I think your provider would probably be willing to exempt you from their AI processing shit if you talked to them, given the good relationship you seem to have built. Raising your concerns like that could benefit other patients in their care as well, depending on how well you articulate them and how receptive they are

I like that this take is right next to the much more reasonable gentle test hump guy, the contrast makes it seem even worse

This guy fucks

That’s the internet

Why I love it here tbh. People take very little shit from any kind of corpo, see dude’s recent meltdown over the coca cola ad april fool’s prank

Old post but yes, exactly. It’s a classic strat and exactly what happened to the farmer’s coop where I grew up. Greasy executive types just see community built infrastructure as free for the taking and they aren’t wrong in a strictly practical sense. Without vigilance and widespread participation (not just shopping) there’s huge potential for abuse and REI hasn’t been a strong coop for a long time. Have you ever put in hours there? Ours is still going, now as a very successful farm supply/fuel depot. A director just kinda slowly stopped organizing members, kept the fee the same so long it became irrelevant, raised prices, you know. Ran it like a business until it became one

I tried to do this but am too old, too dumb, or a little bit of both. Shine on my dude, if there’s any resources you found particularly helpful I’d love to see them. Got as far as getting an address from my isp but couldn’t even ping it x(

Propaganda is a lot more dependent on centralization than documentation, and though I get that their power is tempting change will not be made with the tools of our oppressors

I am going to find your coworker and make them care whether the moon gives off light or reflects it

I believe you that you, personally, in this moment, are acting exactly like the worst red hat pricks. And that just like them you’re acting against your own interests, making your life (and everyone’s you touch) just a little bit worse. Because just like them you’re a useful idiot. Keep your words out of my mouth.

Eighty million terrorists? Think I finally get what “blue maga” means x(