Quill7513

joined 2 years ago
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

like when you looked into it you didn't find much you were interested in, or like the people you were interested in have left that way of interacting with the fediverse? between the threadiverse and the microblog portion of the fediverse, we are by far engaging with the less popular and populous way of interacting with the fediverse

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

not… quite. these are research findings that what we've long suspected is true: gas stoves aren't great for your indoor environment. the question you should really be asking isn't "why are we saying this now" but "why is there so much pro-natural gas stove propaganda out there in the world when modern energy efficient electric stoves are just as good in the areas that gas excels in at a lower long term cost to the owner?"

what you'll find is that it's the gas companies who are pushing the narrative that gas is better and landlords not performing upgrades because they don't cover their tenants' utility bills so those upgrades cut into their exploitative profit models. so. yes, the problem is gigantic corporations and the capital class in general. but don't shoot the messenger, especially when the messenger has brought you weaponry to arm yourself against a common enemy

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago (4 children)

then why restore the posts and accounts? why did you say the mandate would exist soon instead of already? and yes. the absolutely have the money to hire a lawyer and put forward the legal deposits to challenge this in court. any company with more than 50 employees not approaching bankruptcy filings does

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (6 children)

i wanted to take some time to review and reflect, and i cannot bring myself to the same conclusion. as you said, the mandate does not exist yet. plus, this fascist regime has invented new ways of losing in the courts because they simply don't have total control yet. bluesky has the resources to fight for their users right in court. by choosing not to wait for a court order or even put up a minimal legal resistance, they complied in advance. to me, their decision to remove these posts or ban these accounts reflects not a requirement to comply, but instead company values. they thought it would be easier and cheaper to roll over. i think this is ultimately the underlying flaw of for-profit media companies so i'm not surprised, and the conclusion i reach is that with a for profit media company, i am the product. as the product, i can refuse to have my attention sold to the highest bidder as an "impression." if i don't like fascism, i don't use bluesky. so i don't

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

took me longer than i would have liked to realize you were joking 😂

we live in a nightmare…

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

more than you'd think…

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago (11 children)

https://lithub.com/resist-authoritarianism-by-refusing-to-obey-in-advance/

bottom line: compliance to fascism before it's forced you to comply is how fascism goes from visible in the public sphere to all consuming slaughter machine. the best way to resist fascism is early and often. make them work for it. especially when the current iteration is fundamentally composed of lazy losers

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

i largely guage the toxicity of platforms by how quickly you encounter a genocide denier. nostr holds the record in that i encountered one on there literally as soon as i finished onboarding. a record that can only be tied, not beaten

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago (13 children)

complying in advance is incredibly dangerous

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

really should have been called J Edgar Hooverism

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

plus keeping a wild animal… y'know… for domestic… that's not legal either

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