Benvenuto nel Poliverso

Domino via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Domino
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Huawei unveils new trifold smartphone before Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal

Huawei unveils US$2,500 trifold smartphone ahead of Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal

The Mate XTs is powered by Huawei’s self-developed Kirin 9020 chipset and runs on the company’s HarmonyOS ecosystem.

^{Coco Feng (South China Morning Post)}

like this

in reply to jaykrown

KairuByte

in reply to jaykrown • 5 giorni fa • •

While I get the sentiment, you can’t really fit a tablet in most pockets. While a tri fold phone would fit just fine.

This isn’t for situations where a more powerful device is needed. Power doesn’t matter when watching a video, or reading a book, or scrolling the internet. Sometimes you just need more screen.

I may be an outlier on Lemmy, but I explicitly want a decent trifold device. Specifically for the situations I listed. I’m not looking to use the tablet “mode” for performance hungry tasks, I just want more screen sometimes.

in reply to KairuByte

UltraBlack

in reply to KairuByte • 4 giorni fa • •

Wasn't their last folding phone super fragile

RandAlThor via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

RandAlThor
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Judge orders Trump administration to release billions in foreign aid approved by Congress

https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-aid-freeze-congress-65ad0226d069bf6b6716a0c93aa249e0

#World

like this

in reply to RandAlThor

NuXCOM_90Percent

in reply to RandAlThor • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

And he won't. And in another six months judges will rule he was in violation of the court order saying he had to. And then he still won't.

in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent

stoly

in reply to NuXCOM_90Percent • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

They may be able to order the finance people to do it.

Stamau123 via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Stamau123
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise departure ahead of a risky court ruling

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made a sudden and surprising departure from the country on Thursday, just five days before a court ruling that could open him up to a new prison sentence.

His exit came a week after the Constitutional Court removed his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, from her position as prime minister. The court found her guilty of an ethics violation for a politically compromising phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

Parliament was set to vote Friday on a new prime minister to succeed Paetongtarn and install a new government. Many see this as the end of the power that Thaksin’s political machine has wielded for more than two decades. During that time, Thaksin faced prison time in various cases, though he spent no time behind bars.

Thaksin told Thai immigration authorities at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport that his private jet was headed for Singapore. A police statement confirmed his plane was allowed to take off shortly after 7 p.m. because he had no arrest warrant or court order preventing him from leaving the country.

https://apnews.com/article/thaksin-shinawatra-hospital-constitutional-court-politics-e65bf7a070c1e6548a6a4415d35703d5

#World

like this

in reply to Stamau123

resipsaloquitur

in reply to Stamau123 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Okay, bye.

Coopr8 via Fediverse

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Coopr8
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution?

Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution? #fediverse, #UI, #Client, #Development, #Browser, #Webapp, #Notifications, #inbox

TLDR: Customized a browser as dedicated Fediverse front-end, use existing web clients for per-service UI, manage account/password with password manager, and merge the notifications from multiple services into one inbox? Is this possible/good?

Hello all,

It's me, an eager fediverse adopter who wants all their friends to get onboard and craves an all-in-one solution for federated content, but who knows no code and barely enough IT to get by reading git documentation.

I'll start by saying that one thing is clear, diversity and experimentation is the essence and benefit of the Fediverse concept. To me, new and exciting ways to use ActivityPub (and other distributed social/comms protocols) get me thrilled and ready for more. The challenge I, and I'm sure many adopters face is the challenge as old as the internet: platform fatigue.

While I want to use all the amazing services the Fediverse offers, managing clients and accounts for each one, and specifically the notification streams coming from all of them, often feels burdensome, decreasing my engagement.

So here's a simple thought experiment I've been playing with: what is the simplest, lowest friction method of accessing and managing multiple notification/content streams without needing to consolidate or centralize client/server development across multiple projects? And further more, how can this set of notifications (and subsequent content interaction) be consolidated yet separated from the other non-fediverse notifications/content across multiple devices?

My naive user mind has pointed me in the direction of dedicated browser instances with customized UI. When I have a webapp I need rapid access to and notifications from I install a dedicated browser instance (or "app" in Edge speak, I know, booo). This works well for me, and in some cases uses less memory than a dedicated application for some reason (looking at you Discord).

So what if a customized browser could be built off of an existing project (probably going to have to be Firefox based, though all eyes on Ladybird), that has a built in password/account manager, and pulls the notification streams from all of the services those accounts interact with into a merged list. Then add filter options for that list including service, account, media type, etc.

All interactions with notifications pulls up a tab of a webclient the user designates for that service, ideally reusing the same single tab unless the user specifically selects open new tab. Each designated service appears on the toolbar as a bookmark, showing notification number beside it. Total notifications and the shortcut to the unified notifications service/Inbox lives on the left or right side of the toolbar and is emphasized.

And that's it, everything Fediverse under one hood, separate from the main browser, not scattered across multiple installed applications, and with each client self-updating.

The challenge? Of course it is merging all the notification streams. Based on what I know of ActivityPub this seems achievable, but the details are beyond me. I am reminded of RSS emerging as the means of addressing a very similar challenge with the emergence of blogs, perhaps an ActivityPub to RSS gateway/bridge could even be the solution to merge the notification streams and then off the shelf RSS reader extensions could serve for the master notification inbox.

I am also reminded of my beloved Trillian which merged IM services under a single application hood, but faced an ever stacking development load as each service changed. Glad to see they still exist, but it seems like the browser route could avoid that centralized dev burden.

Thoughts from more experienced minds than I? Does this make any sense?

#browser #ui #fediverse #development #Client #Notifications #webapp #inbox

like this

in reply to Coopr8

PitLoversNeedMeds

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Honest feedback, I'd absolutely hate it. Just like I absolutely hated all attempts to centralise shit like social media apps.

in reply to Coopr8

artifex

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I've seen this ask come up a number of times now -- and to a certain extent, the Piefed and Mbin frontends do kinda to it already in that you can have your microblog and threaded content in the same UI. But before taking that further with pixelfed/loops integration as well, ask whether it's really a good idea. There's a reason why Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are separate sites, and why none have tried to implement the UI or feature set of the other. I would make the case that the fediverse would really benefit from a portable user IDs auth system that could be used between different services or instances (which Nostr kinda does, and there are other zero-knowledge proof-based services that could be integrated), but with regard to content display and just interacting with content, having 3 different tabs open with the 3 different kinds of content/conversations just makes a lot more sense to me.

like this

in reply to artifex

Coopr8

in reply to artifex • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Aha, but you see my proposal specifically keeps the web clients for the specific content streams up to the user rather than baking them in. I like M.Bin so thats what I use for threads and microblogs, so thats what I would select as my service for that content within the browser.

What I want is a unified inbox, with a move from each notification over to the webclient I choose to interact with the content. To be more specific I want a text-only inbox, but I want it to include headlines/captions/descriptions for multimedia content so I can have my Peertube, Pixelfed, Loops, Threads, Microblogs and whatever else all accessible from a single point of contact.

I definitely agree on the portable account point, it always reminds me of Solid the private data project by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Seems like ATProtocol may have been influenced by it?

like this

in reply to artifex

rglullis

in reply to artifex • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

There’s a reason why Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit are separate sites, and why none have tried to implement the UI or feature set of the other.

Yes, the reason is that corporations can not profit from an unsiloed web of data, so they all created their own walled gardens and successfully fooled users into believing that the UI needs to be tightly coupled with the data they host.

having 3 different tabs open with the 3 different kinds of content/conversations just makes a lot more sense to me.

What would be stopping us from having these tabs using the same data from the social graph?

like this

in reply to rglullis

Coopr8

in reply to rglullis • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, this is my point exactly. I want the 3 tabs, AND I want a unified inbox that opens those tabs when I interact with a relevant notification. Seems like there are some projects heading this direction.

Ideally I dont want a new tab to open for every time I click on a different notification of the same type, just reuse the existing client tab that is open.

in reply to Coopr8

artifex

in reply to Coopr8 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Maybe a browser plugin/extension would be better in your case then? That would actually probably be not too hard to vibe-code if you're so inclined.

in reply to artifex

Coopr8

in reply to artifex • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, basically a browser plugin and a skin would do it. Someone just commented that push notifications at the desktop level handle this for them, and that was an aha moment. The extension could just be a push notification log woth the ability to filter for a group of designated sources.

in reply to Coopr8

Kierunkowy74

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Both Mastodon and Lemmy (and Mbin) expose an API, which can be used to develop an alternative client (for e.g. mobile). This allows even for several alternative front-ends, like Elk, Phanpy and pl-fe for Mastodon (and Pleroma and Akkoma and some Misskey forks and several projects for single-user-instances - all of these extend Mastodon API in some way), or Photon, mlmym and Blorp for Lemmy. GoToSocial (made for single-user-instances) does not provide any webUI, pointing to these alternative front-ends. Lemdro.id even swapped its interface for Photon.

Mastodon clients list (scroll down) and Lemmy clients list

Technically one is able to develop a Fediverse instance software which would provide both Mastodon API (likely with extensions) and Lemmy API. With e.g. microblogging (and maybe events?) used via pl-fe and Threadiverse content more easily available via Photon or Blorp? But I am not aware of any project like that.

Get an app for Mastodon

Browse official and third-party apps for the decentralized social network Mastodon

^{joinmastodon.org}

in reply to Kierunkowy74

Coopr8

in reply to Kierunkowy74 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, what I'm getting at is a way to create a notifications/inbox client that pulls from all the above stated API's but does not attempt to push any content to them, instead switching the user over to their preferred webclient when content interaction begins.

Kind of like how an email client shows a title/headline, sender, and Metadata for each post but then expands a rich text / markup environment when you open the email. Or how some minimal RSS readers just pull headlines and a quick summary of each post but push you over to the original website when you click through to read the full post.

I just want one place to see who has posted on what, and then use the front ends specialized for each piece of content to actually interact.

I suppose there could be a side development to this, which would be the ability to associate accounts across multiple services and then filter only for them, for example if you know someone who posts on lemmy, Mastodon, peertube, Pixelfed, and loops, you could view all their posts of the day in one place. Or a team you are a part of. Anyway, once you can pull multiple services into one inbox the data sort potential is an obvious added benefit.

in reply to Coopr8

apostrofail

in reply to Coopr8 • 4 giorni fa • •

all the above stated APIs*

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

so... a web browser that stops you from going to every site.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Who said that? The browser still needs to be a browser in order to open links in posts. Similar to how Interstellar the client I'm using right now brings up a browser window when I click a link.

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

no it doesn't. most clients open third-party links in the actual browser. interstellar has a setting for that.

i'm saying that the functionality you're describing is already perfectly encapsulated by a normal browser, and what you want is that, but limited to a handful of sites.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This is an issue of reading comprehension, I'm talking about a browser with a UI customized to fit Fediverse needs first and websites second, plus a service embedded in the browser to pull unification from each service into a single stream.

Preserving website functionality is still essential to the browser, because both the fediverse clients and the links posted on them should in my opinion be opened in that same browser by default (or set to open a different browser if the user prefers).

Im just talking about UI, no one said anything about blocking websites. Just because the address bar doesnt live onscreen by default doesn't mean it should be eliminated entirely.

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

so a set of pwas with a tabbed ui on top. right. i think my sticking point is, what is the "tailored ui" that fediverse services require? if we're already using the web interfaces of the services themselves, what is left? notification handling? because personally i don't want notifications to be locked in an app, my desktop handles my notification feed. i used to have those notification counters on my tabs, using a little js snippet that rendered a number on the favicon. but then i realised that i was just reinventing a thing that was already handled at another level.

like this

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Why don't the highest use rate clients for Fediverse services look like standard browsers? There is a level of pure aesthetic sensibility at play.

I'm interested in what you mean by your desktop handling your notifications, do you have a central log of notifications you can access via your desktop?

This is actually a pretty great angle I hadn't fully thought out, most clients do push notifications, so is what I'm really talking about just a push notification log with the ability to filter for a set of designated sources? That would definitely handle a hefty chunk of what I'm getting at, the rest is basically just a browser skin and some extensions.

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Why don’t the highest use rate clients for Fediverse services look like standard browsers?

they don't? i feel like they pretty much do, considering they're all web pages.

do you have a central log of notifications you can access via your desktop?

every desktop environment i've used in the past 10 years has this, it's basically been the default from windows 8 forward. GNOME puts them front and center in a dropdown in the middle, windows and deepin has a sidebar, KDE pops out a whole window for them.

basically the crux of it is what you want to do with your notifications. for me, a notification is an indicator that someone wants something, so the action it should perform is bring me to whoever it is. if that's all you need, then you're already there because every client i've used already has notification settings that allow you to filter stuff.

the reason i'm asking questions is that you're all over the stack here. you're talking about a user chrome, then you're talking about consolidating messages, then about notification filters. i think it can all coalesce into something if you start from the capabilities of activitypub itself. it's basically a messaging system at its core, with clients all deciding how to handle the contents of each message. i've long thought that neither twitterlikes or redditlikes actually play to the strength of the protocol, and that activitypub needs some sort of killer app to really shine. if you think you have something, you should let it form into a coherent idea and present it.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I'm going to have to dive into push notification handling, I basically minimize the use of push notifications at my desktop level to only push work related content, and use the notification system of the clients to handle the "recreational" content which leaves me checking lots of platforms separately.

It makes sense that there should be the ability to create separate profiles with different filters and behaviors at the push notification manager level, I just haven't thought to look into it before.

Regarding killer apps for ActivityPub, and unified clients, I have a second idea which I didn't want to cloud this thread with that seems somewhat inevitable that will require a central portal with access to all services (and accounts?). That is a single publishing UI where the user creates/uploads any piece of content and then it suggests what venue/service/account to publish it on and related add-ons like hash tags, etc. With the Fediverse the APIs are open and multiplatform publishing clients (like FediPlan) already exist, so a level of light ML/AI for publication seems inevitable.

The next level of this, and what could be a "Killer App" is spontaneously generated affinity grouping via content aware publishing, meaning that the publishing client not only suggests where the posts should go, but also has a metalayer where the publishing clients instances "gossip" about the content being published and then create brand new "spontaneous" venues to publish that content in alongside other similar content being published by other users. Suddenly your text post about a super-niche interest or problem is pooled with posts by other users on the same topic, and bam you have a relevant discussion group of commenters/posters.

Problems of course arrise from this re:advertisers/promoters as well as unsavory/harmful mutual interests, but to be honest I think this is more of an inevitability than a possibility, so getting ahead to architect it in a way that minimizes potential abuse before the corpos get on it is probably a good idea.

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 5 giorni fa • •

hm, i think there's some confusion regarding AP here. there's no "deciding where things should go"; every frontend can "see" every type of post, even if the format is off. what you're describing by is essentially how it already works, no multiple accounts needed. the frontend just needs to decide how to handle it. for lemmy-to-masto the handling is pretty basic, you can see it by going to a mastodon server and searching for your lemmy account (formatted as @yourname@yoursite.blah).

for the "gossip" thing, every server already publishes every new thing. it's up to other servers to decide how to handle it.

regarding the automated tagging system, i actually had a similar idea recently. i think a big flaw with lemmy/mbin/piefed is the keeping of communities from reddit; if the already extant tags were used instead, the cross-posting problem would go away completely since comments would be attached to posts rather than communities.

anyway: it would not be difficult to just use words in a post to assign it tags, but i question the usefulness of doing that. some sort of analysis would help, as you say, but then we're introducing nondeterministic behaviour. there is definitely a discoverability problem on fedi, and something like this could definitely help with some polish.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 5 giorni fa • •

Regarding "where content should go", I mean like which community to post a lemmy post in, or which account to post to if a person manages multiple topical accounts (or accounts in different instances specialized for specific services), or whether to format it for loops vs peertube for video, etc.

Gossip wise, I'm imagining compressed data posted in a format only intended to be ready by the automation systems which happens before the suggestions are made, so that the suggestions can include dynamicly grouping content before publication by appending the relevant metadata/format (like posting in a lemmy community).

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 5 giorni fa • •

the formatting is up to the client that displays the content, interestingly enough. AP just has a "message type" fields and different clients care about different types.

i'm not really sure what that gossip method achieves. surely if it's just post metadata we're talking a hundred bytes at most. running it separate from the main feed seems like it would just bork every single AP client that tries to use content published by this hypothetical one.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 5 giorni fa • •

Yes, the automation datastream would need to be segregated, and probably ephemeral.

The point is that if you want posts to spontaneously coalesce with some kind of shared Metadata, you want the ML content analysis information of the post to go out before the actual post is published so the final post Metadata can include the "group" tag or whatever you want to call it.

Alternately you could do it after the fact by editing the post, but that seems like there would probably be some degree of chicken and egg scenario.

All of this could be done by the client completely independent of post metadata of course, but then how do you make the relation of the posts to each other consistent between multiple users? Is that even a desireable/necessary goal is a question I suppose.

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 4 giorni fa • •

if you want posts to spontaneously coalesce with some kind of shared Metadata, you want the ML content analysis information of the post to go out before the actual post is published

i don't understand this assertion at all. the post is the post. surely we want to classify the post based on the content of the post? tags are contained in posts. your client can just add the relevant info before sending it. figure out potential categories locally, query the server for which of them are popular, and either pick one or have the user select one.

in reply to lime!

Coopr8

in reply to lime! • 4 giorni fa • •

The difference is that I'm talking about the automation creating completely new groupings, most akin to a community on Lemmy, that coordinated across multiple users, in my mind "simultaneously" with the user still agreeing to opt in to inclusion in that group.

There is an alternative way to do this, which would be that the automation groups the posts after posting, however there is a question there about opt-in, will users want to opt existing posts in after the fact?

One way that definitely would be easiest to implement would be if these groupings are essentially threads with a single piece of content as the "start" / "seed" of the thread and the other posts relating to that thread. Regarding opt-in for that I suppose it could be as easy as enabling/disabling "thread seeding"

in reply to Coopr8

lime!

in reply to Coopr8 • 3 giorni fa • •

so fun fact, that's already how lemmy works. communities are not a thing in ap, so you can technically post to whatever community you want, existing or not. the lemmy software then limits users from posting to nonexistent communities. and ap already has the notion of posts having parents, so threading is also built in.

in reply to Coopr8

julian

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Re: Unified Fediverse App - a browser solution?

Combining notification streams is precisely the mission statement of UnifiedPush.

like this

in reply to julian

Coopr8

in reply to julian • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Awesome! Thanks!

in reply to Coopr8

silverpill

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't like the idea, but at least one such application is already being developed:

codeberg.org/rozodru/Bridge

Bridge

A Privacy focused and Fediverse integrated fork of Firefox

^Codeberg.org

Fitik likes this.

in reply to silverpill

Coopr8

in reply to silverpill • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Thanks, this is definitely the direction I was imagining, though it takes the tac of trying to be a primary browser with Fediverse features, rather than a Fediverse dedicated browser instance, so they will be forced to sacrifice UI streamlining for website-centric UI.

What don't you like about the idea of you dont mind explaining?

in reply to Coopr8

silverpill

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I would like to use a single account for everything, rather than separate accounts for different kinds of content. A server that works like super-app.

in reply to silverpill

Coopr8

in reply to silverpill • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, we all want that for sure, and I'm definitely not convinced the ATProtocol solution is it.

Ever hear of Solid by Tim Berners-Lee? It was an early approach to this single account for private data concept, seems like it might still be in development these many years later? solidproject.org/

Home - Solid

^{solidproject.org}

in reply to Coopr8

silverpill

in reply to Coopr8 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I think Solid had some interesting ideas, but was ruined by Linked Data.
ActivityPub has a chance of evolving into something like Solid, but better.

Actually, I am already using a single account for interacting with most Fediverse apps. Aren't you on Mbin? I thought it also can interact with blogs, forums and everything in between

in reply to silverpill

Coopr8

in reply to silverpill • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I use mbin for threads and microblogs, but it is missing some multimedia support. Someone told me that it can follow peertube accounts, but it only populates text, so I'm going to check that out next. Maybe it will evolve/build steam fast enough to really become the does-it-all platform with tons of devs putting in the necessary work, but right now I don't think it qualifies.

As a side note, what I'm talking about would be an alternative approach for a specific reason, dedicated UIs for specific content streams can be chosen by the user rather than baked in to the platform. For some people, this modular approach is going to be better.

in reply to Coopr8

Auster

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Personally, I think it would only work out if the programmer tries to reconstruct posts from different formats in a format that works out for each. Otherwise it becomes what it already is, a glorified browser with multiple profiles enabled, and with over-preference for a type of engine.

My opinion is, take note of the major platforms for each engine and/or experience, and recommend them based on your friends' tastes.

The rest, centralization, would be replaced by what I call propagation (iirc people call it "to federated"?), which people directly and indirectly do, like boosting posts (Mbin / microblogging stuff) and commenting so people following the user see the original post too, following people and following Peertube channels on Peertube and the "threadiverse" so one's account is a bridge for propagation, up/downvoting, etc. And as this web of social medias grows, tendency is that it keeps growing exponentially until either it takes over like email, or stagnates.

This logic, I think, is similar to recommending Linux Mint or immutable distros to Linux novices, the "safe bet" for them before they get used to the technical side or while Linux wouldn't (past tense) become accessible.

in reply to Auster

Coopr8

in reply to Auster • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I have two challenges to this take.

Firstly, the theory that cross-propagation of media will lead to growth across multiple platforms starting with one as the "mainline" to recommend to new entrants heavily relies on Superusers who not only use multiple platforms for content discovery, but also then take the additional step to cross-post that media from one silo into the other, for example posting a peertube link into a miroblog post. For most people they will instead interact with the content in each silo, commenting on or favoriting the peertube post within the peertube client and leaving it at that.

Secondly is the attention economy factor and platform inertia. Essentially social media platforms have successfully commodified/colonized a growing percentage of total attention hours for average users, and when interacting with content most users are passive consumers for a substantial percentage of the total content they are served. When entering a new platform, for it to serve as a viable alternative it must serve up an amount of content that allows them to both use the platform for an appreciable percentage of their total media consumption (otherwise the ratio of times checking the platform to reward for the check drops below acceptability) and provide them with a level of engagement that provides platform satisfaction, which typically starts close to where they were on average with the other platforms they use. Then you have this issue of content-fit which is a whole different issue to address, which we will leave aside for the most oart but it is worth pointing out majorly impacts the number of interactions a user puts in to the content as well as overall satisfaction.

Unifying the inbox reduces one of the barriers to wider adoption by improving the ratio of number of times the platform is checked to the amount of content available for interaction, thereby making the fediverse a more likely source of overall content to be maintained in the user's set if options. Each platform individually will struggle with this until adoption passes a certain threshold. Each one individually feels "empty" to users when compared to their usual, which is a turn off for both consumers and creators, while in aggregate the picture is much better.

in reply to Coopr8

Auster

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

On the first point, propagation happens passively too. For example, if someone follows me on Mastodon, this reply will be pulled to his/her feed as a microblogging post, and will be discoverable on any feeds my account later appears. I remember also testing around between Lemmy and Mbin how liking/upvoting works, and doing that on Lemmy while the Mbin account followed it also showed posts previously not on my Mbin instance.

Similarly, Mbin (and dunno about Lemmy but I'd imagine it's the same) pulls Peertube channels as magazines/communities, and iirc Peertube channels can also be followed as users on microblogging platforms, and in both cases their video uploads automatically appear on the respective text feeds.

And about the second point, I agree, but that's also why I suggest recommending major platforms. For example, Lemmy.World and Mastodon.Social are likely to have far more publications being posted on or propagated to than Mbin or PieFed instances, since the former two are around for much longer, and not actively trying to be toxic (at least from what I can observe).

Coopr8 likes this.

in reply to Auster

Coopr8

in reply to Auster • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

hmmmm interesting, a lot of this is news to me. I'll have to try and pull in some peertube accounts, I have never seen any posts showing them.

I also admit I dont follow that many individual accounts, but I don't follow some and I've never seen a comment come through as a notification. I'll try following you and see if that changes.

in reply to Coopr8

Endymion_Mallorn

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Just use mbin. No need to go out of your way.

in reply to Endymion_Mallorn

Coopr8

in reply to Endymion_Mallorn • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I do use M.Bin, but I want Peertube, Pixelfed, Looped, etc. to feed notifications into my inbox, and I dont want the burden of development of that UI to fall on m.bin devs when they should probably just focus on continuing to optimize text content functions. Also I think it is totally possible someone will come out with something better than m.bin and it would be nice if that was just plug and play into my inbox rather than requiring a full migration.

like this

in reply to Coopr8

rglullis

in reply to Coopr8 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

You might be interested in my proposal for a Social Web Browser. I am working on the idea, but the main challenge is that I see a bit of a generation conflict: greybeards who grew up the www prefer general "browsers" which can navigate an abstract graph, while the younger people want to rely on platforms and they prefer use-specific "apps". You can see this issue right here in this thread: all the people telling you "just use mbin" or arguing in terms of capabilities from server-side software are completely missing the point.

A Plan for Social Media - Rethinking Federation

This is part of a series of posts about the current state of Social Media. I talked about Mozilla’s failed str

^{Raphael Lullis}

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to rglullis

Coopr8

in reply to rglullis • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, thank you.

The core of my proposal is to minimize the dev burden of a unified platform by utilizing the siloed web clients for content interaction while centralizing notifications/inbox.

This should please both camps because the platform people will just keep doing the same thing they have been doing, while the browser folks get a single point of interaction with notifications but multiplatform capability on content interaction/graph navigation.

in reply to Coopr8

technocrit

in reply to Coopr8 • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

You might want to check out fedilab. It does something similar. I've been using it for a while. It's not browser based, it's far from perfect, and I don't think it includes Lemmy, but it's much more enjoyable than effing instagram.

fedilab.app/

Fedilab

^fedilab.app

Questa voce è stata modificata (6 giorni fa)

like this

in reply to Coopr8

blue_berry

in reply to Coopr8 • 5 giorni fa • •

For me, social media clients already act as a kind of browser. Theoretically, if all sides on the web would be connected to ActivityPub, you could access the whole web over a social web client. There exist bridges to the semantic web and of course (regardless of whether this is positive or negative) you also have bots connecting the social web to AI.

Hossenfeffer via Ask Lemmy

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Hossenfeffer
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

What music do you like to fall asleep to?

Er, the title pretty much explains. My wife listens to podcasts and falls asleep to them but I can't not listen to a human voice so I listen to (ideally instrumental) music.

Anyone else? If so, what do you put on to drift away to?

#asklemmy

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to Hossenfeffer

Raoul Duke

in reply to Hossenfeffer • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Try Brian Enos Music for Airports. Good luck trying to make it through the end without sleeping.

Its_Dawk via Coffee

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Its_Dawk
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Best way to get into coffee for a beginner?

Like the title asks, what’s the best way to get started?

#coffee

in reply to Raoul Duke

MelonYellow

in reply to Raoul Duke • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I like their blonde roast myself! But yeah I was thinking of their sweet offerings lol that’s usually a good gateway to coffee drinking I think xD

in reply to MelonYellow

Raoul Duke

in reply to MelonYellow • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

For sure. The diabetic java chip fraps got me early in life. Now I just do espressos.

jimmydoreisalefty via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

jimmydoreisalefty
5 giorni fa • •

New AI Chip from Alibaba -- China Building a Non American Tech Industry [16:44 | SEP 05 2025 | Eli the Computer Guy]

SponsorBlock, Timestamps, and Generated Summary below:

Articles mentioned:
1. forbes.com/sites/greatspeculat… | archive.ph/cWWzv

SponsorBlock Timestamp:
1. 0:00.000 - 1:36.000 Tangents
2. 1:36.000 - 1:45.500 Forbes Article: Alibaba’s AI Chip A Big Deal?

Generated Summary:

Alibaba's New AI Chip and the Diverging Tech Landscape

This video discusses Alibaba's development of a new AI chip and what it signifies in the context of the growing divergence between Western and Chinese technology industries. It explores the implications of this split for global technology consumers and the challenges and opportunities it presents.

Key Points:

Alibaba's AI Chip: Alibaba has created a new AI chip for its cloud computing division, aiming to secure its AI semiconductor supply amidst US export restrictions and enhance its cloud business competitiveness.
Not a direct competitor to Nvidia: The chip isn't designed to compete with Nvidia's high-end chips but to ensure a stable supply for Alibaba's cloud services.
Inference-focused: The new chip is designed specifically for inference workloads, not for the more resource-intensive training of AI models.
7nm Manufacturing Process: The chip is manufactured using a 7nm process, which, while not the cutting edge, demonstrates China's progress in semiconductor manufacturing.
Compatibility with Nvidia's Ecosystem (Potentially): There are reports that the chip may be compatible with Nvidia's software ecosystem, which raises questions about CUDA compatibility.
Cloud-Centric Approach: Alibaba will not sell the chips directly but will use them to enhance its cloud services, aiming to increase customer dependency and recurring revenue.
Significant Investment: Alibaba is investing approximately $53 billion in AI infrastructure over the next three years, reflecting the growth in its cloud and AI-related revenues.
Diverging Tech Landscape: The video highlights the increasing split between Western (American-centric) and Chinese technology industries, driven by US sanctions and China's push for self-reliance.
Global Implications: This divergence raises questions for non-American and non-Chinese technology consumers regarding risk tolerance, regulatory burdens, and supply chain considerations.
Regulatory Hurdles: US efforts to restrict China's access to GPUs and other technologies are creating regulatory hurdles for companies worldwide, potentially leading them to seek alternative solutions.
Hardware vs. Software: The video emphasizes that while software development is relatively easier, China is focusing on hardware production, signaling a long-term commitment to building a comprehensive AI ecosystem.
Technological Walls: The discussion touches on the possibility of hitting technological limits in chip manufacturing and the potential consequences for competitiveness.
Purchasing Power Parity: The presenter notes that the $53 billion investment in China could yield significantly more resources due to purchasing power parity compared to the same investment in the West.

Highlighted Information:

"China is building the systems for 80% of the planet and the United States is building systems for people that look like us." This statement underscores the potential for China to dominate the global technology market due to its focus on serving a broader range of needs and demographics.
The presenter encourages viewers to read "The Chip Wars," a book providing context on the historical development and challenges of chip manufacturing.
The video emphasizes the importance of considering resource availability and regulatory burdens when designing technology systems, not just desired performance.

About Channel:

I do tech, fail, and then do more tech...^[[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-etherton-a15362211/]

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^youtu.be

#technology

reshared this

in reply to jimmydoreisalefty

infeeeee

in reply to jimmydoreisalefty • 5 giorni fa • •

I don't watch videos where someone has an open mouth on the thumbnail.

in reply to infeeeee

jimmydoreisalefty

in reply to infeeeee • 5 giorni fa • •

All is well.

Peace.

in reply to infeeeee

ferret

in reply to infeeeee • 5 giorni fa • •

I don’t watch videos with elements of the thumbnail clearly AI generated

BurntWits via Patient Gamers

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

BurntWits
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

#patientgamers

in reply to BurntWits

Raoul Duke

in reply to BurntWits • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Death Stranding. I just got done playing Snake Eater for the first time and got addicted to Kojima's storytelling.

Pro via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

Pro
5 giorni fa • •

Republicans Say Gmail Is Blocking Their Fundraising Emails. We Recreated Their Test To See If That's True.

Is Gmail blocking Republican fundraising emails?

There is no hard evidence of Gmail discriminating against Republican campaign emails, but that’s no matter to the FTC Chairman.

^{Jack Nicastro (Reason.com)}

#technology

Raoul Duke likes this.

Technology Channel reshared this.

JayGray91🐉🍕 via Dullsters

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

JayGray91🐉🍕
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I'm listening to whole albums again.

Today, I just noticed that I've been listening to whole albums start to end instead of either my playlists, or generated by Spotify.

Edit: and just in time, one of my favorite youtuber dropped this video about listening to whole albums

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^{www.youtube.com}

Questa voce è stata modificata (6 giorni fa)

in reply to JayGray91🐉🍕

Raoul Duke

in reply to JayGray91🐉🍕 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Now listen to My Bloody Valentine - Loveless all the way through.

Pro via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

Pro
5 giorni fa • •

A Bill Meant To Crack Down on AI Deepfakes Could Get Gamers, Modders, and Small Developers in Legal Trouble

Anti-deepfakes bill could hamper the gaming industry

The consequences would fall hardest on small developers, hobbyists, and fan communities making non-commercial games or mods.

^{Sarah Montalbano (Reason.com)}

#technology

vegeta via politics

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

vegeta
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

RFK Jr. spreads vaccine misinformation during congressional testimony

RFK Jr. casts doubts on vaccines, clashes with Democrats over Covid shot access

Kennedy said he supports a statement made by a newly appointed member of a key government vaccine panel that mRNA vaccines pose a dangerous risk to people.

^{Annika Kim Constantino (CNBC)}

#politics

Raoul Duke likes this.

Davriellelouna via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Davriellelouna
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

French women's boxing team barred from world championships after late gender tests

The team had traveled to the United Kingdom to undergo genetic sex tests that are banned in France but newly mandatory under the championships' regulations.

^{Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)}

#World

in reply to Davriellelouna

EndOfLine

in reply to Davriellelouna • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

The French women's team have been barred from the World Boxing Championships because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time, the French Federation (FFBoxe) said Thursday, September 2.

like this

in reply to Davriellelouna

acargitz

in reply to Davriellelouna • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

If the championship demands a test that is illegal in France, it sounds to me like the French should be preparing to split the championship. Who needs gender segregation anyway? Gender is just one variable, why should it be SO fucking determinant? Use any of the multiple other ability markers, like the ones used in the Paralympics, to create interesting level-field fights.

kirk via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

kirk
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

One Piece: How a cartoon skull became a symbol of defiance in Indonesia

Some lawmakers say the black skull flags from the Japanese anime One Piece threaten national unity.

^{Kelly Ng (BBC News)}

#World

like this

in reply to kirk

Marshezezz

in reply to kirk • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

GUM GUM FUCK OPPRESSION

like this

technocrit via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

technocrit
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Putin: “Immortality” coming soon through continuous organ transplants

What do warmongers and strongmen chat about? Living forever, of course.

Putin: “Immortality” coming soon through continuous organ transplants

^{Nate Anderson (Ars Technica)}

#World

like this

in reply to technocrit

grrgyle

in reply to technocrit • 5 giorni fa • •

Biological or effective immortality would be the worst fucking technology for humans to discover right now.

in reply to grrgyle

nutsack

in reply to grrgyle • 5 giorni fa • •

if I can still jerk off I'm down

in reply to nutsack

grrgyle

in reply to nutsack • 5 giorni fa • •

Genital subscription is premium and coming is premium+ 😞 I'm sorry

in reply to technocrit

favoredponcho

in reply to technocrit • 5 giorni fa • •

This sounds like someone who doesn’t know about organ transplants. I learned about lung transplants recently and about half of people die within 5 years of getting one. Those who make it longer often having major issues like popcorn lung that force them to live limited lives due to the complications. They also require lots of medications to make your body not reject them. Those meds can be difficult to actually take if you also have other issues that require different courses of medication like infection or cancer.

Questa voce è stata modificata (5 giorni fa)

acargitz via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

acargitz
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Mandela's grandson says Palestinians' plight is worse than apartheid

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/mandelas-grandson-says-palestinians-plight-is-worse-than-apartheid-2025-09-04/

#World

like this

in reply to acargitz

CanadaPlus

in reply to acargitz • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Was there much starvation during apartheid? The footage I've seen shows people living in third-world conditions alongside first-world conditions for whites, but still getting enough to eat.

in reply to acargitz

arafatknee

in reply to acargitz • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes

acargitz via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

acargitz
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

As hunger grows in Gaza, warnings that starvation hits the most vulnerable first

#World

like this

acargitz via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

acargitz
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Israeli intelligence data: Militants account for only 1 in 4 Gaza detainees

A classified Israeli army database indicates that the vast majority of the 6,000 Palestinians who have been arrested in Gaza are civilians.

^{Jonathan Adler (+972 Magazine)}

#World

brachiosaurus via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

brachiosaurus
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza

Israeli Drones Seen Above Flotilla of 50 Humanitarian Aid Ships En Route to Gaza | - IMEMC News

Yasemin Acar describes the drone that hovered over the Sumud Freedom Flotilla at midnight (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning) as a form of psychological warfa ...

^{IMEMC News (- IMEMC News)}

#World

like this

in reply to brachiosaurus

🍉 Albert 🍉

in reply to brachiosaurus • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

reminder, there are no international laws or agreements banning aid from entering.

there are international laws allowing them to enter.

and any attack on the flotilla on international or Gazan waters is not only a serious war crime, but straight up high seas piracy.

It is mind blowingly insane that European countries, most of them NATO, are cool with a rogue genocidal national practicing high seas piracy in the Mediterranean.

like this

in reply to 🍉 Albert 🍉

JimmyMcGill

in reply to 🍉 Albert 🍉 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Meanwhile they’ll lose their shit if they see a small boat with refugees trying to enter their country

like this

in reply to 🍉 Albert 🍉

brachiosaurus

in reply to 🍉 Albert 🍉 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Not only they are cool, they are helping them

itamilradar.com/2025/09/03/isr…

Israeli Air Force aircraft tracked over the central Mediterranean last night

Last night several Israeli Air Force assets were tracked over the central Mediterranean. Some of them landed, while others orbited in flight.

^{itamilradar (ItaMilRadar)}

like this

in reply to brachiosaurus

unexposedhazard

in reply to brachiosaurus • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Lets hope the dock workers in italy stay true to their word.

like this

RmDebArc_5 via Lemmy Shitpost

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

RmDebArc_5
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

What a day to have eyes

Screenshot of a direct message conversation. Person A: Picture of a weird looking cosplay of Bert from Sesame Street "consider this a fucking warning" "Sorry wrong person". Person B: "..." "Who's the right person?!" "Who the hell is the right person?!"

Raoul Duke likes this.

in reply to RmDebArc_5

Aarrodri

in reply to RmDebArc_5 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

We need to know!

ThorrJo via Politics

5 giorni fa • •

ThorrJo
5 giorni fa • •

‘Blatantly unconstitutional’: Second Amendment groups slam floated gun ban for transgender Americans

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/41786951

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/06/trump-gun-ban-pushback-00547529

#politics

sopularity_fax via Ask Lemmy

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

sopularity_fax
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

What music do you find nourishing?

#asklemmy

in reply to sopularity_fax

Raoul Duke

in reply to sopularity_fax • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Boards of Canada.

zero via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

zero
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

What to know about Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang as Trump justifies attack

What to know about Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang as...

apnews.com/article/venezuela-s…

like this

in reply to zero

ExtremeDullard

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

A load of shit and a distraction from the Epstein scandal, is what that is.

like this

in reply to ExtremeDullard

Zier

in reply to ExtremeDullard • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

It was also a warning to Maduro that they have weapons and are trying to bully him.

like this

in reply to zero

Archangel1313

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This will never be anything other than an "alleged" drug trafficking boat. All they had to do in order to make this believable, was to capture the boat. Instead, they blew it up, along with all the evidence that would have proven their claims, and justified their presence there.

Why is it that everything the Trump administration does, is done in the sketchiest way possible? It's like they're going out of their way to prove they have no credibility.

like this

KittenBiscuits via Ask Lemmy

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

KittenBiscuits
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

What are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?

The two I can think of are:
- It's Not Unusual
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

#asklemmy

dflemstr likes this.

in reply to KittenBiscuits

Raoul Duke

in reply to KittenBiscuits • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Not entirely upbeat, but people always play Linger by the Cranberries like it’s a love song. Most definitely isn’t.

fossilesque via Science Memes

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

fossilesque
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Say hello to Bary

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycent…

center of mass of two or more bodies that are orbiting each other, or the point around which they both or all orbit

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

#science_memes

Raoul Duke likes this.

in reply to fossilesque

essell

in reply to fossilesque • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I believe that's the same for every planet. And every moon. For every orbit.

Its just that the barycenter is inside the more massive object when one is much more massive than the other. Not that this makes much of a difference to anything.

icegladiator via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

icegladiator
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

[removed by mods]

Google

^google.com

#World

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to icegladiator

jordanlund

in reply to icegladiator • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

LOL - After being called out for a blatantly racist comment, OP removed his link and edited the subject to blame the mods.

Doing a proper removal.

icegladiator via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

icegladiator
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Gaza Genocide Provokes Anti-War Dissent Among Mormons

Gaza Genocide Provokes Anti-War Dissent Among Mormons - Inkstick

Campaigners are targeting the hearts, minds and multibillion-dollar investment fund of the Utah-based faith.

^{Taylor Barnes (Inkstick Media)}

#World

like this

in reply to icegladiator

kelpie_returns

in reply to icegladiator • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This will be the first and last time I type or say anything even remotely close to the following in regards to this group: go tf off, my lds homies! Keep screaming til that salt lake shakes!

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to icegladiator

hector

in reply to icegladiator • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Well they were very against the current president as well but they all voted for him. I think the nature of being religious leads one too follow the leader. They have faith their leaders are not leading them into the abyss and this is all part of the great plan.

Arthur Besse via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Arthur Besse
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

President Petro to Advocate for an Armed Peacekeeping Force in Palestine at the UN

https://www.telesurenglish.net/president-petro-to-advocate-for-an-armed-peacekeeping-force-in-palestine-at-the-un/

#World

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

Arthur Besse via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Arthur Besse
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Daniel Ortega Criticizes U.S. Military Presence in the Caribbean, Reaffirms Solidarity with Venezuela

https://www.telesurenglish.net/daniel-ortega-criticizes-u-s-military-presence-in-the-caribbean-reaffirms-solidarity-with-venezuela/

#World

Gruppo Astrofili Faenza APS

5 giorni fa • •

Gruppo Astrofili Faenza APS
5 giorni fa • •

7 settembre 2025 19:00:00 CEST - GMT+2 - 16 Via Canova, 48018, Faenza, Italia

Set 7

Eclissi Totale di Luna: Pubblica Osservazione a Faenza

Dom 19:00 - 22:00

Domenica 7 settembre 2025, dalle ore 19, nuvole permettendo, presso il Podere Casanteria (via Canova 16, Faenza, tra Cosina e Pieve Corleto) in collaborazione con l'Associazione ACSÈ, osserveremo l'Eclissi Totale di Luna e le meraviglie del cielo di settembre, ad occhio nudo e con i binocoli e i telescopi del Gruppo Astrofili Faenza.

Ingresso libero e gratuito, prenotazione gradita ma non necessaria.

L'eclissi inizierà globalmente alle 17:28 con l'ingresso della Luna nella penombra della Terra, e alle 18:27 ci sarà l'ingresso in ombra, ma queste fasi non saranno visibili da Faenza, in quanto la Luna sarà ancora sotto l'orizzonte.

La fase di totalità (con la Luna completamente immersa nell'ombra della Terra) inizia alle 19:31, e in Italia la Luna sorgerà intorno a quell'ora.

In particolare, nella zona di Faenza, la Luna sorge intorno alle 19:34.

Bisogna considerare che il Sole a Faenza tramonta alle 19:37, per cui potrebbe non essere facile individuare il disco eclissato della Luna (rosso scuro e poco luminoso) tra le ultime luci del giorno. Prevediamo quindi che vedremo "comparire" in cielo la Luna eclissata mano a mano che si fa buio e il cielo diventa più scuro.

Alle 20:11 avremo il massimo dell'eclissi, alle 20:52 terminerà la totalità, e alle 21:56 la Luna uscirà completamente dall'ombra, ma sarà ancora in penombra fino alle 22:55.

Nonostante il caldo diurno, le temperature di notte possono ridursi notevolmente, specialmente in aperta campagna. Per passare una serata piacevole, si consiglia di portare qualcosa per coprirsi in caso di freddo.

#Luna #science #space #Astronomy #Astronomia #Romagna #faenza #eclissi #astrofili #starparty

reshared this

Arthur Besse via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Arthur Besse
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Donald Trump says Israel has lost its 'total control' over US Congress

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35636163

the full interview transcript is here (archive)
::: spoiler the part of it about israel
REESE: A different war, Israel, a March Pew Poll, found that 53% of surveyed U.S. adults had an unfavorable view of Israel, that’s down – or that is up from 42% in 2022. Among young Republicans under 50, 50% have an unfavorable view of Israel. That’s up from 35% in 2022. There’s a growing group within the MAGA, America First coalition, Republicans, especially younger Republicans, who are skeptical of our support for Israel. Are you aware of this group? Are you worried about it?
TRUMP: Yeah I’m aware of it. So, Israel is amazing, because, you know, I have good support from Israel. I have. Look, nobody has done more for Israel than I have, including the recent attacks with Iran, wiping that thing out. We, that plane, wiped them out like nobody ever saw before. You know, we got back and CNN was trying to say ‘well, maybe it wasn’t complete,’ and it turned out totally complete, beyond complete. But when, if you go back 20 years. I mean, I will tell you, Israel had the strongest lobby in Congress of anything or body, or of any company or corporation or state that I’ve ever seen. Israel was the strongest. Today, it doesn’t have that strong a lobby. It’s amazing.
There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they’ve really, they’ve changed it. You’re too young to know this, but if you go back 15 years, probably that’s when it started, right. Israel, you would understand this very much, Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t, you know, I’m a little surprised to see that. And people, they forgot about October 7th. You know, October 7th was a truly horrible day, because I’ve seen the pictures.
REESE: I was just over in Israel, and we went right up to the war where you could hear the bombs dropping in Gaza. And we went to the places from October 7th. Scary. Being in it. I understand —
TRUMP: It was a really bad one, right?
REESE: Yeah.
TRUMP: And you know, you have people that deny it ever happened, they’re deniers. You have people that deny the Holocaust ever happened. So, they’re gonna have to get that war over with. But it is hurting Israel. There’s no question about it. They may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them. But Israel was the strongest lobby 15 years ago that there has ever been, and now it’s, it’s been hurt, especially in Congress.
:::

EXCLUSIVE: Full Transcript: Daily Caller Interviews President Donald Trump

The Daily Caller's White House correspondent Reagan Reese interviewed President Donald Trump for an hour in the Oval Office. This is the full transcript.

^{Reagan Reese (The Daily Caller)}

#World

like this

in reply to Arthur Besse

elucubra

in reply to Arthur Besse • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

(Some) People are up in arms about Russian meddling in the west, but Israel has been doing it since the 40's and no one batted an eyelash.

The fact that some (many?) Jewish lawmakers and military are allowed to have dual Israeli/US citizenship is baffling to me.

in reply to elucubra

Mrkawfee

in reply to elucubra • 6 giorni fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

The Nevada Attorney general who let that Israeli paedophile leave the US is literally an Israeli. It's unbelievable how much control they have

ActivityPub - Collegamento all'originale

cmtumruk via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

cmtumruk
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

[Hiring] Work From Home – Data Entry Job

Love working on your computer? Join us as a Remote Data Entry Clerk!

What you’ll do:

Type and organize information

Assist with emails and schedules

Work from anywhere – all you need is the internet!

We offer:

✅ Work from home – no commute!

✅ Flexible hours – full-time or part-time

✅ Weekly pay – get paid every week

✅ No experience needed – training provided!

Requirements:

Must live in USA, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand

📲 Ready to start? Send us a quick message on WhatsApp to apply:
👉 wa.me/+15392518982

🚀 Don’t wait – great remote jobs fill up fast!

Share on WhatsApp

WhatsApp Messenger: More than 2 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.

^WhatsApp.com

Tony Bark via Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.

5 giorni fa • •

Tony Bark
5 giorni fa • •

States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline

Federal tax credits have brought project costs down 30 to 50 percent, advocates say.

^{Alex Brown, Stateline (Grist)}

#climate

like this

technocrit via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

technocrit
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour Is Paving the Way for Fascism

The Labour Party could have made the case for a humane immigration system that treats refugees with dignity. Instead it has fanned the flames of racism and emboldened the far right.

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour Is Paving the Way for Fascism

^jacobin.com

#World

like this

in reply to technocrit

blackn1ght

in reply to technocrit • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't think letting asylum seekers work would make a blind bit of difference. The right just don't want them here at all. They want them to stop coming, not let them continue coming but then working. The right will just complain that they're taking people's jobs.

I'd be curious what approach Corbyn's policy would be on this.

like this

in reply to blackn1ght

NoneOfUrBusiness

in reply to blackn1ght • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't think letting asylum seekers work would make a blind bit of difference.

It would because if they can work and become productive members of society, the real issues fueling rightwing bigotry would be lessened. Of course the already bigoted will want them gone, but the right relies on issues like crime and the budget to spread.

The right will just complain that they're taking people's jobs.

True, which is why a comprehensive leftwing program is necessary to facilitate job creation and provide safety nets for those who fall through the cracks.

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness

blackn1ght

in reply to NoneOfUrBusiness • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

As long as they keep seeing x number of immigrants arriving each day, they'll keep voting far right. They just want them to stop, I think they've been clear on that. They want a party who says what they want to hear (I doubt Reform would be able to do anything about it).

I think the reason why asylum seekers aren't allowed to work is because the stay is supposed to be strictly temporary. They're supposed to return home when things are safe. Letting them work would probably make it less likely they're going to return home if they start settling. I can't see that being a popular policy as they'll see it making the UK more inviting (either way it's the wrong move as they'll just complain they're on benefits).

in reply to blackn1ght

NoneOfUrBusiness

in reply to blackn1ght • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Again, my point isn't that addressing issues related to immigration would make bigoted people not bigoted; it's that doing so would curb the far right's ability to expand. By delivering material gains for the working class and leading by example, it's possible to inoculate the wider electorate against the far right (and the right in general). Immigrants are only one scapegoat in a long line of scapegoats; the real mechanism behind the spread of rightwing ideas is that they provide something to scapegoat for people's (very real) troubles. Put another way, Hitler didn't need immigrants.

in reply to blackn1ght

phutatorius

in reply to blackn1ght • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Fuck the right wing.

That's what the policy should be. Throw their Nazi asses in jail.

like this

in reply to technocrit

Avicenna

in reply to technocrit • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Keir Starmer is a seat warmer for Nigel Farage

like this

vga via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

vga
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Putin and Xi brainstorm living to 150 with modern organ transplants

The worst thing you have ever read just came out, everybody. These two assholes plan on living longer than any of us.

Putin and Xi brainstorm living to 150 with modern organ transplants

Russia’s leader caught on hot mic musing about “immortality” with Chinese ruler.

^{Elena Giordano (POLITICO)}

#World

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to vga

altphoto

in reply to vga • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes! Please try tomorrow! It only hurts a little! Get corneal implants. Those heal right back! Get a big pig heart and lungs. Those really last!

in reply to vga

WanderWisley

in reply to vga • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Evil never dies. But bullets can ruin a lot of new organ transplants.

Pro via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

Pro
5 giorni fa • •

[JS] GPUGate Malware: Malicious GitHub Desktop Implants Use Hardware-Specific Decryption, Abuse Google Ads to Target Western Europe

::: spoiler Key Takeaways

Trusted‑source Illusion: Even when a link seems to point to a reputable platform such as GitHub, the underlying URL can be manipulated to resolve to a counterfeit site.
Ad‑driven Redirection: Paid search and display ads can be weaponized by bad actors to distribute malicious payloads at scale, misleading users who rely on search engines for discovery.
Privilege Escalation: Once the malicious payload is executed by the user, it gains administrative rights, enabling further lateral movement and persistence.
Malware Uniqueness:
The initial installer is a 128 MB MSI file that mimics the legitimate GitHub Desktop installer but contains over 100 dummy executables to inflate size and evade sandbox limits.
The installer employs a GPU‑gated decryption routine: an OpenCL™ kernel derives the AES key only on machines with a real GPU, whose device name is at least ten characters long, causing the payload to remain encrypted in headless analysis environments. (A headless environment is where the front-end or user interface of an application (the “head”) has been decoupled from the back-end services, allowing each to be developed and operated separately.)
The GPU-based decryption mechanism suggests the attackers are targeting systems with specific hardware configurations, potentially focusing on users involved in development, gaming, or cryptocurrency mining activities.
- Campaign Goals: We believe the goal of this campaign was to gain initial access to organizations for the purposes of malicious activity such as credential theft, infostealing and ransomware deployment, by misleading IT workers (who often have higher level of network access) into downloading malware while attempting to install GitHub Desktop.
- Geography and Industries Targeted: The campaign we observed targeted users in Western Europe, in the Information Technology industry.
- Attribution: The threat actors behind this campaign have native Russian language proficiency, as demonstrated by PowerShell script comments written in Russian.
:::
a threat actor leveraged GitHub’s repository structure together with paid placements on Google Ads to funnel users toward a malicious download hosted on a lookalike domain. By embedding a commit‑specific link in the advertisement, the attackers made the download appear to originate from an official source, effectively sidestepping typical user scrutiny
The delivered malware is unique: the bloated 128 MB Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) evades most existing security sandboxes, while a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-gated decryption routine keeps the payload encrypted on systems without a real GPU. We have called this new attack technique “GPUGate”.

GPUGate Malware: Malicious GitHub Desktop Implants Use Hardware-Specific Decryption, Abuse Google Ads to Target Western Europe - Arctic Wolf

Arctic Wolf has uncovered a sophisticated delivery chain: a threat actor abused GitHub’s repository structure and Google Ads to redirect users to a malicious download, while a GPU-gated decryption routine keeps the payload encrypted on systems withou…

^{Arctic Wolf Threat Research (Arctic Wolf Networks)}

#technology

Technology Channel reshared this.

solo via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

solo
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Belgium To Recognize Palestine, Impose Sanctions On Israel

Belgium will join France in recognizing a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York this month, the country’s foreign minister announced on 2 September.

Belgium to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly

Belgium's foreign minister said Tuesday the country would recognize a Palestinian State in response to the human cost of Israel's offensives in Gaza.

^{Le Monde with AFP (Le Monde)}

like this

in reply to solo

Tattorack

in reply to solo • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Now just the rest of us in Europe has to follow suit.

like this

in reply to solo

fort_burp

in reply to solo • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Belgium: "Best I can do is continue both-sidesing a genocide"

👎

like this

Aatube via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

Aatube
5 giorni fa • •

Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring

Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring #wikipedia #verge #media #sources

theverge.com/cs/features/71732…

How Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

How the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI.

^{Josh Dzieza (The Verge)}

#media #wikipedia #verge #sources

like this

reshared this

in reply to Aatube

Destide

in reply to Aatube • 3 giorni fa • •

Time for some encarta games

in reply to Aatube

coffeetastesbadlikecoffee

in reply to Aatube • 3 giorni fa • •

Wow, that took me over an hour to read, totally worth it!

Spectre via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Spectre
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, US funded groups are involved in Indonesia unrest

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35603443

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^youtu.be

#World

like this

in reply to Spectre

ChojinDSL

in reply to Spectre • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Big surprise. Americans messing around with other countries to benefit their interests.

in reply to Spectre

YappyMonotheist

in reply to Spectre • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Point your finger at America, the UK and the West in general whenever there's unrest around the world and, more likely than not, you'll be right. 🤷

zero via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

zero
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly...

nytimes.com/2025/09/02/technol…

like this

in reply to zero

toiletobserver

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Chicken shit government who would rather serve corporations than the people.

like this

in reply to zero

MCasq_qsaCJ_234

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Microsoft 🤝 Google

Narrowly avoiding antitrust cases

zero via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

zero
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Xi, Putin, and Kim gather at Beijing landmark for a grand military parade

Xi, Putin, and Kim gather at Beijing landmark for a grand...

apnews.com/article/china-milit…

like this

in reply to zero

ruuster13

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Beijing landmark = Tianmen Square. They're mocking democracy as our "king" wears orange paint instead of clothes. They're telling the world that democracy will always devolve into fascism and Nazism. They highlight the nature of man to always seek absolute power while ignoring their role in tipping the USA into madness from afar. It is imperative that we stop the madness in the USA and prove them wrong. The battle has always been democracy vs authoritarianism. They've played us as the right is preoccupied with infantile notions of good versus evil and the left doing the same thing with capitalism versus socialism.

in reply to ruuster13

prole

in reply to ruuster13 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

They're telling the world that democracy will always devolve into fascism and Nazism.

I'm honestly not sure they're wrong about that.

in reply to zero

winkly

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

If only someone could stop the war on Ukraine…

zero via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

zero
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any Security Guarantee

Ukraine Pursues a Weapons Buildup More Potent Than Any...

nytimes.com/2025/09/02/world/e…

like this

in reply to zero

phutatorius

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Peace through being a hard target is a strategy that has been proven effective throughout history.

It'd be nice if international law and fickle allies would help, but those have never been that reliable.

in reply to zero

humanoidchaos

in reply to zero • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I think Ukraine is spending over 30% of its GDP on the military.

schizoidman via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

schizoidman
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Developing countries swap out of dollar debt to cut borrowing costs

archive.is/K96ON

Sovereign borrowers are turning to lower interest rates in currencies such as the Chinese renminbi and Swiss franc
A switch to renminbi borrowing — which comes as the Chinese currency hits its highest level against the dollar this year
Kenya and Sri Lanka are seeking to convert high-profile dollar loans into the currency.

Developing countries swap out of dollar debt to cut borrowing costs

^{Joseph Cotterill (Financial Times)}

#World

like this

in reply to schizoidman

dodo 🇨🇦🇺🇦

in reply to schizoidman • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This is the long game.

like this

in reply to dodo 🇨🇦🇺🇦

DominusOfMegadeus

in reply to dodo 🇨🇦🇺🇦 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This is why I moved all my 401k money to international funds months ago.

abbiistabbii via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

abbiistabbii
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

digital sovereignty and you

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^youtu.be

#technology

in reply to abbiistabbii

cecilkorik

in reply to abbiistabbii • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Liked and subscribed. Godspeed, you little ferret you.

in reply to abbiistabbii

Smeagol666

in reply to abbiistabbii • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

"Now give me back my rights, you baldy bastard!"

Tony Bark via politics

5 giorni fa • •

Tony Bark
5 giorni fa • •

Justice Barrett, other conservatives talk marriage equality

Is Barrett really disinclined to overturn Obergefell? And what are others on the right saying?

^{Trudy Ring (Advocate.com)}

#politics

Pro via Technology

5 giorni fa • •

Pro
5 giorni fa • •

Temu hit with $2 million penalty involving reporting of stolen, counterfeit or unsafe items

Action is the first brought under the Act, which ensures consumers can report suspicious activity to online marketplaces and contact major third party sellers

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/online-marketplace-temu-pay-2-million-penalty-alleged-inform-act-violations

#technology

Questa voce è stata modificata (5 giorni fa)

Technology Channel reshared this.

XLE via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

XLE
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Lumo: the least open 'open' AI assistant

Lumo: the least open 'open' AI we've seen

Proton sets a new record in open-washing

^{European Open Source AI Index}

like this

in reply to XLE

UnfortunateShort

in reply to XLE • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

TLDR: Apps are open, models are open weight but you don't know which one you get, and they have not yet disclosed any tweaks they may have made (although for me, it never sounded like they actually tweak the models all too much)

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to UnfortunateShort

XLE

in reply to UnfortunateShort • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Your tl;dr appears to be missing some important data. You can have an opinion but please don't represent it as an accurate summary.

Things you crucially missed:

Less open than every other service available
Bills itself as the most open
Server side source code is MIA
No model card available. Evaluations, risks, biases, guardrails and safety measures unclear.

in reply to XLE

fmstrat

in reply to XLE • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

It get worse, and the model weights is a bit inaccurate with the Sept update:

The only open source code we have found is for the Lumo mobile and web apps. Proton calling the Lumo AI assistant open source based on that is a bit like Microsoft calling Windows open source just because there's a github repository for Windows Terminal.
The models listed on Lumo's privacy policy page are "Nemo, OpenHands 32B, OLMO 2 32B, and Mistral Small 3". OpenHands is a QWEN fine-tune, and Nemo and Mistral Small are both Mistral models. Since Proton has open-sourced neither the Lumo system prompt nor the mysterious routing methods that decide which model will handle your query, you never know what you are going to get.

So if the server isn't open source, and the server does all the work, this system is simply not Open Source.

in reply to XLE

philpo

in reply to XLE • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Proton claiming shit that they don't actually do or can do?

Consider me shocked!

HellsBelle via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

HellsBelle
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers.
Signatories include the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church and Anoushka Shankar as well as Labour, Green and independent MPs including Kim Johnson, Ellie Chowns, Diane Abbott and Zarah Sultana.
"We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,” the letter says.
The open letter, titled Women Against the Far Right, follows a surge in protests outside accommodation housing asylum seekers and far-right attempts to exploit a number of cases of alleged sexual crimes involving asylum seekers.

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

^{Ben Quinn (The Guardian)}

#World

like this

in reply to HellsBelle

DarkCloud

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Signed by; Leftist women from good neighbourhoods.

Signatories include the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church and Anoushka Shankar as well as Labour, Green and independent MPs including Kim Johnson, Ellie Chowns, Diane Abbott and Zarah Sultana.

...how convenient for them.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

Ilovethebomb

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yeah. The truth is, a lot of these immigrants have very problematic attitudes towards women, to put it mildly.

This is rather tone deaf.

in reply to Ilovethebomb

knatschus

in reply to Ilovethebomb • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Is that the truth?

Or is it the truth that in every western country most sexual crime is committed by a man close to the victim?

Would you rather trust a priest or an imam with you children?

like this

in reply to Ilovethebomb

Viking_Hippie

in reply to Ilovethebomb • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Immigrants are vastly more likely to be VICTIMS of sexual violence than perpetrators.

Conservative men have very problematic attitudes toward immigrant women and women in general, to put it mildly.

This is rather tone deaf.

!selfawarewolves@lemmy.ml

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

forrgott

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

So, exactly what qualifications are necessary to speak out against prejudice?

like this

in reply to forrgott

DarkCloud

in reply to forrgott • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

So you believe the world is a monoculture? That the entire world shares the same views of sex and gender relations, the same crime statistics everywhere, the same milquetoast liberal mindsets are held across all lands...

...and saying otherwise is "prejudice".

Or basically you think the studies are wrong, and that the "behavioural barriers" mentioned in those studies are just a product of Westerns judging the crimes too harshly:

sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

All issues are class issues, and they only become subject to rightwing populism when ruling leftist elites CHOOSE to disconnect from working class realities in favour of elitism and denial.

Your prejudice is the erasure of all cultural and economic differences. That's the prejudice you're practicing.

Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Migrants, Applicants for International Protection, and Refugees in Europe: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Evidence - PMC

(1) Background: Sexual violence (SV) is a major public health problem, with negative socio-economic, physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive health consequences. Migrants, applicants for international protection, and refugees (MARs) are ...

^{pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

forrgott

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Holy straw man, Batman!

Biff! Pow! Bang!

You are clearly defending a prejudice viewpoint. Go on with your bad self, or what the fuck ever. But you can right fuck off with putting words in my mouth to justify your bullshit.

Just so we're clear, those are all your words, your arguments, your bullshit.

in reply to forrgott

DarkCloud

in reply to forrgott • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

You claimed it was a matter of prejudice.

I presented studies.

Now you're playing rehortorical games rather than responding with an argument.

Society only overcomes issues by processing them, don't shirk your part in that process.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

Viking_Hippie

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Now you're playing rehortorical games rather than responding with an argument.

That's rich coming from someone who's literally spewing xenophobic and politically tribal stereotypes about "good neighborhoods" and "left wing elites" in response to a simple objection to racist demagoguery.

Your studies demonstrate the fact that immigrants are much more likely to be the VICTIMS of sexual violence than native born people, which does NOT justify the "immigrants are coming to rape our women" hate speech that the women in the article are objecting to.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to Viking_Hippie

DarkCloud

in reply to Viking_Hippie • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

You've just thrown RACE into the conversation here, I said it was cultural and socioeconomic.

How are studies tribalism? Also I'm a leftist, I'm just also aware there are out of touch leftwing elites (writing denialist letters in this case).

Your studies demonstrate the fact that immigrants are much more likely to be the VICTIMS of sexual violence than native born people

No one said otherwise! Sorry, what's your argument? That it doesn't count as rape if immigrant men rape immigrant women? That's disgusting dude.

No asshole, of course that still counts as rape. Of course that's part of the higher amounts of SA and SV in those communities. I don't know why you needed to be shown studies to admit that.

Of course leftist elites aren't going to recognize that, and are going to try to pretend it's not true - like you were doing.

I take it you're no longer claiming it's "just prejudice" to point this stuff out? That you see a problem with not addressing increased rape stats now - and that not addressing and contextualizing gives the far right something to gripe about?

At least admit that much. I'm so sick of leftwingers denying problems. It's a politics of willful blindness and denialism sometimes. Easy to do for professionals at the top end of town.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

Viking_Hippie

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Your studies demonstrate the fact that immigrants are much more likely to be the VICTIMS of sexual violence than native born people
No one said otherwise! Sorry, what's your argument? That it doesn't count as rape if immigrant men rape immigrant women? That's disgusting dude.

No, that's asinine. My point is that the anti-immigant rhetoric has nothing to do with protecting immigrants from being raped and everything to do with falsely portraying immigrant men as inherently likely to commit rape.

No asshole, of course that still counts as rape

I didn't say or even imply anything to the contrary.
You can pack away your weird strawman now.

Of course that's part of the higher amounts of SA and SV in those communities.

Immigrant women being victims ≠ immigrant men being the perpetrators. To imply that immigration leads to rape is like implying that black people existing leads to killer cops.

I don't know why you needed to be shown studies to admit that

I didn't. In fact, I never suggested otherwise, see above.

Of course leftist elites aren't going to recognize that, and are going to try to pretend it's not true - like you were doing.

Again, that's not what's happening here.

The “leftist elites" are objecting to demagogues exploiting the very real problem of sexual violence against women (of which none of them nor I have denied that immigrant women are disproportionately the victims) as a way to further demonize and persecute immigrants.

I take it you're no longer claiming it's "just prejudice" to point this stuff out

Prejudice, conflating victims and perpetrators, or both. Take your pick.

That you see a problem with not addressing increased rape stats now

Nobody's arguing for doing that.

not addressing and contextualizing gives the far right something to gripe about?

That's the POINT: the far right are putting it in a false context for their own disinformation campaigns and you're doing something similar for different reasons.

Meanwhile, the "leftist elites" are simply saying that demonizing and scapegoating immigrants doesn't help any victims and is MUCH more likely to cause MORE immigrants to be assaulted by native born people who are taught to dehumanize them.

I'm so sick of leftwingers denying problems.

Saying that the fascists are blaming the wrong people is not denying that there are problems.

It's a politics of willful blindness and denialism

Nobody's denying anything. At least none of the people you're accusing of it are.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to Viking_Hippie

DarkCloud

in reply to Viking_Hippie • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't think you being reactionary to a far-right whose not present here, or the letter writers trying to preach to the far-right from a "corrective left" perspective of professionals in the top end of town works.

It's hot air. The far-right aren't going to read the edicts past down from on high and see the error of their ways. It's a totally pipe dream leftism that assumes "being a scold" does anything but push people right.

I mean take yourself - you couldn't even handle my original comment pointing that out. Look at all the time we've wasted here just because you had an "I've detected prejudice" error.

This is just all the stuff the left gets wrong, that feeds into the far-right populism. We need an alternative ti being scolds.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

Viking_Hippie

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't think you being reactionary to a far-right whose not present here, or the letter writers trying to preach to the far-right from a "corrective left" perspective of professionals in the top end of town works.

Good thing that none of that is happening, then.

It's hot air

Back to the self-description, I see.

The far-right aren't going to read the edicts past down from on high and see the error of their ways

Public figures tend to react to media pressure and other public figures taking a public stand tends to create such pressure. This is politics 101 stuff.

It's a totally pipe dream leftism that assumes "being a scold" does anything but push people right.

So what do you suggest, then? Never speaking up about harmful lies and the suffering they cause? Because that's DEFINITELY not going to convince anyone.

I mean take yourself - you couldn't even handle my original comment pointing that out.

Again with the ridiculous strawmen. You were wrong and I pointed it out. The only one unable to "handle" anything seems to be yourself.

Look at all the time we've wasted here just because you had an "I've detected prejudice" error.

Again, not the case. It doesn't say anything good about your point that you need to keep insisting on two or three strawmen to make it.

This is just all the stuff the left gets wrong, that feeds into the far-right populism. We need an alternative ti being scolds

Yeah, right. Telling them that they're harming people forces them to double down because that's how interpersonal communication works 🙄

You're invoking this comic in spite of pretending to be a leftist yourself:

in reply to Viking_Hippie

DarkCloud

in reply to Viking_Hippie • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Oh please, you're the one claiming it's prejudice to call out wealthy leftists for being so far removed from the situation that they don't even know rapes are happening in these communities.

Your defense of ivory towers of wealth, lifestyle disconnection and intellectual privilege is far more fascist aligned than anything I've said.

Hence your whole "anyone who disagrees with me must be MAGA" stance here...

...and again, it's an discourse where studies show that negative reinforcement is far less effective than positive reinforcement. Your line of thinking on these issues actually contributes to the polarisation and prolonging of them (so is pro-rape). As was your original denying there was any issue (saying it was just prejudice).

You just keep pushing bad answers... And I keep having to explain to you what the actual studies say (be they how negative discourse creates polarisation, or the very fact that rapes are happening).

You need to learn political nuance. Get off tiktok or whatever's got you so ideological boxed in.

But yeah, I'm done with you, and your reactionary polarisations. I hate you and we're on the "same side" - I can't imagine you're doing anything out there worthwhile. I just hope people like you can educate yourselves so I don't have to. Good luck.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

Viking_Hippie

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't know where to even BEGIN adequately refuting that whole wall of nonsense, so I won't waste any more time on you to do so. Have the day you deserve.

in reply to DarkCloud

Avicenna

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

"Results: Evidence shows that SV is highly frequent in MARs in Europe, yet comparison with other groups is still difficult. Methodologically and ethically sound representative studies comparing between populations are still lacking."

You are just linking studies because you see some numbers and you think it supports the story in your head. These people are aware of the nuances and difficulties of confounders and they don't make any of the baseless claims you are making. All they are saying is "there is high incidence of rape among immigrant females and we should help them by improving reception practices". They even say any over reaching conclusions are wrong. And yet here you are, undermining the work of these authors by fabricating conclusions that don't exist in the papers. I suspect you don't even read the conclusion, or anything beyond the title. And if you are, then you are just discussing in bad faith. In any case you don't seem to be here for a genuine scientific discussion so don't try to use science to support your claims, it feels insincere.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

nialv7

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

One of the studies you cited is about asylum-seeking women being sexually assaulted after arriving in France...

Have you just searched for "migrants sexual violence" and linked whatever you can find without reading them...

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to nialv7

DarkCloud

in reply to nialv7 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I don't get people pretending that's not still rape. These things are still applicable, the UK isn't a special exception.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

nialv7

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

yeah?? nobody's saying it's not?? so you are saying we need to protect the immigrants and give them more support? I'm all for that.

in reply to nialv7

DarkCloud

in reply to nialv7 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes, what's more sex crimes tend to be "crimes of opportunity" - or to frame that idea differently - "crimes of circumstance".... And those circumstances tend to be created by a lack of money, lack of education, and an abdication of responsibility from those in charge.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to DarkCloud

nialv7

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Okay, I am discombobulated, you have discombobulated me. What was the point you were arguing for? Obviously I wasn't getting it.

in reply to nialv7

DarkCloud

in reply to nialv7 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

That the letter writing is a form of elite leftist denialism of the issues.

That it's essentially covering over that there are issues to be discussed here, in favour of going after "the right" and trying to scold ones enemies rather than actually look into the issues (which I'm claiming are cultural and economic).

You know, sometimes it's better to conceed than it is to alienate and deny.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to HellsBelle

Cypher

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

A broken clock… ignoring reality because its messy won’t make it go away.

in reply to HellsBelle

Devolution

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Hilarious. They actually expect the ideology of pedophiles and rapists to listen to them.

Hahahaha good god.

Edit: Conservatives worldwide are rapists, pedophiles, and imbeciles. Just recently. Japan is having a right wing moron resurgence because of misinformation.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to Devolution

DarkCloud

in reply to Devolution • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

A recent report states ALL Thai foreign workers in Israel have been sexually assaulted:

slrpnk.net/post/26961857

Elite leftists who want to disconnect themselves from the complex issues and incompatibilities of cultural exchange are just fueling the problem, and allowing right wing populists to make points.

Fact is that different regions have different gender relations, and different problems because of that, and we need to understand that.

in reply to DarkCloud

Devolution

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

American here under fascism and seeing no improvement anytime soon here.

From me to you, spare me the self righteousness.

FYI: you literally just supported my point. I am sure Israel will take into consideration what they are doing to the Thai women. Just like they are taking into consideration the Palestinians right to live.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

like this

in reply to Devolution

DarkCloud

in reply to Devolution • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

you literally just supported my point.

Yes, I'm agreeing with you.

in reply to DarkCloud

Devolution

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Got it. The bitterness makes me stupid sometimes.

in reply to DarkCloud

Texas_Hangover

in reply to DarkCloud • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Stay the hell out of israel obviously lol.

in reply to HellsBelle

ImgurRefugee114

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Are there real concerns? Yes, some. Are there tons of misinformation campaigns actively trying to push anti-immigrant narratives and fake statistics to fearmonger and activate conservatives? Absolutely.

like this

in reply to ImgurRefugee114

WanderingThoughts

in reply to ImgurRefugee114 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Are there real concerns? Yes, some.

And a lot of those concerns will get worse by poverty and inequality but the right wing policies usually make that worse while blame it on the migrants. Rinse and repeat.

Questa voce è stata modificata (1 settimana fa)

in reply to WanderingThoughts

ImgurRefugee114

in reply to WanderingThoughts • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

"Government is bad"
*governs badly
"SEE?"

...yeah. Every time.

in reply to HellsBelle

yucandu

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Does the UK not have the "no-single-men" policy Canada employed to avoid exactly this? theguardian.com/world/2015/nov…

Canada to turn away single men as part of Syrian refugee resettlement plan

Details will be announced Tuesday but radio reports indicate country will accept only whole families, lone women or children from 1 December

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

in reply to yucandu

Viking_Hippie

in reply to yucandu • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

That's still some xenophobic nonsense that potentially punishes men for losing their families, not to mention is some dystopian "guilty with no opportunity to be proven innocent" assholery.

like this

in reply to Viking_Hippie

yucandu

in reply to Viking_Hippie • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

You forgot sexist. It is blatantly sexist against men.

But it's not phobic, because they have the statistics and data to back them up.

in reply to yucandu

Viking_Hippie

in reply to yucandu • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

they have the statistics and data to back them up.

Then again, 69% of statistics are made up on the spot or deliberately skewed and that goes double any time governments want to justify abusing foreigners.

in reply to Viking_Hippie

yucandu

in reply to Viking_Hippie • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Or justify abusing men, as in this case.

in reply to yucandu

mhague

in reply to yucandu • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I know right? A culture that engaged in eugenics and genocide backed by statistics and data yesterday just happens to have statistics and data to back their regrettably cruel but totally pragmatic policy today.

Like damn I'm sure dictators have legitimate data that shows dissidents threaten their power. Good evidence is like a thought jammer.

in reply to mhague

yucandu

in reply to mhague • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

A culture that engaged in eugenics and genocide backed by statistics and data yesterday just happens to have statistics and data to back their regrettably cruel but totally pragmatic policy today.

Setting aside the fact that I have no idea what specifically "a culture" refers to... this "women are afraid of men because of statistics" thing isn't limited to Canada.

in reply to HellsBelle

ZILtoid1991

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

How long until JK Rowling hops onto the anti-immigration train?

in reply to ZILtoid1991

Coldcell

in reply to ZILtoid1991 • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

She doesn't give a shit about true evils in the world, not about some malific dark figure wreaking death on innocence to make "inferior" people bow in fear. She only cares about making the lives of young people born different to her strict worldview as abysmal and horrible as possible. She should read this book about a boy born different to his peers who embraces it and eventually overthrows true evil and terror... oh wait.

in reply to Coldcell

ZILtoid1991

in reply to Coldcell • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

In the book, many of those wacky characters "grow out of it".

Modern conservatism is just fascism, but with "they will grow out of it eventually" mentality. Crustaceans evolve into crabs, conservatives evolve into Hitlers.

in reply to HellsBelle

forrgott

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Oh, so if you study something, that magically means there will be no prejudice? Whatever, dude.

HellsBelle via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

HellsBelle
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’

Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.
Earlier this year, the “megaberg” known as A23a weighed a little under a trillion tonnes and was more than twice the size of Greater London, a behemoth unrivalled at the time.
The gigantic slab of frozen freshwater was so large it even briefly threatened penguin feeding grounds on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean, but ended up moving on.
It is now less than half its original size, but still a hefty 1,770 sq km (683 sq miles) and 60km (37 miles) at its widest point, according to AFP analysis of satellite images by the EU Earth observation monitor Copernicus.

World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’

‘Megaberg’ known as A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer waters and could disappear within weeks

^{Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)}

#World

like this

in reply to HellsBelle

AmidFuror

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Wow, this is really disappointing. I thought A23a had what it took to last. I suppose in the end the fame and the pressure to live up to public expectations will break up even the strongest bonds.

No doubt the paparazzi following the 'berg around, shooting photos of every dip and rise, and the temptations found in warmer waters led to this demise.

in reply to HellsBelle

Monument

in reply to HellsBelle • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I tried to find the current location of the iceberg and was met with a sad reminder of how much data the U.S. government contributes. Basically, all the location updates came from NOAA, and those haven’t been updated since March.

like this

ThorrJo via Politics

5 giorni fa • •

ThorrJo
5 giorni fa • •

Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/48040580

The Justice Department’s interest in stripping trans people of Second Amendment rights would expose vulnerable communities to more danger.

BrikoX

2025-09-06 13:52:33

Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense

The Justice Department’s interest in stripping trans people of Second Amendment rights would expose vulnerable communities to more danger.

Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense
^{Natasha Lennard (The Intercept)}

#politics

ThorrJo via Politics

5 giorni fa • •

ThorrJo
5 giorni fa • •

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/robert-f-kennedys-nephew-calls-resign

#politics

skariko via Annunci

5 giorni fa • •

skariko
5 giorni fa • •

Aggiornamento a NodeBB 4.5.1

Ciao, questo pomeriggio è stato fatto un aggiornamento a NodeBB 4.5.1 passando prima dalla 4.5.0. Mi sembra funzioni tutto ma se riscontrate errori o problemi scrivetemi pure. Non allego i changelog perché stavolta sono luuuuuuuuuuuunghi ma li trovate su

Ciao,
questo pomeriggio è stato fatto un aggiornamento a NodeBB 4.5.1 passando prima dalla 4.5.0.

Mi sembra funzioni tutto ma se riscontrate errori o problemi scrivetemi pure.

Non allego i changelog perché stavolta sono luuuuuuuuuuuunghi ma li trovate su GitHub:

Release v4.5.1 · NodeBB/NodeBB

Release build (patch) of NodeBB @ 2025-09-04T16:02:47.165Z v4.5.1 (2025-09-04) New Features use _variables.scss overrides from acp in custom skins and bootswatch skins as well (0c48e0e) Bug Fixes...

^GitHub

MAD7 likes this.

Arthur Besse via World News

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Arthur Besse
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

U.S. military strikes drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, Rubio says

The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug boat from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government.

^{Joe Walsh (CBS News)}

#World

like this

in reply to Arthur Besse

Boddhisatva

in reply to Arthur Besse • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

I note the details of this incident are sparse, per the article, yet CBS utterly fails to use the word alleged at all. This is a 'drug boat' not an 'alleged drug boat,' nor a 'boat allegedly smuggling drugs.' Did they even ask what proof the military had before blowing up this 'drug boat?'

Is the USA now blowing up any boat at sea that they feel is a drug boat? Isn't the norm to have the Coast Guard intercept such boats board them, gather evidence, and make arrests? I guess this is the new war on drugs.

like this

in reply to Boddhisatva

WoodScientist

in reply to Boddhisatva • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yes. These are normally handled by the Coast Guard. There's a reason the Coast Guard vessels are armed. They can more than handle anything a cartel drug boat is carrying. They're heavily armed enough that most intercepted vessels surrender without a fight. Actually taking fire is extraordinarily rare.

There is absolutely zero reason to waste US Navy vessels on this. It appears Trump just blew up a random boat that could have easily been intercepted. Even assuming it is a drug boat, this attack is completely detrimental to fighting the drug trade. If you intercept the vessel, you can interrogate the crew, gather evidence from the vessel, and help crack the cartel network they are a part of. But you can't do any of that with a corpse-filled wreck on the bottom of the ocean.

in reply to WoodScientist

Boddhisatva

in reply to WoodScientist • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Yep. I'm pretty sure that Trump is on a full on murderous power trip. He likes being able to order people killed. Remember when he took out a full page ad demanding that the Central Park 5 be executed for their crimes? The ad said, in part:

Mayor Koch has stated that hate and rancor should be removed from our hearts. I do not think so. I want to hate these muggers and murderers.. They should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes. They must serve as examples so that others will think long and hard before committing a crime or an act of violence. Yes, Mayor Koch, I want to hate these murderers and I always will. I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them. If the punishment is strong, the attacks on innocent people will stop. - Donald Trump

They were innocent, by the way.

It wasn't until 2002 that the five men were exonerated after convicted rapist and murderer Matias Reyes confessed to the crime. Reyes' DNA matched the sample found on Meili.

Here is another example of his love of killing people. Did you know that since 1976, only 16 people have been executed by the federal government. Two in 2001. One in 2003. The other 13 were executed in 2020 and 2021 when then President Trump learned he could expedite their executions.

Expect a lot more blood from this man now that he can and is ordering the military to wantonly spill it.

in reply to WoodScientist

JayDee

in reply to WoodScientist • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

To be more detailed, The firearms serve another purpose than just returning fire in a gunfight. The coast gaurd often disable the engines of boats they're pursuing by shooting the engine.

Course, these are more just guidelines. How the coast gaurd actually conducts itself is likely adapted to the situation.

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^{m.youtube.com}

in reply to Arthur Besse

commander

in reply to Arthur Besse • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

This isn't the 80s, I don't think people are buying into the war on drugs facade masking imperialism as much as they used to. Drugs flow along the pacific. Venezuela is small fries for drug trafficking. This is absolutely reasserting imperial interest in Latin America and Venezuela being the most prominent non-US aligned country at the moment in Latin America. If the US acts stupid and tries to false flag themselves into a regime change invasion, it'll be more of a clusterfuck than Afghanistan. No doubt in my mind nonsense in Venezuela would spark something in Colombia and I doubt Brazil would want the US to win either

in reply to commander

LifeInMultipleChoice

in reply to commander • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

It wouldn't push Venezuelans to not want whoever reforms them once the U.S. scuffle is over to not join BRICS as well, and move away from the U.S. dollar. They already wanted in now if I remember, but Brazil vetoed it.

in reply to LifeInMultipleChoice

commander

in reply to LifeInMultipleChoice • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Whatever opposition there was against Maduro, the US is ruining it for them. Instead Venezuela gets a clear view of the regional existential threat, further motivation to modernize its military and build non-US aligned trade. They're shaping up to be, and getting help from the US in drumming up motivation, the Americas Iran but they can't be boogyman'ed as Muslims

in reply to commander

ruuster13

in reply to commander • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

He needs a war so he can declare martial law so he can cancel elections. Venezuela is just low-hanging fruit.

mesa via Technology

1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

mesa
1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

The Sense And Nonsense Of Virtual Power Plants

Over the past decades power grids have undergone a transformation towards smaller and more intermittent generators – primarily in the form of wind and solar generators – as well as smal…

^Hackaday

in reply to mesa

lemming741

in reply to mesa • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Moss Landing battery storage facility has repeatedly caught fire, which highlights another potentially major savings for grid operators, as the fallout of such events are instead borne by the operator of the battery, which for the DSGS would be the home owner.

Where do I sign up?

in reply to mesa

FishFace

in reply to mesa • 1 settimana fa (Ricevuto 5 giorni fa) • •

Did I understand right that VPPs are just a way of grouping some generation and storage together in such a way that you can pretend it will act as a CCGT plant?

If so, surely this is papering over the challenge. A real solution will present all the information used to operate a "VPP" to the entire grid, and allow all the available resources to be managed by the grid.