You got most of the direct questions answered so this is just my 2 cents: I strongly recommend you do a back up of your important files on a separate physical medium first as iCloud is going to be a bit of a barrier on Linux. Then lengthen your timeline of getting away from Mac purely to facilitate learning. Look into something like Ubuntu (Fedora and OpenSUSE aren’t the best choice for beginners) as your starting distro to learn about Linux while keeping Mac around in some capacity to do the things you haven’t migrated over yet. Elementary OS might be an option to look at for that Mac feel but it’s purely surface level.

Then phase out Mac overtime as you become more comfortable with how Linux works with what your use case is. Eventually you’ll determine what might be an even better distro for your use case and may switch into something that serves you better. You won’t find a perfect 1 to 1 alternative that will meet all your needs exactly as you want them met out of the box. So a period of learning is recommended to figure out how you’d like things to work and how to go about it.

“We’re in”

Felt like reading a bad Mr. Robot fanfic episode.

I’d like to target this buzz at developers and companies so they start supporting Linux natively more.

Ah yes, because that’s what we need. Trump saying more stupid shit.

Not voting just means they are completely comfortable with everything that is happening: deaths, fascism, ruined diplomatic relations and all. They can’t say they didn’t see this coming. Trump isn’t some new variable. This isn’t his first presidency. This is his 2nd and he was the same piece of shit during the first. People tried to warn the GOP voters on the fence and the non-voters that this would happen. Bernie Sanders and other politicians said that Trump is a bitter man and will use the presidency purely for vengeance and he absolutely is. Even Trump himself told us exactly what he was going to do. They had ample warning over and over but they didn’t want to listen. They chose to be complicit.

I’ve seen those headlines too. It’s seems like they are trying to insinuate that it actually is criminal in some respect for citizens to carry guns in the US. At least that’s the vibe I’m getting from them making a big deal about that detail.

I saw a video of another US citizen getting detained by ICE and he was also legally carrying a gun (had his permit on him) and they made a huge deal about him having it. It seems that these ICE agents view just having a gun as a crime itself.

Department of Injustice

Doing fuck all about it or helping.

When this all started last year I got a bot suspension and a strike for violating rule 1 (advocating for violence towards people) by pointing out that one could sabotage ICE vehicles by dropping sugar in a gas tank. Won the appeal and got the strike removed but it’s sure a joke of a website.

They’re never going to see that bonus.