valleyforge @valleyforge@qoto.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque
The issue of marque and reprisal was raised before Congress after the September 11 attacks and again on July 21, 2007, by Congressman Ron Paul. The attacks were defined as acts of "air piracy" and the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001 was introduced, which would have granted the president the authority to use letters of marque and reprisal against the specific terrorists, instead of warring against a foreign state. The terrorists were compared to pirates in that they are difficult to fight by traditional military means. On April 15, 2009, Paul also advocated the use of letters of marque to address the issue of Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden. However, the bills Paul introduced were not enacted into law.

Aparently in 2001 and in 2009 Rand Paul tried to get the government to start issueing letters of marque to privateers to fight terrorists. I fully support this only because its awesome

Is anyone calling the many chinese state sponsored hacking groups privateers? I think it's a great fit

https://rms-open-letter.github.io/
"He has shown himself to be misogynist, ableist, and transphobic, among other serious accusations of impropriety. These sorts of beliefs have no place in the free software, digital rights, and tech communities."
I don't understand this ideological purity stuff. Why do his other opinions matter to his advocacy of free software?

I'm surprised how well internet movie pirates do at including subtitles

The reloading setup in fallout new vegas is better than mine

This is hilarious
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Scheme_No._1

I had forgotten how good the 1957 "Twelve Angry Men" is. I would love to see the play

Is 6.8 SPC actually going to be a thing?

It's not sounding like Texas will get constitutional carry this session

Practiscore needs an api

https://github.com/gotosocial/gotosocial

I'm making my memes not just be dreams