@Fratm Well I’m not saying you meant it this way but I think a lot of folks saw this as “you have stupid opinions” Which does come off as hostile, rather then “you would leave because of other people’s stupid opinions” which is what im guessing you meant.

I agree with the sentiment, it would be a bit silly to drop fedi over some stupid opinions, but it was a post expressing frustration to which your response wasn’t really helpful or constructive.

I really don’t mean to be overly critical, its not that big of a deal IMO, but I’m just pointing it out because I really do think we can and should do better here.

@Fratm I tend to agree that ample use of the block feature is all one should need to manage on the fediverse, but I also realize im not a minor internet celeb with tons of para-social followers and I could see how that might get annoying in that sort of case.

I have my share of disagreements with the level of “sensitivity” some folks on fedi have, but I still think its better to err on the side of being welcoming and understanding to people here, leave the hostility on those corporate owned networks that run off it instead.

@Fratm @vkc

Serious question for you @Fratm : who/what was your earlier message actually for? It seems like you wanted to share an opinion about someone else’s experience, but did you think you’d change their mind by essentially shaming them, I’m just curious what the logic was with this and why you’ve chosen to dig your feet in which just comes off as more cringe.

I don’t think you meant to come off as insulting or arrogant, but surely by this point you can understand that objectively that’s how you look in this thread. Of all the posts to do this on you pick one of someone talking about their personal experience , complaining about how other people speak for them. My guy, you gotta read the room next time and try to do better, I mean this in all good faith.

Made some improvements to the nginx setup so that things should be a bit smoother with streaming services.

So far so good having pleroma and lemmy moved to the VPS. CPU and ram usage increase is reasonable.

Think there might be some truth in this matrix...

(creator: unknown)

Testing out using rclone to mount the media library for jellyfin, it seems usable so far but scanning the entire library would take an insanely long time.

The image below is of Rep Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, WA3) US Congresswoman from SW Washington. In between the murder of Renee Good on 7 January and the murder of Alex Pretti on 24 January, Gluesenkamp was one of 7 democrats who voted to fund ICE. The bill would not have passed without them.

She and her husband own Dean's Car Care on NE Lombard in Portland.

#Washington #PDX #DHS #ICE

#introduction

Hello Fediverse!

We are Hypostasis, a progressive metal band from Greece.

Formed some 15 years ago, we have unfortunately been on and off (mostly off) for various reasons ever since. Life happens.

We released a 100% self-produced EP back in 2016, played a few shows, and were forced back into oblivion shortly after.

In the meantime, we were growing, writing new music, and planning a return. It is almost time now. We have recorded our debut album, and are planning a full release in the next few months!

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Please don't think that you can stop a Nazi by pointing out hypocrisy or by pointing out that they are lying.

They know. It is a feature, not a bug.

When a fascist lies to you, they are displaying power. "I know I am lying. You know I am lying. What the fuck are you going to do about it."

When a fascist lies to other fascists, they are displaying loyalty. "I know I am lying. You know I am lying. We do this because it is how we show allegiance to the cause."

In this way, fascism is inherently an empty ideology. It stands for nothing. It believes in nothing. It can therefore lie about everything.

Except one thing: power.

Fascism MUST lie. It MUST deceive. It MUST play to baser beliefs like racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia, because it has literally nothing of value to offer.

They know this. We know this. That is why they lie.

I’ve Moved pleroma back onto the VPS to see how it handles. I might move lemmy and/or piefed too, it mainly depends on if running them interferes with streaming services.

@thomasfuchs "Today we are rewiring Mozilla to do for AI what we did for the web"

From what they've done lately for the web, this might be a threat to AI.

Started playing Ocarina Of Time using Ship of Harkinian

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/mX2wLCSnp8XDSzfUCHyMpV

REMEMBER: Strikes don’t end until demands are met, If ICE doesn’t leave then the strike shouldn’t stop, anything less will be ineffective.

Minneapolis-St Paul general strike STARTS January 23

No work

No school

No shopping

Make noise

Do good

Be good

#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis

Man, it pisses people off when I say that marches and protest don’t have any practical effect when the government doesn’t care about the will of the people.

Listen: if rallies make you feel better and connected to other people, great. Really. That’s a good thing. But as Malcolm X once pointed out, nonviolence only works when your oppressor has a conscience… or is worried about being reelected.

Does anyone think Trump gets worried seeing people rallying against him? Do you think he thinks he’s in any jeopardy at the midterms? No. Whether or not he actually is is not the point; the point is that, delusional or not, he doesn’t worry about 3% of the US population coming out to march against him because he either believes the other 97% are on his side or he thinks he’s got a way to either rig or suspend the midterms. Y’all get that, right? That the idea that he’ll try to simply not allow midterm elections is not a crazy fringe idea but entirely plausible, if not likely? I mean, if you don’t think he’ll do it just because he’s openly talked about it, you’re a dummy. He talked about trying to get Greenland and invade Venezuela and a lot of you didn’t think he was serious… until he did it.

If protests get too big or too visible or disruptive - much less turn violent - he’ll just declare martial law and suspend elections that way, plus start mowing motherfuckers down in the street, and nobody will stop him. I can’t believe anybody is still naive enough to think the Democrats will do anything but issue more strongly worded statements if he does, but what can they do? He is the commander in chief of the military and since he’s already legally immune for anything he does as president, no order he gives is illegal even if it violates the Constitution. I mean, if that logic occurs to me it’s almost certainly what he’ll claim.

What I want is for those of you who are desperately clinging to the idea that the vox populi is still the most powerful force in America to please stop deluding yourselves, because it’s dangerous. I don’t mean metaphorically dangerous, I mean physically dangerous. This is not 1968, this is not Vietnam, and all the old glories are gone. This is: you’re gonna go out there in pink pussy hats and whichever faction of the American armed forces he sends are gonna use those brightly colored symbols as targets. I’m not exaggerating, I’m not being hyperbolic, I’m telling you the exact truth. You are not going to defeat fascism by marching. All you’re going to do is, quite frankly, pat each other on the back so hard you’re going to get a false sense of the power of collective voices against state which has deafened itself to your voices. And it’s gonna look like every generation or so of Iranian or Chinese students who think this time is gonna be different… and end up smeared on the stones of some public square or another.

There are and have been times when protest and nonviolent resistance were very good and effective ways of making the will of the people happen. This is just not one of those moments. I mean, I’d be glad to be wrong but absolutely nothing suggests I am.

@aral @nicolasvivant It will require ID verification, LOL… LMAO even

@FediTips

Honestly i think its a useful PSA about blocking the bridges, even if i dont think its the best way, im sure there are a lot of folks who would rather go with a sort of zero tollerance policy and i totally respect that, its good to have such options.

@FediTips

Where i disagree is that i think you are allowing your anger at a small group cause you to alienate a much larger group of people whom you probably have much more in common with then not in terms of ideology or goals.

I also think as with threads that it makes it harder for the average person to ever consider leaving a corporate social network when the alternatives might actively prevent them from being able to keep following people on the corporate networks. It causes more harm then it prevents, its better to block specific problematic accounts rather then blanket target an entire network because of the actions of a few powerful people who "own" those networks.

I dont think this is a disagreement worth unfollowing someone for, its just my personal opinion and i respect your right to your own opinions and views.

@David @FediTips Virtue Signaling is the point with a lot of this stuff. Its the same thing that happened with Meta’s attempt to federate threads. It’s misguided in my opinion but some people are more sensitive then others about such things. I’m a big fan of meeting people where they are as long as where they are isn’t an outright nazi bar.