2026-08-27T05:04:57Z https://nostr.now Weasel https://nostr.now/npub1a4gy3zc0u6d8twhxf2a5hfp0qt98vphtynkl8t04ejlkg6x59n8qk389dz https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/642/558/419/215/270/original/44592a840fd842e7.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/642/558/419/215/270/original/44592a840fd842e7.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgy8srmz567sddttz8ha8d7u89053hpluh8gmhr97rpgns00hfdhqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu7d9cgl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9ghepntdktwaukwxyckryhhgcv6vhq6h00t8j4zkgn9jv3r52vqvkp29r'>nevent1q…p29r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you going to Worldcon (LACon V) in Anaheim next week?<br/><br/>I&#39;m going; it&#39;s been a long time -- my last Worldcon (or any SF con at all) was LACon III in 1996. I&#39;m looking forward to seeing a lot of old friends (now mostly septuagenarians, yow!).<br/><br/><a href="https://www.lacon.org/">https://www.lacon.org/</a> 2026-08-21T16:32:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqcfjf48q53aal94cnv0jk6s9gqu9ccqsfg5kwhkqzrrpvqr56gqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu3lp8d3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5eysljqgf4fswtm6c7yedqy32drutz3yt497tat22ce3ahw7spq94uazw'>nevent1q…uazw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Binface was the primary contender against the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the 2026 Clacton by-election amidst a boycott by the other major parties. He came second with 27% of the vote.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Binface">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Binface</a> 2026-08-14T16:57:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa59t2faxas63cf9u2ezpw2mq75vymrts99rajl5x7ppew7et3lczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvunxd3rc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv802uv33k53wtmydw5dmp00a6lhvq36n58v6g0xyevr80jlsztgzra043'>nevent1q…a043</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Richard Nixon is spinning in his grave. 2026-07-30T15:47:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwn2kpsxr8rypn8cu7dlvhks6uasvuck85qedgv4nmvuexcseudczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvur4h6j0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09rgae0q8u2vss24cgpl9nxparq0zjayzryay5xc3jeuy933eqycjz94p4'>nevent1q…94p4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/970/441/215/114/493/original/c0e360d1fc657bde.png"> <br/> 2026-07-23T17:22:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8zhkdval5dfk5zs77p7uulaaz3pp0w0d5xtvcu4xjquyjucctl5qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuuengun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfd6nxq4hnl88mtfenpqm5ff5zsx9arafhlsvx3x07z7qkkqjsgtqd9jwvq'>nevent1q…jwvq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you think Bradbury would have ever gotten into a robotaxi? 2026-07-15T00:50:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstltj06qv9ahgt8q6m6jhqg0jk0jzr7f6w2py5g0jxfhz0kznl87czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu5r43dy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89cedta6j7d7l84pxhnqs25t6wzljnuxmw5gcp9tz2fl2cvajsxqhflxyr'>nevent1q…lxyr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Speaking of &#34;unusual&#34; behaviors, Bradbury himself lived in Los Angeles but did not drive (nor even have a driver&#39;s license). 2026-07-14T16:24:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs998mwal8sj4dfwwmau7zmgy9h2r9jfg96kafs57zkn76vuptk89qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuqpa6jt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtttvkl2x99ehrtmtcnfvk3mkpemcetdlcqr8grmhpfdmd209ursctkym7'>nevent1q…kym7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ChatGPT said it didn&#39;t know the answer.<br/>The others gave wrong answers.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/icksI6FOqE0?t=231">https://youtu.be/icksI6FOqE0?t=231</a> 2026-07-12T23:21:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspcdu6qqy0qz5qcmukr59u36q2zlcjmsc7vf73r9sdd3tph6jqr5czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvujg6vkt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlscare5372svlfhzlgzr9q8pr88s9amqquyr95hskqvqppxhycg0y5t8f'>nevent1q…5t8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I knew a guy who had a California license plate that depended on that: he wanted THX1138, but that pattern was reserved for [some country&#39;s HAM radio license or something], so he got THXII38 instead, which looked fine sans-serif. 2026-06-05T00:21:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxzlatwlr6022w5m3rkyx39us3ft7n2tdv688dalakaactmmedl3qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuuhe33l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszv2lj3y2tjr4pm9jwhfeky05a4h2hhmz956vcfenghr580j2smtq5zyls8'>nevent1q…yls8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;For the love of God, J. D.&#34; 2026-04-13T15:46:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ke88vzzscpjm9fm8wayz7sz6waferwks3q3n2r6h2gp6ps3j2egzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu7xe9sx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqa3rspgqvp7afhujf3rkwxwvyvt9ys58jf989h852lmfzr4x6jsukpej7'>nevent1q…pej7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah, the Vatican has way too much loot stored in their basement for Trump to destroy it by bombing. 2026-04-13T15:31:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqj3twgphz09vuw37rvfepu95ret6m57wvmmk9uyty4w984eap5fszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuvwtuw8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8563puw33dt2x63e9ptd6456hymvwplzekgammzqdrfyen0k6l2cy3qrw0'>nevent1q…qrw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OMG! I&#39;d never seen that before. 2026-03-23T04:26:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttf4qnu7y74t2lyymhf7dpuw47vd0sqep7pypcn02cs99s8rqthszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvud4k8en In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgnzszkm7lhrstcvlffne2y8uyy2cj9hc7xrjj30mlnv2hqkj2pc2h4dp3'>nevent1q…4dp3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I remember watching the B machine swap off the DECtape one day after its RK05 drive died. Slow as hell, but it worked -- back and forth and back and forth. 2026-03-23T04:06:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstvus3rw3hqrrpx5twxjqpuzxg52gud4jt74en0hqv2r0qta4ctdgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuud8q0v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9cteyrlpf7z3v3fympyu7ksjfczhf60frqwaqlh05lvmmcg50scmscge9'>nevent1q…cge9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Remember booting and running Unix v6 off of a 2.5MB RK05 hard drive? 2026-03-22T19:56:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyqhgeew4mgpe5uzmq6ad6j8pt4gvu2zefmhpz0um8nayhrnmq6sgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvupxhcsk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u9zpaer2lrhfg4w0pmmz3vuzj3ezxkuatlj0p2d0zczu3gujprsykky3s'>nevent1q…ky3s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The underlying logic of agentic AI is a &#34;black box&#34; even to many developers. Expecting a non-technical user to &#34;supervise&#34; it is like asking someone who doesn&#39;t know how to drive to supervise an autonomous semi-truck.<br/> -- Google Gemini 2026-01-31T16:57:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmaghpam6pcy32p8g2mt3ys2z6tq4ap68lxsuh8twqrhza4qxrwqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvusgqfk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx06404sm20m3n9y22r7u6lejuslkdx4m08jmh0wx7d9dy2yayjggqslvms'>nevent1q…lvms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re running Hitler&#39;s playbook, but Hitler didn&#39;t have to contend with every single person carrying a motion picture camera around with them at all times. That makes our own authoritarian&#39;s task much more difficult. 2026-01-24T22:41:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9skcp6svg88j20cj8uu953sxckan9hwprljhesrv5rq4lw8rpmgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvua08xvn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa67lraap4eundzmyapxth0nlaa56s8e4rk4frggzv0nhgffc78cckjhsk'>nevent1q…jhsk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seems like this order requires all drone operators to monitor all ICE activity, so as to avoid any violation in case an ICE vehicle moves toward a hovering drone. 2026-01-20T17:03:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfa67lraap4eundzmyapxth0nlaa56s8e4rk4frggzv0nhgffc78czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvug6faf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4sz7ucyaa6yz97a9lpu664vwfama0m6gxwra9d3jfe8rs3gj8dggmlmq3'>nevent1q…lmq3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;&lt;The order is particularly notable because it does not apply just to static locations like DHS offices, but also to “vessels and ground vehicle convoys and their associated escorts.” The notice classifies areas within 3,000 feet horizontally and up to 1,000 feet of altitude as no fly zones and as “national defense airspace,” meaning the skies up to a half mile from ICE vehicles in Minneapolis, for example, could fall under this new jurisdiction.&gt;&gt; 2026-01-20T16:54:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2c5xt0cym0lq3n7hdak8c4pjydazultxhvtk5ky0rwmxq9ndtstqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuk50k4y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyauxc6gjttxxh77c4uke7h8y537snucpzl734r9y5jud3d5gcakgq8fyh7'>nevent1q…fyh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. 2026-01-20T16:50:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw27zsfln5sq47ljvgxpnvemp95fn75ny9wfqcjxnf5zl2xtc437qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvumykv4z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdu3xuxajap7483gfz4lq7rxl6aelcls3fzxwvaq65nljdj45duccrx6drj'>nevent1q…6drj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it&#39;s all dark. 2026-01-18T03:26:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlu2c73tmy4ua753qx7qp99svrj6m93tpgh8y8ujuzntvj95r6vgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuljk2f7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxy9nqunlz3mcf7xl3ejvkvjxj83epqv9q88secc8ssgrry76avaqca86zz'>nevent1q…86zz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/863/339/524/452/545/original/b993a2a4e056db09.png"> <br/> 2026-01-09T04:51:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstll4lrc29v8p9v0aql0vsdraljzz2pn62aaz4ajzu3l4x0auspggzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuem5wpx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wpw6k3rmevnk62rzyaudwcm6se65clfkmwjv6jmek5jgpxrxw7gfjn5k9'>nevent1q…n5k9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I created the chart. I did not maintain a formal citation list. To investigate any particular connection of interest, do a google search specifying the two names at the two ends of the connection. There are usually multiple sources for each connection. 2025-12-25T00:39:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszl7ypwnuz9te4xhv4kc6a5ca9d36pk9h4t6vy7vlv4rkq88hl28qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuj4w4wv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4pufvs2w2dytj5228v60duhs94a2q0say9ht5pjk6nwdudsfprqsphcyh'>nevent1q…hcyh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My parents were both amateur rocket scientists, and California licensed pyrotechnic operators.<br/><br/>In 1962 this rocket rode atop their Volvo from home in Long Beach to the launch site in the Mojave Desert, much to the amazement of other drivers on the road.<br/><br/>More here: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@weaselx86/111772737854877898">https://mastodon.social/@weaselx86/111772737854877898</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/737/324/580/912/376/original/392f7d4587f6744c.png"> <br/> 2025-12-17T22:47:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsph6h984c7kptv9u26ewq6vk25wm632zc8zlswntd0fa8amls0d6qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu9r77s7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprklql0vtn8ykxh4c950qu9yhmzys29x6etd3k0yd6lgnlcvgydcarssec'>nevent1q…ssec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m old enough to have once owned a manual typewriter with no &#34;1&#34; key, when the convention was to use the lower-case &#34;l&#34; instead.<br/><br/>(I loaned it to a girlfriend back in the 1970s and never got it back. But I still have my slide rules!)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/702/193/073/907/374/original/af78c9de71e12964.png"> <br/> 2025-12-11T17:53:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp8rj8sj8y0cevdyud90xzhq9pdeeta2trx7r50emm2sdv0c54pkgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvue7m3kg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjz638v2j8nktgwwu8fzp2m83skltvknv3l3cg85gp758rpw7xwqdyw38c'>nevent1q…w38c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same theory used by the Nigerian e-mail scammers:<br/><br/>Scammers want to minimize false positives who cost them effort but never send them cash. By sending an initial email that&#39;s obvious in its shortcomings, scammers isolate the most gullible targets. 2025-11-09T20:00:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy9f9jl6plkl9hgr3kdxanqs703fllhukv5a090xfmv9n97a4a0mszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvunjesu8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wnzg80g3acc790pd9nec2yu2wfzymzt58k2yux8hjlqwfqw989q9eny6u'>nevent1q…ny6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I want to re-boost my own post (e.g. a few days later) I&#39;ve been doing an unboost and then I can reboost. 2025-11-09T00:40:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs98fkkpfs9tyuks2drxnhf0a03v4unvvpz0fk54255klk8mkwhqjgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvumt8dnn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtyaj4etjsyk4pyupmqvpr3cf2dnprtztq5dzz3l03a5a7hrl9acg4s372'>nevent1q…s372</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It showed &#34;pending&#34; again for just under 4 minutes before switching to showing the quoted post.<br/><br/>Do you get a &#34;notification&#34; when your post is quoted? 2025-11-09T00:36:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszv9r8velz0hrzn8rac2s0curh68jlduuwn4u9jd4apgdj845wz7szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu9tvvw8 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/115516852101648905">https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/115516852101648905</a><br/><br/>Interesting; I guess there is a race condition in propagating the permission state. Let&#39;s see if it does it again now...<br/>nostr:note1skfm9tjh9qfd2zfcrkqcz8rsj5mxzxkykpg6y9r7lrmfmaw87tms7hlzzd<br/> 2025-11-09T00:30:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xtknnqf5ansra8utcgnxl8dcf5wh2jjx7fj5ldlc4v8va0mua7czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuzq3hax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xpud5h4a7e4uf3hy84a2l8e6gyqaqv97u87rk00r63dp8v07gcsel0xfu'>nevent1q…0xfu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/516/841/395/265/584/original/3f6b0513e86835e0.png"> <br/> 2025-11-09T00:12:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0af9axhh047j0rtplshaly95ska48g4x4fmxulm9hwqdrw5n0jgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuvx0q5j RE: <a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/115516788060622378">https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/115516788060622378</a><br/><br/>What happens if you nest them another layer deep?<br/>nostr:note1wvrcmf0tmantcnrwg0t6470n5sgp6qctac0u8v7784z6zwclu33qwrglxe<br/> 2025-11-09T00:10:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgz0yutwvfpkymkg7yeg7cxddegn275psdx9d578mttkv9s2vuadqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvujnyw9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nrt99d7ph520whuk6tm8mc6e463ajlllks32976hrg56p956xes8ekyd0'>nevent1q…kyd0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To use social engineering you&#39;d have to first somehow get into communication with an actual human. 2025-10-22T16:39:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq2gwtm57nh0r0wc5anfa50muyee2en4zd5y46tmmfg5ds9cejrpqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu5e3us3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspcf8ux4jutgcx973zdnzs7ulaj240tlw5vqt806pte4dya59ftns9qwzxj'>nevent1q…wzxj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same for mailing tax returns on the due date. 2025-10-14T17:45:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswfc9ere3e6g7ntmuygh8xdw3l8qhkavnrdr0kgy82u66vrnxtr3qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvumlzh53 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfyy0auh345mq2jz4t74rrhh92x5xuqsy5jz957x60anzwqx4dlhcfez78y'>nevent1q…z78y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whoever sits down first from his standing ovation goes to Guantanamo for ten years. 2025-09-30T14:33:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqnj4etx87p8a2kzzqlye5w6axaw2ypg5eldq4g766rl042jqz3sqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuscqynn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz92p6khcg2cm9wfta0xgx8d56h0e0dh2ge04pnhn0uh5n9262usgsyftkw'>nevent1q…ftkw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps the people most likely to recognize him are the people least likely to turn him in. 2025-09-11T20:19:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszr2w038rrn22uv24zd73hqw6vw9qf9y0z70zt9639tktp5m6ypkqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuu3mrzu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28kcdvpnwgazvcwdq6ev0zr83hk6rnm7uqwv355ecszwlcsk5m6s8tmqsq'>nevent1q…mqsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/182/639/827/400/754/original/887981d3a0853589.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-10T23:40:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2tu6ulr2ez0unty8g33wgdt2cjrhk9k3tkjxc94t50m4us0m6rczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuxjaax3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstf035ze0kx4jtepwkl4rym5v02wrlx9ruda9hpuzuk58nmrzculg4ufs30'>nevent1q…fs30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So Laura Loomer is Satan? 2025-09-07T21:43:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr6r6a5734ulxla8wd5n4unwcxmh4s9g6tacj3mzegd4wdc2zlxjszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu8v4cjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfwtxkj03m2mczekc46c0tzpvkdcecx09r20ryhyf9kxt003a22shwh3ad'>nevent1q…h3ad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mossad has the Epstein kompromat, too.<br/><br/>Putin and Mossad both know all about Trump&#39;s activities with underage girls.<br/><br/>Both Ghislaine and her father Robert Maxwell had connections to Russian mobster Mogilevich; Robert also to the KGB and to Mossad. Robert was involved in money laundering, and Ghislaine was exchanging large sums of money with Epstein.<br/><br/>It seems likely that Epstein and Ghislaine were using underage sex to run a &#34;kompromat&#34; operation.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/126/369/017/433/843/original/c84419f6d7e34840.png"> <br/> 2025-09-01T01:13:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy85t3ynyrkg0ch0l59zgcql56gnjc72m6wuw5j4zg6prarpmrm5czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuzve3gh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3p3rrpmmmh9gc5fj8afn7jawuazndpnvn8p828h525cvc8ufjvcj6zxn8'>nevent1q…zxn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tommy&#39;s? 2025-08-24T17:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2x202e9elarpw4g7jkvq30egrju7rtnhpx5xsya32guwpgvnamqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuvmtemh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf6pdzvnkayfgz6tzcqjtev4xcfy0kvfextupp4vg4x95flah8tqqny7h67'>nevent1q…7h67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;When in your war against a city you have to besiege it a long time in order to capture it, you must not destroy its trees, wielding the ax against them. You may eat of them, but you must not cut them down.&#34;<br/> -- Deuteronomy 20:19 2025-08-23T18:39:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv87crfy9zdpep9ssqyfeuw8x7m58qs4raxaupayqhxxfdr5mt8aczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvudqxeld In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrehn5l8cc47tue34requ3hs9syr8cccrz3jflcv2x0xv83nndq3qjzr9tq'>nevent1q…r9tq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;m under contract, too.&#34; 2025-08-17T22:58:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0r44mn25teahy6fzclyff2yr2j5su75swgzufvvyrpladnjflwzgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvutfpwag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97xzrgyte9ycqe3fsdck67cjj5vlev3usprna4q9qpvc6869uujctdpncm'>nevent1q…pncm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If by &#34;plosive popping&#34; you mean sound from consonant speech (e.g. the letter &#34;P&#34;) hitting the microphone hard, I think I did hear that occasionally.<br/><br/>Early on by moving my system volume into the red I could easily make it plenty loud without distortion. I only mentioned it because that&#39;s much higher than I typically have to set it when listening to youtube videos. 2025-08-10T18:56:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8trjzz04guw29n46pd38xzeaalxjmjxpnfuyuxvkxul5z7zkh9tczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuwaxjd2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfx0vr5gvtyg3hmhy4xnlmjh2s2q88lh0h7696g68wykp5azm0ajq282wps'>nevent1q…2wps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The volume did improve somewhat near the beginning when you said something like &#34;maybe this will help&#34;.<br/><br/>I had the youtube volume slider at maximum. Before the improvement I needed my system volume into the red for comfortable listening. After the improvement I was able to reduce the system volume down to the red line (maximum without entering the red).<br/><br/>(Normally I don&#39;t need the volume sliders that high when listening to youtube videos. But this is the first time I&#39;ve listened live.) 2025-08-10T18:27:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5q9hc0jum30n548qd89w9vvlmu7ycfz5pdlxtstxxt4hn0f6deqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvud226ae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsytms4pq88upukplshdvv377z0jtauxsyrj5ezslyd5uu0qr6hrdg4gy2wm'>nevent1q…y2wm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Was that at Bell Labs in Holmdel? ;-)<br/><br/>(Or maybe Royce Hall at UCLA) 2025-08-08T17:26:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxplx92l3we69qwyrk7c5q2pkn9zdm6s3kf4nsdduftrledkkkfhszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu09kga0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxgkv7h8c4pswaa0r05ax4a73umytw5s257v9g3h2rw8crnu7wgxqf6wkmk'>nevent1q…wkmk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the Phone Company.&#34;<br/> -- Ernestine 2025-08-08T17:12:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8tkflw3glamlxt6fe7rj5cwh3zgjvzha73jwsjauxtsz4sw7udczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuqpx5av In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqn5rj32elrggfz2n2dfhl9favjryhszlfh2ysyzlk75l3x8t59wca9am76'>nevent1q…am76</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Obvious BS: everyone knows Trump doesn&#39;t read. 2025-08-06T17:04:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2p075d5ygpxel4fg74hckrcfcc2z4v6d8qyxrrvjses5zxq4e2szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvud9qnvq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vkqhecwcdp949k9ehfhxekutykj4zumfymfzwzlg7xvgnutj7yc3gk4jp'>nevent1q…k4jp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Grok gives a better answer than Google AI:<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/979/794/395/846/571/original/b14d66e12c90586b.png"> <br/> 2025-08-06T03:55:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs948fmg376yxmg9dz90m6c87zke7e0lm0zk07mzfyqshdkqm7p4egzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu7cpl85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gxvmxq6gvxhgtgqumjvqvknpv70302g7lpaqae455qjcu9luejg6avw35'>nevent1q…vw35</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At some point a few decades ago I concluded that there must be at least one other conscious entity: having received from somewhere (apparently) external to myself an Idea so far outside my models that (I believe) I would never have generated it internally myself.<br/><br/>And from &#34;at least one&#34; it seems pretty reasonable to extrapolate &#34;many&#34;. 2025-07-31T16:57:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlx72ekawmmcvmwk4ly5accgp56tvx478psa9mr7a2k8zndzvzhqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu2ae2e0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p5g4fmqfhptexqttgdj77l6c6ur8vngwlzs3c5c4s03lgg3x62svsrq2c'>nevent1q…rq2c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”<br/> -- Tom Lehrer 2025-07-29T17:11:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszl2y5cqxd0zrumwf8jtjcxvet4zpxef7lfpuw84jgjdx9ku3klsqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvua4ja47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqwdcx3mphxq8unaufuql6hkgqa7jl0jj5yqvgpkpeu7wdlj352cy49day'>nevent1q…9day</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/886/656/759/799/691/original/d1cdc950d1d592ea.png"> <br/> 2025-07-20T17:09:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8y0zguyluts2ggyktsgal6lt75mzj8365lqd7tfjp8hv8kskv9gzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvury93gh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfju58vkyc6r9mz6evv8uf7vnp0tymuz658qe9409yr52q7uka4gsyksc8f'>nevent1q…sc8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;There are innocuous folk songs, yeah<br/>But we regard &#39;em with scorn<br/>The folks who sing &#39;em have no social conscience<br/>Why, they don&#39;t even care if Jimmy Crack Corn&#34;<br/> -- Tom Lehrer 2025-07-13T20:15:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0q4szutkjhgyl70lspzugmfqgu0pv87psn5zv3aqr3ldghvhhpxqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvugexeql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpd3zcre89wfrdvwd9npluelfyhykyzsugf62glv6dsrvjt37prct4465f'>nevent1q…465f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All neurodivergent in some way. A lot of ADD (ADHD). 2025-07-12T18:48:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgzag3nhc58zd9ghzsy6722cqc7guagz5g3mhwuf6j0sqj7pq73mszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuffthwk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sf0grl5mmfwzhqr4ahx5jy6hzddmranrswejxv0d7hvg0pqntrqqhuzvw'>nevent1q…uzvw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use Firefox and am watching youtube right now. I haven&#39;t had any problems watching youtube.<br/><br/>I have occasionally encountered a captcha loop, but not recently.<br/><br/>Firefox 136.0 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS. 2025-07-12T15:37:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8c449ue0ladukxr9zk7h5kekfgwtnsrd3ref2gdpf4pql0l8f5gzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu7cu648 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrscm2q6pq7qj4f54w9yaww52umfkg2ym5fa7xlnynql9aqz5j09qjg3ufg'>nevent1q…3ufg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I spent the summer of 1985 working in the &#34;Severance&#34; building, on loan to the 6300 Plus group helping them port Unix to their new machine. I found a bug in the 286 CPU (B2 stepping) while I was there.<br/><br/>You (Lauren) may recognize some of the inventor names in the patent:<br/><a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US4747040A">https://patents.google.com/patent/US4747040A</a> 2025-07-10T16:58:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfek7fxzmx3gang2dva4a77n9t0ssjam5frqc0q5u8av5nx0mldjczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvumxp449 &#34;We&#39;re Paying For The Weapons And We&#39;re Giving Them Cover&#34; - Clarissa Ward On U.S. Actions In Gaza<br/><br/>[4:34]<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/bW1fs6BXzaE">https://youtu.be/bW1fs6BXzaE</a> 2025-06-26T17:00:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy0gsygc526yu3cv9eukn8dueceuhzsaqk26ecpjasg905tycjyzczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuqvchsd <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lq68asmanu3etxax9hvrj8au4h585lq8zgzujmufqsewtsz85mkskknf7e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lauren Weinstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lq6…nf7e</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>A critique of AI slop by John Oliver in his usual serious/comedic style:<br/><br/>AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc">https://youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc</a> 2025-06-23T17:42:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9qyq65wkaa3s4gwguja0t79se9sc0y5gzu0ft0ztzd2c793g3qdszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvulp5tvz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv545z6ckaerjnvz7vp7wz7qvnzxq7dh0kewyz8qcpf7y83eugphcgegt05'>nevent1q…gt05</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Iran&#39;s nuclear stockpile is being stored alongside Iraq&#39;s WMD. 2025-06-23T02:15:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszclmwz94hrg3uwaxwlprc5p8u024k8ufanuwsfntktltj7rfdnsszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvumz0wuk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84hkm60h4nkvxttn5nu3d3q3n73k7lw0p994nthc4eggmtf3qp6qr03ktx'>nevent1q…3ktx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To Trump, everything looks like a nail. 2025-06-22T18:04:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvlyl9nwe4ggvcp7scyj2stxzxy22ctl6llyl3v6tyn0lt87485qzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu38kfqc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lq68asmanu3etxax9hvrj8au4h585lq8zgzujmufqsewtsz85mkskknf7e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Lauren Weinstein</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lq6…nf7e</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/722/730/254/032/929/original/38e29e4b5ad1ac96.png"> <br/> 2025-06-21T18:19:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs822e8jdr3uuwxm4n3twkn9p8wqk7mhzw4qsxntfg9ue5gqdhgf3gzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvukp0cjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsymdk20h6lr9rrapa7mvaqc9uc5ces2gh2jnk8tyjzkstjw5208us4c8tup'>nevent1q…8tup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Visit to a Weird Planet<br/><br/>Spock... &#34;Based on the fragmentary historical records from your late middle twentieth century Earth and what we have seen here so far, I would say that through a multi-parallel space-time inversion we have been accidentally transferred into a television studio filming a futuristic space adventure series, which by Roddenberry&#39;s Law of Parallel Evolution is identical to what has actually, or I should say will develop in our time.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070127074626/http://rec.horus.at/trek/fun/Weird.Planet.txt">https://web.archive.org/web/20070127074626/http://rec.horus.at/trek/fun/Weird.Planet.txt</a> 2025-06-21T17:39:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspca9gu7flzfgqt60xfpwdk4p9qvrrx2stxg2su93hwpddsta4sdczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuw2kdjt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlav58gtnmfs45vw29837eys8mmg8wsdz3emgyxp4cca4cwuu6ksxfqnwy'>nevent1q…qnwy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amusing:<br/><br/>There is a &#34;No Kings&#34; protest scheduled at the US embassy in Dublin, Ireland tomorrow.<br/><br/>But the protest at the US embassy in London is called &#34;No Tyrants&#34;. 2025-06-14T02:05:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7kdhh5xwe6kwtw55ydms9g9qvmncmegpu7n0tjafs6rudr368aczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvue0n86m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxjdtkuqvsla3733zuacr0afytea4a456dnkdf2ksradfu5d90zsm6xlm9'>nevent1q…xlm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That should be no harder than the universal translator. 2025-06-12T17:51:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsznamdc5gtt9p5lqhm75xn0lnls6hhr4wg7feq6ex9379vx20xl5szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu08lypk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9epam9xddrklvk9xkdzt9rrqrt9zwkd8htppngrqxm426qzzuaq3eajgv'>nevent1q…ajgv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe the Waymo robots don&#39;t have the intelligence to drive around protest zones like most human drivers would. 2025-06-09T17:08:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2d54wcxemn9tt5fuz5q8fqqledcfjw0pr4akgfvnccx8elcsmtqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuurxnfd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprdxvqxqdlqadkefyafkkq07uvddtr7s0z36qc4c5r2rxmwwtt8sra4830'>nevent1q…4830</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trump is going to want to drive a tank. 2025-06-09T03:24:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvj0e6nuf0k86r02gvsu7dqqrr3g7gx0wxy9hxgk6fddwz4c746zqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu3l7tkl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg57pummp28xyzt5e4l8609j4zqda6v6qsugse3s8kxtprmmrpxmsggadqn'>nevent1q…adqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is no form of protest against fascism that is acceptable to fascists.<br/><br/>There is no form of protest against Trump that is acceptable to Trump. 2025-06-09T01:54:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqkltnxttgsy6hdqyw72r7rsmmgtxgzf5zgxxfun6tg5vdv0aqjgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvutykrtg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95a90hf902ph39fjnkyuvdc0lamccnls06zsv6y94htl60djv70s0pcgjr'>nevent1q…cgjr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>EM heating was demonstrated at the 1933 Chicago World&#39;s Fair.<br/><br/>I think a scientist or engineer from 1940 would be more amazed that we put a man on the moon.<br/><br/>Also worldwide instant communication -- Clarke didn&#39;t prophesy communications satellites until 1945. 2025-06-07T14:59:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfkftc39ql27m456f8l4hkuyjsmjj68v3mpa5mrn9plxsqw9nnu9czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu8g0d6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqvudvws05v7d30h70gg5ltz5wjs0a9kkg2cq6mjdgfc004flgasa507qq'>nevent1q…07qq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Choose your foxhole partner...<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/632/975/203/725/221/original/eaf8836097239b1f.png"> <br/> 2025-06-05T21:54:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxtf6jne76n2kluldljtlpkg6rfaew3lkvvda0fscgaxvs9gq9mszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuhw7yps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw25k033tkpnw26x0gt3evsw3na6vl2q2pvcw0xqeau5e8rwwj8ygqdfced'>nevent1q…fced</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m afraid that when they get rid of Trump as President, Vance will be even worse: relatively competent evil as opposed to totally incompetent evil. 2025-06-05T20:09:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fnpjcwzqesuf8cdr39k3k5qfmg87vphq8rg03krzd4nk9cn2m7gzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuzsugln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7v3eduw9864z6ywv2qcck42jkxrrk2yw97d82sa9kvptds7f23scex33g'>nevent1q…x33g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>MCCOY: Shouldn&#39;t you be working on your time warp calculations, Mister Spock?<br/>SPOCK: [raises eyebrow] I *am*.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/626/262/452/977/542/original/19dfec26cad0ced8.png"> <br/> 2025-06-04T17:27:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0mwhzdku2dra3rtevxyxt9mrwxfuvvzhhdxp6lx32q5q9q5x57agzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuan3c2w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqllsgyatq4mmdtyzxpl205u4j4s79dgtur8ds73aamqhc8dd5anqwzxhdc'>nevent1q…xhdc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder how many people people called the City to complain about its non-conformance with the AI prediction. 2025-05-31T15:30:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjts4sgr36e0qjlfum3vgwpnmxemnkgrcfnkg3rye8ycguq079cczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuadj705 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthwcq2e0wt9mnyh52k44r22rfhs3wmul0q95c2adrmu89s842g6gtkvcsc'>nevent1q…vcsc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Will the kitchen sink be next?&#34;<br/><br/>This is not a kitchen sink, but a restroom sink I photographed in a restaurant one evening ~2017.<br/><br/>Fortunately the kernel crash did not stop the faucet from dispensing water.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/581/154/913/048/122/original/1db531a1770959af.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-27T18:22:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv8pdstcnas8jpkrwjrsfdx2fasfkfwdw4n3dd2ju5g99vyvqnysczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu9ttkca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvhylxq5zzg57yudp6q9x3acx7cp6fjtca7un72sapc72ygvfu73clydz7m'>nevent1q…dz7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Email in the 1970s? Sure:<br/><br/><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc561">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc561</a> 2025-05-26T18:08:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxw220dxyez08ufs2zuxtsk9w3pvcl77qu34gzgw8tsqwhkrgc74czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuf090wf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhu3hslc5qnfcae942x2zuq570x9e2yr7r034scsdly9ue7qmejg6tm7kd'>nevent1q…m7kd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I asked Grok which circle of hell is best suited to Trump. It actually gave a pretty decent answer, though I disagree with its ultimate conclusion of the Eighth circle (I think the Ninth is more appropriate).<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/546/986/466/584/440/original/8a51a00199efa1ab.png"> <br/> 2025-05-21T17:26:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrg6qh5nntkn6v4lmru0uzs6yantxyvulg9cuu8lrugvgl4lwdpzszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvupxux7v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7pe7tm8fg539qus79g7z4m47utts5ct9klnzwr5a4duvswxfpvqge2weq'>nevent1q…2weq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps it is a good sign that in our case they (for now) seem to have some degree of shame and/or fear that Hitler&#39;s Gestapo lacked. 2025-05-19T16:39:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszvy67lukum22hnnjqkhwazn5m3z89u5lgxj4srv92nm250vuduwgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuhshggm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvf4krzkkmlfemw8jyc743m3r0mtezlnuxc6jsekkctxfket56a7c4c0pce'>nevent1q…0pce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;PLUGH&#34; 2025-05-16T17:14:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0r5m7crlzeuwud0x9u4sqq5782vcva9w86llc2fq4gsgdcys7yzczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvutchg4h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjyjxhx3u85d4nhpvyuqrt52lm4tslplk2uxahhmj45rwqxpvqsqxxn5wg'>nevent1q…n5wg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sorry, I deleted the toot in question just before I received Lauren&#39;s quick reply to it. That is no doubt why Lauren&#39;s reply was orphaned. 2025-05-04T03:23:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf6vx9htd8r03k04xws5tfwrk5cnh3yn36z7un6a9w32c8e5nndtczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu65uyjl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznl8p2lhlwe0hhlaag75mgz764g3wy6mg8463tx9rgnhs6f2l7ncc7gpr2'>nevent1q…gpr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a better idea...<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/444/686/354/567/059/original/057e3bc970db16b6.png"> <br/> 2025-05-03T15:49:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9ypnwrmxfdta9gl9f202555aqhzwm4cahx8qhslr397amdncdeszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu4rusjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjj58zwll553hq3nmgr4tjcf85806adq0lq0qt6ctvul5kuu0tdgmccf80'>nevent1q…cf80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My memory of Tijuana Brass is the tune from the soundtrack of Casino Royale. 2025-05-02T17:52:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9mze3a6y3gzul4ypg8rhfplecmserya9admcd6qsu2jgt8crrevczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu2e8rym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgy2x0fg54wmpphc3jzpcds9j8x4swqel83yjcw6ktg4qjrpgztygfcv0v3'>nevent1q…v0v3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Stephen Miller (a/k/a Satan) has enough evil in him to balance the total incompetence of everyone else in that band of outlaws put together. 2025-04-26T02:57:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dsgclkkeduz6m4rn7pjhk6hcp7kvgaadfghrzv29ml98qf68z4czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvudtzkeq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0l8phjtjnru4hktq923fupuyq8ef3j9us4g92zj0yt74f08pplgxakk6l'>nevent1q…kk6l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Will you promise to change the national anthem of Vatican City State to The Vatican Rag? 2025-04-26T02:52:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs92q0mgk4l75npl890s2la7k9tg6p87t36qjr5ad45qkzd078ayeczyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvudpgntd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p7jzpudw69g68y2qrwfxh0822hs0y69xv7e0hpggv9y53m835ccg00z2q'>nevent1q…0z2q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But is there is anything to corroborate Kristi Noem&#39;s assertion that there was really $3,000 in her stolen bag, given that her word is entirely worthless. 2025-04-21T17:40:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd7p6nmk44cnj4h29r4t6l6gfrfjvxuxhsw2lm7mvad99pvlpx66szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu024z5h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8d2jwlj94gt9g2mz6qlquenmarr4adzcxmr9u4x7shtx3ytww3s7nhcl5'>nevent1q…hcl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To predict what Trump will do, think: What would Putin want? That is what Trump will do. 2025-04-20T23:36:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06x2zmzh4kxlm2ctz9emxsg4uy2r5s42fvwn7hurygcfw9yxp7eszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuql93fr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxeh0zj6gn0hw4sut8ra8cfqf5ut46p8v9wvvgg2zw0l7xkse3rvcjmvjd5'>nevent1q…vjd5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trump has admitted that he is tanking the economy &#34;on purpose&#34;.<br/><br/>Why? Because it provides an overwhelming distraction of attention away from the blatantly fascist moves he has been making against immigrants, universities, law firms, the judiciary, and the nation at large. 2025-04-14T19:44:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm997q864calc9hhv6gejy8lg0c8cl4u2sfyajxt80adkf04u8sqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu9pf0q9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05ftn9mqcwztvrk5zsmkcsec6z404gzle50xfzrjtst67ryzcraqy0u9t3'>nevent1q…u9t3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, but the other video is the one that shows you how to actually *build* it.<br/><br/>&#34;We also decided to make the guillotine even taller with the extra wood we had left. This would result in a drop much higher than a regular guillotine, which gave us some headroom and would be extra epic.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Headroom&#34; lol.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/QRMH95-m8So">https://youtu.be/QRMH95-m8So</a> 2025-04-09T03:54:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspj35avwrd07r8qw2hp7juhuqykzuu58fmpmu0tqqvc2d4hd922fgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuxe738q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszk76u65dxll4ry5hfttf0m6q4mxdr23kx3fwqm42ct4hyhqw26asf4xt77'>nevent1q…xt77</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t have access to URSA, but I still didn&#39;t want to pay for another box of blank cards, so I wrote a little program to output 2000 blank lines and directed the output to the card punch. 2025-04-06T19:12:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp5f5sk5wzegm86nr4n9qdgawk8e8pjx9xwvl3ettazt7ke9hhhzszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuzrd80n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m9565emrtln0xhdydrtadpzqprh9xdyklnh2d0fdxca85dll79qs424my'>nevent1q…24my</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, we had COBOL, FORTRAN, ALGOL 68, PL/1, and MIX (Donald Knuth&#39;s assembly language). 2025-04-06T18:40:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxp2e8jtn4367mhzelye5nanun9rzkrwvsv67jnv00r4wsp7f94gzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvukxms7w I counted 132 people attending the protest today (2025-04-05) in Ridgecrest, California, on the sidewalk at the town&#39;s main intersection. There was a lot of supportive honking of horns and thumbs up from vehicles driving by.<br/><br/>Ridgecrest is a red town, with a population of about 28,000 people, in a very red county (these are the people who elected Kevin McCarthy as their representative). 2025-04-05T21:49:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83eh8fmwtxsn3sj57pdq60exyazzuh2lc9vwpkupscwh8swg2jcgzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuu9y3dv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkuczkzy8n5tnz5w284yqnc8qhl76m3cey390vvr7cwztj57h09chll289'>nevent1q…l289</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Art of the Deal:<br/>Manufacture a crisis<br/>Then point the finger<br/><br/>#haiku 2025-04-02T23:11:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdwzpvx3g6m8vw9m3k9477xljk5cnd2jr0hh8et5jscn2deyaa7szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuyvy25v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyeyusqz2a4crsknyy562xntqdgg6aeqdn3xjkzts5hajk63qfs2ggl325z'>nevent1q…325z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Could the variation in odor intensity have to do with frequency of opening the door to check it? I.e. overnight less ventilation leading to higher concentration? 2025-03-20T19:15:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgh25nwey3x0dhd6c4ya5m057cdgg2z8ds8l2nxz324y3luvnr97czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvur9kfq0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmkg4dkev2rpg36gaqfx9a33kexc4800hsya7qax3fxnnu92ph9qrrmdkr'>nevent1q…mdkr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Similar when you first hear the voice of someone you&#39;ve been reading for a long time and it&#39;s nothing like you had been imagining. 2025-03-17T01:51:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa70xe3pekjmv330grsmx942lv8cmk8j4zeqce84wlh9mwmcasxqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu3wqxsf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8pekyr0aqrd0lf7rxf06n7ecrr7vyuuv4nyguvlmm5f8hlm4fqcyjy4pf'>nevent1q…y4pf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw part of an ad on TV yesterday -- only part of it so I&#39;m not certain I understood it correctly -- but I think it was AT&amp;T selling one of those cellular telephone devices into which you can plug regular telephones and FAX machines AND CALLING IT A LANDLINE device! 2025-03-14T17:27:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdjm4tdc9d3z7vhy9yrvsn9kk9jhxdufrlk0ehcfgj7khv3mnvncqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuma6lu5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dlgumw0tsk5yjazg0c5j7srgcdsvasnglf5wu7m7x29qmm4u40sz2rpmv'>nevent1q…rpmv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;When Ronald Reagan became president of the United States he asked the chief of staff to show him the war room of Dr. Strangelove… He believed it was in the Pentagon.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ronald-reagan-war-room-stanley-kubrick-film-dr-strangelove/">https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ronald-reagan-war-room-stanley-kubrick-film-dr-strangelove/</a> 2025-03-13T17:28:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsytx8l0mu9judm3tf6c6gus4a9lqxg3m5nmuhpsdandugprqvxlygzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuwvkqq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lq30cpadhm8q2fyfh5k80u56n5vccwzqwqjveknrdj46wewt9ngwljyl3'>nevent1q…jyl3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If Trump thinks U.S. citizenship is worth five million dollars, does that mean he will pay me five million dollars to give up my U.S. citizenship? 2025-02-26T21:13:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcharhsvc94u66rnf5kv6vcx6uwnmek96epa7e6v8qkw6u4f773czyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu0g426l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97ymnemt6ejc5nmsxhy4csw3hafgnvlsd64g4lzshhxljewz6megnwl404'>nevent1q…l404</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A real-life Bond Villain 2025-02-23T01:40:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxq7q74ua7t8mefralm9vgeyt06gyvas9vvxtwlz5x0gm4u4wkdagzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu5w9a0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva0s792g4ezsls6egskv80ht2kyqz0ap7l86jz3c8s469pnkchxq8jagy9'>nevent1q…agy9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you build the H19 yourself? I built mine around 1980; found it in a box a couple of years ago and it still works.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/046/097/250/031/507/original/a99b81381062cd47.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/046/098/793/942/377/original/646f9e3daa5877dd.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/046/100/611/650/304/original/7955e0e7bca095b7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-22T06:24:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszu75enju6wur7suudmn2njcclv48kkxq3uflqw0mlwrp8aw7lt7szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuzn6m64 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2sfvk7t82vs5p3vuxl5nask6svc74npvjqvq00lkqwu3t9j3l77cjvwrn8'>nevent1q…wrn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember in 1982, four of us ported Unix System III to a General Automation machine that I think/hope never saw the light of day.<br/><br/>This machine was quite weird: the stack grew upward, and it was word-addressed with some brain-damaged way to get at the bytes.<br/><br/>One of us wrote the C compiler backend; two did the kernel; and I was responsible for porting all the user-space programs except the C compiler. I had to debug a few programs that assumed the stack grew downward. 2025-02-22T06:15:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstna9j6hhwr24f0p8jy0mnukmn6sv9xk8qrkljq2ckycwjpm0dvggzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu0zsdzd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2f07kqvnw240hryn06gsyp8yq66eg2npu2cv2l92gkcdjc5hdaq6sx7d5'>nevent1q…x7d5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The DOGE universe.<br/>Details on these players in the linked article.<br/><br/><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/027/563/466/282/918/original/fbad5c110fdb15d5.png"> <br/> 2025-02-18T23:51:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy768ujgxruqagca9ynn8h5phmjrs8kcz765e3jlwcar26e9urwxszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuesx9h0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2eh9576mnt7npkdudl0h5j9zsjlruyu9gz3kuus6felc5dfch6rgx4dmv8'>nevent1q…dmv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a Californian in Dublin, one day I and one of my engineers (a native) were interviewing a lad from County Cork. Discussing after the interview was over, I commented &#34;Man, I could hardly understand a word he said!&#34; To which my engineer replied, &#34;Yeah, me neither.&#34; 2025-02-18T23:25:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygsd6nvzs0y5fv80jpt0j54ajsm33lm27lqvuls092qtzd0mptlqzyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvup52cxl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fwnaswcwtywwyk0uf0neh5vegk02vtlkzgga2mdgev3mtvw6edc4axxpn'>nevent1q…xxpn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Worked for me! 2025-02-11T19:24:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp93q0lvdqa2de0hvsu8tmxuslqmkn69hajwns08gerhc3xjxdvjszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvu29uqp3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptc9uvy2sl32qtqwhd6ek552p47jdzd5x8mga7gleu96ncvrs62gg5x27m'>nevent1q…x27m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You think Musk has already yet set up honeypot traps seeking to snare would-be whistleblowers by enticing them with unconfirmed media Signal addresses? It&#39;s just the sort of thing Musk would do. 2025-02-06T01:27:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszp62lpzwszx5jmnl2alu6g8ajdqky6qvjdn73xcxcfuskjr2tdkszyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvucs2hea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy89al66kycv3wm2tqfq2979t57snghq0mjj3rsldyd4r574a9crgev5pf4'>nevent1q…5pf4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Q: Why does newproc() return 1 in the child?<br/><br/>A: You are not expected to understand this 2025-02-03T19:22:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvrvvgq66u6zldxf2j98r0uswkf99e0rpcpeqllxe45qt44ggx84szyrk4qjytplnf5ad6ue9tkjay9upv5asxavjwmuad7hxt7erg6skvuk35ku9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgznktlg3upguf2pcfxlg9kxzrjeer273nt2zzz87rh3svfega5qqwfqrjt'>nevent1q…qrjt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s what you get for hanging out with kernel hackers rather than UI designers. 2025-02-03T18:36:32Z