Post by @cstross@wandering.shop

2026-10-17 10:19 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@OregonLive/117452861692494320 While I appreciate the sentiment, this is fundamentally stupid; it's hyper-specific, livestreaming wasn't a thing two decades ago and will be replaced by something else before long, and it consumes legislative time that could be better spent on, I dunno, abolishing capital punishment completely, perhaps?

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@jimfl@hachyderm.io 2026-10-17 14:31

@cstross@wandering.shop There was never a real intention to livestream the execution anyway (as though the current administration could manage such a technical feat). It was yet another distracting jerk of the arm in service of some sleight of hand

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@LapTop006@aus.social 2026-10-17 10:24

@cstross@wandering.shop the early attempts were more like 30 years ago, although I'll grant it wasn't until about 15 years ago large scale streaming really became practical

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@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social 2026-10-17 10:25

@cstross@wandering.shop This!

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@mifr@social.sunet.se 2026-10-17 10:35

@cstross@wandering.shop In sweden our prime minister has to ask our public service for air time. It is only allowed on exceptional occasions. This is their latest reason for it to be allowed: https://omoss.svt.se/arkiv/bloggarkiv/2020-03-22-darfor-sander-vi-statsministerns-tal-till-nationen.html I find the american way very strange.

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@rgs@metasocial.com 2026-10-17 10:44

@cstross@wandering.shop In the future we’ll livestream the final mental states of the executed directly into the brains of the potentially disobedient citizens (selected by a social credit score algorithm) to teach them to honor their leaders with appropriate enthusiasm

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