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not_bob OP wrote
Reply to comment by righttoprivacy in The FBI’s most controversial surveillance tool is under threat by not_bob
That's exactly the problem. There is no accountability or transparency on how any of this stuff is used.
noptic wrote
All I can say is SHUM
If you are doing anything that challenges the technocratic elite and you are not offering a deep discount for customers who pay with monero you are doing it wrong.
righttoprivacy wrote
Such a valuable tool (to trash the constitution).
So very sad to hear the teasing of... (almost) a hint of accountability for it. 😛
righttoprivacy wrote
Reply to You don't want Nun! (AI Art) by Rambler
Hahah these are great. What comes to mind next is: "nun-chuk nun".
Could see these make for a great movie. 😆
z3d wrote
Reply to comment by righttoprivacy in Just do it! by StableDiffuser
It looks like in this case just doing it resulted in a criminal conviction.
not_bob wrote
Argh, so frustrating.
Rambler wrote
Sad thing is, as we've seen in recent years, banking can be completely political. We saw those Canadian truckers and their supporters get their bank accounts frozen, we've seen merchant account platforms like PayPal and Stripe close access to companies based on frivolous reasons.
Cash is still king.
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by righttoprivacy in Thoughts on The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Accountability UFO hearings that just took place? by Rambler
I definitely recommend listening to the entire testimony. Once past the normal boring introductions and listening to the three witnesses it gets really good.
Could it be a giant psyop? Sure. Three witnesses were highly credentialed and under oath, but that could be all part of the 'bigger plan' if a giant psyop. If it was, then what for? This hardly got any main stream media coverage so if it was a coverup for something else, it was a piss poor coverup since the only news being regurgitated that day was of our imagining politicians freezing in place (Mitch McConnell) and how hot it was outside.
Rambler OP wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by NapkinBlizzard in Thoughts on The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Accountability UFO hearings that just took place? by Rambler
Yeah, I'm not sure why this wasn't publicized more or why even on reddit it never made it to /r/news, for example. Most the articles I did read or skim through were vague and didn't really touch base on much of the key points or claims made. Only places I could find on reddit giving an honest go-over was places like /r/conspiracy or, of course, /r/ufos .
I'd say to date it's the most credible and open discussion on the topic. The links you shared are certainly good reads, but submitted by people with unknown credentials and without being under oath in front of congress, though what they stated is very similar to what was shared on Wednesday before the world.
A personal experience of my own: As a kid in the early 90's, and in a very rural part of America, I always had a clear view of the night sky. My childhood was spent outdoors, climbing trees, building forts in the woods and just laying down in the yard at night staring at the stars.
I very distinctly remember seeing a large triangle shaped object one night, with the blunt side moving forward slowly and the pointy tip being the rear of the... thing. It seemed low to the ground (a few hundred feet maybe) and I recall a light in each corner and it moving slowly, that's it. I've never seen anything else in my life since then like that, and then probably about 6 or 7 years ago while sitting around a camp fire sharing some beers with some hikers (strangers) at a shared campsite we all happened to stop at one night while hiking a long trail in the region, we start swapping stories and someone else from the same general area as me mentioned seeing the exact same thing one night during the same timeframe (early 90's), this was mentioned before I had said anything at all. What he described was exactly what I had observed all those years prior.
There is also a military installment nearby, so the 'easy explanation' is that it was simply some experimental military craft that can move slowly, quietly, and 'backwards' (blunt side forward, pointy side backward). We'd occasionally have the house rattled due to sonic booms from military test flights back then, so there was definitely military activity and training in the area during this time period as well. Still eerie to think about it all these years later.
Had a family member in the Air Force who spent a lot of time out in New Mexico, and closer to his death he'd tell some stories. Many seemed like tall tales, but this is a man who wasn't much for gloating or bragging. I think a lot of what he shared was more, "heard through the grapevine", so to speak. He wasn't a front line grunt by any means, but certainly wasn't high up on the totem pole either.
Who knows.
Just seems implausible to think that we're alone and that the elements we require for life are the same elements required for other life. I hope we see more discourse and open transparent discussion on the subject from the government moving forward though!
righttoprivacy wrote
Reply to Thoughts on The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Accountability UFO hearings that just took place? by Rambler
As Mulder put it (X-Files): I want to believe 🤓
But very distrustful of the recent flood of coverage, and some moments of testimony aren't as convincing as others.
Without hard evidence: I like to consider any possibly beneficiaries.
(though maybe I should probably watch entire testimony before making a judgement)
One really comes to mind: could really help raise military budgets. 😉
NapkinBlizzard wrote (edited )
Reply to Thoughts on The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Accountability UFO hearings that just took place? by Rambler
I think this is huge news, but I'm surprised that not many people seem to care or just brush it off because there's no smoking gun (authentic videos, photos, etc.). The best we have are the Navy videos that the Pentagon released a while back.
If you want to dive into the rabbit hole, here are some stories from people who have supposedly worked on these retrieval programs:
- 4chan whistleblower
- From the late 2000s to the mid-2010s, I worked as a molecular biologist for a national security contractor in a program to study Exo-Biospheric-Organisms (EBO).
I wouldn't be surprised if people like this now start to come forward to Congress. Ross Coulthart seems to know of others that want to talk.
Some of the implications of this shit is scary as hell and I don't think our governments will use any of this technology to "help people" or "advance the human race". They just use it to build better bombs and craft to kill "the other guy" (China, Russia, etc.).
not_bob wrote
Social media is a dangerous thing. People overshare all the time.
not_bob wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by True in What happened over on I2P? by divergenti2p
There is a lot of misinformation out there.
not_bob OP wrote
Reply to comment by Rambler in FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore by not_bob
Agreed, this needs to be improved, and monopolies broken up.
not_bob wrote
Reply to Thoughts on The Congressional Committee on Oversight and Accountability UFO hearings that just took place? by Rambler
Not to sound like a nutjob, but there are a lot of things they have kept hidden. More transparency is needed.
Rambler wrote
Man, I would have loved to have 25Mbps down previously. Used a rural WISP for a long time, until the company stopped offering the ISP part of it's telecom business. Even then, I could only get about 10Mbps down on a good day. Afterwards, was stuck using a 4G Mobile hotspot in an area where 1 bar of service is standard, two if I walk to the edge of the property. Common speeds for that was 2-3Mbps. I could have gotten ViaSat or something else, but the price, bandwidth cap, reviews and speeds made it seem like a no-go.
Finally after over a year of waiting was able to get Starlink, but it's so costly for the speed and service. I love it, don't get me wrong, but I'd much rather have in-home DSL or something for a quarter of the cost and quarter of the max speed if it was an option here.
This is all within the last few years.
The US is massive and still mostly rural, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to bring fiber to most areas of the country. I feel like you can't drive 100 miles on the interstate without running into some large roadway construction or maintenance project, seems like a good time to build out a larger fiber network and allow ISPs to lease the fiber or something.
And then you have some cities where it's practically ATT and Comcast holding a monopoly on internet, and other cities where there are dozens of small ISPs and multi-gbps fiber to your home or office is an easily accessible and affordable option.
noptic wrote
25Mbps is still usable IMO. Will need 100Mbps in about 5 years.
noptic wrote
Reply to comment by not_bob in Where do you (honestly) see the future of online privacy? by Rambler
No, I have not, I will check it out, thanks!
not_bob wrote
Reply to comment by noptic in Where do you (honestly) see the future of online privacy? by Rambler
Thank you. I feel that it's very important to help out the community in ways that I can.
Have you been following my blog? That's also a good resource with articles going back a couple years.
noptic wrote
Reply to comment by not_bob in Where do you (honestly) see the future of online privacy? by Rambler
Your site is one of the first I stumbled upon while first exploring I2P, it is an amazing resource. I check the new listings often to see if anything exciting is available. Thanks for hosting this.
righttoprivacy wrote
Reply to Kevin Mitnick Obituary - Las Vegas, NV by not_bob
I remember reading his story with great interest from #FreeKevin campaign to 2600 publishing, documentaries, his "Ghost In the Wire" / Art of Invisibility books,.
And Shimomura on his trail. It felt bigger than life
Catching Kevin Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/1996/02/catching/
Had no idea he was not well. Was a bit of a shock at his age. RIP Kevin. You made your mark. 💔
righttoprivacy wrote
Reply to Madness of man by Rambler
I like this. intense.
not_bob wrote
Reply to comment by noptic in Where do you (honestly) see the future of online privacy? by Rambler
As you can see from my list, there are a very large number of clearnet mirrors on I2P. I thank the various people who make this possible.
not_bob wrote
Reply to What happened over on I2P? by divergenti2p
zzz is currently taking a well earned sabbatical.
Morpheus wrote
Reply to Madness of man by Rambler
I like it!. Great job thanks for sharing this.!