I'm hoping something like Divine can crack open a different path that can make it a less singular minded community.

some clarifications:
when i say @proto has users i mean # of users. people annoying everywhere but there's more variety and real life contacts here. 2nd note: i'm rooting for nostr primarily, but it needs a new, more neutral "face" vs hyper libertarian platitude parrots and a hurricane of bitcoin.

Lastly ATProtocol as it is mostly centralized but it has the users, the variety, and the bones to actually build something ideal, and even though nostr is basically already there, I'd bet the slow crawl of ATprotocol to greatness is faster than waiting for the nostr community to get over itself

ActivityPub as a concept is a page 1 rewrite. Without independent account/identity you are solving nothing really. My home server should not dictate or box in who i am and what I see (activitypub), my collected set of communication commons should allow me to express who i am (nostr).

Nostr has a nearly perfect base protocol but it was developed by the most annoying community who will hold it back from building good platforms and communities.

I don't really follow people as much as protocols. I do most socializing the old fashioned way often through music. As far as protocols, ATProtocol is, sadly the most viable.

Give in to the dark side of the force, you knob

Interestingly it does not have "tempo de amor" by baden powell on it. Next year's version will and will have other riskier picks.

Valentine's day mix for Dinh. I'm actually working on a huge 7 tape project for her, but it's not ready yet so I made this as a side project with some safe but excellent picks.

Kid Rock's cartoonishly shitty character in Joe Dirt was the best version of himself in the multiverse.

Usually when I here them, something creatively lazy is happening.

Getting in some bag work before the big match

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Graphite.art

Has a god-tier feature roadmap and base concept. The foundation is already good. The product is already good. Excited to see these folks keep up the good work.

They lose points for managing community on discord and putting desktop alphas only on there, but whatever no big deal.

If you're comfortable with a node workflow for compositing, and have the time, Blender is probably the best choice but I do miss the quick and dirty layer based editors which I often find I want more often because I more often want to do something quick and dirty.

On Sunday, January 4, KCPD arrested two members of food not bombs kc during our weekly meal share on trespassing charges. KCPD forced all FNBKC volunteers to leave the area and dispersed anyone arriving for our meal, under threat of further arrests. The police cited a loitering ordinance, alleging that members were blocking the public sidewalk.

For over 13 years, Food Not Bombs KC has been sharing 60 - 100 hot meals, groceries, and other supplies freely in the same public area on the sidewalk. Last Sunday was the first time we were unable to do so. Despite police disruption, we distributed what food and supplies we could at another location, though many of our neighbors were shooed away by police presence and were unable to find us.

We intend to continue sharing with the community, as dozens of our neighbors rely on the food we share every week. Food is a human right. We have the right to public spaces, and the right to demonstration.

We have covered the bond for our volunteers who were arrested during our meal share. Any support you can share will help us cover any additional fines, legal costs, or more bonds paid should KCPD continue to escalate.

PUBLIC STATEMENT
Regarding KCPD's disruption of our weekly meal share on 1/4/2026

Late notice but we will be playing here un 30 minutes at 10!
#kansascity #garage #punk

It's true that tonight legendary bands #FEAR and Pornhuskers are playing tonight at #recordbarkc. But let's not forget tonight's true focus. I WILL BE PLAYING (in a band you never heard of or cared about). See you there #kansascity.

Listening to my old Born Against cd. Man this shit could be written about today. Same shitheads different decade.

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For shame

Tonight in #memphis come to the
Boner Fest after party at #DKDC. We gonna destroy!
#gonerfest

this is why nostr app ecosystem is huge with a small community.

The only other thing I know that sounds like a decent solution is matrix folks have multiple proposals for independent identity in the works and there's a lot of people interested in using it for non chat.

Yeah I've said exactly this so many times. Basically overnight groups like Free Our feeds could prop up an alternate universe of relays. Whereas what they want to provide for ATprotocol will take so much engineering time and effort and money.

- Highway safety: Every single day.. 100s of frustrated people are always fighting, cut people off, strategizing how to best get through the congested stop/go cluster**ck. With a regular highway, things would be calm and safer and quicker, for people commuting, crossing, and living near like me.

- Many people planned where to live based on existing routing/amenities. Removing highway rips value away for theory vs very concrete immediate guaranteed gains with a functioning highway. Slower times for service visits without highway. Slower for local businesses to get to clients and jobsites.

- Real overpasses means it's much faster and safer for foot and bike traffic to cross the current areas where lights are because the lights can more frequently be in favor of crossing. Foot traffic is also safer for people biking, walking, or visiting businesses.

Live in south east. Obviously #1.

- A highway functioning without lights means quick access to new businesses that people want to open or destination spots like the zoo, swope with friendly on/off ramps and more stable and calm traffic. Siloing the community will not help locals and their business.

it's a sad situation because activity pub as a is a bad design with no independent universal identity, atproto is an over engineered nostr that adds complexities that don't add usable value even if they have theoretical value. Then nostr is good technically but the annoying community holds it back.

Install Tweaks on Linux | Flathub Beyond the limits of your desktop

update. sorry I found i had this installed. even though i have no recollection of using it, i must have adjusted the dock padding using this. anyways, go nuts.

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Yeah it's pretty good