2026-07-13T03:24:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae Janis https://nostr.ae/npub13p3hyv3dckmqr3catcj35l829zq5r4qja6jx8q82x2jzcyxthwpqtgs0ff https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/266/344/556/933/553/original/316416af294056b1.jpg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/266/344/556/933/553/original/316416af294056b1.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvruetkc5fezfpe4x5psrjv3du596jlvvnzps060zkahq6za89mfszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyg5mgrf Congress overturns ban on mining near the Boundary Waters • Minnesota Reformer<br/><br/><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/15/congress-overturns-ban-on-mining-near-the-boundary-waters/">https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/15/congress-overturns-ban-on-mining-near-the-boundary-waters/</a><br/><br/>&#34;Environmental protection groups like Save the Boundary Waters say mining for copper and other heavy metals inevitably leaches sulfuric acid, toxic metals and other pollutants into surrounding water systems.&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/416/295/191/745/578/original/53cfc54d9a50ba73.jpg"> <br/> 2026-04-16T22:34:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspn86ha48ufr3q9d6paugcacuv3l22j4f4dc2w5dyskmz40vqgwmszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyussszt Daylight Savings Time is Capitalist fascism<br/> #EndDST #SaveStandardTime 2026-03-09T04:00:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxjdd2fgmhk9pl08w7ww6juumg54twa5z29564xfm73hkrdmtlagzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyg4uamc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnv8s7zgn793pjst4v6yznkr8s7fpw9w53rezclugt8s0tsy8rdccdv2sl'>nevent1q…v2sl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I applied to get into the US military. I had what was otherwise a rather useless 4-year music degree. You&#39;d get placed as an officer in short order after boot camp with one. I rocketed though until they tested my hearing. The recruiter teared up, kinda, when I went in to pick up my rejection letter. Since then I&#39;ve been a Hemmingway fan, and love hearing about the gritty details of service. Food included. 2026-02-22T23:24:02+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrnv8s7zgn793pjst4v6yznkr8s7fpw9w53rezclugt8s0tsy8rdczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfsm532 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxen880l5t9hkxxksdhtfk5zdngtmlmedtlq7ckywk6k874jgg6eqey7szs'>nevent1q…7szs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You had to eat fast. I&#39;ve found the speed I eat high-fat like that makes a huge butt-difference. For future reference, maybe. They could have at least given you some Metamucil. That helps with that, too. Geez.<br/><br/>Having done too many potlucks, portable food is a b*. I&#39;ve used MRE&#39;s as a cue. They may not be pleasant, but in that respect they have always been cutting edge tech. Glas I know what &#34;MRE&#34; stands for now! ;) 2026-02-22T23:17:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uk5evx7a9vpjglzty85e8pdxrlxw9srg9jkvf8pel47gua6729czyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy97ag7p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxw3ezsw9gsc9wc7gnxv4c22zgwpw8q24ge8mk0jvtc6y3ynzwmqqx0xj7j'>nevent1q…xj7j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not so much that it has soul so much as the alternatives here are gallopping full stride across the plains to discover afresh a truly bottomless definition of soulless.<br/><br/>I try to go to my co-op, but I had to move in with family so it&#39;s a half-hour&#39;s drive, and notably pricier. I do lean hard on my farmers&#39; markets.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t2cz7prkmfcaec7lctc4mzegm6szaxkmysjjdugn66ndq3kf4rcshclaxq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Selzero</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t2c…laxq</span>)</a></span> 2026-01-23T06:49:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6znc5xna8vlh8udwkyqa3mfgty9675mh2htffjedm2236h0pgsszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy0hvu58 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs853hlwnlza7lf2eqe7d9qza2k9vg2tn5l8he2pp0j7wwzzy09eysuvm6cl'>nevent1q…m6cl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here in the Midwest, and I think wherever they are it&#39;s like this, the product (the stuff I buy, anyway), the facilities, the employees are all within a couple hundred miles of Madison, WI, and owned there, while the profit margins are tight... and not NYSE listed. It&#39;s not the farmers&#39; market, but for now it seems most of the money circulates pretty locally, without playing the American Big Grocery game. 2026-01-22T22:31:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsganqcpwmull3p7k6xxu44c72ur2ctrae2mvyuqmqa4kzlpts5y6gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfxv6ca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9trc8tdyyt5ualaw0twda6mksaruycecs7rt863m5kp70paatucaelj7g'>nevent1q…lj7g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Aldi is Chicago based, and I think they understand both what it means to run a business, and to get stores into food deserts.<br/><br/>I take what the pharmacists puts in the bag.<br/><br/>After that, I pretty much make everything else, go local, or used. I get a four-gallon stock of ethanol every couple of years, you can&#39;t get anything but Arm &amp; Hammer baking soda anymore, I got my beeswax from a local beekeeper, my seeds from our farmers&#39; market....<br/><br/>My Fudeball pens are Japanese? Ikea? 2026-01-22T09:40:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0lrnv5z2wlcrlvwuj5f9s3shwwmz8s2yucwhkz0sx2lnf7s89rhszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy8p7c3q DST sucks.<br/><br/>Anyone have any comparison and bulk-edit tools to resolve file creation timestamps an hour apart? If I knew for sure which files were actually different, and which just got moved/copied while the clocks were busy accommodating people who insist number-labels matter, I wouldn&#39;t have a... thing.<br/><br/>Thanks ahead. 2025-12-29T01:08:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2x0k9ahmpjvgwzjv0u552q000npe0aktyuvfcx3lkauxd7tg04hczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyt5shtv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5ddc2t5skzz895xs039s58w4g9kqffjfy9jddpf6ptnstqjlvrgdkpqyd'>nevent1q…pqyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, thank you for diving in, and you know you were asking for it at the Salvation Army.<br/><br/>One of the issues we have is that there are few &#34;secular&#34; organizations that sport the label of &#34;charity.&#34; The whole concept, to say nothing of the magnanimity, of jointly building a system that meets common need eludes those whose egos demand they consider themselves the donor class.<br/><br/>I bet he didn&#39;t even know who Rousseau was.<br/><br/>I shut these down with, &#34;Tell me about the last book you read.&#34; 2025-11-28T18:43:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9ye7u7uldvu6l4m4yf2pz4t98q88m7p2l87ctsu4rfgm7m46cfgqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyak392v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzugakn6pyv7203tg42805xcvguprs28q989q3d6kd3c47a8xyaguu3u06'>nevent1q…3u06</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I call to leave voicemails for people because what I&#39;ve got is too long for a text and too informal or non-committal for an email. And voice is nice, tone is telling. I&#39;m pretty convinced no one&#39;s expecting you to pick up if it doesn&#39;t work for you. 2025-10-21T01:54:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9magjef5827t00zu8ex38037wemmhsp0g7japazt5wt6gjcygqlqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyekerzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdx75jvmayyscf0vwzlccff39nlr4hh6jwu64sx9cvank4v6zyktstukkf8'>nevent1q…kkf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I disagree, unless the billionaire class is prepared to actually cough up, as well as save the planet themselves, because they&#39;ve rendered wage-earners powerless... you know, the people who actually care and do the work.<br/><br/>Wealth inequality is at unseen levels, and it&#39;s global. American unity is dead under that weight. Governments are next. But shhh....🍿 Milei&#39;s puckering up--this&#39;ll be a real tear-jerker. 2025-10-16T05:19:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09qtl4a880qswxves89jm2rcd02whl9qs8r4t9um2dgc4elz35lgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy54r4h6 They relish and reward harvesting souls.<br/><br/>(Please ping me for alt text. I am at a loss.)<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/357/403/385/250/673/original/cf8240f99d555a0d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-11T22:25:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgr3hrr3s5xazpwekujkfqu73mlwf0tk8th2wh4yk7ty8pvv5ygmczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyxhaz7w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfscmcypk7wtrjesxsdvqw8648x8gkk9kt4p8ux9amz8ru75ql9qa0wh9q'>nevent1q…wh9q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve had the problem three times, and not one of those did I end up solving the problem entirely humanely.<br/><br/>They are likely nesting and breeding somewhere inaccessible, rather than coming in from the outdoors (though at least two did get in). It takes 20 days to gestate a litter of 10. Your answer lies in finding their food source and snagging them on that path between. I got a lot of info, and mess, by funneling them through a shallow (no edges) pan of oil paint (dries slowly). 2025-09-30T21:39:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zkv0447s3zj8aewc4ymhvtyde3xxgh596c94cv0xztysahcc65gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfc67v0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcrfnm7yujmtc4uqctz7tvp7v93cj60h4dk954npd70nfaf7t8sg6uk2sq'>nevent1q…k2sq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I went Tylenol-free for the &#39;82 Chicago poisoning scare. I didn&#39;t have any at that point, so I just kept not buying it, partly because it was more expensive than ibuprofen, and Costco-sized jugs.<br/><br/>Had an autistic kid in the aughts (now studying Molecular Engineering at UChicago).<br/><br/>I learned today it wasn&#39;t commercially released until 1955, so no one over 70 apparently is actually autistic. I&#39;m not sure who Hans Asperger was studying. 2025-09-23T08:17:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0dt46valyul5kxw033mehxlug7her5lxvm4u2wd3j5vuer0xtxzszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytjarry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxtqv6v7xu3w7v66pxldf8gz0hulhkv3xvyhldueyzy5939wysdglr7kp3'>nevent1q…7kp3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every time I hear talking heads say The Market will self-correct, I yell at the TeeVee, &#34;Yeah, but you don&#39;t, and the rest of us are fucked!&#34; The Market, as they say, has nothing to do with who&#39;s buying what, Jimmy Kimmel or otherwise. It&#39;s a lame ass excuse for traders, economists, and politicians to manipulate as they pleased. Free Market, my ass. 2025-09-22T20:53:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9xkm94na6nr3gkq2fqus0qhsjgnvn4a0gg4vlpm44s0hdhqc3tlczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacysur323 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh3zsln7f3p649xv80qnuspc8380gu04c60qsgd2xjx6p46h8vpckq7f9k'>nevent1q…7f9k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;ve got me beat. My mom would tell me the mold was invisible, and then tell me a second opinion wasn&#39;t necessary. 2025-09-18T05:06:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd5nguauunnmrjwneunm3mgltrdhenw6jk0c5e325n9zq79wl8jlgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacysj6s45 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfrgfegwytyay3q9kaklj67gu7s2c9dlh6235sy4x0daznxhduqc07gl2x'>nevent1q…gl2x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Uh. OK. I was thinking more of a plumber charging for something he didn&#39;t t say he was gonna do, or negotiating to get credit for something work-related, like regular day-to-day captialism. But yeah, there are a zillion YouTube videos about narcissists and the like. 2025-09-18T03:16:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qc8xpv3wfpwnkuuj0ajf70867m422f43ky4asvqjcq79q2c80jgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacycd8dgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjz6fk887cnhzkkc2nkqc7l6qp8uhufpm54c8q8gp9dvw7gmcckgxnu3zk'>nevent1q…u3zk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you&#39;re applying Hanlon&#39;s Razor, the deed is already done. Approaching the perpetrator without adopting a stance of accusation is going to get better results regardless of their motives. A combative stance will be met with the same. Genuinely asking for assistance in understanding is a whole lot more likely to get that explanation, with the added bonus of possible actual contrition.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not about being naively vulnerable. It&#39;s protective: easier to leave stupid alone than evil. 2025-09-18T01:46:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs89qgj77q9d4j3xds7s8r7htj5yt8vnhj9wk5lu3g6u6h0ykktwlgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy728l3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs248vdatlf6serpzl8xja60584zr0sye24ap05dyr89ll56g5pjfgxj859c'>nevent1q…859c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m coming to believe you are one of the most embittered people I&#39;ve encountered. I&#39;m guessing it&#39;s because you&#39;re effectively smarter than most of the people you&#39;ve met. I hope someday you&#39;re able to connect.<br/><br/>It&#39;s an M.O. for asking questions before you assume someone is operating with evil intent... in order to prevent treating someone like an absolute enemy instead of an idiot. it&#39;s exactly what these evil fucks /don&#39;t/ do.<br/><br/>My preference is to not be an evill fuck. That&#39;s it. 2025-09-18T00:58:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxmw8az699ayqefkhdfk6splvk2d32cu2t4ffsnue4mcpene3f8xczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy247jur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9wre9ww0wejh72gl9hlh8cv2p24ejsvsy5nv2wwgu8yzh7lva9cwv5svw'>nevent1q…5svw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure you can always split those motives. In <br/> the middle of that spectrum, they may feel a twinge that a statement is maybe racist, or cruel, or but the goal is to sell more product, so they let it slide.<br/><br/>I&#39;m a big believer in Hanlon&#39;s Razor: never attribute to malice what can be explained with ignorance. But it&#39;s true that a whole bunch of this is absolutely retributive, mostly for made up s*. 2025-09-17T19:57:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspmp28mdcugghmrnmuwmaaq9s3t97qzvmfhd493na3yan6q4858agzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy7ch7vq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wzypzpvq6dmefh7hs99ym3thg3ptyx3e7szj7w6juyyt5m5w8fcvj286r'>nevent1q…286r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hang with some. Yes, they work hard, but many of them are f*ing idiot bigots who won&#39;t listen to a therapist who tells them what boundaries are, which is why they can&#39;t pull their heads out long enough to unionize. It&#39;s why their voting cohort thinks the mental health care provided by Medicaid doesn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>They are not defenseless. Democrats have been fighting for them behind their backs, including public ed, but they are mired in bitterness.<br/><br/>Harder, not smarter. 2025-09-17T07:44:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrkpsfxtrf0j4rfwaf3jqx2fraqsejxra29wlgeueq07hgl28nwfszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacynqhsty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs835gdwnqmajv3tnm4xcx9a9py27w9ljs4hhckl7ayv2ypvat7pugr0ru8y'>nevent1q…ru8y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been so bored with the Emmy&#39;s since about 2013 I just stopped tuning in. Once I started parenting, I effectively stopped consuming content. I made award-winner lists, and still never got around to them.<br/><br/>I mean, it&#39;s sad, we need them, because awards raise quality. I&#39;m just not sure it helps hype like it used to to televise them. Thanks for flagging me they&#39;re on, though. 2025-09-15T04:10:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvmzska502rn8qus0kqe0s2ym77t5d0zzjd9m699zmee7gpgy5v8gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy4l09tj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs094l06l7hu7m50yjwslkzn280vj27j27y9p90l4mur6r3mg35vtcpljph0'>nevent1q…jph0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds like a great opportunity for flyers about how the Republican big bill put these folks&#39; medical care in the pocket of billionaires... <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ai-medicare-program">https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ai-medicare-program</a><br/><br/>They need to know. 2025-09-14T18:56:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8dpyrgjap6rpslgl7u0hd5wrje5mc73yjvx4pcs66g478sj475szyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyh9y2ge OMFG.<br/><br/>Mayor Frey said on PBS news Hours &#34;Coulda been worse.&#34;<br/><br/>The state motto needs to change, because if this phrase made it to here, it&#39;s got staying power.<br/><br/>(So, why is this particular shooting getting so much press?) 2025-08-28T04:04:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvjhgvtx4ewv9k2pfawlvcry25sxdesjdp6cavgfmx4cxq422mvczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacys397zk I take comfort in knowing this Trumpian academia-defunding is gonna be painful to historians &amp; writers... they won&#39;t stop writing, you know. 2025-08-25T07:00:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0qmjgjfav35tqwa4nnnq7qtrfjrrcvx06elwdmqk5mkxfevzcyszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacydxxju4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswuryasvweuwh5zathh0x7phf58vt54cgwr0h9t93fupy5tpv066q6s8vqj'>nevent1q…8vqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My old feet met some younger feet? 2025-08-17T03:58:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv4l4r0l93vxr8h5kytlezknqw2t0292jf0dfadgkz053qp2n9vsqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyrjtn2e OK, so, once in a while I let myself watch some YouTube, and this time, lucky me, I get a two-hour? Ben Shapiro ad. So, I&#39;m letting it run with the volume down.<br/><br/>He looks like a kicked pit bull.<br/><br/>His t-shirts are what looks like 100% synthetic like a dance outfit, and I think his jacket in this one is too, but it sits right, so it&#39;s very, very jarring, especially with the over-shellacked hair and 1/4&#34; beard thing.<br/><br/>Exactly. I&#39;m not listening. 2025-08-14T06:17:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv6wgcsj9vtd32lstef3d2f7wh08cssuuv6qvh6qhjyyrgxvgrpcqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy6tf73x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkj4mj666eck456l9cqr9tpu3ggrjmgdlcu7ndyh4yca574jkwjq6w7k8k'>nevent1q…7k8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I find no shame in having attended the schools that were avaiable to me. That they were shitty, homophobic, misogynistic and I simply survived is to my credit... just not academic credit.<br/><br/>They were racist, too, but i&#39;m not even 70% sure I&#39;ve recovered from that yet.<br/><br/>So, no shame, just very, very happy to be privy to what I was craving when I was wee. 2025-07-27T23:54:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2dp2jay845aha37nczwfgh7w8vlfjewe8kuhgqhtgup760uhap9czyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy3ghxfv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0glvvpzhg9x38wev8pfffpel7dkdc0qzucf87h3f53auzu7yrj6sjycrvk'>nevent1q…crvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m a bit tired of the colbalt--good call! 2025-07-19T05:22:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2hzkzu5u0rpjxkzjdfpex6z8rtsalmadtke24s385wsg8seya4lgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy0lwqsy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fpu9uaqj7kxsfvp6d2n8h63lrjjh29lh0llqhnm8lc5dykj2myswtl9j3'>nevent1q…l9j3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They kinda are hired by Republicans. What&#39;s happening is that the people/insitutions who fund elections donate to both parties&#39; nominees strategically, both old and new money.<br/><br/>That&#39;s not to say boots-on-the-ground action doesn&#39;t have impact. most &#34;orgs,&#34; like the Tea Party or the civil rights movement, end up under a parallel-ish party&#39;s umbrella. 2025-07-17T06:01:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy4gum9vuuhpdvwxrfprfseatsstcp4pwecjvsvresrqer7xm2x6qzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyd3z4lu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn5qry2anfjjf05gyeexjpx4l06y8tzju8ax4sypn30hhgquwl7s84h89l'>nevent1q…h89l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/will_rogers_122697">https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/will_rogers_122697</a><br/><br/>Nope. Only Pundits hired by Republicans call their opposing party &#34;Democrats.&#34; You won&#39;t find a lifetime blue voter who will admit it&#39;s actually a properly organized party.<br/><br/>Who are you talking about when you say &#34;the Democrats?&#34; Blacktivists? LGBTQ? Half of white women? The perpetually turning-over DNC? It&#39;s sure as h* not people who like Gavin Newsom. Who? 2025-07-17T05:35:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstulg5d54fwcrwa7y4dgvm4z20sxjuvagsf0lf5htpqa7cxx8reagzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyjtxmft That moment when you need a button battery and you just happened to have one in your stash.<br/><br/>Being old is pretty great, frankly. 2025-07-02T01:27:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy892cxvxawvmelk7wnmwtsnfmw7ynn7y49a0857m4vd0nkvwyvkqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyku8hhy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvul6qnlv2lvglsynzq94szjqryslcca6d2yxcpvgy4exq7x5rqch7f47k'>nevent1q…f47k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Uh, it&#39;s the original that I ripped from a DVD that I compared word-for-word, note-for note, against my vinyl, which tracks with the memoires of me and my cohorts. I&#39;m not claiming racism disapeared in the &#39;70s. This may be a marker of where we were at at the time, what messaging landed, or didn&#39;t. I&#39;m pretty convinced some of it did. I&#39;m not denying gaps.<br/><br/>WTF, tho? Happy Pride to you, too? <br/><br/>Here&#39;s a thing not whitewashed... yet: <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2007.7.380">https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2007.7.380</a> 2025-06-30T00:45:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg00xuyn74u7n4943c2dzyunjelzvy84du64w8aphy2wrfdvlkt8qzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyh5kzy6 It might not be unwise to hang on to our own copies of stuff like this.<br/><br/>#NoMoreKings<br/><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/768/815/510/575/646/original/27998e1fe4113c19.mp3">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/768/815/510/575/646/original/27998e1fe4113c19.mp3</a><br/> 2025-06-29T23:44:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs00x6ntcxr7czxxl5az0x82takl875awqpv3vj7vd9a3ffsnjjm2szyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyxlz6xs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvqcs5xsu9hz504zzasdtqs7chz3t9y4fm45kfk8zexxskf6x9rgz4h07x'>nevent1q…h07x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup. It&#39;ll send the message that you want to vote that way. Even if it&#39;s not in your state. The number of dollars buys ads, but the ads are directed to driving interest. There are precious few ways to gauge that interest. Yes, they do brag about the number of small-dollar donations and use them in projections.<br/><br/>This is definitely weighted toward in-district, or close, and toward elections that include fewer voters (where effective each vote matters more). 2025-06-27T08:26:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsglms9ymfe75k289d3lygmjrec6tjf222jc4r49yv0fl9g0dlww4szyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyr08hup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lung7vz9qty97je5e8x5zttyyawwml68xftkztucssh87twhyeshpaq55'>nevent1q…aq55</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No one knows what &#34;do better&#34; means. There&#39;s a couple hundred federal Reps, and 48 federal Senators. About the same number at the state-level. The measuring stick for which of those people defines &#34;better&#34; is the number of small-dollar donations.<br/><br/>My recommendation is to spell out what better looks like to you and prove it $2 at a time. they leave you a space for a note, with the donation, and there&#39;s one on every incumbent candidate&#39;s page. 2025-06-27T06:34:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszuzlgzvy9sxg2s4skspra9f9y26thufv9t9s88wmcrk7h5jn7gqczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy3dypsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjth0s9a7nyee7638yal6457c9ms2fs7t3uam3grny6qfcpqph6qqhpgtd'>nevent1q…pgtd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They. Who is they? And why not you? 2025-06-26T06:52:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfnwdwkm99n4j27uvt7np3edk4sfz8gew8kxlk4eunt4ymr429pszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacymaaa3p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4sxmytrtuef8vk7h3sjccrv7ql62er9y4apvmv2zwqucvmm2mlsgu820n'>nevent1q…820n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe &#39;cuz they&#39;re getting shot? 2025-06-26T01:52:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8mkkd5wxmee6h7mcpvucxmvum9nptrsjwzxak2wjwyk9l9s70gszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfe4cw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jmxc8qhxgeu6wleplh9kja9h6rr0hwg8dntwc0yaql3n2p7h8xcaus52r'>nevent1q…s52r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And keep at least a gig of memory clear on your phone to store the video. 2025-06-24T06:53:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2wp3sxawg8srcwspx9sdejls39te4rxuql2guwkzxj20fadfrvvgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy3l7gqs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdc8jldlllceqfeuzt40mdew3kk008sxu846f44psurmzdvtngh8smrvvp6'>nevent1q…vvp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Better shorts than greasing your seat, for sure.<br/><br/>For real, though, I&#39;ve been noodling around how to make a butt-hammock bike seat, or somesuch that would distribute the pressure and put the friction in a non-bio place, you know, where there are no nerves, preferably a cheap and replaceable part. You&#39;d think we&#39;d be that far past horses.... FMRI, sure. Painless bike saddle, of course not. Thanks, Milton.... 2025-06-16T23:03:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqznunydgdlfjnkka7u6vju3lpdzts8sslmdyn0fzu60evkmdt30qzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyqjya3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvu2fl4dkqxeyc2rzcmqtuff8eqq935g6s5fh5xsu5xvjjffaexngg4juv0'>nevent1q…juv0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>✊ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lT4oE4DxE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lT4oE4DxE</a> 2025-06-16T22:35:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdsy4vdmxe6m50lffs890ag0mhs95d0akj7qmjlhqume79wpvnw7gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy63d2ad In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0q3m3aej2j447szy4ljuurpe6kn32agcsj42qx3teg4u0dv4n37gxv3shs'>nevent1q…3shs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I blame it on his wife who silently, including on the household books, fed, clothed, and cared for his children. We could put it on Frieda Kahlo who probably could have pillow-talked him instead of having the hots for Trotski.<br/><br/>In the end, it seems as though we all want to suck the $6M banana, while Melania wins for silently sucking the orange.<br/><br/>Yeah, it&#39;s all about peddling. What&#39;re you peddling lately? 2025-06-16T22:30:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs200yyftfjdfatagkgx4ax43f6jy5jv34smeqlw5zh8x6cv9w2rsszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacye0fmju In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc5mxne4w0hhfa6k457vvxhwklnfp4p3d0vwyesjg0sa9d2hlnkcup32e9'>nevent1q…32e9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One thing that bugs me is that Milton Friedman said Capitalism would collapse under any overbearing tax, and he wasn&#39;t talking about government taxes, he was in the middle of a paragraph about rent, and how it loops on itself.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t figure out how these guys get stuck on wages and voters get stuck on eggs, while no matter how you like your eggs, the ratio of the sum of basic needs to income is primarily driven by housing costs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2025-06-16T06:30:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2m8znsd86vd4fvc5r79mk0wdzm2pl02t9uu8wjevc57lzqxy4khszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacypkur7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswat65xejsweev9e6f94lpmvqwq783wshufwswkuhtepfjmg0j0ksgvpue2'>nevent1q…pue2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s still smacks of hustle culture. People are putting groceries on credit. There comes a point (which we&#39;ve passed) where microeconomics, regardless of what you&#39;re putting on your toast, doesn&#39;t cut it. Childcare, medicine, and education costs are rising because people need higher wages. The big cash flow, though, is going to passive income, namely, /unregulated/ global digital &amp; real estate investment companies.<br/><br/>Tax the rich, globally. 2025-05-16T20:19:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvs0fwf7q9496rp5p046gx7u4hqd08g9cawwynjfhmvu6xrtfhuhszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacysjetc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsuvy62w38dfxrrpkw3zq4xhvdmfrhwt8qthdwujdfrvuq4h3rvcerhrnc'>nevent1q…hrnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NY won the gun transporting case back in, what 2019 or something? So, we&#39;ll see if it&#39;s about guns, abortion, or states, won&#39;t we. 2025-03-29T00:54:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqed423xurmqtu3yzxdmctwyz2jt4l5n7906377ushx6ltnd4sqzszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy0xakuj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsuvy62w38dfxrrpkw3zq4xhvdmfrhwt8qthdwujdfrvuq4h3rvcerhrnc'>nevent1q…hrnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you know any care providers, this boots-on-the-ground perspective: wrap them in foil, remove any NFC tags, send a courier to the UPS Store, and have a postal box address at the store to send from. (FedEx is pricey and bothers with scans, and the USPS is, well, the government.) It&#39;s not deliberately concealing--it&#39;s genuine protection from penetrating radiation often needed by medications. <br/><br/>I&#39;m sure any patients will happily pay a bit extra for the reduced hassle. 2025-03-29T00:52:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsturcxh5a0nwlu4xsp8e9rhg3t22vlrawtglt9567ss8chddm93xszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyly7gxq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkjux2ndnk200gwj48adjaedk5hj89qafutltf80j5af8asslv5c0qu9hd'>nevent1q…u9hd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do. 16 years, now. It ate most of the others in the state (all the small ones), isn&#39;t shy about its centi-millionaire members, now cues entirely off of bank rates, and uses the same AI-generated lending &#34;underwriters&#34; Wells Fargo does. I have no inclination to let it count my deposits on its balance sheet, while I&#39;m at a loss for where else to go. 2025-03-04T01:01:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstq72cx0khhx770zzv3q6sf73xyuvn26c65q23qm2rm5xj7ktf6kgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyup2mrt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs047823qv2yjwkl75w8lmxnwlg3hy9nd95y33v4ujxap7mxpudk6cekxnd4'>nevent1q…xnd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Savings accounts count as bank holdings. The only real way to subvert the capitalist systm is via mutual support, undo the damage it&#39;s done... and is still doing. 2025-03-03T23:07:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdyjcf3egmpu4jgvjsufh2zhzl6ndpgvjn8p4qh9lzt09tnafx4qqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytn0spz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uqjrt4udq0t54k9p4funatm6jy6z6yluer50ntampd3awaj2pfgavf7p6'>nevent1q…f7p6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, you could claim it and let them come back at you. All you have to do is show how you came to that conclusion. They don&#39;t charge you a fee for filing wrong (yet), or for arguing your case.<br/><br/>Seriously, find a tax person who does low-income taxes. My mom&#39;s estate lawyer is also well-moneyed, and is writing up stuff that I have to print out statues to refute and send back with her.<br/><br/>Yes, I&#39;d just go with her if she let me. Money handling is for men, in her book. 2025-02-27T19:14:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3pv639wad8l9wxc0ywxysjfke4qvg8cczt8m8vq3at9hqxm6avczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy0alykg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyntkyj5f95cw5pg3jnmwhrxjnjzq5pnefa3rtvge3eatnw40xqnc9lg6su'>nevent1q…g6su</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a 1098-T. i think the &#34;T&#34; stands for tuition.<br/><br/>I worry about my kid, but I worry more about them coming after me. My eyelashes just don&#39;t bat like they used to, and apparently I, or at least my nefarious husband, should be able to afford a tax lawyer by now. Gosh, it&#39;s like single moms don&#39;t exist... or shouldn&#39;t, at least not if they&#39;re not tax lawyers themselves. (I was not alerted to this loophole in the away back, probably partly on purpose.) 2025-02-27T19:07:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszzeyjgyqg6k28s5g8lj3r2csju3wxgxj7tprqwswxcwsgryvzvwqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacycrt0ev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqd9d60hzd675wwz2u03hqhcppwz5nw2h4ucczc38waew6sts4mfg99z7jl'>nevent1q…z7jl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t you have to file as &#34;Head of Household&#34; to get the EITC? Or did that go away? And wasn&#39;t it a requirement you had to have people and housing-expense receipts? I mean, before that you had to be male and married. My first tax form determined my politics, and probably more than that. 2025-02-27T18:08:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszxn0wccurczlz8jf2le985klm0r5cgdvacvpuvkg7yd8u84xykaczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy5s0427 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgedsswxnuu0uy7ku72e8vepfjdf9ehhlw95wr4r3t2nngn2fcurg0v20qt'>nevent1q…20qt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can scholarships count toward that self-employment taxable income? I mean, if you don&#39;t know, that&#39;s OK, but really neither my kiddo not I can afford a tax person. I&#39;m not sure if my kid knows which jobs are &#34;safe&#34; to get outside working directly for the university.<br/><br/>(I&#39;d also like to note, everywhere, Republicans didn&#39;t just pass a budget plan to drop these taxes, just mega-corp and billionaires taxes, the ones that drive the deficit.) 2025-02-27T17:59:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs209w5j8dfhnytd29c8zuk4jyu5h2059l8uartcymdxw9zd2p7ghgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyrvj6wk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m7gfm8g6f3wdztdk8lntzkxgkdx8tw9rqmcgkk23u8ft5vfz78grpm5p3'>nevent1q…m5p3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>$10K, last year, was a zero tax bracket. If they withheld $3K (as you say net income, which is what you have left after withholdings) he should be getting all $3K of that back. He may want to run that through another calculator. It certainly seems that taking it to a $200 pro At H&amp;R Block might be worth it if he keeps coming up that short. 2025-02-27T06:59:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcasnavysrk2durcfvn7d4wasud9eck2a4remwl6pq8lfr9qdj0szyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfjjwmm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nm0aqt6y3q5m5a6vc7elacc8gmsaz2mdrp3txm7mh9590rypphgkwh4mp'>nevent1q…h4mp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NASA and NOAA get dismantled, USAID finally criminalizes Musk, while the Space Force is as briiliant as its anthem....<br/><br/>This should be fun. 2025-02-13T18:29:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxr2g4sp0acp6anj0nv4qkhzw2jp0wy9ta4twe0jgta3lkvv52ejqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyk2e3k5 This is weird. it doesn&#39;t make sense. help me out here?<br/><br/><a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661">https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661</a> 2025-02-12T19:22:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs020xl8phmpqwfnv8vg6q4n4gvn8m6003ltgcrew7js4gw4hpykvczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacykjahmy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswd2ax89emtqx9wgleuuxquzdjdwjdynev3wy0u8m6dpz3gv4vv8snj0nmt'>nevent1q…0nmt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well... we&#39;ll probably know your birthday, technically, it&#39;s just super uncomfortable if we admit we found it out, but aren&#39;t inclined to come off as creepy, negligent, or be too honest and say we don&#39;t want to over-commit ourselves. We still wave, it&#39;s just not the cold that making us look tense. :dino51: <br/><br/>(&#34;Bless your heart&#34; has harder R&#39;s, but it means the same thing up &amp; down this longitude.) 2025-02-07T00:05:32+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgwgsdquncutm4lvm86u9w4wj3nmwz8f570eryckk5y8zstuc0qlgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy2p25fx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82rpxzs892mxxr03wmdrux7glwah4apl2uwdawpgfj2yu8a8k3vsgh8ejp'>nevent1q…8ejp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Twin Cities Pride is the last full weekend of June. Welcoming churches are visibly marked. And we need more robotics mentors &amp; coaches. <a href="https://hightechkids.org/">https://hightechkids.org/</a><br/><br/>I won&#39;t lie, though, the Lockheed-leaning engineers can be pretty porkheaded. 2025-02-06T17:57:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxpnxy0g6vnlmz9r6la7a9vuxvlhx2jt8nt33sg8eal9azgehfnczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyu4gsp6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2e4xc0vkeqpz6g0wnddd2gc80j3tx6n87mjmwun682pa33hcf9lqx9cf0n'>nevent1q…cf0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;There&#39;s no such thing as too cold, only the wrong clothes.&#34; This is taught in our top-shelf public schools, and the mid-grade ones. We definitely have both.<br/><br/>The cold is brief if you make it so. It&#39;s *exactly* like TX, but on the other side of the year and the other end of the thermometer. Just do your holiday shopping in September and you&#39;re set. 2025-02-06T17:45:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyxmmhq7lyv9cdae9xscacxsp0493xl6yhtey0p96x697ppz2afdgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacywfevef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82rpxzs892mxxr03wmdrux7glwah4apl2uwdawpgfj2yu8a8k3vsgh8ejp'>nevent1q…8ejp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m perfectly serious. We&#39;re predictably divided between urban centers and exurban + rural, where you&#39;ll find housing pricing indicates this not so much by dollars but by square footage... not in small part for your car. Covered parking, and where the snow plows run comes at a premium.<br/><br/>Yeah, MN nice isn&#39;t, but it&#39;s enough to get you there--we don&#39;t leave people out in the cold, but we&#39;re not necessarily chatty indoors. 2025-02-06T17:39:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs82rpxzs892mxxr03wmdrux7glwah4apl2uwdawpgfj2yu8a8k3vszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacydq6rpn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmad8fk222fxktnzlaz6tcw8csk6t0zp0k2nstfwxjke5t8ulelg8dk39q'>nevent1q…k39q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/news/15575/39308">https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/news/15575/39308</a><br/><br/>We need just a few more people like you.<br/><br/>Plus, our building codes are pretty stringent, so unlike CO, our floors are level. 2025-02-06T17:26:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8dhytgnscr0dljulr78gl3geewvs3lv37v050d7s9dcfu0mg7qgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyuvlxhp I&#39;ve never heard Heather Cox richardson sound pissed.<br/><br/>She&#39;s pissed.<br/><br/><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-4-2025?r=1fismz&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email">https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-4-2025?r=1fismz&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</a> 2025-02-05T08:38:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvqk0z7mnqy5xs4l5ez3jwm4yp6au2f0jg5q3ye675r7f4lzzveszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyf62747 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmcvzasp2wksal4ejtfvtrfmy3h3n059mdf5zj4l74e66mpzjpwseau53c'>nevent1q…u53c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We could. I could only get about 12 people to show up at my kid&#39;s graduation party. I was not raised polished.<br/><br/>Logistics, though, I can do.<br/><br/>Effectively, you&#39;re selling access to inaccessible people. You have to get into those circles before you can gather them is a space.<br/><br/>Not to be a wet blanket, but one other person showed up for my Women&#39;s March sign-making event. It&#39;s harder than it looks. 2025-01-19T20:05:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0zq43u89wvgvrrmu0h2uul9g24fex4ju096t8vptfj77ymvqq3lczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyfjkaj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspz3kac3vtgvp3qtxl0xex8t352k4qxkuyets7ue49dmfr959d8ec67frfv'>nevent1q…frfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be one the board of your think tank, if you&#39;ll have me. 2025-01-19T19:40:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszklqgzl0an0gk5gss42xepgs07lefey4s5rsf3avrwpsx06urp5gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyn4ygqs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90ty97f58u39xmfkkeew0x34xdl28tkqewer5wv47nupqm03uxjq26tskx'>nevent1q…tskx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can&#39;t. It&#39;s a 40-year clique. They all know who each other are, and who everyone&#39;s kids marry. It tighter than an Amish Community, but about ten million times more expensive.<br/><br/>There are cliques of geeks. left-leaning think tanks are about as closed, maybe not quite as expensive, but you have to have the academic credentials, an Ivy+ PhD or two that only millionaire parents could afford, to talk to anyone in them. 2025-01-19T06:53:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvcstxg03y4l87xw2gnknsn4txgufls66er7c0j2dkaslpl488crczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacye88w3p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsga5fpujv8e5sv00490fg6q8l2m30knzsjv9lxxdzx97mwa9a8hlchzesyv'>nevent1q…esyv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But if we take away the window to the shitstorm world, our kids can stay in our windowless McMansion enjoying the same wealth-supported ignorance we do.<br/><br/>What. We turned out OK. We&#39;re good parents. We worked hard to provide. Their C-PTSD *can&#39;t* be us.<br/><br/>(/s) 2025-01-05T18:34:57+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9420xl5hlhldxg36rvfu08xywdl006v0ppfhny9yc40dhjqscqvszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacynjkerv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgpllf7qt0slsfdakn7gafvqyt49hj93zvj5l4w79w07h4qpxffhsyuc0q0'>nevent1q…c0q0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most of the non-working class, people-wise, are retirees whose income in primarily Social Security. I have to be honest, though, I don&#39;t know where most of the commercially-derived passive income comes from or goes. It&#39;s not so tidy as investments=yachts, though. Most of the people with their own yachts would be able to document long hours spent working.<br/><br/>We can&#39;t get to socialism from here with the map we have. We need a new one. 2024-12-27T18:01:06+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszzhjnjnvmpvzl9lxn2du7af4muajt6ef06xjmgakvf8cg60et7jczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy2kwq2x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvdsf7d3jpah45pd4yp8t9sqdj7qq5uqeyyyehhan73kcrzpyzuc4hhdd3'>nevent1q…hdd3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m so grateful for what you do! I&#39;m pretty sure I pay my way plus a little, but honestly it would be cool to know how much that is, ballpark. I&#39;d happily pay it forward, like a year&#39;s worth, to, like, the folks here who ask for mutual support. how much does each user cost you per year?<br/><br/>Also, which payment method is cheapest? Which do you like? 2024-12-27T03:59:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv66x5h5ryutq0lnalr40n358uxnaptujxrulfaurf9s9vvaxnl0czyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyyrppe0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg9nenkae2jfvm785z5r5unc4w6aqre6f7dgwfnzycfg59f9c9e8gzlrjht'>nevent1q…rjht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If there&#39;s a common thread in academic women, it&#39;s the inclination to dive in and tackle a problem thinking we&#39;ll sleep when we&#39;re dead. We may be killing ourselves.<br/><br/>Confidence may not be everything, but trust kinda is. Conservatives tend to trust confidence. Shore up. Take care of you, be there for your family if/when they actually need it. We&#39;re not getting anywhere with them if they don&#39;t believe us.<br/><br/>You&#39;ve got an advocate, here. DM me <br/> here any time. I mean it. ✊ 2024-12-23T22:17:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsge4zrd3p30hgxdyfh5f4sprt2wemakpnlavs0jd4q8cadn6g7ujqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacya6f0q0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82m7ezu5gs29m3fuljklu0wk707hjw8x8rn0yc0dxpsuplel05fqz8x9u6'>nevent1q…x9u6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Disproving the repeated lie that Democrats are evil is going to be an uphill battle in so many ways. Maybe just convincing them we can make sense on other subjects, and aren&#39;t out to get them, would be more effective than articulating the logic of how we came to our &#34;triggering&#34; conclusions about policy.<br/><br/>On the other hand, I tried that over Thanksgiving, and I could not for the life of me keep the conversation off of politics. I spent the whole time redirecting. 2024-12-23T20:45:17+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs82m7ezu5gs29m3fuljklu0wk707hjw8x8rn0yc0dxpsuplel05fqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyc7jakn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx5texa837497ep4lrxsyx8j4pufvu3zn5ruxgfn9hwkjg5ezpgcasdjjs'>nevent1q…djjs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hugs. I&#39;m right there with you on family. I can&#39;t seem to get a word in edgewise, either.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been dabbling in neurobiology and neurodiversity lately. Much of conservative rhetoric drives fear, and I wonder if working with that and foregoing argument content might be more effective in this moment. We&#39;ve got until 2026. The patience required of an 18-month plan might on its own inject a much-needed ingredient for de-escalation. 2024-12-23T20:25:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4kg97ju0fezxevhha4vagpa6kwn7a9chxpyfj23c2r76ee6p0xgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy2470ul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsye5lu44wwpr5cmc0uuawa6pdgpj395gq397cu4z4vndnqs2uec2g8lwpa9'>nevent1q…wpa9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d strongly recommend having an exit plan and some random health excuse to use it. We&#39;ll be better off in the 2026 election if we simply skip the politics and build relationships, familiarity, and civility. Winning arguments usually can only follow winning people over. There&#39;s plenty of common ground to be found elsewhere.<br/><br/>Not a big Haidt fan. Though it&#39;s a stretch, his approach seems to both come from and support traditional male dominance. Can&#39;t just suck that up &amp; get along. 2024-12-23T05:09:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0v63j4v82egsqw63hudv0ph8n9tkted47q6lwnslj5lpjkvz235gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyncgych In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6xda6w7p9f2lxd634t43kcsm5jwgmmp4gh5td0tx7tylfutg6vs7v0alm'>nevent1q…0alm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For every 100K births 32 women die, in the US. If you survive, you&#39;re about $20K in medical debt right out of the gate.<br/><br/>The hard part, though, is facing a boss that doesn&#39;t give parental leave or a wage that feeds &amp; houses your kids, then lays you off, forcing you into worse (or no) housing that&#39;ll poison your kids.<br/><br/>It seems people who have won don&#39;t see what a no-win situation relative poverty is.<br/><br/>In the mean time, conservatives have more voter-babies. 2024-12-17T19:43:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvqzu4yxkwy5kmm4nlfds4ejcmyp3gznznwzk40w28ycexfcmw0fgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy7nj2h9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fd42kfyhn2xkw26gg3qprv3xvm7drxf7aknvvg96vap5n7ukkpgj5sue8'>nevent1q…sue8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fuck. So far Republicans favor year-round DST, because it gives people an additional hour in the evening to shop. Forget the students whose melatonin doesn&#39;t kick in until 1 a.m. despite the school day starting at 7:30. #SaveStandardTime 2024-12-14T18:45:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq42v9ye367utg4kkdrwcy0tvdg502997c5pgpfch2nvwkylarjvqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacymym73g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf96r0pp7lu2zn39gdsl7a8atkk3j27q8wlusyhvct3x9h5pueedss3sxjc'>nevent1q…sxjc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And millions of people still put on those blue vests.<br/><br/>You can skip your heat and electric bills for about three months without getting shut off and put a deposit down on an apartment in a blue state where largely the minimum wage is $15, or more.<br/><br/>You&#39;re arguing for the &#34;personal responsibility&#34; party, right? 2024-12-07T06:07:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszx5ejlg5xk6m6ztpa9rtns3q845gk5ryphywqspeafe3m7zgqjmczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy0at8xh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfg55frzr3hzaz9mhgp4s8wsz4vjyufqfvj0sahe2qea32g2dg6tsnvxysl'>nevent1q…xysl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my kid is virgin-born thanks to science. I did that to piss them off. They haven&#39;t hung me up (raw or toasted)... yet.<br/><br/>How? C* them. Laugh... no, cackle. Welcome, educate and feed the children whose mothers were strong &amp; smart enough to walk away. 2024-11-13T22:58:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfw72pn4rgu5sk30h6wtwjelsm3frfcg7wg8jlyxw7cqq96hwdqtqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyls4gay An intimidation plan won&#39;t work without submission to the intimidation. 2024-11-05T17:12:29+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06gpltnatzqqgdpf40f770un262yuh9jl4y7j9sc0yfxxuq5384czyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytly94x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszyqlashnyujxwz2mx2hc0dvtalh263cqcjn2knpmawdp6qqv3zwqh0wqug'>nevent1q…wqug</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When they have guns, you don&#39;t hope. You take action.<br/><br/>Talk to your neighbors, about politics.<br/><br/>Vote. 2024-10-30T03:03:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxleye3am3wasphwefq5ymhklx830kjyxjphj23j5qmq9c4x58c2gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacydl3zna I&#39;m not sure a whole lot of people are grasping that you can only vote to end democracy once. #USPol 2024-10-22T06:01:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghushgpvchhfs9rar3mm80tt9rcnpfh4ujacqtkhgxpt77spdhyqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytxp2dc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf55hkcttr8uts7ttvp6anqe4c3ugn07gcuzzkfx77dehrcplvvdss595lp'>nevent1q…95lp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most do. That&#39;s the thing about a career that&#39;s about the pursuit of power, even if it&#39;s for your contingents. They are, after all, even in the best of theories, bridges between us &amp; it. It&#39;s the US Right that&#39;s been all about the raw, no holds barred, chase.<br/><br/>If I hadn&#39;t seen a fellow Women&#39;s Marcher get elected to state Rep and then end up with regular 90-hour weeks, I wouldn&#39;t be here. People who run are /tense/ MFs. Release? Rethink? Hmmm..... 2024-10-14T06:23:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg03ruzmf9agfcnmlhjzwlgaxwgneukhhkvxa8tl06k9devpnksrszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy5yqqnq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7t57kncra8v0a5l8k5kg6g6jsv22aecc2p04tgnvr02rmm3qh3cd6ffxy'>nevent1q…ffxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just a thought, it could be that older voters who aren&#39;t committed decide by about this time. Just wait. I&#39;d bet (granted, not the farm) something like an education affordability program, and probably more pounding on the housing plan, is coming up.<br/><br/>So, I know young voters are smart, and I&#39;d say smarter than older voters, in too many cases, much. My appeal to you is this: Trump&#39;s /people/ will roll back chunks of the IRA. Vote for solar panels. 2024-10-14T05:40:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwu99r2y720e2gwfgkljvn3ur54s7lv7pfmtktgkhwc8lrgdrwngzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacydt74ku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7t57kncra8v0a5l8k5kg6g6jsv22aecc2p04tgnvr02rmm3qh3cd6ffxy'>nevent1q…ffxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s all about who goes first.<br/><br/>It took several rounds for the Tea Party to find a candidate and take over the party. That, however, took us /all/ way rightward, in the US brand of it, anyway.<br/><br/>Some Democrats /are/ listening. Maybe not enough, and maybe not in influential places. There&#39;s potential there, though. In a police state that solves war with carpet-bombing, not so much. (yes, Reagan was WAY worse than Clinton.) 2024-10-14T05:22:38+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspm0r0p9zpxq8ew39lafyw55qu30v2vehmhttyrycwyskphpzujmgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyrzzvmt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8w3xv8xk5uh5a8vcxr8ypyhz4eqvtzgc5fcljw8srua7ewhxeteqe7hrx5'>nevent1q…hrx5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Parties go to where the votes are. It&#39;s why Republicans effectively lost their party to Trump. <br/><br/>Votes are candy. The first year you buy the full-sized bars to give out for Halloween, you end up with leftovers &#39;till March. The next year, you get the older kids, the greedy ones. year three, turn on the lights, and you have yourself an all-night party.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not thrilled with how far right Harris has seemingly swung. I know why she had to, though. 2024-10-14T05:01:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9w2zu29xd54y6d0t44q2w96jez3fppg4342h5kcg6erwq4ec6pgqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyq6qt47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7qp8h64nnpg9vsm8fua07gstgq22263rmdcwpz6fdtrklgq7c7qu7g8fm'>nevent1q…g8fm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Most experts, pundits, polls, historians, and math heads say it&#39;s too close to call.<br/><br/>When Lefitsts don&#39;t vote, we all lose. 2024-10-14T04:48:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq685uwswuv8ss6f063g7ng2ku260nhfftceefgj337c5ghk4tleqzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyhpfrz5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5q8dr8467qlkrpxy8k039y0pg7ejt5pcaz2g3fzdas7mmueuldcqzpn28'>nevent1q…pn28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Because sitting it out to let the party who invented building world domination by either 1.) deciding who gets the weapons tech or 2.) deciding on the interest rate of debt all nation states should pay for said weapons tech is really, really smart.<br/><br/>Lincoln won the US civil war by making pretty much all the guns in Ohio. This is Republicanism, and this is their influence on the US.<br/><br/>You could, perhaps, throw your weight into countering that. Just a thought. 2024-10-14T04:44:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9twqx3dvtqmtfy4vcn8x98274f37fqqekenw5p38djqd7e45ytlszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy490svf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87fxhppy667hmcz9zuw8v5h6f0shgyefs5gz52wq2zekmvue0g3scd3nzj'>nevent1q…3nzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This may provide a little insight, but you pose a very, very valid question and perpetual conundrum for democracy.<br/><br/><a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/what-are-we-getting-wrong-about-young-voters">https://news.uchicago.edu/what-are-we-getting-wrong-about-young-voters</a> 2024-10-13T22:39:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9z7d7n5u3lqdh9t2995a8xlyeg7wxaq6zd78k3x8tn52xy50ejmszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytnwyx8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsu7cplwxmre3rts6a6ynhhses6e32ppl5hva5c0cglkvwyq2yfs5uuxry'>nevent1q…uxry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is weird. I&#39;m following Orlando, and I can&#39;t get a consistent read. Like, there&#39;s this: <a href="https://mstdn.social/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwv50ntmgeru9m95jaw5ayqsp6235wf853tnyk4kz345pre9243qrf27ku" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>faraiwe</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwv…27ku</span>)</a></span>/113280919107938029">https://mstdn.social/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nwv50ntmgeru9m95jaw5ayqsp6235wf853tnyk4kz345pre9243qrf27ku" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>faraiwe</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nwv…27ku</span>)</a></span>/113280919107938029</a> 2024-10-10T08:35:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs08et27z7c8f8vqr6xuu8s4fnywressx25js3uwuxaluzf33nee2czyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyu6t485 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2603t4dpewx2vrv454ddslqg698q8qq0ketmqd22fcymjphudduqdpxtua'>nevent1q…xtua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One great thing about being autistic is you can learn the formulas. Mine for RS is, &#34;I had a similar experience.&#34; and I chase it with a pause. Usually people will ask what it is.<br/><br/>My theory is that allistics just ignore people (everything) more easily. There&#39;s no implicit connection in being in conversation, and it&#39;s a gear-shift to establish one. They need a chance to consent to it, or not.<br/><br/>The world is not gentle to us. It&#39;s all jarring. It&#39;s not like that for them. 2024-10-06T19:58:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz40jcket7cf796ma80tvjkprrkd9c4j65rwv86d9p5dvw9h9gesszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacylfwjg3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgj8purn67zsef6jf3lvqn4sph534adrwd7g2f72ds0nt83r8wx3s8cq6qw'>nevent1q…q6qw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s important to sort between not having reliable data on which to build reports vs. deliberately misleading people. What&#39;s supposed to happen if reliable data simply isn&#39;t there? Is that pretending a threat doesn&#39;t exists?<br/><br/>In any case, Republican un-funding science is bullshit. I think we can agree on that. 2024-10-05T20:31:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9h6uyk7e92cnxcytaznxv8qtm2fjzxdfnjr5t5h254kzmvfr02xczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyad8pyh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpxdh6qtjyyxdsfmpqdswu7qv9eak650822lyld989qmcsujytjswl2end'>nevent1q…2end</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m a bit confused about what you&#39;re getting at. Are you underscoring that government isn&#39;t all powerful? 2024-10-05T20:02:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst053lza6ga7entqmmx288at7wj9zve4lqrvjrh4fl4pj3dlrfyeszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacym90gf8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszau3j6zrncwznwmf2mwd824yzgv9kcvke87c0nkkz7flkc9rjmtqj97pae'>nevent1q…7pae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, see, Democrats made Helene, and all the other hurricanes that take out red sates. It&#39;s why they want to dismantle the NOAA. I mean, you know it&#39;s just announcing its deliveries, right? 2024-10-05T07:30:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2efrswkdturn6efa06uq52h9pljrgenz7a6px4paxs7chxqf226gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy3g465d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24lqhtrtcfwvvnutxuvelhq645eqlmhd73gsx26hstcysgre38psdhhna4'>nevent1q…hna4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Expand the service offerings at rural post offices to a very basic government banking system, and in-person benefits administration.<br/><br/>Effectively, pay Democrats to live there. 2024-10-04T03:58:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6u2jcsunyckz2xnf99rgmjuxaq5ue4qt2wxfdl4umudyrtqnzdgzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyjam64x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9z4kh0vj8zlwxqynnq5p6t0vr7cv52hp9mzgckfp3ujp3c8uuarct0x2ak'>nevent1q…x2ak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there are very valid reasons the &#34;Big Government is evil&#34; argument works. One is that the only people running for office there are Republicans, who cut back on funding. These folks are captive. I don&#39;t see a whole lot of Democrats on white horses. Most seem to be verbally pounding on these folks for not having access to solid information.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2s7RMRsgs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2s7RMRsgs</a> 2024-10-04T02:49:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrghreg3dwc63qfvjtu3kxds4ep4gk2gyd2204ecwv7cjkuhc5jrczyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacypjftmh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6azkz7z3lz3kc8jqfdvgzd4frhxdqw0zmwtpneyn8jz8wrs9dfsekn4hs'>nevent1q…n4hs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Social services watch your every single bank transaction if you&#39;re getting any state benefits. 2024-10-03T06:11:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3904n9s4g9vsc8r6j4wy30gfkzp8pdcjewmml0ewpms76yjrf9gzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacytfeun8 Having issues with pharmacy delivery. Anyone here having any success with that? What&#39;s your secret? #pharmacy 2024-10-01T20:46:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8j5svt570kavjd7q88kay6ak4t5urmh88shr63t4ardpd72jaf3qzyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyax7t8k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pc5x9a7p76r9ft53jd7z7t2hpfndet9mya6tdx7vt3n4kmrpx4gxlqdm0'>nevent1q…qdm0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are a whole lot of people who voted blue and weren&#39;t treated any better than under Republican Administrations. When they don&#39;t vote blue, that should be feedback. Sure, for now, we have to, but moving forward, either Democrats need to be more responsive, and held to account, or we need to have the courage to consider something other than our entrenched two-party voting system. 2024-09-29T03:40:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8y77rmwdqdf09m9y7cpny20vy444z5n4z6e7jjmws7axr7jeaaszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacya9w655 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2c2tndaqmamm6x5wv0mq0jtqgchlf9lavacv278rct94uj393qycvqdxls'>nevent1q…dxls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s part of it, but even district lines can&#39;t overcome a super majority. There are still enough North Carolinians, by and large quite educated people, who aren&#39;t putting together how the levers of power are fucking the planet, and that it&#39;s not worth the tradeoff. It&#39;s a still a state that /can/ swing. 2024-09-27T19:53:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2z3pqa9yvrg4nlytuc2t0nye20g0597jl35uzk728crels5taglszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacy7p34vc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5et3tv4h4paa2766xpej0d0n8c9l6zk0w36dq5quaul4t65e0cg9304k3'>nevent1q…04k3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would you provide some detail on this? I&#39;&#39;m genuinely in the dark about what position the campaign has taken that supports what you&#39;re saying. 2024-09-27T19:42:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy76n94nzavkdtlzfpjadmhhuk07au75vk9jdw457enlu62jgqcmszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacys24l89 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9elq4ef29xtmkjxevvcf0wslwclfczmqgtqugnp07aktf524cjcf39xqp'>nevent1q…9xqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can someone explain to me how NC leans so far away from the party who&#39;s been working on climate solutions? Two words: Al Gore.<br/><br/>Fuck Republicans. 2024-09-27T19:36:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsglqkp5dkxne66lzmh8vxxtgsrh94uxf8svs2s3cfearh8yfxxghszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyn697up In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqzxzqycq0jkeu67fckq3ec576qf86gvsafhsg58murz92txn2lgz0ms3z'>nevent1q…ms3z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fani Willis, maybe? It sounds like we need some good journalism in GA. It&#39;s always been a state that limps along in that regard. People there don&#39;t pay for it. 2024-09-27T03:30:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs84zlyz5ju77ky4dme8tfz7n590p07adhx0faq5m3j778vmy8z6gszyzyxxu3j9hzmvqw8r40z2xnuag5gzsw5zth2gcuqage2gtqsewacyvqe4vt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpjpxwjxwvx6xks24s0w9q7phpxc00lhukp3wt88c7snm6n8k8ngg25292'>nevent1q…5292</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Because trump<br/>s legal team has been fighting for delays, and they&#39;ve been winning. Once we stop arguing via the court system, the system isn&#39;t the system anymore, the one that&#39;s *supposed* to squeeze the truth out of an argument. In theory, it&#39;s supposed to allow the innocent to defend themselves. Yeah, it&#39;s clunky, but it&#39;s the best anyone&#39;s got, and it&#39;s a huge part of what we&#39;re fighting to protect from outright fascists.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-investigation-timeline-fulton-county-georgia/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-investigation-timeline-fulton-county-georgia/</a> 2024-09-27T03:24:29+02:00