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I like computer fans because just by hearing my computer I know if it's doing a lot of work or not much
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Weird to think that American friends will be doing their civic duty on the same day we're going to be burning effigies of the last guy who went into Parliament with honest intentions.
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JamesB mastodon (AP)
Eh? I didn't realise we celebrated Sir Anthony Wedgewood Benn day.
Phil M0OFX hometown (AP)
@mw1cgg I'd forgotten about him... and his son.
JamesB mastodon (AP)
I'm not going to go into his son because I believe we are all separate from our parent's choices.
@mw1cgg I hereby decree that the 3rd of April shall henceforth be known as Tony Benn Day.
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Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)

‘Oxfam’s research found that fifty of the world’s richest billionaires produce on average more carbon emissions in under three hours than the average British person does in their entire lifetime. On average, they take 184 private jet flights in a single year, spending 425 hours in the air.’

#WealthInequality
#RichPolluters
#ClimateBreakdown

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/carbon-emissions-of-richest-1-increase-hunger-poverty-and-deaths-says-oxfam

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You know, really thinking about it I've realized why so many people can't be bothered to do anything about reclaiming their privacy. It's because doing so means not using Chrome, ChromeOS, Microsoft Windows, Android, Amazon, Facebook, Xitter, iOS, Macs, etc...

The apathy has existed so long, and the problem is now so endemic to all things tech, that giving it up basically means giving up the tools and services the vast majority of people use every day.

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This issue is now so bad, that there's no functional way to even "vote with our wallets" to get rid of it. There's literally nowhere else to turn for most users. And every available option requires they give up things that they've been using, probably for years.

There is no way out of it, at all. And that's hard for me to say as someone that has advocated for digital privacy for a long time.

Any way out we have would have to involve laws banning data collection. I don't see that happening

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It's not hyperbole to say we live in a modern day surveillance state. But at this point it's not the government doing it, it's every company you deal with online.
The government can find out anything about you it wants to though, all it has to do is buy it like anyone else.
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Growlph Ibex mastodon (AP)

This is absolutely it. Insisting on existing outside of those systems is increasingly not merely impractical, but kind of insufferable.

"Sorry, I won't click the thing you're trying to share with me because I'm boycotting that platform" really just adds fiction between a person and their own social groups, no matter how valid the grievance is.

@growlph That's a valid issue. And it also makes trying to get people on board with anything involving data privacy harder.
fedops 💙💛 mastodon (AP)
saying there is no way out of it is wrong and not doing anyone a service. A significant fraction of the Fediverse is showing that it indeed is possible. Whether it's worth it is a decision everybody have to make themselves and of course it depends on the individuals' willingness to learn and make hard decisions.
@mkj @growlph That’s kind of what the fedoverse is trying to do. But getting people onboard is just so hard.

Furo mastodon (AP)
Am I the only one doing this?
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Demi mastodon (AP)
I have never felt this called out in my entire life.
Furo mastodon (AP)
@Demirramon I'm spying on you all
@Demi

Pippin friendica
My sister was clearing out a bunch of old mugs and I've ended up giving @Thumper a new home. 😁
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Thumper mastodon (AP)
cute!
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I'm sorry if I'm overposting about the election, but I've never been so scared for my existence.
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Dairishgoat mastodon (AP)

Random fursuit photo from the archives.

8 Pretty Maids in a Row.

A femme fursuit photoshoot during ConFuzzled 2013.

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Kamuniak mastodon (AP)
Aaa! So sweet! ❤

...I was not expecting new Wallace and Gromit... ever.

Amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqrBzJ5wIc

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Okay, enough of that. I'm cheering myself up with this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aorO9_gVA
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Content warning: US Pol

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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
the rust ownership model is just a reference counter, but instead of the language doing the reference counting it requires you too do it by hand
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TK Wolf mastodon (AP)

Furs For Life chartiy stream planning!

Schedule ✅
Incentives ✅
Tech setup ✅
Supplies ✅
Promo and video material 🔥🔥🔥AAAAAAFEKHECKSHIDHECK!!!

It'll be an awesome time packed with good vibes, fun games, and fuzzy animals!

Nov 2-3!
https://www.extra-life.org/participant/FFLSeattle

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Thumper mastodon (AP)
Would love to join sometime! Gotta travel for work that weekend but I'll be watching when I can :)

Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
One more #FursuitFriday for #AceWeek! 🖤🤍💜
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Yag Fox mastodon (AP)
Day 25. Space.
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Dairishgoat mastodon (AP)
Couldn’t find a silver futuristic looking dress for that con, then found an ideal one about 6 months later. Typical.
Yag Fox mastodon (AP)
@Dairishgoat Just a skirt and deeley boppers, and a toy gun! Though at least I understood the theme! 🤣

Awwwwwwwwww so heart-meltingly cute! 🥰

#FursuitFriday comin' at you all like...

🪡 @selkiesuits
📷 Nauta Sinneau
🌍 Tails in Wales April 2023 (there's another meet this Saturday and I'll be there!)

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If you're one of those people that doesn't care about privacy because “you’ve got nothing to hide, you never do anything wrong."

Just remember one thing.

Until the overturn of Roe Vs Wade, there were millions of women in this country that never did anything wrong either. But since the abortion laws changed, their smartphones and the data they collect are now being used against them in court.

You don't have to be doing something wrong to care about privacy.

#privacy

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Someone wiser than I once said that people who use the "I've got nothing to hide" response are confusing privacy and secrecy. When a person is using the restroom, it's no secret what they are doing. They aren't doing anything wrong and don't really have anything to hide. Nevertheless, most people would prefer what is going on in there to remain private.
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Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)

Things are getting witchy with @BigPurpleSentri for Halloween! 🎃 #FursuitFriday

Photo by @kurrikage

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Leina mastodon (AP)
Awwww, you're both adorable witches! 💜 💙
PlasmaGryphon mastodon (AP)
animals in stripes and skirts is always a good look. Being a witch is just a natural job choice as a result.

It's not technically new Ok GO, but it was new to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMZa8flyYY
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Pippin friendica
My sisters and their families came over yesterday evening and ate nearly all our pizza and we all (all 10 of us) watched Knuckles. I thought it was going to be a film (slotting in between Sonic 2 and 3 in the film series) but it's a TV series instead, and it's okay, but not exactly compelling. Eh, it did.

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Yag Fox mastodon (AP)
Day 23. Dog Costume.
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Alrighty so… who does fursuit bodysuits? Any recommendations with makers that are open right now?

Preferably makers that can do stand up curly tails too but if necessary I can use my own current existing one 👀

#furry #fursuit

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If I was going to sit in your car with you while you drove around, write down everywhere you go, how you drove while you were going there, what time it was, who was in the car with you, and then came with you into the places where you were going, would you be alright with that?

I hope you wouldn't. I hope you'd tell me to fuck all the way off.

So now is the time, to tell that to the insurance companies that want to do just that with their apps.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/privacy-concerns-grow-as-insurance-companies-track-drivers-on-smartphones/2043396/

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Keys mastodon (AP)
am floof
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Rainbows > Swastikas
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@LeatherCubAndrew I thought I heard the swastika has Norse roots as well, but I could be wrong. No surprise that the Nazis would steal it, though.

and they ruin things they steal

Edit: I think that you are correct on the Norse part too. It was used millennia before they co-opted it to mean something very different from what it means today in various cultures.

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Ysengrin relaxing after the WPAFW fursuit photo.

#WerewolfWednesday #Fursuit #WPAFW2024

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Komma mastodon (AP)
if it weren't for time zones I would consider making a game that is only playable for like 6 hours on one day a week
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Arakin mastodon (AP)
this is more ethical than me telling my kid brother that he had to be quiet whilst the BBC Model B loaded games from cassette tape, otherwise it could cause it to fail 😅
He didn't forget this, and he discovered I'd been lying to try and get some quiet 😁
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Anyone who can't deal with my 'controversial' posts probably isn't going to be a very good friend of mine in any case...
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Pippin friendica
Oh, so it's finally voting day in the USA. Please, American friends, make sure you vote if you haven't already. It'll be lovely to have the endless campaigning over and done with. (As long as it's not the orange berk who ends up winning.)
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Pippin friendica
Whoops. 🙁
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Wow. Good on them!
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Sure. I'm just surprised to see it is all. Happy, but surprised.
@xoagray Same. I suspect FurryMUCK won't follow their lead.
No idea, I don't know anything about the politics of the people running the MUCKs.
janusfox 🍅 mastodon (AP)

@xoagray When outlawing furries and pornography is on the table, more of the weird internet needs to take a stand for sure.

Though the Trump votes on FM seem to have weakened in position considerably as of late. So they claim, who knows how they'll actually vote.

@janusfox Hmm, I haven’t actually run into anyone on there that’s mentioned being a trump voter. For that matter I can’t remember the last time politics came up. Maybe it’s just whom I hang out with, but most of what I’ve heard has been just typical furry chatter or nerdy stuff. (Which is also arguably furry chatter I suppose.)
@xoagray @janusfox I'd rather politics -did- come up at this point. Trump represents an existential threat to so many things I hold dear that when a venue I frequent is silent about it, I am left with questions.
janusfox 🍅 mastodon (AP)
@xoagray The issue we have when politics do come up is that the extremists/nutjobs swiftly take over the conversation and clear the room heh.
@janusfox @xoagray That's why I am okay with the admins of Taps taking a position while explicitly saying 'this isn't an opening for a dialogue'.

Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)

Join me for
#AceWeek / #AsexualityAwarenessWeek ! 🖤🤍💜

I'm going to post some photos and arts this week and maybe talk a bit about my asexuality as well. I'm always happy to discuss and answer questions on the topic!

Sockies and arm warmers made by
@AngyPaws !

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ooh I didn't know that it was, excite!

sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
using a distroless container for my serverless web app accessed from my wireless device
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Noble :frostbite: iceshrimp (AP)
you ever listen to a song so many times that you don't even need to actually play it anymore to enjoy it, because it's stuck playing on loop in your head
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Orzel mastodon (AP)
Here are my photos from last week's @Frolic https://www.flickr.com/photos/tastyeagle/albums/72177720321375017/
Sorry for the delay. I was at BLFC
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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)

"software/hardware from china cannot be trusted because those who made it have to do whatever the ccp orders them to"

because everyone knows china is the only country in the world with the law of "if the government tells a company/person to do something, like making backdoors and spyware, they have to", and btw every single developer/engineer/game creator from there has been personally told to make their creation a spying device /s

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Noble :frostbite: iceshrimp (AP)
"man i should stop procrastinating" continues procrastinating "man i should stop procrastinating" continues procrastinating "man i should stop procrastinating" continues procrastinating "man i should stop procrastinating" continues p
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Noble :frostbite: iceshrimp (AP)
how'd you know i have that
eblu 🐘 mastodon (AP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jb1ra2-OM8
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Pippin friendica
Spider-Man? More like tireder-man. (Onna bus.)
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