Notices by Jean (╯°□°）╯ ┻━┻ (queserasera@infosec.exchange)

People can't just leave Facebook, Instagram or Threads or whatever shithole in one day. I know cos I did that move. I had to sacrifice the community I met, online friends I created from Facebook comment sections (of all places), groups and marketplace. Weird shit, I know.

One thing that saved me from losing all connections was my position and privilege. They needed something from me either for work or otherwise. And I used that position to make them install Signal.

"You need to talk to me for something? Here install this app. I wont reply otherwise"

I gave an ultimatum. Now, not everyone can do tht because of the different positions we have in this godforsaken world where your worth is tied to whay you can 'offer'. 🫠

Yes, I still did lose connections. I can't talk to my aunt who won't install Signal. She even stopped using SMS. Her world is messenger.

I can't talk to my bestfriend in highschool for the same reasons.

They were bullets I had to bite.

Not everyone has that privilege. Not everyone can do that. And while I have spewing this same rhetoric that we should leave Meta, there's no current working pipeline on how to do it without losing people.

Coco Chanel was Nazi.

Okay. That's it..I can't stand up. My rheumatoid arthritis are getting so bad.

None of the work I am doing or affiliation I am part of feels transformative anymore. When I was in my early twenties, almost every thing I did feel like I am doing something worthwhile.

Now, I am in a constant feeling of being trapped in this shithole of a world. Like what even is the point of everything. Everyone I speak to now sounds like a broken record repeating shit that don't make sense just to make their feelings validated

Fuck

Has anyone used Stirling pdf? Its meant to be a #selfhosted pdf editor? I cant find answer if it will be good for my use case.

I need to a pdf editor where I can rearrange pages, insert new pages in between and encrypt it for sending? Pls reply if youve used #stirlingpdf before. ty

Abolish work

TIL that the game RimWorld was not about rimming.

Re-watching San Junipero

Meowgickal.

Gameplay reminds me of Dynasty Warriors for some reasons

Popeye is in the public domain. Though, you have to wait a few more years to unlock the Spinach DLC.

I disabled my mention, favourite and boost notifications cause I want the old Tumblr experience of screaming into the void, or abyss if you like Nietzsche.

I do check my toots from time to time to see replies, but apologies if your replies get ignored. I will also see them if I am following you. But I am deliberately ignoring the likes, boosts and replies.

Laotian Laarb to welcome the new years

Happy New Year!!!!

#Vegan

Signal is bad cause its in the US is probably the weakest argument you can use against it.

Its insane how people in privacy forums would always venture into this kind of purity test, giving you app suggestions that will never be adopted by people like my mother. Not to mention calling people 'normies' as if it raises themselves into some shit pedestal they self manifested.

You don't win through insults and exclusion. One person shifting from Facebook Messenger to Signal is a WIN, however you want to frame it or not

Celebrate new years with backpain

The term Luddite is so misused in contemporary culture. And its appaling. If you can read, fucking read history books. Luddism is not about about being technologically inept. Nor does it mean denying the benefits of technology in daily lives. Thats a reductice understanding of the movement and the concept.

Luddites weren't against technology. They believed that technology was a means of production. What they were protesting about isn't the technology but the people who owned the technology. They were protesting about how replacing workers with a nepo baby as thr head of manufacturing would degrade the quality of their craft. They wanted the machines to be operated by people who had gone proper training with livable wages.

And its true, when you replace worker coops with an MBA holding shittain, the latter will find ways to get around labour rights and consumer rights.

Luddism =/= anti tech

Stop propagating that bullshit that Luddites were technology illiterate. Any movement that attacks the means of production IS NOT a friend of the working class

@aral Thank you!

Truly humbled that the idea I’ve been reflecting on over the past few months was recognised as the *WINNER* of the Global Leadership Challenge!!!

This girl is going to Switzerland to defend my idea.

An average Filipino spend an at least 4 hours a day on social media. For many of us social media are our the lifelines. But what happens when these lifelines are poisoned? And our answer to the challenges of dis and misinformation is DisinfoSim, short for Disinformation Simulation. It will show how disinformation travels across regions, provinces, and demographics. Players will track their campaign’s reach, overcome resistance in skeptical areas, and maximise their impact in regions where fake news thrives. It takes insipiration from Plague Inc, but for disinformation

Read more about the challenge here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/competition-collaboration-day-3-global-leadership-ldwac/

Maligayang pasko (Merry Christmas) and wear green..it symbolises nothing

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Therapy doesn't cure capitalism.

'Google it' is not an advice. Especially how shit the results have been in recent years.