Nostr notes by John Mierau

this is the agonizongly fun part of self-funding lol

2026-05-14T01:10:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…5chu
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this is the agonizongly fun part of self-funding lol

as in, you'd lose sponsors or readers?

2026-05-13T13:27:27Z

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as in, you'd lose sponsors or readers?

Drill down far enough and inevitably, the Problem is... Not ...

2026-05-10T13:06:50Z

Drill down far enough and inevitably, the Problem is...

Not 'AI', but #capitalism.
Not corruption, but #capitalism.
Not #bigtech, but #capitalism.
Not disease, but #capitalism.
Not war, but #capitalism.

Apropos of nothing Doctorow recently podcast... A pic to go with ...

2026-04-26T15:16:58Z

Apropos of nothing Doctorow recently podcast...
A pic to go with the the Tyee's article exposing the US using aggressive treaty negotiations and political pressure to spread US tech controls worldwide:
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/04/16/Every-Data-Centre-US-Military-Base/
@thetyee
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

Please boost to help people think about controlling their own ...

2026-04-25T14:54:03Z

Please boost to help people think about controlling their own offsite cloud backup and storage.

Not paid by Hetzner, not shilling, but here is their storage box.

Other co's offers similar, this costs less than Dropbox and offers 1 Terabyte of storage.

Pair with free Cryptomator (still not a shill) for totally encrypted offsite storage and backup.
Cryptomator (npub1gp2…rsz6)
Hetzner (npub18s7…wqln)

any time Carney acts against his election positions I will call ...

2026-04-10T21:35:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…vmkf
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any time Carney acts against his election positions I will call it out.

I Do Not care if he welcomes wingnuts to the party so long as they are prevented from acting on their wingnut beliefs.

I fully support voters kicking them to the curb for being wingnuts in the first place.

If your mileage varies, that's fine, but I don't see MP's crossing over as some traitorous stain on his honor.

Don't worry. He's a politician. He'll step in it sooner or later.

All you can do is vote to have her replaced. Her neutered ...

2026-04-09T22:16:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…yu4m
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All you can do is vote to have her replaced. Her neutered viciousness reduces all conservative viciousness.

Would you rather we let these people pander for conservative hate voters or aspire for more left voters?

or, the floor-crossers now have to toe a slightly left-leaning ...

2026-04-09T13:35:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ksy
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or, the floor-crossers now have to toe a slightly left-leaning centrist line?

...to get reelected in their slightly left-leaning constituencies?

...instead if lobbing dog-whistle, bad-faith political arguments?

Maybe a minor good can come of it? Huh?

my jury selection was today too!... Until it was canceled last ...

2026-03-30T10:49:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…48vu
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my jury selection was today too!... Until it was canceled last night. Settlement maybe?

I'm now living in an alternate universe to you but I feel it, Nathan!

Maybe Wikipedia is reviled by so many of the rich and the ...

2026-02-14T13:16:52Z

Maybe Wikipedia is reviled by so many of the rich and the powerful because good tech and good people make good trouble!

This time? Oh, looky, JD Vance's political successor in Ohio took money from longtime Epstein funder... days before killing an Epstein document release law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Husted

I've reposted and starred but must comment on the fact this ...

2026-01-14T18:26:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…cct6
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I've reposted and starred but must comment on the fact this 'get away from US Tech ' list included a spreadsheet hosted on Google :)

" Putting the particulars of Wednesday’s incident aside, ...

2026-01-08T16:44:01Z

" Putting the particulars of Wednesday’s incident aside, it’s possible that any American, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, is in peril. A a few wrong choices by either party in the heat of the moment could spell disaster.

Is that level of danger and risk really tolerable in a democratic society? And is America beginning to resemble some authoritarian states where lives of individuals are a trifle compared to the political ambitions of strongmen?"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/minneapolis-shooting-fractured-us-politics-analysis

Warner Bros Discovery (which includes CNN) agreed to be acquired ...

2025-12-09T12:21:45Z

Warner Bros Discovery (which includes CNN) agreed to be acquired by Netflix. So Paramount — now the vehicle of the Ellison family successor and a Trump state media entity-in-the-making — has launched a hostile takeover ..

When you ask why so much of corporate America is beholden to Trump now, this is why. A big diversified corporation simply cannot compete and thus, in practice, can’t exist with a determinedly hostile administration.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/team-oligarch-suits-up-to-torpedo-netflix-wbd-merger

the franchise, not the money jerks :) that is why it still ...

2025-12-07T18:08:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…0xsc
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the franchise, not the money jerks :) that is why it still resonates with so many, despite the corporate capital structure that is indeed antithetical to 'federation values'.

I am a GM for star trek Adventures TTRPG online and it brings out the hopepunk in people like few other story worlds.

Star Trek is indeed a corporate cash cow...but every iteration ...

2025-12-07T17:59:34Z

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Star Trek is indeed a corporate cash cow...but every iteration has honored subversion, allegory and hopefulness. Not always successfully, but those values are in the franchise's DNA.

EU Again Tries and Again Blocks Chat Control... WE HAVE TO ...

2025-11-17T16:51:38Z

EU *Again* Tries and *Again* Blocks Chat Control...

WE HAVE TO STAY EVER VIGILANT WITH THESE DECEIVERS!

"While the backdoor clause has been removed, Breyer warned the public not to view it as a complete victory, describing earlier changes as “political deception of the highest order.” Denmark’s draft had simultaneously softened some scanning obligations while slipping in wording that allowed those same obligations to reappear through indirect means."

https://financefeeds.com/eu-blocks-chat-control-again-as-lawmakers-remove-mandatory-message-scanning/

Time to Educate Voters that if "it costs the government more ...

2025-11-05T14:04:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wug7
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Time to Educate Voters that if "it costs the government more to collect than the tax generates" you STRENGTHEN THE LAW AND THE TAX not scrap it.

Remember when Macleans blew the whistle on the Canada Revenue Agency telling auditors not to go after big companies with lawers who know they can get out of alleged wrongdoing if they make it costly to the government?

Make it costly on the rich, instead.

in the primaries I mean

2025-10-29T16:57:15Z

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in the primaries I mean

That's why I recommend friends and family buy one or two ...

2025-10-25T16:24:21Z

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That's why I recommend friends and family buy one or two laptops NOW that they know can run Linux & google pixel phones that can run Android Open Source Project (AOSP) custom ROMs like grapheneOS.

In a year or two the glut of perfectly good laptops (dumped because of inane Windows 11 requirements) and Google Pixel phones (that will run AOSP without hardware blocks/sabotage) will dwindle and/or get more expensive.

Open source will save you money & open doors #bigtech is nailing shut.

do you have the same issues as blink cameras with Flock or does ...

2025-10-25T12:55:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…htjh
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do you have the same issues as blink cameras with Flock or does Google let you block more?

thbls for the review, I'll give it a try. Any gotchas I ...

2025-02-26T18:36:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…s7dd
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thbls for the review, I'll give it a try. Any gotchas I should know about?

Browsers being better than apps. Is that still a thing in open ...

2025-01-29T20:28:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…ncxv
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Browsers being better than apps. Is that still a thing in open source apps? :)

Any #logseq users out there? I hear it makes an even better ...

2024-09-15T12:47:26Z

Any #logseq users out there?

I hear it makes an even better outboard brain than #ObsidianMD

Is it worth putting in the time to use effectively?

Pls shout out!