Shaun (parsect on BirdSite)

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parsect on birdsite. Progressive Australian interested in environment, Indigenous, tech, fairness, equality, culture, art, justice

Our man in DC.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

#AltText4U #Alt4You
Title: Our man in DC
Alt text: A cartoon by Cathy Wilcox.
In an office overlooking the White House, flanked by Australian and Aboriginal flags, Kevin Rudd opens a parcel labelled “To K. Rudd ❤️ from Albo”. Rudd: “Ah-Kneepads! How thoughtful!”
From: @cathywilcox
https://theblower.au/@cathywilcox/113981607474453122
TheCathyWilcox (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Our man in DC. My @smh @theage cartoon.

The Blower

If you use Signal, Discord, or any other messaging app and you DON'T want Google or Apple monitoring/reading/learning from your messages, follow these steps.

Android:
1. Open Google app
2. Tap your profile photo
3. Settings
4. Google Assistant
5. "Your Apps"
6. Choose the app (e.g., Signal)
7. Toggle "Let your assistant learn from this app" off

iPhone:
1. Settings
2. Apps
3. Choose the app (e.g., Signal)
4. Toggle Apple intelligence or Siri settings to off (“learn from this app”)

I have known that America under Trump will do stupid shit but JFC telling the world that the US is openly in the business of ethnic cleansing Palestine is off the charts unhinged. Imagine being a US service member stationed in the Middle East tomorrow with the new bright red target on their back.

I have seen some mind numbing crazy #uspol stuff since Reagan and Bush but this is next level stupid. #gaza #boycottUSA

Haven't been on social media for a year but with the US threatening to level a sovereign nation I need my online community back again. WtAF America #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #uspol
Honest Government Ad | Tasmanian Election 🥔 (Govt Approved Version)

YouTube
Bullshit and spin - The Shot

The reality is that you’re fed a diet of bullshit and spin every hour of every day, 24 hours a day, in a world that spins on spin.

The Shot

The Republican project is a matter of getting turkeys to vote for Christmas by doing a lot of culture war bullshit, cruelly abusing disfavored sexual and racial minorities. This wins support from low-information voters who'll vote against their class interests and support more monopolies, more tax cuts for the rich, and more cuts to the services they rely on.

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An excellent article on our most recent clusterfuck. Check it out if you want some real insight!

https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980

#Fediverse #TwitterMigration #RedditMigration

I'm curious if there's any research on why people stay on platforms like Facebook and, well, you know the rest, and why so many have apparently moved to the Threads, rather than moving to somewhere in the fediverse. Do most not care about rampant data collection, or are most just unaware that it's actually happening? (I'm assuming that no one still in these places cares so about people constantly trying to sell them stuff, so I won't ask about that.) #Fediverse #Threads #Meta #Privacy #Infosec #Facebook #Twitter