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the #firefox “profiles” UX is so funny.
like obviously very useful to be able to maintain multiple different profiles with the browser (work, personal, etc) - but quite odd to access it by typing about:profiles into the address bar instead of just selecting from some slick little interface component.
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seems reasonable to assume they’re referring to Joe “Oakman” Golinske (the very tall PB who was trying to be famous for a minute before disappearing and subsequently being outed as a sex offender), but I wonder why he would be exempt from their imaginary BULLETPROOF status in this regard…
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a lot of people promised they were gonna get organized during the maga years and then sat on their hands while the people who did get organized burned themselves out, got maimed, sometimes got killed, etc.
It would be nice to think that a new crop of principled anti-fascists will rise up to replace those who aren’t able to continue. but it’s probably not a fruitful hope to rely on.
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the US military basically does the jerkoff hand motion toward vetting recruits against #nazi ideology.
i’ve seen guys who post openly pro-hitler / atomwaffen style nazi terror propaganda next to selfies … and then join the military three months later.
THE US MILITARY IS NOT TRYING TO AVOID TRAINING A NAZI INSURGENCY.
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anyway, watching the new #PBS #Frontline documentary on #JackTeixeira - and one thing that is not being sufficiently articulated:
Teixeira is NOT an outlier.
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there was a brief moment when effective prophylactic measures might have been taken. it was definitely not seized upon.
the US military and police are both chock full of (also increasingly open, full-fledged) fascists.
the factions which put up a valiant struggle (and were targeted as “terrorists” by trump’s illegally-installed DHS functionaries) against the US nazi movement which was festering within #MAGA never attained sufficient armaments. the lack of inherent murderous sadism in their politics also frankly gives them a serious disadvantage for survival. it sucks man, but a lot of morally decent people with good politics and some level of organization have been straight up liquidated by #fascists.
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bi’m really not into doomerism, but realistically, i am the opposite of optimistic about the fairly short-term future of the US, which is still a very very powerful force in the world.
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Yellow-eyed Junco, 11st November 2022
Coronado National Forest, Madera Canyon, Arizona
Hohokam, O'odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri & Tohono O'odham traditional territory
Canon EOS Rebel T8i, Canon 70-300mm @ 278mm, 45% crop, 1/320s, f/6.3, ISO 2500
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only tangentially related, but this by @JoshuaHolland was the very next post on the TL lol
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anyhow, that phrase pops into my mind still kind of frequently.
this was like 12 years ago, and i’m never very sure what reminds me of it; but it’s a real crystallization of certain class dynamics in the USA, including among groovy young tycoons who like to slum it at working class artists’ parties & shows.
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mind you, he did not want to pay her an adult wage himself (despite being roughly a millionaire at that point), for diligently taking care of his own beloved children; flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood.
but still, very nice that he deigned to want to empower her to “make an adult wage”.
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bonce I had a gf who was working as a nanny for a very wealthy, hip coffee shop magnate & his girlfriend. they paid her just above minimum wage, and nickel-n-dimed her on stuff like overnight shifts (“we shouldn’t have to pay you as much when the kids are asleep”).
I remember at one point, during some kind of conversation that had veered into unsolicited advice where he was encouraging her to take some kind of business class or something, he told her:
“I want to empower you to make an adult wage.”
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