2026-04-03T12:24:31Z https://yabu.me Professor_Stevens https://yabu.me/npub1wa567s5s968adxxzy9ydraqhx2sk6vlf26z2xhzn3a89zdmw95asxjpmeq https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/111/709/252/304/253/903/original/28d891f0b33792d7.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/111/709/252/304/253/903/original/28d891f0b33792d7.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9de6lj2hsmhsglvexhxdc0rajl9ugk952vkpc3tzc7wuxldapvkszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkgw2zs0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcuyaqsq6r3ujqyve8cfqmn8hmcs645000le0f32dd7kp7jt253q7q6l3z'>nevent1q…6l3z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That still looks cool. 2026-04-11T21:40:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl4zctauqj2qw52fyfh8tkccgg4pgah928vpz4z2gzq87q9gykdgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk3pjf05 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2uxuk8veqzh47cw9gcem93whqtdmaklqhgadj9x8akrwqchw74kq2ymk9h'>nevent1q…mk9h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He&#39;d get volunteers, if he asked.<br/><br/>This has gone on for some time. Do you think a group letter, like, on actual paper with a lot of signatures, would get him to do it? I suspect he&#39;s not personally aware this criticism is coming up. 2026-03-23T14:11:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqvkp6nff0spup6uk3seha4ncx3axmsz4ue083ff3004dnf03xlszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkmsh8wf Well, I feel stupid. Went for my 3km run. Middle of the last lap, I tripped over an uneven bit of sidewalk and landed on my chin. It&#39;s still bleeding. Some scrapes on my hands, too. Could be worse.<br/><br/>But I sure do feel dumb. 2026-03-19T21:29:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrfnxx7y57ne38aey6jwds7ccwspsrsadr6qfnzfdpkkvx47v2vczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkyppj3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdazmfhs7p6ahd4k8lvlvck9v5dkafj3kuxk37xeywlp93c82fr0c9eet8j'>nevent1q…et8j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every time they do this, they say, &#34;It was an enemy stronghold. The patients were being used as human shields.&#34;<br/><br/>Well...<br/><br/>1. They never offer any proof of this at all.<br/><br/>2. So? 2026-03-16T22:07:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fp84rl8k2z9l2g2nctxkjk0fl977mvhsjgm5tytecmk65t8gckczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkve3a2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst77dgdj8ymf84gklntrqut6cte8r4ardx8s44855dx6tclprf4qqz4htnh'>nevent1q…htnh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wish I thought that were the case. I think they&#39;re all thinking that, yeah, sure, we want to deport the BAD Mexicans, but we don&#39;t want to deport the GOOD Mexicans. Somehow, they think this whole business is about good vs. evil. They don&#39;t know it&#39;s all about white vs. brown. When their good friend is shipped off in a full-body restraining bag, they&#39;ll shake their heads and think it is all just a mistake, rather than precisely what their leader wanted all along. 2026-01-29T23:56:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84q7a0e7hcg0s84jrfphwfpgrzwyv2xzz5suznrts7tnkdaz78sgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkewsvws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5q7p4qgd7f4qm6pujmc55zsjecl8qc8pyqhc275r8nfwd59s03cn29d7k'>nevent1q…9d7k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We wanted deportations in other places, not our place.<br/><br/>We wanted deportations of someone else&#39;s friends and neighbors, not our friend and neighbor.<br/><br/>We wanted deportations of people other folks know and like, not someone we know and like.<br/><br/>Dunderheads.<br/><br/>What utter, fucking, dunderheads.<br/><br/>I bet none of them feels the slightest bit of shame over this, either. 2026-01-29T18:45:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd73h6hagysuezvm4nlv8rs99fkzpvmcyf2q0zr8090a2rtuv6apgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk2y5msm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3ycr4vevsqfp6rzsl8at53uxgl35mtyvmmj9wyrt2tw3mdt0xhqdmmyv8'>nevent1q…myv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guessed wrong but, when I cheated, I couldn&#39;t get #2 to run. 2026-01-29T13:57:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr7cwr23u7e0ump5fwp70ypuzfzjjvxw9gczg47xly9yx02893a9szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknks0fevg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdemevmj735ntm5t0llyjky74hmfg3dut4hpqzwuy4wunjhrze78sxwjfpf'>nevent1q…jfpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder if she is this sick, is merely pandering to an audience that is this sick, or both. Whichever it is, it makes me sick. 2025-12-04T18:59:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrrfgeysayye6dx5380nk5epn5v7hcdkglhzcq9rt96md5qknlagzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk3ystu5 Today, fully 56 years after it was published, I finished reading &#34;The Left Hand of Darkness&#34; for the first time. It&#39;s an established great work of science fiction. Both heralded and panned for its feminist investigation of gender identity and roles (in both cases, as often happens, by feminists, as well as others), it broke new ground with its subject matter. It&#39;s also a brilliant piece of narrative prose.<br/><br/>I would not have been ready for it 50 years ago. Today: Thank you, Ms. Le Guin.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/617/266/858/478/634/original/90339ae7bf934692.png"> <br/> 2025-11-26T17:52:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz86de0uk400tj8jhp2a8xeqhaxu0fkq7zruyjk5n6wn2mwrgph9szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkqwlxk3 This is nauseating. My neighbors are waiting in lines for hours to get a can of beans, while the owners of the institutions we trusted to give us straight information are donating millions for a goddam ballroom for Donald Trump.<br/><br/>Let that sink in.<br/><br/>They are DONATING millions for a gold-plated ballroom (a ballroom, fergawdsake!), while people not ten miles away are holding their hands out for something to eat.<br/><br/>I may be ill.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/white-house-media-east-wing-renovation-donors-b019e9077c60a3adbdd2037cc3c49270">https://apnews.com/article/white-house-media-east-wing-renovation-donors-b019e9077c60a3adbdd2037cc3c49270</a> 2025-11-03T02:15:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9my7mqre3npe994w8vc3uycedtwc25fdeg5zdudp686h3zlrltczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk3d7nra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvmwlrralucqfsawyc8q8e67rqujhl3z2uqugy3t9t3lf00mjccpgmz2wgh'>nevent1q…2wgh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Best advice I ever heard was from a flight attendant doing the passenger briefing. It was, &#34;Be sure oxygen is flowing to your own mask before helping others.&#34;<br/><br/>You&#39;re doing noble work. Take care of yourself. 2025-10-30T12:23:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqnmy38zysfxhnyvv8f9yuey3a4d2e25hfzu5th7yuvlm39zxaqqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknknqf3nz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8scqt5ursf7gqtah8vjk0cpcfws0jynwz9dwh74defl05f8rte2g0p2nn3'>nevent1q…2nn3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not from Spain. What does that mean? 2025-10-27T21:54:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqkegx75hhhmy5me5gnynl3t5nejwps6qytyfeqp9s0vd43desy3qzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkwqx9gr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdseyepqlxugw2yupn022pnzxt9j6gpcj2h40zljlvasar69tk3ggej2vg6'>nevent1q…2vg6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>George, you have thoughtfully added alt text to this post. But Mr. Reich&#39;s own posts here on Mastodon never add alt text. That&#39;s odd because his posts are often just screencaps of his text items on Bluesky.<br/><br/>He&#39;s had this pointed out to him on Mastodon several times. He never even replies. So, today, I unfollowed him.<br/><br/>Robert Reich can ignore me. But maybe he won&#39;t ignore George Takei.<br/><br/>Please say something to him. 2025-10-27T20:35:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcarsztguapvl9vuqjz75waaqsh5wgcrjnv45w8f9c2xqxywqjuczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkwdz67p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlpw26mewmng49754ww70duuedl3wkec8kqllp7k7jfyqf5k5ahq5gv7ed'>nevent1q…v7ed</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel so sorry for the people she harassed. This is an awful time for a lot of folks being mistreated.<br/><br/>It&#39;s hard to tell from a short candid video, but she seems like she may have genuine cognitive or other challenges that make this not the best choice for a Comic Sands item. 2025-10-26T15:42:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgtz7d4rlu2mql4gvu8z5a5p9kex2dqksqzh564y2egrm5ykye6ngzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkyc5m0c God, I love this!<br/><br/>This, THIS, is the way to draw attention to just how utterly absurd and fake these Trump &#34;deployments&#34; are.<br/><br/>Naked bike rides.<br/><br/>Inflatable animal costumes.<br/><br/>Clowns suits.<br/><br/>We must all buy clown suits. Have them ready for short-notice use. Wear them as close to an ICE goon as you can get, so you will be sure you are in the pictures.<br/><br/>Pictures of ICE clowns being shadowed by circus clowns.<br/><br/>I love it.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/portland-oregon-naked-bike-ride-protest-43ecafc5f5ce0a7d7f44dc016fbe86d0">https://apnews.com/article/portland-oregon-naked-bike-ride-protest-43ecafc5f5ce0a7d7f44dc016fbe86d0</a> 2025-10-13T01:25:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9k5536vp9d6wj3gen37a9y0mw86ahpycqjf4p77hmprtkactjjqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkk6pcg8 &#34;Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised earlier this year to determine the cause of autism by September.&#34;<br/><br/>The belief that you can make a thing happen by scheduling it to happen and then declaring that it happened because you said it would is called &#34;voluntarism.&#34;<br/><br/>It is why the Soviet Union collapsed.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-22-2025?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share">https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-9-22-2025?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share</a> 2025-09-22T18:25:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst7gkscqwtlw8uqd55xp2pczkqdkulcf4cj3gufvvx77jp49vt0xszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknknydfc4 FBI says they are looking for this guy in connection with the Kirk murder.<br/><br/>Anyone recognize that shirt? It&#39;s an American flag, but what&#39;s that over it? Somewhat resembles and Uzi or Mac-11 gun, but I can&#39;t tell with how blurry it is. Seems like he may have chosen something that would blend into the Kirk audience.<br/><br/>Even if the shirt&#39;s a decoy, that&#39;s a good enough pair of pictures that someone who knows this guy will recognize him.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/115/186/817/605/485/482/original/9e87ee957d02774b.png"> <br/> 2025-09-11T17:33:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszvn8fqr7vg2xh9nyy3vl0eee35cqdccsz9x9zlc82g42tk04xuhgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkx0n3w9 Went to my monthly book club meeting in DC, &#34;Columbia Heights&#34; section of town. Trump has &#34;flooded&#34; (that&#39;s the press&#39;s word) DC with Natonal Guardmembers. He sent 800 of them.<br/><br/>I saw two DC police cars in a short walk. Two more uniformed DC cops on the street. I saw no Guardmembers.<br/><br/>There are 3,400 DC cops. Another 700 Transit cops.<br/><br/>There is no &#34;flood.&#34; This is all just to take our attention away from (wait for it)...<br/><br/>The Epstein Files 👈 2025-08-14T10:34:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrelvmrwyrwtyrehjfcpxpjp274v9lvsv9xpn5xl2erptsjdgkzwczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkr29c37 &#34;I was definitely all for &#39;Make America Great Again,&#39; and having a strong, unified country, and a bright future for my five American children, but now I feel a little differently.&#34;<br/><br/>Imagine that.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/very-uncertain-nh-man-denied-reentry-to-us-after-family-trip-to-canada/3953884/">https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/very-uncertain-nh-man-denied-reentry-to-us-after-family-trip-to-canada/3953884/</a> 2025-07-11T17:28:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxcpes05e8qmp9dw4vz4xr26n5cvnhg5trazgz0fm7m53q676e5szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknknekx25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx39yu3jld89n74e4uchq7azc3u0zx386j9ah9e063lerrcchnvxqcg249t'>nevent1q…249t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, but that model was in a context of a larger economy from which additional wealth could be obtained. The value of captive labor was in its ability to generate products that could be sold to that larger economy.<br/><br/>When the ENTIRE economy is captive labor, who is left to buy what the captives make? 2025-07-11T14:10:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0t79cc7w9apzvcdxany0dh9a4vd034hv3d57x3nvedu766y7svqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk3njsm2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpce6a8xk5fvsfdj6ddhpfpsskpe535wxtlg354e77nzy4gnlj6sg5krs2'>nevent1q…krs2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It does seem like the ultimate conundrum of the free market: How will their insatiable appetite for cash cope when they have actually gotten our last dime? 2025-07-11T13:49:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9pnqaev354em2yn23kkaj9nmd8v5cuvltzvqqk6qp6ktng4pl88gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkswt66f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0l52rqwk3j4hx3n8r8upy0grt9vn6agnsm7tquc3fzkdhu4c6dvs4pxmlj'>nevent1q…xmlj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cool! Please let us all know when we can see it.<br/><br/>If you visit Temple Bar, let us know that, too. I put this YouTube livestream on all day as background sound. You can wave to the EarthCam and, if you have YouTube on your phone at the time, we can emoji-wave back.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/u4UZ4UvZXrg?si=PhSnnnACoItZyFsZ">https://www.youtube.com/live/u4UZ4UvZXrg?si=PhSnnnACoItZyFsZ</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/811/661/505/118/699/original/634e555e1c0034eb.png"> <br/> 2025-07-07T11:17:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8c0vewx47kgk34zk3dpyjlczgnykrpw6sh2zzemj8ugv0cckpj4gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkgksk6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0c8s8u9ur8fdcqs856llg2p48gpn4nltfru2luaa6ndp4zmcladckuv6js'>nevent1q…v6js</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Has the UK actually passed the point where it simply doesn&#39;t matter which party is in charge? 2025-07-02T19:27:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs963cak325dxavn23lh0uszd90sn5556amh2ch89zlllpaapfmtwczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk7vrqyh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m0fa0uy90949jvhqmemanrnufet8w0sxkx2d42jew932v7dfnkqq9hknm'>nevent1q…hknm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have always been curious about the journalistic value of the word &#34;strongly&#34; in this context. Has any reporter, ever, said that anyone &#34;weakly denied&#34; anything? Are we supposed to infer that if something is &#34;strongly denied,&#34; that the denial is more reliable than if the thing being denied were just &#34;denied?&#34; 2025-06-22T18:05:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cmx7wfn9qp35pv4wpyjcrr8zxuwjv0cvfq3qmnpzh077khkhfaszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk9lnnka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxkfh0d74n6aes3ds8lvllhxhf47fl0lrwkzkz9ux8sz8tnxqla5qks9k7m'>nevent1q…9k7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Who is Jay Sullivan? 2025-06-22T14:10:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv59mq0zvs68xmtemkvnchl0rhudlu9sqfh3wzp8tp4v6a80a3h3qzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkvzeh2x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrf3leqfk0ffafnpxtd9556mkrat994j29hq5pvr2s36tvpmdwxvc96c4cl'>nevent1q…c4cl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This.<br/><br/>It warms my heart every day that people all over the world have no trouble distinguishing the current American government from the many Americans who are resisting it. The same applies to the peaceful people of Palestine and Iran.<br/><br/>Stability and lasting peace depend on good relations with governments supported by their own people. You don&#39;t get from here to there by bombing hospitals full of children. 2025-06-22T14:05:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8nw7s4ys2w9hgt225qewtztenvqsps8l0qvsvf7zu7sa30lyqngzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkn36jll In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xcrlhma8mj3e5qgr2fyyu3x26y3k87hxamhqswqyhzp3wfxwl8gzgxvle'>nevent1q…xvle</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Next, he will announce the first electric car that never needs charging. See, he plans to attach a generator to the axle, using a 2-to-1 gearbox. That way, the car will produce twice as much energy as it uses. More than enough to keep the battery fully loaded. 2025-06-21T22:57:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2tvf7tcpx7ye8fkfr5u5feeggs3alwqxcv78ytq40cun8clf3kjqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkv52f45 Trump admin is saying an immigration judge&#39;s order supersedes a district court judge&#39;s order.<br/><br/>Good God.<br/><br/>Immigration judges aren&#39;t Article III judges. They aren&#39;t even Administrative Law Judges. They are DOJ appointees. Pam Bondi can overrule an immigration judge, as AG. Does that mean Pam Bondi can overrule a district court judge? I rather doubt it.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-release-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-69162d21ab22377b1c1c08cf2c83d6cd">https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-release-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-69162d21ab22377b1c1c08cf2c83d6cd</a> 2025-06-21T13:07:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0dq8yvhlnjhhnwme4shmcgzhkvg7gptysk5jdmhqs3fw2m699ejqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknksds7lr This is somewhat heartwarming. A young brown bear wandered into Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania (where my mother&#39;s family is from). The government issued a permit for it to be shot. But the Lithuanian community of hunters, knowing there are only a few (less than a dozen) brown bears in the country refused to do it. Eventually, she just wandered away.<br/><br/>Gerai iškeptas, Lithuanian hunters.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-bear-vilnius-protected-species-2e6fd88748f386cd250c2f50a4587ad9">https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-bear-vilnius-protected-species-2e6fd88748f386cd250c2f50a4587ad9</a> 2025-06-19T11:24:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8u6hduv2k5q5uzwe798pm88ztc63vkvc2tu8g7v8veyxtw5uzygzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkgajl8u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xjmv4r4n84nsxllyt0xc8f0jxudstdp8qt5ppqrd08wtty8srnslqak30'>nevent1q…ak30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the name of understanding them better, I forced myself to read &#34;Atlas Shrugged.&#34; It&#39;s a book about rich, powerful sociopaths, and it celebrates their sociopathy. It did help me understand how their minds work, and I did not lose anything of myself. I did, however, find it very, very depressing. That&#39;s because I don&#39;t think what makes them the way they are is curable with reason. It can only be dealt with by larger numbers of us. 2025-06-18T14:07:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tdcdw4uj5m20n4nv7rq5lpfqv59r8p794zu8vh6nxtcmw6gfg3czypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk78ng74 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspeqqft8e5m4helqrz5uldw6jwjjzv8740s2e6k42qvxzfz5tdgpqyuwn6v'>nevent1q…wn6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here I confess my American ignorance of world affairs (we do have a lot to worry about locally, but still...). What&#39;s the UK&#39;s reason for supporting the destruction of Palestine? 2025-06-17T13:33:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdz2tncqwcr58sfutcjwhsw9d75h2gvmprlmfyl0880tepyen8gzczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkx6hmgz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzns9kruuj9dclazy4ytmekadts08j04utf2237q57ry6q3sgg4syzx6xk'>nevent1q…x6xk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Aral, the reports from that region are relentlessly sickening. Why do you suppose there isn&#39;t universal condemnation from the rest of the world? Is it all just due to racism? 2025-06-17T13:28:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmtcc7cwn4s25z3rc8nds9sc3phqhgak0j6czkvuydg8m0kq63wszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk40zyjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfpp2mvhr9zj0c9cwd0rc9wkq0d50frnyyu8qa743r5rarzpk36sncyht8'>nevent1q…yht8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well said. (And I like the new profile picture.) 2025-06-08T13:26:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqh8elgqv935pmvaaucsskxwsaf8q5qak56uwpw7cr7svvm228qdszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkpaypyf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrtqmv72l6g54latx5w0mdqqxcfzltw9mt9ja2vugkuwzcuth0rsyjjl7v'>nevent1q…jl7v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to think that some Republicans were evil, some were not. But I never thought some Klansmen were evil, and some were not. There comes a point when your chosen identity is a knowing embrace of the indefensible.<br/><br/>Republicans reached that point when they re-elected Donald Trump.<br/><br/>All of them. 2025-05-30T13:47:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygs5jqzcntkhg9k4ch09w2k0qf8vw6my54zw986eflt00wnjnckczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk308ftt Mastodon! I need advice!<br/><br/>I teach Game Programming, which is mostly taken by fourth-year Computer Science majors. The main work of the semester is a complete game. Students work in teams of five (or four). Mostly, this goes well. But I always get a few teams that either tell me one person isn&#39;t doing much, or (less often) one person tells me they are doing almost everything.<br/><br/>Please suggest ways that I can cope with this, as I try to encourage everyone on a team to make a real contribution. 2025-05-15T11:15:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0z0c84xum7ura7h5c59ltuwmkss3z4mctwzn9s5rv8fedjglexmgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknktwv7h2 I have the windows open today. I remember, when I was 15 years old, running a long wire antenna out the open window of my bedroom in the warm weather. At night, you couldn&#39;t see the far end. I would tune in stations from all over the Earth on my shortwave radio. It gave me a sense of connection to the world. The world didn&#39;t know I was listening, but I did. The magnitude of that was majestic, but imposing.<br/><br/>It was just a long wire, stretched out into the darkness, listening to the world. 2025-05-03T20:31:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp9uk6r4jfy3wmdxvk7tkyq0g0jyfkv9u4xdt86w837n6rrh86a6czypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkz5f2e6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfuv7fr42u7jcxhxapne25y03mcxu5dux7ml9vwqy03g4hhfflwlsg45e9f'>nevent1q…5e9f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I found out they were doing this a year ago. Dropped them then and told them why. 2025-04-29T11:12:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv8ztf6s2rj8e85mna9sr88xermfu73l9ma6u46w9kzkw98eaplcqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkl3j5c7 I just voted with a large majority of the University of Maryland senate to approve a resolution in favor of joining the same mutual defense pact against the Trump administration that Rutgers and seven other Big 10 schools (including Ohio State, about an hour ago) have passed.<br/><br/>Time for all of us to stand together against the fascists. 2025-04-24T21:32:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswndc3wtxg6e5e8c9lq2jns64l25a3tw3xmcgsz2qkgsgv469utpszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkk96a7x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspz2ecs38f5c0vzrypfcm8rg3xp3v2z3d9cq0xz58uhuxz6f4qmks0jet6u'>nevent1q…et6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I sometimes cruise Twitch, looking for people having coding problems, so I can offer some help. Found one guy who wrote 100% of his code by asking ChatGPT to do it for him. If he had tried to learn from the parts that worked, he might have been on the road to being a programmer. But he didn&#39;t. He just kept rephrasing his requests until it looked like his code was working.<br/><br/>I kept cruising. 2025-04-22T13:52:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hudy454e9w9j72r0jf8h7lhcezmjg0xgvcd62nkxxm7mej06gaczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk9p2dlw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxe3rcguf5v3pxal3k7qstwwqhukxppqv6mdqqupwwdjlrenxnx9gf8saz9'>nevent1q…saz9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Man, all that screen space and she&#39;s using such a tiny size for the text. Those of us with inferior vision would really appreciate bigger letters.<br/><br/>(BTW, do you know if there will be video of this? And, thank you for keeping up the fight.) 2025-04-14T10:29:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswamh897a8r5jd036l62hdtekn77nt9f6u92gzdpet5zvus0u547gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkrhpngf Meta and Zuckerberg are not only part of the new oligarchy. They are part of the new fascism, enabling mass murderers.<br/><br/>If you have a Meta account, please dump it now. Remember, YOU are their only asset. Without users, they are nothing. 2025-04-12T10:21:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9z3975jar6t8vzy0dycpjre96h4707202czss052kdx5m8qjxq4qzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk5lxhvz One of my students brought a guest to class today.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/264/291/684/187/161/original/09d8d6481b0fb2b2.png"> <br/> 2025-04-01T19:13:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq7pjvewkndtq9q562g40uqa4wse7taf2p2lgcv4nl2r5lyyymp9szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkaj8q9n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyaa58uw7z2ez2x5eyc49g8ltvzez8eyuuqy96upe25akq7522qasg74msm'>nevent1q…4msm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lifetime grifter, shell-game artist, and second-rate con man with the maturity of a six-year-old goes up against a career intelligence agent with a long history of holding on to power by doing things like assassinating his enemies and outmaneuvering his opponents.<br/><br/>Played? Dude, Paganini would have left more of a second-hand fiddle behind than Putin is leaving of Trump. 2025-03-31T00:05:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2aq5gywprejtd5yyq65tcvxj0le7fvv9agvjjf7ajh2tqyhyg2gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkxgqcdy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsty8n6walz7988kexy4hpqpgy0p2e3yert7uz2a0fr6z05fn3svkqvuejrz'>nevent1q…ejrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>America is not far behind. Trump has been issuing executive orders seeking to penalize law firms that assisted in any of the cases against him. Both Erdogan and Trump are hoping that this will make other lawyers scared of representing their opponents which, in many cases, I&#39;m sure it will. 2025-03-29T10:39:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrukhu940fz3hx697w2c52e4zguu8dlehahlj5fhpygltjmkpg7rqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknksk4am6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcqv7ll9qjny67hppn25ev84063tpnuml22h6zqktugl99qzdrsqp8yd08'>nevent1q…yd08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;We make a great mistake when our Press persists in abusing him. Let it abuse his evil advisers but give him a chance of being a good boy. If our object is to achieve results that is the only line to take. If our only satisfaction is to slang him, then we must abandon hope of ever getting results.&#34;<br/><br/>Extract from a letter from Nevile Henderson, British Ambassador in Germany, September 6th, 1938. You know whom he was talking about.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/chamberlain-and-hitler/">https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/chamberlain-and-hitler/</a> 2025-03-23T16:24:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfeec6d5p7h5sugtcnqcla403mt9gz07le6tdgwxlw98x4qm92ftczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkkkgrhs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2zw0ae2su9kkw0zzmqaawap5kgcm505a58kxujxn0e05axpmavdq2jlv6y'>nevent1q…lv6y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, so you did. I am up, but wasn’t fully awake. 2025-03-21T12:24:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24dyh8xe57uufwgqc7fx4huhmpwx90s37xda9m8qwafa7l350zrszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknku22zs5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswglmk57gvfgzu6gnnye7un233m92ypasste4dhzcmd2t3slgx86sjjmfks'>nevent1q…mfks</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, but I am. Nice assessment of the parts you read, and I can see why you stopped. One must consider that these &#34;tell all&#34; books only tell the all the author includes. At the risk of being Pollyanna, there&#39;s always a rebuttal they leave out.<br/><br/>That said, Facebook is evil. People farming is evil. But bans are unpopular and hard to justify to the masses. Until they know what Facebook is doing to them personally, no one will care.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s hope they read this book. 2025-03-21T10:50:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8903t9wph0unxc5z2kyj3pnuaw8kc7w3ede4p2nwl2suj5uuhnrszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk4m4yfd Bless you, MapQuest.<br/><br/><a href="https://gulfof.mapquest.com/">https://gulfof.mapquest.com/</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/036/210/999/615/342/original/6d160c76a2126769.png"> <br/> 2025-02-20T12:29:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzvxjuv9qn2445psxu3dnvvxxhz2egyta98mx9mvf7lxsqqqs7eszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk3xl2s8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxaqx29n86cuaw096ya7jrynlynj2l5aykm828y67fq2z6fuuwtvsdcd20l'>nevent1q…d20l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, we shouldn&#39;t. But democracy means you can do any shitheaded thing more than half the voters want you to do. (We used to have a document here that put limits on that, but it looks different now.) 2025-02-09T14:19:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvheyuyxn54exj3gtfxlegyj4w0uzaqnynhtwtwta3fef3795sk0szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk9wgz7t &#34;We use CEO signatures sizes to study the relation between CEO narcissism, the firm’s investment policies, and performance. CEO narcissism is associated with overinvestment, particularly in the form of R&amp;D and M&amp;A, but not capital expenditures. Firms led by narcissistic CEOs experience lower financial productivity in the form of profitability and operating cash flows. Despite this negative performance, narcissistic CEOs enjoy higher absolute and relative compensation.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2144419#:~:text=We%20first%20validate%20signature%20size,narcissism%20used%20in%20prior%20research">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2144419#:~:text=We%20first%20validate%20signature%20size,narcissism%20used%20in%20prior%20research</a>. 2025-02-06T00:33:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uwd698ca4lsn3c95e7sjzrq4plhjcasgn0774edjrurt3ul6jeczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk093gsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyssqsprpkdg4k36ndg4wux4hn0u3fy7hmtmxr4dg0l8y2y30vuxcdegxsq'>nevent1q…gxsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is something of a joy to see all the peoples of all the nations finally coming together into the World Union of Fuck Trump/Musk. 2025-02-04T15:04:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8d0l5mke827hjzkvk7ysh00vuznnq93xywsglj8ly8pqt4vr435gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk604h4s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3ywmd2k0f5a3f9wu79qkpzxacmpspz7y34xrn5vzfu7k4mcx3actlcmem'>nevent1q…cmem</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It sounds nice. Can we just emigrate? 2025-02-04T14:35:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdzlx42dzahtle5mlksxx2fpve7a63zt9fw9hg955fuuhs4qmcqjgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkvtdcyy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqe4vhfry4s056jsutkqmx8a6rwyjd2wnmnsrtxlecelcp5v9l4q8lpqsu'>nevent1q…pqsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We need an example that proves the viability of alternatives. Who has got the best system today? 2025-01-24T20:20:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvkqz2zwfmkp6nysggtfmja45c650x77ewqtd6w7ja3vvy60n83fqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk8u3hfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wek5pkphy4twxrfl9670hauzhyfh3ftdl4pj5hkstghqxq8wr8qen7c8n'>nevent1q…7c8n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No need to be harsh. It the internet&#39;s first law that the person making an assertion is the one who must back it up. That makes it your homework, not mine.<br/><br/>Yes, your use of &#34;antichrist&#34; obviously meant Trump (aided by the fact that I see him the same way). But &#34;has been demanded&#34; is truncated passive voice, which does not identify the party making the demand. So I asked. I&#39;m sorry that upset you. 2025-01-22T19:39:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszkqwcex9vlcfdaajxuedmy6zlsf7ck35kngaqjmzwwz0w6c4tfzqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk5nr97s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsglj04mtgeuzpp3kmhnk3288djfwwvvyy3ct88d2y7xlh0kxc5xaga7tt4j'>nevent1q…tt4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Who is making this demand? 2025-01-22T19:19:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlc8qcpxwn3lf5swh8vdazxrhm0uv29fwflakt9h2s6vs9ur386gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkgh55tl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf54g06jd0xqhavgfugyd54lrrm5kykdpv7f5un6f6kvrk7608sxstf9lqs'>nevent1q…9lqs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There is a subtlety to this that I hope is noted: The point is not that the reporter must report whether or not it is raining, nor that the reporter cannot avoid the question of whether or not it is raining by reporting that one side says it is and the other says it is not.<br/><br/>The point is that the reporter must report what both sides have said AND report whether or not it is raining.<br/><br/>That way, we don&#39;t just know the truth. We also know who we can trust, and who we can&#39;t. 2025-01-21T12:39:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8trrx42ql8nsju7fgnavzp0mk6sk0m4s9eywr5439ncs0mytvn6qzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknknq7nvc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdnzlzxzaxzqxnjakvh28238p29l6jkkxx7935zm5zmsa4g9salfgtvkvsq'>nevent1q…kvsq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is this kind of balance between order and liberty that makes it possible for the words &#34;free&#34; and &#34;society&#34; to cohabitate peacefully in the same sentence. 2025-01-21T12:31:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhyzrfvdyhlwypdzvxs7vdnmwcxlyetca4leefmf805x52w0p9pszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkct2n60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfl7m7aj2f9zkuzudex445pj4zewhklf7ejue69fjkga6n0qwarvgqatq6k'>nevent1q…tq6k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, that&#39;s a drag. My hands cramp up if I use a pen or pencil too long, but no arthritis in them yet. My doctors seem to have a &#34;sure, why not?&#34; attitude about all the pills/foods/exercises/magnets/voodoo out there to deal with it. So, I try almost everything. I&#39;ll put magnesium glycinate on the list.<br/><br/>The chili itself really is ambrosia. (I use 3 lbs beef and swap a bell pepper for the green chiles.)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wholesomeyum.com/wprm_print/keto-chili-recipe-low-carb-chili">https://www.wholesomeyum.com/wprm_print/keto-chili-recipe-low-carb-chili</a> 2025-01-19T14:25:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhrfz9z0rm7m6fx9xmsj55tc2e78ux4dg27st2mmzfw0lgay4czgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkccjsjc Yes, I know. I’m shameless. But this concoction is one of the best breakfasts I’ve ever had. 5.4g carbs, 243 cals. <br/><br/>What, I ought not to be worried about my weight? I have arthritis in my knees. Over 200 lbs, I have trouble standing up from a squat. Over 190, going up stairs. At 186, I almost feel like dancing.<br/><br/>Yes, I watch my weight. Not because I am vain. Because arthritis hurts.<br/><br/>#arthritis<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/855/355/620/488/088/original/dded476129a68f6d.png"> <br/> 2025-01-19T13:58:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kzkkskvau2vzgyu6hah3qdh97a2frd7hmrd0twunt7zf7wh36eszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk79x2kd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspswlyzzvx7hjvus7wet4ptu0y5p50uesmgjp2g2cuvz0w3rllpjgfwcux3'>nevent1q…cux3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s still good data, thanks. What made it terrible?<br/><br/>We leased our last two cars (both Toyota Corollas) in three-year plans. Couldn&#39;t have worked out better because we had fixed-price options to buy at the end. Owing to the pandemic surge in used-car prices, we got a car with KBB value of almost $20,000 for half of that. They put up some fight, but we got the car. It&#39;s almost always been garaged, so should last forever. 2025-01-16T18:00:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsveufwllsu2922wdzp72enc8g5mwg32ha8696jdlqeqsk2ac5n75czypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk7kecu6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04yg0mgqxep2taa4g0daaknawctrk2f5ra0e7cedx5e54k236j3c6zpk5m'>nevent1q…pk5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s part of it, but how much for the car? I ask because my experience in car-buying has always been that the MSRP, the price on the window, and pretty every other number they show you before you say, &#34;I&#39;ll take it,&#34; ends up not having much to do with what I end up paying overall. 2025-01-16T16:59:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp46nvv5r9fsyw9w5suhkz8fg52ers58w3uhpcurffmceykckx9aczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkqk7llf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9gl930uy7atlarahz836h39ndj3az2emcx7l2tmpyegzles94us5tug0x'>nevent1q…ug0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All-in, what&#39;s it cost? 2025-01-16T16:25:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5njrn07g6f4my5lqls4v9q5mpmvw0aa7tnch07p2muw2rnp5r0szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkrku20u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdc54nxfagj9aggrd35uwjhnt6quwg9vq43rvnhzq4xa60lnmp3scrp7htx'>nevent1q…7htx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>According to Google, this is the only page where your name and the phrase &#34;The Web We Deserve&#34; appear together.<br/><br/>Now, you have an ethical dilemma here. Since you are getting free advertising out of this dumb AI, if you wrote some quickie books with those titles, they&#39;d probably sell.<br/><br/>If only there were some kind of software that could write a book for you in a hurry...<br/><br/><a href="https://notes.baldurbjarnason.com/archive/">https://notes.baldurbjarnason.com/archive/</a> 2025-01-14T22:16:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fpqkefmgza4k4t54pwvww3h3vffsmpk2l6yqmvlfh5s65xxhdlszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkvg7ntu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4y370kq9x5tddp0cuh4pf6p9auy25u68ulu3572edaymu9h58fcdjxnhm'>nevent1q…xnhm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I actually came to almost a complete stop in using it when I got onto Mastodon, pursuant to Musk buying Twitter. Sorry I was late in joining you, but I am certainly glad to be here now.<br/><br/>I&#39;d have kept it for Buy Nothing, but the latest decision to welcome hate speech was something I can&#39;t be associated with.<br/><br/>BTW, it&#39;s nice to have met you here. 2025-01-13T13:15:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r2zw6yne4jx0tl0rp3cn3tzvwgdpkhcw98vcln7pgrn0a5v2n5szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkacg7sv Closed my Facebook account two days ago.<br/><br/>Not missing it.<br/><br/>Not. At. All. 2025-01-13T13:05:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6pt4l66gaj4txhpahfeu578ckm82p64k6xkkex5p7hqh8lvjekszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkw4fxre In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm9yv529xa4gtzrzyq7r63n80trpluuvwtrz4nq3xvmtee8k5n8gptcfw5'>nevent1q…cfw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You got a little typo there, brother. 2025-01-06T18:43:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrtyzgzg2pktsq9d2kq9kewc7298v4w4n30k8fv2998klkx9pzsgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknktxmjzh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0chahphtxkexlmeunn8utuhawg50vqwyqjnglhm6jjdq09xpte7qy3cege'>nevent1q…cege</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice comparison, but it kind of overlooks its own point: there are always some people ready to believe what they want to believe. So, people who want to believe in psychics take what might be proof and accept it as proof itself. Same with LLM evangelists. Here, Bjarnason wants there to be a parallel, draws some diagrams that might prove there is one, and says that is proof.<br/><br/>In fact, all three are just examples of confirmation bias. 2024-12-26T15:33:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkhg8rwna950zu5xfmvxqjm7p7vffgmrfrr9e3mgq7269mfd9xcqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkm25hrx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx2mvqqdkarrw9k3dfhyccymqy3322wyz76rhemmv4l20gzcmhnkquvkcgk'>nevent1q…kcgk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tough one. All of these services are owned by, and add profit and power to, the oligarchy. We need a fediverse music outlet, but one that pays small artists. 2024-12-26T13:06:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszx5v0t7f330kyx4ky2utungah8m2xrehj8q8k0sdf77runy7rgwczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknktn3au9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs8nzh3sgdjv5eh4etquuxspcn88kghp48hspj4c9trnx8g93qsqgjjq8u'>nevent1q…jq8u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Got room for another user on yours? 2024-12-20T15:25:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8g8f6868z5r0mtka25kkrr8q6k5pkd70wynfe9ymvqy63durfhgzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk80e0lc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqedcw95fumnd7u2e3w9q6f50h348eqxllnpnk2rpz5srtpz77zkq3qauq5'>nevent1q…auq5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If Windows were a watch...<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/641/023/282/699/552/original/86640aef5d06caee.png"> <br/> 2024-12-12T17:27:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstf9ud6y0784zwwv4krm563c7rgawx36jfvlhfdfghe2lm3a32gaszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknksc4zkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszelh0gkjhgrmsaj7cpuetxrw0s2m6n4rzyfsph2gx3scv5zl7ykcsm805d'>nevent1q…805d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I have stopped doing my own &#34;drill-down&#34; in response to naked claims of someone&#39;s evil. Most (not all!) turn out to be, at least, overstatements. About 20 minutes of searching on my part found material similar to yours (thanks for posting it).<br/><br/>Alas, religions have often used &#34;good works&#34; as a shield against their bigotry. Soup kitchens are great, and TSA serves soup to everyone. But if the cost is bigotry to workers, what&#39;s the right response? No soup for anyone?<br/><br/>Wish I knew. 2024-12-02T14:59:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxj2uhru977ce297hssrl9xjucpnwwuy2y87977cssjc0xzqc052gzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkg52zgc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr4jfavxrtd37p8heqg8g0g0q4kxfut507qpslxdm58ach8q572gsvzctse'>nevent1q…ctse</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They sound awful. Now, because there are no citations in that picture, I have to duplicate the research to verify it. 2024-12-02T13:43:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs90rzc0pl3xzutqdsummr59skegt3gdvmex90kpmuuj97ur4cdd4czypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk2wzgra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jphxp6kuake2k8ngtptp7dgg5cam6fthc4034260n8gjt6lz3zg3rf2ja'>nevent1q…f2ja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They always say that government should get more help from people with business experience. Then those people help by making suggestions that are good for their businesses.<br/><br/>Duh. 2024-11-29T12:56:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9t98ye42ykj6nm92s57jelx9khz42d0283z2u65plym7yawgp0qszypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk7ncft4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrpk0nj9tkqphd5hlxff7x8d97zmtesnaep4yagwwy5dje5q5azsydz08l'>nevent1q…z08l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10yd27jf5ehduvs98g5ghfzuwv5xgzrpkrjaez3murmlux9ywkp0qczzymp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Liz Miller</span> (<span class="italic">npub10yd…zymp</span>)</a></span> mentioned something that happened at Chicon 7. Then her eyes went wide and she said, &#34;My God! That was 12 years ago!&#34; I said, &#34;Try not to think about it. The older you get, the longer ago yesterday was.&#34; Well, that was the wrong way to make the point. She started listing all the things that &#34;just happened,&#34; each of which was years back. Couldn&#39;t stop her. I think she&#39;s still at it.<br/><br/>Gonna be a long Thanksgiving weekend. 2024-11-27T15:37:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9afnhwwgspnq8ldchq62mqa6cwdeuav4sc72t7s3q3lhl9nz7gpqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk2p8m0y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6kwedqs3vvudrgq9rcqfuvn904lgtfnenycnef9yvjladr73zzq2lv6za'>nevent1q…v6za</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that the pub at the end of the video you posted a few weeks back? If it is, we may be having a drink together there sooner than I had originally expected. It looks quite restful and, for some reason, I&#39;m lately feeling a need to get the hell out of this place. 2024-11-25T16:50:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptfrnjugyu5zcl34hlnamgu8jvqtk0t6vl8rx342ceqcnrqanmeczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkpzrx2w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9hxhwc697p0tc26g04njpe5386aul29meckd48xn6u3dvfamqss0wcxfh'>nevent1q…cxfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I beg to differ. I wasted quite of a bit of love, over the course of some years, on someone who I will say, in all objectivity, did not deserve it. 2024-11-15T20:20:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ntk9l5jn9xtw28dmkj90e6xlsgt968rfgx3hwzq7xv4qlv5f89szypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknkv6653z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcehrrugr8wgv0tu2l3ysrrxfurlrv69vl36t57k05ycc6j2p9wcp9p4uu'>nevent1q…p4uu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was the best spaghetti sauce I have ever tasted. 2024-11-10T02:45:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29zg8gxyhfzcr7tr4hq66hwl0snwmqamnl6v0fs46xqy0wvac7rqzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk6hrkap In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7y2ru0xntpshs95huuv8e5eqnnxz37dq6jrkfycqs9673990xcca02g5m'>nevent1q…2g5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10yd27jf5ehduvs98g5ghfzuwv5xgzrpkrjaez3murmlux9ywkp0qczzymp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Liz Miller</span> (<span class="italic">npub10yd…zymp</span>)</a></span> and I stay with you? We can cook. 2024-11-06T16:17:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fwl6r67v0vyl8ejrkt6v3xxenqems9t7km0ykjeqk5h6qmel8xczypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk6altyz I did not support the space program for my whole life so the taxpayer dollars it all cost could develop systems, techniques, and the math necessary for billionaires to take carnival rides with it.<br/><br/>If they can afford to walk in space, they can pay taxes so that people on the street can live in houses.<br/><br/>And remember: after we have taxed the rich enough to feed and house the underclass, the rich will still be rich.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/spacex-astronauts-private-spacewalk-7967876919a59dd75080309759e50aaf">https://apnews.com/article/spacex-astronauts-private-spacewalk-7967876919a59dd75080309759e50aaf</a> 2024-09-11T16:48:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyq943s6h0ysyt5e73kqhdcz2lqkm0m3n0f4hdqgjsj68llpcexngzypmknt6zjqhgl45ccgs53505zue2zmfna9tgfg6u2w85u5fhdcknk4l3rls In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvq7v6twklymnvlu53qwtu395futtrf2hga27syxgmepe0f0gghdg5p496y'>nevent1q…496y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Was that Confucius or was that Henry Ford? (Also, it is worth considering the story of Elizabeth Holmes here, sort of.) 2024-08-13T12:59:44Z