I don't think people realize why its important to remove white supremacists from your board/forum/web community.
- They are extremely motivated.
- They have a tradition of recruiting via meme(in the classic sense).
- They have centuries of effective propaganda.
- They will take over. Slowly at first then suddenly.
- They will always create more moderation work for you. They will never stop pushing.
Every society struggles with this. And it's not some conspiracy.
github, politics
Github has fired a Jewish employee for using the word "Nazi" on an internal chat:
🐦This is a cross-post from Twitter, its contents might suck🐦
@directhex github still failing to meet this bare minimum set of requirements
@apLundell actual computers, I've seen some old macs in there
us politics
"What I perceive as Democratic leadership's inability to grasp how close they came to violent televised death is actually one of the most disturbing parts of this for me."
@CobaltVelvet it sounds like you're denying the real presence of your cat in the oreo and that is heresy
us politics, twitter link
Thread by an observer at the Capitol Hill riot describing the bloodlust among the crowd and warning that this will continue to escalate if not dealt with:
https://twitter.com/TerryBoutonHist/status/1348365375449268226
us politics
I missed this when it came out a few days ago: Trump is already saying he regrets the concession speech he put out last week and saying he won't resign
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/us/politics/democrats-trump-impeachment.html
@rysiek ah but did they test the real ones or the fake ones? https://octodon.social/@fraggle/105323459602300483
"Bitcoin is a Ponzi" by Jorge Stolfi
https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/2020-12-31-bitcoin-ponzi.html
I like how clearly written this is.
@MadestMadness oh yeah Russian Doll was pretty good too
@MadestMadness Sense8 of course. The Midnight Gospel. Toast of London was a quirky watch I enjoyed recently and now I'm watching Kim's Convenience
US politics
"Trump is guilty of sedition. Impeach him again." - Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/06/trump-is-guilty-sedition-impeach-him-again/
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