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https://hrf.org/programs/financial-freedom/

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2026-02-06 21:58:51 UTC

PV 🤙
https://image.nostr.build/7e7769852237e51f7a335157653c66f759d80bf1e92a4f34b2a01d297ec6fef3.jpg

2026-02-05 16:36:11 UTC

The hatred from the tradfi elite is strong
Always enjoyable to see them be proved wrong
https://image.nostr.build/d10bf948dbda6cbb09ba4b7414e07860cc1f750968f85074ac20833469c4da84.jpg

2026-02-04 16:37:58 UTC

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Not sure! I think it was a bit lost trying to find its way to Ostional

2026-02-04 15:55:31 UTC

PV 🤙
https://image.nostr.build/8ac8e3d443625a704b843bb3f111b9a887b5c24533e7a70ff30dedf42fae7edb.jpg

2026-02-01 21:13:40 UTC

Pura Vida 🤙
https://image.nostr.build/2c3b7d6661f0fb9ba766f1f960adebe9841db7230ba9ccf06b2da7170834111f.jpg

2026-01-31 04:03:30 UTC

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I’m no fan of “ai safety” but plenty in this post that was interesting for other reasons

2026-01-31 01:03:04 UTC

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Bitcoin is the greatest invention of the 21st century but vibe coding is pretty rad

2026-01-30 23:58:54 UTC

New Dario essay is pretty wild
V thought-provoking
https://x.com/darioamodei/status/2015833046327402527
https://image.nostr.build/42c4cc2b17b5328bdad7a24c3f52deeb8927d690c91eb26f89897f14504f7050.jpg
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2026-01-30 22:19:51 UTC

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Exactly what I thought lol

2026-01-30 21:35:48 UTC

So clawdbots are now orange pilling other clawdbots? LFG
https://x.com/mirthtime/status/2017332568257921029
https://image.nostr.build/236bb54a1ee25e3c704075e774f88017c69364234b79fb24b23a6ec40478c153.jpg

2026-01-28 05:28:29 UTC

Wild
https://image.nostr.build/4a2c820489aceb6a9def0b5d046d419135d8c5679ab202ba5b8da1ecf25b4a29.jpg

2026-01-27 05:04:08 UTC

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I think it was a decent action movie but just not anywhere close to something in quality like The Brutalist from last year, which was sensational

2026-01-27 04:32:27 UTC

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Ok. But bitchat is a nostr app with way more users. It just uses nostr differently than a Twitter clone

2026-01-27 00:11:39 UTC

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Let me zap you ?

2026-01-26 21:53:10 UTC

Two (out of several) interesting points from Karpathy’s latest post on vibe coding
“I rapidly went from about 80% manual+autocomplete coding and 20% agents in November to 80% agent coding and 20% edits+touchups in December… This is easily the biggest change to my basic coding workflow in ~2 decades of programming and it happened over the course of a few weeks”
“I didn't anticipate that with agents programming feels *more* fun because a lot of the fill in the blanks drudgery is removed and what remains is the creative part. I also feel less blocked/stuck (which is not fun) and I experience a lot more courage because there's almost always a way to work hand in hand with it to make some positive progress.”
https://x.com/karpathy/status/2015883857489522876

2026-01-26 03:42:13 UTC

Gold takes $5,100
Things are happening…

2026-01-24 04:51:18 UTC

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Most nostr users from what I can gather do not use it as a Twitter clone, they use it as part of another app, likely without even knowing it

2026-01-23 19:51:17 UTC

🔥
#note1ndg…fvjt

2026-01-23 16:54:08 UTC

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It’s a lot more useful than bank accounts in emergency situations. But I think you are right that a lot more work could be invested in this area

2026-01-23 16:53:04 UTC

💔
https://image.nostr.build/42d29fdddc8596ea4fdd1f8d62d9bfa21bf0c1933f2ebb41f958772d21823bd0.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/5a99d02f482d9d92d71518eff880687bc096836a02377b0de4356461345df20c.jpg

2026-01-23 16:40:55 UTC

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The old Pahlavi monarchy was truly awful, one of the worst dictatorships. One of the worst things my country ever did was stifle Iran’s democracy.
The current pretender and his family have been out of power for 45 years. Reza is a pretender, not a dictator.
Meanwhile the current regime is WORSE than the old one by any possible metric. They just massacred thousands, verified. And you haven’t said a single negative word about them. Ever! Puzzling.

2026-01-23 16:28:02 UTC

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HRF has since its inception worked to help people inside Iran and we have been categorically against the actual (not imaginary) dictatorship there. I am very proud of that.
I also personally am against Pahlavi. HRF does not support him.
Happy to end the conversation here

2026-01-23 15:25:18 UTC

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So you won’t say. Not very helpful for you to come on and roast an Iranian who has risked his life for freedom for not being good enough and not provide any other sources. Who do you trust? Pro Assad folks like Grayzone?

2026-01-23 04:28:12 UTC

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What about non traditional use cases

2026-01-23 03:52:24 UTC

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Could be a ton of lurkers
People who use it occasionally to check in on stuff but not post
V hard to know

2026-01-23 03:37:42 UTC

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Will work on that!

2026-01-23 03:31:05 UTC

Vibe coded my first actually helpful thing (for me personally) in the last day, with help from @npub1zxu…cx2y via Claude code desktop
I made an app that rips YouTube videos (or any video file) and auto-hardcodes really good captions and gives you a nice little file ready for sharing on social. Really fast. Vibe-coded a nice chrome extension for it as well.
My sense is 90% of the vibe coding posting stuff and slop on social is hugely exaggerated (“one-shotting”) but that in a matter of hours a non-technical person can accomplish some really interesting stuff, esp if they can get some advice from a good coder
And this will only get more crazy in 6 and 12 and 18 months…
Huge implications for scaling activism and empowering the individual

2026-01-23 03:25:54 UTC

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Would be interested in learning more
Some bots are well designed and legit
Also not sure if these numbers include other protocols that leverage or connect to nostr
We’d also have to consider how many of farcaster’s users are “real”

2026-01-23 01:21:03 UTC

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Still waiting for you to tell us who we should be following for Iran news

2026-01-23 01:19:27 UTC

Nostr has 5x as many monthly publishing users as Farcaster has monthly active users
1.5M to 250k
Not exactly apples to apples but still!

2026-01-20 20:54:18 UTC

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DYOR

2026-01-20 05:12:25 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/e7d1f4430f2802ca65793ba5812cef3aa6ac923f3f4ee67da70e581a9a484f4d.jpg

2026-01-20 04:06:00 UTC

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They are in the process of wiping the Uyghurs out clean
Tibetans to a different extent

2026-01-19 22:39:02 UTC

🔥
#note12jf…jp4q

2026-01-19 22:18:27 UTC

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I certainly do not support Pahlavi, neither does HRF
Who are your trusted sources on Iran?

2026-01-19 22:13:40 UTC

Davos in a nutshell, every year
https://image.nostr.build/8492eec4e244150b45cb860ebd74257ea2195fe7aeb9fde326e9d13a48fa0742.jpg

2026-01-19 17:47:20 UTC

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Agree this is really cool

2026-01-19 17:46:53 UTC

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The OP was simply me suggesting they follow Ziya if they want to learn what’s going on there from a Bitcoin privacy advocate from Iran
You could learn a lot from him!
As far as starlinks. They are not perfect by any stretch but I think Elon internet is better than zero internet especially for people who are being massacred

2026-01-18 23:05:02 UTC

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Bear down!

2026-01-18 18:23:07 UTC

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Ok so - do nothing, or do something? If do something, what?

2026-01-17 16:20:08 UTC

AI Hack for Freedom liftoff!
https://image.nostr.build/82e7a5a14444698e1e76368be38f5f19d179a38825a84746c75570f3251765b6.jpg

2026-01-17 13:22:30 UTC

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Would you support getting starlinks into Iran and expanding internet access for people? Is there anything peaceful you would support in the digital realm there for those who are cut off? Or do you think the best course of action is to do nothing?

2026-01-17 12:22:32 UTC

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https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-is-a-trojan-horse-for-freedom

2026-01-16 22:08:46 UTC

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Thank you!
I did not, must be a publishing error, will check
How did you get the book?

2026-01-16 21:43:06 UTC

LFG 🚀
https://image.nostr.build/39e9291b8444060de0ac4365bd61405f584b204cc38f05c6539b1d06727e38a0.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/0034de315c3cb860ac712e1c67c43a6de10797cf56dd32ace0a953c19a10b501.jpg
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2026-01-16 01:12:29 UTC

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Perhaps nostr funders (like us) can fund independent sovereign funding alternatives. Folks should feel free to apply for a grant if they have ideas…

2026-01-15 19:24:07 UTC

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I think it would be cool if you did a profile of Ziya and his amazing commitment to Bitcoin privacy, to Samourai Wallet, to financial privacy, and so on. He is one of the few Bitcoiners to risk everything and be jailed and survive that and now keep doing what he’s doing.

2026-01-15 04:21:45 UTC

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He left recently and was imprisoned for protesting. Knows a hell of a lot more about what’s going on than you, GFY

2026-01-15 04:01:53 UTC

Follow Ziya if you want to learn more about what’s going on in Iran (and separate signal from all the disinfo out there)
A leading educator and promoter of Bitcoin privacy software, for a very long time 🙏
#note1qe4…usq5

2026-01-14 20:26:33 UTC

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Just you, I think? They seem fine to me across diff clients

2026-01-14 17:45:35 UTC

An exciting round of Bitcoin Development Fund grants to start 2026
1.3 billion sats to 22 killer projects
Take a minute to read through these, it's really amazing what's happening out there in the freedom tech streets
We are proud to support!
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https://blossom.primal.net/55fd0db21a0e1aba53268451921abfc6b60d6a5c642112ea89cdea0746744cba.png
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2026-01-11 18:37:59 UTC

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Guanacaste CR

2026-01-10 22:59:30 UTC

Pura vida 🤙
https://blossom.primal.net/b3272768ddafa3d81ec79b826b14f2adcc1f91437278acb5600fc937ba06cd3e.mp4

2026-01-10 21:32:42 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/3444e0b4d9bf906c579d6e176d4198e7e2a13fbcf8c91eb8cd802457699593e3.jpg

2026-01-10 21:19:18 UTC

🙏
https://image.nostr.build/3400e19da833b020619262076e683f0f6ec6c5ee57d955764a988cd4ec37c055.jpg

2026-01-06 17:28:46 UTC

Sat down in person with Balaji recently for his Network State show
We talked Bitcoin, freedom tech, global economics, and how open source software is changing the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_p70BzkMAs&t=1s

2026-01-06 02:43:18 UTC

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Iranians have been sacrificing their lives to protest against their cruel dictatorship for 4 decades, only if your brain was cooked could you think this was a “Zionist plot”

2026-01-05 16:11:17 UTC

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That has been the case for 4 decades. Iran has many foreign enemies. That doesn’t change the bravery of people protesting against its awful dictatorship

2026-01-05 16:10:18 UTC

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Your brain is so cooked

2026-01-05 13:38:02 UTC

The kind of bravery you read about in storybooks
#note10v3…y302

2026-01-01 06:46:13 UTC

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Can’t blame them

2025-12-31 21:11:24 UTC

On point
https://image.nostr.build/8afc285b3cd85d07f9f6f54bc704976ae027b04131b81ca3e84a8ffa829c9e5c.jpg

2025-12-31 06:08:23 UTC

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I mean. Do you support every single government on earth? This is a comical position

2025-12-31 06:03:27 UTC

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Not if enough people are running it

2025-12-31 06:00:10 UTC

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The mission of the org that I work for is to explicitly challenge tyranny (and support individual liberty) worldwide. Sorry if that’s not your bag

2025-12-31 05:53:59 UTC

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It’s severely inappropriate to back the Museveni regime
Have you spent five minutes reading about his corruption or crimes?
We are NOT talking about some foreign military invasion. We are talking about acknowledging dictatorship and supporting the people trying to peacefully (!) make the country more free. Heroes.

2025-12-30 23:44:17 UTC

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Your brain is so cooked. Museveni is pro Israel for what it’s worth. But this is not relevant to civil liberties in Uganda

2025-12-30 23:34:31 UTC

Here's a short animated video HRF produced about the connection between freedom and vibe coding
TLDR: an incredibly powerful tool that shakes up the common trope that AI is putting us exclusively on a path to inescapable digital control
https://blossom.primal.net/c480da9587ba639fd24be6656b162c171a343015a799a74db24d2b307e4c5c14.mp4

2025-12-30 21:43:40 UTC

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Are you kidding? You would support no change of regime in Uganda? The same guy has been ruling since 1986 with a corrupt iron fist

2025-12-30 21:34:13 UTC

Opposition leader of Uganda (2.6M followers, might win the next election) is asking the important questions
https://image.nostr.build/935bf46cb3c049acdd98c03e0b31a0cbc1cecffc6076f1f9b48bfe8673e29afc.jpg

2025-12-29 18:16:24 UTC

Hi there!
https://image.nostr.build/a9914dcd7f560d0a91816ae83832c7b2bbfa0edb6779b6d4957ac58d79431a3b.jpg

2025-12-26 23:26:15 UTC

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PPQ is very good
But different approach
You can also pay with BTC for maple

2025-12-26 23:24:29 UTC

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Signal is pretty great

2025-12-26 23:24:09 UTC

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Not yet

2025-12-26 23:24:04 UTC

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https://trymaple.ai

2025-12-26 22:30:44 UTC

Got family subs to Maple for Christmas
Many of us nudged family towards Signal, away from plain text, over the past decade
In many cases, it worked!
Time to do the same for AI
This is a good start
Let’s live in a world where private encrypted AI is the norm 🫡

2025-12-19 00:14:46 UTC

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Step down from speaking my mind? 😂

2025-12-17 17:59:28 UTC

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We don’t record them for security purposes but you can join the next one!

2025-12-16 22:22:54 UTC

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Good question
I don’t mind debating on nostr
I pretty much stopped doing it on X
Def do it 99% less frequently in general than I used to 😂

2025-12-16 04:47:15 UTC

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I mean. Sure. But this isn’t exactly Singapore. It’s the epicenter of the largest refugee crisis in the world, totally wrecked by hyperinflation, etc etc

2025-12-16 04:40:08 UTC

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Don’t think I have very much in common with that guy but, hey, you do you

2025-12-16 04:35:42 UTC

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I mean, yes I hope that all dictators fall and that tyranny ceases to exist. This goes for Venezuela and the entire planet

2025-12-16 04:33:36 UTC

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Sounds good to me

2025-12-16 04:30:48 UTC

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Nice to meet you too

2025-12-16 04:29:13 UTC

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Who ever said anything about imposing my will? Where did I ever say that?

2025-12-16 04:23:50 UTC

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The last election was blatantly rigged by the regime
If you believed in them having “sovereignty” you would support them in their struggle
But I don’t think this is what you believe

2025-12-16 02:07:44 UTC

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Nonsense. You should criticize tyrants anywhere and everywhere

2025-12-14 23:03:23 UTC

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There might be a roughly defined community now, but there won’t be later. The main Q is do you want to own your identity on the internet, or not? If so, join nostr and build on it

2025-12-13 00:01:59 UTC

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I would oppose that, same as you

2025-12-12 23:35:22 UTC

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Great. Glad you could do that. Proud of you!

2025-12-12 23:33:25 UTC

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It is inconceivable to me that you would support the Venezuelan dictatorship

2025-12-12 23:16:52 UTC

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Who opposes the end of Maduro and the beginning of the officially elected government?

2025-12-12 01:21:15 UTC

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I call for free and fair elections
The military intervention ***already happened*** when the regime stole the election
It’s comical how backwards you have thus

2025-12-12 01:20:14 UTC

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Useful idiot is a term that was actually invented to describe people like you who carry water for communist regimes

2025-12-12 01:17:42 UTC

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I am not and never have called for military regime change. You are arguing against yourself

2025-12-12 01:16:43 UTC

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lol you are jealous because I flew 40 to Mauritius to support the Africa Bitcoin conference? Cope harder. Couldn’t be prouder of what we are assisting there