Since the counter-reformation, about.

Salvation is a gift, freely given, but we can separate ourselves from that grace by choosing to do terrible things. How much you want to consider doing good things Work is, I guess, a matter of perspective but most Evangelicals certainly view it as us saying you’re saved by works.

If non-catholic people didn’t go to hell

Man, she’s going to be extra pissed when she finds out that’s not what the Church teaches, to begin with (and also been publicly published, in some capacity, for a century, now).

It could be a bit of them all; his base isn’t large enough on its own but, together with those who wanted to protest vote and those looking for relief from the economy and those who hated the idea of voting for a black woman, they may’ve all been enough to get him over the finish line.

We all pretend that it didn’t exist and do not acknowledge its presence; that’s the informal rule.

I mean, I have to assume they meant “oppose” and just mistyped.

Dual-booting was how I first got into Linux; it truly leaves open the ability to keep everything you’re worried about not having.

What’s the VPN?

First I’m hearing but that doesn’t surprise me; it’s probably better than most companies you could give your money to but, in any way they could, they don’t do anything truly groundbreaking such that I can justify to myself giving money rather than just keeping said money in my pocket (and, in turn, much more likely to go to mutual aid, charities, non-profits, or coöperatively-owned or union-backed businesses).

They could have done a more traditional coöp, open-sourced their infrastructure (even if it was just the app.!), or really emphasized a particular stance or message they as a company would stand by…but they haven’t done any of those. They basically are just offering up YouTube but as a streaming service. But that doesn’t solve the myriad of issues that make a streaming service a business that (like most businesses) prey on their customers.

Also Bluesky isn’t an alternative to big tech, it IS big tech. I wish it wasn’t stealing so much of our publicity lately.

This; I’m so sick of hearing it pop up when people mention alternatives.