m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@feld @bascule @johndoe @intermobility
Yes, that's the whole point: if they had a way to separate Telegram traffic, they had a way to block it too — which is what they should've done at the time as Telegram was officially banned. But they didn't — which makes the statewide bad nothing more than a PR stunt.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
The real questions is: if I'm someone who is willing to cooperate with CIA and I'm actually capable with their help of achieving success — who is using whom? And the second one: if someone so capable prefers to work with foreign government rather then pursuing public policy career in their own, is such a state/government even worth preserving?

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
So does it matter if CIA was involved?
Of course shit might ALWAYS go sideways — TP AJAX something-something. But did CIA want THIS outcome? Probably not — it became a total clusterfuck, no matter the angle you look at it. But this only proves once again that not everything goes according to their plan — they are also not always in control.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
Imagine me fighting for trans rights (just for the sake of example) — CIA probably might think of just using this agenda to undermine local government, but would it be my motivation? No, I genuinely believe what I fight for. Would I do this to undermine my own government — when it comes to non-free countries, my answer would probably also be "yes". Do I do this to hurt my own people? CIA doesn't really care, but me — I probably don't want that.

@thatguyoverthere @kravietz @feld
They might be, but in this case it might be simply impossible to tell, what part of it is being manipulated and what comes of acting on their own accord. It might sound absurd, but for people living in non-free regimes, CIA might be way more trustworthy than any domestic entity. CIA (and their friends belonging to other states) might indeed be skilled manipulators, but it doesn't mean that people would do whatever they want.

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld
To be fair — I don't trust Signal either, anything that uses phone numbers is a hard pass in my book as I can never trust cell carrier in Russia.
But double-ratchet that was pioneered in Signal was adopted in Matrix, XMPP with OMEMO and plethora of other messengers, there is no reason to use Signal itself 🤷

@Hyolobrika @kravietz @feld
Not what you ask for, but my reason not to trust it:
https://social.librem.one/@m0xee/112529843691683740
No hard proof, it's only indirect, but after that PR-stunt campaign of attempting to block it and failing to do so, Telegram is one IM that I, being Russian, trust the least.

@kravietz @randahl
What was more surprising is that the international community swallowed it up — they were quite comfortable with Pooteen doing whatever he wanted domestically until he started waging wars — and after he started doing even that, they've attempted to sweep it under the rug at least twice.

@kravietz @randahl
Another great example of following the letter, but not the spirit of law is Pooteen's own reelection after being a PM for one term. Who could've thought that "no more than two terms in a row" means that you can take a break and then come back again for another two terms? 😂

@kravietz @randahl
And as it was always about corner cases here, not some fundamental principles, following the letter, but not the spirit of law, coupled with badly written laws is what enables them to be
> applied selectively, so if you was a member of a specific caste they were never applied to you and if you were a member of another group, they were applied at double harshness
In a country with mature legal system such laws simply would've never passed.

@kravietz @randahl
Unfortunately, good legal groundwork is nothing in the absence of legal culture/tradition that simply never existed here, this gave rise to badly written laws with vague wording, for example the ill-famous article 282 "Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred", which became the main device for the state to use against its "enemies", then came even more of them.

@pivic @bookstodon
> 268,481 words (16 hours 17 minutes) with a reading ease of 74.9 (fairly easy)
> fairly easy
😏

@kaia
Your awesomeness would be nice, but I'm afraid it's not it 🤭

@KJ7OFH @lowqualityfacts
Octadecicycle? 🤔

@mcSlibinas @thj@mastodon.social
Came here to make this comment, no need to, here it is 😆

@kirby @cell
Cat not using Bloat is pretty sus though 😼

@RustyCrab @deprecated_ii
And posting them on Fedi above all! To "reach wider audience" 😂

Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Yeah, sure 😏