2026-10-30T23:46:31Z https://nostr.now Jon Lasser is Hanging in there https://nostr.now/npub16hpt8tpxlukgzff8usc6qz3kzjmhkwlxpeg466geg40rjphq65fsj0w442 https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/000/000/956/original/e213e3b97d925f61.jpg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/000/000/956/original/e213e3b97d925f61.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0e384wjrmevd9tlxemusu8htqmpqx8ttg7g4k2udvy932pu4ea6gzyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23xgrky3x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82nug0vcrxdhsq07jm3vj59p6xszujvesm7rdr72xv05hwfqewrgte729q'>nevent1q…729q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I presume when they gamed it out, they reached the conclusion that “if we don’t capitulate now, we won’t survive against those who do. And they’re worse than us.”<br/><br/>Which of course can justify anything. 2025-01-21T03:51:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd69hvjfl5nuxl45agne5q52d72w9yc42jyjxg6pwg92mj2h84dgzyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23xju58xj Look, I’m not saying the Supreme Court is right about the #TikTok ban, but you can’t tell me there’s no national interest in addressing a platform where a foreign government is manipulating the topics and promoting specific opinions into the public discourse. As in Romania, the Chinese Government is putting their finger on the scale of elections and other political topics.<br/><br/>I’m anti-censorship, though, so what would be a better alternative to shutting them down? 2025-01-17T17:02:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfdqaefqlaj7fttgfja7nhmkq6xrfsvky5xecx2cftjq3xnfaccczyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23xp3jwvq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqf9kewx45c24ryzses9kqe2hwsgxkgr5uvsvl8d2tpv352fd5n3sry4qtn'>nevent1q…4qtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is there a particularly good way to see these? I’ve been interested but haven’t succeeded in tracking down physical media. 2025-01-05T04:38:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2h5ng4u2l3pzqqwkh2d3h2whv0nxhyguw0czzjcuvzdd0f8dzj6gzyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23x359vkr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw9qrhyjvsjeppjqpgjzhjz7vl4fd9gzug85f07cns6fds9q60gqhuc65f'>nevent1q…c65f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>even more than strengths and weaknesses, I love reviews that situate works in the larger conversation: what is this responding to? What’s it trying to say? Is it adding something new to the conversation?<br/><br/>I also like the Roger Ebert approach: What is this work trying to do? Does it succeed? Is it a worthwhile endeavor to try and do that thing? 2024-12-31T20:52:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfypgv8hcx77plr97u2eqhg9fmxkmj7hee85wqg7drk9sve0zx0xgzyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23xnprwv6 When the #WashingtonPost picked the slogan “Democracy dies in darkness,” I didn’t realize their plan was to turn off the lights. 2024-10-25T19:01:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspxslk3v7tmxnjee9z3vq5cmznzv2azulhk3y28vpzqmwxgzec70szyr2u9vavymljeqf9yljrrgq2xc2tw7emuc89zhtfr9z4uwgxur23xmjm5ee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmayjy42qwf3uqt7sqlymndz2tweuz76zk6nx6d90d5wsaq4ffhcdhn0lt'>nevent1q…n0lt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this and last year have been great. There were several years it didn’t happen. At least five years before that were terrible because it was run by the same people who ran festivals everywhere else.<br/><br/>I’ve been around long enough that it got bad then good again. 2024-09-02T07:05:19Z