Software shares are in the doldrums. Blame AI
Tech companies are giving the world artificial intelligence — but ironically, the tech sector itself is among those now feeling the most pain from AI.The rise of AI tools that can write and develop code is clouding the outlook for the software industry, investors say, sending shares in those companies into a slump.
Software as a service, or “SaaS,” is a bread-and-butter business model that is now at risk of disruption because of AI, investors say, a microcosm of how AI could upend the way many businesses operate.
Shares in software giant Salesforce (CRM) are down 26% this year, making it the second-worst performing stock in the Dow.
Meanwhile, Adobe (ADBE) shares are down 19% this year. Shares in Atlassian (TEAM), which owns applications like Trello, are down 30% over the same time.
In comparison, the benchmark S&P 500 is up 10% this year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up 11%.
“Software valuations remain under pressure from the ‘death of software due to AI’ narrative, which likely drives continued volatility in the short term,” Matthew Hedberg, a software research analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said in an August 12 note.
Vanguard hits new 'bans-per-second' record: Ban hammer goes brrr after Riot-wide holiday break.
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Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games.
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The Bubble That Knows It’s a Bubble
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The Bubble That Knows It’s a Bubble
The four words that precede every crash: “This time is different.”Craig McCaskill
'Leaked' Prerelease Films Were Shared on Vimeo by Industry Insiders
TorrentFreak, Republished under Creative Commons.
Screener and pre-release copies of numerous films that leaked online recently were not the result of a sophisticated hack. New evidence reveals that several of these films were already publicly accessible for weeks or months previously, after being shared by industry insiders on the video platform Vimeo.
Earlier this month, we reported that a screener copy of In the Hands of Dante had leaked online from an unknown source.
The unreleased Julian Schnabel film, featuring a star cast, is officially set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. However, pirates got early access.
The same was true for other independent films, including The Best Thing About Christmas, Agon, American Cryptids, Life Is, and Extreme Family, all of which leaked early. What stood out is that several titles had an Italian connection.
The source of the leaks was initially unclear, but new information shared with TorrentFreak shows that many, if not all the leaked films, were already publicly available on video-sharing platform Vimeo long before they appeared on pirate sites.
Post-production Studio Uploads on Vimeo
Multiple versions of In the Hand of Dante, using the shorthand “ITHOD,” were uploaded to the Vimeo channel of Augustus Color Srl. This is the name of a prominent Italian company specializing in color grading and digital post-production.
The upload dates range from June to October 2024, confirming the films were exposed for the better part of a year before they appeared on pirate sites. The most recent ‘edit’ on Vimeo is identical in length compared to the copy that leaked on pirate sites and also comes with a screener watermark.
ITHOD
This wasn’t the only film posted to the account. Augustus Color has over 1,000 videos on their Vimeo account which has been in use for more than seven years. The account uses the logo of the studio and also posted the official promotional reel, various edits, and several additional films.
Augustus Color
After some digging, we also found the leaked Agon film on the same Vimeo account. Again, this copy was posted on the video sharing platform long before it appeared on pirate sites, suggesting this is where the leaks originated. The same account also shared many other films that were not posted to pirate sites.
Before publishing, we reached out to Augustus Color, requesting a comment on our findings, but the company did not respond. The company may have been under the impression that these uploads were not publicly accessible, as the official showreel is private.
There’s More, Much More
Not all recently leaked movies could be traced back to this Vimeo account. It’s a much broader issue. For example, The Best Thing About Christmas screener was also publicly available, posted on Vimeo by the official account weeks before it leaked.
A screenshot from the leak, shown below, notes that it’s a director’s cut. The same cut was also posted on Vimeo.
Producer’s Cut
When we reached out to the filmmakers, they informed us that the screener was not meant to be publicly accessible. They believed that it had been shared privately with specific people. That is clearly not the case here.
Similar uploads are common elsewhere on the video platform. A copy of Extreme Family was published in early July by an account linked to a Vietnamese film organization, before it appeared on pirate sites.
Extreme Family on Vimeo
Similarly, a copy of the film American Cryptids was uploaded to Vimeo by a Florida-based industry insider in early August. Soon after, a ‘leak’ appeared on pirate sites, days in advance of the official theatrical premiere on Friday, August 15.
The person who shared the American Cryptids film on Vimeo did not respond to our request for comment, but the upload is now password protected. This suggests that it wasn’t meant to be publicly accessible either.
The more we dig on Vimeo, the more films we find. These include dozens of unreleased films, but also several films that were posted on Vimeo longer ago, before their official releases. These are linked to the accounts of industry insiders, ranging from small production outfits to videographers’ personal accounts.
Without additional comments from the players involved, we don’t know if these public uploads were the result of a misunderstanding about Vimeo’s privacy settings or if there is more to it than that. Whatever the reason, it’s a bombshell and a wake-up call all the same.
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Note: we privately tested the privacy setting on Vimeo videos and that appears to work as intended.
Unreleased Movie Screeners Leak Online, Including Star-Studded 'In the Hand of Dante' * TorrentFreak
Just weeks before its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Julian Schnabel's star-studded film 'In the Hand of Dante' has leaked online.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
Feed rss per X e Instagram
Buongiorno, non so se sia il posto giusto per questo topic, non ne ho trovati di più pertinenti, in caso spostatemi pure.
Mi chiedevo se esista un modo per seguire profili X e Instagram tramite lettori feed rss o altro. Spulciando su Le alternative ho scaricato Newsblur, non mi permette di seguire i profili che mi interessano, ma vedo che ce ne sono altri suggeriti che invece possono essere seguiti (solo per X).
Magari esiste un generatore specifico da applicare..
Purtroppo le fonti principali di notizie che seguo sono profili di giornalisti Instagram o X, ogni consiglio per smarcarsi da queste piattaforme (gratis) è ben accetto. Grazie in anticipo per la pazienza.
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Top AI models fail spectacularly when faced with slightly altered medical questions
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36289727
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Our findings reveal a robustness gap for LLMs in medical reasoning, demonstrating that evaluating these systems requires looking beyond standard accuracy metrics to assess their true reasoning capabilities.6 When forced to reason beyond familiar answer patterns, all models demonstrate declines in accuracy, challenging claims of artificial intelligence’s readiness for autonomous clinical deployment.A system dropping from 80% to 42% accuracy when confronted with a pattern disruption would be unreliable in clinical settings, where novel presentations are common. The results suggest that these systems are more brittle than their benchmark scores suggest.
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amazzonici pacchi per un haul di letture pazzo (Sailor Moon e poca altra roba pagati dalle vostre tasse)
L’altra sera non ho scritto niente a riguardo, ma quello che è accaduto è che ho rapinato un Amazon Locker… inserendo il codice eh, niente danneggiamenti. Ok, sto scherzando; in verità, con la mano diretta di mio padre (che ha banalmente piazzato il suo ordine) ho piuttosto rapinato lo Stato italiano, ordinando circa 100 euroni […]
In middle school, a kid got caught masturbating in study hall. I never saw him again after that. Word was that he moved away out of embarrassment. Parents probably just home schooled him or something.
In a completely different direction, my class broke the "suicide school" moniker. We were the first graduating class in like 10 years to not have a suicide.
In a completely different direction, my class was broke the “suicide school” moniker. We were the first graduating class in like 10 years to not have a suicide.a kid got caught masturbating in study hall. I never saw him again after that.
Changing web hosting provider & keeping my email - help wanted
I am looking into changing my web hosting provider, as I did not research pricing sufficiently before signing up for the one I am currently using, and I have developed a preference to avoid American companies since.
My domain is registered with a separate company, and my website is completely static and home made, so I think the move should be somewhat painless. I expect that it's as easy as signing up for another service provider, and redirecting the domain to whatever information they provide. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
What I'm a little concerned about is my email at name@example.com. I'm assuming setting up a new address under the same name would be trivial under most hosting providers, but is there a good way of keeping my current emails available on the server? Alternatively, does anyone know of good options for making local backups of my inbox?
Last, if anyone has recommendations for somewhat affordable, green & European hosting providers, it would be much appreciated. I guess Hetzner is an option, but I wouldn't mind supporting a slightly smaller company if I can.
Thanks!
Sopito nella pietra, il grande Re dei crotali e l'Atlantide thailandese - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Sopito nella pietra, il grande Re dei crotali e l'Atlantide thailandese - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
L’acqua della palude ribolliva come fosse riscaldata da una fonte sotterranea, poco prima d’illuminarsi a giorno per l’effetto di molte magiche lanterne che fluttuavano nell’aria, poco prima dell’alba mattutina.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website
A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website
One of Germany's biggest ISPs changed how their DNS works, right after I exposed an organization that they’re part of.lina.sh
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Why doesn't Star Trek use TrekLit for streaming shows?
Treklit has some great offerings. The Relaunch universe books in particular developed coherent serialized storylines and a group of strong authors. There is also a deep library of standalone books from across all eras of the franchise.
By contrast, serialized Star Trek is struggling onscreen. Of the current era, only Prodigy has excelled in serialized storytelling.
So, why not look to the books? Not just to lift an idea like Control or the end of the Borg, but to actually tell a coherent narrative across a season or season?
On Netflix, Prime and Apple, it’s become established that successful streaming shows are often based on novels and novel series. Those streamers have come to understand that novelists, not scriptwriters, excel in laying out long form storytelling, and resources are often better put in having the screenwriters adapt than create from the whole cloth.
Reading a recent interview with Mick Herron, author of the critically acclaimed and popular Slow Horses on Apple, with a second show based on his other books launching this fall, I was struck by the interviewer’s assertion of this truism.
I thought about several of the non franchise shows I enjoy and how many of them are more or less faithful adaptations of books.
I was also struck by the thought that both Skydance and Paramount are quite capable of producing excellent book adaptations for Netflix and Apple. Murderbot is a very current example.
So, what’s holding back Star Trek from exploiting the Vanguard series or the Starfleet Core of Engineers books?
Why insist on giving showrunners resources to keep retelling franchise stories with legacy characters and tropes?
Why not exploit that IP that Paramount already owns by adapting the best of decades of TrekLit?
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Re: Why doesn't Star Trek use TrekLit for streaming shows?
Honestly it could be something as prohibitive as not having secured film and TV rights from the authors.
I can imagine that doing it after the fact is often quite expensive.
Palestinian Boys Allege Sexual Assault, Torture by Israeli Jailers
Mahmoud, age 17, said that his Israeli abductors "began hurling insults, cursing at us, and accusing us of being with Hamas."
"They stripped us of our clothes and took us to Kerem Shalom, completely naked, with nothing," he continued. "There, the beatings and torture began."
"The Israeli women soldiers beat us. They stripped us and 'played' here, and here, and there," Mahmoud said, indicating his genitals. "They beat us with sticks. Got on us while we were lying on the ground. We were handcuffed like that and naked."
Mahmoud said his captors wanted to humiliate him and other teenage boys in custody, accusing the troops of taking nude photos of them and sending female soldiers to mock and touch his body—an especially shameful ordeal for Muslims.
Palestinian Boys Allege Sexual Assault, Torture by Israeli Jailers
"We are children," said one teen. "What have we done?"brett-wilkins (Common Dreams)
Come creare un dominio personalizzato collegato al proprio utente su Mastodon (alias)
Mastodon funziona come una federazione di server ed usa il protocollo Webfinger per risolvere gli indirizzi degli utenti. Puoi configurare una pagina sul tuo dominio che risponda alle richieste Webfinger rimandando al tuo indirizzo Mastodon originale. Creerai perciò un alias che potrai usare e far usare su Mastodon.
In poche parole se hai l’utente @pippo ed il tuo dominio è casa.com potrai essere cercato e menzionato su Mastodon anche come @pippo@casa.com .
La teoria è semplice, piazzare un file json di configurazione dentro una cartella con sottocartella sul tuo sito nel tuo dominio.
Siccome io ho una VPS linux-debian con YunoHost e wordpress installato, spiegherò come approciarsi utilizzando questa configurazione.
Prima di tutto bisogna creare un file index.php che contenga il seguente codice:
<?php
$res = @$_GET['resource'];
if ($res != 'acct:UtenteMastodon@MioDominio.com') {
header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
die();
}
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode([
'subject' => 'acct:UtenteMastodon@mastodon.social',
'aliases' => [
'https://snowfan.masto.host/@UtenteMastodono',
'https://snowfan.masto.host/users/UtenteMastodon'
],
'links' => [
[
'rel' => 'http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page',
'type' => 'text/html',
'href' => 'https://snowfan.masto.host/@UtenteMastodon'
],
[
'rel' => 'self',
'type' => 'application/activity+json',
'href' => 'https://snowfan.masto.host/users/UtenteMastodon'
]
]
]);
?>
Sostituire a snowfan.masto.host il server mastodon desiderato, a MioUtente il nome utente ed a MioDominio il nome del dominio.
Il file lo possiamo creare in locale e trasportarlo alla VPS con ftp, oppure collegarci con SSH e crearlo con nano.
Se siamo collegati con SSH alla VPS, digitare SU seguito dalla password di root. spostiamoci alla cartella di worpress o alla cartella root del dominio che ci interessa, nel caso di worpress dovrebbe essere “/var/www/wordpress” o nel caso di installazioni multiple potremo avere “/var/www/wordpress_2″.
In questa cartella dobbiamo creare una cartella .well-known ed una sottocartella al suo interno webfinger e dentro webfinger posizionare lo script-file index.php.
eseguire da root o tramite sudo il seguente comando:
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress/.well-known
Questo comando cambia proprietario e ne permette la gestione ad apache/ngix
Digitare i seguenti comandi controllando che le cartelle siano corrette:
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/.well-known -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/.well-known -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
Questi comandi danno i corretti permessi alle cartelle ed al file.
A questo punto non ci rimane che testare che funzioni tutto, dal nostro browser preferito immettere questo url debitamente corretto col dominio giusto:
miodominio.com/.well-known/web…
Se tutto funziona dovremmo vedere a video uno script json.
Il passaggio successivo è andare su mastodon e digitare nel box di ricerca: @UtenteMastodon@MioDominio.com se anche questo passaggio funziona abbiamo fatto tutto correttamente. Se riceviamo una pagina 404 ci potrebbe essere un problema nello script che va verificato.
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Building ultra cheap energy storage for solar PV
Building Ultra Cheap Energy Storage for Solar PV
Solar still needs storage cheap enough to move energy between seasons. I have been working on a startup to do this for the last two years.Austin Vernon (Austin Vernon's Substack)
MotoGP Ungheria 2025: vince sempre Marquez, la noia domina.
Il Gran Premio d’Ungheria 2025 ha visto per l’ennesima volta il dominio di Marc Marquez, che al Balaton Park ha conquistato la sua 14ª vittoria consecutiva, firmando la sesta doppietta stagionale tra Sprint e gara lunga. Sul podio, insieme al pilota della Ducati Lenovo, sono saliti Pedro Acosta con la KTM e Marco Bezzecchi con l’Aprilia, regalando tre marchi diversi nelle prime tre posizioni.
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MotoGP Ungheria 2025: i risultati e l’ordine di arrivo della gara - Quotidiano Motori
Risultati MotoGP Ungheria 2025: ecco l’ordine di arrivo della gara al Balaton Park con tempi, distacchi e sorpassi decisivi.Mario Roth (Quotidiano Motori)
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Keanu Reeves racconta la nascita del Cadillac Formula 1 Team
Dopo il successo della docuserie premiata con un Emmy, Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story, Keanu Reeves torna con un nuovo progetto. L’attore e produttore sarà la voce narrante della serie che documenta la nascita e il debutto del Cadillac Formula 1 Team, il nuovo progetto americano targato TWG Motorsports e General Motors.
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Keanu Reeves racconta la nascita del Cadillac Formula 1 Team - Quotidiano Motori
Keanu Reeves è il protagonista della docuserie sul debutto del Cadillac Formula 1 Team a Melbourne che avverrà nel 2026.Caterina Di Iorgi (Quotidiano Motori)
MotoGP Ungheria 2025: risultati e ordine di arrivo della Gara Sprint al Balaton Park
La MotoGP ha fatto il suo debutto assoluto in Ungheria sul nuovo circuito del Balaton Park, con la prima gara Sprint della storia del GP ungherese. Una prova spettacolare, segnata da incidenti al primo giro e da un dominio incontrastato di Marc Marquez, al suo tredicesimo successo consecutivo.
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MotoGP Ungheria 2025: i risultati della Gara Sprint - Quotidiano Motori
MotoGP Ungheria 2025: risultati e ordine di arrivo della Gara Sprint al Balaton Park. Distacchi, protagonisti e cronaca della corsa.Mario Roth (Quotidiano Motori)
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Cooking at home vs eating out vs delivery: what’s your situation?
My boyfriend (20) and I (18) have been living together for 2 years in an urban apartment. For us, it usually goes like this:
- Delivery
- Eating out
- Cooking at home
We visit our parents (and they visit us) often, and they give us lots of home-cooked food. We mostly cook at home just for fun.
I’m curious what it’s like for other people, especially in different age groups or family setups!
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Mastodon är i motsats tilll Bluesky ett socialt medium som kontrolleras av användarna. Det är decentraliserat och federerat vilket betyder att det finns många servrar (som kallas instanser) som kör programvaran Mastodon.
🌸La méditation guidée de 15 à 20 mn sera suivie d'un cercle de parole, pour faire une pause et se reconnecter à soi et aux autres.
Le thème proposé pour le cercle de parole est : "Être à l'écoute de soi-même et des autres" Et chacun est libre de s'exprimer sur ce qu'iel souhaite 🌸
📅 Dimanche 31 août de 9:00 à 10:00
Pour calculer votre heure locale, cliquez sur ce lien : xrb.link/E74VPL1A93J
➡ Pour participer : il suffit de se connecter sur ce lien : xrb.link/v6oCB4dM le moment venu. Tout le monde est bienvenu·e, quelle que soit sa pratique ! Les arrivées ne seront pas acceptées après les 20 premières minutes.
🧘♀️🧘🏼♂️🧘🏾♀️ Parce que l'activisme est un engagement externe ET une transformation intérieure, c’est dans un esprit de compassion et d’approfondissement de la connaissance de soi que nous prétendons évoluer et communiquer les un‧es avec les autres.
clanker youtubici rompono la quiete in modo sempre più metallico
È semplicemente da non credere che sono ormai anni e anni (e ho perso il conto di quanti) che su YouTube c’è il problema degli spammer e, anziché migliorare peggiora sempre di più! #YouTube è un’impresa che si regge interamente su un datamining inquantificabilmente grosso — per i video consigliati, per controllare che i video […]
AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250823-… - podcast
AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027
After two years’ wait, and Sam Altman talking up how scary smart it was, OpenAI finally released GPT-5! And it was … meh. It could program a bit better? It didn’t do anything else much better…Pivot to AI
Trump Administration Ignores Congressional Directive to Fully Fund HIV/AIDS Program
Trump Administration Ignores Congressional Directive to Fully Fund HIV/AIDS Program
The New York Times reports the Trump administration is ignoring a congressional directive to fully fund PEPFAR, an HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention program credited with saving 26 million lives since President George W.Democracy Now!
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Scoperto l'antenato del piccolo canguro di velluto, con muso da levriero e coda di un topo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Scoperto l'antenato del piccolo canguro di velluto, con muso da levriero e coda di un topo - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Nei Territori Settentrionali dell’Australia, in un’epoca collocata entro i confini del tardo Miocene (6-8 milioni di anni fa) la lotta per la sopravvivenza vedeva coesistere scontrarsi specie dalle proporzioni e capacità singolari.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Blu-ray ripping on linux
I recently bought a collector edition boxed set of a 1970s martial arts series I love. I can't even play it in VLC, makemkv beta code situation is borked, and handbrake scans all the titles, then says there are none.
I have a local Plex server I wanted to use, no other devices that can play Blu-ray other than an external USB drive I just bought.
Any advice? The Linux box is on 22.04.
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Violent clashes escalate at anti-government protests in Serbia
Violent clashes escalate at anti-government protests in Serbia
Police accused of brutality against demonstrators as unrest continues across cities for fourth nightJessie Williams (The Guardian)
New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son released from US detention. They were detained at the Canada-US border and held for weeks.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son released from US detention
Sarah Shaw was detained by Ice owing to a problem with her ‘combo card’ visa as she tried to re-enter the US from CanadaEva Corlett (The Guardian)
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Exclusive: ICC arrest warrant applications ready for Israel's Ben Gvir and Smotrich on apartheid charges - ...but ICC sources are concerned they will not submit them for fear of sanctions
Exclusive: ICC arrest warrant applications ready for Israel's Ben Gvir and Smotrich on apartheid charges
Arrest warrant applications against two prominent Israeli ministers on charges of apartheid are ready and with two deputy prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Middle East Eye can reveal.Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)
Government documents show police disabling AI oversight tools
Government documents show police disabling AI oversight tools
Departments aren't reviewing or disclosing AI-written police reports—which are now being used in plea deals.Mother Jones
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does this mean robocop was doubly evil?
edit: it occurs to me that the original comment may have walked up to the line for inciting violence and as such I have changed it because I don't want to make the mods lives more difficult
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Europeans ponying up to fund US weapons shipments to Ukraine - Euractiv
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46451542
Several NATO powers have pledged a total of $1.5 billion to cover the cost of US weapons packages
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India buys 2 million bpd Russian oil in August
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46450980
(bpd) barrels per day
Imports from Russia at 2 million bpd were up from 1.6 million bpd in July. The increase in Russian flow was at the cost of purchases from Iraq, which declined to 730,000 bpd in August, and Saudi Arabia which fell to 526,000 bpd from 700,000 bpd last month.
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Why the fuck not just write that in the headline?
Fuck 3 letter acronyms that are used before the actual meaning in articles.
Brazil is open for business, Lula says at Chinese factory opening
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46449382
The leftist leader noted that in the past automakers Ford and Mercedes have decided to scale back their operations in Brazil, but celebrated the arrival of other companies, like China's GWM . Brazil is always open to negotiating business, he stressed.
Brazil is open for business, Lula says at Chinese factory opening
SAO PAULO - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that foreign companies that want to do business in Brazil are welcome, speaking at the opening ceremony for a factory for Chinese automaker GWM in the state of Sao Paulo.ST
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Trump is the best thing that happened to genocidal authoritarian regimes in China, Iran and russia in a long time.
I have a feeling Trump is going to go down in history as a sort of modern, American Nicholas II.
Air Canada suspends flights after cabin staff go on strike
Air Canada: Govt forces striking cabin crew back to work
More than 100,000 passengers were left stranded after Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike. Canada's government says it is stepping in to avoid lasting economic damage.Karl Sexton (Deutsche Welle)
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That’s the standard for ALL flight attendants, changing that will be a huge blow to the industry.
When AirCanada was started the rate for flight attendants was 4 times the minimum wage per hours, it was way above the national average.
The flight attendants union said to AirCanada pay us the same rate adjust to inflation and they will accept. AirCanada declined their offer
Trump says Ukraine needs to make a deal after summit with Putin ends without ceasefire
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/46449191
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday Ukraine should agree a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not"
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"It was determined by all* that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement…
*EXCEPT ONE OF THE PARTIES DIRECTLY INVOLVED
That’s kind of important, Donny.
DiveDB, a fediverse enabled scuba dive log
Found it to be quite cool and largely unkown.
The dev is interested in others testing to self-host it:
github.com/cetra3/divedb
GitHub - cetra3/divedb: This is the source repository for the DiveDB site
This is the source repository for the DiveDB site. Contribute to cetra3/divedb development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Not a mystery beast, just a dog
Why have so many people seemingly lost all critical faculties when seeing animals?
I’ve seen two examples this week of people capturing imagery of dogs and then creating absurdly dramatic context to indicate that they aren’t dogs. What’s going on here? I get it if it’s an unusual animal. But these are just regular dogs that have been turned into mysterious monsters in the minds of the viewer.
The Black Dog on the side of the road
The first example is a video of a family driving down a road at night and encountering an older black dog (with a graying muzzle) along the grass. The accompanying video reveals their excitement and confusion about what they are seeing:
The animal was seen “in the area known as Las Palmillas, between Xochitlán Todos Santos and Tlacotepec”.
While the image is a bit blurry, the video itself is clear enough to show this not the “robust” and “enigmatic animal” that was reported by the news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiOu1x–y2c
Have these people never seen a dog?
I think a few things are going on here. First, it’s night and maybe the camera on the phone is enhancing the light so that, to us looking at the video, it’s obvious. But to the witnesses at the time, maybe they were freaked out because they couldn’t see enough. Still, the video should never have gotten news coverage. With clickbait as lucrative as it is these days, even ridiculous videos get attention even just so an audience can complain about them.
Secondly, the headline of the news story gives us a clue about why people might be on edge: Mysterious animal surprises in Puebla after unexplained cattle deaths.
This sighting adds to a series of unexplained cattle deaths in the region, where the animals showed signs of violence, which has alarmed the local community.
So, people are concerned about recent mysterious livestock deaths. Feral dogs are suspect. With countless historical examples to draw from, we know that people look for a culprit when they are afraid. It’s not clear if the family knew about the story. Or if the original story was sensationalized.
Finally, even if the witnesses knew this was a dog, they still may have posted it on socials to try to tell a story for attention. Social media is the real reason why we see so many more silly shares like this. Even when the cause is obvious, if imagination is applied, people see a bipedal animal. Or the black color breaks up the typical outline we would expect to form a dog. The dog’s sad face breaks my heart, as does the crazy speculation about it.
The dog in the woods
The next example showed up in my Pop Cryptid Facebook feed from the Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization, a very active page that will post marginal content in order to keep the followers constantly engaged. In this case, they posted a pic of a dog and asked if people had thoughts….
They certainly did. They thought it was a dog.
Yeah, some said it was a wolf. But there is no location indicated so it’s baseless to jump to that conclusion. There is no sense in making any judgment on what’s in a photo with no context.
Maybe it’s “mysterious” because it looks like it doesn’t have a head (an artifact from the camera, perhaps). People also assumed it was very large, but you can’t tell that from the image.
Some are going to gravitate to these kinds of images to support their supernatural beliefs in werewolves or dogmen. Clearly, this is not viable evidence of that.
Social silos
It’s disturbing that online audiences get so comfortable existing in their belief silos that everything becomes evidence for that thing they deeply believe in. The rest of us, who aren’t in that frame of mind, just don’t see what they do. This is why you need to 1. get out of those silos, 2. be the voice of reason when necessary.
It would be really great if reason prevailed, and if this kind of goofiness wasn’t so popular. Unfortunately, we aren’t getting out of these strange times anytime soon. The streams of weird content (framed as weird, even when it’s not) encourages further social slides into irrational ideas about the world and more of the same content. It seems like we aren’t going to be taking a rational turn any time soon. We’re on edge, and extreme things really are happening.
The online environment provides a means to dispute the claim, but more often, it provides a platform for more bunkum, and worse.
#cryptids #DogInMexico #dogs #mysteriousCreature
Not a mystery beast, just a dog
Recent examples of people who see a monster when it’s really just a dog.Sharon A. Hill
Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech, Database Shows
As of June 2025, over 1,400 veterans of Israeli intelligence are now working in U.S. tech—with 900 of those coming from Unit 8200 alone. That number comes from a database of people who publicly identify themselves as being both former Israeli intelligence officers and holding a job in U.S. tech on their LinkedIn profiles.
The database was assembled by an independent researcher, who is remaining anonymous for personal security and has dubbed the database the “Eagle Mission” influence network. The 1,400 people are self-identified veterans or active reserve members of Unit 8200, Israeli military intelligence, and the IDF Cyber Defense Directorate working in senior and mid-level engineering and security roles at major U.S. tech firms with offices in Israel, the U.S., and Europe. Drop Site crosschecked many of the records in the database for accuracy.
“This does not mean that every person who served in Unit 8200 is an Israeli spy looking to send classified data back to Tel Aviv,” the researcher emphasized. “But it does create a serious vulnerability. No other country has this kind of access to the American tech sector. We obsess over Chinese involvement in the tech industry and worry about corporate espionage, but Israeli penetration rarely gets mentioned.”
The global tech giant Microsoft is one of the most prominent employers of Unit 8200 alumni, employing roughly 250 veterans of the unit, alongside other major multinational companies including Nvidia, Meta, Google, Intel, and Apple, many of whom employ dozens of individuals drawn from the unit. Microsoft was recently revealed to have closely collaborated with Unit 8200 leadership on the creation of cloud services intended to store millions of private communications of Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. Microsoft declined to comment.
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.Ben Reiff (+972 Magazine)
Mexican ranchers hit by flesh-eating screwworm want action on cattle smuggling
Maggots from screwworm flies burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage. While it can often be fatal, infected animals can be treated by removing larvae and applying medications, if it is detected early enough.The infestation, which began in November, has now claimed its first human casualty: an 86-year-old woman with advanced cancer and complications from a screwworm infection who died in the state of Campeche in late July. While infections are rarer (and treatable) in humans, Mexico confirmed more than 30 cases in people in the last week of July.
Estimates cited by Mexican authorities in 2022 and others by sector experts indicate the number of illegal cattle crossing into Mexico is at least 800,000 per year.
Cash Cows - Cattle Trafficking from Central America to Mexico
The illegal trafficking of cattle has spread from the natural reserves of Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, to enter the food supply chain in Mexico and even the United States.InSight Crime
Screwworm is a fly larvae, the odds are decent it can't survive to far north.
But thanks to climate change, that's changing
Historically, it covered half of the United States.
In the 1900s screw worm routinely ate up into the heartland.
And the 1900s there was an estimated impact of roughly 5 to 10% of cattle destroyed by this.
This continued until the '50s
To build on what another poster said, screw worms were a major problem in the USA for many, many years. They were mostly eradicated from the US in the 1970s by breeding sterile male flies and releasing them by plane. They were mostly cleared from Mexico as well and annual flights releasing sterile male flies have kept them from spreading back up north. Unfortunately, there are now some very large outbreaks in Mexico and some cases in the USA.
There is only one factory, located in Panama, producing sterile males now and its production capabilities are insufficient to fighting these outbreaks. The USDA has announced plans to ramp up production and develop new was to stop them, though.
Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case
A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence.The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state is another in a litany of mishaps AI has caused in justice systems around the world.
Defense lawyer Rishi Nathwani, who holds the prestigious legal title of King’s Counsel, took “full responsibility” for filing incorrect information in submissions in the case of a teenager charged with murder, according to court documents seen by The Associated Press on Friday.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-murder-artifical-intelligence-34271dc1481e079c3583b55953a67c38
like this
You should treat AI like an unpaid intern and check every word before using what they’ve written.
It can save you time but it can’t reduce it to zero just yet.
ICJ vice-president: 'The Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel'
ICJ vice-president: 'The Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel'
Julia Sebutinde, the Ugandan vice-president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has said God "is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel" and the signs of the "end times" are "being shown in the Middle East".Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
I suppose she wouldn't mind going to meet this Lord a little early then? Seriously every single person that espouses something like this, should be immediately expelled from any government position.
I am at the point where if someone is openly religious, I OPENLY avoid them. I don't want anything to do with these delusional psychopaths.
Maria Sole 04: Bulsara
MONDO REALE: negli anni 80 i casi di HIV per trasmissione verticale (da madre a figlio tramite parto spontaneo), erano frequentissimi e non esistevano cure molto efficaci anche se al mondo ci sono persone nate con HIV in quel periodo, specie dall’86 in poi, ancora in vita.
FANTASIA: 1987. Maria Sole partorisce a casa, con l’aiuto del suo virus…
Che fatica venire al mondo!
“In caso di pericolo sarò costretto a scegliere se salvare te o lei”, le parole del virus mi continuarono a frullare nella mente e io di nuovo pensai a come gli avevo risposto d’impulso: “Lei, lei! Se rischiamo la morte entrambe, salva prima la mia bambina!”
Una contrazione più forte delle altre mi fece accasciare sul divano, piegata in due dal male. Uno, due, tre, respira. Il mantra che mi aveva sempre aiutato nei momenti peggiori, diventò a dir poco indispensabile.
Era notte inoltrata e sentivo mio marito russare, l’unico suono a rompere quel silenzio irreale. Vladimir, l’uomo ricco che mi aveva resa schiava ubriaco fradicio un giorno sì e uno anche, non mi pareva certo la persona più affidabile per occuparsi di me e la mia piccola. Dovevo farcela da sola a ogni costo.
“Dai, respira, Sunshine,” la solita voce mi fece eco a ricordarmi che non ero esattamente sola; c’era lui, HIV, il mio virus senziente sempre al mio fianco, spesso alleato e a volte antagonista.
“Dai, forza, segui me, è il momento. La piccola ha deciso di uscire.”
“Non posso farcela,” sussurrai disperata. “Nessuno mi aiuta!”
“Avanti, umana, ci sono io!” rispose HIV, sicuro di sé. “Da quando ho iniziato a vivere in questo mondo ho visto nascere migliaia di cuccioli come la nostra, e il tuo corpo sa benissimo come muoversi. Ne sono certo.”
“Nostra”, dissi a bassa voce; “tu sei un virus… Non puoi…” L’ennesima contrazione mi strappò un grido strozzato e istintivamente iniziai a spingere.
“Eccola,” mi incoraggiò HIV. “Adesso! Spingi, spingi forte! La vedo! La testa è quasi fuori!”
“Sì, come no”, pensai tra me; “un virus ostetrico.” Ma non ebbi tempo di preoccuparmene perché la piccola aveva fretta, e venne al mondo sul divano in cui di solito Vladimir si sdraiava sfinito dalla Vodka.
Piangeva, era calda, era viva. Bagnata e grinzosa, non certo come mostrano nei film. Bruttissima… ma era mia!
“Prendila,” disse il mio virus; pareva commosso, come fosse lui il padre. “Devi tenerla al sicuro.”
Seppure sfinita, raccolsi la piccola che si dimenava fra le mie gambe. La sollevai e me la appoggiai sulla pancia, dove continuò a piangere con una forza sorprendente.
“”È perfetta,” sussurrai, guardando la sua pelle arrossata, i pugnetti stretti, il visino contratto nello sforzo di urlare la sua presenza al mondo”Almeno sta bene”, dissi tra le lacrime; “e ha già un bel caratterino!”
“Benvenuta, piccola Bulsara”, sussurrai baciandole la fronte umida. “Stesso sangue, stesso virus. Siamo una cosa sola.”
Mia figlia aveva ancora il cordone attaccato e io mi sentivo esausta; “l’ho visto tagliare migliaia di volte”, HIV cercò di incoraggiarmi a fare da sola ma non potevo permettermi un rischio. Nessuna forbice da cucina era sterilizzata.
Soccorso provvidenziale
Mi accorsi che stavo perdendo sangue, ma non ebbi il tempo di preoccuparmene perché la porta d’ingresso si aprì all’improvviso e Adrian entrò coi soliti giornali sotto il braccio, ma si bloccò sulla soglia.
Sgranò gli occhi dallo stupore o forse lo spavento quando mi vide: nuda, con la bambina appena nata e tutta piena di fluidi corporei e sangue ovunque.
“Oh signore Gesù,” esclamò, lasciando cadere i quotidiani. “Hai… hai partorito? Da sola?”
“Adrian,” supplicai con un filo di voce. “Per favore, aiutami.”
“Lo zio dorme come sempre, vero? Merda!”
Lui tese l’orecchio e udì Vladimir che russava ancora, era chiaro che neanche mi avesse sentito urlare; “quando beve non c’è verso, se nel sonno smettesse di respirare non farebbe alcuna differenza… Ma ora pensiamo a te, a voi! Andiamo in ospedale!”
“Non posso muovermi,” protestai debolmente ma lui ci avvolse in una coperta presa dal divano e, sollevandoci fra le braccia, ci portò in auto.
“Attenta! Non toccare quel negativo,” mi avvertì il virus, ma era troppo tardi: Adrian mi aveva già posizionato sul sedile posteriore con la mia piccola.
Dottori e giudizi
Il viaggio fino all’ospedale mi sembrò non finire mai, con HIV silenzioso e apparentemente ostile nei miei confronti, e la piccola che piangeva ancora. “Falla smettere, virus”, sussurrai quasi piangendo anch’io, ma lui si limitò solo a dirmi: “finché c’è quel negativo, fatti aiutare da lui!”
“Le hai già dato un nome?” chiese Adrian mentre guidava veloce, preoccupato, commettendo più di un’infrazione. Guardai il piccolo volto della neonata che mostrava già i lineamenti caratteristici del suo vero padre. “Bulsara,” risposi senza esitazione. “E avrà il mio cognome, si chiamerà Bulsara Solari.”
“Bulsara? È un nome insolito,” commentò lui, e decisi di non nascondergli la verità. “Il suo papà si chiama Bulsara di cognome, e io per onorarlo ho deciso di darglielo come nome.”
Lui non disse altro, si limitò ad annuire e proseguì per la strada, fino al parcheggio dell’ospedale.
Quando entrammo e Adrian urlò agitato davanti all’accettazione, medici e infermieri ci circondarono, separandomi dalla bambina nonostante le mie proteste. Fui portata in una stanza, dove venni pulita da mani guantate e prive di empatia che mi infilarono aghi su aghi. “Prelievi di routine”, spiegò una voce, ma gli sguardi significavano solo “la straniera povera che ha partorito in casa.” A nulla valse la mia spiegazione in russo stentato, “sono la moglie dell’imprenditore Vladimir Sokolov.” Nessuno ci credette.
“Sei malnutrita,” esordì un medico cercando di parlarmi in inglese, coi risultati delle mie analisi in mano. “E hai perso molto sangue.”
Feci finta di non sentire, in quel momento l’unico mio interesse era vedere di nuovo mia figlia e stringerla tra le braccia; il dottore annuì lanciandomi uno sguardo di disgustosa compassione e si allontanò.
Riapparve un quarto d’ora dopo, con la bimba avvolta in una coperta dell’ospedale, ma quando si sedette sul letto accanto a me vidi in lui un’espressione grave. Funesta.
“Signora,” iniziò con voce falsamente gentile, “abbiamo svolto tutti gli esami obbligatori per sua figlia e… non so come dirglielo… risulta positiva all’HIV.”
“Questo ci fa la predica sicuramente”, il virus mi parlò allarmato; “preparati a una infinita rottura di coglioni… Non reagire, Sunshine. Peggioreresti la situazione. Digli tutta la verità!”
“Ma quale verità”, pensai, mai avrei potuto raccontargli di avere in corpo un virus senziente e che la bambina lo stava ereditando. Un miracolo per me, una condanna secondo gli ospedali.
“Lo sono anch’io,” mi limitai a rispondergli, stringendo Bulsara al seno. “Gliel’ho dato io.”
Il dottore mi squadrò dall’alto al basso, scandalizzato dalla mia eccessiva compostezza. “Lei comprende la gravità di ciò che ha fatto, vero?”
“Lei non sa nulla di me, dottore! Io comprendo solo che Bulsara è mia figlia,” gli urlai dietro. “Doppio legame biologico! Parte di me, in ogni modo possibile.”
L’uomo si schiarì la gola. “E il padre? Da quanto capisco Lei è una ragazza madre… Signora, devo avvisarla che in questi casi… c’è un protocollo. I bambini sieropositivi spesso vengono affidati a strutture specializzate…”
“Specializzate un cazzo!” Lo guardai negli occhi, pronta a difendere la mia creatura, con le unghie e i denti. “No. Lei resta con me.”
“Non è così semplice,” il medico continuò per la sua strada. “Anche Lei è malata, Maria Sole; se ne rende conto? Come può prendersi cura di un bambino in queste condizioni? Non parliamo poi di come è messa economicamente… Nessuno partorisce più in casa! Solo i poveri!”
Un padre per Bulsara
“Dottore del cazzo! Non si azzardi più a parlare così di me”, gridai ancora; le lacrime iniziarono a farsi largo sui miei occhi e io, determinata, le ricacciai indietro. Non dovevo offrire il fianco a chi tentava di umiliarmi. “Bulsara è mia, e verrà a casa con me!”
“Lei è anche mia,” intervenne una voce dalla porta; sentii dei passi veloci e Adrian entrò nella stanza, lo sguardo battagliero mentre si avvicinava al letto e mi posava una mano forte su una spalla.
“Sono il padre,” dichiarò con sicurezza, guardando dritto negli occhi il dottore. “E ho i mezzi per prendermi cura di entrambe.”
Il medico ci guardò con sospetto. “Lei è consapevole della situazione? L’AIDS non perdona, moriranno nel giro di qualche anno!”
“Lo so perfettamente,” replicò Adrian senza alcuna incertezza. “E non ha importanza. Sono la mia famiglia, e non le abbandonerò, anche fosse solo per due dannati mesi.”
Rimasi senza parole di fronte a quella menzogna detta con una tale naturalezza e convinzione. Adrian Sokolov, il nipote dell’uomo che mi aveva sempre usata come una serva, ora si dichiarava padre di mia figlia per proteggerci entrambe.
“Verrà fatta una valutazione coi servizi sociali,” ci informò il dottore, uscendo dalla stanza. “Considerate le… circostanze.”
“Io ho i soldi, Sole”, Adrian mi parlò sottovoce appena restammo soli con la piccola; “nessun assistente sociale romperà i coglioni di fronte a 500 rubli tondi tondi. Me li procuro senza troppa fatica.”
Mi tornarono in mente le parole di HIV: “attenta, Adrian è negativo, è pericoloso…” In effetti, per quanto l’azienda di Vladimir guadagnasse e Adrian ne fosse dirigente, quella era una cifra che non si poteva certo permettere. Non regolarmente, almeno. Io però evitai di fargli troppe domande.
“Perché ti metti così in gioco per me”, gli chiesi soltanto; “stai rischiando troppo,Adrian!”
“Io sono dalla tua parte, tesoro,” rispose semplicemente. “Vladimir non è un uomo. Quello è un mostro e io non permetterò che tu soffra ancora per colpa sua o delle assistenti sociali. Né tu, né Bulsara.”
Non fidarti di lui!
La sincerità di Adrian mi commosse fino alle lacrime ma qualcuno non la pensava allo stesso modo. HIV, discreto osservatore fino a quel momento, colse l’occasione per mettermi di nuovo in guardia.
“Te l’ho detto mille cazzo di volte,” sibilò furioso. “I negativi non sono affidabili, e tu vuoi seriamente contare su quello lì? Stai giocando col fuoco, Sunshine!”
“HIV! Perché dici questo sul mio unico amico, lui è la sola persona che mi sta dando una mano da quando vivo qui in Russia…”
“Adesso lui pare tranquillo,” precisò il virus. “Ma te lo ripeto per l’ennesima volta: se la situazione cambia, sarò costretto a scegliere fra te e la bambina.”
“Quale pericolo vuoi che ci sia,” cercai di rassicurarlo, ma il virus non volle sentire ragioni.
“Certo che sei testarda, Sunshine! Io lo conosco! Adrian è molto diverso da come lo immagini. Devi stargli lontana.”
“Sarà un limite, ma io sono umana! Ho due occhi, due orecchie, un cuore, che non vedono all’orizzonte motivi per allarmarsi così tanto.”
“Ben detto. Hai dei limiti. Io invece sono un virus, con una memoria storica di millenni e una capacità di guardare avanti. Molto avanti!”
Osservai Adrian che mi sorrideva, e la sua mano accarezzava la manina di Bulsara; lei non piangeva, nessun segno di disagio nel suo piccolo corpo; mia figlia stava ricevendo da un mezzo sconosciuto un amore paterno che a me fin dall’infanzia era stato sempre negato.
HIV però teneva alta la guardia, come un guerriero pronto a difendere le mura da un attacco su più fronti; lui vedeva il pericolo da lontano? Eppure a me dava tutt’altra sensazione.
“Dai, HIV,” sussurrai, senza più nascondere l’affetto che provavo per il mio virus malgrado i nostri conflitti. “Non essere geloso. Quell’uomo è solo tanto buono e gentile con me. E se non è positivo, pazienza. L’importante è che voglia bene a me e alla piccola.”
“Basta! Ti prego Sunshine mandalo via,” il virus perse la pazienza e mi sentii tremare le spalle. “Se non gli togli Bulsara dalle braccia, finiremo tutti nella merda.”
“Va bene”, sospirai, e dolcemente presi mia figlia dalle mani di Adrian. “Quant’è assurdo”, esclamai a bassa voce; “diffidare di un uomo gentile e fidarmi di un virus letale? Perché dovrei?” Decisamente avevo partorito in un mondo al contrario.
“Ti proteggerò,” giurai a Bulsara e a me stessa. “Qualunque cosa accada, ti difenderò fino alla morte.”
“Anch’io”, aggiunse HIV; “sarò il tuo guardiano per tutta la vita, piccola. Anche se la tua mamma ha la testa dura!”
Centralscrutinizer
in reply to eli • • •Da li cerchi gli account che ti servono, poi in alto a destra trovi l'icona per i feed rss. Puoi generare un feed per ogni utente e poi importarlo nel tuo client rss preferito. (Consiglio di non abusare coi profili da seguire altrimenti salta tutto)
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Kronos85
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in reply to eli • • •ho trovato anche questo ma non so se funziona ancora.
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eli
in reply to Kronos85 • • •Re: Feed rss per X e Instagram
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in reply to eli • • •Da parte mia aggiungerei Facebook.
Purtroppo tutte queste piattaforme ostacolano attivamente la possibilità di seguire profili da "fuori".
Ti capisco, e, la mia soluzione è, da un lato trovare fonti alternative e accontentarsi, dall'altro portare nel fediverso quelle notizie che trovo dalle altre fonti (che includono telegram e whatsapp nel mio caso).
Se trovi qualcosa, fammi sapere!