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@itsjustmarty
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Just a guy on the internet.
Stolen from elsewhere:
Abraham Lincoln said watching "Melania" was the worst experience he's ever had in a theater.

My credit score dropped when I paid off my car.

My credit score dropped when I paid off my loans.

Credit agencies told me: "Borrow more money to increase your credit score."

The system wants you to be in debt.

It punishes you for not owing it money.

Credit scores are one of the biggest scams.

Thank you, President Obama. Amplifying your message, and a link to these resources in the comments.

This morning in Minneapolis:

Somebody posted in one of the local chats that their neighbor didn’t come home last night, looking for help finding them. Family doesn’t know where they are. They’d been taking the legal path to seek asylum. ICE doesn’t have their name (but that means very little; they hide names, kidnap anonymously, even discard people’s IDs).

Meanwhile, confirmed ICE sightings are ramping up in my area now after some relative early morning quiet.

Just in case you wondered how things are going here.

Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, a new website pushing tech companies to deliver stronger privacy protections to their users by enabling and expanding the use of end-to-end encryption across their products or services. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/introducing-encrypt-it-already
Introducing Encrypt It Already

Today, we’re launching Encrypt It Already, our push to get companies to offer stronger privacy protections to our data and communications by implementing end-to-end encryption. If that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because this is a spiritual successor to our 2019 campaign, Fix It Already, a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Trump has hung a picture of him and Putin, in the public part of the White House. I’m grossed out. https://www.thetimes.com/article/e9fd64e6-07a7-46f9-a60f-4d3793d25e79
Trump hangs picture of himself with Putin in White House

After months of tension the Russian leader has taken pride of place above a photo of the US president and his granddaughter

The Times
Meta blocks links to ICE List across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/meta-blocks-links-to-ice-list-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

I'm not sorry for advocating against VC-funded alternatives like Skylight and Upscrolled

We don't need more dangerous exits (see Elon Musk and Twitter), we need more open platforms, that can't be bought.

Period.

See https://joinloops.org/why-loops-matters

Why Loops Matters.

In a world where platforms rise and fall at the whim of governments and boardrooms, we're building something that can't be shut down, sold off, or taken away.

RE: https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/115973622217591447

It's time for an organized campaign! #Apple enthusiasts and podcasters should stop with the free marketing and product shilling with every new product. STOP PROMOTING THEM.

Make concrete demands.

- Tim Cook's firing
- Demand Apple publicly state opposition to current #ICE actions
- Apple commitments to human rights, democracy and rule of law

Follow with actions against Apple including:

- Consumer #Boycott
- Store pickets
- Call on Apple employees to organize/make demands from the inside