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  • This is a great point. I think overt polarization is a major issue, because it means other bad actors get really far with something as simple as "trump bad".

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  • Sticking with my original statement of "OK":

    You were an OK governor. You'll never be president. Real change will never come from a career politician.

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  • I'm literally not suggesting that anyone vote for him.

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  • Yeah. My bar for "OK" is pretty low.

    Actively standing against Trump probably gets him more credit than it should, but given the landscape, I'm sticking with it.

    Perfection cannot be the enemy of progress.

  • Kristi Noem says people should be prepared to prove US citizenship

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  • Papers, Please

    It's a fantastic single-player game if you need a distraction while the world is destroyed around you and your friends and family are murdered.

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  • I agree. It may have a few years ago. The level of bullshittery for a nottheonion has inflated wildly.

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  • Oh ffs. I'm so tired of the "I'm just asking questions" bullshit.

    Don't have Nazis on your podcast.

    You were an OK governor. You'll never be president. Real change will never come from a career politician.

  • Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota

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  • This is part of the strategy.

    Keep cranking things slowly up. Keep increasing the heat. Frog in a frying pan.

    Note how a literal murder is useful as a fear tactic.

    Before Charlie Kirk, there was Horst Wessel.

  • Leavitt Derides Reporters for Expressing Concerns Over Trump’s Desire to Cancel Midterms

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  • This administration thrives on the quick dismissal. Once it works, they take real action. It is extremely important that this does not leave public consciousness.

    Just like Epstein and a bunch of other shit they have stacked up.

  • Trump: ‘We shouldn’t even have an election’

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  • I like to think the number nationwide is sizeable but media control and especially social media algorithms make it hard to see. But you could be right and there are only dozens of us.

  • ‘Absolutely no detail’: experts alarmed as Trump unveils healthcare plan

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  • At this point he should be impeached again just for wasting everyone's time

    (Impeachment is useless, I know. It's a joke)

  • Trump: ‘We shouldn’t even have an election’

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  • Oh cool, the thing everyone with a brain has said would happen is happening

  • Fearing Midterm Loss, Trump Once Again Says 'We Shouldn't Even Have an Election'

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  • Every MAGA comment I've seen about him sounds like they wish his dick was in their mouth at that very moment. (So it kind of is)

  • What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

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  • It is a misconception that you cannot do encryption with ham radio.

    Affordability -- looks like a wash to me.

    Ease of access -- maybe. But it generally does less, so it's a tradeoff.

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  • The G90 is a much, much better radio.

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  • I'm not trying to drag anything down. But I think it is important for many people to realize that the meshtastic is ultimately a ham device. It is using specific parts of the spectrum and reduced power to avoid needing the license. There's nothing wrong with that, but by definition, it isn't really adding anything that can't also be done on ham. In a similar vein, the only direction to go in terms of enhancing its capabilities is further into ham.

    And no, I didn't spend a bunch of time doing anything. People vastly overestimate the complexity of the ham radio exams.

    But by all means, use what you want to communicate. I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from it -- I just think it's important that they know the limitations of the device compared to the greater whole in which it exists.

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  • It allows for worldwide comms, even in situations where entire infrastructures cease to exist. This is especially useful for emergency situations.

    There are many, many digital modes on ham radio. The encryption question is one of legality -- not capability. But the short answer is yes, you can do various things with data on ham radio.

    I guess it's a question of the level of disaster / political strife / etc which causes the internet to no longer be usable.

    Edit: worth noting that mesh is effectively a kind of ham radio device, which uses some ham spectra and can be subject to the same rules about encryption (it is specifically illegal in the US to use "messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning", FCC Title 47 Section 97.113). Digital signing, for example, does not violate this.

    The only reason you don't need a license for mesh is because it is using specific, reduced power transmissions and specific parts of the spectra. Adjusting these settings beyond the acceptable range (e.g. boosting output power) would mean you need a license just like any other ham device.

    Here's an example of intercepting and transmitting mesh content using an off-the-shelf ham radio SDR.