2026-04-06T16:59:56Z https://yabu.me Roy Brander🍁 https://yabu.me/npub178mmmm4a9e90cg8rm087veayhhxz9ucg3f4ul4hr3v8t60jepq8stagzq4 https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/109/440/783/916/171/944/original/fcdbfca45bb68025.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/accounts/avatars/109/440/783/916/171/944/original/fcdbfca45bb68025.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08rsta9dgp62qzynnjx24zkhkf2ckdqy8rrx828jqwxfjjj8lezqzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7cwz6ts I get the weird impression that Trump opponents seem to think the Epstein story is about Trump being a perv or pedo.<br/><br/>The GOP doesn&#39;t care. They don&#39;t care about pastors or coaches; the didn&#39;t care that Trump went backstage at Miss Teen America. Just like the don&#39;t care about the frauds and cons and rape-proof and criminal convictions.<br/><br/>They only care about pedo stories on Dems. His ONLY betrayal would be protecting DEMS (in order to protect friends).<br/><br/>&#34;Pedo Protector&#34; is your protest sign. 2025-07-30T14:58:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkk9ewllz38fyyfqcfp0pfsygd6keesprr6uak3zsekkv0eetpsszyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7gqjpng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdp9uc5270gnr0qj5de9e9zufvew55h3kfavx6vrn3t45uyw3rpzghswqzd'>nevent1q…wqzd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the theme of the famous essay, and then book, by Adam Serwer:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/</a><br/><br/>...which notes that pictures of crowds taken at lynchings had thumbs-up, happy faces proud to be there. It&#39;s a bonding. 2025-04-21T03:18:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsycst6grunwz0tv72x54f6aa3knnqr4mgtpa6z2uytjrekg0hxmvqzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7ch9g7u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvwtp76favy537lnvuxsvj2wdnu8nc2ras38q45hjvf80d09hn6g96fq09'>nevent1q…fq09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s awkward when such triggering stories don&#39;t come with names or any other specifics. 2025-03-23T16:34:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw7ccsg3cmnzumd7dnj3fxfyznh09zjfu5e7pj9p2avzfzr9f345czyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7w2833k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgt88x9yguhvrrj79pmvvznkg46zf9tnc2pcaxres2zelevc54s4cy70vw7'>nevent1q…0vw7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I set this up for myself about 10 years back, when we moved to the retirement place, and I had to part with half my books first.<br/><br/>I asked a bespoke furniture company to look at it, and the guy researched up the single-track bronze wheels the page shows. It was ~$10K back then. Utterly worth it.<br/><a href="https://brander.ca/library/">https://brander.ca/library/</a> 2025-02-17T06:00:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nnkkzfde4tsy4erxv5u67rhqsre0krg6n4mhghsvjkcg0v6ahwqzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7hquj4q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3s4m0j9q9k3yl37ljx98fcfd2kv3kqkrg047w3ad2p3rjyykuds5276qv'>nevent1q…76qv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote my MP to ask that we consider a nuclear weapons program.<br/><a href="http://brander.ca/blog/nukes_please.html">http://brander.ca/blog/nukes_please.html</a><br/><br/>...friends and chance encounter people (dentist, etc) are guarded but basically supportive &#34;gotta look at it, at least&#34;.<br/><br/>It&#39;s the journalists and social media bloggers who write back as if I&#39;ve gone nuts.<br/><br/>Mind you, that was yesterday, before the Ukrainian concessions, and the direct 51st-state message repeated.<br/><br/>Maybe today I&#39;m not quite so ahead of the wave. 2025-02-13T19:59:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxcngxy9xnln6fzvdch9m4qr4le9jp77x6maddkaszuwzewvj7zgzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7qdev4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3ptcg0rm9883x0t2t4ks0hqxdk6ldn806cre34u0h4p8sl6fmeqsrfwam'>nevent1q…fwam</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been a lefty peacenik anti-militarist all my life, a few weeks ago was griping about the stupid arbitary &#34;2% of GDP&#34; defence budget.<br/><br/>Today, I&#39;m on a soc-med post-fest to promote a Canadian nuclear weapons program. (Preferably by sweetly asking America to sell us bombs or at least tech for defense against &#34;rogue states&#34;! That&#39;s the funny part...)<br/><br/>I can&#39;t escape the logic: if we can&#39;t depend on NATO, we&#39;re just Ukraine awaiting invasion. We need nukes. 2025-02-10T23:42:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsgf55wejca6sytcczqazdegs6xpdak2pgsj3xhn9yulw72w5rmgzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq780aehz Can we spread the word that, whatever the government response, Canadians will just avoid American purchases and travel until Donald Trump stops speaking disrespectfully of our country.<br/><br/>All the 51st state crap, in particular.<br/><br/>I asked for a &#34;boost&#34; the other day, and was astonished to get responses that re-posted to over 15,000 people.<br/><br/>This is worth asking the same, again.<br/><br/>Just Say NO to America. 2025-02-04T17:27:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzwhe658zr97cx27qz57gxe8wkvafdxysyrdqy3wttnjr9kqw6mgzyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7h770yp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy33tte6mlwss8ergsnycg7gkd3eqlf6g4fffasnz6swn6t9z9rfqxm744s'>nevent1q…744s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I went looking for an old Nat.Geog. article that showed Navaho women actually making circuit boards for Fairchild Semiconductor, because they could remember the complex patterns.<br/>But I think that was the 1970s article &#34;The Computer&#34;, and what I still have is the 1982 issue on &#34;The Chip&#34;, and it contributes this semi-relevant picture.<br/>&#34;Semi&#34;, because that&#39;s NOT a rug, but a model; it&#39;s how they had to review chip designs before you could do CAD zoom-ins.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/113/065/169/163/127/973/original/ccaf2ab98ab2fb5e.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-02T00:40:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9eg3fh03z7gr45epumr6caqeuqkwfexhgffe94xa4excqkt7d5czyrcl000wh5hy4lpqu0dulen85j7ucghnpz9xhn7kuw9sa0f7tyyq7d2aczh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkcpw39kvc5sfjc5mvaepgt7g3yva5h9ehug7e994lrswdu4w67q8w9kse'>nevent1q…9kse</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The reality of the 1970s is not actually shown by the TV made in those years, because censorious &#34;standards&#34; removed not only the swearing from the language, but most of the smoke from the air.<br/><br/>About 3X as many people smoked back then as are shown in TV of the era.<br/><br/>You&#39;d have to show teen smoking, too. My high school had a smoking room - for the students. In the basement, about 2X the size of a classroom, usually had 40 in it at lunch.<br/><br/>No, I&#39;m not joking. 1976. 2024-08-11T22:34:43Z