gnuthing [they/them]

PS: I’m leaning towards “don’t say anything you wouldn’t in a court of law” model these days. If its online - and you don’t own the infra - there’s always a risk.

You should assume everything you say online is being captured by govts. Encrypt everything you can, use a no log VPN not based in 15 eyes, use OS and browser with sandboxes/containers

I really appreciate the post and I’m using it! For a long term project, it would be fantastic if there were audio versions for each and then that made into a tankie tube playlist. I do take advantage of audiobooks when available

If by world leaders you’re including the entirety of the Epstein class but sparing the working class of those nations, that’s understandable. But when not hating us, try to remember that as a whole we are ok with genocide, detention centers with inhumane conditions, international sanctions that cause starvation, extravagant military, drone attacks, etc. You could excuse us by saying our propaganda has greatly skewed our beliefs, and that would be correct. But it’s not hard to see that murder is wrong, even if propagandized, so we have some responsibility. Don’t we have a responsibility to overthrow the leaders?

Probably some video that Bondi hasn’t released

The whole middle east is already against the US because we keep empiring there, except Israel ofc

I bet those robots are nimble enough and strong enough to be used for rescue operations in natural disasters

Yeah esp with Reddit giving info to DHS, folks need to get off that platform so they can speak their minds

Really needs to be an overall push in the left communities to get more ppl using federated social media. I think a lot of ppl would, they just don’t know it exists except mastodon

Graphene os can run it on other phones, it’s just not as secure and you have to build it yourself

Ok I got it, there was a place to enter it manually separate from the search. Thanks!

Hi, my clients aren’t finding the vetting-answers channel

Hi, trying to join #vetting-answers but clients aren’t finding it

Yes, it’s a security and privacy focused ROM that runs on pixels. Remember the stories recently about that reporter whose phone didn’t get hacked by the FBI because it was in lockdown mode? That’s not required in graphene, you can just turn off the USB port and never get your phone hacked by cellebrite, with no impact to usage like lockdown mode. Once you have a VPN set up, it will automatically always use the VPN. It has a hardened kernel and memory allocation. All apps are sandboxed and you have very granular control over app permissions. Apps that require permissions can have fake permissions or some mix of real and fake permissions. There’s a lot more, it really is the best option and since it can run on pixels 6, 7 & 8 it is the cheapest option

https://grapheneos.org/

Graphene OS is the most privacy/security focused phone option

Similar experience as a non-binary person. I feel safer with anonymity for sure.

I don’t think it’s the anonymity that’s an issue, I think it’s the bots and rich ppl manipulating social media

I feel like this is a lot of patients’ experiences. The medical response is just throw pills at it and deal with the side effects. Or alternatively, here’s some more pills with more side effects. And it’s all a business designed to extract as much wealth as possible from patients.

I dunno if you’ve looked into it, but changing diet helps a lot of medical conditions. It’s something your Dr is unlikely to discuss in any detail because nutrition is usually not included in a medical degree and the schools that do include nutrition it’s only like 1-2 classes. I recommend looking at diet because of the experience I’ve had. I try to follow the “Daily Dozen” by Dr Greger, it’s 12 healthy foods to eat every day (does not require giving up any food to follow). The better I stick to it (esp eating enough fruits and veggies), the better I feel. I’m asymptomatic now for fibromyalgia, asthma, most allergies & migraines. My wife has had similar results with very high blood pressure & migraines. My fibromyalgia was very severe, I used a cane and was in constant pain. Now I can run without pain or breathing problems. Not sure your dx, but that diet has been proven to reverse heart disease, Dr Greger has the studies listed on his website. He also posts videos there that are basically the entire audiobooks for free

unpleasent for sure, but not the worst I’ve had and it is localized to a single nerve

I’m sorry to hear about your brother’s pain. I have a herniated disk in my neck that is from an injury I got in my 30s. If it’s the disk, he might end up needing an MRI as well. Sometimes they want physical therapy tried before doing an MRI. To me the herniated disk feels different from something like muscle pain because it has like electrical pulses, it’s very distinct feeling.

My treatment started out with prednisone, then about 8 years ago I was able to get physical therapy. Since then, any time I have a flare up, I consume large amounts of cherries, fresh or frozen are best, like 1-2 cups a day. Sweet cherries work as a natural COX-2 inhibitor similar to ibuprofen. This is why cherries are used to treat gout and arthritis. I generally feel relief at day 2 but I eat them for a full 10 days just like I would with prednisone. I do not know of any negative side effects, it’s something he could try while waiting for the Dr.

It might be a pulled muscle instead of a herniated disk. With a herniated disk ice can help reduce inflammation, but for muscle spasms heat is often more relieving and ice can actually trigger a spasm. Hot baths with epsom salt can help relieve muscle pain. Aspercreme has an OTC lidocaine cream that can help muscle pain as well

I hope your brother feels better soon!

$300-350 per month per person. This is about $100 more per person per month than we were paying during covid

$3/meal also costs more than what food assistance provides