There is a tendency amongst those on the political extremes to:
Silence opposing voices; Push for, and sometimes implement the policing and criminalization of certain speech; Root out ‘enemies’ through witch-hunts and humiliation rituals or ‘struggle sessions’; Enforce a conformity of ideas and opinions through the threat of ostracization, humiliation or violence. Instill a culture of fear around speech or activities contrary to the ‘party line.’ Amongst other things.
That’s the problem with ‘deplatforming.’
The crazies migrate to another platform and then that platform gets bigger and crazier and perhaps eventually competes with the original, more mainstream platforms.
Or just use your local taxi company like we used to. They often have their own app and prices are usually competitive with the Big Tech alternatives, sometimes cheaper.
On one hand; not a bad strategy if your aim is simply to have tariffs dropped, even for a short time. Appeal to Trump’s narcissism by promising him a Canadian leader aligned with him.
On the other hand; wtf?
Grindr convention
As we all know; only good things happened in the 1930s.
Fucking hell. That tweet is so cruel. I hope one day he comes back from the dark place he currently finds himself and looks back on this episode with shame.
No.
The crazy conspiracy guy I know uses Brave, so that already put me off.
Only on the Sunday shows?
2, please.
“Could.”
It sure looks like Americans do want rich people with political influence considering they just voted for a billionaire promising a cabinet of billionaires.
It’s super fucked up, is what it is. What is going through the heads of these people? Lead in the eyeliner?
It’s weird, because there’s inarguably been a ‘vibe shift’ away from the more authoritarian side of progressive ideas and politics, and for a while it seemed the backlash was unstoppable and far-right. I hope we are starting to see a ‘vibe shift’ away from the extremes of the right, too. It can’t be healthy for a society to swing from one extreme to the other. I suppose social media, and the difficulty with communicating nuance on such platforms is partly, maybe wholly, to blame.
I thought I was having a stroke.
Reddit link booooooo
We love Frostpunk in this house.
Would it help to have electronics, phone included, in your checked baggage?
If not, then people might have to consider smuggling their phone through in a brick of coke. Or put it in a condom and swallow it.
Komoot might work for you? German, I believe?
Yeah, quite different. The Civ style hex based grid took a bit of getting used to.