To Maryland college students, speaking out about Gaza means more than any potential discipline
To Maryland college students, speaking out about Gaza means more than any potential discipline
In conversations with more than a dozen local student activists, Baltimore Beat heard that they see their Pro-Palestine advocacy as part of a broader, generational fight against injustice.Jaisal Noor (The Real News Network)
Linux won't boot, looking for help
Hey there. I’m totally new to Linux. I’m not the most tech savvy, but I’m fed up with windows and want to go elsewhere. For the time being I figured I’d dual boot, and got everything set up on a usb. I plugged it in, booted up Linux Mint, and it worked smoothly. I ended the session, powered off my pc, removed the usb, booted up windows 11, freed up some disc space and did some other stuff on my computer, then turned it off for a bit. When I went to boot it up again, I got this message:
Failed to open \EFI\B00T\mmx64.efi - Not Found Failed to load image ??: Not Found Failed to start MokManager: Not Found
Something has gone seriously wrong: import mok-state() failed: Not Foundand then the computer powered off. I tried disabling fast start or whatever it’s called, as well as secure boot, and it’s still giving me that. Windows still boots up just fine. Does anyone have any advice? Like I said I don’t have much technical knowledge so a dumbed down response would be really appreciated. I’ve looked up a few forums and nothing gave me much.
Oh also, when I try to boot it and it gives me the error and turns off, if I turn it back on but boot up windows, I get a message saying something was blocked due to a security system I have to disable, but doesn’t tell me what that security system is or how to disable it. It’s getting a little frustrating. I don’t know why it worked once but not anymore.
Update: I got it working. Thanks everyone for the help.
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Ministry of Defence admits UK is training Israeli military IN BRITAIN
Israeli military are currently being trained in Britain
It is clearer than ever that the UK is not just complicit in Israeli genocide in Gaza: it is an active participantHG (The Canary)
Open Source CAD In The Browser
The project’s GitHub repository shows an impressive slate of features, but also notes that things are changing as this is alpha software. The CAD kernel is a common one brought in via WebAssembly, so there shouldn’t be many simple bugs involving geometry.We’ve seen a number of browser-based tools that do some kind of CAD. CADmium is a recent entry into the list. Or, stick with OpenSCAD. We sometimes go low-tech for schematics.
Open Source CAD In The Browser
Some people love tools in their browsers. Others hate them. We certainly do like to see just how far people can push the browser and version 0.6 of CHILI3D, a browser-based CAD program, certainly p…Hackaday
Is there a quick way to know which instance might need mods?
As per title.
I've been wondering about this. How can we help when someone managing a community/instance can't find help locally, for whatever reason? Something like an "help wanted" board. Even if it's for one month, three months, etc.
I've been an admin for a 8-9k+ users Discord server for years, but I love Lemmy so much I'd like to see if I can be somehow useful here. I don't think I'm power tripping at all, but have zero tolerance for harassment, racism or sexism, bigotry and honestly want to keep neocons and bigots/trolls out of Lemmy as long as it's humanly possible. Whenever in doubt, I generally abstain from using any moderation power and talk with other mods/users to find the best course of action.
The situation I imagined in the first paragraph did happen to me. Managing the server alone was draining my mental health, and I couldn't find anyone to help with all I had to do. Then someone wrote to me, we had lengthy discussions about the rules and philosophy of the server and we've been co-managing it together for years. Lemm.ee closing down made me think about "how to help where and when it's needed"?
I'm posting in this community in hope that other users may be wondering about it and may find any answer useful.
[Multiple edits, original post written quite late, judging from most replies, I failed to phrase correctly what I had in mind]
Thank you for offering, some communities might ask you for help!
Personally I tend to try to find active members who are known to be positive in the community before reaching out to them and offering them a mod position. It's easier for them to mod if they're already invested in the community.
Satellite imagery reveals total razing of Khuza’a in May 2025 in further evidence of Israel’s wanton destruction and genocide in Gaza
Total razing of Khuza’a further evidence of Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Amnesty International’s analysis of satellite imagery and verification of video footage reveals how Israeli forces completely razed what remained of the town of Khuza’a in the southern occupied Gaza Strip over the course of two weeks in May 2025.Amnesty International
Linux Foundation launches Fair Package Manager, a decentralized WordPress infrastructure alternative.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.GitHub
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So it's a plug-in for WordPress that rips wordpress.org links out?
That's hardcore lol. The world really is pissed at Matt Mullenweg.
Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads Per Hour
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour
Ad buyers are happy about the prospect of lower CPMs, but worry about the potential tradeoffs.SiriusXM Media (Adweek)
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Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter
Exclusive: Asaad al-Nasasra told PRCS he heard Israeli troops shoot first responders while they were clinging to lifeLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
[comiCSS] Al𝗶𝗰𝗲Blue
comiCSS #191: AliceBlue
The logo of CSS (a purple square with 3 rounded corners) with an angry face saying 'we are going to change the color from aliceblue to just alblue, because fuck ICE!'comicss.art
[comiCSS] Al𝗶𝗰𝗲Blue
comiCSS #191: AliceBlue
The logo of CSS (a purple square with 3 rounded corners) with an angry face saying 'we are going to change the color from aliceblue to just alblue, because fuck ICE!'comicss.art
Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law
Meloni’s controversial anti-protest bill becomes Italian law
Security decree gives greater powers to agents of the state and greater protections to police officers.Elena Giordano (POLITICO)
These satellite photos show Russian bombers Ukraine says it destroyed
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday show seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine said it struck with drones in one of the most daring covert operations of the war.
The photos provided by Planet Labs PBC show aircraft wreckage and scorched areas at the Belaya Air Base, a major installation for Russia’s long-range bomber force. In the images, at least three Tu-95 bombers and four Tu-22Ms appear to be destroyed.
Ukraine said that 41 Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers and other types of combat aircraft, were destroyed or damaged in Sunday’s operation, which officials said was planned over 18 months. The attack delivered a heavy blow to Russia’s air force and its military prestige.
It has so far been impossible to confirm the full extent of the damage.
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IDF promotes officer who soldiers said ordered to shoot Gazans carrying white flag
IDF promotes officer who soldiers said ordered to shoot Gazans carrying white flag
An IDF commander was said to have issued a shoot-to-kill order against two Gazans carrying a white flag, which was dismissed by other officers who deemed it illegal.Bar Peleg (Haaretz)
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Indeed, three years of funnelling weapons to Ukraine have critically depleted stockpiles, while rising domestic unrest demands resources at home. Recent failures against Yemen expose the limitations of US military power, and confronting Iran now seems like a tall order. Iran also enjoys full backing from Russia and China, solidified by the new China-Iran rail link that guarantees sustained logistical support.
There is also a logistics trap here similar to the one the US encountered in Ukraine lacking the industrial capacity to match Russian or Chinese weapons production and having to project power across an ocean. Meanwhile, Iran is a technologically advanced regional power with some capabilities rivalling the US will be the toughest adversary the US tried to take on directly. The era of uncontested US military dominance is over.
Not even daddy USA has the resources to start another gulf war in the ME
You'd better believe they'll find a way.
‘preemptive strikes’
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What Happens If an Asteroid Heads for Earth?
Three Steps to Stopping Killer Asteroids
Planetary defense tech would find and divert hard-to-spot near-Earth objectsNancy L. Chabot (IEEE Spectrum)
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Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
Most people across 24 surveyed countries have negative views of Israel and Netanyahu
International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are much more negative than positive.Beshay (Pew Research Center)
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There you go DNC. Those mythical Centrist you keep wanting to court don't like Isreal. You now have a green light to actually oppose genocide.
In some countries, younger people are more likely than older people to have an unfavorable view of Israel. This is particularly the case in the high-income countries surveyed: Australia, Canada, France, Poland and South Korea and the U.S. In fact, the U.S. has one of the largest age gaps in views of Israel.
Young people don’t vote, unfortunately they don’t show this graph on the article
Trump's tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says
AP burying the lede here...
"President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households overall, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Congressional Budget Office."
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Are you asking wether you heard an explosion from Tehran, all the way in western Germany?
'cause if so, no. You wouldn' t hear a nuke that far away
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Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
Gaza has become worse than hell on earth, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has told the BBC.
In an interview at the ICRC's headquarters in Geneva, the organisation's president Mirjana Spoljaric said "humanity is failing" as it watched the horrors of the Gaza war.
Speaking in a room close to a case displaying the ICRC's three Nobel Peace Prizes, I asked Ms Spoljaric about remarks she made in April, that Gaza was "hell on earth", and if anything had happened since to change her mind.
"It has become worse… We cannot continue to watch what is happening. It's surpassing any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard. The level of destruction, the level of suffering.
Gaza now worse than hell on earth, humanitarian chief tells BBC
The situation in Gaza surpasses "any acceptable, legal, moral, and humane standard", the ICRC tells BBC's Jeremy Bowen.Jeremy Bowen (BBC News)
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I've read Dante's Inferno. Two things are true:
- In envisioning Hell, this is beyond even him.
Though, the ninth circle — betrayal — is where many politicians, pundits, and the president of Israel belong. Frozen in the ice at the center of Hell.
- Many people deserve to be sent to Hell for this. Perhaps all of us who did not do more to stop it.
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Israel signed a record $14 billion in defense deals last year despite Gaza war criticism
cross-posted from: metawire.eu/post/136167
Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record
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A big reason Israel exists is to launder military aid and spending into the bank accounts of western allies.
The F-35 has it's very own Israeli special edition dedicated to meeting the demands of the IDF.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
In Denmark, we like to think of ourselves as being in the vanguard of freedom of expression. We were the first country in the world to legalise pornography. We insisted on the right to publish caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. Rather than marginalise so-called rightwing populists in parliament, we invited them in to political cooperation. We pride ourselves on being unafraid of controversy and we’re good at making authorities who try to tell us what to do – and especially what not to do – look ridiculous.
Danes also like to think of our country as a role model for democracy. As such, the national elections for children aged 13 to 16 are a cherished tradition, considered a part of civic education and a preparation for democratic participation. All schools are invited to take part in the exercise, which is held every other year. Students debate 20 issues for three weeks before casting votes for the parties that are also eligible to stand in real general elections.
Over the past few weeks, however, the national school elections have been dragged into controversy after the decision to ban one theme from the list of issues for the 2026 vote: the question of Palestine.
Should Denmark recognise Palestine as a sovereign state? This specific question is arguably a defining issue of our time and one that mobilises political engagement among young voters. Excluding it is a remarkable act, which has been attacked from the left and right of the political spectrum. This is the opposite of properly preparing young people for Danish democracy, critics say, and goes against what we as a nation stand for.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation we’re becoming, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper InformationRune Lykkeberg (The Guardian)
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Moreover, it risked giving pupils a bad experience of democracy; this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Sorry voter, this topic is too complicated for a democratic vote on it. We’ll decide what’s best for you.
Coming soon to a “Democracy” near you.
I abhor when politicians treat voters like idiots. We're not fucking stupid and many of us can see right through their subterfuge.
They can go on thinking that way tho 'and when we come for their heads they won't understand why.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Yeah, might as well stop talking about Colonialism, Slavery, Nazism and all the other topics in history, that are "too complex to relate" by the idea of interested groups.
Also the notion behind it is even more infuriating. Because saying the issue would be "too complex" means there is some higher justification to crimes against humanity and war crimes, killing tens of thousands of people and making the home of millions of people unlivable while massacring them as they scramble for the little food you give them. "Too complex" means that any crime and any injustice can be justified and when you see injustice you should not challenge it, but rather trust blindly that your leaders can justify what they do.
this issue was too complex for them to be able to relate
Wouldn’t want schools getting involved there at all…
FediForum brings together the leading thinkers and doers who build this new Open Social Web.
Oh. So not lazy end users like me. Well, I wish them the best!
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US Senator Slammed to the Ground and Handcuffed at Noem Event in L.A.
Video footage released by Padilla’s office shows the Democratic Senator approaching the podium during Noem’s remarks: “I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary,” he said before several men, including officers wearing FBI insignia, physically pushed him back. Moments later, Padilla was shoved to the floor face-down in a hallway outside the briefing room, handcuffed, and temporarily detained in an adjoining room.
“Sir! Sir! Hands off!” Padilla shouted during the scuffle, which unfolded in front of reporters and staff in a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where protests have raged for nearly a week over a Trump-ordered crackdown involving ICE, National Guard troops, and U.S. Marines.
Senator Slammed to the Ground and Handcuffed at Noem Event in L.A.
Padilla was shoved face-down in a hallway, handcuffed, and temporarily detained.TIME
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Voyager changed the default instance to lemmy.zip
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/3785704…
chore: set default instance to lemmy.zip, remove lemm.eeThank you for all your work!
Release 2.35.1 · aeharding/voyager
📝 Other Changes chore: set default instance to lemmy.zip, remove lemm.ee PR: #2034 Due to lemm.ee shutting down on June 30th, 2025, if you have an account on lemm.ee, I recommend to export you...GitHub
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Speculatively, but it would assume prior research, which many people simply won’t do. If a de-facto app (say Voyager on iOS) offers a default option that’s unavailable for a selection of its potential users, it’s another hurdle within onboarding that is already the biggest barrier to entry. If we want to grow as a platform (more users equals more content), putting up a default wall saying “your kind aren’t welcome” to entire countries seems obtuse.
Yes, those potential new UK users can get around it by picking another instance, but the question is how many will give up if they can’t get over the first hurdle.
The suggestion of changing the default instance by region, where those instances prohibit specific regions seems logical enough to me.
Video curto em versão dublada e legendada apresenta o FediVerso
Com duração de 4 minutos, a produção — licenciada em Creative Commons — apresenta uma explicação clara e acessível sobre o que é o Fediverso, destacando suas principais vantagens, como a interoperabilidade entre plataformas, a ausência de anúncios e a independência em relação às Big Techs.
As legendas do vídeo foram criadas de forma colaborativa por ativistas de diversas partes do mundo, em idiomas como espanhol, holandês, francês, coreano — e também em português brasileiro, com tradução realizada por Tarcísio Surdi. A versão dublada a seguir foi realizada pela equipe da Produtora Colaborativa.PE
O vídeo integra a introdução às redes federadas do Observatório do Fediverso (alquimidia.org/fediverso), uma iniciativa da Associação Alquimídia, que também compartilhou em plataformas comerciais, como parte da campanha #VemProFediverso.
Apoie essa iniciativa: compartilhe e ajude a espalhar a ideia de uma internet mais livre e descentralizada!
VemProFediverso #Fediverse #Fediverso
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New York could be Shangri-la and MAGA would still hate it. Facts and figures about crime and health don't enter into it. It's only tribalism, and always will be.
Sidenote: living in a different US city that's heavily car-dependent, I envy New York City's public transit.
BBC rejects White House claim it removed Gaza story
BBC rejects White House claim it removed Gaza story
As Trump press secretary says BBC takes ‘word of Hamas with total truth’, corporation accuses Karoline Leavitt of political point-scoringMichael Savage (The Guardian)
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It said the White House had conflated that incident with a “completely separate” report by BBC Verify, the corporation’s factchecking team, which found a viral video posted on social media was not linked to the aid distribution centre it claimed to show. “This video did not run on BBC news channels and had not informed our reporting,” it said. “Conflating these two stories is simply misleading.”
BBC is misunderstanding this. They didn't conflate the two separate things intentionally.
I fully believe they did it out of sheer incompetence and ignorance, and when they realised the mistake, they did what they always do and doubled down on it. The dimwits who elect them will get confused otherwise.
The BBC seems to annoy the extremea of folk in the UK. The left claim it to be a Tory mouthpiece; the right claim it to push left agenda.
If you've got the opposing ends moaning like fuck then I figure they're doing something right.
(edit: BBC, not NBC, no idea why my phone's gone full American)
nuovo sito della roboctt — attenzione alle parole inscatolate!
Dopo che i miei tanti — anzi ahimè tantissimi — tentativi di scrittura creativa estremo-alternativa sono malamente falliti, nelle ultime 2 settimane scarse mi era saltata in mente una nuova via che, forse, potrebbe funzionare… o forse no, solo il tempo ce lo dirà. Fino ad ora, però, qualcosa sta effettivamente uscendo fuori, quindi sento […]
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nuovo sito della roboctt — attenzione alle parole inscatolate!
Dopo che i miei tanti — anzi ahimè tantissimi — tentativi di scrittura creativa estremo-alternativa sono malamente falliti, nelle ultime 2 settimane scarse mi era saltata in mente una nuova via che, forse, potrebbe funzionare… o forse no, solo il tempo ce lo dirà. Fino ad ora, però, qualcosa sta effettivamente uscendo fuori, quindi sento che è passato abbastanza tempo da poterlo dire anche qui, senza paura che vada tutto in fumo dopo pochi giorni come ahimè i miei precedenti dettano… 🙏Ero in un pomeriggio così, in cui, visto che non mi andava di programmare o fare altre magie varie, come peraltro ho raccontato nel post introduttivo, ho deciso di provare un piccolo CMS per fare un sitino secondario, in cui raccogliere articoli così su roba più colì. Questo, dal profondo della mia infinita fantasia, giustamente si è chiamato da subito stuffoctt, perché l’idea è che contenga la mia roba… ma in maniera idealmente meno disordinata e meno da consumare al momento, rispetto al mio fritto misto, che nel bene o nel male è molto alla giornata. Quindi eccolo qui, online da tanto: stuff.octt.eu.org. 🕸️
Sembra di per sé un’idea cagosa, senza alcun beneficio se non farmi sprecare la giornata che volevo sprecare, il costruire l’ennesimo sito, visto che ho già il sitoctt fatto alla perfezione… ma purtroppo, riguardo quello inevitabilmente mi continua ad arrivare addosso e non si schioda il problema del troppo attrito dello scrivere lì sopra, essendoci il casino di Git di mezzo — e più di così a riguardo non riesco ad elaborare. Volente o nolente, il mio culo è estremamente pesante, e quindi pretendo un CMS — e che sia performante e senza strani glitch, a differenza di WordPress — altrimenti semplicemente finisco per non scrivere; c’è veramente poco da fare. 🤥
In queste settimane ho dunque già scritto diversi articoli, più o meno lunghi ma comunque tutti abbastanza contenuti e scorrevoli, che ruotano attorno a diversi argomenti, da guide tecniche (ed è bene che io le faccia, perché da ragazza magica è bene che io diffonda il sapere che gli dei mi hanno concesso per il bene dell’umanità mortale) a cose più pazze. Tipo, tra qualche minuto finisco l’articolo recensione di un manga doujinshi che ho letto ieri sera mentre, come detto stamattina, marcivo… e per il resto ho messo altre cose, che vi invito (
vi supplico…) di andare a recuperare. 🥰Non volendo fare l’ennesimo sito duplicato per niente confondendo già più del mio solito la gente, comunque, ho deciso di variare un po’ target rispetto al mio solito: mi sono fatta sopraffare dal demone dell’internazionalizzazione, e quindi ho deciso di scrivere in inglese, sperando che questo possa magari portarmi tutto quel pubblico che fino ad oggi non mi ha cagata di striscio non per qualcosa, ma perché non legge cose scritte in italiano. Se poi mi verrà da usare questo strabenedetto CMS per scrivere anche nella lingua migliore… non lo so, mi inventerò qualcosa; magari uscirà la versione 3 del sitoctt… (Non fatemici pensare, che sennò già mi dispero.) 🎗️
Ad ogni modo, è comunque purtroppo necessario da parte mia rimanere sul chi vive e non pensare di aver appena vinto. Infatti, se a questo punto è difficile che vada tutto in fumo per mano mia (cioè, per tecnicamente sua assenza, per mia inazione) se i motori di ricerca non si spicciano ad indicizzare, o comunque eventuale traffico esterno a venire, questa roba sarà praticamente mezza per niente. Certo, rimane sempre un’ottima distrazione dalla vita, e forse a lunghissimo andare anche materiale riciclabile (anche se, vai a capire come)… boh dai, a parte fare gli articoli devo davvero iniziare a spammare anche questo sito malamente; come il fritto misto, però più in grande, visto che è in inglese. 🧨
#blog #blogging #HTMLy #new #personal #personale #site #sito #web #website
I just migrated a community from Lemmy to Piefed using the migration feature, it worked quite well
Context:
I tried to use the Piefed migration feature to migrate !barcelona@lemm.ee to !barcelona@piefed.social
piefed.social/c/barcelona now exists, with all the existing posts there, as well as the icon and description.
It even moved some subscribers (there are around 100 now), from what I understand those were Piefed subscribers that got automatically moved.
The one caveat is that from Lemmy instances, the community doesn't have show old posts (see lemm.ee/c/barcelona@piefed.soc…), but if you were restarting a community from scratch you wouldn't have access to your old posts anyway.
This ensure that at least the posts are transferred to a community on an active instance, which is probably the main concern for lemm.ee communities at the moment.
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Disclaimer: I'm not trying to discourage people from moving to or using piefed. I understand the enthusiasm for it and utility of it. This is meant to foster discussion not hate on piefed.
Is it just me or are a lot of people just ignoring the fact that a lot of communities and people are centralizing to pretty much a single point of failure again? Wouldn't it be wise to expand the number of piefed instances to help keep things spread out there too if that's the platform you prefer?
At this moment, 9 out of the 10 most active communities are on LW: lemmyverse.net/communities?ord…
You have to scroll 3 times to see !television@lemm.ee, the first Lemm.ee community.
Lemm.ee was already a decentralization factor from LW, but it was still tiny in terms of communities compared to LW. Moving all of the Lemm.ee communities to Piefed.social (not that it's the case anyway, I've seen communities moving elsewhere) would keep the status quo that we were all living with.
Of course ideally over time more Piefed instances emerge, and we can spread a bit more. Also, thanks to the Piefed migration feature, we'll be able to move communities much smoother (even including subscribers).
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At this moment, 9 out of the 10 most active communities are on LW: lemmyverse.net/communities?ord…You have to scroll 3 times to see !television@lemm.ee, the first Lemm.ee community.
Lemm.ee was already a decentralization factor from LW, but it was still tiny in terms of communities compared to LW. Moving all of the Lemm.ee communities to Piefed.social (not that it's the case anyway, I've seen communities moving elsewhere) would keep the status quo that we were all living with.
Of course ideally over time more Piefed instances emerge, and we can spread a bit more. Also, thanks to the Piefed migration feature, we'll be able to move communities much smoother (even including subscribers).
Right, I've seen pretty much that same reply already.
I think it's a chance to learn a lesson from how and why lemm.ee is shutting down. Right now I think people are risking moving the same problem somewhere else. Sure, in theory the problem gets better with time because the tools to move around are there, but that only matters if there's somewhere to move.
It would be much more encouraging to see dozens of new piefed instances being launched/advertised. I think there's a big push towards something new because it's in the right place at the right time, and I genuinely hope it's a successful project long term. I just hope the people utilizing it are willing to support it as a platform and not just as a flagship instance.
The one constraint we have is time. Lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of the months. Some of the polls will take a few days, then depending on the communities, it will take a few more days for the migrations to happen, but we can't wait for dozens of new instances to pop up.
Using a diverse set of Piefed instances is indeed better, and hopefully that what we'll try to achieve down the line.
I think the urgency is being blown out of proportion as a knee jerk to really crappy news. There is almost a month to move, which should be plenty of time for new instances to launch and communities to disperse. Even after the shutdown the rest of the fediverse will be able to redirect users to the new communities, wherever they are homed.
Again, I'm not against piefed or against people moving somewhere they feel more comfortable or like more. Those are positive things that the fediverse could definitely use. I just don't understand why we can't learn the lesson and move on instead of moving on and hoping it doesn't happen again before more instances pop up.
which should be plenty of time for new instances to launch and communities to disperse.
I mod a few communities, I can tell you I want this to be over as soon as possible. I'm busy in the coming weekends, and if there's something I've learned about the Fediverse, is that usually, if you want something to be done, you do it yourself.
Even after the shutdown the rest of the fediverse will be able to redirect users to the new communities, wherever they are homed.
The Piefed migration feature requires lemm.ee to be up if members want to get all of their communities content (post and comments).
I just don’t understand why we can’t learn the lesson and move on instead of moving on and hoping it doesn’t happen again before more instances pop up.
I've seen quite a few communities move to sopuli (a few communities I mod are voting for that one as well). It's not like everyone is moving to Piefed, some communities are, others aren't.
It's fine mate, I'm not here to crucify people who want to or have moved to piefed for any reason. People should be able to go where they feel comfortable and welcome and be happy about it. Do what you want and what works for you, of course. All I'm saying is that people should take note of what has happened and why, and do what they can to mitigate that problem going forward.
As long as communities are migrated and redirects are up before the last day of lemm.ee the transition will be miles ahead of what we've seen in the past where instances go dark without warning. Communities and users survived then and they will survive now I'm sure.
It's just a bit strange to see all the people saying how they would've helped lemm.ee if they'd known sooner or if more cries would've gone out, and then nobody spins up instances to actually DO the things they say.
It’s just a bit strange to see all the people saying how they would’ve helped lemm.ee if they’d known sooner or if more cries would’ve gone out, and then nobody spins up instances to actually DO the things they say.
I guess there's a difference between joining an existing team and starting a server on your own.
Right wingers love to claim that that judge is being authoritarian, ignoring the facts that:
- He was picked at random to oversee every case related to the coup attempt.
- The whole court is constantly reviewing all of his actions and are yet to find any wrongdoing.
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Migrating communities in the wake of the lemm.ee shutdown
I'm a happy lemm.ee user and a mod of a small community hosted there. I'm also subscribed to a bunch of communities on lemm.ee. Sadly, they have just announced that they will be shutting it down. I understand that I can open an account on another instance and subscribe to the same communities. For my own community, I can probably re-create it on my new instance and DM every subscriber. But how do I find all the communities from lemm.ee in their new places? I'd like some practical advice.
lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month
Hey everyone
We’re really sorry to say this, but lemm.ee will be shutting down on June 30, 2025.What you need to know
As of now:
- New user registrations are disabled
- Creating new communities is disabled
What you should do:
- You can export your settings at lemm.ee/settings to take them with you to another instance.
- If you're moving to another instance, consider adding a note to your lemm.ee profile with your new username. Your old profile will still be visible from other instances even after we go offline.
- Alternatively, if you want to delete your lemm.ee profile, now is the best time to do it, so the deletion can federate out before we go offline.
- If you're one of the folks supporting us with a recurring donation, please remember to cancel it (Ko-Fi donations should have been cancelled automatically already). Our leftover funds are already enough to cover our bills for next month, so we can keep things running without any more support.
Because of how Lemmy is built, everything posted on lemm.ee will still be accessible from other instances, even after we go offline.
Why this is happening
The key reason is that we just don’t have enough people on the admin team to keep the place running. Most of the admin team has stepped down, mostly due to burnout, and finding replacements hasn’t worked out.The sad reality is that while there are a lot of great people on Lemmy, there are also some who use the platform to attack others, stir up conflict, or actively try to undermine the project. Admins are volunteers who deal with the latter group on a constant basis, this takes a mental toll. Please understand why our admins chose to step down, and be kind to the admins on whatever instance you decide to join.
We know this sucks. We're genuinely sorry it’s ending like this. Thank you to everyone who spent time here and helped make it better.
– lemm.ee team
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Lemmy,Mbin, piefed, what even are those?
First of all, how is called this category of programs, instance engine?
Second, why there are 3 different, basically inter-compatible projects out there, what are the benefits of each one over the others? and why does Lemmy prevail all of them.
*i will be using feddit as a umbrella term for all the reddit-like fediverse.
I don't have much of a technical Background to know how this things work under the hood, but I'm quite curious of where all of this is heading.
I see a lot of awesome features locked away in these other projects that would be just nice if it was standard to have them, like piefed's hashtag-like system that allows people to seek things by topic instead of going to a specific community hosted in a specific instance, it would instantly fix the fragmentation problem across feddit, lol.
How the future of feddit will be? will be all be using Lemmy or other specific project, or instances will use whatever project they like and they will be cross compatible enough that it won't be much of a deal what project is running underneath?
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The whole point of federation and open protocols is that you aren't tied to any specific piece of software, or any single provider, or any single set of features. People can experiment and innovate and collaborate and expand to build new things on top without losing access or interfering with people who prefer the old methods. People or software that abuses the system on the other hand, can be blocked or defederated.
A healthy software ecosystem should have many different pieces of software all written by different people with different goals, but all implementing most of the same things. Some will be more popular than others, and the popular ones might not agree with your own personal tastes, but that's just life. The point is that we (and software developers) all have the freedom to choose how we interact with this system without any formal rules or maintainer group deciding what is allowed and what isn't (except within their own software and/or instance).
and they will be cross compatible enough that it won’t be much of a deal what project is running underneath?
They are already cross-compatible enough, they are as cross-compatible as they need to be. It's not clear what more you could ask for. If you want them to all look and work exactly the same then what's the point of having different software at all? You're acting like the different features and choices are a downside when it is in fact a benefit. Pick the one you like the most and use it. If you like Piefed's hashtags, then use Piefed, it's great! There's nothing "locked away" in Piefed, everything in it is available to everybody, as it should be!
just_another_person
in reply to BurntWits • • •This is still from a USB drive or some sort, right?
Quite possible it's just bad, especially if an SD in an adapter. Try and verify the drive with whatever tool you used to write it, and I bet it fails.
BurntWits
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in reply to bigkahuna1986 • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •Did you install anything yet?
It sound like you set up the installer usb, tried it, then went into windows to free up disk space, and now the usb no longer boots?
If I got that right, tell us more about the usb drive you used, and the software you used to make it bootable.
BurntWits
in reply to MentalEdge • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •Did you try re-doing that?
The EFI partition is something that exists on the storage device being booted, so if something is wrong with that, then the problem is something on the USB.
Since windows still works, the EFI partition on your computer must be fine.
You can also give Ventoy a go. It replaces the need for Balena Etcher/Rufus.
After you install Ventoy on the usb, it will continue to work like a normal usb drive. Now you just put the .iso file you want on the usb. Or multiple at a time, even. And you can continue using it as a usb drive without removing Ventoy or the isos. It wont care if there are other files on it.
When you go to boot from it, Ventoy will show you a menu of the isos on the usb, and let you pick one to boot. Makes it really easy to try a bunch of different distros if you want.
And it works with windows isos, too.
BurntWits
in reply to MentalEdge • • •I tried redoing it right after replying to you.
Just tried Ventoy, it worked perfectly. Thank you! I appreciate it.
BurntWits
in reply to MentalEdge • • •MentalEdge
in reply to BurntWits • • •It sounds like maybe the usb drive is a bit crappy.
I've had trouble with cheap ones crapping out partway through being used, but be fine once you re-write the files to them. Twice now, yours worked, but then stopped working suddenly for seemingly no reason.
The drive might also be getting too hot. That happens with the Kingston DataTraveler drives I have. If I try to read or write continuously for too long, they shut down for thermal protection, and I have to let them sit for a bit before they work again.
BurntWits
in reply to MentalEdge • • •Fizz
in reply to BurntWits • • •When you freed up the disk space windows seems to have broken mints bootloader partition. You could fix it if you wanted, but at beginner level its probably best to reinstall. If you need to recover any data from you "broken" mint partition you can plug the mint USB in, boot into the live environment and look in your files mount you old mint files and backup anything you want to keep before reinstalling.
Depends on how much of a nerd you are. If the idea of rescuing your system using the terminal sounds fun then try otherwise just reinstall.
MentalEdge
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