Fuck, I have to change my opinion on leaf blowers.

[xethos@mastodon.xethos.net]

@wackJackle Pretty sure the best, and almost only, reason to hate them is the two stroke motors most use. The noise, the air pollution, things like that

This one appears to be battery-electric though, so you might be good?

[deepmud@mas.to]

@wackJackle the electric ones are very quiet

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@wackJackle in portland they had phalanx, black bloc, people were doing dearrests, people werent just watching idly blowing whistles while three pigs pin someone to the ground and empty a can of fucking bear mace point blank in their face.

you wanna do leaf blowers? you need other people to be willing to protect the person with the leaf blower because the pigs will absolutely fucking focus that person if no one is defending them. i havent seen a single shield wall, i havent even seen an umbrella, people arent even extinguishing or covering gas grenades theyre just hucking them into the no mans land like they their arms can compete with a 40mm grenade launcher 400' away.

this is fun as a meme, super cute, but as advice this will get motherfuckers killed. advise people to actually use any of the tactics learned that make leaf blower guy possible instead of encouraging people to go get murdered while filmed by 1000 cameras to the tune of a thousand whistles.

[michaeltbacon@social.coop]

@wackJackle The battery powered ones are way quieter than the old gas ones and more lightweight.

[wackjackle@norden.social]

@0x00string Thank you for real information. I didn't want to get 'viral' with this post but that's what happened.

Comrades, LISTEN TO THIS POST!

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@wackJackle sorry that i am harsh when i say these things, i wish i were better at it, thanks for your grace

[wackjackle@norden.social]

@0x00string Don't worry. I can take it. You've delivered the real information. I have to thank you. It's all good!

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@wackJackle leaf blower person should operate behind a front line, behind a shield wall, behind a phalanx, because if the cops see that they will want to fuck that person up immediately, so there needs to be group solidarity and organization to protect them from that and prevent them from being an option target, their job should be to stay back and wait for lobs in, then assist whoever runs up to neutralize or yeet the grenade to help keep the gas away while they work, also to blow gas away from the front lines from behind it, the leaf blower guy should never be exposed they are a big prime target. there are lots of videos from HK protests where this and other good anti gas tactics were deployed and they should be remembered and diffused again!

[wackjackle@norden.social]

@0x00string Thank you! ✊

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@wackJackle electric only, no gas blowers that have been band here in Portland

[spycrab@kolektiva.social]

@wackJackle @cryptica @sennoma incorrect, by using a ai image you have significantly degraded the amount of trust that one can put in you.

That lack of trust degrades your point

Thus if you really cared about a point or distributing information you would avoid ai.

[minnesota411988@mastodon.social]

@LeslieBurns @aud @wackJackle @dibi58

There are also several small, hand held leaf blowers that would easily fit in a backpack.

See, e.g.,

https://offer.woodrangertools.com/leafblower/landing?oid=135&affid=23&uid=3254&oidab=905&affidab=96&source_id=solus_wlb&sub1=688886441&sub2=058894af2a351b84828afddb175953a1&sub3=1338108205201015&sub4=83632045683862&sub5=13&utm_source=bing&msclkid=058894af2a351b84828afddb175953a1&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=397_solus_wlb%7CST%7CPmax%7CUS&utm_term=2335431417859987&utm_content=ST%20-%20F%20(25%2B)

[nellie_m@autisticpri.de]

@sennoma @wackJackle

except that it‘s AI, and misleading. Read comments further down.

[nellie_m@autisticpri.de]

@wackJackle @seekingfreedom @Infrogmation @cryptica @sennoma

you, Weltzeitgeit, are located where on this planet exactly? Anywhere near ICE protests? If not, what makes you think you can assess the risks for people out there right now, by „just making a funny comment“ with your AI generated misinformation?

[wackjackle@norden.social]

@nellie_m @seekingfreedom @Infrogmation @cryptica @sennoma That isn't MY AI generated 'misinformation'. I just quoted it. You're barking up the wrong tree.

I've linked the real information on how to act in the original post.

So what's your fucking problem?

(and I have admitted that the picture is AI; that the usage of leaf blowers was real in Portland 2020 and there is a video of it in the comments.)

[defractal@infosec.exchange]

@0x00string @wackJackle Any potential value in tennis rackets behind the shield wall?

[wackjackle@norden.social]

@deFractal @0x00string I like how you think! ✊

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@wackJackle @deFractal for the grenades? good way to break your wrist or have the racket become more of a hazard.

look up what a 40mm grenade launcher looks like, the grenades go like 80m/s. stay out of their trajectory and wait for them to land then neutralize them. its not an action movie.

[defractal@infosec.exchange]

@0x00string @wackJackle Oh, I was thinking thrown, not launched. Didn't know they were using launchers. I missed that when I read your reply the first time.

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@deFractal @wackJackle they, its extremely horrifying