It’s hard when living in a panopticon. Even the smallest PDs have thermal drones, night vision, fully automatic weapons, ALPRs, facial recognition, security cameras tracking you from the nextdoor neighbor’s Ring to the network of cameras at every turn in a population center. Anyone that tries to make the world a better place in that way also throws away their own life. And that’s if you never use a computer.

Right now, the best use of the second amendment is keeping some weapon in a safe until the purges begin. Trans people will be probably be their first target. Then the LGBs, then anyone whose medical record reflects an abortion or adjacent procedure…

Things Christian Nationalists have already put into the record:

Day 1 Trump becomes a dictator; Day 1 insurrection act martial law; Replace the DOJ and FBI with loyalists to go weaponize them against the presidents “enemies;” His non-followers are vermin instead of Americans; “We are domestic terrorists” banner at CPAC;

Every authoritarian I can think of has tried to purge a population. It’s a way more common occurrence in human history than democracy. It’s just this time the recently unmasked fascists in Silicon Valley already know what every American’s political beliefs are and where they are at any given time.

Sorry to ‘actually’ this. I think what you’re referring to was a look back at disgraced general Flynn rather than a look forward.

Edit: it was not.

Comparing apples and oranges here: the case at hand was prosecuted by the Swiss; the one you linked was adjudicated in the UK.

Why might that be? I ask as someone who doesn’t follow the court until it crosses my eyeline, as with this article.

That’s a great question, this is the first I’ve heard of that.

Yea, the setting is still there as is the documentation page on how to use it (last updated in 2019). It’s just stopped being honored.

Glad you made that point. For anyone like me who’s been putting it off for ages, this was the motivation I needed. Finally installed it on Monday, immediately after noticing the change.

Still configuring, so can’t compare.

What’s going on when it gets turned back into a rock?

By nothing do you mean improving social safety nets? Completely agree. Otherwise, NY has the most gun control of any other state.

So much so in NYC, only the bribery class and law breakers can own them. An aside, in a just country, those wouldn’t need to be two distinct groups.

The tragic state of our institutions.

Judicial Branch- no longer legitimate; captured

Executive Branch- teetering on the ballot; captured (extent depending on one’s politics.)

Legislature- so captured it needs no further mention.

Press- owned by the folks that captured the other branches.

Safety nets and regs: being systematically dismantled by the illegitimate judicial branch to the benefit of the capturing parties.

Porn has too much influence and control in terms of content.

Would you expand on this? I’m interested to know what’s being referred to.

If there are no TOS though, wouldn't OP be in the clear? I was an intern at a state capitol a couple years and while we had secured user/print/PSK networks, the public network was just an unprotected SSID without a captive portal - you just join.

I didn't think about it at the time, but it seems wild to have that setup in 2024. Piqued, I just looked it up and unless they've added a captive portal with a TOS to agree to, it looks like this is the only governing statement:

Wireless Internet access is provided for the public at the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) campus. This includes the State Capitol Building, the Legislative Office Building (LOB), and the Old State House (OSH). This wireless service is protected by virus and malware protection systems. Objectionable advertising, pornography, spyware, viruses, and other inappropriate content is blocked. To utilize the Internet, simply connect your device to the CGA_Guest wireless network.

It reads to me like In that increasingly rare scenario that a raspberry pi advertising an exit node isn't considered different from Joe's laptop or Jane's phone.