Rabble

Pole dancing in a giant 3 meter tall inflatable unicorn costume is really hard.

It’s Father’s Day here in Aotearoa New Zealand and I’m spending it building the biggest Lego set I’ve ever seen with my daughter. 10,000 pieces.

The bike lock stand outside the LGBTQIA2+ center in Reno is on brand.

I took my inflatable cat suit to #burningman and lots of people wanted to give me hugs.

Between 60% and 90% of ip cameras can easily be hacked. I never thought they were secure but damn.

What are other nostr app developers and relay operators doing with regard to the UK Online Services Act?

Apparently there is no legal exception for open source or apps that are not connecting to servers you control or apps that are entirely encrypted and peer to peer.

Basically they want us to […]

In the latest episode of revolution.social I talk to the co-founder and ceo of Substack, Chris Best. He is trying to navigate building an open advertising free platform, lock-in, and debates over what content they should or shouldn’t allow on their platform […]

I sat down to interview Kara Swisher on my revolution.social podcast where she is scathing in her critique of social media and the executives who founded and run the platforms.

https://youtu.be/Lv820srV64k?si=cyx0F35tukcU8UO7

Revolution.Social Listen to Revolution.Social wherever you get your podcasts!

I love how diverse the podcast ecosystem is... look at all these apps! https://episodes.fm/1824528874

I think this is something to aspire to for Nostr. We can have diverse open permisionless social media that's also easy to use and gets widespread adoption!

https://episodes.fm/1824528874

revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.

The revolution.social podcasts first episode is live and there’s an in depth article about what we’re doing with and other stuff.

https://Revolution.social

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/jack-dorsey-backs-nonprofit-and-other-stuff-experimenting-with-open-social-tools-like-nostr/

My podcast, revolution.social is launching this weekend. The trailer is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jfNgaTEgsj8

Apple Podcast App: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/revolution-social/id1824528874

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wAyssF5EFAPi9WyMuGS33?si=WFqb7Aw0SKazX6X08dbDMA […]

I'm getting ready to launch my podcast, revolution.social, kicking off with an interview with @npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m@momostr.pink were we talk about Nostr, Cashu, and the importance of permissionless protocols.

I'm using my youtube account which i setup […]

"Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw. " - Simon Willison

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/table-saws/

I think it’d be very different today. I think something like n8n meets pipes that worked with nostr would be really interesting.

It’s all doable and much easier today than 20 years ago. On pipes we had to figure out how to do a UI using the new HTML canvas and had this crazy system of Perl […]

We need a way to do algorithms which learn from user interactions. Ideally an open system, that users can choose where to give their interaction data and what their algorithms are optimized for. But we can't just put our heads in the sand and ignore their existence. All of the A/B studies where […]

I know nothing about war technology, but it seems to me that the war in Ukraine has really changed things. Are what we're seeing with the new Iran / Israel conflict a reflection of that? Two countries who don't share a border seem to be able to hit each other pretty hard and the balance of […]

Pretty subset.

My talk at #OsloFreedomForum, The Revolution will be Social, is online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGwzlpiFh-8

Why must I use ApplePay and an app to apply for a visa?

This weekend, I’m travelling to Sydney to interview Yoel Roth for my upcoming Revolution.social podcast. I’m excited to talk to him because, after leaving Twitter, he wrote a paper about the trust and safety challenges facing social media […]

Basic Claude Code A detailed walkthrough of using Claude Code AI assistant for software development, including workflow tips, testing practices, and practical examples from real projects. Covers defensive coding strategies, TDD, and team implementation.

@npub15te6px95354v4ravtqje00ngvpx6xj4ghfahmu3hc3pdvlxu8kkseeqc9m@momostr.pink has a new outline about how he is using Claude Code and agentic programming, it’s pretty great.

https://harper.blog/2025/05/08/basic-claude-code/

I went on stage at WebSumit to talk about rights.social and my new campaign for Social Media Rights.

These aren’t rights we should be expecting the government to provide, instead they are things we should be demanding of every social media system we use and considering when we build new systems […]

This place looks like it’s AI generated.

Location Data on AT Protocol, the second Community Fund project Announcing the second project under the AT Protocol Community Fund. We're bringing location data to ATProto, with initial funding by Peter Wang's Skyseed Fund.

There’s a Bluesky related project to make a foursquare competitor using their data. We could totally do this faster with nostr.

https://atprotocol.dev/location-data-on-at-protocol-the-second-community-fund-project/?ref=free-our-feeds.ghost.io

Samsung has released a vacuum cleaner with built in screen that lets you do texting and phone calls while vacuuming! This is worse than the LED screens on fridges. Who on earth needs to make phone calls WHILE vacuuming!? Don’t you already have your phone in your pocket, and you know, vacuums […]

OpenAI is building a social network? Comments

OpenAI is considering launching a social media app / platform. This feels like something we should pay attention to, but also where Nostr could compete using open models and our protocol.

https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor

When you build a system that allows central control and censorship then the state will use those affordances if they feel the need. Bluesky’s blocked some Turkish accounts by order of the Turkish government.

https://i.nostr.build/xhKQNAYikxHeNUPk.jpg

The user […]

[Original post on momostr.pink]

Live TV is so surreal… anyway, here’s a screencap of my live interview on CNN…. I got Nostr mentioned! Protocols are the future, we just need to build it.

I’ll be back on CNN live at the top of the hour, in 20 minutes, talking about the Breaking the Bird documentary. Twitter should always have been a protocol, and now we have that. We’ll see what i’m able to get in, these things go so fast.

Social Media Bill of Rights Five fundamental rights we need for a free, open, and humane social media ecosystem

I believe we need some fundamental rights on any social media platform or protocol we use.

The rights are:

1. Privacy & Security

2. Ownership

3. Interoperability

4. Algorithmic Control

5. Self-Governance

I’ve created a little website to campaign for these rights at https://rights.social.