The BDS movement is based on the movement by the same name targeted at apartheid South Africa, which did have a significant impact in getting rid of the regime. That said the amount of money Americans are compelled legally to spend on Israel vastly outstrips any changes regular people could make in their daily lives so idk how effective it can be in this case. The American empire seems inextricably tied to Israeli dominance these days.

Fair point. Technology is increasingly hostile.

Fwiw I can use my banking apps and anything else on GrapheneOS. It’s been smooth sailing all the way.

My HP Z440 was cheap on eBay and kicks ass. Only weird hitch about it is it won’t boot without some sort of GPU in it so I got a GTX 970 on Facebook for like $20.

You’ll probably never want to go back lol

How confident are you driving an automatic? If you’re comfortable, it shouldn’t be too big of a deal. If you already struggle to navigate traffic, adding more controls will make that worse.

Read The Dispossessed.

They’re talking about suspending habeas corpus so…

Regardless I still think they’re going to go after the unhoused more explicitly and use less explicit means to push trans people (and others they disapprove of) into that category in order to make excuses for the disappearancess. We shall see I suppose.

Honestly, all she’s done has created history’s most gaping opportunity for an appeal.

People just don’t want to be around a bigot. Simple as. Social harms that might come to you for espousing views that aren’t acceptable to the surrounding community isn’t censorship, it’s just social rejection on legitimate grounds. Fix your heart or GTFO.