I wonder if that insane musking urgency is in any way related to baking up local elections that will take place there some time soon

Elysium

I re-watch from time to time to check where we're at.

Probably because of this and this

He got shot and he says "let me get my shoes" wtf? Didn't he notice that somebody (supposedly) wanted him dead?

here it is, no need to click anything:

Mar 25, 2024 —

... the Commission has granted Meta an extension of 6 months to comply with the interoperability obligation (Article 7 DMA)

Because of a “reasoned request” [from META]. ... Commission said it’s received and accepted [request] from Meta.

granted because it was:

“necessary to ensure effective interoperability and to maintain the necessary level of security, including end-to-end encryption”.

and after that, there will be another request and so on forever, they have alot of dough to burn.

more details

transcribed from video:

I think there are good solutions we can implement to mitigate a lot of the surveillance. And I don't think the solution is to just lay down and die. If everyone thought like privacy doomers, none of this [privacy related issues] would even be a discussion.

They [pessimists] really just making the world worse place by giving up. And that's what a lot of pessimism really is, when you dig down deep, just a coping mechanism for covering up the fact that you're too lazy to take action. All you have to do is take action, instead of doing nothing.

The world needs more people who just care, don't be a doomer.

so few devices are supported >?<

I don't agree with that, take a look at this:

Officially supported devices and the list of unofficial /e/ builds part1 and part2 (those might not be working as good as official builds)

He/it? looks like a RoboCop, I wonder what's it seeing in that RoboCop visor on that bionic lookalike head?