We made so many improvements in #FreedomBox v0.48.0 that it's hard to summarize them all in one Mastodon post!
Check out the full release notes here:
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#Version_0.48.0_.282019-01-28.29
We made so many improvements in #FreedomBox v0.48.0 that it's hard to summarize them all in one Mastodon post!
Check out the full release notes here:
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ReleaseNotes#Version_0.48.0_.282019-01-28.29
So *thats* what a -50F windchill feels like...
@biot that’s why I keep it on its own VLAN.
@kelbot @ajroach42 ordered!
(What did I say about not starting anything new?)
@kelbot @ajroach42 oh my, this is neat!
What’s the best way to buy one of these?
@kragen I had a fairly regular meditation routine a long time ago; maybe it’s time to get back to that?
@jjg I found that the thing that most helped me with that was starting a daily meditation practice. The problem in my case wasn't that I had too many projects but that I wasn't organized, at a mental/emotional level; your description fits it perfectly. I'm still not doing that well but the difference is notable
I find it amusing that my vacuum is not only hackable, but spends its time hanging-out in a chat room.
2. Offer information about the group targeting them. If you can send solid articles instead of presenting yourself as an anonymous antifascist expert, that will help.
3. After establishing a connection and getting to know each other, offer other support. Build up slowly and prioritize their sense of safety.
Finally, you obviously do not lecture them on security culture before establishing trust or demand that they do anti-fascism your way
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If a group is feeling scared, overwhelmed and isolated, offering to punch the fascists for them often just create an immediate sense of panic. So don't do that. Instead:
1. Break the isolation. Reach out and express your admiration for the principles that they're defending, and the effort they take to protect the people involved. This alone can have a huge impact. Send a supportive email even if you don't have any time to offer other support. It helps.
1. Their threat perception may be wildly inaccurate. If you don't know how big or dangerous a group is, it makes sense to assume the worst. That doesn't mean they're cowards.
2. They may be overwhelmed. Behind an event is often a wave of online harassment, threats, hate mail, etc. that never make the news.
3. They're experiencing the silence and fasho-apologism of some or most of their usual friends. This sense of isolation is often the worst part.
Suppose a not-explicitly anti-fascist organization (a bar, school, club, library, group, etc) is targeted by fascists and you want to help?
There's some things you should consider about their experience and how to offer support.
1 toot about experience and 2 toot about support below:
Decided to address my project backlog by serializing the work and reprioritizing based on interdependencies.
In other words the laser is next and only that until it’s done.
It’s been extra cold the last day or so and expected to continue for another day or two (projected low of -22F + high winds).
Getting a little cabin fever and feeling compelled to venture out just for the adventure.
what you say: the art market is saturated!
what i hear: capitalism has utterly failed at satisfying the need of humans to self actualize
some former IBM VP is moving into a director role here
the ruling class just rotates from corporation to corporation and they're all the fucking same
@killeveryhetero I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way.
I’d say it gets better, but it never does in a place like this.
she's very smug about how everything is going to change around here
she has said the word "culture" roughly three hundred and seventeen times
I dream about blood
Huey P. Newton: The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
I think part of my problem is that I bounce between projects that I think are most important and others that are more achievable :)
I tend to fill the gaps in my time/budget/knowledge with small projects that seem doable but now even the small ones are dragging..
I think I just need to finish something for a change.
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