2026-03-24T01:54:20Z https://yabu.me ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES https://yabu.me/npub1xw72jymypjdstdz82h6srlmtdv9u5xg70nn3xaazlkel8dsc7ljqger9m5 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/999/119/965/425/489/original/0ac00ac2dda1354b.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/999/119/965/425/489/original/0ac00ac2dda1354b.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszz6pdp6jk56dx65wmxklpslt8ncwvwc9qhn463gshj85lvetty9qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gxmg04c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq39ncda3l4tf8j3ysy3ws7p3w9afjw7kysrlt3kt9n3rc8ym596smkk9ry'>nevent1q…k9ry</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>interesting hijacking angle<br/><br/>and while i have no problem with your agenda, the way you hijack this discussion isn&#39;t going to win you any converts 2026-02-05T09:46:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0yn6arz9xhudhrtlrjyc56nzf53z0ec7afd0mvc6npgvnd06a5czyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gnev95h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswv90njk3d0w3fwcxj2trv6g2x3a7qw5aa70xvjthqmrjljsp96dsuapj4e'>nevent1q…pj4e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i won&#39;t troll you but i will castigate you<br/><br/>never mention #Chomsky again<br/><br/>nevermind him licking #Putin&#39;s boots over the invasion of #Ukraine<br/><br/>Noam is in the #EpsteinFiles defending #Epstein<br/><br/>he did this *after* Epstein was revealed as a pedophile human trafficker<br/><br/>Fuck #NoamChomsky<br/><br/>And I am not attacking the left, ironically, in contradiction to what I have said above:<br/><br/>A pedophile/ #imperialism apologist is not of the left<br/><br/>Chomsky is not of the left<br/><br/>Not anymore at least 2026-02-05T08:01:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8mjy2hdr28f6teavg3s32g09xj8nnehqj6yugjkc74u0vfxh7yrqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gaw3czn Part of the reason for the USA&#39;s failure is MAGA but the other big aspect is a left that does not engage the real enemy<br/><br/>Toxic idealism<br/><br/>Spineless capitulation<br/><br/>Mindless cynicism<br/><br/>&#34;Polite society&#34; &#34;high road&#34; cluelessness<br/><br/>And lazy entitlement<br/><br/>Not financial entitlement but this obtuse entitled foolishness that we have the time and space to criticize some aspect of the left according to deranged standards of perfection when we&#39;re facing literal fascism<br/><br/>Make MAGA the target of your venom<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/016/503/140/933/725/original/ecc1b6e19afc9545.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-05T06:06:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8kxccuptgjvknymqjfczmkayffqfa744499we8e5266tpp064wqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gdavk3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wn3mu3dkymgl9wduuyg5vurfks5hjjndfylr09tgn0q8zj7ddyq0as9h8'>nevent1q…s9h8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the problem with this take is that it doesn&#39;t propose an alternative<br/><br/>if you are championing anarchism, the problem with removing state power is that in reality there is no such thing as a power vacuum. it is filled by something, always<br/><br/>you could imagine some eternal anarchist effort explicitly fighting the emergence of state power<br/><br/>but then this anti-power is, of course, a new power<br/><br/>to transcend state power you need a viable alternative framework, not merely opposing what is 2025-09-12T15:23:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhsmwv0dl26g03ctz5guh06p958v48f8eemfanjeh88pdztm2zxszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g347pyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs092j6yd5zn7lx3gdk6vwmuqd3lsjhncsxsm8kvukwhjkqfgl8tqq2484ja'>nevent1q…84ja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i think that sweden and mongolia can arrive at an amicable understanding of their &#34;historical grievances&#34; concerning their old borders now in russia&#39;s borders and successfully divide russia between them<br/><br/>🤭 <br/><br/>because apparently, in this world, we can go back in time and pick a random snapshot<br/><br/>and fit that to a current imperialist agenda<br/><br/>and the rest of the world has to just accept that<br/><br/>just because<br/><br/>and some morons will even buy this lying malicious bullshit<br/><br/>because &#34;historical&#34; 2025-08-18T18:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst54xpgx3qu8dlplxaa55lw2k5aa4azayhswm7v2hqt5t4afm55wqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g9j3awd #Putin wants to end the #UkraineWar by redrawing #Ukraine&#39;s borders<br/><br/>Currently #Europe&#39;s leaders are meeting a certain orange turd, #Trump, to... I dunno, clap and sing and soothe the demented thing in the White House<br/><br/>I propose that Putin is correct<br/><br/>Let&#39;s redraw Ukraine&#39;s borders with #Russia<br/><br/>To respect<br/><br/>1. historical grievances<br/><br/>howabout we pick 1919 borders? sanity is not a prerequisite here<br/><br/>2. the suffering of Russians<br/><br/>give a chunk of them to Ukraine so they will have a better life<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/050/992/451/013/730/original/f9a9f60b3c0ff111.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-18T17:48:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwkn3hfux38pf486tf3zxpjh973k9h2tv5mdwma7xn5tz7j57ajszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gpyvqc2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszqqpv00c4fkghhjhzlcv2nmg9nm3gtpqm0r48drzrjy37uq6sjlclffnyd'>nevent1q…fnyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you&#39;re correct he has failed upwards in the domestic context of usa politics<br/><br/>but here on the world stage, this is pure failure<br/><br/>we are watching the usa die 2025-07-28T11:48:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8wrrd8va4mnv0vzsvg5qw730gd2kyrzxte0ex536kwl9escrfaqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7ggm4daq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqmsgu0fa6mdnxc4pf0uqpp9da7zfgc9x75l96u26fywjh6k24hgy97q7r'>nevent1q…7q7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>while that would be hilarious, all future harry potter media just needs to die now because of jk rowling 2025-05-02T14:38:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrcja4ayes4eeyphly2gz5wzfejnhyflve5s57cdq97h9hz78acqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gurwccs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20u3ysuq8kv9nw4hum08se3szpc822c6m76h0dfhvzdjtyhmw8wc9cxcqu'>nevent1q…xcqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Oh I remember. I played in it&#34;<br/><br/>😂 2025-05-01T19:46:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsruevhu9ru7gmtwr0vecqkxqmhd7spclkreztv806jlt09ppcme7szyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g6p6y4a “They want 1939 Germany; they&#39;re going to get 1789 France if they keep fucking around.”<br/><br/>✅<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/215/230/003/084/665/original/faa79d6daac1c8b3.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-03-24T03:16:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7k9n6gldjh8x6eydz84agpzfzyv2gm6fcck8dpup5kgcyw43p0qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7ghd8xmc The future of the #USA:<br/><br/>#AOC with the #BernieSanders assist<br/><br/>15,000 just showed up at a rally in Tempe Arizona, where this picture was taken<br/><br/>#MAGA: eat shit and die<br/><br/>#nonvoters: show the fuck up you entitled privileged fuckwits<br/><br/>#centrist spineless #Democrats: shut the fuck up and fall in line<br/><br/>centrist #GOP archeological artifacts: what even the fuck are you, fuck off<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/207/125/746/766/886/original/602f816b8e4343cb.png"> <br/> 2025-03-22T16:58:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxrl2750ga534a5590dpy4hgmx9lz7q4t659dr4f00pk88gdx3kdgzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gqrgyth In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7xy63patcdq363skwlgrs6ykd7ll8zx3rts46t53htxmn22djnsdpxwkx'>nevent1q…xwkx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Daryl Davis&#39; story is extraordinary and exciting<br/><br/>and exceedingly rare<br/><br/>you&#39;re dreaming idealistically and cluelessly and you are incredibly naive about the weight of the bigotry hate and ignorance out there<br/><br/>it&#39;s very important to you that something be true, that is not remotely true<br/><br/>you&#39;re not a serious person<br/><br/>you are what we call a toxic idealist:<br/><br/>from your idealistic words comes attitudes and behaviors which only helps that which you oppose. enabling codependently 2025-03-21T16:18:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7gajht96t7lg0cu0v29awm5gluz036806qc5zt5vx6krfuvge9gzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gv2xtw4 &#34;So why are you voting for #Trump?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Because the #economy sucks&#34;<br/><br/>reality:<br/><br/>&#34;U.S. economy grew 2.8% last quarter, powered by #consumer #spending&#34;<br/><br/>the biggest problem behind Trump&#39;s rise are these legacy #media and #socialmedia silos that have captured, for lack of a better word, dum dums, and kept them trapped, feeding their #fear and #hate<br/><br/>this is the absolute biggest threat to #democracy<br/><br/>i&#39;m not saying i know how to fix it<br/><br/>but something has to fix it<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-gdp-2024-third-quarter-consumer-spending/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-gdp-2024-third-quarter-consumer-spending/</a> 2024-10-30T15:29:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjxudlsxphuxd3y05c83ue7k5u7vqsc4hyp2lv3fp9zj0cqfgddszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gsnxnfy Sure, #womensrights are under attack in the #USA but if you go back 350 years you&#39;ll find levels of deranged sadistic #misogyny and #women #hatred that we will just no way, no way return to....<br/><br/>&#34;#MAGA Pastor Claims Kamala #Harris Deployed &#39;#witchcraft&#39; in #Trump #Debate&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/maga-pastor-claims-kamala-harris-deployed-witchcraft-trump-debate-1952902">https://www.newsweek.com/maga-pastor-claims-kamala-harris-deployed-witchcraft-trump-debate-1952902</a><br/><br/>...uh, nevermind 2024-09-13T03:43:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9plc2c3xnvkyg38x36scqyr5h3cwwycwk4y7sg58vlkvgqt8recqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g0drtjy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0g445x63me6dtshlgjkrfppjrt7te53v9nygex8sg553dertchg7smknu'>nevent1q…mknu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i didn&#39;t think it was that bad but i stand corrected and that&#39;s really galling<br/><br/>it also sounds like light pollution on steroids interfering with our ability to study the heavens 2024-09-02T16:21:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvutnfw8um6ucfjtjght5f6v8534yvqw08w3d40gpn2jx8fkw9vqqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gyrpvhy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0zq9naxzjmnx64y36gsn3ncjcrncszeakghqt5ercy74xh9ttkgqy3u2t'>nevent1q…3u2t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when i was young i thought the villains in james bond movies were ridiculous<br/><br/>but no, jokes on us<br/><br/>#elonmusk is an actual bond villain<br/><br/>not only ignoring or whining about a nation&#39;s laws, but, in mad cackling moustache twirling #plutocrat style, openly warring with a nation with high tech against their control and ability to do anything about it: #starlink will still deliver #twitter in #brazil<br/><br/>what a world 2024-09-02T12:16:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrlszd9eg9k9ezjm6nz2d2m520x9p7fpyr83wusfkvtqrcdd3802szyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g93hk54 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5ltyqph4dkup5dew2ldxavdjrr4ypwcfqpxxylfn255dlud82nc0yv4tn'>nevent1q…v4tn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when it happened with the whigs 170 years ago (the last time it happened) it *replaced* one of the other two parties<br/><br/>then it&#39;s same shit, different name<br/><br/>so i don&#39;t think it will happen again. but even if it did, it would be a replacement, not 3 stable parties 2024-07-28T20:47:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80wd9spw4hhz67k3mt27nsrj4fcf7sy33m763uk4ctpf7q7rqzxszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gy2jagw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8p5tcnratpuuzutawex0nxvw9ly9qyfe6m8dqgzfdxevwspn6fxqdlsyf7'>nevent1q…syf7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why sad?<br/><br/>we&#39;re never perfect, there&#39;s always room for improvement<br/><br/>as long as the larger arc of history is towards progress, we&#39;re doing ok. something to be happy about, not sad 2024-07-28T18:58:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlkhnvn9ut4yjy6eufr7v5k5m2elfsq9mg3amus4aenk9hds26sgzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gr7jvma In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxwz7m553ct3dlqz0pxg4ru6p23l4xxayegr4dz3349ksha0hhrczq2z6h'>nevent1q…2z6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the essential lie those who do not #vote tell themselves is that by not participating they are not part of the shit show<br/><br/>assuming they aren&#39;t AI bots working a learned helplessness toxic idealism political angle to immobilize the far left, they live and breathe in reality, they do not inhabit a magic ivory tower, and they are a part of this, like it or not, there is no escape<br/><br/>and thus they *must* choose, if they are moral<br/><br/>or they are immobilized in a way that helps malice 2024-07-28T15:32:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyr5ny80z53lznyv5qlk3c3n2whuthd2sgj379kt24kcusc3vklszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g4v72pm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hlm7uamvcp7qdqn9r884vp8kn4753murl7zpxr5kgptkykd5l8g8xajrw'>nevent1q…ajrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you listening to A.R. Moxon / Julius Goat #America?<br/><br/>You vote<br/><br/>Not because you get perfect<br/><br/>That&#39;s not on the menu, and never will be<br/><br/>You vote simply because you move in a better direction<br/><br/>That&#39;s all you ever can do in this world<br/><br/>Voting does not make you complicit<br/><br/>Standing aside and crossing yours arms while things get worse makes you complicit<br/><br/>#vote 2024-07-28T13:46:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst395qzh6ew443vmktav0n7rcnxa2vz9zj4f0sm0n0t45pz4ue9yszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gpwt2wg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jvtlm7ss5lu00fern6l5qx4llwv8wnc3yd3mg79879862jrfehguak7zw'>nevent1q…k7zw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There once was a man from Nantucket <br/><br/>Who tripped and fell on a bucket<br/><br/>But due to his speed<br/><br/>Which was relativistic indeed<br/><br/>A series of fusion events and thermonuclear explosions preceded a massive shower of particles and gamma rays that created an expanding bubble of plasma that... ah, fuck it 2024-07-26T12:16:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswypuku9h20wcagcrpxcy5ux76s3t56ac5ucgxmrsuutpkk0hgedqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gpx8vha In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6x0rzx0sy69fxxyrjkq9jqqa6klzsn2am32z8p5r6akd9uwgrcgehd0cf'>nevent1q…d0cf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>because there&#39;s no value to it, now<br/><br/>at worst it helps trump<br/><br/>remember france? left leaning parties, some loathing each other, banded together, to defeat the far right. now until november, that&#39;s what we do to<br/><br/>so put your mouth where your vote is. then, after, i will be right there with you, knives out, working for 50 AOCs in 2026<br/><br/>this is just being smart. but you demand to shoot your mouth off. entitlement over smarts<br/><br/>go for it lety. we&#39;re all so impressed. zzz 2024-07-25T06:07:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvquhm2welh2nre237fcadu4ux4tam7m6zzxvpk9mv9ywutwe9jwqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7glskvn0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszn4273empte3grvlu8z4uar4fzgspuzfxfc0l4cxmx6n47d7zansza2dmj'>nevent1q…2dmj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i used to work AIDS education in NYC in the early &#39;90s. schools, drug users, sex workers. this is before retrovirals<br/><br/>i follow based on interactions, i suppose we had a nice one at some point, alas<br/><br/>if you have a need to one up me because you think i&#39;m a horndog, have at it. whatever you need to feel better about yourself. i think you are entitled and arrogant, it explains your need to whine about harris when we have trump coming for us. sex workers + GOP policies = hell 2024-07-25T05:50:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpxsk66jgd9a63ztva343ypan2zta6u9e8knul7amynsyzv4l24czyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gma7hup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0fyzz9j2uskf2qv7aq02gjpl770gtmum02tnxjgyuc7pt9fjxyzgftw0e8'>nevent1q…w0e8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i don&#39;t know why i&#39;m following you, but i&#39;ll fix that now 2024-07-25T05:30:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdl3ad5cap5hjhgs9t4jf6p33v709ffa0atkng65clfy84z55lyszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gdxeyrn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8vazc7c45vufh4zd0qthl5n6p59wnuzh4xpnu0zh8tskl7jahrc5k7a4t'>nevent1q…7a4t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so what i wrote is an actual real choice, trump or harris<br/><br/>is reality for you nothing but a non sequitur?<br/><br/>that&#39;s an interesting bit of entitlement you have there 2024-07-25T04:27:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszteggyw66d8ylz84h205zntly489uvytg88x22a9pm0geqsff4vszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gtef85j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpjuzttawvmdg0e5y2rlu8rxuu4amry89sct3ckl87s8878yp6tcpljvg0'>nevent1q…jvg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for a certain sort of person, &#34;lesser of two evils&#34; means &#34;i don&#39;t want to engage with reality. i want to make believe the world is all the same hellfire and magic rainbows will come i just have to cross my arms and wait. and i can retreat and do nothing but whine and congratulate myself on my false superiority&#34;<br/><br/>fuck &#39;em. I&#39;m so sick of their simpleton sophistry and smug toxic idealism 2024-07-22T03:52:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf253w7f5ztqceyz4lg3qq4sqcw2dw6dkfxasq79mfkxn8vfjaj7qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gm9ruq3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdc27z702klygvf7kttcu9948g2e7mcrphqfy2aln2ptgk9jsguespr8s25'>nevent1q…8s25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>right but the point is job 1: defeat trump<br/><br/>not argue about the holiness of joe biden<br/><br/>so why the fuck can&#39;t we just agree on the most important thing, leave it at that, and have these ridiculous fucking fights *after* job 1<br/><br/>jesus fucking christ 2024-07-15T18:02:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmn42ghxpggn8kl3478cqpgjajqz8ylycrafrh9sm4fy39mssk7czyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gk0tu8x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ngwkwajfku33gxlassaq9h0j7ehwj2ch8x353tzcac64awm9kcqm0xxzq'>nevent1q…xxzq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you&#39;re not helping<br/><br/>1. we all oppose trump<br/><br/>that&#39;s what matters<br/><br/>2. in 2026 we get rid of the centrist dems<br/><br/>but you&#39;re using 2 as a cudgel against 1<br/><br/>and thus your own words are doing the bidding of divide and conquer here in the service of MAGA and geopolitical enemies 2024-07-15T17:35:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspxarfn6r0hk3a5rk0sp3rr477lqz7uuvpxfa8x5wt0gw8gd6me4gzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gwu25gj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy7dcjfvmrc9djxtcn84eaeh7f048u8f55enjggy8tmny4rsjgpfspxvs4d'>nevent1q…vs4d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>primary the fuck out of them in 2026. get 50 AOCs<br/><br/>the problem is thinking the centrist dems are some omnipotent force who lord over us. they don&#39;t. so any argument that takes that as a premise is false. just ignore them and build better<br/><br/>when the centrist dems condescend and patronize, stick a middle finger up at them, keep to your primary concerns, vote against trump, route around them, and out organize them<br/><br/>don&#39;t center the world on centrist dem crap. wasted mental cycles 2024-07-15T17:24:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswyst3lhxmrlzdavghfqdf8jgx89v0nfxsx8aej3ce6p35r3d69xgzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7geuvvn6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0efhmlze4uk904j847mnrx8x4kl87m4tzqzy6gmyl3j9yx5zzh2gvdargn'>nevent1q…argn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If the vote still counts then obviously it&#39;s still a democracy<br/><br/>Even though of course plutocracy is doing its best and having mass success in shredding it<br/><br/>But thanks for your show of support to vote. Because yes the vote still matters, and as long as it does we all need to show up and #vote 2024-07-14T19:21:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9p9tfljtnm4cy0wck0tnqyj0j4qtla4g7kct3eqgux7ejp4kkxuczyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gqe0uu5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8w0cpmxj7sa8ds83z4ez55g3d0ratuakvsxdy2dgjk3etv5rr9lq3suxzk'>nevent1q…uxzk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you know the TV show called &#34;The Boys&#34;?<br/><br/>it&#39;s always been a satire of the alt-right<br/><br/>only now, in season 4, are some loyal alt-right fans revolting against the show, because in season 4 they made the parallels blatant<br/><br/>you also have alt-right who were angry when the band Rage Against The Machine got &#34;too political&#34;<br/><br/>you have to be a fucking vegetable to not understand RATM&#39;s political angle, but, there you are:<br/><br/>they are complete morons, lacking all self-awareness 2024-07-14T16:46:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6xduwdqdjmw3z9hgcs69f0r8u5j3ekc73jwjuxstxxvalxxyshgzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gw7s4ql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpy5czph03tfkqvegskv9kpksy2y3pn659snqhvq3900ms5f7txs79gt39'>nevent1q…gt39</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>agreed, your words are correct<br/><br/>but a clarification: those who think the potential for violence from either side is the same, the good ol&#39; &#34;both sides the same&#34; lie, are idiots 2024-07-14T16:42:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvexgh3gc8lf0fwcz3gd983673e6mh5ys4dpqkfm760j6u4n2r6czyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gglc9aa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2j635ak90jm8mkm59neuyvge8frfwujahr029d7t0hvhhzsu0hmssvj3yu'>nevent1q…j3yu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#trump is merely a broken twisted old man<br/><br/>but this shooting and his survival, to a mind that only operates in signs and portents, superstitious fools, the kind to be indoctrinated into #MAGA which is more quasireligious cult than political movement, this elevates him to god status<br/><br/>the devotion is going to rocket through the roof<br/><br/>any hope that the years have quelled the passion for trump, that they will peel off and not #vote, is utterly gone 2024-07-14T11:56:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqtzkt3mh0crn94t46eua74ld9mlcsasftwxw0044pswj8qcq4kzczyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7grr8jw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru79q8sryp7sd5pyky2suthm22csmct365uld2crvmv86wawm2ucp4v3m0'>nevent1q…v3m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the MAGA mind is conspiracy theory addled<br/><br/>right now that fever swamp is at 1,000 degrees working overtime<br/><br/>a little detail like the fact the shooter was a republican might make you think they&#39;ll blink, or introspect<br/><br/>right?<br/><br/>nope<br/><br/>facts and reality don&#39;t mean anything to the cult<br/><br/>anything and everything will be twisted to serve a narrative<br/><br/>and they will find a way to use the shooting as surely as the reichstag fire was used to usher in nazi germany 2024-07-14T11:36:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3gdf4jp67u4d7xhm5ptcwxx9u9q2v300asysvtpyhluam4pa77szyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gux073a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0wmw3n53lxp8l35fkt9fnhww97k7jr8shvfc62k08cutaqzx9hqdsfjte'>nevent1q…fjte</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it emotional for you? You expect politics to be like a romance? You want your heart to fill with passion when you vote?<br/><br/>It&#39;s a steering wheel. You steer in the direction you want. Or you don&#39;t. So someone else steers it to worse<br/><br/>That&#39;s it. That&#39;s the entire magic. You will never ever get better than that<br/><br/>Well... you could get a good direction and build on it iteratively to better<br/><br/>But you won&#39;t vote. So we get worse<br/><br/>What is it about the obvious that escapes you here? 2024-07-05T20:22:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5mvpwjj3afe88hgfnga3e7y6wwyd8vfq64ncfzyf0tvf83uqtdgzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g9gt6dp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28gpu6gyzhm7gnlfzc49m6hl947w0vu95jhje7x4pltcxcvfes0q9s7n8f'>nevent1q…7n8f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>of course it doesn&#39;t serve you. you don&#39;t participate<br/><br/>just amazing how that works, isn&#39;t it professor?<br/><br/>so let me just get this clear, what you believe: without any input from you, the world is just going to magically provide you with the perfect candidate, out of nowhere. and *THEN* you vote<br/><br/>without any feedback (a simple vote), what you want is just going to appear out of thin air on a silver platter?<br/><br/>a simple vote for *a direction* is beneath you. you want perfect up front<br/><br/>🤣 🤣 🤣 2024-07-05T16:22:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8g0cevk6htua3j8na2eupketldva6y3h5hxv8cdrr496548n6vpszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gv3yqke In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmxnfvsfvkv6av34rs2649lpvjmkq8t9n3cdehkvsvp7uhvlq9sgzzgruy'>nevent1q…gruy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not my responsibility to convince you to do your responsibility. You are merely defining the terms on how you are failing everything you care about, and you don&#39;t even understand how. 2024-07-05T04:06:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93zr0xjjmrz2x98csza9p9rl7f99c02qgx6pftg5amatwwea50ygzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gswfscm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwtm98ccfhecnznesn6hjesv370sprmf8a7dzxz3d6lqxf2ch7jg9m7esu'>nevent1q…7esu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>100% bullshit<br/><br/>a vote is a move in a right direction<br/><br/>not voting means you&#39;re fine with things getting worse<br/><br/>you never wait until you get perfect, then you vote. it never ever works like that<br/><br/>the only way you get better candidates is to vote consistently, then people build off why people are voting and you get better next iteration<br/><br/>not voting is for the completely clueless or toxic perfectionists, who have no idea of their vote&#39;s worth or how things work, and they only make things worse 2024-07-05T02:48:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrjpwt6y6m2p4h2vv4ktclfsssjjnyn9vmy3s3enc6hnhws4l38qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7ge2d68v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrxck40fn7vjk0h5xgu639xyvm8wx49temgc0s6dv23yl5zd7aauq0udc4l'>nevent1q…dc4l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>voting is a social responsibility. the op ed is repugnant no matter who the candidates are 2024-07-05T00:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjk5raupuksmgsklj7cm5qz8pjehaa322qma339rm86w6fe7qp9qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g7hu9q2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7n7nktrxaswj33cdx05sg2p3srzycf4nktlnse0gadv44xjnkhqw7m6ja'>nevent1q…m6ja</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Zero argument.<br/><br/>I hate the #ElectoralCollege and most Americans do too. We need to get enough focus on the issue, over a sustained enough period of time, to get it abolished. That&#39;s hard to do. Compound that with the perception of a party that thinks it needs the EC to win, and we&#39;re screwed.<br/><br/>Some would take this as an argument to detach and vote less.<br/><br/>I take it as an argument to engage harder and #vote more, primaries and general. 2024-06-24T19:59:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsft2x2mje4vrw4mvyp24zuxj24vexhvuj9hcvhv8cvxnnfy52ut6szyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g82k2ax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv0setqw5pphzjnyn3fjfggl2vg662h5hmat905s6yga744wg3fc58ygzk'>nevent1q…ygzk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#GreenParty voters vote with their hearts<br/><br/>But zero brains<br/><br/>Our FPTP voting system is a pile of shit. But that doesn&#39;t change the fact it is real. And in this crap system a 3rd party vote steals from the Dems and gives the GOP<br/><br/>I don&#39;t like that. But it doesn&#39;t matter if I don&#39;t like it. It&#39;s real<br/><br/>So for someone to be so clueless about that, or to simply go &#34;well I don&#39;t like reality so I&#39;m going to ignore it...&#34; and then help Trump win?<br/><br/>Da fuq? 2024-06-24T19:21:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy50tt4scu7hzxfjxes2s29a60lur6gv6t86y92v0epprnu5jyp3gzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gu3zd0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2f782wlvs932c3j5nzgmg8pwsfd9d20s4qarrzlkvhtuwsz7vqxg3wnzh5'>nevent1q…nzh5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>then you agree with me its a rock solid truth<br/><br/>green voters are not random points in space, they are naturally more close ideologically with the dems<br/><br/>and yes of course it&#39;s not a 100% transfer of votes from green to dem, but obviously some percentage of them would<br/><br/>forget florida in 2000 for a moment, because that&#39;s an obvious point for nader voters losing the presidency to bush<br/><br/>simply apply your mathematical mind to new hampshire:<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Hampshire">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Hampshire</a> 2024-06-24T18:21:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst323zyf4cwls4detcr0t05y4cyj642p6pkw0a2kpdjpmr50swu9qzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gt3aq24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxp3nnfpzrjpr4zghyqgw2jth7jk6sw79yznnc8ltlhxfc0s59dmcnhuf8n'>nevent1q…uf8n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>dude the issue is how the vote on the left is divided, not the vote on the right<br/><br/>we got bush and the invasion of iraq because of nader voters, 100% rock solid truth<br/><br/>we got trump and all the subsequent hell because of stein voters... possibly<br/><br/>i don&#39;t like that our system works this way, but this is indeed how our bs FPTP voting system works<br/><br/>we need ranked choice voting, then everyone can vote their conscience<br/><br/>but until then, you *have* to vote tactically 2024-06-24T17:38:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ngxa6m6tgza7ucg9za2sdkc55yfedr4da7yjj9rgyrk39xy0hdczyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7grk586v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpm2vk9cqppughsx479y0dwnr3ym4zg73qcpgulzt4pr96zqwz7q9t5079'>nevent1q…5079</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that&#39;s not the way it works<br/><br/>because of our bs #FPTP system, a 3rd party vote is a vote for #trump<br/><br/>i don&#39;t like that, but that&#39;s the way it is<br/><br/>we need #rankedchoicevoting, creeping in under democrat acquiescence in maine, nyc, etc (while the GOP suppresses the vote)<br/><br/>with #rcv you can vote 3rd party safely, and i will too<br/><br/>but don&#39;t hand the country to trump because you don&#39;t understand/ accept the reality of the bs system we currently operate under 2024-06-24T17:20:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zk4qprwmtsn8cel6w0xt2gcza9a0t9y0mcu29lsc4epfysmf73gzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g6uxefq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dftn2qmttsjrv30errtl0grr2lmxt4l7pu0fkwetr70tu37urvcapwtvl'>nevent1q…wtvl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we still live in democracies, however flawed, and blaming the system the fascists want to destroy, on the victims of fascism, is absurd and odious<br/><br/>please put blame only where blame is due: the fascists. the plutocrats. the bigots. the corporations<br/><br/>or you are helping the fascists by misdirecting blame<br/><br/>if you say democracy is already dead and destroyed, what then? we fight in the streets? do you understand what your defeatism here is doing? we need to #vote 2024-06-05T11:59:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp9mt7ru8wg2780ranp9g69jk2at99jznw24ffmnsdf7xwlqj79czyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7g64lc5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvdt8frxxm7s4e0atczuynxtcp6crkjtueg4e72kdkjtz7mr236qtv5w3g'>nevent1q…5w3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>he can&#39;t read it? 🤣 🤣 🤣 <br/><br/>apologies<br/><br/>i didn&#39;t know threads control over content was so one-way<br/><br/>what a world 2024-05-31T13:01:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszypxv5jk6phc8umm0tnzpwcttdj2h8w968lxzsfwu856v6gt57vszyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gwueyfv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vhhls3ntd88hyf3p5sg60nycgmdlzvmdft9xec2kjj9lnyjw56g5le4zx'>nevent1q…e4zx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i have zero doubt you guys are doing amazing #UI work<br/><br/>our problem of course is the centralized control #meta represents on content, with opaque algorithms. no doubt used to squash CSAM and right wing hate... but also anything outside facebook&#39;s plutocratic agenda<br/><br/>#centralized is dead. #decentralized is the future. it&#39;s why #threads exists at all reaching out to #mastodon<br/><br/>but meta will not eat us<br/><br/>we will eat you<br/><br/>Adam: leave the dark empire and join the free #fediverse my friend 2024-05-31T12:59:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy6jh7ttn2umsjeag5jtc9ug0s5758ahnu9m8gx2rzhueehgks3lqzyqeme2gnvsxfkpd5ga2l2q0ldd4shjsere7wwymh5t7m8uakrrm7gmgp2cn With #Iran attacking #Israel, I&#39;d like to point out the concept of a side channel attack in intelligence gathering<br/><br/>This is Google Maps info on the Papa John&#39;s Pizzeria near the #Pentagon right now<br/><br/>notice something interesting about the little &#34;busier than usual&#34; indicator<br/><br/>and, why would that be, gentle reader?<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/266/181/146/719/888/original/cddbd66fc96d47ec.png"> <br/> 2024-04-13T22:07:24Z