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a series of identically sized objects in some kind of code sequence, to fuck with any new universe that might form on the other side

The Firm, if you want a corporate sound

The Home Owner’s Association, for glib sarcasm and irreverence. Like, “did you pay your HOA dues” but it’s a protection racket.

arachnids have ten limbs, I’m tired of living a lie.

The author wrote a guide to self-hosting VaultWarden

https://blog.ppb1701.com/self-hosting-vaultwarden-taking-back-password-management-part-8-of-building-a-resilient-home-serve

As far as I know (and I’ve looked), the only actual evidence of his fate is that, at the end of the video, he is ushered off the street by civilians in streetwear. From there, people seem to make conclusions based on an overall impression of the Chinese government as comically evil, rather than any specific or credible evidence (or indeed any evidence at all) related to this guy in particular.

Which is somewhat understandable, don’t get me wrong – no one investigates everything they hear. We try to gauge the overall picture and then, once we’re convinced (rightly or wrongly), we tend to accept or reject new information on the basis of that picture. Everyone does this. I do it. That’s why US propaganda is so effective. It works by sheer volume and repetition. Once that “comically evil Chinese government” picture is established, people believe new details consistent with it. And if you have a compliant media, that picture may never be challenged enough to dislodge it. Some of the stories are finally starting to collapse now – not even the US state department claims there was a genocide in Xinjiang anymore, for example – but it will take a while for that to ripple out to people.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a psychological profile of potential assassins and can data mine to find candidates.