2026-08-15T13:13:43Z https://yabu.me Martin Nutty https://yabu.me/npub1lrlfh0fmj3ck3dwtydm86uxjyfxnhqjl0d8u2v4u6tlquk05hvnqpsuhk6 https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/accounts/avatars/109/274/742/606/656/432/original/210565f15f016de6.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/accounts/avatars/109/274/742/606/656/432/original/210565f15f016de6.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2y09k0udnsv7zdtkdqwew5u9vn6pavcarw9utym380xzl9qu4hpszyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv0ku08f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkh53320h6w85qdm4fhdhpyw7vcpkafvkvgrlzu8pafzz780304qsnnp3u'>nevent1q…np3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s an ugly reminder of our dependence on a tech stack that has a more then questionable commitment to legitimate #FreeSpeech and #democracy 2026-08-16T14:48:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3wmau84m6305j4kndavfxvdagpljkjx9npygmqurq6l46pu28jqzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv5673qg The #broligarchy is upset with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q0jdp5wv9mjjkf0fxcl093kmzwgen4rd5y0e0gnqhyslfk8h4vaq80x3m8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gil Duran</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q0j…x3m8</span>)</a></span> which makes his new book 📕 a must read<br/><br/>#SiliconValley is pro free speech provided it does NOT encompass critique of the bros special status in the world and #billionaires right to undermine democracy and further accumulation of wealth at the expense of us #NPC types. <br/><br/>#Facism anyone?<br/><br/>#Politics #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #USPol<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/youtube-moves-to-ban-nerd-reich-podcast/">https://www.thenerdreich.com/youtube-moves-to-ban-nerd-reich-podcast/</a> 2026-08-16T14:40:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrk7hx69ntczwr9cqsd59ycmrnu8x9g4sjymy3gumqm8demqnc6aczyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv4wcq50 America is no longer the indispensable nation. <br/><br/>The post war order was predicated on a stable United States. Trump’s chaotic #politics has destroyed the post war order. New alliances are being formed by former allies and a decoupling of dependence on American institutions is grinding forward. It will be expensive, but the alternative is eternal instability <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> with the call<br/><br/>#GeoPolitics #USPol<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/#graveyard-of-indispensable-nations">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/#graveyard-of-indispensable-nations</a> 2026-07-22T10:49:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsttq2xw8sh7lw8zx56zup9hhtrsp4d4x8qazwau58sav8hjlkut3gzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvjgrs4a I wonder if we’ll look at this year’s #MetGala as some kind of tipping point?<br/><br/>The gushing #billionaire owned press foist fawning imagery on us normies. It all smacks of the self absorbed Capitol Elite at the center of the #HungerGames. <br/><br/>Is this the year when backlash coalesces? Where the 99% say enough and demand a #WealthTax?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-column-feminism-for-a-world-on-fire-met-ball-jeff-bezos-amazon">https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-column-feminism-for-a-world-on-fire-met-ball-jeff-bezos-amazon</a> 2026-05-10T12:53:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8yq3u6td3f4xcndkuhklw5uf3pndqrgat8ccesc6w9xu96a802qzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvvjl5l3 Simon McGarr completely captures the Irish government’s obtuse determination to do nothing in the face of the illegal and immoral behavior of many American tech enterprises<br/><br/>While many Silicon Valley leaders are overtly supporting a democracy subverting American regime, the Irish ruling class class clings to a see no evil obtuseness as the techno spigot pours money in<br/><br/>#mastodaoine #broligarchy #geopolitics #IrishPolitics #TechnoFascism <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q0jdp5wv9mjjkf0fxcl093kmzwgen4rd5y0e0gnqhyslfk8h4vaq80x3m8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gil Duran</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q0j…x3m8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><a href="https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the-promise-of-no-change/">https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the-promise-of-no-change/</a> 2026-02-23T09:42:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszc37rvkqanh48r5rh7rt4zu6xaq75ddrhkrymmy24g48yapexhhqzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv3cp95u 1) The big question for any #Irish or #EU political party is why any of them are still on #X ?<br/><br/> Why would any political party opposed to #billionaire capture of #SocialMedia platforms post anywhere other than a decentralized platform?<br/><br/>The toxic #SiliconValley stack can be escaped. #Mastodon is an obvious exit ramp, based in #Europe. Why aren’t all elected officials there? <br/><br/>The #NewsMedia will follow<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1u0hslyefmj0xym2v2xp0gftcghkkr6tfxu0ztufry3zle80c59usrn2zg7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ciarán Cuffe</span> (<span class="italic">npub1u0h…2zg7</span>)</a></span> #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #EUPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html">https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html</a> 2026-01-19T15:36:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwcx87em6qqzwy94wv8udhqgmxmh4ae8e3vrd9388gyjzvwfjkkczyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv2gjygl The GOP thinks it has a messaging problem 🤣<br/><br/>What it really has is a solutions problem for ordinary Americans. They have no solutions for affordable #healthcare, #housing, #StudentDebt<br/><br/>Trickle down has failed, the #2026MidTermElection consequences are inevitable. No amount of lipstick application will make the #BigBeautifulBill look anything different than the pig it is - a giveaway for #billionaires<br/><br/>#WealthTax #USPol #USPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/08/congress/republicans-affordability-2026-midterms-health-care-vote-00680489">https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/08/congress/republicans-affordability-2026-midterms-health-care-vote-00680489</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/684/166/280/429/121/original/d319241ba946b5fb.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-08T13:23:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5jzc6njtfn4engnxwtpcc3xw79plwzkrxh6lk2l7rumxfap58vqzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvxvuymx 1) The declaration of #ANTIFA as a domestic terrorism organization is a sad desperate attempt by the #Trump administration to create a fictional sinister enemy which threatens law abiding Americans <br/><br/>Of course ANTIFA is more of an ideology rather than an organization, it doesn’t have offices or a leadership council, it’s simply a designation that some groups and individuals attach to themselves <br/><br/>#USPol<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced5gqn0p6jo.amp">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced5gqn0p6jo.amp</a> 2025-09-27T15:41:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0h6nhj2eky70rhnrhjrssms30529n5wr2w3cg7ss6xt77sujtmcszyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvqz9nc6 How are we to understand the Information Disordered Landscape created by #SocialMedia ?<br/><br/>Is Western Democracy being degraded by #algorithms ?<br/><br/>Excellent conversation hosted by Peter Geoghan of #DemocracyForSale, in conversation with Eliot Higgins of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub140y5ax8ph9zqg9mfpxshc86z4ue77uauencq9t608p2crjuvyc7qtw0uvc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bellingcat</span> (<span class="italic">npub140y…0uvc</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#Disinformation #misinformation #MalInformation #USPolitics<br/><br/><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-173937699">https://substack.com/home/post/p-173937699</a> 2025-09-18T15:58:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xprkzlu0q79g5pdpuj8uvecgsvtra6a6grlgs5j7pg8xm32y0hqzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvnymgam In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9008m9dqx7eqz84rvkrtqy80ps2nflj2d77g7k83xwy4ltrqw4cy0yvmm'>nevent1q…yvmm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2) Irish economist David McWilliams made exactly the same point on his #podcast last week 👇<br/><br/><a href="https://overcast.fm/+AA3ETQ4eQNM">https://overcast.fm/+AA3ETQ4eQNM</a><br/><br/>Neither #trumpism or #peronism fits easily into the traditional left/right political spectrum. Shoehorning such governments into a category is a fool’s quest. <br/><br/>The big question is whether #USPolitics will yield increasingly reactionary governance resulting in helicopter flights tossing those who oppose into the sea?<br/><br/> #Trump #geopolitics #economics #Argentina #facist #uspol 2025-09-09T11:30:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9008m9dqx7eqz84rvkrtqy80ps2nflj2d77g7k83xwy4ltrqw4czyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvkdacxm 1) The second #Trump administration has a lot in common with the chaotic governments of Juan Peron. <br/><br/>Anybody with a passing interest in #geopolitics and #economics are aware of the cautionary tale of #Argentina - a booming country at the beginning of the 20th century, replete with natural resources, managed to squander its advantages as it zigzagged between the weirdness of #peronism and #facist junta’s <br/><br/>Why would we expect a better outcome in America?<br/><br/>#uspol <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/09/trump-peron-argentina-economy/684117/?gift=Q2sH08aR_cUj62Rd_n3z7R-eKQZc4ZoNf5RMBASO86Y">https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/09/trump-peron-argentina-economy/684117/?gift=Q2sH08aR_cUj62Rd_n3z7R-eKQZc4ZoNf5RMBASO86Y</a> 2025-09-09T11:17:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrfmsk9szv6xt3uhvezak73dm2qhcptnxmqrahksl0qz7u4gw46czyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajv5pj3ng We can speculate endlessly about what went down in the #Alaska between two morally depraved men. <br/><br/>Was #Trump summoned to receive instructions from his controller?<br/><br/>Was #Putin pushed to end is disasterous war in #Ukraine?<br/><br/>Was it all just kabuki, a desperate attempt for optics and attempted diversion from the #Epstein story?<br/><br/>Incontestable facts: both these actors have destabilized #GeoPolitics, the world is worse for their presence on the international stage<br/><br/>#USPol<br/><br/><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/08/16/trumps-red-carpet-to-bring-putin-out-of-international-purgatory-made-for-a-nauseating-charade/">https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/08/16/trumps-red-carpet-to-bring-putin-out-of-international-purgatory-made-for-a-nauseating-charade/</a> 2025-08-16T08:14:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqvz0w6dtsnx9wrwpuzwzzxwydpjnal56pa8q8fy3v6hjup8kscszyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvl8ezd7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2as7j42vrg02kmmvel9920kgwhsgw9y0d83vhqhth4x56gz7j0pgpvcad9'>nevent1q…cad9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2) View of Trauttmansdorff Castle and it’s gardens from the Matteo Thun platform which provides a stunning vista of the gardens and environs<br/><br/> #SouthTyrol #Italy #Gardens #Gardening<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/114/930/617/657/337/420/original/b3c6bbb7aac15509.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-28T11:27:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2as7j42vrg02kmmvel9920kgwhsgw9y0d83vhqhth4x56gz7j0pgzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvsznghu 1) A view of the Trauttmansdorff Gardens in Merano which I visited during my recent #SouthTyrol trip<br/><br/>The gardens are associated with the Empress” Sissi” who stayed at the property’s castle on two seperate occasions and made Merano a fashionable destination for the grandees of the Austro Hungarian empire<br/><br/>#Italy #Gardens #Gardening<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/114/930/538/646/511/685/original/5e80b505e262bf20.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-28T11:07:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0vhrpf5jmp97cq60qmuqx48qgj5a5jstuyhxs4fdl9x6xlq0xuczyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvg9pswx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyf384v2kpmzj7zw3efe9gqzapcv4rvsjmlrdz7at3rs0eacj6sege3wgmw'>nevent1q…wgmw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given that the plant was apparently cited 57 times over the past 12 months, one wonders what it takes for the #USDA to issue a shutdown notice?<br/><br/>#FoodSafety 2024-08-30T11:59:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs94w9z0h60w8ncwe5f3fc538f6m7zraa2re5aef6s9yncsujzxazqzyru0axaa8w28z694ev3hvlts6g3y6wuztaa5l3fjhnf0urje7jajvduz6st In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxgfz5usdvh5ptqfgqcns4g3w5atarqc2f28a2kyrs2939tkj7kc7lnzn4'>nevent1q…nzn4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course #NOAA is one of the government services that #project2025 wants to scrap. <br/><br/>Why #Trump and the #heritagefoundation wants to keep us ignorant of the world we live in is mysterious to me. Could be that the #Petrogarchs don’t like #climatechange talk<br/><br/>One of many reasons to vote for #kamalaharris <br/><br/>#Election2024 #uspol #uspolitics #politics 2024-08-12T17:33:24Z