The Angry Illustrator

it is our differences which make us dearer to one another

it is never too late to start loving

the enemy is not the foreigner, but the ones who tell you to hate the foreigner

everyone should have food, shelter, and work

everything is a yin and yang metaphor if you try hard enough

The government just introduced Bill C-22 — a sweeping surveillance proposal that would force collection of vast quantities of Canadians’ private data, on every digital service and device we use. Internet providers, messaging services, and other online services will be obligated to store a year’s worth of metadata about who we’re talking to and where we’re travelling, build surveillance backdoors to access that data into their services, and even hand foreign governments a faster path to that information.

not only the collection of personal information and digital tracking across the internet AND devices, but retention of that information, plus they want to force tech companies to build in back doors under the guise of making the police’s job easier.

Yatagans

19th century, Epirus, gold-plated silver, 70.5 cm [x]

late 18th-early 19th century, silver, 69 cm [x]

1823, silver, 72 cm [x]

19th century, Crete, silver, 74 cm [x]

19th century, silver and coral, 88.5 cm [x]

19th century, Peloponnese, silver, gold, and and niello, inscription "ΓΕΩΡΓΙC ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙC ΓΟΥΡΓΑΡΙΣ", 49 cm [x]

A Demonstrator’s Guide to Operational Security

Fighting Back, Staying Free

https://crimethinc.com/opsec

How do police and federal agents identify and target those who participate in demonstrations? What countermeasures can we take to hinder this kind of repression? In this anonymously submitted text, one affinity group explores how they address these questions.

“My home isn’t for sale”.

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

Consecrated sword with scabbard and baldric (1674–1676)

Gifted to Polish king Jan III Sobieski by Pope Innocent XI.

Wawel Royal Castle – State Art Collection

Blessed swords were ceremonial gifts traditionally presented by popes to Catholic rulers and military leaders in recognition of their service to the Church and the defense of Christendom. These swords were often accompanied by a consecrated hat and richly decorated with precious metals and gemstones.

Type: Consecrated sword

Overall length: 200.6 cm

Blade width: 6.8 cm

Origin: Rome, Papal States (1674–1676)

Material: steel, silver-gilt, wood, leather, silk, velvet, satin, gold thread, silver thread, pearl, ruby