Amtep

@amtep00.bsky.social

He/him. Dutch programmer in Finland. Grew up in Malaysia, Oman, and Texas. Reads fantasy and SF. Plays strategy games.

There can be NO age verification when there is no research and infrastructure to do it in a secure, anonymous and third-party-less way. Rushing it on the pretext of child safety will only result in disaster, as if there are not enough data breaches and abuses already. #privacy

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

I think #cats assume we have the same situational awareness that they do. So they can sit behind our feet while we get something from a cupboard and we won't step on them because obviously we know they're there.

I once saw a map that showed the countries that owned 90% of the world's wealth, and the countries that did not, and it pointed out that the border between the two sets was the most aggressively patrolled in the world. That's what anti-immigration is all about. It's why no one worries about Canada.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dunno why but I find it really depressing to see people who were formerly pro open immigration slowly changing to "I would be for it, but [same complaints about immigrants that have been made since the Chinese Exclusion Act]"