@hex@kolektiva.social2026-04-11 23:04:45
I'm gonna keep going on this though, because I need to for a minute more.
If you don't come from a rural area, I don't think you can actually understand the level of anger about pedophiles. The level of sexual abuse is insane, and there's anger to match (though, it's also easily directed towards more marginalized people).
I remember a cop raping a 13 year old girl in the town I grew up in. Those good 'ol boy clubs are full of pedophiles and racists. There are petit Epsteins in power across rural America. There is a *reason* why people are angry about this, but since folks in rural areas have been historically denied access to these critiques that anger is easily controlled. But now the whole thing has been blown apart and they've seen it. GIVE THEM THE CRITIQUE TO UNDERSTAND IT, for fuck sake!
Everyone responded to the (possibly apocryphal) Pam Bondi "the system will collapse" quote with "then it deserves to collapse."
This is literally a thing that can unite literally everyone, if we can just listen to the right people for a few brief moments.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-02-13 01:10:49
In the meantime, please note carefully the rhetorical deception Republicans are playing in the Senate:
They are whining that Democrats are holding up funding for the whole DHS because “they’re angry about this incident” (meaning the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti) but “There are thousands of arrests that are happening every day that are happening by the book” (i.e. without a murder).
Deception: because the objection isn’t just the two murders; it’s the utterly reckless, unconstitutional, authoritarian behavior of ICE that Good and Pretti were protesting when ICE murdered them.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/dhs-funding-blocked-senate-democrats
@trezzer@social.linux.pizza2026-02-12 17:51:00
When a customer leaves, #Backblaze asks to hear from said customer in their goodbye-mail. If the customer takes the time to write a reason, they get a mail suggesting they sign up for their ticket system followed by an answer by an AI. Then, the former customer becomes angry.
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-02-13 01:36:37
it’s so easy to get wrapped up in the parties, money, and glamour at big events like this, but staying true to your roots and doing what you love is what’s important. my family taught me to stay grounded by spreading kindness. i love connecting with all of you and making you guys laugh :) so thankful for one of the most incredible weeks and NFL seasons. i wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you guys. love you all so much ♥️
@deepthoughts10@infosec.exchange2026-01-13 01:22:40
My company’s Cybersecurity Awareness training is ON-POINT: (For everything except #mastodon ) #cybersecurity
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-10 19:45:56
Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-ceo-ice-jokes-employee-event-2…
@jake4480@c.im2026-04-11 14:13:49
Garage sale day, should be last of the season, as it's getting too hot. Just finished setting up, 7am. Every time I wonder, 'do I really have enough for a garage sale?' The answer is always YES, of COURSE I do (with some additions from the in-laws) 😂 Neighborhood sale, like, 5 houses doing it today, I think. This is outside mine:
@mapto@qoto.org2026-02-11 06:08:25
"The crew was hungry, the crew was angry, and we tried to survive only day-by-day."
"Back in 2016, 20 ships were abandoned around the world, according to the ITF. In 2025 the number had ballooned to 410, with 6,223 merchant seamen falling victim. Both of those figures for last year were up by almost a third on 2024."
https://www.…
@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-03-11 16:19:36
😫Tired: Where do Stackoverflow engineers look up answers when Stackoverflow is down?
🤪Wired: How do Anthropic people fix problems when Claude Code is down?
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-04-08 11:45:24
Willem challenged us to ask ourselves what we would do if we were living under Nazi occupation. Before all of this, I doubt anyone thought they would be complicit. I doubt anyone said to themselves, "nothing. I would cower in fear and do nothing."
But for 4 years or so we all answered that question again and again with our lives. Now here we are, answering it again... Every day. But it's no longer "what would you do during the rise of Hitler?" It's now, "what would you do after the invasion of Poland," and "what would you do after you knew about the concentration camps?"
For some people, the answer is still, "nothing."
But a lot of people have been brave in the face of it all. A lot of people have died, and a lot more will die. He will die, perhaps after a ruling by some court or other but, honestly, probably not. That's just how these things work out. Lots of people die, some for no reason, some because they stood up against injustice. A whole lot of people do nothing, until it's safe to claim victory... Until it's no longer safe to be on the other side.
That's just how these things go. Fascism is self-defeating, but it causes incredible harm on it's path of self-destruction. The more people who stand up, who risk themselves, the faster it collapses and the fewer it can hurt. That's also just how these things go. It's incredibly dangerous for everyone until enough people take some extra risk and make it safe for everyone again.
But that question still stands... Which one of those groups are you in? Are you proud of what you are doing, or will you look back with shame? Some of y'all have a lot to be proud of, but, if you're not, it's never too late to earn your way into that proud group.