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New comment by the_interloper in "XCancel and Nitter are receiving C&D letters from XCorp"

the_interloper — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:28:31 +0000

that is what bsky and other twitter-like platforms purport to be

how well they hold up under stress of bad actors/govts remains to be seen

New comment by the_interloper in "Japan tried to build an operating system for the world, the US intervened"

the_interloper — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:20:30 +0000

Some context for what was happening in the US at the time:

Anatomy of a Scare: Yellow Peril Politics in America, 1980–1993

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40464347

New comment by the_interloper in "As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value"

the_interloper — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:40:57 +0000

> Nearby Grand Chute canceled its Flock deal in early June, switching to a competing product from Axon. Grand Chute Police Chief David Maas told Fox 11 News that the Axon system “benefits the community in multiple ways and also respects resident privacy in a way that feels more comfortable, quite honestly.”

They're just trading one problem for another

New comment by the_interloper in "AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)"

the_interloper — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:33:27 +0000

> Look, I get it. It’s Q3 2026, and we should expect that everyone is utilizing AI at SOME point in their process (sourcing ideas, creating outlines, refining prose, etc.)

How do people not realize how up their own @$$ they sound when they say things like this