I fail to see how technology makes my life easier when I get interrupted from what I am doing by a notification inviting me to explore my new Gemini capability, that I never asked for, and have to spend half an hour shutting it down on all my Android devices. #capitalism #infosec #technology #asshats

"One thing is clear: Facebook doesn't really care about countries other than America. Though Wynn-Williams chalks this up to plain old provincial chauvinism (which FB's top eschelon possess in copious quantities), there's something else at work. The USA is the only country in the world that a) is rich, b) is populous, and c) has no meaningful privacy protections."

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/

the #asshats of the world are taking over.

FAUX News knows.
#Asshats

* Current personal boycotts*

HBO/ Max (2025)
Amazon/ Amazon Prime (2025)
Disney/ Disney+ (2025)
Substack (2025)

Savings passed on as monthly donations to trans support organisations ftw!

Any identifiably US products (fuck Trump)
Any Israeli products (fuck Netanyahu)
Any Hungarian products (fuck Orban)
NYTimes (2023)
Twitter/ X (2021)
Facebook & Instagram (2019)
Nestlé (always avoided)
Tesla (resisted, now gratefully)
Any fucking digital currency (just no lol)
Any fossil fuels (electric only)

* Personal boycotts in process *

PayPal (need it for donating)

Yes, I know - inconsistencies and missing mentions. But these are the things that either have involved/ involve changes to my personal spending patterns or are topically connected to other boycotts. I don't eat animals or live in US, so many other retail-/ food-related boycotts are not relevant for me.

Also I'm anti-genocide and pro-human rights but not an antisemite, so don't even.

If you have positive advice about other boycotts I should consider anyway because of #Fascism, #Billionaires, or other basic #Asshats please lmk in comments!

Article on Polish tech news site on how Streamyard screwed over our tiny not-for-profit (and, no doubt others) by automatically upgrading us to a plan at twice the price.

https://kontrabanda.net/r/aral-balkan-streamyard-kontrowersje/

Lets cut to the chase here. The #NH #NHGOP Party wants to outlaw the Democratic Party, and deny the vote to anyone who doesn't declare undying allegiance to god and savior Trump.

#Nhgop #crooks #liars #cheats #freaks #jerks #asshats

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-02-13/bill-would-block-undeclared-voters-from-same-day-voting-in-nh-primary-elections

"Give me your availability for the next week."

"Hmm... okay... here it is, in details."

"Oh, how about this time, which clearly is not within the time range you gave me. "

" "

#Meta blocked #Distrowatch links on Facebook while running Linux servers

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/facebook_blocks_distrowatch/

Between the #asshats who have already decided, before ever talking to me, that I must be a clueless idiot because I’m #Infosec, and all the asshats who are Infosec and believe that this entitles them to behave like clueless idiots, I sometimes wonder if there’s any way to retire from this field with an intact psyche.

‘Minimal progress’ made this year on curbing global heating, report finds (because politicians are talking out of their rear ends) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/14/minimal-progress-global-heating-report-cop29?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #ClimateEmergency #GlobalHeating #Asshats

How petty and egotistical for the snowflake bully crowd.

‘Go to hell’: how Project 2025 chief kicked the Guardian out of book event

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/kevin-roberts-project-2025-book-events
#Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #KevinRoberts #Snowflakes #Bullies #Asshats #TheGuardian #Resistance

Or those gun owners can be total pussies about it.
#Asshats

@alex

I know you've an affinity for Cloudflare, but their efficiency factor as a CDN is I feel more than overshadowed by their entry into the world of Internet policing... Motherfuckers they are.

https://torrentfreak.com/unofficial-m3u8-playlists-for-pluto-tv-samsung-plex-shut-down-by-warner-240822/

#tallship #m3ua #Kodi #Jellyfin #Warner #DMCA_takedowns #asshats

.

#asshats #GOP trying to manifest

https://www.jezebel.com/republicans-think-if-they-say-abortion-isnt-a-real-issue-enough-times-then-it-wont-be-a-real-issue

The average 5th grader knows more about the signers of the Declaration of Independence than Marjorie Taylor Greene.

#Republicans are #ignorant #loudmouths #thugs #liars #creeps and #asshats

But we all knew this already

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/social-media-erupts-after-marjorie-taylor-greene-posts-about-signers-declaration-independence/F74CWSU5NZAJBJXCXZFRAYLEJM/

Google: We're going to use your device to physically track your location with even greater detail. We're also going to use it to track those around you. Don't like it? opt-out using this link.

Me: Goes to use link.

Google: To proceed with this link you must opt in to our advance tracking that you're trying to opt out of

#Privacy #PrivacyIsDead #AssHats

These people are lying about who is causing the violence. This is very concerning to me, as the tactic of lying among these people is a prelude to their own violence, and they have no inhibitions about using violence.

They are trained to steel themselves from the human connection. They are all lethal force and self-protection during offense, bringing force to bear. They love it.

They polarize situations and use this as justification for committing inhuman violence.

Reality goggles make this crystal clear to all who wish to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM_2tnBBpuA

#studentspring #StudentSolidarity
#genocide
#Palestine
#asshats

Nextdoor is like an asshat millenary. I post my opposition to the Israel Government mass slaughter of Palestinians, and some asshat calls me a terrorist. Then another asshat defends me using an anti-Jewish slur, which I call out. The second asshat calls me a terrorist and the first asshat likes my comment. #Extremism #Asshats #MilitantMillenors