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@serge @josh0 Right, yeah, part of my interpretation of that tweet was in the context of the other tweets.
Part of it was also the specific phrasing - I've personally found there to be a pretty clear dividing line between people speaking about this in terms of ideologies/"extremism", vs. speaking about it in terms of harm/safety. The former pretty much always seems to be about "both sides" rhetoric.
(The "insane" vs. "normal" phrasing is additionally suspicious to me - that's a very specific choice of words that I pretty much only see used in this context by people who try to normalize fascism)
@clarfonthey I'm reminded of how the Dutch railways invited people on their survey panel to come preview a new train interior in a VR setup. At a specific train station, in person.
You had to pay for your train ticket there yourself...
@serge @josh0 A selection from a quick scroll:
https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1891821254870466732
https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1891431451091943581
https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1890867924140781967 (the specific phrasing is important here)
https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1889283764368368111
And a bonus sketchy post in a somewhat different theme: https://x.com/awesomekling/status/1890041930995961875
re: coffee, food
@mynameistillian I've noticed that for me it really depends on when I drink caffeine; if I'm doing badly or am feeling tired, it amplifies my anxiety, but if I'm doing something productive (like working on a project) then it makes me feel more calm and focused.
What I've also found to help is to take, like, a single can of energy drink, and drink it over the span of hours; taking individual sips every once in a while.
US Politics
If you're feeling helpless right now watching the country collapse around us, this video by @adamconover might bring you some hope.
It's time for some of us to leave our comfort zones and get loud.
Here's a quote from it that I absolutely loved:
"Average people have been getting squashed by bullies like Trump and Musk since the founding of this country and the only way we ever stopped them was by kicking their asses. But we didn't do that by keeping small, and staying safe, and playing Stardew Valley while we waited for our next chance to vote in four years, we did it by fucking shit up."
wat een prachtige website: https://pentestvinkje.nl/
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@serge @josh0 I'd recommend looking through his Twitter feed for a bit. It doesn't take long to run into "no politics", "no CoCs" and "free speech" rants, and all the other right-wing 'cancel culture' rhetoric.
It's also not a single incident; I've seen various complaints about Kling floating around for a long time now (but have not kept active track of them), which altogether paint a picture of someone who is not safe to be around, and not to be trusted with the safety of vulnerable people.
@jonny lmfao what. I guess this appears to make perfect sense if you're a rich white dude with a residential fiber connection two miles from every server you hit and you think network partitions don't exist
Everyone who distrusted Free Our Feeds was 100% right but in a more hilarious way than anyone anticipated: what if we take the bluesky firehose.... and put it on a blockchain
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html
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