My sister and @Paul J Robinson (He/Him) have these coasters, and I find it *so hard* to put things on them. Something in my lizard brain rebels.
James Smith 💾
James Smith 💾
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YES, amazing job New York! We CAN have politicians who stand against the rich, who offer hope for the many. It CAN still be done. Now let's DO IT EVERYWHERE!
#ZohranMamdani
It's International Smug Self-Hosters Day! Best wishes to all who celebrate.
Thing is, it's actually quite easy to not give money to fascists. You just read or listen to the things they say very publicly, and then just don't give them your money.
Some might even say it's *easier* than *giving* them money!
#Framework
Just joined the Green Party. At least *someone*'s trying to present a different future than a race to the far right.
the Guardian
Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski
Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski
uspol
I assume that the US govt shutdown is exactly what the Trumpets want, because it *officially* puts all the budget power directly into his hands? He now gets to *legally* decide what carries on working and what doesn’t.
I mean, there’s no reason for them to ever “start it up again”, right, because now he can decide everything?
ukpol
"Voters have a choice between decency or division, Starmer to tell Labour conference"
Maybe he could try pursuing a bit less division and more decency then?
BBC News
Nigel Farage doesn't like Britain, Keir Starmer says in speech to Labour Party conference
The prime minister criticises the "politics of grievance" and those who promoted "Brexit lies".
In the original No2ID days, I didn't used to be opposed to having a secure identity proof signed by govt, I was just opposed to the centralisation and databases.
But now, with the spectre of fascism rising, I see that even a distributed proof-of-entitlement ID without any central servers would be a vector for abuse and exclusion.
So, yeah, I've changed my mind on that one. I wasn't paranoid enough.
Ooh, woken up to a few angry PRs this morning on 
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Looks like it’s pissing off the right people, given their comments. Nice thing about doing this on GitHub is that they’re all out there in public.
GitHub
GitHub - Plan-Vert/open-letter: An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence
An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence - Plan-Vert/open-letter