Sure. People don’t use BlueSky because it’s decentralized. They use it because it’s easy, there is a large enough core of users to produce a constant stream of content, and it’s not Twitter/Meta.

I had 18 years of constant suicidal depression. I’m better now. It’s not guaranteed, but it’s possible.

I dunno. I was suicidally depressed all day every day for nearly 20 years, and there were people I love who were very consistently supportive. As always, ymmv, but saying it has no basis in reality is false. If the human actions in this post did not exist, I would be dead. Instead, I made it to middle age.

It doesn’t always happen, but there are people that back up feeling the way the post describes with action.

Most public libraries delete identifiable records as soon as you’ve returned the materials, post-Patriot Act. Your librarian should be able to tell you how long your local system keeps your data. Public librarians, on the whole, fucking hate government surveillance.

Source: I am a former public librarian.

They already do that in most jurisdictions. Solve the root problem, and the surface problem will be fixed. Only fix the surface, and…well, it’s like weeding dandelions.

I’m sure both sides are actually doing this. It’s just that only one side is actually being persecuted and forced to leave their homes.

I can live with the burden of that knowledge. 😉

I’d rather be armed give them something to fearmonger about than have them use completely fabricated fearmongering to attack me when I’m unarmed.

I’ve thought we were fucked since the early 2000s, so I’m pretty sure the right wing media didn’t convince me. It was the telltale Constitution beating under the floorboards. Also, I assume you’re aware that your enemies can want you to believe things that also happen to be true?

We already tried ignoring these fools. We got January 6th for our troubles. I think it’s time for a plan B.