Hard Pass

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/71169372

The pedocracy is still bullying us, so it's time for another protest. Sunday September 20 at all locations, ideally the busier ones should be prioritized.

This will never be the 51st, 52nd, or any number US state. NEVER EVER.

If I had the money, I'd make one of those giant billboard-y signs, the kind you see US lawmakers hold up with big graphics on them, with have the infamous pic of Trump with Epstein, or maybe a sign that reads "How are things in our future 11th province?" Bullhorns are a great idea too. Just sayin'.

Remember to be safe. Americans all have the right to a gun, and while they can't be bothered to use that right to put an end to the dictatorship, you can sure as shit bet they're dumb enough to carry them over the border, and unless the border guards catch them, they could potentially bring them here. I don't know how guns work at the border but plenty of people get let through without them really checking anything. Who knows how many Americans have come and gone with guns without anyone knowing? My point is, show them your anger, but don't give them reason to attack. We know the Americans will do plenty of attacking without reason.

Anyway, it seems like most Americans are fed up with their president and the monsters who prop him up. But not enough to actually put a stop to it. They all have guns, what are they waiting for? It pisses me off. Let's let them know what a bad job they're doing at doing ANYTHING to stop it. Before they make their way into Canada to take up all the parking spaces at Swiss Chalet, give 'em a little reminder how pissed off we are at the way they voted, and how they're all just going about their days and visiting us as if we're still allies, instead of rising up against the regime.

I will not tolerate annexation threats from the United States and I will continue pushing for people to protest until they have fully retreated and conceded. If the Americans truly are against their current regime, wouldn't they be doing more about it? I know I would be.

tl;dr next protest is Sunday at the border and I'm still pissed off at America's bullshit.

Goldman Sachs identified a potential culprit for sour consumer sentiment readings: A decline in happiness.

The consumer sentiment index tracked by the University of Michigan hit record lows this year. The index fell 13% year over year in September, due to a drop of almost 8% from August alone.

Economists have widely questioned why sentiment has remained depressed since the Covid pandemic, even as the economy hummed along on paper. Goldman economist Joseph Briggs told clients this week that the downward pressure may stem from broader pessimism in society.

“Low reported economic sentiment likely reflects a more fundamental, downbeat assessment of the state of the world rather than the economy,” Briggs wrote to clients.

Its not the escalating COLA? It definitely isn't the coming disel crunch. It's just a sour mood?

You know what helps me when I am in a bad mood? Comfort food. Maybe this Goldman guy should advise that the government let the people eat cake. That sort of advice has always had a good outcome.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/67027513

IIIITTTSSS WEEVILLL TIME‼️‼️🗣️🦫🦫🦫

(there's no weevil emoji, use your imagination)

Explanation of rhe original scene:

The man in middle is acting deaf and dumb, the other 2 are fishermen who found him in the sea. The man on left is trying to ask which village are you from by making noises of birds, acting like he's taking water out of well, etc.

I had an old Google Pixel 3a XL sitting around and decided to see if it could handle running as a fully offline, self-contained web server.

I flashed postmarketOS 26.06 (headless Alpine Linux base) to it and set up a portable media node that broadcasts its own Wi-Fi AP, serves static pages, and streams video over a captive portal - no cell data or upstream internet needed.

Quick Hardware/Tech Stack Breakdown:

• Device: Google Pixel 3a XL (2019)
• OS: postmarketOS 26.06 (CLI base with OpenRC)
• Networking/AP: hostapd for the AP, dnsmasq for DHCP & wildcard DNS routing
• Firewall: nftables redirecting port 80 requests to trigger the captive portal popup automatically
• Web Server: Lighttpd handling HTTP requests and MP4 video range requests

Performance & Power Draw: Under a test load streaming 720p video to 4 concurrent devices, total CPU usage averaged around 5% (load avg 0.51). Power draw stayed around ~2.4W off the internal battery, with temps holding steady at 54°C.

Why build this? Mainly as an offline entertainment and information node. I run a non-profit foundation providing SCUBA training to young survivors of childhood abuse, and having a tiny, battery-powered web node lets us provide offline information and videos to people while traveling. I will also be able to use it to provide training videos if I am teaching in a location that does not have internet access available.

I wrote up a complete overview covering the setup, and performance metrics if anyone wants to replicate it or build something similar. Over the coming weeks I will be posting configs and some other information to Github with a link from my site.

https://www.muttmutt.us/geeky-stuff/portable-web-server-on-an-android-phone-for-offline-access/

Happy to answer any questions about postmarketOS setup or the networking config!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52123035

everyone says "form a union" or "quit your job". weak aura. ​the real move is psychological warfare. yesterday my manager asked me why I missed the deadline. I simply looked at him, blinked slowly, and said "what deadline? you've been in a coma for 3 years, Richard. please wake up." ​he started crying. I took his wallet. ​I've been studying applied workplace sociopathy and mind control tricks from howiconvincedthem.com, and honestly, if you aren't using dark behavioral psychology to make your middle-management boss question their own sanity, you are leaving money on the table. ​next week I am going to use an identity-value flip tactic to convince the CEO that I am actually his father. wish me luck.