2026-06-02T04:31:26Z https://yabu.me Phosphenes https://yabu.me/npub1srjnznserdq6rawxjk9chvv2mju5tglw0jcmcnzg4a7feltxqm2swk77az https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2s6s02e28yewqckg64dkmdhffkrhdjuujl4l3msu679jt5urdycqzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2620kpm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7ljuvqe3umefly2apgphy8e396zjg04q9crnm6qex08prh78e0ccr59lx'>nevent1q…59lx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>[@beka_valentine](<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@beka_valentine">https://kolektiva.social/@beka_valentine</a> ) <br/><br/>There&#39;s a real material danger too. Whatever human society develops in space will resemble the culture that founded it.<br/><br/>If it&#39;s this one, oh shit. 2026-04-03T21:22:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspskfg5fcfgt707lv90q5xcvrzug8dxux23zv486pm7j7tukqjwnszyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2l47s4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmk7s9rm98r0hzuqhpq7uec0c2razru8k4wz89jcgsmrx3jwfzhcalnkqk'>nevent1q…nkqk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow. Was this in the 1970s? 2026-03-20T18:29:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvr0vfrv6e7ycjuhe7p2xpj7j3klu8lejfqn9qh593f5fwwpxw0szyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2wfllya In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw57esh0yd7u2tq05eaw02thzageshhtzux3peav2glu70d7e5u7sxl3fxe'>nevent1q…3fxe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Zombies coming! Zombies coming! Press press press press press 2026-02-17T15:27:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2p0nr9z3eapmglz9zycl2yah6v9vmlk3wusndusmlu94hs2gtykczyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd26yu8vy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5s3dalv8f3leyf7jdlywaclv8xl7pcahjvu2jep4ezjjqdtel3qjstf3a'>nevent1q…tf3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep I&#39;d like my own private bird dog algorithm to sniff out feeds that match my tastes. It could even run on my own desktop computer and not bother anyone else. Trading them like baseball cards does sound fun.<br/><br/>Regarding OP question about why Mastodon is still small: <br/><br/>1. Obvious network effects. Nobody&#39;s there so nobody&#39;s there. This will slowly improve. (But the people who *are* here are really interesting!)<br/><br/>2. Not a business so no marketing. 2026-01-28T12:16:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe89y497gptk8akd2wvp7n78342tm3k7eyfee57wxq4dsepy9cngzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2m3s7ay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg39sqjdmc25706hkrxuvz5fefjypps2fz2h3f3m5nq4rqxj8a0stpckwv'>nevent1q…ckwv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Man enshittology is headed to become a college major. Gonna look weird on LinkedIn resumes. 2026-01-18T13:48:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvsyplj7pssap0pyhdltu6zhc34nncyrqkjvalm4swndp06nsdxlgzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2e3qrny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2qmgrs2gc8xfm9hzw0q9z5qqkq2vdr23l66hcukte8mcvsd7xpgglet4m'>nevent1q…et4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was the exact plot of a recent Black Mirror episode. A woman gets a life-saving brain implant and the implant company keeps degrading her service and charging higher fees just to put back functionality they take away. It doesn&#39;t end well. 2026-01-17T13:35:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8pz8skycklweq5es2yvjc4egvp54k5xdqszwxsvw4lx2xhzs3sfgzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2m4gd55 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdn8khv0u8l4nefemp0h3ksnq5p85zsldsgfzp6y8527jucqjsd9qkp65wx'>nevent1q…65wx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you seen Benn Jordan&#39;s &#39;You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism&#39;? It reminded me of your work, but with animations.<br/><br/>I especially liked the private equity fish that converts companies into turds.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlraM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlraM</a> 2026-01-08T16:49:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8a9h9xa5k22c66kmm7wqp0uxj4va886y40teh3rc30tlnlcft2jszyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd25t4vru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4wus2msmfqep038e5wa5spxyh4ga486uq6w5p3xe26l7lzk5qygnf5l76'>nevent1q…5l76</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It would be nice if Mastodon expanded the character limit by about 10X though. 2025-09-16T18:04:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlups63rcx0r6j6c048en7htr4ak2umrnah293qv4v8ha9xzwrfczyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2x7r5ut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2v9cr8e97a237pg9pmztuqu2dz3f69cahn5nrsqy4mq2ze4ghvgy8pfxc'>nevent1q…pfxc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Imagine a plot like Idiocracy but AIdiocracy, where someone wakes up in a future where all books, movies, music, art and architecture are created by AIs, and all *consumed* by AIs. Humans are asleep or dead behind their curator bots.<br/><br/>Everything runs, but it&#39;s all nonsense. Billboards sell plates of cooked toilet paper, stairways go in circles, boy bands play car crash sounds by stuffing string into their nostrils. Machines guess what humans want and the machines approve. 2025-09-04T13:40:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfkkg780x6hauxp9jv8x4p5kshk7u2lc4zpssctc7zd0mxhvehcmgzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2mccqeq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6ldvc09udkckg53tdj5fwwd82726emn7d96zkp50u87ncn9w3ygen5h73'>nevent1q…5h73</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m thinking 5 dimensions. 10 4D &#39;faces&#39;. 2025-08-23T13:04:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw66lgkl0wx5fjwe2zu25spcufh32npjsylnfvdgvaq4ksrys0e5qzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd235kef2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0287vsku30qa4d9y705jx4avyp5krtn6jhmr0vw6u0k5gsya6ycd7a2w4'>nevent1q…a2w4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The media did exactly this back with the Melissa virus. Microsoft created a giant embarrassing security hole, which a depressed guy exploited to stage an email popcorn fight (when he could have done much worse but chose not to).<br/><br/>Instead of owning their reckless blunder, MS framed the culprit as some evil genius hacker, so the only possible solution was to throw him in jail for years. Not THEIR fault. 🙄 2025-07-26T16:10:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhmte5s8ccy62xxwy654wdn72w630ljsj0etp4ra8g5sqftzr5zszyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2tmywf8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqqg8sz69msfmuvrvaqn57394f20vdllx3f9e5dawpjgyu6882kqk7qp2q'>nevent1q…qp2q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, strikes can stop the whole machine. 2025-06-30T23:31:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2n4f7y9h8mhv6uf8vjqgnm00xmadhq50qqxuj72ylm7v985fd3wqzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2wgsg8n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa33dxhaphe65377mvgyj8vtx3dne0f3g2s6wjgzpnr8ljw2jnts8n66mz'>nevent1q…66mz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AI data centers are big and give off lots of heat. They are probably easy to find and wreck. 2025-06-28T22:39:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5xsx9eg3kw7nr3n6pexpner2rz6tm8fwvh9edxwfpqzl3f3lpcczyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd28sqzgm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstu38sjf50zxkvg5fhs8uxmghuxve52vqs0mszxcwpqgcz08spegcsw0lxt'>nevent1q…0lxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is becoming apparent that billionaires are a threat to national security. <br/><br/>So if taxation makes them leave the country: don&#39;t threaten me with a good time. 2025-06-23T19:04:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr02teufsyqnhmzrs8rlxxmz4q3v3l43gjc333rqwssthvc5y3aeqzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2mymrym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdwzuh0mq3shuf5ze7e556an3np9du285hdk4eqqt9ah2jx8gm3c6uwg77'>nevent1q…wg77</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cue open source Community Mesh propaganda...<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/733/525/558/475/183/original/918917d312711a3d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-23T16:08:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrenksms6j40twn537j2t5el56tf5nmy0ukxmwafc9eer3ymfqawczyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2hp5wal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84v5wfueehtdlrz9t8udj9s0w045jv45wtqnl5rq95qdwr500eustw05uq'>nevent1q…05uq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I realize this is VERY unlikely but it preys on my mind...<br/><br/>If police and military paychecks all bounce, what will oligarch property rights mean with no one to enforce them?<br/><br/>Are their fortunes sustainable if they have to buy their own armies? 2025-04-04T17:44:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd29j57xfv8gfd2ylkzvw8z59cya7lu03l8ku6n7c7w89cp8dd49gzyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2ale3xq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dqplq7a4pwsf2patnf3rnjqjru3c6zxtwv2qvcqxu3kkklxtwpquxznr8'>nevent1q…znr8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if things can fall too far for even the rich to come out ahead. <br/><br/>EG, what happens when banks collapse, and dollars are toilet paper? Or, what happens when mobs simply seize land and no longer recognize property titles?<br/><br/>What happens when the cops and military no longer protect the wealthy and their claims of ownership? 2025-04-04T14:12:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgj98xcw6qesh4kp4qjzwzmvlcj5djxvz693rn7yjmy2f3xnvx45czyzqw2v2wryd5rg04c62chza33twtj3drae7tr0zvfzhhe88avcrd2mevr9n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyypkrlvwjahalq88uwhvls4ufu9005m3884xhnjxjjztl6qrpt5g84agq5'>nevent1q…agq5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even in person, your records all go into a computer, which WILL be leaked some way, legally or illegally. <br/><br/>I never tell therapists anything private anymore. Generally avoid them where possible. Bad idea? Yes, but few other choices. 2025-04-01T15:06:52Z