nostr:npub1yxzkmtuyctjw2pffp6e9uvyrkp29hrqra2tm3xp3z9707z06muxsg75qvv are you aware of some of the future network technologies lockheed martin wants to develop? basically want to turn the planet into one telemetry machine
sorry, but heavily disagree with this kind of sci-fi fearmongering, indulging in the dreams of billionaire silicon valley technocrats doesn't encourage sensible head first thinking.
nostr:npub1wpzpvzfkn4m754fasp0wnt6ck20ycww4kz9nj4n5rquu9ul7a0xq4hzs7p was going back through some of your posts and found the one on tor's function for the navy, why not recommend i2p over tor?
though graphene os is one of the best and most crucial projects out there today. we need to be looking to better options for the future, ones that don't include major proprietary components of mobile devices. no matter how secure graphene os is, while having a sim card in the phone there is always going to be a privacy and potential security violation. #graphene #privacy #freedom
though graphene os is one of the best and most crucial projects out there today. we need to be looking to better options for the future, ones that don't include major proprietary components of mobile devices. no matter how secure graphene os is, while having a sim card in the phone there is always going to be a privacy and potential security violation. #graphene #privacy #freedom
i'm glad to finally have taken the plunge on nostr. even mastodon made me feel uncomfortable in some ways, like i didn't own my own digital space [and no self-hosting would not fix that], bluesky is even worse. this is the first time in a long time that i've felt that libre freedom we all know about. carrying a phone with graphene os around does not feel like freedom, having a signal account does not feel like freedom; the problem with these softwares is that they are on the most privacy intrusive piece of technology ever invented. nostr is great software and an even greater community. #nostr #freedom #libre
exciting! what are the dimensions including screen size? great work on open source hardware.
the political core of the united states government is the CIA. any meaningful change in this country will require reining in their power. they have run secret tests on the populace, carried out clandestine and illegal and morally reprehensible operations, assassinated public figures and continue to act without any form of accountability. that's not democracy, that's a highly covert branch of government that supports the oligarchy.
we have to modernize our thought process on the relationship between capitalism and violence. many would posit that violence is a side effect of capitalism in an effort to produce profits. but it can't be as simple as that. "defense" contractors, aka weapons manufacturers/war profiteerers, are not average citizens. their pay is very high and it isn't a coincidence that they are an integral part of the elite class. they siphon off hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds every year directly into their own pockets. though, specifically, these weapons manufacturers are in a search for profit, their position within the broader elite class serves an integral function. without state violence and the weapons to back it up, what control do they have over those masses? nothing. the centralization of the means and modes of violence amongst the elite class is the mechanism in which masses are kept subordinate. while it may be true that capitalists seek "profit", what does that profit actually mean? those "profits" that capitalists seek at the end of the day are rooted in a desire to determine what enters everyday citizens' lives and extract any productivity for themselves. that is, total control over the masses is what they truly seek and that centralization of the means of mass violence is what keeps citizens in check. violence enables control and is the only path to it. it therefore can't be merely stated as a "side effect" of profit seeking.
noam chomsky being on epstein's jet is a deep disappointment. but we don't give passes just because we like people. chomsky contributed to a political framework, who many others have helped to create [william blum, seymour hersh etc.], with which to understand the new form of "empire" in the modern age. but his presence on epstein's jet should make us realize just how deeply liberal concepts penetrated the psyche of even the most ardent radical. hanging out with your ideological enemy, who is not merely an ideologue, but also partakes in reprehensible actions, as friends is a betrayal of sorts. epstein's actions impact hundreds of thousands and likely millions, far beyond the reach of his direct victims. the rubber is hitting the road and now it's no longer enough to talk the talk.