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Solidarity with the people of #Iran. May this revolt bear real, tangible fruit—enough to break the chokehold of the elites who’ve strangled everyday life for decades. And yeah, once again the state flips the damn switch: internet cut right when folks need it most. We’ve all seen softer versions of this here—“policy changes,” throttling, shadowbans—but a blackout is the blunt instrument of power.
Yo, real talk—what the fuck are we gonna do when the internet gets shut off?
We've seen it in #Gaza, in #Iran, and when Elon “I-play-God” Musk blacked out Starlink in Ukraine. Every time shit gets heavy, the state or some oligarch clown just pulls the plug. It ain’t just a glitch—it’s strategic, it’s repression, and it’s a fucking reminder that most of our comms infrastructure is in the hands of fascists, corporations, or both.
I’ve been working with indigenous comrades who rely on #Starlink to stay connected in remote areas. And yeah, it’s wild that you can be deep in the bush and still shitpost from a mountaintop—but that signal still runs through a pipeline owned by a Nazi tech bro.
We need to be talking more about mesh networks, autonomous infrastructure, all that good shit that anarchist tech nerds have been yelling about for years. Decentralized, resilient, community-controlled comms aren’t just cool—they’re necessary for survival.
Let’s keep this convo alive and start building the lifelines before the next blackout. Shit’s coming fast.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/activists-are-designing-mesh-networks-to-deploy-during-civil-unrest/