=== ANCHOR POEM ===
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 @user-880
[picture of a mastodon post that's 15 characters over the limit. So I decided to just put the contents of the post here instead, where there's an extra five hundred ish characters to work with.]  men are my favorite part of humanity. Well, aside from women. It's pretty much tied in my mind, they're both pretty great.  what's that? you don't know why? oh well let me tell you...!  there once was a man who lived somewhere that gave him a pretty good tan. he was strong because he liked using his body, and he was friendly because he liked how it felt to be adored. he helped those weaker than him, because he knew they would help him when he was weakened, whether by age, sickness, or injury.  then, came the witch. she told him that there was a promised land, and that all he had to do to reach it was to take unto his hand this sword that she handed to the man, and slay his greatest of rivals.  but the man turned down her plan, and he embraced his rival as a friend. for they were together, in the end, and it turns out they were super duper gay and really reallllllly into each other. and the witch was like "damn I was trying to teach morality or something" and she went off to pout in the shade of a willow tree.  [end text]
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 fediverse/6403 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────
 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: CW: politics-mentioned-radical-revolution-minus-the-revolt-please-I'd-like-to-stay-alive-and-sane-please-mentioned │
 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


 🖼
as soon as the gods noticed what I was doing, they tried to distract me.  *sigh*, I guess I'll go minigolfing with you. Sure, let's go on a hike. Okay, restaurant sounds nice. Yeah, I'll snuggle you.  oy, I'm trying to start a revolution here, and it's so damn hard (years not moments)  ... been listening to green day recently, I see. HMMMMM okay all I'll say is that I wanted to WIN a revolution, not just... have one in general. I had the [austerity/audacity] to dream of what came next, and how we could organize through the motion.  I've never read Marx. Not my thing. I've read what people say about it and it's usually like, "you should read this thing" and not "there are helpful things in it" with a subtle and often unsead "if you spend all your effort reading you won't do the things" and then you go and read it and it's like "here's how you avoid the climate change of human needs" and you're like hmmmm yes I see we should build guillotines and it's like "wait I missed a step can you" and then the kings get d
                                                           ────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘

--- #2 messages/535 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
  
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #3 fediverse/4964 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────

"we cannot win"  is a lie they tell you so that we cannot win  if we all believed that, I think we'd die.  and yet still we profane  and yet still we remain  contrasting and opposing their untruths.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘

--- #4 fediverse/5571 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────

the world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.  And our governments are very much the same.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘

--- #5 fediverse/3933 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────

a picture of an anime girl looking at the number 2024 with an empty progress bar underneath it.  she blinks, there is darkness.  she re-opens her eyes, and she looks at the number 2024 with an 80% full progress bar underneath it.  she gazes on impassively.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘

--- #6 fediverse_boost/56 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
                                                                              
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #7 fediverse/4150 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: AI-LLM-mentioned-injustice-exampled │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────┘


 🖼
Reminder that Aaron Schwartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led him to take his own life.  But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘

--- #8 fediverse_boost/6174 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
                                                                              
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #9 fediverse_boost/4841 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  I am a former FBI Computer Scientist that worked in the Philadelphia Division of the FBI, and was promoted to Cyber Division Headquarters; during my time I worked on numerous criminal and national security matters, and had the fortunate opportunity to see the direct impact my job had in making America safer and saving lives. Since leaving the FBI, I've worked as a Privacy and Security engineer for companies such as Twitter and Google. I am also an Eagle Scout who continues to live by the code and ethics set since I was a young child.  
                                                                              
  I am writing to share how horrified I am with regards to the existential threats that my friends and former colleagues face right now. The acting director of the FBI was ordered to provide a list of all employees who worked on any January 6th matter; this includes not just Special Agents, but Intelligence Analysts, Computer Forensics Examiners, Computer Scientists, and more. These cases were lawfully investigated, supported by Judges, followed due process, and in many cases resulted in convictions by jury. These employees were doing their job, and are now threatened for following the oath we all swore. I fear not only for their safety, but also the safety of our country as these employees not only investigated these matters, but numerous others that have immediate impact on national security and saving lives, just like my career had done. Our foreign adversaries are using this as an opportunity, right now, to attack our country. Please use your voice to support the FBI and its employees immediately.  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #10 fediverse_boost/3790 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
                                                                              
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #11 messages/739 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
  
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #12 fediverse/6361 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────
 sometimes I like playing two lofi/ambient playlists at once. if they don't
 sync up I switch one of them until it feels fine.
                                                           ────┐
 similar                        chronological                        different════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘

--- #13 fediverse/4331 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────
 I feel like any family member that cared about another person would forgive
 them for how they behaved in the past. like... "I was a stressed and depressed
 little boy, now I'm a blossoming flower. Treat me like a flower. This is who I
 am."
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘

--- #14 fediverse/1474 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 @user-882
Image attachment Image attachment
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘

--- #15 fediverse/4107 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────
 Just configured Wake on LAN so I can turn on my desktop from anywhere. As long
 as I have the right SSH key...
 
 Couldn't figure out how to do Wake on WAN, which I think is somehow more
 secure. This way uses a small jump from a separate tiny computer which is
 always on.
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘

--- #16 fediverse_boost/3105 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/112872238444435443  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #17 fediverse/4766 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────
 what if instead of federating social media instances we federated users instead
 
 why not have an account on each and every mastodon instance? then just RSS
 feeder yourself and boom suddenly you can customize your identity on each
 fediverse house.
 
 maybe with a checkbox of which instances you'd like to post to on your "submit
 link or text post" button
 
 study encryption kids
                                                           ┌───────────┐
 similar                        chronologicaldifferent═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘

--- #18 fediverse_boost/2710 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://hachyderm.io/users/inthehands/statuses/112776041494646759  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #19 fediverse_boost/5760 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate  
                                                                              
  NEW YORK—Admitting that they had been working for several years without any discernible success, FBI agents confirmed Wednesday that a local left-wing political group was too disorganized to infiltrate. “We’ve had a few guys in there posing as members and trying to manipulate them into committing acts of violence we can arrest them for, but these people don’t ever do anything violent—they don’t ever do anything at all,” an undercover FBI agent told reporters, adding that the agency believed they’d made headway with turning the leader of the Liberation Socialists group into an informant until the guy didn’t show up to a meeting for months.  
                                                                              
  “These people are incredibly disorganized. We try to attend their meetings to get them to unwittingly work on our behalf, but half the time no one shows up but the undercover agents, and the other half of the time the meetings are so confusing it’s impossible to follow what they’re actually trying to do. We also tried to sow division in their ranks to ensure that they couldn’t become powerful, but that didn’t work because these people already all fucking hate each other. They spend all their time arguing about minutiae, and most of the time when we try to talk them into doing something violent to the communal spaces in their community, they don’t even know where to go. They’re just a mess.” The FBI agent added that he was worried the left-wing organization was on to him, as he’d already aroused suspicion by interrupting a meandering discussion of principles with a straightforward plan of action.  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶

--- #20 fediverse_boost/4752 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  External post: https://fedi.rrr.sh/users/pearl/statuses/113906655610680017  
  
                                                            
 similar                        chronological                        different 
─▶