Shocking. They are dismantling science in the US if they dislike the results, to make their ideology rule unchallenged.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

We're partway there - $40 short for tomorrow night's motel stay. We scrounged up enough change to buy the dog another can of food (fed much more slowly this time) and fast food points to get a couple sandwiches and a soda.I'm nervous because if we have to check out, our "timer" for reduced rates will reset -- again -- and we'll have to start all over.Beyond that, the only human food we currently have on hand is some saltine crackers. Scratch that - the only food, human or otherwise, is saltine crackers.Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwinsCashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwinsPP: [email protected]: https://gofund.me/12171be3

Every time I type "I'm sorry," it is fine, but if I type "I'm so sorry," autocorrect changes it to "I'm so dirty."I've caught it every time before submitting the post, but one of these days I'm not going to catch it, and my response to someone's bad situation is going to be "I'm so dirty." I'm sure that won't offend anyone or make things worse for them in that moment.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/I'm officially fed up with the nothing to hide argument. We now have basic confirmation that our data is in fact being used for harming others. If you can reasonably do so distance yourself from Google. I will be uploading my music to #peertube going forward#degoogle #humanrights #AI #privacy

Do not discuss sensitive things over corporate or unencrypted channels. SMS (text messaging)? Silence. The NSA captures every SMS message. Discord? Silence. They eagerly cooperate with law enforcement (it's in the ToS). As a cypherpunk, I recommend Signal (https://signal.org/), though any non-corporate encryption is better than none.It's possible to leave whenever if you can afford it. Some countries allow you to travel there for up to a few months, and stay if you land a job, enroll in school, etc. If you take this route, be prepared in case your trip turns into a one-way flight.Asylum may be possible soon. I haven't yet heard of any success cases for international asylum, but it would be wise to be ready. If arrests start happening at airports, keep in mind that it may be possible to enter Canada by land for a flight.

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@cwebber is there a python binding on the roadmap, or am I gonna need to learn scheme?

Please, for the love of Mike, be as great about #accessibility as rightwingers acccuse you of being.Disabled people want to be able to get the information and act on it too!

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*The demolition of society.* That’s what Polanyi said would happen if we allow market forces to dictate virtually every aspect of life. And that’s precisely what happened, most especially in the US. And when you demolish society, when you leave human beings as lone, naked, and atomized individuals in the face of titanic corporate power, people will cling in desperation to anything and anyone who offers them a path out—and revenge against the people they imagine to have caused their problems.Donald Trump and Elon Musk are both drivers *and symptoms* of fascism in the US and elsewhere. They are terrible, but if they had not come along, someone else would have. Maybe not at the same exact time or in the same exact way, but almost inevitably.A lot of people have fallen into the trap of imagining that the problem is one person, one institution, one election. It’s contingent, an accident of history. “One damn thing after another.”But Polanyi warned us. Our society was already demolished. Musk couldn’t take over the entirety of the US administrative state in two weeks if the whole thing hadn’t already been rotted from the inside out.5/end

@MisuseCase Palestinians were actually, actively, celebrating. So while this is on point for some—idk if you meant to include the people who actually live there and were excited to have something to celebrate, whether or not they believed it would last.

Recently that sabotage field manual has been making the round. I would like to suggest adding chia seeds to the list of ways to mess up anything containing liquid.Snaking is useless. If you do manage to push the snake through and pull it out again, the jelly just closes up behind it. It's not like a mass of hair you can pull out. It seriously messes things up like nothing I've ever seen.

I hear it's now "patriotic" to pay higher prices, according to the MAGA crowd. This just shows it was never about the price of eggs, it was the racism, and misogyny, and xenophobia, agree hatred. #USPolitics

@hannu_ikonen Dems were more fired up about college kids protesting a genocide then they are about a fascist coup.

Yes and yes.

If you are in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from local farmers and they will deliver it to you.https://www.localharvest.org/csa/It might not piss off people in power as much.

In her retirement, my mum has been learning to play the cello, having played it when she was at school.She went to the Oxfam music shop at the weekend to get a book of studies, to practice with.She found one, opened it up, and... saw her name written inside the cover, in her own handwriting from 60-odd years ago. #music #cello #coincidence

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I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/sharing-sensitive-leaks-press/