2026-07-03T02:13:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae Normie https://nostr.ae/npub1wfplh8hq5cg9zda69hz4wawd7yfv3fn68wxwukx5epsnqr48kxrqy68umg https://media.tech.lgbt/accounts/avatars/110/414/096/555/417/866/original/9d3585d14d30ec41.png https://media.tech.lgbt/accounts/avatars/110/414/096/555/417/866/original/9d3585d14d30ec41.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxr3tnj06h54jmp2hte88cyzq2px9epz0yjmj4p5scmc8r4jqpwdszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv608vwc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvntfg5m6hssa70vk8h9cehmm4sv2yzguzkjvatc4r3nf9s77667g4gcv7c'>nevent1q…cv7c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the center-right is left of the far right, who seem to be narrating everything these days<br/><br/>we live in a post modern world, facts don&#39;t matter only stories<br/><br/>voters have always leaned right, that&#39;s how the Tories had runs of 14 years<br/><br/>now that&#39;s failed, as it was always going to do, they&#39;re embracing xenophobia, christian nationalism, and fascism as a solution to a capitalist ownership class exacerbating inequality<br/><br/>we&#39;re the kind of people who can&#39;t learn by warning, we actually need to get our hands burned<br/><br/>only this time its the whole planet at stake and we&#39;re gonna destroy it 2026-06-23T12:37:08+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsts06k2cvwe95e2cmwsrr2e0lyugf5gjm27uh0x5g9arylkt3gakgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv0zztkv UK LGBTQIA+ / Queers only<br/><br/>should an election be held next week, which party would you vote for? 2026-06-23T00:33:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq5j0gn6kttrwqpmhzjq8q3pklpvmr5gsf6s4pdpr0vy3fe4ycv0szypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvy0vzd6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv7m4pl6ewu35re7jmmy34jnp6r6r4pgf0fhmct9ruxnypdjjnfsvvczac'>nevent1q…czac</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🫂 you are a positive influence, here and everywhere else, and fuck all those who disagree 2026-06-08T23:27:12+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx5u26x0hkxfy8fm5lzwm066pfp75y5s5du5pru8lu5eh4jlkc7gczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv38zsev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wrc0wquv6fztu9t5vu397v4ra7pa38mlvgtwltrwu0ft6jfgxkcgl8ajv'>nevent1q…8ajv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rejoin with Wes &#39;Trans Killer&#39; Streeting<br/><br/>Make Brexit Work with Andy Burnham<br/><br/>kinda feels like whatever happens there won&#39;t be a lot of material improvements and Farage will use that to get in to power in 2029<br/><br/>do a Hard Brexit - even if we&#39;ve rejoined the EU claiming it wasn&#39;t the will of the people<br/><br/>unless there&#39;s a referendum resulting in a strong Rejoin vote I guess<br/><br/>I don&#39;t mean to be a doomer<br/><br/>I just think Labour is xenophobic, transphobic, genocide denying austerity junkies<br/><br/>their legacy will be creating a worse police state for fascists to use, not being clever enough to put Brexit to bed 2026-05-26T18:33:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs28kjnkarr80ft02hkw2kf3x96raezx6dj96szy9wsnwwwxhen53qzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv32karg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2cflypyfjfp6dq40ew2faprmwc9fnec58jvm6z72zy7endgkmqc67njtr'>nevent1q…njtr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we are living in an age of grievance politics<br/><br/>hurt the people hurting you, or any scapegoats they provide<br/><br/>its hard to get people with different ideologies to focus on billionaires though<br/><br/>they believe in meritocracy, that the people at the top are their by hard work and not inherited wealth, or even that inherited wealthy is not an issue<br/><br/>or worse, they believe in might makes right, and see any effort to undo that as rigging the game and evil<br/><br/>meanwhile a lot of the left aren&#39;t out to hurt people, they want to give their enemies healthcare, social services, help them etc<br/><br/>Bernie Sanders was pretty good at cutting through all of this. being a font of soundbites<br/><br/>but I&#39;ve come to realize its very hard to rally large amounts of people behind a single ideology, especially post internet<br/><br/>that&#39;s why our political parties get 30% not 50% or 70%<br/><br/>its sadly far easier to rally people in opposition of something, which brings us full circle back to the start 2026-05-24T22:37:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zdlqp647766lelnex3cq3cepgd4l8q9m9f99fgy4v20r9mtxrtgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvy0c5s9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ht3p4gmpy098fhzlnr34ptrxzul0steuxdsxg4hheeywd7gneegqrh24c'>nevent1q…h24c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think perhaps if you view it through the lens of hating the UK government and wanting to poke them in the eye then it kind of makes sense<br/><br/>assuming you know nothing about politics, minorities, history, etc 🙄 2026-05-24T13:57:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr5vu7ekj6x7j70jtry7xf2zttl8em2e2vka8gaur4m9k7d6n6t7szypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv49qjpc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz9gtgjejpm5luel9p7l39dg5ywv8e3j3hmzay3qprpj67e7kj0qp0ty5h'>nevent1q…ty5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think a lot of people don&#39;t understand that well before Brexit and COVID, people&#39;s lives were rapidly declining<br/><br/>Amazon was killing high streets<br/><br/>the modern wave of Austerity governance began in 2010 not 2016, by which time it was too late<br/><br/>the social contract has been broken<br/><br/>if you work hard it won&#39;t get you your own home, enough to live well and have a few holidays<br/><br/>most of my generation will be working until we are unable to survive<br/><br/>Reform voters skew older, but old people are part of that social contract too. they rely on children to fund their care or look after them directly. they can&#39;t count on that safety and they don&#39;t know who to blame<br/><br/>then there are young people who want to be edgy and rebel<br/><br/>a lot of poor communities aren&#39;t getting the education and opportunities that might teach them they are being sold lies by fascism<br/><br/>Reform voters aren&#39;t stupid, they are hard working people, they&#39;re just suckers<br/><br/>guys like Trump and Farage are laughing all the way to the bank 2026-05-24T11:20:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09xrqq7q4vkfnpza9duh0cq4grptlh8423a8cquj7h8kkrhvlk5szypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvpm3dqf oh that&#39;s why Burnham backed off rejoining the EU<br/><br/>the constituency he&#39;s running to be an MP in is a Leave area<br/><br/>his hands are tied. interesting 2026-05-23T15:37:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsptm23h520tus6lurxdtlmqjh5x3dur00l7t4grxreydkkwq99fzqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvkcln7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycu902e4fjv2x8524etftnqrhrpl0dn5t6f32nk36yzs0e53rr6s6ck527'>nevent1q…k527</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>he will be (metaphorically) hanged in the public square as the new Corbyn<br/><br/>if the right wing papers can&#39;t do it alone the BBC will finish the job<br/><br/>he has to be louder than their voices<br/><br/>he&#39;s younger than Corbyn and better able to work many left leaning spaces visible on the internet<br/><br/>but he&#39;ll have no free ride like Starmer because he&#39;s not gonna bow to the establishment (as much) 2026-05-12T12:07:43+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9q7p776xw7dpccfkddpu7tjfap96mwx0m9j6ke9lam462n84nxsqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvcm3kzh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfd9enxlkug7wtgl4f6eku9zadc489rwttqup8per0e7l6gruxtsca9272'>nevent1q…9272</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>by that logic only 3.2% of eligible voters voted Green<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want to shame non-voters, I despise our political system too, but disengaging with politics cedes power to Fascists and causes greater suffering<br/><br/>I don&#39;t feel safe as part of a much larger anti-Fascist whole<br/><br/>&#34;in a racist society its not enough to be non-racist, you must be anti-racist&#34;<br/>~Angela Davis<br/><br/>it would take a 4th of non-voters to give Greens - or anyone else - a majority beyond those held by Labour and Tories<br/><br/>other options than Labour &amp; Tories have been on the ballot forever<br/><br/>I would love to believe everyone is an anarchist at heart, as I increasingly am, but lets be real<br/><br/>we&#39;re a nation of ignoring problems and hoping they go away until we Brexit or something<br/><br/>that brings me no comfort<br/><br/>do more than vote, but vote 2026-05-10T12:46:52+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqtt5nk20g5ap2t00fhkne7e6s9fdtneylmay6lyv0rapf9dy22czypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv3zj207 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9laxvgmxdjm5tdrzad6kjzjramc9akfxjxpmz3vjkw7xd3fjcyjq9f5npm'>nevent1q…5npm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>someone asked this last night, but I didn&#39;t see an answer<br/><br/>why is Reform strong in Wales?<br/><br/>is it pissed off former Coal Miners who can&#39;t mine Coal anymore because its the largest source of Climate Change?<br/><br/>just a blind stab in the dark<br/><br/>the amount of Fascist English Policemen who beat up Welsh Miners you think they&#39;d be the most against it<br/><br/>don&#39;t tell me Reform can just pick up a Welsh flag and people fall for it 2026-05-09T11:51:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfpdv9y2me6nkuqtnetzjhj3f9vngg7glauq50wyvt7x8l9atguxgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv7lnfn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcl5nxe7e7nkv0636svay2q2mq767l5679wx2lzukpa29afh2ykqlcvqvp'>nevent1q…vqvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the turd that won&#39;t flush<br/><br/>I&#39;m shocked that Labour got 997 councilors<br/><br/>I know that&#39;s only like 22% of councilors, vs maybe 47% previously<br/><br/>I know its not a vote on him directly, but its the closest thing we&#39;ve got and 78% want something else<br/><br/>if the alternatives in Labour are worse then that&#39;s a statement about Labour isn&#39;t it. the party needs putting out of its misery <br/><br/>its too late for Starmer, he&#39;s shot his bolt, he&#39;s spewing authoritarianism like its progressivism<br/><br/>so are the Yvette Coopers of the world. these wannabe Suffragettes that can&#39;t see a Genocide<br/><br/>Labour is over. its only a question of does it continue to sink like a stone with Starmer or decline slowly over time with someone less shit 2026-05-09T11:32:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6u7elsy5e74kk4a2u9xssjfh0z8rgzkacuhs6wn8c5ryw9jf78qzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv2m7q65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxd8252ejtew3nsg9lsthttervd0y7awvke6j40cmf0jfzlpk4cfsvgu4fg'>nevent1q…u4fg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here&#39;s my issue<br/><br/>if you give them money there is no guarantee these people respect your data<br/><br/>they are showing you that by doing this 2026-04-25T11:53:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqyc2tgt7whctauess7yn6x9gm8c6xw9fwnfy5efxcx0jcrs7wsvszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccve0sfz6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn6tmclz9njuhqsaw6gykl7gtj32dqegznm86drsdxync8gnpk5gryh7ap'>nevent1q…h7ap</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>being trans is not a debate any more than being a lesbian is a debate<br/><br/>she will go for brunch with people who want us gone, but what about people who want HER KIND gone?<br/><br/>TERFs only like her now because she can reduce the amount of trans people living openly and happily in society<br/><br/>some day it will be her in a toilet, accused of being a man for not looking feminine enough<br/><br/>thrown to the floor<br/><br/>that is the only future working with bigots takes you 2026-04-19T12:05:06+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2wph8vresvyvs5z007zneyqgrnte52k0nr0gwpf7zj2lq257wekgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvfgdp29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9glt0tp0lrjzayrxx0ww3923swtdrvk94wacnefwmhpxs6qfyzkskjmsll'>nevent1q…msll</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>cause you can&#39;t say cockatoo in a disney movie 2026-03-24T22:22:27+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2lce6d27740xtg3s2r9v03x3ywezwj6dlgly8lwh68acgpgay0yczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv46s4r7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02mkmssqv02d2dvdx2g5458743ueljh8dv4ycvxsg58fyy37jhls5409rt'>nevent1q…09rt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>still not as good as<br/> <img src="https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/239/516/821/246/299/original/27ec73a5c125c8dc.png"> <br/> 2026-03-16T16:19:55+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cvxm8tg6g6evrgvvx26jlqgys2q5rsvntsnwjwhqlr04n5kfehszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvy8f5fd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxy0w2sxh5cy48vcyljucdxx3hcsc8utkgucey257zgdv6c2ztecnrdsue'>nevent1q…dsue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sorry, haven&#39;t had my caffeine hit yet<br/><br/>he could drop dead tomorrow of McDonald&#39;s related issues<br/><br/>but I don&#39;t fancy JD Vance in charge that much either<br/><br/>Reform UK continue to fall in the polls, there&#39;s a positive 2026-03-16T10:36:52+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0l66rtf52js2veyr2f566hey62fq9j6dee9p9qrehc0ygqejgw8gzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvew28em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9n8e7k8f8gz4s6gxm6kvug0ey90hsfj3ee0h3mm0qr67s7cl4j9q3udngl'>nevent1q…dngl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if I want to see an 80 year old man make a fool out of himself I&#39;d go to a village fete<br/><br/>instead we&#39;re watching the bizarre mental breakdown of a guy **who speaks for 342 million people** and may very possibly kill us all out of spite 2026-03-16T10:26:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvphx22n7h7d842pvq2d94q7sg9v6q0j257x3yexkcj9gs9p5z6qzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvmxdvy7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjvfp325lzwx7w0uc0d33ff09wft3tqldyzvf863max6xmk95vns4ef0dc'>nevent1q…f0dc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Moto Analytics seems to run counter to your Privacy shtick 2026-03-02T13:49:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst9yqcqdn6y7cstry3mnvzxgu4pka50qrz3v8z6x2upusyae2pamgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv7lq6jj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7lrcvuhqna4a4spauewjlt60r50edwz9mtufz0qyywjcm9ung0sq63hax'>nevent1q…3hax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when they poll anything like the Greens 15%📈 THEN I&#39;ll take notice<br/><br/>Greens have over 175,000 members, but Your Party has 40,000-60,000 and maybe 2% of voters if I&#39;m charitable<br/><br/>I&#39;m glad they kicked out that transphobe though. hopefully there&#39;s no more... 2026-02-26T15:17:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2udn3v3nzlrquwvf6hwdvd2xktgx9vxf00rjwv7ycka8u4uy99zczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvr8sdcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszth4s9j37mlz0tyeh5gercgz8kskm5l3pa70u3mmfmgcs6repqmqvje0ww'>nevent1q…e0ww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>last year one of the top &#39;culture shocks&#39; for people visiting the US from the UK was apparently &#39;screens on urinals showing ads&#39;<br/><br/>so this isn&#39;t a joke, its just our grim late stage capitalism/consumerism reality 2026-02-04T21:13:25+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxuj50w076v256yw0uawayc0rauqndk0este8r35g6vr9dpzhshqszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvfdffxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnthy8wxlkhdy6mqh8k52llhut4f5eyuf4ka3hmjg988qde0w52cwc4kwp'>nevent1q…4kwp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when will non-techies learn the answer to Big Tech is not MORE Big Tech<br/><br/>its like reaching for another pair of soiled underpants 2026-01-21T11:07:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswv7ccj9w47640wn8f0am687pcpkt6yv2ff6hyr0jqyueng7sq0nqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvlg9pxe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2hestyt2qfnvjh75jahntvkexvujkf8yt054lw8a6r5jgcuez2tgpgqzpx'>nevent1q…qzpx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>these dictatorship guys think in binaries<br/><br/>partly cause capitalism turns everything into false duopolies (monopolies with the illusion of choice)<br/><br/>partly because guys like Trump can&#39;t hold more than two things in their head at once<br/><br/>the gender binary<br/><br/>McDonalds and Burger King<br/><br/>Pepsi and Coca Cola<br/><br/>now United States and Russia-China are the only two countries<br/><br/>how long until A and B are the only two letters?<br/><br/>sorry, I mean ababbaaababbba<br/><br/>baby language for a nation led by a baby<br/><br/>brace yourself for it being implemented tomorrow by executive order 🙄 2026-01-14T19:26:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0crttf5359qcrjah7m6u7jm5zdtlkwc7f668grh3rk45xkhs68lczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvw6352r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswltsvskhcpczzrdja64nehr5a9s893t46nxw8kw7x5ldan9kx6cquwvlvl'>nevent1q…vlvl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>:akko_smile2: <br/><br/>the latest &#39;AI breakthrough&#39; was making custom child porn<br/><br/>if these people aren&#39;t turning up their noses at that, I&#39;d rather not know them or give them any power in our society 2026-01-13T19:01:01+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg87t9ym7sqkcn3a5h4rzaze3hrqlzrrl3tlk9tvfn3qp208t3fyszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv5epfzw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtrndswrxlue2eu94lgmkwlwlsccaffxl73tet7u086kcv0kwf5slu9ecq'>nevent1q…9ecq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what exactly has Elon Musk contributed to science?<br/><br/>he&#39;s a guy that buys other people&#39;s ideas and passes them off as his own<br/><br/>he can&#39;t write code, he spends his days cheating on video games and re-tweeting white supremacists<br/><br/>he&#39;s popular because he&#39;s a white cishet man that&#39;s very very rich, and lots of poor white cishet men require him as their avatar to make themselves feel better about the awful lives<br/><br/>the same awful lives that him and his ownership class buddies are forcing upon everyone, just so they can make a few numbers go up on a screen while the world burns 2026-01-11T11:02:29+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz7snn6s6f7mnmkssuwhnkv3mlyhef3n994eqnu37nyqyazc96nyszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvpv9drc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhj7yztnmr7xgg34mc0x82j49r66y2vkzvfjgl78m4tlx60g3vwqwkqf39'>nevent1q…qf39</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the people who run it are on here<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nv8q2yqahmvqgl00vwx5wrd3lv3tzq7g4kdwa577sd8ual87vdxqdyza59" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Joy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nv8…za59</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>you can message them and ask when it will be open again 2026-01-03T12:45:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrnmn4gtpsz8lxqlaenc9m7udy6syt5ruc86rjp6rm2t0wgkmj34gzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv3t2kfh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2m4vsrk55xy7fwdfau9pfqk8cmn4svnacc4kqt9jhax9677vtmxcx7p9yp'>nevent1q…p9yp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hey! I was trying to help you 2026-01-03T12:40:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9f7tcpfjl9r3ygt34pp80zsyh4zc90r4wednf672f27836lffmuqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvq0xr5y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrxe437m93wpt27eq5zmmjq8wlv93gxdj99pjufenlmn3wtla2zqhrlrty'>nevent1q…lrty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the UK is not a representative democracy<br/><br/>the average age of a politician is 51, and not because we have a wide spread of representation, because there&#39;s a lot of them aged that<br/><br/>for the longest time our politics was exclusively the domain of private school people too. now you do get people coming from public school - ripped from the working class into the upper class. they can suddenly afford a second home and lose all solidarity. meanwhile I can&#39;t afford one home<br/><br/>I see what Churchill meant when he said democracy is the least worst system. if 51% of people vote to attack a minority or commit economic suicide the 49% are expected to suck it up and go along with it<br/><br/>the democratic mechanisms that are supposed to protect people from oppression are a lie. the people protected are white, heterosexual, home-owning men who care only for themselves<br/><br/>there&#39;s always a bail out for these people because democracy doesn&#39;t stop majorities being racist sexist assholes 2025-11-30T14:12:41+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsm68glke3u5w63gqn3425zzm4w8fd6xx7racsmjjg7286j96shszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvsagqu4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqqc3cf8usm38av09tpgdwz53txt9uucng57c86t73kk3p7qcppcyxd5g3'>nevent1q…d5g3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I thought you were taking a break&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I cannot tell Firefox how much I do not want their AI enough&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt; 2025-11-13T23:30:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghvyj8q7mr3clrpcxtw7axxcsev6268rs03tj6ws27lck96u88kgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv7fwtum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra6e4802u0hrraazuux3at7fl9nhhunmda6xc5jewm8zkl892qzgy7vamn'>nevent1q…vamn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks for all your work Aral<br/><br/>you&#39;re a good man in a sea of not so good men<br/><br/>thanks for being an example, hope you&#39;ve had a great birthday 🎈 xx 2025-11-08T22:58:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsytr5972edut7cfed0s940lhyj9unwvuec0glvkp7zh38kr4tlgyqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv72qw4a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8ltz7g9kujlc4lqjp3f63m7wtduuvs8p7507h60gd3hjfwh8fag08mxn7'>nevent1q…mxn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;never again be brought to its knees by racism and bigotry&#34;<br/><br/>shortly after<br/><br/>&#34;Trans women aren&#39;t women&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Israel should have the right to cut off aid to Palestine&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;we&#39;re an island of strangers (thanks to immigrants)&#34;<br/><br/>Labour are a bunch of neoliberal centrists with no plan beyond continued austerity<br/><br/>they proudly court right wing voters and despise anyone remotely left wing that might threaten a system of oppression<br/><br/>never waste your vote on them again<br/><br/>we need people who believe in progressive values<br/><br/>vote Green 2025-11-04T15:03:56+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqxv8pk7wqp795z4ug3gt3qgcc90marn85gqxnyzqm4ha57gwn8czypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvj6efm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywcnnt69p8dx0wxqh340k07z8la3lgphlfnqu6sagkf4thuxxl9sf2lyun'>nevent1q…lyun</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we need to have our own separate societal system where toxic applications of technology are removed<br/><br/>open source, free software, and shit tonnes of accountability<br/><br/>not default integration into everything so big brother can spy on you 24/7 in even more horrifying ways than have been normalized already<br/><br/>if your argument for AI is - we need one like a we need a good guy with a gun - I think we may be in trouble<br/><br/>that&#39;s a bit of a strawman, I&#39;m not saying practical uses of AI don&#39;t exist, but<br/><br/>in our lifetimes, in late stage capitalism, I see AI primarily as weapon<br/><br/>just be careful not to integrate a dangerous weapon into society with power over us that can be exploited, to do our enemies work for us<br/><br/>make it a weapon against them and only them<br/><br/>something like that 2025-11-03T19:34:13+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2y9l0pwq9nmvzax92u70kkj9d8p2geduz59ufxujyz3l09j80urszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv6z4j9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88juf6ynetxcjzvyxs9vpzhtd89tqgr6gkgtjl4l4wd5l7twjxxg3jz9f7'>nevent1q…z9f7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying you ignore it, I expect you to be fighting the ownership class, the capitalists, with your dying breath<br/><br/>but AI will not grow more useful to the working class if its controlled by people like Elon Musk (who&#39;s version of reality is bonkers)<br/><br/>perhaps its a mistake to think of AI as one thing and not multiple projects, but the largest most powerful ones weaponized by corporations will not believe in workers rights<br/><br/>those are the ones that will be forced into everything, damaging our experience with technology<br/><br/>I&#39;m not a luddite, but we have to learn its healthy not to have everything connected to some &#39;internet of things&#39;, and to not have AI control our lives<br/><br/>practice techno minimalism, de-bloating<br/><br/>practice users having complete control over products to<br/><br/>right to repair is a start but the right to mod is essential too<br/><br/>a better tech future is possible, but this ain&#39;t it, AI via some of the most evil men alive forced down our throats<br/><br/>I hope it doesn&#39;t come to bombing 2025-11-03T19:19:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvhr4hwq8akxcktuw5z357k0gj26ta8thj86zassvg0nkxsvqsltqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvgjk2xx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9z4265nna895q862j7zqm425rcylvp7h4gk2gvh82s3mfswxwmtc69x92s'>nevent1q…x92s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I disagree with his false dichotomy<br/><br/>primarily - AI is a weapon for the ownership class to beat the working class with<br/><br/>a threat of replacing jobs<br/><br/>its also over-hyped<br/><br/>LLMs don&#39;t do all the things people say they do. they primarily tell people what they want to hear - not facts, their factual accuracy is 50% - usually by searching existing content, not always with permission<br/><br/>they also mash together existing artwork, mostly without permission<br/><br/>its turning the internet to slop, same as those Search Engine Optimization assholes but automated<br/><br/>its also being shoved into every existing program without rhyme or reason, reducing security &amp; privacy<br/><br/>its primarily funded by rich kids who invest their parents money in stuff that sounds cool but is not profit making<br/><br/>and regular joe men who jerk off to fresh gadgets then realize months later they have little use<br/><br/>perhaps some day it will turn a profit but today most people hate AI and want it out of their browsers<br/><br/>reality does not fit A or B 2025-11-03T19:05:03+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9fye50wvmd8qram2vnm05th0ue7ft96ca3fh89af90uutpjl3k8gzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccve2al7k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvlyqfmj2dxyauve4hy9dzucerqf9hqc5erhl0qfsqptv2mawgfqq4vakdy'>nevent1q…akdy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I concur. the liberal centrist fantasy we can all sit at the same table, work together and be friends, has a lot to answer for<br/><br/>the black &amp; brown community cannot link arms with an increasingly militarized police force that&#39;s coming after them<br/><br/>the LGBTQ+ community cannot link arms with people who have conversion therapy going on<br/><br/>women who may have need of an abortion cannot link arms with people who won&#39;t allow them one under any circumstances<br/><br/>I get the impulse to build bridges, but its so incredibly naive<br/><br/>as we face down fascism again, increasingly ignorant of how hard it was to defeat in the 1930s, imagining this all ending in friendship and unity is fantasy<br/><br/>either the oppressed come out on top or the oppressors, and I will fight tooth and nail for it to be us 2025-10-06T23:17:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszj23n62r0j63ccg44k3v22hl436wta6ma896tw72rwle7a4m9lgczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv82l7hg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstsdq2xggxz2c4sfg8mgkf83rzwjqvl8sjcuwena0hkuh46z72aug825w48'>nevent1q…5w48</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mourdant has a gay brother<br/><br/>her Tory leadership bid included trans rights until Badenoch challenged her on it and she folded like a cheap suit<br/><br/>suddenly she was trying prove she was a bigger transphobe than Badenoch - a huge task<br/><br/>I suspect she&#39;s doing the same thing now her party is faced with being replaced by Reform<br/><br/>she can&#39;t be a bigger liar than Farage, but she&#39;s too spineless to do anything else<br/><br/>every time she opens her mouth she brings shame on herself and those around her 2025-10-05T11:44:06+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg2t68f43f4srtj0upen5252g36px02cwx465ssqsd3lan64f0rtgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv3u4vnc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswuhdqnnd6dsqs6j6t3sv2wj33542nsl29qkf0ds8wr0wsp5avfksnlssaq'>nevent1q…ssaq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if the UN can&#39;t recognize a genocide what good are they<br/><br/>I&#39;m not being flippant. its a horrifying realization that these international institutions are, at least at present, utterly useless<br/><br/>in part because they&#39;re subservient to an American Empire that&#39;s become so deranged it&#39;ll kill us all 2025-09-29T23:09:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8twr4rkts5s78g6mrgygclhvm05j34tcd03f4akmctyvq8lnda9gzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvne3tau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2gxnwavwkqc3pc26htlaxw54gufe7u2xgv4zdkgvslchge03ucfsx9qhk9'>nevent1q…qhk9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>policing women is kind of her thing<br/><br/>talking down to them, treating them as children<br/><br/>calling them men because they&#39;re a Black or Asian athlete surpassing the White women who look like her<br/><br/>this is her feminism, her system of protecting women from men&#39;s violence - attacking women<br/><br/>not letting women speak and platforming them but having all their opinions go through her, the wealthy white expert on womanhood<br/><br/>&#39;ignorant&#39; is a bit rich out of her mouth 2025-09-29T20:15:11+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9r6me0a8m0aua37szdaz29pnryeml5u3neggjaq7v2c8pxsf54eqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv9due88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvu9snjhaftwnql23xqfnlvln2hpz4h9cgjktz8fweqyt79zxn6c7932xd'>nevent1q…32xd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thank you!<br/><br/>been trying to navigate this minefield for a long time!<br/><br/>I&#39;ve suggested before for people to do videos to prove they&#39;re real<br/><br/>people are out there using AI and all sorts to exploit a genocide. its disgusting<br/><br/>I don&#39;t have a lot. when I can donate it needs to be to the right people 2025-09-05T15:11:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9z57xq07azukh9dae7xuyn2pvz9q0l9rwyr9nz3j4uzrtq4smycgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvneluxc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzmlx2vegwpnllmesf60ucez4vjpcl54emgz2nyalpq9s7exa8hg0mw7nv'>nevent1q…w7nv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>to buy and sell requires privilege, a problem with any market<br/><br/>when you put the market at the center of the economy does that problem get magnified a thousand fold<br/><br/>similar to the public commons, we need to think of certain aspects of human life as inalienable rights and not to be traded for<br/><br/>perhaps some form of decentralized, community driven, libertarian-communism holds some answers but getting there is gonna be hard 2025-08-31T16:09:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszpkzylyu7quwyjajtu9tuawknpzzzapl9ezr85f9a895rvyznqlqzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvy0xmec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2nsc30wunc5acudswnzaf5uasg9zpxkjvs6s376pyuxkky4q8hq50523v'>nevent1q…523v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gary admits that Capitalism naturally creates uneven wealth distribution<br/><br/>I can&#39;t think of a worse flaw for an economic system<br/><br/>wealth was never properly distributed to minorities, and the majority - be they ownership class or fascist protestor - has no incentive to do so<br/><br/>markets exist under other economic systems, they just aren&#39;t at the center of society, profit over people<br/><br/>I know its easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Capitalism, but unless you do find something else you&#39;re going to keep coming right back here<br/><br/>the government and the media are in the pocket of wealthy capitalists and will fight systemic change tooth and nail<br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying its hopeless, I&#39;m saying even if you manage to go backwards to a better situation - because perfect wealth distribution is surely a fantasy - how long until we are right back here?<br/><br/>we need a society were everyone can access food and water, housing and power, irrespective of 💰<br/><br/>to trade the car for a bike 2025-08-31T15:15:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9565r8akwk24ql2m9r2gtkvqnhu3x6nxy9gv80m7d8rzd0l6wnuszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvnw8p45 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3f744rdgy4sqsgxkz3ktyzseuk33n5s6mdpe656qchsgm3vvpfgnyj0rs'>nevent1q…j0rs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>said this before but it bares repeating<br/><br/>immigrants suffer<br/>trans people suffer<br/>genocide victims suffer<br/><br/>AI does not suffer 2025-08-26T13:00:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp3quedq5xpk9hqcppjqpp9upxhtuujq4k09rwf27e3rwgv7r32jczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvjg60vg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2cktnmwt663e0hw69j3vz280y32q3q0ev9hhys6rpczjnnqhq4c7wpxpg'>nevent1q…pxpg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>neo-liberal centrist types love to cosplay as left wing progressive social movements<br/><br/>but only decades after the issue is settled 😠<br/><br/>a decade or two from now there will be a picture like that of the same kinds of people standing with trans people pretending like they gave a damn about our rights while the same kinds of people were passing laws to kick us out of toilets and pretending trans kids don&#39;t exist naturally and we&#39;re brainwashing them<br/><br/>the Guardian didn&#39;t support the Suffragettes, it let people from both sides contribute articles and stayed neutral, same as they&#39;re doing with trans people now. and people call it a left wing paper 🙄 2025-07-03T00:14:42+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszsu8jx9nwt9q3sm8wc247vdqknl3vp0cu0plmekqmkqg4zevzfgczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv09jpfg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszw7kf2f8pf3nma4s7x5ld6f0nuwkfcldvzgxfja9c9huyfrxa3gcsrsw62'>nevent1q…sw62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there was a guy in a PRIDE documentary who said something like this<br/><br/>&#34;political parties exist downstream from large social groupings engaged in protest. their purpose is to legitimize the acquired power<br/><br/>the working class solidarity that birthed the Labour Party has long dissipated<br/><br/>all it is now is a managed decline by people ignorant of what made it successful in the first place<br/><br/>it will surely die&#34;<br/><br/>trying to &#34;fix the party&#34; won&#39;t do anything<br/><br/>instead it must pick sides - stand for something instead of everything and nothing - draw power from somewhere<br/><br/>its for workers AND owners<br/><br/>its for immigrants AND xenophobes<br/><br/>its for trans people AND transphobes<br/><br/>its for freedom AND fascism<br/><br/>its a mess<br/><br/>if it picks the same sides as multiple opponent parties its doomed via superior competition<br/><br/>if it picks the same positions that were once held by the people it used to draw strength from - will they even believe them anymore?<br/><br/>I don&#39;t believe them anymore 2025-05-29T00:36:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq244yayzxcu0rhd0wszls7alv6pwt3sa0rxcfz5pmvcykhah6l5qzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv2dyxgx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq87aapxv38mujgsr2pchk9zwjt8llq6hrr44kc3cqf0hzuf555qclzny3j'>nevent1q…ny3j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you owe those fools none of your attention<br/><br/>time is a valuable resource. save it for those who have compassion, and show compassion to yourself 2025-01-19T14:26:38+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22yyg0ay9qrh3ul8e5s42dqwesapdrc9hwxd3ag72m0kseq45spgzypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv86yk2n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwcjjthmxc8k3srpw4atdmrwngj5wlq2t5j6u4l94czlvntjpfvg2hmekp'>nevent1q…mekp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I left when they decided to have opinions from both sides on trans rights 🙄 <br/><br/>same as they did on whether women should vote or not, back when they were known as the Manchester Guardian<br/><br/>regardless, the modern Guardian has been in decline for a long time, largely thanks to its increasing over-reliance on privately educated individuals who seem disconnected working people&#39;s struggles<br/><br/>its a class of people who fear going against the rest of the right wing media, or worse, romanticize the center ground<br/><br/>they shouldn&#39;t favour the left, they should favour the truth, and we as people who value that stuff will meet people there... if we didn&#39;t arrive first<br/><br/>when the Guardian sold the Observer it threw a lot of good journalists into the hands of a company looking to pump out entertainment rather than inform<br/><br/>its representative of how the Guardian is become increasingly useless too. not that its history/ethos is particularly progressive and good, only RELATIVE to so much far right bullshit 2024-12-18T23:58:09+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqeaqay592uajccrj9a3vrd08lw0qqn2qhdgnl59rrpwdr4d7zawczypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccv8zg7am In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxseeh32jdu96dgdhv4c2csnlcvkynf0kkgu3mjqydxz9gpvwkddseg28zl'>nevent1q…28zl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always dread articles like that because they&#39;re usually a bunch of rich people explaining to poor people how they shouldn&#39;t be poor if they can simply budget, with an ignorance about the added expenses of everyday life and of the cost of keeping your sanity when you have close to nothing 2024-10-20T12:29:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg4qxppf72acwr74tzp0lp25ywhes2kap4gct2xuv9dd7fvl7nlhszypey87u7uznpq5fhhgku24m4ehc39j9x0gacemjc6nyxzvqw57ccvk85wgf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdzrfn86qcnvld9t8gw2vgns7pmydtxkc8grv3ay2qh7x449f8p0cz4rczy'>nevent1q…rczy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if enough people stood up like him perhaps we could push them to end arms sales to Israel ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽<br/><br/>its a party of austerity now though. captivated by the thought of taking from pensioners, kids, and imagined benefit cheats when tax evasion is 120 times the problem<br/><br/>nothing I could ever be a part of as a self respecting socialist. never again 2024-09-24T23:42:06+02:00