2026-10-31T09:41:33Z https://nostr.now Brendan Jones https://nostr.now/npub1nhrus32furg2um6dfy4gw66u6t3ucd4as0ut9aeny6xkk58etc8qwv70n5 https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/264/086/590/248/348/original/a598b40e0043d4a6.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/264/086/590/248/348/original/a598b40e0043d4a6.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglas0se4gs32m9ejvrty7ugzd50d90aw5hxz5g6ftyut2evlq60szyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu0cmfum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr34k2twf2ldy4wh597a72wr7x7ma8cc23g3gsfk4qec8d5436npsnnddtu'>nevent1q…ddtu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn’t vote because I didn’t feel I had an informed answer. But now I’ve read the reasons you added post-poll, I’m not sure I see a meaningful difference between a relay and a server in this instance. If a troll finds my post through a relay, I can still block them and their server, right?<br/><br/>If that’s the case, my vote would be ‘no’. 2026-06-06T16:10:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp45ph34348rmhemfepsdmsamu5jtyfzw8a656eyqr8mnymp2w6dgzyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90quudazlc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqek5avfvhcjrrr99hfaw5fqhydyljuwpu8n7dd55u7jzas8kmpqghu267'>nevent1q…u267</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What might someone think are the negatives of having their content shared to/by a relay? 2026-06-04T20:42:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswp496wlfcxh82v0x8vyyh96w9mt2dae84e8tr5sz0m85727mvquszyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu2dsx7l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2y6nl33umf9z26yt73m2zftqt37y4jhpap63jvwtg2n6707xcafg48gh9z'>nevent1q…gh9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tbf that’s the native mastodon app being crap. When I view the post in Mona it looks like a quote post, and tapping on it keeps me in the app. Whereas tapping on the post in the Mastodon app takes me to my browser. Which is frickin stupid.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/545/229/960/244/314/original/9a43934db33f59fa.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/545/230/039/008/310/original/89db563ee5731434.png"> <br/> 2026-05-09T15:04:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyfuvvdgkzqv6h8e3cjenvxkx42ugctjtxux893jgmupm83uhalwgzyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu4unqh5 Predictable. The Australian government is (at long last) seriously considering a tax on natural gas export. Only at 25% vs Norway&#39;s 78%, but hey I&#39;ll take anything.<br/><br/>But here comes the IEA suggesting the poor little mining companies won&#39;t like it. &#34;Energy investors are like butterflies. When they are scared, they fly away,&#34;<br/><br/>Somehow the companies keep investing in Norway, but Australia implementing a 25% might scare the investors away? Just shut up, IEA.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/albanese-australia-gas-profit-taxes-international-energy-agency-warning">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/albanese-australia-gas-profit-taxes-international-energy-agency-warning</a> #ausPol #energy 2026-03-25T10:57:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4akmnsuj222zzlz6egegjkydng8lmnvf3y3ftwmr6l2rf98mh0szyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qul7a434 I don’t want to get y’all too worked up but quote posting just got ‘closed as completed’ on GitHub. So, coming soon I guess!<br/><br/>Very satisfying to see a feature completed that was first requested in 2016 😄<br/><br/>#mastodev<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/304/904/537/281/378/original/30c52fb9984ac3b8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-02T13:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszr3uge2ytlvgfz5l5cdjyr03hv3jwdeu7xwytyeayfwy9jd4jpkczyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90quuupuyf Android and iOS seem to be slowly converging in their gatekeeping of their app ecosystem. Seems like soon neither of them will be good for apps that want to operate outside the standard system for whatever reason. Not great for open source or living in restrictive, authoritarian countries.<br/><br/><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/</a> <br/>#android #ios #foss 2025-10-01T13:02:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspz9l2epctnvn2xejwqcmsdqfqsu6jjpvx6a552q70u3gcu5flcegzyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qujcs3e4 In utterly unsurprising news, geoengineering will only delay warming not fix it, and cause other problems in the process. <br/><br/><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09092025/geoengineering-polar-ice-melt/">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09092025/geoengineering-polar-ice-melt/</a> #climate #GeoEngineering 2025-09-09T14:54:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9uy5ccv7j3s83xehgdms8wgp5sqlg0d3h97d5xc9r86xlmgwph2qzyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90quch7msc The European Court of Human Rights: “failure to adequately address environmental pollution violates the human right to life. This includes the obligation to inform individuals living in areas affected by pollution so that they be able to assess the risks to their lives and health.”<br/><br/>Incredible news for human and environmental wellbeing!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press-releases/lack-of-action-on-pollution-violates-right-to-life-europe-s-top-human-rights-court-rules/">https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/press-releases/lack-of-action-on-pollution-violates-right-to-life-europe-s-top-human-rights-court-rules/</a> <br/>#nature #biodiversity #sustainability 2025-01-31T14:25:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpkl0cjnp3f6e5srqwjrfreg39cx09trp05keuumm08hu6clgngszyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu8gd7rf Called it. All those articles predicting peak emissions were utter bollocks, there was no way emissions were going to go down this year. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-will-reach-new-high-in-2024-despite-slower-growth/">https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-will-reach-new-high-in-2024-despite-slower-growth/</a><br/><br/>#climateChange 2024-11-13T07:17:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5u6naeujwt2p96pryasshd2haycxwathjtu8u5pykl64fhzhkjszyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu0y5ydy Excellent long read on biodiversity, how to measure (companies’ impacts on) it, and greenwashing. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4d12f8d1-c0df-4ab6-b374-741e9517448b">https://www.ft.com/content/4d12f8d1-c0df-4ab6-b374-741e9517448b</a><br/><br/>#biodiversity #sbtn #greenwashing 2024-11-03T09:30:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq58jfhvdl4qfdf34sgd6wjxqwltvxp93fujwtrrt24wvwt4zr6gczyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90quvdn5zv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0yw8csmv4khpwalmfnvsm7tertlqcypnsv5u4p3e5v7ftl2nj04chncfac'>nevent1q…cfac</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be fair, if you go to their website it does say that you can also use SMS, but there’s no mention of that on the message that was displayed on the train. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.ns.nl/reisinformatie/voorzieningen/veiligheid-in-de-trein-en-op-het-station.html">https://www.ns.nl/reisinformatie/voorzieningen/veiligheid-in-de-trein-en-op-het-station.html</a> 2024-10-06T13:24:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0yw8csmv4khpwalmfnvsm7tertlqcypnsv5u4p3e5v7ftl2nj04czyzwu0jz9f8sdptn0f4yj4pmttnfw8npkhkpl3vhhxvng666sl90qu2f8k36 The rise of Mastodon has made me so much more aware of government services requiring us to use private companies’ systems to communicate with them and access services. <br/><br/>Sitting on a Dutch train just now I was shown on a screen “feeling unsafe in the train? Contact us via WhatsApp”. <br/><br/>What if I don’t use WhatsApp? (I do, but I wish I didn’t have to) I’m forced to share my data with Meta to use it. <br/><br/>Public systems should not require use of private services. <br/><br/>#NS #Netherlands #FOSS #privacy 2024-10-06T13:23:20Z