Posts by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
(DIR) Post #Ad0E8KXuy2zyCx8UbY by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2023-12-20T13:52:58Z
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@wjmaggos We've seen the effects of tolerating fascists on Twitter and Facebook: inevitably, they spread disinformation and in many cases endanger the physical safety of vulnerable people. I think it's reasonable to call that "not policing users that are assoles to users on other servers."I suspend an instance when it's clear the fascist assholes are not being disciplined by the admin. Or, as often happens, the admin IS the fascist asshole.@tchambers
(DIR) Post #Ad0MQdJaitEhGSfnnc by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2023-12-20T15:25:56Z
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@wjmaggos The problem with this line of argument is that fascists are actively advancing the same argument, trying to strip the word "fascism" of its established meaning, trying to use disinformation to make us doubt that anything at all is objectively true.@diaeter @tchambers
(DIR) Post #Ad0UZbwQ00xZF9csxU by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2023-12-20T15:29:36Z
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@wjmaggos#Russian trolls are trying hard to get #Trump reelected using disingenuous arguments and #disinformation and #gaslighting. Well-intentioned people who find themselves sounding like Russian trolls should change their argument. I'm not going to make a distinction between the trolls and the people who sound exactly like them.@diaeter @tchambers
(DIR) Post #Ad0tNBJDgn1S1YSeyu by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2023-12-20T21:35:01Z
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@wjmaggosI'm saying, as clearly as I know how, that an instance where the admin doesn't suspend fascists is an instance I'll suspend from federation with my own instance.Fascists don't "engage" in good faith. There isn't a debate with fascists. They aren't here for a conversation.@diaeter
(DIR) Post #AdJtd6hvaDmXrtRqb2 by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2023-12-29T18:27:24Z
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@mima I'm happy to suspend an instance for posting lolicon. I'm not going to do it without evidence, because there are some seriously bad faith actors in the Fediverse. @tooters is a faceless Internet stranger to me, as is pretty much everyone else on the Fediverse. I'd prefer to trust AND verify.We can quibble about the best kind of evidence, but "zero" isn't it.@sakanaa
(DIR) Post #AhIkbPg3vqLHsPjLpg by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-04-15T15:15:42Z
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@mstdn_jp@mstdn.jp @TheAdmin@mastodon.cloud @berserker@berserker.town Admins, is there some reason you have decided to ignore reports about your Holocaust-denying users? Surely five days is enough time, and surely suspension is the only reasonable response.あなたがあなたのホロコーストを否定するユーザーのレポートを無視することを決めた理由はありますか？ 確かに5日間は応答を期待するのに十分な時間です。mifuneoristhisnamealreadytaken@mstdn.jp http://web.archive.org/web/20240415145824/https://mstdn.jp/@mifuneoristhisnamealreadytaken/112242763171636691CensorsAreCultists@mastodon.cloud http://web.archive.org/web/20240415150238/https://mastodon.cloud/@CensorsAreCultists/112243023903072673CensorsAreCultists@berserker.town http://web.archive.org/web/20240415151052/https://berserker.town/@CensorsAreCultists/112232533548353161#FediBlock
(DIR) Post #AjWNmCw9g69uLe0a0G by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-07-02T12:50:35Z
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I thought I might spend more time worrying about Joe #Biden having a bad debate.But now that the #SupremeCourt has decided that the President is above the law, I think I'm done debating whether Biden is old. That topic is officially closed.From now on, the people arguing about whether Biden can do the job of #POTUS are just distracting us from the vastly more important question of whether Trump gets to be a dictator.#Fascism
(DIR) Post #AklTz91E7Ht5UE5tcu by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-08-08T18:06:42Z
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@ErikUden No action on abuse reports is all the answer I need.#FediBlock@omnipotens@linuxrocks.online
(DIR) Post #AkuAv3BXiLRnWrtQTw by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-08-12T20:37:33Z
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@mattwilcox In other democratic countries (I hear), it's the responsibility of government to get citizens on the voter rolls. In the U.S., it's considered the responsibility of the citizen to register.The American system makes no sense until it's seen as a vestige of the #JimCrow era, in which white supremacists were looking for ways to prevent formerly enslaved people from voting. Thus the default is "You can't vote."#VoterRegistration
(DIR) Post #Aniq2ZePMKBGuCxs7E by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-06-25T12:32:02Z
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@iBlame I do* Historic European Martial Arts (HEMA), which is based on some 14th Century fencing manuals. I've heard there are some fascists who think HEMA has some vague connection to what they believe, but they aren't part of the community and wouldn't be welcome.*Well, did before COVIDhttps://www.londonlongsword.com/far/
(DIR) Post #AobzCWCCLbzqZ94e7U by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2024-12-01T18:26:16Z
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@david Do you have an example post?
(DIR) Post #AtJvqiDrr7WH6vZ7zc by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-04-21T15:30:20Z
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@MaryAustinBooks #Fascists have no defense against ridicule.Years ago I was a university student, and there was a right wing Bible thumper preaching at the central green on our campus. All very hateful: all the women were whores, all the men were whoremongers, we were all bound for hell, etc.So a man showed up waving a sign that said "Aryan Christians for White Womanhood," and applauded wildly at everything the preacher said.
(DIR) Post #Aw0FT9hOwPQqbxVt8S by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-07-10T21:37:51Z
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@Nonilex Polygraphs are useless at detecting lies. But they're quite good at scaring people into confessing stuff.
(DIR) Post #AyZvwoYOd6KnVd9zIe by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-05-07T20:07:50Z
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#Tor and #ActivityPub experts, I'm curious to know if anyone has attempted to create a Fediverse instance as an Onion Service.I understand that server-to-server communications in ActivityPub use HTTPS POST. So I imagine the sticking point would be routing server-to-server communications over the Tor network from, say, mastodon.social to valencia.onion.Is this a problem with a trivial solution? Or perhaps an intractable one?
(DIR) Post #AygkEXhuAHmn850wZE by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-09-28T22:34:13Z
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With regard to #Tor #OnionServices on the #Fediverse, I've set up a Mitra instance as an onion service, with lots of help from @silverpill. From there I should be able to federate with clearnet instances that proxy via Tor.I understand Mitra, Pleroma, and Epicyon, amont others, can proxy via Tor. Has anyone gotten a clearnet instance of Mastodon to proxy via Tor? There are tantalizing hints in the documentation. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#hidden-services@evan @helge @mellifluousbox @andypiper
(DIR) Post #Aytrsmh75T9VveG6qm by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-10-05T13:21:37Z
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@Nonilex @vextaur 100 miles "from any land or maritime border" is the claimed zone, which basically means they're saying a beach on Lake Michigan is the border. If we want to change that, we have to take back our government first.Here's a map.
(DIR) Post #AzH494ScT5ehkU5ei0 by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-10-16T17:57:23Z
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@Nonilex The use of the phrase "violent clashes" in the headline suggests a two-sided fight. This was one-sided violence directed at peaceful protesters.
(DIR) Post #AzLlFwE8YI7Atvg1RI by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-10-18T23:00:50Z
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#NoKings in Omaha, Nebraska.#Epstein
(DIR) Post #AzsPzY2z5wPPaIdRpI by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-11-03T18:24:31Z
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@QasimRashid If we had that rule, we'd exclude experienced people with good ideas, for a completely arbitrary reason.There's no version of term limits that is any better than simply electing better candidates.
(DIR) Post #B0NTuPLIy6ZuqfJv4i by BlueDot@left-tusk.com
2025-11-16T18:43:51Z
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