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With the recent-ish cock.li situation along with previous events surrounding it and Fedora Mail, I don't think I can trust email services run by a single guy anymore, especially if they target the imageboard crowd and/or use meme domains.

I think I'm going to use Posteo for now on. They same to go out of their way to respect user-privacy despite being for-profit and being payed means that it is less likely to be used for some bomb-threat or something like that (hopefully).

@realcaseyrollins @Yoruka @cjd @fba How big would something have to be in order to be considered a "society"? Would something like a China-town or a Native American Reservation fit the idea of "freedom of association"?

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Wait wait wait, what exactly is the difference between free association and discrimination?

I mean, doesn't free association also include the freedom to NOT associate with people you don't want to - for any reason?

How do you differentiate those things? Is it a limitation on the freedom? Like meaning you have freedom of association BUT not if you're making your determination of who to associate with based on race?

Of is it a limitation on the definition of association? So like it's association to decide who you invite to your house, and who can join your private club, but who you hire and who can live in your neighborhood is not association?
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I don't see anything inherently bad or dangerous about X-nationalism. It's free association, people want to hang out with others who share the same genes, why not?
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>modding hl2 xbox port to simulate some kind of lite feel of gmod
insanely cool holy shit :D

https://youtu.be/lXdJKoKrhsc
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Something that I noticed in the FOSS and decentralized tech movements (outside of the crypto space) is that there aren't that many incentives to get small businesses to become less dependent on Big Tech which I think is a problem. Small businesses are at the mercy of Big Tech services for web hosting, email, etc and most business owners aren't tech savvy enough to self-host or find alternatives.

I think this is a hole that should be filled by FOSS/decentralized tech developers and activists. There should be more easy to use tools for self-hosting, communication, and other things that small businesses need that are open-source and decentralized. Along with support and advocacy groups to help promote them. I think RetroShare and YunoHost are such tools that could be great for small businesses, but I rarely see any promotion for them.

Unfortunately, there seems to be an extreme anti-capitalist sentiment in the FOSS and decentralized tech communities and would be opposed to this. Personally, I think this is much different than something like Meta creating a fediverse instance with the plan to EEE it. Trying to fight for a decentralized future also means to get your local Mom & Pop shop off of Big Tech.

@LukeAlmighty These leftists hate Blaire White. Of course they would also hate Donna Trump.

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hot take:

addictive screen use isn't leading to mental health issues in the youth, it's a symptom.

society increasingly doesn't care, so kids are trying to compensate.

that doesn't mean that commercial social media isn't designed to be addictive. the truth is that kids not properly cared for will be addicted to _something_. it's just another thing to get addicted to, which is easily accessible and doesn't raise immediate suspicion.

if it wasn't media consumption, it would be booze, weed or something else.

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>Iran retaliated with drone and missile attacks on Tel Aviv.

And those areas allegedly targeted were already scheduled for demolition and redevelopment.

xcancel.com/morganc000/status/

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@basadeskaiser Some Twitter/X user who is known for posting ancap/agorist/voluntaryist memes. A lot of the memes you see on here are copied from his Twitter.

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So it turns out that the residential areas that Iran allegedly struck where already scheduled for demolition and urban renewal.

If this isn't flat out proof that this conflict is all scripted if not flat out staged, then I don't know what is.

xcancel.com/morganc000/status/

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