2026-08-21T18:07:28Z https://yabu.me obscurestar https://yabu.me/npub19mqx7t8tq7fasuhykvr0eh3ldmqprldq6h5mykkzvfcywee9839qte265q https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/523/826/original/00b23df40f457d86.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/523/826/original/00b23df40f457d86.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3clxzc0hwpzd4tq9lm0uafpnd598mt9gucvkhz3454dwlnx2vjszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5rarsxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqfl5k7dp52e80kducpvruwkv23xzfme5qlkkwtqjtevk3de52zqyed25u'>nevent1q…d25u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean. Be real! Voting is low risk. Your employer is even federally required to allow you time to do it but so many people can&#39;t be arsed. You think that somehow, millions of people will just suddenly one day decide to grab guns and they&#39;ll somehow spontaneously self-organize? The same people that want the perfect candidate are going to want the perfect rebellion too and they&#39;ll want someone else to do all the work. 2026-08-06T01:04:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstunewpvrkyazuntl8hug8fre7g4axa5ld7kdq3dpqcexqll2epuqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5jrstyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg75k368yax3zrhq39tnn7vcx5nnsy8fy69twznyjq9ys7yaujuzg7afu8l'>nevent1q…fu8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;We&#39;ll just do a violence.&#34; is such a naive view. My parents were prepper nutbags. I had to do hard wilderness survival exercises. People have no idea how hard that is. You can die from a papercut. <br/>Also, you can&#39;t shoot down a stratobomber with your AR. Nevermind you can&#39;t mobiles enough people without getting exposed.<br/>Violence will only result in the most violent and wealthy gaining power. Any other outcome is almost total fantasy. 2026-08-06T00:43:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr20r8dctcr6qaalnffan46gqnrs2ecja04uqj5dnqzz3a5794syszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y55elf3f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98teawyq98q3pkv3x0jx80yup4jxxlsj8nmve9gr854gvmp4v3vqqf08vt'>nevent1q…08vt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You left out misogyny. Don&#39;t discount it. A huge number of men are deeply insecure at the idea of women in power and a smaller number of women are also so brainwashed as to deny our own ability to lead as well. 2026-08-05T20:55:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wclqpelk5805eknaj26l23uycdgtn5kx2hy3jaxdnds7xjw8ccszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y54hcahm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9laakgpwvf3zumdrd7g98gd94zcs070dyl842p5lh2qt80p5edcswwxzet'>nevent1q…xzet</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would call them the definition of privilege. <br/><br/>I mean imagine it for a moment. How very nice it must be to be able to wait for the perfect candidate. Who cares how many PoC, trans, gay, and women have to suffer in the meanwhile. At least those libs will learn their lesson about not fullfilling MY ideals. They don&#39;t matter. They aren&#39;t real people anyhow, only the groups I care about matter.<br/><br/>So yeah. Same mentality as the right wing. 2026-05-23T17:33:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstch3hhyhjzyx4uam5hejd46zlrzkz5j74tsp6gpv3kcy0jjv6xzszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5wweu76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9k3z3jxjsaxz0jxlu7j99f9qyehzsgmnqqy4skfpeyghlpl4437spzrune'>nevent1q…rune</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ditto the GenX who got disowned early. Boomers got it all and plan on electing ever more psychotic old men until one of them presses the button cause they want to take it with them and make sure no one else gets it. 2026-05-15T16:50:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvtl4qrwk5wkncckvj3ghfkl8d72wzqa9ns0c7avaqs4u6nud6ndszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5lwqw3a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmdf247ejdw0gsq0fsw5e6nuyh2yxj6fv6q749rd8avjcwhsxgjq4yyt5t'>nevent1q…yt5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OMG! Look what happens when people SHOW UP AND VOTE instead of making excuses! 2026-04-12T20:51:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswuas5jwf9ettcdma9nrtsu7ngjvp5sa2tulymyzcq2fznem7mmegzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5p2wsy5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspff845hgx8z7j890dcna73fjcfuz7maa0t6llealqfxl02g7wl6qttun2a'>nevent1q…un2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Come on now. He didn&#39;t JUST sell missiles to Iran. They were using the profits from those missiles to buy drugs from a ruthless south american dictator to help prop up his fascist regime, then dumping those drugs on the streets of liberal US cities as a means of attacking the civil rights movement and re-enslaving PoC via the &#39;War on Drugs&#39;.<br/><br/>I mean geez. You think the Republicans would have run him for senate if he was MERELY a hypocrite and not a full on piece of garbage? 2026-03-04T21:09:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx0gttjrsu6ll0gxl4jkty7022f63nse55elm59sdyw0nc5yhevuqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5vshqzs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07sgakpce7azny88scjf9kweg85tsmqg0azu5ff0d8l98wy5sy7c5kgqaz'>nevent1q…gqaz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah. I know how you feel but at the same time, shaming isn&#39;t a good tool for reaching people and helping them grow. Tends to re-enforce negative behaviors instead. Lest I become too much a purity troll myself, I try to lay my shaming of them aside so that I might focus on reaching them. It&#39;s just hard. I&#39;d like to not be political too. If they could just see we are all the same light and let go of preconceptions, the right would not exist. It is made of fear. 2026-02-06T00:03:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n9hmjz7awfxmfqdy8hc5ydf5svur7lwfhzxcsm7rf4c4l76p0kqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5tmx08t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nehze7jzgqnpzfnqa2h5car4t02r0fnle9c0r0ju6qg4x6cc8tq3ezrg0'>nevent1q…zrg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Though Clinton&#39;s sexual exploits disgust me, the whole &#39;getting revenge for Nixon&#39; vibe of the right was pretty sad. They impeached him over whether or not &#39;sexual relations&#39; meant &#39;intercourse&#39; or not; after six years of DESPERATELY trying to pin ANYTHING on him with regard to WhiteWater (which is such small potatoes compared with Trump&#39;s many scams as to be truly laughable now) The right&#39;s been blatantly corrupt and morally bankrupt a LONG time. 2026-02-05T23:18:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf77485hl2x6gv780qcxu2557k88sruas0gwa7xgqkc4zghnpqe5qzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y54548xy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0pyly7csj9x3qf340xrpmyr8mysxmfthef8yg2z0nthp56x55kccj0pdj'>nevent1q…0pdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Let&#39;s see how popular he is with the head-up-ass crowd when they can&#39;t afford coffee. <br/><br/>I know. They&#39;ll probably find some reason to blame Biden or Obama but I can dream that some thing will wake them from their idiocy. 2025-07-10T23:57:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjl7eyrvamxa4dqjjqcx5rtflpqrm4r59rscfk4zgxgp0pgn20zszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5yx9cwh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsye0p9mftnchn6nr948vlnaurzar30psudvwqtr9xn0nxpt5rehtqfnepuw'>nevent1q…epuw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What really pisses me off is that these people aren&#39;t even poor. You watch the video of the Jan 6th idiots getting arrested. Every one of them has a 3 bedroom house, two trucks, etc.<br/><br/>I grew up like that. Believing we were poor oppressed christians. Then I came out as trans, got disowned by my family and got a first-hand taste of poverty. Even then, I had privilege. Years of stable home, an education, marketable skills, and an able body. 2025-03-04T15:23:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9g7xw8m5ys5h8grxdegj829afdh4yt72mr3ydqvf5kqzjdgc2gnszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5m66ecf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyaqvshs8770ty47jkxva0e9cm7j0k7c503yhxqs7fwmfqx93nwvq98964v'>nevent1q…964v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But are they telling us about their fealty or their fetishes? <br/><br/>I&#39;m somewhat mixed feels about this.<br/><br/>On the one hand, censorship of art that makes braying asses who scream about liberals not having a sense of humor, livid.<br/><br/>On the other, the rules should be applied evenly. Revenge porn isn&#39;t cool. If they treat all videos of this nature that way, fine. If this is an exception, not fine.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not on #bluesky either way. Exploit me once shame on you. Exploit me twice, shame on me. 2025-02-26T18:49:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswadp0042uue6t64r872ea68p22hp6uvtu4ezg8uvndfz2myruvtczyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y56p6zpu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpu2vacv0gxffx7eshv9krvp9u7mltphlalmlr2fc7n36049kfdsnu4umk'>nevent1q…4umk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds like she&#39;s less their kid and more their tax shelter. 2025-02-15T23:58:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08fy8jga4d46hfcdflkelcs223a0elq04fz9udwlggtn47es5ynszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5edweep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgv9usfa08p2pzy7edtggcnp8y2z2qnae3hq03zav86mgxn4glawcuswptk'>nevent1q…wptk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They really are just pathetic little trolls desperate for attention, aren&#39;t they? 2025-02-07T07:45:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwrj2vuwsxcyfgmenpmwaclfqmmmwtv4l7qzy7yadhxrtn4jylfqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5xv3f55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyy7x3rtu4mssyg358rqxu34nur8z94arw9kyzgsff0am2tgny9cp7sgf7'>nevent1q…sgf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh absolutely. There was never even any question that Trump was far worse for Palestinians, muslims, and arab Americans (not to mention most everyone else who isn&#39;t a braindead racist religious zealot who enjoys eating out of Trump&#39;s ass) And I agree that most of those &#39;save palestine&#39; accounts were probably false flags. I grilled a few and most didn&#39;t seem to have any depth on the subject or know anything about Trump&#39;s policies and words last time around. 2024-12-19T22:04:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06hxsg0c4ap99t9wk82p4xdnyvahyfylyk7hn2r5j7nyqgldl8kczyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y596llz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswzd988lt675tnlgys7k287nycgt2jxggm9zqt2f8dra88xspr0fqca9ny9'>nevent1q…9ny9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t get me wrong, I absolutely share your frustration. But my novice layperson&#39;s understanding of psychology (take that for what it&#39;s worth) says shaming tends to make people more likely to cling to behaviors than outgrow them.<br/><br/>Obviously that&#39;s flawed, simply saying &#39;bad nazi&#39; to racists isn&#39;t likely to work but I would hope people who at least good intent towards community ought be able to learn to be more patient. 2024-12-19T21:27:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2etgqkj9nr47st0ahe7sevk6glgram48mcu6rxd532l2cpka3zjgzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5gwd0w9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqaw7e7r8r23fv57g3hga8gmtj8ln26zhg0ly006rwdvw0w2y62ds2hcg75'>nevent1q…cg75</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Frustrating as their shortsightness is, belittling them probably doesn&#39;t help a lot.<br/><br/>I mean I get where they&#39;re at. I too would love it if the nation turned like a Tron cycle, but the reality is there&#39;s a lot of scared poorly informed apes acting as ballast in the hull and it steers more like a barge. can only turn slowly by small degrees because you have to get the scaredy center to see they were safe with your plan while the right is screaming fear and lies. 2024-12-19T21:13:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04mt43939tv3tuzstjynqcmjh59zx4yl2q6tqn36gzrgrm06y3eczyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5wg84tx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4vm22twukdcxuvsxrzm5r3j2tcrmxv6lg3alqw0rffxr7kms7kqwudx2l'>nevent1q…dx2l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for being awesome! 2024-12-10T01:47:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnm7nqhuj6zmswunh9x4sj6wrc0lmv82e4dqhw0eecc5tt0h9weszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5ht83xk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtqp6pekmvnek06kf5spwpk5j6hqy8qf55tz76k8xkdc3mew8r4sdkvrlh'>nevent1q…vrlh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is this a trailer for the 2025 comedy reboot AIrplane! Once the crew gets sick from the salmon, the AI autopilot, trained on the pilots, also gets sick and our admin has to land the plane after a lot heckling? 2024-11-27T08:18:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrryjvstchg7wz8cudwvhcq33t99jp8qgy7g62ggsl04d6qr622vqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5fa0tqk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ay8hw3hdyldl6mlgedktcaaq9y8lvtf3udlrf8mmvxkfgqevgvg5h9qf3'>nevent1q…9qf3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Struggled with this a lot. Lying to people, scaring them, making them hate is EASY but it doesn&#39;t respect them as human beings, it uses them as tools. <br/><br/>Fighting exploiters is almost impossible due to their resources.<br/><br/>Teaching people critical thinking skills seems the most effective strategy. Making it accessible, palatable, and engaging to the people who need it is where I get stuck.<br/><br/>May need a pre-req of organizing ourselves more effectively. How do we build an agile committee? 2024-11-26T20:14:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyuul85qyur9wna0uwcffugtp0ymgde4mwgg7e5j8hsyk2rwensqzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5yv62ur I transitioned during the height of the AIDs crisis, when being trans was a felony where I lived. <br/><br/>We&#39;ll get through this.<br/>I am here. I am grounded.<br/>Lean on me if you need to. 2024-11-06T18:57:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw8z0kd6mujeqgjyk7ae9rakce5723js3d3jyw902tr0ers83v3tczyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5trfd6x #Harris #Trump #USpol #USPolitics <br/><br/>If anyone is still undecided on voting, consider this. Vote for Harris and you&#39;ll never have to listen to friends express horror about his lies and corruption again. Imagine the peace and tranquility. <br/><br/>If Trump gets in, you&#39;re going to have to hear about every stupid, dangerous, and hateful thing he does for years to come.<br/><br/>Vote wisely! 2024-10-31T23:45:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszevqp8z38h7vvcrc6apmxflvxgwv2l2frmrkqkgw539v4sqr6uzszyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5hrr8hc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxsg6qp3nnt354cdhw9p3w982kt3ad52tq22msqqnvfsrsnrwpwggdz2rh'>nevent1q…z2rh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No. ikt&#39;s more like they care more about their rapey impregnation power fantasies than human beings really. All that matters to them is fantasies about what they can stick their little dicks in. 2024-10-22T22:46:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgp6edg0wn4w6f6mh6w2sckpermt73d5weqk8fpx5km07hf6smu8gzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5mc67tz Another puerile drawing making fun of #trump as he slides into dementia. Now with mildly homoerotic overtones.<br/><br/>Kinda dislike this piece due to its re-enforcement of negative tropes. I feel like if I continue down this path, I become no better than Jack Chick. <br/><br/>On the other hand, this man is unfit. He cannot be allowed near power again.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/343/632/285/589/724/original/a65f9ae6ca3a1a9c.png"> <br/> 2024-10-21T05:03:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ltskhzk7ss25wxrqa7ycqywk828rx3xtp2ffmnd8nutjsydj27qzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5wfyuyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80u6yuvgzme0uv0734n50eqlh8t9zwfz2rk44sn0hm6qyw8ew6gcmu2t5f'>nevent1q…2t5f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I concede I am out of my field but it looks to be the same refining process for extracting purer material. That implies more energy cost but it just seems unlikely to me there&#39;s one place where the most abundant element is orders of magnitude better than everywhere else. Again though, outside my field. <br/><br/>This ignorance raised my concerns so I requested a fact check. I did not indend to belittle a perceived loss. My apologies. 2024-10-01T19:55:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp35yh9ye70q30zuk2juc47sj2k99qeyplp2fr7evjm3cqrqw659qzyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5tj7s5p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrsautcm479zve72e8nfmhnlzm9hntm76464l7ddefsk9y8uwus8g8jmw3x'>nevent1q…mw3x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given that silicon is the most abundant element on Earth adn that the process for refining quartz into silicon is: Heat rocks, apply electricity, I&#39;m extremely skeptical of the claim about these mines.<br/><br/>So I searched.<br/><br/>Top hit on search for &#39;world&#39;s largest silicon mines&#39; returns the US as a distant 5th to China&#39;s production at 1/20th their production rate. 2024-09-30T23:45:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjqaay4gcqjkcelky53zlty4cwkjq7n06a7k3nyunxsfuc3t0k0czyqhvqmevavre8krjujesdlx78ahvqy0a5r27nvj6cf38q3m8y57y5s2ntfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvphvph3mtn727fht922m622a4xme5gxjrjq6tesdlwmlgjyq0dws80v0k9'>nevent1q…v0k9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And makes a lovely tea. 2024-09-22T07:16:48Z