ZephyrXero

@zephyrxero@layer8.space
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Some guy on the internet...

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God, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal

The reason Texas is part of the USA is that Mexico made slavery illegal.

Remember the Alamo? A lot of white people don't know is that what the "brave" people in the Alamo were fighting for was slavery.

That's also why it took two years after the civil war ended for enforcement of anti-slavery in Texas. (it wasn't because of slow communication, as is told in revisionist histories, it was because white people willfully defied the law).

Freedom is always worth fighting for.

Hard to argue with that.

Yo, real talk—what the fuck are we gonna do when the internet gets shut off?

We've seen it in #Gaza, in #Iran, and when Elon “I-play-God” Musk blacked out Starlink in Ukraine. Every time shit gets heavy, the state or some oligarch clown just pulls the plug. It ain’t just a glitch—it’s strategic, it’s repression, and it’s a fucking reminder that most of our comms infrastructure is in the hands of fascists, corporations, or both.

I’ve been working with indigenous comrades who rely on #Starlink to stay connected in remote areas. And yeah, it’s wild that you can be deep in the bush and still shitpost from a mountaintop—but that signal still runs through a pipeline owned by a Nazi tech bro.

We need to be talking more about mesh networks, autonomous infrastructure, all that good shit that anarchist tech nerds have been yelling about for years. Decentralized, resilient, community-controlled comms aren’t just cool—they’re necessary for survival.

Let’s keep this convo alive and start building the lifelines before the next blackout. Shit’s coming fast.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/activists-are-designing-mesh-networks-to-deploy-during-civil-unrest/

Activists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrest

The Mycelium Mesh Project is testing DIY networks that can be quickly deployed on trees or lamp posts during a political uprising.

VICE

I can tell if someone has never been poor by how they talk about poverty. People who have never been poor have this weird fantasy of "Poor, but happy" "They are just simple folks who appreciate the simple things in life". They've created this false ideal that people in poverty have less to worry about somehow.

Mo Money, Mo Problems is privilege speak. There is also this idea that Wealth = Intelligence, but I'm pretty sure the last decade has disproved that in spades.

Congress members have a legal right to conduct oversight at ICE facilities. This is the regime hiding its blatant abuses.
Live rounds pulled on unarmed protesters today at the ICE facility in Portland, Or.
Putting aside everything else that's wrong with streaming platforms, why is there still no "Report" option in Tidal or Spotify? A quite regular occurence is artist pages and New Releases playlists including tracks from impersonators with the same name. Absolutely no way to fight it.
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Same thing here in Canada. You know somebody went "wait, we technically do have a king and he's got nothing to do with what we're protesting...." Our actual king has a lot less real power than the US has handed to their wannabe tyrant king.
@Ryan @LilahTovMoon Still you should get rid of all kings.
@Ryan @LilahTovMoon no he doesn't. He has more power, for he can't be judged and pays no tax. Plus owns most of the country
@LilahTovMoon We call our monarchy a royale with cheese.
@LilahTovMoon Canada too. We can’t say no kings bc they “own” Canada. Like 90% of Canada is “owned”by the Crown. More than even in the UK.
@JoBlakely @LilahTovMoon To be fair, though, the actual crown is toothless and our use of "Crown" just means "federal" more or less.
@zazzoo @LilahTovMoon
It’s ‘their land’, our government enforces plenty when it comes to Indigenous rights on unceded land.
@JoBlakely @LilahTovMoon No argument there, just clarifying King Chuck doesn't personally own it.
@zazzoo @LilahTovMoon I did say The Crown, and not King Charles himself. As it’s The Business of The Crown
@LilahTovMoon Thats probably because we've got a king :P
@LilahTovMoon I kind of like the sound of "no tyrants" better. Hearkens back to the American Revolution.
@LilahTovMoon Kings in most countries have a more symbolic, ceremonial function nowadays. They don't have much power anymore.
@LilahTovMoon well, OK, one king. But no more!
@LilahTovMoon gotta admit, I wonder if they'd have thought about this if Elizabeth II was still Queen

@LilahTovMoon

Sad Tyrannosaurus can't go to No Tyrants.

@LilahTovMoon I felt so dumb because I saw the pics earlier today, I thought that was a protest in a country with kings... Then I noticed it was USA 😅

@LilahTovMoon

To be fair, their king has significantly limited power. The office of the President had too much from the outset.

@LilahTovMoon It’s because of the metric system.
@LilahTovMoon And let's not even get started on what they think "knickers" means.
@LilahTovMoon it's funny cos 14th June is his actual official birthday.