a lumpen creature trying their best between constant crises
Just when will my human rights, which are grounded in the constitution
the US constitution is an ideological rag and a liberal holy text written by and for wealthy protocapitalists seeking independence from mercantilism. it wasn’t written for you, just as it wasn’t written for women or BIPOC. the police and courts serve the state, not persons.
the provider knows who’s asking because of the IP address and API key of the requester. if it uses a form with a redirect, they even know your IP and what page you were on, tied to your legal identity. if the provider makes any API requests to a government registry, now that knows the when, the how, and (categorically) the what. short of a statement of ‘no logs’ and an audit to confirm as such, there is definitely logs. hackers love this information. data brokers love this information.
the problem is not the service knowing. it’s anyone knowing. the provider deänonymised you the moment you gave your id. the precise implementation details are important here.
the problem is that people are being verifiably linked to their ‘adult’ preferences. this is data that is being generated, in bad faith, and handled by multiple parties. your legal identity should not need to be tied to this information. this information can be used against you both now and in the future.
we’ve already seen in the US where there is a push for information about gender and basic sexual education being labelled as ‘adult’. when i was in school, information about countries like Cuba, Afghanistan or China was considered ‘too mature’ (or marked as ‘terrorism-related’ by the school firewall) for children; i could see this thus extending to require age verification before you can access ‘subversive’ information, on the basis of ‘protecting children’ from ‘political extremism’.
@Five@slrpnk.net: something for !abc@slrpnk.net?
🎵 cathy don’t go to the supermarket today. cause there’s a very strange man at the checkout stand,
obligatory /s
Did you look for a nest or another bird in the original shrub?
i didn’t see anything in the bush at first glance. i tried to see if it was leading me somewhere, but it didn’t seem like it. i didn’t want to stress them out by approaching them too quickly or digging thru the bush.
they did seem very small, so it’s possible they don’t know how to feed themself. it’s not too far, so i can try checking on them sometime soon. i don’t want to invade their home, tho.
my guess is it was trying to get you to help one of its friends or something.
that was my first guess, but it didn’t seem like it was leading me anywhere.
i’m a little worried now.
I’d have had a good search around the area befriending crows can actually bring you some benifit like shiny gifts
when i was homeless, i shared my food with a crow. i got them to bring me coins by feeding them double portions when they brought monies.
or in some cases crow bodyguards as they actually recognise individuals as friends etc.
that’s my current relationship to the corvids in town. a long time ago i rescued a magpie from two seagulls, and since then all the corvids no longer fly away when i come near them. the magpies even defended me from a seagull one day!
but they otherwise don’t approach me, and we don’t ‘communicate’.
that was my first guess, but after i tried getting back on the path they only kept putting grass on my feet. i tried holding still, backing away, moving toward them, moving back into the grass, making noises, and checked in the bush — it just kept putting grass on me. i didn’t immediately see anything. i was afraid of scaring or upsetting them, so i left.
someone else suggested they’re a juvenile that doesn’t know how to feed themself.
i have been unironically told by someone who refused to install an adblocker: ‘what if i might get an ad for something i want?’