Nostr notes by Sally Strange

Uh... Not every insult is a slur. "Bootlicker," for ...

2026-10-13T18:16:58Z

Uh... Not every insult is a slur. "Bootlicker," for example, is not a slur. Same with "clanker."

Charlotte :lotteheartplural:/Cinny :cinny_heart_plural: :thetadelta: :ursaminor: :treblesand: (npub1n2h…l334) https://akko.chir.rs/objects/0e6485ca-8518-49f9-9f2e-0ecafbfc9c3f

Hey, if you're currently paying for Spotify, this is your ...

2026-10-09T12:38:06Z

Hey, if you're currently paying for Spotify, this is your sign to switch to something better. I have a few coupons for 2 free months of Qubuz, a music streaming platform that pays musicians better, doesn't allow AI music, and has better music quality to give out. You can import all your playlists! DM me if you'd like a link. #music

Edit: One left, unless my mom says no, in which case I still have two.

Can anyone tell me what kind of fungus this is? And yes it is a ...

2026-10-02T15:34:36Z

Can anyone tell me what kind of fungus this is? And yes it is a fungus and not a faded fiberglass pole or... Something else. It was soft and a bit slimy to the touch.

#Mosstodon #mushrooms #FungusAmongUs

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2026-10-01T02:42:37Z

Go the fuck to bed

I keep telling my friends and family that even though these AI ...

2026-09-19T13:14:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…cwv2
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I keep telling my friends and family that even though these AI company owners and employees keep saying that AI will destroy humanity, and appear to sincerely believe it, that doesn't mean they're right. They're in a cult.

I know there's got to be a ton of E Minors around here ...

2026-09-17T13:57:43Z

I know there's got to be a ton of E Minors around here

ahistorical immaterialist (npub1gug…7ely) https://aus.social/@jimbob/117285838931560038

Seems like a large part of the attraction of LLMs and diffusion ...

2026-09-17T12:20:07Z

Seems like a large part of the attraction of LLMs and diffusion models is that it gives people the sensation of having a slave

I know I'm not the first person to notice this but I still think we should talk about that more

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2026-09-12T12:45:52Z

Jay-Z is an okay rapper, for someone who doesn't like music

Here's the thing about nuclear: it's too late to use it ...

2026-09-11T14:36:04Z

Here's the thing about nuclear: it's too late to use it as a low-carbon alternative to coal, oil, and gas. If we were going to use it that way, we should have started doing that in the 80s and 90s. Now, we've basically already hit 1.5C of warming, which means that we can't count on the environment to be stable enough for reactors to function.

The only safe path forward is severely reducing our total energy consumption.

#Climate #GreenEnergy #DeGrowth #ClimateChange

https://thebulletin.org/2026/09/climate-change-is-exposing-nuclear-powers-reliability-problem/#post-heading

It's a good thing Joe Rogan is here to expose this atrocity. ...

2026-09-03T17:26:39Z

It's a good thing Joe Rogan is here to expose this atrocity.
#cats #JoeRogan

"star wars guy' lmao

2026-08-31T22:28:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…34u7
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"star wars guy' lmao

Reply with some wack ass bullshit that you're never going to ...

2026-08-31T21:35:31Z

Reply with some wack ass bullshit that you're never going to watch or read. I'll start: the Bible. Rick & Morty

Yeah, bored at work. Everyone else here is too. Anyway I was ...

2026-08-26T19:24:18Z

Yeah, bored at work. Everyone else here is too. Anyway I was reading NY Magazine and there was an article about data centers and their political dimensions. And the author said that people's concerns about water consumption are overblown, and as an example, he linked to this Snopes article.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zuckerberg-data-center-rio-grande/

It's bleak and also funny because yes, Zuck's data center isn't taking water directly from the Rio Grande, so in that sense the viral story that it "drained the Rio Grande dry" is a bit of social media panic & misinformation. But the true story is that the center uses tens of millions of gallons per year and that is mostly from the municipal supply of a small village, it's mostly ground water, and it's in the Rio Grande valley.

Aquifer levels have a major impact on river levels. Like. Where do you think the water in a river comes from especially in a place where rain is not plentiful?

#Water #DataCenters #AI #NightmareOnLLMStreet #noAI

Hey non USian friends. Want to hear about something creepy and ...

2026-08-13T15:14:23Z

Hey non USian friends. Want to hear about something creepy and fashy here in the States? Of course not but I'll tell you anyway. Since like 10 - 15 years ago, every town in my state has been decorating the streetlights with banners of "hometown heros"--who are exclusively people who served in the military in some way. Most of them are from WWII but I've also seen WWI and the Korean and Vietnamese war, there are even several from the wars my fuckhead government waged on Iraq. Like just some bro dude with his reflective sunglasses on.

I hate it so much.

Now that I think about it I'm not sure this is a thing in every state but certainly they're all over NYS and PA and NJ, which is where I am most of the time.

Just had to get that off my chest.

wow you guys get to sleep?

2026-08-05T10:15:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…ypkd
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wow you guys get to sleep?

RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/117014606981440141 "...if ...

2026-07-31T12:41:12Z

RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/117014606981440141

"...if UEFA can boycott the World Cup, then we can imagine something even greater: a World Cup, and a sport, without this scabrous institution.

Imagine this, instead: a restructuring of soccer’s finances around redistribution instead of extortion. In this world, wealthy federations like England and Spain help subsidize the sport’s development, using their cash from domestic broadcast revenues to underwrite federations that can’t afford academies, referee development, or basic youth infrastructure. Picture a virtuous cycle of money moving sideways inside the sport, instead of disappearing into the pockets of shareholders."

#football #soccer #FIFA #WorldCup #AbolishFIFA

Archied link: https://archive.md/f7QMg

quoting
note1ddz…2law

Abolish FIFA
https://newrepublic.com/article/213752/abolish-fifa-gianni-infantino-soccer

Theodora, new pop singer/rapper from Congo/Switzerland/France, ...

2026-07-30T19:17:00Z

Theodora, new pop singer/rapper from Congo/Switzerland/France, has taught me a new French word: "fiak". It means "ass," and wikipedia says that's derived from the creole for "faire caca" which means "take a shit."

I feel so cultured.

Here's the song. It's a bop.

#music #PopMusic #EuroPop #HipHop

https://youtu.be/nNaVCjEJeEg

For context, this is the same school that is facing a current ...

2026-07-14T18:24:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…83t7
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For context, this is the same school that is facing a current lawsuit about their staff putting children in literal wooden boxes as punishment, and an ongoing lawsuit due to their failure to protect children from child sex abuse by staff.

I don't think robots are going to solve those problems.

https://www.thefreelancenews.org/home/mohawk-child-allegedly-placed-in-box-by-public-school-unleashes-tribes-outrage

https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2019/09/former-teacher-with-prior-conviction-named-in-suit/

Today in "For the love of god do NOT do this" news: ...

2026-07-14T18:21:45Z

Today in "For the love of god do NOT do this" news: Salamanca NY, a poor rural school that's mostly Indigenous kids is getting a robot instead of a teacher's aide.

https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/new-york-humanoid-robot-teacher-salamanca-school-district

#Robots #LLMs #NightmareOnLLMStreet #AI #Education #NYpol #NYS #upstateNY

Did you know? "Peter Thiel" is an anagram of "Hitler ...

2026-07-08T18:22:41Z

Did you know? "Peter Thiel" is an anagram of "Hitler pee".

Coincidence???

I'm turning 49 this year - think maybe the doc will stop ...

2026-07-03T19:33:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…zrjh
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I'm turning 49 this year - think maybe the doc will stop telling me I'm too young for the shingles vaccine?

Syracuse woman made an Instagram post months ago calling for the ...

2026-06-25T13:10:02Z

Syracuse woman made an Instagram post months ago calling for the indictment of Jonathan Ross (the fascist who murdered Renée Good). She happens to be a poll worker. ICE agents visited her at her workplace, which is a polling spot, to tell her that making threats is illegal.

#FascismUSA #upstateNY #Syracuse

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06/federal-agents-track-down-syracuse-woman-demand-she-remove-instagram-post-about-ice.html

Happy #Pride everyone!! #cats #TopazPosting #Queer #LGBTQIA+ ...

2026-06-14T18:34:08Z

Happy #Pride everyone!!

#cats #TopazPosting #Queer #LGBTQIA+

Been a while since I shared any memes. We need more better memes ...

2026-06-05T12:45:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…4q74
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Been a while since I shared any memes. We need more better memes especially anti-AI memes.

Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now ...

2026-05-31T14:55:33Z

Feeling good about the results of my no-mow May, which I am now going to extend indefinitely for about 1/3 of the area of our backyard. Lots of bugs --> big healthy toads

So Gretchen Whitmer loves data centers. Yuck. ...

2026-05-08T12:49:40Z

So Gretchen Whitmer loves data centers. Yuck.

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/30/whitmer-multi-billion-dollar-saline-township-data-center-largest-investment-in-michigan-history/

What kind of music would Turgid Siphon the band play?

2026-05-07T02:01:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…nuxm
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What kind of music would Turgid Siphon the band play?

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116529101510218456 ...

2026-05-07T01:58:37Z

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116529101510218456

"Fleshy turgid siphon" 😭😭😭

It sounds like something my dad would say. He used to tell me, ...

2026-04-23T01:09:37Z

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It sounds like something my dad would say.

He used to tell me, "You were adopted, you know. But they brought you back."

Third Winter starts tonight actually ...

2026-04-09T00:01:36Z

Third Winter starts tonight actually

Current status: frazzled and stressed because I've been sick, ...

2026-03-23T15:13:25Z

Current status: frazzled and stressed because I've been sick, and Spouse got so sick that they were admitted to the hospital overnight. They're doing fine now and will be discharged later today. But I'm under a deadline at work and I ran out of sick days anyway so I'm trying hard to concentrate. But as you can see from how I'm posting during the middle of the day, that's challenging. Anyway, y'all, please take care of yourselves. No job is worth your health. 🩵🩵🩵

There was this Latvian (I think) folk-rock-electro artist from ...

2026-02-21T15:01:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…qx97
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There was this Latvian (I think) folk-rock-electro artist from the late 90s, I can't remember her name or the album name. Just that it had a portrait of her in front of a wall covered in climbing vines. She was really ahead of her time.

If you're an artist, I love you. What you do is important and ...

2026-02-10T01:42:36Z

If you're an artist, I love you. What you do is important and I appreciate it all. Keep on keepin' on.

I wish every crypto miner a very broke as fuck ...

2026-02-06T01:40:15Z

I wish every crypto miner a very broke as fuck

https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment

Both people here have limited access to health care, very little ...

2026-02-03T02:13:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…qqeq
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Both people here have limited access to health care, very little money, and extreme distrust of psychology and psychiatry. One seems to have beliefs that verge on delusional, and the other one enables those beliefs. I asked for this specifically because I think it will at least provide some useful perspectives and maybe a strategy or two for things like setting boundaries. I don't take my choice of language lightly, so if I'm missing something here that's harmful, please let me know.

I'd love some YouTube recommendations on the subject of ...

2026-02-02T20:01:08Z

I'd love some YouTube recommendations on the subject of dealing with narcissistic parents and siblings. Asking for a friend. (No, really, I lucked out in the family department.)

Blows my mind that there are still people who think it should be ...

2026-02-02T17:54:21Z

Blows my mind that there are still people who think it should be illegal for anyone, anywhere, to move to a new place and get a job there.

#BordersAreBullshit #Borders #BordersAreMurders #BordersAreViolence #MovementIsAHumanRight

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2025-12-26T05:22:08Z

AI slop is Soylent Green. And it really is made of people.

ooh sushi my favorite ...

2025-12-23T18:22:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…aua8
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ooh sushi my favorite

Guide to lesbian flags. Tag yourself, I'm "nananana" ...

2025-12-23T17:11:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2ew
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Guide to lesbian flags. Tag yourself, I'm "nananana"

Time for some new (to me, and maybe to you too) memes! Mostly not ...

2025-12-23T17:02:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…yfft
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Time for some new (to me, and maybe to you too) memes! Mostly not from my parents.

#trees (it works both ways!)

It's my birthday, this is your invitation to post gifs, ...

2025-12-12T17:48:06Z

It's my birthday, this is your invitation to post gifs, emojis, and warm wishes. If you wish to do more, please peruse the #MutualAid hashtag and give some money to someone who needs it.

Love you all! It's been 7+ years on this platform and it's been mostly great. I'm so glad we're still chugging along. I still think decentralized social media is the future.

Trans lesbian is homeless in Austin - just trying to raise a few ...

2025-12-08T13:48:00Z

Trans lesbian is homeless in Austin - just trying to raise a few hundred dollars to get her back on her feet.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lyliths-journey-to-safety-and-independence/cl/s

Please boost! #boost #MutualAid #LGBTQIA #queer #Trans

It's tragic and ironic--doesn't mean anyone feels bad for ...

2025-11-28T19:07:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…tmk9
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It's tragic and ironic--doesn't mean anyone feels bad for them. If you sign up to be a soldier and then get deployed to be a cop in your home country, and then don't immediately quit, then you're basically asking for it.

So the latest on my local data center fight: the people behind it ...

2025-11-12T18:55:06Z

So the latest on my local data center fight: the people behind it have belatedly hired someone to do PR for them and a local lawyer. Suddenly, it has always been a hydroponics research project with the server racks just an alternate method of providing the heat needed for indoor growing during the winter. Also, where before they were just "representatives" of Eco Yotta Inc, now they're the actual owners. And gosh maybe they might just move to the town if it all works out! And nevermind about them being able to purchase a multimillion dollar piece of real estate, they drive a Honda so clearly they're not THAT rich! Oh and also neither of them have any expertise in hydroponics but the wife used to run a day care center, so they're also thinking about starting some kind of childcare/child development tracking app.

It all sounds scammy as hell to me. Reality check: am I crazy? Can anyone else read this article and tell me if I'm overreacting? https://archive.is/rwkU0

Their company website has gone from all AI all the time to under construction to [this](https://ecoyotta.com ) and it still triggers my workplace safety filters.

I found out that their company registration was done in California, at an address that has about 150 other companies registered as having their headquarters, too.

#noAI #DataCenters

How do I get my partner to stop saying "Do you want to do ...

2025-11-08T16:38:07Z

How do I get my partner to stop saying "Do you want to do x" when what they really mean is "I want to do x"

Very frustrating that debates about Daylight Saving™* Time vs ...

2025-11-03T14:29:15Z

Very frustrating that debates about Daylight Saving™* Time vs standard time are always "should we keep it or not" and never "why can't we just adjust our schedules for different times of year without forcing everyone in the USA to pretend time itself has somehow changed?"

*it's a lie! The amount of daylight is the same no matter how we set our clocks!

https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/115482997902087975

I know there's no such thing as a free lunch, which is fine, ...

2025-10-27T16:04:38Z

I know there's no such thing as a free lunch, which is fine, I brought my lunch. But is there any such thing as a free PDF editor?

Thinking of everyone in Jamaica today, even my sister-in-law (we ...

2025-10-26T13:04:30Z

Thinking of everyone in Jamaica today, even my sister-in-law (we don't get along). Not much to do now except watch and pray and get ready to send help once the hurricane departs. #HurricaneMelissa

Have you had chicken pox?

2025-10-22T18:40:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…cztl
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Have you had chicken pox?

Two more years until I can get my shingles vaccine! I will be so ...

2025-10-22T18:37:23Z

Two more years until I can get my shingles vaccine! I will be so mad if I get shingles right before I turn 50.

I can't lie, the preamble is kind of cool. At least compared ...

2025-10-22T14:00:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…ecrq
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I can't lie, the preamble is kind of cool. At least compared to the rest of the Constitution.

I get it, you want to "save the republic" but maybe you ...

2025-10-22T14:00:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…kk67
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I get it, you want to "save the republic" but maybe you shouldn't? Just a thought.

Please do not tell me that the Constitution is an "antifa ...

2025-10-22T13:58:01Z

Please do not tell me that the Constitution is an "antifa manual."

The Constitution is literally a slavery manual. Stop.

Never not going to be conflicted about people calling the US ...

2025-10-16T16:26:21Z

Never not going to be conflicted about people calling the US military "antifa". Like. Come on now

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and ...

2025-09-29T19:53:23Z

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

Soooo... Practice? Insanity is when you practice?

Just thought I would share with you some stuff that I see while ...

2025-09-29T19:18:41Z

Just thought I would share with you some stuff that I see while I'm at work. Moo! These cows are right about to decide that I'm too unsettling to be around.

"We’re familiar with redlining. The real estate industry, ...

2025-09-24T15:32:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…t2sl
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"We’re familiar with redlining. The real estate industry, big banks, and the federal government collaborated on home valuation schema that tethered race to risk, denied mortgages to millions of Black and brown people, and ensured most would be trapped in a captive housing market as tenants. But Ansfield’s book studies a later wave and a novel form of extractive abandonment: insurance “brownlining.” After riots erupted in almost 2,000 cities and towns in the late 1960s, Ansfield writes, “insurance personnel were, in a real sense, capitalism’s first responders,” working in an industry that aimed to convert “black resistance … into dollars and cents.” Surveying the damage, many insurance companies declared Black neighborhoods uninsurable. Riots had forced a racial reckoning—and inspired a racial panic. The federal government cut a deal with the insurance industry that reflected both: In exchange for a government backstop of reinsurance, companies would have to offer property owners in “riot-prone” areas access to Fair Access to Insurance Requirements, or FAIR, insurance plans. But these were “subprime” insurance plans—“‘back of the bus’ insurance,” in the words of one critic. They allowed insurers to charge higher monthly premiums for inferior coverage, and their exorbitant cost meant that generally only white absentee landlords could afford them. Far from a “remedy” for racist harms, FAIR plans turned racist fears into market logic.

Landlords often put this logic to work. Ansfield relates the story of Imre Oberlander and Yishai Webber, who in 1975 were among the first landlords indicted for arson conspiracy in the Bronx. When the duo were pulled over because of a broken taillight, officers discovered a pair of Hasidic men in blackface—along with two explosive devices. Ansfield suspects that to Oberlander and Webber, blackface must have seemed like its own “form of insurance.” Racism provided the cover, but FAIR plans had laid the economic kindling. One study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago suggests that in New York state, FAIR plans led to 13,000 excess fires in a single year."

...

"Burned-out buildings also proved valuable for constructing the politics of law and order. “The cruel irony,” writes Ansfield, “was that to survive the fires was to become their scapegoat.” Ansfield cites Democratic New York senator and Nixon adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan throughout the book, and it’s worth revisiting Moynihan’s thinking in further depth here. Already in 1970, in his “Memorandum on the Status of Negroes,” Moynihan had warned the Nixon administration that the country was “heading for a genuinely serious fire problem in American cities,” because, he wrote, “the types of personalities which slums produce” were prone to “fire‐setting.”"

https://newrepublic.com/article/200735/burned-bronx-arson

"Green capitalism will never facilitate the scale of action ...

2025-09-24T15:29:10Z

"Green capitalism will never facilitate the scale of action that is necessary to keep warming below 1.5ºC or even 2ºC because it refuses to take on the powerful people and industries that are fueling the climate crisis in the first place. It continues to ensure the benefits flow to the top while hollowing out the middle class and producing climate narratives that shift the burden of responsibility onto those who have little power to make the necessary changes: the public, if not the global poor."

Reminds me of the book that just came out about who burned the Bronx. *Born In Flames* by Bench Ansfield.

https://archive.is/tLcb9

h/t MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 🏴 (npub1ld5…63uk) for the article

Apropos of nothing, here's up and coming reggae artist Koffee ...

2025-09-23T20:12:24Z

Apropos of nothing, here's up and coming reggae artist Koffee with "Rapture," one of my favorite songs by her.

"Koffee come in like a rapture
And everybody get capture
Place lift up like helicopter
When dem see di lyrics contractor"

#music #reggae #PopMusic #Jamaica #JamaicanMusic #Koffee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cm8duEzi3A#ddg-play

The Guardian once again exposing why people are wary of their ...

2025-09-23T15:37:13Z

The Guardian once again exposing why people are wary of their journalism when it comes to trans people. This article (archived link, no paywall) about female intersex athletes being over-represented starts out saying that these athletes "went through male puberty". These, to be clear, are people who have breasts and vaginas and were assigned female at birth. People who identify as girls and women and always have. Cheek swabs are destroying women's careers, all in the name of "protecting women". More of a "protection racket for women," really. Nice sports career, be shame if anything were to happen to it.

https://archive.is/5mvpD

Saw a sign on my way to work today that said "I AM CHARLIE ...

2025-09-22T20:26:13Z

Saw a sign on my way to work today that said "I AM CHARLIE KIRK"

So yeah things are great in the USA

I made a toad friend the other day :) ...

2025-09-18T15:19:43Z

I made a toad friend the other day
:)

For my sins, I am on reddit as well as on here. Today, my reddit ...

2025-09-17T19:29:19Z

For my sins, I am on reddit as well as on here.

Today, my reddit adventures found me arguing with 5 - 6 people in the solarpunk subreddit about whether the "punk" in solarpunk means anything at all. I say yes. They say no, but they're still mad that I call giant power projects run by the state "not punk."

¯_(ツ)_/¯

In a nutshell: Them: AI could help solve the climate crisis! ...

2025-09-08T19:36:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…km49
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In a nutshell:

Them: AI could help solve the climate crisis!

Environmentalists: We don't need AI to tell us to stop greenhouse gas emissions

Them: Oh shut up you luddites

AI: Here's how to reduce your costs in finding and extracting fossil fuels

Archived link: https://archive.is/VkCWQ

Ron Dyck (npub17rf…au88)

this has to be a joke omg

2025-08-14T17:06:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…g56n
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this has to be a joke omg

I just found out, thanks to my local newspaper, that a brand new ...

2025-08-14T15:57:06Z

I just found out, thanks to my local newspaper, that a brand new company called Eco Yotta Inc. is aiming to build a data center outside my tiny little town.

https://www.bizprofile.net/ny/oneonta/eco-yotta-inc

There is absolutely no information about either the company or its registered owner, Tirusha Pankaj Dave, online. Their website is a barely-registered generic techbro cutout.

What's extra troubling is that the city has a whole industrial district that has plenty of room for such a thing, but they bought 153 acres of residentially zoned land which they want the city to re-zone.

I'm so annoyed.

#noAI #NightmareOnLLMStreet #NYpol #NYS

GloRilla got arrested because someone burgled her house. Yes. The ...

2025-08-08T00:46:40Z

GloRilla got arrested because someone burgled her house. Yes. The cops smelled marijuana, got a search warrant, and found a lot of weed. Meanwhile the guys who broke in & stole jewelry are still at large. #ACAB

A GA state senator is trying to pass a bill to protect victims from being arrested... Good for him, I hope he succeeds, but it's patching around the edges.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rapper-glorillas-arrest-sparks-debate-032853925.html

Hiking ban why? Because of fire risk?

2025-08-06T19:10:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…cmfs
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Hiking ban why? Because of fire risk?

So this is a bit niche even for enviro-nuts like me but if ...

2025-08-04T18:48:12Z

So this is a bit niche even for enviro-nuts like me but if you're down to sign petitions, this one could use it. Tell SUNY ESF to drop their partnership with the dangerous, unproven, and disrespectful "Darling 58" genetically modified chestnut tree makers SilvaBio.

If you read "The Overstory," you may be familiar with the tale of chestnut trees in North America: afflicted by an invasive blight and then prematurely chopped down by panicking white people, to the extent that chestnut trees almost went extinct. Now this private company has been working with ESF to develop blight-resistant trees, but even though their results are poor, and even though indigenous communities of the northeast, such as the Onondaga Nation, have been urging a traditional breeding approach, and even though SilvaBio's stated intent to sell the trees for profit is in conflict with ESF's mission for "all people... to propagate them for personal or restoration use," ESF has been sticking with SilvaBio.

#trees #ChestnutTrees #Darling58 #SUNYESF #SUNY #NewYork #NYS #NYpol

https://globaljusticeecology.org/chestnut-pr-2025-1/

Nope, mostly not ironic, I'm an anarchist, so are many ...

2025-07-30T16:05:40Z

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Nope, mostly not ironic, I'm an anarchist, so are many others, and even the "anarcho-capitalists" who really should know better seem to be sincere in their delusion.

Names for girls/women that just mean "girl/woman": -Donna ...

2025-07-28T14:11:18Z

Names for girls/women that just mean "girl/woman":

-Donna (Italian, woman)

-Colleen (Gaelic, woman)

Any others?

ETA: not Regina. Got it confused with ragazza

WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN!!!

2025-07-25T14:28:25Z

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WU TANG IS FOR THE CHILDREN!!!

Wu Tang Clan has endorsed Zohran Mamdani: ...

2025-07-25T14:27:34Z

Wu Tang Clan has endorsed Zohran Mamdani:

https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/932254-wu-tang-clan-democratic-nominee-zohran-mamdani-campaign-final-nyc-show-hip-hop-news

Reached the point in the dystopia where I'm supremely ...

2025-07-24T13:25:21Z

Reached the point in the dystopia where I'm supremely grateful for breathable air and non-lethal temperatures

Fucking @/Radical_EgoCom@mastodon.social again. I don't know ...

2025-07-14T13:47:55Z

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Fucking @/Radical_EgoCom@mastodon.social again.

I don't know what he is, I just know it's not what he says he is.

Inspirational Skeletor💀 (npub1c8j…wng2)

Please spread the word #ICE #NYS #NewYork #antifascism ...

2025-07-09T14:29:26Z

Please spread the word
#ICE #NYS #NewYork #antifascism #HealthCare

Every time I think about Saying Something Important, I get so ...

2025-07-09T00:39:51Z

Every time I think about Saying Something Important, I get so tired

My cat's nose fits inside my nostril. I learned this against ...

2025-07-04T20:53:46Z

My cat's nose fits inside my nostril. I learned this against my will

Mark Zuckerberg went to Svalbard on his massive superyacht that ...

2025-06-26T19:14:51Z

Mark Zuckerberg went to Svalbard on his massive superyacht that spews more greenhouse gases in a day than most people do in a year. He got a cold reception.

#FuckZuck #climate #ClimateCrisis #EatTheRich

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/mark-zuckerberg-yacht-svalbard-norway/

One of my coworkers likes to crochet and she made these cuties ...

2025-06-25T19:31:07Z

One of my coworkers likes to crochet and she made these cuties

#crochet #FiberArts

Yeah if it's the same one I saw about the bald JD Vance meme, ...

2025-06-24T19:46:42Z

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Yeah if it's the same one I saw about the bald JD Vance meme, it was a Norwegian guy

And Norwegian govt was just like "Well this hardly ever happens, nothing to see here folks"

Back at the end of March, the FBI kidnapped a Chinese academic ...

2025-06-24T19:43:26Z

Back at the end of March, the FBI kidnapped a Chinese academic couple, Xiaofeng Wang and his wife Nianli Ma. Apparently they're now free, but Indiana University, which employed them both, shamefully fired both of them without any process or explanation, and they were never charged with any crimes. Now they're seeking to unseal the warrant that was used to justify the raid on their house and their detention.

Another thing I learned from looking this up: the "China Initiative" which was basically a quota for the FBI to file cases against people linked to China somehow. Trump started it and Biden took two years to end it. This episode has people thinking it's back.

#FascismUSA #USpol #China

https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2025/06/wang-moves-to-join-court-fight-to-unseal-warrants-used-to-search-his-homes/

Wow the Burlington VT protest had 16,000 people at it. Pretty ...

2025-06-16T17:24:34Z

Wow the Burlington VT protest had 16,000 people at it. Pretty decent turnout for a town of 60,000.

https://vtdigger.org/2025/06/14/no-kings-day-draws-over-16000-to-burlington-to-protest-trump-and-authoritarianism/

Library funding cuts. Mean no more free nationwide library cards ...

2025-06-03T22:57:17Z

Library funding cuts. Mean no more free nationwide library cards for teens. Many libraries are getting rid of even paid memberships for out of state people.

I hate all states, including the current state of things.

oh no! Yeah at this point, there's no disputing that.

2025-05-13T19:26:06Z

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oh no! Yeah at this point, there's no disputing that.

I get it now. Eurovision is basically drag race, there's just ...

2025-05-13T19:23:46Z

I get it now. Eurovision is basically drag race, there's just a few more straight people involved.

Right? Am I right? Euro friends, confirm this for me please

My mom was in a jam session with Natalie Merchant (among others) ...

2025-05-11T15:44:01Z

My mom was in a jam session with Natalie Merchant (among others) last night. Wft am I supposed to do for her for mothers day?!?

I have GERD. Standard recommendation is "eat several small ...

2025-04-30T22:33:07Z

I have GERD. Standard recommendation is "eat several small meals throughout the day instead of 3 big ones"

Like yeah, sure, I'll just spend all day preparing and consuming food. I have absolutely nothing else to do.

I have these two links sitting on two permanent tabs in my ...

2025-04-28T21:02:34Z

I have these two links sitting on two permanent tabs in my browser. <li>How Substack profits from promoting fascism and other bad stuff: <a href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-announcement-bari-weiss-free-press"; target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-announcement-bari-weiss-free-press</a></li><li>How former substack creators who moved to different online subscription platforms say they're making more money now: <a href="https://digiday.com/media/former-substack-creators-say-theyre-earning-more-on-new-platforms-that-offer-larger-shares-of-subscription-revenue/"; target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://digiday.com/media/former-substack-creators-say-theyre-earning-more-on-new-platforms-that-offer-larger-shares-of-subscription-revenue/</a></li>

I'm going to start posting them in replies to every post that contains a link to substack. Is that obnoxious? Yes, clearly, but in a good way. You can do it too.

Losing two more people from my office thanks to the fascist ...

2025-04-21T19:33:59Z

Losing two more people from my office thanks to the fascist purges. One biologist and one engineer. Both women. #FascismUSA

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look ...

2025-04-10T20:20:11Z

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a reasonable basis for a system of government

*when a baker makes up a story about being asked bake a cake for ...

2025-04-09T02:19:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…ah3k
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*when a baker makes up a story about being asked bake a cake for a gay couple

Huh. I wonder what that record is and who holds it. Maybe ...

2025-03-27T19:30:21Z

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Huh. I wonder what that record is and who holds it. Maybe it's her!

Just saw a link to an article justifying Schumer's bullshit. ...

2025-03-21T15:54:15Z

Just saw a link to an article justifying Schumer's bullshit. Ended with the following sentence:

"Carville reminds us to have patience and trust our leaders."

ABSOLUTELY THE FUCK NOT. Take your "patience and trust" and shove it up your ass. Trust and patience in oligarchs is how you get fucked over.

It was Daily Kos. I'd heard things had gone downhill there but goddamn!

not me, thank the gods

2025-03-21T02:29:49Z

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not me, thank the gods

"Much like her father, Wilson is extremely online; unlike her ...

2025-03-20T15:59:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…ne49
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"Much like her father, Wilson is extremely online; unlike her father, she’s really good at it."

hehehe yep.

Hey so I don't know how many people might be seeking a ...

2025-03-19T12:50:59Z

Hey so I don't know how many people might be seeking a relatively low-paid job* at a very inclusive library in a mildly welcoming town, but my local library is expanding its physical premises and is now also hiring a new library clerk. This position is full time, doesn't require advanced degrees, and comes with good benefits and, if it's like my civil service job, also comes with a guaranteed pay raise of 2-3% every year.

*a bit less than 35K per year

Anyway my upstate NY people please spread this around!

#Hiring #GetFediHired #FediJobs #Classifieds #NYS #UpstateNY

https://hmloneonta.org/

Damn. A struggling small town newspaper. In print for 150+ years. ...

2025-03-17T14:10:05Z

Damn. A struggling small town newspaper. In print for 150+ years. But tariffs on Canadian products meant their paper costs 25% more now. That was the final nail in the coffin. The Cortland Standard, one of the 5 oldest family-owned newspapers in the USA, is shuttering.

#news #breaking #NYS #upstateNY

https://www.cortlandstandard.com/stories/goodbye-cortland-and-godspeed,133575

Please report this comedian. I feel like the admin's name is ...

2025-03-07T03:00:39Z

Please report this comedian. I feel like the admin's name is ringing an ominous bell. Idk. We'll see I guess.
https://twit.social/@McFlyer/114117928325269733