Russians, Chinese and Israelites, to name three, have infiltrated all positions of all foreign powers. Geoblocking is not a solution.

Trans men are okay then? Sick, as long as the freaks don’t see them they’re safe

EMAIL PROVIDERS:

1. Posteo - Their choice of domain
2. Mailbox - Custom domain, free trial
3. Runbox - Custom domain, free trial

DEFINITELY FREE TIERS:

4. Tuta - Focused on security and resisting influence, but incoming mail can only be accessed by the Tuta client (because of their e2ee)
5. GMX - Apparently has ads
6. Zoho - Business focused
7. Proton - Feels walled garden-esque, has one email for free, may cooperate with governments

That’s going to be very interesting with persistent spam senders.

Proton allows only one free email address, which is what taught me to be wary of unexpected restrictions on services. I’ve got to say the only one I trust fully is my own, with complete certainty of security and features are all only limited by the hardware. Whenever someone talks about paying per month to get more addresses, aliases, calendar or storage - nah. Self-host. DuckDuckGo email is a good firewall layer as well - it forwards all mail to your chosen actual address after trying its best to strip the mail of trackers.

You know, I have purchased around 200 games. I have no idea how many of those can be mine because they’re linked to a store, maintained (usually) by a corporation hellbent on optimised profits, subject to mandatory updates so I have no choice but to play the way they want me to, and I don’t have the space to store them all. I don’t feel like any of them are really owned by me (and I know this is true but I reject that notion), not until they’re transferred to an offline machine.

Ty. For what it’s worth I agree with Gemini; I believe it’s the existence of multiple ethically horrible events that cause someone to feel like this is the worst timeline. It was able to find and summarise all large-scale current events that have been reported internationally, and formulate it into a better response than I could’ve in under an hour. I would’ve missed something, or undervalued another thing.

Seeking help isn’t contempt; providing some information is useful.

• Gemini

AI Overview
People might have Googled “Worst timeline” from July to September 2025 due to a combination of severe and compounding global crises, including major humanitarian crises, a series of devastating natural disasters, significant geopolitical instability, and widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the internet and search engines.

Humanitarian and Conflict Crises

• Gaza War Escalation: The humanitarian situation in Gaza reached catastrophic levels, with reports from the UN and aid agencies in July and September confirming widespread starvation and mounting evidence of famine, leading to significant global outrage and diplomatic shifts. A UN report in September went on to state that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
• Worsening Global Conflicts: The Sudanese civil war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a gang war in Haiti, which saw gangs take control of over 90% of the capital, all continued or escalated during this period, causing immense suffering and instability.
• Mass Casualties in Pakistan and Iraq: A fire in an Iraqi hypermarket killed at least 61 people in July, and monsoons killed at least 63 in Punjab, Pakistan. A building collapse in Karachi later that month killed 27.

Natural Disasters and Climate Events

• Extreme Weather Events: A deadly heatwave hit Europe in early July, and flash floods in Central Texas killed over 100 people. Severe monsoon rains and landslides also caused numerous deaths and widespread damage in India and South Korea throughout July and September.
• Devastating Earthquakes: In September, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan killed at least 2,200 people, with a second strong quake the following day interrupting rescue efforts.

Geopolitical and Societal Instability

• Political Turmoil: Donald Trump’s administration faced numerous domestic and international challenges, including an unproven claim linking autism to a common pain killer, the indefinite suspension of air defense and weapon shipments to Ukraine, and a controversial increase in military presence and a subsequent military strike near Venezuela, which drew international condemnation.
• Global Diplomatic Shifts: Several Western countries, including Belgium, Australia, Britain, Canada, and Portugal, announced their support for Palestinian statehood, leading to strong reactions from Israel and heightened diplomatic tensions.
• Internet and Technology Frustrations: Many users found Google search results to be significantly worse in 2025, saturated with AI-generated content, aggressive ads, and clickbait, making it harder to find reliable information. Google also rolled out two significant, messy algorithm and spam updates during this time, frustrating website owners.

These interconnected events created a pervasive sense of global crisis and unpredictability, making the search query “Worst timeline” a likely expression of public sentiment.

Yo I just wish you could opt out of government ownership

This. Why pay £6/m when, with self-hosting a Samba/NFS/NextCloud instance, I pay a fraction of the corporate cost.

Currently I’m paying ~£15/m as my server now has a GPU for better streaming and local assistant purposes. It uses ~80W. Without the GPU I was paying ~£4.50/m, which gets me:

• Network-wide traffic protection, ads, spam etc.
• Hub to remotely control, secure and automate my home
• Cloud media, frequently synced between devices
• CCTV
• Password management
• Email
• Notekeeping
• Instant messaging
• Streaming for locally stored movies, shows, music, podcasts, books, audio books and YouTube subscriptions
• Multiplayer Minecraft server
• Website/blogsite
• Remote desktop access
• Group video calling/presentation hosting
• 54TB shared storage between everything
• Network-attached storage

Imagine the cost of outsourcing all these services for unlimited access, unlimited* storage, unlimited e-mailboxes, and complete independence** from outside influence. I know I’d be paying £8/m to Google for their 2TB media storage plan alone.

*Limited by the drives you can afford
**Relying only on the developers of the software
It cost approx. £200 for the base parts, £200 for the GPU and £900 for the hard drives. A valuable investment.

I’ve worked out that I’ve had the server running for 3 years. If I take into account the money I have saved by not paying Google £8/m, I’ve saved £40/year. If I account for Netflix £25/m, I’ve completely covered the £900 I spent on storage. Disney+ £15/m takes me well over the remaining hardware costs. The media I own is far less than that offered by streamers but it’s everything I can need for the next 20 years+. I’ve counted. Every other service is just a bonus.

I used Ghost Spectre once and it was great, but was scared off it by frequent mentions online of other security flaws with prebuilt ISOs, the same potential risks as any closed-source and unregulated software. I never saw issues, just got fearmongered out of it

Can confirm, I still own an i7-7700k. Pretty much all 77xx variants were on the compatibility list but mine wasn’t. Weird thing, though (sarcasm), I used the standard Win11 Install Media to install, and it did so with no problems! Funny, that.

Occasionally it threw a fit with the Office apps my partner needed to use (the standard for the university and LibreOffice’s docx, xlsx format is not compatible with M$), all it did was refuse login due to lack of TPM2.0, but this only happened after the 24H3 update or whatever it’s called.

All this is moot for me now though, I use Arch

On Voyager you can block instances, communities, users, posts and keywords from appearing. I recommend adding to the list every time a new intolerant prick starts stirring shit up.

And Reddit is a sinking, stinking corporate ship. Art is destroyed. Adults are alienated. Innocent folk are stripped of their rights to speak. There’s nothing left for the community but fascists, conservatives and bot scripts.

Hey, you ever read about the annihilation - sorry, rehabilitation of Americans by the Euro settlers? The ones they called Indian because their complexion is similar to folk from a certain other, already colonised land? This screams ‘you’re uncivilised and savages if you don’t look, talk and quack like us’

The only way to be comfortable in this system is to disadvantage others, step on others’ backs. The most ethical way to earn comfort in a greedy capitalist society is to earn, borrow and steal as much money as you can. The moral code of a thief stands: Steal only from the rich.

Of course we did bro, AI (or at least, the current use of the term) is here and no multinational conglomerate gives a fuck about the environment any more

Hey, my first post where the obvious bot is obvious! 🎉

What a fucking surprise.

Obscure reference outs the comic as British!