RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116784883875340095
I'm so fucking tired of hearing these murderous bastards say that the people they killed 'were not targets', as if that is a coherent statement.
When you drop bombs, you've targeted. Period. You are responsible for what you destroy. Period.
The Observer - UK Prime Minister Starmer to resign as soon as Monday. https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/starmer-expected-to-resign-on-monday-and-set-out-orderly-exit
Whenever you hear a politician or police official vilify people who communicate "using encrypted messaging apps", replace it with "in the privacy of their bedroom".
People in power feel entitled to be able to supervise your behaviour, wherever you are, and in whatever form it takes. The concept of privacy offends them.
They were called The Allman Brothers Band because they were all men.
“And now, inevitably, half of my #Bluesky timeline is like: oh, we need a service that’s resistant to this sort of shit, something that’s not beholden to capitalist pressure, something that’s queer-friendly…, quickly followed by but don’t say #Mastodon!
Sorry, I’m saying it. We want fucking Mastodon. It’s run by an actual non-profit foundation, none of this “public benefit corporation” bullshit. It’s not subject to creeping network-wide puritanism. Mastodon. Goddammit.”
When two people from the fediverse hook up, that’s a Smashtodon