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Oh fuck odd Google. Literally the only reason I was paying for your crap videos is so I could play music on my TV uninterrupted.

I didn’t realize that Purism phones don’t have internationally compatible modems. As someone who travels a lot, that’s unfortunately a dealbreaker.

How long do you think your rights in prison are going to last once they’ve eliminated your most basic rights outside of prison?

In my social circles, people have moved from Facebook to Instagram and WhatsApp. To be honest, it’s a different UI but the same algorithmic overlords.

The thing with Facebook/Meta is that it’s not just one thing. It’s a lot of different things under one umbrella. In general, the replacement for Meta is the Fediverse. But you need to be specific about which features you want to replace.

For long form posts, I’ve set up my own blog using Ghost. Ghost also has passable Fediverse support now, though it’s still missing a lot of features.

Has anyone tried a pencil and paper?

The two are more connected than you may think at first.

Musk is out to delete all laws that don’t benefit him, and replace them with harsh private rules that are not accountable to the people.

This seems like a good step on the way to developing the technology necessary to build a fission plant in the future.

This clusterfck has me seriously considering whether taxes are quite as certain as death anymore.

“I don’t understand the question”

At least France and Canada are still reasonable countries. For now.

I can think of a lot of companies that are far worse than Apple.

Re-beam me!

Yeah but Mastodon has “toots”

The word itself isn’t bad. In fact, many languages use the equivalent word as a regular part of their vocabulary. What’s bad is the intention and history behind it. Using a racial slur isn’t wrong because of the word being said, but rather because of the intention to offend or demean the people it’s used toward.

Color me not shocked.

Jesus fucking Christ! Learn to think for yourself! There is no such thing as “good words” and “bad words”. There are just words.

Can someone explain how to know if my devices have this chip, what risks it exposes me to, and what, if anything, I should do to protect myself?