2026-10-22T23:34:38Z https://nostr.now sidereal https://nostr.now/npub1jf6zjmdfmjmglsvyqz4x33ttu4udx9qtkspsvkrgd74ygkje6nssqsjumu https://kolektiva.social/system/accounts/avatars/109/521/972/982/032/876/original/779159c489b43b4f.png https://kolektiva.social/system/accounts/avatars/109/521/972/982/032/876/original/779159c489b43b4f.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jpf4tdnlpypggkqsk355kkv4wyjws2tl2u2f5rsqkj9fetycc8szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzwfmne4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2frg0vgqnwqluz0u0nan4r9wfx5x42hkt8hw2vdpde72dr6c3xvckxkyjd'>nevent1q…kyjd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And then there&#39;s Mennonites. With their power tools and their cell phones. What a world 2026-10-20T00:15:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2frg0vgqnwqluz0u0nan4r9wfx5x42hkt8hw2vdpde72dr6c3xvczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzfc4pwq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp336acv080dkgch4ug69elg20pzmkqjy65jf6d4sk9d36gcax08gxsggv7'>nevent1q…ggv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s also a lot of things that qualify as &#34;modern tech&#34; that Amish people don&#39;t use, that we don&#39;t typically think of as &#34;tech.&#34; Like most Amish communities reject the insurance industry. 2026-10-20T00:13:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp336acv080dkgch4ug69elg20pzmkqjy65jf6d4sk9d36gcax08gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzc9tx7f Periodic reminder that the Amish use plenty of modern tech (vaccines and fridges for insulin are great examples). <br/><br/>They merely reject modern tech when they perceive it divides their community. <br/><br/>They aren’t *afraid* of technology, they resent technology that *isolates* people. <br/><br/>I&#39;m not saying we should all be Amish, or that Amish communities are perfect. But we could all stand to learn from this specific aspect of their culture. 2026-10-20T00:10:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kxzpaypmnjekdkmwwhkykuau98l9er9dfmgaeftk88aqy0ft3egzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzn7l5yj I now can&#39;t remember who pointed me to <br/><br/><a href="https://open-slum.org/">https://open-slum.org/</a><br/><br/>But thank you! I love it so much! Sharing for visibility 🖤 2026-10-01T15:23:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr56a6fdwkff0vv5y6r34uume3ga5d8rsvf57u805g60ag4udrdtqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzumsqvl The video of people clapping at Trump&#39;s speech -- that they couldn&#39;t hear because there was no microphone -- is a new level of amazing dystopia. IDK man. No one in this country is ever allowed to make fun of countries with cults of personalities ever again. Oh my goodness 2026-09-22T20:02:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqf65ldu83s5dvcdm2pltgs439qx225rc4tx6z6nrzmrleja6d6wqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz4kdatn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5mddx4clv9qu7s9lu5psheenm5suea0skg938scr8w9u8wcx82sxdjlqj'>nevent1q…jlqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well, it was slightly more complex, first the aristocracy banned commoners on transit, then the system could no longer fund itself. I feel comfortable saying this was the aristocracy banning transit 2026-09-03T21:48:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9xlawxsp0e9vc2klxexxukfau70sj3n4e8kx70lxq6dvjwjg6a7gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzwtca4h Blaise Pascal started a horse-drawn bus service in Paris in the 1600’s and it was super popular amongst commoners until it was basically banned by the aristocracy. Bus service didn’t come back until well after the French Revolution. I had no idea the struggle over public transit was so long. 2026-09-03T20:51:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst03nmt7f5rwh53ktagqnn6h9m8n540qt84fejsleh236sh55krfczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz3yq2gf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwsqg2vhwvjvy24afmjn52gkpakc3nwf2rzn6eyxufu3s67tdaqg6kudgr'>nevent1q…udgr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No one wants to admit that both sides suck ass, and also both sides are still made up of people. I guess it&#39;s the same with all wars. 2026-09-03T14:13:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwsqg2vhwvjvy24afmjn52gkpakc3nwf2rzn6eyxufu3s67tdaqgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzv8wxwj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9czts3t2lfr5z42dzfnctwzayazvxmatu36e5qncvqyauey3423qvaz8yp'>nevent1q…z8yp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whenever I suggest that Russia may have some motivation here rather than being comically evil villains from a Cold War James Bond film, a bunch of deluded Americans come out of the woodwork and give me shit.<br/><br/>Whenever I suggest that Ukraine may be justified in some kind of defensive action here, a bunch of deluded tankies come out of the woodwork and give me shit.<br/><br/>It&#39;s pretty wild the places you end up while being consistently anti-war! 2026-09-03T14:10:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9czts3t2lfr5z42dzfnctwzayazvxmatu36e5qncvqyauey3423qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzpmx8xz It&#39;s been four years of war between Russia and Ukraine, and I still hate talking with most people about it 2026-09-03T14:08:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg465ks86k3r8qeutzlclkkph89erkxgsgpygft76gej3d4nvj7sqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzwf3urt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv804npzjscmcrntrzt6y7rrrd0p383kkl9pkhl4rjqeva8qr5qqgz6l0lk'>nevent1q…l0lk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I first heard about cryptocurrency, they were like &#34;yeah, you can avoid all of those pesky banking regulations!&#34; and ever since then every single thing I&#39;ve read about cryptocurrency has made me: more grateful for banking regulations. 2026-08-31T16:11:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e2vf8z4aqs82dm3agqg53km9clcmg0dhztmfvhmd60wx4380jlszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wznmhtjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89lya4x8x53kcjuld46xe44uvzfufv75xz09ayx9qzcf4j5fpmggp4myz6'>nevent1q…myz6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My theory is they appeal to people who are highly carbrained, but also can&#39;t afford a car, and are therefore inherently upset about transit any time they try to go anywhere 2026-08-31T15:40:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqze3ez0f9msyyf8eyuy34q3uhnkue3l43d4kk4ud9aelkqhq04tqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzn6w32q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszuc9uppc8pd58atyun7zcm92g256fx90wvqwjc947tq2rhdj68rsszjz8g'>nevent1q…jz8g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Damn! I&#39;m sorry to hear that. I&#39;m glad he&#39;s OK. I really dislike those e-scooters.<br/><br/>All the time now people come up behind me while I&#39;m walking on the sidewalk, blasting super fast, ringing the bell a bunch, and then yelling at me and almost hitting me for not getting out of their way. Every time I&#39;m just like &#34;Ride it in the street!&#34; and I fully expect one of these dudes to hit me very soon. 2026-08-31T15:32:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp8m2yvhd00c9ht6eyu2fwgt0hhxld9w75a7ja8drjfncskey4htqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzp8t609 “AI isn’t going anywhere” that’s for sure! This tech is just as boring as it was in ‘22 2026-08-29T16:26:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrd878t2jr52w6fd9e5a4mutf3jyy7qhpw47kngrmjpswzv006c9gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzzxyg8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxekh078myuk0wmx2st3succplngzxetuth0tuwcfpa9gyfasfhlc4k9par'>nevent1q…9par</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I find Amish (and Mennonite) people’s relationship with technology amazing. They don’t just reject all new tech after a certain date; when new things come out, they investigate, and choose to reject or integrate them based on factors like: “does this divide our community, or bring it closer together?” 2026-08-24T14:55:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlgth6tryeckl68f2mz5kg4aa73yrve08dqk5rcsjuj9a8ffl8kqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzc606gx Man, when I was in school, my roommate got kicked out of our university for plagiarizing a couple paragraphs from a classmate. In a 2-page essay.<br/><br/>Everyone was super pissed at him!<br/><br/>Now we have something like ~40% of doctors using The Plagiarism Machine That Makes Shit Up™ to scribe their clients&#39; medical records. All because one of the most profitable industries in the richest country on earth apparently cannot afford to hire medical scribes.<br/><br/>I want off this fucking ride. 2026-08-14T17:37:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrl35ms9kpfp8ka96jz7ht3dlsp38c37klwp0793vlwmgjlqyye5qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz7vpvj3 Fedi hate on Signal is kinda odd. Signal works way better than most of the cursed products of the tech industry.<br/><br/>And why is it so hard to get Europeans to use Signal?? They&#39;re all like &#34;just get on Whatsapp&#34; and I&#39;m like &#34;Hold on, I thought you folks were supposed to be more cultured and politically aware than Americans?&#34; 2026-07-30T15:22:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4e0d2mt4t3nj529p2j58uqzgkrqstq9j9uspp64rsxuvzhfvj7gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzrxk527 Whoever came up with the system “if you don’t allocate all of your yearly budget, your budget will be smaller next year” is responsible for so much human misery and wasted money 2026-03-10T15:01:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqathsnmxapqwsfhfcgen00nsh294xqdq0pjudv0uejk7jlzlpr7gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzh0qk46 LLM boosters: This is trained with all of the text and code on the public internet!<br/><br/>People who can fucking think: So it&#39;s extremely low quality, then? 2026-03-01T17:12:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxpar85xrjg9alcjlcpgzquvamklr7kv0hhvmlhafp8423xrzzrcgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzcpfrgl I&#39;m not saying the Democrats WANT to lose the next Presidential election, but they are weirdly attached to Gavin Newsom, and that makes me think they definitely don&#39;t want to win. 2026-02-27T01:41:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswuykj36nx4082a6ycp9xdrlrre98cym98xcswmjf9aflvg0z0udczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzjud2fl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdzejse7psghf34jxsvpxn453x7pcwwnrn8sczthak5us59jcztgwrvmss'>nevent1q…vmss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The one editing tip I have, and it&#39;s some shit most writers don&#39;t do:<br/><br/>Read what you wrote out loud to yourself.<br/><br/>This instantly calls out when something flows awkwardly. No need for any technology or other people. 2026-02-20T15:32:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvdzejse7psghf34jxsvpxn453x7pcwwnrn8sczthak5us59jcztgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz6y64p0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5xx3rrenj82xqzmysx966ph6nwereyt7exf7t8r8cxnyau5ysqg4ezfkv'>nevent1q…zfkv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The process Cory is describing of<br/><br/>- finding an open source AI program<br/>- downloading and installing it<br/>- maintaining it<br/><br/>is all time that I would prefer to just be writing and editing manually. Maybe he&#39;s finding it worthwhile to invest that time. I don&#39;t think I would, so I won&#39;t be doing that. 2026-02-20T15:23:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5xx3rrenj82xqzmysx966ph6nwereyt7exf7t8r8cxnyau5ysqgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz9rzusz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zwdms0a8a39zz9nm5jefe8j2pl0zju9l673ngln2s9lnyj25w2qq5duag'>nevent1q…duag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is all to say, when I first read the &#34;avoiding AI is neoliberal purity culture take&#34; it raised my hackles. On reading the replies to Cory wherein people weren&#39;t even engaging with the fact that he&#39;s using self-hosted AI, I gotta admit, he kinda does have a point. There are some people avoiding AI out of a sense of purity culture.<br/><br/>But for me, I&#39;m avoiding it because I&#39;m just not impressed by it. I don&#39;t see a way to use any of these tools in my regular life and work. 2026-02-20T15:20:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zwdms0a8a39zz9nm5jefe8j2pl0zju9l673ngln2s9lnyj25w2qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzy9cxqu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsracjcngw36qyaqkn0jpge68r6uqp650g5r7j8yuqk9dyh2cqnrkgpfg3jl'>nevent1q…g3jl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How did I get so good at English grammar that I have little need for technical editing?<br/><br/>Well, I certainly didn&#39;t get this good by using AI to correct my shit.<br/><br/>I spent a lot of time reading, and then I spent a lot of time writing. 2026-02-20T15:18:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsracjcngw36qyaqkn0jpge68r6uqp650g5r7j8yuqk9dyh2cqnrkgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzgawkcs Re: &#34;Avoiding AI is neoliberal purity culture&#34; discourse<br/><br/>The main reason I avoid AI is because I&#39;ve never been impressed by a use case. I&#39;ve never seen AI do something and been like &#34;OMFG I need to do that!&#34;<br/><br/>What Cory Doctorow has outlined is a fine way to use self-hosted AI for grammar correction. As a professional writer, we can see why he would want to speed up this process.<br/><br/>But also? I don&#39;t need AI for this, all my first drafts are perfect the first time. ASK MY EDITOR! 2026-02-20T15:16:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmz977djuc6s360dly22h0ejzw67hektkm9ktnca20zy2r4jd98szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzpfsmg5 Lying is wrong. However. The only fringe benefit I can see from the proliferation of AI/LLM shit is now it’s very easy to tell who I can get away with lying to: all the people into AI/LLM may be intelligent, but they lack capacity for critical thinking. 2026-02-06T19:13:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjz0djq7rh9h5jk9zunj75clhz9cl3cgwrcd54lf9yxh9s8q6hcczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz4dmdkk Trump talking about suspending midterm elections is the absolutely predictable result of the last few years.<br/><br/>He said in 2016, before he was elected, that if he didn&#39;t win re-election he would stage a coup.<br/><br/>Then he did exactly that in 2020.<br/><br/>It&#39;s almost hard to condemn Trump for this stuff. He is literally just doing what he said he was gonna do. It&#39;s very easy for me to condemn the Dems for not attempting to stop this guy, and instead adopting his policies and tactics. 2026-02-04T20:12:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8epcmxqznx5ke4n5x984mstxjs3v94g20a9saz6fwg3c2g85kpagzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wze46tlm Wow it finally happened to me!<br/><br/>An elder in my community approached me asking for help about digital security and privacy!<br/><br/>I feel like being on here kinda prepared me for the conversation. I thanked him for asking me about it, and talked about how there&#39;s a lot of ignorance and people preying on that ignorance.<br/><br/>I asked him what, specifically, he was worried about, and we talked about effective ways to mitigate those risks. Honestly it was great 2026-02-02T02:34:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf54vlgx5t2vujy0prc9w68mynv5h70t2ecsd99me6ahg0fjnkcvqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzmqcvt6 Kinda hilarious that the Dems are focusing on affordability now… and not during the Biden admin when everything at the grocery store started to cost about 4x as much<br/><br/>These motherfuckers are always a day late and several dollars short 2026-02-01T13:58:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ut8lycqlcxfcpq3u5uanxa8fnupgq0xhe3tmgd0deze6urykwjgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzn37mts All I’m saying is the stuff Trump has done in office is way worse, and more illegal than, any of the Epstein stuff. 2026-01-30T16:58:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tgr5s2we0p0yyp8ygrlyd6w5cjlu3863fhaflrkddku5mgjy63qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzzzjqw9 RE: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/115981267745589573">https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/115981267745589573</a><br/><br/>&#34;posts on fediverse can&#39;t go viral&#34;<br/><br/>trolley problem meme i made years ago: [exists]<br/><br/>haters said it couldn&#39;t be done. and yet 2026-01-30T02:28:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0h2pf3wf8yfuqew6pf5mjkwhn6w6kurl3yzf40hysk2fm5hx6mgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzpqgwar In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9y99mhz9z2ngm7my9sta5mzxx7lu94s5vjvsxu6spndhsuzv077qfvgd6a'>nevent1q…gd6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action.”<br/><br/>Uhhh, only a fascist would oppose abortion or affirmative action. I love how in this guy’s article about how “I was wrong about fascism” he’s STILL pulling this fuckin fashy talking point.<br/><br/>Leftist people don’t overuse the term fascist. The USA is merely a country with a lot of fucking fascists in it. 2026-01-27T16:41:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxmrrd5xgpqjtcww58ryes73tqpyhd3m5f05gz7lx86t8gtujcnvczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wznl3vl3 Almost all of the tear gas being used right now was made &amp; procured under previous administrations.<br/><br/>DHS has not “fallen from grace,” they were always bad. Some people have been saying this since they were founded.<br/><br/>There is nothing uniquely “Trumpian” about what is happening right now. This is the natural &amp; very predictable result of the course of American society for the last several decades. 2026-01-27T15:50:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8wftvfvuvz6t0q5mjk9h4g93ctudu6ffpcj4wm0ueuxktv5jalhczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzfpe4s9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvctltlya8jf0se2nlh38g3hnxksg9yr0tstadjmg06ct72qn8escn5tq2v'>nevent1q…tq2v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>iPods were great for DJs in a way that smartphones haven&#39;t been able to mimic.<br/><br/>You could just put like 40gb worth of music on there, and then play it on almost any sound system of the time (without an internet connection!). Output via audio jack or USB. And, crucially, iPods had no notifications, ever, interrupting your music. They never needed to have their software updated, either. Like, there were bugfixes and stuff, but you could ignore it and they worked fine out of the box. 2025-12-30T17:05:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvctltlya8jf0se2nlh38g3hnxksg9yr0tstadjmg06ct72qn8esczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz2m2fg0 It&#39;s almost 2026 and I still dislike not having a headphone jack on my smartphone 2025-12-30T17:00:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgslueecxc06504agsvcw47v2x2anj6dqa0wmhh3qq03l5hve5g4czyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzrhu5yq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsym8xy0jpmppyqw4u2gpzvtla74psvkdurvyrjy2axhzwe5vvn0nc2gtdpc'>nevent1q…tdpc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Flo mask &gt; all<br/><br/><a href="https://www.flomask.com/">https://www.flomask.com/</a><br/><br/>Good seal, v comfortable.<br/><br/>Expensive to get the mask in the first place, but the replaceable filters mean it ends up being more cost effective than anything else.<br/><br/>50 filters for $60, and I replace the filter once a week. Also IMO it looks cooler than most other n95-compliant respirators (I don&#39;t care how effective the duck bill ones are, I just can&#39;t with them). 2025-12-13T20:33:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0djpxwff3f2265z2rz7nh34v9x00l6pakz3we2hm0np7cvcqndxqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzxuqs8h Augh, today I briefly used a computer with no adblock to access the internet.<br/><br/>It&#39;s so bad! It&#39;s so much worse than I remember. Oh my god. I don&#39;t think I would/could use the internet anymore if ublock origin didn&#39;t exist. 2025-12-09T01:07:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf87g2zxfulgh4jda7txczjxz4t39tgnej2nzy3qhsueh3spvgx5qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzrgu0mq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp8llj2ya0pfyf9xsrf768qaa5rfax6sq0a2ssr4334zccfuq36ssfw09g8'>nevent1q…09g8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In case you were wondering, &#34;why didn&#39;t anyone warn us about this?&#34; I was. I told you all so.<br/><br/>I told anyone who would listen in 2020 that Biden was a shitty candidate because some shit could heat up in Israel and he would lose the election over it.<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t think he would lose to Trump, though, I figured the Republicans would run a better canddiate after Biden put Trump in prison.<br/><br/>Biden was probably the most disappointing President of my lifetime. 2025-12-03T16:41:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp8llj2ya0pfyf9xsrf768qaa5rfax6sq0a2ssr4334zccfuq36sszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz3lhm4g Good morning! Trump won re-election because Biden enacted all of Trump’s plans on Covid, and was far more hawkish about Israel/Palestine than Trump has ever been.<br/><br/>If you interpret this as a pro-Trump post rather than an anti-Biden post, congrats, you aren’t part of the problem, you’re the entire problem.<br/><br/>When the Dems run someone who is more conservative than Trump, and their entire campaign is little more than “omg you want Trump to win” what reason is left to vote for them? 2025-12-03T16:04:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfnjpdyrlcuzzhdp5h5xp2lvt8h48vmxqfmrm6zatnd4wrdhrtrtczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzcsaq3j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5j3mux565c4fhreg9m4req929jm68ucqavns08ph8at25ajv02shtp7v4'>nevent1q…p7v4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the USA, &#34;everybody knows&#34; that the Wright Bros invented the airplane, because they achieved the first powered flight.<br/><br/>In Brazil, &#34;everybody knows&#34; that Alberto Santos-Dumont invented the airplane, because he built the first airplane. 2025-11-28T16:49:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5j3mux565c4fhreg9m4req929jm68ucqavns08ph8at25ajv02szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wze2jncr In the USA, &#34;everybody knows&#34; that we &#34;obviously won&#34; the space race by landing on the moon first.<br/><br/>In the former Soviet Union, &#34;everybody knows&#34; that they &#34;obviously won&#34; the space race by going into space first. 2025-11-28T16:43:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsre75mtn8mkpyju4yxapx0qc9dur7tgle9afwn8flyjan38twjm0gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz7zdatv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhl6x4f6ctwyzf8ffp69zm8ewe9kfcqfsuugm64v7skau64yv3eqck93f2'>nevent1q…93f2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Let’s boycott to bring down capitalism! Still support small businesses tho!” Why? 2025-11-24T16:17:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhl6x4f6ctwyzf8ffp69zm8ewe9kfcqfsuugm64v7skau64yv3eqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzg7fpn4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2qf8vvmem739xrfsjuljz35d8fk4zjzrup09uq0w58h4h4z3lxssyzxg6f'>nevent1q…xg6f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you interpret this as a pro-corporate thing, you missed the point. I’m not saying corporations are good, I’m saying small businesses aren’t any better. They’re just as exploitative, sometimes more. 2025-11-24T16:16:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qf8vvmem739xrfsjuljz35d8fk4zjzrup09uq0w58h4h4z3lxsszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzln4v5z I don’t care about small businesses.<br/><br/>They’re all capitalist hellholes.<br/><br/>Independent landlords and employers have fucked me over even more than big corporations. 2025-11-24T16:13:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs820smpf986esuyry6qvzv89e9s2yvcdtsty3x4ynw8yc99749segzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzcmqwpf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8cgmx8mxfn9xjmd388seyyyaemrr5xjj3nt3gjl5nnv44q9p9u7ca529gv'>nevent1q…29gv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did NOT predict Trump and Mamdani getting along so well. Surreal. 2025-11-22T01:41:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq3ffs5w5em8uhe6pt8a6mrzdyp6c7axxxgrmud8mqs967lwjy8hczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wze8vknp The thing about &#34;bread &amp; circuses&#34; as a tool of oppression is that you can&#39;t give people too much bread. If people have enough bread to live on, you just get the 2020 Uprising.<br/><br/>In the form of the internet and digital media, we have circuses like the ancient Romans could have never believed. 2025-11-21T19:08:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdr0tjtf50vu4e8hxdyqe9e8k2udmmtym9j5tntn7fgm2yv70yxwgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzr59gwv OK, the new mastodon update is pretty good. Cheers to everyone involved thank you bless this mess 2025-11-11T02:28:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfn895uugfa4tahhmuqper2nr3mstr5yjhrgj5tsa0sa2f5c33z4qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzg0a26z Like most people in Seattle, I live on the side of a steep hill.<br/><br/>Awhile back I stopped and helped a homeless guy get back in his wheelchair. He had fallen out while going downhill because the sidewalk was so uneven.<br/><br/>I noticed how the street was totally smooth, had just been repaved. The sidewalk looked like it was decades old, cracked &amp; gnarled with roots.<br/><br/>It wasn’t an accident that this guy fell out of his wheelchair, it was policy decisions that prioritize car owners over everyone else. 2025-10-29T17:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszn9cm2vm9kw28fd008wdk3vt4mw0scj05085vjpmzsshqy2qa64qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzuf8q02 It’s backwards that the government shutdowns include funding the military (allegedly to keep people alive) but don’t include funding the welfare programs (SNAP etc) that actually keep people alive 2025-10-29T16:39:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2az7accpk6a8le0h64f9505e8huh7vf2gr6ss9zrd6kkgu96ec2szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz5yks84 Job interviews: bad for the applicant, but it’s also a massive waste of time/resources for the company. There is no correlation between interview performance and job performance, it’s purely a method of discrimination. Multiple rounds of interviews? There is no economic justification for this level of complexity. No job is so meaningful as to require multiple interviews.<br/><br/>If someone is qualified? Hire them. If they lied about their qualifications, fire them. Cut this shit out. 2025-10-19T15:49:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspujf229nhc3xcg25wgk7ldvsnd3sp780h9dhj5edw7x8ghd2vvkqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz37jg5j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswukeeryypsl56mslnkj5ryua99x3s86e4ldwvadd3vmwfju9ghtqdvz260'>nevent1q…z260</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like why is being an antifascist important? Because fascists want to kill people, and saving lives is good. Protecting people who fascists want to kill is good.<br/><br/>It&#39;s not a thought exercise, it&#39;s not about being morally correct. It&#39;s much simpler than some of these academics are making it. 2025-10-10T14:49:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswukeeryypsl56mslnkj5ryua99x3s86e4ldwvadd3vmwfju9ghtqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzrvwtqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxychhtwug69waul3vhq84h0vdggvvc2m0ap6cu4mn2c54xkzepqs6mt5u'>nevent1q…mt5u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess it&#39;s just surprising to me that someone who writes books like Dr. Bray doesn&#39;t also own a gun.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t mean any disrespect, I just would have thought someone in his position would have either &#34;bought a bunch of guns and learned how to use them&#34; or &#34;moved to Europe&#34; by now. The time to make this call was, like, 2017. 2025-10-10T14:48:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstxychhtwug69waul3vhq84h0vdggvvc2m0ap6cu4mn2c54xkzepqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzfm5kl5 I’m gonna say it. Full sympathy and support to Dr. Mark Bray but it is weird to me that more people on “the left” aren’t more prepared for the possibility of death threats, and the possibility of needing to leave the country without getting on a commercial jet.<br/><br/>These are all things I have spent the last nine years thinking a lot about so I don’t see why all of these academic “fascism experts” seem to not understand the stakes 2025-10-10T14:07:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs26hekwmquy92qe3rkqsz502fjk7n6ezzdjxqarvw3ah6l85r7rvszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzwsuer5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7spf763eauyt94d5u2f6g9p0kqumc72g3phh42lwa9zjqzeyh6cud9wfq'>nevent1q…9wfq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is not a fucking win, and neither is anything Newsom has done. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news<br/><br/>How is it a victory to give the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who is calling for war? How is it a victory for Newsom to ape Trump’s tactics? Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Also, no one mentioned Newsom or Pritzker except you.<br/><br/>I invite you to please, please get your shit together and stop posting embarrassing stuff. 2025-10-10T13:56:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgz05vyyyw4vk790zzrqvs7zgymv3amljuvmqs9qm96n4danvxcjszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzpajtld &#34;the United Nations estimates [stealing crypto] now accounts for 13% of North Korea&#39;s GDP.&#34;<br/><br/>Perfect, no notes 2025-10-09T22:50:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6ylajx0p5kk9f9vtzzekpps4htft8zr0z3lmlu2j6hthwff9dtgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzduekc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2xhzhtrl469edj377m2tt8cls2pgvev8uyc5x9x8m9pm3l7tfts5y0jdk'>nevent1q…0jdk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the school I’m going to right now has a required math class that is taught by an AI booster who encourages students to use chatgpt for math 2025-10-03T10:08:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96zmv8ucxxvaapsreyhkapx8jutq5uvpx6fgkcjpdsnpdauh5fjczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz5zrv5a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cxpjzf6gha2nmr5m5ldaavwys9zjvllehchza2ud022nsgtnu5cg47zlk'>nevent1q…7zlk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>*landlords who also own combine harvesters that are run by GPS and get paid by the feds to employ nobody 2025-10-01T16:50:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8nsrwhymjze5rcx9svtluts37uqtzk9wg9qussjgahgleyc2pauqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzcvvkyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8maq4kw3kf9u0mlv59e5q3yy2ts0hj5p09z99nqjnxr6cyu6hd9swzcldu'>nevent1q…cldu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, the people most folks think of when they say “farmers” are more properly termed “farm workers.”<br/><br/>Also, even back in the “golden age of American independent farming” (between 1790 and 1860 or so) the veggies and crops were for their own families. They were making money off of their woodlots — which is to say they were extracting timber from stolen land.<br/><br/>Not very many people in this country have ever farmed and the number is lower now than it ever has been. 2025-10-01T15:17:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrq9jy0de0huast5q8gdfgvs6pe86daumthwwha2yyy507pxcvjwqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wznlnkca So Luigi might get off completely cos Trump officials won’t stop talking about the case on twitter. All of the terrorism charges against him have already been dropped bc they won’t shut up about it, the death penalty is basically off the table bc they won’t shut up about it, and now the judge is threatening to throw out the entire case… and they still won’t shut up about it. This is kind of incredible to watch. 2025-09-25T16:53:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs02w054m8xjsxpx93cd2um76nj2xm9w0228cmtjn54usfcn4sfl2qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzlj7cse In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmyes9geygdc8nwcssumhcsr72q9q3cnxlwm7xnsy44sxz4wgdxq3uev4v'>nevent1q…ev4v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Starting in about the 1870’s, most American cities banned pockets on women’s clothing because the OG Suffragettes were carrying so many guns and knives. So then big hats became fashionable as women started using hat pins (basically a 9” metal spike) for self defense. 2025-09-25T15:56:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsraadq7jls365y3ce08syaqk94h9ptwtrgxr0uyj3ag22mh89880szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wznrzcf0 Remember. Since autistic people are massively overrepresented in the research sciences: Autism causes vaccines, not the other way around. 2025-09-23T07:04:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttezzl2etrvg5hnuar5ttf7ysyu24twrhmvxenpln22n4x2c324qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzl2huce <a href="https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/28/its-safer-in-the-front-taking-the-offensive-against-tyranny">https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/28/its-safer-in-the-front-taking-the-offensive-against-tyranny</a><br/><br/>&#34;Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.&#34;<br/><br/>Perennially useful article. 2025-09-14T19:01:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpjuejl4uc4a4swr84tzz7ljwwxjh70x4pl5fgxgv6au68d00xkszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzjxxr56 OK also there&#39;s a lot going on, but let&#39;s not lose sight of the fact that Israel recently attempted to assassinate a bunch of Hamas leaders in Qatar when they were supposed to be meeting with them to have a ceasefire.<br/><br/>Like. Israel is going kind of wild right now. I think they&#39;ve done drone/bomb strikes on 6 countries in two days? 2025-09-11T15:23:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfk9skvm4q0jry263qpacepc4r37qk9029uc6uu8u5y5adaznrkszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzjlyk49 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vz4kz76pyqzzas2w05gw5nsw22694q8gkqnqx9ldj9rwxpwx7aqasfczp'>nevent1q…fczp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We had something like this at my school, my friend and I ended up starting a counterfeiting ring using the library&#39;s copy machine. One of us would distract the librarian while the other made the copies 2025-09-09T02:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfl8gst2te8leufd2ucayppj9magssp4wzvvt43typ33ynju0xuszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wznexytl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pr5surp859yzxxvywzhrw8hzdnc802gtgj0l6vkrsxw84hvrssgvffwds'>nevent1q…fwds</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After an hour on the phone, I now have the soonest possible appointment to establish care with a new PCP. It&#39;s in...<br/><br/>March, 2026.<br/><br/>Man healthcare in this country is screwed up. 2025-09-08T21:09:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0pr5surp859yzxxvywzhrw8hzdnc802gtgj0l6vkrsxw84hvrssgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz4hg7t4 USA, 2025:<br/><br/>I need a new doctor because my old one quit his job and moved to Canada.<br/><br/>I have made two appointments with other doctors which were both canceled a few weeks before the appointment... because both of those doctors were also quitting their jobs and moving to Canada.<br/><br/>Wooo 2025-09-08T19:30:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzjpekeshe39wpxwhawrfcq40v82nlf6dtzt32ehwahstfuzymyszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz845nzv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e2zsazglpt8xss2f2lcaxcamwe9stz358ev7hs4lhgc8930575sjx3t4p'>nevent1q…3t4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw some chud comment on fedi that &#34;fuck all these apps like Signal and Telegram, the feds are reading everything&#34; and it&#39;s like lol yeah they probably are, but it&#39;s cryptographically secure. Unless someone adds a cop or a journalist to the group chat lmfao<br/><br/>We know it&#39;s cryptographically secure because Bezos and a bunch of other Amazon execs successfully used Signal for insider trading and the FTC couldn&#39;t go after them. If the FTC could have, they would have. 2025-09-06T20:03:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0e2zsazglpt8xss2f2lcaxcamwe9stz358ev7hs4lhgc8930575szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz34nkvt #1 wish for this Jewish New Year is that Signal would let me pin more than 4 chats.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rkw6a3qcgxxzmgrmysn48umna28za0jvaz2ev72wmycgvcvkmp0sa45q62" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Signal</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rkw…5q62</span>)</a></span> make it happpen. I&#39;m doing my part, I got like 20 people to get on Signal this year 2025-09-06T20:01:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9peh55f82f0l2dyvhq409uflaf33ajd33g772e5xkxrh3lzam3dqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzvzvfcc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88gcz8aasxwuwgsrnwnt60cakkrktn04063nyecrdrepemkc7jzcyer8qx'>nevent1q…r8qx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Off the top of my head I believe Germany, Mexico, Belgium, NL, and a few other countries (maybe Brazil?).<br/><br/>Charges can be made against someone who does something violent or destructive while breaking out of prison, but the actual escape attempt itself isn&#39;t criminalized. One won&#39;t have time added to their sentence just for attempting to escape. 2025-08-26T17:32:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygspez2skju8cm7ejrhnjr6h2weyvfd0rrj5dsxgnumxz5t4jtdqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzzajdxf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstycx09dwxk4ul9790k9kepl3v2s00j39nvthdhaa2z0ufujzmmqsn832aa'>nevent1q…32aa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There were people who thought that New Coke was made up to suck on purpose, so that they could bring back &#34;Classic Coke&#34; and make even more money. The CEO at the time said &#34;We&#39;re not that stupid, and we&#39;re also not that smart&#34; 🤣 2025-08-26T16:22:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j4zk642tewzkm3fjjkp5x683lxjpxecfr0azmxjv949c5dl9lhszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzr5d4x9 Nietzsche: He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if thou gazeth long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.<br/><br/>Gavin Newsom: That sign can&#39;t stop me because I can&#39;t read! 2025-08-26T15:08:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf60am09mx8xzpvu3enx5c74n2dc2pmkl4q0xuqhfv6vh2phry7uqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzsa5nzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdeke7pjx7x7ld59huqm8znc99x53whte3pr5m02dy42wa3fw0yqc4q6pgk'>nevent1q…6pgk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conservatism hasn&#39;t gotten a huge amount of voters to come out since 2004. The Democrats just keep hemorrhaging their own voter base with shitty policy by ceding to conservative positions, in order to chase centrist &#34;moderates&#34; who don&#39;t actually exist in big numbers. I wish I was exaggerating even a little bit. As far as I can tell most of the Democrats (I mean both party operatives &amp; members) just aren&#39;t interested in studying political science or winning elections. 2025-08-25T16:48:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdeke7pjx7x7ld59huqm8znc99x53whte3pr5m02dy42wa3fw0yqczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzz63n80 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz66qhpsygcltv03j992wjrrnd955443sdefyv0er9vr6szql6pzqjxv72n'>nevent1q…v72n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100%. The Democrats lost in &#39;24 because they went too conservative. That some of them want to respond to that by going even more conservative just doesn&#39;t make sense.<br/><br/>Trump isn&#39;t winning because he&#39;s popular. He&#39;s winning because these folks are driving away Democratic voters in droves. 2025-08-25T16:43:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr08tzedrmpxn5ftm2r75j26xcsla26ncuy6yljnhfaxh8kw60cxgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz5nrnmk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa0kflx7y94ztf3c6u39agr9a4lw5ccuxznxzlc76undcn77hl8gre0zzj'>nevent1q…0zzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, the last time I checked there are about 1.5x as many registered Dems as there are registered Reps in this country. In a two-party system, we should call this an &#34;undefeatable advantage.&#34; Americans as we actually exist are reasonably progressive on most issues. Over 65% of us favor legal weed, universal healthcare, and burning at least some police precincts. Literally the only reason Dems ever lose any elections is voter suppression and a news media controlled by capitalists, don&#39;t @ me. 2025-08-25T15:31:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspa0kflx7y94ztf3c6u39agr9a4lw5ccuxznxzlc76undcn77hl8gzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzm5k2rn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrm2vd739qwsyxc043y2jqg90r6gank2s5q4fej7szhsm5p48s0skrcszk'>nevent1q…cszk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fact that these &#34;Vote Blue No Matter Who&#34; fuckers won&#39;t get behind Mamdani tells one everything one needs to know. The mainstream Democratic Party is worse than useless. Trump never would have won in 2016 with the Dems using obvious corruption to hand the primary to Clinton. And Trump never would have won in 2024 without the Dems mostly ignoring him after J6 instead of.<br/><br/>Trump&#39;s 2 presidencies are far more the result of the Democratic Party&#39;s actions than the Republican Party&#39;s actions. 2025-08-25T15:24:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrrm2vd739qwsyxc043y2jqg90r6gank2s5q4fej7szhsm5p48s0szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz6gkzgn Anyway yeah I was real fuckin mad the entire Biden admin because I was like &#34;bruh if you don&#39;t do anything about Trump you&#39;re gonna lose re-election due to some shit heating up in Israel/Palestine&#34; and it sucks to be 100% right 2025-08-25T15:17:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ucuvzjxwwjvj7gz96etynug2ltpeq6uk2dg03ydvggn9d9wkufczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzk9am4y Rereading Pedagogy of the Oppressed because so many of my zoomer classmates basically cannot read &amp; this was not an accident. It’s not like we forgot how literacy education works. It was aggressively defunded. Generations of people haven’t gone into public teaching because the pay &amp; working conditions kinda suck. The so-called “No Child Left Behind” Act really fucked this country up. 2025-08-24T16:10:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyeax4a4tw95xqc5fj4cez0mafdkym865syqs7gkzjymy40a44mdqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz0cqy0w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz38cf3kral6hv8g0sf754w753xd6yz9qag3vqu04u8cfz6pw97aslp7ysd'>nevent1q…7ysd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some people can navigate it OK but most don’t 2025-08-22T22:26:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz38cf3kral6hv8g0sf754w753xd6yz9qag3vqu04u8cfz6pw97aszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz8em4ey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzmvlmm0638z2s8fvmgfwf9zm78rcagdqt5mz89kupwtdwnhud7sckr2y8'>nevent1q…r2y8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when you work within the system the system changes you too 2025-08-22T22:25:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2v5m4tqyf2p7eenpft2e80kwdqne4hzs2aenf22r2etrddv6e6tczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzyjj85v &#34;When someone works for less pay than she can live on — ... she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently — then she has made a great sacrifice for you ... The &#39;working poor,&#39; as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for. ... To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.&#34; <br/> -Barbara Ehrenreich 2025-08-22T19:24:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlv349fmwj7ye2dxuz5j2xuqfp25s2e98rzswx9f2qn0ekhdkerqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz6p98j0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jqmrfdzc4fjhqmrtcde9vdvjtzg365st76jf6fd0uukd86jguwglvdupm'>nevent1q…dupm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So why do landscaping workers use these things, if they don&#39;t save time or effort?<br/><br/>Because their bosses like the noise. Their bosses like their workers not able to talk to each other at work. 2025-08-19T16:09:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jqmrfdzc4fjhqmrtcde9vdvjtzg365st76jf6fd0uukd86jguwgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzzth965 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs06n70x95cwfc036zvszs8xg66844n697nw83edzftjcwhhrepnrsnryugx'>nevent1q…yugx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anyway from the perspective of a person who actually works for a landscaping company, these things don&#39;t even save any time or effort.<br/><br/>1. the tools themselves are heavy af. Like. Way heavier than hand tools that do the same job. Ends up being way more effort to use the power tools. You&#39;ll consume more calories and your back will hurt more. Not opinion.<br/><br/>2. How do you like fucking around with filters and doing maintenance on small engines? Because you&#39;ll be doing more of that than yard work. 2025-08-19T16:09:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06n70x95cwfc036zvszs8xg66844n697nw83edzftjcwhhrepnrszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzej3n7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswuxrdld2eqs7tee0nv88p36x7hn6hk4d2tjfj0fdmwx9g34j9wlc7n28ze'>nevent1q…28ze</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like how could it be socially unacceptable to listen to loud music...<br/><br/>When these things are way louder?<br/><br/>How could it be socially unacceptable to smoke cigs inside...<br/><br/>When these things are way worse for indoor air quality?<br/><br/>Why do we make exceptions for two-stroke lawn equipment? This shit sucks! 2025-08-19T16:06:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswuxrdld2eqs7tee0nv88p36x7hn6hk4d2tjfj0fdmwx9g34j9wlczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzulggz3 I genuinely don&#39;t understand how 2-stroke lawn equipment ever became socially acceptable?<br/><br/>- So loud. I live next to a hospital and the lawncare guys once a week are far more annoying and disruptive than all of the ambulances 24 hours a day.<br/><br/>- My entire apartment smells like gas when they&#39;re here. this is actually far more annoying than all the dudes smoking fentanyl in the alley.<br/><br/>- For what? So there can be fewer/smaller plants around? Guys. This is way more annoying than the plants are. 2025-08-19T16:05:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswe2fnmjsfhgsw4af5g98r0rmg508x00wk8f50wt4mnth57ll8wjqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzycy4n8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gjheuleqyag63cpelfvgwn82ndmcz4grclnjyttvdqqxnh4z88gfxgj5a'>nevent1q…gj5a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The other day I was thinking in the shower how there is no need for people to read dystopian fiction anymore because the world we live in is essentially so similar to 1984 or Brave New World.<br/><br/>Like I was talking with a friend about BNW awhile back and he was like &#34;I wouldn&#39;t mind living in a society like that, if I didn&#39;t know&#34; and I was like &#34;Bruh. The whole point of that book is that you DO live in a society like that and you DON&#39;T knOW&#34; 2025-08-19T15:46:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdszfa7j6fekv2a6hhqp02edrqk73x4a44l029krj802vhxjlpg3szyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz9k843u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwkkyjx4jmnesekca3p0ztvmphh5x994rz75xsey45ne0tuh052sfz8y6y'>nevent1q…8y6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As someone who used to work in kitchens and now works in the trades: the pros do both of these things, all the time 🤣<br/><br/>That being said, using a chef knife as a bench scraper is IMO 100% OK if you flip it upside down and use the blunt edge<br/><br/>Screwdriver as a chisel is only OK if you&#39;re in a hurry but really most trade workers do so much worse than this every single damn day 🤣<br/><br/>Using any knife as a lever is worse than either IMO. 2025-08-19T15:30:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0saye807mm3v7msa8u96z0nh2s92lahyczx53y70dyzhdsnyq2nszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz62hh6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7nchtl4lsjfmhvyvg95rknpqkqz8s6rynjrzflr3tzfjt5vy3tg0qptjq'>nevent1q…ptjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Call any alternative to vote by mail “high barrier voting” or just what it is, “voter suppression.”<br/><br/>In Australia they have compulsory voting. You can actually get fined for not voting. Everyone is automatically registered to vote, in perpetuity, when they become an adult or immigrate. The government sends you a ballot that you mail in. Now, I’m not saying Australia is some paradise, but I’m saying this is how a government behaves when it actually wants its people to vote. 2025-08-18T18:19:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qhf49ue2v5ez56ljtujj02mzqs8u7egsl2y30xu2d3xm2cha6uszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzpmeu6a You’re in her DMs. I’m in her P.O. box. We are not the same 2025-08-18T18:15:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspp4aq6hpz2xm8l6xm2hyy26ngyaar7gy6vf4x22qxx3xrarq7qrqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzx0exdm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mqx33fh6nhuk4r2934h608p9s83shelx8zzu9l3w4583mcpa4xg5ygz2z'>nevent1q…gz2z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a little heavy-handed, but I&#39;m into it 2025-08-16T15:40:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg4nlg42dt9aulfwx8lkpy0jsv0g7j706fzgttmgskylhnyup2ltqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wztfc9wu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wmd7rfkt9dd8tx3zr838jjhwflkrau5jrnvlmmdhq40xc4mqz5cc07e4s'>nevent1q…7e4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like, one reason we don&#39;t see more progressive candidates at the local level, especially in smaller towns... is the ones who do stand for elections get a lot of realistic death threats from heavily-armed fascists.<br/><br/>These candidates get essentially zero support from the Democratic Party or local law enforcement. So, many of them drop out, because of the credible death threats. What would you do?<br/><br/>Do those folks have freedom of speech? 2025-08-09T18:48:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0wmd7rfkt9dd8tx3zr838jjhwflkrau5jrnvlmmdhq40xc4mqz5czyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz9p460k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqszme3l5el5exw7csh7lls8sa86ep8y9c29ts4u40naqcaq9mag40qd27'>nevent1q…qd27</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The rise of fascism in the USA has been primarily enabled by multiple generations of neo-nazi organizers infiltrating police departments all across the country.<br/><br/>This, combined with the extralegal powers granted to police by the court system essentially delivered liberal democratic society to the fascists on a platter.<br/><br/>The voting shit just doesn&#39;t matter that much if the police &amp; courts are compromised at the highest levels. 2025-08-09T18:43:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqszme3l5el5exw7csh7lls8sa86ep8y9c29ts4u40naqcaq9magzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzwrvc8a Just read: &#34;Unfettered free speech led to the rise of fascism in America.&#34;<br/><br/>I can see how folks got there. But. This is inaccurate.<br/><br/>Unfettered free speech would be a better situation than what we actually experienced. What we actually experienced was the police &amp; courts consistently preferring &amp; protecting the speech of fascists over everyone else&#39;s... for decades.<br/><br/>Anyone who has been to a nazi protest in the USA has seen lines of riot cops protecting them. Not every fringe group gets that. 2025-08-09T18:40:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5y5a8aeu5lc6xgfyxelu7rxstnfufdp0gysuxw85a7n3fyuz3zqzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzp7k37q Anyone have any experience with sticker printers? Got any reccs? 2025-08-09T18:37:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs04wk8tqhns9duqfgsd4fr0dm27ufwjj0rfn4ry8z46r0rdqdtrjszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzmjje52 Honestly, at the end of the day, the main reason I&#39;m against car culture is most people aren&#39;t as good at driving as I am, and they appear to have no interest in improving. Frankly, most people aren&#39;t willing to put in the time and effort to safely operate a death-machine and that&#39;s OKAY. They shouldn&#39;t have to. 2025-08-03T15:19:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxkwdjeusf3x3gs5wjlfrnm332t5puzq3cdqra9u278htjjzqqtszyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wze4hcez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflqm073h8m8l4l73skjursjzu2cc6mzxjxzhh8dys2ps6xk0qewcq6p3t8'>nevent1q…p3t8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like this was just one company that operated around Ohio (but into every neighboring state). There were dozens of companies with territories this big<br/> <img src="https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/926/491/025/329/607/original/ecb5ba0531cb6503.png"> <br/> 2025-07-27T17:58:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsflqm073h8m8l4l73skjursjzu2cc6mzxjxzhh8dys2ps6xk0qewczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzu0u3x7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gpp0ghgk2hdgstdl0adjffr45jwwcdu42vglc0xp604s5g45h7c44tf3x'>nevent1q…tf3x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh yeah, back in the day you could theoretically transfer (over multiple days) from rural Maine to Madison, WI<br/><br/>90+ MPH with zero emission electric motors powered by hydro dams, with hot food service, too. 2025-07-27T17:56:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8950h3747s3e4rsntxf3l0fz20p9xv5pc9u4p2mnz22ss3qgx7lgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wz03zk6f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00gg2yh68mpmyzlf26hl94jfkzj7un6dpfj45whunavrtcnsv2ss2ztze6'>nevent1q…tze6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tacoma, too.<br/><br/>You use to be able to ride the interurban streetcar all the way from Spanaway (suburb south of Tacoma) to the Whidbey Island ferry terminal up in Mukilteo, and even on to Everett. For context, this was before there were even paved roads connecting all of these places.<br/><br/>The main way to get around before the streetcars/interurbans was just boats. 2025-07-27T17:54:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpcf8dtm74q4p6vmypc87rdgudc2qxf2eglyp7knlz7plureuztgzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzcu09s6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffdey58hy5lf0amq94fct208teagj2m9gmm4wqvqjzzrf20q4hlch3tg9r'>nevent1q…tg9r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Dude. Port Angeles had a streetcar system. Aberdeen and Hoquiam had a streetcar system. Astoria still has that tourist trolley, but it use to be like an actual streetcar system. Raymond/South Bend used to have a streetcar. All these small NW towns that don&#39;t even have much bus service today used to have streetcars 100 years ago. 2025-07-27T16:36:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0vyk09ekk38s9q3nmq9233gng7lytp86elsw7vrvgj8fdmj7hwwczyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wztweqwm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd49uqvfyk808w83s9ers4f0qemnv659vnp5xljmas75aacgjmqvgf7rdsr'>nevent1q…rdsr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100 years ago everywhere within the current city limits of Portland was within a quarter mile of a streetcar stop. It’s incredible how far we’ve fallen.<br/><br/>Looking at the old schedules, it was far quicker to get around PDX in the 1920’s than it is now. 2025-07-27T16:08:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8c5d27wlaemerhw6fgh3233ntlc54jar69v0s4stfrydg623aw4qzyzf8g2td48wtdr7pssq256x9d0jh35c5pw6qxpjcdph653z6t82wzr9dysw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8zpr9p5fkrqj2rxrfxvafqq0hpe9hu82dd8920x2hpsf9vkdf4qs0h4lg'>nevent1q…h4lg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just my opinion, but I thought both Biden and Harris were terrible candidates.<br/><br/>The reason Trump won last year was cos the Dems split their own vote over Gaza.<br/><br/>Any Dem would have won in &#39;20, there was no reason to go with a conservative compromise candidate.<br/><br/>When Biden was nominated in &#39;20, I said &#34;bad choice, some shit could heat up in Israel, and he&#39;s so hawkish that he&#39;ll lose the re-election.&#34;<br/><br/>Then that happened + Harris said she wouldn&#39;t change a thing. 2025-07-20T17:29:43Z