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If you don't trust the cops in your area, and you see something that could impact emergency services' response time - such as a suspicious roadblock or checkpoint - then call the *fire department's* non-emergency number to report it.

Anonymously.

If anyone comes around asking who called the fire department, don't answer. Especially if they're a cop. There is no need for anyone outside dispatch to know that information, and it is not illegal for a concerned citizen to contact the authorities.

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In light of US tech oligarchy setting its sights on Wikimedia Foundation, a historical detail I did not know before: #Wikipedia became the non-profit it is today partly as the result of a labour strike of Spanish Wikipedia editors who disagreed with the proposed inclusion of advertisements. Initially, it was not clear what revenue model Wikipedia would get, and Wales moved towards a for-profit model already a year after launch. However, rather than working for free, so Jimmy Wales could profit from their labour via advertising, Spanish contributors forked Spanish Wikipedia as the Encyclopedia Libre Universal. Under the threat of losing the editorial community of such a large language, Wales conceded and set up the non-profit.

That is to say, however imperfect they are, all the digital commons we have are the result of ongoing struggle and hard work to keep them as commons.

Via Las Redes Son Nuestras (consonni.org/es/publicaciones/) by @teclista

he has been sitting in my memes folder for far too long. i must free him now

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An incredibly large portion of my life is artists coming to me asking for help with git, and I'm like ah! Something in my home territory! And then it turns out they're using Github Desktop or some kind of GUI and I can't actually help them because I only know how to use the command line and the GUI is subtly conceptually different

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if you aren't willing to stand up for trans people you don't deserve the services of this automated account. figure out a plan for how you're going to do this now.

shoutout to the person who invented peanut butter

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me: so i want to, like, copy a file, and--

them: he heh! good luck! <corporation> has NEVER let you do that. let me tell you, ive been a customer of theirs for fifteen years and it's never been a problem for me. i suppose if you know Coding you could write your own kind of "file photocopier" app from scratch, if you really want to make duplicate files for some reason. but i doubt anyone would use it. im closing this thread, also you're banned for asking troll questions

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Yesterday was rough, real rough. I'm so glad that I'm here and you're here this Trans Day of Remembrance. 🏳️‍⚧️

transremembrance.org/domestic-

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Email: Why are Linux commands so cryptic?

Me: #Unix and #Linux have so many obscure commands because the developers were big fans of Dungeons & Dragons. Each command is a magic spell with a cryptic name and unpredictable effects. Next question, please?

we're living in the worst version of our timeline, but because we're humans and we're nothing if not persistent, we're still trying to put it back on track

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