Notices by Shadow Heart (sh4d0w_h34rt@cyberpunk.lol)

@silverspookgames anti AI business models aren't just a good idea but a necessity. Co-op or communal ownership will be the only way to survive in a capitalist AI fueled hellscape.

@QasimRashid and for this reason, I can only see things continue to slide. I'm pulling together what resources I can to leave the US because I know they'll go after everyone who even thinks differently from them.

Honestly, if there isn't a #GeneralStrike by years end, the US is dead. It's shell nothing more than a dictatorship. The principles we grew up being told were American were just another lie.

@petergleick their covering all their bases, so no matter what, any kind of disaster that hits will be fatal. They meet the very definition of domestic threats, but our elected officials are too cowardly to take appropriate action.

@gayfamicom figured they'd pull some shit like this. They are so anti-consumer. Beyond nostalgia and their stranglehold on beloved IP, they otherwise would have gone out of business by now.

Is there anyone here who can point me to resources for an American finding work abroad? Ireland has a major appeal, but I don't know anyone on the ground there?

My family has some Irish/Scottish roots, but it's unclear how deep they run as my family never focused on our heritage? Also, some Germatic and possible Cherokee and lineages?

I want to leave the US as things are really accelerating in a bad direction quickly. While I'm waiting on my passport, I want to find what I need to work abroad. I have training in IT Support and Project Management but also spent quite a bit of time working as a machine operator in multiple manufacturing industries.

#mutualaid #mutualaidreqest

@mutualaid

The bitter cold front that had its teeth on us in North Carolina seems to have finally passed. In it's wake a massive power bill that we really need help paying. We need to raise $200 by the 7th. Please 🙏.

$60/$200 raised Updated

Cashapp: @Sh4d0wH34t
Venmo: @Sh4dow_H34rt

Please, I'm begging for help. I'm unable to work and a caregiver for my elderly mother. Our resources are stretched to the breaking point, and that was before.

The PayPal account I set up earlier was permanently limited. Do not send money to it, please. They won't even let me delete it.

#mutualaid #mutualaidreqest

@mutualaid

Still sitting at $60 raised, please help me reach my goal. We need to raise $200 by the 7th.  Please 🙏.

$60/$200 raised Updated

Cashapp: @Sh4d0wH34t
Venmo: @Sh4dow_H34rt

#mutualaid #mutualaidreqest

@mutualaid

The bitter cold front that had its teeth on us in North Carolina seems to have finally passed. In it's wake a massive power bill that we really need help paying. We need to raise $200 by the 7th. Please 🙏.

$0/$200 raised

Cashapp: @Sh4d0wH34t
Venmo: @Sh4dow_H34rt

Please, I'm begging for help. I'm unable to work and a caregiver for my elderly mother. Our resources are stretched to the breaking point, and that was before.

@tek and I've seen this story play out already enough times I can't trust the Democratic Party. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. Too many communities are at risk to wait for electoral change. We have to act on our own to address those issues while also resisting the fascist scumbags.

@tek as much as I respect you, please stop referring to Dems as Left. They are not in any shape or form left, just slightly less right-wing. As long as corporate interests rule the Democratic Party leadership, the Left (society) has no representation. Recent history has shown even when in power Dems fail to do anything substantive to address issues faced by those outside the donor class.

@Rasp Yeah, I'm having issues on Pop, too, mainly with scaling glitches. Been considering switching to @garuda

@mekkaokereke gotta deflect by using race, when it was never mentioned. Fuck off with the punching left bullshit.

@mekkaokereke I really get sick and tired of this Bernie bashing bullshit from liberals not being honest about the full context of what was said.

https://x.com/SenSanders/status/1863268770371772863

"Elon Musk is right.

The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.

Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.

That must change."

Was reminded of a project from years ago. I'm not sure if it was LibraryBox or PirateBox. Sadly, both projects are dead. ShareBoxx seems to be their successor.
https://github.com/dividebysandwich/shareboxx

Another project is Internet in a Box, and the work on a Meshtastic BBS has got me thinking.
https://github.com/iiab/iiab

@tek work on Frozen BBS
https://github.com/kstrauser/frozenbbs

With enshitification destroying the digital space, could deployment of these in our communities give us back a little control, not to mention circumventing the bullshit censorship we know is on the horizon.

@persagen we know he'll just escalate from there, it'll be anyone he doesn't like.

@rachaelspooky yeah he shouldn't be expected to stand for anything but himself. The secure messaging app he called sup also seems to be dead because he doesn't value user privacy and is fearful of government action against him.

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113441993570651475

@tek I was planning to do a similar build, but glad I picked a Meshtastic standalone device first. So far, I can't find any other nodes in my region.

@persagen yeah had to play the first one to get that earworm outta my head.

@bryanredeagle @nullagent Signal relies on centralized servers and encryption keys were being stored in plain text. Unless I can host an app myself I can't fully trust what it will do or who they give access to. It needs to support end to end encryption with no logging. Bonus if it can be deployed adhock over out of band networks.

What I recommend, well I don't know. I'm looking into Meshtastic, but that requires dedicated hardware, Matrix is good, but extra effort has to be made to make it secure. Sadly, projects like @supapp appear to be abandoned.

@nullagent I'm seeing a lot of recommendations for Signal, which I equally distrust as Telegram as well and Matrix. Secure communication is becoming a matter of life or death for many.