jargoggles

@jargoggles@mstdn.social

He/him

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#dad #husband #cats #anticapitalism #antibigotry #fantasy #scifi #ttrpg #homelab #opensource #tv #movies #3dprinting

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molly0xfff, to random
@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar

super cool that all these companies have decided to make customers opt OUT of having their data sold for AI training purposes

"but no one would do it if it was opt-in!"

yeah, THAT IS THE PROBLEM

jargoggles,

@molly0xfff
What's the over/under on them selling your data even if you opt out?

stevegrunwell, to wordpress
@stevegrunwell@phpc.social avatar

Some important context as this news breaks:

is an open-source project, available at WordPress.org.

One of its co-founders, Matt Mullenweg, is CEO of , which runs WordPress.com and owns .

They can’t sell what they don’t have, so “WordPress” here refers to WordPress.com, not self-hosted WordPress instances.

BUT many self-hosted instances use the Jetpack plugin, which does send data to WordPress.com, so that might be sold 🤬

https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/112004850884204466

jargoggles,

@stevegrunwell
This is coming right off the heels of some serious transphobic bullshit from Matt, as well: https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-transphobia-matt-mullenweg

Absolute dumpster fire.

kitoconnell, (edited ) to random

I've been laid off at the @TexasObserver today. The publication no longer has a digital editor or social media manager (I was both), and has also fired its editor-in-chief and laid off another member of the editor team.

If you have leads please send them my way. And please consider joining my Patreon to support my continued writing. https://patreon.com/kitoconnell

jargoggles,

@kitoconnell @TexasObserver
Wasn't it a social media campaign that helped keep the Texas Observer from going under?

davidaugust, to Mexico
@davidaugust@mastodon.online avatar

Maybe the real convoy was the friends we punched in the face along the way.

jargoggles,

@shekinahcancook @davidaugust
If history is any indication, then no, they absolutely will not.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

"Lawmakers and the governor are so proud of themselves that they’ve already branded this misguided way to deal with homelessness “The Florida Model.” But mandating that a class of people exist behind by barbed wire and supervised by authorities in the name of “security” is called internment. It’s incarceration as punishment for being destitute. And, it’s despicable — reminiscent of some of the world’s worst atrocities."

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article285127192.html#storylink=cpy

jargoggles,

@StillIRise1963
Holy shit, we're bringing back debtor's prisons? These fuckers want to roll the clock back to The Gilded Age and rule as robber barons.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Can I just say that Homer Hickman is a gatekeeping fuck, and he can suck my dick and balls?

Imagine taking someone's dream job over a curse.

jargoggles,

@the_etrain @RickiTarr
TFW someone's getting dragged in the replies and you already blocked them for some other bullshit.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

"I want to tell you a black worker is a great worker."

Yeah. This means a lot of things all at the same time coming out of the mouth of a white supremacist. And, all the meanings lead to re enslavement.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-black-ones-comment/

jargoggles,

@StillIRise1963 @isotope239 @courtcan
Just like his evil, piece of shit father.

futurebird, to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

A “children’s book” about a cop who points his gun at everything because that’s the only thing he knows how to do.

“Hello” said the hungry caterpillar. The police man pointed his gun at the caterpillar. The caterpillar squeaked and ran away. “I guess he won’t be my friend either” said the policeman sadly. He holstered his gun and walked further down the road still feeling so very alone.

jargoggles,

@futurebird
I hope it ends with him realizing "Oh wait, I can always just... stop being a cop. Now people want to be my friend!"

RadicalGraffiti, to random
@RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu avatar

"Genocide is not self defense"
Sticker spotted in Brighton, UK

jargoggles,

@davidreinertson @RadicalGraffiti
If Israel doesn't want to be accused of genocide, then they should stop committing genocide.

gwynnion, to random
@gwynnion@mastodon.social avatar

People's failure to understand that fascism is a fairly banal worldview reflects a refusal to understand how common and ordinary looking it is and how well it hides behind our modern high tech lifestyles.

Fascism doesn't have to have 1930s pomposity and daily military parades.

It can look like America, right now, today, depending on who and where you are. America already has military jingoism, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, unchecked paramilitaries, and theocrats denying our rights.

jargoggles,

@gwynnion
If I were a Democratic politician who was solely concerned on keeping my job while having to deliver as little as possible, I would be thrilled with the current status quo.

Any criticism of Biden is immediately compared to the fact that Trump will be worse. Can you imagine if your performance at work was held to the standard of the absolute least competent person for the job? And people think that's a good way to evaluate how well the fucking president is doing?

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

It's been a minute since I've done a music question, so here goes:

Who is an artist/band that you're annoyed you like?

jargoggles,

@bluerootsradio @CoachMark @RickiTarr
Clapton has also always been a world-class piece of shit. Consequently, he's also my answer to the question.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Okay, picking up from my video game post yesterday, I'm curious:

When you play video games, rpgs, ect, where you get to choose your character, do you tend to choose a character of the same sex, the opposite sex, non-binary, anthropomorphic, or a mysterious 4th option?

If you want to share screenshots of character builds I would enjoy that!

jargoggles,

@Elleaster @RickiTarr
Hell, not just in games. I know plenty of women who intentionally use male-sounding aliases online in general to avoid unwanted attention.

futurebird, to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

What if when making a "fear monster" for you fantasy or sci fi story you didn't base it on a spider, snake, insect, or a slug?

So many creepy things in nature, I'm sick of spider monsters with "glossy chitinous legs" snake-like monsters that "slither sinisterly."

Cut it out.

Base your scary creature on a chinchilla, a capybara, an orchid, a dove, a human.

Leave the arthropods, snakes and invertebrates out of it.

Or if you MUST do an insect do butterflies. THEY can't be trusted.

jargoggles,

@futurebird
Deer with human hands.

A gif of a deer standing up and taking its hooves off like they're gloves, revealing human-like hands.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

Whatever you THOUGHT you knew about how things work in government DOES NOT APPLY to fascist behavior. Why is this hard.

jargoggles,

@StillIRise1963
Expecting fascists to operate in good faith is a great way to end up eating boot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

Suckers and Losers Beware 🤣

"According to the fine print on the Trump Sneakers website, it could take up to five months for customers to receive their purchases. Some products could take even longer."

" 'Shipping and delivery dates are estimates only and cannot be guaranteed. We are not liable for any delays in shipments,' the fine print noted."

"There are no refunds. All sales on GetTrumpSneakers.com are final."

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-sneakers-fine-print/

jargoggles,

@dogfox @thepoliticalcat @StillIRise1963
And, even then, I don't think they straight up tell you, "hey, you're going to get scammed, idiot" like this.

These rubes are begging to be grifted.

jargoggles,

@StillIRise1963
"The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product."

Fucking lol.

jargoggles, to Halloween

Halloweed be thy weens, all!

LeftistLawyer, to random

The conventional wisdom in the west over the last 200 years has been singularly focused on one paradigm -- the American dream. Get mine. Get rich. Get out. More. More. More More. More. We glamorize those with excess.

This is the left's challenge. If we ever want to be politically ascendant again, our sole aim has to be pathologizing excess.

Personally, it viscerally impacts me. I see a Mercedes and I want to punch the driver in the throat. THE ONLY PURPOSE is to tell the world: "I'm better than you."

Excess wealth is mental illness. It speaks to deep narcissistic insecurities and sociopathic disregard for the needs of others. It's our job to make this the new conventional wisdom.

jargoggles,

@LeftistLawyer
This reminds me of an anecdote I heard.

Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were at a party at some obscenely rich guy's house. Vonnegut told Heller that this guy made more money in a day than Catch-22 earned since the day it was published.

Heller said something along the lines of, "Maybe, but I have something he'll never have: enough."

jargoggles, to accessibility

is for everyone. For instance, having a baby and walking around with a stroller has made it even more clear to be how many places are outright treacherous for people in wheelchairs.

When you're out and about, take note of how your environment might be seen by someone who gets around differently. It's a revealing experience and should help inform us of what we should demand of our communities.

jargoggles, to random

@ned
They want to know how the hell legitimate journalists ended up in their organization.

StillIRise1963, to random
@StillIRise1963@mastodon.world avatar

Fuck all kings. I don't give one shit what happens to ANY of them.

jargoggles,

@StillIRise1963
On the one hand, cancer sucks and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

On the other hand, kings suck and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

RickiTarr, to random
@RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

Imagine thinking eating fish once a week is some kind of sacrifice.

jargoggles,

@RickiTarr
It would be for me... I'm allergic.

ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs, to random

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    jargoggles,

    @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs
    No kidding, he acted the hell out of the roll. Such a hateable piece of shit and then those last couple episodes? Good god.

    He did an incredible job portraying the kind of fragile, insecure young men that the alt-right is so heavily comprised of.

    LeftistLawyer, to random

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    jargoggles,

    @LeftistLawyer
    Pretty much any financial "invention" like default credit swaps.

    gcblasing, to random

    Tennessee Bans Almost Half a Million Americans From Voting in the Presidential Election

    " LET THE BAND PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF LIES IN THE BACKGROUND!

    LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

    IT GOES ON AND ON! EVEN AS THEY ARE PROVEN TO BE THE LYING GOVERNMENT INDOCTRINATION!

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tennessee-bans-almost-half-a-million-americans-from-voting-in-the-presidential-election/ss-BB1hIpJg?cvid=e8ff7fefde0447dbc937a4b4b7e806c9&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=12&sc=shoreline

    jargoggles,

    @gcblasing
    Emma Goldman famously said "If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal."

    People use it to deride the idea of voting. And yet, in the entire history of the United States, there has never been a time where every single adult has legally had the right to vote.

    They do make it illegal to vote because they know that it is an important right. Voting can and does change things.

    No, voting alone is not sufficient, but on top of whatever activism you do, you should also vote.

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