@200ok I miss the dead ferret on top and the hideous dogsh*t face colour somewhat, but yes.

@drmike YEEE-HAW!

@GottaLaff Funny how when it's time to make hard decisions, it's still time for tax cuts for the wealthy!

@bnys @lmorchard "Based on VisionOS"?! Who wants to have *that* on their Macs? Smells like enshittification to me.

@bnys @lmorchard What UX overhaul? 🫣

@mike_k @middleclasstool 2 things Gruber might have added: while the entire Intelligence stuff is probably more to please Wall Street and thus who Apple really care about nowadays (shareholders, wayyyy before users), it is unexpectedly good: it gave us much better devices (useful amounts of RAM in base iPhones and Macs) with none of the AI rubbish so far. That's a clear win-win in my book.

@xankarn @jeffjarvis Actually, he's probably getting worried about not looking like the most criminally insane member of the MAGA clique and wondering how long he'll be able to remain in the White House.

@mszll I'm quite happy using Infomaniak.ch for mail, domains, and kdrive.

Go back in time and explain to your grandparents that in 2025 the UNITED STATES would be sending its top officials to Europe in support of resurgent Nazi movements aiming to overthrow their democracies.

see this is what happens when you pretend to be religious but don't actually know how the story ends

I saw a post that the ‘western monarch population has declined’ and got excited then realized it was about butterflies

@project1enigma @rowansong @GottaLaff True, these were the findings if a group of researchers from Swiss technical university ETH. The vulnerabilities were apparently quickly fixed https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/news-alleged-weaknesses-statement . Anyway, Signal certainly is a very good choice, too.

@rowansong @GottaLaff Team Threema here as well – actually like that it's a paid service, no guessing at how they plan to monetize it.

@GottaLaff
You just have to understand they see "criminal" as something you are, not something you do. Poor minorities are born "criminals" regardless of whether they ever do something illegal. Likewise, White dudes aren't "criminals" regardless of how many crimes they commit. Similarly, poor brown people are "illegal immigrants" even if their families have been citizens for generations, while White immigrants, like Elon Musk, are fine even if they didn't follow the rules when they came here.

"But the Constitution says he can't do that!"

I know, he knows. That's why he is trying.

Unitary executive theory (advanced by project 2025): make potus able to rule through decrees. The Enabling Act in Germany in 1933 did this, lead directly to deaths of ~50 million and burning 2 continents down.

Technically German constitution from 1919 was “in effect” until 1949. Enabling Act made constitution de jure only (by law, not practice); it was technically there the whole time.

History can rhyme.

God I hate what the last decades of neo-liberal austerity did to the German railways.

I wish the collective anger among my fellow travellers right now would turn into a clear understanding that a well maintained and collectively funded infrastructure is a luxury worth voting for 😵‍💫

@philip @nileane The Landswehrkanal around Planufer /
Paul Linke Ufer also is *really* lovely. Don't know about this time of year, but usually there's more great Cafés and Restaurants in the nearby Kieze than one could possibly visit.

@aaron.rupar It's actually quite easy to know which of his ideas and mindfarts to believe: only those that are cruel or stupendously stupid.

Insurance Company CEOs in meetings right now:

CEO: what should we do to prevent me from being shot next?

Employee: Stop denying so many claims.

Employee: Lower premiums.

Employee: Treat our clients like human beings.

CEO: Bodyguards it is.