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A reminder, just in case you need reminding:

Antifa is short for "Anti-Fascist".
If you are against Antifa, you are a fascist

#Antifa #AntiFascism #Fascism #StopFascism #StopMAGA #StopTrump

One added bonus of ICE helping TSA.
You get a chance to lose your phone and be detained for having anti Trump, anti- fascist,anti-ICE, actually anything democratic in tone anywhere on your phone.
Best to travel with a burner phone with attorney contact numbers and close relative numbers only
No biometerics for security...passwords only
They can force a biometric , not a password....at least that is been mentioned before.
#ice
#tsa
#airports
#personalsafety
#cellphone

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
#grapheneos #android #privacy #surveillance #technology

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.

Tom's Hardware

Regime changed?

No.

Nuclear materials and capacities neutralized?

No.

Democracy launched?

No.

Region stabilized?

No.

US alliances strengthened?

No.

What to do?

Send ICE to the airports.

Naturally.

#uspol

Kendra Duggar, wife of 19 kids and counting 'star' Joseph Duggar arrested for child endangerment and false imprisonment, as her husband is charged with multiple counts of child sexual molestation. Seems to be a family tradition. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kendra-joseph-duggar-arrest-misdemeanor-child-endangerment/
Kendra Duggar, wife of Joseph Duggar, charged with child endangerment after husband's arrest

Kendra Duggar was charged with multiple misdemeanors a day after husband Joseph Duggar's arrest.

the morning's first sip of coffee is a goddamn pleasure cruise
The Trump regime has lifted sanctions on both Russian and Iranian crude oil now, making sure they can make a lot of money due to the high prices of crude oil caused by the US war against Iran. Making it easy for your enemies to make money is kind of the opposite of what makes sense in a conflict. But Trump's buddies in the fossile fuel industry will be very happy.

It really bums me out that I keep seeing blog posts from technical people like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical implications of LLMs, I'm interested in evaluating whether they can be useful for my work."

Like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical concerns of breaking into my neighbours' houses, I'm interested in evaluating whether this can be useful for acquiring other people's valuables."

The Man Who Went Shopping For Dining Chairs and Accidentally Bought Stonehenge.

On September 21, 1915, a British barrister named Cecil Chubb was given a very simple task by his wife, Mary. She sent him to a local auction in Salisbury with strict instructions: buy a nice set of dining chairs for their home.

But as Chubb sat in the auction house, he got distracted. "Lot 15" came up for sale, a 30-acre plot of land featuring a crumbling, dilapidated ring of ancient rocks.
@VisionaryVoid