@jon Aggressive sunsetting is annoying, but has been tolerated for a long time. Linux is great, but there's no new uptick in the understanding of that. The real driving forces are two other, newer developments:

(1) #Microsoft is using #AI #spyware to snoop on EVERYTHING that appears onscreen, thus turning a PC monitor into a #telescreen right out of Orwell's 1984. Microsoft's promises to back down on this Orwellian move are being dismissed (rightly) as lies — either flat-out lies about what they're doing in the present, or mere temporary retreats, with every intention of reimposing the spyware as soon as they think no one's paying attention anymore. (This was my own reason for expelling Microsoft from my desktop in favor of Linux.)

(2) Microsoft is an American company. Now that the #USA is a #xenophobic #fascist #dictatorship, numerous entire nations are realizing (again, rightly) that they would be fools to continue relying on any American corporate or governmental entity for anything whatsoever — especially something as critical and pervasive as desktop computing. So they begin addressing the problem, first of all, by giving Microsoft the boot.

@vfrmedia @NorthantsGreens "Fortress #Europe", enforced by FRONTEX + "Fortress #Britain", enforced by the Border Force & UK police drug squads. Paranoid, #racist & #xenophobic.

#PMQs:

These monsters in parliament DO NOT care abt victims of #groominggangs, do NOT care abt us young people who deal with the housing market, do NOT care abt the #housingcrisis, #childpoverty, etc

Their obsession is about hatred for #immigrants of colour and who ( or ) is more effective at being #xenophobic.

...I believe anyone who supports this bill is enabling the very #xenophobic and #racist forces it appears to serve. I oppose this bill on both #moral and #ethical grounds. I also oppose the reckless allocation of resources —resources that will burden future generations with unnecessary #debt. 7/7

2/2…when increasingly #Xenophobic descriptors for #NHI seem to track other types of social commentary. #Psychology and #Sociology are valuable in determining the role that conspiracy theories play in these trends. If you’re trying to educate people it can be useful to know if there is pre existing bias against truth that favors the noise. Know your audience

@knittingknots2

This is awesome! And it's also a window into how the #fascists operate:

Everything is staged. You actively go out and find people that will support your fascist dictator (sometimes only as long as you pay them) and then when they show up at the staged event and you have your propaganda media arm say "Look see how popular our guy is?!??"

And the #uneducated, the #xenophobic, and the #whitesupremacists lap it up.

The Congressional #Hispanic Caucus [#CHC] released a statement hitting back at the #Republicans attack on its chairperson.

“This #xenophobic rhetoric from #Trump Republicans proves that you can follow the #law, get your papers, become a #citizen, get elected to #Congress — swear multiple #oaths to protect & defend the #Constitution — & all you will ever be to Trump Republicans: an ‘illegal immigrant,’” the group wrote in a post.

#Espaillat accused #Trump of fostering an “environment of fear among the immigrant community” during his Tues night speech, & told a story about a US citizen who had been wrongfully detained by #ICE as part of Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

The #NRCC, which once posted a wildly #xenophobic ad showing AI-generated images of immigrants flooding US national parks, issued a new installment in its catalogue of extremely #racist posts, this time targeting Espaillat.

#Georgescu has praised Romania’s 1930s #fascist leaders & lauded #Russia’s … #Putin as “a man who loves his country”. Polls show he has a clear lead in the 4 May rerun, although it is not certain that he will be allowed to stand.

The promotion of fascist leaders & #Nazi, #racist or #xenophobic symbols are banned under Romanian #law & carry a prison sentence, although cases have rarely been brought to court.

Amid claims of “massive” social media promotion, #Georgescu, who was polling in single digits before the ballot & declared zero campaign spending, has denied any wrongdoing….

Prosecutors said earlier that they had raided 47 addresses of Georgescu’s associates as part of an investigation into alleged offences including “establishing an organisation with a #fascist, #racist or #xenophobic character” & “false statements” regarding campaign financing.

@luckytran
Free Speech and #tiktok ? You can't be serious?
In Austria, experiments were made by teenagers who started TikTok without any "history", no prior clicks either, merely their names, age and location for registration. The TikTok algorithm recommended to them #xenophobic speeches of #farright politicians, Islamic preachers, videos about Trump and even offers of naturalization in #russia .
https://dietagespresse.com/selbstversuch-so-radikalisiert-tiktok-oesterreichische-teenager/
The results of the experiment were forwarded to the European Commission.