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Cake day: September 24th, 2023

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  • FCC will now be led by Repubs, who like data caps, more mergers, not treating the Internet as a utility, blocking municipal networks, and ignore listening to public comment, and flood the zone with fake comments on issues that are popular.

    The biggest expansion in fiber networks in the US was coming down the pipeline due to Biden’s infrastructure bills. The Republicans will do everything they can to slow and stop this money from its intended purpose.

    Any hope of huge improvements in America’s internet infrastructure just went away with the Dem administration in order to improve ISP stock prices, meaning the Internet you are currently unhappy with will only get more expensive with less competition.

    As intended, by how Americans voted.







  • Well, I appreciate you being willing to share.

    And thank you for helping me to understand that not all disabilities are permanent.

    It helps to hear about others troubles; we all get so wrapped up in our own we at times forget everyone else is dealing with their own.

    COVID did such a number on needed non-COVID care. My own neighbor was forced to wait over two years for hip surgery to walk again, which they considered elective, which is absurd. I’m sorry that you, like all too many others, had to wait so long, and that the wait extended your recovery window.

    I’m rooting for you to stick with your balancing, stretching, and yoga!

    It is amazing how much can be regained through constant efforts. Physical therapy on my opinion is too often ignored by patients in their recovery, especially in less serious injuries than your own. Just keep at it! It gets better!

    Thanks again for joining and contributing.

    Hope your recovery is as full and as short as can be.


  • Very much understand. And there are so many interesting folks and things to talk about here! Glad you’re getting involved.

    And very much agree on Reddit toxicity. Terrible. Though in time Lemmy may become the same.

    You mention that you are currently disabled?

    I find that a fascinating way to describe it, because I’ve only known ever known of non-disabled and disabled individuals (my apologies if there are more correct terms).

    My understanding has always been disabilities are permanent, but always love learning how I have been wrong, so please share if you are comfortable.

    Since you are “currently” so, I must assume it is temporary. If you don’t mind me asking, what is your recovery time till no longer being that way?

    Also, hope you have a positive support structure to help with any needs your disability may make more difficult.

    Looking forward to your future contributions.




  • Because the CCP prefers to indoctrinate their population themselves, and puts road blocks to prevent foreign companies from doing so.

    America doesn’t, or at least hasn’t, until now.

    And American leadership isn’t against foreign governments indoctrinating US citizens via social media. They are against not being able to PROFIT from it.

    TikTok is private, controlled by the CCP, and closed sourced.

    Trump toadie in this article isn’t trying to shut down the indoctrination. He wants to buy and use it, take the code out and use it everywhere as well as to sell it to the highest bidders, which will likely be more autocrats.

    I neither care nor want Facebook et al trying to reshape Chinese minds, though it has no relevance to this point anyway.

    And pointing out that the Chinese don’t allow things America does is not the win you think it is here, (ra ra Team America f*ck yeah and what not). If you like how the Chinese do it, go there and enjoy. It’s your life.


  • The powerful claim that Tiktok supposedly needs to be divested or banned due to both it’s CCP control and it’s effective algorithmic ability to sway US minds.

    This seems more like jealousy than security related, as is exampled by the disinterest in actual digital privacy legislation for social media, which would hurt America’s rich. Or alternatively just forcing TikTok to put a big warning not to trust content due to CCP ownership, instead of divest or ban.

    They also seem to ignore the fact that US minds (and most everywhere else) seem to be so easy to currently manipulate, and have no interest in improving education to teach how to reduce potential manipulation.

    So, after lobbying the government to force a sale of something that can manipulate US voter minds, a former Trump official and stooge wants to buy [edit: at a forced fire sale too] this algorithm that can manipulate US minds.

    The divesting push and this purchase push are obviously part of the same effort.

    US politicians don’t want the Chinese to control you; but US politicians and businesspeople very much DO want to use this Chinese tech on you for their own purposes. Otherwise, divest would not be an option.