Seeing a lot of “how to prepare” type posts for ICE at airports, which is great… but almost every post I’m seeing has said to turn off biometrics (great) and turn your phone off completely while going through security.

As someone who has been given an insanely difficult time at airports the past 3 years, please don’t rely on turning your phone off alone. It might work for some people, but I’m not allowed past security without showing all of my electronics turn on, and they have to remain on until I get through.

I have quite a few posts detailing my experiences. If it’s helpful I can try to dig them up and reshare. I know it won’t be the same for everyone, but what I go through is pretty intense and maybe getting an idea of some of the things they do will help.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@hydroponictrash/116274499535606690

I finally moved from Substack over to Ghost! The new blog is at: https://blog.hydroponictrash.solar/

This has been a long time coming, and I appreciate people telling me over the years that I should leave Substack. It's finally happened!

I went through ALL of my posts and fixed spelling/grammar issues, updated all of the links, and cleaned things up in general.

#Money for #war, but not for the #poor

https://www.workers.org/2024/04/78287

The #SupremeCourt of the #UnitedStates is set to begin hearings in April on a high-profile case that could potentially make it a crime to be #homeless. The case of the City of #GrantsPass, #Oregon v. Gloria Johnson will consider whether a local government can outlaw #sleeping outside even if adequate #shelter is not accessible.

Modern websites should insist on smallest size possible and work without JavaScript. Constrained lines with traffic limits exist. Low-end devices are still a thing.

The monthly traffic limit of my cell provider gets exhausted in around 3 days, I have 384kbps download speed for around 27 days.

Most "modern" websites take MINUTES to load. That makes lightweight sites more interesting. Some of the heavy ones are completely unusable and timeouts downloading assets that block navigation are common.