The Agency has no executive powers, and its officials are not entitled to arrest suspects, conduct independent investigations, or act without prior approval from competent authorities in the member states.

You weren’t exaggerating.

That’s a good point. I’ve been voting for a party for years that started on 2-3% electoral preference. The general consensus at the time was that it would be nice to see them grow, but they’re a wasted vote. They’re now around 10-11% and even as opposition have impact.

We don’t have FPTP where I am, but I can see from our neighbours the kinds of problems it creates. Still, once you progress beyond FPTP, the kinds of attitude problems we have here still persist. I guess you’ll have a better idea of the next steps once you have proportional representation, because then you have a better idea of the government people really want.

I would also argue that few people have made a very good case connecting peoples concerns to capitalism. So to many it has a Southpark-ish ring to it: capitalism is bad. Don’t do capitalism. It’s an abstract thing, and abstract opponents make people feel despair and impotence.

The most persuasive people I’ve seen don’t use that word often. They directly link peoples concerns to inequality (unfair taxation and employment laws), climate ( fossil fuel companies) and unregulated abusive businesses such as big tech.

Those are not faceless, abstract entities, so people can organise their (justified) anger better.

Has anybody else heard good approaches for helping people understand ?

Thanks. I don’t know exactly what all that amounts to being from overseas, but if Hungary can oust Orbán then I hope the same is possible in the US. My only concern is that in spite of Trumps low rating, those people might still want MAGA, just with a different face/diaper.

Our algorithm’d politicians and fellow citizens are building a USA from the inside, unfortunately.

My theory is we prefer to treat obedient and servile objects as people, and actual people as unavoidable collateral.

the point about showing skeptics this isn’t a hobby project is the real unlock here.

This is my conclusion too. These tools aren’t associated with meme distribution.

I’ve used Loops a lot, but not the analytics tool. When I say “analytics dashboard” to anyone who needs those tools, and I tell them there are over a million MAU they do perk up.

I don’t know what they do with that information, but they definitely get a first impression that ActivityPub (which is what I’m really promoting) is a serious and growing contender.

Yeah, it could be much better. The reason I think it’s worth posting is because Loops.video has a record of doing what they say to a decent standard, so it’s not just wishful thinking.

These are the kinds of tools that people use to justify the use of big tech (well, audience reach too). Hopefully this is a cause for optimism.

A good traffic management plan acknowledges that when child predators slow down to look, it slows everyone else down too. /s

I’m torn on this one, because I think we are complicit for not doing the basics of deleting our accounts. We learned about how powerful boycotts are in school as teenagers.

I get that they buy up all the competition, but for most people these are luxuries rather than essentials.

I couldn’t have said it better. Some people are genuinely not suited to it without other interventions first, but for everyone else, it’s basic mental hygiene.

This seems to mean that Meta can’t have the case dismissed. So I’m guessing that other companies who can demonstrate similar downloading patterns, or present similar evidence can also bring a case forward.

I’d imagine that the outcome of the case will be more telling.

You know that leading with benign parts doesn’t successfully hide the contradictions and unhinged parts later, right?

The days of Having friends to make sketches like this with were so cool.

120! At least it sounds possible from what you’re saying. I doubt I’ve ever gotten to level 10.

Thanks, I think it’s a work of art even if the owner doesn’t appreciate it yet 😄

That looks like a really good rec. I’m sensitive to flashing lights and fast animations so it’s not for me, but it’s my vibe. Thanks.

Thanks for the recs, I appreciate it! I haven’t heard of JC3 and I haven’t really seen The Sims so I’ll check those out.

Ah, I get you. I didn’t think of that. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks, I’m working through reviews on these :)