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Looks more like it wants to make sure it’s not left behind.

Where shitpost?

I think it’s kinda meta/recursive.

I fucking hate this. Assistant did what it was told, Gemini just gets in the way (when it even properly interprets what I asked for).

That’s the one where the gay population doubles roughly every two years, amirite?

I’d tell you to go back to sleep, but you’re obviously already dreaming.

Who’s buying when the brand is being shut down? Never mind the firmware lock.

Hopefully they stay there with them. That kind of guy wants a slave, not a partner.

Anyone “with common sense” wouldn’t even think such a thing, let alone utter it. Much like everything else about you, your understanding of the term “common sense” is quite suspect, Herr Slusser.

Older straight cis male here, so pardon me if I screw something up. Genuinely trying to help, but I admit I still struggle with old programming.

Also, I’m not some security guru so confirm my technical suggestions for yourself.

That said, my thoughts:

• Try not being so specific as to when you’re leaving. “Soon” is useful enough without reducing the possible time frame to well under 10% of the possible dates for anyone who might somehow be cyberstalking you. I’m no opsec expert, but it seems to me that you should try being as vague as possible, whenever possible.

• if you’re not planning on completely wiping your phone, consider setting up an app like the FOSS app Oblivion, which can wipe your phone under certain conditions similar to the person who made the news in the past week.

• Alternatively, I’ve read you can set up an alternative profile as the main one on your phone - using it for a bit every day for superficial shit to build a genuine-looking usage history. I’ve never done this, so I can’t help much here. If you do this, and they question why there’s so little history (if they even get to the point where they can read it), tell them your old phone broke & you bought this used to replace it.

• Also turn your phone off completely no later than upon arrival at the airport (the sooner, the better). I’ve recently read that an encrypted phone is thoroughly & completely secured when first turned on until you unlock it for the first time, so it will be unreadable to any three-letter agency no matter what tricks they have unless they have the unlock code (which you should probably also change the night before to give the phone time to process/perpetuate the change).

• I presume you’re gonna go appearing as the sex your body currently most presents as to minimize potential unwanted attention.

Sorry I can’t be more help, but hopefully I’ve mentioned something you didn’t know or think of. Much luck!

You low-ball my understanding. I know all that, which is why I mentioned it possibly being merely a survival technique. However, she’s tried to play “both sides” a bit too often in recent years for my liking - on issues ranging from Amazon warehouse workers to Israel.

While she may still generally be on the people’s side, I fear she may have been convinced to be “more pragmatic,” which really means continued support of the status quo in fear of disrupting too many lives with significant change. Significant, rapid change is the only thing that will save this country, IMHO, or the oligarchs will just figure out how to corrupt things again.

I don’t think so. She’s decidedly fallen more in line with the mainstream Dems than I’d like. Whether that’s just a survival technique & she re-emerges as the person she started out as once she’s up on top is anybody’s guess.

While I agree with you, I think you overestimate the depth of interest of the average American. “Swing voters” who sway each election tend to be especially more superficial than the average - they are the biggest problem.

There are others capable of taking up the reins, such as Mamdani. The movement won’t die, but potentially might be a bit rudderless for a bit as it figures out how to regroup & try again.

Unfortunately, the subset of Americans who actually understand what’s at stake still seems to be smaller than we’d like. Fortunately, enough of the other side had started becoming disillusioned enough with Cheeto Messiah that they will at least not be so much of an obstacle.

I won’t stand for this!!!

Not everybody is good at extrapolating a specific instance such as LBJ was referring to into a wider, more generally applicable pattern, or reframing it onto other similar, but not closely identical patterns. I’m sure the author was well aware, but was writing in a more general sense for a wider audience to apply to specific situations they’re facing.

Do stupid things, earn stupid prizes.

I’d be tempted to have it switch voices for different purposes. Robert Picardo’s EMH for medicinal queries, Kate Mulgrew for “what should I do” queries, alternate between James Doohan & LeVar Burton for technical stuff, etc. Might throw in some Lower Decks characters for fun, too.

Those brands that have lasted for you would make a good post on Buy It For Life.

Just came from this post linking to an article quoting several of Fauci’s diary entries that were released by Rand Paul. It’s obvious Paul thinks nobody will actually read the entries because they are frankly anything but damning. Fauci was more restrained and respectful of Trump than I ever could have expected of someone in his position. It’s clear that this is all nothing but political charades.