Works fine on my Fedora install with the gui, haven’t tried just the batch tool.

I like that actually, a “break glass” provision in the emergency powers law! It’s so obvious in hindsight.

I agree in principle, but I’m not sure what a good alternative is in the US today. In a crisis the laws would have to stay ahead of the executive responses to novel situations, and the legislature couldn’t pass a law that fast if there was an angry mob at the door.

It has lots of nice features over SMS: read/typing notifications, image/video support, proper groups, message expiration. I think that makes it a chat app