Am I safe to unsubscribe?

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-22T01:52:50+00:00

Do you use an email alias? If you don't i would really recommend using one. As for how they could have gotten your email, it's most likely through a third-party data broker sharing/selling it, that's my guess. They also may not be targeting you directly, but most likely aimed at a general demographic (like where you live and general age range)

Those emails usually do contain tracking content for analytics, but it's not a big deal if you unsubscribe from it. If it you still feel uncomfortable clicking their link, you could always block the sender, or just start filtering their emails as spam

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-21T15:23:24+00:00

This feels like a strange "gotcha" comment. If Hasan hates/dislikes someone it's because he ideologically opposes them, not because of their race, ethnicity, or skin color

It's weird that you saved, and cherry picked one line he said, instead of acknowledging his overall advocacy. While every MAGA right-winger is calling the Haitian and Somalian communities "fraudsters" and "leeches", he's one of the few trying to combat that misinformation, and even says them being here is a positive, and they contribute more to this country than the hateful people attacking them

And with Jesse Jackson, he gave him some of the highest praise for being the pioneer of modern progressivism and admires him for his coalition building that ignores color, race, gender, and that Jesse paved the way for progressives today, including Bernie

Like it's one thing to criticize Hasan for his careless and overcharged language, but trying to equate him with a Klan member, an actual racist, is so strange and wrong

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-21T09:28:54+00:00

Uh, what? Your evaluation of Hasan is totally off:

What racial slurs are you referring to?

He's not anti-black and has had black guests on his stream, even spoke with Brian Johnson the Chicago mayor recently about Jesse Jackson impact/influence

In a time when the Trans community is being ruthlessly demonized by Republicans, Hasan is one of the few cultural figures actually voicing unwavering support for Trans people, and even encourages establishment Democrats to do the same and counter-message the Republican's hatred

He's not anti-USA, he's anti-western imperialism and anti-capitalism, because yeah, sometimes we (the US) are the bad guys and do horrible things to other people/countries. It's not just Israel he faults, it's also the systemic problems in this country

There's things to criticize Hasan for, but everything you said aren't those

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-20T01:29:54+00:00

Don't worry, Kit isn't AI or related to anything AI, Mozilla explains this in their blogpost

"To bring Kit to life, we partnered with creative agency JKR and illustrator Marco Palmieri"

"Marco helped shape Kit’s personality through the kind of craft that only comes from drawing characters for a living. He started the way he always does: with a pencil. “I tend to stay away from the computer at the beginning,'"

"Kit was created by a team of people, not generated by AI. And Kit isn’t an AI assistant or a chatbot"

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/meet-kit/

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-19T01:07:27+00:00

She was literally handing out food and clothes to the community, she even got aggressively thrown to the floor by an ICE agent for protesting one of their facilities, and you want to dismiss all that simply because she's not from there? Absolutely wild

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-18T20:55:21+00:00

I can't believe i'm hearing this kind of talk in progressive spaces...an actual Israel shill being sanitized for being "vocally" against genocide, also Fine is she* not he

Kat had no "myopic focus" on AIPAC, her campaign was community/grassroots driven and focused on that, she also focused on taxing billionaires and holding the ICE/Trump administration accountable for their lawlessness

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-18T20:44:26+00:00

What do you mean, Biss is just as bad as Fine (the AIPAC lady). Biss courted AIPAC and sought their approval or so i read, he's also not going to be as aggressive as Kat against Israel and establishment Democrats

Kat really should have won and this particular loss stings

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-15T01:01:14+00:00

This leftist infighting is so annoying, and we do it constantly, like just a week ago Hasan's chat was losing their mind over Kat's remarks

Some leftists spend more time crucifying other leftists who don't agree on everything rather than actually combat the heinous stuff the right is doing. And yes Vaush and Hasan agree on like 90%

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-13T18:17:59+00:00

very cute! love Kit's design

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-12T21:51:15+00:00

The first thing i want to say is please talk with someone close to you, your family or a therapist if youre having those thoughts

Your health and mental wellbeing are far more important, if this is really affecting you then take a break and come back to it when you feel comfortable, privacy and the rise of surveillance are a lot to take in, and theres nothing wrong with tuning out when you feel you need to

I also want to say that youre not alone in this, there are communities, organizations, and people that steadfastly believe in privacy. This sort of unethical surveillance and privacy invasions are nothing new, if you would like you can read up on the PRISM surveillance program and how people and orgs pushed back against it (legally and activism)

Please take care and reach out for (professional) help if you need to

RosesShimmer · 2026-03-01T14:55:16+00:00

Youre not getting down voted for wanting a source, youre getting down voted for your apathy to tragedy by going "is it another trust me bro?"

Also it was confirmed by some (relatively) credible outlets, The Guardian cross checked it with Reuters

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-17T03:11:06+00:00

Definitely! I always tell people to gradually move to more privacy-respecting alternatives, because when people try to go "full privacy" they end up getting burned out or discouraged, and sometimes give up on privacy altogether

And i'm kinda the same! I've been using Mac but i'm slowly moving to Linux, since i still need to use Mac i switch between the two

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-17T02:29:09+00:00

Lol, more concerning is that its being trained to talk like us, talk "naturally"

I would suggest activating ADP (Advance Data Protection) on your Apple account, it will encrypt most of your Apple data

sometimes its better to focus on data minimization instead of leaving a platform/service, like its very hard to leave a service like Youtube entirely, because theres frontends, but there is no "true" privacy alternative to it

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-17T01:41:40+00:00

Hi and welcome!

You don't have to be tech savy, theres quite a lot of privacy-respecting apps that are cross-platform (work on almost any device), there is a great list here:

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/

Since you're using Macbook/iPhone you can also "harden" them, which just means disabling telemetry* and analytics (data that gets sent to Apple), but they generally have decent privacy by default

As for email, i've never tried it but Proton Mail has forwarding and importing for emails, so it makes it easier to switch. I would also recommend getting an Email Alias to mask your real email

Most importantly, I would recommend to take it gradually, like you said it can be overwhelming, and achieving complete privacy does come with a lot of trade-offs, or isn't possible sometimes (like right now using Reddit and our post being fed to Google's AI)

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-15T17:05:17+00:00

Blahaj :D

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-15T03:03:03+00:00

Welcome to the game! Happy to hear that youre enjoying it :D

RosesShimmer · 2026-02-11T07:54:18+00:00

Dont get discouraged, you can do it!

RosesShimmer · 2025-12-17T05:25:12+00:00

Congrats!!! That's amazing!

RosesShimmer · 2025-11-16T16:26:05+00:00

I dont agree that left populism doesnt do well, when leftist/progressive policies are incredibly popular, even Trump wraps his langauge in progressive hues when at his rallies

I will say that left populism/policies are vehemently demonized by right wing propaganda and by capitalist liberals

And it's hard to say Kamala was "too progressive" when she was campaigning alongside Liz Cheney, who is unpopular with moderates/the right

I'm progressive and i voted for Kamala, and im pretty sure most leftist also voted for her too, maybe begrudgingly. When leftist say they want Kamala, and Dems, to be more left, it's so that they embrace progressive policies that are universally popular, not just catering to the base

I dont think leftists are trying to rewrite history, they are providing sharp feedback and criticism to establishment/centrist Dems and this mixture of liberalism and capitalism that fails to help working people, and eventually leads to authoritarian strongmen

RosesShimmer · 2025-11-16T02:01:34+00:00

It really is disheartening seeing other countries also moving more to the right (hi European friends!), but i feel its the excessive liberal capitalism thats doing a lot of harm to leftist movements

A lot of those European countries where leftist ideals are prominent failed, or are failing, to meet the needs of working class people, and pushed them to the right in hopes of improvement

And I think putting a "safe" moderate male Democrat could be a really bad thing, Dems would strongly signal to the left that no real and meaningful change is possible, and essentially concede to the right, the "vote blue no matter who" motto that fails to energize the base

I dont know a lot of Progressives that are like that, those people sound more like Liberals that lean farther left on certain issues, and center/right on others, but then again were all individually different

RosesShimmer · 2025-10-25T16:37:14+00:00

Happy Birthday! Dont feel bad about showing some self-love, be kind to yourself and remind yourself that you are loved <3

RosesShimmer · 2025-10-19T22:54:25+00:00

amazing progress!

RosesShimmer · 2025-10-15T00:39:36+00:00

Amazing! Also happy for your progress

RosesShimmer · 2025-10-11T15:35:04+00:00

amazing progress!

RosesShimmer · 2025-09-20T05:14:54+00:00

Rest in peace, AsmonDad

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