The trade war HE. BUILT.
@lemmy.ml
The trade war HE. BUILT.
As a librewolf babe, I'm keeping an eye on this: https://codeberg.org/librewolf/issues/issues/2458
Tab grouping is so useful and something I've always had to resort to extensions for. Good for Firefox for this, can't wait for it to make its way to a browser that doesn't sell users data.
Since wards are liabilities, there is no business case for retaining them in their present, ambulatory form. Therefore, the most profitable disposition for this dubious form of capital is to convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses.
Okay, just kidding. This is the sort of naive Randian thinking which appeals instantly to a geek like me, but of course has nothing to do with real life. The trouble with the biodiesel solution is that no one would want to live in a city whose public transportation was fueled, even just partly, by the distilled remains of its late underclass.
However, it helps us describe the problem we are trying to solve. Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to genocide. That is: the ideal solution achieves the same result as mass murder (the removal of undesirable elements from society), but without any of the moral stigma. Perfection cannot be achieved on both these counts, but we can get closer than most might think.
To me its a story about becoming, recognizing identity, even if you don't have the words to know.
Here's the passage I like. That visceral recognition from your very soul without even knowing what they are.
One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the bushes. The duckling had never seen any like them before. They were swans, and they curved their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shown with dazzling whiteness. They uttered a singular cry, as they spread their glorious wings and flew away from those cold regions to warmer countries across the sea. As they mounted higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt quite a strange sensation as he watched them. He whirled himself in the water like a wheel, stretched out his neck towards them, and uttered a cry so strange that it frightened himself. Could he ever forget those beautiful, happy birds; and when at last they were out of his sight, he dived under the water, and rose again almost beside himself with excitement. He knew not the names of these birds, nor where they had flown, but he felt towards them as he had never felt for any other bird in the world. He was not envious of these beautiful creatures, but wished to be as lovely as they.
Christ. So many options.. With security cameras and license plate readers and liveview trailers and ring doorbells without warrant and palantir and now drones that can just "watch an entire city" from the air and "see everything". But who needs to decide, they've got it all!
Never thought I'd see the day when Taler was released. Can't wait to do payments with other Talerable vendors and leave the Intalerable payment methods behind!
I reccomend you try https://librewolf.net/ as your browser
Install these extensions: https://addons.mozilla.org/...
https://addons.mozilla.org/...
I've found I like logseq over obsidian.
And do consider installing graphine or e/os so you're not subject to google services on your phone.
The church my friends go to, there's half a dozen trans people there.
None of us have ever had to litigate our validity of existence to the pastor. And he certainly doesn't consider us to be a result of corruption.
This is my experience. It can be that easy.
Someone who based on their appearance is likely to be safe, friendly, or chill. Like if I'm somewhere and there's someone with pink hair and piercings, they're more likely to be cool with my deal.
If no offense is intended, don't use a slur <3
Thank you for this!
That guy is ... Not good
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In this browser: https://librewolf.net/
I'm reminded of this:
Snowden added that people who use the "I have nothing to hide" line don't understand the basic foundation of human rights. "Nobody needs to justify why they 'need' a right," he said. "The burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the right."
If one person chooses to disregard his right to privacy, that doesn't automatically mean everyone should follow suit, either. "You can't give away the rights of others because they're not useful to you," Snowden said. "More simply, the majority cannot vote away the natural rights of the minority."
We also see the willingness of companies like ring to hand over footage to law enforcement without the consent of the camera's "owner".
We see Facebook making shadow profiles for people who never signed up based on data from people who know them.
We see state attorneys general in the US subpeana apps that track periods to enforce anti-abortion measures.
Having nothing to hide falsely supposes a just system of governance. Data collected from you could put others at risk, and could put you at risk whenever the law decides.
Also... These companies mishandle our data all the time. The 2024 at&t data breach comes to mind.
Sunshine, thank you for spreading the news. Sure wish it wasn't so frequently existential threats to us though.. 26A7
How does simplex compare?
The above article unpaywalled: https://archive.is/vkMoW
My remarks: So this all seems in line with the whole authoritarian push to extract all wealth and land from us all...
Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to genocide. That is: the ideal solution achieves the same result as mass murder (the removal of undesirable elements from society), but without any of the moral stigma. Perfection cannot be achieved on both these counts, but we can get closer than most might think.
The best humane alternative to genocide I can think of is not to liquidate the wards—either metaphorically or literally—but to virtualize them. A virtualized human is in permanent solitary confinement, waxed like a bee larva into a cell which is sealed except for emergencies. This would drive him insane, except that the cell contains an immersive virtual-reality interface which allows him to experience a rich, fulfilling life in a completely imaginary world.
The virtual worlds of today are already exciting enough to distract many away from their real lives. They will only get better. Nor is productive employment precluded in this scenario—for example, wards can perform manual labor through telepresence. As members of society, however, they might as well not exist. And because cells are sealed and need no guards, virtualization should be much cheaper than present-day imprisonment.
I like virtualization because it can be made to scale. I don’t think there is any scenario under which San Francisco is burdened with more than a few thousand wards. Many other regions of the earth, however, contain large numbers of human beings whose existence may well prove an unequivocal liability to the owners of any ground on which they would reside. If so, they can be virtualized, creating giant human Wachowski honeycombs of former bezonians, whose shantytowns can be cleared and redeveloped as villas for retired oil-company executives.
The relevant GOP memo on this makes very clear the intent, as it explicitly names puberty blockers as a target. Top on page 4 in the pdf
I wish the People's CDC was more active
thanks for using Leebra!
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