Nougat

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

Crazy don’t discriminate.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 34 points 7 hours ago

Nah, Colorado was handling it appropriately, then SCOTUS stepped in and told a state that they're not allowed to administer elections in their state.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 95 points 9 hours ago (16 children)

Being a convicted felon does not disqualify you from running for president, or from being elected to the office.

Fomenting insurrection does, but that got waved away "because reasons".

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 9 hours ago

Ah, yes, that.

I can't fix everything. I can't fix most things. I pay attention to those not with a mind towards "what can I do to fix this for everyone forever," because that's simply not possible.

The mindset I do need to be in is one of "be prepared to protect myself and my family and friends." That has to be my priority now, and having some awareness of what I need to protect us all from is important. Just yesterday, I was thinking about how it may eventually be necessary to go get gasoline with two people, so that one can stand guard while the other fills containers.

Edit: And by "eventually" I mean "at any moment."

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 10 hours ago

Preface: None of this represents my opinion on whether these realities are just, only that they are realities.

I only learned very recently that general strikes are illegal in the US because someone pointed it out to me.

Striking itself isn't illegal (usually, some jurisdictions have made it illegal for "certain industries" to strike), but labor unions are not allowed to strike in solidarity with another union.

Anyway, I brought this up as an explanation of why established labor unions aren't involved in any general strike, and why they will never be.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 10 hours ago

I love International Harvest.

So do I!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

What I do for myself is to pay attention to things that are actually happening, as well as things that people in power say, and ignoring (almost) all of the predictions and kvetching by panels of commentators.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Taft-Hartley made general strikes illegal. Organized labor isn't going to openly participate in this.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 11 hours ago

Not published to production yet, but if you have a github account, you can download the nightly which works.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/actions/runs/13468043295

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 11 hours ago

Wow, and I've been concerned with how my moderation is looked upon in my tiny corner. I don't feel so bad now.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 26 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

So he's planning to ~~rig~~ cancel the mid term elections.

 

We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

https://www.wethebuilders.org/

This is resistance, and this kind is risky. I know that not very many people will see this, but if you are a person who knows or suspects the identity of any of the people doing this kind of thing, no you don't.

Resist.

 

Law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect after a Tesla dealership was damaged by gunshots in Salem, Oregon, on Wednesday.

This is not my favorite source article, but it does clear up something that's been getting passed around.

Yes, someone shot up a Tesla dealership in Salem, OR, a couple days ago. Yes, this is the same dealership that had one of its cars set ablaze on Jan 20, 2025.

However, this shooting is being conflated with a sticker that says "Kill Elon".

The "name tag" style sticker with "Kill Elon" inscribed on it was not at either Salem, OR, incident. That was a separate thing done by protesters in New York. That's why I chose this article to post, because it refers to that.

(For legal reasons, we cannot recommend this kind of action be undertaken, planned, threatened, encouraged, etc. Definitely do not do anything like this.)

 

This is the site that 50501 uses for its event organizing. Pretty easy to filter by location and date.

Mobilizon is the underlying platform, and it's federated, so that's nice.

 

HOLD UP! CAREFUL! The download size has been marked at 68.00GB, and the actual download size just changed to 30.7GB. I had started downloading, saw it said 68GB, went on with my browsing while it ran. My browser screen just flickered, I saw a bigger sliver of "done" than I though was possible, and now it's 30.7GB. Restarting from the linked page, same thing.

So they've changed the file that was previously there. No idea why. Somehow malicious? Maybe? Realized that they uploaded something they hadn't intended to?

Critics accuse the company of wielding outsized private influence on public policing.

And and -- Knowing as much as you can about how police are trained may be very useful.

 

The "Friend" universe would be one where Ross is the only sentient being in existence.

 

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was convicted and sentenced to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.

“It was a sort of a terrible injustice,” Trump said. “They just were after him. They go after a lot of people. These are bad people, the other side.”

Of note, those corruption charges stemmed from Blagojevich very openly trying to sell Obama's vacant US Senate seat in Illinois after the 2008 election.

 

This group seems sus. Prove me wrong.

This is not an endorsement of this group.

Just the opposite. Posting this now before I do a deep dive on who and what this group is about. Will update later.


Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos is the guy behind this. A 2017 article tells a very amazing story of this uber-successful adventurer entreprenuer.

Curiously, Radical Artist's Agency out of Arvado, CO, has a short resume for a "Carlos Alvarez-Aranyos".

The posted site makes it sound like this American Opposition place was behind the Feb 5 protests ... but that was 50501, right?

Interestingly, r/50501 seems on board, but without any mod commentary there.

 

I have no idea how one could find this out.

 

An "unannounced demonstration" by Nazis ends when upstanding citizens push past police, steal a Nazi flag, and set it on fire. The Nazis leave, and the resisters are not arrested.

These people were just going about their day, and it was important to enough people to stop and get directly involved. They took on risks of bodily harm and arrest. I'm willing to bet that none of them were "prepared" for the confrontation.

 

Just so everyone knows where he is more precisely. Wouldn't want him to get lost.

Over/under on whether there will be clashes in the parking lot?

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