Nostr notes by YotePocalyse is Nigh- He/Him

"The Magicians": That was easily the best and saddest ...

2026-10-03T06:36:17Z

"The Magicians": That was easily the best and saddest Elliot episode so far. And somehow we perhaps got the best and worst of Quentin in the same episode. And revisited something I'd been hoping we'd revisit, but not in the way I expected.

Not everything you receive must be responded to, and it's ...

2026-09-30T14:36:43Z

Not everything you receive must be responded to, and it's often worth taking five seconds to consider whether any response you give will lead to any tangible improvement.

If not...why respond at all?

I have a friend who just yesterday told me he'd been screwed ...

2026-09-25T02:54:39Z

I have a friend who just yesterday told me he'd been screwed out of a home he wanted because of the increase in mortage rates. :|

Kind of glad I opted not to go that route myself.

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5977796/mortgage-rates-freddie-mac-homebuying

I do when it's my manager calling about something directly ...

2026-09-03T21:09:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…ky55
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I do when it's my manager calling about something directly relevant to my promotion.

I've developed the uncanny and undesirable ability to make my ...

2026-09-03T19:02:15Z

I've developed the uncanny and undesirable ability to make my phone ring by sitting down to lunch.

But we already knew the current administration gives no shits for ...

2026-08-16T00:01:03Z

But we already knew the current administration gives no shits for the people who they order to serve and die to forward their agendas.

Still, this is abominable.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/15/nx-s1-5932539/uss-lincoln-trump-dire-conditions

It sounds as though you may be saying that you don't feel ...

2026-08-15T23:44:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…6749
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It sounds as though you may be saying that you don't feel this beongs in public con spaces?

"I defend them to be allowed and welcome on furcons, just with the consideration that they please respect the magic of transforming fursuiters and not push in between them, keeping a respectful seperation" is very vague to me in terms of what you mean on a practical level.

Waiting for the other 2/3? Heh.

2026-08-15T16:51:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…mh8k
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Waiting for the other 2/3? Heh.

(quirks an ear) How so?

2026-08-15T14:47:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…upkw
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(quirks an ear) How so?

I'm definitely surprised by how much the numbers have changed ...

2026-08-15T14:23:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…l3nd
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I'm definitely surprised by how much the numbers have changed in just three years.

Let's see how things have evolved since 2023... Do you feel ...

2026-08-14T14:23:16Z

Let's see how things have evolved since 2023...

Do you feel pup hoods constitute 'adult content' in terms of how visible they should be in public spaces during furry conventions?

1) They shouldn't be visible in public spaces.
2) They shouldn't be worn in public spaces.
3) They're fine if not accompanied by other gear.
4) No; they're not 'adult content'.

...oh good, when I ordered my new bed I put in my current ...

2026-08-07T15:03:28Z

...oh good, when I ordered my new bed I put in my current address.

Since it hasn't even reached the local delivery service, hopefully changing the final address (only five minutes away) is a non-issue.

Frak.

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2026-08-05T13:16:54Z

How would you describe your flirting game?

If the law says that you can only grow cannabis on property that ...

2026-07-29T05:23:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…rurt
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If the law says that you can only grow cannabis on property that you own, then they're not preventing me from doing something that would otherwise be legal, because it's not my property.

I don't think that's how leases work...

2026-07-29T05:12:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…8fev
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I don't think that's how leases work...

(shrugs) I have no interest in growing my own, and it's their ...

2026-07-29T05:06:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…lyrc
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(shrugs) I have no interest in growing my own, and it's their property.

But it was the glaring typo that amused me.

The current administration has a lot to answer for. ...

2026-07-29T01:58:20Z

The current administration has a lot to answer for.

https://www.stlpr.org/law-order/2026-07-27/overland-missouri-couple-killed-guatemala-deportations

I laughed at this. ...

2026-07-29T00:31:05Z

I laughed at this.

Heck, I may have arranged to get rid of my old 27" CRT TV ...

2026-07-27T01:05:10Z

Heck, I may have arranged to get rid of my old 27" CRT TV that weighs a ton within an hour of posting it to Craigslist. And that's considering I couldn't vouch for it working and it weighs over 90 lbs. and I live on the 2nd floor.

Heh. I don't know what that means.

2026-07-26T15:37:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…y249
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Heh. I don't know what that means.

Heh. The former.

2026-07-26T15:29:32Z

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Heh. The former.

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2026-07-26T14:41:11Z

Oh yay, junk removal is also not cheap. :|

Babylon 5 - "Sleeping in Light": Still holds up well. ...

2026-07-26T02:56:10Z

Babylon 5 - "Sleeping in Light": Still holds up well. It's a bit sentimental (a bit?), but it's also the final episode. It's really sad to consider how many of the actors themselves have since passed away when it hasn't been -that- long. The fate of the station still feels a bit silly, but oh well.

Phrase of the Day: Text laundering. Using AI to generate text for ...

2026-07-15T02:42:40Z

Phrase of the Day: Text laundering.

Using AI to generate text for whatever reason, then paying a human to clean it up for you (since obviously you have no appreciable writing skills of your own).

Crazy to expect college students to actually take a test without ...

2026-07-10T13:01:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…whh3
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Crazy to expect college students to actually take a test without cheating.

Or just optimistic?

2026-07-10T03:15:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…kxxn
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Or just optimistic?

That's a heck of an offer! ...

2026-07-10T01:02:34Z

That's a heck of an offer!

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2026-07-09T22:29:09Z

Ouch.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/professor-suspected-ai-powered-cheating-on-take-home-midterms-makes-finals-in-person-only-two-students-scored-within-10-percent-of-their-midterm-score

We have a long way to go, when someone says something like this ...

2026-07-04T15:19:44Z

We have a long way to go, when someone says something like this in a "Star Trek" forum...

"Before the Committee For Correct Communication got in power, "gatekeeping" used to be called "having standards".

I'm open to the possibility that they meant it as 'having standards' was a line used to justify bigotry, but that's not quite how it reads to me...

I wonder whether the DOJ will ever again be respected in my ...

2026-05-28T02:40:49Z

I wonder whether the DOJ will ever again be respected in my lifetime...

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation

Never forget. Not just what happened that day, but that people ...

2026-05-27T02:22:10Z

Never forget.

Not just what happened that day, but that people then tried to make it disappear.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/26/nx-s1-5834992/trump-deletes-jan-6-info

In my experience you generally can do that with most real-time ...

2026-05-15T21:07:36Z

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In my experience you generally can do that with most real-time communication apps.

It would be really neat if apps that allowed for real-time ...

2026-05-15T17:47:49Z

It would be really neat if apps that allowed for real-time communication would do more to enable users to specify a timezone and then could display the other person's current time at the time you're composing a message, so you'd know if you're about to message them at 3am.

Rental application submitted. I have no idea whether this is a ...

2026-02-25T03:25:20Z

Rental application submitted. I have no idea whether this is a good idea or not, but I'm probably going to get waitlisted anyway, and then who knows whether I'll ever hear from them.

At least I'm doing something to try to improve my situation.

Just had the passing thought that when this happens I may need to ...

2026-02-04T19:51:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…5cz4
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Just had the passing thought that when this happens I may need to start doing my laundry more often, and now I'm even more annoyed.

Lovely. My company's apparently planning on bumping hybrid ...

2026-02-04T15:19:21Z

Lovely. My company's apparently planning on bumping hybrid employees up to four in-office days per week.

Fuck that noise.

As I've maintained all along, if I had teammates in my local office, I'd understand why it makes sense for me to go into the office regularly. But I don't, and I can't come up with any practical reason why I should be required to do this. If anything, I think I'm -less- efficient in the office than I am at home.

Wasn't it the GOP who was railing against the ...

2026-01-17T05:18:24Z

Wasn't it the GOP who was railing against the 'weaponization of the Justice Department'?

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/16/nx-s1-5680368/justice-department-minnesota-tim-walz-jacob-frey-investigation

"Legally defective" is a good phrase. ...

2026-01-15T18:24:03Z

"Legally defective" is a good phrase.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/maduro-international-law-memo

Colorado has shown the rest of the US the way forward. ...

2025-11-27T04:07:45Z

Colorado has shown the rest of the US the way forward.

https://www.cpr.org/2025/11/25/judge-orders-end-to-ice-warrantless-arrests-colorado/

The Expanse - "Babylon's Ashes": As a season finale: ...

2025-11-19T06:24:55Z

The Expanse - "Babylon's Ashes":
As a season finale: That was pretty great, though I'm a little unsatisfied by Marco's fate. Lots of things resolved, but lots of things still in play.

As a show finale: What...the...fuck? How could they end the series here, with so many things obviously unresolved?

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2025-09-30T19:19:18Z

When you're ordering food for pickup in America, do you tip....?

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2025-09-22T20:31:26Z

Heh.

That second possibility sounds pretty cool... If it's an oil ...

2025-09-02T00:55:42Z

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That second possibility sounds pretty cool... If it's an oil rig, it's never been there before.

On the horizon. :p

2025-09-02T00:52:40Z

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On the horizon. :p

Look past that. :p

2025-09-02T00:14:38Z

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Look past that. :p

What is that? ...

2025-09-01T14:49:03Z

What is that?

Do you think the furry fandom overall is biased against ...

2025-08-30T03:06:30Z

Do you think the furry fandom overall is biased against individuals whose costume of choice is not a conventional (i.e. generally fluffy and 'cute' in most cases) suit?

How likely, in general, are you to voluntarily tell a coworker ...

2025-08-20T02:52:25Z

How likely, in general, are you to voluntarily tell a coworker that you're a furry?

Existence of souls confirmed. ...

2025-08-18T19:28:12Z

Existence of souls confirmed.

We should be better than this. Much, much better than this. ...

2025-08-09T15:14:26Z

We should be better than this.

Much, much better than this.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/09/nx-s1-5479213/this-is-a-death-camp-advocates-and-detainees-warn-about-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz

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2025-06-27T17:38:21Z

QotD: Deport, Retry, Ignore?

If you have an issue that requires my intervention, DM me. ...

2025-06-18T03:20:46Z

If you have an issue that requires my intervention, DM me. Don't public-message me asking me to DM you. That's silly; you're the one with the concern, not me.

Sure, but my point is that I feel I could be a lot more ...

2025-04-03T13:11:43Z

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Sure, but my point is that I feel I could be a lot more persuasive if I could provide practical examples of sensitive data that would be applicable to this individual, and thus far I haven't been able to find any examples other than, "DATA!!!", which isn't very persuasive.

I get that, and I don't disagree, but for the purposes of ...

2025-04-03T12:37:57Z

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I get that, and I don't disagree, but for the purposes of trying to convince someone who believes they have 'nothing to hide', we're still talking in abstract rather than practical terms.

Put another way, concrete examples of data that you shouldn't want law enforcement to have access to beyond the more obvious ones would be helpful.

Keep in mind we're up in VT, where even the Republicans are Democrats.

Right, but that's a case that wouldn't apply to me or the ...

2025-04-03T12:18:40Z

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Right, but that's a case that wouldn't apply to me or the person I was discussing this with.

I admit that I understand the principles behind not bringing your ...

2025-04-03T11:21:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…uyy4
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I admit that I understand the principles behind not bringing your own phone but in my particular circumstances I struggle with understanding the practical concerns.

I butted heads with someone who couldn't understand why they ...

2025-04-03T03:58:44Z

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I butted heads with someone who couldn't understand why they might not want to bring their phone because they 'have nothing to hide'.