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    trwnh@mastodon.socialT
    @brhfl probably just my website trwnh.com is fine!
  • @petal @justdaveisfine not "cactus"!

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    @thisismissem @smallcircles @torgo not to turn this into a Discussion but how can nomadic identity lead to abuse? if anything, it can *reduce* abuse because if you inherently recognize that two identities are controlled by the same entity and blocking one can block all other linked identities. if you don't recognize it, then it's no different than having alts that share the same content. it's basically just database cloning with failover. of course spinning up a new identity is cheap either way.
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    @caesar @cwebber i once saw someone arguing "comrade" is male coded, so(somehow, close friendship is stereotyped as male, like how "fellow" became male-coded instead of gender-neutral. one could theorize it has something to do with how society sees "brotherhood" as the only acceptable bond between two males, because anything more would be Too Gay. on the other hand, bonds between two females are stereotyped as shallow or somehow worth less. and mixed bonds are Obviously not platonic)
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  • You work at Microsoft.

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  • What browser(s) do you currently use?

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    quillmatiq@threads.netQ
    Seeing a lot more Vivaldi than I thought I would, and I love it!
  • Unsurprisingly, my reaction to Regina's words: THIS.

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    @vantablack should i be offended
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    I must confess I am discouraged by the alarming countercurrent in US discourse, pushing back on the idea that "Alligator Alcatraz" is an "actual" concentration camp. Some of this is fascist ideological flak, some is "enlightened centrists" whistling past the graveyard, and some of this is even coming from cynical folks on the left who know enough about the American carceral industrial complex to confidently (and to be fair, correctly) state America had "concentration camps" long before Trump. Frankly however I can think of few things less productive than entering into a semantic debate about the wholly accurate term concentration camp; I thought it might be better to just talk about the horrifying observed conditions inside Alligator Alcatraz instead, and let reasonable folks figure it out for themselves. To that end I want to share two stories about the same highly-controlled visit to Alligator Alcatraz by 3 Dem politicians, that each focus on different aspects of why I think the term fits and disputing the characterization borders on apologia.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/14/alligator-alcatraz-lawsuitsHundreds of detainees with no criminal charges sent to Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’"The notorious new “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Florida Everglades contains hundreds of detainees with no criminal records or charges, it was disclosed on Sunday, as lawmakers decried “inhumane” conditions inside after touring the facility.Donald Trump has insisted that the remote camp in swamp land populated by pythons and alligators was reserved for immigrants who were “deranged psychopaths” and “some of the most vicious people on the planet” awaiting deportation.But at least one detainee shouted out to politicians during Saturday’s visit that he was a US citizen, the Democratic Florida congressman Maxwell Frost said. And the Miami Herald obtained and published a list of 700 people held in cages showing that at least 250 had committed no offense other than a civil immigration violation."So let's briefly touch on the important revelations in this article. First of all immigration officials are purposely obscuring the numbers and identities of detainees in the camp. Florida politicians are also lying about who runs the camp, which is clearly ICE, to deny opposition (Democrat) oversight of the facility. Please keep in mind that this is in addition to the migrant cages being located in a remote area in the Florida Everglades, far away from the prying eyes of the media and making official oversight all the more difficult. Furthermore, Trump and regime officials who are justifying keeping migrants in appalling conditions that amount to a concentration camp by saying only the worst types of criminals are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, are once again lying; as I stated repeatedly in prior articles hundreds of people in the camp are simply in the US without permission, which as the article notes is a civil violation, not a criminal charge - let alone a violent one. So, can you articulate what perfectly innocent reason a fascist government might have for building a semi-secret migrant cage complex, demonizing all the brown inhabitants as violent criminals even though many of them have committed no crimes, and are actively working to hide what is actually going on inside Alligator Alcatraz from media, regulators, and opposition officials? Yeah, me neither. Now let's take a look at the conditions the 3 Dem politicians were allowed to see despite the regime's efforts to hide occupied cages from them:https://www.commondreams.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit'This Is an Internment Camp': Lawmakers Horrified by Inhumane Conditions in 'Alligator Alcatraz'"Wasserman-Schultz described it as an "internment camp" where detainees are "essentially packed into cages.""Wall-to-wall humans. 32 detainees per cage," she said. This, she noted, is unusual for immigration facilities, like the nearby Krome detention center in Miami-Dade County, where detainees are allowed to roam freely between buildings."Whatever I think of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as a politician, it is inarguable that she's objectively describing a type of concentration camp. With dozens of brown bodies packed into small cages, inadequate access to washroom facilities and water, purposely reduced caloric counts inadequate for the preservation of healthy adults, exposure to elements and insects; what exactly would you call it? It's not an accident Wasserman-Schultz references America's dark history with the term "interment camps" but I think she's still being too generous to the Trump regime here; this is a camp of cages for cruelty concentrating migrants without any concern for their wellbeing at all - a concentration camp if you will.Folks, this is not a question of semantics. This is a concentration camp, for brown people, on US soil and word games aren't going to stop the nightmare we're speeding towards now.#Fascism #Trump #DHS #AlligatorAlcatraz #Noem #EthnicCleansing #Immigration #ConcentrationCamps
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  • As it always should've been

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    quillmatiq@threads.netQ
    FWIW I already use my 12-inch Samsung tablet as a makeshift laptop on trips and the *only* thing I miss is a desktop-class browser
  • Torrent client but you can chat with your peers

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  • a creacher is like a preacher but for animal religion

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    trwnh@mastodon.socialT
    @codl preacher : person reacher :: creacher : creature reacher
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