Basic problems require basic solutions

UHC is like: What is she gonna do? Wake up?

This is exactly how Rep. Pelosi is going to run again unopposed in two years

She got sacked over the fact that she doesn’t oppose incumbents being primaried… In find it so ironic that a party labeled as democratic refuses the simple act of choosing leaders via popular vote…

One issue Ocasio-Cortez had to confront was her past support for primary challengers to incumbent House Democrats — a sore subject for many lawmakers.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/aoc-loses-gerry-connolly-democrats-oversight

Yes this! I’ve been watching Bernie speak up about this. So far though, it’s just talk. Ranting. I’m looking forward to see what his plan of action is. I think gearing up towards a general strike, or threat thereof, is the only really tool we have given the incoming admin.

It’s based on my experience (i.e. out of my ass). So no data to share. Maybe I have selective bias and all the people I hangout with look the same. But in my community it does feel like the gym is a very important third place.

What’s funny is that the gay men community is one of the fittest. Goes to the gym every day crowd.

41.9% of the country is obese.

Who’s gonna fight your wars?

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult-obesity-facts/index.html

The beauty of the civil rights movement was that on the one side you had the peaceful protests, the disobedience pointing at the other side where activists wanting the same thing and more weren’t so peaceful. The peaceful protesters were the compromise. The alternative was a black revolution, the black panthers, Malcom X etc.

Even those who don’t want a full French Revolution right now should at least push for peaceful protest. We need this “or else” approach. We shouldn’t let it go to waste.

I read that as well, I just wish there was a better way to ensure the funds would go to him. We just have the word of whomever setup that fundraising page. I don’t know if I trust it.

How do we know for sure the money will go to McShooty? I couldn’t find any guarantee on the funding page. I’m worried it’s yet another grift…

Ok so what are they going to do about it? Rant on twitter? Wake up call for what? To do what? What’s the message? What’s the call for action?

When you’re in politics all the solutions awfully tend to look like politics as usual it seems.

We know how much will get done in healthcare with the next administration. I’m looking for someone to call for a general strike over this. Some actions that is not just some hope and prayer bill that will never get passed.

As someone said on another site: Cuty McShooty

Boil him, mash him, stick him in a stew

Alright everyone, thank you so much for your thoughtful recommendations! To sum it up, here’s what I have done:

• I used let’s encrypt’s Certbot to get my SSL certs and setup https, auto-renew every 3 months and I setup a reminder to update Certbot every month.
• I setup a permanent redirect from http to https in Apache
• I installed a firewall on the Pi, only 80, 443 and [22 from my computer to the RPi] are open. I couldn’t find the firewall settings on my router but I assume they exist since I had to forward 80 and 443 there.
• installed the following plugins: WordFence and WP Fail2Ban
• changed the user password on the pi to a better longer one

I think I should be all set, shouldn’t I?

Sweet thanks! Will add that ASAP

Noted ! I’ll make sure to set https up.

Tbh, I haven’t heard the word firewall since probably 2005… would my router have a firewall built in or is that something I need to add on, let’s say, the RPi ?

What does WordFence provide that makes it a must have?

Wow lots of info. I’ll check all of this out. You have a good point that I don’t need wordpress. Hugo looks interesting, thanks for the advice!

And yes, as said above, I’ll look into the free SSL certs to setup https.

Your first point is a good point. I guess it’s ok for now if my rough location is accessible. It’s not like my art is worth anything.

Regarding upload speed, yeah I know it could become an issue but since it’s just a portfolio website, I don’t expect more than a dozen visits a month.

Thanks, I’ll look into it. I didn’t know there were free SSL certs out there