There has never been something more cowardly, embarrassing, or disrespectful to the oath as a bunch of soldiers standing with weapons ready to attack Americans in Los Angeles.
Every single soldier taking part of this illegal deployment brings shame on their branch, division, and unit that will never wash off. I am keeping notes and I will never forget this affront to the Constitution. (1/2)
I didn't think I would have to explain this on the Fediverse, but since I am still seeing people finger wag about the Waymos:
Google and Waymo are legitimate targets. They flat out said they would be providing footage from their cars to the police and other agencies. Disabling those cars is an act against the belligerent combatants themselves.
If tech wants to become Trump's new panopticon supplier, they can and should be under the understanding that they aren't neutral third parties.
Just throwing this out there, but you can get a really solid set of Level IV ceramic body armor plates for a few hundred dollars if you look around. It levels the playing field and thanks to the wonders of capitalism you can get them in mere days right to your door!
I don't know if Trump and his knob slobbers understand how close they are to civil war, and how little it will take for otherwise normal people to decide that enough is enough. The first shot fired in anger by his toy soldiers will not be something that can be walked back.
All these clowns act like they have a force field of protection and they just don't. The goons have to sleep and eat and the city of LA knows it.
Americans have two choices if masked people knock. Fight and give them something to think about, possibly knowing that you will lose the battle, or give up and be disappeared forever. This isn’t a game, it’s not a joke, and it’s very much going to happen if we don’t take a stand and make sacrifices if needed. (2/3)
I need to be pretty real with you, it may actually come down to having to make hard choices in the US in the near future. The threats to rendition American citizens to El Salvador for any reason, much less the specious and blatant lies being trotted out by this fascist regime, require very different calculus going forward. (1/3)
Do not obey their wishes to stop protesting. Do not obey their direct threat on your speech, morals, and conscience. Make a plan and figure out what you will do if they come for you. This sounds freaking insane to be typing out but the threat is far, far too great to shrug off. A sitting President of the United States is openly saying this is what he plans to do. Get serious and get ready. (3/3)
@i_give_u_worms You can't even mention Luigi Mangione or *upvote posts or comments about Luigi* without potentially facing a ban for violent conduct. It's fucking absurd
Love watching Reddit decide, unforced, to torch their entire brand and supposed values in one fell swoop. Fuck that entire site and fuck it's "leadership." You grew on the backs of millions of users only to become what we all tried to escape from, and I can't wait to watch it crash into the ground. It'll be more comical than the Digg implosion when it happens.
Anyway, use Federated services like #Lemmy and #Kbin everyone and starve Steve Huffman's golden goose.
Hey folks, I really need a new gig. My friends here on the Fediverse are some of the smartest folks I interact with on a daily basis, and I know most of you are doing VERY cool stuff, and I want to join you and help with some of that lift.
If you have a need for a #multicloud#SRE or #infrastructure expert with over 15 years of experience working at scale I am your guy. Don't need that? I love to talk with people and figure out what they need to build the solution they need.
Just gonna let y’all know, if you want a firearm right now is a great time to do it. There are pistol and rifle bundles that are hard to beat right now, and you could get enough ammo to train with for well under $1000. I wouldn’t wait until the billionaires control the government if you are considering getting armed. (1/2)
I have never been more proud to be from the Carolinas in my entire life. The amount of selfless sacrifice from my neighbors and people from other states and cities has been overwhelming.
Met a crew of linesmen helping us out here today, and they are from all backgrounds, political stripes, and codes and their only driving mission is to help us here and it is truly emotional for me.
I talk a lot of shit about the worst of the South, but this isn't one of those times
Please heed this. Don't buy solar, batteries, dehydrated and/or non perishables on Amazon. Where I am this is some of our only options, and usually not for us but we're trying to get supplies to our neighbor y'all. We need everything we can. https://xoxo.zone/@marcprecipice/113224667143646547