You say that like they ever do things the right way, even a fair chunk of the proposals I see for Linux take it out of the user’s hands.

I already nuked my hard drive and went to Debian when Microslop kept trying to force me to “update” my local account and turned their creepy AI stuff back on again and again no matter how many times I dug in with PowerShell to shut it off.

We’re going to be running a fork not licensed for use in the US or Europe soon enough, or bowing to surveillance and de-anonymization. Or maybe go back to legacy systems, like dumping systemd and wayland for init and x11, just to have things actually work for us again rather than embrace the ever-present creep of the “Framework of Fuckery” ™ that is being pushed by the corpo scum and their pet “Representatives.”

The rules have always been for us, not for them.

The police are enforcers for the elites, they don’t stop crime, they extract fines from people and provide a deterrent to anyone standing up for themselves.

A lot of places are making incomplete web versions, or outright cutting access outside of the app, they all want that sweet sweet spyware in your pocket.

Except it’s more ZuckID, since Meta was behind the “grassroots” campaigns and wrote the script “representatives” are using globally.

Maybe get some Decks back in, first…

The models were made to be run locally on your own data, let the corpos in and they’ll find a way to destroy the world, screw the people, and add eshitification to literally everything.

Tuta is much better than proton, but I’m finding Germany to be more than a bit sus lately, too.

I need to find a provider in Iceland or something, where there’s still a bit of respect for actual people.

Sadly the Sailfish phones tend to be very outdated on their Android compatibility, and with the new Verified Device API from Google even Graphene is having issues and the only two Play Store apps I still used have quit working on Lineage.

They have already had people on them for not stopping scam ads, they get paid by their customers so they don;t care how many of their products are harmed.

See, incest is what they hit on Steam, too.

I don’t get it, despite finding this to be pretty disgusting myself, with all the horrible things happening they focus on fantasy while pretending reality is not so much more vile.

Would be nice, I think I might be able to flee there, having Iceland be the best bet isn’t so good with how expensive it is and how little opportunity is there.

Honestly, I prefer someone else’s untrustworthy.

I don’t trust China at all, but I trust them over the US, if only because they have no stake in me as a foreigner.

Watching all the new laws spew out in Europe I don’t trust them, either.

I’m down to Romania and Iceland, now.

Been dumping German stuff like a plague lately, and already pulled all data out of Canada.

I have one thing in Amsterdam, but their laws have been getting worse and worse, and they’re… Nine, I think it is, eyes which is bad for trusting them with your data. Even Switzerland is getting sus af.

I don’t think they believe him so much as they believe the propaganda about any competition to him.

It’s been “Elect this shitty person because they are not that shittier person!” on both sides my whole life, and without ranked choice voting being national people will always pick the one their echo chamber calls a savior from the “other” they’ve been filled with fear over ignoring any decent option.

He ticks all the boxes.

There is no left wing, anymore.

I mean looks at Carney in Canada…

Here in the US you have AOC and Bernie both supporting Israel during an active genocide. Not really in-line with their alleged allegiances, is it?

An institution uses a local model to help organize massive amounts of data, not crawl the whole web stealing everything in sight while being anthropomorphized by a corporations trying to sell you a friend or a waifu…

Which you won’t be able to run because RAM is $500 now.

There are valid uses for LLMs, but I think everyone who calls it “AI” is definitely a scam.

Oh, that’s far too easy, I want people like this to live a very long and miserable life.

Flat broke, ostracized from humanity, abandoned by their family and friends, betrayed by the scam artists who convinced they they would be protected for their illegal and immoral acts, dying old and alone unremarked in a puddle of their own filth after a very long and painful life.

Dead Nazi make martyrs and we do not want martyrs. Heck, the Cheeto-in-Chief nicked his ear to play one, no need to add some gravy seals to the list.

Hiding, still, same as he will be until his “daddy” loses power and he’s drug out and tried for murder.

I refer to it as “Boomer Social” as it is the exclusive form of communication for family members over 60. When I purged my Meta accounts, finally, I completely lost contact with my sister.

Seems that old people who were around for email being the norm can’t manage to use it anymore…