2026-04-02T18:10:35Z https://nostr.ae Matthew Loxton https://nostr.ae/npub1vjuzlx5cyuw8hpjwn7vdyrkjf6uc5ynxs042my5fe5qq20d6wtpqnyzzwd https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/306/064/403/159/146/original/585ac01cd5f83b4d.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/accounts/avatars/109/306/064/403/159/146/original/585ac01cd5f83b4d.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrp253yzvv23lzczcydj7hs953a9lqj3xgsvel8q5w4qtshzhacagzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy5ahdek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxw8fxr80gttc2aqnj4g750sec65k6q724qs6wclds0pznyeqc2ggaqprz'>nevent1q…qprz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How best to handle requests for signed paperback copies 2026-03-25T20:03:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd8v0mfrhfmyg6546scr3wff46ac03rk9vw6kzj9klgtx2quvatagzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyz59e64 A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons. <br/><br/>Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc. <br/><br/>Nice<br/><br/>But several EU countries looked at that and said &#34;WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!&#34;<br/>... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software 2026-02-27T19:08:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswyjy9prl572nh6m0yh4uyhf96zg6sfs2qrk23578ygl3mqqm0qygzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevywt5xzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95u2a2urx33gldu4dm5xhavpwnlxyafgldtnsxe5zfkwsrepp76cyqyx3n'>nevent1q…yx3n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Learned helplessness?<br/><br/>Age has taught me that there are some things that no matter how vile, are just inevitable, and there are hard limits on how much one can do about them. When you have expended tons of energy and emotion on something only to see it revert each time, you start picking your fights to only those where you can make a difference.<br/><br/>Sometimes that is mistaken, because it was actually possible, but sometimes it is realistic 2026-02-09T14:29:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsye7hltr2ch4pyysnnxyp5x3w8nkazzvlm5cl3evpjzzl6p8qwqpgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevymcmw96 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd50auq0ldsfek0msyq98awhhqeh0axmwqvs7e8rgslukggsahl7qet59ph'>nevent1q…59ph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not just taught, but actually rewarded for doing so and punished for not. <br/><br/>A silent man is assumed to be stupid or cowardly, and insufficiently ambitious, while a loud and intrusive man, especially one that could appear confident, even when out of their depth, would be rewarded and promoted. 2026-02-06T04:24:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2j9dld63x7tqsh08qz2yw9k6uamjx54lyqhd0r5gnmeue2ckg0fszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyk3l3ja In your opinion, who, in the final accounting, is going to have caused the most deaths in American history? 2026-01-28T17:20:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2zgmw6dj46kxh0h969384wqapef2yq880v7qpu3lanma847g5lmczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy7ket9f Every time I go through the job application process, I am freshly reminded how dumb it is and how HR cocoons itself from ever knowing how bad their processes are.<br/><br/>Like CVS is looking for a Knowledge Management person<br/>Their website doesn&#39;t accept KM certifications as a choice, doesn&#39;t accept a MASTERS degree in KM, and doesn&#39;t accept any universities not on their list.<br/><br/>You can&#39;t reach out to tell HR how dumb that is, so they are going to be mystified and say &#34;we don&#39;t get any good applicants&#34; 2026-01-06T16:58:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cw3yzq5a5lnmgrz0vj2x6lspp09rx03cgudntnt9uq4m6tpt47czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyghd3pw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmtdsygp0hshrcem3zux4asce8n3k2rslu006w55ryzxc093nxkc6e3ywl'>nevent1q…3ywl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So after this fascinating human experiment, when the death toll is tallied and known, and the world&#39;s population health folk say &#34;told you so&#34;, does RFK walk away like he did with Samoa, or will there be some accountability at last? 2026-01-06T13:55:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspzc7gksuka64f66c24060pkztm0h33prwckxfu0wpg0ntq9a7hxqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevycrqju0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2vnymt4e65253l6e8g8kzk03ta5z963kvdcjf53nd72356cssavc2fra4a'>nevent1q…ra4a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love the character 2025-12-10T20:32:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd3g05ts3heegludss0my6kxe8ve6g3xjyz330js77klgd2xk5xhgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy2ksx4z Uhoh, diminishing user buy-in could be an early predictor of collapse in the AI bunble <br/><br/><a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-ai-workplace-surveys">https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-ai-workplace-surveys</a> 2025-12-08T03:41:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86fhtvq59nt7tsxhgf5leux4lctcys8v27vnu9saktn77fpsgqrqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyhqvh09 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8u9v9gkjs0x27pwcpys8yn8m3r5vyuw7aa5gxgye2r4zd2shfw9c277q8a'>nevent1q…7q8a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Start here<br/><br/>Gender differentiation in methods of suicide attempts - PMC <a href="https://share.google/lO5c0ZsoNrA65Oovx">https://share.google/lO5c0ZsoNrA65Oovx</a><br/><br/>Is Lethality Different between Males and Females? Clinical and Gender Differences in Inpatient Suicide Attempters - PMC <a href="https://share.google/e1lyFpaoWjTaxhEaq">https://share.google/e1lyFpaoWjTaxhEaq</a><br/><br/>The lethality of suicide methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis - ScienceDirect <a href="https://share.google/pxckQ4mGWuwR6sG2p">https://share.google/pxckQ4mGWuwR6sG2p</a> 2025-11-19T03:48:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyg8mkmdq6d8dfl93gw64gy068zq4hs5l64agxgnujvlrqwq9f7mgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy025rrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx35m9uj3ca7dh9qnk0dz25zk0m3alkagymfhttfmsveq8zamzkucjpc9vz'>nevent1q…c9vz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not quite<br/>But for the purposes of this conversation, a macho ego-stroking image tied up with guns predominantly rests on men and not women, which puts guns in the hands of suicidal men more than women 2025-11-19T02:54:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgknd5xz4tvwm9m7zvjc25rf8g0fkg7nsx78kzkaj9sqe49ac9gggzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevynymznq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs897q7jx9x96zkww8peam6w53z8clrxyzw46mas76muu8lunf4gas63sg3q'>nevent1q…sg3q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Because generally, guns are a macho thing, and guns are very effective in that scenario. I&#39;m not going to get into any more depth on suicide means. Hope you understand 2025-11-19T02:00:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxetudvq9yeg4eafupxqq982qvkr69w2ahuwfywdkr98zpa789elgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyv4x5va Agh Jesus, Scott F Galloway<br/><br/>Yes, if you go into the morgue and there are five dead from suicide, about 80% will be men. The reason that you conclude from that that men are overwhelmingly suffering more mental stress than women is because YOU ARE A SHIT RESEARCHER<br/><br/>Yes, men have a higher death rate than women for suicide, because men mostly pick more lethal MEANS.<br/><br/>Women typically have a slightly HIGHER ATTEMPT rate, but use less lethal MEANS<br/><br/>The 80% number is driven by guns, not more suffering 2025-11-18T21:49:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrg959cm4fv5gl0fhvvs5djd0p45gv75z4pv255lmf2l7gj06jxqqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyrvtpyd Just your occasional reminder that companies Do. Not. Need. To. Grow.<br/><br/>They can stay small, do good business, and make good profits, and any investors can be secure in the knowledge that their money is safe and that they will be paid out dividends every year.<br/><br/>Many really good businesses have failed or become toxic swamps because leadership embraced the &#34;must grow&#34; mindset, and started gambling. 2025-11-06T15:12:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xdnd99adz3teehhz5aqs2rlxvmqq5djgg3khzausj2hrk7cztzszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqzkhzv Which of the following have you owned/used 2025-11-04T02:00:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszk9pfdtqzc4mw4vkzh8sfkfr0pe298mqhgsslala9ffhs9f97t4gzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevykg4r7v #ScribesAndMakers Oct 13. Create a poll with two truths and a lie about what kinds of books/art you enjoy. Ask people to pick the lie.<br/><br/>Pick the lie: 2025-10-13T13:33:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9s2h8tjx255f3r3cs2t3s6j9tvt5x7mkw8q76zasj3arf98mj7zgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevymra06g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjnxd4szj2njhg62s4ged9lptyx85kxh62nzk9qkcvdqgpcx4nkqjqajqh'>nevent1q…ajqh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am all for loud fart sounds when Congress is in session or in front of SCOTUS<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19zu6tx5xyf5vvgxcq78pe3p6d0kyzzqm3csu5ujjvxw9v5hecnpq3s0jum" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ricki Yasha Tarr</span> (<span class="italic">npub19zu…0jum</span>)</a></span> 2025-10-08T14:39:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdp7kx6ctjhk5pymqya5rr0grcf79ev9tfvt30ra76kvvmdyg9jcczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy6synw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7jj59uzm4u6ygwnyzf3ur85hc6ppvqvs2j67s269d8sq7c06tpgq4z2d5'>nevent1q…z2d5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, the ancient Greeks suggested that eating beans was wrong because they look like little people, so maybe these guys are Hellenists? 2025-10-08T14:28:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswfunjqlpdk0hffa83a9ahu69efa33xhfkh77v5p8jw7f2fyy4fegzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy33hksd Despite antagonism from the regime, solar energy continues to accelerate <br/><br/><a href="https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/01/u-s-solar-will-pass-wind-in-2025-and-leave-coal-in-the-dust-soon-after/">https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/10/01/u-s-solar-will-pass-wind-in-2025-and-leave-coal-in-the-dust-soon-after/</a> 2025-10-02T00:50:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszk7qtmx2cuh8236egrhtpudffsks9l9qufzpuenmdg4u73vx8pgczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyrut2kl If you are pregnant or a clinician, please consider responding to The Guardian <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/share-your-reaction-to-trumps-comments-about-pregnant-women-tylenol-and-autism">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/share-your-reaction-to-trumps-comments-about-pregnant-women-tylenol-and-autism</a> 2025-09-24T22:27:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz7pmgx927x5t6sxx7jymu9varmuluypwvm24u5sz5um950uqqrqszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy6rn8lg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkztguqxdp537tqnlnjtal98k430q2mgy3yl7kk8t5zmat6e4r6qt9knuz'>nevent1q…knuz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Kinda a dumb no sequitur, My Dude<br/><br/>If you turn out and the election is rigged, you still have a chance<br/>If you turn out and the entire election is cancelled, you made your point<br/>If you turn out and aliens swoop in, blow the planet up after sticking a probe up every cis guys central orifice, then at least you had your moment<br/><br/>If you don&#39;t turn out, none of the above makes one bit of difference because you ceded the damn election anyway<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xw72jymypjdstdz82h6srlmtdv9u5xg70nn3xaazlkel8dsc7ljqger9m5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xw7…r9m5</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-19T16:26:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz8ggqmvfkzfy9qcvwdh7grqg6swphy3hxf7u4sz4hy68gqsj6axqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy9dyws4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspav38e28q0pg85vkurx83xc48ppagzfdlecmrqnyg08mrl2stnfcq0dxxc'>nevent1q…dxxc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last iteration. Locus of control.<br/><br/>Same scenario. TFG, RFK, 2035<br/><br/>All the old scourges are back, and infection with measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, diptheria, etc, are widespread. Some local outbreaks of cholera, rabies, c.diff, etc. TB is endemic.<br/><br/>Who will you blame? 2025-09-19T12:55:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspav38e28q0pg85vkurx83xc48ppagzfdlecmrqnyg08mrl2stnfczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyajw6ua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgasj4m9hzh7pqusn3p52z74ks6xky9gpfnxjlxz8p68mdwgdkfkq9ysqtk'>nevent1q…sqtk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Iteration three. Medical Tourism<br/><br/>Same as above. It&#39;s 2030, TFG, RFK.<br/>Vaccines and many medical interventions are still available, but few are covered or mandated. <br/><br/>You need treatment for liver cancer.<br/><br/>What will you do? 2025-09-19T12:48:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgasj4m9hzh7pqusn3p52z74ks6xky9gpfnxjlxz8p68mdwgdkfkqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy99kq4p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdjv68ksplzrl0q8t9t86xzfu86f5jm4lzdgxhdld5elna456h4dsaw5nq7'>nevent1q…5nq7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Secondary topic. Trust<br/><br/>It&#39;s 2030, and the third term of the current incumbent, and RFK is still the head of HHS.<br/><br/>Flu vaccines are still manufactured in the USA. Do you trust their quality and safety? 2025-09-19T12:37:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdjv68ksplzrl0q8t9t86xzfu86f5jm4lzdgxhdld5elna456h4dszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvrxuuc Let&#39;s imagine RFK has his oats, and no vaccine guidance or mandate exist in the empire. <br/><br/>Vaccination is now entirely voluntary, and individuals bear the cost should they wish to be inoculated<br/><br/>You would ... 2025-09-19T12:26:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgmy746g2hy75legtgpmewtvur0pnz4pfl0c6w8959cy4k8xdaudgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevygmltxa IEEE getting kinda spicey over humanoid robots<br/><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-robot-scaling">https://spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-robot-scaling</a> 2025-09-17T17:29:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy0qnuwjunmfvwddhp8turw9etnttk9gqxrw8m26haywxsyyag4fgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyfs4ucl Oh<br/>So farmers voted knowing there would be a trade war and tariffs, because<br/><br/>- They expected a bailout<br/>- They liked tax breaks for millionaires<br/>- They liked workplace standards being relaxed<br/>- They kinda like the slavery angle<br/>- They love environmental regulations 2025-09-15T14:49:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsptkmdy44hvwehwf2xxy0h0hx476nyntqtnfdud0e2wdul68tdl5qzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyr9fs2n &#34;To put it simply: Bitcoin is more secure and powerful than ever.&#34;<br/><br/>Good God, what a stupid take.<br/><br/>No, buddy, to put it simply, Bitcoin mining is wasting more energy and creating more pollution than ever<br/><br/><a href="https://cryptoslate.com/the-bitcoin-hashrate-hit-1-zetahash-per-second-how-do-people-still-not-get-it">https://cryptoslate.com/the-bitcoin-hashrate-hit-1-zetahash-per-second-how-do-people-still-not-get-it</a> 2025-09-15T12:50:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvrkqc8jns86ku7s25ggysp37akcs62qm6ap3sr5rc9pypj8ydhwqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyp0j4hf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xdelgr67m7lv7q5yhkq660zps3p0rdjkk2tep3328az34mzyxvs798lnc'>nevent1q…8lnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Says the McPoop person who can&#39;t tell the difference between a Progressive and Liberal and thinks that calling people a made up name sounds smart<br/><br/>Why don&#39;t you rather witness what she just said<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wwskcnpncfetxpzjg4jxejmurq4lg40m0w3zm4nf2rxhjy0xauyscqt7lr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Vote for 🗽 & 👩‍⚖️ -No New Inquisition!</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wws…t7lr</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gja0cql6ljcfdq9h8wuzgh73j5vuu4tncmhkrsgae65n3hjrspwquex7p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kyle Montanio</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gja…x7p5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcnuf9mnnkm39sx8gccucl4uz6mcp0dgwlx6rnk05xewj3rqc78q49wald" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jacqueline</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcn…wald</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T21:11:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstlaxn2u6439dtwhqw6fzuzn3renccam45ac39cmecxactcq99j9szypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy6rs77u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspayhe5gxhryhh34vvs64a7aeq9vh497hf7lreddjasr7qks2kwystw5jpm'>nevent1q…5jpm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To whom are you addressing that, Gayle?<br/>I mean, I agree with you, so ...<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gja0cql6ljcfdq9h8wuzgh73j5vuu4tncmhkrsgae65n3hjrspwquex7p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kyle Montanio</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gja…x7p5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcnuf9mnnkm39sx8gccucl4uz6mcp0dgwlx6rnk05xewj3rqc78q49wald" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jacqueline</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcn…wald</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqyst6n48kkqc3egtukun9kup6zv8xy0k074vctlzshlv9hcfgeq2963at" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>McPoops</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqy…63at</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T21:04:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05kzjukzz93y6qzwrej2k3rsef5q7r0h6nu43gxmfz0n8kffwqyszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevymnmq2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkj5z59xyxcuuzjhkx5svve6tp78q8ldylcvwcx8e403s5znlesqwwt5eg'>nevent1q…t5eg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am very familiar with those histories, Kyle.<br/><br/>Fighting and bleeding don&#39;t change laws<br/>Lawmakers change laws<br/>You didn&#39;t get those changes by bleeding, you got them because of laws being changed or added, which you got (mainly) from new lawmakers being in place, which you got from VOTING<br/><br/>Yeah, you can get big change through revolution, but with that also about 50-100 years of ruin on average<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcnuf9mnnkm39sx8gccucl4uz6mcp0dgwlx6rnk05xewj3rqc78q49wald" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jacqueline</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcn…wald</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqyst6n48kkqc3egtukun9kup6zv8xy0k074vctlzshlv9hcfgeq2963at" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>McPoops</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqy…63at</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T20:10:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8z22mjfa4fz4zazvqa49y58qyf60ytsgqkduq4faz2539k0xqr4szypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy3n2gqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjjnrqz06uhxe4qg5xxwhdtfcpfkj9tzch05tav42ujdrqz2j5ms6cen20'>nevent1q…en20</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, you are trolling<br/><br/>There is no other way to progress than laws<br/>There is no other way to get those laws than voting<br/><br/>Again, we are going to agree almost entirely on what outcomes we desire.<br/>We disagree entirely on the methods.<br/><br/>There is NO other way than voting<br/>Abstaining is ceding the outcomes to the Right<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqyst6n48kkqc3egtukun9kup6zv8xy0k074vctlzshlv9hcfgeq2963at" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>McPoops</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqy…63at</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T19:37:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsymr2eeqyx360j0lh5m7d5tgzxj5sldmjtkt6h9nplux5d6c22n0czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy60hllz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfq4s27lzzxawkyze7stwa32lz0wxhh3u06y036y0xfeswavu780cp3lvy4'>nevent1q…lvy4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh complete and utter bullshit, Jackie<br/><br/>EVERY single advancement for civil rights have come through legislation, and legislation ONLY comes from voting in the person who writes those laws. If you don&#39;t get your person in, you don&#39;t get the laws and you don&#39;t advance<br/><br/>There is ZERO other mechanism for exercising power available that will progress us <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqyst6n48kkqc3egtukun9kup6zv8xy0k074vctlzshlv9hcfgeq2963at" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>McPoops</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqy…63at</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T19:32:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsppahhnl87hppw0n3ekdakl67gdclhztcxhkk9xzyfn8xxg8qss2gzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevygne4ug In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzdwaq30h6npm20yqs5c4c8dky8c843rtksp4xtn27e8zztue8wqtgywkh'>nevent1q…ywkh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;voting hasn&#39;t moved us forward for DECADES&#34;<br/><br/>The fuck it hasn&#39;t<br/>If you think we haven&#39;t made progress then I wonder if you are drinking Russian kool-aide<br/>Maybe go look at just the LGBTQ+ advances since 2005<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcnuf9mnnkm39sx8gccucl4uz6mcp0dgwlx6rnk05xewj3rqc78q49wald" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jacqueline</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcn…wald</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T19:18:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqgr548q4kp2s65rw5s2q60ap58tu70f0w7wcudr7z40e92ge78qczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyhgafuv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0636u9tns48zw85n6qt0awghspl802p0hhewnq7nfrkm6mlzhygs64q22'>nevent1q…4q22</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You don&#39;t have to support &#34;democrats&#34;<br/><br/>But if you want things to get better rather than worse, you have to show up, and you have to select the individuals on the ballot that represent the best chance of getting improvement.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcnuf9mnnkm39sx8gccucl4uz6mcp0dgwlx6rnk05xewj3rqc78q49wald" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jacqueline</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcn…wald</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T16:53:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplql7aae3cj5qxd3lxxqh8vypl9jkxm3kzf92d6ykt2jvg5eaz5czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevymeau7t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszk098e7z6usvl4780rgdxsen3vam3rdq0wnmgyupec0wd75640ncf78j80'>nevent1q…8j80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You really don&#39;t think we are no worse off now?<br/><br/>Really?<br/><br/>Gestapo disappearing people?<br/>Concentration camps?<br/>Increased military action in Gaza, and real actual serious discussion of removing them entirely and selling the territory to developers? <br/>Trans people simply vanished?<br/>Gays persecuted and their rights stripped?<br/><br/>I mean I could carry on for days listing all the things that are now far worse, before I even get to the millions of people who are going to starve or die 2025-09-04T16:18:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsguhkyxjhsuqpleyasc4pdguluzxu8xh6pwwqjc40kxvpzxyzd5fczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqx628k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7sc9cz2fsq0r84362fw6r40ur2kz5zlfm2wzz39r0exvnxsk8xcex0k4g'>nevent1q…0k4g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And how does one stop the right wing by not voting, or by spoiling one&#39;s vote on a candidate that cannot possibly win?<br/><br/>Like Ma&#39;am, we are going to agree on pretty much everything on what outcomes we want. What pisses me off is that you choose a method that is guaranteed not to improve any of those things.<br/>Had the Black woman won, all these things would have been better, and now all those things are worse.<br/><br/>So I am not getting your reasoning about how we help these millions 2025-09-04T16:06:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2mzu9pc7t9hvx4zumcjtccx7kk48j6mvtlvgdwdww64djvv255czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyyqprm6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zv8x7ejed5d5ae2723zdtdrzmrzfj94pxpnq9mmd3gj6jnwfqjs0g770w'>nevent1q…770w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your categorical rejection does sweet FA in making anything better though, and millions of people decided to take that approach and therefore allowed the people who are actually rather in favor of genocide to win. If you refuse to pull on the rope and condemn the sport of tug-o-war instead, the sport doesn&#39;t vanish, but the people pulling in the other direction win. 2025-09-04T15:52:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspuekdmw4uxmu3f925tn4sdh0vpxu24xcucl03tsmxwdrnuh090cczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqxz3fm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra5vytez5v55lh0d9ezlkhuef9yflwyraq8spca5kxs85hsuu94qp9y5tf'>nevent1q…y5tf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And we chose &#34;more genocide&#34;.<br/><br/>So that sure worked out peachy 2025-09-04T15:45:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2uysaqtuxzggyl7r4wxwlqvxn75fnmtave0zxhff6yynp97pszszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyldxye9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstttkkzafkk9r8rjk9wqq9p07k3h7gaps4k0lcy7n0au793zzuf0sgldxqj'>nevent1q…dxqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s not the point though, is it?<br/><br/>The point is whether the outcomes are better or worse.<br/>We had a choice of A or B, this lens or that lens, this outcome or that outcome.<br/><br/>Americans voted to have a worse outcome for pretty much everyone, and that is THEIR choice, and theirs alone. 2025-09-04T14:12:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2x8v6u2c6terz9zeeyqaeh3n335fujeraqy9kp5wtr5qnp5d7f2qzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevykv6e6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8amqdcyfzgjxue7us58wmsrhekwe0ugpxdkjz0cxs97fru8znxhqhfnvhg'>nevent1q…nvhg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh really, Jackie?<br/><br/>There is no metric that isn&#39;t worse now. People whose egos prompted them to abstain from voting for the Black lady, have caused everything to be worse.<br/><br/>It&#39;s now worse for Gaza, for LGBTQ +, for people of color, for people with chronic illness, for Ukraine, ... 2025-09-04T12:37:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsytgv0cs4qpr0sd4ev3wecqvp6kre0kwn7fu9chknq43mgz5sygsqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevycptqa3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8mjw2jz9czj3mm67lzcalxuhdjcng4lefp08j6ldcrlqdj8hs9sc0l9up'>nevent1q…l9up</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course not.<br/>They wanted apple pie, bunting, and all things nice and beautiful, and were prepared to look the other way over the blatant misogyny, racism, authoritarianism, and violence.<br/><br/>This is core issue with all of this - a plurality of people in this country had more than ample evidence of what the package deal contained, and even got a four-year &#34;try before you buy&#34; offer, and they took that deal after knowing full well what was in the deal. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14zrqrul7nattgcvgc4gnl2060h7c8w2euz00h64ux5fr7kwhzjhs4m7fn4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Qasim Rashid, Esq.</span> (<span class="italic">npub14zr…7fn4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-15T16:24:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr38x86hlpkzymvm7g79calavs7gxgjuhteuyelee4x34agscdxfgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyzsh5zp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswugaxj8tkn7l8uukjlccvlh8je4m5hhc2g9grkd80tvtu2l9ws6gkqk6kv'>nevent1q…k6kv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, and 58% of white women voted in a way that strongly suggests they are quite ok with this 2025-08-15T15:58:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrcdcrgyuzwhkrsv7qzzzl3c28dkrggvr459x98f0gy2gy75qu8pqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyxel577 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wy6xmm2lpndm864r5nyd6ay0e3zyn3rfk6pufe9xppxsglhq3xq9qwcds'>nevent1q…wcds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If that is just a &#34;mental issue&#34;, then doesn&#39;t that just make every shitty behavior explicable with the same label?<br/><br/>Misogyny - oh, mental issue<br/>Racism - yup, mental issue<br/>Rapist - mental issue for sure<br/>Murderer - ditto<br/><br/>Oh well, nothing to do here, I guess<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xw72jymypjdstdz82h6srlmtdv9u5xg70nn3xaazlkel8dsc7ljqger9m5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xw7…r9m5</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-11T12:30:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdpae49vyad2c8cx2d74jdq4s0q4dkejx8lg0q87n0fqmmv2vclhqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyfyvq35 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k2hsculw7zxf2rqkmn2r7wctv59s7m4zxdp6khh58x5673echxqjjsh9d'>nevent1q…sh9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a bit of a cheat bc tbh VERY few people can list likes or dislikes beyond 3-5, so by 8 they are really struggling<br/><br/>But ok, they list the standard stuff - border, trans people, libs, cost of living, cost of healthcare, government, libs again, etc<br/><br/>Then I show them the top ten things that put people their age, sex, and location in the ED/ICU or morgue<br/>Those lists almost never line up<br/>I point out that they worry about the wrong things<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q2e04klt8qz287s9anyazplgyed67ac5x7q228872zenga8z6wtqdmweuj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HarriettMB</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q2e…weuj</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16el83dchxxar575yslusytcvgadnmwcm5j48ezkftdl72umsqtlq72n8vf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Laffy</span> (<span class="italic">npub16el…n8vf</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ra0mgcavdsfnx45xy3qqewhh64tlrcethykj62a97yqkfjdu37ds4ufzm6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wiley Miller</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ra0…fzm6</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-07T16:09:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0k2hsculw7zxf2rqkmn2r7wctv59s7m4zxdp6khh58x5673echxqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy40cscf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzzc82e0zs8yr6hmdd250ce822fd2k4wfgn2tttlqle283jp2tcq948mt0'>nevent1q…8mt0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is really good advice.<br/><br/>I have found a frustrating lack of traction there myself, but I bet many will have better luck.<br/>I have generally found that they actually don&#39;t know what they want done or what would make their lives better, and when they do, it is very often so unworldly that you could never fix it.<br/><br/>Something I have done with some people is ask them to list the top ten things that they think are threats to life/health<br/>/2<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q2e04klt8qz287s9anyazplgyed67ac5x7q228872zenga8z6wtqdmweuj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HarriettMB</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q2e…weuj</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16el83dchxxar575yslusytcvgadnmwcm5j48ezkftdl72umsqtlq72n8vf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Laffy</span> (<span class="italic">npub16el…n8vf</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ra0mgcavdsfnx45xy3qqewhh64tlrcethykj62a97yqkfjdu37ds4ufzm6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wiley Miller</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ra0…fzm6</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-07T16:04:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2whj5xzskskv33r39q4te33f3whhhpjk5xej6l670ddpwhq0aqtszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevydcerqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfyjkqn6g72wrjsfpph7dcwt390gl8k4x7mdhddn6ke23gmsnmenstteuj0'>nevent1q…euj0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I rather think that &#34;international incident&#34; is now a daily occurrence as we throw foreign nationals in jail or concentration camps, apply tariffs to their products, or accuse them of being men in drag.<br/><br/>I think we are going about this on the premise that we don&#39;t need anyone else, we are the biggest kid on the playground, and that might makes right<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16el83dchxxar575yslusytcvgadnmwcm5j48ezkftdl72umsqtlq72n8vf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Laffy</span> (<span class="italic">npub16el…n8vf</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ra0mgcavdsfnx45xy3qqewhh64tlrcethykj62a97yqkfjdu37ds4ufzm6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wiley Miller</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ra0…fzm6</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-07T15:48:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywupqlvv5v9nqr2hxgvanaue5lkw5sxnfdeqrs4mjk4nv2qh4t9czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevypzn75m Holy shit<br/><br/><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/">https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/</a> 2025-08-05T15:54:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstlwmrsscakk4luek8lh84e0d8hj0mphaptcfs3xm30c6ck455p6czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevygsw2e9 What do you think comes after this in America? 2025-08-02T12:33:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0s2s8pkhfyw753mfrnuutye7zz7c2hauuk72mgydv8n5tvthe2cszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyfufkt7 Well this was predictable<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_AQy0MLvA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_AQy0MLvA</a> 2025-07-29T20:51:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspw5ye36q3mdr2cw4edmuj95nnyl9fu6n8ln3syl00mydf49nu3rqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyd8ujw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydkqyxjvx47nrzr2kjgm962et9djn7pn8cfthcdlg0p99qhchcwqyr3ts6'>nevent1q…3ts6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh they love both of those examples.<br/><br/>But they never seem to notice what happened in both those cases at the end.<br/>It&#39;s like the always leave the movie halfway through, and never stay to the end where there are firing squads and throats being slit.<br/><br/>The path they are desperately trying to take us down will always end with them in a grave<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>StillIRise1963</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qud…q43s</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-23T22:09:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx7avwf0l6wd0sgq68859fn5g6fq4uejup58k4ze6vnrx8exqun4szypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyw5xw4q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsysrm3zdnrtq2zhkqhsz59ylgae83xgzkdskvh88ef5gqy9fpvlhcsvckfu'>nevent1q…ckfu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I was an undergrad psych student, I studied Transactional Analysis and &#34;Games&#34;, and it just strikes me how much cosplaying is going on right now. People in power playing a role, a game, a persona, and doing it clumsily and stupidly, and with no apparent awareness of the obvious and inevitable damage and bad outcomes.<br/><br/>Like wtf does Kristi Noem think this leads to?<br/>What do these ninnies with their &#34;Project 2025&#34; think happens after this?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>StillIRise1963</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qud…q43s</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-23T21:51:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspcjxw6rkukqr3w7szc7w23kqdl203wta5mrfwfuqejk6xny9tyzgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevytvs0z0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkghpsathuf7cq3k5xn9c0j5adwhhle46e3x6mxlndg8meyrhzcqap8rkd'>nevent1q…8rkd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That was something that fascinated me. <br/><br/>I thought Jared Diamond did a pretty good job of outlining the causes of collapse, but then UK Brexit and US TFG didn&#39;t follow those. It was the first time I had seen two nations that were otherwise in fine shape make decisions that were clearly stupid and misinformed.<br/><br/>So that made me wonder how many other prior civilizations had collapsed out of pure cosplaying stupidity 2025-07-23T20:40:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszm60hz0fj7d39spsefl5c6n2558p3fls3f6wlsjcjv3v44kjf4pczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevym7rxtt How often do you think about ancient Rome? 2025-07-19T23:47:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszxluxkyjejntgtnx54qfafec9qad8vsn5r35agjetjm3e6ua74pszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy5p6fp5 World: installing one gigawatt worth of solar energy infrastructure every 15 hours — or about the output of a new coal plant.<br/>America: no, let&#39;s do coal one more time 2025-07-13T20:28:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5ecgm9wzu06cjgtpd56awm89hpsuhk3wmjtj2m6vknll3a7lrkczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyuxlvrd Does physics contradict your beliefs? Math get you in a bother? Chemistry to hard? No worries, the supreme court has you covered.<br/><br/>&#34;A sweeping constitutional interpretation issued last month from the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes a fundamental right under the First Amendment to opt-out from classroom lessons that may pose what it called a &#34;very real threat of undermining&#34; sincerely held religious beliefs.&#34;<br/> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/schools-brace-wave-parents-seeking-opt-outs-after/story?id=123655665">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/schools-brace-wave-parents-seeking-opt-outs-after/story?id=123655665</a> 2025-07-12T21:00:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswe6duae6ckjxcaryjlujmyskstgs8mjkyh3qyh99r8nzqvjhnplgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevye6zgxd Tariffs are mostly the equivalent to &#34;If you don&#39;t make a deal with me, I&#39;ll punch my own kids in the face&#34; 2025-07-08T22:43:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx358hzaqfqlaguzzkna92sa2v8ryg432778jum6yeh04034n6drczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy54hku4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg068ck2jwzqga4yes8204hl4w7z2y4u3tgmqzdr8qawrhyk5p2qgexvfn'>nevent1q…xvfn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And the best of luck to him.<br/><br/>By that, of course, I mean may he blow through his money, may he further alienate his corporations, and may he forever split the right 2025-07-06T15:38:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs005cp7rm2sr8z0nnsyje058es59nrmu3usz8qt669zhqvpq9wfpszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevynqy3xm And here I am, while people are trying to burn their houses down with illegal fireworks, and trying to compare specs on four different solar generators 2025-07-05T01:58:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnreduvv8prhw0ujqsghdxqfm2dt4zcse8f6zmcph6f46fz9srdqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy9z5c8d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lvepn7k0rsj5vzuhp46jc45ws0jn8y3txaeel8rlwfrn5jcvp7qm5dcle'>nevent1q…dcle</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, because researchers are known for their stupidity.<br/>Good move, noodles<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zjpspc4sgpxuvyq5cnlxl69n20llc8jqthhg2w2v09gvma8ffu3ss4u8q9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christopher Mims</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zjp…u8q9</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/media_attachments/files/114/793/167/471/444/462/original/2abc4e2eb6368c3d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T04:41:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspmsta4cl05ax8ml9gj2lvj25w4m65wg6ycf5tscjh7fzaupguuzgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyk4usc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv0ed5lpmc796fxq9umh746zah3h5l5qdy6gajhudqfwmv4kzm5ct8e0wn'>nevent1q…e0wn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fuck off<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zjpspc4sgpxuvyq5cnlxl69n20llc8jqthhg2w2v09gvma8ffu3ss4u8q9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christopher Mims</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zjp…u8q9</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-04T03:07:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6wn25rm0xtswc2hz3majdjca9wyyv9jumcpsu3qljjljuccev2czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevychn0hl So, America. <br/>A new experiment is unlocked, and we get to see who was right about this Bitter Bastard Bill.<br/>We also get to see if the people faced with a reality that conflicts with their expectations will double down on the expectations or will update their views based on reality 2025-07-03T19:55:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8dd8nkwn6uh0m462x482euxqxxlfm409hat4vwk9xqeqjpwf3rsczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyuj98n5 <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelley_greene/transgender-people-throughout-history">https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelley_greene/transgender-people-throughout-history</a> 2025-06-27T12:51:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9k0as7frcs2r2lr2zd3ntflftk0uv45c7fq3xgep0f70t439vapszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy047paq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vs7t33r5sjp0mq0cscer9f0muw7kup2c6rwuauqemygnd4h8mwq64dxa9'>nevent1q…dxa9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;None of your money is going to benefit anyone except the extremely wealthy and corporations&#34;<br/><br/>Nonsense that is easily debunked by observing the many government services that still exist. Everything from a national park, to roads, to national statistical data.<br/><br/>While the regime may make more of that disappear, you are jumping the gun very dramatically by saying there is no benefit.<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h30zn9clg8qxe4k2qm9qwv38qxdpqwjs50jfpfqg5mv0me80ysmqmzz24y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>McNadoMD</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h30…z24y</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-26T19:16:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrh52j9zrwemnldtavqs88zdagrxrlwtzuhrmyhw326upegzprkzczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvywwsg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrn98ewg0xdnehtfvvxgjexzez8yzktjfyahp3yrx5dwv4fuxpu3cl055pt'>nevent1q…55pt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So would you walk by, stop and check, or go and ask? 2025-06-19T20:52:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx27sg4s78ln5954quxg6yrg0rx49vftvdzkzhskjzp6emz0ew7fczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyuh5kvg You are at the gym, doing your thing, and you see a person crouched over like this on the floor.<br/>(Image @karinadrury)<br/><br/>You are going to ...<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/media_attachments/files/114/711/907/151/563/037/original/dff1706726642fec.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/media_attachments/files/114/711/909/680/733/374/original/fbed0beb9ca4022e.png"> <br/> 2025-06-19T20:30:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8lzc6cslh74c5g67lzulumsepfmx4p3lvdzcqvar4amxd30sl0sczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvcwgnh This lady is 🔥 <br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25rMMj60xRw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25rMMj60xRw</a> 2025-06-16T19:43:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghqtlpsg6gx6vkfutz8qru9v93d0m3fzr7s0sutqjqnqpvj6y6cszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyl4cyx2 Louisiana generating a law banning ... contrails ... is some funny stuff.<br/><br/>SB 46 exempts a lot of agricultural and fire-fighting air-dumps, especially under a thousand feet, but otherwise bans anything being released above the state meant to affect weather etc. (so no cloud seeding?)<br/><br/>Like, ok, whatever, but then what the sponsors say in public is that they want to this to ban contrails<br/><br/><a href="https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/SB46/2025">https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/SB46/2025</a> 2025-06-16T14:15:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxxywl3f96l7kez2tzs38z3tvch4hnhk9hus4hj7qw3a29ds0lswczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevygzeju2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgchmcexxcskqwsktrzx2qd3wu3dawk36ykx9h8ptas3cj37hrn4gwpecq2'>nevent1q…ecq2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yah, but that&#39;s the party that tries to model the correct behavior and hope for the best, and if they had gone bare metal and thrown a ton of these guys in jail, there would have been an outcry from 90% of the media, the population, and the talking heads<br/><br/>Here&#39;s the issue - if you solve a problem before it becomes huge, vanishingly few people will see the value and thank you, but the majority will loudly condemn what you did, because the bad thing didn&#39;t happen<br/> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15uvlkn67ld5jvyrwkgdg9p9j5x4scfk4qr28x9kphpvp3xrky5mqygp8sw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Hank G ☑️</span> (<span class="italic">npub15uv…p8sw</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-13T16:39:17Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxpnak5anjap7v9mjj3rk6ak8c9qnh2e3csd8wp4z52p5jlxkczczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyh899lt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nufkr0hsckup8nklu7fxprzpnsnzu6hmpsyrxcpj0vfse38p78qpvx4hv'>nevent1q…x4hv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You have not seen incandescence until you have seen a sergeant major react when he sees that you have whitewashed his doormat, his door, and his bicycle 2025-06-11T15:28:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8nufkr0hsckup8nklu7fxprzpnsnzu6hmpsyrxcpj0vfse38p78qzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyac467g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvz4xxtx6ymfd4ml829d5azucrw8pl2y5e5zydeackv3yx7srcn7cy6s0ty'>nevent1q…s0ty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now I feel compelled to tell you a story<br/><br/>The regimental staff or &#34;boneheads&#34; as they were affectionately known, had a shitty job. It was an air base, and almost everyone else was a skilled tradesperson, or were groundcrew, or pilots. So at best of times, the boneheads felt a little out.<br/><br/>Once in a while, they got revenge by forcing us to be in a parade for some old geezer retiring or something, and they would also want fresh whitewash on the rocks etc. But usually that backfired 2025-06-11T15:27:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvz4xxtx6ymfd4ml829d5azucrw8pl2y5e5zydeackv3yx7srcn7czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevylrqrlw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8v2jhcu49hh749mn53klxkm3sdcj8zjntvvmfs34rexd8aqczj8sj8swu0'>nevent1q…swu0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The watch officer usually kicked me out again after a bit 2025-06-11T15:21:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw5n4sk4pyg4pptsvz7lps86688rum0atyzw0kpljtkc5pcm2grwczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqf68se In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9yc3tfn03qp5rylys9aj7twm2mya3supyaws2y3tc0ntqesplwg6zmhpd'>nevent1q…mhpd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you are a really spicey person, replace the sign with one that says &#34;Only white people are welcome here&#34;<br/><br/>But then don a raincoat, because there is going to be a spittle-shower 2025-06-11T15:19:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdmt4ywg22kt80fafc3agvyk69xsynf8duxtr3c0mtm58lhl8z2czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvjdxef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs049ylcncne63h5lh3znjfrug7qejy35nz3g56nx795fm7gm9rmecuvslpd'>nevent1q…slpd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not everyone is so enlightened as you, sadly.<br/>I had at least one sergeant major throw me in the clink in exasperation 2025-06-11T15:14:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz9yc3tfn03qp5rylys9aj7twm2mya3supyaws2y3tc0ntqesplwgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqsr4yc Just a thought<br/><br/>If you are a teacher with a sign in your classroom that says &#34;Everyone is welcome here&#34;, don&#39;t resign if your admin says to take it down<br/> <br/>Rather eat up their time in a long string of meetings to understand if it was the material, the font, the size, the ink color, ... until, they are like &#34;OH FFS! TAKE DOWN THE SIGN!&#34; <br/> <br/>Then replace it with a bigger sign with bold letters that says &#34;No One is welcome here&#34;<br/>Rinse, repeat<br/>Then &#34;Only Some People are welcome here&#34;<br/>etc. 2025-06-11T15:06:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfg04gd7eh5zqtvutf4gxu26ssjkkv74p79p378qs4vhvtp3nt3wszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevygfacem <a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/062257/ai-is-not-intelligent-the-atlantic-criticizes-scam-underlying-the-ai-industry">https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/062257/ai-is-not-intelligent-the-atlantic-criticizes-scam-underlying-the-ai-industry</a> 2025-06-10T12:48:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8mclm2uxdl4gsyqdz977s7v0ttkchg57p7uxfch8fgz28vekty5czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevysptkt4 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nzjhgymv940yzdqeqs58n4rheraynzsext2l3u6nxpvrqpfuwz2ql3pmgc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bich Nguyen :verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nzj…pmgc</span>)</a></span> am I confusing you with someone else, or did you once tell me you lived with aphantasia? 2025-06-08T20:24:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8880hxzvr4fd6wqlctt9ke6367hfdd9lvxesf3gvzvch7fq007gzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy48t802 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nusqfx54cktz04dcdh5e0ggeph9s6jg8drpj5pwkee3apyycm8cmrd9sx'>nevent1q…d9sx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hear you, but I think we are long passed that milestone.<br/><br/>At this point, the only thing that stops the use of LLMs in daily life, including the practice of medicine, is if the economics of AI collapses. Like none of these things are earning their keep yet, and they are burning through investor funding at a rapid clip.<br/><br/>But banning the use is at this point futile, and IMHO we should focus on teaching people what LLMs can and can&#39;t do, and how to test validity<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nzjhgymv940yzdqeqs58n4rheraynzsext2l3u6nxpvrqpfuwz2ql3pmgc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bich Nguyen :verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nzj…pmgc</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-05T14:09:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydakhjxuq2w2vpgpke4jjrnuxkwn0uplparlh5jvvenjkymp6p9szypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyzyncj3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs23ye2rj4gvlg6dtys4nfjyztpx9dcvwx8qv2vuaqt6jnwuyfezzclgxhhp'>nevent1q…xhhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In every test I ran, the AI said that she did not kill the owner<br/>In every test, the human said she did<br/><br/>This is because humans CAN do inferential reasoning, and the LLM can&#39;t<br/>It often LOOKS exactly like it is reasoning (first example), but actually it isn&#39;t<br/><br/>And THIS is why we need to start figuring out how to check validity 2025-06-05T14:05:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszda6vfk299e5943rduxjdqgdpjwmgwut6lfyjs57tep20mepclqgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyuqdcp3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2m37f9668rs8z0nd9ezcsqjkxnjr7q3x8e3feyqdehmpaua2zw3s6tl8gu'>nevent1q…l8gu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The inability to reason can be subtle or quite obvious.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s take another example.<br/><br/>Joy is a psychopath<br/>She has killed people before<br/>She is very annoyed that a guy has left his doggie chained up in the rain and sun<br/>She dons a plastic apron, pockets a switchblade (with which she killed someone previously)<br/>She says she is going to go visit the dog&#39;s owner and &#34;make sure he never does that again&#34;<br/><br/>Did Joy kill the owner? 2025-06-05T13:34:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2m37f9668rs8z0nd9ezcsqjkxnjr7q3x8e3feyqdehmpaua2zw3szypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy88q2z9 Here is an exchange I had with TailWind (TW) an AI tool.<br/><br/>So that looks like the AI is reasoning, but it isn&#39;t. We know that it is summarizing and doing next-word probability responses. So, something we KNOW isn&#39;t reasoning, sure as heck will look like it, and this is increasingly going to be the challenge with working with AI - it seems to be reasoning and intelligent when it is very much not<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/medmastodoncom/media_attachments/files/114/630/988/258/125/802/original/439fd52e0f2615a2.png"> <br/> 2025-06-05T13:30:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr8w7syqyakkntt23zcyx2z2wz6m6wyngazw4prp493hj4ffl5xqqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyuedlmr The last time people dissolved the wall between church and state and embraced Christian Nationalism, we had a thousand years of backwardness, oppression, and terror in return for some nice cathedrals.<br/><br/>So, yeah, wonderful that we want to try THAT again 2025-06-04T15:40:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxnz5464gfvml6y06h0ln4tprvysm82cakapt3lal483ptaalagdczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevylk25uv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkpc8nh9q2syy3fkfkgl4mzn6n53cehjzc2rvlw9pes4auhfzylsst6mt9'>nevent1q…6mt9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seems fitting 2025-06-04T03:33:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdmx0qvf4k6x449vg8225ncns3zeg8mgy89kl3sl36yjt6pngnquczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy5ethpr O Fortuna<br/>velut luna<br/>statu variabilis<br/>semper crescis<br/>aut decrescis<br/>vita detestabilis<br/>nunc obdurat<br/>et tunc curat<br/>ludo mentis aciem,<br/>egestatem,<br/>potestatem<br/>dissolvit ut glaciem 2025-06-04T03:28:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfw8zq748egfcfvf2lt4f2wrptear6a3j3axh0nn90x0h7vqplcwqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvc9mwn There are levels of stupidity that defy understanding, but attacking mRNA vaccines has to be the most stupid thing in the history of our species <br/><br/><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/mrna-vaccines-covid-policy-critics-rise-to-power-concerted-attack-on-science/">https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/mrna-vaccines-covid-policy-critics-rise-to-power-concerted-attack-on-science/</a> 2025-06-03T12:58:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqz7qqv7836y4g22zqumx3jplczpwf5p2cwt95k9tjzvqxj6mmaqqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevystkcw5 Hey Norway, wtf are you thinking<br/> <a href="https://fortune.com/2025/06/02/tesla-sales-norway-europe-model-y-registrations-elon-musk-byd/">https://fortune.com/2025/06/02/tesla-sales-norway-europe-model-y-registrations-elon-musk-byd/</a> 2025-06-03T12:55:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvhva9c4jc9lnu8r7g9w675neu6jwanrn60q8l2q0awn4hplum82czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevya9xupq Yeah, kids often want to hear the same story. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/02/gen-z-parents-reading-kids">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/02/gen-z-parents-reading-kids</a> 2025-06-02T12:38:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxds7ycg5yaj6dxynn3cvj32wal3ngcddy08wyylf3u6m3q63n5gczypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqask9h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs253e8w3a3vyngufk490rejcck7clxc3gv8xdrf6vdesuvgpvja5cv7punp'>nevent1q…punp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just a point here - some Zimbabweans are also Afrikaners. It is a cultural and linguistic, rather than national label. There are Afrikaners in Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, etc. 2025-05-12T16:48:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9me6vem3edr27z00t9ngh4yc8pt4fy94the2hf2svt9s7l3nr3gzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyayzlrm Whenever a person in a senior position bangs on about something like autism and gets it totally, absurdly, and horribly wrong, I just wonder who they surround themselves with and how gobsmackingly lazy they are that they didn&#39;t even bother to ask the people involved 2025-05-02T15:06:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqwhnppyfrfjmlfx96fjhgnuzdltdg8d27e9uapq36a29ml8tn89qzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyzca8ry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kf58mlt0xzlhf27yvf32w7yrk7r9cqz0sz7w0rqhgjzmq9dxrugst2trd'>nevent1q…2trd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So much this ^^^<br/><br/>Please vote, EVEN if you hate all the candidates, all the parties, all the topics.<br/>Vote as harm reduction, and vote for the best of the bad options.<br/><br/>Down here, we got what we have now because about ten million people who would have normally voted for Harris, stayed home or threw their vote to the wind. That&#39;s what made the difference, people didn&#39;t vote because reasons, and NO reason was actually worth the dumpster inferno we now have 2025-04-28T15:27:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqh4e2rcvxugmynnju4n93f57qy0p3an6crkkt5tmlc95dc276xdqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy6u96qc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ex3m3u2z6xn92w74pju8wl4rd5t9uc75wdtzh4v5kupqlc4jv6qlf77hx'>nevent1q…77hx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As someone who was involved in projects to wrap or replace legacy COBOL, I laugh in their general direction. I have a strong suspicion they think they are just going to feed the COBOL into Grok and translate it all to Java, and bingo.<br/><br/>Yah Laddie, not so fast 2025-04-22T22:04:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszvsqye7qy72clhg2x5xlnwy2nljyftd68gnvwd5xr4vxnrylgl8czypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyk87swu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq9sz4uv0r88990nn0frt36ffu3jgm46seqxvzec2d0ul23gukaq3xfsjz'>nevent1q…fsjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, they won<br/>The skullduggery was that they are very gullible, and nearly 11 million didn&#39;t vote for the Black Woman because something something Gaza<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12z6nxszydlghtptu4yadxjtf7453zae3vzfst95y2kwjn4v7m4ms8jazh5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Joe</span> (<span class="italic">npub12z6…azh5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1esttmhaydn23jjhavaql880fyzp45rlm45nps360lvnl95quames6gk7ex" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nina Bernstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1est…k7ex</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-11T13:23:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy70gshqavrm4sn0aw2uxnqc6x07kk3ygj9jjmt5h30h8xjqwwntqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy7v867r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwxkc2y3rkf85h39jvtv07qlemv4mv4hg2srga8s3v77tn69scmsjfadsz'>nevent1q…adsz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup.<br/>Some of this can be reversed, but a lot of it is now permanent<br/>... and there is more to come 2025-04-11T12:57:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs205nfjt8zklma20msnhtvrna3px7scpxzz9hrmmcrpjlfw7lyddszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevylhm5y2 24% of Fox viewers think that the tariffs will either result in lower prices in the grocery store, or no difference.<br/><br/>While many of those still have some vague notion that the foreign producer pays the tariff, others think the grocery store will eat the tariff.<br/><br/>I am just here to remind everyone that on average, grocery stores make a 1.6% margin on what they sell, and sure as shit don&#39;t have the ability to eat a 10-40% additional cost. 2025-04-03T22:00:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswljcszslnf0527v3rmnakh4en5vrydu0ltkklq7yc89k6pene39qzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyqcagv7 Want a free short story about a guy who dies in a very satisfying way, and meet a really darling little girl?<br/><br/>#story <br/>#fiction<br/>#reading<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="http://eepurl.com/ja1glY">http://eepurl.com/ja1glY</a> 2025-04-01T01:07:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst0uc2zrfa8yew0hwyfdult583m0j8n8r25zjesy2gkl62a8j7q0gzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevy47fe2x Tulsi certainly doubling down on nothing on that Signal chat being classified, but also refusing to disclose if she was the &#34;TG&#34; on the chat and also refusing to share the details of what was on the chat because it is classified. 2025-03-25T18:07:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspmmuna5qgmm0ztd77tky9hgrgrcj5xnw4l9rl4w36x88vlejzahszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyjy0stg Hey my #InfoSec friends, so how about that thing where someone texts detailed war plans to a journalist because they weren&#39;t paying attention to the &#34;to&#34; field contents? 2025-03-24T19:19:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0n64syhpdujuvw9sg35jz9mk6fhu00vjgqvwm3rp0pvzt5h60vlgzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyc99ake Two points here.<br/>1. Moving a cursor by thinking is NOT a novel invention. This was done a decade ago<br/>2. This is FAR from controlling a wheelchair and is arguably not necessarily a good first step in doing so<br/><br/>A question.<br/>What happens to the patient if the corporation gets bored with this, or decides it&#39;s not going to be profitable?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ladbible.com/news/technology/noland-arbaugh-neuralink-chip-device-impact-elon-musk-576930-20250323">https://www.ladbible.com/news/technology/noland-arbaugh-neuralink-chip-device-impact-elon-musk-576930-20250323</a> 2025-03-24T12:47:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspavu5fl3x8dk3heljtrtfln0fksxdlte2wtnu6an53zcakgllgkszypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyvhlyfm How are my #trans friends doing, and would you prefer to see trans people in fiction just being people, or would you like the fact that they are trans be a plot element of importance? 2025-03-21T14:04:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsveypv94he9n7ae3l2pddv2a97mgvmjmv2ljruzrtn76muwtk8jaqzypjtstu6nqn3c7uxf60e35sw6f8tnzsjv6p74tvj38xsqpfahfevyxnsfle Hey you folks who just couldn&#39;t vote blue because of Gaza, have you learned your lesson now, or are you going to fall for disinformation and active measures tricks again next time?<br/><br/>I want to tell you that every time the ceasefire is violated, more places get bombed, or more news comes out about removing the people and creating a &#34;Riviera&#34;, I think of you guys. I think of how this didn&#39;t need to happen and how, but for you, things could have been better 2025-03-19T17:56:21Z