I’d say California should hold a referendum to join Canada in response, but then I discovered California’s economy alone has 4.3 trillion GDP compared to all of Canada’s 2.6 trillion. Amazing that the average Canadian still has better access to healthcare 😅

Canada: “Hey! I’ve seen this one!”

“Thank you!” 👀

Preparation is part of fighting.

Pretty sure the Iranian protesters would benefit from private infra now that the internet is shut down.

Getting graphite OS phones can let you do all sorts of neat things like duress pins etc.

The average person is forming their activist plans on WhatsApp and Discord, and that’s going to be a problem. I remember all those kids in Hong Kong getting scooped up because the government was reading their texts and hacking their phones.

Don’t downplay what you can contribute.

I honestly think driving and League of Legends brings this out of people for the same reason but I have no evidence.

There must be something about relying on the actions of strangers and participating in an activity with measurable and communal “right ways to do things” that brings out so much vitriol.

Perceived slights, overestimating one’s own ability, shared misfortune on mistakes, I could go on forever.

Not every new law is a slippery slope that leads to something, this line of reasoning is literally a fallacy.

When we blocked youth from drinking, we didn’t inch towards making it illegal for people in their 30s did we? Worst we got was like 21 in some places.

Great!

Shield Hero 🤮🤮🤮

Yes? Opinions can sway me. I truly hope you are also swayable.

I had no idea substack existed before this moment and hosts intolerance but that doesn’t subtract from the content of her writing.

And if you had read it you would note that it is the opposite of intolerance.

Guess I’ll pass on this movie, I was kind of looking forward to it but yikes

Why would speaking while reading affect memory at all? I guess news hosts who regurgitate teleprompter lines are all Mensa members now

SILENCE BRAND 🦀

🤮

So surprised that her neck thing popped off

Can’t complain about what?

Jesus fucking Christ

Man kids should not be able to enter strip clubs, that’s insane to me.

This is the most convincing argument for me, as I know many governments have not been putting their citizen’s interests first.

Despite the risks, I know these sorts of anonymous confirmation systems already exist, and can be implemented effectively with transparency.

Most VPN services tout “zero logs”, and many back it up with audits. We can demand the same from our government.

I’m sure drivers licenses and social security numbers made people uncomfortable too when they were rolled out, but they certainly improved our lives.

A slippery slope is a logical fallacy - we can impose just enough oversight to be helpful AND curtail overreach. We can build and verify a good system.

Also, thank you for being kind.

I think at this point it’s clear to everyone that content moderation done by humans is not viable at scale. In this sense the web is unique, and would require a more dragnet solution, like ID verification. This is done in China already to much success to limit game time for youths.

A child would be turned away at a strip club, so perhaps this is a better analogy than a bar.

Still, if a parent wanted their children to browse an unfiltered Reddit they could provide their ID, and in this way we have a similar analogy.

This is just a lack of imagination on your part.

You could theoretically come up with a system that is both decentralized and able verify age using dedicated protocols/API to respective governments. Just like how most Lemmy sites scan for and report CSAM.