Ask yourself, What Would Black Hat do?

They can’t do shit about it, so they’re reframing it as a feature.

Fuck no. He’s still a Republican.

Used to be Manjaro, because it’s got sane opinions and I’m not looking to make maintaining that machine a new hobby. I don’t mind the curated “almost” rolling release, but they’re getting worse about simple things (like maintaining their own certs) and I’ve decided to move on.

you never had it to begin with. Goddamn leeches.

ok, but how do they know which accounts those are?

Exactly. Hate bluesky for letting them post the inevitable insane shit they’re going to post, not for verifying they’re who they say they are.

What’s the alternative? They have admins ban any and all accounts that might be made by ice or ice personnel? Refusing to validate them doesn’t take them off the platform. They’d still be there, you just wouldn’t know who they were. In fact you still don’t, they could very well have puppet accounts all across blue sky, Lemmy, and all of your favorite instances.

At the very least when this account starts to post insane shit, you’ll know it’s actually them and not some edge lord cosplayer pretending to be ice. A verified account removes the plausible deniability aspect of anonymous posting.

And I’m not being argumentative, I’m asking a genuine question. This is the Gestapo wearing a uniform. If anything, they’re stupid for asking for verification. This is them wearing ICE jackets to the grocery store.

The real test will be how bluesky treats the content this verified account posts. When (and let’s be real, it’ll be when, not if) bluesky refuses to censor this account, then they’ll have proven themselves complicit.

I didn’t realize Bully came out ~20 years ago. Fuck. I can believe I’m saying this but, it really was a different time.

This might be the only true thing he’s ever said.

let me spell it out for you: Why would I want to look at his website at all?

looks best without a browser at all.

Sony:

exactly my thought. You have no choice, an ear is going to be grafted to somewhere on your body. Why NOT choose the center of your forehead? especially if it’s temporary.

unless the damage was so severe the foot was the best spot :(

It’s not about the effort, it’s about the default. The US considered breaking Microsoft up over this. “You can always uninstall it” isn’t the point

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.

Brendan was a friend and a hero, how dare you.

yes of course. HL3 is being delayed because something in the future is exploding backwards through time and fucking everything up. This is the only explanation I choose to accept.

Magnetic needle. Steady hand.