I’m not pretending that that isn’t happening. I’ve seen the videos going around and it’s truly horrifying. But the tweet in question literally does have context. It’s a quote tweet quoting a propaganda video about ISIS. I’m not so ignorant as to completely dismiss the possibility that this wasn’t JUST directed at ISIS, but cutting out the quoted tweet and just showing the quote is misinformation and i don’t think that helps anybody at the moment.
The missing context is that this is directed at ISIS, not the general public
It’s still a tweet that should not be posted by any account of such importance, but they’re not quite just saying outright to the populace in general “we’re gonna kill you”
I didn’t wanna sound like a conspiracy theorist, but as soon as the news dropped last week about this, I did have the thought, “Maybe this is all a stunt to try and get Signal banned.”
You are right, but also, I think it’s okay to take the small victories where they are. They shouldn’t have to be applauded for doing the bare minimum, but when this bare minimum is a big middle finger to the administration I’ll look the other way
Agreed. I still see people (including my friends, despite my multiple attempts to explain what’s actually going on) that just go “Wait, but that violates the Constitution!” Like, no shit, dude, they know, and they do not give a fuck, especially if no one is actually going to punish them for it
Do you have any suggestions for starting out on Mastodon? I know for a fact that I won’t be able to get my friends to move there, and that’s whatever, I guess. I’m not against meeting new people and would love to give it a spin.
Joined up yesterday and have been pretty happy so far. Have been looking for an alternative so i could ditch reddit since the API changes and had no idea this place existed until i saw a random thread yesterday
I’m not pretending that that isn’t happening. I’ve seen the videos going around and it’s truly horrifying. But the tweet in question literally does have context. It’s a quote tweet quoting a propaganda video about ISIS. I’m not so ignorant as to completely dismiss the possibility that this wasn’t JUST directed at ISIS, but cutting out the quoted tweet and just showing the quote is misinformation and i don’t think that helps anybody at the moment.
The missing context is that this is directed at ISIS, not the general public
It’s still a tweet that should not be posted by any account of such importance, but they’re not quite just saying outright to the populace in general “we’re gonna kill you”
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1904932866632384819
I didn’t wanna sound like a conspiracy theorist, but as soon as the news dropped last week about this, I did have the thought, “Maybe this is all a stunt to try and get Signal banned.”
Makes me more likely to consider it, honestly. I don’t need much RAM on my phone, and I would be turning off/avoiding Gemini usage anyway
These are the desktop ads that are already there, they’re bringing the quests (that, for now, have an off switch) to mobile
You are right, but also, I think it’s okay to take the small victories where they are. They shouldn’t have to be applauded for doing the bare minimum, but when this bare minimum is a big middle finger to the administration I’ll look the other way
Agreed. I still see people (including my friends, despite my multiple attempts to explain what’s actually going on) that just go “Wait, but that violates the Constitution!” Like, no shit, dude, they know, and they do not give a fuck, especially if no one is actually going to punish them for it
Do you have any suggestions for starting out on Mastodon? I know for a fact that I won’t be able to get my friends to move there, and that’s whatever, I guess. I’m not against meeting new people and would love to give it a spin.
Joined up yesterday and have been pretty happy so far. Have been looking for an alternative so i could ditch reddit since the API changes and had no idea this place existed until i saw a random thread yesterday
His “seal of approval” is just him quote tweeting the announcement saying “Amazing work!”
I wouldn’t be surprised if Larian had at least partial rights over the main cast, though