We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Yoteober

Y'all got any meal prep ideas? Been meaning to start to do this since I have the freezer space to do so.

Lowkey a roomates would solve all of this but I'm unsure if I want to give up my privacy lol...

Well spent yesterday evening creating and going over my budget... I need to eat out less is what it basically showed me, I got so lazy about making food at home :/

Eggnog is upon us already...

@darbington.bsky.social thank you for the new badge!

Long haul yall, it is making a difference. We don't know how we're affecting things behind the scenes until we know.

The Estonian government is now initiating NATO Article 4 consultations. It is within its rights to shoot down Russian aircraft if the issue continues.

Bsky isn't great, but if you're still active on a platform owned by a nazi or being fought over by two dictators and don't think you're susceptible to propaganda, misinformation, and mass surveillance, the fact that you're still on those platforms should be an unpleasant realization that you are.

God I wish I didn't have such strong "don't bother trying, you're better off as you are and safe from pain" reflexes in some scenarios...

What is to prevent Brendan Carr from canceling the licenses of affiliates who accurately report election results unfavorable to Trump? Or a scandal involving a Trump associate? Or bad economic numbers. Unbridled authoritarianism.

I hate the person the last decade has turned me into.

every time

Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies" Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."

Been feeling rather disconnected from everyone, and it's probably my own fault. I tend to assume people don't enjoy my presence and just put up with me...

I hate seeing my remaining family age around me being the youngest left... :/

*user is playing SteamVR* *user is playing VRCFacetracking* *user is playing OVR Advanced Settings* *user is playing VRChat* *user is playing OVR Advanced Settings* *user is playing VRChat* *user is playing OVR Advanced Settings* *user is playing VRCFacetracking*

I feel lately that I want to call up my dad and tell him about my travels like I used to do but I can't and this hurts...

Wish I wasn't so self conscious :x

Trump, a Jeffrey Epstein partner, blames Ukraine for being invaded and declares only Zelenskyy can end the war by surrendering and forfeiting Ukrainian territory, natural resources, homes, and more than 30,000 children stolen and trafficked by Russia. Trump stands behind Russia.

Yap from Thunder Bay~

HEY Do you want to save PORN from being kicked off this platform?? Go tell them your grievances then! Bluesky is built off the backs of queers, furries, POC, and sex workers alike WE were the first to join the site back when it was invite only, and WE should have a say in whether we belong!

The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”

...creativity is inherently unsafe...

The Trump administration is considering giving Russia access to Alaska’s rare earth minerals as an incentive to end the war in Ukraine. Full disclosure: I was just joking when I said he might sell Alaska to Putin. Some idiot on GOP Twitter is going to defend this, too.

OH MY GOD WE ARE WINNING YALL KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.

my little wplace coyote

And they said we can’t agree on anything these days!

The way things are going I'm getting close to the point of deleting every account remaining on every site or service I use and just not existing online at all outside of unique isolated identities for any service I must use.

I already have a "team of Ph.D. level experts" in my pocket. It's called being in a discord server with a bunch of furries

"Did Dr. Eggman repeatedly campaign on his plan to take over the world and reshape it into a robotic utopia in his image? Sure. But how was I supposed to know that he was serious about it?"

Something that still bothers me to this day... Months before J6 happened I was following the shit leading up to it and expressed my concerns to my US friends, only to be told "checks & balances" and how the US will hold. Look what happened and what's currently, I hate to say I told you so but...

No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

Great clip of @marcmaron.bsky.social

no more educational material for your children. just poisonous right wing slop.

With how the world is going, the "fuck off into the woods" thoughts are coming back :')

"They go to SEX CLUBS and pretend to be DOGS!" Yeah well you go to church every Sunday and pretend to be a good person

I think it needs to be pointed out as well that Visa is clearly losing money off these calls clogging their systems and still thought it was worth the money to re-train their employees/contractors. They're not scared enough to drop the issue altogether, people need to keep calling and snail-mailing.

I think the clear playbook is to come up with a pretextual justification to federalize the national guard in every major US city and just have them never fully leave, like in Los Angeles

Kinda strugglin here lately... Realizing I'm probably looking at like 2-3 years of buckling down and not doing anything "fun" in a sense to get out of a situation that I admittedly got myself into.

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The US satire cartoon show South Park secured a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion with Paramount Global. They began their season with this clip, challenging Trump to sue them.

You don't need an AI companion. You need a fursona

I hate ants. That's it.