the problem isn’t the existance of ip law. the problem is the double standard created by a system that says when we take from them that’s not allowed, but when they take from us that’s fine. someday i want us to get to where shared ownership of the commons works, but to get there we have to remove the vampires who have stolen the commons from us

a movie about spider web is gonna be huge someday

i’m so excited

i’ve been using Qwant when i search news

some of each i suspect

only reason we don’t call it that is because we invented a new, worse, more horrifying version of slavery than anyone else had thought of, and now we call only that slavery. if something isn’t identical to chattel slavery we won’t realize it’s slavery

welcome to the american prison system

you are correct

it feels unhelpful, but at this point that’s all i have left. basically saying “now do you know who to listen to?”

libertarian capitalism, i would argue, is authoritarianism wearing a different hat

by my experience mostly straight eastern europeans. everyone else either started on something else or they moved off telegram because they didn’t feel like they could trust it

the real problem was authoritarianism all along

elon musk in business deal with russian oligarch again. nothing is new

you underestimate how shortsighted republicans are

then let your clients fill in the blanks, even if that’s letting them believe this is your first time. unless you think you can charoe extra for that. then do

the key was all the transluscent cases on electronics. the future was optimistic and we were excited to see it. then came the brushed aluminum era when everything became boring again, like the beige plastic era, just more expensive.

only one that comes close is Andrew Jackson

and here again i find myself unsure of what to say in the face of something i’ve been warning against for years

this is what fascists do. they keep showing up places until they find a place that doesn’t know to kick them out. then they take it over.

judges here will sign warrants for anything. the way their positions are doled out a key qualification to being a judge who signs warrants is intrinsically trusting cops