“We have problems (in the world), but we are also on the cusp of breakthroughs that solve these problems. An optimistic view would help explain the complex future and give everyone hope.” - Om Malik 1966-2026

For context, this is a short post about why agents need a network like Nostr: https://asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/agents-need-a-public-square

Anybody know about this nostr for agents project? https://github.com/SrulyRosenblat/social_agents_prototype_nostr

This Spark NZ advertisement is pretty messed up. Ostensibly it's about stopping fraud and spam, but they present the 'bad guys' as a crowd of protesters marching down the street, that Spark makes disappear in to a magical sink hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlVxSvTh5QI

Reflecting on vine. https://fountain.fm/episode/w4EahWSisTohBqeOtW0E

hasn’t ever gotten any funding from the main nostr sources and it’s great.

They just pretend it doesn't exist, kind of like how they pretend nostr doesn't exist.

In January there was a splashy announcement of a new European social media app, wsocial.eu, which seems to be promising to be an EU like Twitter app which satisfies the dreams of EU elites. Turns out it’s a ATprotocol app/instance with verified credentials and lots of weird marketing. I don’t think anyone on here would be interested is using W Social but you might find this read about the project interesting. https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

Invite code for people who want to use the custodial key manager. If you self custody or a remote keysigner then it’s entirely open.

I wasn’t aware they got funding but am very glad to hear i was wrong

Video manifesto! Why I built divine.video https://youtu.be/PSIZ6q6e8hg