@verbalprimate

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Tech wage slave for a long time. Blog @ verbalprimate.com. Amateur at many things including backpacking, guitar, and social media. Anti techlordlings, surveillance, and soggy toast. Pro fun stuff, freedom, and democracy.

"Americans are baffled"? 🤦‍♀️

Really?

Not any of my comrades. We saw that coming from miles away. 🙄

Americans are so thoroughly brainwashed. I am happy to see it breaking more lately, but there are still far too many drinking the red white and blue cool aid.

Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:

- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
- Providing government identification
- Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#android #opensource #keepandroidopen

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

We have a real problem brewing with the "Board of Peace" and it needs much more attention.

1) There is no legal entity for "Board of Peace" organized under the laws of any country, meaning it is subject to NO country's laws.

2) Trump is acting like the US is party to it as a treaty organization, but only Congress has the power to approve that.

Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long https://www.404media.co/man-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-speaking-slightly-too-long/
Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long

An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

404 Media

@jeffjarvis @bredow

You can also hear Kagan talking to gross on Fresh Air. This discussion was chilling. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699388/is-the-u-s-heading-into-a-dictatorship

Blocking someone should remove their replies from your posts, this is the type of safety features we need in the Fediverse!
What happens to the loyalists after POTUS's term - some of them gotta be worried

There are really two classes of minions in Trump's circle. 1. Billionaires 1. $3.3 billion Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce (Forbes) 2. $3.5 billion Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education (Forbes combined with Vince McMahon) 3. $2 billion Steve Witkoff 2. Not billionaires 1. $600 million Scott Bessent, Secretary

verbal primate
did my civic duty today:
went to a local donut shop
noticed they had a new ring camera up.
i ask the nice hispanic girl behind the counter "hey you know ice can see through that ring camera, right?"
she goes UHHHH NO WTF I HAVE ONE AT HOME
"tear it out of the wall. yank the power. ring gives ice free access to those"

This week's comic: "Polarization" is a reality-obscuring weasel word

#media #journalism #authoritarianism