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It's the vaccines, must know.

Behold the master race

Ironically, it wouldn't surprise me if their brains are full of microplastic.

It's easier to change banks than it is to make your bank change.

The (sadly messy) website of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values lists ethical banks around the world. I'm very happy with mine. :)

Yup, Signal is down. The one centralized service I'm still rooting for I guess. Disappointed they're running on AWS.

Seems like a fair bet that Amazon Web Services is having some problems?

I really appreciate that the commercial internet runs on like three service providers. Would love to see it crash and burn.

A second hand Fairphone 4 with Ubuntu Touch could be an option. Might be hard to find if you're in the US.

Pixel devices are often well supported, but getting a second hand device with a non-replacable battery is a bit annoying.

I can't believe I hate them more than the Tories. That's an achievement.

At some point we thought the FBI investigations into Trump would actually amount to something. At Comey must have done something right in the process, considering how much Trump hates him. The author of this comic appears to have attempted to date it to July 2018.

Back then there was some hope that federal agencies could actually save democracy. We have since learned that nope, they are indeed only good for suppressing the people, not for defending it.

I guess the joke is that red hair and wine was hopeful the FBI could do good, whereas striped shirt and beer knew there would be little help in fascist superstructures in saving us from fascism.

Not such a great comic I'd say—there's something ironic about painting a strawman of the people you are criticizing for simplified thinking. But I guess they were at least right about the alphabet agencies.

I run /e/OS, so I don't completely know about proper Linux as a daily driver on it. Last time I used Ubuntu Touch was before Waydroid (and not on a Fairphone), but back then I found that I was dependent on some Android apps that could not be replaced (WhatsApp & banking).

I guess at least it's not so much work to switch between proper Linux and something like /e/ until you find that Linux is ready for a daily driver. If you're ready to put some time into it at least. :)

Yeah, if the battery isn't replaceable I'd consider that a bigger problem than the price.

I'm very happy with my Fairphone - I've been using it for a while now, and it seems they still take software freedom seriously even as their user base grows. They have a problem with understaffed customer support, but in my experience they are very helpful once they do respond.

This looks incredible! Can't wait to see/hear the finished thing. :)

Move to a different area if your current area it’s not pleasurable to you. Find a higher quality group of friends or become someone that can enjoy their own company. I could keep listening, but I’m not going to make this thread too long.

I guess a lot of people people don't have this opportunity because they need to work boring jobs in order to feed themselves. They should be plotting a revolution, but instead are exhausted by work and get pacified by brainless entertainment the few hours they are not either working or sleeping.

For whoever can afford freedom there's plenty of things to do in the world, yet a bunch of them end up bored anyway. I agree that they could often escape their boredom if they were braver.

I guess independent options will always be more expensive than mass-produced trash by tech giants. As far as I understand the FLX1 was pre-made by someone else whereas this is an original device designed to their needs/preferences.

Whether it's worth it is of course an individual calculation. For me the calculation boils down to presumed longevity, repairability, independence from tech giants (including not supporting them financially), and control over software. But of course, there is a trade off - you end up paying extra for something less concrete than processing power and megapixels.

I'm not interested in the Furi Phone as I have a FairPhone that I intend to use for a long time, but it looks interesting. It seems like a mission worth supporting especially considering how degoogled Android is under threat.

(edit: Also, it seems people are not too excited about your þorn project - fuck þat, I þink it rules)

I have tried to buy good laptops in the past (ThinkPads) and have been profoundly disappointed, part of the appeal of the Framework for me was that I could choose myself exactly what I wanted from my laptop. And I really couldn't be happier with the hardware - build quality and everything is really great, and a completely different league from machines I have wasted money on in the past even though I tried my best to do my research.

It's possible I should have tried System76 or Tuxedo, but I am really very happy with my Framework. Don't think it makes sense to say it's worse than the competition. But of course, a small company + repairability is reflected in the price.

For fucks sake. A big tent is nice and all, but I am not entering any tent that has fucking fascists in it.

Very happy with my Framework 13. I hope I can keep recommending it to people without feeling it's at odds with my values.

It's not like other producers are realistically better, but I kinda expect Framework to be good.

...offline support?

Fascinating! Congrats.

In that case your mother and mother in law both sound difficult in their own unique ways. I guess the only advice I have is to make plans for the evening whenever you're invited for dinner to have an escape route 😅

I'm European and I only went to the US this year (first and last time), and it's true I was weirded out by the amount of billboards. But still, the same billboard usually stays within your line of vision for a little while.

And if they really count it in such a crazy way by knowing what's in everyones field of vision all the time, that's a crazy approximation from their side.

I think it's likely they instead measure how mamy ads come through the web to your device, which is different from how many you actually see. Like an ad at the bottom of a website you don't scroll through and stuff like that.

Yup, the picture dates back to a reddit user three weeks ago who was having a religious ceremony. The user since deleted their account and picture - 700 comments by redditors is no joke - but that's where reverse image search ended up, with an exact match.