At first the Americans came for the Americans, and I did nothing, but encourage the fall of capitalism a bit and share anti fascist things, because I wasn't an American or in America.

Then they came for the immigrants, and I did the same, because I'm in Ireland. So then I decided I'd probably not visit America for probably at least a decade or two...

And that's basically how we are dealing with your mad mess over here, most of us in Europe are just watching your shitshow and thinking, 'Nope'.

Why read the news on the Amazon outage when I can just look at the Trending Page here for the full analysis plus all the memes?

#AWS #Mastodon #Amazon

So, the 4Chan Offcom thing is all funny, but this is how UK OSA _exactly as was universally predicted by experts_ (or literally anyone with the faintest understanding of business and the internet) has erected an enormous regulatory barrier against small and medium sites, while creating nothing but a unlikely future operating expense for huge incumbents.

All while harming speech. Not edgy “free speech”. Literally _any_ speech, from the most prosaic neighbour’s’ disputes. But also vital beneficial speech like kids hoping to understand their sexuality, or neurodiversity, or menstrual cycle. Possibly life saving speech. Because small sites providing forums for that have closed, or added age verification by ID requirements.

+ reducing online safety, because of greater chance of ID theft or tracking, or blackmail.

The only thing it’s done to help kids is teach them to use VPNs 🤷‍♂️

Stunningly poor policy, developed by the Tories, **implemented by Labour**.

So all in all, I’m not finding it very funny.

Right-wing techqueen launches 'moral crusade' to connect with 'MAGA land': report

#CriticsOfAmericanDynamism #PatrioticInvesting #HardTechRenewal #ChristianNationalismTech #SpiritualCrisisInvesting

alternet.org/tech-trump/

Right-wing techqueen launches 'moral crusade' to connect with 'MAGA land': report

Katherine Boyle — a close ally of Vice President J.D. Vance — has reportedly reframed Silicon Valley’s mission by directing venture‑capital into companies aligned with U.S. national interest in order to spur what MAGA sees as American renewal.

^{Ailia Zehra (Alternet.org)}

Yesterday I asked everybody who went to #NoKings in the US: did you see any counter protesters? All the responses, even from towns in red areas, said the same: very few or none at all. What a far cry from February.

Trump, Nosferatu, and the others who are true believers in Nazism have no shame, but can be expected to lash out in fear.

Media bootlickers and assorted grifters will be looking for the exits. Expect a shift in coverage, not out of principle but more naked selfishness.

Alright folks! I am casting more local community building lines!

1) I've had to give up driving because of meds induced cataracts, looking for friends to run errands with: Canadian Tire, Pet Store... Plus just lil outings to local parks n such.

2) I have a signal Group for #Guelph and area locals, chit chatty neighbourhood resources and fun. Boop me if you'd like to join (KW & Cambridge areas welcome too)

3) am still looking to hire spoonie help:
disabled.social/@vlrny/1153783…

🔁 Appreciated.

Valerie Roney

2025-10-15 13:20:37

The spoonie assistant I had lined up fell through. So looking again to hire someone with executive function and a driver's license to help me:

• Move - pack, organize and decide set up new place.
• Grocery shop, food prep, life management at home.
• Accompanying on appts so I don't get lost and confused when mentally spent.
• Life admin - filling out forms, phone calls (visual/auditory processing issues)

$20/hr 5-10hr/wk #Guelph
Boosts appreciated.
Need help asap.
#fediHire

Upcoming Elections in the Netherlands: Will the Far Right Hold Its Ground? Will the Pirates throw soot in the FUD?

@politics
european-pirateparty.eu/upcomi…

The Netherlands once again finds

good night

sleep tight

take your meds

fuck the feds

Let the
Alchemy
Of your art
Transmute
Pain into
Gold.

#poetry

looking forward to see people justifying the US overthrowing Venezuela's government because its undemocratic

our military is for giving other countries new leaders who are breaking international law*

(* Terms and conditions may apply)

Sam Altman: I need a trillion dollars.

Investors: Here’s a trillion dollars.

Sam Altman: Now, hear me out: Wanking.

I don't know why a firmware updater for headphones

- is a phone only app
- has a mandatory EULA
- can be installed automatically by the os just by by device signatures

EU pls fix

My wife and I were heading to Chicago this weekend because some old friends are getting married, but no longer. There were two issues, the first being that ICE is running snatch and grabs in our old neighborhood where we were planning to stay with some other friends. There is no way I could stay out of it if I saw it happening, and we decided it didn't make sense for me to go and get arrested in Illinois. Just another layer of headache. The second was that we wouldn't have been able to attend official NO KINGS marches because of travel and scheduling around a gig in Somerset, WI.

So instead, we are heading to Madison to stay Friday night and Saturday with her brother's family and do NO KINGS at the Wisconsin capitol while getting to visit a bit with part of the family that's going through some stuff right now.

I am pissed off that these SOBs are making me change plans. I detest fascists, and as soon as they come to Minneapolis (and they will) I'll be heading down. See you in the holding cells, friends.

#fascists #chicago #readytomarch #nokings

Pick two:

#breakfast #poll #food

• Eggs (62%, 148 votes)
• Sausage (44%, 104 votes)
• Hash browns (36%, 85 votes)
• Yogurt (16%, 39 votes)
• Oatmeal (18%, 43 votes)
• Pancakes (25%, 61 votes)

By this point Google has effectively become a spam haven. If they weren't "too big to fail", their IP ranges would already have been blocked by SpamCop, Spamhaus, and all other anti-spam solutions.

In my case, they are the #1 source of spam.

It's rare to get unanimous agreement across all political perspectives in media, but Pete Hegseth's regulations on Pentagon journalists were rejected by literally all reporters covering defense, even those from Republican outlets.

His latest version is just as censorial. poynter.org/reporting-editing/…

The Pentagon revised its media restrictions. They’re just as bad for press freedom, experts say. - Poynter

‘Rather than this overt censoring of journalists … it has morphed into this effort to intimidate both journalists and government employees’

^{Angela Fu (The Poynter Institute)}

i spent the whole day rebuilding my 23 year old blog from Pelican to 11ty in place. i'm almost done i think (famous last words)

this will be the 4th migration: first Movable Type, then WordPress, then Pelican, now 11ty sixohthree.com/about

I wish the BBC would stop doing these tech ads as 'stories'

Isn't that sort of thing supposed to be forbidden at the BBC? But then the way they keep pushing 'smart speakers' suggests hawking tat nobody really asked for is how the Beeb is going to go now...

#BBC #Technology #AI