I use a different layout to type, but I'd like to be able to have my physical layout reflect what I'm actually typing. The problem is that moving the F and J keys to where they should be means the home row would be missing the tactile bumps, and I use those to recenter my hands when I'm not looking. I'd like to add keycaps for...
Technically, SCOTUS didn't do anything. They refused to take up the case, which means the 5th Circuit's ruling, that superseded both lower courts that affirmed it was illegal by saying "we'll address it next year after the primaries," was the final say.
The thing that needs to be made sense of is why the 5th Circuit is allowed to operate in bad-faith as a rubber stamp for everything Conservative.
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
No. Fuck Facebook, and fuck Zuck. There isn't a world in which they would federate and respect our privacy.
See how they build internal user profiles for users not on Facebook through tags and other metadata scraping techniques. If people you know talk about you on Facebook, there's a shadow profile about you out there, waiting to connect with you in real time. I have no reason to think they wouldn't do the same kind of shit here.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, said she had to flee Washington, D.C. for safety after she testified before the Jan. 6 Committee....
This. All of this. It's fine if the goal is to let the active communities bubble to the top organically, but that doesn't mean much if people can't easily find them.
It would be nice if there was a way to load-share communities among the instances or something, kind of like a mesh network.
Disagree. Excepting the recent extremist ideologues, Republicans have always been fueled by money. From the NRA, to Big Oil, to the tobacco industry, to megachurches, it's always been about money (and the power that comes with it).
The heart of racism in the US is exploitation for profit.
China is behind the largest known covert propaganda operation ever identified on Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by security researchers at Meta....
They're not guilty for the things their users do. Bad actors are all over Facebook, so revealing a government was using their platform for nefarious purposes is more like, "See? We can be good guys, too!" It's positive PR to be proactive like that.
Reminder that Project 2025 is a Heritage Foundation plan to gut the powers of Congress and policy-making commissions, and to disproportionately empower the Executive branch.
I do not think for a minute that the 2026 date is accidental.
I don't think it's an agenda, I think it's just poorly delivered. The facts are:
Teen hacks corps using a Fire Stick.
Teen has done something novel with proprietary hardware.
I think it's safe to assume that he's intelligent and creative based on those two things. With proper guidance from the right kinds of people (including parents), someone like that could eventually put those talents to use on someone's Red Team, or working with an intelligence agency, rather than doing something illegal to stretch their wings (fuck big corporations, but the law is what it is).
I don't think it's unreasonable to note that his talents will be wasted by grinding him down in the justice system.
I recommend listening to Legal AF. They're lawyers following the Trump case, and I think they'll give you some hope and a good perspective on how fucked Trump is (the episode titles are a bit clickbait-y, but the core information is good). It's helped me not completely give up and say, "Well, rich people always get off scot free."
Trump hasn't seen justice, yet, but he also hasn't been to court except to be arraigned. We all want justice yesterday, but he'll have to defend himself for real early next year.
TBH, how do his followers have any money left? They've bankrolled all of his endeavors for the last 7-8 years, plus bankrolled the other various grifters who kiss Trump's ring.
Reminder that this isn't a GOP document, it's a Heritage Foundation document (right wing extremists).
They could try to follow it, but the Heritage Foundation ≠ GOP. If anything, the Federalist Society is a far greater threat, since they have tactfully and successfully infected the judiciary, and they don't even have a public manifesto of this nature.
This is certainly concerning, but it's far from guaranteed to be utilized.
Yeah, I didn't express it very well, but I wasn't trying to imply they weren't a threat. They 1000% are.
It's just that plans like this presume every conservative is like them, and as we've seen even in the House, that's not the case; it wouldn't be a cakewalk
Still, it's one more example of why Conservatives (capital C) need to be dealt with soberly.
It's not that simple, thanks to the Electoral College. If electing a president was based on popular vote, the last several Republican presidents wouldn't have been elected.
But thanks to how the Electoral College works, getting elected is based more on strategically winning specific states. Texas, for example, has several deep blue cities with some of the largest populations in the country. Yet, all 50-something electoral votes go to Republicans, because Republicans win the popular vote in the state. The will of those millions of people is discarded and flipped due to the other areas voting differently.
What are the keys with tactile bumps called?
I use a different layout to type, but I'd like to be able to have my physical layout reflect what I'm actually typing. The problem is that moving the F and J keys to where they should be means the home row would be missing the tactile bumps, and I use those to recenter my hands when I'm not looking. I'd like to add keycaps for...
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How do we feel about federating with Threads?
Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?
Cassidy Hutchinson had to flee DC for safety after Jan. 6 testimony (thehill.com)
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, said she had to flee Washington, D.C. for safety after she testified before the Jan. 6 Committee....
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Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community (www.phoronix.com)
X (Twitter) Failed to Act on 86% of Hate Speech Posts, Researchers Say (gizmodo.com)
Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and governor, won't seek reelection in 2024 (apnews.com)
Sarah Palin On ‘Disheartening’ Jan. 6 Sentences: ‘Makes the Good Guy Think, What’s the Use in Being a Good Guy?’ (www.mediaite.com)
Chinese Intel Officers Interfered in U.S. Election (www.rollingstone.com)
China is behind the largest known covert propaganda operation ever identified on Facebook and Instagram, according to a new report by security researchers at Meta....
Future Starfield players, what are your top 3 favorite games?
Just curious. I bet some patterns will emerge.
Judge sets start date of March 4 for Trump's federal election interference trial (abcnews.go.com)
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference case has ordered the trial to begin on March 4, 2024....
GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room (hackaday.com)
Trump raised $7.1 million after Georgia booking, mugshot (www.politico.com)
The former president raised $4.18 million on Friday alone, the single-highest 24 hour period of his campaign to date.
The GOP has a master plan to criminalize LGBTQ people (www.damemagazine.com)
Some quotes:...
Florida Lawyer Sues Trump to Disqualify Him From 2024 Race (www.thedailybeast.com)
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution bans anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the U.S. from holding office....