Up til now, I only had gaming desktops for the last 30+ years. Still, I might be able to borrow a laptop from another resident of the building. Hopefully with a power cable and all of that.

…Wait, up until now I was using GPedit to try and force Windows Enterprise to update with my permission and timeline, but it always seemed to be a bit ignored. But I can use ‘services.msc’ to disable Windows Update from starting up. I can probably use the WSUS tool if I want specific updates from that point on…

In theory, anyways. I will have to try it out. I don’t want to migrate if I can avoid it.

I want Captain America punching Elon, and Wonder Woman doing the same to Trump. Honestly, we have a rogue’s gallery of villains in Project 2025.

The way things are going, this would probably become a legit political platform…

PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG: You still don’t get it, ITS ABOUT THOSE WHO WILL NOT, NOT THOSE WHO CANNOT, IN MY NEW AMERICA THE POOR WILL BE ENSURED OF THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, WAR WILL BE FOUGHT BY EVERY MAN, NOT BY INTEREST GROUPS, AGAINST EVERY MAN

Aside from political leanings of services like Protonmail and Kagi, I look at one key thing: where they are headquartered. Kagi is in California, while Protonmail is in Switzerland. IMO, this means that if a civil war breaks out, they are less likely to poison or remove their service.

It is all about whether the workers and leadership are within reach of the law, be it official or the jungle.

You can also use Kagi’s video search AI to vet the political alignment of a video before watching. I don’t want to waste my time on facist-leaning content, be it political or economic.

I am hoping that Google bites the dust from this. Having stuff like Peertube becoming common, would go a long way towards mitigating media moguls from controlling narratives. As we have seen, the media organs of the right are staying silent or downlplaying what has been happening.

Also, it would be nice if the folk didn’t have to deal with baseless copyright takedowns. A lot of culture has been lost to feckless corpotacracy.

Most of the key people behind the Civil War and 1st Business Plot also were excused from justice, for the sake of soothing political tension. IMO, executing them would have been better for curtailing the corrosion of our society.

I used Thunderbird to simultaneously access and download my gmail and protonmail, gradually migrating my ecosystem to the latter. The way I figure, Protonmail would be good, on account of being based in Switzerland. That means assorted EU protections - and now with Vichy America likely to become a thing, having the servers in a safe spot seems really helpful.

The odds of us having military action in our neighborhoods has shot up by a disturbing degree.

Something adjacent to degoogling: I am concerned that Microsoft would collaborate with the Trump Regime. I never used Linux before, but I am now downloading Ubuntu. It feels like that I should do a dual-boot setup and get ready to abandon Windows if I hear about MS HQ in Washington having a DOGE presence.

Here’s hoping that Europe and the Blue States are watching Microsoft for anything weird.

I play all kinds of old games, Japanese games that require patching, and use mods. That technical stuff is why I haven’t tried Linux yet, because things are already irksome with a well-known OS. I don’t want to imagine what edge cases on Linux could be.

Unfortunately, I might be forced to make the switch if Microsoft decides to ally with the Trump Regime. 😱

I think a fair chunk of the military would ally with the Blue States. After all, Trump disbanded the cultural clubs of minorities, and is likely to steal their benefits or attempt genocide on them. The Blue Coalition would recruit the qualified people that Trump has exiled from Vichy America, and be far stronger for it.

The hatred of the Christofacist is not only bereft of morality, but also blind to the potential all people can have.

I would like it if Blue States mobilized their portion of the national guard to deter ICE and friends. That just seems prudent, especially if the GOP decides to launch a blitzkrieg with the goal of capturing the governors and other officials in Blue States.

I am a free speech absolutist myself: I like my enemies to out themselves as facist, and to be able to tell my like-minded comrades what should be done to those facists.

Elon is using free speech as a sword and shield, while not offering that freedom to others. He is first and foremost a coward, and secondly a hypocrite.

I vote for a collision with that car he launched into space.

The fucker started carrying one of his kids everywhere with him after Mangione did a Luigi on a POS. The poor tyke’s name is “X Æ A-Xii”. People are saying the kid is being used as a human shield…

Not that I am discouraging you or anyone from joining the Mario Party. It just highlights the sheer depravity that is Musk.

No, they are just two colors on a putrid rainbow of sin. We got jerks like Yarvin, and I am willing to bet a $1,000 that Bezos is going to join up with this lot.

Musk has ruined the reputation of the Shiba Inu. Thanks, you jackass.

I hope the states proactively do something to secure people against the breach. Are my life savings just going to go poof, without notice?

…I don’t want my money to enrich Musk. Or fascism.

By the way, I stopped by my local bank to ask questions about what they can do. They said they can’t do anything. However, they could give me physical Euros if I trade in my American Dollars. I think that I will do that. My gut says that the Dollar is a dead man walking. Plus, Elon can’t steal physical money.

I suspect the rise of mental illness has much to do with economy. The more uncertain you are about the future, the easier it becomes to be steeped in resentment.

It is the other end of the wealth horseshoe: The wealthy are free of consequence, and consequence no longer holds meaning among the poor. After all, you don’t have friends, a job, or a future. The only way anyone will remember you is if you leave a mark upon them. You may die, but the living are left with the suffering you have left behind.

…that is my guess about the mindset. :(

Furry hackers, they will be the Alan Turing of our struggle against fascism. May you yiff long and prosper.