That hasn’t been my experience so far, but luckily for you, me, and everyone else… The fediverse doesn’t rely on any single instance as an unquestionable single channel of information.

If your takeaway from my comment is to criticize the content of any one server (or even any one software), you’re missing the point of open source software entirely.

Try that shit on the fediverse, chump.

• The FCC threatened to block the Paramount + SkyDance merger unless Colbert was cancelled.
• Then Colbert was cancelled, effective next year.
• Trump then said that Kimmel was next.
• The FCC threatened to block the Nexstar + Tegna merger unless Kimmel was cancelled. Nexstar then told Disney/ABC that they would stop airing Kimmel in the stations that they own and control all over the country.
• Then Kimmel was cancelled immediately.
• Trump has no said that Jimmy [Falon?] and Seth [Meyers] are next…
• Can you guess what will happen next?

Trump the the Republicans are, one-by-one, silencing their most vocal critics and dissenters. They started with news media, then they moved to entertainment media, and from there they will move on to corporate social media next. This is state control of media and blatant censorship of criticism. End of story.

I’m not even exaggerating when I say that the Fediverse will be the last bastion of free speech and political criticism on the internet, because the same pressures that Trump and the Republicans can apply to Paramount and Disney, they can also apply to Reddit, Meta, X, and Oracle. Corporate will ALWAYS capitulate to fascism–they aren’t even bothering to fight back–because the only thing they care about in the slightest is money.

You thought a “culture war” would never turn into a “war war”?

Aren’t you the fucking clowns that just declared war on Chicago and Portland like a week ago?

I somewhat agree with you, and I think we’re also saving Trump and the Republicans from themselves here.

On the other hand, it is undoubtedly a great thing that SOMEONE has finally put their foot down and challenged Trump’s authority to run the economy by fiat.

As a Portlander, I’m really happy that some of the people that we elected here in Portland and Oregon lead this legal fight to stop Trump’s dumb fucking bullshit trade way by fiat.

In some ways we are saving the economy from Trump, and thus saving Trump from facing the ramifications of his own stupid fucking decisions, but on the other hand, it’s nice that something is being done to challenge his authority.

I can’t believe we’re betraying Ukraine for no reason.

Oh wait… Actually I can believe it, i knew it was going to happen, and I voted against it.