tischbier

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm then we are deeper into this than the world has realized. I think the gilded sheen is still there—but the rot underneath is deeper than the outside thinks.

  Meaning, the mass protests that broke out in the millions across the country from 2017 to 2020–that era was the “protest era.”

  What are we in now? Sure as hell not a protest era. We are way beyond.

  As someone who has closely studied the evolution of spycraft from Ancient Intelligence to the development of the modern Intelligence Community—I know that because of my knowledge—I feel exactly as you say here. If I am taken out now for being too open or too loud, the side of humanity loses me in the fight. And it is so god damn easy to misstep.

  We are and have been under massive constant surveillance. The facial scanning at airports has expanded to the physical border if you’re crossing by land. They say they delete your photo—but I assume they’re instead storing the biometrics. This is and will be used against us.

  The tech companies in control know most of us better than we know ourselves. We are tracked every second of every day. They don’t need warrants when they already have access to profiles of data on almost every human in America. Even if we were in a normal world—the constitution generally doesn’t apply to private corporations. This is and will be used against us.

  There is no safety “protesting” or organizing unless it’s done in a tight, cell operations that have some communication in between but function so that if one goes down the network stays intact. Intelligence and resistance groups survive when they’re federated.

  Master’s tools cannot dismantle the master’s house. Organizing on a mass scale across the country without using any tech that touches our adversaries right now is not possible. So, first we must figure out how to share information quickly and easily in a way that excludes big tech capture and government capture.

  Figuring this independent communication hurdle out is more important right now than getting out on the street with a geotagged phone and smiling for a drone who is sure to snag your biometric data. And I’m saying this as someone who has been in full scale car tipping rubber bullets everything on fire riots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know about mixing the yellow dots by adding mode. But Erased? Do you have any resources I could learn from?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Quick and dirty numbers for those reading:

  • Overall debt grew by $93 billion in the last three months of 2024 – and about half of that increase was new credit card debt, according to the report.

  • Americans’ total credit card balances now stand at a record-high $1.21 trillion.

  • Americans hold nearly $1.7 trillion in auto loan debt.

  • Americans’ household debt – including credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and student loans - American household debt of $18.04 trillion (including credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and student loans)

  • Americans hold $1.62 trillion in student debt.

  • Missed federal student loan payments were not reported to credit bureaus between 2020Q2 and 2024Q3. Consequently, less than % of aggregate student debt was reported 90+ days delinquent or in default in 2024Q4. Missed federal student loan payments will likely begin appearing on reports beginning in 2025Q1.

  Here’s the report: House Hold Debt and Credit: Q4 2024 (published 2025 by Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know anything about printer steganography? That’s what nailed Reality Winner ultimately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been wondering the same thing. It would be useful to have an active docket of the DOJ for all cases against large corporations and how many now lose steam or have the lead attorneys replaced.

  I also worry about the whistleblower program. If you are a corporate whistleblower, if the government wins on your tip you get around 15%-ish of the takings. So, whistleblowing on something big enough can net you a few million USD or more. Something else to watch. I assume this will break quickly too under this administration.