Cephalotrocity comments on Flag flown upside down as sign of distress outside of US State Department building today

It really makes me wonder how people were able to pull this shit off in the 50s, 60s and 70s when we can't make it happen today with everything available to us.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

They still had third places where they could organize face-to-face. Think union halls, fraternal organizations (which us Millennials only know about from old cartoons), churches, etc.

See also this Adam Conover video, which isn't specifically about organizing to protest but nevertheless is pretty insightful about it.

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[–] 51dusty@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

they didn't use maligned, monitored areas for communication.... people today should coordinate face-to-face or at worst via telephone if they haven't already exposed themselves.

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

Telephones have been insecure for at least 20 years. Cellphones have backdoors built into the protocol standards. Face-to-face or good encryption are the options.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Oddly, the recent thing in LA was via TikTok, but to be fair their knee bending is probably superficial at best.

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[+] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

This does appear to be the state department flag pole (on 21st street looking East from the state department). And it does appear to be winter, and there is construction in that area around the fed building. But that's all I can say. The photo is weirdly blurry and grainy so be suspicious.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The photo is weirdly blurry and grainy so be suspicious.

You mean the filthy window? Yeah, something tells me they get pollution there and don't clean the outside of the windows as often as they should. I've seen that kinda filthy often enough on office windows.

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[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why does the flag have no stars?

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[–] catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Because the image quality is poor

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It clearly does have stars. They just blur into the field because the quality isn't high enough. Zoom in and you can see there's slightly whiter dots where the stars should be. You just can't really make them out.

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[–] Probius@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

The real problem with AI is that you have to be so damn skeptical even of real posts.

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I'm only seeing one source so far. Not mainstream.

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[–] M137@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago*

You write that like you're sure it's not real, and/or that others would or should think so. There's no obvious thing pointing towards it being fake by just looking at the photo, no clear editing signs or anything like that. But we should make sure it is real by finding other photos, there must be more if it is real. And if there was ever a time in our lifetimes where this would be real, it's now.

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