So many birds and squirrels!!

Every morning I put out a big scoop of nuts and seeds for my neighborhood visitors. Today was the first day in a long time that I also put out a camera to capture their ridiculous antics.

Here's two and a half hours of low-key backyard beauty.

#squirrels #birds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHTIhNthtuQ

Regardless of PewDiePie’s personal #politics (which clearly, at the very least are problematic), it is fairly well known by anyone who has been following him for any number of years that the vast majority of his fan base are enthusiastic fascists.

Now #PewDiePie , who’s content centers around PC gaming and Windows, has decided to switch to #Linux and published a video encouraging his followers to do the same. This means a very large number of his #fascist fan base is going to be switching to Linux.

Now many Linux communities are going to be forced to more explicitly choose their politics. Like the parable of the Nazi bar, if the community remains politically neutral, it will become fascist in short order.

A few things to be wary of:

• People asking you not to be “too political” or to “focus on the technology, not the politics” is a classic and highly effective fascist ruse to get moderators to lighten up on fascist elements posting in their community.
• People complaining about free speech rights. The #Internet and the #Fediverse is already a domain where people can speak freely about their politics by running their own server and building their own community with few to no government constraints. You don’t need to compromise on whether fascists have the right to free speech in your community.
• Arguments over your code of conduct (CC) and “safe spaces.” Keep them up-to-date. Research other people’s CCs, learn about the history of why these CCs came to be, learn about what the function of each clause of the code is included and phrased the way it is. These were usually designed to make explicit the fact that a community wants to be a safe space where underprivileged people can feel comfortable expressing themselves, and it is very easy to make people afraid to express themselves. Fascists understand these CCs and the concept of “safe spaces” were explicitly designed to exclude them, and often attack these ideas.

🎉 In case you missed it, you can watch Katherine Willson's presentation from VGA's Birthday Party here:

https://virtualgenealogy.org/2025/04/27/vgas-7th-birthday-finding-photos-of-your-ancestors-online-by-katherine-r-willson/

#Genealogy #VirtualGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Geneadons

HEAD’S UP: If @mastodon_notifications (or anything similar) sends you a DM, do not click on it.

This is a phishing scam.

That account is not associated with Mastodon in any official capacity and is a complete grift. Though it is aesthetically similar to a Mastodon site, it does not run Mastodon, and clicking on several links brings forth a 404.

(And yes, I accessed this site using gloves 😉)

Of course, I’ve reported this account. But where one account exists, I suspect there are others!

A political anthropologist submitted an opinion piece to the LA Times. The newspaper, which is owned by an RFK Jr.-supporting billionaire, edited the piece and gave it an inaccurate title to make it sound optimistic that Trump and his nominees could be good for public health. Here is the complete, unedited OpEd making clear RFK Jr. is a clear danger to the health of Americans.

https://newrepublic.com/article/191030/rfk-jr-op-ed-los-angeles-times

#Trans #Transgender #hotline
LIFELINE 877-565-8860

#Project2025 For Real

"On this episode of #TheTimeOfMonsters, #ChrisLehmann on what can stop #Trump’s wrecking ball"

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/archive/ttom-020125/

#USpol #USpolitics #MAGA

ping @DoomsdaysCW

Tempted to move from proprietary software/platforms?

Here's what works for me:

https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/

tl;dr:

Windows/macOS --> Debian
Word/Pages --> LibreOffice Writer
Outlook/Mail --> Thunderbird/mutt
Gmail --> postfix/dovecot
WhatsApp --> Snikket/Signal
PowerPoint/Keynote --> reveal.js
Zoom --> Jitsi
Chrome/Safari --> Firefox
Dropbox/iCloud --> Nextcloud
Microsoft Forms --> LiberaForms

#FOSS #Linux #GlobalSwitchDay #selfhosting #FreeSoftware

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#BlackFriday January 31 2025

I don't stick to one month. I can do Black History all year. Every Friday

1865
US Congress passed Thirteenth Amendment

@blackmastodon
@blackvoices@newsmast.community @blackvoices@newsmast.social

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Controversial billboards were erected…

https://1819news.com/news/item/montgomery-museum-of-fine-arts-controversial-billboards-were-erected-without-the-approval-of-museum-leadership-or-the-joint-boards

> The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) released a statement on Wednesday to address the recent billboards that have stirred controversy in the area,…

#Alabama

404 - A declassified World War II-era government guide to “simple sabotage” is currently one of the most popular open source books on the internet.
https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/

New @privacyguides article-tutorial from me! 🔒 :tor: ✨

If you do not feel safe in your
own home or country anymore,

And you are looking for a way to browse the internet and use a computer more privately and without leaving traces on your main device,
you might want to read this 👇

Also consider this article to help others in need of protection 💜

Using Tails When Your World Doesn't Feel Safe Anymore:
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/29/installing-and-using-tails/

cc: @tails @torproject

#Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Tails #LGBTQ #HumanRights #DigitalRights

Weil die großen Städte wie Belgrad und Novi Sad starke, beeindruckende Bilder erzeugen, die viel geteilt werden, darf nicht untergehen, dass die Proteste zur Unterstützung der Studierenden und ihrer Forderungen täglich in mehr als 160 Städten in ganz #Serbien stattfinden. Insta ist voll davon.

So sieht es in Novi Sad aus und immer mehr Menschen strömen hinzu. Es sind auch viele Menschen aus anderen Städten angereist, um sich dem studentischen Protest anzuschließen. Da hat sich etwas entwickelt, das sich nicht mehr ignorieren, mit netten Worten oder politischen Bauernopfern lösen lässt. #Serbien

📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!

For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.

Help spread the word.

#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops

Greg Sargent: The awful news that Elon Musk clashed with a top Treasury official in an effort to access govt payment systems raises a crucial question: Did Trump authorize this, or not? I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming: https://newrepublic.com/article/191014/trump-elon-musk-treasury-purge #corruption

@signalapp Oh.

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cloudflare-cdn-bug-outs-user-locations-signal-discord

Very pleased to notice that starter packs exist in the #fediverse as well, and there is a lot of them already: https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/

#StarterPacks

(Danke, @SheDrivesMobility für den Hinweis!)

hehe.