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what does it say that when i hear that "Fooble is forked from Barble" these days, my first question is "which one's the nazi one"
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There was a whole era where Twitter liberals treated open-source social media as some kind of Nazi factory.
The logic went: if you make a platform anyone can run, Nazis will run it too. Therefore, by extension, you must be helping Nazis.
But then what actually happened? The “responsible” platform, the one the gatekeepers defended, got bought by a fascist-saluting clown who immediately started funnelling money into Trump’s campaign—helping him back into the White House.
So where are those noble guardians now? Where’s the vaunted moderation aristocracy that was supposed to keep us safe? Gone. Silent. Utterly absent now that the new overlord has arrived.
That’s the lesson: power isn’t something handed down by gatekeepers. It isn’t something you beg for in moderation queues. Power is taken.
And the way to take it back is simple: build your own sites. Federate them. Don’t leave your digital existence in the hands of self-appointed wardens.
The logic went: if you make a platform anyone can run, Nazis will run it too. Therefore, by extension, you must be helping Nazis.
But then what actually happened? The “responsible” platform, the one the gatekeepers defended, got bought by a fascist-saluting clown who immediately started funnelling money into Trump’s campaign—helping him back into the White House.
So where are those noble guardians now? Where’s the vaunted moderation aristocracy that was supposed to keep us safe? Gone. Silent. Utterly absent now that the new overlord has arrived.
That’s the lesson: power isn’t something handed down by gatekeepers. It isn’t something you beg for in moderation queues. Power is taken.
And the way to take it back is simple: build your own sites. Federate them. Don’t leave your digital existence in the hands of self-appointed wardens.
If I had to choose, I would also play Super Mario Brothers instead of race war.
8 year old me would never forgive present day me’s reaction to Hulk Hogan being dead. What can I say? We’re both disappointed, kid.
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Nothing more useless after the NYC mayoral primary than think pieces about and from centrists democrats.
"Sure, Zohran Mamdani mobilized and turned out lots of ostensibly Democratic voters. But what will diet Republican and independent voters think? And to whom will big donors throw their money to try and coalesce around messaging that resonates with literally no one??" - questions dreamed up by the utterly deranged
Kid just tried to remember the name of a show and out popped “Ran and Stampy”. Honestly? Not bad.
Happy things are shaking out sensibly in NYC tonight but the reality that we were staring down a potential Adams/Cuomo//Sliwa election in November is only now just hitting me and this is no longer the absolute worst timeline.
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Umm there is a cake vagina
My brother's boyfriend has a birthday coming up, and he's always bragged that he's never touched a vagina, because his mother had a C Section. So, these are the things we have done:
I wanna be Jackie Onassis. I wanna wear a pair of dark sunglasses.
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And before the end of day 1, we need to discuss whether Elon threw up a Nazi salute or merely waves like an asshole. Gonna be a brutally long 4 years.
It legit hurts my heart to see the worst people on earth so happy today. Just need to remind myself it’s a marathon and not a sprint.
Keep running through design iterations for my ideal personal jukebox. It's one part on-demand whatever I want, 2 parts playlists-as-radio-stations. Think I've identified all the piece I need to do that, just need a little time to pull that all together. Will be pretty sweet if I can find time to do it.
Love it when this little ditty makes a cameo on the playlist:
Now, when the mother in law asks for “some nice music, something nice”, she’s means early 90’s Eurodance. She’s in her 80’s. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
I disagreed with Trump pretty strongly that America was a garbage country on Monday. By Wednesday I’ve begrudgingly come to see that he was right.
I have never been so disappointed
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