2026-04-12T05:20:34Z https://yabu.me Michael Gemar https://yabu.me/npub1weqma6nd6rad2rq0y2jw3mywhp46p82njr3lyy3kwp4m4r7p92hqcn3e6n https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/367/019/987/054/715/original/4fbfc83ee3c6b01d.jpeg https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/367/019/987/054/715/original/4fbfc83ee3c6b01d.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgruupwjhrc8qverkgmrq3mfkattcc3k4a8sewl9wnczvwqey5q3szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uf00sg5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspyw5t4kasrsslg56zk4e4hk8v5fyh8gezjet4uectyqz0fzmxcfgguw9m2'>nevent1q…w9m2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, but I think MAGA enthusiasm will drop precipitously. 2026-03-22T16:44:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdm884s7x4nsyyqlxa5mmwmnz345830k8ydmj6ltgx9l7f3ezaeqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42urqtmj0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6g64vlrw9xzvytu8d75lw9ywugzh5u0fh42fcl9jxmt3q8xsctssx5ctt'>nevent1q…5ctt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Vance is a poor vessel for MAGA. He has none of the cultural revanchist id that Trump captures so well. He has a non-white wife. He’s not a billionaire. <br/><br/>When Trump finally falls, I think MAGA is going to tear itself apart with factionalism and in-fighting. 2026-03-22T16:00:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqsqvrrnahpz4qk0x2y385lh7df8gmw9un9cfpy6vx69vyy30cryqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uznsav7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfx9a2n563ezyywzu4zghxep2h2psk93h72kttcvmxall5hvvndpcefx8d0'>nevent1q…x8d0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Beautiful shots. 2026-03-22T01:09:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vf4tv55rpnen99zrxnh68lzpwyeq6c08fr59z9w0agns2rckesqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uamh5dd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvl6gz422mz770yrlh8t6p3skykudsjuwmy4m80hy2wsw08qqcmc7ryy9c'>nevent1q…yy9c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I *was* an Apple fan for literally 40 years. Tim destroyed that. 2026-03-19T00:19:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0fyj4qd6shwnymn64y55mteasntj3dnumel6cpu4c59slulgv2lczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42urzvaef In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs26cv4y9kwm8lu2nqvj8rns5hl7euskfu4nq0y230lkzchkhwgf8gd69gfk'>nevent1q…9gfk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I first read this is “how long trump_lies_in_state”, and thought there was some EXTREMELY good news. 2026-02-24T01:55:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw28nvc9ktznc27qdmac7lkh74ny3cqjwfhp0hhgshhrfmxce8qfqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uw3rfhr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvc3eqz9nh5a9sw83ffnrqahmhae9xpmh58j32srdhjdlkzm260mc2e87w7'>nevent1q…87w7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, that’s my question as well. 2026-02-22T19:13:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp9y7c76wdg25tpkpt3ul2874pnwfkqeafhjgq49lrls6mtmt7ywczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uxds04r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjw5ghz3deq60zlpfzalqq6ukq4menlvl8ffy73dma9m4zfqmpksmg6tv2'>nevent1q…6tv2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I *really* want it to be made of real wood. 2026-02-22T19:06:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswww2pps0yfdhy2g7t65e9wty254y927wwrzm5th69qthdad5rjnszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ufl27lu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvla6xt98p565rxfmdcw9q0f5vsf2czkgs7a439795sva2qzzra0c93pt6c'>nevent1q…pt6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I disagree with the notion it’s underrated, but it has a firm place in history with Kirk’s question, “What does God need with a starship?” 2026-02-17T02:49:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswl9v4htk7sd3wxjrgl825rs6cdsu063qhzmkhm5uesdnvhw8w4qgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42us56hu2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80753t54n24s7py9zphnse3r9ehwv6y6uvzenaf7rf2095v9uzusygdzk8'>nevent1q…dzk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s so prescient. 2026-02-16T19:29:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgyryk8w36v77larnpp809untayaxsx9fs0z835crw6lkaahfk0qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42udr4nzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5rpmwssashjtz7pdfg4nygclj473e3pz7f3tdh5urqyvu0vygdsu8khcm'>nevent1q…khcm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If James Kirk were around ChatGPT would kill itself. That man knew how to deal with uppity computers. 2026-02-12T23:41:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspvvdgh55vahvy6hkhah9cnxegejv7a8vs6js6emcl2mkfcusq33gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ut78wup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ukq0re497t44cnjv4v0fwytptr3auwnx3c853klvmwlpkjvtrcsvxn4mu'>nevent1q…n4mu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why not just scoop it out and make guacamole? 2026-02-12T00:44:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0e6dx2m55dr8yx59zd9n279ngwy5t7l7r3yqmax0q47hmjenq9hgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u4qn9l4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlldhmmh402kj998ywzqgqdgl6ldpprexl55348jd7ctd4ffvsec5hpyn5'>nevent1q…pyn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The mushroom is cool, but also kinda sad. 2026-02-09T00:41:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf5vef28mm5r87xkjec4rp70l4dea7vletvuh8cfaumuyd39rqgxqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ulf7adn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr2qq09pftmtmucntcegs9menlm3nvgg4s7usr3wlmq40gkzrqgdsp6a3py'>nevent1q…a3py</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely right. It was absurdly selfish. <br/><br/>(See also RBG not retiring sooner.) 2026-01-27T23:37:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnlupfpzn0ehmpudxdyu5l7v07ssrv7y5sh9f6mamuuh3lrsvy7czypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uha7ar6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyuujn6z2j3uqc2n7uza0scg4r35lmznpy5ncpgwrnz5th8rrf5hst0wtdg'>nevent1q…wtdg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The North won the war but lost Reconstruction. 2026-01-07T18:35:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsta4f0p7rdmh8n0gzg8qz8sgzuz6f4kax089n9fn07y032u4s9f3gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42upe39uw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqlqjmk0492hajdj0xdqh43rrzqr7w23pyk3jpwmm50h50ndvje5g987qxe'>nevent1q…7qxe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’d love to know the background on those helmets/caps. That style shows up frequently in science fiction of this period. 2026-01-05T01:49:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwxfc0mxlqxgyawajvhgrrxf2mhrzlnd7r7rpxe07yqgcz6jk30szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ua4hj8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszyfyeaem0cgwtxkel0ch7d46877u33fw2r0yjc35l6y9htz3q6dqs3deqf'>nevent1q…deqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As I said, if we had this tech, it would require rethinking how we conceptualize personal identity. But that doesn’t preclude the technology (although I think it can’t be done for other reasons). It might mean what we do with it is regulated in some way, similar to how certain tech associated with human reproduction is regulated (such as human cloning, or human/animal genetic hybrids).<br/><br/>The personal identity implications of transporter tech aren’t that different from some other SF concepts, like “uploading” one’s consciousness (presumably one can always make multiple copies of an upload). 2025-12-07T20:56:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmtlae4h7h9ktpfencwyauelsn5dhqluejxvemdev6genz23mjngzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42udaf9k0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08rhczde83m9ktf8j6tmngmtlynlrscrzz3nryv5wdmnkyfn7nmc6fjrvl'>nevent1q…jrvl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There’s continuity of *psychological* states, even if the matter is different. And I think it’s the case that our naive notions of personal identity are far more about psychological states than physical continuity. <br/><br/>For example, if each night when you’re asleep, the body in your bed were destroyed and replaced with an exact duplicate, you couldn’t tell (at least just from your conscious experience). 2025-12-07T20:47:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjw36zd66cg7h3a4hhzyxmf0fpyuxp6t92ceusds2trqcxxhe5sgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u67hh8t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstx5zmj2dk0pje7n3g39zanfrz4mv5w29s4hr5vklcnzhln24g22qx9309z'>nevent1q…309z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, we’re *all* permanently dying. <br/><br/>Yeah, this sort of copying is not strictly “immortality” as we usually conceive it. But if I were to wake up on a transporter pad and was told I had been killed on an away mission and had been brought back from the pattern buffer, I wouldn’t think that I’m not “me”. And I be damned glad that I had a “backup”.<br/><br/>That being said, such possibilities really play havoc with our current conception of personal identity. In a society that had such tech, a *lot* would have to be re-thought. 2025-12-07T19:52:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuqswmhqzpy82r8246l5nwgws0mlav5jvxgyj7ghg3gxc8zprzmszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uqwgc9d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkky4xcvnsg4fxadqlktd44w763r4q47jt4wu3n8veqg2a6sqmusxgzefp'>nevent1q…zefp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And the problem with introducing tech to solve a particular narrative issue is that the writers may not work through all the implications of the tech. (For example, it sure seems like the transporter pattern buffer could potentially make it so no one permanently dies. And could let one generate an army of “clones”.) 2025-12-07T17:15:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp0n9q8tjq958uzyqjyvxndd4gwlkeupymn68vpqukmwc0gwwuxsszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uvwqah0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfe0v8n3n9hz606fyxt5xp0g0r0xkrkmjdvtdhxtmpa4nzasw0hvch99n4j'>nevent1q…9n4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, and at the same time in the screenshotted exchange an LLM said that “crow has been my solid #1 for a long time”, not only clearly claiming a “favorite”, but also claiming that this has been true “for a long time” (how old is this LLM?), and that its opinion may have been different before that “long time”. All of this is deceptive nonsense. 2025-12-06T15:35:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93z66ylrswnahzr8xfmwv5xn4tzpd074pyu6l030tufdn9u3gw9qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uc8xvtg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wl2yfnalrsmt62gz3l85wxp3s3shnp32xvtvec4nqwm9rkjmwcc9x6na5'>nevent1q…6na5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This kind of answer infuriates me, because these models *don’t have favorite anything*. THEY’RE NOT CONSCIOUS. This kind of response is just a cheap rhetorical trick the company plays to get you to think the service actually “understands” like we do. It’s sleight of hand to get us to grant all sorts of implicit assumptions that we usually do to human conversation partners, assumptions that simply aren’t warranted for LLMs. 2025-12-06T14:13:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsparh70uu8d3dnp0y0wnq2tlt8x75fsmvqdy2wrt8nwtkarhsq69gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uaxhr3q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fxdm5xuemzemsqej07xk5x0wm22urhq0fcuv2zjku7s3a8rktpq22r8ye'>nevent1q…r8ye</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hey, brother — don’t be a Herbert!<br/><br/>(‘60s TV didn’t do a great job of portraying the counterculture.) 2025-12-05T19:40:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgy0nw3jlk5lwaxcaysd65t6armtfs7knt94vp20svann6prc6c0gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uv38e7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfep3xmd6l5jl3c76c4uzv0ctresue80sq6fy66ag46ct4vwqjemgmwleme'>nevent1q…leme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is similar to one of the justifications for return-to-office policies, which is that retailers in city downtowns need office workers to buy their stuff. Workers are supposed to spend their own money to prop up other businesses. 2025-11-27T16:46:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4cef2k4w0l4pgj5yryz7f2c8e9fn23wvexly49z97ue9730565qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uccau2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz0s0ra9cpf27q3tvgwjnq6cz7h7sqgy3j8pmgqw26cre7hfs5qys6u3w4n'>nevent1q…3w4n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Definitely OT. I’ve been following the YouTube channel Joel Reads Bible, where an atheist is simply reading every verse of the Christian Bible starting at the beginning, and it’s staggering how heinous many of the events are, and how arbitrary and insecure Yahweh is. (The NT Revelation is super-weird, but the rest of the NT is pretty straightforward.)<br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp9ErMhbr3GbKwQk7iZkndAgdmQb54O4T">https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp9ErMhbr3GbKwQk7iZkndAgdmQb54O4T</a> 2025-11-25T15:53:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqewjnqznakpzq0m5mfe40uc96s8g6p42hzc82hpfvw6gngygh4hgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u28c0kf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswzzddqqswk5uzd5jlydk5c25wqld74ly40h2gdxzg49znfgz69ysgpu3xe'>nevent1q…u3xe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m very happy with folks doing this and reclaiming the public domain. I think it will get even easier to do with AI tools (although I’m not sure what the quality might be). 2025-10-28T21:42:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftlxl6n9d8350aur64u564h9yy9my3ap248evvufpay0jl6372egzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ujlhzx9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0qdudnpa0yjnm5f4phv5nfyyk4yq2cfry7te6n4w5ntaspezhm6sq7ql40'>nevent1q…ql40</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have to imagine that AI is going to radically change the economics for these kind of “studios”. 2025-10-28T21:35:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0q7cs02rqqtec9re3crq93skyp7m0xx8w0zrkhjneng5e5fgdewszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u8qzdxg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmw80hykmzt584dplz3qtpzshwmnk9p3ukawp0ldjv0hafwxquxcv7zdxz'>nevent1q…zdxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oi, guv’ner! Pip pip, cheerio, and all that! 2025-10-28T18:40:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspceh5h6ehz7z4vkag3n9jde9d6uz6xf9dr8fdvmvgtakvgjm232czypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u44u37k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wtjrld72f5p22wal05ptag6vjdpmm9s5uc02l6va9up7t2nwdcsm7pygn'>nevent1q…pygn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When watching British TV series, especially ones without huge budget, it’s hilarious to see/hear an obviously British actor playing an American. (This happens not infrequently on the mid-level UK detective shows we watch.) 2025-10-28T18:36:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe2vcvvjuyn8ld39m7wcelrgqfxaxc95vd6d3pp6vhe2pzhdyhpczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42us5tae3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc8jvagvw7f8494nfakvl5kgm5k0grtj7x5pzq5q3nx3whderklc2cgg9s'>nevent1q…gg9s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be clear, it’s not “Canada” running these ads, but the province of Ontario. It would be like someone breaking off negotiations with the US because of an ad that Tennessee ran. 2025-10-24T05:24:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqp9mffvrksgr06gfe7e9tllfx4glf67x86900wnrds0hscpswlwczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uh7phgk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxse2zzcqpcwrdr9smzz40n5y5rpsa7vjyem7ehhgvft0wac5wgca0avhc'>nevent1q…avhc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does MAGA care about Reagan? 2025-10-21T02:13:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf66km35ry60cvlzmf35uv7drej32pzask82csuffvkzad9qvft8szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uty6j5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg5m4kufwy4tne6x7zcza26m0ayjd6gjpn9k9gl24k8ntvkz2ctqs7n98k'>nevent1q…n98k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My spouse and I have yet to get COVID, and another couple we’re close friends with haven’t either. My spouse is a teacher, and commutes via mass transit. Masking and vaccines (and caution about crowds) works. 2025-10-19T16:18:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszauqw0mfpe2c0q4kxhr0f8swvltna09vcu6lmwfec3s4rfrclf8szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ut6mlc7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0h2pw5ps77kqecdq2n3lnww9thywd0wl0vhauf6syawfear4u2vqj8460d'>nevent1q…460d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They are there to make the citizenry provide a pretext for martial law. 2025-10-09T02:38:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8dpu4c5j2r7ahdc4yk73htlx0cjj5aurup9emxpkqsrvt297yrczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uesyj83 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0n3dlxwk7hu8kca8afkl0k6mysd3vrpjg6h3l324dsnwpcx3vmmq4rq04r'>nevent1q…q04r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How much do small farmers on average get in government subsidies? 2025-10-04T02:28:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8c8cknwn5pau3ddtq4keq5239a5gjcusmn0w9xd7ke0usrn2l9hqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u04qcp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9krmjl9yunldzen0cynurp5dp0y4z65flpfdggn03pc9fc8r2vdckfawg8'>nevent1q…awg8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s bad enough we’ve got fascists, but they also have to be so *tacky*? 2025-09-29T02:13:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86vprhnk3atuy5ys44xjk6xd8w3q2gw76wfxmjrgqtlusel9hguczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ujxtlrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tmgrfkkhw2rryymk0cpf3zwlpeeatw6zaj49znxuxedll3hrr3ge80mfk'>nevent1q…0mfk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It amazing how many men will build a secret underground bunker rather than go to therapy. 2025-09-28T13:45:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyj484m5xkasukhfl27kuqdswpt8y296lapv6m2srhythgyhm2jqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u3s74p0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszsh4hlxr49jz7rhw4qdgy0zyh3asfc7mjah8zslyj54etsq3tgpqrnnq0y'>nevent1q…nq0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think a guy who transfuses himself with blood from young men in order to achieve immortality would be high on the list for Antichrist. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood</a> 2025-09-26T03:52:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs968fegvenzv556a9ctfj79ps5dklz8dleydhfj5ruafhvrud8sfqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u47mmxr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdgf2zmyr0svmzgau45p9cnqu2xa32qwmt9usnjw7k7dy55vck5qws9mc5'>nevent1q…9mc5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Who wants to watch a watered-down, pale imitation of the NFL when the NFL is already on TV? <br/><br/>The CFL used to be a different game, and that’s how it has survived. 2025-09-23T22:53:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrq2dfwyv4g3a2xxwrw2xp32z2s0692kwx8pxwf7kwp72vu23ce0qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u3j4ral In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjrh9wwps57ktm8d6ndy3zxhacyc7meaay8cl748helkgfxm74ggjyrh9v'>nevent1q…rh9v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just posting this yet again:<br/><br/>[credit: **John Schrag -- **<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jvschrag/111177311401983227">https://hachyderm.io/@jvschrag/111177311401983227</a>]<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/115/242/415/924/840/509/original/6a5575ad827b5c9b.png"> <br/> 2025-09-21T13:01:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsyezz4r9sjqf7pkh6unshuf3e5sqr36vtl7r2hvkhkaj3v922kczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ufhkmq5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97uzvs5xk3wnsv0q2evur9vh9txcd59yqlqufmk42ep8drcp6hpcfzskk2'>nevent1q…skk2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do understand that many folks, especially kids, are essentially traumatized by the notion of the Rapture. I think that’s horrific myself. <br/><br/>But the notion is also so *weird* (and not at all biblical). It’s all a part of the complex theological disputes of various sects (pre tribulation or post trib? Dispensationalism or covenant theology?) <br/><br/>Looking from the outside, I find the details strangely fascinating. 2025-09-21T04:08:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszmcmecmt59h3h2h6s9meps5vch73qft40v683m3zl8y40wtgnkvczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uq3unmu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptgp4xlfr39w8nfp8jh3vsh7gyejl9w0cx3repces7eeu0l2uqwgp9g6js'>nevent1q…g6js</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought it *wasn’t* supposed to be terrible for Evangelicals — they go directly (and bodily[?]) to heaven. The Left Behind novels practically drip with the schadenfreude of the “saved”. 2025-09-21T03:56:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8qq3p4phnvqds7v62w2jad94znykapa9tsallp4a3pxavg74fqszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uhz29ex In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqnj8uttdgakj3lwn343p82kdam5tlfwupy97mnvt9xty9yflyn6qv0c6q4'>nevent1q…c6q4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“The Velvet Underground didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one went out and started a band.” 2025-09-20T04:47:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvr4xvt46mtznqktlmfa03ynd79fxmu9uk8af0wl3nv8jwexfuh3szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u9ccs4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx979q3zuvkkrylz6kp8vfkl0ukzsh8pxxs7yu5d6ad42zzdlxqmscv9h07'>nevent1q…9h07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Water is insidious. It will get to places in a building you *definitely* don’t water to be. 2025-09-14T21:09:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsts6v2tgg5jnvuq6axd5p74nurkkls7jeqygl7jllgyfq3l2g7llgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u9ufk4k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lqsega757afaq9wxhln9yx72vteydhjgqez8cskvj0vglr8yuhg32j2vz'>nevent1q…j2vz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep. And fortunately, with the implosion of Twitter and flowering of other services (including Bluesky), people have many options. <br/><br/>I don’t mind when privately-owned platforms exert control over their content as long as people can vote with their feet and have other places to go. 2025-09-14T21:03:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5zuv6kkj5chxsgw2pxhysew9ek7segxy0ayy5auyvf4gn4njawszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ufvgypm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyyl3hge3gef57g8t38aysu6w9supr9pfhn6j2fp8c8sfzgpneq3cfuygan'>nevent1q…ygan</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Neither Parker nor Brett seem particularly conscientious. <br/><br/>(Funny story: the condo unit above ours was between rental tenants and thus empty, and the owner found a slow leak in toilet’s external valve. They chose to deal with this problem by putting a bucket under it to catch the drips and left it. This went on in the unoccupied unit for some time before the eventually overflowing bucket flooded the bathroom upstairs and then came through our bathroom ceiling. So yeah, people be dumb.) 2025-09-14T20:57:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29n83qdtmpk5x8f8saf0gtftludjtvt4h2906kf39ucadzp8tdaczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u20xv2j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspv9sqhjnde962hyfx6a2sn5hkvyeljqkr40xc0ty7z8cg476sr4g0hg6kz'>nevent1q…g6kz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Alternate theory: There is a slow drip from the ceiling, and instead of bothering to do the work of tracking it down and fixing it, Parker just put a cup under it to catch the water, and used the bobbing duck to enhance its evaporation. 2025-09-14T18:41:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8npmmckea68qktyspg3ptknafzuyprlmc7x53cvf3tyvek392xjszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42utx3euu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdexmetktfen7ase6kus7g9wu5jtkqc3nslzaf3w05tmxcuwr470gcv5082'>nevent1q…5082</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s pretty clear that cryosleep leaves one very groggy and out of it for quite a while after waking up. I doubt anyone would have noticed (even if the crew was generally smarter than they are portrayed). And Ash seems to have contempt for his human crewmates, so it may have amused him to leave a clue he knew they wouldn’t get. 2025-09-14T18:31:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswhvv7psl60l3up3qdw8fcln7pv8dn8em0qeghzgce023ktm5xzvczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uefe6z0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hlu43rqd742f09qrsw4vq8pxa54wu670zpa94fjv0ahxws0aejqlyzh27'>nevent1q…zh27</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, it was Ash. Problem solved. 2025-09-14T18:09:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h3hmu79akkrul4eykdvg6ywe39zurea3qmuut3fxqeeehn0y8nszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uaynmu9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs293yummyy3lzwchuqun9z67h7l6mrkgnxr9cv6er535el0jmasjgcsln52'>nevent1q…ln52</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a giveaway in that first poster that the person is wearing a Darth Vader-style helmet. 2025-09-14T15:19:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gq93g5x8h4snhsgzkpq4c4tqxukgsms3yykdxd5mtvpnwedte4gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u3v4uhv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9p5q2aw3m6yw3j8qqswh22g9faypntf44zea8pxddht0a5wqsgq63urcz'>nevent1q…urcz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The guy complaining about the BBC destroying Britain is the same guy that called to abolish Parliament. 2025-09-14T14:37:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ezncdqfxtzax59hgvrykzgkx6axjmscc8wf5rvf75a5pkk0trkszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ultv9v7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsruyppxkhdk9uejgv3fswx02vm2urle36slrjhdtj0w962khz8dlgd6rl25'>nevent1q…rl25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If McCoy can’t convince Kirk to practice safe sex with alien women, he’s definitely not going to win this one. 2025-09-04T15:38:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlfwah0z3zfqyrdkrh3m2s3kjemmyapsxx6pnh7ypzv5rvty3k9qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uujm8ae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmawr6shwqju9hwev8zpsq9e8le2t2ztn39gd8wv3myh3sgenhlqyv4l4m'>nevent1q…4l4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>GET OUT, NOW!!!! 2025-09-04T14:19:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsnys9zn8rk6r9g4j9w208augvumg2w8jc0np9lesne7u4aepr7gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ukmzlfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy28grpq8d4ynz5wahefqw9qc6n3tkjuc86y7k7pnqemmfxwkketg38cu5y'>nevent1q…cu5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are there other colours of Bagheela, like with the Power Rangers? 2025-09-04T02:44:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0x965rntkjykdvm37rqvl6m2ypsgx66rgd47m38e6ze0q2jvkd2szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u09c63e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst9na0puwfqk86v2hu9f4srzgvek3qtu8pdk7kc47wpypyqgd0lqqppv83k'>nevent1q…v83k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Isn’t *giving* hats away socialism? 2025-09-01T15:17:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29r42wzf4hrtdaugwh2km7yuasgyx6yam7a8lwu2djzcu2xv6psczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uneyj3g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9q2c3zuhs0x3rmjv576956ur96hxzn0et5a5szeth609lgqfajckkd566'>nevent1q…d566</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I would be more shocked that fundamentalist Christians are making common cause with weird Chinese cults if I hadn’t seen this kind of thing before. 2025-09-01T15:14:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx72a6akrrvadfdccxk5ywgvakanm6qusmkapvklwqhhn29xv9f3qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u9pc34t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstza7cwwlkglealdd65hfclmshqyw2tmlfhu4a9ty5ernhkmkzl8s644j92'>nevent1q…4j92</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Epoch Times?! The money-laundering Trump-cheerleading front for the cult Falun Gong?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/13/nx-s1-5005297/epoch-times-turmoil-money-laundering">https://www.npr.org/2024/06/13/nx-s1-5005297/epoch-times-turmoil-money-laundering</a> 2025-09-01T15:04:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc3qhmmrysx4kmzjak52elfz3fxq9ze3lxtw0dpcrc9ph0hgqlhgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u28dh5u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjujsqlynx8lym8wn87vthelpn6k7qre8n08jtzpccasu8xzdwdg74rum4'>nevent1q…rum4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the early days of Tesla’s success I thought Elon Musk was like Henry Ford. Turns out that was too true. 2025-08-30T18:02:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9pg3dq59gptjaf55rq96c58xv66qtrw8h8kkd54uvyzt55qdgggzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42usszqun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrcx04e0j604uvhvmrlj4dh39ctwxa5xdz0qnu30xcheda38nad5cwhevfj'>nevent1q…evfj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is crypto even feasible without a strong fiat currency to convert it to? Can you buy yachts (or even groceries) with crypto? 2025-08-29T22:46:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmqm6f674jr8fedj78xd4zca7n2qxmfsjh2zm7esajyy36gex87qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u3ak0jc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrs7mp5ye8fc38l2vd4s2h53hv9m7akvzxdfslkvfdjdd8h33cxaghjpf6e'>nevent1q…pf6e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the US government can nationalize defense contractors it can nationalize health insurance companies. 2025-08-26T22:33:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k20q2vcxkagda3z96tr7eg2p8erm4934pzkyxav3x9y9z0qwszszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uxe3w08 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ch4zzfy8wv78gaqpx2eselge0ddx2k3jqulljg6klrzk688q3rq793dud'>nevent1q…3dud</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, but that’s what Marmite does too. As an ex-pat Texan, the notion of fish in a beef chili is just *weird*. 2025-08-18T14:00:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsthcn6s4gc854n7jk9y0jrk6vkj6ksl9ay3lk9ddm6597pmadxdgczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uv4chse In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstlke9zq2gzlylm22uupt4j5npy37z46m4me48n0mrwam624jftpcrn68mk'>nevent1q…68mk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anchovy? ANCHOVY?!?!? 2025-08-18T13:45:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdrzvkfwmc3vamaywj6jp8s2ay3rya6dcktuj929vehq42nkcy4gczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ustxkay In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqf844z0x3t87v9grftskjk2au9q0pggnhs7a395dd32qh7sk3mqkmt0l4'>nevent1q…t0l4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The big mic seems to be an intentional YouTube trope, almost as if signalling that you’re serious because you aren’t using your earbud mic. 2025-08-16T22:42:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvs6us7h67qjdc9p4hkhr30599p0y22m7rr69p3avdv32lch9p4rgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ufefw5j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdq4mmrn6krxxsje6yfjn0n03shg6x9wntjcygywy942ep4vnsezq2znqn0'>nevent1q…nqn0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act">https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act</a> 2025-08-13T20:59:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06umv5n9wzecty5xmjkv55dca95k3yhx2rd5zcn5sjsp3ulqp2agzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uxe6cwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkh6llf75vflgqvnk8slfw5uqsj5ct9v99vtstjgptg2cgjx0f2ctj74q3'>nevent1q…74q3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, she stars. It also has recurring roles (at various times) for Christine Baranski, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Robert Klein, Ed Asner, Matthew Perry, David Hyde Pierce, Linda Lavin, John Noble, Wallace Shawn, Margo Martindale, Gary Cole, Stockard Channing... 2025-08-08T23:29:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvyws50sd207saqga0kuux5npr67kltykvg95err99naeyc6695szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ucmn2qv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjpc4dkyd5dw7avezxmdqezec36v4e9zsgy7wesgqpck4lehxa2q7ek4dm'>nevent1q…k4dm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Currently re-watching The Good Wife. (It&#39;s really entertaining and has perhaps the most impressive guest cast of notable character actors.) 2025-08-08T23:20:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0t0teh7ljaherj43e874wsptpzqmm4ylrvn6gpsy074phve0nmuqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u6xlrh7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4jt7ses7km2xuevs8gxx89ujgc737zgnyl3063k6k5qtkef34ngmfelum'>nevent1q…elum</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#As_environmental_action">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabotage#As_environmental_action</a> 2025-08-03T22:02:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9txqx8763pgmq8wykmc34cls5rzjnhvp4mvg3a3xrrwz2970dkqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uf223kj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqyfzmv8rzyq7rfz2n2q7c88vl2dn07h05g7zmayt4gdnrqvwl6s4g6khw'>nevent1q…6khw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No problem! I was being a bit cheeky, but also he&#39;s kinda delightful in that role. 2025-07-31T21:13:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hx45gpc8dezpdhtmxnskdv00vhh0vd5lykme6v3qtk3hmqfl0rczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ukgzf0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0aws220ewrvmya94k0n77nudz8sr7qe3ak9zp9yxdfec79kppcvqwdrqgu'>nevent1q…rqgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The poster should really note the great Vic Tayback. 2025-07-31T21:07:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxck0r6spzehyv6d0k8dsywyz6aec5ytgpjljkglnys5kczsdf4eszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u8h8zzz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstemrl7jzx8784pktv2n5qjnkrac2hac3yzsuc9st96yneex23htczyq462'>nevent1q…q462</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As the article alludes to, this is a way for companies to avoid responsibility by shoving it into an AI that is legally a separate “person”. 2025-07-31T16:11:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdh6r4p2jzjsmvm74y3hg59nmn8gyrx5pzym6jm8mr9dwcycrulnczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u6mq5nz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8kjahrc6sn3k0uvwa6yzlanpyxnspk9t7p4jx8ph5kgm6zqjvvrs3tlty2'>nevent1q…lty2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s also a terribly narcissistic and immoral argument — “I don’t want to pay enough for my meal to let those who produced it earn enough to live.” 2025-07-13T23:38:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lu45zgljl6k98yl7e0grzhxwfamntv3n5qgq24lmfn6nr4pchngzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ug3cx29 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyd4t3ngk72lgg0x36f53guzcfkmhhvm3easdxs8mfyxykf853cq59r75p'>nevent1q…r75p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At what point is America just a pretence of democracy? 2025-07-11T22:17:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvsmrd2sda6722t2y6n5rw4j22yvulmntfz4vkuxl5nkd94vdv9fczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uafqf7l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2scxrdqv77msrnt3hed4klzqgyehqswf46ql4ja9y52hudzdlmfcqlajtn'>nevent1q…ajtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, someone needs to explain subtlety to this idiot. 2025-07-06T21:05:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2kaexsu3dqyle9me8gjpv804jzxnkels3u9ktux7gen65jsqvj3czypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42umfpjmk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkpqsakt7mtk6fqx9raeprucj2j4egl70uvrq2g8fjeq7f2qgneqlkrdmd'>nevent1q…rdmd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seems rather simple and empty, compared to a fossil fuel plant. 2025-07-04T22:47:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9uqlv76g9dgqt83sh38jpfd69xqqg4vc4gw7exn89ymkfpyhyecczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uffeteg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlq7xkvy3q6jkza39hzgdmtcl6rqaw9h9f2nhxpesfxfsrzfytyc2rqdcg'>nevent1q…qdcg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“The distro, the distro!” 2025-07-03T22:59:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst22yte7yml0hycjapu5rm0a2gkjwkr8cvs8yq0rhkmrw6zmkfufgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ug60q7a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswynun6tar7ejns9veq66e0fkyw9e3u7dxdr8u3p7wqvh8smedgyskdgmwr'>nevent1q…gmwr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m no fan of the techbros and AI, but the universe of Dune is not particularly egalitarian. 2025-07-01T18:33:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8wgm9dusgt5hldt35x00hxsx56npla9lm00znzqucr3tlax5p8szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ucfryuf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf50eazgu87s856nl7r59n3k8h7e568fd4qg86skuq9yhva3nmmqsuu06ew'>nevent1q…06ew</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is a truly amazing restoration. 2025-06-19T17:32:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gga55zvggn20yy3twgjxzyrysgk8hcfqh2qy39jnyt46txaqs7szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u3r7vkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdva26646ncf8cc86ue3kcrkl35kplrzlzxt5azxmf8x984tqrescqqv3g'>nevent1q…qv3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s a “target-rich environment”. 2025-06-15T03:04:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tsujg8fhesklz95xapy8wlsn2r28tqm3n500u0mh39vxsddg4rczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uhx7j4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcdzs8c7pmt59czd8jvgunupvs52eq9fqgcm7rxu9fdvgeqxatdqxmwnzm'>nevent1q…wnzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or they could just “choose” to be gay — I hear one can do that, apparently. 2025-06-14T16:43:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2eqwxx5m8yuwjpnqhu8wpktwpkm7aejens8rnj2q7386923qh5czypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42unwhtwh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4gcwt68vcehv86fsk259em3sgkm0qtm3ggezyhw7gkutj46ld9cfmsytz'>nevent1q…sytz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, he does have that prominent widow’s peak, but he’s terrific! 2025-06-06T15:30:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsytxs57dnrhue5vdjvu2a8pzns5r488enqlqxf94ywesv6udge9nczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uauxmf3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqq8xu0pqaacd3a2vhdavx9anzp4d6gntd3d7vqas7wdsr09aajzgcpn4xk'>nevent1q…n4xk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TOS is my favourite Trek by far. 2025-06-05T15:59:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0lz8gscaghpdwaff2fext26rpe7t93wles5hy4a66xwn4sj7rk0gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u4cr7rw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyf2x822wekdagajmp5wt3h70k9srpdfn20anrau7u8njulu8uxg368f72'>nevent1q…8f72</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They really don&#39;t care about being obviously corrupt any more. 2025-05-30T01:01:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrytxvk2dln9nk6rgr9twky342vmt5la4xs6pm4lrsflrq0qlku5gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uevndqh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsypzzp8svwkg0tzkxhlkvj2krqtucs4gvtjfjf88n90cqczp6gz3gywu9sj'>nevent1q…u9sj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think Hume was just pointing out that the ship was leaky and fastened together with water-soluble glue. The ship was never reliable, and he was just indicating how in detail.<br/><br/>As for the New Atheists, my sense is that their heyday/influence is largely past, except for a few holdouts. (Although that sense may reflect my own journey rather than any objective data.) 2025-05-20T13:33:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsve86wwh6jwxauc3xlpkdmmqlv5jss7n9vxj8wv9sr0ksklh5ud9qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uxp7mrj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0wdw9d2c0ws06svsk5pfyy8dtsdtx6lf0gpy9g2my7y0kj3gsftggd9z6d'>nevent1q…9z6d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps my favourite quote from a philosopher is from Hume, where he writes that his solution for addressing the confounding questions of philosophy and the depression they produce is...to hang out with friends. It&#39;s a very grounded and human understanding of philosophical speculation.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/154538-where-am-i-or-what-from-what-causes-do-i">https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/154538-where-am-i-or-what-from-what-causes-do-i</a> 2025-05-20T13:16:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2f6pwft7k4wrc60m5prh05y2fsnqzvnr2rcwkcvffn2un6rmlxzqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uc6udrt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83t4z8j3vu83zgd8u4pjv8f77ywfpzenvups4nwj2h0qzg9dl50gtdmggm'>nevent1q…mggm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If it’s not too much trouble, can you explain “a stationary chunk of matter doesn’t emit Hawking radiation” in context of black holes? Does “stationary” mean “non-rotating” (so non-rotating black holes don’t emit Hawking radiation) or does this phrase exclude black holes, or have I completely misunderstood? 2025-05-17T15:37:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6hy37c3q93sf0599sssnq3dkfjjt9n4zcmhfgvpc3h4gzh8k56szypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uu498je In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3efjelzn5p7z4c8g2f95qxe4u8xmn5epxgj6vfp2lgt0crf3j8q7h48m6'>nevent1q…48m6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Control of what? 2025-05-08T23:13:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstuq07rsl8e0a8rduhrutc6zf67h29axupuksjlvwmd3s02m8t6pczypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uuy80wv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwftjd5mtewjjkeqa5tm32merh0lavs054v4vtjy903hegaxe2pc3amc7u'>nevent1q…mc7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Liberals won’t win a majority, although with a minority government they may be able to get an alliance of some sort with the leftist NDP. 2025-04-29T05:58:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwr4q3yvpgw7y330pzjykt97se2uxe9x9fq8c2tcmkua2km2dffszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u0kk8c3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvks3q5ysmu2l2h3jk3ttgf6u87z6nsswxqugfmdw4fju8fzup9qa4tg0y'>nevent1q…tg0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The drafters of the US Constitution failed to anticipate/protect against collective political action (or inaction). The notion of political parties doesn’t really appear in the document, and the checks and balances built in presume that each individual in government will act in their own interest, and be checked by others working to advance their own interests. That system collapses when everyone subsumes their interests to one individual. 2025-04-10T17:04:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdkf4vutxy5vgnkelra059jwkk0mzcta23hke7dynjq4lw46mhsgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uklw2mg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjdr4q9xj90avg4cncyve4cxp2rmctyalenhjdyyctd0uq6yr9ag70szn6'>nevent1q…szn6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow, so *this* is the issue that originally published that timeless, famous, always-remembered classic, “The Starkenden Quest”?! 2025-04-10T02:59:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx08fhjdp8ferh8sfytwzeht3c2u2adngtfej5nasl5p96cw6spxszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uwm0p7h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs280ftj7syh46g9m4nw6x7yh8gvgvf7xftvwc8ntyc6utjrquhduce97w6t'>nevent1q…7w6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conservatives used to be *very* invested in the rights of states. As I recall, there was some heated debate in the country’s past about this issue. 2025-04-09T17:15:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdaknvhm8zwrp5gmt7e78nhhmz5cvnxmzquzcl2vtvlumaxz4m7sszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uef9rdk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgedec4wdulvmgxlnrlyazsjcqer5l2eeenfs3k848ngd5ees94esvl55zj'>nevent1q…55zj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Circuit breakers seem like cheating. As far as I know there is no equivalent for huge rallies. 2025-04-07T00:35:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszf6km0etesvtmhg8xe800lmmprypnwcp94nf7wyrths9egeqqk9czypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uw5u279 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrmx9a5gpa8vc577v2r82nv9fu6cpldhcnyq69cn5p3z4dufm0ksq5c9l4n'>nevent1q…9l4n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a classic:<br/><br/>(Artist: John Schrag <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jvschrag/111177311401983227">https://hachyderm.io/@jvschrag/111177311401983227</a>)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/114/293/809/900/538/069/original/a1d893cb022f71dc.png"> <br/> 2025-04-07T00:18:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmvdesqn8n42vj75j7jn4a4c7q5nyknetmp7lpj3jdr2tvan2pzqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42us458nc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgs06htynrdt9qqqrmrmx02ahgr280r8a9gc0ae9ydhtcywmc20zgat8jx4'>nevent1q…8jx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>EAs don’t care about real people who exist now, but about the uncountable hypothetical people that they fantasize will exist in a virtual AI uploaded consciousness utopia. 2025-04-07T00:16:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqp5um55jzwq4v5cm6f9m4ye7zx89wymhh2wwwwwzumae5zgvulfszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ur6zdv4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyv8hvhkg40n30nesu882pzu3v5kjqcl59gzpvm43arzdsn8xfs5clru8ug'>nevent1q…u8ug</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, there’s that… 2025-04-06T18:02:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09akvee9hdwj67zfa7ddpnw0g0qtm238lxqw4z7430k3sz8jczhgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uj88ury In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9g92ckghehelvufqhfm8hd0kgt896vr8874w5nzucpuh7f437csgffvuy4'>nevent1q…vuy4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A video with that title is debunking that claim, which is apparently an archeology conspiracy theory. This is an example of Betteridge’s Law. <br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBN6HfzCRcU">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CBN6HfzCRcU</a> 2025-04-06T17:51:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsry9tyz3zw9zvngpfe29adhdgfxa42gr3ngx5w00s565q9lvhsp5qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42ukjnmlr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvn6p6c6sjg3v2qtn35e5jlyfz3fdw4nrcxmxfyk6d46sfgvp08jgmlducn'>nevent1q…ducn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I initially thought you meant &#34;justify their position&#34; as &#34;explain why they have a job&#34;, and the question still stands. Why even *have* a Supreme Court if this is the justice&#39;s view of the power of the Executive? 2025-03-05T17:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstddpt060r92rg06qn5r02mgz6c55p99wh07ttcgkn77qhmu3f6dszypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u056xgx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7u7lg56jphf58frc85ul99nsww9rkqaxytmnprfe8axmjqjqknqxmmma0'>nevent1q…mma0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is one spectacular name! 2025-01-27T02:06:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqn8y9swg8n9zcv5upn3a9j3qtujxwxhg4zyau20m8frzahq4zt8qzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u2jgha4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw26dntus38frq08mne2yzd6agsdh9fgxgr3ynssfxlv7tex8wjfgj2w0rx'>nevent1q…w0rx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s sad that the only way one can tackle wasteful AI is to make it even more wasteful, and make one&#39;s own computing wasteful in the process. 2025-01-23T16:10:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwn9xhpuhrh7h52gfufzudq4kr2u9u34a3dfj9pfpwyt4uqrljdgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42uycdznj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqur739ewyshwy2ezm34m7t7ne7krlekutsdh9vmt8luwwhe748tqyr0m32'>nevent1q…0m32</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe the spacemen are playing with it using their guns like laser pointers. 2024-10-26T01:44:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zlra76z8v8xz59xes43emv3pgmvtv3tqdnd509dcpjer9xwyk2gzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42up0pzrw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0p9effteq5ex0x4ruswhjpma8rmrt944wxt9fsr6thlmhef4plclnqwmq'>nevent1q…qwmq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m imagining the huge space whale corpses they feed on... 2024-10-26T00:48:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfhnkl7dtg3gqqstpzyv885j7n3jf5aealj0tv6qte4kslu4ncszqzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42usp7j3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3yknxdj0z09txks3aw0lx7lats8tv8n366eackc0d528kfksngqu8hndy'>nevent1q…hndy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps I’ve interpreted it wrong, and it is a cheese to take to a party of spiritualists and crystal-ball readers. 2024-10-20T14:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz9mrs42ua6szcyqlfy3ynzh39kke8qrc57y6wapzhf4lac4szcjgzypmyr0h2dhg044gvpu32f68v36uxhgya2wgw8usjxecxhw50cy42u9ntzu8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3yknxdj0z09txks3aw0lx7lats8tv8n366eackc0d528kfksngqu8hndy'>nevent1q…hndy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s important to set expectations. 2024-10-20T13:47:58Z