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"Google" is worse than either I'd argue. Just doesn't seem that way anymore once you've heard it a thousand times.

And pandering to weird dudes that think even the dumbest, most cringeworthy statement is a win if you're pretending that it is.

Let's not forget that Netanyahu's government is pro-Hamas for strategic reasons and it's worked very well for them.

DMs don't worry me that much, but botted content, upvotes and comments would kill the platform like any other.

Afri Cola and Fritz Cola are two popular alternatives in Germany. I personally like Fritz Cola. Not sure if they are sold internationally.

Then you should do exactly that before it has the opportunity to download an "improved" firmware. Maybe create a DHCP reservation and matching firewall rule before connecting it to the home network. Good luck!

I'd put it behind a closed firewall with logging enabled. Your home router might be able to do this even. Then you can see if it's trying to connect to the Internet beyond NTP without you clicking "update".

It's not quite that ambiguous. I find that when you're willing to engage with fascist rhetoric and the underlying worldview, you can see the patterns emerge that these scholars have pointed out.

I absolutely agree that (neo)liberal western societies usually only engage with it in order to isolate differences to feel better about themselves. That was my whole point actually. If you understand it's possible that a society or movement partially but not entirely meets the criteria for fascism, that's an actual starting point for a conversation to counteract it. Rather than doing the fig leaf thing from above and say "see we're technically not fascist" as an excuse to shut down that exact conversation.

While not exclusive to it, they are elements of fascism.

It's funny that we have all these lists and essays and books on how fascist ideology and policy is a confluence of many such elements, yet people still act as tough "is this person/party/state fascist?" is a simple yes or no question with no gray area.

I'm still subbed but rarely watch. I think I just somewhat outgrew that kind of gaming drama content, it feels less consequential than it did 10 years ago.

Though you have to commend her for sticking with the YouTube thing and staying true to herself under these conditions.

I still go back occasionally to Shaun's classic vids dismantling the sheer stupidity on display.

"Untested" reads like a major endorsement compared to establishment Dems.