rabble.nz
Hacker, anarchist, troublemaker.
Currently: https://verse-pbc.org, nos.social, protest.net
Previously indymedia.org, odeo, twttr, center for civic media, affinity.works, etc….
Personal site: https://Evan.Henshaw-Plath.com
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Yeah my monitor triggers apple’s DRM blocks and doesn’t work. It’s frustrating.
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Trump’s ICE thugs.
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LAPD is now joining the fray. They are firing rounds of less lethals
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Any work worth doing to change the world will upset some people and cause them to yell at us.
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Congrats
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A 3rd impeachment will work this time?
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Yeah and also so frustrating too.
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The other big issue is there is no legal entity for a government to send orders to in Nostr. We have no central legal entity, non-profit / corporation / benefit company which could be sent legal orders. Individual relay operators could and app developers could, but it makes it harder for the state.
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In Nostr there is less centralized model for relays and each one makes its own decision on what to host, what to remove based on reports or spam filters.
Nostr also supports running entirely over Tor. Which provides better anticensorship affordances.
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There is the ability to publish e2e encrypted media which isn’t widely used but most media hosts won’t accept because you can’t do CSAM checks.
The biggest difference is both the opt-out option on core apps and the way relays work. In ATprotocol the big relays / appviews are run by the company.
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That is very similar to Bluesky but there is no base “obligatory” moderation, but other than that it’s the same. Then we have an LLM label bot for content warnings, again you can opt-in/opt-out of using them. Lastly we run CSAM filters on public media put on media servers.
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We handle it a couple of ways. First we let users directly publish report labels, content warnings / filtres base on reports from people you follow. You can send encrypted reports to nos, which does human reviews like in Bluesky. Users can use or not use those published reports.
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And yes, parliament resisted, but they're following the movement on the streets and in their communities.
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The Maori organized a massive grassroots resistance at the very first mention of this proposal to re-evaluate the treaty. They didn't wait, they build up from solid grassroots organizing, did a national march to Wellington. Got progressive Maori politicians elected.
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So they failed yeah it didn't work then. But getting some centrist republicans to flip is a strategy which has worked to stop authoritarians in other democracies.
These are all a set of bad choices we've got to pick from.
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And this is an electoral strategy which might put some checks on Trump between now and the midterms.
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So some of it yes, working with Never Trumpers... i don't love the strategy, and think it's not the one for leftists to chase, we need to stop this with a grassroots direct action movement. What i'm saying is for that direct action movement to work, we need Democrats to keep doing something.
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We only need three congress members to make this happen. If folks were willing to commit to the funds to pay for that Wisconsin Supreme Court race, we could protect these brave centrists. They'll be doing it to defend their districts. We do it to defend democracy.
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The entire point of this thought experiment is that we won't have until the midterms and the elected Democrats currently are at a loss. This gives the centrists a plan and path back to shared power. It can't just be the left in the streets to stop this.
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I urge people to consider this path: defend democracy, preserve courts, protect livelihoods. Let's bridge divides and build genuine cross-party solidarity. If we truly mean #NeverAgain, we must act boldly, creatively, and courageously—right now.
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Yes, this strategy is unconventional and politically challenging. But I believe preserving democracy demands bold coalitions. We can't afford purity tests when facing genuine authoritarian threats.
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I recognize that moderate Republicans in these districts would face tremendous backlash from Trump and the far-right. That's why I believe centrist donors, activists, and organizers must fiercely support and shield them.
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Progressives would remain independent and critical on policy—but on fundamental democracy issues like court defiance and authoritarianism, I think we must unite across party lines to hold the line.
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With this coalition, I envision a compromise Speaker committed to upholding the rule of law, blocking authoritarian measures, and protecting farmers from economic ruin. The House could become our constitutional firewall.
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Specifically, Democrats and progressives in these top-two primary states would strategically step back, not running strong challengers against these coalition Republicans. Major centrist donors would guarantee their political safety.
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I suggest a strategic cross-party coalition: moderate GOP reps oppose Trump’s unconstitutional actions and destructive tariffs. In exchange, centrist Democrats, progressive leaders, and donors protect them from primary threats and fierce challenges.
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I believe there's a practical path: Moderate Republicans in agriculture-heavy, purple districts—especially in states with "top-two" primaries like California and Washington—could shift House control away from extremism.
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Trump openly defies Supreme Court rulings, crushes farmers with extreme tariffs (143% on China!), and threatens prison camps for dissent. To me, this isn't just politics—it’s a threat to everyone’s freedom and dignity.
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#NeverAgain must mean something. Our coalition fights to stop the machinery of oppression before it starts. We resist in the legislature and on the streets—together, right now—so the camps never open and freedom lives on.