2026-05-15T14:39:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae Ted Lemon https://nostr.ae/npub1mpgtesgtvqnq808l30ty6yk724w8rzcau97s3zfnt22fg8gdpj4qsfe8sw https://mastodon.nl/system/accounts/avatars/109/838/258/173/181/568/original/6b5a2521ae7be4f8.jpeg https://mastodon.nl/system/accounts/avatars/109/838/258/173/181/568/original/6b5a2521ae7be4f8.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrx986m9ay7cg3h8txr9puehrgphxkxusgz9nwkzx3ea9v2lut7eczyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25gcnv7w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswua4ymlwjt3u0xxhchnt8kfa6quk7ajm3ga607j0mjcrcw2fep6stq3y06'>nevent1q…3y06</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Reminds me a bit of the Khumbu (Nepal). 2026-04-29T11:56:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvxqfnzdll56gj69vpmxe5ezf2qn3yz0zmgf6a3n65rg9698fkcczyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25re4ucr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n8j3v9llxkw8awvfk2qh7rvhgah5wafm4kyd7q0wzrrpmy95u0sy6gxh7'>nevent1q…gxh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why do they need to be _here_? Why can&#39;t they be on their own instance that we don&#39;t federate with? Is it wrong for me to want to be able to read my site feed without being triggered? For wanting neighbors that I like?<br/><br/>I have &#34;family&#34; (not actual family, but effectively) who are MAGA. I don&#39;t want to not be in touch with them at all, but I really don&#39;t want to have to listen to them spew. 2026-04-14T17:13:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8572ercul83nk6hfxutpqfwrt2kn2zkvjpjga2x8gww5dqxs8m2gzyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25c9mmay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8h9j3rqmxlcqj5gqzkd67n3s4ty5kwstecdh5jqtefvns0ylfmvssw7a2v'>nevent1q…7a2v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Spam blocking software is a _really_ bad model. I not want that here. Free speech has to be balanced with consent. If I do not consent to listen to some asshole spew hatred, I should be able to avoid hearing that. <br/><br/>Anti-spam doesn&#39;t accomplish this, because it&#39;s porous: assholes can keep changing their identity to get past the filter.<br/><br/>I should be able to simply say &#34;no, I don&#39;t want to hear from random strangers.&#34; That&#39;s not anti-spam. That&#39;s consent. 2026-04-14T16:45:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2n20sxct5um0f2lrjkhza0kelgwkprwv2hhsncre7d4ltl77xhszyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25cq00j6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqc4etsa60z5lgrnq8wqw5akw3sve20u27rtsvgxskam0x5s4qv8cuxjhv7'>nevent1q…jhv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How this relates to substack is of course still a matter for debate: there _are_ alternatives. But each of the alternatives I&#39;ve found is (a lot) more work and has less reach, as far as I can tell.<br/><br/>Of the lot of them, Patreon is probably the best, but they seem to be wandering down the enshittification highway, so we&#39;ll see. 2026-04-14T14:45:27+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqc4etsa60z5lgrnq8wqw5akw3sve20u27rtsvgxskam0x5s4qv8czyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x252talxq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95wykhlvf7tj308ma0ekx9dwwgh786wg4msywvh8xhdqn399m9sq6q0pnd'>nevent1q…0pnd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The only quibble I would make with this is that if you are doing what makes sense, you shouldn&#39;t beat yourself up about it.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been a U.S. citizen my whole life, and my country has engaged in many wars I find reprehensible. <br/><br/>Should I have renounced my citizenship? No. It&#39;s my country, no more or less than theirs.<br/><br/>Is there no alternative to Walmart? The alternative they closed for me was mine. I want it back, but meanwhile I have to live. It&#39;s not wrong to choose to live. 2026-04-14T14:43:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswsl7awwpvzyrd4kqttwkf28ggq52uznrjhjltul8nanu9u279uaczyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25tjtlj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5ncjhaf547jk8zlsu64da5fzty43wp06ncc7cwmmy6wn76ca4kczrj69u'>nevent1q…j69u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lot of people I admire, e.g. Amanda Litman, Anand Ghiridaradas and Waleed Shahid, use substack. Why are you right and they are wrong? 2026-04-14T12:24:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5ncjhaf547jk8zlsu64da5fzty43wp06ncc7cwmmy6wn76ca4kczyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x259kdq38 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgqwzzvh23ufq74gtuy2uagy9nczzlwgcg3qjmhq7k2r984weed2cu6v8p0'>nevent1q…v8p0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I ask these questions because I know how easy it is to use substack, and also how easy it is to use alternatives like Ghost. I&#39;m actually trying to decide what to do about this—this isn&#39;t an idle set of questions.<br/><br/>Right now, it feels a lot like not using substack is similar to not flying to conferences. Airlines are actively harmful in the world, but we don&#39;t really have a viable alternative. Should we silence ourselves by not flying? 2026-04-14T12:22:57+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqwzzvh23ufq74gtuy2uagy9nczzlwgcg3qjmhq7k2r984weed2czyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25f9gacw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfy8zzdhq564l0tpzly2kxw3vs2lfk3emy9ksa8z97hhmxmvu0hshu3wsz'>nevent1q…3wsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A related question is, given that substack actually appears to work better than its competitors, how much does it cost us to not use it, both in terms of ease of use and in terms of reach.<br/><br/>And how much does it cost us to use it, in terms of the damage that their asshole users cause?<br/><br/>Suppose the answer is that the cost of not using it outweighs the cost of using it. Should we still not use it? If so, why? 2026-04-14T12:20:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrfy8zzdhq564l0tpzly2kxw3vs2lfk3emy9ksa8z97hhmxmvu0hszyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x254lwhxw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9enxhqt4md6k6pp7g8v2vxhy2f7ct0adp2xt46ve5fh5vz8zy24sdkmh0a'>nevent1q…mh0a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess this is the Nazi bar analogy, and I sort of get that. But I have a few questions.<br/><br/>First, and I know this is a bit reductio ad absurdum, but bear with me, should we boycott comcast because they let Andrew Tate use their wires? If not, where is the dividing line?<br/><br/>Second, I guess the argument here is that they are platforming an asshole, and using their non-asshole bloggers as leverage. Why doesn&#39;t this work in both directions? Can&#39;t I plunder Andrew Tate&#39;s followers? 2026-04-14T12:18:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvllpae9hatwlwa5wza5dfzemyf3czsgqx58p4lm8kxx2k2mz5kczyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25k2t9qg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqnfl8t5cz0ycg8n24t6pt2t4ujsyff98zh22xft2t3fejvcxkn4sl2qefh'>nevent1q…qefh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🦙 Animal #952 🐞<br/>I figured it out in 14 guesses!<br/>🟥🟥🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩<br/>🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 14<br/> <br/><a href="https://metazooa.com">https://metazooa.com</a><br/>#metazooa <br/><br/>That was HARD! :) 2026-03-09T17:34:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2rqfufenrewpd672um70cfgn9tcswqe0zp2h4ytyk8ngt0upstwqzyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x25vtxt6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqccyea5pnv005cqdpn4k3z0wsamglz2tkf9n4k06rk40lmpdeyc2ma0d5'>nevent1q…a0d5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every time you post one of these it reminds me to go to <a href="https://lingule.xyz/">https://lingule.xyz/</a> and do the puzzle there. I&#39;ve never actually tried the animal puzzle. It&#39;s still kind of a fun bit of random parasocial solidarity. 2026-03-09T17:17:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8j57rfu24fealmmv63360ps5r7vj3jm2gydslq7vf4qudfy7vccszyrv9p0xppdszvqaul79avngjme24cuvtrhsh6zyfxddff9qap5x254naslk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszsaryck9hgd0f2fmprwakrmurc6vdwye2mkjggmjme50ef2pruasnz9m8m'>nevent1q…9m8m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this on the nuclear article? 2024-08-11T04:39:58+02:00