I hope everyone agrees at this point that Ilhan Omar should be ground up and fed to the pigs.

Two from you in a row, and not one from me in between, breaking it up. So far - this has been a troubling trip through Citadelphia. How can we thrive as an alternative to mainstream social media - if we can' generate traffic without being just like them? 

I try. People are so content on the mainstream social media sites. If I could figure out how to get them HERE, I'd still have MINE up, I suppose. 

Wed Mar 11 2026 21:48:47 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

If I knew I'd already been doing it. You know my long term plans but they're still a year or two away. In the mean time, find people who are willing to pull their heads out of the CCP
's feeding trough and bring them here.

Ok one more facepalm, then i'm dropping off line again.

I'm sure you have all heard the FCC last month banned all 'new models of foreign made consumer routers', even if they are not an actual risk "they were not made here, so buzz off" "oh, and we wont take what you have you can still use them". What they didn't blatantly announce is the  other 1/2 of this ruling.  Next March, they are going to mandate a block on firmware updates.  So in effect putting millions at risk.

And of course there are ways around getting to the updates if you know how ( but most wont ), so perhaps another angle to clamp down on VPNs.

...and id expect soon after:  "they are at risk so ISPs must block their use" "you can rent approved ones from your ISP" So even home built ones, gone.

And on that wonderful note, im gone  ( oh, and more of my music went up on you tube recently.. using v1.5 of the generation engine )

I am sure was a bad actor or 2 out there as there always is, but that isn't cause to ban all of it, from everywhere but 'here' ( which have the same issues, you have malicious actors here too, and incompetent boobs ).  Just ID the vendors, ban them. Or even if you want to go there, an entire country ( which i think is stupid too ). But target the actual threat, not a blanket over the entire industry..

And banning updates in a year for everything ...  just sets us up for a digital disaster unless they ban use at the ISP level. 

Personally i think its just more 'kick back for lobbyists' than any real security threat. its government, its NEVER honest and always is about feeding the machine. Always, follow the money.

Tue Apr 07 2026 01:46:40 UTC from IGnatius T Foobar

Something tells me there was a very real threat appearing. I've got some folks I can ask.