2026-07-20T14:38:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae Bodhipaksa https://nostr.ae/npub1arctujurnrqen3l6tmt62fw2kt0heddg9wphsqegp47tewvc73rs837dmm https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/292/531/757/797/742/original/f06899221fffa703.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/292/531/757/797/742/original/f06899221fffa703.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd02egcut8py9f6wy6e4twr68u69lxj2znzyxkgzs0nvzk4k746sszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywwzmdl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkt63anqjw700h7u3zhd8umvv0f0q8dahax32r6gfgu366k98n7cqp04k0'>nevent1q…04k0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All these AI companies are selling a product supposedly guaranteed to help businesses make more money, yet they&#39;re all losing massive amounts and have no route to profitability.<br/><br/>If ChatGPT was as powerful a business tool as OpenAI says it is, OpenAI could just ask ChatGPT how to make OpenAI profitable and all their problems would be solved. 2026-07-13T15:40:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwqlh8j4pjwkhdze0qm4xp6cgyssu8amr0p288ft8lta2n4hmulgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywdz456u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgx8htzppayqgl04n6mgqfg8nun6chwg8e5hd9tq973r6qynxqjfcp4zzza'>nevent1q…zzza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was just reading that! 2026-07-06T13:41:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx7035y2cevcwnmfmswfuckvd2833vutqhxjhmgmaxd67z3a62drgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywasyx4t Kind of bummed that this petition against a monstrous AI data center has not yet broken 6,000 signatures.<br/><br/>“One of the world’s largest AI data centres is being planned next to Auchtertool village in Fife, Scotland. The height of six double decker buses and length of 100 football pitches. An estimated 20% of Scotland’s energy will be consumed by this.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-proposed-ai-data-centre-near-auchtertool-fife">https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-proposed-ai-data-centre-near-auchtertool-fife</a> 2026-07-06T13:33:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c4xk94dlcs0n3tk0eezfcvvetehx3hr258dczjctnyk8pz79f5qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywvv5kpw I&#39;ve had literally hundreds of fake sign-ups for a newsletter I run. Every one of them has the username &#34;mxihuuwfnxxpjea.&#34; They all have email addresses in the format first.last+characterstring@gmail.com. Unlike with the username, the text after the plus sign isn&#39;t always the same. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve just been manually deleting them every few days. But I&#39;m curious what the angle is here. How does someone benefit from doing something like this?<br/><br/>Anyone know? 2026-04-20T00:10:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrhwam279wpwt4vxy3yg6gnyg7377ur602lkpghr5rxd7lv9wqwaszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywe5n4nq Up to 777 people have been held at an Arizona ICE facility designed for 157. There are no beds, no showers. People sleep on concrete floors and have been held there for up to 18 days — that we know of.<br/><br/>The treatment of these people is utterly inhumane. After we take power back from the fascists there&#39;s going to have to be a reckoning.<br/><br/><a href="https://azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/">https://azmirror.com/2026/04/10/ice-overcrowding-like-sardines-congressional-oversight-arizona/</a> 2026-04-10T22:33:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy2r8hmgez4kkn2cxpendutskurfm7nk39ayerdktpnfwcrzv2u3szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw9mraty Lifted from an account that doesn&#39;t use alt text.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/319/475/958/221/149/original/5140343d8b36dd9a.png"> <br/> 2026-03-30T20:14:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspu4ahceesd5z00mu48ar69fs65yhjyucffvnq6cperu89fz7pwsqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywt2rea4 #SilentSunday <br/>#SeelintSinday<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/313/060/074/471/162/original/fbe6ca70f22aadd8.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-29T17:01:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8ywetue0esqrue4vth9etux558vxcup6jqg3ctnz8dfad9cam3szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywpcae5n No need for further comment...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/200/338/914/909/058/original/0951aaff9deceece.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-09T18:19:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdzcxa0y42ynr2f2drf74j6hm3zwkktnfaczy3p5syezw9xytnqqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw7fw5e3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnu6vlrgucclge2tzuv5a5ltvxqjzcqlgqvrhjaag69qs3tknljsrrwj3c'>nevent1q…wj3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, that style of writing is just ... no.<br/><br/>It always reminds me of one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoons. I&#39;m sure you know it.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/189/135/853/615/918/original/906110fd2180fb46.png"> <br/> 2026-03-07T18:48:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstpk3q07pruyy83n6cfgelx3zvue9e0mq2csdtwu9857slt6902zgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywt3lpep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0vlelg94r6meppzt4hq8c4d0ymwvspxa4av6lsjac43f7dc9lgcgy6acw'>nevent1q…6acw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow! I had always just assumed it was a double-sided bar and there were two barmaids! I hadn&#39;t recognized it as involving reflections.<br/><br/>I remember being fascinated by mirrors when I was maybe three or four. I have a very clear memory of looking into one that hung on a hallway wall, looking into it at an angle and being amazed by how much imagery was in the reflection. I wondered how so much could fit into one piece of glass. It seemed magical. 2026-03-07T18:32:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0tz0yx5x5n9vwrau5mtqnfst0hqgl9epqqu342fc584x7kd6d2lgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywkggxd0 #SilentSunday<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/156/575/653/008/323/original/060838786310907c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-02T00:45:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdx6eha40whgct2hq9a2ynzkknq93f7sahxxv395vqctquvtdfk2qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywhck30j I&#39;ve always been suspicious of Deepak Chopra. He&#39;s a businessman who presents himself as a spiritual teacher. A lot of what he says is quantum technobabble, designed to manipulate the unwary into thinking he has depths.<br/><br/>So OF COURSE he&#39;s in the Epstein files. And OF COURSE half the time he&#39;s emailing with Epstein he&#39;s repeating his mantra, &#34;bring the girls.&#34;<br/><br/>May the news spread wide and far about this shyster. A fall from grace might make him a better person.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/23/deepak-chopra-jeffrey-epstein-emails/88821384007/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/23/deepak-chopra-jeffrey-epstein-emails/88821384007/</a> 2026-02-25T15:24:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqkk2xc9xe4lxx44gg29cn4502umfva7gr6wq0znm2xzs43c2d90gzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywp9mxc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyc9alcaev3dee5rv8z0kr2dcg3k9u67mfup084h0678m5kaq0qycm9tp72'>nevent1q…tp72</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Titus Groan and Gormenghast are absolutely magnificent. The third book wasn&#39;t up to the same standard. 2026-02-16T23:08:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg6xvmkce88emems98e7tnysaw9mu0plwl2dznl5l3xdv5w3n72vgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywr70slz Love this image of Epstein victims looking at Bondi with all the respect she deserves.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/055/456/518/241/274/original/98d5d230241c2ae2.png"> <br/> 2026-02-12T04:11:10+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfqe3sq9udz3y28arqpkv62cjh9shu9twnj5r7902m2zttxy9a04gzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw8d3aeu I&#39;m fascinated by doubled words in ordinary¹ English sentences, such as:<br/><br/>…the company I worked for for ten years…<br/><br/>…I noticed that that man is tall…<br/><br/>…they had had their dinner…<br/><br/>…I do do that…<br/><br/>The words aren&#39;t technically duplicated since they have different functions, but it&#39;s still cool. I wonder if anyone&#39;s catalogued all the words this naturally² happens with.<br/><br/>1. Not sentences constructed to duplicate a word.<br/>2. Words in quotes not allowed (…this &#34;this&#34; is in the wrong font… etc) 2026-02-10T16:22:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs883x7snu4kdw09yvasx4vfnm5etsfggstx2uaukxg7mmr9g20wvszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywxq5dmu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr83zp5gu7s9m7tyr0gk8k078m5dgqtelpuzn4d7wqxvce57se3mcsvapr7'>nevent1q…apr7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, I&#39;m very interested in hearing more about Dracula as an anti-imperialist novel. Can you say more? 2026-02-06T04:32:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxadkys8yufl6k068sfjlh9u2snua32u2puycnxewa4jty06gh65szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywq3g9fn RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@frameadvance/116010633604560454">https://mastodon.social/@frameadvance/116010633604560454</a><br/><br/>Genuine horror here: many institutions in Britain (and other parts of the world) used to provide only hard toilet paper. Imagine wiping your tender anus with tracing paper. Yes, it&#39;s unbelievable. But here&#39;s the photogaphic evidence.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1gcvguwgmvnnytvsk405j290h9zcs77eetn62pekfwxspzqgu2uxsfnk2f8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1gcv…k2f8</a></span><br/> </div> London, summer of 2002. My wife and I were so amused we brought some back home and put it in our scrapbook!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/010/613/231/177/965/original/44c5619c6c292787.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-02-04T12:58:02+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxvney0kcu0ax5x04urj0nf4h65qyh0gk9fkajvxa7za6s3rckc8szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yws37kaa Right! Hard toilet paper! <br/><br/>People of a certain age from Britain (and maybe elsewhere) will remember with horror having to use toilet paper that resembled tracing paper. It was hard and crinkly, not at all absorbent, and you could literally use it for tracing.<br/><br/>I&#39;m curious how many people remember the trauma of using this appalling invention.<br/><br/>If you did encounter it, please state the offending country in the comments.<br/><br/>[Boost for larger sample, please!] 2026-02-03T22:38:57+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxgz5elj33x5t2wls8sjy7ptdqnmdm6dh2dhq5hcgqsmkz5m0hzcszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywxuj9uu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrne6y0325va5v265e6zclncslqq97r8cv7t764s243w7pmvar4xgmsedcy'>nevent1q…edcy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, adverbs tend to weaken writing. <br/><br/>The other best thing is to read your writing out loud. You pick up things that way that you miss when you&#39;re reading silently. Silent reading doesn&#39;t let you hear repetition or awkward phrasing as easily.<br/><br/>I try to do that when I&#39;m writing a book, but it takes a lot of time, especially when you keep stopping to edit.<br/><br/>Alternatively, &#34;hear&#34; your writing being narrated by your favorite NPR host. That can teach you a lot. 2026-02-01T02:09:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4xxhu9gp04gzh7k0nkv85del5y6wxer395rgnlfz7yfxjuers8qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywkymn80 Every time I&#39;m writing a book I&#39;m grateful to Benjamin Dreyer, who suggested that every writer should try going a week without using:<br/><br/>* very<br/>* rather<br/>* really<br/>* quite<br/>* so<br/>* of course<br/>* in fact<br/><br/>It&#39;s astonishing to search through a draft to find these words. In almost every case a sentence is better off if you just delete them. On rare occasions they serve a purpose, but it&#39;s possible to reword in order to get rid of them. But I&#39;d like to train myself not to use them in the first place! 2026-01-31T18:38:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxd4jerjkgdj52fksd0n2lftcx69etxqk25kr6y5czy43cv5c6c0szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywq2lzql A friend send me this, and it resonated...<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/975/633/040/113/708/original/7a2a6b4f6b99d3f8.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-29T01:55:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsql65aqv23nndz08j60qkcyd6p78lp07xxnlhmsrsv94j83pd69egzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw8thdrt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszc6uyzuehl6qperacxh6uh4qanrcnw86d2p20q4n4qmnmsttyh3gu8t2cz'>nevent1q…t2cz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think these questions adequately reflect what America is. There have always been two competing tendencies There&#39;s a tendency toward democratization, and one toward (white, male, christian) oligarchy. Both those tendencies can be seen in the founders, who wanted the American people to govern themselves, but who had a very narrow view of who was fit to govern. We&#39;re seeing the oligarchic tendency very nakedly revealed in Trump, and the democratic tendency on the streets. 2026-01-26T15:51:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqrxsspjcsy39g67hghrq6u8l45de62e994cyvrj6lee7satalnnqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw7gnxjr Dear lord. It&#39;s snowing so hard. I&#39;ve shoveled the whole driveway several times now. Each time I get to the end I look back and see it&#39;s already heavily covered again. I dread to think how much we&#39;re going to wake up to tomorrow morning. 2026-01-26T01:39:06+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqjhtaul6zmz0e0f3cn9t9eslzcqxskdcc0rk3sl6wpmte5n0a6czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywa86syx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5glqawa5yp3r3383rwry8phs7gahalx45w4tl4e0txnfcffzdkc5s78m0'>nevent1q…78m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He was still advocating leaving Nato three days ago. I only hope the Green Party doesn&#39;t adopt that as an official policy.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/20/uk-should-consider-expelling-us-forces-from-british-bases-says-zack-polanski">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/20/uk-should-consider-expelling-us-forces-from-british-bases-says-zack-polanski</a> 2026-01-23T14:31:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tv9a3h6k9q9ps2an8m06n3tkcd6q46ufkweg4d8mmlzduqnhukszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywhd0crk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdld9lgpsxc8955an43wka53w7k4rcy0aedgqy69l05l826u2ngfsm4tjns'>nevent1q…tjns</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This article was good to read, especially this part:<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;ve been here 24 hours, but already with what I&#39;ve seen, well, I genuinely believe we&#39;re going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.&#34; 2026-01-23T14:04:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf77d84gnpz2llxgx2sg4qw95g9zvplc4s6n9dwm3q6vsn0llqxyczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywser5kh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd625hz2j8q8hj3rftm72zmhres75rq5zhr30v8ayhgemsfkvkelg3s2r5z'>nevent1q…2r5z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Plato is a crater on the moon. 2026-01-22T03:06:56+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx2u4t07ud4jkxjnfwu9the6m8y7awn7lgkl2595563v0gn2l949szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw8vs207 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9w3lhe05kr4djsetqvwrtgmdk55tynce3ayqm6m9mnyzhmkka7sxsdc6j'>nevent1q…dc6j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m going to have to tell my son to stay at his mother&#39;s place so that I don&#39;t have to drive him to school. This is not just for my safety, but for his. He&#39;s black, and could end up being assaulted or killed. He&#39;s adopted from one of the countries that Trump is no longer allowing immigration from, and they could easily make up an excuse to strip him of his naturalized citizenship.<br/><br/>My father-in-law is a die-hard MAGA supporter, BTW. He voted for this.<br/><br/>2/2 2026-01-16T20:15:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy9w3lhe05kr4djsetqvwrtgmdk55tynce3ayqm6m9mnyzhmkka7szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw07v8rq This is insane. I just got a warning that ICE is coming to my area in the next week to two weeks. I&#39;m a Green Card holder, but they could still put me in a detention camp or deport me without warning — e.g. because I make social media posts critical of the government.<br/><br/>So until ICE have gone I&#39;m going to have to hide indoors and avoid driving in case I encounter road blocks or get stopped on the street. 1/2 2026-01-16T20:12:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2as60rvwuts48dwgvxlgjv2s03z2slquxu03fw0lehjfc7mmppuqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywge0fuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsphvtj5kz6pev9lefvf5apxqy6t9fcm8mf3m4r8xkmmxmhxlrsqxsrxvrer'>nevent1q…vrer</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if you&#39;d like The Original Mirrors&#39; self-titled first album? It&#39;s very muscular new wave/post-punk. It was one of my favorite albums at that time.<br/><br/>They brought out two albums (1980 and 1981) and then went their separate ways.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuS7VfCgOTA&amp;list=PLkAk6zSMKPBAh1eJB2JdjHjfkY14_UcJO">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuS7VfCgOTA&amp;list=PLkAk6zSMKPBAh1eJB2JdjHjfkY14_UcJO</a> 2026-01-13T17:58:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsphvtj5kz6pev9lefvf5apxqy6t9fcm8mf3m4r8xkmmxmhxlrsqxszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw3svrxr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9k25smzh573hpl8k3rnyeztj4yzlvp3nsqh7m9gma69jdv3088zsjcavds'>nevent1q…avds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve only listened to a couple of these songs on Tidal, but it&#39;s good. Bit of a 60&#39;s vibe. 2026-01-13T17:51:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfrkmn8x0dkzac678rj2lyp9092rwdf5lpe83rl5vpsu8xpex58tszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywtrj5s9 Renee Good was a &#34;fucking bitch&#34; because she was not afraid. She had the temerity to talk kindly to Jonathan Ross &amp; to say that she wasn&#39;t mad at him.<br/><br/>This infuriated him because his ideal is a fascist world where he is the man with the gun and the power, and where the rest of us are terrified.<br/><br/>Renee Good turned the tables. She terrified him, because his reason for existing is negated by love. So she was a fucking bitch who had to die. 2026-01-10T18:16:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswndh5d3dlta88gdgmjlw45ee3zwyymnnvzxff74rctf5v7khw5kgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywrfm27w Trump is planning to cancel the midterms.<br/> <br/>“They had the worst policy. How we have to even run against these people—I won’t say cancel the election they should cancel the election, because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator.’ They always call me a dictator. Nobody is worse than Obama. And the people that surrounded Biden.”<br/><br/>This is how Trump operates. First it&#39;s &#34;I&#39;m not going to say…&#34; Then it&#39;s &#34;You know, a lot of people are saying…&#34;<br/><br/>Then it happens. 2026-01-07T15:23:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8etvvkvvufmefa58sgtvr2c324nz2zm8kvz69k2sayrupjfkluzczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywaq54w5 I haven&#39;t commented on the utterly illegal &#34;arrest&#34; of a head of state (repulsive and illegitimate though he is) because right now I&#39;m just overwhelmed by how strongly I do not want to live in this kind of world — a world where rules and laws don&#39;t matter, where might makes right, and where the world is carved up into Russian, Chinese, and US spheres of influence, with all other countries being client states of the big three. That&#39;s going to lead us into a World War. 2026-01-04T22:36:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdymathw75xtaznweqt30q36tuqyae0dlxlhflps7a7vxzlk08j4qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywvz7652 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4t6ze56q8h3jeuv2fw2mudg7zy8at0ru4v0c8pwaujhskmtuntq7q9njr'>nevent1q…9njr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sometimes she reminds me a lot of Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins. 2026-01-02T16:16:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvytsvhygt5euljns6rs73ljt8x2s9apqutjndfqndzh5wd0f8guszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywk829jx I loved this, but the person who posted it had crappy alt text, so I&#39;m re-posting.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/797/658/748/849/263/original/0a206c4e93512a47.png"> <br/> 2025-12-28T15:28:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg69jcnxsf00092vtwel4zxeun6em62dq89stm7cpjxqs9wsdcydszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywxkkaw8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve52vpytva4e99rc3sftuxdj55me97wsvgrk28ducq7jrmlg37mccwrzyx'>nevent1q…rzyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Despite being a Bowie fan since the 1970&#39;s I only saw Labyrinth for the first time last year. It was a special version of the film accompanied by live music. It was quite an experience.<br/><br/>Yeah, it&#39;s only a so-so film, but hearing Bowie sing the title song was a huge thrill! 2025-12-26T23:01:45+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspgpvc663wq6hjk9l46p3e2cskjruxpes6fc8usnaca4qkx3xvn0szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw7dua2k Suki, Luna, and Pippa wish you a Merry Dogmass!<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/781/386/154/307/307/original/edc82136990085f4.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/781/386/146/013/314/original/6cd820809b11092d.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/781/386/161/230/854/original/45be39beeb69f47c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-25T18:31:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cf53urcz0773gv6rr3xfuu4ysk82f8gj83m8a0w6kg84mqwjelgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywqxgw25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrjg07aeu20hl4xh0xeldsfdx7hjsftutfzf75te8nj8jtjg5ezqqrs2c7'>nevent1q…s2c7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wondered that too, but it&#39;s a screenshot from a stock video.<br/><br/>Being on your phone is not exactly my idea of JOMO. 2025-12-25T13:52:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstv83gtx0du6prmwvrdlnlw645syz2u3nqfr76kd2ap8sr8zrmtqgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw4syv0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdgftq83kxykraxa3zqdmhgu8pxzfylv8vfvgew4sy5mt29px0rqq9elxq'>nevent1q…elxq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll never forget hearing Autobahn on the radio in Scotland when it came out in 1974. I loved it! Strangely, that experience never motivated me to listen to any more of their music, though. I may crank up my streaming app in the car later today and see what they&#39;ve been up to in the 51 years since then. 2025-12-18T18:36:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8hhmkjaa55nt5lzhlfewkwcxups4nju96cl9juealrmha5fjv2kczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywuc8n9c Someone talked about LLM-generated text yesterday: &#34;Look for the em-dash. No one uses them except AI.&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;ve heard people confidently say this. I&#39;ve also heard of people being accused of using AI because they used em-dashes.<br/><br/>The thing is, AI uses em-dashes because human writers do. Picking up the nearest book (Zinsser&#39;s &#34;On Writing Well&#34;) I see em-dashes on almost every page.<br/><br/>People will say &#34;Em-dashes, therefore AI&#34; because they just haven&#39;t noticed them when reading. They&#39;ve been there. 2025-12-17T16:35:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv3yvqnamvfhhd7xgqv8kchtmqzxqrupdn3jc6fyv80chga3wjpqczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywf35mtd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg9a49fkwrtkt0g0wu4zshdx728nqjw9xev4xtaznym5t0mamcwc0elrjf'>nevent1q…lrjf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t seen any instructions. Here&#39;s an example of the notifications I get.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/712/839/179/934/657/original/0851f9e110840496.png"> <br/> 2025-12-13T15:57:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06w6nuaj24lpfv3jm8sgf3thwea48w8rt3wkzz8n7g82ckmegzhszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywmmwcsz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq289s65ekj62e2wwjdnswaq24emgp04w8hw777yqfm48w7z3p8nsutsxgp'>nevent1q…sxgp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get notifications that people on BlueSky have replied to posts of mine, but I can&#39;t see any way to continue the conversation, since they&#39;re not on brid.gy. Do you know of a way to handle that? 2025-12-13T15:51:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0ysxv4u8yt9j2r9nj3qp85date5ak0nfc2x9sdh03fukqpje55gzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywz0d994 Are you:<br/><br/>Opposed to mass deportations and the Gestapo tactics of ICE?<br/><br/>Tolerant of trans people?<br/><br/>Critical of the US?<br/><br/>In favor of immigration?<br/><br/>Critical of capitalism? <br/><br/>Critical of modern Christianity?<br/><br/>Surprise! You&#39;re a terrorist, and the government is coming for you!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-list-of-extremists-is-coming">https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-list-of-extremists-is-coming</a> 2025-12-10T19:26:29+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqe4w30jsmq38a0fj0ttudmw72wf6dddg87n05l2vqxu3rpzcvwaqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw7c4sq6 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/115691564369915601">https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/115691564369915601</a><br/><br/>By shifting to 98% renewable energy &#34;The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … Its economy has been growing at 6% to 8% annually, and its poverty rate has fallen from 30% to 8%.&#34;<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1c5ghxk79v3yc2f0zk4kup6f6wvsaarlkxa5n6j9yy082u4w7sgjs5673x9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1c5g…73x9</a></span><br/> </div> I wrote on Boing Boing about the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.<br/><br/>NOT ONLY CAN IT BE DONE, IT WAS AN ECONOMIC BOON THE THE COUNTRY.<br/><br/><a href="https://boingboing.net/2025/12/09/this-physics-professor-transformed-his-country-to-98-renewable-energy-in-five-years.html">https://boingboing.net/2025/12/09/this-physics-professor-transformed-his-country-to-98-renewable-energy-in-five-years.html</a> </blockquote> 2025-12-09T22:27:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnuq09l02fy937evlllyvrxdfp092388qkyas9dxyc34z222r2fgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yws5k4yr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kwpjexz047dmln7yplvqehfqenjqk9ptwkymdcgqw8y6zqmd82qje3cvs'>nevent1q…3cvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m grateful you wrote that book. The world needs reminders about the importance of the Rule of Law. I&#39;m British, but living in the US where that system is in the process of breaking down entirely. 2025-11-30T14:45:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp3sr4wpuycdg4ywzncen4sqj4u7wem825fy2laygkxy3arp7g3zczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw43m27x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9hqjen3ev5q5pmhqwjn2ru97ajuk4w4gfy46c9f7g502vetkveqpgh9zt'>nevent1q…h9zt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The law can be misused by authoritarians, but then it ceases to be the Rule of Law and is simply authoritarian abuse. The Rule of Law by definition means that there&#39;s impartial justice that applies to all. When governments start misusing the law to punish their enemies and reward their supporters, the Rule of Law is no longer in effect. 2025-11-30T14:11:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8693x06paa86t28n3rfggqrn6cca5ynk6hch5y22e4xq8ymk3vhqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywtlrjty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvfm5j7m3f5ewe77cpuwvy3eruk02f2wn9spq9hl9wuu7npxmzvqc4a032'>nevent1q…a032</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s easier to belief that your country is the greatest at everything if you know nothing whatsoever about what other countries do. 2025-11-28T04:48:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0sg96u60ult3l77mwzz5784qlgtl63u04tn9s6d6hd8u079nkxqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywmqunqy Dear Guardian journalists: do we even need to ask these bullshit &#34;both sides&#34; questions?<br/><br/>You wouldn&#39;t write, &#34;Twenty witnesses saw a man they all knew well rob the bank. But he denies it. Who&#39;s telling the truth?&#34;<br/><br/>There aren&#39;t two sides here.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/595/905/104/520/239/original/534d893784ad9d74.png"> <br/> 2025-11-23T00:22:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyfsz7c04v7sw6ys5s4mgusszvt8hjfa6rntwjw4t76fmy7g79y6qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywcgwne4 I boosted something about this, but it seems to have vanished. So here is a very young Cory Doctorow (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span>) explaining with great enthusiasm some of the things that were on the internet in 1995, like Usenet and the Internet Underground Music Archive. I have to say, we&#39;ve lost a lot of really cool stuff!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0EXga2hEIs</a> 2025-11-22T02:03:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvquvzfxwzqfynyac95upa5vu4ltwdfatxg5ttwt4e7gdj0k6wgyczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywplsjr2 The #Aurora isn’t as bright here as it is in other places, but it is still clearly visible to the naked eye<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/534/561/723/903/173/original/aace8704dd994614.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/534/561/734/287/114/original/2345656aa14362d9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-12T04:19:24+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyh4xpzjcwr85knfufl96037hm5upslxspkh0av6fwg6xuwtl656qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywzxqxe8 This is where the US is right now.<br/><br/>A Jewish friend with a (US citizen) Latino husband is making a drive across several US states. They&#39;re having to plan their route to avoid areas where ICE is active, in case they get stopped and assaulted (and probably end up with smashed windows on their vehicle).<br/><br/>She compared it to the times of the Green Book, where Black Americans had to share how to travel safely around the country.<br/><br/>#Fascism 2025-11-09T19:42:51+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvzkk8ghtjmjxdrl0t8488kp88mmcaxk9nkw67wq56xs26ts3q2zqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywtwhygs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5cpq38zek808fucncpv7rpgl0ze3y43rdcsztpfxdjcvxstfx4qhzncvs'>nevent1q…ncvs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are two of us and one car, and my partner has ADHD. Where will be keys be today? In the bathroom? In her purse? In the fridge? It&#39;s anyone&#39;s guess. 2025-11-09T15:02:49+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxlv9lf265yslgqwkgu28w370skky84qqf2fmlesqnq6kv4q9xtkqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywpqp60x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5tcen8fvj0kxdj66f877ha34rartcz4zlvm40du5thf7j9fl93cn6j0p8'>nevent1q…j0p8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can easily imagine that album having been inspired by much older movies, like Murnau&#39;s Faust and Nosferatu. The highly dramatic visuals and movements of silent movie–era horror films goes well with those early Black Sabbath songs. 2025-10-30T14:46:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq5tcen8fvj0kxdj66f877ha34rartcz4zlvm40du5thf7j9fl93czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw3wq3xs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvz9ue0dtusujvw6r42v0h8j0hn6epw35w367zz3xwgaqh6fuhggp6el7x'>nevent1q…el7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still find some 1960&#39;s scary movies to be chilling or scary: The Haunting, Psycho, Rosemary&#39;s Baby, for example.<br/><br/>The songs on that album are more about the atmosphere and even romance of horror movies, though, rather than their gruesomeness or scariness. 2025-10-30T14:36:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyuyewrv77a8jfv0zsrprnfdq9up27nn79mhu09rs8v3m0z8jf8jszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw9j3x44 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs299fpqw3uwqzwf9vw7fyc87tuy7aum84wevysc92e7ahaewlhmagefx5st'>nevent1q…x5st</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They pirated three of my books, but I won&#39;t get a penny because my publishers didn&#39;t officially register copyright with the Library of Congress. Even if I wasn&#39;t in that situation I would think it was absurd that copyright registration was required before authors could be compensated. Authors hold copyright over their books, period. That should mean something. 2025-10-28T13:01:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr64nuzsxjg7tk9fpcjcwdrtlw4avpx6yd6ahfgfj4fud60f5hryczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw2vs6hy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsglgz2ec0sd3jlrwrhk852ululmapaqyvcyv089lnlgqqeh4w36tqqvvu89'>nevent1q…vu89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was made not long after 1975&#39;s &#34;Survivors&#34; about those left behind after a man-made virus wipes out 99.9% of humanity. (The 2008 remake was pretty good.)<br/><br/>I remember a scene in the original where someone says, &#34;Would you be able to make a table?&#34;<br/>– &#34;I could probably knock something together.&#34;<br/>– &#34;But what happens when the last saw-blade has work out? Could you mine the ore? Smelt it? Make it into a tool?&#34;<br/><br/>We underestimate how dependent we are on complex systems. 2025-10-22T16:20:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszfsvd3npws8gl9nldn2508vz7c3n46k7fc8yy2cawrl62fz9c7jszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywz0fue2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyp8p95ac66tqpep0c3986jnulfskczc6v5e3guthr4ghn9mrlhsgkrmrx7'>nevent1q…mrx7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The incomparable Quentin Crisp said that if you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be called a satirist.<br/><br/>Our current reality is like bad satire. 2025-10-21T19:02:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg3kgxwzx53hdpsyycja4mehsfelxvgvu7fsmkxt0ncllwuke0e4czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywnm4vfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprfdtrkw2c0vkma0clmngee4wfa69j3znx9w6uycr7zkuhj0g3nsmg4nle'>nevent1q…4nle</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with an encyclopedia. Or something like that. 2025-10-18T14:41:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8advyh8vac2kuak9j8tcpa30e9xjxev6xcxj4pkhrawdeuhx8gaqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw3lwtqa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8f5k3hc8chzljgva9fzknr06umph3yqyj3nxjqlrvfmq8gszslsfddefs'>nevent1q…defs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Although the expression &#34;motley crew&#34; has old origins, it&#39;s still is a very common expression in English, even for people who&#39;ve never read a book in their lives. 2025-10-17T01:47:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvxqh0gp080a4l75d2y4cpqps84anzkkn9dg2w9d5zlfpsy20u7aszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywfd29r4 Amazon sent me an email today. I heard it&#39;s good.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/372/772/246/119/884/original/5475b07275da9a21.png"> <br/> 2025-10-14T15:35:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdsgez0qry92aca886dwvf5pzs8l59lx8pduemqfxwtgg8d2ep6vczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw6mq80n Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people&#39;s doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens &amp; others were zip-tied. Non-citizens were taken away. Citizens were left outside in zip-ties for hours.<br/><br/>Of all the fascisty things that I&#39;ve heard of, this so far strikes me as the most fascist.<br/><br/><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated">https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated</a> 2025-10-02T18:56:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9wep6mprlhgyja3xhg6xhhztmke3z98tca8d4w085sdfztv2z5szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywymhnjn The US government has declared war on the United States.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/278/031/551/019/925/original/f87c5aff8d3b841a.png"> <br/> 2025-09-27T22:01:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp06ed8zg45fzqjudfuza0z7n27zmzeeepjgckjy5cw67mzcyetrgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywjepepm Dear Google News. The US government is not a news organization. By presenting their press releases as if they were news stories, you are 1) acting as propagandists, and 2) displacing actual news media from Google News.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/251/292/790/640/515/original/12047b9422457272.png"> <br/> 2025-09-23T04:40:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsytvcxhavss3uefa0ucwy5prt8vxzu0g5xwachzday7ks0h8n9yuqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywnugasa Not surprisingly, Canadians no longer trust the United States, are happy to pay more if it means avoiding buying American products, and are reluctant to come here. <br/><br/>It takes a special kind of Stable Genius to destroy an international friendship so completely and so quickly. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11435168/ipsos-polling-canada-us-relationship/">https://globalnews.ca/news/11435168/ipsos-polling-canada-us-relationship/</a> 2025-09-20T13:34:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqd9mpqrvxxgay37qxsc72efg9tkt7nhrj80ejln2ry5gkg2d90nszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywz3grfp The Trump regime&#39;s security forces zip-tied and arrested more than a dozen New York lawmakers yesterday as they insisted on their right to inspect an ICE facility that&#39;s been accused of holding prisoners in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t see how, at this point, anyone can fail to recognize that we&#39;re living under full-blown fascism.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amny.com/news/brad-lander-jumaane-williams-nyc-officials-arrested-ice/">https://www.amny.com/news/brad-lander-jumaane-williams-nyc-officials-arrested-ice/</a> 2025-09-19T15:28:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs90u3egm4ts82z6dlj2s4vuqsw9p0pxgntrxrac89ns8jyl77qn7czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywt60hlx Taken from another account so that I could add alt text. Please don’t boost posts that lack alt text.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/207/823/106/560/849/original/fd6a898ffbf48c60.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-15T12:26:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgc9hzgf5f6wfed97fu3x4shk2lv25fvedh2a4w4u5psfe9ke6v8szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywt4x4d0 The GOP is planning to give the government dictatorial powers to designate any US citizen a “supporter of terrorism” (e.g. by expressing opposition to Israel’s actions in Gaza) and to revoke their citizenship. There would be no due process. <br/><br/><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/">https://theintercept.com/2025/09/13/marco-rubio-revoke-us-passports-terrorism/</a> 2025-09-14T14:14:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxcf30v60qtw8ake24t2vsl4fw7ewzp3nc8s2ykyl7jnypc86dxkqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw99zayp I&#39;m reading Octavia Butler&#39;s &#34;Parable of the Talents,&#34; which is the second (and final) volume of her Earthseed books.<br/><br/>With its &#34;Make America Great Again&#34; president (that&#39;s literally his slogan) forcing a Christo-Fascist agenda on the US through &#34;re-education camps&#34; (which are really slave-labor concentration camps) I think it&#39;s even more prescient than The Handmaid&#39;s Tale.<br/><br/>This description of the president is word-for-word applicable to Trump.<br/><br/>The book was published in 1998.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/163/578/836/310/503/original/0c25f7b585aa6675.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-07T16:58:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8htq86glk6feey4k8wcu8wq5k4y938q7skmnvnr8g7kyp66ylw7szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywt0l3nw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspy0ztfv5ztmdzz0vthgjhfwv2hgelzv368lrssjasl9va9zjmkjch5rzf4'>nevent1q…rzf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fans go off when the car&#39;s electrics are turned off, and only come back on when the car is started again, so I&#39;ve never seen the point of turning them off. I&#39;ve also never had battery problems because of doing this.<br/><br/>But perhaps in some vehicles this is a problem, or perhaps some people fear it will be. <br/><br/>I&#39;m curious because when I use the car I wonder why I&#39;m suffocating, and discover that my partner has turned the air off. My ex-wife also used to do this. 2025-09-06T18:35:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs08kzy2hjpr3fckrwnlc0c3nerj6jsk873pwu0w0ccll8kve3rqggzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywpcawxs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrdc698d0fg285x8p0ctwatfwk8trj7z555e4x53wfu0f0wq6ccgg904wgy'>nevent1q…4wgy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It sounds like you leave the settings on the ventilation system in the on position when you switch off the car. Not everyone does that. When they stop the car, some people turn the fans to &#34;off.&#34; even if their car has a thermostat. 2025-09-06T18:03:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspgca5apq850qa9xad05guhl0xyy559vn584syes9am2tcktegy2czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywnhzlqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxe5temkqv5ajhlhmk8egmqecmma0s6rm8pftczggug0tt0fflwec8g4lf5'>nevent1q…4lf5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why is that? 2025-09-06T16:49:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8kwrpu8xt9adte8402auxcgpmz908tl6tm546t88wqs39m09fj0qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywa3lnn6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkjy24832w7pyq7njc8ahzc57cl0ukt9h7p76z6pz4m3zxmajelcct7e0f'>nevent1q…7e0f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. I tend not to call it air conditioning because not all cars have the ability to cool the air and just have fans and a heating system. 2025-09-06T16:44:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr5emehwzm64v49wpxf4c0ruj6qt5fjwndz4meyfmf6x74kjaehcszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywwthzgf This poll is for drivers. Apologies for the options being starkly binary, but I&#39;m only allowed four answer choices.<br/><br/>Q: When I am turning my vehicle off, I most often... 2025-09-06T16:05:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz6nv5skwgx0elfct288ddx4pa47u670pqfu2j4wluamuc4jgywngzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywn5rg68 This is the time. This is the hour. This is the declaration. Scotland will regain its independence and stand once again among other nations, as a proud equal and partner.<br/><br/>Please sign.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.yes.scot/signup/">https://www.yes.scot/signup/</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/147/004/328/819/219/original/cc52468cf35b4dfe.png"> <br/> 2025-09-04T18:41:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqa50sgfvjr2r0w7czwd2n43t7j34hjhxhazru4q4rxmp7xr99yzszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywvnu4f2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyl6e3swlwvnne97hgu295x5s6lflcwwpn0rvw30gczyvg6z97pgfdl36x'>nevent1q…l36x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amazon needs to be split up. There are far too many conflicts of interest going on here, and their monopoly over the audiobook market is culturally and economically disastrous. 2025-09-04T18:14:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0anudqpu70dtqq9k8dt7gkunfx2uqx9uxt8xsv7aw4yjw0qy2f2szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywcecnun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy28grpq8d4ynz5wahefqw9qc6n3tkjuc86y7k7pnqemmfxwkketg38cu5y'>nevent1q…cu5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bhag is Hindi for tiger/panther/leopard. Apparently Kipling made up the name Bhageera from that. Presumably this author was imitating Kipling. Incidentally, the Vedic Sanskrit for tiger is vyāghra, which is pronounced almost identically to the name of a certain little blue pill. I suspect that’s not an accident! 2025-09-04T05:34:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxdelhcvpplqj75pr8jnerrrfxppp6gyjhd7py9zgmxewfu3dfr7czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw585qtd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvx0m9htglyx5mlgl2z820r3xda0hyqq6tu6fwgeyhnp58tqq8x4g2uc6jm'>nevent1q…c6jm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you. Yes, it is horrible. I was summoned to an immigration office a couple of months ago (I&#39;m a resident alien) and I spent the hour-long drive there memorizing my partner&#39;s phone number (a sign of the times that we don&#39;t know these things) in case I ended up being disappeared into a detention camp. Fortunately I just heard the other day that they&#39;re issuing a new green card. So I&#39;m OK for now, but if they get desperate to fulfill their quotas I might be for the chop. 2025-08-23T14:12:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9kyxcwvf4qzd9ed57pj5fz8p7va6xa7hjazfu4l3nq29a97zr3qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywpl6058 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw9p887n0x3z3fwugnzymznkl97w3p709556dz4ktcht8chw237rghnzlzp'>nevent1q…zlzp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please don’t joke about that! You probably don’t know, but my daughter is black and an immigrant. I live in terror that she will have her naturalization revoked and be deported. I’m in the middle of applying for a UK passport for her for that reason, and also just in case the country becomes unsafe for her. I’ll be doing the same for my son, but I can only do one application at a time. 2025-08-23T13:12:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfagnm48he348ykrp7dpfwp4mmt39r2l6rsf82reaafuccmks3wrszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywjjqrh7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dgvfkr9823agwfcrfczfdu533640j23hzsyh52azk4jzga9q0zq9ep6lu'>nevent1q…p6lu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope this kind of thing ends up pissing a lot of people off, so that there&#39;s more pressure for change. Otherwise we are indeed doomed. 2025-08-23T04:14:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz62s899h8az6anqyxwsw2xtd3la5xh7ww6x9kkxernxug3eu3h9gzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywjuyl6a 1. What my daughter posted on Instagram.<br/><br/>2. What Instagram put over her post.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/075/303/351/274/838/original/29ccce4ba950fd29.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/075/303/926/369/188/original/7337a640e7738121.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-23T02:46:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs06m40a7umf48wejp95xvpxe99386alp0w43637xau98tzpzghtugzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywkjmnqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgf65jsdxjclr9nz2d77en0vmpe2yga9mse3pdshzd86xth28fqmgcwkmck'>nevent1q…kmck</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No movie. Short story was written. Screenplay was written. New screenplay was written (copyright difficulties due to Reddit TOS). Development hell. Stasis. Probably now dead. 2025-08-21T02:03:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86r25nsasjdcnuca0ypr68ekx2gjm79nqzk9pw5xevg5lgrmv8pgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywrtc4hn UK warns Sally Rooney after novelist pledges to fund Palestine Action<br/><br/>British PM’s office says it is a crime to fund a proscribed group after award-winning author promises to back the pro-Palestine group.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/uk-warns-sally-rooney-after-novelist-pledges-to-fund-palestine-action">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/uk-warns-sally-rooney-after-novelist-pledges-to-fund-palestine-action</a> 2025-08-19T04:22:32+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw4r3l825nqhs4r2z3nfu0dvjj6wnryt8grzetescewceva09sd8qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywa4z83y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdysarep2kmjrcaue6hlm28kuh50aqn6rcn054qkgryg5f00w4xkcf6juja'>nevent1q…juja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s great! It&#39;s even better to hear the original live version.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yszh_KxeUWU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yszh_KxeUWU</a> 2025-08-18T13:53:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsputl846hrvenynas6c4azn5tmlcdy236hqfxlm5yvgwl02zjmdvgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw6l507s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlnf7eces9fenqg3arug9520zqxas9ez55f0lm5yuy33k8cfv9ps43g0dr'>nevent1q…g0dr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Counterpoint: all the solutions are political solutions. 2025-08-17T15:42:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswr2wkf9e5lx8acfmtghp3wwehmktcn9pyadvq6hn5lwza92u6qeszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw5ndx2n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95u2v8rzd5ch472gfsqvkeqtm030e23l4c7y0ytj4nf00r7xld3s3yln2w'>nevent1q…ln2w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So when United Health&#39;s CEO was assassinated, the lesson they learned was not &#34;let&#39;s be less shitty and actually help people,&#34; but &#34;Let&#39;s continue to be shitty but hide our identities.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s time to burn the whole fucking thing down to the ground and start over. 2025-08-16T22:00:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp4hkr5tzuftqwa2s0yppzdqf9gvrpgzsmkck0vvfhvxzkm895vwqzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywu253jt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfhgns4m00gyx4q95sv39nrzsv8uqkcxskup3avqxj6y4z56685cua4vq8'>nevent1q…4vq8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The novel promises: I will entertain you. <br/><br/>You say: Very well. In return I will give you my attention. <br/><br/>If the book does not fulfill its part of the bargain, you are automatically released from the contract. 2025-08-16T21:15:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvfhgns4m00gyx4q95sv39nrzsv8uqkcxskup3avqxj6y4z56685czyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywu0zvr7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzre9nlj0edrt0uxnzq2w2fv2lh8p6j79y44f4yhm3s4tfj8mzpcyg0yn8'>nevent1q…0yn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There really is no obligation to finish a book you don’t find satisfying. You may feel a sense of obligation to finish something that you started, but it’s worth questioning that, since it can end up being self-punishing. I also don’t think that it’s a good use of the limited time you have available on this earth to stick with books that drain you. Find a book that gives you pleasure! 2025-08-16T21:07:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv35lse5gx2sr5wfsz0xjpazqvgmy44vjqmxcfhyu0php4xcnyaegzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywd85tyz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dmr0a8ek3q4274n87rv8eul0jmesxut8qg6dmf7f77crn58txugpkqzy3'>nevent1q…qzy3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The guy’s hands are completely different in size! And I’m pretty sure he’s Jon Pertwee! 2025-08-16T05:11:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzsj57xxstnfzhw37p7e9mssezg3nkzvvync86fjqg0dszj230zczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw9cuv4z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3w57dljds42pzaww22ywlc0jd4f3gdj8w6fc7vfyt498tk9wqdswc8rq6'>nevent1q…8rq6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a growing trend of author impersonation. Usually it&#39;s someone claiming to be a famous author, and just wanting to say hi. Then after some nice chit-chat they&#39;ll ask about your work. And it just so happens that they know an excellent editor or publicist, whose details they&#39;re happy to share with you. The cost is very reasonable!<br/><br/>Usually it&#39;s done much better than this, though. 2025-08-12T19:57:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3lg3hnl4097w99r676r6vfjne8vvcw7umrw0uxcf57s86zred7szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yws3wdrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqjahg4qcscc8cmgkf3e2xtqlaq8efzh7jlzzjvzn0djd0rzay3ygxr4z0x'>nevent1q…4z0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not just an author, but &#34;bestselling author in the world&#34;! 2025-08-12T18:21:14+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxeuf36luevgmntgaw69e77x08s6zm2fdtts4gsdg7dhztjmgwttgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw5ssg6d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2t756kk809ern0fjmx9vtauwx2gfl05pymu53ymw4fydqempzkq5fdx0y'>nevent1q…dx0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, you are such a spam bot! <br/><br/>I strongly suggest blocking this one, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cqh8xm3ztxs27fnd3cuduyu88004j4qav0x0jzlgyhgzc852yxlq6ha0wq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ellen's Very Southern Voice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cqh…a0wq</span>)</a></span>. 2025-08-12T18:03:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyvwj6ulr9gyme6rlgr4a0wvymvc6p3hhw3j5acugxh7pg5nc3t9gzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw4teg5e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2qexcv7dantxxquy090d64uh56hca3a93kf6qhmfjztwm76raq4qndt7m9'>nevent1q…t7m9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sun had been orange all afternoon, all the way to sunset. The moon, which was ahead of me for the whole of my drive home from my friend&#39;s house, was also orange.<br/><br/>The photo was taken on my phone, and so is crappy. But it does show the color of the moon. <br/><br/>The smoke is coming from fires in Canada.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/975/978/401/580/581/original/80cb25ee2d9f3018.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-05T13:45:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qexcv7dantxxquy090d64uh56hca3a93kf6qhmfjztwm76raq4qzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywzvftcn There was a weird vertical stripe in the sky last night. I thought it might be an aurora, so I took a long exposure photograph, which can capture the colors far better than the human eye. But there was no color. It was just a weird stripe, presumably of smoke. And you can see that there is haze in the sky, with a fairly distinct boundary, beyond which, at the top right, you can see clear sky and clouds.<br/><br/>A hazy, smoke-filled sky, with a river of smoke running through it or above it, I presume.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/975/958/090/652/489/original/f8aa6abe0e2f7070.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-05T13:41:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsznj3mgqzx63fekjhxjmw0hgzf9khygzsaw7pdugew97mup0lj2tgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywvjnwu9 For protesting genocide, Audrey White has been ordered not to enter a defined area of Liverpool. She has also been told the only place she&#39;s allowed to live is within that same area. This is a Karfkaesque move on the part of the authorities to make sure they always have a reason to arrest her.<br/><br/><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/04/a-statement-from-audrey-white-on-her-arrest-and-bail-for-pro-palestine-protest/">https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/04/a-statement-from-audrey-white-on-her-arrest-and-bail-for-pro-palestine-protest/</a> 2025-08-04T20:49:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp9jamv63rg3e6jlpr4ray8rye80tyk82cs9wtscev7hek3ejaezczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywyzlaj9 I just preordered Goliath&#39;s Curse by Luke Kemp. (It&#39;s on sale in the UK but doesn&#39;t come out in the US until Sept). <br/><br/>It&#39;s the book behind that Guardian article you might not have wanted to read, about how global collapse is inevitable unless we vanquish inequality.<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a thing: you can start small. DO NOT FEED THE OLIGARCHS. Don&#39;t buy from Amazon. Order from your local bookshop (they probably do online orders) or order from bookshop.org.<br/><br/>DO NOT FEED THE OLIGARCHS.<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/goliath-s-curse-why-civilizations-collapse-and-what-it-means-for-our-future-luke-kemp/21825682">https://bookshop.org/p/books/goliath-s-curse-why-civilizations-collapse-and-what-it-means-for-our-future-luke-kemp/21825682</a> 2025-08-02T15:41:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsruk2yq0zr40egwspq3vk89a9jrm60rcag9ucyc3dncqguudwzgdgzyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywnmy2e4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfahvtyekjf7urtqd6yxjsyrruv5c8eqq69tpk67hdw8edmtg4scml25rc'>nevent1q…25rc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gutenberg.org has a bunch of Dunsany&#39;s books. I just downloaded the epub of &#34;A Dreamer&#39;s Tales&#34; which I *think* contains the &#34;Idle Days on the Yann&#34; story. He sounds like a stunningly original writer. 2025-07-28T16:42:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80eyvfxz0tn6xkrq9wj43s44npc0v3l07gr5wdq5krmjafvtjsfczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6yw4y84z2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0nzy52w5r6l5tsxscjfhth6jjg4l0pkm5lc2dy24r9weuy8gwqq4kxsgu'>nevent1q…xsgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From the Wikipedia page, that looks really interesting! (Sorry, but my Swedish is very rudimentary.) I&#39;ll definitely read it (in English, for now).<br/><br/>There was also a film made based on one of his plays that has a very clever plot. I&#39;d love to see it. <br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_Tomorrow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_Tomorrow</a> 2025-07-28T16:30:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqvslpnsgsggyxmq3rjz4pw9k3dvce4gpqmz8ddx8ach5fjk4j67szyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywhz6234 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspffu0zdy9uhgnlhc8np90eqf2najm94eyvex5vmgwq0d3qhta4vcf6c4cd'>nevent1q…c4cd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A post office near me has historical paintings on the wall. One of them is titled &#34;Cruel Adversity&#34; and shows a native American with a flaming torch looking down on a settlers&#39; cabin. The title refers to the settlers, since the artist could not imagine it being any kind of cruel adversity to have your land stolen and your people wiped out. The original inhabitants just *didn&#39;t matter* in this way of thinking.<br/><br/>Found it online. It&#39;s been a source of controversy. Painted 1959.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/931/305/355/004/377/original/e45c86aac12f0967.png"> <br/> 2025-07-28T16:25:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2j50pfdtpw5qzta2qh63at56z4j58gwym7wc0qw2nvxj2sfvz0vszyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywgy5m5u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yn0zekkzznm0vnmdc7ndkgvrenemyplardtvkzlhgsurq4zfcackaqy52'>nevent1q…qy52</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Vilken bok är det? 2025-07-28T15:53:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswq68np0prrzt5u3fqzju4k5d2vl94800f4v9v4a2nv8mknn9cupczyr50p0jtswvvrxw8lf0d0ff9e2ed7l944q4cx7qr9qxhe09enr6ywcwj0wn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswncz9trf6k48xd0ua7kp45wzwfqgkktkevk6wxm2c39yywrhm9ecuk39ry'>nevent1q…39ry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>HH here as well, more subtly. <br/><br/>Looks like DHS has an HH slogan.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/931/096/649/682/902/original/791c2f360cdc2a79.png"> <br/> 2025-07-28T15:32:15+02:00