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dactylotheca , 17 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to Technology in X’s blue checkmarks are deceptive, rules EU ‘Verified accounts’ lack authenticity and are being abused by malicious actors in violation of the EU’s DSA.

Oh yeah it wasn't an absolute win, but they did gain a lot more seats and in general even extremist right wing parties are now much more mainstream – look at how eg. "moderate" conservatives are lining up to kiss Meloni's ring and/or ass, and she's a literal fucking neofascist from a party that's descended from the original Fascist Party. And then there's the clusterfuck we have here in Finland…

All's not lost, but it ain't going that great either.

dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Technology in X’s blue checkmarks are deceptive, rules EU ‘Verified accounts’ lack authenticity and are being abused by malicious actors in violation of the EU’s DSA.

While the EU definitely does have its problems and nothing is perfect, I think that for the most part it's really been a force for good in this world, although things haven't been looking too good recently (not just the extreme right winning in the Parliament elections, but the shit eg France is doing to migrant boats etc etc). Also it's kept the Germans, French and the Brits from killing each other and/or the rest of us which has been terrific.

Let's see how long it'll survive what with the current nationalist resurgence and all. Living in the EU now sort of feels like I'd better enjoy things while they last

dactylotheca , 17 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to Mildly Infuriating in Stop. Calling. Everything. AI

Hah my sneaky brain edited that right out, didn't even notice until you pointed it out

dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in Stop. Calling. Everything. AI

Yeah they obviously got the Russians to help

dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in Stop. Calling. Everything. AI

And it's usually the people with room temperature IQs (and I'm talking Celsius) calling everything AI. You know, the type who can't recognize actual AI pictures and probably also thinks the Moon landings were faked

dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in Stop. Calling. Everything. AI

1st AI trash band!

dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Comic Strips in ‘SEXY HUMANS’ [OC]

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dactylotheca , 17 days ago to Comic Strips in ‘SEXY HUMANS’ [OC]

Now I've seen everything.

That sounds terrifying

dactylotheca , 18 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of Twitter/X ad boycott perpetrators

^*some^ ^terms^ ^and^ ^conditions^ ^apply,^ ^bravery^ ^not^ ^available^ ^in^ ^most^ ^areas^

dactylotheca , 18 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of Twitter/X ad boycott perpetrators

This is the case with literally every conservative crowing about "free speech". They want full freedom for themselves so that no matter what they say there can't be any negative consequences or reactions, and everybody else can get fucked and die in an extermination camp

dactylotheca OP , 18 days ago to 196 in Hoc regula est

Share and enjoy!

dactylotheca OP , 19 days ago to 196 in Otter rule

for legal purposes this meme is a joke

dactylotheca OP , 19 days ago to Lefty Memes in SWEET JESUS, POOH!

This is slander and I will not stand for it: I bet Jadzia would be down for a nice fash bash

dactylotheca OP , 19 days ago to Lefty Memes in SWEET JESUS, POOH!

Maybe you mean the peace treaty thing? I mentioned it in a couple of earlier comments, here's a copy-paste:

Here's a blog post on this, and a relevant quote:

Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty. Tolerance is a social norm because it allows different people to live side-by-side without being at each other’s throats. It means that we accept that people may be different from us, in their customs, in their behavior, in their dress, in their sex lives, and that if this doesn’t directly affect our lives, it is none of our business. But the model of a peace treaty differs from the model of a moral precept in one simple way: the protection of a peace treaty only extends to those willing to abide by its terms. It is an agreement to live in peace, not an agreement to be peaceful no matter the conduct of others. A peace treaty is not a suicide pact.

dactylotheca OP , 19 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to Lefty Memes in SWEET JESUS, POOH!

You're still missing the point here. I never said I keep tabs on everyone at all times just so I can pull the eject handle if they turn Nazi, just that if it does turn out somehow that someone is a Nazi, that is when I pull the eject handle.

In any case, my argument absolutely is that I'm going to sort my friends by political ideology – and no, I don't give people forms to fill out or install cameras in their homes. Doesn't mean everyone has to think exactly like me, but "no Nazis" doesn't feel like it should be a high bar. Sure, maybe this does nothing to help solve the situation but I have no interest in having to be buddies with them, let alone loving them – better people are welcome to it, but I'm done, I'd jump off a cliff if I had to listen to yet another "rational" fascist wannabe explain why my whole gender is inferior to his and then dismiss me when I get ANGY. Call it purity testing all you want, but for me and I suspect a lot of people this is self care