2026-03-31T05:32:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae Revoluciana https://nostr.ae/npub1psr8zw3s0m4z3qztsew5hfmy7qjg28ekfpqd058mx2lcnwqd8p7syuufr4 https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/accounts/avatars/109/938/554/118/475/532/original/508597f94a629d96.png https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/accounts/avatars/109/938/554/118/475/532/original/508597f94a629d96.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstw4vwjs6meqvcfkg4j2utctr4jlra8warqkkmzc9nd7uq2tdgqjqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u864wj9ww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx9mq7a8j3qvnldexsv76yej9ywk5k9hr0usvn9qxf5rtmyxmpkmc9aygcf'>nevent1q…ygcf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The conversation went on way longer, primarily because even though he was terrified of me and wanted to leave, I kept talking about his religion while he kept trying to make socially acceptable reasons to exit. I offered to sit with him and talk to him about queer experiences with the church, but he said he didn&#39;t have time for that (despite having time to evangelize, for which I scolded him many times). <br/><br/>So, when he would say he needs to leave, I would tell him, I&#39;m not keeping you here, go ahead and leave, but I just kept talking and he was too uncomfortable to leave while I was still talking. <br/><br/>He told me his name is Paul. I gave him a bit of a history lesson on his namesake&#39;s violent history with queer people and how that relates to his church, among other things.<br/><br/>But he didn&#39;t want to hear about queer *experience* with the church, so he got none.<br/><br/>There&#39;s so much more to break down, so much of it was hilarious. I think I&#39;m going to do a write up about it. 2026-03-25T21:12:17+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstvgaz5lg3lx8xnvzc7hfasszhc987ql6r3kjejg9g99xk67pshxszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86k9n9n4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvyhza6g629p745uzrxptrklwr3ag274ydr98ytjuhpvnf0nypuec8v9h5v'>nevent1q…9h5v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Alright then, that was fun, sooo... I decided to share the content of this thread with my subscribers because why not?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/orcs-have-menus/">https://www.revoluciana.net/orcs-have-menus/</a> 2025-09-05T14:47:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvyhza6g629p745uzrxptrklwr3ag274ydr98ytjuhpvnf0nypueczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86k9fjlm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3d9hdjc7gq0neylr0md2l8z5vd8srz4crn9k3gkjkdkqf20eulqcgq3pj'>nevent1q…q3pj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are the hobbits the baddies? 2025-09-05T14:20:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg9hqk7khsdzdnfwrwz3fu4kplsj29urkvv2d5c4dxufqqnm86wnqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86g5q7n7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2j5ttmn5ydtyeesczarge6ft2cnfvggte8rhzg5ag67vjzpg4vcgfulzl'>nevent1q…ulzl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;It&#39;s [been] so difficult that I thought this day would never come.<br/><br/>And that brings me to what I really want to share today, because despite the title and announcement, I&#39;m not really discussing surgery much in this piece. 2025-08-28T19:36:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxrcw2265d4ephufrznuq9czx92gqwzp5v77zueh6wvw0p87unxkszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86m6lwqm I swear, if someone says the phrase &#34;bloom filter&#34; to me today I&#39;m going to freak the fuck out lol 2025-08-26T12:08:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsysgtfsawmkunze44zhu3tgavxu39u60muxwmas93q2k3xrp47lxqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u863wtq4g Y&#39;all, tell me what to do. I&#39;m printing a bunch of #zines in a very short term by (gentle) request from a vendor. I still haven&#39;t gotten my mimeograph setup the way I want it, I&#39;ve been too busy. <br/><br/>Do I want to:<br/><br/>* Buy a printer?<br/>* Print at an office supply store?<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t even formatted the damn things yet, but something like 2000 words, which is maybe 8 pages if 5x8 folded? That&#39;s like $1.50-$2.00 per #zine at the office supply store. Not the end of the world, just not really what I want to do. But I also don&#39;t think it&#39;s necessary cheaper with any printer, though I&#39;m happy to spend to get one if I thought it was worth it. Yes, I&#39;ll be printing more zines in the future, but maybe not either of these ways? <br/><br/>Any tips? 2025-08-17T02:13:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs998rxnkev3qkl4muxtgns69rj2dp2lg86fvxevggx6llp8ct3zuszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86pla6j2 I don&#39;t participate in the market, but I do find the idea of using AI to pick stocks to be hilarious.<br/><br/>Might as well ask the shoeshine boy for stock picks. 2025-07-28T14:21:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszx29zgnsqgxa8zqkrdhvr34epma7gcs39s8n3524a66zllntnpgszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86jj4qwt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdn7rj7t8cnfcn0k70thkl2tz6cechv4lqfyz6h9exl9cev2pnseqkck23v'>nevent1q…k23v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Maybe we are trying to create the entire world into a Taco Bell:<br/><br/>* Cheap<br/>* Good enough<br/>* The illusion of variety<br/>* Filled with calories to simply keep you able to do your work at a low cost<br/><br/>We feed our livestock this way.&#34; 2025-05-31T00:13:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst5l2sh8ftqu84cwyh9wz6fp32zkpluep5gh3p9fvcrdmh5ahxnnszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86rhl0s3 Tomato Sandwiches are #AntiCapitalist <br/><br/>Today&#39;s post is about #communist breadlines. Kind of. Not really.<br/><br/>It&#39;s about how our current system destroys diversity and the health of ourselves, our worlds, and our planet. This is a product of multiple factors such as #capitalism, specialized labor, or democratized demand.<br/><br/>It even destroys our tomato sandwiches.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/tomato-sandwiches-are-anti-capitalist/">https://www.revoluciana.net/tomato-sandwiches-are-anti-capitalist/</a> 2025-05-31T00:05:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst4a8pq9l0c9qrwt658eul9xjvdzhxez7e87l9z6k5qzluhgl0s4czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u869gvys3 If we&#39;re really going to be stuck with an AI dystopia, can we at least have Napster back? 2025-05-18T17:32:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvza2wxf6wt2xdevrg06qqy0raj6jfmpcc927x9las93w09cmx6hqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86lxxnah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhs8z5ufpsr6zkfaakf3jqtvx3a7qqr72zvqcu8eap26fnmdvcrsg2p70k'>nevent1q…p70k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I was a child, there was a rule at home. My estranged father was very proud of it, bragging about it even just a few years ago before we went no contact. <br/><br/>The rule was that if Lucy asks for something, if she even so much as expresses desire for something, she can&#39;t have it. There was not a corresponding rule for my estranged older sibling, just me. <br/><br/>I spent a lifetime learning not to want or desire, to suppress want and desire. Transition and my wonderful spouse have been teaching me how to want and desire, and it hasn&#39;t been easy, but it has made life so much more worth living. I wouldn&#39;t be here if I hadn&#39;t finally allowed myself the desire to exist, and everything I want and desire springs forth from this. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure about abandoning want and desire. For me, it was pain, not relief. <br/><br/>Maybe I was doing it wrong. On the other hand, I would never have survived to find out, and the glimmering hint of my existence, hidden as it was, would have been extinguished in obscurity. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying I believe all of my desires will be fulfilled, but I&#39;m never willingly going to go back to a life, if it can even be called a life, void of want and desire. 2025-05-06T22:21:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx00sy6wymqlps9vxhxzmxsa95q3tulsfgweznjpqy7za054mmt7szyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86nxn5nz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqwmu42047pqjjnkly43ysxnmh2pu43s0xwr5y698xkmn59ghwughfnsa0'>nevent1q…nsa0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>out of curiosity, which lens? Some of my favorite lenses I paid similar amounts for (no more than 2x the amount for lower priced stuff), but I also like to use SLR adapters with manual primes. Possibly my favorite lens is my old Nikkor 28mm prime which I shot the majority of an international documentary feature film with. 2025-05-06T13:50:07+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq48xs7jmky9dvkjdlwyqg6rjk8kx3u7anaxqh548qgx5ah2h8p6szyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86xmjsnp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxf9swsejtz8m32xr6g2kaslaqhsd4ekpgx7lrhue8z6ue0qc4s2gmpzntu'>nevent1q…zntu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well, the issue is not about automation, per se, or work in the abstract sense. It has to do with the death of our world, capitalist exploitation, capitalist hoarding, dispossession, etc. <br/><br/>I&#39;m also opposed to systems of wage-labor and am deeply sympathetic to contract workers, freelancers, and self-employed workers.<br/><br/>As far as looking for tips on finding a streak app, I just mean one that isn&#39;t tied to language or anything, really, but that you can set your own goals. <br/><br/>As for language learning, Duolingo is just another spaced repetition system with a cute owl and mildly gamified. But there are definitely better options available-- Anki decks are free and customizable, which is what I&#39;ll likely be using as my replacement. 2025-05-01T20:17:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jtjq9tj3u8gv66c8erf4uha8vnqp5kg70jg6sgcehxuvzx4vn7czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86v9luw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07x359zyvmedrphynqav7qn8944p84xfy5ffntert9cfpk7j8ceqe669nc'>nevent1q…69nc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any good streak-tracking/reminder apps someone can recommend now that #Duolingo is fucky?<br/><br/>Maybe I should go old school with some gold star stickers. 2025-05-01T18:07:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs07x359zyvmedrphynqav7qn8944p84xfy5ffntert9cfpk7j8ceqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86tgjzu9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyexkywxk9386332hkr4wjd6wgcdygu5v7y9hkedmn5q9n43r6hwqvh8q27'>nevent1q…8q27</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now, whenever I see my #Duolingo streak add a day, I&#39;ll feel shame, not a sense of accomplishment. <br/><br/>So, as soon as I stop using it and continue with my learning goals elsewhere, I&#39;ll just use a different streak app altogether. I don&#39;t have to lose my streak because Duolingo decided to be an evil company. 2025-05-01T18:05:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhcnracmm0zuhd3t6x0q7w7mdmgudeezqm35wza4s0pgw0pqpztqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86lwl5ck I&#39;m on day 1315 of my #Duolingo streak. It&#39;s not a perfect tool, but I&#39;m a linguist and I enjoy it for the sake of hobby, if nothing else. I actually think it now has a really decent French program, which is their flagship language.<br/><br/>But now Duolingo is becoming an &#34;#AI first&#34; company, which means that they&#39;re firing all their contractors (but keeping employees for now) and replacing them with AI. They also just launched 148 new language courses using generative AI. <br/><br/>What the actual fuck? 2025-05-01T17:58:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstcs4lhg88xzszkynz56sjc50p599u9j963glx0ha5skq585xfp7czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u868s4tjv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgcgwwk63eyatanpgnnkv2v0qdqn9tshcrsqlec7c2d5a7ssm3csya53pm'>nevent1q…53pm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope this is the way that some of you hear the news that another Pope bit the dust. 2025-04-21T14:19:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvgcgwwk63eyatanpgnnkv2v0qdqn9tshcrsqlec7c2d5a7ssm3cszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86aucr6p I will always remember the Pope for his sense of humor, especially for the way his sense of humor included an unapologetic love for the use of the f-slur. 2025-04-21T14:17:01+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqrn5g2cszrwgv07ntuj782575mxe74af8k5apr2qvx03rfwff8rqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86s7qtvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydh0uuvaj5p9ruuvrvc9ulma086yq529agu4ur5rmftfs45s3lyq0zkt48'>nevent1q…kt48</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to end the update on a sad note, because aside from being excited to finally feel better, I&#39;m really glad for a future where I get to eat so many delicious things again, including toast *with* butter. 2025-04-16T16:36:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydh0uuvaj5p9ruuvrvc9ulma086yq529agu4ur5rmftfs45s3lyqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86cefnf2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsql6klw94xmu29lgc25kly5v9g9g49gh7s8lfc8rz4u6tvg8lrayq0xwgu4'>nevent1q…wgu4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be honest, the most terrifying part of this whole thing up until this point is that I knew this gallbladder was on a ticking clock, and I haven&#39;t been able to shake, until now, that if I have to flee the country, how will I get care? Or, if I end up in a camp El Salvador at the point they start snatching citizens, there&#39;s absolutely no chance I&#39;ll get care. <br/><br/>And it was terrifying knowing that y&#39;all reading this would know these are valid fears. <br/><br/>I&#39;m just so glad to not have to include that in my calculations anymore or to be terrified about it anymore. <br/><br/>Fucking wild. 2025-04-16T16:24:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsql6klw94xmu29lgc25kly5v9g9g49gh7s8lfc8rz4u6tvg8lrayqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866r0zz5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qfae5xvwdrlumha0m6glr4580twkfdupfm5vam678f97kdarcvg4k35fd'>nevent1q…35fd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Update: <br/><br/>I got home last night. Doing a bit better with pain management but coughing feels like my soul being torn from my body. Still happy and relieved to have the gallbladder gone. It&#39;s been making me anxious for at least a year, but it&#39;s been not only uncomfortable and painful but terrifying since I was hospitalized in February. So much relief to know it&#39;s over and taken care of now. 2025-04-16T16:17:31+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8qfae5xvwdrlumha0m6glr4580twkfdupfm5vam678f97kdarcvgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86wm4d9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7kgx7et8sm8v9pgzrmury6ksmdv9wy82vxy2ws9n3d2lar9d85g86snfq'>nevent1q…snfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The gallbladder is out and while I&#39;m in so much incredible pain right now, I&#39;m so emotionally relieved to have it done.<br/><br/>Thanks for all of the support everyone.🤟💜 2025-04-15T03:33:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7kgx7et8sm8v9pgzrmury6ksmdv9wy82vxy2ws9n3d2lar9d85gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86altddz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kdlpwa8l0n7rdmglyhj374ftkke3fuc2afsc2veq9jnax6yetssqk4yjq'>nevent1q…4yjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Progress! I passed a gallstone, confirmed by MRI, So, I get to do a single surgery instead of two operations!<br/><br/>Gallbladder is coming out today, baby! 2025-04-14T20:06:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9kdlpwa8l0n7rdmglyhj374ftkke3fuc2afsc2veq9jnax6yetsszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86j8uxq9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflqwlgptpydkle34ry9frul6lqgks0pvkauuq29hhdaunvygldzqacdxhp'>nevent1q…dxhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like it&#39;s going to take two operations across two hospitals an hour and a half apart from each other, but this gallbladder is coming out this week. In the meantime, I was admitted last night and hope to be discharged at the end of the week. No food or drink till then it seems, but I&#39;m just looking forward to not being in pain. <br/><br/>Hoping I can have the first operation scheduled today, but I might just be hanging out in the hospital till the OR schedule frees up. 2025-04-14T14:33:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqnaa0k2f9382k3lxyfrd03djyej0wlzqr9sl0x7kh6u29y7hvznszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86rh6rx8 I keep trying to engage with Bluesky-- not as a replacement for Mastodon, I&#39;m not going anywhere. I&#39;m not even sure fully why I try-- but it is just so... Ugh. <br/><br/>Vibes are off.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t like it. 2025-04-03T17:11:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswggxz05sx7cjtnqkz6yle945pjtf50dhtzwsz2zastvf57ljfzdqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86wje928 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf56wuaxhjqmjctq6p56hcd2t593lnt6tnfdxskfqq3hayhj4cyksw74daq'>nevent1q…4daq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The problem with this is that we rely too much on the graboids for what they give us. We must respect them and hold them sacred. We must protect what they give us so that one day, when the time is right, when we&#39;ve genetically engineered the right man, and it *must* be a man, one we can control, he will have the power to use the spice given freely to us by the graboids. If we can harness him, we harness the spice, and whoever controls the spice controls the universe. We can be the masters.<br/><br/>Fuck it. Your solution is faster and easier, and we get to meet Kevin Bacon. 2025-04-03T15:41:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsflwrlmaaf9yuz66424cg45hynusygk7cr6zug06mvza6xkzw8fvszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86wu2v8u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstua0q959afq96gdnvt735yuk87qjw567jc53m8aukys0skc032kgn62eu8'>nevent1q…2eu8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is new to me and I loved every moment of it. Thank you!<br/><br/>Also, who doesn&#39;t like flute rock? 2025-04-03T15:36:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspr5pttuf9q2gg25n2ra5huw04rx3hc3fkgyhfqteassy75fyr6kqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u8623ntzp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdalfnu89km49t2mvfxugt0r83rjwcc4mdwjtjzwt20gkks0udf5qe5l7gt'>nevent1q…l7gt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why haven&#39;t you touched your plate? Are you ungrateful for all Mama Capitalism has given you? Stop crying. You wouldn&#39;t want to make Mama upset would you?<br/><br/>Because Mama can *give you* something to cry about. 2025-04-03T15:13:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdalfnu89km49t2mvfxugt0r83rjwcc4mdwjtjzwt20gkks0udf5qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86u7hmc5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszs20suh9ytc4uaxs7afzgnhap33q9le2hka472zhjg63zw5uaptg9pl9s0'>nevent1q…l9s0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Capitalism abuses you, stealing your life-essence, cuts off a slice and hands it back to you for supper. It then pretends it loves you when you&#39;re left with no other alternative than to eat what is on your plate. 2025-04-03T15:10:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszs20suh9ytc4uaxs7afzgnhap33q9le2hka472zhjg63zw5uaptgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86sqrhht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvfwyr5ylwl66v7nmkzd87tgn3dcktny4vnm90x2zlckxjkmya7ss0phqu'>nevent1q…phqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Capitalism only speaks the language of double-speak. 2025-04-03T15:06:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstvfwyr5ylwl66v7nmkzd87tgn3dcktny4vnm90x2zlckxjkmya7szyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86heu7rd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnwhr0exx0kzyephpf0yqe4rnfhk44m4gjslvgajhryp8llkumusxfkm08'>nevent1q…km08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Capitalism masks the act of destruction and calls it creation. 2025-04-03T15:06:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnwhr0exx0kzyephpf0yqe4rnfhk44m4gjslvgajhryp8llkumuszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86spv36g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyj4dxe65sxa50dyantgg0sg8zrqntq5pry4lgx4aqnudyed9f5gsnn3zd5'>nevent1q…3zd5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The capitalist beast can never consume enough to satiate its voracious hunger. <br/><br/>Feeding the beast is simply a self-destructive act of futility. 2025-04-03T15:05:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyj4dxe65sxa50dyantgg0sg8zrqntq5pry4lgx4aqnudyed9f5gszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86nhv6zw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpn74ex55d5rh57246h2t7yvn2jj2csnjfs06gcasz2cvtjwqksgzzltjd'>nevent1q…ltjd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think maybe we should stop trying to feed the capitalist beast. 2025-04-03T15:01:18+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswpn74ex55d5rh57246h2t7yvn2jj2csnjfs06gcasz2cvtjwqksgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86dpzjmr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnw09r9evcc7nqt7s3l462c3hwj30mwy7tu2zrauwvlr6kerl7uq6rrwlp'>nevent1q…rwlp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t like money. 2025-04-03T14:57:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnw09r9evcc7nqt7s3l462c3hwj30mwy7tu2zrauwvlr6kerl7uqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86mk40m8 The Progressive-Liberal Dilemma:<br/><br/>Ugh. It&#39;s not that I want to be rich, I just want enough money to be able to afford to feed this capitalist beast before it tries to eat me first. 2025-04-03T13:23:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27pjwhp75lmcgr9ayn8nq6sh69ket57uxnf9rv26xz7lnsyxznuqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86edtyh4 I call this one:<br/>*Fancy yet anti-fashy*<br/><br/>CW, EC<br/> <img src="https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/271/377/587/083/463/original/4ebdb8c6ea7d1e96.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-03T03:20:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0dez09gq93ys8tvh2vcx6g3q67msde9zatyuuhvq96uqhql50pqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u864avnnk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyg6e7flpyv8ukw8qd09rk0pjtf94mc3atzg856p35xf6pxzswu6svw8esz'>nevent1q…8esz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why do I get the feeling... am I...?<br/><br/>AM I WATCHING WILLY WONKA AND THE FUCKERY FACTORY?!?!?!??? 2025-04-01T00:51:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8xpt329mnmegn6qvvf8dcnvymfhaa348h860y6fn7ammtuwcuprgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86qs7c5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstng0357qprktmsz48n70accthw9nwzj09deyjl38lynlceyjumxgnym3ll'>nevent1q…m3ll</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m going to do my best not to live post through this thing, but also these characters are so annoying and why is she with this guy?? He&#39;s so.... ugh. <br/><br/>She can do better. 2025-04-01T00:21:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp83y8u0mjh9z9qw26zxd6d0f8t0ycz378mvhly88798s9d7j9xegzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86ak9emf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03485t6zxxvhn39qr298qg2q4ejygv6cs5v0lyen05v4xkxhe84c2ducj6'>nevent1q…ucj6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Omgoddess y&#39;all, you could have led with the fact that john leguizamo is in this. Of course I&#39;ll give it a shot. I&#39;ll give anything a try starring Tybalt Lautrec Chi Chi Luigio Mario 2025-04-01T00:06:22+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs03485t6zxxvhn39qr298qg2q4ejygv6cs5v0lyen05v4xkxhe84czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86t6sq63 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6skzfye8fqvgt9rsqdxh8yqvlc59y0q5jtt87ruqys49uvgkeqqz7vyr8'>nevent1q…vyr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m bucking the poll and going for the comments. I&#39;m going to try it. Wish me luck. Lol<br/><br/>I&#39;ll let you know how it goes. 2025-04-01T00:02:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdv8hw5vevprl207jttnk9ccxmtqvtxqqry3yzdtl2lqg2y5uyuxszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u8685kfm9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspcgpfc2zzwgkymla0x6xh6m8mxvlfvrec7qrcu9nqtm2sack28vcl3td34'>nevent1q…td34</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so, this is two positive comments and one negative vs 1 positive vote and 2 negative. <br/><br/>*sigh* <br/><br/>😂 <br/><br/>Okay, but I&#39;m thinking underwhelming might not be so bad while I&#39;m sick. Hmm. 2025-03-31T23:58:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg6skzfye8fqvgt9rsqdxh8yqvlc59y0q5jtt87ruqys49uvgkeqqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86935sc8 I&#39;m nursing and cold and I don&#39;t really like horror movies, especially gore and torture porn, but I keep getting drawn to *The Menu* -- should I watch it anyway? <br/><br/>// I like John Carpenter movies, 28 Days Later, and Get Out, to name some I *do* enjoy. 2025-03-31T23:49:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyluxffzf7hft87l6ha2pky52w03xlehaeuruj8l59w4hnrl2fvfqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86m4z56y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0htjxjzqlhcq7ffxcjma4rrlndpyualx7jt9l5ggvq503pq59grgetkjwv'>nevent1q…kjwv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the comment I&#39;ve been waiting for 💖 2025-03-31T23:45:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfefv0cr5kxehh08msgr88rt5d2k4kmr82s3t5jcguwnrddhem9nszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86v8enad In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p8lz49kcq97tze609t7p54yshsm9rwgkkm2yfvgylq7ll0js36ced0w7t'>nevent1q…0w7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, I really love writing these posts and I work really hard on them. If you appreciate my writing, maybe consider a free subscription to my newsletter via email or RSS. 💜✨ <br/><br/>Subscribe:<br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/">https://www.revoluciana.net/</a> 2025-03-31T14:38:09+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfq0lvglnggnkzxsml5zqd8tqza27ux0w96pmhjss0pk4awuwsn0qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86pu0kev # 🚨Mod Announcement🚨<br/><br/>Our instance, chaosfem.tw, has made the decision to defederate from Pixelfed instances, at least for the time being. We feel the need to announce this as it may affect our users-- Pixelfed claims to have 150,000 monthly active users. Some of our own users have accounts there and likewise many of our users interact with other Pixelfed accounts from our instance. <br/><br/>## Why?<br/>Pixelfed is leaking our data, and, it seems, the data of any other instance it federates with on Mastodon. We&#39;ve been confused and tracking this for some time, but have been uncertain what was happening exactly. This post sums up the issue better than I can: <br/><br/><a href="https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html">https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s clear that this leak is not a priority for Dansup, the sole maintainer of Pixelfed. <br/><br/>However, it&#39;s a danger for instances like ours, with vulnerable users, but realistically, it&#39;s a danger for any instance to expect privacy and have it neglected and disrespected to this degree. <br/><br/>## Will we federate with Pixelfed instances in the future? <br/>Idk, possibly? But at the very least, we must have assurance that a particular pixelfed instance has been updated to v1.12.5 in order for us to even consider federating again. However, there are serious concerns about the fact that Pixelfed is run by someone who is hostile and neglectful to the Mastodon community and has a history of not taking security concerns seriously. And moreover, Pixelfed doesn&#39;t even have federated blocking implemented, so the only thing that can be done is to defederate, and even then, this only affects *new* posts. <br/><br/>## Difficulty <br/>Like Mastodon, Pixelfed is a separate project built on ActivityPub protocol, so it&#39;s not as simple as blocking another instance. This is blocking the entire project, and the instances running it. We don&#39;t make this decision lightly, and we hope you understand why we felt this necessary to protect our users who deserve an expectation of privacy.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qddj8ddxfc3k7q729ecthf6gmptpy2wj8y4qcfn9st2xjzxvhmmqhr2qrs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mz. April Daniels</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qdd…2qrs</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub124lds0lzftxy6uyec0rsnh7f6jq4a9f20xnm5n75g9aak52jrh2qz0p555" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Eilistraee</span> (<span class="italic">npub124l…p555</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qf9u0xgscdndw97zg2wjkqjlm2xkj68awhu7txtglmldpfs8jpws6640c4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lulu</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qf9…40c4</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-26T00:16:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgtcpgv9hm8rs0scsjplmy37te3cphnmz9dx5tu5pqxepmlhln5zqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86e468a6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29dw9re66uja2zgppz68jmhqdx7u4avu5p7xdad86lfccpa9klhs3hfa70'>nevent1q…fa70</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just don&#39;t have smoothies very frequently. I should change that, though. I love soup. And what&#39;s a smoothie except soup through a straw? 2025-03-25T18:22:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ertr2q28frczj9f8qqpc9f6xfnjt444rnumr7nn29a9krak35kgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u867447l8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyelkuepxqkly96hn0m3kvp2ew8wmq6tcdwdzsg4628wmmn7ylssangnrq'>nevent1q…gnrq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Y&#39;all, it turns out I&#39;m not pregnant. <br/><br/>I just like popcorn. And hot sauce. And nutritional yeast. 2025-03-25T18:14:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqyelkuepxqkly96hn0m3kvp2ew8wmq6tcdwdzsg4628wmmn7ylsszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86tc3wfs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7pdkrl3c2p9fhl6ts26kwqlvfzwdhdqktwtxe60p5078dhsyn4cq782dk'>nevent1q…82dk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you think this means I might be pregnant? 2025-03-25T18:00:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy7pdkrl3c2p9fhl6ts26kwqlvfzwdhdqktwtxe60p5078dhsyn4czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86srlst0 The best part of waking up <br/><br/>is popcorn <br/>with hot sauce and nutritional yeast flakes <br/><br/>in your cup 2025-03-25T17:54:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80n6uz73mq4f3te2wtmyzgp0yld7utg2tf78nkukg7dvch7hdp7gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86uhll2h I always say I should post more selfies and then I don&#39;t. I should fix that, right?<br/> <img src="https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/223/862/328/485/008/original/b3c6ee9ea6e9723b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-25T16:53:27+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2t0l3qdqrkvlx64edq6w5cgw60x5jnyh3sdqkxzf9msx8ns57c5gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86thngsk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspp0xp4grtjxjzqecnl7zr348lzjkxhx4w0es66mevxtft6xu8hls3rw6l7'>nevent1q…w6l7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, similar for me. I still haven&#39;t read the book yet, but as for the therapy comment, it&#39;s not a fictional world for me. <br/><br/>Therapy is not accessible for me, though I&#39;ve definitely tried really hard to access it. I won&#39;t list all the reasons, of which there are many. Suffice it to say, therapy may as well not exist at all with how little access there is for me, and it&#39;s never been accessible in my life. It was easier to get access to a neuropsychologist in order to get some neurospicy diagnoses than it has been to find a therapist. It&#39;s just not something available to everyone. 2025-03-23T18:09:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgueq5suscnz22jwrtve2rz7jz62j0nrxy4fln3xqaenphhhnnnkgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86rpa2yf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8cdq69tetucyflfr6z7s4e58hn5lc8u8axdn5wmxjn4n7ddu3tq3rg5qx'>nevent1q…g5qx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re absolutely right that this is a choice-- they choose to exploit and oppress when they could do otherwise, and I further articulate in the piece on my website that regardless of legal or not, the incentives and the structure are what matter-- the fact that they choose this is what matters. <br/><br/>Someone else in this thread brought up something similar, especially regarding the shareholders. Instead of rehashing, I&#39;ll link you to my reply to them: <br/><br/><a href="https://chaosfem.tw/@revoluciana/114201244997501824">https://chaosfem.tw/@revoluciana/114201244997501824</a> 2025-03-21T17:06:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstszhmxg2vmqa9rmsc9azyj8edww2nw5xyst6j99zhrnxu3487tpczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866cwnz8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8x00pqsv000avpqjuj9hgld8psu97w0f73f09ytdvz4u2ywyg0qw42v7f'>nevent1q…2v7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>aww! shucks lol<br/><br/>Well, I think I&#39;ve decided to go ahead and do the voice recordings, so it looks like they&#39;ll be available after all! 2025-03-21T13:55:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2yemqe2s848w5d3q3k25ek5pfqp4yzvqnusz565297ggf9j7w6hgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866purl8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6pxtennhc9f39rlqdrv3399apzzucwh2c49pxhaay4j3092cvggghp48u'>nevent1q…p48u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh damn, I should have thought of this. Following for same question. I almost always write in Markdown and use a lot of italics and occasional bold to help people parse dense text, and this is achieved with asterisks, so it forms that way when I write even in other spaces like Mastodon. I&#39;d love to know the answer. 2025-03-21T13:38:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfyhvvq3lzymkyra8zqd3vkvnqk43xynjs96fd6d60083r8n39gqczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u863l0uzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrywlkm9pyv8x23qmqfd0jvy8488cen3vhd0q2gfkxqzk5gdkyltgmgw4dl'>nevent1q…w4dl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;As a reminder, generally speaking, under the global capitalist system, and definitely in the US, companies are obligated by law to do what is in the best financial interest of their shareholders, their owners. <br/><br/>This means that a company is legally obligated to pay you as low of a wage as they believe the market can bear. Mind you, they are not legally obligated to give you a fair wage (whatever that would mean), and they are not legally obligated to give you a living wage, but simply just enough in order that the work gets done and the shareholders, the owners, get paid the maximum profit. Your needs and interests never enter the equation– never. <br/><br/>Companies are not only incentivized, but legally obligated, to make life worse for you than it otherwise could be.&#34; 2025-03-21T12:44:02+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrywlkm9pyv8x23qmqfd0jvy8488cen3vhd0q2gfkxqzk5gdkyltgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866pg55w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjkf882ewcgu8c8lu8ackt52qnq9ln48tynsmus8z8sca6sykcgqyt8fum'>nevent1q…8fum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When working as a wage-laborer, you are not an owner of the product, nor are you the owner of the means of production– the factory, the tools, the land, etc. (again, these also are all things created and/or maintained by the laborers). In your capacity as a wage-laborer, you aren&#39;t even really a person– you are simply one of the expendable (and exploitable) costs of doing business. 2025-03-21T12:43:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgjkf882ewcgu8c8lu8ackt52qnq9ln48tynsmus8z8sca6sykcgqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u867e296n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9ke5e4595g50srrqmky63nw82xptxcuvmu400tfc7p8etsu023g5u2umu'>nevent1q…2umu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When you work for an employer, you might imagine that you work for your boss, but your boss may simply be a manager, another laborer who works for the company; however, it&#39;s not really the company that you work for, either. You work for the owners of the company. To put it in other terms, you work for a landlord. 2025-03-21T12:43:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy9ke5e4595g50srrqmky63nw82xptxcuvmu400tfc7p8etsu023gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u867tl944 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszyjwu7lu76u6m4ssn78mkv60qm8zu2vukp3qa837uuc3lq0v3n8qwqknhz'>nevent1q…knhz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;When an employee is paid wages, the product itself is alienated from an employee&#39;s labor and time. Despite the fact that the employee has deducted time from their life, and done all of the labor, the employee owns no share of the product, the fruits of their labor. The product is simply the property that is created as a result of labor.<br/><br/>The product is therefore owned by the employer, though the employer has done no labor, the employer has done nothing to create the product.<br/><br/>An employer is simply another term for owner.&#34; 2025-03-21T12:42:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszyjwu7lu76u6m4ssn78mkv60qm8zu2vukp3qa837uuc3lq0v3n8qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u865mh6vt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqmgynyrspyj6f9pzwezfc5zxz7lqm4l0ss3j5jqrwtrcqzlzrvg360vtw'>nevent1q…0vtw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;*Wages* only exist within the context of an employer-employee relationship. So, let&#39;s try this again:<br/><br/>*Wages* are payments made by an employer to an employee for time spent doing labor, generally under conditions dictated by the employer.&#34; 2025-03-21T12:42:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxqmgynyrspyj6f9pzwezfc5zxz7lqm4l0ss3j5jqrwtrcqzlzrvgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86jnxtqk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87lyyvufsx5ns7f3lv6cx8ppp5wsl4jld3wz2h7kx70cph7mh8nq5fc3wc'>nevent1q…c3wc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Let&#39;s start with the obvious:<br/><br/>*Wages* is a term representing money paid for work<br/><br/>Yes, but not good enough.&#34; 2025-03-21T12:41:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs87lyyvufsx5ns7f3lv6cx8ppp5wsl4jld3wz2h7kx70cph7mh8nqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86kkfffn WTF are *wages*?<br/><br/>&#34;How many of you feel deeply that you deserve more for your labor, but feel helpless to demand it, or to even ask it?<br/><br/>Is this an agreement upon terms or is this coercion?&#34;<br/><br/>Today&#39;s post:<br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/what-are-wages/">https://www.revoluciana.net/what-are-wages/</a> 2025-03-21T12:40:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp9qqhsy8ze8vljjrtjf9kgmnwxf8u8rey89vtc5np3wpkcnwq2aszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86wj7ank In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgd8ypp26kz3a9yy442uxq2k6m9vkfh0drwau4smxh9j8v9f5jascfnf3nt'>nevent1q…f3nt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even basic &#34;good idea/bad idea&#34; answers are welcome, but your insight either as a consumer or podcaster would also be welcome.<br/><br/>Context:<br/>I&#39;m also a filmmaker and have professional gear and expertise, that&#39;s not an issue, and I know a lot of people just use their phones, anyway-- that&#39;s not my concern. I&#39;m much more concerned about the added time vs utility for people who read/listen to my writing. I could even do a video podcast if I wanted, but that sounds exhausting and introduces even more friction to my process than simply adding audio.<br/><br/>- I would like to add accessibility<br/>- I want to offer people the ability to consume it in the way that&#39;s most convenient for them<br/>- Yes, I want to increase discovery for my own subscriber growth<br/>- I&#39;m not a huge podcast consumer (though sometimes) due to auditory processing issues, so I don&#39;t fully understand the ecosystem even as a consumer <br/><br/>Questions:<br/>- Is this a good idea?<br/>- Does this help you with other newsletters/writers you follow?<br/>- As for accessibility, do people who use text readers appreciate having a human voice or are they so used to the text readers that it&#39;s not that big of a deal after a while?<br/>- What am I not considering? 2025-03-19T17:48:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgd8ypp26kz3a9yy442uxq2k6m9vkfh0drwau4smxh9j8v9f5jasczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866ruwng Advice?<br/><br/>I&#39;m considering adding podcast audio recordings (voiced by me!) of my newsletters, but I&#39;m hesitant. <br/><br/>I guess the biggest question is, is it worth my time and effort for myself and/or for the benefit of my readers &amp; would-be listeners? 2025-03-19T17:41:53+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0f438p82cr59t2r8scacp92h2yq2dwq09yjnzdspdsk8x6f3r85gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86ttu7vp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9v7gxcwgdj2rtxps2wurkv07jgaldsvv94ehpfh7phfm94ralp6ckkwvan'>nevent1q…wvan</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;What will happen when it&#39;s illegal to be #trans everywhere and there&#39;s nowhere for us to run anymore?<br/><br/>Do you think we will all just #detransition, wash our hands, and say, well, we gave it a good run, now back to the grind?&#34; 2025-03-18T15:18:05+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9v7gxcwgdj2rtxps2wurkv07jgaldsvv94ehpfh7phfm94ralp6czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u864vkka3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxttw9twarvmmz6qvdx0ah2us98rqzhjdspelcwhl90lgct6ywqg4mweje'>nevent1q…weje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dr. King, while advocating for non-violence, used to say that, &#34;a riot is the language of the unheard.&#34;<br/><br/>What do you think will happen when our backs are against the wall? 2025-03-18T15:17:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyxttw9twarvmmz6qvdx0ah2us98rqzhjdspelcwhl90lgct6ywqgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866fta8x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy586uj0vxyur6vgfnmzsksrxyle9z58qx2xca4qv7n3l3q0syt4qm0z2u8'>nevent1q…z2u8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt;&gt;&gt; I&#39;m not actually sure if people realize when I post these excerpts, that I&#39;m generally posting teasers and not posting the *entire* post (at least not usually). The newsletter is free and you don&#39;t even have to subscribe (but you can, and that&#39;s free, too).<br/><br/>So yeah, just a heads-up on that.<br/><br/>Continuing with the teasers &gt;&gt;&gt; 2025-03-18T15:17:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy586uj0vxyur6vgfnmzsksrxyle9z58qx2xca4qv7n3l3q0syt4qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u867vjnjy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhkw2skq29h963xkratqx22hs2guncecrhaqns27s644jtntl7vccd0sec'>nevent1q…0sec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You both round another corner into an alley and before you know it, you&#39;ve hit a dead-end. The ground trembles and a brick wall rises forth from the ground in front of you. You turn back.<br/><br/>too late&#34;<br/><br/>... 2025-03-18T15:13:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdhkw2skq29h963xkratqx22hs2guncecrhaqns27s644jtntl7vczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866x6jkz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpk3dgl8y5k7u4csk04dzfc587t60yaesgyr3rul7ssvcau7cz2q8wlly9'>nevent1q…lly9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You catch up with someone else who is also running in the same direction as you. You almost trip, but they catch you. They don&#39;t know you, but they know enough to have solidarity. You wonder for a moment if the look in their eyes is a mirror of your own terror.<br/><br/>The vicious ones from behind are catching up.&#34; 2025-03-18T15:13:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpk3dgl8y5k7u4csk04dzfc587t60yaesgyr3rul7ssvcau7cz2qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u865vg9jy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyd8kzu7j6aj96q7h3pwkymwuxyqms8hnk4w0n6rftp2s2v2s0k8qnq7w3l'>nevent1q…7w3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Running again, you don&#39;t look back, but you can sense others rounding the corner, and you expect she&#39;s joined the mob, along with so many that you know, and so many more you don&#39;t. They yell that they are going to murder you. Every single one screams it at you.<br/><br/>They&#39;re not zombies. They&#39;re just people. You realized they&#39;ve always been this way, it&#39;s just that something has risen to the surface, something they have chosen to unmask– to unleash.&#34; 2025-03-18T15:12:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyd8kzu7j6aj96q7h3pwkymwuxyqms8hnk4w0n6rftp2s2v2s0k8qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86yfztnf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27vk3nr3pwykkg4jkxvnvaj35djkakay3xppsshjgn078hp9we2q0w2k2u'>nevent1q…2k2u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You&#39;re drenched in sweat, but you don&#39;t have time to think about that right now. You round the corner, almost knocking someone over who looks almost exactly like your sweet (but racist) old landlady.<br/><br/>Actually, you realize, I think that really is my landlady.<br/><br/>You give no apology, you just run.<br/><br/>Before you fully turn away, you see her face begin to take on the expression of something unnatural. Something vicious.&#34; 2025-03-18T15:11:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs27vk3nr3pwykkg4jkxvnvaj35djkakay3xppsshjgn078hp9we2qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86nn9w6y Newsletter:<br/><br/>What happens when the punishment is the same for violence and non-violence?<br/><br/>Read: Backs Against the Wall<br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/backs-against-the-wall/">https://www.revoluciana.net/backs-against-the-wall/</a> 2025-03-18T13:11:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp4ahz04frwcytleyfe83ez86j69tgsffq5g3msvp9rnysufmunxqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86k7ywav Maybe the real fascists were the friends we made along the way. 2025-03-14T13:09:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstax3z67hdcm9ulu0pp3vwv5ryz3hesw9awp9ngwdvsf2rqdyd2qgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86et5s9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpvv9jvgsuvk06lhtk8ltltw4ucy5x24efvvl8qwlm9gycwgvzlc6fker6'>nevent1q…ker6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In fairness, everything surrounding the F-35 program could be qualified as a dumpster fire. I wouldn&#39;t have been shocked to see them pull out of this even if Harris had been elected.<br/><br/>That being said, yup, turning away from US arms sales is definitely a huge move. 2025-03-14T01:31:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg6m4klcdd4gd55jq7da2mc5ggtj8lkawf5pzqftkn54v6fkp5thczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86z3ap52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvznzm4gsc8r9v0fa65h22h8kxaz7qq95mz92p835geezuqms0scszn27k'>nevent1q…n27k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh fuck, I&#39;m so sorry 🫂 2025-03-11T23:37:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstxjgas4exaxust7h6gvs6plapa0vmlparnz62mpm9z2nukjfcalqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u863pmk9f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgy329djlu6j80849uasce0jh89ln7840k03etkkvnl75sl3ga7ccjqy4a7'>nevent1q…y4a7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can understand this take, especially considering the vast overlap, but I also think it&#39;s okay to distinguish them because they also provide different lenses, even if they are different lenses for the same or similar concepts. <br/><br/>I&#39;d love to see the meme! I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve seen that one. <br/><br/>My friend was speaking from a very rich perspective, from standpoints of theory, praxis, and their own heritage, as well as linguistic and geopolitical differences in background. It was also a direct response to a question I asked them. I truly don&#39;t see my friend&#39;s response as stemming from serious issues of classism as you mention. It&#39;s possible my excerpt on Mastodon or even my description in the post does not do them justice, especially as I distill the most important parts of the conversation for the narrative I was trying to write. I very much appreciate and respect their perspective, and I regret if I misrepresented them. 2025-03-11T18:35:06+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstdkayxy9znpu64s6v36ydlq3kgy2q9tt9sfzrfdfkywnu2s22ckszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86z5xm3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7p3lhgfy0st9dct67mv67cd3tv0sw6wt94j6g068n4896wscr2cc70y23'>nevent1q…0y23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;My friend went on to tell me that in Spain, most of the general population can&#39;t distinguish between Marxism and Dialectical Materialism... hold up.<br/><br/>Hold. the fuck. up.<br/><br/>This is the bar of understanding?<br/><br/>Before I could respond... my friend asked me, &#39;What is the state of anarchism in the US?&#39;&#34; 2025-03-11T18:13:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9n0vxe8q0s498kpuqqspcr77fvs0uwtdhl434xc7y7rt7r0s9c9qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86uqglde In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tqqjgwdmzz64feyaqeq6q2ht82wh6xd7l47jtg7jee6e3a2e07ghhlkwt'>nevent1q…lkwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the context that nothing is okay and the world is weaved into a web of pain, I am okay in relative terms. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not okay, but neither are you. It&#39;s not okay. None of this is okay.<br/><br/>But I&#39;m otherwise okay. 2025-02-27T17:36:00+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tqqjgwdmzz64feyaqeq6q2ht82wh6xd7l47jtg7jee6e3a2e07gzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86q0u3v0 How many times will I cry this week? <br/>How many times will I cry before this is over?<br/>How many tears will we collectively cry?<br/><br/>I&#39;m relieved, at least, that I can cry. I couldn&#39;t always, but tears are precious. 2025-02-27T17:33:28+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgrakq3457kslctanv4rm7dttlad8tdmu54kzxg8w5rnk2krfadnqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86syffj0 No, US democracy will not recover.<br/><br/>I know your head is spinning. Some of you want to believe that it&#39;s not too late. Some of you are just as exhausted as I am trying to explain that *we are past the point of no return*. <br/><br/>There is hope, but only in #resistance:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/no-us-democracy-will-not-recover-2/">https://www.revoluciana.net/no-us-democracy-will-not-recover-2/</a> 2025-02-27T16:46:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrm44khmldvxpe2zc5ah9gesp3hpr2mwkgzc38x42yjzaqwxsn9ugzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86yyqdm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ds275tzunyhvprpzww8wdcelfzulqxtxkqytaxkhp938z2vsfxs08vmnu'>nevent1q…vmnu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure. Did you see vocalcat&#39;s reply about helping with cross posting? Their profile has a link and info about an app that they are building, and that&#39;s what g6meboi and I were responding to. 2025-02-25T12:01:35+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg0f6ut9l6xn7nk9ntw6ztt6mn0t6wfpkdzfcnd6xvrvcdl6gupsczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86jfncw8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00rzxm7yu25ucffcqmat36pr98mfd23nqtzr8q27qdl5tqgh0cksm0uh5e'>nevent1q…uh5e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I appreciate the reply, so I went to your site to check out the cross-posting tool you&#39;re building, but as soon as I saw that you&#39;re using and promoting AI as part of the tool, I immediately closed the page. <br/><br/>I&#39;m just not going to use AI, and I&#39;m doing my best to avoid software solutions that include it, even when it&#39;s not a required *feature*. 2025-02-24T11:17:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstcttjtg2200lsqh039fxesflfct532ypa0w89fn2fmhqkk840u3szyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86g9t3g5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2ta5tqnm0esr0pltxj6l2jda8k8mkjjkvrsthfc2t8z6ddk822qy4kw6z'>nevent1q…kw6z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t understand sarcasm well, so I&#39;ll answer this seriously. Enforcement is the definition of the Executive Branch, it&#39;s the military, intel agencies, and federal cops of every flavor, et al. The President is Commander in Chief, and the peak of the enforcement hierarchy. <br/><br/>If he chooses not to acknowledge or abide by the Judicial or Legislative Branches, the Judicial branch has no enforcement mechanisms. The Legislative Branch, in theory, is, in theory, able to keep the Executive Branch in check by the so-called *power of the purse*, which is now compromised. <br/><br/>So, the *only* thing within this paradigm that can stop the coup is the refusal of people within this hierarchy to be complicit, but of course, they are being purged. <br/><br/>The only other thing that can stop him is massive resistance by the people, resisting against the monopoly of violence held by the state, and wielded through authoritarian power. <br/><br/>And yes, many of DOGE are already deputized. With plans for much more and much worse.<br/> <img src="https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/056/383/381/193/753/original/42947231d11f0cac.png"> <br/> <img src="https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/056/399/336/033/865/original/13ef78f72b0c37ca.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://chaosfemtw.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/114/056/399/989/818/723/original/cc864424e153f73b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-24T03:15:58+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvqtry8lmh0sgrnx5rwssyrxsd6zfr7xdktytu9wjpqe52xcmu8pgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86w7z5h9 &#34;Judge blocks Trump&#39;s Executive Order...&#34;<br/><br/>Imma stop you right there. <br/><br/>Courts do not have enforcement mechanisms. <br/><br/>Let that sink all the way in. 2025-02-24T02:39:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92c8pf978p7tnjyaqhtgntupvyytxeljycm2c0h87yh9wevdv35czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86lj2xf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvxlkz49xlmps3ndrrrhd9099fcswkm5nxh85ehs7wjyg8zktrmcw4c5ff'>nevent1q…c5ff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Lol, someone I know who has subscribed to my newsletter since long before I relaunched it in the present form made *this* the post that made them unsubscribe. <br/><br/>I mean. If you&#39;re so offended by me calling them Nazis, then you might want to question... are *you* a Nazi? 2025-02-23T19:03:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyzhxdgjeevkna7nddh9fv3z76e4rjqv4rcusjudx536975s22amgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86rhkrte I&#39;m so tired of liberals who are like, wow, I don&#39;t want to sound crazzzy but that&#39;s eerily similar to *whispers* the Nazis. <br/><br/>Y&#39;all, they look like Nazis bc they are Nazis. It looks like 1930s Germany bc they are literally following a Nazi playbook. It&#39;s intentional. <br/><br/>Because they are Nazis. 2025-02-23T15:13:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfstjp7xzv7acfsq05rnea05xywz2glcfwz4msgra5es22uzukqaszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86xcntz6 Appeasement didn&#39;t work for Austria, Poland, France; it doesn&#39;t work for the bullied kid at school and it doesn&#39;t work for international negotiations with dictators. They will take your lunch money and pummel you anyway. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/21/us-ukraine-near-minerals-deal/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/21/us-ukraine-near-minerals-deal/</a> 2025-02-23T01:23:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq56vcpqrvka9atttg9cte5nv8unv4tuz93zqrw2rwmm37ncju5yczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86hfdcl3 *Advice Please* ✊<br/><br/>One of my subscribers runs a business and asked me a question and I have thoughts, but I would love feedback and ideas: <br/><br/>&#34;I’m curious about how our business can support a #GeneralStrike on March 14.<br/><br/>I know nothing about this, the how-tos or who does whats or where to starts.<br/><br/>But conceptually, it’s a very doable thing to radically close our company for a day and #strike together (and pay the staff too).&#34; 2025-02-22T18:55:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz6cgt36zmn937flq6l9tve0wpmgl8ps8sqjzy49garf2s2vtzv3czyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86h2vdds In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs274p6uz5qjn3jk2kcheplxayrm2r2ppvscp6p8rxmc82ln5dhg5gzklzk8'>nevent1q…lzk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The best way to stop feeling overwhelmed is to take action. And the best way to take action when you are overwhelmed is to look at the crisis and break it into smaller and smaller pieces until one of them can fit in your mouth.&#34; 2025-02-17T19:56:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdhrj9g7ckm0cjad538gy7262cfy35c8wq3pnxrxmhtf2k2hljczgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86zfp3gc Today&#39;s post is about the nature of #crisis, both personal and our collective crisis in the world. It&#39;s about me being admitted to the hospital since the night before last and possibly more days and surgery/surgeries while I&#39;m here. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.revoluciana.net/complications/">https://www.revoluciana.net/complications/</a> 2025-02-17T12:59:23+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf9l3usgqqsv2aa3kvj380wfehcnvegtr3pk4r8j42lscelzf45eqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86vmcr3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvxs8mf69ve3fz3g99ndtjls6kd6g22cesyt33hs3ulndnjt09kgszxk087'>nevent1q…k087</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That makes a lot of sense. Currently I don&#39;t have plans to offer any *extras*. The people wanting to support me don&#39;t seem to care. Just a pay what you want (if you even want to) because you appreciate it sort of deal. <br/><br/>I figured I&#39;d open up to payments at some point down the road, but it&#39;s them persuading me to open it right now and not me persuading them to pay, so I&#39;m just trying to roll with it because yeah, Imma need all the help I can get (we all will), as the crisis keeps intensifying. <br/><br/>Btw, I&#39;d be curious, and you don&#39;t need to reply publicly (or at all) if you don&#39;t want to, but I&#39;d love to know where you post and the way you work your posting strategy. 2025-02-14T19:23:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg27p6rg4zcv3tt4c083uxy8zj5n4lz757rx4dptk9g7nvuacqgdszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86kg5ck6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wtvm6enx4wqtvuwsxtge5f462rpchpg3n2473zm67xng0jhd8aqta8za3'>nevent1q…8za3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh! Didn&#39;t realize they were Canadian. I&#39;m wondering if I have to use Shopify for them, but this is a good avenue for me to investigate. Thank you! 2025-02-14T19:13:16+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqmc5hznlfn8ayg47pk4jld4jge649hghj993f4casmdace3crn8qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86sxuk06 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0w3jkvpckwfyjamsu9jjeresxyz9q4h4u8q9djst36djg6khusc9cryy2'>nevent1q…ryy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is good feedback. Thank you, Miriam! 2025-02-14T18:52:44+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxjxhfhy4qfvwx638mxnzecj98vsgpu2vkupd0yc4kl6nwvm6f0fqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86626dse In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqy8u4ttphq4wprat7uzaprd8hapfuyd6yqu8jrzwejfftdftf6wcyfmsmf'>nevent1q…msmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ohhhhh, okay. I see Jen uses Stripe currently. No judgement, just, it&#39;s not going to work for me, unfortunately, if I can help it. 2025-02-14T18:50:31+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3nh4w03ts7r0wq3matxjr2lkjjnz9znlng6v2rmf5n46ymwe33qzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86rfc8c2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrl7xh8vps9h65zm3gnup87yd83h0s5yjyp94dx0jg7ejzkc2s5hcyn58fz'>nevent1q…58fz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I appreciate this suggestion a lot. Here is where my head is at with Patreon.<br/><br/>So, I keep looking at Patreon out of the corner of my eye, because they do their own processing, but I&#39;m nervous because I know I&#39;ve heard of multiple times they&#39;ve hurt their customers and seemingly bowed to political pressure on issues. Admittedly, I don&#39;t know the full details aside from the fact that they caught my attention in the past. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not writing them off completely, but I&#39;m admitting they make me squeamish. I&#39;m curious to know what type of reassurance is felt by others using them. 2025-02-14T18:42:50+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfz3qys57qqvxfew9f0nr47mgfek9r859yhszq4jusj3awtz40ceczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86kpw666 Stripe alternatives?<br/><br/>Y&#39;all, this is driving me wild. I&#39;ve done my research and I&#39;m stuck. I&#39;ve done so much digging and I&#39;m at a loss. I don&#39;t want to use Stripe or Paypal.<br/><br/>I tried Helcim, but I was rejected, not sure why (I think because my website is new maybe? That looks like a disqualifier in their terms. I still think it looks like a decent option but won&#39;t work for me apparently.<br/><br/>Ayden seems like a mess for my use case. <br/><br/>Mollie doesn&#39;t work for North American residents.<br/><br/>Right now I&#39;m looking at Paddle, which I think is still going to be an issue.<br/><br/>I wanted something out of the US, but now I&#39;m just at the very least... I don&#39;t want something associated with Musk or Thiel.<br/><br/>People are asking me to put up a subscription/donation box, and I&#39;m stuck. I don&#39;t know how to accept it. <br/><br/>Help please? Anyone? 2025-02-14T18:13:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspcxdw7f3mg2sujv8pa839huz8rjrhtwkpwrexqdm883287flc5zgzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u8625d875 Remember in school when they taught you that you should cite reputable sources like .gov and never use Wikipedia for anything?<br/><br/>Yeah, so, anyway 2025-02-14T16:49:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0t54amfm7le5zawf648492zuqz2rq2uw5jul0uweatwczyac9jeszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86ucn5np In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlcgzcdc22jnqzjz7ze4mr0qy87fzhh83ud6p0tzwtu2hekxz8sccwcf7q'>nevent1q…cf7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if they&#39;re going to pathologize it, then why shouldn&#39;t we use it this way? 2025-02-14T14:20:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs97cjfwfgmt89fu8u84j5uw8djken4ym4wr9apxeltpssml3d20tczyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u869u5up6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8e35e5eqxmh3hkyja28mk2y6pclua5j2k008lg3rdcdgpmqwqrsmdw8rt'>nevent1q…w8rt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I respect you, Luci, but I&#39;m not going to quibble. It&#39;s genocide, and I&#39;m going to say the word and I&#39;m not backing down. 2025-02-08T03:11:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs80q8fxc55ly94jcw5ay8fl9wah8zq6qfx4jfzsq03kft9gvp3nlszyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u866sx24x My spouse just described CSPAN as TikTok for politicians and now I am dead. 2025-02-06T23:29:06+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstpe0tlxx6dl58vqwyjn2d566g58ls9mlsah385eyfk2vkwtxhlqqzyqxqvuf6xplw52yqfwr96ja8vnczfpglxeyyp47slvetlzdcp5u86gtzy6e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9h2x6pnx0v8m9vgdeqn0gn9j4ylc4vsr0xccdrl89rxmgwzudz8sugfpv3'>nevent1q…fpv3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, first, I address this to an extent in the piece I wrote, but also, this isn&#39;t about convincing people that this is genocide, it&#39;s about convincing others they don&#39;t need an *expert* to tell them what they already see. Because of this, I didn&#39;t make a single argument in the piece for *why* it&#39;s genocide. I&#39;m working on those arguments for a much larger project I&#39;m working on with others that will come out later.<br/><br/>That being said, outside of the explanations I gave in the post, yes, we *do* fall within those descriptions, and it&#39;s a colonizer mindset that makes us believe that we don&#39;t. As I mention in the piece, even the person who coined the term genocide and led to the charge to get this resolution passed believed that colonization was the source of genocide. 2025-02-06T19:07:07+01:00