2026-05-05T01:22:06Z https://yabu.me Michael Vilain https://yabu.me/npub1r3q5gn8rkryrlw5hp4n76gv9v4280k9ztz7jhgae2760dkpwsgnspe4fz6 https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/385/719/343/323/060/original/4d1afd09713e9a95.jpg https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/385/719/343/323/060/original/4d1afd09713e9a95.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp4hjhl205nxe8yqfaq6r44gs73wzyshdn9s7tz75007lgzwk7shszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwg6m2tg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfuludlns5005puqtmjs3d8jamlgx83nr3y9wtyakfvlnu6u7yeus8zf3la'>nevent1q…f3la</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any foreign-born MD who considers living and practicing in the US should also ask for a &#34;FUCK YOU ICE&#34; card that will tell officers that they are untouchable. Any action against holders of such cards will get them punished. 1st offense--loose any immunity and 6mo pay. 2nd offense--fired and dox essentially running for their lives. 3rd offense--firing squad made up of their former ICE colleagues. 2026-01-12T17:58:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrnmh4x8ed3m8qwsu0zyvd4dccv5eqz4udnh4vvmr7d72z93gy46qzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwgqn6u9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsruz3s4ydljv4gqptrcv4uqmru9h32qzne53w98vffffdrta9xnxchdc2xa'>nevent1q…c2xa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I interviewed at Comcast (BIG mistake, but my subconscious saved me), they had me take a test to debug issues on a CentOS 5 VM. Even though it was 7 years ago and before IBM bought Redhat, it was still old. 2026-01-07T14:36:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm47tcqk277wpq7rmyla9vaefsgavrcjmlllwshhqydede85kedczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw7rztvk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsytk0rsvhajhsdaptasgp0q2ca7qlc33r4mhde6c5uwzk39vpezngy5jqtz'>nevent1q…jqtz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was at the chocolate aisle in Target perusing the Lindt offerings. And older guy looked at an assortment of Ghirardelli squares and put one in his cart.<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;ve learned it&#39;s never wise to get between someone and their chocolate. For the grandkids?&#34; I asked<br/><br/>&#34;Nope. These are for _me_.&#34; he said rather gruffly. I laughed, smiling behind my mask. 2025-12-12T04:47:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2nam8g8uqas6tdazcca6n27c8dl678ypnfej43346e2uxf0yzjsqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwv0q876 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqu9xrw7gm3z3jvatam0duh6vmawsfs6a9fg6rhc7wrfzwwm980msqys33f'>nevent1q…s33f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I loved asking a client &#34;Same BAT time, same BAT channel?&#34; if they want to schedule another session?<br/><br/>This guy&#39;s voice is saying that in my head right now. 2025-12-07T00:12:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdx32982wlvharfd9x2cpa2m2nfs8qw5j6ug3p56hlyw48s0s64ygzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwpkzpf4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe5nr22yh5z6p2du9l0czjctxyf356rc4d0npxx4cqxqqeuuvldc2myyzy'>nevent1q…yyzy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Kinda dated, but still relevant.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/447/479/475/625/534/original/3956fded751e5c12.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-27T18:12:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8lxsyqmnn30m00xvstktvqj8qyy4kgfa892v9wt8u5tc5j4kzpszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwwyffar <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="/npub19d94zc7lzt9uujye5r75k67vnhz3vg8yyy7uk67crkm5srtm33msq8gm9z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Adam Conover</span> (<span class="italic">npub19d9…gm9z</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EKQidRooc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EKQidRooc</a><br/><br/>Adam admits his home has a DoorKing for security. You can break into it by buying a key for it on Amazon. The same key opens ALL OF THEM, including the one on my front gate. Short out 2 contacts, and the door opens.<br/><br/>What&#39;s wrong with this picture?<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/444/656/470/581/446/original/f45fd25e4eef96a2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-27T06:14:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hy28vqktnmd466hy2slk2tcy25u5syc0zyhk32ecqfg7t9g4jnqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwdwqprx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdfvl8nnqxs6zm59sgpmz3t23gug008g2m27lz3j6zealxh220nsqx2eg5'>nevent1q…2eg5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hearning disabled may not know about accents, unless someone interpreting does some special flourishes when they sign. That might be considered an accent. Which makes an interesting situation when the interpreter doesn&#39;t understand what someone is saying like Cockney Rhyming Slang or a super heavy Scottish accent.<br/><br/>I wonder what the signs for &#34;wee lamb&#34; or &#34;Cheetoh Faced Ferret Wearing Shitgibbon&#34; are.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/950/185/420/339/527/original/a0fc9726dcf6ac38.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-31T22:23:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmyhcr98zt4elsj0xw3svf864d3n3vjyd2e2k74he9xys9xmnldszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwr2w4qm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5fsq2ctggpfz9t5r0rwdm6r22a5lvscffjrm2ywunsk03wtp69sxf3y2l'>nevent1q…3y2l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the reason I like some books as audiobooks. I don&#39;t know enough accents to be able to hear them in my head when I read a character&#39;s dialog. Having a gifted voice actor who can shift from plummy RP to Glasweigean to North (Manchester/Birmingham) made listening to STILETTO all the better.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stiletto-Daniel-O-Malley-audiobook/dp/B01DDZA98Q">https://www.amazon.com/Stiletto-Daniel-O-Malley-audiobook/dp/B01DDZA98Q</a> 2025-07-31T06:16:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdp8xc5zsxsh5dw3m2r8hwgtpfhjmr4rada4a9gdk2xshsrdvf53czyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw5zg69q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvar2h8dlmgmh7fnn9z58p7tvysmn9m0xy2teldlv3ed9yynadqgqzkjcf'>nevent1q…kjcf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This reaction will allow 47 to make a joke about the price of Brazil Nuts going up. 2025-07-18T06:23:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6x7rwzr82rwmkcwyxm60qrdxzhmwdnaa9c7q4jznq9xssrph9lszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwhlyn53 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k93qf5pm6pcz9e5k57f0c4gh008kgzvlxks3l3v60redu3q4u0get778m'>nevent1q…778m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shut up and take my money.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/860/330/037/684/007/original/7623a5bb56b7fb6a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-16T01:32:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx2jt58urujryzf6auqwgxca4gx5tejgaeu95tfqhamprp4rvkgqqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwmqs4sf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrd4udcqcfnmw8545hzt9hm9f0mgay4ql7e6cgf2spe4wps3qwvaskrnz2m'>nevent1q…nz2m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When a billionaire dies, who inherits their Senators? 2025-06-29T01:43:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2p75jhfwz6j8dkwvpyryef0njw5pyyn3wvd98hsnr0n4ljzuvqczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw2pkakf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs028y3fkj9x9jdktxxtpxtc7c9ma6enklw05kmlr82klexv8jf33qjtjytj'>nevent1q…jytj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When <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> said he quit smoking because he realized he was burning through 2 to 3 laptops/year, this perspective boggles my mind. <br/><br/>I never smoked or wanted to. Both my parents and sister did. RIP. 2025-06-28T16:22:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsts7fkkum42d23ltwpkrzkv5cmjrp79az5efhna3zd4lqe3gwa3lgzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwfgqydc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstxgs5nkzatyzmxjgekt4nktmf8e22qgmg7uvfklwpgdnhqluqhpgf3uzkm'>nevent1q…uzkm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if their editor convinced the author not to mention toxic bosses somewhere on the title. But there&#39;s gotta be a chapter in there on them along with borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. 2025-06-05T04:07:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96pjsnegwdh2llytp60jasyx8g7n7q6yg0w8j0qtffvr879s3krgzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwjj7ych In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz3hgvu2m0gfrfapklt7tw6t508twhjyw03hmdgvt7m7rhw04r2ug6xxlx9'>nevent1q…xlx9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tyson isn&#39;t a historian, so what?<br/><br/>People pointed out that certain bits of THE MARTIAN were thermodynamically wrong and chemically poisonous (e.g. the character burns _hydrazine_ to make water. Hydrazine is mega-poisonous and the heat generated woulda steamed him like a hotdog at a baseball game). The author&#39;s response: &#34;I suck at chemistry.&#34; 2025-06-01T23:44:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspt7jd7uzk0l5uxgx43xkw030pp5gxkrxdxt82gme9lxfu578lnjszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwqhhj2n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04mmxwhuehea0ksf0c7um3csp55zm67rug0udv2wg4hdq46rhhgs0n822s'>nevent1q…822s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After delving into Kevin Hearne&#39;s urban fantasy and mystery novels, I&#39;m kinda jaded about the genre. A mystery has to have vampires, gods slumming it, werewolves, or some M/M action between the detective and a suspect before I show much interest. Oh, and the dogs have to be part of the story and help solve the crime.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTRS5LD4">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTRS5LD4</a><br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/451/708/346/994/068/original/17b2d5fb93474482.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-04T21:34:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ckkevgvlrm4l6444wafnk0a326a94a92lvjzq53ga4yxg9hvsvczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwfv8wwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8dx3cmfk2608gc29uecvvdynmvxglw6njeq73dezcldc48xtn5qgmkmel'>nevent1q…kmel</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve gotten quite jaded about the mysteries I read these days. I much prefer queer couples like T. Thorn Coyle&#39;s doggie detectives in Portland&#39;s Queer neighborhood.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sushi-Scandal-Street-Paranormal-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BBSSZD94">https://www.amazon.com/Sushi-Scandal-Street-Paranormal-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BBSSZD94</a><br/><br/>Or Vampires or Ghosts (e.g. Dead Boy Detectives). 2025-04-25T05:31:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqd63rysy04tqwu6r9refxk46h5cgu7g83uxe7szp649xvr7kap9gzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw00n0uk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2rn2sx6j7d9zhlpfr6f09shr4y6ghjxgwyzsqkg6h3mfpaag32cqst6vyl'>nevent1q…6vyl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sadly, I&#39;ve outgrown traditional rom-coms. I purrrrfer gay-friendly versions. Gay older brother ends up dating substitute chem teacher while younger bi brother drools over his new teacher.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purrfect-Book-Curiosity-Shoppe-ebook/dp/B08W9RTWH4">https://www.amazon.com/Purrfect-Book-Curiosity-Shoppe-ebook/dp/B08W9RTWH4</a><br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/316/427/870/356/438/original/9f18e33bd59c5671.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-11T00:11:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstz0y6v8nj7phm93uxt9dg8ev2662mv09yr5kytuapr8v7kkfalngzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwpfmrvj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0hhaz5yl2lm43e03wuxd9hepfahu7z54rx00cwlj8ct56u8x9kfg35kdhd'>nevent1q…kdhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m wondering if the chapter on root canals would be to much. I&#39;d love to ask Bruce if he used that chapter to write off the cost of his dental work on his taxes. 2025-03-27T01:42:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst3rvspkrqw62vsluvvwdrsw35ch0h7sze8j56xcl22e0umgwnvtqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwuuae4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjje4eh6mad94903rpnxdqsnxvj5d6lndk3n4yzfw3j6t9tmrx5ckk3pfy'>nevent1q…3pfy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I told a friend of a friend who refuses to read any book with a page count greater than 250 abut this book, he had directions put in his DNR to not allow me to read it to him at his bedside should he ever be incapacitated. 2025-03-26T14:57:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfctsvd6thqy3xtl5v4hx56x4qn528ukr2mnqz55rx0aphprdzaxgzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwwe0c47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy0hm6m4vuqsm3ywa3wa05ct9w4lfsu9cvxaj2g22cfguu9wwc9hs6ufsrz'>nevent1q…fsrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the author can explain quantum mechanics in similar fashion that Paul Sen does for Thermodynamics, I would consider that a job well done.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Fridge-Difference-Explains-Universe-ebook/dp/B08BZVJHH9">https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Fridge-Difference-Explains-Universe-ebook/dp/B08BZVJHH9</a><br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/193/173/790/419/301/original/e9101253ec630a34.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-20T05:45:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf25tqeesjselfuvyv3kyxj2yeahvvrd6surtewppd2ss5wnywffszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwudua9p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0wpsnr3stq2xc30mz9celzzwayacl64r5ecevygdc0qr5r0yews3x3pmu'>nevent1q…3pmu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t fret. I took Quantum Mechanics twice in college. The first time was from a student of Dirac using his weird notation. We didn&#39;t use the textbook the instructor assigned for the course and I was lost.<br/><br/>The 2nd time, I took it from the same professor who taught Thermodynamics in a way I could understand it. Same for his approach to Quantum Mechanics. I did much better the 2nd time.<br/><br/>Granted this was all from a Chemistry point of view, so physcists might not care about chemical bonds or microtransitions in transition metals, but I did learn where those 4 quantum numbers came from in describing orbitals. 2025-03-20T05:02:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnvhgqz63m8nr2c22t9g2dpm42t7m4l4epj9ksxw9xrcl4dsllrqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwwghtd3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfatmmfsa2kafrc60f5rcy78rw2zzx89huazrdkecj9tzv6c7jag8vr29t'>nevent1q…r29t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>recently dove into JAMES which is Huckleberry Finn from slave Jim&#39;s POV. Amongst themselves, the slaves revert to regular English. Speaking to white folk, they code switch to slave talk. Interesting premise but I couldn&#39;t finish it. YMMV. 2025-03-08T20:02:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc75vuyltheq2wmqnja0ajxyps80u3gpd9m8d5elw56t5h3m4hsqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwy73m63 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7jtvh8emjclhjw5phdhxv9zhscum33up39h37nn03zlstyhnm3chcaw8e'>nevent1q…aw8e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A friend won&#39;t read any novel over 350 pages. Used to be 400, but he&#39;s getting impatient as he gets older. He&#39;s stipulated in his DNR that I NOT be allowed to visit and read to him if he&#39;s incapacitated. Mostly because I threatened to read CRYPTONOMICON (900+ pages) to him in those circumstances. 2025-02-24T04:31:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxph7746uuj024n5eurwlns5c0308vjxa42ur80zq80rkjlr5awcgzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzws0vr7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5qednh56ueh58920szxnt409ewwc2rhd7zasanphrqtrywxmxcs222ngk'>nevent1q…2ngk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Boom H<br/> \ /<br/> C = C<br/> / \<br/> H Bah<br/><br/>is another way of stating the title of this book. But only an old chemist would get it. And we all know that old chemists never die, we just fail to react. 2025-02-20T22:52:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs02u3l0palah49pr7vrpu79jm4ef5lxdvn8d8n86ssnhkv0tcewyczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwwl73kh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszn0q868vg7fgke7k38zegfvzcyln85plvr98vertnv0czhnplpdsp50qvf'>nevent1q…0qvf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How Vicky treated her characters in this novel made me blacklist her as an author I trusted to not abuse her characters. <br/><br/>&#34;Must suit other tastes than mine.&#34; 2025-02-18T19:57:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgv9v2tm9audp6hlmtl27he47ss56dajskprpdnw6h33mnhdslagzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwy5av8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hmeawhkha4e79ay8sf9s3zsdh74wgazlskr5ud2flskczt9wukgncpe9r'>nevent1q…pe9r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was posted to Mastodon back in Jun 2024. Enjoy.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/010/006/055/702/682/original/91bb15de647cddc6.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/010/008/445/209/153/original/195863bad35c8d74.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-15T21:24:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wsrypsrawnekqm84j6xepjfske2rpuxxsz43sa3ym7cchm95uwgzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwkh5uge In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0csv8s46'>nevent1q…8s46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know what you must be thinking. If he was in an accident or something, he might’ve had some kind of traumatic brain injury that caused him to forget some things about his life, maybe even change his personality. And that&#39;s a valid, reasonable explanation. I have no doubt it&#39;s what the police would tell me if I reported all this.<br/><br/>But you know why I&#39;m dead certain that man isn&#39;t my husband? He doesn&#39;t have a scar. If he was really Rick, he&#39;d have a scar on the side of his forehead shaped like the golf club I hit him with. But there&#39;s nothing. Not a mark. Honestly, I&#39;m this close to going out tonight and digging up my petunias just to make sure he&#39;s still under there.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know what I&#39;m sharing a bed with, but I know it&#39;s not my husband. So what the hell am I going to do?&#34;<br/><br/>9/9 2025-02-15T21:10:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszmlpfr73qu97zr6fkzqdujkncxa3ac82agd8f7v0d5yjzy6as77czyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw4lmy6p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0csv8s46'>nevent1q…8s46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The final nail in the coffin, proverbially speaking, was Sally. Just this morning, she came knocking on our door. Her excuse was the tray of brownies she carried, but I think she just wanted to push her way into our morning so that she could see for herself what the situation was. After she left, I called her a nosy busybody. Rick laughed, kissed my head, and agreed with me. That was when I knew for sure that it couldn&#39;t really be him. Rick always used to get so mad whenever I insulted Sally, like I didn&#39;t have any right to hate her even though she&#39;d been fucking my husband for years. But today there was none of that. He didn’t even try to defend her.<br/><br/>/8 2025-02-15T21:09:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsgmm0qtwu7nn0g75vez9femm5f0xeppsfh444ycrwt5200uk4dszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwuazkdz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0csv8s46'>nevent1q…8s46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yesterday, about a week after he came home, the neighbourhood threw a street party to celebrate his return. Everyone from our street and the streets on either side turned up to see him and tell him how happy they are that he&#39;s alright. When he wasn&#39;t standing with his arm around my waist, he was milling around chatting amicably to each and every one of our neighbours, even the little kids. Jackson, our next-door neighbour Sally&#39;s toddler, wanted to play peek-a-boo, and Rick happily played along with a smile on his face. Now, my husband never did that. Rick always said he didn&#39;t like kids - that&#39;s why we never had any - and so he never wanted to play with any of the neighbourhood children. Especially not Jackson: Rick all but avoided him. Before he disappeared, I had started to suspect it was so I wouldn&#39;t see them together and notice the subtle but unmistakable similarities.<br/><br/>/7 2025-02-15T21:09:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxfergwe6ut48hder70wzjgn55svv4uf3awygxz8nl5uekk6nxruqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwkfyvqu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0csv8s46'>nevent1q…8s46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then one night I woke up around 2 a.m. to see Rick&#39;s face inches from mine just... looking at me with these blank eyes. I kinda gave this nervous laugh and asked &#34;Baby, what are you doing?&#34; And he didn&#39;t answer. For like a solid thirty seconds. He just stared, almost like he was looking right through me. Then he suddenly smiled and said, &#34;Sorry, honey. Sometimes I just can’t believe this is real&#34;. Then he just rolled over and went to sleep. I didn’t get much sleep after that, myself.<br/><br/>/6 2025-02-15T21:09:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrx4zg5j98krgvmjnjrkc59tqpmtp9yyc48atf59cscqh30spj35gzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw9f5htg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0csv8s46'>nevent1q…8s46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Then it was the golf. A few days ago, when he was out visiting his mom, I recorded a golf tournament that was showing on the TV. It was one of Rick&#39;s favourite golfers that was competing, and he never missed it. Once, he even skipped out on an anniversary dinner just to watch a championship. Only, when he came home from his parents&#39; and I told him what I&#39;d done, he just seemed... unbothered? Like, he said thanks and everything, and then he asked if I wanted to get dinner. He didn&#39;t even watch it, and that’s just so out of character for him.<br/><br/>/5 2025-02-15T21:09:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd82l9seen6ud92ydswxt3wh7f7chfd9kq0kpthgwcjufzlvvezqczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwh30pk2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2s69qwnza7425knev0s3jm9fpucyjeqq7svydhamp8mvgecpmeq7lqemt'>nevent1q…qemt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The morning after &#34;Rick&#34; came home, I made him a cup of tea. When I handed it to him, he gave me the brightest smile. Then he took a sugar cube from the dish on the table and dropped it into the cup. Our house was in chaos with his return, and I was still in shock, so I didn&#39;t think much of it at the time, but its been replaying in my mind ever since. I know it doesn&#39;t sound very significant, but my husband never put sugar in his tea. He was always adamant that it ruined the taste, and he&#39;d get so frustrated if I ever put sugar in his cup by accident. And yet, this man had sugar.<br/><br/>/4 2025-02-15T21:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsge72fw7x9sejas2mmm46qnyvzmxggjnt3v5wz7k4y24nktkx8q0czyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwqhta28 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq2s69qwnza7425knev0s3jm9fpucyjeqq7svydhamp8mvgecpmeq7lqemt'>nevent1q…qemt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A week ago, I was in the back garden watering my petunias when I heard the garden gate creak open. I jerked my head in that direction and- there he was. Exactly the same as he was the day he disappeared. Same windswept blond hair and bright blue eyes, same curl to his pink lips. I was in shock. Our families had mourned for him, and yet there he was, standing in our garden like he had just popped out for milk or something. When I asked where he had been, he said he didn&#39;t know. He couldn’t remember anything about the last six months.<br/><br/>All our family and friends are beside themselves with joy. They almost can&#39;t believe it. But that&#39;s just the thing: I don&#39;t believe it.<br/><br/>/2 2025-02-15T21:07:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2s69qwnza7425knev0s3jm9fpucyjeqq7svydhamp8mvgecpmeqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw6fvuy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hmeawhkha4e79ay8sf9s3zsdh74wgazlskr5ud2flskczt9wukgncpe9r'>nevent1q…pe9r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someone posted this to Mastodon in Jun 2024. Enjoy.<br/><br/>&#34;My missing husband came home, but I just know it isn&#39;t him.<br/><br/>My husband went missing six months ago. Just... went out to work one day and never came home. It was a horrible shock to the whole neighbourhood, because things like that just didn&#39;t happen in our little slice of white-picket-fence suburbia. The police launched an investigation, and the neighbourhood watch sent out search parties, but no one ever found any evidence to indicate what had happened to him. Our families were devastated. Recently, the missing posters have been taken down or papered over. The updates from the police became less frequent and dwindled away. I accepted that, hard as it was to admit, my Rick wasn&#39;t coming back.<br/><br/>Until he did.<br/>/1<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/114/009/939/052/598/073/original/3d674817b9f250d2.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-15T21:06:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfnpyndcctqaa5t5sm5as8jueec79m4wqjxy678wvptmk2xddy2lqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwwl3pdu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs808fwwqzemsqqdkx7xnx0p8qxal56dsmh783excy8thh4cscv4lcv7fwg0'>nevent1q…fwg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when I switched from gmail to protonmail, I put in the DNS mail records recommended on their site. However, their recommendation for the _DMARC caused all mail from me to be flagged as SPAM until someone here on Mastodon told me how to change the record so that wouldn&#39;t happen. So far, that&#39;s worked. Check out this article<br/><br/><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/2466563">https://support.google.com/a/answer/2466563</a> 2025-02-15T18:27:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0g2qq2xtsjatjk37yk2z4scfkywrya4u6atza66n40usjjp7e66szyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwp0scgv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfveplc76w78ag5qd5d43vr0nl9skrsu7e4zp5q2zefk0ws7hjd9cz9k7j3'>nevent1q…k7j3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as a rule, Google and their cloud service don&#39;t do much to take down users that use their services to spamvertise. Used to be that Bluehost and GoDaddy would trounce spammers because they made a lovely squishy sound when you step on them, like tribbles. Enshitification has made them scale that back.<br/><br/>I continue to report Google and Microsoft source SPAM but it&#39;s like pissing in the wind. And I don&#39;t bother Opting-out. It just validates my email as active. 2025-02-15T14:57:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuasv2cakd56mtx8wf2gp9zg5rm4nl0jfrsk3jchphpw53v467rczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw6aapn9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspx8eylg02kvpyywk6hg8w5jmetuhjkpwq99at3f0gpzxa2q3eh5cfwamsa'>nevent1q…amsa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I made the mistake of buying a 2024 Gen 12 kindle. It&#39;s nicer than my old refurb&#39;ed Gen 11, faster, bigger, with more storage. But Amazon has taken away the &#34;I&#39;m a disk&#34; feature and I have to use their MacOS app to copy files to/from it via USB or Wifi. Also, Kindle books I bought stay on Amazon&#39;s servers and aren&#39;t downloaded to the device. My old stuff can be copied over and accessed, but if I want to jailbrake the DRM on the 200 books I bought from Amazon, I&#39;m SOL right now. <br/><br/>I have to decide to stop reading the authors that only publish on Amazon and send the Kindle back to Amazon for a refund to get something else. I shoulda known better. 2025-02-14T19:26:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstpeufm4eyq85upp6ac39xucjdv86d35hrt7mcydgdalegdf0ts6czyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw3ntyyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsym9etv73uc2u2th5lzfk3ymg5pp82c23dl2dyy56kvr5d94ypn9qkmv5kp'>nevent1q…v5kp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just wait until the type is too small, even with the 3+ diopter CostCo readers. Then your knees will say &#34;Stop that. You&#39;re not 20 any more.&#34; when you knell to get something on the bottom shelf at the supermarket.<br/><br/>It will happen. Now get off my lawn. 2025-01-31T02:47:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs968v4djhz5dua3pcy5642qgpazhu4jthjfsx4atgv38f50hmp8egzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwcjjgqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9el6wpzxf5ysmrrnfj6gpalwun8mtqwlxu5fhmrvhqu6wcqu756s2ylgcc'>nevent1q…lgcc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know if it&#39;s just me but the type size on books is to small to read easily for me nowadays. I donated a hardcover book and bought the ebook because I could read it with larger font size on the Kindle. <br/><br/>[get off my lawn] 2025-01-31T02:34:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj7e0kapvd5j3n4wy8e4qydmeyhzw798wkjke5a3j8u64ggfvr7szyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwpe9e8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zx54840z9r9djt7w2p4ds4yxe7xgyteg98lxnunwwdupja6esmqlujlfg'>nevent1q…jlfg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been reading a lot of self-publishing authors on Amazon. These books may not be top-tier writing, but I like the characters and stories. I haven&#39;t investigated what it would take to jailbrake them so when my old Kindle started having problems, it was easier to buy another one and continue reading my extensive library (and future new stuff). <br/><br/>It&#39;s the classic &#34;it&#39;s to expensive/inconvenient to leave&#34; problem <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> talks about. For digital library books, my library restricts how many can read a copy at one time, so it&#39;s easier to acquire the ebook w/o DRM and copy it to my Kindle. I could do that on another reader, but if I switch to Kobo/Boox/Nook I&#39;ll have a hassle converting the self-published stuff every time there&#39;s something new. A big YMMV.<br/><br/>I sorta get how <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dnd5r8quslw27usmp5du0t9lsm980pp66p3qx0yzgf2d3yt7nease3hzjs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Charlie Stross</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dnd…hzjs</span>)</a></span> doesn&#39;t want to bother with all this and just let his publish do all that so he can just write. I just wanna read. 2025-01-31T02:32:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstyt2lvn50du5pw48lnef0j0tjp0zdnmrkm2tecq8ram3zwlfua6qzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwqgdwmq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgpxeejp3wrg0w0erhgd7pnf33speu5fwfdtmumsglmj44m5gn5wc5w0slh'>nevent1q…0slh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s good to know. I have a blacklist of authors I won&#39;t read because they abuse their characters. Now Ian Banks is on that list next to Vickie Straub for the Shade of Magic books. 2025-01-12T00:37:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstunuyqumgrlqsa8d77tsmaap0k8467uedsufauzagm5xxp28cvqczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwq2d6fx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0mfkls6ayyr5akpa6ma3ch4hf8cu83449r2tz0zkehu7z333s3qt6c4mw'>nevent1q…c4mw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When Amazon put ads into their Prime videos, I tried to cancel my Prime service. The site wouldn&#39;t let me. I could only turn off autorenewal. So I had Prime for almost a full year and the site kept telling me how much money I&#39;d save by having Prime. The subscription finally expired yesterday and I&#39;ve already realized how much less I&#39;ll be spending on the site. Instead of just ordering something, I either don&#39;t buy it or it goes into an order queue until I reach $35 worth of stuff.<br/><br/>And when they added the ads, I stopped watching Prime Video entirely. I&#39;d look at what videos they had and decided I&#39;d get them from Kanopy or some other place rather than watch them on Prime. I just deleted Amazon Prime from my Roku. There are so many other ways to watch content without commercials that I don&#39;t need Prime in my life.<br/><br/>Textbook case of Enshitification. 2024-12-15T00:54:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9t0zwqhud9p6ctxnllhae490la4fx5w76hlzjj6zy4ksnke6la4qzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwucalwc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvf0my7fp2d6r9c7a3ly6e0gayt6qd77ecnsaek4v2xqtvtg52vsmdv8ah'>nevent1q…v8ah</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to worry this my downstairs neighbor&#39;s impression of me after I lived in a student studio apartment in Graduate school. The guy upstairs wasn&#39;t a hippo. He was an elephant. 2024-11-28T19:28:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9jdc0sp3p7llrt49x46wsngznffmdxzmrfnmrkqkrhtehqlckyuszyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzweu2rth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6dgtauy0akz6yy32qljnc3e729xxrmly8t2hwkavw9qvfk7apmqfx0s89'>nevent1q…0s89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Jesus, that&#39;s a lot of yaml.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/516/965/434/736/529/original/c804290b7c2dce9d.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-20T19:37:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsggzhw2pdm3w7d44484r5t8jcmhdjnwmtyg4t37er2jqguf6j957qzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwrw5r6m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjdp6585cvz4v2pa30zk0mq2znh43jwvlzmfqd5sk4g3l29hgylgtj5gme'>nevent1q…5gme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Julia Evan&#39;s zines are great for this. <br/><br/><a href="https://wizardzines.com/zines/bite-size-pack/">https://wizardzines.com/zines/bite-size-pack/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/512/823/062/138/899/original/2350dbf429e9e5bd.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/512/823/046/176/836/original/dd8ad2be57deecf3.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/512/823/039/344/201/original/b6d4434d86ab4bd1.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/512/823/061/824/038/original/3f325e4a3c9091ca.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-20T02:03:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jtnp42av6qeg5u80gezsqrl36efm5et3tnvruuk9audshkap30qzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwm8hknz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lq6lzqn2a6urs747e60tw22ksw2xpmalpndxsq80mafx2v70f8cftku68'>nevent1q…ku68</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to downplay your lovely Robin, I over a pissed off BlueBird who&#39;s so tired of correcting my 3rd grade teacher that NOT ALL OF US CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/113/500/558/006/709/846/original/c308fdd39f896c0a.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-17T22:04:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgurwu7t8dsrurwngj6fxk6lu3x4vwmjrunz3zmatj8sz9t2r06cqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwrept9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqksaqel4gxvkf9xehqjghq2cgvzzpesyhly8fq7rae5n533798dclgmdaz'>nevent1q…mdaz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Back in 2016, I had someone on my feed with lots of #MAGAIdiots friends, I&#39;d start seeing their idiocy. All I had to do was post &#34;What does Putin&#39;s Dick taste like?&#34; to these people and their response would dictate if I blocked them. <br/><br/>Eventually, I gave up trying to weed them out, so I unfriended that one guy I&#39;ve known for years who associates with them because he moved to their area. Oh well. 2024-11-14T16:20:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxad9ege3sg0u37jhn4zlgwpdwjg4v7t4gvh2rdrm545nzplk529czyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzw0f35d8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszllh030d258ltnl6lkz2rfllamj4fujzxcwy7kmwxneya6zu7e8c9n7e49'>nevent1q…7e49</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As has been said here, YES you can read ebooks from other sites on your kindle with 2 provisos-- (1) the ebook is in AWZ or MOBI format. There&#39;s Calibre to convert between the EPUB format to an Amazon-compatible version. AND (2) the ebook doesn&#39;t have any sort of DRM (digital rights management) preventing transfer. <br/><br/>I have a friend that can transfer purchased Amazon ebooks and strip off the DRM but I haven&#39;t done that. 2024-10-28T01:03:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvw5re7wtlv7k5fcwyu9qc2y0q5jvlx4ytpunmz3gx2f5g3djtxqzyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwsc4uce In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxd0qq4ejys9ff5gakckrumlercwu5dee9y24tcdwmvu7vw7066mcfq8crs'>nevent1q…8crs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM HP. Period.<br/><br/>A friend worked for Agilent and they were stuck using HP equipment in their offices. They were very happy when they sold their division, shut it down, and moved development to India. Customers will likely never see the product updated. 2024-09-30T20:50:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdsct0h76skd638flyg8qp2pmm9pj5t8dcs5symkt0c0s8wpkmyczyqwyz3zvuwcvs0a6juxk0mfps4j4ga7c5fvt62arh9tmfakc96pzwtf7gr7 Apparently, Trump&#39;s Campaign sent a Cease and Desist letter to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ykc4ma9prnuj9hguxus2rm8hl2n9ucslgsukdlm7faswjtx6rldqmy302s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Lincoln Project</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ykc…302s</span>)</a></span>. They posted a Tick-Tok response that&#39;s just to good to not spread far and wide. <br/><br/>I hope Donald is stupid enough to actually sue.<br/><br/>[It&#39;s a big file and I tried to post it, but I also put it on my web site. If your mastodon instance doesn&#39;t see it, try the link below]<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://www.vilain.com/LincolnProjectTrumpCeaseDesist.mp4"></video><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/112/992/888/979/057/102/original/f8b4019b7b81ff43.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-08-20T06:17:52Z