switch to Mint.

That’s the right move!

It will turn itself back on during a background update, though. Should I be expected to check it daily to make sure Microscam isn’t stealing my data?

This is what Lemmy is all about, right here. Just a good, honest nutsack taking a simple shit.

Please stop! I can only get so hard!

Funny. Linux doesn’t care how old your hardware is. It still works fine. Too bad Windows can’t be that robust.

Lucky for you, Linux runs on just about anything. Even teeeny tiny computers!

I understand your “what if” scenarios, but this is an existential crisis that needs to be resisted against with all instances working in concert. This is not a “what if” scenario. This is the actual iceberg and it is big enough to ruin the fediverse for all instances, no matter their affiliation with the garden.

So, we either unite to defend the independence of the fediverse, or we let a corporate giant take it by ovewhelming us with their “important updates for your security” until we are all assimilated.

Well, I think Threads meets your litmus test requirements.

It is a certainty that Threads will heavily influence the future development of Activity Pub. This will inevitibly lead to the corporatization and enshittification of any service Threads can affect.

The only resistance we can offer against this is defederation and noncompliance with the will of the behemoth.

And who am I going to need the gun for?

The conservatives who want you and your family to not exist.

Then the court will lower it again for him.

American Civil Rights Movement…

MLK was murdered by conservatives. He tried peaceful resistance before admitting it was ineffective. Peaceful resistance famously did not work. It’s amazing to me that you would try to cite this notorious failure of peaceful resistance as some kind of success story. It honestly just comes off racist with today’s conservative rhetoric that racism no longer exists.

Indian Independence from Britain…

Again, Ghandi was murdered by conservatives. Indefinite detentions were enacted and countless Indians were tortured to death by conservatives. Peace did not work in gaining independence from Britain. Unending mass-resistance that caused the deaths of many innocent Indians led to it just not being worth it for Britain.

Singing Revolution in the Baltics…

Only Estonia earned independence through peaceful protest. And that was due to a great deal of support by western nations, and a lack of trying to stop it by the Soviets. Estonia was not being actively oppressed, they just wanted independence. But when Latvia and Lithuania tried the same approach, violence WAS necessary in the form of riots, and deadly barricades. Numerous unarmed citizens of both countries were killed in violent resistance that eventually led to agreements for their independence. And again, the Soviets were barely motivated to stop it. Active conservative oppression was not a motivating factor here for these countries. Simple independence to pursue their own prosperity was the goal.

Arab Spring…

Really? Really?! This is an absurdity on its face. Innocent people are being oppressed by conservatives in the middle east in record numbers today and no one on earth thinks any differently. Why would you even try this one? The brief victories earned during the Arab Spring were earned through well-documented bloodshed and violent resistance.

This is exactly what is about to happen.

Never in the history of mankind has conservatism been stopped by pacifism. The plague of conservatism can only be cured through action.

Courts will not stop conservatives.

The same way he sold secrets to the Saudis through a $2 billion “investment” in an unskilled, unqualified relative.

So, what can he do to win more votes than a fascist? If the fascist wins, I am definitely not going to stick around on this planet for that again. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in that sentiment.

Looks like supporting genocide may overshadow all of the impressive things Biden has accomplished. He needs to take a stand against genocide instead of funding it. Then we will have a chance at holding on to democracy for a few more years.

Ronald McDonald’s opinion on any topic is irrelevant. She is not human. She is a conservative troll.

I heard about this on Milk Street Radio.

🤣 What makes him think he’d qualify for a mortgage?!

This motherfucker has never made a legitimate penny in his life and is world famous for not paying his bills. He shouldn’t qualify for a studio apartment lease, much less a mortgage.

Multiple casinos.