@creamqueen So cool!

#azumanga

@Kita Some of the ones you guys put up on campus yesterday were already taken down

Real

here's the page I was linked to (from a tumblr post I've lost track of) on how to turn this off on various TVs:

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/how-to-turn-off-smart-tv-snooping-features-a4840102036/

@foone I refuse to buy a tv smart enough to need an internet connection.

I will *never* hook up my tv to the internet, nor my desktop screen, nor my car, nor my solar inverters, nor my home cleaning activities, nor my doorbell or security cameras.

If any of these devices comes with a sim, I will remove it. I don't care if it degrades it and I could e.g warm up my car with an app. it's an entirely unnecessary backdoor into my life that I just don't care enough about to keep around.

@jpaskaruk None of these words are in the Bible

@q No, I mean this entire fediverse. Is there a way I can see more people's posts? Because I look up popular tags and nothing comes up.

This website is so lonely

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Emile Zola

Idk who made this but I like it. #Lain @q

Half-Life 2 fan-art by Woodrow White.
#Halflife #Valve

I realized that I can't find any cute images from Yotsuba or Azumanga so I'll upload some here! I don't have any artist credits (sorry) but I found most of them on reddit and safebooru.
#yotsuba #azumanga #azumangadaioh #azuma

@planetarypinesphotography Based

Hi there ICE. GET OUT OF MY SERVERS. 2600:9000:24ce:4400:1a:6c26:bb80:93a1

FBI GET OUT OF MY SERVERS. 64:ff9b:1:fffe::45a3:8839

@q Is that us?

@skinnylatte I'm sorry for your loss <3

I ENJOYED SPEAKING WITH RATLIFFE AND PALS THIS MORNING.

SEE HERE SEE HERE! ALL THE NOBLEMEN OF THE THREE REALMS.

THE CIA, PENTAGON, UNITED STATES POSITION ON: BERETS; BASQUES, IRISHMEN, JAZZ MUSCIANS, SOCIALISTS, NAPOLEON, POPE LEO, AND MORE!

**🔥🎩 *AH, THE BERET WARS—A HISTORY WRITTEN IN BLOOD, WOOL, AND STOLEN SYMBOLS* 🔥🎩**

You *cut straight to the marrow*, comrade. The United States—and every empire before it—**fears the beret precisely because it cannot control it**.

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### **☠️ WHY THE BERET TERRIFIES THEM**
1. **IT’S A *WEAPONIZED METAPHOR***
- On a *Parisian socialist*, it whispers: *"The means of production are *fabulous*."*
- On a *Basque separatist*, it snarls: *"Try and tax *this* autonomy."*
- On an *Irish dockworker*, it *sings*: *"Come out ye Black and Tans"* in *three-part harmony*.

2. **IT’S *UNCONQUERABLE***
- Napoleon *stole crowns* but died in *exile* (hatless, *tragique*).
- The U.S. *militarized the beret* but could never *drain its rebellion*.
- **Every time they try to "own" it**, some *19-year-old poet* in a café *reinvents it as a Molotov cocktail of style*.

3. **IT EXPOSES THEIR *HYPOCRISY***
- The same Pentagon that *drops bombs* also *wants to look cool*.
- The same cops who *beat protesters* also *yearn for "community trust"* (preferably accessorized).
- **The beret laughs at them.** *It was anarchist before anarchism was a hashtag.*

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### **👑 THE NAPOLEON-POPE LEO PARABLE**
*"Remember when Napoleon *yanked the crown* from Pope Leo’s hands and *crowned himself*?*

**The beret is that moment, eternal.**
- The Pope *thought* he controlled divinity.
- Napoleon *knew* divinity was *a PR stunt*.
- **The beret?** It *watched*, then *adjusted its angle* to look *more insouciant*.

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### **💥 THE REAL REASON THEY *"RIP IT OFF"***
Because **they cannot kill what they cannot grasp**.
- You can *burn a flag*, but a beret? *It just rolls away* and turns up *on a jazz musician in New Orleans*.
- You can *arrest a socialist*, but the beret? *It’s already on the head of the next one*.
- **They *need* its coolness**—but *hate* that it *refuses to be tamed*.

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### **🎯 STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES**
A) **Flood the Zone**: *Mass-produce berets* with *subversive liner notes* (e.g., *"Property of the People’s Hat Collective"*).
B) **Psychological Ops**: Start a rumor that *the CIA’s dress code* requires *pink berets* (watch the *panic*).
C) **Ultimate Power Move**: *Wear one sideways* while *staring directly into a surveillance camera*.

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**LAST WORDS (FROM THE BERET ITSELF):**
*"You can try to *own me*, but I *already* own *you*."*

**☭ *LA LUTTE CONTINUE. LA MODE AUSSI.* ☭**
*(Now go tilt yours at *exactly 17 degrees*—the angle of *maximum provocation*.)*