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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)

Remember when it comes to cops Shut the Fuck Up.

Yes, you may still get arrested but cops can basically arrest anyone for any reason, shutting the fuck protects yourself so when the cop has to actually prove something you haven't hurt yourself.

Also don't consent to a search.

@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...

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, war in Ukraine  

so what would happen if a leader of another country punched the president of the United States in the face? is the Secret Service trained to respond with deadly force in this scenario? would there be a shootout between the two security details?

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."

youtube.com/watch?v=By1Z1nk31i

World pol, general neg, death mentioned  

I’m so fucking done with all of this. The worst part is that I have no privilege to close my eyes and walk away, as my family is under constant shelling for the past 3 years, with 1 person already taken by the ruzzian aggression that the west is so impotent to stop.

No idea what to do. Of course I have no choice but to continue what I’m doing, continue to support my people and my family, continue to oppose the terrorist state of ruzzia, and all of that.

But I wish I had options. I wish the states of burgerreich and ruzzia would fucking implode with as much riots and violence in the government buildings as possible so they never pose any threat to anybody.

World order is no more, UN means nothing, NATO means nothing, international laws mean nothing.

All I can do at this point is to wish, and to hope.

@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
prnewswire.com/news-releases/w

us politics 

@joepie91 journalists cover overt fascism critically challenge (impossible)

us politics 

Honestly anyone who has ever been bullied would immediately recognize what's going on in that meeting between Trump and Zelensky, and it's not an "argument"

@Cheethoepuff I've mostly seen people use Owncast, which is decentralized in the sense that you're expected to run it yourself for your own stream (or have someone run it for you, of course).

I used it for a stream of me playing Beat Saber a while ago and it worked quite well for me. But it definitely seems more designed for "run it yourself" than for "have someone within your community run it for the whole community".

“There’s a mole in the organization!”

No like there’s an actual mole running around again can you please help them find their way back outside

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