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at least throw an exclamation mark on there! i’m security-forward!

but then i’d be using google

several of my passwords 🥺

No the AI would have called it fixed, “production-ready,” committed, and pushed after the first refactor.

This is awesome. If another American happens to read this, here is the text of a letter I adapted from the letters I found on Breaking Free that you could send to your rep and senators (if you need an easier way to do this, check out resistbot):

Letter text:

I write as your [COUNTY/STATE] constituent to express serious concern about the increasing concentration of power in digital markets, the deterioration of digital services that American consumers and businesses depend on, and the risks posed by current moves to weaken oversight of dominant technology companies.

At a time when digital services are becoming less useful and more exploitative, deregulatory efforts aimed at the technology sector represent an unprecedented risk to consumers, small businesses, and national security. Recent geopolitical instability has made clear how vulnerable our digital infrastructure becomes when a handful of dominant companies control the platforms on which our economy, communications, and civic life depend.

Major technology companies are using their outsized market power and resources to steer innovation, shape markets to their advantage, and lobby decision-makers against meaningful oversight. They spend heavily to block or weaken privacy legislation, antitrust enforcement, and consumer protection rules. They exploit their dominance to normalize business models that depend on the mass collection and monetization of personal data—often in ways that are incompatible with Americans’ reasonable expectations of privacy and autonomy.

These companies are locking in consumers and business customers, then degrading their services without fear of consequence. Websites and apps are increasingly overrun with ads and low-quality content. Useful features are removed or downgraded. Switching to alternatives is made deliberately difficult. This is not the behavior of companies competing in a healthy market—it is the behavior of monopolists extracting value from a captive user base.

The United States still lacks comprehensive federal privacy legislation. Efforts like the American Data Privacy and Protection Act have stalled under industry pressure. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission’s capacity to enforce existing consumer protection authority is under sustained attack. Proposals to limit the FTC’s rulemaking power and cut its enforcement budget would remove the last meaningful check on anticompetitive and exploitative practices in digital markets.

Rather than weakening oversight, Congress should be taking concrete steps to restore competition and protect consumers. I urge you to support the following:

First, rebalance power between service providers and consumers. Americans should be able to control their digital experiences: to decide how they use products they have purchased, to switch to alternative services without punitive barriers, and to modify services to suit their needs. Right-to-repair principles and data portability requirements are essential.

Second, reduce dependency on dominant platforms. Competition in digital markets must be restored. This requires vigorous antitrust enforcement by the DOJ and FTC, and legislative action where existing law is insufficient. Congress should advance interoperability and data portability requirements that allow new competitors to emerge. The federal government, as one of the largest technology procurers in the world, should leverage its purchasing power to support open-standards-based alternatives to dominant platforms.

Third, enforce existing laws. Far from hindering innovation, clear rules provide the guardrails that make fair competition and genuine innovation possible. Weak enforcement allows dominant firms to continue anticompetitive and harmful practices at the expense of consumer choice, service quality, and the competitive landscape. The FTC and DOJ must be adequately funded and empowered to carry out their enforcement mandates.

Fourth, pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation and close legal loopholes. Americans deserve clear, enforceable protections against deceptive design patterns, manipulative personalization, and addictive interfaces. Without a strong federal standard, consumers are left with a patchwork of state laws that large companies can navigate and small competitors cannot.

The digital economy touches every aspect of daily life in Tennessee and across the country. The path we are on, toward greater concentration, less competition, and weaker oversight, is not inevitable. With adequate enforcement of existing law, targeted new legislation, and strategic public investment in open alternatives, we can have a digital economy that serves the public rather than exploiting it.

I appreciate your attention to these concerns and welcome the opportunity to discuss them further.

it’s over for them

til he hung from the rail by his finger tip
millie said floyd i’ll make you lose your grip
with this tiny piece of paper i can make you slip

an envelope

ROAR

what

A movement to turn pro sports into quasi nationalist rallies, with barely a peep about it, is far more alarming than ignorance about the vagarities of US territorial policy. Most people can’t even name the vice president! This is a very strange kind of manufactured outrage.

yeah we used to have a government

he’s gonna start missing having CNN and NBC News in the press pool if he keeps this up.

weak

Hah I wondered myself.

“Tell me, just how great is it to work for you people?”

Narrator: They didn’t know it would become Nugget’s last day, too.

Yeah, don’t sweat it. It’s just the system saying “Hey, I already made this thing you’re asking me to make again.” Your install is fine, nothing’s broken.

As for KDE Discover not showing you RPMs—that’s just KDE being stubborn. GNOME Software is way better at letting you pick between Flatpak and RPM. On KDE, Discover kinda pushes Flatpaks by default like a picky friend who only orders the “house special.” It’s a totally separate issue from that warning.

If you want the RPM version of something, just crack open the terminal and run:

sudo dnf install steam

Way faster, way fewer clicks. Discover’s nice for browsing, but for gaming stuff, terminal or DNF are your best buds.

So yeah—warning = ignore. RPMs not showing = KDE being KDE. You’re all good 👍

Honestly I’m floored this is what it takes for some people to leave X. 🤷🏼‍♂️

this appears roughly 1/3 of the third richest person is more wealthy than the bottom 50%