2026-01-06T18:59:13Z https://nostr.ae Nowhere Girl https://nostr.ae/npub1sv23eeqw43x6ae7jdum7lgfzynv0l592hj95d33y42c9q5e6d3xqw8gm7p https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/836/797/527/169/643/original/5dfbb3536a32abfb.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/836/797/527/169/643/original/5dfbb3536a32abfb.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstwtw9axus9faw9um0xm6adgg629thc9fv3csphqvdpu9pq9zej9szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycuxn2z0 It&#39;s been like 80 years since &#34;Harry Potter&#34; was a thing, which makes product tie-ins seem particularly desperate and sad even if they are feeding money into JK Rowling&#39;s hate machine. It&#39;s like being a fan of the nappies and baby food you had as an infant. Get over it, you sad sacks. 2026-07-28T20:59:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs82lvwsqqzlpexnv8ycprrjpyyxrhrlptrlnv8mdmtw8talh02h4czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc4gdelu Part of what&#39;s wrong with the US is Americans are encouraged to privilege anecdotes and vibes over evidence and to give the rich and powerful the benefit of the doubt by virtue of being rich and powerful. The passive, victim blaming language used by our media is part and parcel of this. The entire political culture is designed for cognitive sabotage and thought-terminating cliches of the &#34;everybody knows&#34; variety. 2026-07-28T18:55:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw0u5em3rwf8fqud4k8uumg0jad30gcxtd9kkt9tcr2shnvvsa0lqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyckmvnet I&#39;ve lost count of the number of times people make a stink about some trans girl playing high school sports and when you dig into it, it&#39;s some skinny little girl with mousy blonde hair who just wanted to play kick ball with her friends.<br/><br/>GOD SAVE US FROM THE LITTLE BLONDE GIRL! 2026-07-28T16:48:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdk80wcttjhs32frt9pljcram7pcm0u4fzmm9htfndu9nwkqr35fczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc4n59cp If we were a proper country, lawsuits based in religion would be automatically dismissed and those responsible charged court costs and fines. <br/><br/>Your religious beliefs have no bearing on anyone or anything else. They are utterly irrelevant to a functioning society. 2026-07-28T16:45:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszeyp2mx0x6l6yreu95j6rmnz3xratkhqnsgc85m25mgfm7z7ru2qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc6x7h2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ymqpqw8y9ul3zzuv3e37vpzyk40uaq326jhv82vkttwynjwcm9gmy2gdd'>nevent1q…2gdd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a VK shown in the trailer but I&#39;m unclear exactly why replicants still have blade runners to hunt other replicants. 2026-07-24T21:40:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf3m093k5cdr6f78kxgwy853v840xd4tq3fnscac38g42rl5ryswqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycy7l079 I don&#39;t know if &#34;Blade Runner 2099&#34; can possibly work but at least its premise of a human pretending to be a replicant in a replicant dominated world is something we haven&#39;t seen before. 2026-07-24T21:29:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvqkdxlfjn4e04539gyt6qhrgsmafasuh7dl35t28ncglmc6wup5gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycf5yjus &#34;I think a lot of Democratic voters just make up a candidate in their head and give it the name of the person running.&#34; 2026-07-20T19:12:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrlwvu2vlkuxygwfdywxsdnjnuw7h3unpufkd7mqnkvp5hf74mzugzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycd7ar6x Seems bad.<br/><br/>&#34;F-16 outfitted with AI kit completes pathbreaking sortie in ‘monumental milestone’&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2026-07-20/first-venom-autonomous-jet-flight-22317435.html">https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2026-07-20/first-venom-autonomous-jet-flight-22317435.html</a> 2026-07-20T18:17:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfxwmcgxg8e8mq502cwhcrpjxt3p98htcenpju0y53zfaj7hz0glczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc8fpqgw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw9cz0tejtu3wlrju3pjf2kxdy50t64nh2drnz2xsu20cjln2jhhsqms8g9'>nevent1q…s8g9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the things that annoys me about &#34;Cyberpunk 2077&#34; is the way it tries to pin you with either you&#39;re willing to commit suicide to mildly annoy a corporation even though it won&#39;t make a difference or you&#39;re a sellout and the reason everything is going to shit. And it&#39;s like, I&#39;m trying to save myself and find my people and help the ones I care about. <br/><br/>(And in game, I do a lot of Punisher shit to the gangs who make everybody miserable.) 2026-07-20T02:52:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw9cz0tejtu3wlrju3pjf2kxdy50t64nh2drnz2xsu20cjln2jhhszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc89x3sn Exhausted by the people on my right who don&#39;t care about anyone or anything and the people on my left who expect me to single-handedly save the world when I&#39;m doing good walking across the room without falling down. 2026-07-20T02:42:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8jpchg6fkej2zyzxv8qxck04ae5ys4mppldxh9pphegrm6wudctszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycxre28e The profound lack of sociological imagination to believe most of us have a choice about whether we own a car or use fossil fuels when our entire society is structured so there are literally no alternatives if you want to work, etc. <br/><br/>&#34;No one is making you own a car!&#34; Well, I&#39;m not walking 20 miles to work in 107F weather with only 8 lanes of burning asphalt highway between me and where I&#39;m going. 2026-07-19T17:49:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgqazx48rpyerp5a895v0ams650t65td6mef6s2d80xkxuhrvyyxszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycjuv4qn I&#39;ve got a pain patch on one side of me and a bandage on the other. I sprained my back coughing last night. As long as I don&#39;t move, I can almost pretend I feel fine. 🤕<br/><br/>I feel old. 2026-07-19T17:29:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyzzj5r6p4xyqf73zzjhg0ckjxf2dawelekn68zn7u39ax5n7d8wczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyce46cq7 In retrospect, I don&#39;t remember much about transitioning in my twenties. It was an enormous relief, of course, and I was extremely bipolar about it, but it was part of the chaos of life. New relationship, new job, new freedom, new responsibilities, and bills that needed to be paid. I don&#39;t think I stopped and thought about it until I was at least 30. 2026-07-17T18:01:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrmnfwxrlc3jqz2666q037g3gj9a0thfs9y8f76e4mq6kaydwffygzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyctx6zd9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp5gn98hf5jxpuf6z8j9c9uwv52qgl0a2y40hs8a0asasdk4urwsqs7y6ng'>nevent1q…y6ng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s divide and conquer shit. <br/><br/>Whenever white supremacist patriarchy succeeds at defining someone out of womanhood and stripping them of rights -- whether they&#39;re trans, gay, bi, Black, indigenous, intersex, whatever -- it makes everyone more vulnerable.<br/><br/>Sooner or later, you look around and there&#39;s no one left to help you.<br/><br/>And if you accept this, encourage it, you&#39;re part of the problem. 2026-07-16T16:21:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5gn98hf5jxpuf6z8j9c9uwv52qgl0a2y40hs8a0asasdk4urwsqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc2ctgg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdtqd8hcz3g5q03udzdeg0wc4ap0fgc4tt0hsllu7k8wgtd62t4st8gceg'>nevent1q…gceg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Now that we&#39;ve saved you from competing with trans girls, you ladies shouldn&#39;t even play sports at all. It&#39;s dangerous! It&#39;s unfeminine! It promotes bad behavior! You&#39;re not good at it! For that matter, you shouldn&#39;t have to worry about working outside of the home either. You should focus on family.&#34; 2026-07-16T16:18:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdtqd8hcz3g5q03udzdeg0wc4ap0fgc4tt0hsllu7k8wgtd62t4szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyctvwr0r Every attack on trans women is misogyny. Every attack on trans women becomes an attack on all women. They always say they&#39;re &#34;defending&#34; women. They mean they&#39;re trying to control their &#34;property.&#34; The end goal is always stripping us of rights. No sports, no jobs, no bank accounts, nothing. Totally dependent on the men in our lives for everything. THAT is what they want. 2026-07-16T16:11:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv3hlhwqra0c0jya2u448cf9239jhug55ggptnahtl7vp066fsvpqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyce5ldx0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfet3rqvh87j92ap9ajecgtjwqclj3wlpdwf3tpq7w0h9mrr764ecdvkwht'>nevent1q…kwht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The political center does not exist. No one lives there. There is no situation where if you just take the perfectly calibrated positions on the right issues, you&#39;re guaranteed to win. <br/><br/>There&#39;s no evidence for this strategy at all. But it&#39;s gospel among Democratic strategists. Why? Well, because they&#39;re mostly conservatives. Some aren&#39;t even trying to win; they&#39;re Overton Window shifting in league with Republicans.<br/><br/>Some are just dumb. 2026-07-14T21:24:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfet3rqvh87j92ap9ajecgtjwqclj3wlpdwf3tpq7w0h9mrr764eczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyckuyjqr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcyszt2nz42fmx3s803qr6hqzc65zufh0ee9sxfhzjf2hfh0ft3gdfremf'>nevent1q…remf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like, look, we all get that political positions cluster around two or more poles, right? <br/><br/>For example, someone who is anti-immigration probably agrees with Republicans on a bunch of other things.<br/><br/>Democrats vice signaling that they&#39;re aligned with the Republican part of the spectrum are a) telling us something very important about themselves and b) engaged in a self-defeating bit of sophistry.<br/><br/>Democrats don&#39;t want to vote for a Republican and Republicans already have a candidate. 2026-07-14T21:21:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcyszt2nz42fmx3s803qr6hqzc65zufh0ee9sxfhzjf2hfh0ft3gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyck5aj23 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttr5chsuuyp8r5mp4fn7x659gw5p5mz02kvy2jtvl5unrq5r0v2stq95av'>nevent1q…95av</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your goal as a politician isn&#39;t to win over the other side&#39;s voters. <br/><br/>It&#39;s nice when that happens but in general, if they like that shit, they already have a candidate to vote for. 2026-07-14T21:10:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsttr5chsuuyp8r5mp4fn7x659gw5p5mz02kvy2jtvl5unrq5r0v2szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycyq8y9c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmuxm3uzw3rmerd4eqtqljgz6dd096fkag2uzkm9j29gavx3cm4g9lr0hr'>nevent1q…r0hr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone told me Talarico needs a guns and immigration message to defeat Paxton in Texas and honestly, that kind of triangulation, like backing off trans rights, is exactly why I think he will lose. 2026-07-14T21:09:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspmuxm3uzw3rmerd4eqtqljgz6dd096fkag2uzkm9j29gavx3cm4gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc4e78ma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xdegqq5taeyt5ha737qqpwe6uwdnk7g73ncctmnuaqdtc6py5ccce8ava'>nevent1q…8ava</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Basically, whenever Democrats insist they have to craft their message to appeal to white conservative men and head off the inevitable Republican attack ads -- that&#39;s the stuff they really believe. 2026-07-14T20:54:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0xdegqq5taeyt5ha737qqpwe6uwdnk7g73ncctmnuaqdtc6py5cczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycshgcpz Democrats don&#39;t run campaigns about how they&#39;re a tough as nails cop who will clean up the city and kill criminals with their own shoelaces or whatever because it actually wins elections but because that&#39;s how they think poor people should be treated as a general rule. 2026-07-14T20:52:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw5z3mtlv8qrt3my3qaqcd8cpg4z96uu84axf5a9x0lwcmkn90zcczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycunrn4p &#34;Around 60 companies are responsible for 80% of all global carbon emissions; telling us as individuals to do something without addressing that is just gaslighting and guilt tripping.&#34;<br/><br/>The richest 1% also emit as much as the poorest 66% of humanity combined through private jet travel and their heavy investment in those same 60 companies. 2026-07-14T20:22:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswu5fd3gs6nsn6dy8mffp47t3lu6llyulx7lwwf6yvv3gwtw8jekczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc8xyw3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3nu58nghhahrr05tlm5xh8kq7cgwus49qm4f34xzlfpsc97w8dck7mhtw'>nevent1q…mhtw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;You&#39;re just a dirt girl from Heywood who thought she could walk a few blocks from home.&#34;<br/><br/>Me, mowing down gangs, robots, and corporate assassins left and right: 🤨 <br/><br/>The funniest part is that literally everyone else in the game, even most of the bad guys, are nicer than he is. 2026-07-14T17:30:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp6xfld7xv0qw864xt7vs8qzkz6r307hpy2g0ypkn0suu0aqv2aqczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc0fgn37 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspsknlpeweq2e8hyrm8rx5cd9sgm50r2p33cqg7cs287tecjkhmpc3xyl98'>nevent1q…yl98</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The basic game play loop is fine, fun even, though there&#39;s not a lot of depth. The city feels big and interesting. <br/><br/>And when you can go do a mission without Johnny interrupting, like helping Panam, it&#39;s actually great.<br/><br/>But then he butts in to remind you this is all about him and how much you suck in comparison.<br/><br/>&#34;Man, I&#39;m trying to detonate an EMP to down a corporate airship. Shut the hell up for five minutes.&#34; 2026-07-14T17:24:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqr2dvrx7s30tp74p5nfz4xm88xudqhn84px6ck84lgc6uge908qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycmhf93y Another reason I hate Johnny and I&#39;m starting to hate &#34;Cyberpunk 2077&#34;: playing a female V who has a cancerous male psyche slowly taking over her mind and body is not a pleasant metaphor for a trans woman to deal with. 2026-07-14T17:11:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0v3dxgaljfr9kynzpw6gphqx7n9ep5cqugcrkjn72zxcuhgyug4szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnh2j2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9927re9spj84wzf9hlrjk90prl4pypvqegfkdzek4603m4dk5fgse0rzz2'>nevent1q…rzz2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We also need more vicious parodies of &#34;Harry Potter&#34; to shame everyone who still likes that garbage. 2026-07-13T19:38:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tx9p95tccxgmka9ty9nq8m0h9q88sw6lfzunxfe0qdxmd3t5ucczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycplfw2z So now Trump wants to be paid a toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz? So much for all that rhetoric about freedom of navigation in international waterways. 2026-07-13T15:49:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyu35n97kgaelf7m6d84fajd0pfuf95wazgeu800uqd29x4rvm6vgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnv0e84 Lindsey Graham was one of the worst people in government for decades; a hateful racist, misogynist, and war monger. Nothing good can or should be said about him. I&#39;m glad he&#39;s dead. 2026-07-12T18:08:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs027rnehkaessnqcgv5jqq6lefpe9vrcx3fg9z9h92fkmek7s9a6qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyct2qyzf &#34;ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure.&#34;<br/><br/>The secret police have learned to be slightly more secret, or at least take advantage of the media&#39;s apathy toward &#34;old news.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mq6hqg3drc2i">https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mq6hqg3drc2i</a> 2026-07-09T16:04:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0kx8wte0wptj5uqunyheahvvvquhr50ssd7rlx0ga5ke4taqsseqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycwmzgy4 I don&#39;t think it&#39;s fair to ask &#34;is there a breaking point&#34; and to complain about people not rising up when modern people are heavily insulated from the kind of misery and deprivation that characterized revolutions in earlier times. <br/><br/>Like, yeah, Americans are apathetic and will soak up a lot of abuse from their elites. We don&#39;t attack blatant corruption the way other cultures do. But also, there isn&#39;t mass starvation or power blackouts or other problems. Yet. 2026-07-08T17:33:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2wea6nk73l72nnjnhu3t4vrn5c0wwg2el9ghkp23nuzlshcdyh7czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnar9e9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0mzcptzfq4rced07yuremweaf5gvxtmz2s8pul5u2aucnucqylq799aph'>nevent1q…9aph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, you pay for bleeding edge if that&#39;s what you want to do. Me? A mini PC would be an upgrade over what I have currently and could play every game I might care about for the foreseeable future and I can get one for under $500. It won&#39;t be top of the line but I don&#39;t need it to be.<br/><br/>Some of us don&#39;t have $5,000 to drop on anything. 2026-07-08T15:49:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8s47zrycvhm7wqs9v65d79vx9dk0djyks0t7lnd54dkgdlzupdwczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc8lwtla Unless you&#39;re crazy about exclusives, the only reason anyone bought a console was it was cheaper and easier to use than a regular PC, and if new consoles are going to be $1,000+ vehicles for accessing purely digital storefronts, why should anybody care? 2026-07-08T15:43:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst3wxma70axp09hzgcsss6a9hd7kk02kmpj49unl305cz0twzyqpgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycx2r9d6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xl45zjfxxhjgpw6sy0vu5sjx9uxv3lxutwyrjycgm6qf8vd66sq2ld4ck'>nevent1q…d4ck</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Aside from structural issues, the Democratic Party&#39;s problems are almost entirely self-inflicted.<br/><br/>We are told to support people who haven&#39;t materially shown up to help us in years, and in many cases appear to openly despise us, as a way of &#34;stopping&#34; Republicans who always seem to get what they want anyway. <br/><br/>People aren&#39;t buying it anymore. <br/><br/>And when Democrats spit in their faces and say things like &#34;fuck you, we don&#39;t care what you want, it&#39;s genocide or Trump,&#34; how should people respond? 2026-07-07T19:40:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9xl45zjfxxhjgpw6sy0vu5sjx9uxv3lxutwyrjycgm6qf8vd66sqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycehwuey It&#39;s essential to lesser evil-ism that you do not contemplate the flaws of the candidate you are told is the lesser evil. <br/><br/>You&#39;re to take on faith, at the word of a party that hasn&#39;t exactly gone out of its way to help you, that their guy is the only one who can save you.<br/><br/>No matter how many times this turns out not to be the case.<br/><br/>And like, I understand the argument, but when you&#39;re told it&#39;s a moral imperative to support someone who hates you -- what are you even doing? 2026-07-07T19:19:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfs5njycgdmdaskgjqkqstgylxspd2vywna7cmp783ah2vlemqt2szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycvumne7 People lecturing you about how to &#34;eat right&#34; while chronically poor always remind me of Republicans screeching: &#34;But you have a refrigerator and a microwave! You can&#39;t be poor!&#34; 2026-07-02T21:04:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrx7ks8t6n7ewsvtu04qhdegr245vmxd9quau6y9yt5qtw7dtmp6qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycwpwjdd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwjpqf8skwc4rszuhv4hlshxnd0wnjcnxvhl89zznqlc6wvxruwgrmngre'>nevent1q…ngre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like, Bruce Wayne is a total disaster as a human being but he&#39;s still a zillionaire, the most brilliant scientist on Earth, and a martial artist capable of fighting super-powered opponents to a standstill. <br/><br/>Other than having no personality, he doesn&#39;t have to compromise or trade anything. He can be all that and more. Even when he&#39;s severely injured, he can just get better and no one cares.<br/><br/>&#34;Because I&#39;m Batman!&#34; 2026-07-02T20:01:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqwjpqf8skwc4rszuhv4hlshxnd0wnjcnxvhl89zznqlc6wvxruwgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycv49ugj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgw62awukudw30eakznkrkuu5ckynp28n55s6gq4y8r4hauaf7hzsx943ct'>nevent1q…43ct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But little girl and teenage me kept looking around for female characters as role models, someone who was allowed to be a full and sometimes messy human being, and especially someone who was brilliant or physically capable without having to sever other pieces of herself to &#34;compensate.&#34; <br/><br/>People say Oracle is good representation but it&#39;s irritating that Barbara Gordon wasn&#39;t allowed to be smart or capable until she was physically disabled. 😒 2026-07-02T19:48:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgw62awukudw30eakznkrkuu5ckynp28n55s6gq4y8r4hauaf7hzszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyce79sjl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpzqmx78uxkn7qetw3h06emrf3vg3dujcr7l8k9p2n333r6dy0ucw9y8ke'>nevent1q…y8ke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The X-Files&#34; had an ultra-competent female character in the form of no-nonsense Dana Scully and a) she was almost always wrong about the plot of each episode, b) she was still routinely used for fan service, and c) she eventually got offloaded into a &#34;mom&#34; role secondary to the replacement characters.<br/><br/>I won&#39;t even complain about her running around in dark forests in high heels because Gillian Anderson actually did that, which takes amazing skill. 2026-07-02T19:39:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswpzqmx78uxkn7qetw3h06emrf3vg3dujcr7l8k9p2n333r6dy0uczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyccuee3w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrny5d2s5f9vzzy0yyntmn8xag0nu3zsj3vt5s6e7veswtulz6cestetpw6'>nevent1q…tpw6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Part of what annoyed me about the &#34;Supergirl&#34; TV show is that to make Kara more &#34;relatable&#34; and to balance out her supernatural strength -- stronger even than Superman! -- she was saddled with being a stereotypical rom-com character the rest of the time, the Nice Girl coffee-fetching office assistant who only wants what&#39;s best for everyone. <br/><br/>Which is not exactly her characterization in the comics. 2026-07-02T19:32:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrny5d2s5f9vzzy0yyntmn8xag0nu3zsj3vt5s6e7veswtulz6ceszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyckwlq7e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxckkwpfc4qkx07m60j5x8fqhg0pfxzj9l633z4wj962u36lt3wpc2td5qj'>nevent1q…d5qj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The implication is that a woman can become strong -- for someone else -- or by ridding herself of her femininity -- or by being sufficiently traumatized. And there is still the expectation that she be eye candy for the male audience. 2026-07-02T19:22:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxckkwpfc4qkx07m60j5x8fqhg0pfxzj9l633z4wj962u36lt3wpczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycpds7x4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtnjcvlkgvk6gunvrdqywl2r3va36kdprq0k3g4e8q8t4x589aegjqyq62'>nevent1q…yq62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know, we all love Ellen Ripley and she&#39;s a badass, but she&#39;s not a character who is given a ton of interiority either other than &#34;professional&#34; and &#34;mom.&#34; <br/><br/>And a lot of &#34;strong women characters&#34; are like that. The MCU&#39;s Black Widow is almost completely one note. &#34;Deadly and sexy!&#34; Jyn Erso&#39;s story in &#34;Rogue One&#34; revolves around her father. Sarah Connor turns herself into a single-minded killing machine to protect her son. 2026-07-02T19:19:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqtnjcvlkgvk6gunvrdqywl2r3va36kdprq0k3g4e8q8t4x589aegzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyctkjjzn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdlnra4prwspsq0pjmgvdzlxvmq4aqc3hhsz64k8gjksx9txwytmslxyj6v'>nevent1q…yj6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People seem to want idealized representation for trans women as well. <br/><br/>&#34;Don&#39;t be sad! It&#39;s a cliche! Be fun! Be aspirational! Be harmless! Be perfectly passing! Or don&#39;t! Be straight! Or not! But whatever you do, embody the version of trans femininity I want!&#34;<br/><br/>And it&#39;s exhausting. 2026-07-02T19:05:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdlnra4prwspsq0pjmgvdzlxvmq4aqc3hhsz64k8gjksx9txwytmszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycl0q76m One of the things I&#39;ve realized over the years is that people react poorly to less-than-idealized portrayals of women, even when they profess to want strong, complex characters. <br/><br/>And it annoys me because are women people or not? We shouldn&#39;t always have to be perfect, and &#34;perfect&#34; often requires a mode of femininity that is non-threatening to men and inherently self-subordinating. I hate it.<br/><br/>I grew up desperate for female characters who were the equal of men in every way. 2026-07-02T19:02:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8tqh3xl4hhvyjauupvcepk7rq2h3vxw4yewmer0ujwupvpwf8fsczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc9uk5r6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq85f8pytt5dgmjlyr4tj3lmrdmdpp29q8vmkfzx60ynw5qdes3rgs6ctqj'>nevent1q…ctqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, shows like these package middle class people&#39;s astonishment about things poor people already knew. I don&#39;t buy name brand anything. I buy exactly as much as we&#39;re going to use, sometimes less. And yeah, we buy a good number of premade meals because buying the ingredients and doing it ourselves is more expensive and vastly more time consuming. 2026-07-02T17:16:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9sg9wkqenerw2sf0dyn7kc2f9avxm7hyfhm4snjvnqpcr9ftuduqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnz2y3d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg47exugnjmwtxlfqgwzxhacs63gxedcksdjpkhzv5hnfqhkc8uqs4ukeqc'>nevent1q…keqc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Diet compliance with CKD and other conditions is notoriously low because of time, costs, and limited options. The only way to contain costs is to eat basic staples constantly, and there&#39;s only so many ways you can dress up steamed rice and lean chicken. Whereas everything you buy in stores is loaded with sodium, potassium, and phosphates, often as preservatives. <br/><br/>Affluent people love to lecture us about how to eat better but they won&#39;t give us the money to do so. 2026-07-02T16:07:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmkuf8mfg6ad49z3x59jvny4dwlvrqlvtr070qegndwa48rk09vczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycyhtm83 I don&#39;t think I&#39;m categorically different or better than anybody but I never lost that little girl belief that people should be kind and take care of each other and everyone should have whatever they need, whatever is best for them. <br/><br/>A lot of people called me stupid for it as I was growing up.<br/><br/>And I often felt like I was surrounded by monsters. They had to be because I didn&#39;t want to believe they were people. 2026-07-01T02:01:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9pxszv6m7m99ytqjnxk5gy7tn6485vl39ws4veareqpmfjq98xczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycfwz289 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pd3zdnvywfdcjqx6cuns5jk9657k7ulqnhamsds4nycmj6c8v8glutpva'>nevent1q…tpva</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A shame about all the people who died along the way. 2026-06-30T17:27:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0pd3zdnvywfdcjqx6cuns5jk9657k7ulqnhamsds4nycmj6c8v8gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc69l94c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp8pdt5flpqulcyn5345np4hmnjqumfesqdjv7yksu74087gx8gfgmjdp8k'>nevent1q…dp8k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But when they or their family members get dragged off by the Stasi or their city lies in rubble, they will want you to believe they were Good Germans doing the best they could under difficult circumstances. 2026-06-30T17:27:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp8pdt5flpqulcyn5345np4hmnjqumfesqdjv7yksu74087gx8gfgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyczrsgqq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr26mpy77cqz237f0xsjspe99s7hjpe5a8dp25uj3709e5x2rwn3qpp25n8'>nevent1q…25n8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eventually: &#34;Oh, you&#39;re a communist. You&#39;re a queer. You&#39;re a feminist. You&#39;re an immigrant. You&#39;re Jewish. You&#39;re not white. You&#39;re a threat to the system and the wealth and status I have built under it. You&#39;re a terrorist!&#34;<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/840/219/568/078/098/original/4cc96620c2804107.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-06-30T17:24:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr26mpy77cqz237f0xsjspe99s7hjpe5a8dp25uj3709e5x2rwn3qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycpugqs6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nwthz660g7gg7fztzj6ecr7ftwhlmw3rhh4q6546vd4uhygknnqwtngxg'>nevent1q…ngxg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gradually, these people transition from calling it a democracy and a nation of laws to arguing: &#34;If you&#39;re not part of the True Volk protected by the law then you have no business being here in the first place.&#34; 2026-06-30T17:19:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9nwthz660g7gg7fztzj6ecr7ftwhlmw3rhh4q6546vd4uhygknnqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycvftw66 Fascism starts with the edge cases and marginalized groups to whittle down who has recourse under the law and for what purpose, knowing the privileged will blithely ignore it until the last possible second when it threatens them. 2026-06-30T17:16:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd3tl96nsumurkhy2dpxrvpk6kw0p2e0477umap5zs6dhaxqfatyszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycxm94s5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3fr8q6epk0thttmq8e5wqh0dmee8ctgmq2pac0ts06ns9lk99aqkuucja'>nevent1q…ucja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Democrats also really want to control what people can post online, especially with regards to Israel.<br/><br/>Their fingerprints are all over the TikTok debacle, remember.<br/><br/>That&#39;s all any of this shit means. <br/><br/>They want tech companies to be even more powerful because they&#39;re donors and it makes them happy. 2026-06-29T22:55:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv3fr8q6epk0thttmq8e5wqh0dmee8ctgmq2pac0ts06ns9lk99aqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyccp5zas In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy3kg03el60ysj082pw57ha30fgypjhe457px4w0znsn7f7vm50gau4luq'>nevent1q…4luq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And honestly, as far as I can tell, the only reason Democrats care about &#34;kids safety online&#34; is because they&#39;ve bought into &#34;parents rights&#34; shit like &#34;social media made my kid trans.&#34; 2026-06-29T22:50:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfy3kg03el60ysj082pw57ha30fgypjhe457px4w0znsn7f7vm50gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycajy85y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmhhavwqqgwqqw2zz2d50vpqh9stc467pvckq4tgp5xsxdrwxvmsuxaw6f'>nevent1q…aw6f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Democrats like Cory Booker consistently lie about the effects of Section 230 and the consequences of age verification and social media bans. <br/><br/>It&#39;s not even an issue most Americans care about. It&#39;s simply a means to expand government surveillance, censorship, and social control while rewarding big tech. 2026-06-29T22:37:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxmhhavwqqgwqqw2zz2d50vpqh9stc467pvckq4tgp5xsxdrwxvmszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycfpx0r7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2qrm9tqvarq7ut57w6gtrwunux6hqa2qwsvxzlxv2m6q5mgxalygczl5ds'>nevent1q…l5ds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Kids safety&#34; is such a fucking lie, too. 2026-06-29T22:29:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qrm9tqvarq7ut57w6gtrwunux6hqa2qwsvxzlxv2m6q5mgxalygzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycff282v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvk8dn7j82vsyyax2xg5rmfgsrkshx89j4xlkkqr3z7evzdjhtxqdjzcyy'>nevent1q…zcyy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Project 2029 wanted to start with kids safety because it’s among the least politically polarizing topics, but plans to release policy agendas centered on issues including healthcare, housing, AI, and the border.&#34;<br/><br/>So leading by cowardice, as usual, and on fucking awful policy, no less.<br/><br/>Undoubtedly, the rest will be even worse. 2026-06-29T22:24:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszvk8dn7j82vsyyax2xg5rmfgsrkshx89j4xlkkqr3z7evzdjhtxqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycr6jvg8 RE: Democrats and &#34;Project 2029&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;First things first. Do NOT name anything after Project 2025! That is a fascist document and you should not be normalizing it. You would not title a book Mein Kampf 2.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cheryllynneaton.bsky.social/post/3mphhlwzvpc2j">https://bsky.app/profile/cheryllynneaton.bsky.social/post/3mphhlwzvpc2j</a> 2026-06-29T22:16:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsts9j5dqlsy24fexjvs5730kwyl6pa5nzvrhkgzqfxf0xgrcfdf9gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyca94fj3 The reason the US anti-abortion movement bankrolled the anti-trans movement (and billionaires have since jumped on the bandwagon) is because they knew it was a potentially useful wedge issue and it would build precedent and momentum for stripping abortion and other rights down the road. 2026-06-18T17:59:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf2eruuwslxmzhyd4lunmmrxwyr526qklknskm3qvexzqfhc7e26gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnetggm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfq2azsztqyc9sq3damq25xcvpsu5tu6aw85mefp2s3aqcxzsjwqg389gww'>nevent1q…9gww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a reason I stay on the default Mastodon instance. Nobody cares. 2026-06-16T20:31:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsznqp2324jfst7ft2ssyh39jhh95yyk3rh8x8scaczsgsdp3q9ghszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycslmgvc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstktp9d47pgfegnwfdjy5vkmsees6aq5ps3stn94k087nhdn3ty7g28mfk3'>nevent1q…mfk3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The provider and facility are STILL shown as in-network on the portal, too.<br/><br/>Clearly, Luigi didn&#39;t go far enough. 2026-06-16T17:45:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstktp9d47pgfegnwfdjy5vkmsees6aq5ps3stn94k087nhdn3ty7gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycctyx0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvd3mnt45anzc2gs6gv7l8w4c5hn2sdd4kwc8epjaaj6apgnqz0qe6d9gx'>nevent1q…d9gx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116330182622746456">https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/116330182622746456</a><br/>nostr:note139ysl7s5keqzcfxuzw2fh7s4njl40ftnmkpghntug3reuyq8k8zspturpz<br/> 2026-06-16T17:36:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvd3mnt45anzc2gs6gv7l8w4c5hn2sdd4kwc8epjaaj6apgnqz0qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycdu3pt9 Oh, for fuck&#39;s sake.<br/><br/>United Healthcare denied my cardiologist appointment after retroactively deciding he was &#34;out of network&#34; despite me, the PCP, and the cardio&#39;s office all confirming this with them beforehand. <br/><br/>I&#39;m appealing but I may be out $556.00.<br/><br/>And I still haven&#39;t gotten the tests I need. 2026-06-16T17:35:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfvqa9f8p2jg3t85dqjd8xfm9wdqmxsgujwx6pxf52x844dvkshpszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc82nvul &#34;In the last 18 months, Congress has given DHS $240 billion.&#34;<br/><br/>This is not a democracy. 2026-06-09T23:31:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstp96pj7jkqywva2fuuklj448akcvnd7s4qs0ne2ne7nt43zqwvrgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyccq20vs America today.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/627/308/133/000/240/original/e783eeef644b378c.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-24T02:59:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpshfrc9a67d6azp7x5dgqse60rzetwvawtf3gy9f8hseh328wkczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycvn9nny The thing is, when you see Democrats defending a genocidal far right regime like Israel, it becomes perfectly clear why they&#39;re so keen to do nothing about the genocidal far right regime here at home. 2026-05-21T22:21:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs97pkl7al7czf4senkkxyvjs3mejs5q7wcd964w2k8grxs4yt72yczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycez6vpj Apparently, a new Farsi language numbers station has appeared since the start of the US-Israel-Iran war. 🤔 <br/><br/><a href="http://www.signalshed.com/">http://www.signalshed.com/</a> 2026-05-20T20:23:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy53qu7ygw56g3avv9vh4a8dyc7h37sqk3raxsydchrtd2neuuvagzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc34qzrd One of the hardest parts of politics is explaining to people how fascists think because it&#39;s so stupid and disconnected from reality people have trouble believing it. <br/><br/>And since the fascists are mostly white, they receive endless benefit of the doubt and the belief that some evil pied piper like Trump must have misled them somehow. <br/><br/>&#34;They&#39;re not bad people.&#34;<br/><br/>They&#39;re bad people. 2026-05-19T23:55:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrr3g5ludj8fkdhl4e59eh09nu38t7plrqc0eaqt8p3x9rh4mh25czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycal6kaw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvv7u9p08wqsauf9rxe3ruewcemdtlclaef9yx5nwpu72r5l338qe0tyg9'>nevent1q…tyg9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The deadliest and most destructive state sponsored terrorists in the region are Israel anyway. 2026-05-16T18:16:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdvv7u9p08wqsauf9rxe3ruewcemdtlclaef9yx5nwpu72r5l338qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyczlzxvx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjlqx22g8spefkuadcp3tt70tj5rr9lsvsnm55efwl9s9m5dx5vsrm68c8'>nevent1q…68c8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Iran was undoubtedly a lot more concerned with getting clean water than whatever &#34;Team America: World Police&#34; fantasy plot people imagined. 2026-05-16T18:15:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszjlqx22g8spefkuadcp3tt70tj5rr9lsvsnm55efwl9s9m5dx5vszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyck6fjfk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst3xnyxpu0r98hhvrwc06yf0k940dtjydr32r0ur82amgspnp8r6qytr73l'>nevent1q…r73l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t give a fuck about Iran&#39;s nuclear enrichment, especially if we aren&#39;t holding Israel to the same (or literally any) standards. 2026-05-16T18:09:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst3xnyxpu0r98hhvrwc06yf0k940dtjydr32r0ur82amgspnp8r6qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycjqtn29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3drjq3phml45ud6m8t4zz42w0stjjmzetcwp6xg8ffah4lwqrpgn402wq'>nevent1q…02wq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But whatever you think of the post WW2 international order, it&#39;s over. And it was always broken and biased to begin with. 2026-05-16T18:07:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq3drjq3phml45ud6m8t4zz42w0stjjmzetcwp6xg8ffah4lwqrpgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycnjv556 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcdpgg3ynnul8rt9k2zfdvy85mcskmwuqwwqtj4c37e5adazzy8q33ecda'>nevent1q…ecda</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fact Iran has never even really tried to build one despite Netanyahu being Chicken Little about it for 30 fucking years trying to start a war suggests to me they&#39;re the more responsible party. 2026-05-16T18:05:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdcdpgg3ynnul8rt9k2zfdvy85mcskmwuqwwqtj4c37e5adazzy8qzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycrjg0m8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswh8x0mthh5vhqgcv837gq4tufw6u32wvn95sylm32e3txxugasucym7q88'>nevent1q…7q88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like, yeah, nuclear proliferation is bad but containment has increasingly failed anyway as the international order turns out to be worthless and everyone realizes they need it as a deterrent against rogue states like the US and Israel. 2026-05-16T18:03:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswh8x0mthh5vhqgcv837gq4tufw6u32wvn95sylm32e3txxugasuczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyceyf6cu At this rate, it might actually be better if Iran had the bomb. 2026-05-16T18:00:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9pkezzhgpyvx74czyr5sqguqj26nxe3lusfxwwfqt3zhn8yc8qhszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycn8saq6 Every time cis people give me shit, I&#39;m like, &#34;LOL, the Nazis are going to kill you in this boiling hell world, too, fuckos.&#34; 2026-05-16T00:26:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv9y0s2yr29s7yq8ld764qmdwvufefpmuzu6ntkf73a720368fszqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyczx326n NEWS: &#34;Israelis confused by Americans&#39; increasing hostility to their genocidal bullshit, expected US media and politicians to be better co-conspirators&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Yeah, yeah, &#39;two-state solution,&#39;&#34; said one man, &#34;But you knew we were going to kill them all along, right? We thought you were okay with that?&#34; 2026-05-11T15:36:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9n5l4mhklzqscvu23xet59vlwr45xpldn0xzrl8mlhqa27ad6wpszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyczyjszs One of the big reasons we ban cheap EV imports is to keep people trapped in high interest loans on overpriced crap vehicles. 2026-05-09T18:53:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8jgeezz5d84a7mfjq8wfjct22y2vjw993qdvm6heqnvs3h5rflsqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycwkcq4n &#34;Obviously people of all social classes vote for all parties but *in general* the base for fascism isn&#39;t the actual working class but small business owners and retirees.<br/><br/>The actual story of Reform is a sixty-year-old landlord with a working-class-coded cockney accent yelling at a queer Asian gig worker that she&#39;s the elite because she&#39;s complained he&#39;s doubled the rent again.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/andrewhickey.500songs.com/post/3mlgh6rw7j226">https://bsky.app/profile/andrewhickey.500songs.com/post/3mlgh6rw7j226</a> 2026-05-09T17:59:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8lpn3mxvqluhymmcsgtxm7xpv3fmruj5hmgfuas2j86lcr9eclsgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc2rqrra We didn&#39;t hang enough traitors during the Civil War. We didn&#39;t destroy enough of their wealth. We didn&#39;t force democracy on them for long enough. We didn&#39;t hunt down and exterminate groups like the KKK. White people collectively decided to &#34;look forward, not backward,&#34; make amends, and have good old peaceful &#34;boring&#34; whites only politics. 2026-05-08T17:40:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszq26jp9thd9nl2f8e5x044fe9j4f2m29mzx94mxz9lkq2h2ltxjgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycvhr4wt &#34;&#39;AI&#39; power users are pulling away from everyone else, Microsoft says.&#34;<br/><br/>This is the same company whose own study showed it impaired people&#39;s ability to think.<br/><br/><a href="https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788">https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788</a> 2026-05-07T22:07:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvvgj59p35s0lcxm9nurw2euhchfe779aka8hv39fqv509nm4n6vqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycl66keg While many people regard Fetterman as a liar and a traitor like Kyrsten Sinema, it&#39;s interesting how many Democrats who originally hated him changed their minds and started defending him AFTER he outed himself as a pro-genocide conservative piece of shit. 2026-05-07T19:39:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrkgamtxgmmwvy25k99sea8dekgcrf3j9ta572kuvwg5uy2ls255szyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycuhjuvs I hate articles that are like &#34;study finds zero effect on student performance from phone bans&#34; and most of the article is proponents insisting &#34;that doesn&#39;t mean bans don&#39;t work!&#34; 2026-05-05T19:07:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx6zrrkx9yme35rlwyvx9llujzqs9h92xskmsgpzcq9sytaqqvkrczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc8ck0ux It&#39;s odd watching Gen Z discover the 90s (and specifically &#34;X-Files&#34;) and obviously, every generation has looked back fondly at the &#34;simpler&#34; one before it.<br/><br/>But you know, yeah, kinda. <br/><br/><a href="https://midnightmurmurations.substack.com/p/the-x-files-has-made-me-nostalgic">https://midnightmurmurations.substack.com/p/the-x-files-has-made-me-nostalgic</a> 2026-05-01T21:11:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9gyvul50uhcxd49cjhyf569kw9mdks4q7uyyj8lar8pre9z6ghszyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycgnxf22 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116500991239336079">https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/116500991239336079</a><br/><br/>Dawkins diving on the grenade to prove he&#39;s exactly as irrational and stupid as everyone thought he was and his only problem with other people and their metaphysics is they didn&#39;t sycophantically agree with him.<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="/note1ky5a07eywvhk9ly53mrlhjuvsfuv3c0yuqfnv4xjzjpfxf5nshjq8yk27a" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1ky5…k27a</a></span><br/> </div> In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis.<br/><br/>Paywall bypass if you want to torture yourself: <a href="https://archive.is/6RdK9">https://archive.is/6RdK9</a><br/><br/>#atheism<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/500/985/601/301/045/original/fbfcebf1872ef52c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/500/987/170/328/629/original/1cc161a5b64d34b9.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/500/989/265/699/628/original/54f6ebb73f0aa05d.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-05-01T20:57:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqqrdus8c8t7467fqxujleqggrdhe6u95vfdvsl2kll8wfzvnsuhczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc0sl6fm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxd5mxmktxk46m9v7h0sffuujjx4ejqn0pszp73r7v9lq2dhumxcgnye4y'>nevent1q…ye4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The video is pretty neat, though. They&#39;re really good shots! 2026-05-01T20:12:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstg5ywhw04fkt0ea8tds4vg82hdgw24htedfgsl47znjjrsc3p99czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc24auj0 &#34;Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns.&#34;<br/><br/>This, bizarrely, is what the war of the future increasingly looks like. <br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/twesq.bsky.social/post/3mkso3bo5sc2p">https://bsky.app/profile/twesq.bsky.social/post/3mkso3bo5sc2p</a><br/><br/><a href="https://archive.is/20260501004054/https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-russia-drone-hunting-e2fea5fc">https://archive.is/20260501004054/https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-russia-drone-hunting-e2fea5fc</a> 2026-05-01T20:10:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxmvnqt5y2zr0cys2jlttuwt7ppx0ssr25p90re94pwyh5jrpde9gzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc79pmvg &#34;California should make a 52-0 Democratic map since this SCOTUS ruling allows it.&#34;<br/><br/>No, they allowed it for Republicans.<br/><br/>At some point, you&#39;re going to have to get past thinking the law is a cheat code you can use against them. <br/><br/>At some point, you have to decide to stop obeying them in the first place. 2026-04-30T21:59:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsff7frzae3djlxvatjvf7e0swxygzh7wl8gjx2fg7xyqetethpstqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc63f64p As a sociology girl who always had to be well read to back up her arguments because people (men) didn&#39;t take me seriously, the idea that some highly technical and professional people are just -- dense and blithely unaware of the world -- quietly horrifies me. 2026-04-28T21:21:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9kp2zs03jezrncanf5kt9uxk5us7t4ukvx44t46j4zqhcllx4f8czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc862xp0 Democrats can never &#34;win&#34; immigration by deporting more people or promising to be nicer or more legalistic about it because the metric the anti-immigration people are using is &#34;Black and brown people exist.&#34; <br/><br/>The only way you win the immigration issue is to stop treating it like a problem and tell the racists to eat shit. <br/><br/>But that presumes politicians who aren&#39;t also racist themselves. 2026-04-28T17:10:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw2s8mlr5t22xpamdzjn8j2vwnppfv85jynhxhvygjl0004ery2tczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycdxlpv5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xz0shly72wl4hzuzsd7nlfgaqe7zg9qvep6xhzha47jyvpldvdcdn0gjm'>nevent1q…0gjm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And yeah, some of those people can go either way. One reason Trump won is he convinced people he was an outsider. <br/><br/>Which was a lie, of course. An obvious lie. <br/><br/>We hear about how Democrats like Clinton wanted to run against Trump because they thought he&#39;d be an easy opponent. <br/><br/>It&#39;s actually the other way around.<br/><br/>Trump can defeat milquetoast corporate Democrats all day long because Americans mostly hate their guts.<br/><br/>That&#39;s what polls are telling you. 2026-04-26T20:15:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8xz0shly72wl4hzuzsd7nlfgaqe7zg9qvep6xhzha47jyvpldvdczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycyq788k The largest political bloc in America right now is &#34;fuck these guys.&#34; <br/><br/>Nobody wants your establishment politics. 2026-04-26T20:10:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8xltk23jlam9ysf86cj37l83mtr7fuylvasgus002q0ruantrm4czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycm3t0kx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0s0ts4e57zg7ngqvpv75slgf679fw3mhl4r93ultk9d3nwp2w2egmqzmj6'>nevent1q…zmj6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you don&#39;t like political violence, I understand, but you&#39;re going to need politicians, judges, prosecutors, and journalists with fucking teeth.<br/><br/>You need to stop worrying about America&#39;s image or the appearance of partisanship and start putting these people in prison. 2026-04-26T20:06:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0s0ts4e57zg7ngqvpv75slgf679fw3mhl4r93ultk9d3nwp2w2egzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc6kmsme In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20m7jhphawahd03nm5c9hsn7wgyhgqygm9pakdthd6ck8j35v3nq0j3wg5'>nevent1q…3wg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>America is not special. <br/><br/>America is not better than this. 2026-04-26T20:04:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs20m7jhphawahd03nm5c9hsn7wgyhgqygm9pakdthd6ck8j35v3nqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc7hzaya In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspl04l9ut6rurj8zphlqsh9pz6shyl6lv9cvkq5nqxzg35nc6evrg3jmxt7'>nevent1q…mxt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you don&#39;t want political violence, hey, too bad, it&#39;s all the ruling class knows how to do. 2026-04-26T20:03:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspl04l9ut6rurj8zphlqsh9pz6shyl6lv9cvkq5nqxzg35nc6evrgzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycgprma6 Trump isn&#39;t Lincoln or JFK. He&#39;s closer to McKinley or Garfield. Nobody really cares if this guy bites it. The social fabric will not unravel any worse than it already has. 2026-04-26T20:02:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstv4s7gkmz30e8rrwq3kw0nqrxdexvxlcqe7v594dvudj79clv5wqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycsc2y96 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ze7qep2vcv3cafj9yf5r36j7p4mrjrvn5yc7yadsyejm4t62lkqv0zvry'>nevent1q…zvry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Guys like Trump think they can spend ever-larger amounts of money on the military and use it as a gun to the head of the world to make them cooperate, but that clearly doesn&#39;t work.<br/><br/>As the rest of the world decouples from the anti-science petrostate and the American economy turns into a wealthy circle-jerk that impoverishes people and produces nothing of value, the dollar and American debt will eventually collapse and the US won&#39;t be able to buy its way out of the hole it dug for itself. 2026-04-24T16:35:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8ze7qep2vcv3cafj9yf5r36j7p4mrjrvn5yc7yadsyejm4t62lkqzyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkyc7xlrvc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9a6xdcnxnpr50xnrs30c48ct50k90l0s47v5yuppmd23ag7nyxacl4uxh3'>nevent1q…uxh3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As an oligarchy, US government and the wealthy / corporations are operating in tandem and their only model (fire sale national assets, cut services, enrich themselves, and leave the country in ruins) is working to ensure American international influence will be increasingly irrelevant going forward, no matter who replaces Trump. <br/><br/>We aren&#39;t just burning bridges, we&#39;re nuking them from orbit, convinced that everyone has to accept our terms no matter what. 2026-04-24T16:32:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9a6xdcnxnpr50xnrs30c48ct50k90l0s47v5yuppmd23ag7nyxaczyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycpccs8q Right now the US is accelerating toward a singularity, not in the sense of an unfathomable explosion of &#34;AI&#34; computer power that makes everything possible but in the sense of &#34;everything breaks down here and nothing can escape.&#34; 2026-04-24T16:27:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs88ftdjdguvjdvujz8qezysvxwv0kyk5a6tuzu6e40hz8hgsw5y0czyzp3288yp6kymth86fhn0mapygjd3l7s427gk3kxyj4tq5zn8fkycasr58f People still don&#39;t appreciate how evil Trump, his cronies, and his handlers are because if they did, they wouldn&#39;t talk about defeating him in an election. They would advocate a much more straightforward approach. <br/><br/>And there is this uniquely American dysfunction that refuses to believe the political system could ever fail to contain someone like this when, in fact, it was designed specifically to promote him. 2026-04-22T19:47:09Z