Notices by Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social), page 6

And working across ideological lines? That's something that corporate social media has made nearly impossible for some by driving the discourse into opposing corners and ironically eliminating the public square by pretending to BE the public square.

I cannot say this more loudly. I have a few bright lines, but I do not have to agree with all of your positions to join you in defeating fascism.

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Right now - if a fascist is proposing it, I oppose it. Whether it looks like a good idea or not.

We can't give them anything.

If the fascist offers me free lunch? I don't accept it. There is no policy they can propose that I am willing to support.

Everything they do is in service to tightening their grip.

No pats on the back for fascist politicians.
No money spent on fascist corporations.
No comfort for fascists.

They have to go.

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You don't have to be ideologically radical as I am to be tactically radical.

You have to make an active choice to give no aid or comfort of any kind to these people. Not even if you think they have a few good ideas.

It should be clear now that their ideas are a smokescreen. They just want to own everything. If they are speaking with their lips, it's a lie.

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You have the right to document #ICE arrests. Be safe! And know that agents might ignore the law.

Tienes derecho a documentar los arrestos de #ICE. ¡Estar a salvo! Y sepa que los agentes podrían ignorar la ley.

From the Immigrant Defense Project:

@lxo thanks for the recommendation!

I like Signal and use it. I think the group behind it is pretty cool.

For those who are responding with good information and technical deets about how some platforms do or do not meet the specs I mentioned... thanks for your labor.

For those who are here to lecture about why my question is wrong... meh. I said what I said.

Platform capture of centralized services by oligarchs should be top of mind for anyone watching current events even a little bit and we should all be asking questions.

@nicfitzgerald not entirely, obviously. But it's helpful in that it means I don't have to worry about one single CEO caving to the feds and turning over data. And I don't have to simply trust their word about where and how data is used/stored.

It seems like Matrix is the going thing. Any thoughts about it?

Signal is great and widely used but it's still closed and owned by one company. I find that to be a security risk and it makes me feel weird recommending it.

What's the best E2EE messaging app that is community developed, open source and potentially self hostable?

Caring for and nurturing spaces that exist outside of the grasp of the ruling class is a form of activism and that's why I'm here.

I'm awake to the current limitations of this place, and I don't care. None of them are worse than the disgust I feel at the idea of giving any of these fascists a single fraction of a penny's worth of my online life.

OMG you really believe all these rich people are going to allow one of their favorite advertising and disinfo machines to go permanently dark. L O L

TikTok has just demonstrated why you need to futureproof your creative endeavors.

I'm not asking you to simply abandon a platform that is helping you earn a living -- but you should at least consider planting seeds somewhere else as an investment in your future.

Maybe somewhere like the Fediverse where a single government, company, billionaire, president, whatever can't ever just arbitrarily turn out the lights on your source of income.

Goddamnit I guess I need to find myself a VPN provider who isn't supporting far right politicians. Any suggestions?

I have the misfortune of needing to prepare for attacks on my family next year.

History shows that moderate supporters follow the pendulum during times when it swings away from justice.

When you are tempted to, remember how little harm my husband and I are. Compare the way we live our lives to the way they describe us.

Every "necessary" oppression is a Trojan horse to enable worse.

Do we deserve it?

I don't believe we do. And I don't think you do, either.

Still #trans. Still proud to be.

Zuckerberg ain't gonna send you a cute little Christmas package, people.

❤️ to @brian for the swag and the nice surprises in the mail today!

Pulled out my heavy old ABM 225 button press today to punch out some official #HoosierSocial merch for the folks that attended our virtual party last night!

We had a lovely time and if you missed it, you missed out!

Want an exclusive Hoosier Sosh pin of your own? Starting in January we'll have a way for you to get one AND help out our community! #foreshadowing

#HoosierMast

It's COOKIE DAY. Just finished a batch of white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies. Dough for gingerpersons is chilling in the fridge. After that we are going to attempt a variety of fudge with some interesting floral and herbal flavorings.

In the last twenty four hours both Harris and Walz have delivered master classes in how to support the dignity of trans people without falling into the bad faith traps set for them by conservatives. That matters.

Hey there, #Indiana! Come phone bank in person WITH our candidate, Jennifer McCormick! Help us get out the vote to make her our next governor!

She's visiting our Hamilton County HQ this Saturday! Sign up here:

https://www.mobilize.us/mccormickforgovernor/event/710687/

#HoosierMast #McCormickForGov #Vote

So you know this #scotus that is taking every opportunity to rule that states can decide if pregnant people get to live or die? They'll decide this term if states can do that to trans people, too.

This court is an existential threat. We have to win, decisively, to even begin to undo the damage.