Notices by Andy in Indy (naptowncode@mastodon.online)

If you have to stream it, you don’t own it.

If you have to log in to it, you don’t own it.

If you have to “activate” or “register” it, you don’t own it.

If you have to connect it to somebody else’s computer EVER, for ANY REASON, then YOU. DON’T. OWN. IT.

Any and all of these methods will be used against you for somebody else’s profit.

If you yell about personal property rights but you don’t sign on to these statements, you are not serious about property rights.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/startup-will-brick-800-emotional-support-robot-for-kids-without-refunds/

@aral I never said religion is required to be a good person. I’m just annoyed that I can live up to your stated ideas of a good person and still be an object of your contempt.

@aral It’s really disappointing to get this periodic reminder that, no matter how good I ever get at following the tenets of love & understanding in my religion, atheists will just sneer and dismiss me with “magic sky fairy”.

@Jaden3 Periodic reminder for everybody that slavery never actually ended in America. The 13th Amendment has a specific exception that preserves slavery "as punishment for a crime".

Bonus, this also gives the lie to the idea that prison labor is about rehabilitation. It's not; it's punishment. It literally says so in our Constitution.

@funkula @outie @doot My neighborhood has an owl that dive bombs early morning dog walkers, as testified by several gouged and bloody scalps.

We call it the Fluffy Murder Ball and it probably weighs all of 5 pounds. None us would survive a scaled up 50x version.