the problem isn’t the existance of ip law. the problem is the double standard created by a system that says when we take from them that’s not allowed, but when they take from us that’s fine. someday i want us to get to where shared ownership of the commons works, but to get there we have to remove the vampires who have stolen the commons from us

a movie about spider web is gonna be huge someday

when heredity is power, consolidation of power is inbreeding

i’ve been using Qwant when i search news

some of each i suspect

it feels unhelpful, but at this point that’s all i have left. basically saying “now do you know who to listen to?”

by my experience mostly straight eastern europeans. everyone else either started on something else or they moved off telegram because they didn’t feel like they could trust it

elon musk in business deal with russian oligarch again. nothing is new

you underestimate how shortsighted republicans are

then let your clients fill in the blanks, even if that’s letting them believe this is your first time. unless you think you can charoe extra for that. then do

the key was all the transluscent cases on electronics. the future was optimistic and we were excited to see it. then came the brushed aluminum era when everything became boring again, like the beige plastic era, just more expensive.

and here again i find myself unsure of what to say in the face of something i’ve been warning against for years

oh that’s easy. the VW execs were under the jurisdiction of a country that gives a fuck and knows what the consecuences of unchecked greed are. the bankers were under the jurisdiction of a country that thinks maybe a little bit of fascism wouldn’t be so bad, all things considered

the reasoning would have been sound with an enemy other than russia and a timeframe of a month or so. 3 fucking years was an act of cruelty that acted as a preview for the indifference to the horrors in Gaza

it’s only swearing if someone finds it offensive.

shit for brains authority figures would rather i call them poop for brains. doesn’t really matter that i’m saying there’s 8 pounds of defecate rattling around in their skulls. it matters that i said a no-no word from before the Norman invasion of england in 1066

The flavor aid moment will be the declaration of war. The deaths that follow will have been preventable

The balance between spending time with your elderly to keep them from going bad and going full non contact with them because they’re dragging you down is crazy making

it’s not perfect, but i’ve just been gathering interesting links into my org roam notebook

yup. if you are on the brink of death, and hamas can maybe keep you alive a few more hours, suddenly your moral compunctions with their methods wash away. and so we’re clear, hamas sucks. but when faced with death you take what you can get, and bibi is forcing hands

I don’t even trust non-unlockable bootloaders. There’s so much planned obsolescence everywhere