queermunist

Oh I absolutely loved it, don't get me wrong. I lived through that decade as my own political awakening, so every single event described was something I watched super closely and posted about and participated in as part of the online activist space (and sometimes in person!)

Your observation that the social media companies can leverage and benefit from these protest movements (and perhaps even create them) is important, I think. It's probably why Musk bought Twitter, he wanted to wield that kind of power over the masses and their ability to organize. It seems to have worked, too. We don't see anything like what we saw in the 2010s these days.

I read another book along similar lines called If We Burn, which was a broader look at the 2010s protest movements that sprung up from online activism. What I took away from it is that most of that activism was hollow and didn't have a political vision or party program, it was just the masses shouting "No!" at their shitty governments. It was also easily put down once people in power got used to it.

Hotter take: patents shouldn't exist.

Trump is the most American president we've ever had.

Oh shit thats a menu! I thought it was huge bulk cans on a shelf lol

Can someone explain the bulk can of "ranch wrap"?

Without tracking they don't have metrics for their ads, which effects reports and pricing. They really want to know if someone looks at an ad.

Why would you even bother?

People use Archive links to avoid giving sites traffic.

This is a problem for advertisers and media corps.

Not saying they're the ones doing this, but they'd definitely benefit.

I don't like change! 😣

I only use the computer for word processing, internet, and playing roguelikes.

Fine. I guess I'll learn Linux 😒

Okay, but in the US they don't want to risk two cops messing up their witness testimony. Better to just have one, because a cop's word is law anyway.