2026-03-19T23:24:32Z https://yabu.me Steve Randy Waldman https://yabu.me/npub153lsl0t8k7ug7aksd42ykr04h0rqpjfcya9s4d49nahpn6xfj4lq7zcaex https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/111/093/993/365/408/350/original/dc12806673742d02.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/accounts/avatars/111/093/993/365/408/350/original/dc12806673742d02.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87hm8t6vzcc3zvlryw3efv4z49t3jhcj0vyk2ypj3x5vfedcks6qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hum9tpez suppose you cut medicaid, but create a “stabilization fund” to hold hospitals harmless, prevent rural hospitals from shuttering.<br/><br/>all you’ve done is created income for hospitals without requiring—or even allowing—them to actually do the work of helping those who would have been medicaid recipients. 2025-06-19T13:13:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrwsv50436fz3etajwe0aw6x9vu9n4ljft6y6ztrpg73twhpxpuczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huazv2gl “french films” undermining our morals again. 2025-05-05T12:32:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9sgtf09w3ga4a8t3awtq93nwysud4f8jkwf0v6rr2xv303wplgcgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huy7dnuy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ju48ref0tfe43lxz8d9qg8un3832zf25eeuldmghnyc23ded5gcw88e23'>nevent1q…8e23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes! Ricardo’s comparative advantage presumes balanced trade, but not necessarily bilaterally balanced. ( i’m explicit about that in this one <a href="https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/27/how-can-taxing-foreign-investors-balance-trade/index.html">https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/27/how-can-taxing-foreign-investors-balance-trade/index.html</a> ) 2025-05-01T12:39:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nzdypmh629rqr9mv6epepamvdv8qfsgyfajdatgmurpnrrpf9lgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huxm8x2z [new draft post] Overall but not bilateral balance <a href="https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/30/overall-but-not-bilateral-balance/index.html">https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/04/30/overall-but-not-bilateral-balance/index.html</a> 2025-05-01T01:50:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2drmv0858vnzelkjwcld0ut7g26z5e9dpruswckg5fy278vy3swgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu3cj3ap andreeson used to chat widely, than he blocked anyone who might say anything he might find uncomfortable to hear. in retrospect that has proven consequential. 2025-04-28T12:57:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9wqjldgh7tf8c5elcczu37w8pyc3jjsx22rzdjv9lqrdcpapmpczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu8fsvn6 you can just do things. stupid things. 2025-04-10T05:19:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszr2wrcctya7gm9f2w56znn5cjadj978angr3pfgjszzfqr23kesszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huhgtuc0 a firm is a human organization to accomplish something. recruiting and appeasing all stakeholders, generating cash flow sufficient to pay the bills, these are *constraints* a firm faces, not the goal or function or purpose of the firm. 2025-03-30T15:49:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0nv7ccuthywkz0g9tq5pwu289ay7zs9vv6mf7jxm5n066uwk9nnszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hux0c0zq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkjpqj4jrnua7wgc6g6d5te3ylx67khklk0mef404cyaqtrxlsasy5ctak'>nevent1q…ctak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>USAID was much more than an ad campaign! it’d be kicking ass and saving lives in Myanmar and Thailand right now, saving lives as a matter of course throughout Africa. An ad campaign would be a weak tea kind of soft power move for a someday liberated America, and USAID was justified as a source of soft power, but USAID was so much more. 2025-03-30T00:32:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7ujxvgxremydhshvd948jepu5fjdj8lzhhslu5ufpzkknhrz5mszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu0wx0w4 we should form a group called the “real americans” and raise huge sums for ad campaigns throughout the free world apologizing for our country’s behavior under possession, thanking them for staying sane and free, praying we will soon rejoin them after a difficult exorcism.<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thomashansen.bsky.social/post/3lljncadhqs2y">https://bsky.app/profile/thomashansen.bsky.social/post/3lljncadhqs2y</a><br/><br/>ht #WilliamCullerneBown 2025-03-29T23:56:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfdqeayzz8tyt2taj8qxc3jtk3lk58jaukal0qkwywpxcusfkn5tczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hut7dtxp cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub144uc6ee0kctz8jpx52xtv2rdnwmvmp6e2xvcetht8l6fxcle90rqhuadjw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Asymptosis</span> (<span class="italic">npub144u…adjw</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/734089">https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/734089</a> 2025-03-29T18:13:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg3han6y8tennf32knffccjtg4ngaymnpns98amme8ajmkf0rvw9szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu6w428r from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1edfg6575nfthn7whwuzc4jye76j38l3jx7pemqx4fdsdsrmphx8qc6tqa5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ned Resnikoff</span> (<span class="italic">npub1edf…tqa5</span>)</a></span> <a href="https://resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/living-with-a-murderer">https://resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/living-with-a-murderer</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/240/878/201/064/565/original/9d4f8b7d759d7e4b.png"> <br/> 2025-03-28T15:58:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8mjdf68kl8jx25kwvjeg6a4xtly5j2vnny39u67awzyk6ua8u93qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huhpc4xa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswz8gx33z5zwzw4efe0pf7k63qfznhvh93d4k5ahnur5m73cxp83q0gtpkc'>nevent1q…tpkc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You may condemn that too, or you may consider it a justified response to Israel’s actions in Gaza. But these aren’t killings coming from one side out of nowhere. Whichever of the many linked parties you consider more or less culpable, they are all — the US, Houthis, Israelis, Hamas, etc — prosecuting murderous military actions. /fin 2025-03-26T22:47:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswz8gx33z5zwzw4efe0pf7k63qfznhvh93d4k5ahnur5m73cxp83qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huf8t2yw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lcxxupa0f4kt5gmkhw58kpz7vpt3n8j7pq32zg8p2hz9kvww7agxfj2xw'>nevent1q…j2xw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>War is bad. But it is also not one-sided. I’m not inclined to give the current US administration, which I consider lawless and fascist, much benefit of the doubt. I think it likely this leadership are reckless with civilian life to the point of war crime. But these melees are in response to hostilities from the Houthis that have also resulted in deadly consequences. 1/ 2025-03-26T22:46:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy45l5qhq2hj3ryrjuf5yva6hhvmkpkksyxzfk8ncl7h2e8rlklmczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu2ju788 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvjl7ccl6n2ham0du7ux9uh2ls05lam6tyrak2f9shknpr402lpqusrr6c'>nevent1q…rr6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t revel in the deaths of Russian soldiers either, though of course it’s legitimate for the Ukrainians to kill them. It would have been legitimate for the Houthis to kill these servicemembers too—this is war—but I am very glad that did not happen, despite the severe intelligence breach. War is tragedy upon tragedy upon tragedy. Mass death may eventually help exhaust support for war, but that doesn’t make it virtuous or desirable. There are better ways to peace. 2025-03-26T22:26:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0lqctfelwa9px733hfvu39fetrlly3sjw797ect92ajc4fjs0exczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2humsdgna In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4x82h7x9kygegx90mwfy5xpymysjy9sfpyk5cz3rahtpaapr9rq4lz0eq'>nevent1q…z0eq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>( as more information comes out, the case that military planners were not in fact adhering to obligations to protect civilian life and proportionality grows stronger. after the fact, we may well conclude there were war crimes. but again, that&#39;s not something servicemembers executing these orders could have judged and refused. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3llcabku2xk25">https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3llcabku2xk25</a> ) 2025-03-26T16:50:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4x82h7x9kygegx90mwfy5xpymysjy9sfpyk5cz3rahtpaapr9rqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hujzk5x0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8mqpg4t0s5003z3ruh7qgrckft7q9s8gt5c44lvm4swvlxd3wzgu4dulj'>nevent1q…dulj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Orders to bomb targets carefully selected for military importance are not *prima facie* a war crime such that a servicemember could or should refuse such orders. Questions of proportionality might lead to accusations *ex post* of war crime, that risks or harms to civilians were beyond proportionate to legitimate military objectives, but that is beyond the duty or capacity of servicemembers to judge in real time. They had no basis to refuse these orders. 2025-03-26T13:10:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst23tfz2538lltnn5msaf57g34v96m2kjvyng3gds6z6z8cyc5jlszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huw9xv8m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fat8yemma9985q8ujvg64yj39gk6lj4nvps2ufs0ht5te7ql6nstd28r6'>nevent1q…28r6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the servicemembers acting as ordered, on a mission that is not a war crime, are not the people responsible. their deaths are not to be sought or excused. in consequential terms, had incompetence led to their deaths, the probability of an escalation for all involved, leading to more civilian and noncivilian catastrophe, would be very high. it may already be high, but severe escalation (eg restarting full civil war) may also yet be avoided. 2025-03-26T12:28:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd3ug7yuzjy5evlufjkdxe38hzsrx65geyt2yejafhcl0wfslgtagzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hufk4cy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmwma7w7jcvl06e6rkcqtthe020x5d9fj9fz8jexwt0l9et0twzcax2z4w'>nevent1q…2z4w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It would have been, yes. 2025-03-26T03:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvx82t8nhc8jjklhfjmmvcljn7v4f3eh093qxkv6kyt6wvv6cypsczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huvplv5a The war-plans thing is bad, but I think it&#39;s far less of a scandal than lawlessly decimating USAID, CFPB, NSF/NIH, etc.<br/><br/>It would have been a terrible tragedy if US servicemembers had been harmed due to their leaders&#39; miserable opsec. But what those mfs have done to USAID alone will kill many more. 2025-03-26T01:52:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstw0qel2yv4qfm8d520cd0hdz00nl2gwrm2plwey0mg4nj9c2aycczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hut2fhv4 one thing i’d not have guessed is it’s the rich who’ve decided to burn it all down. recruiting the discontent and fanning the cynicism of the not so rich, sure. but the rich are in drivers’ seat of uprooting the foundations of their own extraordinary lives. great wealth turns people stupid. 2025-03-19T15:03:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vwhthax8ezrau8wfewv0jc4evys7p0h339etvw4csdccu740qxgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huc9enh7 ambitious sociopaths are drawn to MAGA. rule by unvarnished, unapologetic exercise of power is their highest ambition made real. there are plenty of ambitious sociopaths among democrats. you can see them. they feign disdain but they slip, pulled toward that bright light of ruthless control. 2025-03-12T03:11:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcv8sfz8apevdqgujejgd3c3s3jrw43flvd86k74dp9yl5886d7czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huqnx9mc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzj6c7ztl6ce67k3vn0z4z67r32dvgygu2kz5u0kndj45v77xufcctqc0m'>nevent1q…qc0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i still build my world around RSS! (you can subscribe by mail if you want.) 2025-03-06T15:32:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswm6q5yu7heuvcquje56zqy3rualzahvlxx88hce0v4ywsr0x6c6qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hunenldf i think all social media posts should begin with a land acknowledgment that blogs were here first and sincere expressions of contrition for colonizing the place and destroying the culture. 2025-03-06T14:59:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnf77cgjsl63gs6nk0fmd308z8ueqqkkyyg2mz9grg6t8t0w38kqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hum0fuey “economists” falsely presume a quantitative resource constraint rather than undesirable patterns of deployment and remuneration. under poor deployment and inequitable remuneration, greater public share can be welfare increasing, even when much must be spent on unconsumable war preparedness. 2025-03-05T13:57:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6ce4c53y9trupsygn98fstnksdwhq7r86qtaz0zwq8qu793nvwqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huh88q50 it&#39;s remarkable the term gaslighting was invented prior to this administration.<br/><br/>cf <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub178mq5c2eet56shvsdj0mdjt400dlztgtep5ljjrm360jqacvqwsq77w32e" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>David Dayen</span> (<span class="italic">npub178m…w32e</span>)</a></span> on Schroedinger&#39;s CFPB. <a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-03-03-cfpb-we-didnt-mean-stop-work-russell-vought/">https://prospect.org/economy/2025-03-03-cfpb-we-didnt-mean-stop-work-russell-vought/</a> 2025-03-03T18:17:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgq65ep5r4uqhv0c4yk8df8ug0fsfq3v47n75g268d2uqyu70z4fgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hurlwp2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh8spzjlwvpclynfc2vr5p8he8a9tegl9sdxms7dfzajjkwchxxgxurvha'>nevent1q…rvha</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(thanks for looking!) 2025-02-26T02:00:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7ylpzl3q4kqthgu4z86c5y2pppk37ctazavjly5xwkf6p8703rqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2humcn42c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4vv4sfda8yl28e5dysate0xt4h8dl8jykfncgrywpeaxvjt8qdcu4elax'>nevent1q…elax</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i would appreciate any help. to my knowledge my domain has never been used for anything nsfw or sketchy. i did recently have some kind of breach of my notes server, maybe there was something not-great placed there? in any case, i’d like to understand and remedy this. 2025-02-26T00:47:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2f9j83ygck45c5aq92puuwpr76fusqa8qplevgm3kzwxgnfjxkczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huuxsanv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs053pu06ndahr0k5pwjprzrwhyke9jwrqcupqu73xccg8d3aukq2ga7py3c'>nevent1q…py3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s very strange! thanks for letting me know. it&#39;s up for me. can i ask whether are you trying <a href="https://drafts.interfluidity.com/">https://drafts.interfluidity.com/</a> or <a href="https://www.interfluidity.com/">https://www.interfluidity.com/</a> or are both unavailable? (only) if you are comfortable saying so, where are you physically located? 2025-02-25T18:39:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9pgjkmfeasydgzvnyvecauavr53swt6478x5nyr7hw39ql34g8aszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2husmmh63 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jw4sr7tnr2qpya35048wj3nlx85ys9cat46pttkl7nnhuz59jzsg9nydy'>nevent1q…nydy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i know you won’t. 2025-02-24T15:42:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrcyjz752kvda6wv6yvwvnv758q5vfxzy705hp9g760tgrvnvzw3szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huva3khz you can just do things. terrible things. 2025-02-24T14:27:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxne65j9rntll6nvqyq7rnrpqpkxad0h3skwk2sqdkmdypwsnehpqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hujgddlg microsoft always astonishes me. it&#39;s allegedly an IT company. i renewed my Excel subscription yesterday, after i let it expire. today they write me — twice, same e-mail — &#34;Your Microsoft 365 subscription has expired&#34; asking me to renew.<br/><br/>it was queued yesterday or whatever. information technology. 2025-02-20T17:16:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdaa0auhq23f0hgutxdkmxlzk5rcagmm6a7af0g0ygd0zmmmlyu8qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huwqy6m4 i find it a bit weird how little we hear from Kamala Harris or Joe Biden. Biden is old, i guess. but Harris could be at the rhetorical ramparts. <br/><br/>i think it would help. the quiet of the people we supposed our leaders is devastating.<br/><br/>thank you aoc, pritzker, bernie. more, more, more. 2025-02-20T00:55:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw97cx9g88yqc68tt6syykxv547crlra7lednln68wr8ksr8nq7yqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huct0f2m on the anti-US-imperialist left (“tankies”), i wonder if part of Trump’s appeal, perhaps only semiconsciously, is that he’d be openly as bad as they were always sure the United States always was. they’d be proven right, and no more of what they perceived as hypocritical sanctimony. 2025-02-11T13:55:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgu2xrj8htw49nxze4y7zkzkv5z0n2uzrd72ny3xa6t7u7yxugmjgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huqwu4yc This point is so obvious is should fit in one post.<br/><br/>Elon Musk’s role is plainly illegal. The “advice and consent” clause of the Constitution is obviously intended to prevent a President from such powerful delegations of authority without explicit Congressional consent. 2025-02-10T15:13:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs087s0uj4muxwa8dnpjk4lehldrqg5ph5kcgeyrlnv982u89u6jsqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9xg2yd everyone should be in favor of a democratic people’s republic. seems obvious.<br/><br/>from <a href="https://xcancel.com/lexfridman/status/1887587308087427072">https://xcancel.com/lexfridman/status/1887587308087427072</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/113/960/391/955/923/368/original/c7028fa268827ff7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-07T03:06:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf4ljhh7jnu3vkt0uyetrnpc297lhzazywdd9htwt8fstetuhf5sczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hum4vtgt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqzxv4aslxae4xen8ecshreeutvzk3kzzc4yn9gljv6ay0eyxwuchcfyf7'>nevent1q…fyf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>truly a pleasure! i think so well of you too, my dear interlocutor who is fine with people who worked with USAID in good faith getting tortured so Elon can play USAID files, thinks that would serve a larger, noble purpose. 2025-02-03T21:42:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7phfrd8k264msph03ew4kwvsarmjwke2savedauv0kev0jcgt3szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huaaltg4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2u5hd83trktgjqu820leuwdytx4ae58fmy5d990dmtl930kyuu8g6v28tu'>nevent1q…28tu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you say so. you are really a delightful person to share a discussion with. 2025-02-03T21:39:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zrap04dhh5v0g2vfkts6nffmd9s07drlk6073nqyxshu5rwsl3czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hursgtyq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94eqmp8sn76ym606s2eh02ny5ywzzckk8k598xn35zfsljyl80pq73jvt6'>nevent1q…jvt6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i agree secrecy is overused and abused by the bureaucracy.<br/><br/>that doesn&#39;t mean secrecy never has a role, or that it&#39;s legit and not evil to undo it basically randomly. 2025-02-03T21:35:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkmsqp55gdsj7lzqlevyvhhe260lvzy29p296ua7w3mrk4rlkq9gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hupw7qvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspq37zjrwn0cf3ncuyhx2wdg7my74yuauenzwdz2ygpcxq2zn92hscavhp0'>nevent1q…vhp0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not true in law. if a &#34;rogue operator&#34; is presented in such a way by an organization that a reasonable counterparty would consider them to be acting in the name of the organization, the organization often finds itself on the hook. as a matter of ethics, stipulating your interpretation of nonauthorization, if someone accepted support from a real USG agent on promise of discretion that shouldn&#39;t have been made, your ethical view is &#34;oops! sucks for you!&#34;? 2025-02-03T21:24:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsped2dw5e27x6yv649yvsz5enh3j9dcpm8ta2z4wpw0763hq9hzngzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu3yset0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dmjdltmpmq4yx7hqamhg09pwzlm79668me4ea4czzay3pklhj2qxqufh6'>nevent1q…ufh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the US owes all the people with whom we collaborated in Afghanistan refuge, and all of the politicians who deny or prevent that, who gum up the works, have their future blood on their hands and besmirch our nation&#39;s honor. you make too light, walk away too easily, from things that are not light, easy, or frankly yours to walk away from, whatever you personally agreed or disagreed with. 2025-02-03T20:57:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpg9zewtmsq290vdp7n05lk75ly63akyrfn0vx90gssfda3x856szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hurm70vw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tdx4lumtyxk53kuzvyjuahfahcffzl3a2r7ex686sj2cndc02kqderuhl'>nevent1q…ruhl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you can have plenty of accountability and oversight. we have a whole army of people with security clearances, and you can clear more if you don&#39;t like their politics. Congress can ban USAID from the practice of covert aid. i&#39;d favor that. but you—yes, you too if you&#39;re an american—can&#39;t ethically welch on obligations with life and death stakes that predecessors took on, no matter how shitty you think the predecessors. 2025-02-03T20:49:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrxvq2wsfdnq7v9yvzdwpwdyz3zyalpsc8hcruulhyq0wrfr3x5czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hudjpl28 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20zegxl6r8kguxquar8uymgawra2vglnzk2kpam4nxt7g04j4ccgd95yws'>nevent1q…5yws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the issue is that, since (rightly or wrongly, it&#39;s actually not a practice i favor) the US sometimes does provide aid to people or organizations without their country&#39;s government&#39;s knowledge or approval, what we are talking about risking is, yes, murder, the murder of people USAID has covertly assisted, if that information is disclosed to the wrong people or made public. 2025-02-03T20:42:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0zzyu9xe5dy8a8cmv07tdec7583xawhqszt7559yfkf33l5rc2czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hupvj868 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqglgt693suqn3j4e475c7jdtg9n6svrx0lf0aypnntlufvq9kuxqy55cqe'>nevent1q…5cqe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i&#39;d say the &#34;we&#34; in this case is the government of the United States, a formal institution that promised discretion under high stakes to some of the people it financed. that &#34;we&#34;, and its obligations, survive changes of administration, just like Boeing survives (for now) its many CEO changes. 2025-02-03T20:32:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwjxpmqvcyrjk82s7x9ns9cq3umv0qmjmdnn0rdkaafz2fe3zrvgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9rlsda In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhdnxqqzm3rtasqwv8ec5k8r6ngwma8rhhxgehmuvhefnrz8ydmqjhlxfd'>nevent1q…lxfd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i&#39;m saying confidential aid has been part of what USAID has done, and whether you think it&#39;s a good idea or not (i&#39;m mostly on the not side), it&#39;s ethically and practically critical that we maintain the confidences we&#39;ve promised, however we might decide to narrow the practice going forward. 2025-02-03T19:25:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzx9xm4qvk9d222pzv8g5qkdzz4ju842pmlmj2f3dhzcx3grc9lszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huxejsz9 Suppose you think USAID is more about official cover for intelligence work than aid. I think that’s exaggerated, untrue, but OK.<br/><br/>Then it is *more* outrageous its classified docs shld be compromised. Agents in the field don’t determine US intelligence policy but it is they whom these leaks may kill. 2025-02-03T15:37:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0d390ekfczm0q22vlr264ssjjjj4j6vw7pt4cthf4hgl3hn88sgqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu6qrgu3 Should people who openly bribe the President, even if they are “respected” lawyers or CEOs or whatnot, doing it because “it’s in the best interest of shareholders” be welcome in polite society? Should you serve them in your restaurant? Speak politely with them at conferences? 2025-01-31T15:13:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstfmkcrtwrh5zuqeufmqme492t2jyvwaqpjzpmqs6fg0zqhy9945qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu3kdm6t abundance is awesome and i support it, but presuming abundance will overwhelm distributional concerns is a bet we’ve already taken that works out poorly, both from an abundance and distributional perspective.<br/><br/>i am radically for the equitable abundance agenda! 2025-01-26T18:27:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07uqxhv69qnem4jegqv0py9vwzajhnrn4t39w096sus06j7zflhszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hultugfv in business and in France, ROI is king. 2025-01-23T23:36:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs250umcz3tew2pwl4uglv0adtw4y670rsz669h9n8q29g4x2s36ugzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hulnewst In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn4mx8r3j5ay376d6ws8f6sfn6apv57s36f6lkpmvcjht89c7kdg844dah'>nevent1q…4dah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what did Marc Andreeson say about Musk? <a href="https://x.com/pmarca/status/1870915523623670176">https://x.com/pmarca/status/1870915523623670176</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/113/868/190/541/682/958/original/4844153631775671.png"> <br/> 2025-01-21T20:19:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxdqvk7cna2s4qqqkp744c43ky6yp7zkpw67dx3esg2wev3amsysczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hut2vyj0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88aru9y73npupuccuzs4mk2kj27dzy96ezu9qm7a8vt04n5c3e0c4d6ltm'>nevent1q…6ltm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But that&#39;s just a different interpretation of the basic claim, that jokingly or not Musk has some longstanding interest in communicating support of Nazi-ish things. (And the support of AfD doesn&#39;t seem too jokey?) /fin 2025-01-21T20:03:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88aru9y73npupuccuzs4mk2kj27dzy96ezu9qm7a8vt04n5c3e0czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9l8d5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmzxhht8ljfjdudz6ygp75ejhtyr5g8qjpnl7elzryk934phuq4gcjc2pl'>nevent1q…c2pl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure it could all be a gag! Trigger the libs! 5/ 2025-01-21T20:02:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmzxhht8ljfjdudz6ygp75ejhtyr5g8qjpnl7elzryk934phuq4gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huumj44u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsveplnxrk3c7xktzs6t76lrg7dql8jetfcxag4qml2tn0sfzsw9lcamxegy'>nevent1q…xegy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Circumstantial evidence could always be coincidental. But as circumstantial evidence piles up, the probability of coincidence declines. 4/ 2025-01-21T20:01:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsveplnxrk3c7xktzs6t76lrg7dql8jetfcxag4qml2tn0sfzsw9lczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu5lrma3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdnhmhuhpjtgzk9s6n7exwex6d5saqcdn0kxf9qu0z6tqdrg5suggasglp'>nevent1q…sglp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Support of AfD in Germany doesn&#39;t mean you are a Nazi sympathizer, even if that party has neonazi connections. 3/ 2025-01-21T20:01:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspdnhmhuhpjtgzk9s6n7exwex6d5saqcdn0kxf9qu0z6tqdrg5sugzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu80unge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2hwryh4gfd9jp034v7njjf7rtcrqf84j4d3auyrqf0sve7rh73s7upecl'>nevent1q…pecl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A longstanding fascination with the number 420 is pretty weak tea as evidence, even if 4/20 is Hitler&#39;s birthday. 2/ 2025-01-21T20:01:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz2hwryh4gfd9jp034v7njjf7rtcrqf84j4d3auyrqf0sve7rh73szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huzyvzvw A hand gesture that culminates remarkably like a Nazi salute but begins with a hand on the heart might have been some novelty, something not intended as a Nazi salute. 1/ 2025-01-21T20:01:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8sesth6v6dhq73tvv9jgquewvf9nzmvthdu5kuy2gepc2sllss6czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huzpes7n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzf2ecfln7a28vweceh9heupvrklpfnlvpaz7hujyruckqw25apg0nra66'>nevent1q…ra66</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, it did a bit. he&#39;s called himself a socialist in the past, but only in his usual words-have-no-meaning ha-ha way. 2025-01-21T19:05:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6nqs683j9ayq45efun6lzmlx5mslve3jc3kpje38v4t9x926k0szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu8dyx86 Are there any efforts in European countries / the EU to supplant US-based communications platforms? 2025-01-21T17:34:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuzvpc45qqu5n2ne7l3mtvm94r0m0pum28g2atleura2pe45gc9gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huwdyzvq we can&#39;t see the future. our base case always has to be muddling thru — turbulence sure, but things mostly remaining as they mostly have been.<br/><br/>but if we crack, if we really do take a turn towards political violence, disappearings, camps, in retrospect it will seem we were astonishingly well warned. 2025-01-21T15:00:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgz3vf8ketzkk4enzmt7vuyc4qyvsxlkka4nzmwxq7dm3hyef99vgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huhychvt man, we’re going to have the mother of all tourism booms when people learn that those on temporary visas are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, so it’s like “The Purge” for them. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... ht <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nkhjus9ku695ucxmtgds75j5ttc9sj3ads2nxz7pdndd44qmaufsyqzm9f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Quinta Jurecic</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nkh…zm9f</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-21T06:52:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5whnz0xhfqzjd3yv6mrpp7ds2zwgp07dzvf7y2rl9lphl39vw0czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huz9h3q8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dgpg4ute8fhwcpdj4zehlhl0vwegywr89qps6xnvkd52hnqn88gusnyt5'>nevent1q…nyt5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they don&#39;t so much blame Bernie, though of course they say his ideas are far too &#34;left&#34; and helped damn the Democrats electorally. but Bernie is popular, even among the supporters of the people to whom they are ingratiating themselves. and he didn&#39;t feminize anything. so it&#39;s much quieter. /fin 2025-01-21T00:40:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dgpg4ute8fhwcpdj4zehlhl0vwegywr89qps6xnvkd52hnqn88gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu0g90qu it&#39;s weird how bitterly some self-styled centrists have turned against Elizabeth Warren. they don&#39;t use the snake emoji, but there&#39;s this self-flagellation about having supported her, and so (allegedly) alienated the tech boyz to whom they are now cozying. i guess it&#39;s her fault too they went Nazi. 1/ 2025-01-21T00:39:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmgv94r4xr6wvjgy05g97u2z7nylh748xdysu9vrfjf6z4pf7zugzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu8s3uks just deleted an instagram account i never really used. still, it felt good. 2025-01-20T22:42:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspddykgehdq4t9063zux6ysqkemzekla8w9che2g8pt24m0cmk78czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huw2leas an important precedent to set will be impeaching a Supreme Court justice for false and tendentious readings of the Constitution. it’s one of the few checks we have on them, since they arrogated the power of judicial review. 2025-01-20T20:09:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxknvavuppgsjss7zv4f9zlfu8cpehdtqvnsxsetcmtn0e4mrenzgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu37yj80 vibes are confected and promoted by pundits. they only shift in right-wing directions. they serve to promote preference falsification. just don’t.<br/><br/>will it ever be a vibecession under Trump?<br/><br/>(no shade to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1l7p8t6n7ln70tqsrw9pt9zauakmad7e2jmzp96alu6hpjwzsru7sgt0ns0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kyla Scanlon</span> (<span class="italic">npub1l7p…0ns0</span>)</a></span> of whom i am very fond. it’s just how the vibes of vibes have shaken out.) 2025-01-20T20:04:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmqxcgccfhatd66yz59jnf024ace6g7egmuktfmulxncakguqz4gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huqn4s9r i’d feel more secure about Amendment 14, Section 1 if they hadn’t substantially nullified Amendment 14, Section 3, with very little pushback or complaint because even though their decision defied the text’s clear intent (Congress is supposed to cure, not find), it seemed advisable politically. 2025-01-20T19:14:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08kaccnxfhu9sg9nzt3v6uy9em5vr3yac74swmjh4d2u9fp2lc3gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hugevjsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfvwshz2yz4qpwmvv3rqv09szp889k6fapsjw38uc2grq7d0gsysyhunex'>nevent1q…unex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🎵sometimes i feel like<br/> AI is watching me! 🎶 2025-01-20T18:11:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyk9ttpdmyxm3e2l6cxt7cn7ftz77wghvtrjktm8yxckahmgz9qvczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9h9k9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy60v69lrjnl8cyjx8tw2vhh0x30q8wm2w068wwae8h6n3k4unf5qnkhw7c'>nevent1q…hw7c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/113/861/953/753/919/370/original/fdf0c48b70d9bc46.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T17:52:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0qlvqex4q9qdz00ps9nv0x9m6gq9v9prf24hhy0dr3ck59xx0xjszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hut4pcw5 donut holes are all around us, all the time.<br/><br/>the making of a donut simply reveals one. 2025-01-20T17:39:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmgfg2p7dprprdjs0ck0kjzjqj474thu9ycgwuz8xq0g88vksqeczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huzmdra3 melania is like david bowie incognito today. 2025-01-20T17:28:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9zwecedts9wagjzyccjhj936wp3qsg6vhtp3emk204j2l0lx86szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hulrmj35 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6qx53plasazsg34lme09snrftqn7rt3nac9jt5rh5hl6skv7qus7pnqce'>nevent1q…nqce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i did cancel. they’re offering one month free. i’ll end up having to renew before the end of subscription — i actually do need Excel — but i wanted to send a signal. 2025-01-20T01:05:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswgafen6pd66s599x84fszcay8y8ugsm2sgfhqua8g3h64can2tcczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hujwm5h0 the price dynamics of $TRUMP / $MELANIA basically track Trump supporters&#39; theory of gender dynamics. 2025-01-19T23:59:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22d78a8wduw9uhacw8wg9cldsfr2xcrm7pqhvmelhrpzyh4zly2qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hurkkmts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq37ajnpytg3stvh6lfswpgs2qnefywwewhm4gmq0ltdnpqv52efge5t9gl'>nevent1q…t9gl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(thanks! i&#39;ve tried following these directions, and just searching for &#34;Microsoft 365 Family Classic&#34; but it seems not to exist at this point. i don&#39;t see any family plan for less that the new $129/year.) 2025-01-19T21:24:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4qs0mxm84zk7j5c4sph52x3fax0famh4wgu7vh2rkewn03hj3kqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huj36lh9 unironically this. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/113856024485003178">https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/113856024485003178</a> 2025-01-19T20:53:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg995epl7tkk8mypg9n40ydjvmwdd6dg77swz6uj0ynss972m6k2czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hukj90mm it would be funny if what happens is Trump baits firms like Oracle into violating the law and then fines them hundreds of billions and they&#39;re like we had assurances and the courts are like don&#39;t you have lawyers? the money would be enough to put a dent in a year&#39;s deficit! 2025-01-19T20:50:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6ckgmxj3m7h0nkr83a7vnzqjkkece45jqfag4djgd64ek93tlmqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu0r3tpq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87ce0fj8z6p82aqezvg3jkuc6htewahuwqx7jlaau5jach928klsvfu7cr'>nevent1q…u7cr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they like having big net worth numbers attached to themselves, and Trump legit can make those smaller, or reduce their growth. say Trump, as he has threatened to, somehow exempted Meta from Sec 230 protection. it&#39;s not clear the business model can work without that. Zuck might be reduced to a mere single-digit billionaire! 2025-01-19T20:36:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gufkvzl83jv092tcq5jv202fymzkf0c7tmd24haq4d3t8wehjwczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2husmmw8f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsps5tkh45zjug7lcy0gnwenneef6lyhdqedgg4zufauc07vslk0xghvdyzk'>nevent1q…dyzk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i&#39;m not wedded to the phrase. you do what you have to do. sometimes you shouldn&#39;t. but sometimes the cost of not doing legitimately outweighs any scruples. both Zuckerberg and Zelensky would face costs if they didn&#39;t. but i judge Zelensky&#39;s choice far more defensible than Zuckerberg&#39;s. the costs are of a different moral quality. 2025-01-19T20:33:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyfrhdnu3h2lefwhj2094433u7gvj0fxhnrkjvdlz7swwfklcwq9czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu63ppyd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2rja6xahjvc4sqps653cmspkh4w4e4q5rnn5d282ucuyk6x855qvn6ddw'>nevent1q…6ddw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fair enough. but in addition to caution, diffidence, and courtesy, there was extreme praise. understandable, forgivable. but also factual. 2025-01-19T20:22:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dl255wdns25fvjpdwevrmna56kt82xzp39ez4f972tcy2k24j9czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu2pzhgz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgvg0yczylhuaj436ryn7nqy88zer27k4ejx2vs5ywzdvalxhm69culv7u5'>nevent1q…v7u5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i agree, as i suggested, the kissing up is more forgivable IMHO in his case. but he is kissing up. 2025-01-19T20:04:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7h8rqsrwqawhevw4d3tkh5hh0xp942skh3an0q50r854cclrx8szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hur8kthv we didn&#39;t actually object to the oppression. we just objected to who got to be the oppressor. 2025-01-19T19:58:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5w9w0xhxaded6r7xvtvl43fmpsquvpvcmg3v7juua2grh9mdqygzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hupwemy9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs87llvqvfyrqga2g9wewq4t4kzzu6fwerqslnz79g3cqdp9uuxevc70hy7x'>nevent1q…hy7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>pretty much. 2025-01-19T19:51:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu6r77a2zpx7d4ukh2q9xgtyms70n5sc7nzrr3gmcx3phcrrx3tczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hukswmkd i spent a few years among idealistic cryptocurrency types. in drips and increments, the pull of payoffs drained the idealism, in my view. nevertheless, i hope to see some reflections by cryptocurrency thinkers on how $TRUMP relates to the early ideals of the community. 2025-01-19T19:50:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrw4l6lj7ymfvh9p4z9hxgucjvk2rrqyvlgk34zuqr8wzsasn9tkczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9uh35r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxth0f4n3t57rf3xg0wkgq99wdc99m506tdgfzms4z3gtcmfqf4fq4gf7kf'>nevent1q…f7kf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>even if Americans haven&#39;t &#34;gotten&#34; social shopping yet, we still have a large share of currency-exchange-weighted global purchasing power, so the prospect of, um, educating us has git to be attractive. 2025-01-19T19:42:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrj9dvddvxnuazvrhkg9s7d7ggglxs6xth3caad5795lusd3su9wszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2husjkwqg living in America when you consider it unethical to use products from X, Tesla, Meta, Alphabet, TikTok, Amazon, Starbucks.<br/><br/>one thing it does is sow marital discord. 2025-01-19T19:37:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgksrw3nvrgfvkdsv07qkakewspgwgwfxeht4d5t2ajf5x8d6k4vszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu0gy896 just for the cognitive dissonance, it’s worth noting it’s not just billionaires and greedy capitalist businesses. if you listened to his #LexFridman interview, Zelensky also was going out of his way to flatter Trump. understandable, but it always is. arguably more forgivable under the circumstances. 2025-01-19T18:19:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwh496klq768gg5qm3ty4hfunp82tw3cyrjhe9e3dhc20yas7ehqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hudnt4g7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8txkkdppvzdxukhpxrad5tv62swushwjl9m48ea374tp6lgy0j6c22k0l6'>nevent1q…k0l6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is there? 2025-01-19T18:10:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rkjfemvwpmjugvn6x27hk66kp5zupc5mxfmm4tee2p3vkufckdszyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hurprjwp not with a bang, nor a whimper, but with a TikTok. 2025-01-19T18:08:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnujwdj834s30pn4jgh3yy5z32r9s0jqch0qgw3ql55j2nkt2k0szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huce9sd5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9quv6mh8sjneus8rvmsqudwvcze7w7smaej25f0rkxk9390hvkasnfwa8e'>nevent1q…wa8e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>executive orders cannot override acts of Congress. name a Biden executive order you think did that. there are, of course, gray areas. but this is not one. Congress passed a law explicitly to ban TikTok if ByteDance did not divest it. it did not grant the President the authority to waive or delay it. 2025-01-19T17:53:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq6g2drg8s8fyeaquadky96ks8vmvyh9m03dfvsex6gwjxgdxsjqczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu56mq7y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxw5n5hqgrulhp3r3jl8te7vrgfn07hmll23uehcumsfz34tmx7wc6pacae'>nevent1q…acae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why would they? 2025-01-19T17:38:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqxvgt0fuzpckua34m86pf8adj2p0ndf92sn4u4hf06kwult2t7czyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huz7ga2e there is no such thing as the vibe so it cannot actually shift. 2025-01-19T17:19:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9r762mahlngdsfjm5hq3wkkuhms4e9ah5kljjehacf3d4nv37dxgzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hukezkar Trump wants TikTok to become state-owned media! <a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa/113855771597485176">https://journa.host/@w7voa/113855771597485176</a> 2025-01-19T16:11:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx46ftxmclx2ajyq3l3r8yddqukew0yjdt50v6n84wwgzwfna5a0szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hung5ed5 This post is to notify you of some unusual activity in your account. 2025-01-19T06:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3ulajdqz9v84kez8mmwzc4vr6f9n4weapw399jyuqagpnd9kv2gzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hujkpzqc unsurprisingly i guess, my sense is Redbook is shaping its algorithm to present China as great, Chinese people as welcoming, the US as a bit of a catastrophe morally + economically, but good Americans as welcome, especially those who express gratitude for hospitality, refugees from more than TikTok. 2025-01-19T04:45:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mc0jhzd0d3hx3pkxe8l3679rql52m289g63l799dtq3r90rla7szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu9ujk25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrs7gqfsctf9p46dtu2x6g44t40ehnnpjl8fl5s9cd96agps6e0qj6em9w'>nevent1q…em9w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Partisans of all stripes edit Wikipedia tendentiously, but its reliability is sustained be editors removing poorly sourced information. Partisans of the fascist right may have new support from, say, the Washington Post or ABC or CBS as their practices bend to the new, um, business reality. /fin 2025-01-18T22:40:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrs7gqfsctf9p46dtu2x6g44t40ehnnpjl8fl5s9cd96agps6e0qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hugf4syx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0689u7v4w68p4h0mfr0xkjdfsk75n3s3s7x4drv2uhhpf3yj6achjtunt'>nevent1q…tunt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can outlets that openly placate Trump by e.g. forfeiting winnable lawsuits remain reliable sources to Wikipedia? How reliable will Wikipedia remain if the sources from which its articles are constructed bend to curry favor and escape threats of the new administration? 2/ 2025-01-18T22:37:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv0689u7v4w68p4h0mfr0xkjdfsk75n3s3s7x4drv2uhhpf3yj6aczyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huv9qrum Wikipedia (which ironically, early on, was warned against in schools as an unreliable source) is one of the last bastions of high quality information. But that quality is based on requiring citations to reliable sources, traditionally including &#34;well-established news outlets&#34;. 1/ 2025-01-18T22:33:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zgffaj7ucud3tzyj588hjfasge6xqlpqncasedaaggjh8pwck7szyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hunayrgv someone asked on redbook about Americans’ view of Elon Musk (and his mom), and it’s fun to see the infosphere clash, the Americans mostly dissing him while Chinese people note that he is widely admired there. <a href="http://xhslink.com/a/8xIo5fp1I343">http://xhslink.com/a/8xIo5fp1I343</a> 2025-01-18T22:03:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf246te5pa99qhup7ecx9wn4fsmzsk53zpj802ywyeq93meguekngzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2huzq5m9a what if China does to the next American election what Elon Musk did to the last one? 2025-01-18T19:23:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstw2gn4cmvhxhlh8t3yp7h88xavglea9ggsgwnea9y95dk3fv0srqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hu6j82x8 i love it when i click on a thing and get a message like the thing you clicked on does not exist. like what does existence even mean?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/113/850/834/990/760/625/original/1fda3c48f17e8a47.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-18T18:44:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfe8efr569n6frm80e40jfzz7a2tfeputvezzfjjsmwg7sa7f4e9qzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2hua4p92z it’s touching to see Donald Trump make such an effort to prove Gary Gensler right. 2025-01-18T14:22:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxs6hq0dkad9gpl98pps20vx0vaz239ykgjs68jnzxsa0dzsserfqzyzj87raav7mm3rmk6pk4gjcd7kauvqxf8qn5kz4k5k0kux0gex2humvt8zn so many people into eugenics wouldn&#39;t make their own cut. 2025-01-18T02:10:37Z