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 @user-1830 
 
 it's okay to care about the project or about a certain subset of features and
 yet still be totally un-invested in whatever lame feature people are requesting.
 
 FOSS lives and breathes on passion, and people who attempt to arrest or
 otherwise hinder or diminish the passion of the developers can suck a dick.
 
 ...
 
 it's a fun experience and I think they'd learn a lot about what other people
 like and how to please their partners, both in bed or in conversation.
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 found these pictures in my pictures directory from the start of the war in
 Ukraine.
 
 for context it was directed at the citizens of Ukraine by an American soldier
 who wanted to help protect them from the ravages of war and fight back against
 an oppressive regime invading their homeland.
 
 idk if you'd ever find them useful but they're the kind of thing to put on a
 hard drive and pray you never have to use or ever think about again.
screenshot of a twitter post. "American tank mechanic here. Some advice. Tanks are bad at urban combat. They need infantry support. Without boots on ground they're just big targets with poor visibility. Rifles should aim for the periscopes, but most importantly the sight unit on top of the turret. [next post in the thread, by the same guy] Take down street signs. Don't let the enemy know where they are. Move signs to the wrong streets. Tanks are super heavy, so try to direct them to streets that can't hold their weight. They can't move if they break through to the sewer." there are two more pictures in the thread. post 1: "Break the tracks if you have explosives. Tracks are also terrible for catching stuff like barbed wire/concertina wire. Line the streets with anything that can get sucked in and tangle up." post 2: "the engine needs to breathe, so throw your molotov cocktails at whatever looks like an intake for the engine. It has rubber belts, hoses, and fuel lines." post 3: "Tanks are a logistical nightmare. They need a supply chain a mile long for service parts, and especially fuel. They can usually only go about 300 miles on improved roads on one tank of fuel. Stop the supply line, and a tank is just a giant pile of useless iron." post 4: "Visibility is rather poor from an armored vehicle. If you paint dinner plates to look like mines and set them upside down in the street, the tank crew won't be able to tell if they're real or not." there is one more picture remaining, for a total of 3. [next post]: "The U.S. ARMY likes to fight at night because we have thermal imagers. Thermal picks up heat, so you can not hide behind a bush, but anything that is ambient temperature just looks like a black square. They can't see through windows because the glass is ambient." [next post]: "Cut up cardboard boxes and put them everywhere. The cardboard is the same temperature as the environment. Hiding behind anything that obscures vision only works if they don't have thermal. Sheets of cardboard in every bush, tree, etc. will just be a square in a thermal imager." [next post]: "set them up everywhere as distractions. make a chaos terrain for the enemy." [next post, by some random guy replying to the thread]: "this is amazing info for you to post. bless you for trying to help the innocent people caught in putin's wrath." an infographic detailing ways to defend a house from infantry invasion. it involves things like putting netting over the windows to reduce the likelihood that grenades can be thrown in, and placing barbed wire or nails on the stairs leading into the building to reduce the enemy's mobility. 

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 the spirits are telling me to hang out with homeless people and do fentanyl
 again.
 
 haha weird, gonna try resisting that if I can.
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 protest sign idea:
 
 line 1: "look around"
 line 2: "these are your comrades"
 line 3: "get to know them"
 line 4: "gather phone numbers"
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 if you aren't rude, or bothersome, or excessively boring, you can pretty much
 be my friend forever.
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 @user-119 
 
 even if they don't know it
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 look, if someone was going to intervene, they'd do so at the moment they deemed
 most opportune.
 
 this is reasonable.
 
 I try to give people as many opportunities to act as I can, because it gives
 them more time to choose reason.
 
 I am completely convinced that my [side/ideals/truth] will be most ethically
 consistent. That they make the most logical sense. That they are most aligned
 to the reality of what people need to flourish as best as they can.
 
 but it's not about me, so I don't show up.
 
 I want everyone to be able to organize themselves as they want.
 
 I think this is a form of anarchism, as it abolishes unjust hierarchies and
 enables people to fully consent to any structures they might choose to
 associate with.
 
 this is called "freedom of association."
 
 I also believe that everyone should get what they need. This does not refer
 solely to "Mazlowe's Hierarchy of Needs", also known as the material needs
 necessary for a persons life.
 
 It must also include what a person needs to be effective, and to thrive.
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