I'll build this out as time goes by...not sure what to put. Disappointed US citizen, frightened of what's to come regardless if I'm at risk. Avid Tor user now.
Interests: old computers, modern computing, coding, security, and decent people.
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By popular demand, a single post to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.β©
For those who can no longer get behind Musk or Meta's new policies and feel like switching (e.g. from #Whatsapp to #Signal, from #Instagram to #Pixelfed or from #X to #Mastodon) I made you some graphics to use freely in communicating with your contacts.
Letβs lead by example π
This is absolutely disgusting. If these arseholes harm Wikipedia, "free speech" dies. Your websites can be removed at the whim of a tech dork simply because you dissent against them.
Wanna complain about an ISP? Delete per Comcast. Make a comment about the Orange Orangutan? Delete per any right wing arsehole. Talk about how your health has been improving on the vegan diet? Delete per insurance companies.
And by the way, federation won't help except maybe if Wikipedia (and similar content) is replicated around the world on hundreds of servers. It's the reason why I got my account on this server and not one in the US. You can't trust any server in the US anymore.
And yet millions of people will just continue to use the platform. π
With such an obvious smack in the political face, every 'non-republican' (and even the decent republicans) should be flipping Meta the proverbial bird and getting the fxxx off the platform.
THAT IS NOT FREE SPEECH!!!!!
Very interesting article but my biggest issue with it is this phrase:
S π± L V I Ξ...Congress should investigate ethical violations at music streaming businesses
Really? Look at the Congress we have now*. They won't do a damn thing because I'm sure the CEO of Spotify is kneeling to the Orange Orangutan just as much as any other CEO. The only real solution is to stop using it.
There are a boat load of free Internet radio stations or still places to get CDs/vinyls. For example, go check our your local library! And remember, doing this won't cause any cdparanoia and is not lame.
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* Article was written 12/12/24, so author would know about the administration about to take over.
To my knowledge, Codeberg is not owned by a corp so your data is probably safer. In terms of space, I haven't run into anything nor read anything so I'm afraid I can't contribute there.
Well joy. Got shivers and cough last night. Continued this morning. No covid...test both times and both time negative.
Just checking in and now...back to bed. π₯±
Greeting, I'm Sam. Basically I created this account and now access it via #Tor because I live in the US and fear for our safety, security, and privacy from our own government now. It's a disgrace.
I'm into old computers (#Retrocomputing) from the late 70s and early 80s, mostly #Commodore, #Atari, #Sinclair, #AppleII, (gotta specify the 'ii' else I'll get a bunch of modern apple junk), #Acorn, etc.
I know #BASICv2 and #6510ASM, along with modern #C, #Perl, #Pascal, etc. I've also wanted to relearn #Prolog (CP3...π )
I'm a straight male but I hope that doesn't matter as it doesn't matter to me what you are. I believe people deserve to live their lives, their way to be happy. No one is above others. It's when beliefs are pushed on others we have problems.
Thank you for taking the time to read this far and I guess I'm supposed to end with a "Like and subscribe", but I think here that means "Follow if you'd like". π
Lazarou Monkey Terror πππ