@em_and_future_cats ICE is in fact a militarized version of INS, which it replaced. It was created in the wake of 9/11 by fearful and ignorant Americans who believed it might be possible to prevent another 9/11 through -- let's not mince words -- racial profiling. It was only a matter of time before the insidious racism and jingoism of the US fused ICE into the dangerous secret police they are today. It's a special kind of evil bred of our own dark id monsters.
"They’ve bought themselves a Congress" #USPol #News #Money
Issue 99 – Citation Needed
( by Molly White @molly0xfff #MollyWhite )
"They’ve bought themselves a Congress" #USPol #News #Money
Issue 99 – Citation Needed
( by Molly White @molly0xfff #MollyWhite )
Fediverse = lack of anyone dedicating to #caring for it's users more personally - we're too #alone and I'm not proud to be a #pioneer like this!...
Uhff #Fediverse = Seeing your old post in #2026 - almost a year to the day from lack of anyone else dedicating to #caring for it's users more personally - we're too #alone and I'm not proud to be a #pioneer like this!...
Only providing one-way mass spaces with no-one personally driving their instance and space,...
urghhh... dry...
Thanks I guess - #HINT - a tech instance is not enough, we need humans answering / pushing / educating / warming up with the others ! Captains / people driving the ship forward socially else we just stay drifting with no pioneering / much less discovery / progress / just tech which gets rug pulled...
Humans hold their #values and can share them better than cold #computers!
We can't stay humanly cold / unlearned / just in text-modes...
Ouch #humanity.
My post I'm referring to is about Browsing the web and being watched / activities logged...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/113811427866258022
(that post a bit unrelated to this post #Quote 💬 #MollyWhite
But I guess I'll see this post soon enough a year from now.... so here's the last! (also without human comment, or interaction from #Molly / @molly0xfff )
People are doing good work but more-personally we're not building OUR MASS - just a few specialists talking to the #MASS who are far from able to even reply sometimes...
#Communication ⬅️ #Pioneer needed #Job #JobOffer ?
and some #Data #Privacy #Security #MollyWhite
Fediverse = lack of anyone dedicating to #caring for it's users more personally - we're too #alone and I'm not proud to be a #pioneer like this!...
Uhff #Fediverse = Seeing your old post in #2026 - almost a year to the day from lack of anyone else dedicating to #caring for it's users more personally - we're too #alone and I'm not proud to be a #pioneer like this!...
Only providing one-way mass spaces with no-one personally driving their instance and space,...
urghhh... dry...
Thanks I guess - #HINT - a tech instance is not enough, we need humans answering / pushing / educating / warming up with the others ! Captains / people driving the ship forward socially else we just stay drifting with no pioneering / much less discovery / progress / just tech which gets rug pulled...
Humans hold their #values and can share them better than cold #computers!
We can't stay humanly cold / unlearned / just in text-modes...
Ouch #humanity.
My post I'm referring to is about Browsing the web and being watched / activities logged...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/113811427866258022
(that post a bit unrelated to this post #Quote 💬 #MollyWhite
But I guess I'll see this post soon enough a year from now.... so here's the last! (also without human comment, or interaction from #Molly / @molly0xfff )
People are doing good work but more-personally we're not building OUR MASS - just a few specialists talking to the #MASS who are far from able to even reply sometimes...
#Communication ⬅️ #Pioneer needed #Job #JobOffer ?
and some #Data #Privacy #Security #MollyWhite
...Developing people NOT just Tech... People themselves are the weak point and NOBODY IS DEVELOPING PEOPLE (HUMANS TO HUMANS).
@Flipboard @molly0xfff Misses the point of improving people / developing people NOT just Tech - we have had similar systems of messaging and mostly #ICQ and forums have been good but not really humans developing humans - just 1-way interaction - like #Mastodon being a great engine but most of us are socially crap as drivers and can't find a way to increase #Trust, measure people on the fly, practise talking to them - so you get 0-participation or organising as any 'social' and just a donation page, tech debugging and nothing else to contribute to all this despite us all working in A MILLION places with our own resources we could do something with instead of complaining about #Trump all day or thinking #Fediverse is totally different.
People themselves are the weak point and NOBODY IS DEVELOPING PEOPLE (HUMANS TO HUMANS). Tech people are developing computers instead hoping for a better future.
Nuts to expect better people just from installing #linux or something and I know a bunch of almost-retarded (excuse me but just to be short I mean over introvert or recluse hobbit even with kids) and that frankly isn't good enough / keeps problems going!
Humans need to get used to more types of humans and the rest comes with it... #Communication
More #Communication needed and organised... if you want real #SOCIAL!
Not suprised - Eventually happens to everyone + everthing unless we work away from 'system' (of cheating people / profit)... AND ALSO developing people more than just Tech to solve human greed...
@fabio Without reading it all - I'll take a guess - it's the same happening to EVERYONE in this industry who constantly is surprised at the WHOLE MODEL being a kind of #rugpull / #business trick itself - either now or eventually when bad people get round to pulling their pants down also.
#Banks and #money devaluing itself at root on every loan given out (the whole pool of money goes down) etc and somehow people don't "see" it what's happening or that it goes around to them eventually when happening it's over and over elsewhere? Dumb...
All that description seems fine but it's MISSING the overall scam / trick / pressure of us passing around #dollars (or whatever the same) and MONEY ITSELF being a scam AND THEN also others yes with THEIR short-term scam-syndrome (greed or stupidity or shooting self in foot).
EXPECT EVERYTHING LIKE THIS - AS A SOFT OF HARD #ECONOMIC #WARFARE ON PEOPLE.
What you describe as selling things / parasitic etc is also unfortunately the problem (even the luke warm versions), so while people think "I have to stay alive / do something" selling your planet catches up with everyone / selling your body to unethical people using unethical money etc is just too much bad work fast... just have to get out of this #bad #circle accepting fall-out.
#Selling ourselves short is not fun for you or next #generations...
Don't wait for it to happen again we have to THINK ABOUT USING something else that doesn't take from our# future and #disintegrate / #dissolve everything from the past #evolution of generations who did or didn't know what they were doing to the children of the future using debt and control points to constrain / sterilise them / all #cultures.
Seems perhaps unrelated but isn't - long and short chains all count and come back to the same money used for #war (neutrally said too, that's just what money was made for, war!).
The financial #culture is deadly. ☠️ ☣️ 🛢️
And IT / many working people are part of that "industry" as soft war (software) or hard war (hardware) when a lot of money goes to states
....until they / we look for another way almost separate from "system" / cheating numbers often and many mechanisms we give to almost without thought).
⬇️ Think again about #IT ⬇️
Developing better people is needed even more than developing more #Tech / #BigTech
#FreeSchool ⬅️ hashtag
Making Mastodon more social... encouraging chats actively...
@Gargron Why did nobody vote by the way?
Also I want to use this opportunity to say we need more #INTERACTION itself as a focus branch of Mastodon (which is mostly text-based). This in turn will give you and us benefits...
If I say "Mastodon doesn't directly encourage social events or activity beyond aesthetics" I think it's mostly true.
A branch of Mastodon to help gather groups by 1 or two keen people like me (free) goes a long way from text-mainly ways to audio chats and really bonding / finding relativity more.
Because even the best social engine (like it is now) does maybe near-0 for helping people pool together to interact REGULARLY.
The non-talkers / too-polite / inhibited Tech people NEED HELP to express more personally and develop their social side as part of the sport of social and moving together...
We can find a focus and help others talk aloud with each other as the main sport of socialising and finding others who want to be found at the same time as problem-solving as a bonus individually or for Mastodon...
ANSWER = #JITSI
#Jitsi chats are a simple enough way and SUPER-quick to join as individuals into circles to say hi and what we're looking for / what we can help with.
So even as text it would be great to have a regular circle but even after text something like audio chat is something great MORE COMPLETE AS A SOCIAL. #WHATSAPP ETC HAVE AUDIO RECORD for example...
A pool of people (as resources) is not really being used currently as there are a lot of us with free time and resources to #GIVE!... #SHARE ETC
E.G Fixing a laptop audiably, live-talking about German politics, graphics design etc etc.
People don't know how to speak / be more human is my main point. Need a place to practice! Text isn't human-enough today.
Tech is developing hardware and software NOT developing people (which is part of solving the human psycho-social problems).
A person holds value in themselves better in many ways than an Americanised computer, and even if it ahuman is not as much data a person holds their #principles and #history with whatever they do AND can consider others and their principles a lot better.
TECH IS LARGELY ERASABLE / OVER-WRITABLE / CAT AND MOUSE / #RUGPULL ETC. People hold it long term better and can explain to others,,,
I find assuming people to hunt people, job, events for themselves and hunt other humans isn't really great and could be more easier with a bit of help from the Social engine itself! - WE NEED MASTODON (living staff) TO HELP PRACTICE SOCIALISING AT SPECIFIC MINI-EVENTS / MINI-CHATS!
I'm not saying #Mastodon takes all responsibility but ME recommending and doing all this means a different / strange things rather than trusted Mastodon or testing crew being happy to test / try it...
For a social movement it needs to be socialising itself else just empty...
( 🖼️ ok some cat pictures and single replies / arguments but not really developing people, justs develops the empty-ish tech site increasingly Americanised even if it isn't all).
It's like a social engine going to church only on Sunday's (or in this case #Caturdays') and that's it - not really progressing life, staying in cat-pic mode / non-deep discussion. It's killing us.
For more-real socialising, we need more than just one or two text replies - actually a Jitsi chat / RTMP is A
PERFECT TO #TALK INSTANTLY
(3 CLICKS, NO ACCOUNT +less a minute entry)
Try these Jitsi #servers! No account - any browser! ♠️ Ace ♠️
➡️ https://meet.nadeko.net/MastodonUser123 (any name)
➡️ https://jitsi.freifunk-duesseldorf.de/MastodonUser123 (any name)
For #QOTO - I'm not sure why my pinned posts disappeared... I think you can have 4 pinned and yeah I don't remember taking them off - is hard to say but happened twice so I'm 'just saying' as it felt it happened again...
BSky is:
- centralized
- US based
- owned by a mini-big-tech-bro
Just forget it and let’s focus on the good things in life.
I closed my account there quite a while back but only de-bridged today. I'm sad to no longer see posts from certain people I followed but overall I feel a whole lot better. 👍
Fediverse. A distant sport / galaxy....
@_elena We (people on #fediverse but also generally) really have to work on #social (talking more deeply together).
We, the people on fediverse but also generally have to do this - such a missing piece of 'social'.
#Projects could do this with some #participation but I guess it's "people-work" people want to avoid. I want to upgrade the mindset of people not hardware... adjust principles or priority while not wanting to damage them or their individuality. Better pooling together even 'manually chatting' #p2p.
Rather than text - really join forces / efforts (at #whatever speed just not 0 or 0.1). Now we're just a bit more private still inside the defensive / distant world of chiming in rather than really #building trust (a non #material thing) and friendship (real federation) and other people related things in themselves - rather than external #Trump-ism stuff.
Anyway I'll be available to chat in #Jitsi anytime this week - next year etc! IF anyone cares or wants to find a way ... 50% of this is just having the will to find a way...
I feel like you Elena and what you said about Bluesky is similar about Fediverse - nobody, dust, cat pics... shadow ban each other unless it's super-light / stanced stuff.
My account is a years of trying to ask people increase trust or get them people to use people, explore... (!.... a free or available resource almost) using them for free for free freedoms!... Nope.
Many don't have that 'ability' or maybe feel the need to *wait* for something else like organising. But most of this is just about individuals doing it, ad-hoc, nice-looking or not... just encouraging and incorporating all...
And it seems like when people are popular it's for mainly technical stuff not really chatting to the fans or Fediverse building stuff - it's not about working out how they help others contribute / participate en mass as collective.
Donate button, patreon, but not really... Banks don't work (in fact the opposite are doing badly) so it has to be the people work as they hold the 'values' best...
Ah well...
Fediverse.
A distant sport / galaxy.
The past tricked the future. Here's how... (Banks and State Rules)
➡️ #Banks as the "system" of "value" #cheating the #future by "selling" #debt and #devaluing future #money (and life).
More debt or #less #value of keeping money / #saving. (often both)
➡️ More State #Rules, like a smaller and smaller space to work in (to make it harder or more #profitable for #State)
➡️ ... ... ....
⬇️ Read my hashtag for more lines
⭐ #FreeSchool ⭐
( not for #profit ) #AltText
🖼️ = Picture of Euro bank note but edited to show a 0 and not 10 or 100 for example because it's really not worth what is in reality and anyway always devaluing the total by loans given out.
Follow up on #Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy…
He later posted this image of his camera sitting on top of what appears to be a court date notice. The caption is very cryptic, but from the picture I infer his camera survived & he was in fact arrested. No word on whether he had any injuries, though at a minimum I’d expect bruises. An absolutely #unconstitutional #arrest.
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP
"New polls released this week show U.S. voters breaking just 20-30% in favor of the way ICE is enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. Polls on things like zip-tying children during raids, detaining U.S. citizens, ICE agents wearing masks, &, of course, shooting and killing citizens such as Renee Good show a public that is moving dramatically away from the president on his once-best issue."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #ApprovalRating
/21
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-70-30-issue-against-trump
@FediTips I gave Bluesky so many chances, I was hopeful communities like Blacksky would flourish and push decentralization, but damn, it continually feels like a leftist honeypot there, just the successor of Twitter. Stuff like this, I worry Fedi is next for enshittifcation if servers like mastodon.social keep growing unchecked.
"We're forever grateful for every dollar we receive"
From the 7 options to donate, there's 1 european (german) , and 6 US (including corporate offers).
I wonder if there is any 'europe' left in mastodon or if it has been swallowed up by the US allready like all other european competitors.
@random_sapiens our our fiscal sponsor in the EU is WE AID, and there's a SEPA Direct Debit option via that route. We're aware we can do more to make it easier to donate, and will see what we can do to improve this.
Freedom. All things towards #Freedom.
Communication pioneer (only as most people don't do it at any depth)
#FreeSchool = #Notes #Quotes (extracts / gems) from great #Books #Videos #Talks #Websites from all around the world towards
TOGETHER & MORE OFTEN DIRECTLY (who else is going to do it?).
#FreeSchool hashtag shows examples what this is about... and can check anytime.
Overall: Moving From Shorter to Deeper intelligence and more Caring thoughts...
( More below if you're able )
#DIY Care (because nobody else is going to as best as you do for those around) - #Caring IS our main #Politics / #Politics and "System" (not a system of cheating each other but caring and what Capitalism is cutting out - this is what we need to put back in and teach to those willing).
#Degrowth / PostGrowth
#WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics
#CaringEconomy / #CareEconomy / #Partnerism
"Free School" is a term for a movement born from the 1960's / 70's using educational living & learning practice towards #Caring & #DIY with all others (all at the same time - not an after-thought or specialism in 1 field or person who is a #compartmentalised person ignoring others in other fields). Caring to involves more things, increasingly aiming towards everything...
Posts are 1-line #Notes and #Quotes that links all other things (it's all relative).
Long comments use CW to shorten post vertically and add a 'show more' button to reveal more text if you want it. Long posts might seem bad but it's giving chance to more connection and understanding.
All things towards #Freedom (life moving from Shorter to Deeper thought).
Freedom doesn't come from short-depth lifestyles / short lines of text / ignoring / #inaction. Not less communication between lovers of similar things. MORE!)
#FreeSchool = Learning Together 🔁
#FreeSchool = Working Together 🔁 (eventually + I do Free work for Freedom.
#FreeSchool = Co-Operating & #DIY Solutions 🔁
See My #FreeSchool (Hashtag) for latest examples anytime. Or keep open and refresh from time to time:
https://qoto.org/web/tags/freeschool
#FreeSchool ➡ Increment Talking + Peacefully solve everything.
TLDR - Inaction = Fascism
Trust comes from "slowly but surely"... Doesn't have to be all-in, but peace doesn't come from one-way short messaging on 'social' Mastodon either - collecting memes and cats only is limited!
Remember we need develop better humans as well as 'develop' code on computers etc.
☮ Peace needs more... even to save all types of cats!
Get in touch - I'm someone that cares for everything because it's all human-related...
Human #chats welcome - I using #Jitsi audio chat which uses JUST browser (ANY PLATFORM + 2minutes to enter !)
(i.e. no-install / no account / no google / instant / privacy-respecting / safe-enough, etc!) Really the best out there - any platform / device! Instant audio chat !
Just ask for a link and prepare a few topics!
#AltText used (when I remember).
FREE WORK - I do free audio and video editing (anything considered - just ask).
Again - Creating Trust needs a bit of trust given "slowly but surely"... not all-in... being relaxed about it... but has to be more - 'working' like a 2nd job towards peace because your job isn't going to do it / it's now allow by State to get there! War increases prices etc ☮
So do "peace" as a side-job like it was your real job in the world, parallel to the Capitalism (Trap) you (we) were born into. We have to accept that and fight out of that and not be comfortable in it.
Heart and Soul all the way.