qprimed @ qprimed @lemmy.ml

...just this guy, you know.

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“What I see AOC and Bernie doing is not a messaging exercise but an organizing exercise. They are getting people comfortable with getting out of their houses and rallying together,” Green said.

imho, the most important paragraph of the article. abso-fucking- lutely!

I have now seen large trump perma-signs defaced in my crimson red area. someone got off their ass and did some trivial property damage. people are slowly becoming motivated, even deep in "trump country".

oh, agreed. these people should have been nowhere near it - as evidenced by their incredible fuckup.

as an average consumer, and barring binary or device compromise, I do trust signal and a few others to traffic info that could incarcerate or worse.

fantastic!

exactly. signal was chosen precisely because it is widely considered to be secure and, more importantly, outside the purview of any mechanism which would hold them to account.

This is not the only chat group on Signal, I'd wager.

absolutely.

still, this is a reasonable boost for signal and briar (or similar) as a backup.

ah, yes. typical EBKAC / PEBKAC issue.

c-band satellite dishes and videocipher II's. fun times.

Trump's party still believe the courts should generally be able to check the power of U.S. presidents, but that many Republicans would support Trump defying a court order in order to deport people seen as a threat.

so, 76% of republicans reject the idea of due process. noted.

As Elon Musk, Trump family members, and others become increasingly implicated in potentially illegal activities, their incentive to preserve democratic processes diminishes proportionally.

so far only the lower courts have been tested and held as best they can. the military has not been tested... yet. interesting times. :(

"...or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." 👈 we are here.

honestly, these days can we be absolutely sure they are not?

regardless of the probable misuse of the term, this story (if otherwise accurate) has fucked up my day in an outsized way.

because you're not alive to be kidnapped after

here in america there are strict reconstruction era lynching standards to uphold and pass along to future generations. yessiree bob! a fine US export, to be sure.

🤔 interesting...

totally get where you are coming from and thanks for the considered reply. I am sure others will answer, but here is mine...

the immediate, urgent imperative is extracting our collective asses from this mess. after that we need to discuss and make real proper boundaries on the nature of accumulated power and wealth.

I am personally not disposed to handle musk with kid gloves. his actions, and the actions of the other deranged humans he has enabled, directly affect people in my family in ways that place them in mortal danger. given the nature of his trauma (yup, he displays obvious trauma) and the path it entrenched him in, my inner armchair psychologist whispers to me that the only option is mitigation and management - or removal of the problem (non-violently... of course, right?). I do not believe there is redemption to be had for musk - and yes... that said I accept that I, personally, am probably a misguided human.

now, if someone were to conclusively show that hugging it out with musk would change course for the thousands, millions, billions of people who will be harmed by his ego, then I will personally line up and do so. however, at this moment in time the man is insulated enough so as to make him unreachable - just like the others he orbits with.

I believe the only option is mass protest and mass disobedience and there will be pain and there will likely be blood for many and I wish it were not so.

I cannot find the capacity to soothe musk back into his humanity - I do not begrudge those who might try, however futile I think it may be. and so, organization around alternate options remains a necessity.

I think this is innately a deeply personal issue to him - and he is now going to train the firepower of "the richest person on the planet" on everyone. thats where the politics and ideological alignment may come in.

one hell of a (sad?) real life "super-villain" origin story. the man needs mental help, and derision, but a lot of serious mental help.

musk is clearly a deeply disturbed human being. this explains a lot and is, in and of itself, deeply disturbing.

is vivian the only close person who refused to be what he wanted them to be? the closest person that could not be bought and said "no!"? is this what broke him?

now everyone will pay for his inability to accept the truth and reality of another person.

"holy relics seized at border, batman!"

this is really interesting. anecdotally, when I am in competitive shape pretty much any intense activity, particularly HIIT type stuff, is always best when I am fasted (except for BCAAs). I am often deep in ketosis at the time of maximum energy output and I seem to perform much better that way. I have no personal data to back this up, but this has worked for me for years. going to read your studies now. thanks!

wow, some seriously askew assumptions there. dont let the .ml pre-bias you.

as I said in a different thread on this post

the video offers a completely biased and simplified view of societal interaction with large producers when a multitude of options are not only available, but needed.

concentration of wealth is built into any "free-market" system. you are not going to get around that with some magical libertarian talking point. picking a slightly less toxic mix of the poison by mixing govt regulation to promote market dynamism is an imperfect solution but, in my mind, preferential to the libertarian fuckery at the end of this video.

corruption in any system is still corruption. regulation is a way to forestall the worst of the "free market" bullshit. it is up to us to ensure that our representatives choose reasonable solutions, because the free market sure as fuck wont do it.

the public as exit liquidity. again.

indeed. republicans do not care.

Texas' lieutenant governor suggests grandparents are willing to die for US economy