I’m glad you understand, thanks for the reply.

I’m also glad you reached the point I wanted to make, that people like me become extremely cynical when unions are brought up as a solution because even with digital access we’re still seen as second class members. they’re not gonna invest as many resources in the digital meetings because there’s no incentive to

OK, let’s say I’m disabled and I wanna partake in said democracy. I show up to the union meeting and everyone is unmasked, there’s no air filtration or ventilation. am I just supposed to put myself at risk of infection until the union members get their shit together? that might take months to years during which I can’t afford to be repeatedly reinfected.

this is not hypothetical, I’ve been part of multiple leftist spaces where my only options are to leave or to put myself at risk of harassment when I hand everyone N95s because I’m being “pushy”.

except most unions aren’t doing shit for covid workplace safety. that doesn’t mean unions are bad, just ignorant

https://muntjacmag.noblogs.org/archives/1197

welcome to anti-imperialist imperialism. also, since when is Russia part of the global south lmao? tankies have lost their minds

wdym by actionable end state?

I agree with most of it except the recommending VPNs part. they’re good for piracy, bypassing geoblocking and accessing your home network from outside but not for building anonymity in a fascist regime.

how many people are gonna pay for their VPNs with cash or with safely acquired Monero? how many “no-logs” VPNs will get people jailed because they offered them a false sense of security?

I would recommend Tor if I was her since it’s free and more decentralized, and it comes with the added benefit of not relying on your VPN provider to be your new ISP. Plus we need more people growing the Tor network now more than ever with so many countries showing signs of dictatorship. The more users are added, the harder it becomes for big tech/the state to identify you in this big swarm of Tor users. Currently, because not many people use it, it’s more viable to fingerprint you than it should be.

to anyone reading, install Snowflake to help your neighbors bypass censorship and fight internet surveillance.

congrats! another exif solution I love is sending pictures to myself on signal since the app strips that data by default

lmao, genocide deniers with good intentions. that’s an interesting way to frame it

him calling the Uyghur concentration camps “reeducation camps”. also getting his news from Russian sources, like when he defended the Russia annexing Crimea.

they both have a hard-on for authorian regimes is all I mean. I wasn’t comparing their degrees of harm

the vaush and hasan stans of breadtube

no, if anything it will increase them because prices going up is almost always tied to mass layoffs. austerity package and all that.

God must’ve forgotten a baby holodeck on Earth back when she made it

excuse you, but by making use of abortions she’s proving the exact opposite, that she does have sex ed. otherwise she’d be too terrified of god smiting her for not being “pro-life”

let’s say I’m reading an article on communism and the sources provided by Wikipedia come from Marx while llama regurgitates answers from US conservatives on Reddit telling me that communism is when no iPhone and you have state dictatorship.

even if I can’t access the source in the moment, I can still tell that Wikipedia at least attempts to follow the scientific method. just knowing the name of the source tells me what useless junk to skip.

oh, and I could go to the library and ask them if they have my source available.

at least Wikipedia won’t waste your time with misinformation. llama could be trained on the entirety of human history for all I care, doesn’t matter one bit if it can’t provide accurate sources and facts

offline Wikipedia on a phone vs llama which needs a PC:

wiki:

1. 20-30 GB for the text version
2. can fit on most phones otherwise use SD card /USB storage
3. isn’t full of AI slop

Llama 3.1 8B Requirements:

1. CPU: Modern processor with at least 8 cores
2. RAM: Minimum of 16 GB recommended
3. GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090
4. doesn’t run on Android or iOS

also keep in mind most people outside of tech/gamer bros can’t afford the financial investment for a PC that can run it. most people can afford an Android phone

that’s an insult to bag clips which are actually useful and aren’t based on FUD propaganda

congrats you just discovered offline Wikipedia