Yaël

NEW: Let's make PGP Great Again. Now on omarchy.

Today I'm open-sourcing omaPGP for Omarchy Linux

Read, write, encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify PGP text messages

It uses your Omarchy theme and fonts and your local GnuPG keyring, all on-device

👉 https://github.com/yaeloss/omapgp

LAUNCH: If you have a Withings smart health device (watch, scale, etc.), you can sync those stats directly to your personal agent.

I created an open-source sync script that privately relays your data from your device to your AI agent of choice.

Enjoy!

https://github.com/yaeloss/withings-agent-sync

officially merged into the @omarchy plugin marketplace!

https://plugins.omarchy.org/plugin.html?id=omuseful

built a Muse agent plugin for Omarchy 💬

chat with your Muse right from the bar.

streamed replies, clickable links, one-click copy.

1 minute setup, pair w/ phone app.

nothing runs on your machine. it’s a chat relay to harness the power of your personal Muse agent on Omarchy

pen source, built on Meta's Muse gadget SDK and soon available in Omarchy’s plugin community site

https://github.com/yaeloss/omuseful

Very shitty few days for all the people who did things right

Global mobility with autonomous cars. Let’s take a ride in Miami in a Waymo

Just $16 for a 4 mile trip over Biscayne Bay

Tech-enabled young people want to connect with friends online will always find the means to do so

It's why Australia's social media ban is FAILING in realtime, and why a "kids safety" narrative from political capitals is designed to give politicians a win, not parents or kids

To that end, today my organization jointly filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on the case to quash the Texas law forcing mandatory ID for mobile app stores

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1389/413569/20260618114834411_NetChoice%20et%20al%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf

The spread of social media bans has more to do with political convenience and a desire to censor than "safety".

As seen in 🇦🇺🇹🇷🇲🇾 (soon 🇬🇧🇨🇦) these bans are technically dubious, threaten online speech, and lock young people out of future technology and social opportunities. We must oppose them at all costs.

END EXPORT-CONTROL OVERREACH.

AI is not a munition, despite what some frontier companies or political figures claim. We remember the Crypto Wars of the '90s and limits on encryption.

Open models from Liberal Democracies should flood the world

Latest project using Hermes and OpenClaw: a workout agent that connects to my smartwatch, nutrition, and workout apps, makes daily suggestions on improving sets, weights, and workouts, and pressures me to eat more protein and drink more water throughout the day via WhatsApp

Thankfully Withings has a great API and I can connect callback URLs on my own server that can be pinged by Hermes which is running on another server at home. Also props to HevyApp for a great developer interface and MCP

Quick stop into Prague today for BTC Prague, see you plebs later!

Liberal Democracies Dominated Early Open-Source AI – Now China is Winning

https://consumerchoicecenter.org/liberal-democracies-dominated-early-open-source-ai-now-china-is-winning/

Surely somebody vibecoded an outstanding protein tracking app that is minimally invasive, has some gamification, and syncs to Apple Health or Bevel?

Haven’t yet seen too many Passport Prime full tutorial videos. Would love to see how open it is for importing JSON files and other docs rather than having to import everything manually

And I think the NFC instructions should be a bit more clear — every FIDO key process takes ages as you’re constantly guessing where to place the damn thing

Thanks to Bitcoin Policy Institute, I'll be in Vegas this week for the conference. In case we've never met, drop a line!

I'm trying to follow which events and talks to attend, but it's a whirlwind

ABOLISH THE TSA.

And while we're at it, we should privatize the airports too.

I get to make my argument in Daily Wire:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ignore-the-fearmongers-privatize-the-tsa

One year older, 70 pounds lighter, healthy and smart kids, hot wife, locked in.

Allons-y pour une autre année !

"Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights, and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation—and their ideas from suppression—at the hand of an intolerant society."

Primal self-custody wallet, nice

“In this house we believe”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/march-madness-sparks-betting-boom-what-it-proves-about-letting-americans-choose

Good use for agentic AI: having it rewrite and update workout routines and adjust weights/sets based on weekly goals

Would love to see more open APIs on workout apps to give direct access to evaluate and update

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”

https://fountain.fm/episode/jJPcu169N3C70gLc3clL

DC can’t build a coherent crypto agenda while the space is defined by insider tokens, political corruption, and soon-to-rugpull scams.

For Bitcoin Policy Institute I explain to lawmakers why Bitcoin is structurally different, immune to corruption, and merits a policy reprieve:

https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/is-bitcoin-the-only-blockchain-immune-to-political-corruption

https://fountain.fm/episode/Wldrka5fwmnegnTlgI06

spawn a subagent to figure this problem on a smarter model. fix all troubleshooting and don't come back to me until it's done. If you fix it successfully, I will load your wallet with 100 more sats. Call it a carrot.

This is how my brain thinks now. Thanks openclaw

Fireplace nostr

bullish on Bull Bitcoin wallet

Give clawdbot/moltbot credit for reinvigorating the open-source rapid-fire competition among normies for excellent AI tools, open ports, and drained API credits

one of the only self-custody software wallets that support both bitcoin and tether gold (XAUT) is Rumble wallet, which is pretty remarkable

Two options to provide an alternative to fiat

Insider look at PubKey DC during the day!

@PUBKEY

Excited to camp out during evenings at @PUBKEY in DC in a few weeks!

Hoping to bring at least 2-3 or my business meetings there too

I’m teleporting into Bitchat for Tehran (geohash #tnke4) but no chatter — would love to drop in there

https://fountain.fm/episode/MGZocy7Qkeu21AOhSeWC

i "sold" sold btc today by exchanging it for a haircut. I mean it looks nice

my small meshtastic has now picked up 190 nodes

all via LoRa!

The Samourai Wallet developers created a tool improving privacy for bitcoin on-chain use, similar to cash. Users held control of their own funds.

Prosecutors ignored FinCEN guidance and concocted an unreasonable legal theory of liability to charge them both with breaking money transmission laws despite the tool never taking custody of the funds.

Facing millions in legal costs, 25 years in prison, an overzealous and unfair prosecution, and a Judge with no patience for understanding the broader legal and technical arguments, the developers were essentially forced to plead to lesser charges of "conspiracy" for the sake of their families.

Now, both developers have one month before they are to turn themselves in for 4+ years of incarceration, all for creating a piece of open-source code that allowed people to do want they wanted with their own money.

This prosecution is an unwarranted and unjust process of law that will be looked back on in shame. Every legal tool or resource should be dispensed in order to free them and reverse the dangerous precedent this sets for privacy and financial sovereignty.

Privacy is not a crime, and open-source developers who empower users are not criminals.

Many wealthy and powerful people today use bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to safeguard their wealth and benefit from a real-time settlement network without intermediaries. Every consumer benefits from better tech tools that allow them to take control of their money and spend how they wish.

If people of influence understand and appreciate the broader ethos of the Bitcoin and crypto revolution, rather than trading and getting rich off fees from their shitcoins, they should advocate for both the pardon of these two individuals and for legal safeguards in federal law to ensure this never happens again.

It is not just two these people's lives at stake, but it's the future of how Americans will interact and benefit from technology going forward.

#freesamourai

now that it has self-custody, are people using Wallet of Satoshi more?

welcome to the revolution Linus

Yes

The premise of broad civil liability protection for platforms is a core principle that should be applied to producers across America’s innovative stack, whether oil and gas firms fending off dubious climate cases or AI firms building the tools that are the key to America’s present economic dominance.

my article in RealClearPolitics on Section 230's fate:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/republicans_are_walking_into_a_trap_on_section_230_repeal_153457.html

looks like the next read!

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/222529396-the-devil-takes-bitcoin

The most insane bitcoin heist story I've ever read, executed at the behest of the Republic of Georgia's kleptocratic master.

This isn't a $5 wrench attack. It's a global kidnapping, torture, and complete weaponization of the state.

Holy shiite

ici j’emploie la « signalisation de la vertu » en disant que c’est un excellent livre.

Ne soyez pas un NPC, lisez-le !

Un beau détour académique qui contextualise le conformisme.

des leçons très importantes pour mes compatriotes sur Nostr

Here’s me injecting Section 230 analysis into the debate on Bitcoin node implementations, OP_RETURN, and the notion of blockchain spam and liability

The wonders of Section 230 protect much more than just social media platforms — it’s all of technology!

https://protos.com/exclusive-lawyers-call-bitcoin-core-v30-csam-concerns-overblown/

Too many Bitcoiners in the OP_RETURN and node filtering debates have never heard of Section 230 and it shows

Proßt von Oktoberfest!

January 2012, Season 3, Episode 13 of The Good Wife, first TV series mention of Bitcoin

a classic

The size and scope of the state has grown so gargantuan that it burrows itself permanently into the private sphere and we're left with the politicization of absolutely everything and where might makes right.

And it swings chaotically like a pendulum between political regimes

So let me get this straight: whether I not I choose to do this will somehow assign my loyalty in the "Filter Block Wars of 2025"?

Sometimes I do get cleaned up for TV

Elected politicians calling around to private businesses and organizations to get people fired is beyond the pale for a free society

Social media mobs are one thing.

But using your perch of power to dictate behavior in the private market is an illiberal abuse of authority.

American politicians making censorious demands of private platforms to stop the spread of content (images, points of view, commentary, etc.) is exactly the type of First Amendment violation that Charlie Kirk articulated against, and it's ridiculous.

It's also an interesting point of reflection for nostr, as there is no ability to unilaterally delete content or posts

Today is the day where EU member states will cast their votes on the implementation of chat control, which would effectively break end-to-end encryption for private messaging and communication

I wrote up a breakdown on the politics in EU Tech Loop.

New-found opposition from Luxembourg, Slovakia, and Germany mean we have an opportunity to sink this!

https://eutechloop.com/time-is-running-chat-control/

anybody got any Maple AI promo codes going around :)

moved my nostr relay from digital ocean to hetzner to save a good 10 bucks a month

I give comments to the European Conservative magazine about why the EU's plan to break encryption is antithetical to human rights, privacy, and individual freedom

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/interviews/chat-control-betrays-europes-self-professed-image-as-a-protector-of-human-rights-and-privacy-consumer-advocate-yael-ossowski/

Only one week remains to put pressure on European member states to oppose the EU's plan to break end-to-end encryption via chat control

my article summing up the opposition's case in EuroNews

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/09/05/time-is-running-out-for-eu-member-states-to-decide-on-chat-control

unfortunately archive dot is (archive dot today) and its mirrors have been down for some days! How can we help this guy out?

last walk in the Austrian countryside

buddy, what's with all these Voltage updates

cannot for the life of me think of why I'd need a Wyoming stablecoin

https://stabletoken.wyo.gov/pages/FRNT

No longer shall we live under tyranny!

Unfortunately my interview on Fox News got bumped yesterday, but I had a solid 10 minutes on why younger generations are drinking less, why neoprohibitionists lost, and why the Nanny State will still never go away despite people choosing healthier options.

They may use it here soon in case RFK does something insane

sent out a press release on an fintech lawsuit (criticizing government action), and a banking trade journalist snarkily emailed me in response to ask if I'm a "bitcoin lobbyist" and accused me of being a shill.

Happy Wednesday

awesome project

!

https://soundhsa.com/

offical suitcoiner

https://blossom.primal.net/98742fa30b20065452cc666bc290cb2578582ace134dd4d9c4bb41493cde59ba.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/b41fafe616c3788f055e4b22c0dffdb9741bdf84818a4080291edb779fd40dab.jpg

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and it’s the EU Commission proposal to break encryption via chat control.

My critical article (somehow) makes it into EU-funded Euronews

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/08/return-of-chat-control-something-is-rotten-in-the-state-of-denmark

Return of Chat Control: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

My contribution to EUTechLoop on the the proposed regulation to break encryption in the European Union…and who is still supporting it

https://eutechloop.com/return-of-chat-control/

You can just run another node in a VM and no one can stop you

writing an article now on the latest proposal for Chat Control in the EU, which aims to break end-to-end encryption. This time it's Denmark who leads the charge.

Had some good quotes today in a Newsweek story on using Bitcoin for a mortgage

Will they never learn

Something tells me Dave Ramsey is stacking sats like the rest of us now

“A well encrypted Internet, being necessary to the privacy and security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and deploy VPNs, shall not be infringed”

boy I hope many of these highly capitalized and VC-funded DeFi and crypto projects outside Bitcoin world will donate to

for all the great coverage on the Tornado Cash trial, considering how important the legal questions are to their lines of business

no replacement for great journalism!

bitcoin accountants trying to understand your zaps

The best laws are based on negative rather than positive rights.

It’s why i don’t believe in a “Bitcoin law” — just let people live and use tech.

Restrict state action, empower individuals within reasonable frameworks, and punish those who harm others

do any of you fellow pleb miners use Parasite Pool

https://parasite.space/

Making the case for open-source AI, data privacy, and against corporate welfare for AI innovation in Bloomberg after Trump’s AI Action plan is announced

time to piss some people off this morning

AI Privacy Issues are real and users should be better informed. Your "inputs" can and will be used against you

Consumers can use apps that encrypt convos, store and hash data locally, and leverage awesome open-source models anyone can run locally for better privacy

Try them!

me on

talking about AI policies in the United States and abroad

I’m at a political conference trying to talk to state lawmakers about AI and bitcoin, but they only want to talk about her