ivpn is worth a look

you want a good, wide strap. otherwise, use the camera for a while before you buy more stuff. any bag will do if it’s padded, or just use socks or something for padding.

there are robust anti Microsoft and anti Google movements getting more and more mainstream over time. there are plenty of great alternatives to MS and Google software and services. Linux and FOSS as a whole is benefiting immensely from anti Microsoft sentiment right now. We can and should boycott these two terrible companies

“Avoiding fascist-supporting companies is inconvenient” is a poor excuse, especially when it’s so easy to degoogle compared to 10 years ago.

The Omacom Foundation (Omarchy) contributors listed are:

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell, Block co-founder Jack Dorsey, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, 37signals CEO Jason Fried, and Hansson himself.

Matthew Prince has in the past removed nazis from Cloudflare, maybe it’s worth bringing his attention to DHH’s support for Tommy Robinson and anti-immigrant protests in the UK. The rest of them seem at least sympathetic to, if not part of, the far right.

Because Americans are so starved for community and businesses, politicians, etc. know that they can get people to buy in if they make it seem like their business or campaign or organization will give them the social bonds they lack.

it’s not just tapering. it’s that tapering for some ppl can take much longer, years instead of weeks, and may need a switch to liquid SSRI to do so effectively. it also talks about studies on long term SSRI use or use in older adults that have found effects on cognition.

did you turn it off confess your sins, and turn it back on again?

bulk raising chickens in the millions is a totally different cost per animal ( is bulk slaughter and roasting them), than what you pay at a supply store

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

I never say “don’t listen to your doctor”, but your PCP isn’t a mental health professional and you need to be your own best advocate. Not every Psych works for every person, but there is very, very likely one that works for you who your insurance will cover. Since you have executive function now, it’s good that you’re taking action now. If you ever run out of executive function, reach out to trusted friends and family.

In an emergency, call 988 if you’re in the US or otherwise look up your local mental health crisis hotline now and write the number down.

Book appointments with both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. They are qualified to give you tools to handle anxiety and its companion, depression. It may take a couple of tries to find the right one.

In the meantime, look up breathing exercises for meditation and find ways to disconnect from things that trigger anxiety, like the news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Y3rapvvOQ - Why Smart Glasses Feel Different This Time

strikes require sacrifice and effort from workers. you need to hear their grievances and bring them together over a specific issue they think is worth it

more outreach to, and adoption by, communities that are not specifically tech- or FOSS-focused, like crafting, parenting, fashion, home repair, or brewing, for example. gotta keep chipping away at those network effects. onboarding and ux will need to be top tier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5MegoW2pA third place vs right to the city

yes. unions can go beyond a single business into the entire sector. Co-ops still operate in a capitalist market, but unions can (if militant enough) pressure the system as a whole. they complement each other.

American racism is pervasive and there are idiosyncratic ways in which it is expressed here, but Europe and Asia, for example, have their big and small ways of expressing it too. look at how people from Africa or Turkey are treated in Europe, or groups like the Sami, Romani, Uighur, and indigenous peoples everywhere. As another example, Latin America has pervasive colorism, which can also appear in pseudoscientific ways.

none of this is to excuse or minimize American racism. it’s one of the nation’s core atrocities. I just want people in other places to admit how much of a problem it is where they are too.

no one deserves this. voting patterns aren’t simply “ignorance”, they’re complex. because you dismiss it so easily, you can’t fight it.

structural racism and overt racism exist in America and most other places too.

all Americans grow up in the racist society that exists here, some of them attempt to fight it, many others don’t like it but don’t find a way to resist. others actively build and support it.

racist Americans voted for it, but are finding out how much it sucks. the majority of America never wanted any of this