Adapt #xkcd2501 to your area of abstruse specialization.

[ljrk@todon.eu]

@StarkRG @alice Yeah, I only know Alice, Deviant and LPL, didn't know the latter is committed to be on that side of history

[anyia@lgbtqia.space]

@alice oh no, I was not aware of those affiliations

[arcticedge@furry.engineer]

@alice Huh. I'd always wondered if there was another reason you switched away from recommending CI as babby's first pick set. That would certainly be a good reason!

[starkrg@myside-yourside.net]

@alice Ahh, that makes sense, actually. Thanks for letting me know. Yeah, the thin blue line bullshit is a huge red flag despite, you know, having a distinct lack of red in it.

[dany@hsnl.social]

@alice @StarkRG awwww really, LPL too? That sucks, I like his content.

[lerxst@az.social]

@alice @StarkRG wellll, shit. I bought some shit from them last year. Never again. It’s disappointing but I’m better off knowing. Thanks for the knowledge bomb!

[waldi@chaos.social]

@alice Why did I read "licking"?

[shine@gts.churanova.eu]

@alice @StarkRG oh. I had a bad feeling about them for quite some time, there were some bad vibes from the way LPL talked about his wife a few times, then McNally who's another Covert Instruments person and his videos are a bit too edgy in a creepy way... Didn't exactly expect them to be pro Trump though. Thanks for saying that

[koalou@lgbtqia.space]

@alice
Oh! That's why you don't like him

[thasl@social.tchncs.de]

@alice ah crap, I didn't know that. But sure enough, Thin Blue Line in the logo, that is one hell of a dog whistle there.
Luckily we got @deviantollam and https://www.redteamtools.com/.
Hopefully the Learn About Lockpicking Set is back in stock soon, all the #learnlockpickingwithalice has got me hyped again

[dany@hsnl.social]

@thasl @alice @deviantollam oh yes Red Team Tools, I still think the colour options on the deadbolt safety strap are *chef's kiss*.

[kekunplazas@mamot.fr]

@alice TIL, thanks.

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@shine @alice @StarkRG
You mean the April fools videos?

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@Dany @thasl @alice @deviantollam
"Pastel", for cis reasons

[ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu]

@alice @StarkRG Is there any more to this, or is it just the line? Not that I don't believe you, but I'd like more ammo to persuade others..

[jwrm22@hsnl.social]

@alice If I may ask, what is the problem with a blue line in a logo? Afaik, the logo hasn't changed recently.

[ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu]

@alice @StarkRG I know, but not everyone knows you as fedi does

[deviantollam@defcon.social]

@thasl @alice indeed, there was also this recent Bluesky post, where I saw that a former employee of mine was apparently on the mailing list for a big Nazi business in Omaha...

Deviant Ollam ツ (@deviantollam.bsky.social)

Sigh. Former employee of ours used his work email address to sign up for all kinds of crap and we still get those emails sometimes. Gotta love seeing a promotional email from a gun range that opted to name themselves "88 Tactical" 🙄

Bluesky Social (bsky.app)

Can We Please Stop Pretending about the Nazi Fortress Outside Omaha Now? - Seeing Red

If you approach Omaha from the west on I-80, one of the first landmarks to greet you is a fortress with a large tower sporting a logo for 88 Tactical, a gun boner megacenter that offers a suite of classes, activities, and products for police and wannabe police. And if you can’t quite muster a […]

Seeing Red (seeingrednebraska.com)

[jwrm22@hsnl.social]

@alice I've read the rest of the posts, and was just unsure about the thin blue line. For CI, they've added it to the logo on the 7th of October 2021.

The ambiguity is the point of dog whistles, and like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm not in the tacticool crowd, and thus never bothered with their gear.

[firecoals@bark.lgbt]

@alice well piss. I didnt know but guess there people I never touch again

Thanks