If I had to share one clip from John Oliver's great segment on the attacks targeting trans athletes, it would be this one.
Attacks against trans women in sports all come down to one motivator: blatant sexism and gross misogyny. Misogyny that impacts and targets every single woman on the planet, cis *and* trans.
Their one and only goal is to permanently define women as fundamentally inferior to men. For them, the mere existence of trans women is a threat to that scheme.
John Stoehr thinks that if we expect Trump voters to turn against him even when his attack on the economy affects them directly, we misunderstand what they're about. The media want us to imagine they vote for him because of "the price of eggs" and "the economy," but that's not the case:
"Trump supporters are going to trust him no matter how incoherent, no matter how dumb. Indeed, the dumber and more incoherent, the more they trust."
#Trump #MAGA #economy #tariffs
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https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-tariffs-2671680129/
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"Over the last 10 years, Trump has swept them up in a story about the cosmic battle between good and evil, in which the chosen people, free and innocent and pure, have been taken advantage of by 'globalists' who are trying to replace them with foreigners with the intention of 'poisoning the blood' of the country, leading to America’s destruction."
#Trump #MAGA #economy #tariffs #nationalism #racism #immigrants
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"They will blame whomever he tells them to, including nations, as he said yesterday, that have 'looted, pillaged, raped and plundered' the country. These foreigners are the reason he implemented tariffs in the first place, using emergency powers usually reserved for wartime.
Indeed, the more Trump supporters suffer, the closer they are likely going to bind themselves to the president."
#Trump #MAGA #economy #tariffs #nationalism #racism #immigrants
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"It could be that the last election was about money, but not in the way most people think. Fact is, the economy was booming. Inflation was down. Wages were up. Unemployment had rarely been lower. Joe Biden really did grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. And in spite of stubbornly high costs, most everyone prospered.
But that may have been the problem."
#Trump #MAGA #economy #tariffs #nationalism #racism #immigrants
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"It’s not that Trump voters were mad at Biden, because he didn’t do enough about inflation. I think they were mad at him, because he did more than any president to expand the economic pie to include all those who are usually left behind, especially Black people."
#Trump #MAGA #economy #tariffs #nationalism #racism #immigrants
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If I could convince the world of one thing, unless you need them for sensory issues, please don't wear ear buds/phones while walking/driving/biking.
Driving especially... The number of drivers who don't hear sirens is just unbelievably dangerous.
Cyclists - I don't see this too much but I shouldn't have to explain how dangerous this is.
Pedestrians - Not quite as deadly, but the number of times I've been trying to get people's attention to let them know there are children on bikes behind them! Not dangerous for them, but somewhat dangerous for me as I am looking at them screaming, yelling, trying to get their attention and being forced to pay less attention to the road. Unlike driving, which is by its nature anti-social, walking CAN be a very social experience as you say hi to neighbours and strangers... or just sometimes friends across the street trying to say hi that you can't hear. The devices force anti social behaviours in many ways as people block out the people around them.
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Children are allowed to cycle on the sidewalk in Canada. I live in a petrostate without adequate cycling infrastructure. It is not safe for children to ride on the street. The SUVs are literally so high off the ground they can't see the children. Their only clue is the bump after they run them over.
Are the villains in sci-fi crueler than the villains in fantasy? In fantasy, the villain can only smile as cold as ice, but in sci-fi they can smile as cold as liquid nitrogen. Much colder.
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Haha, it's your favorite movie of all time but you never read the Wikipedia page?
Play confounds viewers geared up for famous rant; ‘It’s like going to see the Eagles and they don’t play ‘Hotel California.‘’
At the show last week, the audience was peppered with clusters of men, many wearing puffer vests with company logos. At intermission, men’s restroom lines were longer than the women’s.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/glengarry-glen-ross-broadway-alec-baldwin-ab72ecc6
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Paul Krugman making the point here that the tariffs Trump says other countries are imposing on the US are entirely fabricated. Does anyone know how he calculated these? Or if anyone checked his math? https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-goes-crazy-on-trade
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@SeanCasten When I clicked on the link the first time, it took me to a video of an elderly man doing yoga because clearly Substack knows better than I do what I want to see. 😑 (Nothing wrong with your link, I’m just complaining about Substack being stupid. It worked the second time.)
@SeanCasten Paul Krugman is claiming that Trump's numbers are fabricated, not asserting his own numbers. He is also suggesting that Trump's numbers _could_ be a from counting a VAT type take as a tariff, which it is not as VAT applies to all produces equally.
@SeanCasten My guess: DOGE's AI fabrications.
My word. They are dumber than I thought. And I thought they were really, really dumb.
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@SeanCasten It's not "dumb" is you look at it as simply window dressing on the creation of a mechanism that gives the President leverage over private industry. They have to bend a knee to HIM to get relief. The point of all of this, the bogus EOs against law firms, the destruction of aid agencies, the usurping of Congressional power, are ALL designed to consolidate all power under the President and the President alone.
Tinfoilhat: no way there are so many dumb peoples running this government of billionaires right now. While billionaire doesn’t mean much (you „just“ have to be ruthless and good at exploiting others)… maybe there is some heavy short selling stuff and/or buy-ins going on in the background? I mean stock market is crashing due to this dumb move and it would be good opportunities for both of this. I can not imagine this is plain stupidity.
Wow, this is #fraud. Where is #Doge to identify this fraud?
And #MAGA STILL believe, as does their ignorant leader, that the foreign party pays the tariff. They don't. The US importer pays it. (Google: Tariff Sheet) Then costs are passed on to US consumers. So there is no foreign revenue. It's a regressive domestic tax
It's just unreal how totally dumb they all are, which is why #Putin and #Xi love them.
@SeanCasten I just verified using the numbers for Vietnam. What a #@%&^!% combination of idiots and those believing that the American people are idiots.
@SeanCasten But unfortunately that’s what you get when you have an ill educated moron liar the Tangerine fart setting the rules.
@SeanCasten
Wow! The quote is from the author of The Wisdom of Crowds - what a phenomenal book by James Surowiecki.
Thanks for sharing!!!
@SeanCasten Oh interesting. I was wondering where the numbers (percentages) he was holding up during his ‘Liberation Day’ announcement came from 👀
@SeanCasten I was wondering where those numbers came from. They seemed so nonsensical.
@SeanCasten It's hard to believe but they really just dumped the trade deficits and exports into an excel sheet. Confirmed by US gov now. Here is the 'formula':
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations
@SeanCasten "It's poker, isn't it?" J.D. Vance
The way Trump holds that board up, shows he thinks all this is some huge playground game, where he will do what it takes to win, regardless of the cost to everyone else.
Rather than retaliate with counter tariffs, we should perhaps dump the dollar as the international trading currency, then form deals with rational countries on trade and not send / sell stuff to the US, so we then find new markets for it.
It is time for all these 'experts' on sales, marketing and trade to earn their salaries or be fired.
@SeanCasten The sheer laziness and half-assedness of everything they do is just so offensive. They don't even care enough about their own mission to do real work on it.
@SeanCasten Somehow, I suspect they deliberately play dumb with that. And use this as a stock market manipulation tool: Announce something preposterous, some stocks go down, buy those stocks, announce reducing the preposterousness, stocks go predictably back up, sell. Squeezing the stock market.
My takeaway: the guy who designed the tool identifying student protesters is a narc.
A snitch.
A collaborator.
A cop.
Right now the world is splitting into two groups: are you a cop? Or are you NOT a cop?
ACAB is about more than who wears a uniform.
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽The top 7 donors gave over $1bil to Trump. This is how an oligarchy entrenches itself in a democracy.
![The image is a chart titled "Top Donors in 2024 Election," showing contributions to campaign committees and independent groups. It notes George Soros donated $179 million in 2022, much unspent until 2024. Donors are categorized as "Solidly Republican/Conservative," "Solidly Democratic/Liberal," or "Leans Republican/Conservative." Top donors include:
Elon Musk: $291,482,587 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Timothy Mellon: $197,047,200 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Miriam Adelson: $148,304,900 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein: $143,489,936 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Kenneth C. Griffin: $108,402,284 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Jeffrey & Janine Yass: $101,128,680 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Paul Singer: $66,800,800 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
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The chart notes "Solid" donors give over 85% to one side, "Leans" give 60%-80%, and "On the Fence" donors are more balanced. Source: OpenSecrets, created with Datawrapper.](https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/114/252/329/982/976/570/original/c665bff08444a7b8.jpeg "The image is a chart titled \"Top Donors in 2024 Election,\" showing contributions to campaign committees and independent groups. It notes George Soros donated $179 million in 2022, much unspent until 2024. Donors are categorized as \"Solidly Republican/Conservative,\" \"Solidly Democratic/Liberal,\" or \"Leans Republican/Conservative.\" Top donors include:
Elon Musk: $291,482,587 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Timothy Mellon: $197,047,200 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Miriam Adelson: $148,304,900 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein: $143,489,936 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Kenneth C. Griffin: $108,402,284 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Jeffrey & Janine Yass: $101,128,680 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Paul Singer: $66,800,800 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
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The chart notes \"Solid\" donors give over 85% to one side, \"Leans\" give 60%-80%, and \"On the Fence\" donors are more balanced. Source: OpenSecrets, created with Datawrapper.")
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The image is a chart titled "Top Donors in 2024 Election," showing contributions to campaign committees and independent groups. It notes George Soros donated $179 million in 2022, much unspent until 2024. Donors are categorized as "Solidly Republican/Conservative," "Solidly Democratic/Liberal," or "Leans Republican/Conservative." Top donors include:
Elon Musk: $291,482,587 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Timothy Mellon: $197,047,200 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Miriam Adelson: $148,304,900 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Richard & Elizabeth Uihlein: $143,489,936 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Kenneth C. Griffin: $108,402,284 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Jeffrey & Janine Yass: $101,128,680 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
Paul Singer: $66,800,800 (Solidly Republican/Conservative)
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The chart notes "Solid" donors give over 85% to one side, "Leans" give 60%-80%, and "On the Fence" donors are more balanced. Source: OpenSecrets, created with Datawrapper.
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@georgetakei You know, I remember in my 🇲🇽 forbidding donors from corporations and rich people to any party since 30 years ago. The democratic parties (some right, some left) fight for balancing elections and zero intervention. Nowadays, today is almost like this kind of 'donors'
@georgetakei
Micheal Bloomberg?
Disappointing.
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@robert Oooh
Thank you!
@georgetakei
Well, look at that! Zuckerberg and Bezos don's even rate.
@georgetakei plutocracy
@georgetakei And these are just the ones actually on record...
@georgetakei Clearly some folks need to be paying a higher tax bracket!
Afero kiun mi lernis hodiaŭ: Kagi tradukos inter la angla kaj Esperanto.
https://kagi.com/search?q=english+to+esperanto
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Aĵon mi lernis hodiaŭ: Kago tradukas de lingvojn Anglan kaj Esperantan.
(Or possibly replace "tradukas" (translates) with "povas traduki" (can translate). In either case, its translation isn't quite right. "Afero" is an affair or matter, especially relating to business; "aĵo" is a thing or object.)
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@robert You speak Esperanto?
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@robert@cornershop.network @gruber @robert@mastodon.social We will have to ask a native speaker to confirm!
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@gruber And Klingon. Let's not forget Klingon.
(It is great that it offers alternative translations and also explains the different vibes of the alternatives).
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Translation from "I am very angry now." to Klingon: jIQeH'a'.
What's the recommendation if you're concerned about your iphone being searched on reentering the US?
Mail it back? Wipe and restore? Just power off? Don't wear a Trump Sucks t-shirt?
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"burner" phone with minimal apps and no social media, powered off?
i'm starting to think i should go back to paper boarding passes so i can have my phone powered off in TSA.
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@paul_ipv6 I'm considering that, but my burner phone is ancient, and I'll be abroad for a month.
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current android phones are $100-150 unlocked. i'm leaning that way.
if it's going to be a month, i supposed overnighting your phone back and forth and not having one at customs/airport might be worth it too. or take burner with you for emergencies.
Wired has a timely article on this. (From the URL I think they just refreshed an old one, but still relevant.)
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact
If it’s going to happen, I think Panda Express should sponsor the Egg Roll https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/white-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsorships/index.html
Canadian election launched! Voting day is April 28. Whatever you think of Canadian politics, I think we can all agree that an election that’s launched, fought, and finished in only 36 days is a fine thing.
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@timbray In terms of hearing election ads on the radio (I don't have traditional tv, thank fuck), shorter is better, sure.
But *slightly* longer, to allow Elections Canada time to ramp up and get properly ready, get the word out, is better. We've very recently seen the result here in Ontario when a short-as-possible election is called in the same year that Elections Ontario was making some changes, and it wasn't good.
@timbray Agreed, short and sweet is the way to do elections. And preferably not too frequently either: four years is about right.
I worry that the fashion for fixed-date elections tempts parties to begin campaigning earlier and earlier. Since they know where the finish line will be, there's an incentive to start running before the competition.
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@mpjgregoire Couldn't agree more. Snap elections are a built-in feature of Westminster-style politics and I think they add value.
Neighbours with a Ring, Nest or whatever cloudbound doorbell are criminals. They aren't accessories in the crime - they are the fucking criminals.
That big tech bullshit is an assault on your privacy - for which no proper justification is possible 
If you are eyeballing a smart doorbell:
- Go with local-only storage,
- Install it in such a way that it isn't able to record your neighbours,
- Automatically remove recordings as early as possible,
- Do not expose it to the public internet,
- Do not share recordings.
Thank you,
Your neighbours
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Do you have any tips for on premise smart door bells and / or door locks?
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How open source / free software do you want it to be? This is a smart doorbell, without the camera: smart doorbell. And from what I gathered, there is some Zigbee stuff as well.
Often coined commercial brands with local storage are UniFi Protect and Eufy. The former one has local storage but uses cloud functionality for some stuff (opt-in) like smart detections.
AFAIK, both require a hardware-based controller. I believe that Eufy has a lower buy-in than UniFi Protect has - but don't quote me on that.
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Aqara has Zigbee doorbells right? That would make the most sense, IMHO - as it by itself can't connect to the internet if it is only setup for Zigbee.
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Yeah that can very well be the case. When I looked into it I stumbled upon at least one Zigbee powered option. But I didn't go for that one as it was battery powered.
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@h3artbl33d @robert Maybe OpenIPC could be good for this?
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@h3artbl33d @robert Yeah, no problem 😊 I try to save everything that I encounter of privacy-wise services/projects. I don't have a need for it now, but I'm really interested in using this in maybe two years.
When most discussions is about which service is the best, I prefer having full control. Luckily, this project exists and I hope that it will thrive now that the need for privacy-friendly solutions is as high as it have ever been.
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I don't have a need for it now, but I'm really interested in using this in maybe two years.
I don't believe there is a "too late" here.
I hope that it will thrive now that the need for privacy-friendly solutions is as high as it have ever been.
I would even say that it is increasingly higher, now that people are noticing the clusterf*ck that is big tech.
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@h3artbl33d @robert Yeah, I've discovered that privacy is a journey. So I don't use 100% of my time worrying about things, I will get there soon enough. I'm in a good place now at least, but my privacy journey is still in the beginning. I will implement more things the next time I move (maybe in the next year).
Yeah, I'm curious to see how everything will evolve in the next few years 😅
@h3artbl33d
Zigbee is the way to ho I agree, without a proprietary hub of course. I feel door bells with and without camera are quite easy even to do on your own. However I would like to have a high quality zigbee or zwave doorlock. I've seen cloud connected door locks which seems crazy
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Aside from the proprietairy hubs - a Zigbee stick (Sonoff here, flashed with Ember) is more reliable, faster and with much more support for different devices.
Switched it over without telling my partner and she asked me what I changed because it was much more responsive (instantly even).
On the other hand, when I blocked the Hue Bridge from connecting (DNS level and IP level in thr firewall) it did 26K lookups to telemetry.philipshue.com (could have been diag.philipshue.com as well).
I will never use proprietary IoT shit. It either has to be Zigbee or a device that is compatible with Tasmota (WiFi). The rest is really "the internet of shit".
"Let's Encrypt is a golden example of how creating inalienable good is possible with the right approach and the right values. And while I'm excited about the work Let's Encrypt has done, I am eager to see their work continue to keep up with the growing Web; to sustain encryption for everybody at Internet scale. To do so is going to take more than me—it's going to take a community of people committed to this work. I am confident Let's Encrypt is a project that deserves all of our support, in ways both large and small." https://letsencrypt.org/2025/03/18/community-of-funders/
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i don't agree that let's encrypt is good, at least not the way google and the eff promote it and treat https as a requirement as if they were the platform vendor of the web. the great thing about the web is that there is no platform vendor.
they premise their pitch on the idea that https is always good, but for sites that predate the broad adoption of https, it's not only unlikely someone is around to adapt the site, but it might be such a big job that it's impossible.
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@davew @codinghorror Let’s encrypt is a bandaid on the broken system that is HTTPS, TLS, X.509 and CAs.
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maybe they should have taken a step back and done it right, and worked with developers for backward compatibility so the web could grow without breaking its past. the archive function of the web is super important. but google and eff didn't know that apparently, didn't care, or didn't listen.
i'm esp pissed at EFF, i gave them $5000 when they started it, and that was a lot of money for me then, but they treat me as a nobody, and didn't care they were breaking my work.
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(Isn't that Clarus the dogcow, that which says "Moof!"?)
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@robert @codinghorror @daveW this Technical Note explains it all. https://512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/S3/Technote%2031%20-%20The%20Dogcow.pdf
Amazing that it took them this long. The new product lineup from #Synology for this year only accepts Synology branded drives.
If you happen to own an older Synology and are looking to replace: consider moving towards a more standardized platform. Like the Zimacube. Or if you are feeling a bit more adventurous: build your own.
Don't switch to #QNAP, #Asustor or whatever - they'll be the next brand to enshittify after Synology.
There is some fantastic and open software available. I personally prefer #HardenedBSD with #ZFS - but there is so much more!
Fortify.
I dig it.
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Tumblr post from ontopofgravity:
I asked one of my (male) friends to stop using the phrase “man up” and he has been using “fortify” for the past two weeks instead and it’s just a little thing but honestly it makes a difference
and tbh it's also pretty funny when I start to deflate in the library and he leans over and goes “FORTIFY”
reply from phantom-locked:
Dude, fortify is bangin’. That makes things like you're some kind of RPG character. Fortify is way better than “man up.”
Oh FFS. 😑
C'mon, #Porkbun. Couldn't you read the room? 😒
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Screenshot from a promotional email from Porkbun received on 2025-03-13:
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*First year price applies to new paid Proton customers only."
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Can someone point me to published articles/documents/evidence to show that my understanding is in err?
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@robert While this inquiry smells a bit like sea-lioning, you seem to be glossing over the part where Proton's Reddit account got involved in the narrative (which I would maintain they retroactively realized was a bad look, given that they later deleted the comment and IMO weakly attempted to walk it back):
#USPol #USPolitics (1/3)
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@robert Regardless, Mr. Yen's implication that the Republican party is no longer "the party of big business," or that they're "[standing] for the little guys" feels a bit tone-deaf — yes, slightly easier to declare with the gift of hindsight, now, but there was absolutely foreshadowing that too many people dismissed as alarmism.
#USPol #USPolitics (2/3)
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@robert Technical countermeasures to enhance Proton users' privacy may somewhat reduce their ability to spy on its users, but there are some operational aspects that cannot be entirely mitigated, so anything that suggests that they might not be as apolitical/politically neutral as they've led on can be defensibly considered a red flag — particularly given how many tech companies have more explicitly "kissed the ring" of the incoming administration.
#USPol #USPolitics (3/3)
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@robert Foreword: scrolling up my timeline immediately after posting this response reminded me that the (IMO) weird focus on Senator Schumer in Proton's deleted "not an official response" official response could also be considered foreshadowing, given that he's since made indications that he's perfectly willing to sell out his own party/constituents to curry favor with the "other side"...
#USPol #USPolitics (4/5)
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@robert ...so I would call into question reading too much into the overarching Democratic party's stance toward privacy based solely on HIS actions/inactions.
#USPol #USPolitics (5/5, hopefully 😂)
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@jima@mspsocial.net @robert@mspsocial.net Thank you for your take on the issue. While I agree that the "officially unofficial" statement dug Proton a little deeper into a hole of Yen's making, that still doesn't change my view of the entirety of the situation.We can just agree to disagree here, but intelligent discourse is always appreciated.
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@robert@cornershop.network @robert Fair enough.
And to clarify a point I overlooked, I don't have lingering *anger* over the original political alignment broadcasting debacle, I have lingering *distrust*. I only have energy for so much outrage these days, and I can't afford to squander it on something so mild. 😉
Started watching Banshee. What if Jason Bourne was a master thief, but decided to hide out in Amish country as the local sheriff. It's kinda like Justified, but rather more nutso. The half of the town that isnt Amish is an Indian reservation, which is odd, because there are no reservations in Pennsylvania. Somebody didn't do their homework. I'm only about halfway through season 2, but it's been a fun watch.
Also, I didn't realize this until after I started watching, but it originally aired on Skinemax, so it's tit city. Not entirely appropriate for watching at the gym. Just fyi, but doesn't otherwise detract.
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@NewsWire US Trump says he will declare violence against Tesla dealerships domestic terrorism
Ravi Mangla
We're close to Cybertrucks having more rights than women
Public spaces are often designed with male users as the norm. Men are 5x more likely to use basketball courts, 4x exercise areas & 20x skateparks vs to women & girls. Women must engage in 'safety work', navigating public saves to avoid male harassment.
https://theconversation.com/women-are-three-times-as-likely-as-men-to-feel-unsafe-in-parks-heres-how-we-can-design-them-better-248465
It. Could. Work.
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Post from user @acnewsitics 'Alex Cole' states, "If boycotting Tesla is making conservatives buy electric vehicles, I think liberals should start boycotting books next and see if MAGA accidentally discovers reading."
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@georgetakei I'm going to boycott holding my breath, or not drowning.
@georgetakei I've been boycotting suicide even when I used to suffer depression.
@georgetakei If they did, that'd be one of the funniest things ever. Because they would need charging infrastructure. And less fossil fuel. However would they live?
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@georgetakei immediately boycotting communism
"The Bible is the only book that anyone needs to read!"
"Have you read the Bible?"
"Well ... no. But I've had parts of it explained to me by people who have read it."
@georgetakei Some of them can read?
@georgetakei Far fetched but it may work. So for all Donald lovers: I now declare I will not buy a Tesla and I will pave my back yard and I will eat pork&beef every day because I did not vote Trump.
@georgetakei Hey, conservatives? Joe Biden says it's a bad idea to set your head on fire!
@georgetakei especially when they are gpong to read #bannedbooks. They have made a pretty good list to start.
Some decades ago there was here a publisher who made a whole banned books series in cheap edition. That sold very well.
Getting ready to hear from idiots today...
https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/03/11
Already heard from one with this email:
"You mean by Obama
The name of the mountain, formerly Mount McKinley, was changed to Denali by the Obama administration in 2015"
Had to explain to him that the renaming was done by Congress after 15 years of pushing for it by Lisa Murkowski with Obama simply signing it into law, then pointed out its in the state of Alaska and that the Gulf of Mexico isn't a property of the U.S.
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@Wileymiller So it’s a day ending in Y.
@Wileymiller fwiw, the wikipedia page doesn't mention Congress very much. they would normally cite the specific bill.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute
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It came to Obama through Congress. Alaska had tried for many years to get it changed but kept being blocked by Ohio, McKinley's home state. They finally relented and it went to Obama. Alaskans wanted it changed by a very wide margin, 2-1. Regardless, the point is, the mountain is in, therefore part of, the United States and the Gulf of Mexico isn't.
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@Wileymiller what is the number of the bill?
Wikipedia cites an Order from the Interior for the renaming: https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/elips/documents/3337%20-%20Changing%20the%20Name%20of%20Mount%20McKinley%20to%20Denali.pdf
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@Wileymiller "You're such a snowflake, it's just a joke bro" is something those rightoid armpits LOVE to yell like it's a great comeback, so it's deliciously ironic how here you are, ACTUALLY making a joke, and these same conservative chuds who are so very concerned about the state of humor just can't take it.
Pack 'em onto the next Starship and send them off to Mars.
Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope.
Credit: David Rogers
Source: https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Movie_-_Neutrophil_chasing_bacteria
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@wonderofscience finish him!
(And also, very cool to see)
@wonderofscience Is a white blood cell its own life form? What makes it not it's own life form (if it's not)?
I had seen a similar one quite a while ago and it filled me with joy, and I am again now. It's amazing, it's beautiful, it's part of the body, it's like this separate entity that lives inside you.
I feel a human (and other animals) are a total of multiple organisms, all working together to create the shape we have. The more organisms, the bigger and more complex the creature.
I suggest using the #TradeWar tag for this kind of thing:
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/04/bc-premier-addresses-tariffs-ahead-of-budget/
★ Why Can’t We Screenshot Frames From DRM-Protected Video on Apple Devices?
https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/why_cant_we_screenshot_frames_from_drm-protected_video
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@daringfireball I don’t get it either… not hard to take a photo or even a video from the screen with a phone.
@daringfireball An interesting side tidbit you probably know is that while is in private-use Unicode space and only shown on Apple devices, ⌘ is available on everything that has Unicode! It's older than Unicode!
(I set my devices to replace it when i type thecommandkey; … it works on every app except not Macintosh @Ivory (they give me excuses for why about which I am increasingly dubious)
(Also, why are you trying to circumvent the DRM?)
(Yes, I know there are myriad valid reasons to do this; but to publicly complain about it—regardless of the reasons—seems completely arbitrary and petty.)
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@robert @daringfireball If you know that there are a myriad valid reasons, why are you objecting so strongly? There is an extremely valid reason mentioned in the article: screenshotting. Can you give one reason that this should not be allowed, except “must have maximal DRM”? If DRM could make you not being able to discuss a movie, would you fight for that too?
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The reason we can’t take screenshots of DRM protected video… [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@daringfireball I mean, it’s not the only reason, but I get it.
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The unflattering screenshot of Beyoncé that killed taking screenshots of protected videos.
@daringfireball When DVD-video playback first was available on a Macintosh (Blue G3) you could not make a screenshot of it. The video pipeline was different. It was only in a brief time of high-end G3 and any G4 where the MPEG2 decoding was done in software and piracy was naescent where you could do thus screenshot!
@daringfireball yet another reason Plex is the only streaming service I use. Pirates get a better product for free than paying customers get for their endlessly-increasing monthly toll.
Perfect!
In Wyoming, the legislature has decided, that you cannot require others to address you by your preferred pronouns — thinking that this will only hurt trans people, Trump wants to persecute.
So citizen Britt Boril calls in to a committee meeting and deliberately misgenders the male chairman as madam, which he takes offence to — because our rule about allowing disrespect was not meant to be used against us!
(And no, you should never misgenders others, but damn… this move was brilliant)