Notices by Picks (greycat@kitty.social)

the problem is billionaires.

the problem is a system that was vulnerable to being conquered by those with the power and werewithal to do it. it's the death by a thousand cuts. southern strategy. moral majority. telecommunications act. citizens united. the unelected neomonarchy exploiting the vulnerabilities of the neoliberal order to install their puppets at every gate, every lock, every lever. or enough of them, at least.

i said earlier that a power grab is just about replacing those who won't obey with those who will. what we're seeing is the end of a power grab, not the beginning. we're seeing the endgame of the neomonarchy. trump is the end of the line of dominos.

the funny thing is, musk and the techbro oligarchs are new players on the board. none of them were even adults when the plan kicked off. musk thinks he's going to be gothic maga god-emperor but honestly? i doubt it. i think he, like trump, is a pawn for the real dragons -- or, at least, the real dragons are letting him make a mess because it draws attention from them, and breaking things was in their playbook anyway.

i don't think it's accurate to say the game is over but we the people are very much cornered, most of our pieces captured or neutralized. the only real move we have left is collective action. it will be costly. a lot of people will die. but no matter what, the old world isn't coming back, and that's all there is to it.

find your rage, and roll for initiative.

@blogdiva@mastodon.social trump has all but confessed to rigging the vote! and there are investigations ongoing in AZ and NV.

but the question remains: suppose we can prove he stole the election. what then?

@pjandy@a2mi.social @inthehands@hachyderm.io @qrazi@phpc.social narrative is all. never imagine otherwise.

@rysiek@mstdn.social wouldn't being behind a VPN render this useless?

@inthehands@hachyderm.io as a former email quasi-professional I've always had some concerns along these lines, so thanks for this thread!

@hp@social.sdf.org that's just it, though, I doubt anything would actually happen, other than the US being kicked out of NATO. there would be a whole lotta bluster but military and economic action against the US are both unfeasible.

the shit thing is i can actually see a path to the us annexing greenland.

i don't think it's terribly likely but it's also not the most unlikely thing he's ever suggested.

@joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org right, but i'm asking about instances that are not hosted in the UK

in what ways does this act apply to fedi servers, if neither the server nor the admin is located in the UK?

boost for vis pls

#onlineSafetyAct #ianal

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io we were so pleased to have found a source of fresh curry leaves a short walk from our house

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse isn't that what rules are for? to flex on the powerless?

if you're mad about Russia trying to influence our "democracy" through misinformation then boy do I have sone bad news for you about the CIA

The nature of Mastodon as a balkanized hobbyist endeavor means that nothing here, nothing at all, is permanent. Everything you post, all the drama, all the passion, will fall victim to database crashes or host failure or bugs. A million toots, lost, like tears in the rain.

Enjoy the transience, embrace the ephemerality, and when it's your server's turn to explode, pop on your shades, light up a cigarette, and don't look back.