A commendable attempt at building the foundations of a progressive movement that breaks the current political stagnation we have endured for the past forty years or more.

Unfortunately the majority of people are inexplicably content to be shafted by successive governments whatever their political persuasion.

We don’t want to be part of the Zuckusphere.

UK

As someone who lives in the UK, this government and their adoption of authoritarian policies in the recent past is depressing.

I just hope when given the opportunity next year at the polling stations, the British electorate doesn’t vite to be f**ked Inthe ass again for the next five years.

Switched back in the summer for good. Use Firefox in my android as the default browser with DuckDuckGo as search engine. The issue is still relying on the android digital hemisphere as the default OS for my phone.

Edit : The only thing lacking is tab management. I know there is an extension. But it doesn’t satisfy.

I regret being complicit in allowing these silicon valley behemoths to reach a point where they’re indelibly linked to practically every aspect of the average person’s digital life.

At least the Fediverse and Lemmy are showing the way forward.

Why is Star Wars?

Victoria’s firing coincided with the last time Reddit was prominently in mainstream media. This was back in 2015 when Ellen Pao’s controversial tenure as CEO led to questionable subreddits being expunged from the site.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/30/reddit-ellen-pao?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

It remindeds me of the time my family signed up to AOL after using one of their free trial discs from a magazine. It has the same feel as those days, discovering forums and messages boards dedicated to all kinds of esoteric interests you could think of.

It’s like the days before the dark times, before the empire.

Only the most superficial of people would use this reason as a method for diminishing or isolating someone.

I would question my relationship with them if this is their outlook.