Notices by Brian Hawthorne (bhawthorne@infosec.exchange)

@pedrobizbikedu @GreenSkyOverMe @JeremyMallin They don’t have to keep the ammosexuals at bay. They just have to continue to convince them that the rest of us are godless commie pinko perverts and set them on us.

@GreenSkyOverMe @JeremyMallin When capitalism collapses in the USA, some of the individual states will most likely descend further into barbarism and feudalism, run by self-appointed warlords using stockpiles of guns and ammunition to extract whatever scraps of wealth or value the oligarchs left behind after looting the nation. Other places, like the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, should continue to survive under our strong and enlightened Governor Maura Healey.

I expect other nations to choose the Euro, Yen, or Renminbi as their new reserve currency. Meanwhile, the oligarchs, flush with stolen wealth from collapsed USA economy will continue the process of looting other nations, such as Canada, the UK, and other Commonwealth countries. It is not the collapse of US capitalism that will bring down capitalism elsewhere; it is the oligarchs’ insatiable hunger for wealth that will do so.

#NovaAnglia

@WarnerCrocker Sure did. But there are not many farms in urban areas, which is what I was referring to.

And although it was a dairy and row-crop farm, the biggest muddy messes in winter on the farm all involved motor vehicles of one sort or another. Spring through fall? Well those messes were definitely on the cows.
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@WarnerCrocker The ugly part isn’t the fault of winter. Like so many other urban problems in the USA, it is the fault of cars. Cities aren’t dirty. Cars are dirty.

Before cars we switched to sleighs in the winter and rolled the roads instead of plowing them.

This thread is absolutely crucial for people in the US to read and understand: We need to start planning for how to build a new nation after the end of the Trump dictatorship, whenever that might be. https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/114036888618757116

@prahou @pluralistic That’s what I do. I got tired of wysiwyg tools being discontinued over the years and leaving me with an uneditable website. Last year I wiped out the last vestiges of the last discontinued tool and restarted with a nearly empty html file. I suppose I should put something in it for the 30th anniversary of my domain on October 25th.

@pluralistic Works great now! All ordered. And thanks so much for the libro.fm link. I’ll probably come back for the audiobooks too.

@pluralistic All the others show up as available add-ons, but not the RTB e-book.

@pluralistic Also, the kickstarter doesn’t seem to have a Red Team Blues ebook option. There are two offers for Picks and Shovels ebook, and one for The Bezzle, as well as the audio book combo for RTB and TB.

I read the other Marty Hench books from library copies and figured I’d pick up my own copies along with the P&S pre-order.

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@pluralistic The link to your blog is “Oops! That page can’t be found.”

If you are wondering about the motive of the cybertruck bomber in Las Vegas, NV, USA, it is pretty clear from what he wrote:

“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?
“Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.
“Consider this last sunset of'24 and my actions the end of our sickness and a new chapter of health for our people. Rally around the Trump, Musk, Kennedy, and ride this wave to the highest hegemony for all Americans! We are second to no one.”
–Matt Livelsberger

https://nevadacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PO-003a-01-03-25-Livelsbergers-Letters.pdf

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@rysiek Even before I switched to infosec.exchange, I don’t think I ever hit a rate limit when posting, so it sounds like something about your instance needs some tuning! I do like threaded conversations, but I rarely read posts that are split into multiple pieces. I gave up keeping a separate blog when I realized that I do most of my best writing when I’m not thinking about polishing it for perfection.

@rysiek This is why I use an app (Mona app) on an instance (infosec.exchange) that runs the glitch-soc fork of Mastodon and has a reasonable length limit, so I can post everything all at once in a single post.

@mastodonmigration @mekkaokereke Well, we could start by getting everyone to stop chasing them away.

@georgetakei Owl my….

@evan @JasonPester I’ve noticed this sort of assumption in many polls here, mostly posted by people who appear to be allistic. Many autists may not make the same inferences regarding metaphor or implications. Given the high proportion of autistic people and people for whom English is not their first language here in the Fediverse, my recommendation is to avoid wording things in a way that requires people to try to intuit your intentions.

In this case, if consent is intended, then it’s probably best to mention it in the wording: “Would you consent to sharing your…”

@inthehands @darkuncle Well, a Gen 1 iPhone had no AppStore and no way of installing software beyond the carefully coordinated set of Apple apps. Non-Apple software was limited to web apps. In retrospect, perhaps Steve Jobs was right.

@mmasnick.bsky.social @mike Is the bridge two-way? In other words, can you see this comment on blusky? Or is it one way like the threads.net bridge?

@ATLeagle @Nonilex @StitchyMc @mcepl Just carefully crack open all the cans to release the pressure and let all the carbonation out. They will look normal, but the beer will taste flat and horrible, just like the politics. I guarantee that beer will never be bought again.

@ATLeagle @Nonilex @StitchyMc You are giving them far too much credit. I see two kinds of people co-opting words like “woke.” The first is politicians who are using it as a dog whistle to rile up their racist supporters. They don’t have a coherent definition because they don’t need one. The second group are their supporters, who know that they mean “all those people we hate.”

The Republicans in the USA have been doing this repeatedly, inventing new words to replace the n-word. You are not going to get a “conservative view” because they know they can’t be honest about their abhorrent racism.

The same is happening now with conservatives in Germany and the UK, except there the racism is against immigrants from outside Europe. I know nothing about racism in the Czech Republic, but I would love to hear what @mcepl thinks about immigrants there.