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Thanks Mr Skeletal!

Nope. Not how that works. He did the salute. He went and showed his support for neo-nazis. If it quacks like a duck …

I’m actually a Cascadian hippie if you’d like to assign labels. Hell, I will even let you call me antifa. But not supporting Nazis doesn’t make me a Nazi.

I don’t hate on people with different views. I live in a very conservative area. Most of the people I talk to on a day to day basis are still wearing their MAGA hats. I’m actually not a fan of the democratic party. But at the same time I’m not dumb enough to fall in line with the new fascist agenda. There’s a huge difference between taking steps forward and burning down the system for personal profit.

Trump is an idiot with a personal agenda. Elon is a Nazi. And the people who don’t see this are mostly poorly informed. I don’t hate them for that.

But looking at your comments, it appears YOU are the one hating on everything different. Or you’re just trolling, which would make you an idiot or a child, neither of which are worth having a discussion with.

I don’t need the Internet to tell me not to like Nazis. As a decent human being it’s just natural.

Do. Not. Comply.

Giving in is what gives them the power.

I absolutely will call out people who think it’s ok to just go along with the new fascist regime.

The other 1% is meat I hunt, fish or raise myself. It’s rather rare exception and happens only a few times a year.

When I was younger on a rare occasion I might try something that a friend or family member raised or hunted, but I’ve found people will lie about that so I usually just pass.

In the last decade (not counting fish & hunting) I’ve known the name of every animal I’ve eaten and I or my partner slaughtered it. Nothing goes to waste. Pelts and skins are kept, organs are fed to the house pets and what we can’t eat or preserve goes to the garden.

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Nah bacon doesn’t even smell good anymore. The closest I get to pork is jackfruit lol. Cooked up with BBQ sauce it makes a reasonable pulled pork sandwich replacement. Even my meat eating friends enjoy it.

I wish. It’s just the dark mode for standard Android that shipped with my cheap REVVL 6 Pro.

This is awesome. Haven’t heard of this one yet so certainly going to check it out.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I do like this idea to address AI specifically and it’s in my plans once I build myself a better solar setup. I don’t quite produce enough energy to run much beyond a tablet and a cell phone.

My first goals are to get enough power to be able to run HomeAssistant and dedicated media server so I can step further away from streaming platforms. I’m hoping that AI is a bit more refined by the time I’m ready to implement it.

If I had to boycott every company that was unethical, I’d have to grow my own food and generate my own electricity. It’s just not practical.

It isn’t easy. But it is possible. And yes sacrifices have to be made (as I respond using a cell phone because I can’t function in society without one). The irony is not lost on me.

But I stopped eating meat that I didn’t hunt or raise myself over 25 years ago. I spent years living in the woods using a second hand solar system that barely functioned. I’ve been growing as much food as I can for over 3 decades.

It is possible. But I don’t expect everyone to make the same sacrifices that I have, and I do my best not to judge. But one of the biggest differences you can make in the world around you is who you support and who you give your money to.

Just shrugging your shoulders and saying ‘oh well, it’s easier to just go with the flow’ is the opposite of solving the problem. I don’t expect everyone to just live the way I do. But I do push those around me to think about the difference they could make by choosing alternatives.

Having a list of companies that support Musk is something I could use to help leverage others to make the first step in that direction.

Oh yes. I’ve been paying attention to those as well and theys are certainly on my no support list. But most of them were already ones I avoid. It is a good suggestion though. Thanks.

I’m sure someone has started.

Places like www.ethicalconsumer.org hae been around for a while. Even back in the early 90s I had a book that helped me avoid the worst companies. Just hoping to find something a little more focused on this new rising oppression.

I get it. I haven’t even used that app in 3 months or so. (And that was to show some basic examples of my idea to a tattoo artist who was paid to make an original design based off my concept.)

The reality is that AI isn’t going away. So rather than just give up, I’d rather find alternatives to the people that are the worst of a not so great thing.

Plus my question isn’t which AI companies support Musk. I’m looking for a list of anyone that is promoting the hate and oppression that is quickly becoming acceptable.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised if AI based software used advertising created by AI that just grabbed top recent search terms.

But if they can’t keep their software from promoting oppression and hatred, then I have no interest in it, AI or not.

I don’t use AI really. Hell I barely use electricity in my day to day life. (Spent the previous 3 years living off-grid and haven’t fully adjusted to living in a wired home yet.)

I’m more interested in making sure the people who don’t deserve my support don’t get it. I already stopped supporting the meat industry (99% vegetarian for 25+ years). I dropped Nestle back in the 90s as well. I already know which major corporations and brands to avoid.

I just am looking for something that focuses on our current issues.

This isn’t really about AI, I’m more interested in dropping any company that wants to pick the side of oppression.

I do understand your point, just not an answer to my actual question.

It’s not. But it’s harder the longer you wait. We’ve stopped teaching children because skills like this don’t fit into check boxes that can be marked off. It’s far easier just to train them to memorize test answers. We don’t TEACH anymore (likely because we don’t pay people to). It’s hard work, and the students outnumber the instructors so it’s no surprise we’re struggling. Parents don’t continue the education at home and expect the system to do all the work because they are wasting all of their energy at work.

It’s going to take generations and decades to fix this and we won’t see the results in our lifetime. But we need to start doing things differently if we want things to be better for our descendants. We need to reform education AND create an environment where you don’t need both adults to work 40+ hours a week to support the family.