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calidris [he/him, comrade/them]
calidris [he/him, comrade/them] @ calidris @hexbear.net
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  • Besides wind turbines and some solar power, all of our power plants are essentially fancy steam engines turning turbines. We've been generating power using water to spin wheels of increasing complexity for thousands of years. Wind as well, though it's not as prevalent in the modern era.

  • More encryption is the only thing I would think worthy of mention since I don't see that listed anywhere. Encrypted messengers, encrypted storage, encrypted emails.

  • You pretty much got the foundational stuff plus a little more established. Aside from getting away from Apple, which you already mentioned, there's not much more I can think of without going full tinfoil hat. The main thing, in my opinion, is just not being a wide open door and giving away your personal data freely. Sounds like you're there, so long as you don't have social media accounts.

  • Do you have a link to the talk? I looked through her youtube and didn't see anything that quite matched this topic.

  • This makes me happy to see. I hope you succeed in making real change in your community. I also hope you realize this was not the case in a majority of the other protests, despite our efforts.

  • Could you give me some advice on how to instantaneously win over millions of hearts and minds? Or are you saying I should just roll over and let the neolibs do their thing?

  • I've been out there with these people since they started coming to the local protests my comrades and I started back in February. They absolutely have been deescalating any actual potential leftism because they give people the idea that the neolibs will swoop in and save the day rather than looking for a better solution to our billionaire beholden, two party farce of a democracy. I've been able to reach quite a few people by being a consistent, reliable person there but when indivisible rolls up trying to get people to vote for them rather than organizing their local communities, it's redirecting people's energy towards the wrong thing.

    Saying we're a bunch of keyboard warriors that aren't out there hitting the pavement is almost the same as saying the 2A conservatives are the only ones with guns.

  • I'm trained on pirated books and I do alright.

    Believing forum shitposts would definitely poison the well though.

  • This is the way. Had and HVAC tech come up to a protest I was at that was mostly just anti-Trump/republican policy. When others told him that, he mentioned how local businesses and properties are getting gobbled up by private equity and that there's more going on behind the scenes. There are workers waking up with no direction to aim their frustration. Get out there and show them the way comrades.

  • "I want my imperialism to remain hidden so I don't have to feel guilt while I enjoy it's benefits."