Funny… I did the same thing. Chose Grand Central as my provider… who were then acquired by Google and became Google Voice :-/
These days I still have my GV number as it’s a known number, but I never call out on it. When possible I use Signal; I’ve also got burner talkatone numbers that change regularly, and Matrix/Element for any regular communication.
I figure the combination means that no provider has a full picture and all of those providers are unlikely to aggregate to the same databases.
Time for a Truth and Reconciliation panel in the US…?
When there’s fuzzy links to every dictatorship in existence plus glowing reviews of dictators from the past, it’s hard to isolate that as “clear link to Russia.”
What they were looking for was evidence that Russia was pulling Trump’s strings; it’s looking now more like it was Trump trying to cozy up to someone he admired and getting very little in return other than amusement.
Personally, I don’t think there’s real undecided voters at this point… at least, not the ones who say they are. The real undecided voters are the ones that will say what their friends and family want them to say out loud, but are silently considering voting differently.
Better to target the “I’m not voting because…” crowd.
The Beelink ones come with Windows 11 Home; since this is a privacy community, it should be obvious that that’s not all that great for privacy.
For wireless keyboards; I just got a cheap Bluetooth one with a trackpad because I knew it would be abused.
Take a TV, strap a mini PC like one of those BeeLink ones to the back (it comes with mounting hardware), plug an HDMI cable between them. Connect a wireless keyboard with trackpad, and congrats! You’ve got a big screen computer.
The next bits really depend on your technical know-how. What I did was wiped Windows from the PC and installed Linux, then installed Jellyfin and Firefox.
Jellyfin works as a media server so I can stream my own collection of videos/images anywhere im my home, and Firefox with uBlock Origin means I can log in to any streaming service I want, without the ads. And I can log into my (on-device) Jellyfin server the same way.
I’ve tried all the interfaces like XBMC/Kodi and Plesk etc. and find it’s more of a headache than just having a keyboard handy.
If you use the fascist playbook to combat fascism, you are a fascist.
That sounds like something a fascist would do. Which is likely one of the many reasons it won’t be done.
Never heard of Eric Adams. Is he a fascist?
[edit] Oh… THAT Eric Adams. When does he get voted out of office?
Have you ever worn a pair of Florsheims or a pair of riding boots? You can totally remove the laces and you’ll still have the same difficulty.
I prefer Dallying Donnie.
Works on multiple levels… kept his supporters waiting, and the long line of indiscretions….
He probably gets tired of so many others being more popular and more incorrect.
We need a whole senate of inter generational Bernies.