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"Tokyo had been in a long slumber since the end of World War II. Yet, Japan is adjacent to China and Taiwan and is allied with the United States. Once a contingency occurs in the Taiwan Strait, Japan will very likely have to become a party to it."


Eyeing China and Taiwan, Japan Must Learn from the War in Ukraine
The outbreak of the war in Ukraine made many people believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could be next. Russia’s brutal challenge to the internat...
"Skylar Mastro actually argues that the people with the knife at their throat should be allowed to “work out their differences” with the knife-wielding assassin"


Notes from Central Taiwan: Ma’s US trip and pro-China pieces: coincidence? - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Would be nice if a large corporation would try to buy Bluesky while it's still a small network. They probably wouldn't sell but the news cycle would wake the people using that platform to the reality that it's not any different than the others.
Hot take but I think this law is a pretty big deal. Will have big implications for the consumption model in the long tail. Props to California for getting this right 👍🤩


The Verge
Right-to-repair is now the law in California
Though there’s a carve-out for game consoles.
Seems to me an easy way to make onboarding to nostr easier for most people is to just to use the existing user signup flows everyone already knows as registration via email address.
On the first step in sign-up, give the user a choice
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Nostr doesn't require an email address to register, but you can use one if you like.
To continue to register without an email address, click here.
To create an account without your email address, click here.
To register with your email, click here.
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Create an intermediary feature that assigns the keys to the email address and password so the everyday user can just use the protocol without thinking about anything else.
@fiatjaf @jb55 @Vitor Pamplona
@jack
@rabble
Y'all saw this?
I'm going to suggest again that the nostr community be as intentional and serious as possible about providing onramps and onboarding to nostr from Twitter vX.
What can we do to open the doors in a more friendly and inviting way?
Is any part of the nostrasia agenda dedicated specifically to adoption frictions and solutions?
@jack @fiatjaf @mcshane @Nostriga @jb55 @Vitor Pamplona

X (formerly Twitter)
Axios (@axios) on X
Elon Musk announces plans for X to charge all users "a small monthly payment" https://t.co/szdhhlpHz0
Perfect case for when getting Nostr to run on an extensive mesh network is called for.
Is there any new development in this space? @fiatjaf @rabble @jack

X (formerly Twitter)
Omid Djalili (@omid9) on X
As you know there was an internet black out in Iran yesterday for the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s passing.
Naturally very little appeared on t...