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@killyourfm Your right, its annoying. ;)

@futurebird Leapords, faces, etc.

It's obvious in hindsight. People like Trump come to power by exploiting people's fears, and use fear to maintain their power. Why *wouldn't* they do this?

@nazokiyoubinbou @futurebird No disagreement, but if you'll forgive both my pessimism and my stating the obvious: There's illegal and then there's illegal.

That is, it's only *really* illegal if (i) you get caught, (ii) someone in authority decides to do anything about it, and (iii) you can't lie, threaten, and/or bribe your way out of it.

Kind of ike the old joke where the "$500 fine for littering" sign means "littering is fine if you have $500."

@futurebird

There is no worse place for a person of faith than a theocracy, even (sometimes especially) for believers in the official state religion. (Not to say that nonbelievers are safer, of course.)

It *baffles* me that my fellow Catholics don't get this. Did we just *forget* about Joan of Arc?

Well, it's not *that* baffling. Much Catholic media (EWTN, Catholic Answers, etc.) is fox news with smells and bells, and has been for a long time. You Are Not Immune To Propaganda and all that.

@killyourfm I'm no music expert, but this sounds good to me! I'm always impressed by people who can play multiple instruments (probably because I never had the patience to commit to learning one).

@killyourfm Welcome to my beloved homeland! Also, my condolences.

@evan @mho I worry that ISP-based instances would end up driving people toward a handful of large instances, since small, independent ISPs can't even always manage e-mail hosting for all their customers.

Besides, I wouldn't want to be on a social network run by Comcast.

@cwebber Can't call it Webmail. Disney acquired the trademark for "Web" as part of the rights to Spider-Man.