What does the US election mean for civil rights and digital freedom? @Fight for the Future is organizing an online meeting to figure out what we do now. View quoted note →

What does Trump’s election mean for digital rights? View quoted note →

This is nifty. View quoted note →

Look, Trump got 2 million less votes than 2020. The problem was that Harris got 14 million less votes than Biden. Democrats lost because they failed to inspire and turn out their voters. Not because more people supported Trump this time than last. Trump did his thing. But this was a failure of the Democratic party to do what it needs to do to win elections. You’ve got to run for something that can inspire people, not just against the other guy. Off the top of my head the only policy I remember Harris advocating for that was unique was a $25k subsidy for first time homebuyers. That wouldn’t do a damned thing to make housing more affordable. Oh and she’ll continue to fund the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Trump promised all sorts of crazy things like mass deportation, tariffs, no taxes on tips, and stopping imaginary in school trans surgeries. Doesn’t matter that the deportations are cruel, the tariffs and exemptions for tips are bad economic ideas and kids aren’t getting gender affirming care in schools. Hell, even project 2025 shows there’s a ton of proactive policies. Not good ones or ones i want, but lots exist. I supported Harris and followed the election but can’t think of what she’d do if elected differently than Biden. She failed to get people to vote for her. That’s the long and short of it.

In case you need to know how to disappear online. View quoted note →

In times like this I’m reminded to listen to David Graeber.

In case you’re looking for an country that cares about freedom here’s a list of some you might consider.

List of freedom indices - Wikipedia

Well I’m not regretting my decision to emigrate and settle in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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The @nos team is making empanadas together as part of our retreat.

@OpenSats continues to support the Nostr ecosystem. View quoted note →

I’m confused. What is gay about a big bearded NFL superbowl winner dating the most famous and popular women in pop music? Isn’t this the straightest celebrity relationship possible?

Yahoo Entertainment

Taylor Swift Reacts To Jason Kelce's Phone-Smashing Incident

Taylor Swift has reacted privately to the Jason Kelce phone-smashing incident with a sense of pride and appreciation.

Is it gay because Taylor Swift is successful woman who is wealthier than her also rich and successful football star boyfriend?

Turns out empowering violent police officers with massive surveillance tools doesn’t solve crime or make people safer. View quoted note →

I think we’re going to increasingly see people hand over decisions to their AI. I’m not sure it’s good, but it seems like it’s inevitable. https://archive.is/gxm9g

@Robert Reich says Elon said he’d be fucked if Trump doesn’t win. I kind of think it’d be fun to see Elon be taken down a peg or two.

Why Elon Musk thinks he’ll be f*cked if Trump loses

And he may be.

The #nostrbooth is kicking off at #labitconf Tomorrow we have nostr talks and Sunday a whole Nostr day.

This is the best piece I’ve read about the elections in the US if you care a lot about the genocide in Gaza. We need to be strategic and understand the system within which we live while we work to change it. View quoted note →

Bluesky and its user community struggle with it being a vc backed company controlling the protocol. View quoted note →