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reACTIONary

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105. Duck Speak is Double Plus Bad ....
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 04:03 PM
Thursday

.... Even though I have read 1984 and am familiar with newspeak, I had to look that one up.

From your post it seems you are writing very carefully. Down with duckspeak!

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As if there weren't already a myriad of reasons to ditch social media Blue Owl Oct 28 #1
Do you consider this forum a form of social media? Hope22 Oct 28 #34
You are exactly right. It's like... reACTIONary Oct 28 #58
Oh, this will end well. misanthrope Oct 28 #2
This is completely fukked UpInArms Oct 28 #3
Porn, basketball and politics RandySF Oct 28 #4
You missed GAMBLING. Zackzzzz Oct 28 #55
Does that include DU? lostincalifornia Oct 28 #5
I'm sure. CentralMass Oct 28 #8
Agree. At this point assume all open conversations on all web sites are monitored. erronis Oct 28 #27
Is calling Donald Trump a piece of shit considered interesting? CrispyQ Oct 28 #72
I was going to suggest, here ill go ahead and make it easy for them: Volaris Wednesday #92
couldn't have said it better gopiscrap Thursday #103
Sure. Why Not? Give Peace A Chance Oct 28 #35
I suspect they've been monitoring DU for a while already IronLionZion Oct 28 #47
Of course. Why wouldn't it? reACTIONary Oct 28 #59
Well the US is newer to this jfz9580m Thursday #100
Duck Speak is Double Plus Bad .... reACTIONary Thursday #105
DU participation nocoincidences Oct 28 #6
I've never considered DU to be "social media" EarlG Oct 28 #9
"What If" BeerBarrelPolka Oct 28 #12
Hypothetically EarlG Oct 28 #18
Thank you BeerBarrelPolka Oct 28 #19
Thank you RazorbackExpat Wednesday #94
Plus which it would be hard for them to describe the persons or things dickthegrouch Wednesday #95
CREW got the founder of Cowboys for Trump Couy Griffin duhneece Wednesday #96
Thank you so much EarlG jfz9580m Thursday #102
For $5.7 million I am going to speculate that this deal is more hat than cattle... Hugin Oct 28 #21
Anything that we think Trump and his fascists "would never do" hadEnuf Oct 28 #69
Absolutely. Hugin Oct 28 #73
thank you DoBW Oct 28 #22
Not worried about our screen names, but should we worry about our IP addresses ending up in their data files? Attilatheblond Oct 28 #40
I've been using a VPN for a couple of years and it works great. Snarkoleptic Oct 28 #52
Thanks for that great tip! Attilatheblond Oct 28 #91
Bluesky orangecrush Oct 28 #51
Going in record here that my name is Debbie underpants Oct 28 #82
I don't consider DU social media either jfz9580m Friday #107
Yes. All interactions with websites are candidates for hoovering. erronis Oct 28 #28
Yeah, me too. calimary Oct 28 #57
You can't spell INCEL without ICE leftstreet Oct 28 #7
related ... DoBW Oct 28 #10
Thanks for the info. yellow dahlia Oct 28 #13
There are other ways than the "query string" that the apps can monitor you. erronis Oct 28 #32
Although it's imprecise, I refer to the string of source identifies as... littlemissmartypants Oct 28 #75
Remove the ?mark and everything after it Captain Zero Oct 28 #83
I often post cleaned up links for other people's DU posts Celerity Wednesday #93
How many Constitutional rights does this violate? yellow dahlia Oct 28 #11
As many as they can get away with. CentralMass Oct 28 #14
That is the answer to everything right now - isn't it? yellow dahlia Oct 28 #16
"It's a criminal enterprise." Malcolm Nance littlemissmartypants Oct 28 #76
Malcolm Nance doesn't pull any punches. yellow dahlia Oct 28 #79
Precisely. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 28 #80
Probably none. "ICE claims the program focuses on ..... reACTIONary Oct 28 #64
Thanks. yellow dahlia Oct 28 #77
No. The fourth amendment applies to information for which..... reACTIONary Oct 28 #84
Thanks for the explanations. yellow dahlia Oct 28 #86
More intrusion by America's Gestapo. republianmushroom Oct 28 #15
No problem - build bots cmmngrnd Oct 28 #17
It's worse than that: Deploying Predator and Pegasus (previously banned) to spy on people inside our borders. pat_k Oct 28 #20
The death of social media liberalgunwilltravel Oct 28 #23
Yes & no. It spreads propaganda fast, yes, but it is also a major tool for organizing against this fascist regime. Attilatheblond Oct 28 #42
Won't pass a court challenge. Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #24
So what? Trump will ignore court orders. Irish_Dem Oct 28 #30
From a court order to a civil lawsuit. Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #33
He will claim national security issues and it is all classified. Irish_Dem Oct 28 #36
Except that lately, the judges are reaching the conclusion that the evidence and charges they produce Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #38
Yes but what can judges do to enforce their rulings? Irish_Dem Oct 28 #39
Civil charges. By individual name. In State court. Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #65
Trump will find a way to work around this. Irish_Dem Oct 28 #67
The only work around is he had a donor who will pay for their damages. Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author Baitball Blogger Oct 28 #31
ICE is going to be a general-use gestapo in a bit Oneironaut Oct 28 #25
Yikes! BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 28 #26
"Can't stop the signal.." - Mr. Universe BidenRocks Oct 28 #29
I wish Anonymous would hack Ilsa Oct 28 #37
do you think azureblue Oct 28 #41
Of course! nt Cha Oct 28 #60
Also keep in mind that one of the most interesting activities to draw their attention is taxi Oct 28 #43
Will it search for words like..... Cheeto IcyPeas Oct 28 #44
I see this as like those digital things that tell you how fast you are driving maxrandb Oct 28 #45
Fuck Zignal Labs! Initech Oct 28 #46
I will be learning Mandarin over the winter n/t Cheezoholic Oct 28 #48
I'm going to post Fuck Ice every day. CanonRay Oct 28 #49
FUCK TRUMP FUCK ICE FUCK MILLER orangecrush Oct 28 #50
This is going to be really bad Johnny2X2X Oct 28 #53
Monitor this you ICE motherfucking rzemanfl Oct 28 #54
Fuck ICE. bluedigger Oct 28 #56
Anyone who thinks that we are not already markodochartaigh Oct 28 #61
Sure they are swong19104 Oct 28 #62
Well, let's see here... 2naSalit Oct 28 #63
K & R for exposure SunSeeker Oct 28 #66
Back to the future... Ping Tung Oct 28 #68
Bring it on you sick muhthahfukahs AverageOldGuy Oct 28 #70
FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! FUCK ICE! USS_Dauntless Oct 28 #74
📌 Bookmark:ICE monitoring plans littlemissmartypants Oct 28 #78
I assume they'll come for me eventually. KentuckyWoman Oct 28 #81
BIG BROTHER is Finally HERE, in its A.I. Omnipotence! Jack Valentino Oct 28 #85
And TheFarseer Oct 28 #87
If they can use the system for their ends, We can use it to monitor MAGAts! Jack Valentino Oct 28 #88
What are some ways we could JAM IT Captain Zero Oct 28 #89
... CentralMass Wednesday #98
We're becoming more like China and Russia every day. subterranean Oct 28 #90
Hey, look! It's the old Total Information Awareness program that was 'shut down'. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #97
They are welcome to read my DMs. xmas74 Wednesday #99
This is social media, right? C_U_L8R Thursday #101
One good thing is we will all be finally able to meet each other. bluestarone Thursday #104
DARPA WmChris Thursday #106
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