I am told that turning your phone off and on multiple times and then leaving it off, without entering your password in between, increases your security and makes your phone more difficult to break into. This is what I do for travel.

I think there’s value in using religion to shame and divide the fascists. Ie; normie religious people are going to be aghast at priests and nuns getting beaten and tear gassed: thus putting bodies in uniform there wins hearts and minds.

But also; should make sure churches are expelling fascists.

I’m a Catholic, my quasi-spouse is an atheist. We have spirited debates. He knows he’s welcome if he wants to come (and is occasionally tempted to see if he can horrify a priest through confessing *everything* he’s done) but also I don’t give a fuck if he never comes, which thus far, is the case.

That’s fair - but when I say little-c church, I mean individual groups that have their own interpretations of stuff.

I think there’s a big difference between “we must scheme to make sure people come” vs “don’t forget to invite other people to the party just in case they want to come.”

You and I may disagree on this, but I think it’s possible to have religion without imperialism. Liberation theology is pretty rad IMO, and there were some interesting early communist religious communes that shared equally with all.

It really depends on the church.

I keep thinking of how the polls in 2016 said those who identified as “most religious” had the lowest actual church attendance.

I also - I feel like this is a skill I never realized was a skill, but most people in the Army are *so used* to being yelled at and hate doing unnecessary work.

And that stuff isn’t cool it’s just work.

Now that *is* one of the worst units, but it still applies.

It’s a weird thing to be honest even if you’re not having resentment feels. At our house it all feels kind of surreal- we’ve had FBI files for over a decade, so we’re like: “wait, are we…normies now? Do people not start to glaze over when we talk about the government?”

I think it’s hard for some people who have been doing better work for a longer time, and haven’t gotten over the fame trap, to not feel resentful that people are celebrating him and not celebrating them.

The true win is knowing you did good without the applause of everyone, but that’s hard.

We’re talking apples and oranges - strategic vs tactical.

As an Iraq vet, I’m pretty aware of the human cost of that war.

And yet; some people thought it was (strategically) worth the cost to drive us out. And they were ultimately, at great cost, (tactically) successful.

You can (à la GWOT) cause an occupation to lose with a far smaller force than it takes to win a general strike, such that there may come a time when that is the best option.

I’m not a vanguardist, but they are correct that collective action is always more difficult to source than vanguard action.

Yes - after the article came out.

But it’s still important to know the direction that the administration is thinking, so that people can make their own risk assessments for when/if to leave.

It was a developing story - originally it was about the ban, but then they reversed.

I know, right?

But there’s a certain reality to it though. Army are willing to look stupid because they know it doesn’t touch them. ICE meanwhile is out taking selfies.