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@LundukeJournal Incoming “voluntary” passkey-only DID protocol. Cars made after 2030 will require user confirmation to operate.

It is truly preposterous, the number of Operating Systems which the new Age Verification laws would technically apply to. From the latest Federal bill (HR 8250): “The term “operating system” means software that supports the basic functions of a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.” In other words… FreeDOS would need to implement Age Verification under this bill. An open source MS-DOS clone which doesn’t even have the concept of “users”. Truly insane.

The Parents Decide Act makes Apple and Google verify every user's age at device setup. The bill doesn't say how. It hands that to the FTC, so a federal agency gets to decide whether your face scan, ID, or credit card is the price of turning on a phone. It's called the Parents Decide Act but parents don't decide anything. The FTC decides what counts as age verification, Apple and Google decide how to collect it, and every American hands over ID to turn on a phone. Parents lose power. The state gains it. reclaimthenet.org/us-bill-mandat…

@LundukeJournal So….. touch screen soda dispensers, a ti85 calculator, your cars a/c, your car at all in some cases, your phone, the pay kiosk at the store, the library copy machine, atm’s, self-checkouts, any home appliance made anymore… Just sign your authority to a company next?

@LuisAlejandro @alfkkifine “Let me explain to you how to properly respond to such situations with True Empathy by doing the exact opposite in immediately shutting you down, invalidating and correcting you.”

This is just plain wrong. You cannot have action and empathy at the same time, they are incompatible. The emotional state required for one is the opposite of the other. Ideally, you would offer empathy FIRST, which requires stillness, presence and understanding. After she's reached a point where she's prepared to listen to alternatives, THEN you can be pragmatic and proactive. That being said, that is TERRIBLY difficult for us men. We are always in proactive mode; we need some training to lower the guard and be present.

The internet constantly tells women that men are terrible listeners because the second a woman starts venting about her day, the man immediately interrupts to offer a logical solution. We are taught to view this as him being dismissive, emotionally unintelligent, or invalidating our feelings. ​The strict, unpopular truth is that to a man, fixing the problem is his absolute highest, most desperate form of empathy. ​Women vent to connect; we want our partner to just sit in the dark with us and validate the emotion. But men are hardwired to view the woman they love being in distress as an active threat. When he immediately offers a spreadsheet, a strategy, or a solution to your problem, he isn't trying to silence you. His brain has recognized that something in the world is hurting his partner, and his immediate, visceral instinct is to assassinate the thing causing you pain. We constantly shame men for "not just listening," completely ignoring the fact that his attempt to fix your life is his most profound declaration of love.

@LuisAlejandro @alfkkifine Op is describing compassion, which builds off empathy. You proved your final point by replying in the first place

@Andrew_Maj42 Oh ffs

⚖️ KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Suspicion alone isn’t a crime. But lawful instructions from authorities must still be followed in the moment. If you believe your rights were violated, challenge it through proper legal channels.

@Andrew_Maj42 Yes taking up the abuse of Rights with the abuser is what will bring about meaningful change. 🙄

@FinancialPhys @HodlMagoo Tbf your aim was to piss off bitcoiners so magoo’s reaction seems justified here. I think you should clarify the middle part though

@HodlMagoo What? Did you even read the original post Fuck off and stay fucked off

Let me also piss off the Bitcoin clan today too: The problem Bitcoin has for now is that people still have to buy USD first before they can buy anything other than safe passage toll through the Strait of Hormuz —Only to be stopped by the US govt for paying the toll in Bitcoin

@FinancialPhys Yes, the bridge is something i don’t think anyone can truly conceive because it will probably be more of a boat than a bridge

@BigDickBarclay @Guns_com @SDS_Arms @NRA Thats what they said last time

@Guns_com @SDS_Arms @NRA Super excited to see this on forgotten weapons in a couple years

Is this the first of its kind? We’ve never seen anything like this before. Stopped by our friends at @SDS_Arms while at @nra 2026 and got our hands on the Tokarev TPA 12, affectionately called the “Butt Pump.” #purveyorsoffreedom #fuelyourfreedom

@Jeff_Eager Ask the roads.

Do Portland people believe the city is recovering?

@Oregonian Just the breaks on everyones tires and suspension Want an idea of the state of the economy? Look at its roads.

‘I refuse to put the brakes on our recovery,’ Portland mayor says amid looming budget cuts oregonlive.com/politics/2026/…

Digital ID systems always promise security and always deliver breaches. The EU's new age verification app got hacked in under two minutes. Passport photos were stored unencrypted. PIN protection was bypassed with a text editor. Von der Leyen called it "technically ready." Every ID check is a future breach waiting to happen... reclaimthenet.org/eu-age-verific…

The Illinois law (HB 5511) which would require Operating Systems to add Age Verification has passed the Illinois House of Representatives and is now moving to the State Senate. The vote was 82 to 27 in favor of the law. HB 5511 is sponsored entirely by a group of 11 Democrat Representatives (no Republicans), and was voted for by every Democrat in the Illinois House (as well as a small number of Republicans). All 27 law makers who voted “Nay” on this bill were Republicans. This law was pitched specifically as a “Children’s Social Media” bill, but is heavily focused on all “Internet connected Operating Systems” One unique part of this law, when compared to other “Operating Systems Age Verification” laws, is that it provides an exemption to some of the age requirements… if the Operating Systems provides a paid “Family Account Platform”. The idea is that a parent could create an umbrella “Family” account which would then treat all sub-members of that account (including kids) as having the same age as the parent who created the account. For example: the OS would report that a 7 year old is really 37 (or whatever age the parent is). But this is *only* allowed when such a “Family Account Platform” is a paid feature. It cannot be free. In other words: Age verification for your kids, on all computers, unless you pay. Then your kids are the same age as you. Peculiar. The bill is now waiting to be picked up by a Senate committee. This is not likely to happen before April 28th, when the Illinois Senate is back in session.

@Got_Mittens @PoliceThePolic1

So they were fishing in a private pond, where this guy purchased the fish to populate the pond, with signs that explicitly said "no fishing", and they're not the first people that came to steal his fish. The guy may or may not be a state trooper. He didn't blow their brains out nor did he arrest them. He just wanted to intimidate them into respecting his property. He also seemed very distressed over the fish's suffering from hanging from a hook. Verdict: The guy overdid it but his reaction was understandable. He may have mistook them for adults, too. Nobody got hurt in the end, and no further attention should be given to it.

⚠️ Cop Tells 2 12 Y/O Kids "I'll Blow Your Brains Out. I'm a State Trooper, I will Get Away With It." For the crime of catch and release fishing, an off duty "State trooper" threatened the young men with decapitation & proudly proclaimed he'd get away with it.

@treelove @HodlMagoo Bros out here claiming teeth need to learn how to bite themselves 🙄

@HodlMagoo If bitcoin can’t endure through human idiocy, it was always flawed. All things must be designed for unrelenting human stupidity. It’s why take away coffee cups say “contents HOT”

We have reached the point in Bitcoin adoption where the average holder is now dumb. This isn’t a throw away comment or joke as it has extreme implications when it comes to consensus.

@treelove @HodlMagoo Missing the point. Its called user error.

@DSBeefin @HodlMagoo Math doesn’t care about humanity. Consensus rules are dependent on humanity.

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@TinaKotek Re-election? You really are a complete retard York is due east, bitch

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@HeritageMatterz How they figure this out year 900

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