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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

First what needs to happen is the US stop unconditionally funding the IDF.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

(I mean, it is in their charter)

pretty sure it's no longer in their charter.

Also why do you keep calling it an army. Gaza doesn't have an army.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Quite a few nations capitulated against the Nazis within days or even without a fight to avoid war. It saved a lot of lives. Does that make it the right choice? Who is to say...

What's for sure is that Boris shouldn't have vetoed the peace agreement in 2022.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You put the someone in a re-education camp

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Pray, how do I login to the same account on my second phone? Or do you mean you can link multiple computers to the account on your phone? In which case, I'm not running that on my old laptop.

Edit: I'll answer my own question:

Multiple mobile devices ... are not currently supported.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007320551-Linked-Devices

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Well, that's news to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Signal app size 165MB. Conversations: 42MB.

I can't message someone on Signal without installing Signal or Molly which also uses Signal servers, which has to be trusted on good faith (can't run my own). Ergo a walled garden just like Whatsapp.

I can't register with just a username & password. I have to trust their PR saying they don't store my ph #.

US has some of the worst legislation when it comes to privacy; when the agencies decide they want your data, Signal will not be allowed to tell you. And don't give me the bs line that they only store 3 pieces of info about you. Unless you've built their server software you don't know what they collect am store.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I use Signal. It's the in thing in my circles.

The desktop version cannot be used independently; you still need to make and maintain an account on a smart phone. Also the desktop version uses crazy memory. It's a pos. I no longer use it. Also you're limited to 2 devices: one phone & one comp. I sync my xmpp chats between 3 or 4, depending.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This is what I would do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yes, very well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yea, nah. Say what you want about X, but Meta is in a whole other league than X. In my communities it's monopolising to a large degree:

  • finding housemates/sharehouses,
  • buying/selling second-hand goods online,
  • info on events,
  • news-updates for community groups, and even
  • shift swaps at work

amongs others. All essential services that Meta took over one by one.

X on the other hand is just a micro-blogging platform.

 

The judge's ruling can be read here: https://cryptome.org/2023/12/kunstler-v-cia-077.pdf

 

edit:

More coverage on the case Kunstler vs CIA:

CIA Loses Bid to Throw Out Lawsuit for Violating Rights of Julian Assange’s Visitors at Ecuadorean Embassy: Case Sets Stage for Exposing CIA Clandestine Surveillance of Attorneys and Journalists https://www.laprogressive.com/law-and-the-justice-system/cia-slammed-for-violating-rights

Judge Rules Assange Visitors May Sue CIA For Allegedly Violating Privacy https://thedissenter.org/judge-assange-visitors-may-sue-cia-for-spying/

I'm personally not convinced that el-pais got the headline right unfortunately, unless they know something other journalists covering the case don't...

 

More coverage:

Die Verleihung des Hannah-Arendt-Preises an Masha Gessen in Bremen musste im Hinterhof stattfinden (German language) https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=108755

 

Transcript included in link.

Direct link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j_KvkltUW

But even so, I mean, all of this is really irrelevant whether Julian’s a journalist or not. The question is, is Julian accused of journalism? And he is. It is the activity that has been criminalized. Not whether he falls into a category or not. It’s the category of the activity that is being criminalized. Receiving, obtaining, and communicating information to the public.

 

The url has changed since I posted this. The correct url is

https://thedissenter.org/us-congress-resolution-urges-end-assange-case/

 

The url has changed since I posted this. The correct url is

https://thedissenter.org/us-congress-resolution-urges-end-assange-case/

 

The url has changed since I posted this. The correct url is

https://thedissenter.org/us-congress-resolution-urges-end-assange-case/

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