LesserAbe

I don't generally think "we already know" is a useful response to a news story. Just because you already know doesn't mean there isn't a wide audience who is being exposed to information for the first time.

Specifically for Kirk, I remember mentioning him to my wife a week beforehand and she didn't know who he was.

Now that he's dead, MAGA people are trying to make him into a martyr who was such a great guy. It's helpful to have countering voices saying loudly, no he was not.

Unclear why that article ended with a couple paragraphs about Putin's bodyguards collecting his feces

I get that things are concerning and stressful right now, but read the thing and think about it - they have to actually commit a criminal act to get arrested. He's trying to head them off from doing it before it happens. The governor of California didn't say something like this, but the governor of Illinois is saying it.

They have to commit the crimes before you can arrest them. He's saying if you do get deployed in Chicago don't fuck around or we'll hold you accountable. Yeah, have to actually see follow through, but this is more of a warning shot

Nice. Maybe people following this community know, but since I didn't, here is the site for postmarketOS and here's the Nothing CMF phone 1

I worked with a guy who let his friend tattoo him while they were both on LSD. It wasn't as long as this, I think it was just one word but it was in this style handwriting.

You're right it's bad that they shut down. Does make me wonder about the use of "traitors" since I don't think tiktok could ever have been considered on the side of the people.

I hope these events result in better lives for Indonesians.

Something I liked about the response to LA was people showing up at hotels where occupiers were staying and driving them out. There's a sort of group denunciation happening, and then also it just makes it hard to do the work - they don't have enough sleep, they have to travel farther to the intended area of action.

What about other ways to foul logistics? And what are other ways to shame/demoralize people supporting the regime? Totalitarians require everyday people to carry out their orders. The more people we peel away or disillusion the less control a totalitarian can exert.

It's generally illegal to shoot someone

This is helpful, thanks.

I don't understand the segment of people who were excited to come up with a new slur for AI. Plus it's not even effective. It doesn't make sense, doesn't bite. Computers don't clank, not even robots clank anymore. Are we in Battlestar Galactica or something