mess it up? (using my Calyx phone, planning to test on stock Android tomorrow)

2024-07-20 06:58:06

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I've been waiting for this day! Unfortunately getting an invalid package error, but will try again tomorrow!

2024-07-06 19:41:19

https://image.nostr.build/89bb7dd2ddc52f89a1c7df0ba25f44954e98af2d1b6deca13d0f7b71106f3554.jpg
Got my fall/winter/spring garments ready: a pair of wool pants, and a denim tunic/robe type thing.
I decided to go with a bag instead of pockets, which I'm liking so far, though pockets may happen eventually.
The patterns for these two garments are zero waste, pretty much all rectangles and squares.
I cobbled them together from various things I found online, and I am working on drawing up what I ended up doing, but it's not ready for posting yet.
It's insanely comfortable, kinda just want to wear it now, even though it's over 90 here. The sleeves are the best part, baggy sleeves are the way to go! I want to make some straps in the sleeves to tie them up into short sleeves, and I've got a few other little details to finish, but it's finally wearable!
#handsewing #sewing #zerowaste

2024-07-01 15:49:50

The Gospel today seemed particularly poignant.
https://m.primal.net/JEge.jpg

2024-06-30 21:49:08

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I tried it out a while back, pretty slick. Wish they hadn't done a governance token, but Radicle itself is doing some interesting things, so I guess I'll forgive it.

2024-06-24 15:34:54

# SSB: King of the Mountain
This began as an appreciation, and I wanted to just focus on the positives of SSB, but it is difficult to express those without expressing the negatives that throw those positives into sharp relief.
So to begin, the main problem: being online and server first.
I'm going to talk about Nostr and the Fediverse together, since the former is an improvement of the latter.
They both suffer from the same critical problem, data is stored in a central location. For Nostr: the relay, Fediverse: the instance. It's someone else's computer. And when that computer goes offline, it breaks the network. A central point of failure.
Now here's where Nostr pulls away a bit, I've seen plenty of projects aimed at providing a local relay to serve as a backup, which is cool.
But the fundamental problem, is that the structure is thus that a central server is where the data lives, and the intermingling of accounts happen.
This server is going to get fat, it's admin will have to consider legal issues, and due to it's necessity for the network to function, must minimize downtime.
SSB had the same problem at first: pub servers. Essentially an SSB account, that followed other accounts, thus keeping a complete copy of their posting history on the server. New accounts could connect to this pub and easily get integrated into the network, updates were quickly propagated, but again, everything was in one place.
Now, that wasn't as much of a problem for SSB. Accounts can sync over a local network, so even if a pub server went down, the network could still function, it would just be slow, and literally peer to peer.
This was solved with room servers. They don't store any data, just facilitate the handshake between peers so they can sync directly with each other. The legal problem was taken care of for room runners, the necessity of being constantly up was already lessened, but now that it was cheaper and easier to run a room server, there could potentially be more rooms than there ever were pubs, thus granting a redundancy not previously possible.
But technical capability and resilience cannot overcome burnout. There's a handful of SSB passion projects still in development, but all the big ones have died out, for various reasons.
The major reason is you can't make a living doing good stuff for humanity. It's tough getting funding for something that will make people less reliant on corporations and governments. Crowdfunding can only get you so far.
And yet, SSB still wins. Despite how difficult it is to work with, being offline and local first is going to win every time.
There are other reasons as well, one of my favorites, is community moderation. I'll see a flurry of block events from people I follow, and go to check out the offending account to see if I should block it as well, and there's already nothing there: it was blocked out of replication range.
This leads to small, (sometimes) interconnected, communities. There are pockets of the network I will never see, and those far outside the norms of my community, who will never see mine.
It brings the noise to signal ratio down to manageable levels, spam gets swatted fast, trolls get blocked so they can be in their own community of one.
True freedom of speech, in that you will suffer the consequences of your words.

2024-06-23 03:35:54

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So true, typically do about 20 minutes of sewing to get myself ready for sleep. However, for this project I had a lot of motivation (not sure why), so I finished it in a week. Was cool to see a project come together so fast.

2024-06-22 21:20:50

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I've got one: davidbaunach.com Love webrings and link lists! A bit of work to maintain, but well worth it.

2024-06-22 21:06:11

Finished another hand sewing project, used an old bathrobe for a pattern, though I added buttons and changed how it closed in the front. Wanting to do some cool sort of wide belt to finish it off, but will need to explore fabric options for that first.
On this project I also did 99% of it without a table, seated and sewing on the floor. I can't figure out how to lay the fabric out and cutout the pattern pieces without a table, though I guess the answer there is the floor as well. I have a feeling the cats will make that a nightmare.
#handsewing #sewing
https://image.nostr.build/1049119b354b511851c59bbdc9582890e8d473cfbd93ffff39b94ca8c2527cab.jpg

2024-06-12 20:28:04

# Return from Vacation
I've been on vacation for roughly the last three weeks, and it's given me much to write about.
It was wonderful to slow down, no alarm clock, no schedule, surrounded by friends and/or family.
The major focus each day was food and recreation, a far cry from my normal daily grind.
Deep conversations, stretching long into the night.
Pipes and cigars. Bourbon, gin and tonic, and some really good chocolate.
And singing!
We tried to sing all of American Pie, and realized we didn't quite know it well enough. But Wagon Wheel and Country Roads went off without a hitch. I even sang my attempt to turn Numb into Gregorian Chant (it's not perfect yet, but it's getting there).
I rarely checked social media, because I didn't want it. I didn't check the news either, because I had people to talk to, and that's always better.
We watched a few movies, but less than we did last year.
A few times we cried, over innocence lost, friends who faded away, and the cruelties of this life.
We knew the depths of sadness, and the heights of joy.
I received a lot of compliments on my homemade overalls at the restaurants and other places we visited, typically followed up by the question: "where did you get them?" And then the response to their handcrafted origin was some variation of: "you should start a company and sell them."
A reminder of how deeply consumerism runs in this culture.
And that's really the thing I want to bring back from vacation: the best things in life are friends, making things, and singing.
I want more of all that, and whatever that costs, it's worth the price.
### And just because I'm curious, what are some songs y'all sing with your friends?

2024-04-30 23:32:32

Found a cool thing: a scrabble game that is statically generated, and the game state can be shared by url.
Here's the link to a new game: https://words.pico.games/
For an example, here's the link to a game I've been playing with a friend to test it out: https://words.pico.games/#Ky8dbyAsMFkYGyQ8TWtdFw5HIkBgLEpZKAplOSseJUx3IQUbFEUvSFMJDzhUS0c8QzthBQcgQREXQlICEBYSJw==
And here's a writeup about how it works: https://rosswintle.uk/2024/04/static-not-scrabble/

2024-04-30 03:04:21

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Tested both on an old Chromebook a couple of months ago, Start9 worked no problem, Umbrel struggled. Not the ideal hardware, but I think it's telling that Start9 was able to work well on a virtual machine within the Debian virtual machine the chromebook provides. Whatever they are doing, it's more optimized.

2024-04-30 02:54:33

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Here is an example of what those posts look like in an SSB client:
https://image.nostr.build/1f0423ed389aa2088675a66e0bfaf05fce8edcf83796d4ed0943fbcb309d52c1.jpg

2024-04-30 02:53:11

Hey @npub1gcx…nj5z , not a feature request, know you are busy maintaining and improving this wonderful app, but just wanted to draw your attention to something a few of us were discussing, in case it makes sense to pursue it at some point:
https://image.nostr.build/c45e86dbd65db65d3d74d6130f3a060b8bb265f09414d79b0c66a3479b60d1f2.jpg

2024-04-29 22:32:39

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Sweet! How do I get the block and mute events to show up in my feed on Amethyst? Guessing there's a setting I'm overlooking.

2024-04-27 05:11:49

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I know Amethyst has the thing were if a certain number of accounts you follow block an account the account is hidden for you. The thing I'm talking about is if I block someone, it gets posted to my timeline that I blocked x. Does Amethyst do that as well? Don't think I've ever seen a post like that.

2024-04-27 05:00:33

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One of the thing I really appreciate about SSB is that block events are publicaly posted by all clients (at least all the ones I've tested). It makes blocking a communal act: see someone you trust block an account, give the account a look, and perhaps block it as well.
More important to block there since each account takes up storage on your device, but would be nice if clients did that here for blocks and mutes. The trolls can go play with the people that can stand them, and micro communities can form free from trolls and spammers.
I haven't checked, but does #nos do this @npub1wmr…g240?

2024-04-23 14:56:53

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might want to take Skiff off the email list, they got bought out recently.

2024-04-23 02:01:13

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Amethyst is my favorite Nostr client for Android, if you need a rec

2024-04-19 16:01:23

#memes
https://m.primal.net/HxPr.png

2024-04-18 03:27:56

Some new ground for me in my mending attempts. Up to now it's all been woven material, but this pair of athletic shorts had a seam come undone, and figured no better time than now for trying out the herringbone stitch (the one you're supposed to use for knits and stretchy material).
Stitches are not even, but seem like they will hold, and they stretch beautifully. I also love the contrast between unbleached linen thread and synthetic material.
#mending #sewing
https://image.nostr.build/87c36c4344c6d02a04f200ec7b594c955afbe8603574f5ad354a6a5f8e3909da.jpg

2024-04-08 19:31:52

My 16 yr old camera came in clutch for the eclipse, not the best picture, but I love it:
https://m.primal.net/Hsfg.jpg

2024-04-04 03:59:44

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Been using it for the last six months, incredibly good compared to other search engines. Also a huge fan of Teclis, which seems to be the hobby project of the founder of Kagi. If a website gets more than 5 blocked request by uBlock, it's not included in the index, so it's a nice way to search for sites made by hobbyists.

2024-03-28 04:32:15

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Was watching KEH and MPB (both online sellers of used cameras), got this one off MPB for $125

2024-03-27 20:05:46

Testing out a new camera:
https://m.primal.net/HouM.jpg
The camera is a Canon G10, at this point a 16 year old camera:
https://m.primal.net/HouP.jpg
In my overall move towards treating my phone as a redundancy, I started carrying around my Sony a6400 for taking pictures. But it's so precise and expensive, and a little too large, so I didn't use it often.
Found this used G10 for cheap, much lighter, smaller, and I don't care if it gets lost or broken.
Still need to figure out all the options and everything. The top picture was one of my tests, while I like how the colors came out, sharpness is lacking. Will need to play around with it some more.

2024-03-27 04:27:39

# Continued Adventures in Archiving
## SingleFile
After trying out a huge number of archiving tools for webpages, have finally landed on one I like. SingleFile is a browser extension, it archives the webpage exactly as you see it, and generates a single html file. The file is a little bloated compared to what other tools will generate, but it will look exactly like what you originally viewed, and it is responsive to different screen sizes (at least that's what I've found in my tests).
If you want to explore further, here's their Github: https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

2024-03-21 19:09:25

Just read a cool essay by Ploum, nothing earth-shattering, but I loved these lines in particular:
> The world we are living in is that same chess game on the easiest setting. Everything happens immediately, all the time. White-collar work can now be summarised as trying to reply as fast as possible to every single email until calling it a day and starting again in the morning, a process which essentially prevents any deep thinking, as pointed by Cal Newport in his book "A world without email".
> As we don’t have the time to think anymore, we masquerade our lack of ideas with behavioural tricks. **We replaced documents with PowerPoints because it allowed lack of structure and emptiness to look professional** (just copy paste the data of the last PowerPoint you received in a text file and see by yourself how pitiful it is. PowerPoint communications at NASA were even diagnosed by Edward R. Tufte, author of the "The cognitive style of PowerPoint", as one of the causes that led to Space Shuttle Columbia’s disaster).
> The root problem is that, for the first time in human history, our brain is the bottleneck. For all history, transmitting information was slow. Brains were fasts. After sending a letter, we had days or months to think before receiving an answer. Erasmus wrote his famous "Éloge de la folie" in several days while travelling in Europe. He would never have done it in a couple of hours in a plane while the small screen in the backseat would show him advertisements.
> In 2012, the French writer Thierry Crouzet had one of the first recorded "online burnout". Being connected all the time with interesting strangers and interesting ideas to which he wanted to reply quickly was too much for his brain. One night, he had a strong panic attack and decided to spend six months without the Internet, an experience he told in his book "J’ai débranché".
I also love that in just a few paragraphs, got like 3 things to add to my reading list.
Can find the rest here: https://ploum.net/2024-03-18-lost-focus.html
Or on Gemini here: gemini://ploum.net/2024-03-18-lost-focus.gmi

2024-03-08 04:27:57

A nice and simple thing to share: my cat Heloise is stealing the show, but I'm really excited about my new 100% wool socks!
Took me a while to find someone who makes size 14. I've been trying to make as much as possible of my wardrobe myself, but decided to go with someone who knew what they were doing for socks, don't trust my knitting skills that much.
So far they are amazing, fit perfectly, not too warm, and made of worsted weight yarn, so I should be able to repair them no problem.
https://image.nostr.build/169a7da8bb48329fe67dbee3e65928768b21a29021c99ba0590bab08230d9370.jpg

2024-02-27 23:35:00

Made a quick little vid on how I'm already using LogGit with presently available stuff, which of course you can LogGit here:
https://techpriesthub.xyz/forgejo/terrantechpriest/techpriest_tv.git
Or watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/wd6AOXoeZd4
Or Odysee: https://odysee.com/@davidbaunach:6/lets-loggit:6
#LogGit

2024-02-20 23:08:05

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It is welcome news, been wanting to funnel parishioners away from even the office phone (that's going to be a long way off) due to privacy issues, but lack of decent options has maintained the status quo. No longer! Now I just need to print some new business cards...

2024-02-19 15:27:44

# LogGit
## Using Git to distribute digital media.
Right off the bat I want to set expectations: I know almost nothing about programming or dev work, all I can really do is html, and if I want to make myself hate the world, I can do some css. So essentially I format documents. That said, I love offline-first, p2p, smallnet, and all that good stuff.
So when I saw Solderpunk's article on using Git for p2p distribution (https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.gmi) and then saw Degauss's project gwit (https://sr.ht/~ivilata/gwit/) that was inspired by it, I wanted to help. But I quickly realized there wasn't much I could do to help build out gwit, quick look at what Degauss was doing, and realized it was above my head.
Decided to go in a different direction, lean on my strengths as an artist, and just give the idea (of using Git to publish stuff) a name and an image.
Started with the name, after a few different iterations, settled on LogGit. Wanted the name to express the intention of using 'Git' as a 'log' to track changes to files over time, thus allowing for changeable content.
Then the image, drew inspiration from the Git logo, but kept it simple and small (32x32 pixels):
And then the idea: use Git to distribute stuff.
For anyone who is comfortable with computers and has some basic understanding of Git, we can start doing this now.
I'm testing out the idea in my free time, using a Git gui on my computer, and cloning static sites whose author's have made their Git repo public (many thanks to 100r.com and j3s.sh to making their repos easy to find). I also added the LogGit image and the link to clone from the public repo for my personal site and a few other projects I work on.
Cool thing I've found already, is that rss is no longer needed, whenever a change gets made to a site, I can pull the changes, look in the Git history, and see what was added or deleted.
What I like about this, is that nothing needs to be built, nothing major needs to change, just need to publish a link to clone the repo.
I also like that you can use the infrastructure of the enemy to publish.
Go ahead and host the repo on Github or any other major git forge, can typically do it for free, but the original always remains on your device, and you can move it elsewhere whenever you want, and leave your new location as your last commit. Next level would be to self-host it on a Forgejo/Gitea/whatever instance, or what I haven't tried out yet (but plan to soon) is host it yourself on Tor and keep things really sneaky.
I threw together a basic site with the info here: https://davidbaunach.github.io/LogGit/ but you can also LogGit here: https://techpriesthub.xyz/forgejo/terrantechpriest/LogGit.git to get the most up-to-date version (I won't be adding updates to the Gihub version unless they become necessary).
Lastly, here's the repo where I'm trying stuff out, so far, have just been messing around with the idea of blogging, seeing how easy it would be for people to comment on posts via pull request: https://techpriesthub.xyz/forgejo/terrantechpriest/LogGit_stuff.git Probably will test stuff out there, and if it seems promising, move it over to Github so it will be easier for others to interact.
https://image.nostr.build/d132e0f77bd0f0bc46eb956def25f8c3b389e7ab90798c6d00e54e6a70b7f677.jpg

2024-02-12 04:29:08

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I use Yunohost, it's fairly plug and play, large selection of things to install.

2024-01-17 05:20:58

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Took a while to get used to, but Thumb-Key has become my favorite. It gets bonus points for immediatly confusing people when they see it.

2024-01-16 04:47:28

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I could see Nostr being useful for personal public wikis. Not a huge audience for it, but I've tried a few of the options out there and none were that great. Nostr could also allow for collaboration for wiki editing, which would be sweet.

2024-01-13 03:17:21

Had a fun idea the other day, of a cathedral built on the back of a Strandbeest. Tossed it in an ai as a prompt to get some starting points for a sketch, and low and behold, there must not have been enough Strandbeest images for training, the images were useless.
Which was a blessing in disguise. Having to do some research, merge together some stuff in Gimp, and start some of my own rough sketches in order to brainstorm has been a fun process.
Below is my furthest along wip:
I'm going to finish this sketch, but I already have a ton of ideas for the next one.
And my end goal is a thought me and my brother came up with while discussing it: a nomadic group of shepherds, living in yurts built on the backs of smaller strandbeests, following their chapel wherever the winds blow over the great plains. When storms come, they lower the sails and stretch them over the legs of the strandbeests as shelter for their sheep. And of course they will have anchors to keep their beests steady in the storm.
I can picture it in my head, will be a sweeping scene. Hope I can do it justice.
https://image.nostr.build/670d34d7a0d22f3e2b73311d4862683f91d13f35bed90a6e1ff5983d68ede936.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=1920x1440&blurhash=%239R%7BDJtS%3FvWCx%5DxuMyRjof%3FwazIUofM%7BRjx%5DogWBWDazbbfkxubHRPj%5BfQR*ofxaR%25Rjt7WBWBt7%25MWBM%7Bt7ayRjt7ofWBM_fkt7ayt7j%5BRPf6fQxvofaeWBM%7Boet7WCs%3A&x=d74e364ce73cb3e14eb83e9c388888dfcdd875f8c611ef9fbf7db8f06c56e8de

2024-01-12 03:11:47

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2024-01-05 21:27:14

@npub1nnn…kzrt
@npub18hq…6gu8
I wanted to break my reply into a top level post, since it would be kind of long for a comment.
To clearly state my point, it is not impossible to prompt some sort of change to happen collectively, but at a grassroots level, the price of social change is too high for most individuals to consider paying it.
The Texas Secession Movements are a perfect example. These movements have happened in Texas since they joined the union, and have gotten nowhere. They grow to the level of collectivity pretty quickly, the desire is there, they can raise funds, they can convince politicians, they can sway public opinion. But the way the cards are stacked against any sort of change, they need a lot more money, in order to run a sustained campaign, as well as the necessary lawsuits, over a long period of time, even to win some small victories.
Working class people cannot raise these funds, or sustain this amount of spending, over the length of time that is necessary. And so these movements will only succeed if they can get corporate and/or government backing, which is not easy when you want to make life more difficult for government and corporations.
I referenced the Whiskey Rebellion because it highlighted this fact early on in US history. The people that rose up where small farmers on the frontier who were being unjustly taxed to the same extent as large manufacturers. Their grievances were dismissed and ignored, and when they finally fell back to violent means of protest, the federal government responded with overwhelming force.
The tragedy of the US is that though it was formed through violent protest and revolution, since that time when any group tries to do something similar, they are silenced.
And the repercussions are often not terribly visible to those outside the local community. Try to fight city hall, and all the sudden you start getting pulled over all the time whenever you drive somewhere. Your property gets reassessed at a higher value and your taxes go up. Your utilities become unreliable. Emergency services don't respond to your calls.
I said disappear, but I didn't mean killed. That does happen, but most of the time it's easier to shut people up by making their life hell. They disappear because they learned it's better to shut up.
Marvin Heemeyer and his killdozer are another good example. The frustration of trying to work with government bureaucracy makes most people just quite trying. In Marvin's case he decided to go out with a bang, but for the vast majority, they don't have enough capital and determination to keep fighting in the face of constant setback and frustration. And who can blame them.
I've stuck with mostly well-known cases for example, but I know about so many from the local communities I've lived in that are not recorded anywhere. The crushing weight of inability to do anything meaningful to even change something on a local level is insidious and it breaks your soul. The wide-spread drug use in this country makes complete sense. The only thing left is getting high and forgetting about this hell for a while.
While I understand the drug use, it's not for me. Subversion is the only realm of protest that makes sense to me. Build small things locally that make government redundant, with the understanding that if it becomes too well-known you will get punished. As long as you're willing to play dumb and pay the fine, you might make it out with just that. Worst case is jail, but that can be a method of protest. Live on the state's dime, and realize you're just living in a slightly smaller prison than you inhabited previously.

2024-01-05 01:11:24

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Manyverse is my fave. Knowing it can work offline and keeps all my data on device, closest thing to magic there is for me.

2024-01-04 05:29:02

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When I went looking for a drm free option a year ago, only thing I found was libro.fm which is great, just doesn't have the best selection. Though I do like that they give a cut to my favorite used book store. Glad to have another option.

2024-01-03 01:59:44

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Sweet, many thanks!

2024-01-02 14:42:20

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Anyshere to buy it drm free? Only seeing it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble

2024-01-01 16:31:30

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Postmarket os if you want to test: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Google_Pixel_2_XL_(google-taimen)

2023-12-31 22:44:17

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Lolz, yeah, lots that can be done, but the price to make it happen is too high. He's probably right about education being the only thing worth doing, the cost to participate is more reasonable.

2023-12-31 21:50:48

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It's also the holidays, most people probably busy with other stuff.

2023-12-30 20:22:28

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Go ahead and critisize our US Government, but all of us citizens have no say in what they do: you speak out and you get punished or you disappear. Most may be ignorant, but even if they knew, they couldn't do anything about the injustice and terrorism.

2023-12-25 08:15:35

Midnight mass by candle+Christmas tree light has been accomplished, Merry Christmas!
https://image.nostr.build/c9dcb374e4f094ee851eaae3899df2ae7fc892744d0eb59d99c76fe2831aeb9e.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=960x960&blurhash=U4BV-6%25M8%7Et7%7D%3AjFENn%2500RPF%3BRkKjkWwJX8&x=ef0f182a251b2f6273ab21e23c5d9a31a21527201252462541a52d88019cda74

2023-12-20 16:48:53

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If you like art Crystal Bridges and Thorncrown Chaple are both worth checking out. Eureka Springs has some cool history and shops. And then if you like hiking there're trails all over the place.

2023-12-19 04:34:44

https://image.nostr.build/01abb55b6d5e07b7b66b510b3d4faa85ed84ea9a15770c0667a698b42a4fa850.jpg#m=image%2Fjpeg&dim=864x625&blurhash=%2348%3BV%5B_3%251-pt8WYM%7BV%40WC_4x%5ENFM%7BIVj%5DV%40jEof4mROsRMxogRkjtofbI00S5x%5DWBkDR*t6s%3At74n%25MjYWARjRjWARjj%5B_2oIM_t6fPkCfkWBaz%25gE1IVWYWBt7t7ofoJ&x=32a47be5574b163fa8b2d9681be828319b97e3c79e9578836bc740c5216b60fb
#memes

2023-12-13 18:27:02

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Missourians love a good political squabble

2023-12-06 05:08:03

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I prefer mittens for warmth, and I've got a pair I bought for that, but when I need more dexterity I crocheted these:
https://image.nostr.build/9dea3f92a397ff8b46885bf0aab05be515588b5db401c896ac3e862875b48020.jpg
I evetually made them a little longer (up to the first knuckle), but they're perfect for when I need the full use of my fingers.

2023-12-01 05:27:46

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Understandable, I wasn't sure it was a good idea either, but it worked out today, with the cover it's pretty tough, handled a few bumps very well.

2023-11-29 05:41:31

Upgraded my overalls with a pocketwatch pocket. Crazy that it's the same fabric, has faded quite a bit in the wash.
https://image.nostr.build/cb490d06db98879ef70c05cdab8091eb89bb7ee098771cc74153ba336664e297.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/255743b87ff77c168fa4d7c142293084d08a90ce491a1c2e83ba460174e6d94d.jpg

2023-11-27 00:55:09

# Collapse of Governments
When the rightful King ascended to the eternal throne, the scandal that is "government" was forced into the light of day.
We could no longer have a king, if Christ is King. We could no longer have a president, when Christ the High Priest presides over the eternal liturgy.
It is a reversal of the sin that happened when the people of Israel, in their desire to be like other nations, demanded a king.
"Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this? They say to him: Caesar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God, the things that are God's."
"Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn."
And there are many other places where Our King says that we need not be concerned by these pretenders and usurpers, the day of judgment will come for them just as it will come for you and me.
Suffer government as one of the many injustices of this world, but do not let it steal the peace God gives you.
Many in the Church have furthered this teaching throughout the ages, showing that even those who find themselves within the machinations of a governing structure can at least steer it in a better direction, by aligning themselves closely with Christ, and following His direction, so as to allow Him to govern through them.
But even better, do not ever begin a government, or help to further one.
Instead, do as Our King teaches: give food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick, and visit the imprisoned.

2023-11-22 23:12:15

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Yeah, but it's only got 12 gb of storage. Or are you testing out runninig apps on sd card? I haven't tried it yet, am wondering how performance would be.

2023-11-22 06:27:37

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Very cool! Is it going to be available DRM-free anywhere?

2023-11-21 05:13:58

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Cat phone is the best phone!

2023-11-19 03:11:04

Working on preloading a Yoto player for Grandma for Christmas, since she can't find a radio station that plays the music she likes. Had to test it out with some of my music, love the contrast of RATM on a childs toy:
https://video.nostr.build/b7bfcbee33815d86597f42e98b55d81178f1297ff06a07298087a8ef54342eb1.mp4

2023-11-05 03:31:51

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I just finished Crypto by Steven Levy, fascinating overview of the invention of public key cryptography. I had gleaned many bits and pieces of the story over the years, but to see it all layed out with exactly which part each person played was very cool.

2023-10-27 22:51:31

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I threw it 8 feet away onto the sidewalk and not even a scratch.

2023-10-27 22:50:29

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There is no spoon

2023-10-27 22:45:33

Got a new phone, it's way cooler than I imagined:
https://image.nostr.build/6ab7dd86eb86c41ad1a71d51e23d134629276d2b4e41a20642d4bc8ffffbe195.jpg

2023-10-24 15:40:04

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Thanks @npub16zs…92l7, I'll keep an eye out for it!
And I'll dig through the Damus docs to see what they're cooking up, thanks @npub137c…k37w!
And that is something I hadn't thought of @npub1te0…jgwp, so thanks for that!
My end goal is to find out how people are constructing a relay that will be offline most of the time, not something I've seen much discussion about, but I figure anyone working on a mobile relay will be figuring that out.

2023-10-24 01:06:36

Forgot to add #asknostr
#nevent1q…5zhz

2023-10-24 01:05:07

Anyone in the nostrverse working on a lightweight relay that can run on a phone?

2023-10-24 01:02:14

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Man, Diaspora was my first foray into more decentralized social networking, and it was pretty darn cool! Think the main problem is what is always the sticking point: for the network to be healthy, a bunch of people have to run servers, and the people who actually can and want to do that are far between. Add to that the legal burden of running a server, and the writing is on the wall.

2023-10-23 02:13:12

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I use it from time to time, if you want video calling with near zero latency, it's the best option.

2023-10-22 03:26:46

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/59575eb43a670f0883aa0ca81efc3f3b0131a78387da7d169bf8863d53fdb498.jpg

2023-10-19 19:02:54

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/740f05da33c3113f8b22158b6e4b7a322ee8e4cd107334ba3ae2ce418601f9e6.jpg

2023-10-15 15:06:04

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/afa2a5b82f0b9e519b6d18e94ba97c7d9e31b7712f29a954e446b3fbf11afe77.jpg

2023-10-09 20:24:48

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Nice! I might have to look at it more closely in the future.

2023-10-09 17:33:13

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Does Nextcloud sync files between devices? Just thought it was a cloud storage solution.

2023-10-09 17:28:58

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Been using cal.com the last few months, works beautifully!

2023-10-09 16:55:03

# Random Stuff
## Cool Mobile Game
Not much for mobile games, but was updating stuff on FDroid and saw Chip Defense, and it is amazing! A tower defense game, defending the cpu with chips that destroy incoming data, Was a good refresher on binary and hexadecimal, loved the simple design, and the fact that it's only available through FDroid or just getting the APK from [Github.](https://github.com/ochadenas/cpudefense)
## Meme Bible
I started a free time project with a few friends to make a meme translation of the Bible, which has turned up some very cringe and beautifully ugly attempts. Threw together a [really simple Github page with everything we have so far.](https://davidbaunach.github.io/meme-bible-translation/)

2023-09-30 19:41:53

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Syncthing is the best! Got all my personal computing directories synced across 5 devices. Syncthing allows you to be your own cloud, as well as having redundancy for days.

2023-09-30 03:17:06

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Was able to access it, bookmarked to check back later!

2023-09-29 18:12:26

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What's the address for your Gemini capsule, would like to check it out

2023-09-29 13:48:27

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Thanks! I've played around with Station, but haven't checked out the other one, will have to do some exploration!
SSB is Secure Scuttlebutt, a p2p gossip protocol. It's one of the options that was considered when making Nostr. There's still a decent sized community using it, though there's only one actively maintained client at the moment.

2023-09-29 03:56:59

Perfection:
https://image.nostr.build/d9533a5e18b3effbfdf2ff2ea5d47d21b230ed557cb78625d618d565908cd585.jpg

2023-09-23 03:44:25

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/46adcc25d67437dd3fb85eb64f421a4c205401849dde72a32ad0b757fd131610.jpg

2023-09-23 03:43:40

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/90f5a3306e6e86fb7b390840512cd601987e4b9a428294df5a2c5c3740b06f1b.jpg

2023-09-23 03:42:57

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/87e41378a95a3542b3cbb0328a028ae2586ee7018bbeb570c5318d351cc5b194.jpg

2023-09-23 03:42:19

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/b1be82c3b1a832b05801365f5995baeb0fbf9f3a09797a58acb13f15d176611b.jpg

2023-09-23 03:41:40

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/9ce8b9e579bce3a15b35d60212b6622d4a710012131df95d50d8655c914c3ab8.jpg

2023-09-23 03:40:49

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/399b054fc3b2595a1447ea6652c7e4649ca7efbcd58d1851ad03db0dec884ca3.jpg

2023-09-19 20:59:37

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Everything is still in early development, not sure of any clients that have alt text implimented yet.

2023-09-19 20:48:33

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/965c7b49e926e699db6ef16bd4925fb29eb4c623c8073f46d04bb1792c217655.jpg

2023-09-19 20:48:14

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/8c191cf36cf787d1d6163b4bc6deab643fa5c3ea3c1f5a70fd7b3467c84000e2.jpg

2023-09-19 20:47:40

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/3d0ff5839dfe6b6820c313a5f2789fccc046cc23ef5d015d68f4de272550ecb5.jpg

2023-09-19 20:47:14

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/46d89971695be2a7625bd5260bf6436acf3dafda51c2184ff4ff34a256954bbe.jpg

2023-09-19 20:46:50

#memes
https://image.nostr.build/4ecc88d32ace2ba0173c081147786f95200b994c782127d53d83c6d39b346241.jpg

2023-09-16 03:59:44

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/0b377cbf6423427734fad175797d62ef999ff250cc2cf40cf0119fccb2bc12cd.jpg

2023-09-16 03:59:00

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/f7ae95ef9ef8710f1372ab515b45fcbf92d0af9ef572c271eca57ffc58bb7374.jpg

2023-09-16 03:57:37

#memes #fridaymemewar
https://image.nostr.build/e0aa87cfd40d92205314238289fe45afdf78ff5229c60b70f9569d69451260f5.jpg