Nostr notes by Pino Carafa

Exactly. He knows "it was rigged" is never going to fly. ...

2026-11-04T17:29:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…63d0
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Exactly. He knows "it was rigged" is never going to fly. So watch him go for what he thinks is the next best thing: throwing the GOP under the bus. Whatever he thinks he can profit most from.

I found that a little hard to find so: https://<your server ...

2026-10-17T09:24:17Z

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I found that a little hard to find so:

https://<your server here>/oauth/authorized_applications

indees

2026-10-12T21:59:37Z

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indees

The funniest thing is that he's a centre-left candidate. His ...

2026-10-10T17:17:49Z

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The funniest thing is that he's a centre-left candidate. His parents have some explaining to do.

SI Shaggin' Imbecility

2026-10-08T19:18:10Z

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SI

Shaggin' Imbecility

Sadly I cannot boycott them. You cannot boycott an establishment ...

2026-09-27T21:25:48Z

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Sadly I cannot boycott them. You cannot boycott an establishment that you already never visit.

rest assured that most of us here in Ireland realise that if ...

2026-09-17T18:09:33Z

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rest assured that most of us here in Ireland realise that if there are even any brain cells firing behind that disgusting facial sphincter that passes for that man's mouth, the only time Donald Trump ever says anything for an actual reason, he just does it to stir shit. Nothing that thing ever says should ever be taken seriously.

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2026-08-12T18:36:12Z

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We should only let USians into our country if they agree to carry ...

2026-08-10T19:09:17Z

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We should only let USians into our country if they agree to carry a bell, ring it at regular intervals and shout "UNCLEAN.... UNCLEAN"

I would argue that if you make up 0.5 to 1 percent of the ...

2026-08-10T17:48:58Z

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I would argue that if you make up 0.5 to 1 percent of the population you may be a minority but NOT a "tiny" one. That's hundreds of thousands of people in your UK. That means almost everyone would know someone who is trans. That means there can be zero excuse for being bigoted.

Maybe that's why you can't get through to them. Their ...

2026-08-09T13:05:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…30z0
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Maybe that's why you can't get through to them.

Their worldview is: "the world is shit. There is nothing I can do about it so I will just sit here and wallow"

Then when you tell them they should vote they think you're telling them to interrupt their precious wallowing time with a biennial trek to a voting boot and go home to wallow for the next two years. They don't realise you're telling them that the voting is an interruption to the main job: working on a better world.

Well said. The cynic sees only pointless optimism. They think ...

2026-08-09T12:55:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…nuru
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Well said. The cynic sees only pointless optimism. They think people who try to be positive just sit on their arses claiming that just "thinking positive thoughts" would make the world better. Of course it won't. But what cynics don't get is that there are people who realise that being positive not just involves thoughts but also actions. The world can become a better place if we put the effort in and don't let disappointments along the way stop us from trying.

This week they will finalise the finer details of Donald J. ...

2026-06-14T23:48:48Z

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This week they will finalise the finer details of Donald J. Trump's surrender.

There was something fundamentally wrong when a person could ...

2026-06-12T18:44:14Z

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There was something fundamentally wrong when a person could become a billionnaire. There aren't even words to describe a world in which one person can amass a thousand times such an obscene level of wealth.

The English see Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as vassal ...

2026-05-27T17:51:14Z

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The English see Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as vassal states.

It would of course have been smoother for Westminster to give "permission" to hold such a referendum, but your independence is your choice to make, not their privilege to grant. Take your freedom and present them with a fait accompli. They can't respond with the same violence and murder they used against the Irish when they did the same a century ago. You can do this.

Maybe that is part of the attraction. They aren't voting for ...

2026-05-24T14:52:39Z

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Maybe that is part of the attraction. They aren't voting for Farage because they think he will improve things for them, but because they think that he will make things equally bad for everyone and that's bizarrely experienced as a "fairer" result.

Maybe stop talking about Farage and start showing how you will actuallly make everybody's life better. Voters will ask "how will voting for you benefit ME?"

Show them.

It's self defeating and stupid of people to vote Reform, but ...

2026-05-24T11:51:44Z

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It's self defeating and stupid of people to vote Reform, but a lot of people in the UK and elsewhere feel passed over, ignored, pushed to the back of the queue. And in typical fashion they take it out on the person ahead of them in the queue, rather than those who are responsible for how the queues work, and besides, those people are untouchable. So they vote to watch the world burn. I can ALMOST understand it.

Someone posted an article a few days ago that featured the same ...

2026-05-21T08:38:09Z

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Someone posted an article a few days ago that featured the same graph. It also highlighted a massive flaw in the representation. What looks like losses from Labour to Reform is actually an artefact of the FPTP system, and it represents Reform's ability to mobilise people who wouldn't have voted otherwise. Labour's losses, allegedly, are mainly to the Greens. I can't find the article now, sorry.

Fair point but I'm powerless to do anything about that. The ...

2026-05-18T18:42:51Z

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Fair point but I'm powerless to do anything about that. The only thing I have any control over are my own choices .... and I can show others how to avoid Google, too.

Yup, that's why I switched to DuckDuckGo and I use its NOAI ...

2026-05-18T18:36:07Z

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Yup, that's why I switched to DuckDuckGo *and* I use its NOAI link for searching.

once again, with feeling: LLMs are unable to separate fact from ...

2026-05-18T18:30:12Z

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once again, with feeling:

LLMs are unable to separate fact from fiction. If it is fed with language samples that link "Gulch", "Toto" "basket" and "hurt the spell" often enough it may spit out such a statement and will have no idea that it is not an accurate representation of what happens in the movie. It has no concept of what a "movie" even is.

Asking LLMs for statements of fact is idiotic.

now make it spin 😁

2026-05-17T12:41:27Z

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now make it spin 😁

Have you started copping on yet that shouting about how much of a ...

2026-05-08T13:39:29Z

Have you started copping on yet that shouting about how much of a gobshite Farage is is NOT going to win you votes?

READ MY FUCKING LIPS

You want votes? Start telling people how THEIR LIVES are going to improve when they vote for you. Pointing at "the others" and going "they're arseholes" is NEVER going to work, even if it's undeniably true.

I read an article a while back explaining how gerrymandering can ...

2026-04-12T22:06:33Z

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I read an article a while back explaining how gerrymandering can backfire but I can't find it now.

And I believe the Hungarian voting system is such that this will ...

2026-04-12T21:34:11Z

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And I believe the Hungarian voting system is such that this will boost the number of seats for the winners significantly? Good for them 😁

Good, and I see your point. But l would also suggest that, while ...

2026-04-09T16:59:26Z

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Good, and I see your point. But l would also suggest that, while you're still on such platforms, you also heavily promote "follow us on Mastodon". Every little bit helps.

whoa. Ad. 1 minute in.... Ad. Another minute in .... Ad.

2026-03-25T18:05:50Z

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whoa. Ad. 1 minute in.... Ad. Another minute in .... Ad.

$3 million is, of course, piddles to a company like Meta. I hope ...

2026-03-25T17:59:08Z

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$3 million is, of course, piddles to a company like Meta. I hope it helps to open the floodgates, though.

A lot of people have been focusing on the illegitimacy of this ...

2026-03-23T09:36:05Z

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A lot of people have been focusing on the illegitimacy of this war and, of course, it is hugely important that that should be addressed.

But we also need to make sure that the message is hammered home that if this war ends with the Iranian regime still in existence and no independently verified proof that any Nuclear weapons development that Iran may or may not be engaged in has stopped then Trump and Netanyahu have officially lost this war. No ifs, buts or maybes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjxr_No-yuY

2026-03-18T11:51:52Z

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjxr_No-yuY

I'm not sure you can put Belgium and Slovakia in the same ...

2026-03-15T10:03:05Z

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I'm not sure you can put Belgium and Slovakia in the same camp.

Slovakia is kissing Putin's arse just like Hungary is. Belgium is just worried about being left to carry the can if Russia finds a way to successfully challenge the financial penalties the EU want to impose. Belgium's opposition can easily be overcome if the rest of the EU would just agree to share the responsibility for dealing with Russian attempts to challenge their actions. Not unreasonable.

As "luck" would have it I posted a toot just before this ...

2026-03-15T09:18:47Z

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As "luck" would have it I posted a toot just before this whole thing kicked off. On the 24th of Feb:

"So if the USA wants to start bombing Iran it better make damn sure it won't be hitting anything other than nuclear enrichment sites and the palaces owned by the regime. Because things will very quickly go to shit if they start killing innocent Iranians."

*sigh*

I agree. This is why I keep saying the USA and Israel have to win ...

2026-03-14T11:33:19Z

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I agree. This is why I keep saying the USA and Israel have to win this war. Not because it's a "good" thing. It most definitely is not. But the alternative is the regime in Iran surviving. I bet that realisation hasn't even started dawning on Trump and his merry bunch of morons.

and the worst thing is that now the USA and Israel must win this ...

2026-02-28T16:50:36Z

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and the worst thing is that now the USA and Israel must win this war. Them winning it would be horrific. It would validate bullying, coercion, a total disregard for how countries are supposed to act on the world stage and we must condemn them for it. But now the war is here. Someone has to win it. And the Iranian regime is one of the few in the world that is SO vile that the USA and Israel winning this war would be the lesser evil. God damn it.

2/2 The Lib Dems should have realised this. Their strategy should ...

2026-02-22T17:48:56Z

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2/2

The Lib Dems should have realised this. Their strategy should have been: change the voting system, if nothing else, do that. Accept that they will lose votes in the next election, but with the new system in place the end result may actually be surprisingly reasonable, even for them. Now leverage the new system for better results.

1/2 This is the problem that every "junior" coalition ...

2026-02-22T17:48:41Z

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1/2

This is the problem that every "junior" coalition partner faces. The bigger party is usually voted in by people who simply vote for them for no better reason than that they always have. The smaller party gets more votes than usual because voters have high hopes. At the end of the term the bigger party is fine because nobody had high expectations of THEM, while the small party gets clobbered because their voters are disappointed in them.

This is the one saving grace in the UK's version of their ...

2026-02-22T11:30:19Z

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This is the one saving grace in the UK's version of their FPTP system. In the UK, "hung" parliaments are at least possible. The FPTP system makes them a lot less common, but it can happen.

So if the Greens find themselves in a "Kingmaker" position, there is one thing they must insist on: a hard commitment from their coalition partner to replace the FPTP voting system with something like PR-STV or vanilla PR. No coalition without it. Period.

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2026-02-21T20:43:46Z

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Still a hansom kitteh at 20. #catsofmastodon Even though he has ...

2026-01-27T23:07:36Z

Still a hansom kitteh at 20. #catsofmastodon

Even though he has had some teeth out and he lost some weight after a recent health scare, my dad's cat Peppone can still strike a pose.

This isn't even "ordinary" narcissism. That statement ...

2026-01-20T22:02:49Z

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This isn't even "ordinary" narcissism. That statement can only come from someone who has become totally untethered from reality. Was this recorded or reported somewhere?

And that's what I'm talking about 😁

2026-01-17T18:35:31Z

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And that's what I'm talking about 😁

Tariffs are taxes on imports, paid by the consumers who buy the ...

2026-01-16T19:16:56Z

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Tariffs are taxes on imports, paid by the consumers who buy the products. He wouldn't be punishing countries, he would be punishing Americans. American voters. With the mid terms coming up.