I used an old school audio only baby monitor in my daughters nursery. I never needed a live video feed. The baby crying was more than enough reason to go check on her. And if the power went out, it didn’t need WiFi and had a builtin battery backup. Also the range was quite good, I could use it from a few neighbors houses away.

Its a private platform. They can do what ever they want.

Politicians and other public services should stop using it while they still can.

Non violent resistance is simply about reducing the death and bloodshed of the resisters. It is not acceptance or compliance.

It’s going to depend on the situation what type of resistance is required. However, unless the resistance has on its side a trained military that can overpower or outwit the regime’s abundant military force. How will it effectively end that regime through violence? If guerrilla warfare is used then narratives can be used to gain support for the regime, both domestically and internationally.

Non violent resistance gives us another path to democracy. Also, it avoids the power struggle that sometimes occurs when a regime is defeated by violent means.

Non violent resistance is not the same as apathy or acceptance. It is also a proven method for change and removing violent regimes. Not because the people in power have a change of heart but because the people that enforce their power do.

You can always try reading the book for yourself. I just started it.

https://annas-archive.org/md5/5a32e1e61b5484aeae129dc4d1f68eab

… military resistance against dictatorships does not strike them where they are weakest, but rather where they are strongest. By choosing to compete in the areas of military forces, supplies of ammunition, weapons technology, and the like, resistance movements tend to put themselves at a distinct disadvantage. Dictatorships will almost always be able to muster superior resources in these areas.

From Dictatorship to Democracy (Gene Sharp)

While I agree with the sentiment, I think the point above illustrates why we must understand how we will resist.

Honestly, I’m both glad and horrified that this is a real image.

At least generative models aren’t yet good enough to place his stupid fucking tattoos under his transparent shirt to make it easier to identify him.

What are peoples thoughts on simplex?

…too late for me

I’m just quoting the film while replacing the word Russians for immigrants. This is how propaganda sounds so it is easy to get it confused with what trump and MAGA republicans say.

There’s Russians immigrants somewhere out there, they’re worse than anyone. I heard they eat babies and have sex with dogs. I mean like, that’s bad right? We have to stop them before they eat us and screw all our dogs! It’s crazy!

Man, i loved my old Pebble. It’s amazing they never made any wearable as good.

But I’m not going to buy a new piece of consumer tech while I’m researching how to destroy fascism from the bottom up.

Ima plead the 1st and just laugh.

Its more like tragic Irony.

Tragic irony, a prominent literary device, involves a poignant disjunction between the audience’s awareness of critical information and the obliviousness of the characters within a narrative.

https://english-studies.net/tragic-irony-a-literary-device/

Anything to avoid laying fiber.

Its not for people to buy. Companies like Google simply don’t need to make profit anymore.

Its to show growth potential to investors. And when they inevitably cut the program, it will also show growth potential to investors since then it will be millions of dollars saved.

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I was a bit disappointed too but I do think there is value in organizing locally

Thanks for the correction. It should have an of. I made this meme in gimp using the real headline as reference. But the link to the EO is from Whitehouse.gov and is real.

You’re both right, I need a proof reeder. Anyway I’m gun a update it.

Maybe we can’t rely on dems fixing this. We are on our own atleast for 2 years.

We need to organize more at the local level. Checkout this site.

https://indivisible.org/resource/guide