Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Don't forget the 80s synthwave/hair metal soundtrack, depends on the genre 010
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. I'm just not following 000
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Something weird in my YouTube & TikTok algorithms happened. A while ago I searched for German content to train the algo to get me stuff since I was learning the language. It took me some effort but I got there. Then I went to the Netherlands for a few days, then Dutch content constantly, huh? 110
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Money wasn't an issue in my case, I got in via a heavily subsidized scholarship. It's about what I learned, the outside market is super fast paced no academia can keep up in terms of preparing someone for a non-academic career. 000
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Oh cool, I thought I was going crazy when I noticed that ai is getting progressively dumber. I cuss it all the time too 010
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026No joke, I wish I dropped out of college but I powered through my way to graduation and the end result is practically the same. No college for my future kids if I ever had any 110
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It was easy to see a Marxist arguing with an alt right islamist (you guessed it, that's our flavor of MAGA) and so on. None of the debates mattered in the end because the democratic experience collapsed eventually. I don't know if anybody will read all of this but as I said, this is a mere archive. 000
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It's normal to be divided in this situation and have heated arguments all the time. What's not normal is trying to take someone else's rights just because they're "wrong". Being a freshman in college was the best opportunity to learn how others think, I've seen them from extreme to extreme. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This was happening as I started college, first time electing at 18. It's as if everything is scripted for me to witness. At the time ideologies started clashing for the first time, nobody knew how diverse we were politically. That brings us to mistake #3, disagreement does not mean alienation. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The army council didn't listen and held elections with a patched up old constitution. Long story short, the new democratic era was flawed from the get go. In 2012, the islamists won both presidential and parliamentary elections. That comes to no surprise since they were the only organized force left 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026When that happened, the people started protesting again, but this time the response was much rougher. That led to mistake 2, not listening to experts. Every single person who knew what they were talking about suggested the normal post regime change sequence which is constitution then elections. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Anybody who doesn't realize that didn't learn a thing from history. That's the mistake I mean, the angry people who took it to the streets trusted the army generals too much and left the playing field open. Back then the army moved quickly to take grip on power. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A revolutionary leader so to speak, that did not happen and the power vacuum was left to the old powers, whoever's left of the old regime who's not in custody, and the army. "But Neonubis" I hear you ask, "hasn't the army decided to be neutral?". Yes they were but that don't last forever. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I have a lot of wild stories, maybe if anyone is interested I can tell them here as well. Anyway, now that army is in charge temporarily it was time to have a vision about the future. That was mistake number 1, you see after the celebrations someone should have taken charge. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026They were scared of the unknown, in my opinion rightfully so. There are others who hated change from day 1 and still despise it to this day, but that's a story for another day. Fast forward to the president's resignation, there were celebrations for weeks. School resumed after, we shared our stories 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026...or it would've been much bloodier. For the remaining days, the protestors kept their camps. It felt like time has paused and the world is watching what we do. By then the streets were an open burning man festival, and I remember some people couldn't imagine a life beyond the current regime. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Some protestors got shot with live rounds, buildings burned, prisons opened, many police stations were attacked as well. By 8 pm or so the police force nationwide retreated and the army stepped in and imposed a curfew to control the situation. Thankfully they didn't pick sides... 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It kept being that way which is progress compared to the previous years. By the 28th it was the real go time. It was a Friday and it's a weekend. A flood of people joined, it was literally millions of people with demands. That's the day when most escalations occurred. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It goes like More people take it to the streets -> anti riot police clash with them -> protestors hide -> protestors regroup and go back to the main square -> 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Officially on a winter break, it gave me a chance to watch everything from above. I haven't participated in any strikes or demonstrations. I kept the role of "the watcher". On the 25th, more people showed up than expected, and it was a repeating cycle for that day and the next few days. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026We took the exams and went to the library right away to know what's happening. There were a couple of demonstrations already happening but so far it's the usual routine. I remember some of us doubting that this time would be any different. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It's the 24th, everyone came and the exams were held normally. The extra thing here was the librarian turning on the TV to stay updated with what's happening, and yes the school's library had a TV that only had news and documentary channels. The government hasn't issued any warnings so far. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026...and the school decided to cram them into 2 weeks ending on the 24th since activists and other protestors online decided to go on strikes on the 25th. Everybody felt the storm coming but nobody expected how intense it would get. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Now it's late January 2011. Facebook posts are all over the place, a few people set themselves on fire like Bouazizi hoping to put things in motion. Cops were keeping an extra eye on the important buildings as if they're expecting chaos to errupt. I remember it was the fall semester exams time... 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026If you don't know, the Tunisian Revolution started after the video of Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself ablaze was all over Facebook and Twitter. Funny enough by this point nobody was watching the government owned TV or reading their newspapers, so their campaigns fell on deaf ears. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Other regional governments felt threatened, the national media started running propaganda campaigns about how terrible Facebook (which is super popular here to this day) and other social media are for the minds of the youth, and how they are tools for the enemies of the state to achieve their goals. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026...or rubber bullets. Now the average Joe is like "I can demand and actually find the dictator I hate gone from office?". I was a senior in high school at the time. I belong to the upper middle class, so the school is considered from the semi-elite ones. This will be important later. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026At the same time, Tunisia started uprising. When binAli fled it was a psychological earthquake that shattered the current defeated mindset. Before then even the protestors no matter how angry knew how it's gonna end, arrested then jail for God knows how many years, or get injured by the teargas... 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026First of all, let's set the scene... It's late 2010, many smaller protests were crushed in the previous years complaining about the economic situation and the lack of democracy. It was a routine to find anti riot forces filling the streets on holidays and during important events. 100
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026OK... So this thread will probably dox me but I'll take the risk. 15 years after the Arab Spring, I would like to document my testimony to preserve history for me, and set an example for others considering the insane decade we live through 101
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Wow, I didn't realize that I have to upgrade your building's infrastructure 😂 Renting or owning, I think you can do a group effort and install a generator for the whole building or even better... A windmill! 010
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Cool, rent an RV or something and get months of supplies, I know it's much more costly but it's better than no butter at all 110
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Are we about to see soy and vegan food smuggled to the US like drugs? 😂 You know, that premise works for a black comedy movie, something similar to Canadian Bacon 110
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I was lucky to work agile at my first job after graduation, it's not as complicated as some project managers and their bosses make it seem 040
Reposted by NeonubisPhobia @phobia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Hold music? Fine. Holds music that interrupts every five seconds to apologize for the hold? Monstrous, how did we get here... 1032336
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Well, the internet is your playground... You're free to do whatever you want! 010
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I'm pretty sure he comes from a "anybody older is uncle/auntie" culture 000
Neonubis @blo2.bsky.social · 28/10/2025In healthy capitalist environments, some of these people will start their own businesses. Some of these companies will grow, others will shut down, and others will be bought off by bigger companies. We're not exactly in that healthy environment so.... 020
