@stuckinaredstate The change allows those you've blocked to see your posts but they can't respond so, not at all.

@Zevon Yup. I guess being a diehard introvert has it's advantages after all - I've never tried to belong to anything really. It goes against my very nature (and likely accounts for a lot of the problems I've had in life.) My latest Hoodie (from https://www.slashgraphics.com/) says it all

I only stay thee to fight for Canada against the MapleMAGA and for jokes, cartoons. I've blocked thousands and muted more so my feed is pretty clean. And my posts are set to only those I follow can reply so the assholes and trolls can't.

I've come to the conclusion that most people seem to be willing to sacrifice their privacy/personal data if it makes them feel connected to the crowd. The millions that have left Twitter to go to Bluesky have gone from one collection agency selling heir data to another one, one that's albeit only slightly less so.

People I follow on the bird keep asking me to transfer over and when I tell them no I'm over here where privacy is the default, show them the comparison graphic, they still go.

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I might have to buy this book

On Freedom
Timothy Snyder
Crown (Penguin Random House) (2024)

“Our problem is not the world; our problem is us. And so we can solve it. We can be free, if we see what freedom is.”

quotes 👆 👇 taken from this Tyee article on his book

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/11/14/Timothy-Snyder-Our-Problem-Is-Us/

@Route10 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 We all know how she'll vote

https://www.status.news/p/not-satire-the-onion-acquires-infowars

Not Satire: The Onion acquires Infowars

As part of the deal, The Onion, owned by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson and led by chief executive Ben Collins, acquired Infowars' website, product inventory, customers lists, social media accounts, and intellectual property.

some truth in this but real communism has never been put into practice a a national level anywhere I'm aware of.

@peterquirk Ya but Trump wasn't president back in June when they researched it - it wouldn't surprise me if they've ramped it up now that he will be again

Karma -

@Peacebird i'm 75 and hopefully won't see it really bad (both parents lived to their 90s) - I have no family so there's that blessing

@SandHillThicket no wonder he won

@ShaneArtBooks I've long been convinced we won't survive the next century. People having children now should realize the horror they are condemning those children and their children to.

It's not that there aren't solutions to the climate problem it's just human nature.

You chose so well America /s

@grrlscientist can't say I blame them.

@Minholkin spot on

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels

The planet is screwed

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13112024/oil-industry-asks-trump-to-repeal-major-climate-policies/

America’s oil industry released its wish list for the incoming Trump administration on Tuesday, a five-point plan that would eliminate many of the Biden administration’s most far-reaching efforts to reduce climate pollution and limit the warming that is driving ever more destructive and deadly extreme weather.

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@AskTheDevil Gee why am I not surprised 🤣