"Trump and Vance are teaching us that the government cannot do anything except turn us against one another.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Wallyapplebee I'll take both A and B.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@CatDragon Well-stated. I like that.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@hakona

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@phaedral Absolutely. It's the way of ruthless, unbridled capitalism, built right into the system.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Christo_459 Precisely. Hardest hit because they're economically struggling and in areas of the world that are increasingly the hardest hit.

[piousunyn@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy When I posted the last post, with hashtags the number 504 pops up on my screen. Suspect it may be Universodon or something else?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Piousunyn That's strange. I think I've seen that number pop up for postings that have been deleted. When I click to reply to a deleted message — the message can still show in my feed — if it is now deleted, I think I get a message that says 504. I don't know why that could be happening in your case, unfortunately.

[lanaehforaday@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @Piousunyn

Universidon has been throwing 504s and 503s for about a month now.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@LaNaehForaday @Piousunyn Thanks for pointing that out. Since I'm not on Universidon, I haven't seen that happening — good to have an explanation. I'm sorry it's happening to you, Pious.

[piousunyn@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy @LaNaehForaday Several other factors may be causing it? My VPN, or Anti virus, or possibly my browser, which tells me Universodon was tracking me, though not at this time, was thinking moving to another server, but it seems better now?
Let me hashtag as an experiment: #Trump #Vance #fascism #Putin

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Piousunyn @LaNaehForaday I'm so very non-tech-savvy that I doubt I have any useful suggestions — other than to note I experienced a serious problem with a website I often use recently, convinced myself that the problem was different from what it was and had something personal to do with me, and eventually found out the explanation for what I was experiencing was quite simple and the problem easily solved. I discovered this through the kind assistance of several others dealing with that matter.