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For people that doesn't understand computers & phone devices, what are your plans when #ageverification , and #idverification in #EU gets serious while avoiding #bigtech and #bigcorps even if they try to make the use of #vpn illegal like in #utah? Is there any way to skip all of it at once in all your devices (laptop,phone)?

I'm tired of reading about how bad is the situation. I want to know what we can do, even if its little actions, and so other people can do the same. Thks!

#keepandroidopen

@mttaggart
Be afraid, very afraid

We will need more smart folks while the #bigCorps are creating systems that will dumb us down.

The robot wars are here and the robots are winning because most folks don't even know the battle is going on.

Right now our only value to the system is that we can answer captcha questions like; check all images with a fire hydrant. Watch out for the time when the robots know what a fire hydrant looks like:-)

#ai #software #democracy is more than voting

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Another step in a preplanned destruction of our democracy in favor of an autocracy run by the #bigCorps.

world-wide, the chinese and russian countries are already run by the bigCorps.

terrorism is a tool by the bigCorps to take down a democracy.

In 2024-09, @stephenfry held a brilliant speech about #LLM #AI and all the dangers if we do not regulate them as soon as possible:
https://stephenfry.substack.com/p/ai-a-means-to-an-end-or-a-means-to

Edit: watch the talk recording on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cw37g39g00

If you do work with - or even worse - for LLMs, please do read his arguments.

Otherwise, human kind is in great danger of becoming easy targets for #manipulation, #greed, #corruption and other dangers.

LLMs are not a disruptive tool like cars or printing presses. They are a concept like #money which is and will be used to control the masses.

This isn't going away. So let's face its dangers and deal with it properly before it is too late.

#algorithms #fakenews #propaganda #psychology #sociopath #bigcorps #megacorps

@mntmn
There are two cost components:
1) the added tax that the conservatives are collecting from the citizens of the USA.

2) the extra profit the bigCorps are adding on because it can hide under the umbrella of the tax the conservatives have imposed on the people.

The benefit of having the #bigCorps collect the #tax is that the corps can add on a little something for themselves. Every gangster knows that the bag-man gets a cut. Its criminality 101.

There is more to #democracy than voting.

Since my phone runs #GrapheneOS with #FDroid and #Aurora, precisely to minimize being sucked into the Google surveillance system, I am particularly annoyed by this. But it is part of a general trend of governments helping #Bigcorps to elimiate use of free software. https://www.talkandroid.com/512861-eu-age-verification-app-google/

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
The GOP get everything wrong.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

instead of civil confinement, that is short hand for private jails,
lets have civil treatment for the truly mentally ill in public hospitals..

How about requiring #bigCorps to pay a #livingWage
so working folks can afford rent instead of corporatized concentration camps.

How about funding school programs and civil activities so kids can take pride is some activity besides drug use.

The US #conservatives are breaking a trade-agreement, treat the agreement as broken. It was signed as a single agreement and it falls as one. That includes the part about you changing your laws so their bigCorps can made bigger profits.

Do not respond to the US raising #tariffs by raising tariffs. This only hurts your own people by taxing them too and this helps the #bigCorps.
It is like two children fighting by calling each other poopy-head.

You control your laws.

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/what-if-canada-stopped-upholding-u-s-tech-companies-intellectual-property/

@AkaSci
You hit the nail on the head.

The #GOP plan to "save" #socialSecurity is to kill the people that need it.

Folks need to remember that our military runs out of funding in 3 months.

We can have congress save Social Security and protect people, the same way that they will save the military and protect the #bigCorps they can just fund both.

We havent been taxing the billionaire class for a long time and it has NOT worked out well for we-the-people.

@SuffolkLITLab
I'm hoping these were sr. executive and not some middle management fall-guy with a big title.
A few more like this and maybe #bigCorps #crime would go down.

How about, have a health ins corp with procedures that systemically denies legit health care claims ; executive board goes to jail.

mfg plant design that allows a river to be polluted; executive board goes to jail.

maybe #capitalism can work if cost are not externalized and decision-makers are held accountable.

@hyc @dctucker @pluralistic

aw, your no fun, but thanks, I can use that to described what enshittification means and how it applies to the internet and modern day #bigCorps as opposed to the environment.

I wonder if #conservatives will know defedation but I know they will understand what enshittification means:-) and clarity of speech is important.

So #enshittification is #defedation at internet speeds

I had to look it up
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defedation
It is a good day when I learn something new.

@amerpie
People need to understand that everything the conservative and the GOP do is in service to their masters, the #bigCorps not the american people.

its bigCorp taking over, not some foreign government. When a democracy fails it does not become communism it becomes fascist.

foreign adversaries are a tool of bigCorp to take down the democracy. remember, bigCorps are multinational.

@slashdot
I'll be waiting to see how the #bigCorps plan to do similar things with their private space toys.

We should expect them to show us how they expect to do this kind of thing before letting them shutdown our ability to do this. Remember apollo13

#nasa gives kids something to dream about and that builds a strong country and people with strong minds.

@ozoned @Liberapay
paypal and a few other are in bed with a few other #bigCorps, credit card corps etc, to track everyone and then sell that info to anyone what wants to pay. These bigCorps have told us our government is forceing everyone into such a system. It goes by a number of names, Know Your Customer etc.

It has an upside, it is suppose to reduce dark money funding criminal/political activity but recent history has shown us that it doesn't really do that.

#democracy is more than voting

@molly0xfff
I think of it as national IQ test day.

Every number that I put on a form our government already has; the #bigCorps have already given it to them.

The test is if I can put those numbers in the correct box and do simple math.

There is penalties for getting it wrong but no new information is provided to our government.

@augieray
it will destroy our democracy but it wont make russia great; that is not the plan.
it will create a feudal system of government with the #bigCorps in charge. The people will have no say; if a bigCorp can make a buck by polluting a river or killing a few workers then that will be ok. a simple trade-off

no regulations, oversight, review are alternatives will be allowed.

@georgetakei
as a Russian asset that is the plan.
We have a ring side seat on how to take down a country and destroy a democracy. It is being replaced with a feudal system of government, think 1,000 years ago, 1000-1400's; before science.

The GOP is/will spread fear, ignorance, hunger, illness

This is being done in the service of the bigCorps, this is exactly what happened then the USSR disappeared. The bigCorp #oligarchs took over.

The US gov will be the military wing of the #bigCorps.

so you buy a product from amazon and then they get to tell you how it will work and they can also change how it works.

Can you get your money back?

If I buy a car and it turns into a potato peeler, there should be some recourse for the people.

Why are we giving the #bigCorps all the power?

#democracy is more than voting!

@Techmeme
let me clear up any confusion folks might get from your Blurb.

"An audit found that 1/3 of the results from the top 10 AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, were false claims from tRump(usa) and Kremlin disinformation networks. (NewsGuard's Reality Check)"

It will be up to you to figure out which third; dont ask google.

#conservative #billionaires and #bigCorps around the world are still working on eliminating the other 2/3.

#democracy is more than voting.

@shadash @daringfireball

How much of the federal work is being done my private corporation, via "contract" workers.

We are paying a profit to those #bigCorps to get our work done; which concentrates the wealth.

Maybe the workforce SHOULD grow, we would save the profit and that money would be paid to the workers directly.
The corps would then have more #customers with cash in their pockets, to buy stuff and that would give the corps a reason to build plants and hire folks.
basic eco 101

I thought the whole idea of a video ad is to distract you.

Now the #bigCorps want us to believe that they can display ads on a cars display but they, at the same time, are not distracting the driver.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/in-car-advertising-glitch-may-be-preview-of-a-distracting-future/

I can only say #WTH

They are counting on #Critical #thinking being in short supply.
Are they correct and what can we do about it.

#democracy is more than voting.

@davidho
Why dont folks understand that we should not be trying to run our government like a corporation.

We need a government that provides the most product and service for the lease amount of money.

The folks that run #bigCorps are rewarded for giving the least amount of product and service for the most amount of money.

Its completely different training and mindset and produces a completely different result.

@EcoCowboy @CelloMomOnCars @Pollinators

The best thing is to have multiple responses at all levels. We are being attacked at all levels.

We have ring side seats to the next raise of the aristocracy; We need to get off the sidelines and into the fight.

organize at every level,
your family; reduce the flow of money to #bigCorps, eat local
your community; support food bank, traffic calming measures
your state; make sure that good practices are in your constitution and that laws are passed

@tayfonay

does this bill allow for community review by FB?
there will be no fact checking so #conservatives should not have a problem.
or
will that be a plan option at extra expense.

#democracy is more than how we vote! We need fact-based regulation of #bigCorps

@MelissaBenyon @Ruth_Mottram

I really like the #spendingStrike idea.

In theory, #bigCorps should be easy to control; stop buying their products or develop and support alternatives.

As Bill Mckibbins says, we are many and they are few.

#democracy is more than how we vote.

@AlSweigart
This one is real close to coming true as more governments, federal, state and local, #criminalize
being homeless and poor.

These folks will be filling up #privatePrisons and providing cheap labor to #bigCorps with no regulations or oversight.

#democracy is more than how we vote!

@hart
I think that over 100 years is enough time to allow #bigCorp to see the problem and to let #freeMarket forces produce a solution.

Its time to some good old fashion #democracy to take over, We need to put some regulation on how the #bigCorps function.

It is clear that the freemarket #billionaires needs some guidance and guardrails.

#democracy is more than how we vote!

@Piratenpartij en wie zouden er nog meer op je router mee willen kijken? #aivd #politie #politiek #bigcorps

@dmm
we also have to account for the case where more than one person picks those numbers.

The #bigCorps running these types of schemes will not tell you the most important fact; how many folks have already picked your numbers?

you should pick numbers that nobody else plays.

@proscience
by framing the fascist rise as country vs country is missing the bigger picture.

It's really #bigCorps vs the people; a return to a #feudal system of government.
The future USA gov and the present Russian gov can be viewed as the military arm of the bigCorps.

We have a front row seat the the return of the #aristocracy and the death of #democracy.

Its how to take down a country, part 2. The #oligarch take over while we all focus on the head puppet.

more good news about sustainable stuff; this time ear buds for folks that care.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/fairbuds-take-the-fairphones-repairability-down-to-seemingly-impossible-size/

The folks in the US need to start asking themselves why they are getting the good stuff last.
Maybe it because the #bigcorps are not doing you folks any favors.

#TAGN Thinking About Good News

#technology

I have never been more irritated in my life. #steamsupport responded to this issue I've been having and essentially accused me of attacking their operations. For context I have a four year old account with over 100 games, all legally aquired, on it and this is the only account that I use. I have payed full price for many games on their platform because I was so excited I didn't want to wait for the next
sale. I have been nothing but a loyal customer to them.

At the time of making this report a friend of mine was trying to set up a steam account as they just got their first laptop since they were a teen. This laptop is a fresh device that had no anonymizing software (such as vpn on it.) On my personal device I pretty much always run #vpn but my subscription is expired so I no longer have it running as often as I used to.

This only leads to one logical conclusion that this error would keep turning up. That someone or something on my network is compromised and being used to attack their systems based on their explanation.

So I asked for proof and help identifying the threat on my network, and I have yet to receive a response, although they responded within 6 hours to my first message.

Feel free to #boost this post. I feel this needs to be spread around.


#gamingnews
#gaming
#videogames
#bigtech
#quittingsteam
#steam
#bigcorporations
#bigcorps

Also please let me know whether I'm doing #alttext correctly.

I have never been more irritated in my life. #steamsupport responded to this issue I've been having and essentially accused me of attacking their operations. For context I have a four year old account with over 100 games, all legally aquired, on it and this is the only account that I use. I have payed full price for many games on their platform because I was so excited I didn't want to wait for the next
sale. I have been nothing but a loyal customer to them.

At the time of making this report a friend of mine was trying to set up a steam account as they just got their first laptop since they were a teen. This laptop is a fresh device that had no anonymizing software (such as vpn on it.) On my personal device I pretty much always run #vpn but my subscription is expired so I no longer have it running as often as I used to.

This only leads to one logical conclusion that this error would keep turning up. That someone or something on my network is compromised and being used to attack their systems based on their explanation.

So I asked for proof and help identifying the threat on my network, and I have yet to receive a response, although they responded within 6 hours to my first message.

Feel free to #boost this post. I feel this needs to be spread around.


#gamingnews
#gaming
#videogames
#bigtech
#quittingsteam
#steam
#bigcorporations
#bigcorps

Also please let me know whether I'm doing #alttext correctly.

I have never been more irritated in my life. #steamsupport responded to this issue I've been having and essentially accused me of attacking their operations. For context I have a four year old account with over 100 games, all legally aquired, on it and this is the only account that I use. I have payed full price for many games on their platform because I was so excited I didn't want to wait for the next
sale. I have been nothing but a loyal customer to them.

At the time of making this report a friend of mine was trying to set up a steam account as they just got their first laptop since they were a teen. This laptop is a fresh device that had no anonymizing software (such as vpn on it.) On my personal device I pretty much always run #vpn but my subscription is expired so I no longer have it running as often as I used to.

This only leads to one logical conclusion that this error would keep turning up. That someone or something on my network is compromised and being used to attack their systems based on their explanation.

So I asked for proof and help identifying the threat on my network, and I have yet to receive a response, although they responded within 6 hours to my first message.

Feel free to #boost this post. I feel this needs to be spread around.


#gamingnews
#gaming
#videogames
#bigtech
#quittingsteam
#steam
#bigcorporations
#bigcorps

Also please let me know whether I'm doing #alttext correctly.

I have never been more irritated in my life. #steamsupport responded to this issue I've been having and essentially accused me of attacking their operations. For context I have a four year old account with over 100 games, all legally aquired, on it and this is the only account that I use. I have payed full price for many games on their platform because I was so excited I didn't want to wait for the next
sale. I have been nothing but a loyal customer to them.

At the time of making this report a friend of mine was trying to set up a steam account as they just got their first laptop since they were a teen. This laptop is a fresh device that had no anonymizing software (such as vpn on it) On my personyal device I pretty much always run #vpn but my subscription is expired so I no longer have it running as often as I used to.

This only leads to one logical conclusion that this error would keep turning up. That someone or something on my network is compromised and being used to attack their systems based on their explanyation.

So I asked for proof and help identifying the threat on my network, and I have yet to receive a response, although they responded within 6 hours to my first message.

Feel free to #boost this post. I feel this needs to be spread around.


#gamingnews
#gaming
#Video Games
#bigtech
#quittingsteam
#steam
#bigcorporations
#bigcorps

Also please let me know whether I'm doing #alttext correctly.

I have never been more irritated in my life. #steamsupport responded to this issue I've been having and essentially accused me of attacking their operations. For context I have a four year old account with over 100 games, all legally aquired, on it and this is the only account that I use. I have payed full price for many games on their platform because I was so excited I didn't want to wait for the next
sale. I have been nothing but a loyal customer to them.

At the time of making this report a friend of mine was trying to set up a steam account as they just got their first laptop since they were a teen. This laptop is a fresh device that had no anonymizing software (such as vpn on it) On my personal device I pretty much always run #vpn but my subscription is expired so I no longer have it running as often as I used to.

This only leads to one logical conclusion that this error would keep turning up. That someone or something on my network is compromised and being used to attack their systems based on their explanation.

So I asked for proof and help identifying the threat on my network, and I have yet to receive a response, although they responded within 6 hours to my first message.

Feel free to #boost this post. I feel this needs to be spread around.


#gamingnews
#gaming
#Video Games
#bigtech
#quittingsteam
#steam
#bigcorporations
#bigcorps

Also please let me know whether I'm doing #alttext correctly.