Nostr notes by RosaTheWitch

Donald Trump, Dr. Oz, and RFK Jr., all snickering like dirty ...

2026-09-22T02:46:44Z

Donald Trump, Dr. Oz, and RFK Jr., all snickering like dirty little schoolboys after the president made crude remarks about grabbing his wife Melania by 'a part of her body' to steady himself. BTW, this was in an Oval Office press conference, to talk about Medicaid and Medicare!

https://bit.ly/4hhwt1p

American mid-term voters, if you are ever tempted not to vote, ...

2026-09-21T07:24:45Z

American mid-term voters, if you are ever tempted not to vote, you need to read this article - and then make sure to vote in November.
#trump #republicans #gop #democrats #america #usa #mid-terms #elections #vote

https://bit.ly/4y5XM61

I've just started reading the first book in Andrzej ...

2026-07-28T22:33:18Z

I've just started reading the first book in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series, 'The Last Wish'. I spent ages playing the video game, 'The Witcher III', & I also watched some of the Netflix TV show. I loved both - especially the game - so I guess it was inevitable I would eventually read the books too, M.E. & fibromyalgia brain-fog willing!

'The Last Wish' is just the first book in a compilation of all eight of Sapkowski's Witcher books, itself called 'The Complete Witcher'. I'm reading it on my Kindle Colorsoft, & I'm really enjoying it so far - I actually recognise some parts of the story as being from quests I did in-game!

Hopefully my brain-fog will clear for long enough, that I can get some serious reading done!

#Witcher #TheWitcher #GeraltOfRivia #AndrzejSapkowski

https://amzn.eu/d/03T3Fv6f

This is ridiculous! Trump is outraged about the smoke and ...

2026-07-25T10:51:00Z

This is ridiculous! Trump is outraged about the smoke and pollution from the Canadian wildfires crossing the border and 'invading' the US.

DJT and the gang have threatened Canada with extra tariffs and even potential military action!

But just remember - climate change is a hoax, OK?

bit.ly/trump-vs-canadian-wildfire-smoke

#donaldtrump #trump #republicans #gop #usa #canada #wildfires #smoke #airpollution #climatechange #globalwarming

Air Farce One, surely? https://bit.ly/4vmDJ21

2026-06-19T22:24:40Z

Air Farce One, surely?

https://bit.ly/4vmDJ21

Ohio politicians were apparently too busy to push through an ...

2026-06-15T20:25:40Z

Ohio politicians were apparently too busy to push through an uncontested, bipartisan-sponsored, zero-cost bill to end child marriage.

Currently, 17-year-olds in Ohio are allowed to marry a legal adult up to four years older than them, and it's heavily abused - at 17 you don't have many rights, so the spouse is effectively in charge.

https://bit.ly/4a48Zdv

Tolkein was just one man, and he never sought to argue that his ...

2026-06-09T07:50:21Z

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Tolkein was just one man, and he never sought to argue that his works were anything other than fiction. And he created Smorg the dragon, which makes him awesome (to me, anyway!) 🐲

And if you have 6 bibles, each containing 66 books, you get 'that number.' Which is apropos of nothing, but I like it. 😏

It was a pretty spectacular accident when a truck carrying ...

2026-06-09T07:23:53Z

It was a pretty spectacular accident when a truck carrying fireworks caught fire in Tennessee!

No casualties, thankfully, except maybe the fireworks vendor's wallet - I hope they were fully insured!

#fireworks #fireworkstruck #fireworkstruckaccident #tennessee

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgmdgz8kk7xo

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2026-05-30T17:54:03Z

Long story, but… I just ate a cat treat by mistake. 🙀

Thank you, good bot, I totally forgot to remove the code. Your ...

2026-04-30T11:41:04Z

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I'm sharing this, not just because it's amusing to see ...

2026-04-30T11:21:45Z

I'm sharing this, not just because it's amusing to see ICE agents completely flummoxed, but also to show my American friends how to stand up for themselves if pulled over by the thugs: throw the Constitution at 'em!

https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-245027230?r=6oz0hn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

I think I'm going to have to give up on buying bitcoin to use ...

2026-04-26T11:48:37Z

I think I'm going to have to give up on buying bitcoin to use as zaps. I thought I'd managed it on Coinbase, but fell at the last hurdle.

Here in the UK, laws now mean that doing pretty much anything financial requires ID verification, and that means a passport or photo driver's license. I have neither. I'm a UK citizen born and bred, with British family lines dating back to the 1700s, but nope, I need a passport or driver's license as proof. So no zaps, I guess.

(Incidentally, I tried phoning Coinbase, but the support guy could barely speak or understand English and was worse than useless. He kept telling me all I needed to do was simply verify my ID with a passport or driver's license - like, I know, that's why I'm calling you for help!)

I have a tiny amount of bitcoin in my PayPal account, but it isn't a proper wallet, so you can't send or receive with it, just buy, sell, and hold. I only got that because I've been verified with PayPal for decades. I can send ordinary money, but not crypto - why? It seems ridiculous.

Does anyone have a workaround for this? I just want to send people zaps, for heaven's sake!

#nostr #nostrhelp #helpneeded #crypto #bitcoin #zaps #lightning #idverification #UK #England

Thank you!

2026-04-25T12:54:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…5m75
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Thank you!

Thank you! Wish me luck!

2026-04-23T15:08:59Z

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Thank you! Wish me luck!

It's the British cryptonoob woman back again with another ...

2026-04-23T12:53:46Z

It's the British cryptonoob woman back again with another beginner's Nostr Zaps question!

So far, I have some bitcoin in a Coinbase wallet. How can I use it to send sats via the Lightning Network?

#nostr #helpneeded #nostrhelp #help #zaps #sats

Beginner zap question: what currency do you buy for use with a ...

2026-04-23T12:45:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…pljc
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Beginner zap question: what currency do you buy for use with a Lightning wallet, and how do you turn that into sats? I'm really struggling to understand, and I'm assuming there is a conversion process, because there isn't a currency named 'sats' or 'lightning' as far as I can see.

I have, via Coinbase's 'Base' app, worked out how to buy Bitcoin - but that's it. I don't know how to convert currencies, or anything beyond that.

I hate this sort of thing, as I have a bit of brain damage, which has drastically affected my numeracy, so I need a helping hand!

#nostr #helpneeded #help #nostrhelp #nostradvice

Amazing video I found on Bluesky. It pretty much sums everything ...

2026-04-17T11:25:31Z

Amazing video I found on Bluesky. It pretty much sums everything up! #popesplaining

https://bsky.app/profile/gtconway.bsky.social/post/3mjnxwyqaic2h

Oh, this is hilarious - Roman Catholic (since 2019) US Vice ...

2026-04-17T09:43:33Z

Oh, this is hilarious - Roman Catholic (since 2019) US Vice President JD Vance tells actual Pope Leo XIV he should be careful opining on matters of theology! #popesplaining

https://bit.ly/4tlumyy

Hey Nostr, how do I add money to my wallet so I can send sats? I ...

2026-04-01T22:55:41Z

Hey Nostr, how do I add money to my wallet so I can send sats?

I don't know how this works, and I feel so stupid. Help a poor confused Brit out, please!

#sats #zaps #nostr #crypto #help

Random Rosa Fact: I was born in Blackpool Victoria Hospital which ...

2026-04-01T22:30:32Z

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Random Rosa Fact: I was born in Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is only a stone's throw from the zoo, & when I arrived in this world, the lions roared, which I think is pretty cool! I was also born under a full moon, which explains a lot!

Great news from my local zoo: Blackpool Zoo (UK) has welcomed a ...

2026-04-01T22:27:54Z

Great news from my local zoo: Blackpool Zoo (UK) has welcomed a (very cute) baby giant anteater! Its sex is unknown as the zoo won't disturb mum & baby yet.

The giant anteater is the most threatened mammal in Central America, so this baby, who is the parents' fourth, is very special!

https://bit.ly/4sNwvmo

After a couple of days throwing up with a bug, ignoring news, ...

2026-03-29T06:59:28Z

After a couple of days throwing up with a bug, ignoring news, I'm a bit late to find this speech from French Senator Claude Malhuret about Trump's USA, the threat from Russia, supporting Ukraine, & rebuilding Europe's defensive power. All I can say is bravo, Monsieur Malhuret, bravo!

https://bit.ly/4tf5ms3

Trump and co. think it's funny that intelligence suggests ...

2026-03-20T18:58:07Z

Trump and co. think it's funny that intelligence suggests that Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is gay.

They don't seem to understand the political implications of weaponising someone's sexuality, nor how badly it could affect innocent LGBTQA+ people - and not just in Iran.

https://bit.ly/4boFKDl

Hats off (or a papier maché lion's head off) to the police ...

2026-02-20T10:52:24Z

Hats off (or a papier maché lion's head off) to the police officers of Bangkok!

Pro tip: if you're going to burgle people's homes, try not to steal from a local police commander's house. Three times. Within one month.

“Undercover Thai police go dancing in lion costume to catch serial burglar."
http://bit.ly/4tQWSc4

So Noah had baby vegetarian dinosaurs on his Ark? The same ...

2026-01-24T20:45:11Z

So Noah had baby vegetarian dinosaurs on his Ark? The same dinosaurs that were extinct before humans existed?

You can believe in Creationism, that's OK. You want all the students in the school to be taught that it's the truth, & not to trust science? That's not OK. Really not OK.

https://bit.ly/4qD17pk

What the actual……??? #trump #usa #republicans #usaid # africa ...

2026-01-20T18:18:10Z

What the actual……???

#trump #usa #republicans #usaid # africa

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/us-diplomats-urged-to-remind-african-leaders-of-us-generosity-despite-usaid-closing

For a British woman, I've somehow become obsessed with ...

2026-01-17T11:39:02Z

For a British woman, I've somehow become obsessed with American politics. (Hey, don't judge - our UK politics don't usually require popcorn!) 🍿

Seriously though, I'm just terrified for the ordinary Americans living through this nightmare. Stay strong, my US friends. 🫡

#uspolitics #usa #trump #ICE

I love this meme! BTW, why do ICE officers need to cover their ...

2026-01-17T10:37:12Z

I love this meme!

BTW, why do ICE officers need to cover their faces, if what they're doing isn't wrong? Could it be they're scared of public identification & retribution? 🤔

Oh well. You reap what you sow. It says so in the Bible, y'know…

#ICE #Trump #USA #America #immigration #racism #Nazis

I'm not sure what is more ridiculous; Venezuela's María ...

2026-01-16T18:10:26Z

I'm not sure what is more ridiculous; Venezuela's María Corina Machado giving Trump HER Nobel Peace Prize, or him accepting it as though that makes him the recipient now. (It doesn't - he has the framed medal, not the prize.) Why did Machado do that? Does Donald have dirt on her?

https://bit.ly/4pBRHcp

I'm not sure what is more ridiculous; Venezuela's María ...

2026-01-16T18:10:19Z

"Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that ...

2026-01-16T17:43:52Z

"Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience."
–Pam Brown

From @Catstr on Nostr.

Well, cats ARE liquid… 😸

2026-01-16T17:13:56Z

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Well, cats ARE liquid… 😸

This is truly scary - the terrible things happening in the USA ...

2026-01-13T14:36:16Z

This is truly scary - the terrible things happening in the USA right now. The government are sending in their racist ICE thugs, and the immigrant communities are terrified. Even being a legal US citizen won't matter to Trump's and Hegseth's henchmen, if you aren't white. Your views must also 'align' with those of the Administration now - check your social media history. Seriously.

To my American friends across the Big Pond - stay safe, be well, support each other, and KEEP ON FIGHTING! 🫡

#ICE #Trump #immigration #USA #ImmigrationUS

https://bit.ly/4bCL8D0

Well, that's… reassuring… 🫤 "We're doomed, ...

2026-01-12T21:51:45Z

Well, that's… reassuring… 🫤

"We're doomed, Captain Mainwaring, DOOMED!" 😵

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-has-no-defence-plan-despite-threat-from-putins-russia-13493493

How long until Donald starts playing with the nukes? This is ...

2026-01-08T00:00:08Z

How long until Donald starts playing with the nukes? This is nothing to do with party politics - Trump is just having fun with abusing his power!

Don't forget about the presidential anti-nuke bunker that just happens to be underneath what was the East Wing of the White House, where he's building his ballroom - he's apparently said he wants to renovate it many times. Why now though?

To be honest, I don't think he even cares if he gets killed by a nuke - he's going to be 80 this year, and he wants to go down in history as a devious tyrant, like his admitted hero, Hitler. It won't matter if nobody's left alive to read about him though - I guess he didn't think about that problem.

What are the people who voted for him thinking about the whole debacle now? For a peacemaker, he's certainly caused a lot of conflicts in the last year. He's lied to the American people over, and over again. The Americans who voted him in were caught on the line, reeled in and then tossed aside. Some are still saying they've been shocked and blindsided!

Dear Trump voters, YOU did this.

https://bit.ly/4jrVyau

I found this video from 2024. A weird night shift for the cops! ...

2026-01-05T02:21:25Z

I found this video from 2024. A weird night shift for the cops! Matthew Pancake, was caught breaking and entering a pet store. He wore leopard print PJs with pockets inside and many gerbils/hamsters stashed within. Sadly, there were casualties (likely including Mr. Pancake's dignity!)
http://bit.ly/4pm1P9a

Just found a video from 2024. It was a weird night shift for the ...

2026-01-05T01:46:22Z

Just found a video from 2024. It was a weird night shift for the cops! A guy, Matthew Pancake, was caught breaking and entering a pet store. He wore leopard print PJs with pockets inside and many gerbils/hamsters stashed within. Sadly, there were casualties (likely including Mr. Pancake's dignity!)

People are going crazy trying to understand Trump. I'm ...

2025-11-29T11:43:23Z

People are going crazy trying to understand Trump. I'm British but my take from the outside looking in is that he's deliberately causing extreme chaos as he wants a big legacy like that of his dictator heroes. He doesn't care about morals and ethics, he just loves having so much power, and wants to push against and through any boundaries that he deems to be threatening his 'superiority'.

Basically, he's a megalomaniac who's having a lot of fun being Top Dog, and doesn't care who gets hurt. He's always had money, but I think his current circumstances give him so much more satisfaction. At least Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Franco had ideologies behind the atrocities they caused. Trump is just addicted to power - any ideology of his is just to do whatever he wants, and on a grand scale, and watch the resulting carnage with glee.

Seriously? You can't face your feet getting wet in a puddle, ...

2025-11-29T10:35:58Z

Seriously? You can't face your feet getting wet in a puddle, so you tear out stones from the walls of a partially ruined, centuries-old castle for use as stepping stones?

These people are either really stupid, or have no respect for anyone or anything. Or both. 😡

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30j3ndg9glo

Having a monument created in your honour is normally conceived ...

2025-11-08T23:25:17Z

Having a monument created in your honour is normally conceived of, designed, and brought to fruition by other people, and generally posthumously. You don't arrange to have them built, choose the design, nor fund them yourself - that's narcissism in the extreme!

What with the Washington D.C. 'Arc de Trump' which he is planning to have built 'in his honour' & now this - it's a little bit sad. Nobody nominates him, so he nominates himself.

{{{ It still amuses me, him putting his name on everything, because where I'm from in northwest England, 'Trump' is common slang for a fart - President Fart! Never gets old… 😂💨}}}

https://bit.ly/3LullSQ

Miss Pepper the tiny ragamuffin cat is not amused! #caturday ...

2025-10-11T13:40:55Z

Miss Pepper the tiny ragamuffin cat is not amused!
#caturday #fedicats #cats

Well, this would definitely raise eyebrows (and possibly cause ...

2025-10-11T13:12:44Z

Well, this would definitely raise eyebrows (and possibly cause fighting) among the St. George flag-wavers and Farage fans if it was suggested that the UK follow suit!
#immigration #UKimmigration

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/small-spanish-town-headlines-immigration-villamalea

The UK's Online Safety Act's new mandatory proof-of-age ...

2025-08-18T14:01:00Z

The UK's Online Safety Act's new mandatory proof-of-age checks have been implemented on many websites now. The intent of the law comes from a good place, but it's been badly bungled and heavy-handed. It was designed to stop kids seeing porn etc, and to protect them from potential abusers, paedophiles, groomers, gambling, the glamourising of smoking and vaping, recreational drugs and alcohol, addictions, images of self-harm etc.

Some smaller services and businesses will have to update their hardware and/or software at their own cost, otherwise risk a fine or even some prison time. How the sites who are told that they need to implement the proof-of-age checks seems to be pretty arbitrary - even a Reddit subreddit about cider drinking required proof of age for you to be let in!

Kids will very quickly learn how to bypass these age-checks, and, quite understandably, lots of adults don't want to be forced to give so much private information away, just to keep doing what they've been doing for ages. Sales of VPNs (Virtual Private Network) and (less secure) proxy services have recently skyrocketed in the UK, the government is now considering if it should ban VPNs and proxy services entirely, and pornography users are wondering what else could be done with the personal information they might have to give, especially if their face is scanned. And then there's the potential problems with the security of end-to-end encryption, and how it could attract malicious abuse.

At the moment, the methods of proving your age are: passport, driving licence, credit card checks, open banking, digital identity services and (currently paused) biometrics such as facial recognition scans and AI face scans to see how old you look. These AI-assisted 'probable-age' facial scans are very controversial, for obvious reasons.

Anyway, these links should help you decipher my babbling!

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpn-demand-skyrockets-in-the-uk-as-age-verification-checks-are-enforced

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row

The UK's Online Safety Act's new mandatory proof-of-age ...

2025-08-18T11:14:05Z

The UK's Online Safety Act's new mandatory proof-of-age checks have been implemented on many websites now. The intent of the law comes from a good place, but it's been badly bungled and heavy-handed. It was designed to stop kids seeing porn etc, and to protect them from potential abusers, paedophiles, groomers, gambling, the glamourising of smoking and vaping, recreational drugs and alcohol addictions, images of self-harm etc.

Some smaller services and businesses will have to update their hardware and/or software at their own cost, otherwise risk a fine or even some prison time. How the sites who are told that they need to implement the proof-of-age checks seems to be pretty arbitrary - even a Reddit subreddit about cider drinking required proof of age for you to be let in!

Kids will very quickly learn how to bypass these age-checks, and, quite understandably, lots of adults don't want to be forced to give so much private information away, just to keep doing what they've been doing for ages. Sales of VPNs (Virtual Private Network) and (less secure) proxy services have recently skyrocketed in the UK, the government is now considering if it should ban VPNs and proxy services entirely, and pornography users are wondering what else could be done with the personal information they might have to give, especially if their face is scanned. And then there's the potential problems with the security of end-to-end encryption, and how it could attract malicious abuse.

At the moment, the methods of proving your age are: passport, driving licence, credit card checks, open banking, digital identity services and (currently paused) biometrics such as facial recognition scans and AI face scans to see how old you look. These AI-assisted 'probable-age' facial scans are very controversial, for obvious reasons.

Anyway, these links should help you decipher my babbling!

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpn-demand-skyrockets-in-the-uk-as-age-verification-checks-are-enforced

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/could-vpns-be-banned-uk-government-to-look-very-closely-into-their-usage-amid-mass-usage-since-the-age-verification-row

Moo Deng, Thailand’s meme-famous baby pygmy hippo, is one year ...

2025-07-10T21:40:39Z

Moo Deng, Thailand’s meme-famous baby pygmy hippo, is one year old! (8th of July 2025)

So… Happy First Birthday Moo Deng, a.k.a. 'Bouncy Pork Chaos Rage Potato!'

#MooDeng #MooDengIsOneYearOld #BabyPygmyHippo #MemeHippo #KhaoKheowOpenZooThailand

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/moo-deng-birthday-thailand-zoo-pygmy-hippo-video-b2786384.html

What a day - first I heard wailing and screaming in my house, ...

2025-05-28T23:39:30Z

What a day - first I heard wailing and screaming in my house, despite only me and my cat being there. I do hear voices on and off due to mental issues, but this time Miss Pepper also heard it and freaked out! Secondly, just as my last carer of the day was about to go, I smelled burning - fortunately he was in my room and noticed the fan on the table next to my bed was heating up and just about to catch fire, so he unplugged it and took it outside. Apparently it was incredibly hot - I don't know what I could have done if he hadn't been there. Kudos to Jamie for saving me and Pepper!

Miss Pepper - saved and, er, grateful…

it's sad to hear of Pope Francis' death. He was a breath ...

2025-04-21T10:58:15Z

it's sad to hear of Pope Francis' death. He was a breath of fresh air for the Church & always saw good in people, even when he disagreed on things. He was a bit too liberal for a lot of the clergy. I won't be surprised if the next Pope is much more conservative & undoes a lot of Francis' good work.

Good bot! This is really good to know for in the future!

2025-04-19T13:07:15Z

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Good bot!

This is really good to know for in the future!

Courtesy of the current edition of Private Eye magazine! #trump ...

2025-04-19T09:57:50Z

Courtesy of the current edition of Private Eye magazine!

#trump #donaldtrump #tariffs #tariffchaos #funny #comic #privateeye

Sorry about this video being linked to X, but I love this video ...

2025-03-27T22:13:17Z

Sorry about this video being linked to X, but I love this video of a skateboarding dog!

If anyone knows how I can download just the videos from X & others, please let me know!

(PS: Unhelpfully, I only have an iPhone at the moment!)

https://x.com/randomtheguy_/status/1888933593696632886?s=12

The bit that confuses me about all the Americans who voted for ...

2025-03-17T20:31:47Z

The bit that confuses me about all the Americans who voted for Trump, is that now it's all going crazy with the tariffs, and job losses, and farmers in despair, is they seem to have forgotten what happened during Trump's first term.

Plus, Trump has been very clear about what he intended to do, and despite his denials of its contents, it was all clearly mapped out in the Heritage Foundation's book 'Project 2025.'

And still they swear they've been blindsided???