Whataboutism is a hell of a drug. I'm afraid people in many countries are so used to not having those freedoms that they look at us weird for trying to keep them.

I always expected someone to coin the term pornporn to describe the excess of pornographic images. Alas, it was not to be.

I live in France. The government here is using every single tool they have to prosecute radical leftists and environmentalists while ignoring the fact that more than 60 % of the police force has fascist adjacent ideals. I do not want these people spying on me, period. This is not some libertarian horseshit, trust me.

T his is not new. He just stopped giving a shit about hiding it.

He is not going to stop, people outside France need to understand this. This man, despite his mild mannered centrist exterior, is an authoritarian. He will stop at nothing short of full tilt censorship. Environmental and political activists are being jailed for no reason while fascist groups run amok. This is bad.

This guys are litterally pissing on the captain while the Titanic sinks. Quite the move.

Fuck this is depressing.

He never gave a shit.

This is true but if you were to do that most people would simply not receive your emails. The fight against spam has effectively turned email into an oligopoly.

Who woulda thunk.

Yes they were bought by an Israeli spyware company.

I host my own instance mostly because I find it fun to do, and because it allows me to choose which communities and instance I federate with without having my account tied to the whims of somebody else.