Those gangs often have some membership overlap with local law enforcement, or at the very least, common ideological aims. I can easily imagine a scenario where a lefty trans journalist carries a pistol for good cause. This journalist is a target for local hate groups, who are buddies with local cops. Those cops could use a law like the one I mentioned to disarm this person, leaving them defenseless, and perhaps even informing the hate group of the change in status.
This is a hypothetical scenario, but one I don't see as far-fetched. I would have to say that in general however, I would still be against such a national registry even under less threatening circumstances. For one, I'm unsure how effective it would be in relation to the types of gun crime we see. For another, I just generally prefer that data (especially sensitive data) not be collected in bulk. Maybe a compromise and treat it like HIPAA data?
I understand your point of view, and it's probably the better one. I am just very angry right now and ought to log off for awhile.
Am I in a position to target children with these weapons? Do I profit from commerce in these weapons? To I earn my daily bread manufacturing these weapons? The answer to all of those of course, is no. I sincerely hope that the answer is the same for yourself, but if it were not, then perhaps imagining (as we are doing here) your own family suffering such horrors would cause you to change your ways. Save your indignation for those who deserve it.
I'm sitting here on the other side of TSA, having submitted my hat, glasses and body to invasive scans... but motherfuckers out here throwing some undies and toothpaste in their range bags and breezing on through.
People get very invested in things. Call "sunk cost fallacy" or just a lifetime of all pervading propaganda... It is particularly difficult for older people to fundamentally change their worldview. Even when things begin to get more difficult under that system, they double down on the belief that the system is sepf-evidently right, it's just that someone must be fucking with it to make it not work like it used to.
Eh, fuck em. It's killing somebody's families either way, might as well be theirs.
I wish that anyone who produces, sells, buys or utilizes white phosphorous weapons would have their families burned to death by it :)
Imagine a future, maybe January of 2025 and we start seeing laws classifying trans (or gay) people as mentally ill. Gun confiscations affecting only "undesirables". People that actually really need those weapons for self defense. People that are harassed by ever emboldened fascist gangs. People the police treat dismissively at best.
I don't love guns, or even have them for their own sake, or because of some dusty parchment written by hypocrites. I would love to live in a world where nobody has guns, but holy shit do we not live in such a world right now. I would urge you to reconsider your political priorities before you go harming (only) the people you probably want to help.
I know a guy that went to chiropractor school. Halfway through he realized it was all bullshit, but he had sunk so much money into it that he saw it through. He's a working chiro now, and I think he has made himself 'believe' in it.
While the Israeli police and soldiers protect the settlers.
What if it isn't the state so much as fascist militias that worry me the most? Is it ok to want weapons to defend myself and my friends from them?
It's not just "the state" writ large that concerns me. If you've been paying any attention the last few years, you may have noticed a rising trend in right wing violence. Fascist paramilitary groups have become increasingly emboldened and are rarely held to any account by the state. Left wing paramilitary groups have historically had a different experience altogether. Are you one of those people who are genuinely concerned that this might be "the last election"? If so, why would you want to risk giving this kind of data to a Trump administration?
No thanks. My state already has a list and I'm pretty sure the feds do too, but let's not make it any easier on them in the event that we find ourselves in the "armed resistance" phase of fascism.
Let's definitely not have either of those things.
"Blue no matter who" stabs these protestors in the back. They should be pressuring Biden in solidarity with this movement, instead of pledging their undying votes, five months before the election.
Hi Mx. Chapo,
I'm looking for advice about reporting labor law violations in California, USA. A good friend of mine works in the medical field, and they (and their coworkers) are routinely victims of wage theft. "Overtime" is policed to the extent that it is normal for them to clock out at exactly 8 hours, but continue working for 10-15 minutes.
My friend is annoyed by this, but is afraid of retaliation, and generally likes the job. Can anyone tell me how to report this anonymously? Cursory internet searches make it seem like the reporting party has to be identifiable.
I am looking for books/movies/graphic novels about ::adventure time:: I have fantasized for years about a dope graphic novel along these lines. Something like the "Children of Kali" from Ministry for the Future. Just looking for some escapist thrills. Please share what you've got.
Also, I've already seen How to Blow up a Pipeline and enjoyed it.
Does anyone else vacillate between feeling hot (attractive) and repellant?
Some days I feel like all the women around me find me desirable, and other days I feel like none of them do. I rarely feel 'in between'.
I don't really like feeling either extreme. For one thing, I don't trust either feeling! Feeling unattractive is obviously a bad feeling, but feeling ultra attractive is also bad. It leads me to uncomfortable fantasies and an inability to distinguish normal interactions from flirtation.
Does anyone else feel like this?
I am having some trouble with a Nextcloud server. I set up a digitalocean droplet to test contact syncing for work. I went with the setup that I use at home, which is Yunohost and Nextcloud. This was/is working fine to sync contacts with iOS using the built-in support for CardDav accounts in iOS.
I made a snapshot of the server and rebuilt it on a work account (also Digital ocean). I reconfigured it for a new domain name, and got a letsencrypt cert. I can login and manage the admin and user accounts.
I set up an iPad to use the new server, and it seemed to work fine. However, I subsequently tried a couple other iPhones, and it won't connect to the account.
It isn't a fail2ban thing, because on the same apple devices that I can't connect to the accounts on, I can go login to Nextcloud in their browser.
What is happening?
Edit: I seem to have fixed it by reinstalling the server from scratch. I wanted to eliminate any problems that may have been caused by restoring from a snapshot previously linked to another domain. Everything is working at least for now.
I'm looking for a good, reliable way to download embedded YouTube videos. These videos are not always accessible on YouTube.com, so the method can't be specific to that site. Thanks for any recommendations!
I'm new to Windows deployments, and I need some help. I've gotten as far as setting up a new system from a Windows 11 image downloaded from MS, configuring it/installing software, and then running sysprep. I made a WinPE boot thumbdrive, but I'm stuck at capturing the Windows image part. Part of my problem is that I'm trying to make this in a VM. Is that more trouble than it's worth?
Is there an easier way to do this? I've seen people saying I can use Linux tools like Clonezilla, which sounds good to me, since I'm very comfortable with Linux-- but I read that might cause problems. One thing mentioned was licensing.
I would be deploying these images 100% onto Lenovo machines that we purchase from CDW, so I'm not sure how licensing would work. Is the license tied to the MAC? Will they auto-register once I boot them with the new image?
Thanks for anyone that takes the time to help me understand this :)
How can I allow a user/s to edit/update shared contacts in Exchange/Outlook 365?
Hells Angels are moving into my area for the first time. I have a generally negative view of them, but have some friends who feel otherwise. I would love to hear your experiences related to the Angels specifically, but "1%" clubs as well.
The phone number field on the Verizon website has increment/decrement by 1 buttons, so you can select your phone number the long way, I guess!
Hi, Linux! I've been using Linux for many years now, but haven't moved distros in awhile. I'm considering it now, and I really would like to migrate over all my customized system and software settings. So far, I am thinking of backing up everything that begins with a dot in my home folder, all of my systemd service files, and user/root crontabs. I know this is missing some things, but I'm not sure what. Any advice/warnings/examples people care to share?