2026-05-02T23:53:16Z https://yabu.me Display Name https://yabu.me/npub1x0vtj0khunap79alu4h64tv8ttmhnecz2kf3th8k9ywkqd2lvpcqe0tv26 https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/499/148/616/976/565/original/615b41d5b565bde0.png https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/499/148/616/976/565/original/615b41d5b565bde0.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdykxj9c430y424sv2aqru3snrrgl0y5m4u5s8uk2l5hv8sd0kx9gzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qnwkmp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2uw7zl58wysfhw47plrajmfhxxh2m5fzz6h6f93v90hnpl3k3jgv7lm6e'>nevent1q…lm6e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>to clarify; there was no gift/bribe to begin with. The gift recipient decided that it was a gift. Mafia style. <br/>So he can keep it after his term<br/>The repetition of &#34;gift&#34; narrative deletes the reality from common memory. <br/><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/did-qatar-really-gift-plane-to-us-president-donald-trump-reports-say-otherwise-8467955">https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/did-qatar-really-gift-plane-to-us-president-donald-trump-reports-say-otherwise-8467955</a> 2026-05-07T15:02:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7ysvnh0ze98ugh0fvashzk2u7dn4e4z94jd3p7kfa8hk4kj5zpgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q049m4x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8p0agqj44u768shky7kxsyut9xgd8gs2yhgh7yfnjlun8m4mjhksnhtjqq'>nevent1q…tjqq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought &#34;he steals but he works&#34; was a Turkish thing since I heard it so much growing up in the 70-80&#39;s. I looked it up now. It goes back to 50&#39;s Sao Paolo, Brazil. Mayor Adhemar de Barros&#39; supporters(!) said this about him &#34;rouba mas faz&#34;. 2026-02-03T06:40:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hxuhjvcu5xqn8avfxa9a3klrpkgpxq8534wtkcr9x5md68j9kqszyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qrermep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vuc7v85vfh968548mkkeyqmse3uksk300cyhfgh5p6cgl98q8qq2r0f0g'>nevent1q…0f0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so? permission granted?<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/981/711/776/997/102/original/10332404d6434a93.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-30T02:34:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vuc7v85vfh968548mkkeyqmse3uksk300cyhfgh5p6cgl98q8qqzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qsm3q9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8nr9sx4gqhe76aufqg62v45c5tr744w0kke6d87c96whdc3u5zcsx7r0ts'>nevent1q…r0ts</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Permission to steal this for the next No Kings day bill. I&#39;ll put it in the back of my Robber Barons board.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/979/250/390/657/833/original/9adcec69bba4481a.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-29T16:08:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsze4ryezwgpnj2dfe3y87lfgg3tvackuh3en8clxqv8l0hq0tww3gzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q5ee9yj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgywpxcmvfypusa73l6vt22w0pryydv5vwd84dlncp8nrym0s5l5q7crpcn'>nevent1q…rpcn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Still, unfortunately we need these assholes to see the issue and act on it. They need to think they discovered it. Once they do we may have a shot. Sickening but I don&#39;t see any other way out. <br/>It&#39;s like the US and WWII. Did everything wrong until finally something right for the wrong reasons but then claimed the highest moral position. I&#39;d hate to be a historian. Watching this shit happen over and over again knowing where it will end up. 2025-11-26T08:10:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0m7l6g054r3uv597hm63pak9q6r4tpd07ja2hhm93hw00qkhs2szyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qahyuhd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0arkyvrgsp8hr76s85yg4tnk4rchkdq7985ldyy3u4xd9238zxgr9r58f'>nevent1q…r58f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>First thing first; very important analysis that needs to be turned into a policy by Dems (or an alternative real left party) and made into entertainment to be communicated to the public (since that&#39;s the only damned way in this country to get any message through). A must read.<br/><br/>Now...<br/><br/>I had to bite my cheeks to be able to continue reading after this paragraph that ends with &#34;Let’s rectify it rather than cast blame&#34;<br/><br/>White man who participated in and contributed to this shit show is blaming the ones who warned when he was breaking things. It&#39;s YOUR FAULT that he was an ignorant, heartless a-hole, OK?!?! Now move on, he&#39;ll tell us how to fix it so accept him as the savior he is. So frustrating. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve been saying this for a while now, unfortunately, the way out of this mess is only through convincing the white men and getting them to (finally) do the right thing. Frustrating since we know they&#39;ll take all the credit at the end to mess up again and even worse 2025-11-26T03:10:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fwvpf0fchgtq5yw07wzlndxttuw6jlu93ptmfhls2kqwt23578gzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qgu67qq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszt4wclcwn2q7ys4g8xn0cmt4s6chrmq3ukl633ny3tfvjv4ac2lsz3jmap'>nevent1q…jmap</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you have enough money to buy the biggest megaphone you can pass or block anything you want in this country. This was the first measure I zoomed in to understand local politics when I first became a citizen. It took me 2 mins to see who is who and doing what and yet people saw ads and believed that it would cause &#34;closures of clinics&#34; and &#34;unnecessary and costly&#34;. Because those two companies making billions put $130m into the campaign and newsom acted like it is all fair since people choose that instead of enforcing proper standards for this low quality and overpriced &#34;care&#34;. Btw fuck newsom. They&#39;ll bring him as the candidate and make us support that asshole just like they did with Biden. Always the worst option will be pushed down our throats. Lol Only 4 years as a citizen and already this frustrated. <br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_California_Proposition_29">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_California_Proposition_29</a> 2025-10-23T05:54:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9v68q6qtzgac493te56lt47n9d0aeywwmm6q4wt6ry50eg9j23dgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qn9mlj0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6n4aqfg3d3yatcxgdvdhsv8kmrp54u80yxzxn7v42rgeyp6jncqvpq7fg'>nevent1q…q7fg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can we call him a bad faith hire? 2025-08-20T02:33:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs977fyanqa2qkn4psyedy90mf28d9vwql5gd0c366yvnq3347at3qzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qfmyy7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcgyzjjwysfv2qrpuyeaz6edd64af9cngzjh39k6z4td4dq0yvng4qa0rm'>nevent1q…a0rm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice link text! :D 2025-08-16T19:39:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz30sjftadpxpf6tx9tzu5felyj578p5j8rs58y9jjrqnvl4aj8jszyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q9084c9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswljkygctwf084g3t7f5y57qxkhuryl6azfxmmvhtdnt96l0ws9wqjn87ge'>nevent1q…87ge</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there are so many examples of this. Unfortunately the justification is always survival no matter what. See the case of Reuters I recently came across when I received a note from ThompsonReuters to use one of my photos from 10 years ago and looked them up.<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/069/719/396/103/original/1b4de293c98879db.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/069/716/249/856/original/a08829ff81fd91cd.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/039/069/703/035/514/original/61cf01d8184b918d.png"> <br/> 2025-08-16T15:10:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kezg2h8rcwch6lxpy3cqsaly4tyw0xk8y7wzq6ygwqt05p2veuczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q5euek0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2u68d9v2m5hahnut4p2wytkt7axuec08k8hfju49wflm3pqqm0cy03cze'>nevent1q…3cze</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely. More accumulated wealth turns to rent assets eventually. Feudalism is the inevitable result of over concentration of wealth no matter who/where it starts from. 2025-08-04T15:20:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmxw9pn4274jd44ykjlh7lascxnnlrhaltzh8alx8pz08prmqtaszyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q06fznd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0f0v8tlqrq489k4ykt8nz3jf4ka37sdp7q8namymhtxydeacn2wqes8nps'>nevent1q…8nps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s funny you published this on the day I experienced it. 2025-07-31T19:15:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5npk2sd8k8lwq74uhx976j9wk7z37u0k8wnfuppry8s56wjdmjgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qsh480l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylge9wahvl7wenqgctuee6453ha0sc86wtskzvzy7thk5vpj2hhg60fq9a'>nevent1q…fq9a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to have grade school kids in my neighborhood yell &#34;Cheater!&#34; at me on my 15 mile ride to work over Golden Gate bridge into the city. I&#39;m 50 with multiple stents in my arteries and t1d. I&#39;m grateful that someone invented e-bikes so I can actually avoid driving and get exercise within my limits. 2025-07-21T03:00:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf09wez522c6ncjw66nparsktjyljxcravq7e9j6dj960qtjhmnwczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qu7t3f7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsres6w86mujnepg9c59fn6y8aqmjz5sccmhzygrn9755jt5sta8pgg34wz0'>nevent1q…4wz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>truth comes out when you flip the question. <br/>Are we ready to give Palestinians defensive capabilities so there are no more deaths? 2025-07-20T20:33:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9rkrrvqjafad076u585x047t9hvx9hkngchvfhhssljgzt2mutnczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qsg2jzs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvk9dus0mjqmmev8phg8jzas94s64enzz38n8h3j4vax9w53ns20cukaftj'>nevent1q…aftj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>horner put it almost all on him at the post race interview. I think they&#39;d rather try a new guy. Nothing (more) to lose 2025-06-29T17:11:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdwf70nzv08pxe9l3wag44s4undez5jue5rnhshd9hxd57qrp64szyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qkq2xjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnf9zpajad4e0jp7jhme3uedtuprv54f23nettaa7vgzwps8cm3qfhqa30'>nevent1q…qa30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my first time (visit and volunteer) at a local repair fair was yesterday. I fixed 4 table and floor lamps in 3 hours, met wonderful people and hopefully made the lamps useful and safe if not saved them from landfill. Made MY day! 2025-03-16T17:40:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2a093lm0xuarxhxayktj9h0k7mr8zfplqnucrwa72zzhna83cnrczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qm9h4xw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspx7h248rdhtday48zhrnfhg26errjh5xcs43f7u0hdmfe58qjh0serz25t'>nevent1q…z25t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>:) didn&#39;t want to upset you. Sorry. I must have misunderstood your side-eye meme. 2025-03-05T20:08:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6c9xz93vhxxsfj9y3gzvxwmp6y9eftlshs5cjkhsgr4nvppmexczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qnfc9d8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmpxnfdq25fvmkku6ez5k3y8m000zlc63r6r0x089yxxuuw4h2uqhjwpa0'>nevent1q…wpa0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know. It&#39;s hard to think that there are people out there that we need to protect these parks/forests from. And believe it or not gigantic open spaces don&#39;t have one secured gate alone. 2025-03-05T19:45:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdf8qlvcgtfarj4urrv5me9dpv8t8drnhzn0ut8r34ek6j33cv0eczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qcx6nhs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4a0l6usdxmsqkysdnhwpa4ewxx0p8p89n3fm2h3qxm23v589rfqh53zaj'>nevent1q…3zaj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the opposite. Closed doesn&#39;t mean you can&#39;t visit. It means there won&#39;t be anyone around to enforce the protective rules, unfortunately. 2025-03-05T18:14:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0lf76jt00qz7vdw92nnhwgz4xhlrpnk6ukhnhmc486wx6ffm8vxqzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q8qgzup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyg68mmlvps837x3hpeye82eg3tvmx4d3g4svfkmwpmgk4s2gjj8s4qhtww'>nevent1q…htww</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>link to that Ted talk. <br/><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator">https://www.ted.com/talks/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator</a><br/><br/>And her later talks;<br/><a href="https://www.ted.com/speakers/mariana_mazzucato">https://www.ted.com/speakers/mariana_mazzucato</a> 2025-02-11T16:00:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqumwzfwqjlsyhexft3csqpq324j0l4hg5snh66x5ghhe2p6y8pgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qty9kdn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdat7neav2l7p0dx7malyf6r784zudy29586lsqxp3njn67fracs4apv3t'>nevent1q…pv3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And yet like you said, they are winning. So they are not only smart enough to win in this context but also enough to change the context to one they will crush who challenges them. 2024-12-22T18:42:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xvvp4af9f3p7wzjnzsdfr9xv854g0plkmp6scmfn59l2l7jyrgqzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qe0jkf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz7cxt4d2u3zws96ydg0essy75nqnaevr252praen76nc9mv576ms0ze08x'>nevent1q…e08x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I discuss this with family and friends a lot. The problem with this argument is the context. Imagine a competition between the academics and the football team of a University. If the competition is intellectual most likely academics will win but if they play football or I don&#39;t know, run or lift weights then athletes will win. These fascists are changing the game we&#39;re playing. It doesn&#39;t matter how smart you are. It didn&#39;t matter in Hungary, Russia, Turkey or many other countries. I moved to the US 8 and became a citizen 3 years ago. I&#39;ve been trying to help fellow Americans see beyond this exceptionalism. If we don&#39;t acknowledge the threat and our weaknesses we&#39;ll lose just like them. 2024-12-22T16:08:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspt8u85ggq8rc3qxe7f4r459wn08smud8rs7xdjjhn0jtk0hl4v9gzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qcc9elk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxd2jgcvmy0fsp63jwqlc88sqgllzf7t2e6uyz22nlgs9rzvzwccg8w6a5d'>nevent1q…6a5d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure. Some end like that. Then there are some that got away. Also, millions of innocent people die in the process of getting rid of one. 2024-11-12T22:43:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsged2qwjmugzz5cd7fjsl883268ahppj2apvnhek4g2asxvwkymrqzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q6cckp7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09jkkzayt078sd0stah4k6q5q0nccax5t9t4e9g94whh5zcjwv8qey6a7t'>nevent1q…6a7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The rule in history so far is that the good (for the people) presidents get assassinated, not the bad ones. 2024-11-12T17:55:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkc8kynf8cyt5lsqagzyn5qg5capegmd29vjjq2g2nqpgt5zhpaczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q6s97f6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5g43pmnqszntqsu964werdgn25knant32wln4rhrw9htxscpn6caqlhj8'>nevent1q…lhj8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the headline could/should have been. &#34;DONALD TRUMP REGRETS FAILING HIS COUP ATTEMPT <br/>Says he could have done more to block the peaceful transfer of power&#34; 2024-11-04T15:40:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsak4w9vqpu2uf7e4vt72g5qfg2gt2gavyllvx85rqd52x6rspuczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qamcjz8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zzj4dfsm7jfsrdeeg0vme0rjmlqg0xdujjhm3c9q23d9890dt0ckk0k95'>nevent1q…0k95</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I meant the opposite. If they&#39;re hijacking the real meaning what are we supposed to call the real social engineering now? 2024-09-15T07:06:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0nva0hey30h90w9trnxx3slg0kpx4fl7388njdrf26tlefvwrf2qzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qd3mgsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdt4wj95q6s5may2zwc79xjwd2zlrvak6098r808x3v6hlf6qvg9q2qujyc'>nevent1q…ujyc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait. So what is social engineering called now then? 2024-09-15T03:54:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2phh500esfheyx4h62mrm7x5rhr0wva4svaufy7fj2gvcy678kdgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8q3jrjae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp484r3w0lma77x88qyv4s5vw0pfw793ffr565ax8u5m83dsgea9cn9vx7q'>nevent1q…vx7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>any links? 2024-08-07T20:29:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs82vnqvaq4um4ml9ejtnp3zuhwk4zcfcshpfvd54fmpe22vnaeqyczyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8quwq4rp The rich unionized.<br/>And they called it lobbying<br/>Why wouldn&#39;t you, too?<br/>#haiku 2024-05-23T22:49:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsphqq3ns3gh8563muzkpf3rxaw6hcmum0n7glhlvfv936y0yp68dgzyqea3wf76lj058chhljkl24dsad0w708qf2ex9wu7c536cp4tas8qasrff3 A black hole bending the fabric of the universe. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday<br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/111/117/750/432/083/192/original/9afac81c3ba3b77c.jpg"> <br/> 2023-09-24T02:31:05Z