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FlashMobOfOne

@ FlashMobOfOne @lemmy.world

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Artist, musical performer, and former derby skater from the Midwest.

I'm single, childless, and married to freedom and adventure.

ACAB, Anti-War, and I hate Democrats, Republicans, and billionaires. (Yes, even your favorite billionaire: the pop star, the philanthropost, the legendary athlete, or the soft-spoken investment guru who cosplays as middle class.) With each passing day I get a little closer to hating everyone.

Also, I refuse to use Donald's last name out of hatred for the man and his brand, FYI.

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    Whats a legit way to earn money from home?

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  • EDIT: Just saw the allergy thing. I guess that makes this moot, but leaving it anyway in case you have good meds. There are also masks you can buy to cover mouth/nose when you're outside. Cyclists with allergy problems use them to be able to compete.

    You could do Rover, if you're an animal lover.

    Just getting paid to walk your neighbors' animals in your residential area. I have used about a dozen different people over the last ten years, all of whom lived within a mile or so of where I live.

    And you'd be getting exercise, which will help you with your mental health.

  • Palantir Technology salty about Swiss Magazine 'Republik' uncovering their failed attempts establishing surveillance technology contracts (you can donate to their defense fund)

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  • I'm just over here enjoying the fact that their reach (at least as far as we know) isn't absolute, and they're being forced to eat a dick, legally speaking.

  • In hindsight it doesn't seem that bad, overall.

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  • **EDIT: The movie is 'The Invasion' (2007)

    There was a sci-fi movie 20 years ago about an alien intelligence taking over world governments, replicating itself into human hosts via inoculations for a 'virus', and as the movie progresses world peace is achieved, but the protagonists fight against it over fears of losing free will.

    And I'm over here like... the aliens are the bad guys?

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    the one where ross says a slur

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  • Honestly a little impressed they were all able to kneel and get back up at all.

  • Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

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  • Oh, I do.

    I just don't trust the majority to do anything meaningful themselves. It's why recycling doesn't work and why Democrats and Republicans keep getting elected. Our only power now is local.

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  • You make a good point. I don't give them enough credit for their performative politics.

  • TIL That The Count of Monte Cristo Was Based On The True Story Of A Shoemaker Who Was Framed, Imprisoned, Claimed A Treasure Hoard, Assumed Aristocracy And Then Took Vengeance: Pierre Picaud

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  • Understandable. I had that same issue with Frankenstein: great story, real work to get through.

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  • I wish I could get people to care about health care and wages as much as they care about mean words. So many seemingly don't mind being robbed blind as long as our ruling parties using the correct terminology.

  • TIL That The Count of Monte Cristo Was Based On The True Story Of A Shoemaker Who Was Framed, Imprisoned, Claimed A Treasure Hoard, Assumed Aristocracy And Then Took Vengeance: Pierre Picaud

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  • Could be.

    I'll still enjoy the story.

  • TIL That The Count of Monte Cristo Was Based On The True Story Of A Shoemaker Who Was Framed, Imprisoned, Claimed A Treasure Hoard, Assumed Aristocracy And Then Took Vengeance: Pierre Picaud

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  • And, as with the book, this whole saga did play out over 10+ years.

    Wild. I can honestly respect Pierre's dedication.

    This is one of those things where I have no idea how I lived this long without learning it, because I love the book, love the 2002 film, and watch it a few times every single year.

  • Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

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  • On a macro scale I do think the privacy ship has sailed. Seeing the leaked illegal footage in the Guthrie case confirmed that the big tech companies are spying on us, storing the footage permanently, and leaking it to the government covertly upon request. I don't think it's unfair to presume that both ruling parties know and love this, which means we're never turning back that clock.

    On the local level, though, change is still eminently possible. I actually drafted an email to my HOA this morning about getting these doorbell cams banned in my building.

  • Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage.

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  • No curiosity here. I just assume I'm being monitored everywhere I go now, though I keep my phone in a faraday bag when I'm not using it, so that at least is something.

    All a person can do now is manage the problem incrementally. I love the idea of people sabotaging doorbell cams though.

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    Tesla's New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal

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  • For now.

    But his wealth is largely tied to Tesla stock and its performance.

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  • LOL

    In just six years he's gone from being a visionary to the poster boy for stupidity. Who did he honestly think was buying his cars? Because it wasn't the fascists.

  • Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial

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  • That’s their job

    Is it though? In Donald's America?

  • Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial

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  • Holy shit.

    Kudos to this judge for knowing their shit and acting on it. I love it.

  • Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids

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  • Seat belts are different because if someone is in a car is not wearing one and carrying passengers, that person will become a 200 pound pinball in case of a crash and crush everyone else to death.

    Spoken like someone who hasn't read up on how social media algorithms work, nor their effects on people's cognitive abilities. Have you seen the photos of parents with their dead kids at the various court hearings lately?

    Do YOU want to sign away your ability to criticize Trump and ICE because some dipshit parent didn’t do what they’re supposed to fucking do and got their kid groomed?

    Slippery slope fallacy. We use ID to regulate all manner of things here in the US, and I'm still able to obtain them. And yes, given the gravity of the harm being caused to young people by social media, I'm happy to provide my ID in order to lock them out of it until they're adults, at least until a better and easier solution to the problem materializes.

  • Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids

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  • People made that exact same argument over seat belt laws. The only difference now is that the car crashes are happening digitally.

  • Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids

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  • This and the lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, and others are inevitable.

    In the absence of essential government regulation, even in the face of significant adverse consequences for young people and their welfare, civil lawsuits will have to be enough to force these shitty companies to act appropriately.

  • Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids

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  • Parents' refusal to parent is why regulation is essential.