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Mandatory Fun

@serverroomrelic.bsky.social

Software and sci-fi nerd. LGBT brown person in a US GOP state. Left of center; Tired left-unity advocate. Frequently uses the mute and report buttons for trolls and bots.

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Post image 28.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4368    πŸ” 1527    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 92

Basically, i dislike modern leftist organizing from what I’ve seen at my local DSA.

Very little usability or accessibility outside of gamer subculture.

I prefer web forums, blogs, newsletters, etc and saving the chat platforms for quick decision making and asking questions

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I shudder to think what that’s like for someone nontechnical, or elderly; never mind all the privacy and opsec issues of hosting your antifa resistance on a cloud computing platform that the users dont own.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I cant handle discord.

Maybe its neurodivergence, but if i join yet another server for organizing, and it has 50+ subchannels, everything is muted by default to prevent a flood of pings and i do not have the spoons to figure out which are the important channel.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Basically, i dislike modern leftist organizing from what I’ve seen at my local DSA.

Very little usability or accessibility outside of gamer subculture.

I prefer web forums, blogs, newsletters, etc and saving the chat platforms for quick decision making and asking questions

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I shudder to think what that’s like for someone nontechnical, or elderly; never mind all the privacy and opsec issues of hosting your antifa resistance on a cloud computing platform that the users dont own.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I cant handle discord.

Maybe its neurodivergence, but if i join yet another server for organizing, and it has 50+ subchannels, everything is muted by default to prevent a flood of pings and i do not have the spoons to figure out which are the important channel.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Explains why Anthropic backed out at the last minute.

Such goodness in their hearts! /s

01.03.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure seems like Anthropic saw the writing on the wall and decided to try and get ahead of something at the last minute

01.03.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I did this with my parents’ VCR player. It looked hungry and i had spare cookies.

He’s just giving it a sample of bologna before making a sammich

01.03.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering all the smoothbrains that said trump was anti-war and Harris was pro-war.

01.03.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG! 🀩

01.03.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1146    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

Acute angle, even!

01.03.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is extremely funny that Paramount+ is running ads on Paramount+ about buying ad time on Paramount+

01.03.2026 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the hel...

"U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Updated:

28.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8836    πŸ” 2697    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 70

Fidel Castro (attempted)

01.03.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13656    πŸ” 4337    πŸ’¬ 464    πŸ“Œ 339
A screenshot of an Android app. Text:

β–² Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

Debug Log

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm)

Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

A screenshot of an Android app. Text: β–² Nearby Glasses Smart Glasses are probably nearby Device: Unknown RSSI: -42 dBm Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E) Company: Meta Platforms, Inc. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning. Debug Log [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/...

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

23.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1963    πŸ” 1007    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 76

🎯

These are catch-and-kill operations β€” Twitter, WaPo, CBS, now CNN

27.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

According to Nielsen, 'CBS Evening News' just recorded its lowest-rated February of the 21st century, averaging 4.4 million total viewers and 538,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

27.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3261    πŸ” 641    πŸ’¬ 317    πŸ“Œ 387

But medium term (i.e. in 2029) we need to make DC a state, expand and rebalance the Supreme Court, and pass sweeping national voting rights protectionsβ€”and that’s just table stakes.

28.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Long term, we need parliamentary government.

The executive should be chosen by and easily removable by a simple majority of parliament. Less incentive to act lawlessly and more accountability it it happens.

And that parliament should be elected through mixed-member proportional representation.

28.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Henry
Cuellar
U.S. Representative ("D")
TX-28
Primary Date: March 3rd
WARNING:
PRO-ICE
β€’ Voted to let ICE strip-search children.
β€’ Voted for DHS funding.
β€’ Voted to thank ICE
during LA Occupation.

Henry Cuellar U.S. Representative ("D") TX-28 Primary Date: March 3rd WARNING: PRO-ICE β€’ Voted to let ICE strip-search children. β€’ Voted for DHS funding. β€’ Voted to thank ICE during LA Occupation.

50501
Ricardo
Villarreal
Running for TX-28 (D)
Veteran & Physician
Primary Date: March 3rd
Not Pro-ICE
β€’ Protested Dilley detention center.
β€’ Opposed DHS funding vote.
β€’ Running against pro-ICE Trump collaborator.

50501 Ricardo Villarreal Running for TX-28 (D) Veteran & Physician Primary Date: March 3rd Not Pro-ICE β€’ Protested Dilley detention center. β€’ Opposed DHS funding vote. β€’ Running against pro-ICE Trump collaborator.

To abolish ICE, we must abolish pro-ICE β€œDem” collaborators.

Pro-ICE incumbent Henry Cuellar is running in the TX-28 Democratic primary against Physician & Veteran Ricardo Villarreal on March 3rd, 2026.

Don’t forget to vote!

28.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 737    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 14

Instead of building a future, these fuckers would rather destroy everything than be held accountable

28.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
For All Mankind- Season 3 Alternate News Opening Scene #AlternateNews #AlternateNewsHeadlines
YouTube video by Pathfinder Unknown For All Mankind- Season 3 Alternate News Opening Scene #AlternateNews #AlternateNewsHeadlines

youtu.be/h7p1lQMbgks

A different world is possible:

28.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A cartoon image in the style of the TV show Family Guy, depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands in front of the U.S. Capitol building, posed as if they are dancing on pedestals. 

A plaque between them reads: β€œWe celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his β€˜closest friend’ Jeffrey Epstein.”

A cartoon image in the style of the TV show Family Guy, depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands in front of the U.S. Capitol building, posed as if they are dancing on pedestals. A plaque between them reads: β€œWe celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his β€˜closest friend’ Jeffrey Epstein.”

28.02.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 28.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think recent develooments in Ukraine and possibly Taiwan will result in MORE countries seeking secret nukes, not less.

Dark times.

28.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Its a little more nuanced but i think they wanted the *safety* of nuclear weapons without actually building them.

They wouldn’t enrich uranium to that purity unless its to advertise that they CAN. Sort of like Japan: they could have a nuke within a year.

28.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0