@dennyhenke
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Thinking I'm going to be changing to a different account name. Same server, but a different account name. I've long used my name on various accounts and my own website but with things as they are in the US I'm taking steps to reduce the most obvious exposure and easy access to my identity.
I've felt very conflicted on this. On the one hand, I've always been open about my activism and beliefs online and in my community. But having my name hard-coded as the actual account name that I can't easily change seems like an unnecessary risk given where things are in the US and where they seem to be headed. What risk is acceptable?
That said, I have no illusions about being anonymous. That's not my intent. I've been publishing on the internet for nearly 30 years. I still have a blog that I intend to keep. But I have been taking measures to gradually scrub my name, location, etc from the most obvious places just as an added layer of obfuscation.
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#Privacy #Security #US #Fascism
I've felt very conflicted on this. On the one hand, I've always been open about my activism and beliefs online and in my community. But having my name hard-coded as the actual account name that I can't easily change seems like an unnecessary risk given where things are in the US and where they seem to be headed. What risk is acceptable?
That said, I have no illusions about being anonymous. That's not my intent. I've been publishing on the internet for nearly 30 years. I still have a blog that I intend to keep. But I have been taking measures to gradually scrub my name, location, etc from the most obvious places just as an added layer of obfuscation.
🤷🏾♂️
#Privacy #Security #US #Fascism
In 100% agreement especially with her concluding statement at the end of the interview.
For better or worse, it seems increasingly likely that the US as the dominant power on the planet is coming to a close. I'm not sure what to say about China being that new power but the US has been blocking climate progress for decades and under the current regime it's clear US policy is now a double down in the wrong direction.
Between increasing climate related disruption and geopolitics and economics, just, shit. This just looks like an intensifying disaster for the planet.
"Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss the global struggle to move away from fossil fuels and the future of the green transition, including the limitations of existing supply chains, geopolitical tensions, and the tech industry's role in the growth of extractive industries."
#Climate #Capitalism #US #China #Energy #Autocracy #EU #Oil #solar #war #politics
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/315_the_green_transition_needs_so_much_mining_w_thea_riofrancos
For better or worse, it seems increasingly likely that the US as the dominant power on the planet is coming to a close. I'm not sure what to say about China being that new power but the US has been blocking climate progress for decades and under the current regime it's clear US policy is now a double down in the wrong direction.
Between increasing climate related disruption and geopolitics and economics, just, shit. This just looks like an intensifying disaster for the planet.
"Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss the global struggle to move away from fossil fuels and the future of the green transition, including the limitations of existing supply chains, geopolitical tensions, and the tech industry's role in the growth of extractive industries."
#Climate #Capitalism #US #China #Energy #Autocracy #EU #Oil #solar #war #politics
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/315_the_green_transition_needs_so_much_mining_w_thea_riofrancos
I'm not a website accessibility expert but I've been learning the past few months and as of a week ago I've got our local rural regional library's website up to a solid result according to the IBM Acc...
A few other notes about the website:
- Static, hand coded html/css.
- Almost no javascript. I think at this point, the only javascript is the jotform links.
- The html for most pages come in at under 15kb. Even with images our site loads up fast even on slow rural internet.
At this point all of my sites are accessible though they could all use improvement. I'm still learning. You don't know what you don't know.
And they're all hand coded to be efficient and quick to load. Almost 100% free of javascript. The last thing I need to do over the next year or two is to get them all free of Google fonts. A mistake I made years ago.
- Static, hand coded html/css.
- Almost no javascript. I think at this point, the only javascript is the jotform links.
- The html for most pages come in at under 15kb. Even with images our site loads up fast even on slow rural internet.
At this point all of my sites are accessible though they could all use improvement. I'm still learning. You don't know what you don't know.
And they're all hand coded to be efficient and quick to load. Almost 100% free of javascript. The last thing I need to do over the next year or two is to get them all free of Google fonts. A mistake I made years ago.
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I'm not a website accessibility expert but I've been learning the past few months and as of a week ago I've got our local rural regional library's website up to a solid result according to the IBM Accessibilty Checker extension for Mozilla. There are still some improvements to be made but we're getting there.
The last time I looked there were no other Missouri sites even close to passing which is a shame. Frankly, very few websites I've checked pass.
Also, look at all the cool stuff my local library does! Use your local library and volunteer if you can. I can think of no other social space as important as a #library in a society that strives for continuing #education, #learning #literacy, #democracy and anything resembling #freedom.
Be a part of yours!
https://ozarkregional.org
The last time I looked there were no other Missouri sites even close to passing which is a shame. Frankly, very few websites I've checked pass.
Also, look at all the cool stuff my local library does! Use your local library and volunteer if you can. I can think of no other social space as important as a #library in a society that strives for continuing #education, #learning #literacy, #democracy and anything resembling #freedom.
Be a part of yours!
https://ozarkregional.org
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100% this. But also as it pointed out in the video, the United States is not a #democracy, is not democratic, it is not governed by the people. This is by design, and this has been the case for the entirety of the nation's existence I've mentioned Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States several times recently as I'm reading through it, and I will continue to recommend it. It makes pretty clear, what is also pointed out in this linked essay, the details are there decade after decade after decade. The political process of the United States, the two party system, this is not democracy, it is a fucking sham and always has been. Is a system designed by the wealthy for the wealthy.
"The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception."
#us #fascism
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=em2e-R7oHfA
"The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception."
#us #fascism
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=em2e-R7oHfA
I volunteer with these folks in advocacy of #FreeSoftware. For those of us that don't want to be subject to the #privacy violations of #Google, #Microsoft, #Apple, #Amazon, #Meta, there is a lot we can be doing to build and support the ecosystem of privacy respecting #libre software.
There are thousands of folks, including those that built the Fediverse, doing this work every single day. We should all be doing our part to support them.
Not only that, we can all help our friends, family and fellow workers learn more about why Free Software is the better choice in terms of human rights, equality, user freedom and even our use of natural resources.
Please consider following and supporting the work we're doing to counter #bigtech. We can build a better #tech experience that is repairable and focused on serving users and communities rather than billionaire oligarchs.
Fuck those guys. Join us!
At the end of 2026 USians shouldn't be crying about how terrible the year was. FUCK THAT.
ENOUGH ALREADY. Stop asking. Stop begging. Stop pretending anyone other than we will fix our problem.
- St...
This is not about getting back to some previous normal. The previous normal was too shit to return to. We've known for awhile that the core was weakening, that it was rotting, that we were neglecting it. This is about building something new.
We use the crisis they are causing against them. We use their attempt to subjugate us against them. Like our loving brothers and sisters in MN we extend our empathy outward, we embrace one another and build action based in solidarity and love.
Our future should not be about what we can tuck behind a picket fence and in a two car garage in a comfortable middle class suburban home.
Our future is our resistance to their attempts to subjugate us. Our future is our resistance to their attempt to make us afraid.
Our future is our ability to confront our long history of genocide, subjugation, white supremacy and injustice. This crisis is an opportunity for transformation. They started something that we should finish.
#TheyShouldBeAfraid #M26 #May26
We use the crisis they are causing against them. We use their attempt to subjugate us against them. Like our loving brothers and sisters in MN we extend our empathy outward, we embrace one another and build action based in solidarity and love.
Our future should not be about what we can tuck behind a picket fence and in a two car garage in a comfortable middle class suburban home.
Our future is our resistance to their attempts to subjugate us. Our future is our resistance to their attempt to make us afraid.
Our future is our ability to confront our long history of genocide, subjugation, white supremacy and injustice. This crisis is an opportunity for transformation. They started something that we should finish.
#TheyShouldBeAfraid #M26 #May26
What might the demands of such a campaign be? I can imagine a long list. Some of these may seem unrealistic but why not push the overton window? Frankly, fuck capitalism. We're in the middle of a capi...
At the end of 2026 USians shouldn't be crying about how terrible the year was. FUCK THAT.
ENOUGH ALREADY. Stop asking. Stop begging. Stop pretending anyone other than we will fix our problem.
- Start speaking about a rolling #GeneralStrike starting May 1, 2026
- Start speaking about a non-stop boycott starting May 1, 2026
- Start saving your money for work outages
- Cancel your vacation and save that money for our effort
- Start planning with your neighbors and your co-workers now
- Organize neighborhood planning meetings, potlucks in homes, and assemblies
- Learn from the love and bravery of those in MN. Be inspired, learn, act
- Make room in and around your home for people that need help during extended protests and work outages
- Build personal and neighborhood capacity
- Start saving money for mutual aid
- Start building personal and community food storage for extended disruption
- Develop neighborhood communication, face-to-face and using Signal
#May26 #May1
ENOUGH ALREADY. Stop asking. Stop begging. Stop pretending anyone other than we will fix our problem.
- Start speaking about a rolling #GeneralStrike starting May 1, 2026
- Start speaking about a non-stop boycott starting May 1, 2026
- Start saving your money for work outages
- Cancel your vacation and save that money for our effort
- Start planning with your neighbors and your co-workers now
- Organize neighborhood planning meetings, potlucks in homes, and assemblies
- Learn from the love and bravery of those in MN. Be inspired, learn, act
- Make room in and around your home for people that need help during extended protests and work outages
- Build personal and neighborhood capacity
- Start saving money for mutual aid
- Start building personal and community food storage for extended disruption
- Develop neighborhood communication, face-to-face and using Signal
#May26 #May1
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In the months leading up to May 1, 2026 let's build a GLOBAL #BOYCOTT. People can begin now, pledge to delete their accounts at the major US tech platforms:
- #Amazon
- #Google
- #Meta
- #Micros...
What might the demands of such a campaign be? I can imagine a long list. Some of these may seem unrealistic but why not push the overton window? Frankly, fuck capitalism. We're in the middle of a capitalist backed fascist take-over and a climate emergency.
- Immediate cancellation of contracts with any military, intelligence, or security agency in any nation
- Immediate cancellation of contracts with ICE and DHS specifically
- Unionization where none exists
- Agreements to worker and citizen advisory councils to begin a process of auditing and oversight. What??? Yeah. Push it as far as possible from the exclusive focus on profit at the expense of the public good to a worker-citizen based process.
WE STOP ASKING. stop pretending we have no power. Fuck this begging of political parties that are bought and paid for. We build towards a series of General Strikes and an ongoing boycott.
The love and #resistance energy we see in Minneapolis but
EVERYWHERE. #GeneralStrike #Solidarity
- Immediate cancellation of contracts with any military, intelligence, or security agency in any nation
- Immediate cancellation of contracts with ICE and DHS specifically
- Unionization where none exists
- Agreements to worker and citizen advisory councils to begin a process of auditing and oversight. What??? Yeah. Push it as far as possible from the exclusive focus on profit at the expense of the public good to a worker-citizen based process.
WE STOP ASKING. stop pretending we have no power. Fuck this begging of political parties that are bought and paid for. We build towards a series of General Strikes and an ongoing boycott.
The love and #resistance energy we see in Minneapolis but
EVERYWHERE. #GeneralStrike #Solidarity
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In the months leading up to May 1, 2026 let's build a GLOBAL #BOYCOTT. People can begin now, pledge to delete their accounts at the major US tech platforms:
- #Amazon
- #Meta
- #Microsoft
- #Apple
Imagine for a minute, what that looks like! The lead-up to that day and the actual day. If hundreds of millions people, globally, were to actually delete their accounts (or at least stop using them to purchase services).
Those CEOS, those boards and stock holders SHOULD FEAR US. They think themselves isolated from their actions.
We should not just talk shit about them, we should end their companies, we should cut their companies to the ground.
With the internet, is such a thing really so far fetched? For fucks sake, we have the internet.
THEY. SHOULD. FEAR. US.
WE. SHOULD. MAKE. THEM. FEAR. US.
Global Boycott. Start now. Build, build, build. #DeleteDay2026 #TheyShouldBeAfraid
Dare to imagine kicking those fuckers in their testicles.
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