I dunno who this is or where they are or what the EFF is but I am now going to go and educate myself. Fucken a.

A compassionate position, stated clearly and without compromise. What a breath of fresh air.

It was really really odd and unsettling to me, to see the media and pop culture take the ball from the activist front and run with it so far and so fast. With so little regard for nuance and so much time for scandal.

can’t really explain this in a way that will make sense to people who are vulnerable now and facing active or imminent repression, but I expected shit to get a lot worse a lot quicker for our people in reaction to how manufactured our acceptance felt at the time.

I underestimated how authentically people adopt the new thing into their world view when society tells them the wind has changed. I sometimes wonder if it was the last big cultural influence campaign executed via the old broadcast media. Not to discount the impact of activist work but shit changed SO fast I’m still a bit disoriented.

Did it feel organic to you? like, I never have much reason to talk about this anymore and you can’t really trust cis people with a conversation about it even if they had been positioned to witness the process of change. Just wondering if what I’m describing resonates at all?

Feels entirely possible that I read too much into everything then and now, with a big side of conspiracy brain along for the ride. I’m not really thinking “conspiracy” just… it was weird right?

Damn straight. Shoulda heard the lecture I gave the dog lol.

I’m always warning him that he’s a lil defenseless ignorant baby compared to the mighty magpies and other creatures he seems to think he’s better than.

I haven’t seen it in a while but one of this guy’s close relatives was living in my back yard for a lot of the summer. I love big skinks like you wouldn’t believe.

It’s not cool but my dog caught it or a very similarly mature one transiting the yard, but before I realised what was happening it defended itself! I did not expect it and tbh never seen anything quite like it.

I was so activated (we really try to make sure the dog doesn’t harm the native critters) that it seemed to happen in slow motion as I was moving, after the dog tossed it, the lizard leapt AT the dog and bit him on the nose hard enough to hang there for a sec. That made the dog reconsider and back up, and the lizard got Big As I Can in a defensive posture, hissing, and I swear, started to walk the dog down.

By then the dog was finally listening to me and broke off and the lizard got away. But to be clear, this lizard was not big and my dog is not tiny. I already loved and respected the big skink but that just… sealed the deal for me.

Say whaat this is fucking cooool. holy shit.

Awesome. That’s so cool. I’m guessing this won’t be your last live performance then?

How was it? Fun? :o

Caitlyn Jenner was and is such a fucking poison pill in the process of trans rights recognition and awareness.

Such pure distilled American bullshit.

You probably couldn’t engineer a worse way for our experiences and struggles to have been brought to public consciousness even if you tried.

Why was it her? Why was it, “look! look at this lovely person! why would not want to do everything in your power to ease the burdens on this POOR UNFORTUNATE MILLIONAIRE KILLER NARCISSIST?”

And for like the better part of a decade it was somehow actually effective? The mind boggles.

But what a dangerous foundation to have established. Look now, as this horribly unsympathetic figure is again the face in the media “pushing back” and for what? A special dispensation for being one of the good ones.

Yea, I’m thinkin its Marg Bar America all day long.

But I really don’t understand why these ROM devs are not more clear about this requirement. They are fully advertised as “all you need is a pixel phone” which is false. I think a lot of the user base is wealthy enough to go to the google store and buy a new phone in cash. It is the only explanation. The forums have frequent threads of people who are having problems installing due to this.

Yeah for real. I was just trying to confirm whether my belief (apparently, not knowledge) that carrier locking and irreversible e-fuse bootloader locking a phone like the Pixel would be a violation of consumer law here. We did have some major changes ages ago, but its been years since I’ve personally had to worry much and its still ambiguous grey area stuff with irreversible e-fuse protections altering / downgrading trust attestation and widevine support etc being common.

I’m off on this tangent to say “oh, wow I see what you mean” because I’m done with this search, the results are an endless repetition of “pixels are always unlockable.”

I didn’t end up editing my post cuz I realised your warnings start far enough up the chain to be visible. I appreciate this conversation though cuz I am guilty of believing and promoting the “pixels are worth the cost but you don’t have to pay google for one” line without hesitation in the past.

I’m no biologist but is that crank for his hog?

Huh? yea

Yeah I would imagine major chillout vibes but I suppose it depends on the venue and its regular crowd.

Did I hear a lil bit of guitar in there too btw, like is this 99% pedal 1% guitar?

At first I thought it was all pedal.

(intended to be complementary btw in case I’m coming across like an asshole)

Let us know how it goes. I hope you have a kickass time.

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Similar boat here. Just did the whole song and dance catching back up at the end of last year.

Your prudence in making it clear that people should get something they can return is appreciated. I was taking it for granted that refurbishers provide warranties but that’s not true everywhere.

Might edit my comment to highlight that.

Yeah, Cygwin isn’t far off. I guess you were hoping it’d be a bit more bare metal?

Unfortuantely only a few devices have had dedicated enough nerds to make proper linux distros for them.

This cut through the brainfog like a knife. Good observations.

… look its an unexploited original IP and I think the American people have healed enough to-

I can’t keep the bit up, but it seems dangerously plausible. Are you sure you’re certified to use the lathe?