Nostr notes by David Nice

So it says, yet again, yet yada yada...

2025-01-24T18:06:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…4t42
_________________________

So it says, yet again, yet yada yada...

Could I have a source for this, please? I'd like to spread ...

2025-01-19T11:21:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…ps7c
_________________________

Could I have a source for this, please? I'd like to spread the news elsewhere. Thanks.

How about 'care and not corner-cutting greed'?

2025-01-09T22:11:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…clux
_________________________

How about 'care and not corner-cutting greed'?

Why would you support what would be likely to replace them? You ...

2025-01-04T13:03:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…ctd2
_________________________

Why would you support what would be likely to replace them? You surely don't support the horrors to come? Or are you like Bannon and Musk and Trump in saying tear it all down? I want to understand.

You really need to ask that question? Enough already.

2025-01-04T12:49:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…lzpg
_________________________

You really need to ask that question? Enough already.

You really wouldn't. Because the alternative is even worse.

2025-01-04T10:57:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…7hm6
_________________________

You really wouldn't. Because the alternative is even worse.

Home crib 2024 ...

2024-12-14T17:45:38Z

Home crib 2024

I found the people of Homs and Hama supremely friendly, really ...

2024-12-06T00:15:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…3djt
_________________________

I found the people of Homs and Hama supremely friendly, really went out of their way to help. I despair at what's happened to this amazing country, but then its leadership has been awful for a very, very long time.

Thanks. Doomsday updates seem apt.

2024-11-30T17:33:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…rt4h
_________________________

Thanks. Doomsday updates seem apt.

I hope there will be a go-to source on here chronicling all the ...

2024-11-30T17:26:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…wdrs
_________________________

I hope there will be a go-to source on here chronicling all the off-piste attacks which happen as a direct result of these horrors.

Daily horrors in public spheres are going to accumulate ...

2024-11-30T16:40:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…fcyr
_________________________

Daily horrors in public spheres are going to accumulate massively.

American friends in Ireland are holding a dinner to give thanks ...

2024-11-27T14:49:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…zkg8
_________________________

American friends in Ireland are holding a dinner to give thanks that they're here and not there.

That's not helping to clarify, to put it mildly.

2024-11-22T21:57:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…fu54
_________________________

That's not helping to clarify, to put it mildly.

One thing, though: Putler doesn't support Israel, quite the ...

2024-11-22T21:49:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…7k2g
_________________________

One thing, though: Putler doesn't support Israel, quite the opposite, the last time I looked.

I'm still not hearing how many it killed, if any.

2024-11-22T12:10:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…r27k
_________________________

I'm still not hearing how many it killed, if any.

Sadly, 'Mutti' will now be remembered for preventing ...

2024-11-22T10:44:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…dwfh
_________________________

Sadly, 'Mutti' will now be remembered for preventing Ukraine from joining NATO, and for going ahead with Nord Stream 2. So great in so many ways, so fatally flawed on others.

Assuming full responsibility for the genocide, in other words.

2024-11-21T11:52:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…ywqw
_________________________

Assuming full responsibility for the genocide, in other words.

I think you underestimate ordinary Ukrainians, for all the cracks ...

2024-11-19T18:50:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…ylzu
_________________________

I think you underestimate ordinary Ukrainians, for all the cracks that have opened recently.

Trying to work out if my message was sent to the right source. ...

2024-11-19T18:32:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…vlne
_________________________

Trying to work out if my message was sent to the right source. Can't work it out, sorry. Sometimes one message gets eclipsed by another. What's for sure is that Typhoon Orange will not establish a 'peace'. No surrender of any land, probably, but if so, membership of NATO is essential. And the catwoman hater says that's not an option. So no go.

Really? How can they? Which ones?

2024-11-19T18:13:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…fkv5
_________________________

Really? How can they? Which ones?

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia fought so hard to join NATO. ...

2024-11-19T17:20:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…ll7u
_________________________

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia fought so hard to join NATO. They've been safe so far. If only Ukraine had done the same.

More horror in Russia. Murderers, paedophiles and cannibals ...

2024-11-19T08:39:24Z

More horror in Russia. Murderers, paedophiles and cannibals released to join the Russian army are murdering their own people. Vitaly Shevchenko is such a credit to the BBC World Service - I heard this report on the radio first - and BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e7vl01gngo

Aha. I was early questioning the Guardian article which made NO ...

2024-11-18T14:08:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ajek
_________________________

Aha. I was early questioning the Guardian article which made NO REFERENCE AT ALL to the background or suspicious circumstances. But really, can we see a photo of the dancer and not of the effing mass-murderer?

The real failure was that Ukraine didn't join NATO. I doubt ...

2024-11-17T18:07:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…zgw4
_________________________

The real failure was that Ukraine didn't join NATO. I doubt if Putler would have done what he did if faced with the bond that has so far kept the Baltic countries safe.

The hoax on those Russians persuaded to wear tinfoil hats brought ...

2024-11-17T11:54:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…xkhr
_________________________

The hoax on those Russians persuaded to wear tinfoil hats brought some much-needed humorous relief.

That's awful advice, and look where he ended up, with the ...

2024-11-16T19:13:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…w2hs
_________________________

That's awful advice, and look where he ended up, with the truly vile and exploitative Frenzy.

I'm hoping European countries will ban many of Typhoon ...

2024-11-15T13:03:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…r4t0
_________________________

I'm hoping European countries will ban many of Typhoon Orange's hideous nominees from their lands, if they're chosen.

Such a hero of mine, the best Falstaff I've ever seen on ...

2024-11-13T11:37:07Z

Such a hero of mine, the best Falstaff I've ever seen on stage (with son Sam as an excellent Hal). Prue will be lost without him, but I'm sure there's a strong family network. 90 is a good innings, so let's celebrate all he did. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy9vw893xvo

It reads like a spoof of official obfuscation.

2024-11-13T09:44:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…8540
_________________________

It reads like a spoof of official obfuscation.

Not so much dim as greedy for what the fossil fuel industry can ...

2024-11-11T19:48:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…pys5
_________________________

Not so much dim as greedy for what the fossil fuel industry can offer her. Vile.

Maybe not to the UK, since Brexit khyboshed so many research ...

2024-11-10T11:19:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…uh5f
_________________________

Maybe not to the UK, since Brexit khyboshed so many research projects, and Starmer isn't doing much to reverse the effect...

I think of the many beautiful parts of Beirut after ...

2024-11-10T10:05:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…z3yj
_________________________

I think of the many beautiful parts of Beirut after reconstruction, not least the American University with its lovely grounds overlooking the sea. Again and again the city rises, to be shattered...

Not everyone by any means. There are still those Israelis who ...

2024-11-09T13:39:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…p9t0
_________________________

Not everyone by any means. There are still those Israelis who patrol the settlements to defend against the violent landgrabbers. Or are there?

Any sane and decent Jew living in Israel should leave and come to ...

2024-11-09T12:26:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…6lft
_________________________

Any sane and decent Jew living in Israel should leave and come to a viable country in Europe. As I gather many are doing.

We should be shunning Israel in sports as we have Russia.

2024-11-09T12:08:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…8ftp
_________________________

We should be shunning Israel in sports as we have Russia.

'I guess it's easy to understand why you don't get ...

2024-11-09T12:01:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…8wk8
_________________________

'I guess it's easy to understand why you don't get it.' You were wrong there. But your tone is still too defensive, so I give up.

You stated I didn't get it. Yes, Europe is in a parlous ...

2024-11-09T12:00:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…qkd4
_________________________

You stated I didn't get it. Yes, Europe is in a parlous state. But France did at least, if only temporarily, beat off the threat. UK folk saw relative sense and gave Labour a landslide victory after a decade of horror. Meloni could be worse - at least she's steadfast in her support of Ukraine. Orban is the worst but may be gone soon.

I'll take that as a retraction of the insult.

2024-11-09T11:57:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…xuuu
_________________________

I'll take that as a retraction of the insult.

Oh, I do get it. But I'm talking specifically about US law ...

2024-11-09T11:55:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…rkkk
_________________________

Oh, I do get it. But I'm talking specifically about US law failing to imprison Trump for multiple crimes. Even given Brexit, I can't see the UK letting a convicted criminal stand for election. Though Johnson came very close.

Yes, I know. How hard we fought against that.

2024-11-09T11:54:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…fl4t
_________________________

Yes, I know. How hard we fought against that.

Most of us in Europe can't begin to understand the gross ...

2024-11-09T11:50:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…qw39
_________________________

Most of us in Europe can't begin to understand the gross failure of the American legal system.

I'd certainly leave America now. But you're right in so ...

2024-11-09T11:49:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…jywn
_________________________

I'd certainly leave America now. But you're right in so many ways - do I have it correct that the minimum wage has stayed at $7.25 since 2009?

Really not worth trashing Harris in the light of the alternative. ...

2024-11-09T11:28:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…ru7h
_________________________

Really not worth trashing Harris in the light of the alternative. Whatever you say, it was Service versus Self, a competent prosecutor versus a criminal. Well, whatever. It will be mayhem now.

It has to change, but this isn't why America in in the mess ...

2024-11-09T11:05:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…32m5
_________________________

It has to change, but this isn't why America in in the mess it's in. You have to ascribe hatred of the other and stupefying ignorance to what's just happened. It starts with education.

Then there's the ones who didn't bother to vote. That ...

2024-11-09T10:54:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…n59t
_________________________

Then there's the ones who didn't bother to vote. That makes the abetting of fascism a much higher percentage.

Yes, it's so tough on freelancers. I got dumped by BBC Radio ...

2024-11-09T09:57:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…e7pa
_________________________

Yes, it's so tough on freelancers. I got dumped by BBC Radio 3 some years back (no reasons given; I console myself that unquestionably the best colleague also found himself out). The only solution is to try and find ways to work for yourself - not possible for these people, I know, but I was forced to discover Zoom for my lectures, and it's been a godsend as I now have students from all over the world.

Is 'Bandonch' meant as a sort of insult or just a ...

2024-11-03T10:55:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…u7f3
_________________________

Is 'Bandonch' meant as a sort of insult or just a mistake? I like 'Bad Enoch'. And I will hate with a passion this poor apology for a human being who supports Ron DeSantis's anti-LGBTQI actions in Florida. Her opinions are loathsome, and yet lesbian friends in the USA applauded her stance on trans people...

Again. There are Palestinian organisations you can help fund to ...

2024-11-01T17:25:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…0jjv
_________________________

Again. There are Palestinian organisations you can help fund to plant and grow olive trees. That's how I came to Al Mustafa Welfare Trust: https://www.almustafatrust.org/donate/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-JG5BhBZEiwAt7JR6-2u5VNoBZWZxrnroFkXHTHVzhiWyhOROqROtToyYh__kLNoJJf5nBoC44sQAvD_BwE

I'm re-circulating this since I think it gives the best ...

2024-10-30T12:15:11Z

I'm re-circulating this since I think it gives the best possible answer(s) to those who say 'I can't vote for Harris because of Gaza'. It enumerates Israel's horrors, cites Trump's far worse stand on Gaza and Netanyahu, and drives home the wider issues of the most consequential eleciion in our lifetimes (well, mine, at any rate, and I'm not American). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5MThSniiY

From Al Jazeera today: Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the ...

2024-10-30T07:42:17Z

From Al Jazeera today: Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the UN, on the Security Council's inaction. The same can be asked of the world, especially of the USA and UK.

' “Israel has crossed every red line, broken every rule, defied every prohibition. When is enough really enough? When are you going to act? You are the Security Council. You have to reach every single one who is in pain among the Palestinians. That is your duty,” the envoy said at a council meeting on Tuesday',

It was blatant, the buying of votes. The mayor of an autonomous ...

2024-10-21T23:03:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…6h36
_________________________

It was blatant, the buying of votes. The mayor of an autonomous part of Moldova - Transnistria? - saw nothing wrong with it.

An ever dwindling minority. Whateever, I can't see myself ...

2024-10-21T17:05:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…pfe6
_________________________

An ever dwindling minority. Whateever, I can't see myself ever returning to Israel. It felt like a fairly psychotic place when I was there.

Continuing, endlessly, not 'unfolding'. This has all ...

2024-10-21T17:04:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…dmq6
_________________________

Continuing, endlessly, not 'unfolding'. This has all become so normalised that one has to keep alert. Even a report from BBC World Service talked about bombing of apartments in Lebanon as if it had to happen.

No the f*** they won't. Israel should cease to exist first. ...

2024-10-21T17:00:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…av5m
_________________________

No the f*** they won't. Israel should cease to exist first. Never thought I'd say that. But if all the sane Israelis move to Europe, as I'm told is happening, what would be left wouldn't be worth saving.

Systematic genocide, proven beyond dispute.

2024-10-20T08:12:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…x9pd
_________________________

Systematic genocide, proven beyond dispute.

Unfortunately too many Israelis have proved why the country no ...

2024-10-17T09:18:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…pe3t
_________________________

Unfortunately too many Israelis have proved why the country no longer deserves the right to exist...The majority of the population is dehumanised when it comes to The Other.

Will the world have any more guts to stop this than it has the ...

2024-10-17T09:13:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…4mna
_________________________

Will the world have any more guts to stop this than it has the genocide so far?

Now? It was spreading months ago.

2024-10-16T08:50:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…cqrd
_________________________

Now? It was spreading months ago.

It's extraordinary how the Grauniad has been at the forefront ...

2024-09-21T07:27:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…86wu
_________________________

It's extraordinary how the Grauniad has been at the forefront of trying to gun Labour down, even though those unforced errors partly ask for it.

But calculated, you can be sure of it.

2024-08-29T10:18:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…lh9u
_________________________

But calculated, you can be sure of it.

Shame about that one. Turned out to be as bad as the rest before ...

2024-08-13T21:27:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…g8gk
_________________________

Shame about that one. Turned out to be as bad as the rest before we got landed with Truss, then Sunak. A Toron will create any falsehoods for power.

So contemptuous! How to make your staff feel undervalued...

2024-08-10T07:28:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…dmww
_________________________

So contemptuous! How to make your staff feel undervalued...

Not quite on the same level, but I moved my opera course from the ...

2024-08-10T07:01:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…wc2c
_________________________

Not quite on the same level, but I moved my opera course from the City Literary Institute to private classes at the Frontline Club because the music appreciation courses, having run successfully under a number of excellent heads of music, were moved into Visual Arts (go figure), and I had a line manager, the Head of Photography, who started telling me what to do without ever attending the (full) classes, Most of my 30 or so students went with me.

'Fully on board with Israel's genocide' is too much. ...

2024-08-08T13:29:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…mw7c
_________________________

'Fully on board with Israel's genocide' is too much. Let's see what happens when she becomes President. Huge relief she didn't choose Shapiro as her VP.