2026-04-18T06:03:01Z https://yabu.me A Tattered Scrapbook https://yabu.me/npub1yjajwaucs63dx7na373d4n0vr667wlsptzm46qw94rlkzcmj54hqu2x00s https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/311/637/755/391/667/original/6baf213cc3a1ec8d.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/311/637/755/391/667/original/6baf213cc3a1ec8d.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8xfjx9zy9dkk4anl7xapldrkvr0hu6s9kddvyp2us463qcmmzgqzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuxw5lh5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgglyh2cc2dvs4xwvs6jea3hgae3y06t6l8w4k0euuesgkdsdawvqv2sg4p'>nevent1q…sg4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More than 5000 wounded! That’s more than 100 people per day, shot for being desperate for food, by the people starving them.<br/>If someone equates opposing this with anti-semitism, what do *they* think about Jewish people? 2025-06-30T11:29:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrw8xtnel5nejjn3ncvmanls5d20pf8lnmr8n0j7cvuh7szkx7k7qzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuasltyt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrskqcwv68zkccfs60k5hsglpx3m0f00h6ncwcfmgpphjd6d6qfs9uqtpd'>nevent1q…qtpd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whenever I see Starmer, I think “England prevails”, he’s so like the grubby little fascists in V for Vendetta. 2025-06-29T21:57:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23sj2rvza5pmwt2nczs6phmwwchl0kk6ujp0k6rz5sd4heqy5r4qzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuqfr79e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9nkh7x74naex4n8k229hxffc66rlr2qpa9aed8pw6k7jtc0z7amqv0qkr2'>nevent1q…qkr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Despite its appalling history, I have never been so ashamed to be a UK national. 2025-06-13T11:29:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxad5xttccyh40gkaudk0zyl70ve77udp88f3rg0s6crku08gtpczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkupwchms In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5czt5gu2jw9vs2d5mre0evvw6wxlsjl5h3rt2ydg8amtg5a2xjq2p9yr3'>nevent1q…9yr3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Appropriate selfie for child murdering Zionists. 2025-06-09T22:53:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqjamwzp59ymqnyjhvxcc5w53gyupt00ymw4huezyy8aet2ypj84czyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku0fzqgg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswuuz5rjdl2j4u26kaf0zyfcj6fsd5ct5zrpw3tja74ux248vzdmq8eekvt'>nevent1q…ekvt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As a fellow mastodon social user, I wonder if you know that your posts are often half-hidden under other posts on the Mastodon app? Aral Balkan was criticizing the instance’s pro-Israeli bias. Perhaps it’s time we looked for another instance? 2025-06-06T22:56:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5hmf8qyqej8d5npm6rrpgjwgz4tm8w7wrys684hykmrulkwqthczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkukyhexc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstacc9x47ak9c0j74frly9rtx9aau3urafqr8pr4tsk3tqwfqmxtq8v8ydq'>nevent1q…8ydq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Because Liberals always serve the same interest groups as Conservatives… 2025-06-05T03:32:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs828yalwfk8j4mgaf5dwmgnl8k4fxny2wrzlnx8zs0c76xu5455fqzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku93k3c5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvtm98wl3fdxcxvdp9zj0j6m93k6u45erq253xnvxyv4jj6ykh9sw4zx0s'>nevent1q…zx0s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The right media attacked him on two grounds; appearance and communist Russia. The same approach was used with Corbyn, until they used AS to get rid of him. The power of propaganda wins elections. 2025-05-13T20:55:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqlpt4csly90krx6wasgzpwct9hvqre2vlpf7ykpgpfcsnleq0hczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuljttnc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tz24p0x8v8xdu633k05p6cunhyyepz68wyqllk4tmfxy24ps7hswcmesg'>nevent1q…mesg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have made this point many times. Israel Zangwill disagreed with Herzl’s plan for settling Palestine when he found out how many people lived there. Zangwill was a foundational Zionist, but he changed to favour a homeland in South America in order to avoid displacing Palestinians. Zangwill knew; therefore, Herzl knew. He just didn’t care. 2025-05-09T11:18:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2pnd5p6nnyk5m048a6l0kw6y4hej8aulsfpw4336krk89ekpnmfszyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuf42g4f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx020zmypfq55kqlty553zpay49hk3x4rejdf5ch5ser2vqwyv6hg9y30mq'>nevent1q…30mq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Courageous and principled. You’re an excellent example. 2025-03-15T22:52:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd680vv3e2ne094lyqeq8f7p9ch4ggzrfxdq5267gc78a3t2vunuczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkugyvtsl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9eu9lz38ygl9v8m7dysjfmhwnr9aj0fcr0wp2qedxljcfwgy4vrc9cvgst'>nevent1q…vgst</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If not for Japan, the US would never have fought Hitler. 2025-03-03T11:01:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hkel50d65vjpn84pjw2yjnhw2vefsrgk4rx02gn7pshrsyzqc7czyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku6yu25x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvwxdgeyjrsuwrf6w0j0rfchhkklc0kdk99hp4s77yjn8gz6f27qc84pcj7'>nevent1q…pcj7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m an old school socialist. I have some sympathy with anarchism, while also having some questions. I’ve encountered some pretty right-wing capitalist-anarchists, who, like Musk, want to dismantle the state to enable greater corporate predation. Class-consciousness is essential, in my opinion. 2025-02-25T20:07:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cqv65zncndtfyq7hsl20qkaunmn8pgy6h5zt2fdeqtrac2uq3hgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkud8sc0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr4yay4m53rrtj8sdsw95n2eak9udur8a0hz23p9lryha78ydf4qwguja8'>nevent1q…uja8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A lot of this is the hangover of how effective McCarthyism was.<br/><br/>People like Malcolm X or Muhammad Ali got it… 2025-02-25T10:41:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspesaeqzygm5820jm2autrd2s5ulwphahhmrwqewuxw3tzvtkp6rszyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku6r49uj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvasrqh323lcx0v69q7sypqe04a2tpwcd09x2dnuwujhsq9uf0js3p8fdq'>nevent1q…8fdq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You would think by now that “liberals” would have realized that the strategy of giving right-wingers what they want so that the right doesn’t win actually means that the right has *already* won. One does not stop fascism by doing fascists’ work for them. 2025-02-05T02:53:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqnepm6lcvd2g0qvyq2a3dzu25mvyzwkg4pkf9dtpmqm348r6j5qzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkugdyned In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xv7kvyrvet768gcjqny0j3ehwlxr2hymyyv3v5r4xs74kd0vmjcwsswps'>nevent1q…swps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Where are the Trade Unions? It’s clear (and has been clear since Starmer took over) that this version of the party cares nothing for the workers, the retired, the sick, the poor,… The party is supposed to be the political arm of the Trades Union movement. Where is the Union action? Where is the threat of defunding? Is there nobody left in Britain that gives tuppence for the working class? 2025-01-14T11:26:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7nlumprcx5l62e2u30gdzlxdylctclfjf453638yu5kr8vfnh3gzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku3ffuap In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94el8a09l07gz98xdqtlguc2puzs8daavpewat643p705ucmc6wcpg5fs0'>nevent1q…5fs0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The world’s self-described greatest democracy showing that it can’t protect itself from a grubby gang of con-men… 2025-01-14T11:15:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjqqf42flettgwwyjvfeglkxnugmuaewas2ss5xkcxr87n6adn5czyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkug92us8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyggc7k5vn7n375ytfvq2jnakw75l9ahegrvckvhdpur3sqcly0ygayqre6'>nevent1q…qre6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And now I understand why you blame the electorate. 2024-12-10T05:48:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqdy6y9xtvsxvak6hz80hnq086ar2a7qk5kumnk3l6vdff0lf2tlgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuxsc6jp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd8dekh6zcd5k20xt7cjv4chm0mpzqrrtsgfwyjja0d2paeeamapqv3vdj4'>nevent1q…vdj4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sadly, I’m not sure that it is the reality anymore. I imagine that the appalling corruption of the USian two party state is about to mutate into something worse.<br/><br/>And, from a distance, I blame the conservatism of the Dems, who failed to make the most of a four year opportunity, believing that they could appease the GOP. 2024-12-10T03:19:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyeuqz2m4faxwku67s7s2vnq2wqenvmqq2p7pwzgx0uaad4zd7jgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkug68lhl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xfkpr4tlrlx03emxp33drv8ksqg0xuu80vyrnnmmgpqcacad5cq620ctr'>nevent1q…0ctr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Democrats weren’t really opposing the status quo, were they?<br/><br/>Blaming the electorate for the outcome of a two party state system is something of a conservative strategy, no? Like the “good” mom blaming the child for the beating it’s going to get from dad. 2024-12-09T22:55:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswclen077c2sjmkvljs4nlryzvuqj5dy28rdxc48wex0r3ug80pmczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkux99chx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv29mlenmf0gqx0235c058qfhnelcprqa29ptzyz5ur85y8efgz7qd7vl04'>nevent1q…vl04</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A quarter of a million old folk should have enough kids and grandkids to put fear into this wooden fake socialist. It’s about time Brits reminded the Labour government that it is there to serve the people. 2024-11-22T21:43:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86jchgar92y36yj5qeagsrxqhrzlujxxhwvn57h9uksfdt6uewjgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuwmzzw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5fc7v84eqjtxk5lx30qytv4xm534rplqsen2y4fjg8d5ecywtescdynhq'>nevent1q…ynhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Make them useful. Plant a tree on top of every billionaire grave. 2024-10-24T03:22:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmy9wqp927yawhgnqxshhvk8paglq4y53qc0zcj20s3c345tzxuszyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku0c0eea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxa6em5ethx6w7zq28crjwjjyr4aurqnw545kjfzxn8adw5v08dns0pus3e'>nevent1q…us3e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bearwashing? 2024-10-22T11:33:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9q7hdqyxu2m4k3u4a84aex2cqz54dyscsfr88c6kacwgx3fjfuhgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuay97ew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkyjftwes2xxrgdjs98g3xr482xl372w2nq4k93szt3xq789dv3qgq7ju5'>nevent1q…7ju5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At a slight tangent, Japan’s experience of Western design is beautifully captured at Meiji Mura. <br/><br/>Definitely not European, but a beautiful project preserving the influence of European and American architecture in the Meiji period.<br/><br/>I’m sure you have featured it; but I really love the place! 2024-10-11T23:24:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvm95qlrdju0paslpmpmd7ml9r6k6uenah34pnxcpyjuljgqdrhgqzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuy2aryj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkwkz3kkgk0wz8l66p9a6pcmwed2lm5ml9cmh89y2nkxpl4dpe9qrln8k0'>nevent1q…n8k0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How about the US, arming and supporting this behaviour?<br/><br/>It might be time to revisit Bush’s “Axis of Evil” and think about who deserves such a name. 2024-10-08T08:14:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfshl2yj9q52fsr5j7pddx2zkn87e7lllu5j2m58y6d3cuevt8s0szyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkurdu6kt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88dccr2t5s7vr286mpp0wddzxuj0gtcv2ns6f7v8ln2yc84xe0dc63gaex'>nevent1q…gaex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both seem to be doing fine with Biden… 2024-10-07T01:04:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffmyp3zsl7srdaywwfqvrlz0gr0rjtrn70e0xda5uyf3yurkr7dczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuq4nmuy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydldwxm6rs2pd82tv8ck0vsfpgraj5rjjmj5uqdw62wegmr923msz5ex3g'>nevent1q…ex3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed.<br/><br/>But without political action, an award is just sending a ribbon to *go with* the bombs that the US is sending. <br/><br/>An election is coming up in which neither main candidate will stop the slaughter. Awards can too easily mask inaction. 2024-09-27T12:40:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfs62vhjnnrshe80232dm6q3l0yuz6vvghm7wwma2xmfeqj7xav8gzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkudlkher In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8splvggt437wl0424ym87zsjquynwvaepfpg8yr5fgrzz4dm7frsy595v8'>nevent1q…95v8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve just read Jack London’s ringside report on the Johnson vs Jeffries fight in 1910. Johnson’s importance to black people cannot be overlooked. And I think that is also true of Bruno, Conteh,…<br/><br/>Boxing is horrific; and still these brave men were symbols in a country that really needed prominent black figures. <br/><br/>People like my dad had a choice, cheer for the black guy or stop cheering for the Brit. It mattered. 2024-09-27T09:48:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23faazlc4ja2cgg0x475na657u87eh9nwmlnj7rarkm59n99xs4gzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkujlwqa4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgs6ezv6jgvycmdq8p4du6lfpnruuvrzyhz6drp5ccjk0puglnqgccf4jh9'>nevent1q…4jh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am sorry that you think my comment is ridiculous. It was not meant to demean, in any way, a wonderful journalist’s achievements in horrific conditions.<br/><br/>Rather my target was the US’ tendency to give ‘awards’ of conscience while electing people who enact blood-soaked policies, from the nation’s foundation to the present. 2024-09-27T09:38:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsth462x78f2x5pd0j4zvawsz4a89t37yx7z9cweeqx6kwfjw50h6qzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkugq93q6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvm6u9gz3nvyjdk00s7m37shqkd6uf96347c3uya7k2klhswutesqsqfkx0'>nevent1q…fkx0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Same day as the country of the awards ceremony gives $8.7 billion in military aid to the country murdering Bisan’s people, hidden behind the US President calling for a ceasefire.<br/><br/>I hope that the award will be refused, until the US no longer has a President complicit in genocide, whenever that may happen to be. 2024-09-27T03:36:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs94cqlvt6t6d2d3k7fgldcgnzwhdzujr9srunrfmq57k2y38ypscszyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkuuashdw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkhcuwh4lvcy8twc2wy9hzk4fe6ytckgda84jwyuw547xje0kvwg6fxrpe'>nevent1q…xrpe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Worldwide. Just one of the USian problems that doesn’t stop at the border. 2024-08-07T21:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs887zqp0vj3w2ph055mflfmxw5qxss8nuemyqzykvj5ah3ntlkvvgzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku5z3egd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsym7mdz0elhxjn7yxugjak5n9lchnsht55etldndxclmjwxpprefqf9p3c5'>nevent1q…p3c5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I live in Japan and I used to live in China, so I have an interest in peace. <br/><br/>It would probably help if successive US presidents stopped dumping on China. I swear for every banned product or trade embargo, the US pushes China closer to Putin and Kim. 2024-06-21T12:09:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkrhudw2xkamt3d7nxz444750vatqhag7h5xpahnathu3e8tgtfczyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jkunrrvqf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9x7a0sjv54z2a44ss2kw0zgc32quae357xfgcxrcss4s7nhhw0vqyj7jyh'>nevent1q…7jyh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I disagree with the take here. I don’t think China is “testing the US response”. I also think that the Philippines placing military on the disputed island is “escalation”. This is not to defend Chinese actions. It is merely to indicate (typically American) anti-Chinese bias. 2024-06-20T22:14:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxkxmez9r0m2h9msx8lq9ad72qfzjjm5y0r622g8x5rfqmpcqy8qzyqjtkfmhnzr295m60k869kkdas0ttem7q9vtwhgpck507ctrw2jku8qp9hq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfyv7a5zvwgrh0q44uqm2t6xk5jjgh04cjvlx2a37zxalkhpnqwqvd5q3l'>nevent1q…5q3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>While you are right, they don’t even have to explicitly want to “support” Palestinians. They just need to want to separate themselves from businesses and interests willing to slaughter civilians. And, as the original poster noted, that should not be a hard ask for a place of higher learning. 2024-05-03T14:38:57Z