this is how you all fucking sound
by stillvreni : https://bsky.app/profile/vreni.bsky.social/post/3mms5baylac2p
We somehow went from "script kiddies are bad" to giving any random office worker the power to launch hundreds of programs that will hammer unknown servers across the web to make mediocre power point presentations.
Not to mention the massive usage spikes that are now hitting public software and data repositories.
What a world.
RE: https://mstdn.social/@rayotron/116590406767957139
TIL that money and control entered the flag conversation.
“Criticism of Russia is not treated as hatred towards Russians. Opposition to American wars is not automatically framed as hostility towards Americans as a people. Protest against the Chinese government is not assumed to be anti-Chinese racism.
Only when it comes to Israel does this distinction repeatedly collapse.
That collapse carries consequences.“
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/16/britain-is-losing-the-ability-to-tell-anti-semitism-from-dissent
A recent CoinDesk survey found 73% disapprove of government officials having crypto business ties, yet 55% weren’t aware of Trump’s involvement, and only 17% knew he co-founded World Liberty Financial.
This underscores why my work at Citation Needed is so necessary.
Some optimism as a counterweight to, well, everything.