So, it occurs to me that a silver lining of the near-duopoly of Android/iOS on smartphones, and device convergence, is that it is now possible to assemble a cheap travel kit of electronics circa-2006 that will cause maximum pain and friction for state border guard searches without being obvious. And the bits are cheaper than an iPhone.

E-ink reader, trad iPod clone, dumbphone, camera, writerdeck, Linux deck where you read your email in a terminal window over ssh using Mutt …

I'm very tempted.

@webhat @duckdotexe Found it!

https://punchkins.com/products/im-fine-everything-is-fine-plush-dumpster-fire

If I was writing this on Twitter/X by now BJP(India's ruling party) IT cell would have bombarded this thread with death/rape threats labeling me anti-national. If my name wasn't Hindu, I would have been told to go to Pakistan. They would find my socials online and spam vulgarity. This has been BJPs biggest tool to silence every dissenter since 2016. The reason why I left most social media because there's only so many death/rape threats one can take for speaking out things that are common sense.

Pokemon is great because they have a single fish that's totally useless and then it evolves into a fucking water dragon.

This plushie is my spirit animal

One thing that is disturbing about the interview with the former Flock employee is how he explains that he came from a background in civil rights law. He must have known about the issues with this company and technology.

But because it was a good job he let himself be brainwashed.

Would it be better, if you had to do such work because you needed the money, to keep your moral compass intact and just realize that you are doing harm? Maybe people can live like that.

You have to rationalize.

(van Muslim Rights Watch België)

'[Vrijdag] namen we afscheid van Driss Atounane.

Een man die zijn leven verloor nadat hij tussenbeide kwam om een vrouw te beschermen die op de tram het slachtoffer werd van racistisch en anti-moslim geweld.

Tijdens zijn begrafenis stonden wij niet alleen stil bij zijn moed, maar ook bij de pijnlijke vragen die zijn overlijden oproept.

Waar was de politieke verontwaardiging? Waar waren de grote mediadebatten? Waar bleef de duidelijke erkenning dat anti-moslimhaat reële gevolgen heeft en mensenlevens kan kosten?

Te vaak wordt islamofobie geminimaliseerd, gerelativeerd of doodgezwegen. En precies dat zwijgen creëert een klimaat waarin haat kan groeien.

Driss verdient meer dan een stil afscheid. Hij verdient dat zijn verhaal wordt verteld. Dat er lessen uit worden getrokken. En dat beleidsmakers eindelijk werk maken van een doortastende aanpak van moslimhaat.

Moge Allah Driss genadig zijn, zijn goede daad rijkelijk belonen en zijn familie veel sabr schenken.'

#DrissAtounane #Moslimhaat #MRWB #Mensenrechten

Facist apologist Rod Liddle has died

Two exclamation points above a letter is a “boomlaut,” or explosive diaeresis

Good morning from the heart of the tents. We urgently need $25 to buy food.

Is there anyone willing to volunteer generously to help? My family needs you now.

Donate now. Please help us! 🙏😭👇🏻
https://chuffed.org/project/193219-support-diyaa-after-devastating-injury
#gaza #Palestine

@erpu What I would like to add: Will railways be obliged to inform passengers of their rights in unbureaucratic, easy to understand language?

We just submitted our official feedback to the EU on the proposed Passenger Package:

https://erpu.eu/files/erpu_passenger_package_feedback.pdf

Our three key points are:

1. We support the “sharing obligation”

2. We oppose the “single platform” and “single transaction” requirement. Rights should be based on respecting minimum connection times.

3. We need clarity on how rights will be realised at the point of disruption. The guiding principle should be the passenger’s experience.

But best of all for #CrossBorderRail this autumn: I am going to have a go at Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹, and doing the Longest Journey in the EU as fast as I can

The details of how this is going to work are *just about* finalised, and will be out within a day or two

@webhat @e_r_nie isn't that the truth. I think in that TV series it counts as "juking" the numbers. I was starting to have a full on panic attack over it all today. Local pub mom made me homemade soup, lots of water and was not happy when I told her what happened. It takes a mental toll, too much stress!

The @Politie ignored my report on doxxing against a journalist. Dutch Prosecutor tried to give me the run around.
PersVellig our Press group advised me on next steps. If the police still refuse to action PresVellig will support me and walk to a police station with me and force them to action.

The report is now being reviewed.

It should not take this much for the police to do their jobs

@cheeseburgerally tbh in similar and just depressive moments i use one specific "gratitude" thing. i kinda hate the whole "gratitude" concept cuz tf should i be grateful if literally lots of suff could be different and better. so, i use anoither way of it. basically my family taught me cuz i was persistently self-sabotaging. be grateful to yourself. for small things. that you noticed how tired you are and chose to rest, that you chose to eat a healthy thing instead of a snack, that you watched a cute video instead of doomscrolling. it feels kinda cringe at first but then later it makes you realise like a lot of things about how actually cool you are and how you deserve all that healthy stuff, and you actually start to care for yourself more (ig the brain considers it sorta achievements for which it gets encouraged???). like, it fr lessened my self-sabotage, but it took months and i still do dumb harmful shite sometimes ofc, but it really improves the things.

sorry if it was an unrequested stuff, but i fr hope it helps u feel better ❤️‍🩹

Why am I like this :(

Thank God, I have been discharged from the hospital, and I am now back with my family in our tent. ❤️‍🩹😭
I still need wound-dressing supplies and medical care. Any help you can offer, no matter how small, would mean so much to me. 🙏💔
I thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who stood by me and supported me. After God, you are the reason I was saved. 😭❤️
Today, we urgently need a kind person to help us buy the medical supplies needed to treat and dress my wounds. 🙏🩹
These are my wounds now… 💔
Friends, please show your love for Palestine and Gaza through your support and by sharing. 🇵🇸❤️
https://chuffed.org/project/193219-support-diyaa-after-devastating-injury
#gaza #Palestine

In De Bilt is de thermometer de 20 alweer gepasseerd vandaag. Dat maakt dit de 70ste warme dag dit jaar. 49e op rij.
Bijgewerkte telling warme/koude dagen per jaar sinds 1901.

Bijgewerkte versie ontwikkeling warmtegetal 2026 vergeleken met de jaren vanaf 1901, De Bilt, NL.
https://www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/lijsten/warmtegetallen