In #response to the #threat of #economic #sanctions - namely #removal from #swift , #russia 's #putin in now #threatening #nuclear #weapons https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/r.. This is a *massive* #escalation and one I think we should take *very* seriously.
Disgusting, #china 's #ccp have forced the #removal of the #tiananmensquare #statue in #hongkong #university which served in #memory of those who lost their lives in #protest against #communists https://www.lotuseaters.com/hong-kong-ti.. Makes you really sick.
I like how people have now created a way to #bypass #youtube 's #removal of the #dislike button: https://github.com/pgamerx/yt-dislikes-v.. It kind of reminds me of #gab 's #dissenter #plugin - which had so much potential. Something like that, #decentralized and #integrates into existing #platforms would be a game changer for sure.
@barray on Fri Nov 12 00:42:43 UTC 2021 said: &e#youtube just outright #lying when they say that the #removal of #dislike #counts is about the #mental #wellbeing of #creators - who *already* had the ability to hide #counts https://support.google.com/youtube/threa.. The real #target #audience of this " #feature " is obviously #advertisers and increased #ads ... Pair this with #facebook declaring they will no longer deal with " #controversial " topics on the #metaverse - a #conspiracy ?#youtube is just chatting shit as #coffeezilla points out when they #remove their #dislike #display / #count https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z8vcklb.. Apparently this is for "small #creators " - but in #reality this is for #advertisers ... #teamyoutube have gone off their rocker.
Honestly, I would rather a #plaque than the #removal or #defacing of #statues - as long as it is at least historically accurate: https://www.lotuseaters.com/statue-of-si.. It is #pandering to the #blm #mob - but the addition of something is far better than the removal of historical #statue inheritance. We can always remove the plaque at a later date when social attitudes swing wildly once more.