minioctt

2025-09-12 18:26:25

odio il Durov e gli spaccaggi maledetti (sono cucinata)

Oggi è un nuovo giorno… ma sembra che il calendario sia sempre e comunque incastrato in un eterno ritorno dello schifo, se si guarda a Telegram. E io, ormai, sto perdendo la pazienza oltre ogni limite veramente normale, al punto che non so cosa succederà se le cose continuano per questa via… non ce la faccio veramente più, il tutto fa così troppo schifo, e non c’è una singola app di messaggistica che sia migliore, nonostante siamo nel fottuto anno 2025 d.C (o 5 d.C, dopo Covid), questa è la rogna. 😭

In breve, il problema è che Telegram ha ogni fottuto giorno sempre problemi minori — e non parlo solo degli eventuali client glitchati, che ormai son pane quotidiano, ma proprio di cose che si rompono a livello di backend, di continuo — che vanno a rovinare malamente quello che all’atto pratico è un servizio di pubblica utilità, nonostante Pavel Durov sia talmente ricco sfondato di soldi che, se si decidesse a usarli per bene, quindi per il bene della piattaforma e degli utenti, investendo grandemente in ricerca e sviluppo oltre che in dei server funzionanti, questi problemi logicamente non esisterebbero… E, non solo questo, ma da classico riccone si riempie sempre la bocca di stronzate, e gli scemi che gli vanno appresso lo pagano pure per ciò. 😿

Da qualche giorno sto vedendo un problema stranissimo per cui le anteprime per molti link, in genere esterni ma a volte anche interni, non si generano o non si aggiornano… ed è 1 problema. Oggi però, come se le incazzature accumulate non fossero abbastanza, la bot API HTTP (e anche altra roba web, a quanto pare, che però non ha impattato me in quel momento) ha smesso di funzionare per tipo un’ora buona… e tipo tutti i bot inizialmente hanno smesso di funzionare, poi qualcuno ha recuperato, e ma ovviamente il mio @WinDogBot ci ha messo secoli a recuperare, nonostante lo riavviassi a mano di continuo. Mamma che schifo! 👹

E nel mentre (cioè, poco dopo, ma vabbè) che gli utenti col cervello non liscio soffrono, il capo mafia se ne esce con l’ennesimo post politico scritto in 2 minuti non solo per pavoneggiarsi lui e la sua piattaforma di cazzo, ma per racimolare soldi… racimolare soldi sopra la morte di un tizio assassinato… perché, come ad ogni suo post, accetta le stelle, e il suo canale è pieno di coglioni che gliele danno. Bastardo. In questo momento, con circa 400mila visualizzazioni, ha raccolto 12,5mila stelle, che valgono circa 208 euro… per aver scritto la roba più banale di sempre e con il solito intento immorale, ossia portare acqua+soldi al proprio mulino; anziché fare un post di scuse per il disservizio del momento. Non ho davvero parole. ☠️

Chiedo non ironicamente aiuto, perché ho perso le speranze. Da questo momento l’unica cosa che potrò fare è semplicemente desiderare che Durov, una mattina a caso, si svegli e semplicemente rinsavisca: desidero che da un momento all’altro si accorga dello schifo che fa da ricco, e di sua spontanea volontà prima venda tutti gli yatch (o gli altri oggetti superflui che ha, ora non so), poi metta di botto una gran parte del suo patrimonio in Telegram per sanare le gigantesche lacune che questo affare ha, e poi si dia alla beneficenza, alle opere buone. Oh, non desidero che si ammali, e nemmeno che qualcuno gli levi ciò che ha… voglio che sia lui a diventare buono spontaneamente, cazzarola e porca puttana!!! 😭😭😭

Comunque, in generale sembra che tutti questi esseri umani, in assoluto, più diventano ricchi e più diventano stronzi… soprattutto in ambito tech, più diventano personalmente ricchi e meno gli importa dei prodotti che loro stessi hanno creato e che sono diventati (in grande o piccola parte, dipende dai casi) monopolio di settore; pazienza se l’esperienza per gli utenti fa schifo, basta che loro possono farsi le vacanze da ricchi, e parlare dal proprio piedistallo come se fossero divinità… quando, a differenza mia, non lo sono neanche a metà. (…Non datemi assolutamente mai soldi, perché ho paura di finire pure io male come ‘sti techbro dimmerda, ma vi scongiuro: non dateli nemmeno a quelli che sono già ricchi, piuttosto spendeteli per roba veramente bona.) 🕳️

#down #DUROV #problemi #rant #ricchi #Telegram #TelegramDown

Pavel Durov

@charliekirk’s death is an assault on free speech. He fought for open debate, and enemies of truth hated him for it. Free expression is under attack worldwide. Once free speech is lost, every other freedom soon follows.

^Telegram

404 Media

2025-09-12 15:18:03

Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk

A company-wide email from Comcast executives, sent to everyone working at NBCUniversal on Friday morning, mourns right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk’s death and reminds employees that saying the wrong thing about Kirk’s legacy can get you fired swiftly.

The email, obtained by 404 Media and first reported by Variety, has the subject line “A message from Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh, and Mark Lazarus.” In it, the executives eulogize Kirk, calling him an “advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him.”

Roberts is the Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, Cavanagh is the president, and Lazarus is the prospective CEO of VERSANT, Comcast’s new spinoff that will include the majority of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio. NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and more journalistic and entertainment properties are under the NBCUniversal umbrella.

“You may have seen that MSNBC recently ended its association with a contributor who made an unacceptable and insensitive comment about this horrific event,” the executives wrote. “That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue and being willing to listen to the points of view of those who have differing opinions.”

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Political analyst Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC on Wednesday after speaking about Kirk’s death on air. During a broadcast on Wednesday following the shooting, anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about “the environment in which a shooting like this happens,” according to Variety. Dowd answered: “He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler issued an apology in response, calling Dowd’s words “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.” Dowd also apologized publicly, posting on Bluesky: “On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question on the environment we are in. I apologize for my tone and words. Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack.”

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk’s work.
404 MediaJason Koebler

MSNBC is a division of NBCUniversal. The letter from Comcast executives reiterates to current employees that their jobs are on the line if they stray from bland, milquetoast statements about a man who spent his life fomenting hate will have consequences on their careers. The entire mainstream media environment has been working overtime to sanitize Kirk’s legacy since his murder—a legacy that includes targeted harassment of professors at schools across the country and normalizing the notion that basic human rights are up for “debate.”

The full email is below.

Dear Comcast NBCUniversal Team,

The tragic loss of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father, husband, and advocate for open debate, whose faith was important to him, reminds us of the fragility of life and the urgent need for unity in our nation. Our hearts are heavy, as his passing leaves a grieving family and a country grappling with division. There is no place for violence or hate in our society.

You may have seen that MSNBC recently ended its association with a contributor who made an unacceptable and insensitive comment about this horrific event. That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue and being willing to listen to the points of view of those who have differing opinions. We should be able to disagree, robustly and passionately, but, ultimately, with respect. We need to do better.

Charlie Kirk believed that "when people stop talking, really bad stuff starts." Regardless of whether you agreed with his political views, his words and actions underscore the urgency to maintain a respectful exchange of ideas a principle we must champion. We believe in the power of communication to bring us together. Today, that belief feels more vital than ever. Something essential has fractured in our public discourse, and as a company that values the power of information, we have a responsibility to help mend it.

As employees, we ask you to embody our values in your work and communities. We should engage with respect, listen, and treat people with kindness.

MSNBC Apologizes for Matthew Dowd’s Commentary on Charlie Kirk’s Death

MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler has issued an apology for Matthew Dowd's remarks during coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

^{Jack Dunn (Variety)}

404 Media

2025-09-11 17:44:39

Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

Thursday morning, Ezra Klein at the New York Times published a column titled “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way.” Klein’s general thesis is that Kirk was willing to talk to anyone, regardless of their beliefs, as evidenced by what he was doing while he was shot, which was debating people on college campuses. Klein is not alone in this take; the overwhelming sentiment from America’s largest media institutions in the immediate aftermath of his death has been to paint Kirk as a mainstream political commentator, someone whose politics liberals and leftists may not agree with but someone who was open to dialogue and who espoused the virtues of free speech.

“You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him,” Klein wrote. “He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it.”

“I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness,” Klein continued.

Kirk is being posthumously celebrated by much of the mainstream press as a noble sparring partner for center-left politicians and pundits. Meanwhile, the very real, very negative, and sometimes violent impacts of his rhetoric and his political projects are being glossed over or ignored entirely. In the New York Times, Kirk was an “energetic” voice who was “critical of gay and transgender rights,” but few of the national pundits have encouraged people to actually go read what Kirk tweeted or listen to what he said on his podcast to millions and millions of people. “Whatever you think of Kirk (I had many disagreements with him, and he with me), when he died he was doing exactly what we ask people to do on campus: Show up. Debate. Talk. Engage peacefully, even when emotions run high,” David French wrote in the Times. “In fact, that’s how he made his name, in debate after debate on campus after campus.”

This does not mean Kirk deserved to die or that political violence is ever justified. What happened to Kirk is horrifying, and we fear deeply for whatever will happen next. But it is undeniable that Kirk was not just a part of the extremely tense, very dangerous national dialogue, he was an accelerationist force whose work to dehumanize LGBTQ+ people and threaten the free speech of professors, teachers, and school board members around the country has directly put the livelihoods and physical safety of many people in danger. We do no one any favors by ignoring this, even in the immediate aftermath of an assassination like this.

Kirk claimed that his Turning Point USA sent “80+ buses full of patriots” to the January 6 insurrection. Turning Point USA has also run a “Professor Watchlist,” “School Board Watchlist,” and “Campus Reform” for nearly a decade.

“America’s radical education system has taken a devastating toll on our children,” Kirk said in an intro video posted on these projects’ websites. “From sexualized material in textbooks to teaching CRT and implementing the 1619 Project doctrine, the radical leftist agenda will not stop … The School Board Watch List exposes school districts that host drag queen story hour, teach courses on transgenderism, and implement unsafe gender neutral bathroom policies. The Professor Watch List uncovers the most radical left-wing professors from universities that are known to suppress conservative voices and advance the progressive agenda.”

These websites have been directly tied to harassment and threats against professors and school board members all over the country. Professor Watchlist lists hundreds of professors around the country, many of them Black or trans, and their perceived radical agendas, which include things like supporting gun control, “socialism,” “Antifa,” “abortion,” and acknowledging that trans people exist and racism exists. Trans professors are misgendered on the website, and numerous people who have been listed on it have publicly spoken about receiving death threats and being harassed after being listed on the site.

One professor on the watchlist who 404 Media is granting anonymity for his safety said once he was added to the list, he started receiving anonymous letters in his campus mailbox. “‘You're everything wrong with colleges,’ ‘watch your step, we're watching you’ kind of stuff,” he said, “One anonymous DM on Twitter had a picture of my house and driveway, which was chilling.” His president and provost also received emails attempting to discredit him with “all the allegedly communist and subversive stuff I was up to,” he said. “It was all certainly concerning, but compared to colleagues who are people of color and/or women, I feel like the volume was smaller for me. But it was certainly not a great feeling to experience that stuff. That watchlist fucked up careers and ruined lives.”

The American Association of University Professors said in an open letter in 2017 that Professor Watchlist “lists names of professors with their institutional affiliations and photographs, thereby making it easy for would-be stalkers and cyberbullies to target them. Individual faculty members who have been included on such lists or singled out elsewhere have been subject to threats of physical violence, including sexual assault, through hundreds of e-mails, calls, and social media postings. Such threatening messages are likely to stifle the free expression of the targeted faculty member; further, the publicity that such cases attract can cause others to self-censor so as to avoid being subjected to similar treatment.” Campus free speech rights group FIRE found that censorship and punishment of professors skyrocketed between 2020 and 2023, in part because of efforts from Professor Watchlist.

Many more professors who Turning Point USA added to their watchlist have spoken out in the past about how being targeted upended their lives, brought years of harassment down on them and their colleagues, and resulted in death threats against them and their loved ones.

At Arizona State University, a professor on the watchlist was assaulted by two people from Turning Point USA in 2023.

“Earlier this year, I wrote to Turning Point USA to request that it remove ASU professors from its Professor Watchlist. I did not receive a response,” university president Michael Crow wrote in a statement. “Instead, the incident we’ve all now witnessed on the video shows Turning Point’s refusal to stop dangerous practices that result in both physical and mental harm to ASU faculty members, which they then apparently exploit for fundraising, social media clicks and financial gain.” Crow said the Professor Watchlist resulted in “antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and misogynistic attacks on ASU faculty with whom Turning Point USA and its followers disagree,” and called the organization’s tactics “anti-democratic, anti-free speech and completely contrary” to the spirit of scholarship.

Kirk’s death is a horrifying moment in our current American nightmare. Kirk’s actions and rhetoric do not justify what happened to him because they cannot be justified. But Kirk was not merely someone who showed up to college campuses and listened. It should not be controversial to plainly state some of the impact of his work.

ASU President: Turning Point USA crew accused of 'bloodying' ASU professor's face

Arizona State Police released footage of an incident between an ASU English professor, a reporter and cameraman from Turning Point USA that happened on Oct. 11. University president Dr. Michael Crow released a statement calling the men "cowards."

^{Jessica Johnson (FOX 10 Phoenix)}

Mastodon

2025-09-11 18:28:47

Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/…

Introducing quote posts

Over the years, we’ve learned just how essential quoting is to many of you. Here's a deep dive on how quote posts will work on Mastodon.

^{Mastodon Blog}