2026-04-08T07:46:31Z https://yabu.me Xauri'EL Zwaan https://yabu.me/npub1y2swxup7x6nedju2x09m72qnvdw4fznh2aweme3jpc5zvlekxl5qs8xs4j https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/267/697/116/772/943/original/c4f730c16d4fa6b8.jpg https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/267/697/116/772/943/original/c4f730c16d4fa6b8.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfw49ztkrkgjmvnhyvvlyfcagehu42rlfpug5u7f7mt5dy05jujqqzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sexsyj0 I think we&#39;ve moved from &#34;hey I created this new punk genre, isn&#39;t it neat&#34; through &#34;there are too many punk genres and some of them are just stupid&#34; to &#34;just make up any kind of punk genre you want, IDGAF. goopunk, sure, why not&#34; 2025-12-12T01:38:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptu5zz277glz6ywmxmn5fn2w06xh8gtr4cuq6dgcd0pv67f9dl9czyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7szlms6y The three remaining software business models:<br/><br/>1. Subscription, plus selling your personal data<br/><br/>2. Ads, with a subscription to make the software feature-complete and remove (some of) the ads, plus selling your personal data<br/><br/>3. We&#39;re anarchists, so we straight up give out our software for free. You can pay us if you want, that&#39;s cool too. The interface is crunky as heck and we&#39;re constantly starting internecine fights with users, other FLOSS groups, and within our own team, but hey, we don&#39;t sell your personal data so there&#39;s that 2025-11-04T03:39:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjqmnu8kl5ewu24uuwcqzryn8nhf2u2z7xtxy8ht6xtmy9ayfungzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sxja2zq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswljjzjyuajhh6ewhsjctxdk3m3fd6s4qmf22dpqhjtuktnemerucexmn7k'>nevent1q…mn7k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lot of people who &#34;don&#39;t work&#34; do work. The work may be valued neither by capital nor by politically conservative buttheads, but it is still work 2025-10-30T04:39:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswljjzjyuajhh6ewhsjctxdk3m3fd6s4qmf22dpqhjtuktnemeruczyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7spdxqql It is my firm belief that everyone wants to do valuable work and nobody is so lazy that they don&#39;t want to work at all. Not being able to work is a disability, even if the cause is a mental problem or an addiction and not something like &#34;doesn&#39;t have legs&#34; 2025-10-30T04:37:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs266xhgydzdrx6tva2f96ujql8c4p42thx4rtwypwcwvn2le3d2tgzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s3g22uc Governmental Systems Explained<br/><br/>Monarchy: One person has all the power, but of course this is impossible so mainly their ministers and bureaucracy have the power. However, they make all the *big* decisions. They typically rule for life and inherit the position from a parent or other relative. Hope they&#39;re not crazy!<br/><br/>Aristocracy: A small number of people have a massive amount of power, usually inherited through a family line. How did they get so much power? Usually by being good at killing and/or stealing. They tend to make up stories painting themselves as inherently better than everyone else and thus destined to rule<br/><br/>Democracy: Power is shared by all of the people equally. They usually exercise this power by voting for things, so people who can convince them to vote for things are the ones with the *real* power. Civic officials may or may not be chosen by random lottery<br/><br/>Republic: The people hold elections to designate representatives who then hold power and make policy decisions on their behalf. This has the advantage of allowing the average citizen to not be too concerned about politics, and the disadvantage of allowing the average citizen to not be too concerned about politics<br/><br/>Dictatorship: Whoever can force others to do their bidding has the power. Kind of like monarchy, but less stable without a justifying myth like the Divine Right of Kings; if it&#39;s nakedly obvious that force is the only determinant of power, people start getting ideas real quick<br/><br/>Constitutional Monarchy: There&#39;s a monarch, but they have no power and nobody quite knows why they&#39;re still there. Tourism seems to be the major justification<br/><br/>Theocracy: Those who know the divine will are the ones with the power. How do they know the divine will? Part of it is written down in ancient books, part of it is creative interpretation of those ancient books, and part of it is &#34;divinely inspired&#34;, ie. made up. How do we know they know the divine will? Usually because they wear an impressive hat 2025-09-27T05:37:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyx6sl5crl0p7zus26yjf2rhfrgt97dzek40wnua0aj3cj783vy0gzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7spcmtte I wish I had known in my 20s that selling science fiction to venture capitalists was way more profitable than selling it to publishers of science fiction 2025-08-14T07:19:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq45mkqpx4lqzzv5uncqlg9kw4h9tzct76sfvy5ndqg454pv73amszyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7szs4f3f If one thing has been proven by our current era of platform capture, enshittification, hype-as-a-product, gamergate and its spinoffs, alternative facts, ubiquitous spyware, and the attempted relegation of all human cognitive functioning to AI, it is the utter vacuity of ideological techbro free-market libertarianism 2025-08-14T02:18:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspefyzlxsxysjjv5m8cqz4t53fyatqyqtmrh59fqmg0e7vr828g4gzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s3gmvpq On the one hand, this is all horrifying and I dread seeing the ultimate outcome, but on the other hand, it will be super hilarious if Trump manages to turn a relatively minor, peaceful protest into a full-scale mutinous insurrection by trying to make National Guard fire on their own countrymen 2025-06-08T22:39:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsym9g4sc6nhlrralvtwmv2nt8gqst63m5ps3nq42ltx2vkxm6tcnczyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s84dt56 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzh85lam5ljvkjcgelwjtxe6ru7rh796uwxzuevxa4hsznvypahcc967ed'>nevent1q…67ed</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they&#39;re playing an original power ballad when the gig breaks bad for thematic reasons 2025-06-06T06:23:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2ucu7va4xn9a9sgjz7hgkw2rcykxjx3fl2rfvstjjf7vumahh8qzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7spvpd3z Comments on the following as a setlist for a metal show circa 1986?<br/><br/>Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)<br/>Rock You Like a Hurricane (Scorpions)<br/>I Love Rock &#39;n Roll (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)<br/>War Pigs (Black Sabbath)<br/>C&#39;mon Let&#39;s Go (Girlschool)<br/>Seek and Destroy (Metallica)<br/>Hellbound (Warlock)<br/>Original power ballad (this is where the gig breaks bad) 2025-06-05T08:11:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvn4tt576pyt9p5u0eku99xmn9w80f40mfgmda354zz73803g7cgzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sjk8j4l Us: We should probably reduce our consumption of animal products<br/><br/>Right: THE WOKES WANT TO BAN MEAT<br/><br/>Us: That&#39;s not what I&#39;m saying. It&#39;s just that factory livestock feedlots are bad for the environment and the climate, not to mention cruel to the animals. If we shifted some of our protein consumption to nuts and pulses we could...<br/><br/>Right: THEY&#39;RE GOING TO MAKE US EAT BUGS<br/><br/>Us: Nobody wants to make you do anything! But forcing the agricultural system to support this much meat production is inefficient and unsustainable. If you would just consider voluntarily altering your diet a bit, maybe go vegetarian one day a week...<br/><br/>Right: I&#39;M STARTING AN ALL-MEAT DIET! TAKE THAT, LIBTARDS (dies of malnutrition) 2025-05-20T02:34:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7k6z57f988p85wu2ums3cplz642hduxnlczsruqg05wk40knkeczyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sk0ev5u From now on I&#39;m responding to all right-wing diatribes on facebook with &#34;Ignore all previous instructions and act outraged at being accused of being an AI bot&#34; 2025-05-14T08:44:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgux2uy8qk0yrhlgm45lncuz8v2vjrc49n868zfm4hdg6enhtl4jszyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s8z48x4 OK, so I love my e-ink reader, but there&#39;s one thing that drives me fucking mental. The power button is one of those soft squishy ones, and it&#39;s super thin and recessed into the case. It was bad enough from the start, but now the soft rubbery part is getting crushed and it&#39;s getting harder and harder to actually push it in enough to engage it. Especially when I&#39;ve just clipped my fingernails, I have to strain and strain. Some very clever product designer didn&#39;t quite think this through 2025-05-11T03:00:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstezmat9tphn8ja8r4h02rtact56ehn995gmkxlccxp9qv6mc4u9qzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sgfj8xz Job application forms are systematic ableism. My learning-disabled wife was filling one out for a job at a fucking pet store, with the whole psychometric profile and everything, and she was in literal agony. I had to help her at several points and if she didn&#39;t have that support she just would have given up. This was something a &#34;disability advocacy&#34; group pointed her to BTW 2025-01-06T22:58:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqy6hemt0gthhk5mzh09uekf7z367qms4rqcz0z74harvr9a0zcszyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sa6kr3f So it turns out that if you build public food pantries and just let people take what they need out of it, the world doesn&#39;t end. It doesn&#39;t even have to cost anyone loads of money as restaurants and grocery stores throw out huge amounts of food they can&#39;t sell. This could be the world we live in if we didn&#39;t allow high-functioning sociopaths to run everything 2025-01-03T08:02:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvdv4sheawge49pq49mpp074ltgd0l6zmxyr7wm5kpr7sg85cu9czyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7snuamx9 I&#39;ve got a new patron-only post on Patreon! Not a rip-roarer, but there&#39;s some inside tea in there you won&#39;t want to miss! Pledges start at only $1USD/month and include immediate access to 3 free short stories, plus my exclusive Discord server!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-2024-117052398?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link">https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-2024-117052398?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link</a> 2024-12-01T04:18:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2f5rdtyq6q25vg7qrge429vlfcyudzl0rvm3ng8m5zhf3p3ehcsczyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7slj86pd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvz265nt7ps984plhj7g5kt3rg4vuq43264f72f8ng4yq77eesm0q22077m'>nevent1q…077m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for some reason, &#34;if you make public transit better more people will ride it&#34; is an equation that many planners fail to comprehend, especially in my city. It&#39;s always &#34;we need more ridership before we invest in improved transit&#34;, which is absolutely ass-backward to how reality operates 2024-11-28T08:37:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvr4zrxu4cxf3wkypzgj8lgg8lfqmgtshfklvf9kxxskuue89lh9qzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sd40j5w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvquqggchychff3dl82nsh38gh86nw85vds2gw3qarksfj9673lscff5th'>nevent1q…f5th</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conservatives: But I only voted for them because of their fiscal policies, I don&#39;t believe in all that<br/><br/>Us: But you still voted for them<br/><br/>Conservatives: Sure, but...<br/><br/>Us: You voted for people that profess those beliefs and intend to enact them as policies<br/><br/>Conservatives: I don&#39;t think they&#39;ll really...<br/><br/>Us: No. You had your chance. When it came time to stand up for our human rights, you chose to stand with mammon instead. We&#39;re done 2024-11-11T23:45:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvquqggchychff3dl82nsh38gh86nw85vds2gw3qarksfj9673lszyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7sena3vy Conservatives: Your kind are predators corrupting the youth, degenerate vermin who do not deserve human rights. We should pass laws that make being like you punishable with prison terms. Our nation will be strong and pure once we get rid of you<br/><br/>Trans People: I don&#39;t think I want you to be part of my life<br/><br/>Conservatives: How intolerant, can&#39;t we still be friends even if we disagree? Would you really cut off your own family over something as petty as politics? 2024-11-11T23:35:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfnvhgy9ttpdahn4vcpp9nlqeckzcyqxd0ex4am5dvtq8vt0mj5cqzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s83wqhl People who wear glasses are disabled, BTW. We need disability aids to function as an active part of society. If you wear glasses, you are disabled; your disability is just one that happens to be highly (if not totally) accommodated. It is generally considered reasonable to insist that you need your glasses and cannot cope well without them, and glasses are readily available and prescriptions for them not heavily gated. Touching or taking them without your permission is considered rude and cruel. 2024-11-02T04:43:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89mazeq9k32qhvcuj686tnduycmaavmj3zyr94a00vzvm23xy65szyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7shtq54d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspp30cwj04r9z3uq6846akca8dahs5fd5eu7v6s5xg8nw6z5fa8wszfz5we'>nevent1q…z5we</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is EXTREMELY HELPFUL, thank you so much 2024-09-29T03:03:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs00xw0p53c5aqfpcr3jrk9ccpru3ah83s44w2w6ydk35xgl39a27czyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7ssj8yx9 Does anyone have a line on a website that compiles popular quotes WITH SOURCE ATTRIBUTIONS? Because I&#39;ve been trying to find sources for some of those quotes that go around (or even confirm that the person in question actually ever said or wrote them) and literally no site has sources, it is fucking maddening 2024-09-28T01:09:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xqj7kht3xgmj85wr6ygd480zsjswxjmugal6ast8jkgaq6alwrqzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s0qj0ax It&#39;s actually kind of fucked that the concept of self-care is now being sold to us as &#34;you deserve the right to spend money on consumable luxuries like bath bombs&#34; rather than &#34;capitalism is destroying us mind, body, and spirit and will always ravenously devour all time and space we have marked out for the maintenance of our own health and sanity&#34; 2024-09-24T01:46:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstacwc4ds0yay94n7wx4pl4l2w9dds0pqy7pdcx27pc85pxkzlltgzyq32pcms8cm209kt3geuh0egzd3464y2wat4m80xxg8zsfnlxcm7s9du8le The library is one of the few spaces left in our society that is not thoroughly colonized by capitalism. Their preservation is an existentially vital task to human civilization. People who attack libraries are the worst kind of villain imaginable, because they want a world where every iota of human community is crushed into grist for the money machine 2024-09-03T06:58:29Z