Notices by Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)

@tuparev
- I can’t see the now-deleted post to which you’re replying, but I suspect you may be confusing symbolic gestures with economic boycotts.

- At this point, in 2025, to use “woke” as an insult in the manner you just did is to explicitly align yourself with a fascist movement — regardless of what your intent was. Like it or not, that’s the unstated connotation of the term. If you meant it that way, let me know and I’ll gladly block you. But in case you didn’t mean in that way: now you know.

boy its been a minute since i had to make a post on a 'linux forum' of some kind, but, man, is it exactly like it was 20 years ago.

- i ask a question, if its possible to do a thing
- some rando replies smugly that its not possible and i should do more research
- i post the youtube video thats a month old, from the head developer of the thing in question, demonstrating how to do this impossible thing and how to go even further than that
- the guy goes 'oh wow!' and then smugly reiterates.

@davidruffner
It’s great to say important and true things, even if they aren’t original!

@davidruffner
I really agree about the protests as a way to build community and capacity for action — and about #TeslaTakedown being excellent for that purpose!

A quibble: people •are• rising up to protest. I’ve read (but don’t have the link, sorry) research that found are approximately twice the rate now of the comparable point in the 1st Trump term. They just aren’t receiving similar coverage. Perhaps this is because they are smaller but more numerous, instead of single large banner events like the Women’s March? Regardless, people are definitely rising up.

I cannot stress this enough - so many of the people in the Trump WH, including Trump himself would NEVER pass even the most rudimentary background checks. They have access to intel only because the Senate Republicans confirmed their incompetencies. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

@andrewg @bstacey
…and cryptocurrency was never currency, and artificial intelligence was never intelligent, so I’d say this proves my point!

@alter_kaker
Utterly bone-chilling.

There are two headlines in this story:

- United Airlines employs at least one violent, unstable, and rabidly antisemitic pilot.

- US Homeland Security was more than delighted to detain and harass an Orthodox Jew at the request of said pilot, telling him “You have no rights here.”

…just in case you’re wondering how the fight against antisemitism is going in Trump’s America.

CW on the story: assault, bodily humiliation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/22/united-pilot-attacks-passenger

"I know things look bad but we have friends in Bavaria and just love visiting Munich and I'm sure it can't be ALL THAT dire" would be a very stupid line of thinking in 1936. Don't do it now.

@avirr @bstacey
Ha, the VR craze was so forgettable I completely forgot it

@divya @shantini
I appreciate you two working so hard on these campaigns. My contribution is minor. Not to discount it — I’m a firm believer that minor contributinos matter a lot — but you two are the ones who deserve the real thanks.

Ugh, crypto, then AI…now quantum computing is going to be the next investment bubble con, isn’t it?

From @bstacey: https://icosahedron.website/@bstacey/114155363513215298

@boby_biq @dbattistella
It’s just horrid.

If you have a few bucks to chip in, consider helping out. There are •three• mutual aid campaigns in the post here, all vetted. @shantini is busting her butt trying help these people escape Gaza. It doesn’t take much to lend a hand, and you could make a real difference in someone’s life.

If (like me) you’ve already seen her posts: I previously supported the first campaign, but the 2nd and 3rd were new to me. https://techhub.social/@shantini/114215026664207040

"This is the way fascism starts, with the few not the many, but the many are next. ...

Tomorrow it could be you and me."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/trump-moves-toward-a-more-efficient

9/ "...What matters is that so many desperate people feel a need to be in the same place, to know that they are not alone.

It’s utterly demoralizing that our supposed democratic watchdogs — the media, universities, Congress, the courts — are so craven and morally compromised. But there are still paths of less resistance where our nearly boiling water can flow. The rise of America as a consumer nation has meant the power of the pocketbook remains in our hands."

5/ "Every time that a Mahmoud Khalil is grabbed off the street in the dead of night, or a Spanish soccer tattoo gets a man who thought he was escaping tyranny in his Venezuelan homeland thrown into an American-endorsed gulag instead, or the president of the United States threatens to defund an entire state because its female governor dared speak back to His Highness, the burner is turned up another millimeter or two."

4/ "Yet circle of life cont's, even under dictatorship...I’d spent most of 2024 warning Trump election victory wd mean…authoritarianism, monarchy, tyranny...Life can look normal even as the air we breathe feels less free.

Since Jan20, Trump regime has been slow-cooking the crock pot of American liberty much like the proverbial frog in boiling water, turning up the heat degree by barely perceptible degree, hoping that we merely feel like we are in a hot tub, not tomorrow’s fricassee"

@steve
Heh, that would be the one thing they focus on, wouldn’t it?

We need a term that’s like “bikeshedding” except it means fixating on a non-urgent side conflict while ignoring an immediate crisis.

@alter_kaker
I’m glad it’s working for you! I have heard people say that there’s a moment with Rust where the borrow checker kind of clicks, and suddenly seems a lot more reasonable. Enjoy the project, and send me Swift questions if you ever poke at it!