Hunter Biden not being in the Epstein files is not surprising to the real hunter heads, several sex workers have said that he was extremely respectful and never made them uncomfortable. He likes two things; crack and women.

So the reality is, that conservatism as you understand it, has as its FUCKING ROOT IDEA, the restoration of absolute class power, specifically in the form of a King, Emperor, or Aboslutism of some kind.

It has NEVER been anything different. There is no "conservative tradition" that includes folks like Thomas Paine. That's all a work. They wanted Paine dead in his lifetime. It's all fake.

Conservatism is about power. That's why it doesn't "believe" things.

@amenonsen
This isnt the way either buddy. You dont need to further harass someone just because you think they where rude to your parasocial friend.

@Fratm

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so is “:(){␣:|:&␣},:”@gravitywell.xyz

MUNICIPAL WASTE’s TONY FORESTA Doesn’t Regret Creating Controversial DONALD TRUMP T-Shirt: ‘F**k That Guy’

@Fratm Oh wow, thats pretty disappointing to see as I thought she was an overall net positive for fedi, perhaps it really isn’t the right place for her.

Reports should mostly be reserved for content that is either direct harassment or illegal. “Getting weird” is an extremely subjective thing which is fine to block someone over but trying to get people banned or posts removed just because you don’t like what they have to say is a bit too authoritarian for my liking, we certainly can do better then that here.

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”

― Friedrich W. Nietzsche

@Fratm You are absolutely right, the fact that this post is reported to my instance just goes to show that people on her side[*] are now using this as an excuse to harrass you by reporting all your posts. Nothing about this previous post was worthy of reporting but at least one user reported it on here for no other reason then to harass you, and to whomever is doing that I ask that they also please try to do better.

[*]I don’t think veronica would intentionally want her followers to do this, but I also don’t think they are unaware of the ripple effect putting your post on blast would have. We all have room for improvement here.

@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!

I'm really excited to share this journey with you - we are proud of our new work and, in due time, I hope you'll give it a listen.

Cheers!

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.