We were lied to. We were told that the dystopia would be filled with techno music, neon lights, and pleather.
Instead we've got Snoop Dogg, Carrie Underwood, and the Village People eating shit for Dollar Store Nazis. We still have fucking Kid Rock.
I just thought the #dystopia would be more fun and stylish, you know?
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@signalapp
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@signalapp Currently I can make the link work, but only if I delete the automated thumbnail that populates when you insert a link into a message. Otherwise, it just sends the user to a Signal page that says " #Signal contact. No destination found."
However, not everyone will know to do this. This creates friction and the possibility that people won't connect at all if they leave the platform before confirming the connection.
Even copying and pasting the link after the thumbnail version has been sent only returns "https://signal.me" with no profile string attached, despite the full link being present before hitting send.
Lastly, I was hesitant to share this, thinking it must be a user error on my part despite the fact that I've never had this issue. And I'm willing to accept if it is, but I've tested it. Moreover, I've tested it with other US and non-US users and some are affected and some not, and it doesn't seem to be geo-specific in a readily discernable way.
Given the fact that I use (edit: used but am in process of leaving) #Facebook for mildly but consistent #activist / agitprop purposes, I fear that there may be algorithmic targeting going on that is the basis of this issue affecting some and not others.
I spent time yesterday and this morning testing and reasoning it out with another tech-savvy user, and after feeling that we understand it through best we can, it seems worth being to people's attention, especially considering what is unfolding both with Facebook and politically.
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🚨🚨🚨 #Signal users 🚨🚨🚨
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I've experienced an alarming issue where #Facebook #Messenger now strips the link when I send a contact invitation to my Signal profile through the chat. This means that people I'm trying to connect with off of #Meta platforms are experiencing difficulty and frustration trying to stay in contact with me as I migrate off their platforms and onto Signal.
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So, we get louder now, right?
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Furthermore, this is crisis manufacturing.
If you're not familiar with Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine concept, which she articulated through her book by the same name, it would be good to familiarize yourself.
It's a lot easier to take authoritarian control during crisis than in times of stability. A lot easier.
Wiki for her book to learn more:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine
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Y'all do see that the point of 200 executive orders in a single day is just a DDoS on education, news, empathy, and activism, right?
You can't have 200 front page stories.
You can't care about 200 changes at once.
You can't learn about 200 changes at once.
You can't act in opposition to 200 changes at once.
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"And then in less than a single second, we fractured and threw ourselves away from each other in a violent explosion in order to form the universe around us.
"And something in me just feels the echo of a distant yearning to go back to that embrace, and that if we all did, us, the planets, the stars, that eventually we'd all finally feel whole again."
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On days like today, I need to reflect on connection and humanity.
I think of stars, tentacles, and healing embrace.
I'm really proud of this piece and I hope it brings you some sense of connection and humanity in the face of everything.
Post:
https://www.revoluciana.net/stars-tentacles-healing-embrace/
[#]trans #healing #humanity #connection #love #inanna
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Leonard Peltier was finally granted clemency and a commuted sentence. I'm shocked. I did not think Biden had it in him. Not even close. I thought the day would never come.
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"But here it is. If you want to help people whose very existence is criminalized, you're likely to have to break laws. Laws that have consequences. It's either that, or yelling so loudly that you become a target. Possibly both."
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My latest post is answering someone who is worried about what is happening and asks me what action they should take.
Here's my reply:
https://www.revoluciana.net/q-a-what-can-i-do/
[#]trans #queer #inauguration #resistance #lgbtq
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I say this as an #anarchist myself:
It's wild how often you run across some anarchists who just want to rule the world.
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OMG, I did the impossible. I got the sea lion to leave.
I could have blocked, but occasionally there's something more satisfying telling them no, you're an aggressive sea lion and I don't owe you explanation. Exhausting. A dozen times telling them as they increased their aggression each time, and they still thought they were "just discussing"
Finally.
Funny thing is they blocked me. They came into my thread, aggressively sealioning, and my response was to call them out on it. Not to answer a single one of their questions.
And it still took like a dozen times.
Wild.
My favorite part was how they tried to teach me dictionary definitions and basic etymology of the word #anarchism. More than once.
And what was the whole reason they were upset?
Because my philosophy of anarchism was not controlling and aggressive enough, and because of this, I somehow erased 150 years of #anarchist organizing and labor movements. With my two part Bluesky shitpost.
But here's the thing, this sea lion had a not insignificant following as someone who exclusively posts on anarchist topics.
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So many times, I've considered using #LinkedIn for shitposting, just because I think it would be hilarious.
But OMG, it's so depressing to be on that platform even for just the few moments it takes to share a link.
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"You know that all of the pain and harm and terror in the world is interconnected. It is woven together and must be unwoven, and while you can't unravel it all on your own, you can work on the parts that lie before you. It is all the same tapestry. It is all the same tapestry."
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"You know deeply that nothing will get better if someone doesn't do something. You remember the words of the Transcendentalists. Of course you do, everyone reads the works of the Transcendentalists. You remember that Civil Disobedience means that no one person must do everything, but everyone has a responsibility to do something."
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My latest post addressing the feelings and anxiety we're all holding in anticipation of Monday:
"There will be a world before Monday, and a world after. We can all feel it. It hovers in the air around us. It infuses our conversations. It even seasons our food, the way it changes how we feel and how it disrupts our senses..."
Continue reading:
https://www.revoluciana.net/after-monday-fear-and-action-in-the-face-of-uncertainty/
[#]inauguration #trans #queer
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EDIT: Thank you everyone! This was awesome advice. We're going with LibreSprite for now, looks like it fits their present needs. They are also so grateful to all of you! And the additional tangential suggestions for related software for maps and color, etc., are all going to be helpful :)
My kid makes games with #Godot. They are looking for a good tool for making 2D #PixelArt and #sprite and #spritesheet for their games.
Recommendations, please! ✨
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(Regardless, Mastodon and my website are my core places, just that Bluesky has some other people I know who are not on Mastodon, and I would generally like to stay connected to them)
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