I remember first learning about linux OS and how to create a Linux USB installer using rufus to bypass the password my parents had put on the windows side. In those days there was no eifi boot loader lock you could access the files just by trying out the new OS you had in your USB. LOL.

Is that FOSS? I believe people haven’t been able to run it in compatibility with other software yet.

Have you tried the canvas on Obsidian?

I usually use that for mood boarding. Each box acts like a note in itself, so you can add images with texts.

The CCP is special. It’s politicking very much takes it’s people’s happiness (or the people perceived happiness) into account.

Also While they do allow the whole weath inequality gap to increase, they very much control the wealthy, instead of having it the other way around.

Imo, other countries can learn a thing or two. For the CCP dudes, there’s no next election cycle to start ramping up actual work that needs to be done to get them elected again. For them it’s over, if they don’t keep their people happy (content/fooled) and they’re the only goddamn authoritarians that understand that. They understand this, so they keep a tight leash on every enterprise, bank and institution within the country and plan extensively.

That’s what the governments need to do, let only the people’s vote control them and not any money, lobbying, institution or rich person.

Hear me out.

Even left radicalism is kind of about - “Fuck those people” thinking. Instead of immigrants it’s the rich.

I want to know why this doesn’t seem as appealing as “I hate brown/muslim/black/even more than me poor people”.

I think it’s because of propoganda. The rich can pay for expensive ads and redirect anger. The facist target of the day can’t do this.

The Austrians did elect the FPO back. Did they forget about their incompetency?

I think something more is at play here. Maybe tiktok? Russian interference? Not sure.

I also think it may be because the root problem is not being solved. Late stage capitalism - housing crisis, unemployment and such.

The far right point to immigrants and blames them for it, but the establishment parties also do very little, too late, to solve the issues well either. Then the election cycle comes and people want a reset. A vicious cycle.

I feel like this calls for radical shift in how society operates, doesn’t it (just openly balling)?

I am not saying communist revolution. But I also think we’ve spent too much time kissing rich asses in the name of “we are benefiting from this, keep doing it”. Now that economies don’t grow as fast anymore, the “trickle down” effect isn’t working and people are getting poorer and angrier.

The rich don’t care as long as they can make short term profit, so they keep supporting whoever will help them with that.

There needs to be a change. Or at least the greens, the left need to get some balls, strong leaders and implement some kind of FDResque or clement atleesque policies.

What we need is to give the rich incentives to be happy with what they have and have a stronger government approach to handling things. Avoiding bloodshed is important, don’t want to end up like USSR. Maybe until we figure out unlimited energy we can let the rich be dicks but not let them be too much of dicks.

This was a weird rant…

I don’t get it, why can’t people around the world vote in left wing anti-establishment parties when the status quo gets frustrating?

The far right time and time again have proven to be ineffective at their job and people get tired of them. But they can appeal to emotions?

Are the radical left really that boring? Is the message “for the people” not as sexy as “kill those who don’t look like us?”

Well, looks like 4A is prepping to announce Metro 4.

Also, african countries start paying spain, italy and Greece to keep the migrants there.

Brazil is super diverse to be fair. And it’s one the largest countries on the planet.

I like what Gusteau from ratatouille has to say about this - “Anyone can be a facist, but only the stupidest can be great at it”

Also Anton’s “Not everyone can become a great facist, but a great facist can come from anywhere”

It’d be hilarious to see a reverse migration.

Africa is beautiful, the only issue is safety.

Countries like namibia/botswana probably have less of these issues as well.

Yeah, but who doesn’t have fascists? At least they’re prosecuting theirs. Bolsonaro can’t stand for elections no more.

So, at least they’re back to the status quo, where they destroy the planet slowly.

Brazil is good. Nice food, people and forests.

Only when I remember to fill up on my blinker fluid.

Yup, that’s a major reason why people didn’t want to leave twitter. They’d built a following that they didn’t want to rebuilt.

I know people who hated elon Musk and had accounts on other microblogging platforms, but continued to post on twitter because that’s where they got their fill of engagement.

Shifting away from reddit to lemmy is fundamentally easier than it is from Twitter to mastadon. I think it’s part in due to the nature of the type of social media platforms they are.

There’s no attribution as well. No artist does that.

Unless it’s stolen, but again, the art style is very current AIesque.

No, please don’t sign if you are American. That can harm the petition with false signatures.

This is strictly ONLY for European union citizens!

Don’t worry, you can still help by spreading the message among your EU friends or family members(You don’t have to be a gamer to care about this or vote in this!). A lot of the exposure to this initiative is lacking when it comes to non-english speaking EU citizens. You can help there.

Hijacking.

Are you European Union Citizen? Do you like games?

Do you want to own games again? and not just “License” them? Then please join the Stop destroying Videogames Initiative.

Initiative - https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en

(Only sign if you are a EU citizen!)

It’s an initiative to get the European parliament to discuss the matter all together, and Iirc, it already has some members that support it. (So It’s not just any ordinary petition that will go nowhere.)

We have already collected 42% of the 1 million signatures from European citizens required. But the deadline is June 2025 and if we don’t get enough signatures by then, it won’t be looked at by the European commission. So to at least get the matter to be discussed, please sign!

(ONLY FOR European Union citizens! No one else! Please do not sign if you aren’t an EU citizen. Also No Brits! there’s another initiative for the UK.)

Short video explainer about the initiative - https://youtu.be/mkMe9MxxZiI

For more info visit https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

You can also view the petitions for other countries - (Australia, Canada, UK, Brazil… and more)

Same. It was my games festival. Though it was too corporatey, it was the one delightful part of the year where I could get excited about the most insignificant and significant announcements. And how could you forget the vague, CGI trailers that always overpromised.

The hype was real.

Why don’t gamescon or gamesaward feel this way?