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in reply to fne8w2ah

Very short sighted. As much as I love japonica rice, I also love my Thai fragrant rice, basmati rice as well as my Vietnamese brown rice.

in reply to Severus_Snape

Oh look, another crazy idiot who's using his position of incredible power for self gain! Who coulda seen that??

in reply to return2ozma

Sora allows you to put limiters on how your likeness can be used. Maybe he just didn't bother... Or maybe it just doesn't (work) very well?
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Climate Summit 2025 | United Nations


in reply to FriendlyMaple221

Why the hell is this thing being held in a town that needs to build a ton of infrastructure, like hotels and roads, in order to even accommodate the visitors? Seems wasteful and totally against the subject of the meeting.
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in reply to xc2215x

There is so much stupid here:

  • people watching this
  • people actually liking this
  • why not stage it? A few friends no one is the wiser
  • AI could have done this too no point in real people at all

He deserves jail time, as over used as this word is, that does strike fear.... Terror if you will. Nobody deserves that when they are in public.

in reply to xc2215x

'influencer' - no, this person is a menace to society.

Rosanna Pansino is an influencer, Marques Brownlee is an influencer, JerryRigEverything is an influencer.

This guy is just a 'prankster' and live streamer. Influencers rarely if ever do live streams. They make carefully curated videos that are largely marketing as entertainment.

Pranksters just cause trouble.



The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About


in reply to okwithmydecay

First sentence is wrong:

Since 7 October 2023, Israel has waged a brutal war on Gaza


It was Hamas that invaded Israel on Oct 7th starting a brutal war they had no hope of winning, killing 65,000 civilians which they have admitted they are ok with dying for the publicity

Stopped after that, sounds like more left wing opinionated bullshit to me

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in reply to ikt

LOL... this is a new argument I've been noticing more & more. It goes something like this... "Hamas made Israel commit a genocide." If I was paying $7,000 per comment on social media, I'd be asking for a refund for such low effort Israeli propaganda.
in reply to John Richard

"Jews started this when they blah blah blah..."

  • Nazis justifying the Holocaust
in reply to fluxion

I never read about Jews attacking and killing thousands of Germans, capturing and holding a portion of German territory, and kidnapping hundreds of civilians.
in reply to gedaliyah

I never read that Israel represents all Jews, nor how opposing genocide is antisemitic. I'd strongly argue that a country committing genocide while claiming to represent all Jews are actually engaging in antisemitism, especially since those they are genociding are semitic people.
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in reply to John Richard

People like this want you conflate "the country of Israel" with "all ethnic/religious Jewish people everywhere"

It allows them to more easily call people antisemitic when you criticize the Israeli government.

Even IF Israeli intelligence hadn't ignored reports of potential attacks, and even IF they hadn't intentionally lowered security in order to make potential attacks worse, all in order to give them and excuse to do the thing they already wanted to do, committing genocide in response is a FULL FUCKING STOP "no"

in reply to John Richard

Antisemitism refers specifically to hatred against Jews, not all Semitic people in general.

Just like antibiotics don't kill all biological life. Words have meaning.

in reply to gedaliyah

hi. cultural inheritor of the jewish identity here. a genocide in my name against my semitic cousins is antisemitic in that the core value of my jewish identity is standing against opression. to say that my identity is meant to be a particular form of oppressor is hate towards the jewish identity. that is how i read that other comment. yes. words do have meanings, and those meanings matter, and you have to look at them and take them on instead of just ignoring them like your comment did
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in reply to John Richard

Yeah: how come Israel now pretends that Arabs are not semitic??

& how come everybody's been accommodating that?

"Anti-semitic" originally meant anti semitic people, which included Jews & Arabs, both..

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_…

And multiple other peoples, too! ( I didn't know, until now! : )

_ /\ _

in reply to gedaliyah

They was attempt that would seriously hurt civilians. If they succeded it wouldn't justify the holocust ike the jewish resistance group Nakam who attempted to poison water supplies
in reply to gedaliyah

I like how you casually claim Hamas held Israeli territory IN THE FRONTIER OF OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND.

FFS. The Gaza Prison Breakout is analogous to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a response to 75 years of ethnic cleansing and shooting children in the knees for sport, 16 years of illegal military land sea and air siege where Israel calculated the caloric input to keep Palestinians in Gaza on a "starvation plus" diet.

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in reply to gedaliyah

I've never read about Palestinian children or moms or civilians attacking Israel in any way shape or form and yet the vast VAST VAST majority of these victims of GENOCIDE are innocent civilians that had NOTHING to do with Hamas.

I wouldn't t give a single fuck if Israel obliterated every last member of Hamas in the sort of targeted surgical strikes that an advanced military/intelligence power like Israel is capable of, but instead they chose to level Gaza and starve it's people into submission. Not even Putin's Russia have been so egregious with their targeting of innocent civilians, meanwhile Gaza has an 83% CIVILIAN CASUALTY RATE

Stop wasting time trying to convince people blatant genocide isn't genocide. Stop being a fucking genocidal Nazi.

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in reply to fluxion

ttbomk, hamas won't allow non-involvement:

They won't permit any social-services to be neutral, they won't permit any operating-business to be neutral, they won't tolerate neutrality.

Same as the zionists won't.


Ideology is threatened by neutrality, so they force-eradicate it, wherever it tries growing.

Leninism eradicates considered-reasoning from "education" in order to produce the ideological-population that Leninism wants,

exactly the same as the Republicans eradicate considered-reasoning from their "education", in order to *produce the ideological-population that their ideology wants.*

Ideology HATES neutrality, rabidly


The ONLY way that Palestine could possibly have been kept from this, is if decades ago the UN had displaced all the ideologues from authority in the territory, & absolutely-blocked them from from even influencing gov't, essential-services, education, etc, until 3-ish generations of people had grown-up in that considered-reasoning-and-meritocracy paradigm,

& then the ideologues-murdering-considered-reasoning-from-our-world would be retired-out from all authority

( Max Planck's ~ Science progresses funeral by funeral: as the old-guard die off, the population becomes made-of people who grew-up-with the new paradigm, & they accept it ~ is exactly this principle, simply in a different domain )

But NO ideology would tolerate that: not zionist not hamas.

So, genociding it is, then, inevitably..

Until the rampaging-rabies has overwhelmed the entire world, all religions, all political-ideologies, all food-insecurity-migrations, all supremacisms, all together, combined, & then humankind can manufacture the "apocalypse" that makes its unconscious-mind/ego feel important ( which is mostly what's really going on, during this ClimatePunctuation, tbh )

The Great Filter: unconscious-mind's ego-rabies rampaging in a manufactured ClimatePunctuation, trying to prove that ego-importance and unconscious-ignorance is "THE ONLY GOD", until .. until there's nothing left.

We're failing The Great Filter, iow, & digging our world-species's grave, with every such torquing/ignoring.


Here's another angle:

Have you noticed that the "populist" ideologues are gaining power throughout the West?

They're no-more tolerating of neutrality than hamas or the zionists are.

It isn't just the people in Palestine who got highjacked & machiavellianly pwned, it is us, too!

We're just not-yet at the final-butchery stage, yet ( wait a few more years, & look around the remains of our countries .. & see, then, what happens when right-wing ideologues, equivalents to hamas, rule our countries )

_ /\ _

in reply to gedaliyah

ttbomk, the "fear the Jews: they are behind all evil" conspiracist-nationalists do hold such things to be true.

And they are vocal about it, so your not having heard about such things doesn't mean that such assertions are not made.


I was told, a few decades ago, that in Europe the centuries-long sequence went sorta like this:

  1. Jews are farmers
  2. conspiracist-nationalists spread fear about "Jews are taking/owning all our farmland", so therefore..
  3. farmland gets taken away from Jews, which means, that they have to earn a living by other means, so therefore
  4. they become clockmakers, lawyers, doctors, etc, which therefore
  5. creates leverage for conspiracists to assert that they're conspiring & taking all these skilled-work jobs, because it's their world-subjugation program..

etc..

IOW, it doesn't matter what people do: prejudice is going to claim "justification", relentlessly.

Machiavellianism is a mental-illness, or worse, a hardwiring-of-brain.


Here's some objectivity, however..

statista.com/statistics/142230…

in reply to ikt

There is no denying that Novara Media are left-wing, they proudly wear that badge. Is it possible to cover a war without opinion or an agenda?
in reply to ikt

First sentence was correct. Your version sounds like more Zionist victim bullshit to me.
in reply to ikt

First letter is wrong. Stopped reading after it was Zionazi genocide loving bullshit to me.
in reply to ikt

I'm like.. that's right, Israel didn't just start their shit in 2023, they've been attacking Palestinians and assassinating Israelis who wanted anything else my whole life.. but then I kept reading.
in reply to ikt

This whole site has strong bias and mixed facts see this link :

Bias Rating: FAR LEFT
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Organization/Foundation
Traffic/Popularity: Medium Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

Also , the BBC is deliberately being targeted of foreign disinformation and influence campaigns, particularly from state-sponsored actors seeking to discredit its reporting. Not saying they are perfect, but they are discredited by the Zino- Rizzian propaganda machine.

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in reply to Riddick3001

There is no denying that Novara Media has a left-wing bias, however is there any news outlet that has unbiased reporting of this conflict?
in reply to Riddick3001

I am saying that all media has a bias, but I am not saying that doesn't matter. I'd argue that Novara Media is quite transparent about its bias.
in reply to okwithmydecay

that Novara Media is quite transparent about its bias.


Had never heard of this site before, that's why I checked.

in reply to okwithmydecay

Yes... Democracy Now for example, but they'd probably be considered even more left for reporting the truth.
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in reply to okwithmydecay

has a left-wing bias


So does reality.

But some people are, perplexingly, still concerned with "being fair".

in reply to Riddick3001

Many bbc journalists admit that bbc was biased towards Israel and use your brain instead of "factcheckers"
in reply to mrdown

So they did.

use your brain instead of "factcheckers"


Now you sound pedantic.

in reply to Riddick3001

It is not pedantic to not trust factcheckers blindly. Even factcheckers has biases
in reply to Riddick3001

Opposing objective bad things is not biases. Israel is the settler colonial power who been occupying Gaza and the west bank for 57 years and oppressing Palestinians for 78 years

Once Israel end occupation, i will stop criticizing Israel

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in reply to mrdown

You are not discussing in good faith.

Added.
Ah I see , you edited your original comment I reacted to,, by adding a whole new context; after I had reacted. Talking about good faith. Well, whatever.

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in reply to Riddick3001

Careful with these kind of bias or fact checkers, as they're only relevant on the left/center/right axis, which is a biased framework in and of itself. A centered position, which these checkers claim to be the least biased, are absolutely dependant on the Overton window and that window is currently so far off to the right, that any slightly leftist position might seem radical or even unthinkable.

It also only makes sense, if you are some kind of hyper centrist, absolutely ignoring what "right" and "left" actually mean and then proclaim that the center is a good thing and any extreme perspective off from the center is a bad thing. That's either willfully ignorant or a right-wing perspective trying to appease to unpolitical people.

This fact checker also proclaims mixed factual reporting in their summary, but in the segment it says "Failed Fact Checks: None in the Last 5 years". This is dumb and misleading.

One can see this kind of bias by them branding "concern for climate change, and racial-social equality" as far-left perspectives, while a sane person would see these things as the fucking bare minimum. Everything less than that is de facto regressive and right-wing.

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in reply to doben

Ofc. But you are only talking about the Left/ Right Pol. spectrum. Its the " Mixed Reporting" bit which to me is relevant.

Also, if I were to report for example about Trump from the Rep. or Right side, would you say the same? Or if I used a zionist new-soutlet. Not that I would though, it's an example.

in reply to doben

Failed Fact Checks

None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Novara Media Far-Left Biased based on editorial positions that favor anti-capitalism and the promotion of Luxury Communism. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to the use of poor sources and one-sided hyper-partisan perspectives. (D. Van Zandt 05/08/2022) Updated (02/21/2024)


Reason number what 20 why mbfc is terrible at being both a bias checker and fact checker.

in reply to ikt

Which is why the Germans just had to exterminate the jews. I mean, they burned down the Reichstag building, what were they supposed to do?
in reply to ikt

Fun fact: History did not start on October 7th.
in reply to ikt

Israel did every crime hamas did on 7 of october. Israel stsrted the conflict by ethenic cleansing


in reply to Sahwa

i hate to see what "rationed loo" paper would look like. they did carefully peel of each Ply of toilet paper and seperate into its own roll. or they are 'reusing" it.
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in reply to Tollana1234567

I expect that it just means that they have a number of rolls that they expect to use in a week and that’s all that they buy. After that you have to buy your own.
in reply to nogooduser

"One toilet roll between four people a week… how is that possible?" he said.


Venezuela announces closure of embassies in Norway and Australia


The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government says.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/straitstimes…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

in reply to BrikoX

The announcement occurred just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo announced that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democracy in the South American country.
in reply to AwesomeLowlander

No clue if it had any impact, but she was probably the worst choice in the history of Nobel Peace Prize.


Russia says Gaza prisoner exchange ‘won’t solve anything’ without Palestinian state


Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Monday that while the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners is a positive step, it will not bring lasting peace unless a full-fledged Palestinian state is established in accordance with UN resolutions, Anadolu reports.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastmo…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.



Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining


Sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter

in reply to themachinestops

No more Reddit for me ever. Been banned and shadowbanned multiple times. Never figured out why though, they never gave a reason. Fuck Reddit.
in reply to falseWhite

They almost never give a reason, but I mainly use it for niche groups and news. Anime_titties is very up to date on news.



The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant


Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia.


Archived version: archive.is/newest/apnews.com/a…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.



Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy


For those seeking out a federated and open alternative to Tumblr, Wafrn is looking extremely promising. It can speak both ActivityPub and AT Protocol, offers a ton of interesting features and customization, and focuses on making an incredibly fun experience.


Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy


While Tumblr is said to be coming to the Fediverse sometime after its backend transition to WordPress, I wanted to take a moment to steer attention towards a home-grown effort largely inspired by Tumblr. Wafrn (pronounced “wah fern”) is an open source platform that seems to focus on a lesson that other social platforms seem to forget about: BEING FUN.

Wafrn’s Mascot, Waffy the Wafrn, a bug holding a heart and a waffle.

This project takes a bunch of inspiration from existing social networks, does a few crazy things on the side, and incorporates some legitimately impressive ideas to create something new.

The Social Experience


Right off the bat, Wafrn instantly feels different from Mastodon, Friendica, or even the many offshoots of Misskey. It incorporates ideas from all of these things, but also brings a bunch of fresh ideas to the table.

The “Superfan” theme strongly resemble’s the Tumblr dashboard.

Themes


Wafrn prides itself in allowing for user customization. There are a series of community-made themes readily available on the flagship instance, and it’s possible to inject your own custom CSS both on your dashboard as well as your personal profile.
Personally, I’m in love with the Wafrn98 theme.
There’s a world of opportunity here, especially as users continue to explore recreating their favorite visual styles from other apps and networks. During my initial testing of Wafrn, I actually ended up writing a Cohost-style theme, and submitted it to the project’s official repository.

The theme is called “Cohfrn”, and now ships with the installation.

Creating Posts


Wafrn’s post editor is pretty bog-standard, but does a decent job at showing you exactly what your posts are going to look like. For those with Bluesky integration turned on, you’ll also see a character limit prompt, ensuring that your posts don’t run over the limit.

One thing worth mentioning here is that woots support rich formatting through a combination of HTML, Markdown, and CSS attributes. While Wafrn doesn’t yet support Misskey-Flavored Markdown, the community is still able to create absolute gems like the following:
The future is now.

Feeds


For the time being, Wafrn supports three different user feeds: the Dashboard, Explore Wafrn, and Wafrn & Friends. These all incorporate subtle differences, so I’ll try my best to explain them. With the platform supporting Bluesky and the AT Protocol, my hope is that we might one day see support for Bluesky’s Custom Feeds, which would be amazing for discovery.

The Dashboard


The user Dashboard is strictly a no-frills timeline that focuses on who you’re following, and what they’re boosting or posting. You can see comments and reactions from mutuals on posts (called “woots”), and it’s all clean and easy to use.


Explore Wafrn


The Explore Wafrn timeline appears to solely focus on posts created or boosted by local Wafrn accounts, and includes a fair amount of people that you do not directly follow.


Wafrn & Friends


The Wafrn & Friends timeline ultimately combines the Explore Wafrn feed with posts from friendly servers that the Wafrn instance is also connected to. Here, you can find all kinds of stuff from the rest of the Fediverse: Mastodon, Friendica, Misskey, Bluesky, PeerTube, and even WordPress all managed to show up!


Asks


One super-underrated feature carried over from Tumblr is Asks, a Question-and-Answer feature for the Inbox that allows people to publicly answer questions. What’s really cool about this is that any Fediverse account can ask a question using special formatting. To do this, just append a Private post with the following:
![url=https://mastodon.xy-space.de/users/ASK]ASK[/url] @username@instance.tld YOUR QUESTION HERE
As a result, questions appear in a special tab like so:

If you choose to answer the prompt, the question and your response show up as a special post on the timelines.

Ignore the fact that I asked myself to tell an awkward story. This is for demonstration purposes.

The nice thing here is that this feature is 100% opt-in, and you can even choose whether to only allow Asks from mutual connections, or also open it up to anonymous people. It’s definitely something I’ve missed from using Tumblr, and I would love to use it more.

Bites


One of the most recent feature additions in Wafrn are “Bites”, which are basically pokes, but more furry-themed. Users can bite other users as well as posts, and cute little notifications get created in response.

It’s a small, silly feature, but it’s one more indication of how the community likes to have fun on the platform.

Bluesky Integration


One of the most impressive parts of Wafrn is the fact that it implements the AT Protocol from scratch, and can natively connect to Bluesky. This isn’t a protocol bridge, so much as it’s a native implementation that connects a Fediverse platform with Bluesky and its wider network.

Support is still experimental and limited, but most posts and profiles translate remarkably well with the default Bluesky app. Direct Messages between Bluesky and Wafrn don’t work yet, and some of the wider features of AT Proto (custom feeds, moderation, labelers, and other integrations) aren’t supported yet. Still, it’s an impressive feat, and day-to-day social usage works pretty great.

As an aside, Wafrn also offers the ability to fully migrate from Bluesky onto Wafrn itself, all while preserving posts, friends, and followers. Pretty cool!

Super Secret Menu


For some time now, Wafrn has sported an extra-special, super-secret menu. Inside of it is an embedded WASM build of DosBox, running a copy of Doom. When I first discovered this, I was utterly speechless. It runs great, and completely works.


The Community


I still have no idea what the acronym WAFRN stands for. My best guess is “We Are Friends Right Now”, but I keep getting different answers, and can’t be sure if any of them are serious. Wafrn’s creator, Gabboman, suggested that this is a reference to Tumblr’s 2018 porn ban, with the acronym standing for “We Allow Female Presenting Nipples”. However, alternative suggestions include “What Asshole Fucking wRote Name”, and “We All Fuck Real Northerners”. The lack of consensus only makes Wafrn more fun.

Other Wafrnisms within the community are as follows: Mastodon’s toots are now woots, Wafrn users are unofficially called waffles, and there’s some absolutely wild custom themes available.

Yes, this is a real theme, called “Rizzler”.

Wafrn’s community is funny. Really funny. Within the first five minutes of browsing the site, I hit a dozen or so hysterical shitposts from people trying to act completely unhinged. There’s a healthy overlap between Wafrn’s local users, and playful posters from Misskey, Akkoma, Bluesky, and the funnier parts of Mastodon. The overall impression is very reminiscent of Tumblr’s “Yes And” culture, and it’s well-curated.

This was funnier when Silksong hadn’t come out yet. Guess how long it took me to finish this review?

As a final golden touch, Wafrn offers a Custom Word filter that allows you to transform the word “AI” to “cocaine” or any other word every time you see it.

It’s really, really fun to see in practice. Again, it’s simple and just a funny idea, but these little details end up setting Wafrn apart from its peers.

Screenshot credit: Little1Lost on Wafrn

In Conclusion


Wafrn is awesome, and taps into a specific niche that falls somewhere between Tumblr, Cohost, and “Weird Twitter”. It’s goofy and nerdy and passionate, and seems to be constantly evolving into a better version of itself. I love what I’m seeing so far, and hope to see the platform continue to grow. There’s an enormous promise in a project like this, and it’s refreshing to see how fun it is to use.

What We Loved


  • Great design, easy to use.
  • Lots of customization available
  • Super fun community
  • Native AT Protocol integration
  • Asks, Bites, and an embedded version of Doom
  • Emoji confetti explodes whenever you do something!
  • Pretty good mobile apps!
  • The AI “Cocaine” filter.


What We’d Like To see


  • Support for Bluesky’s Custom Feeds.
  • Support for AT Protocol integration with other apps?
  • Better media embeds and Link Previews.
  • Misskey Flavored Markdown?
  • More robust search with Webfinger support.
  • Wafrn needs to more aggressively recruit people from Tumblr and other communities.

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in reply to Sean Tilley

Hope this means we eventually get The Sims modding scene to the Fediverse as dispute them loving Tumblr, I always find it clunky to try find CCs


Looking for federated NodeBB instances


I recently discovered NodeBB can federate and started hunting for interesting instances. I’m into tech, literature, and indie games but haven’t found an instance that fits. Could anyone recommend NodeBB instances with active communities focused on those topics? Thanks!
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in reply to Davy_Jones

Re: Looking for federated NodeBB instances


There are comparatively few instances that federate, since we are new to the activitypub game.

I made the decision that if you upgrade to v4, AP is turned off. Install a new instance of NodeBB, and ActivityPub is enabled out of the box.

Side effect of that would be all instances running prior to v4 won't be federating, but at least there will be no surprises!

Here's a list, but it's not listed by topic or genre.

nodebb.fediverse.observer/list

in reply to julian

Re: Looking for federated NodeBB instances


Also, a couple years back I lost basically all of my gaming clients to Discord.

Travesty. Discord pales in comparison to what forums can do.

So NodeBB and forums in general used to be pretty big in games, but not so much now.

Last one I know of is Sea of Thieves, but they don't federate.

... yet? 😂

in reply to julian

I checked some of the forums in the link (nodebb.fediverse.observer/list) you posted, but it's hard to tell what most of those NodeBB instances are actually for: many lack descriptions and the forum names don't say much. I would have to read a few posts in each forum to figure out what each one is for. I found a literature forum but it only has three posts, I don't want to make an account just to shout into the void, so I'm trying to post to it from Lemmy.

I tried posting to the literature community I found via Lemmy but the post never showed up on the NodeBB instance. I used Lemmy's search with the target community URL (community.darkscribes.com/cate…), it found the community, and I created a post from Lemmy (lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54997372). I can see the post on Lemmy but not on the target NodeBB instance. Any idea why that might be or how to get Lemmy posts to appear on federated NodeBB forums?

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in reply to Davy_Jones

Re: Looking for federated NodeBB instances


Oh, I'm sorry to hear that... unfortunately debugging server-to-server interactions is kind of tough. It should work though, so I don't know why it didn't... yet. It could be their version of NodeBB isn't up to date enough.

cwsmith@community.darkscribes.com cwsmith@community.nodebb.org are you able to weigh in and let me know the NodeBB version? Could also be a privileges issue with the fediverse pseudo-user.



Gaza Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi killed by collaborators


cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/9434360

cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/9434359
Journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi was killed in southern Gaza while reporting, as media groups condemn ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinian press workers.

Renowned Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi was martyred on Sunday after being killed by Israeli collaborators in Gaza while preparing a news report.

According to local sources, al-Jafarawi was shot while working on Street 8, south of Gaza City, as he documented the situation in the area following recent developments on the ground. Witnesses said he had been preparing a report when armed members of a clan collaborating with the Israeli occupation opened fire, killing him instantly.

For the past two years, al-Jafarawi has been a prominent voice in the coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza, documenting atrocities and exposing war crimes to international audiences. His reporting became widely recognized for highlighting the human suffering, destruction, and resilience of the Palestinian people.

Al-Jafarawi voices gratitude for solidarity

When the recent ceasefire in Gaza was confirmed, al-Jafarawi shared a heartfelt message from northern Gaza, expressing gratitude to all who stood by the Palestinian cause, from protesters and boycotters to artists, athletes, and activists who amplified Gaza’s voice around the world.

He also extended thanks to the activists behind the Gaza Sumud Flotilla and the Freedom Flotilla, both of which sought to break the siege and deliver aid to the Strip.

Yet his final words carried a powerful plea to the world: “Yes, the war has ended, but don’t turn your attention away from Gaza. Stay with Gaza always, because Gaza needs your voice, especially in the coming stage.”

He concluded his message by reaffirming the steadfastness of the Palestinian people: “We are the people of this land, and we have the right to live on it.”

Largest graveyard for journalists in modern history

Anthony Bellanger, a French-Belgian journalist, trade unionist, and historian, delivered a searing reflection in The Guardian, channeling the outrage of media workers worldwide as they watch colleagues in Gaza being killed with what he describes as Israeli impunity.

For Bellanger, history will remember the witnesses. In Gaza, that means remembering Anas al-Sharif, a young reporter killed on August 10, 2025, and the 222 other Palestinian journalists slain over the past two years, according to data from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Those who sought to silence these voices, he writes, will carry condemnation forever.

For two years, Gaza has been the most dangerous place on earth to practice journalism. "Israel" has barred foreign reporters from entering, leaving Palestinian journalists, most of them members of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, affiliated with the IFJ, as the sole chroniclers of the war. They work without protection, often with their families equally exposed, and too often under direct Israeli fire.

The scale of the loss is unprecedented. Since its founding in 1926, the IFJ has not recorded such mass killings of journalists, not during World War II, nor in Vietnam, Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, or Iraq. Gaza, Bellanger argues, is now the largest graveyard for journalists in modern history.

Intentional killings

He insists these killings are not random. They represent a deliberate strategy: eliminate the witnesses, seal Gaza off from international eyes, and control the narrative. With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly vowing to “recolonize” Gaza, information warfare is seen as inseparable from military conquest. Colonization, Bellanger writes, also means erasing the ruins, the victims, and those who dare to tell their stories.

Displacement has only deepened the crisis. Hundreds of thousands have fled southward, but the south offers no sanctuary, only overcrowding, bombardment, and entrapment between the sea and the siege. Journalists share this suffocating reality, working inside an enclave where each day of survival is more uncertain than the last.

Meanwhile, the international community’s response has been little more than symbolic. Recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UN, while historically significant, comes too late to save the living or deliver justice to the killed. The UN remains paralyzed, major powers complicit through silence and arms sales, and Palestinian reporters continue their mission alone, often to the point of death.




China achieves important breakthrough in creating 'shield' for fusion reactor


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Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions


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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

For the first time, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued policy announcements in documents only accessible via domestic software last week


There was a possibility to start sharing in a open format so everyone can read it. But they chose to use one even more closed then Microsofts format.

in reply to Jeena

Wps opens and saves all Microsoft formats but Microsoft has ignored wps
in reply to Jeena

I don’t think china cares about open standards, harder to backdoor and surveil
in reply to Jeena

Word can open ODT. They're trying to spite Microsoft Office, and using a format like ODT doesn't do that as well.
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

ODT was right there.. but it wouldn't have fulfilled the theatrical purpose. 😄

in reply to Spectre

She explains the problem very eloquently. The whole thing with people wanting to live in a black and white world is really maddening. The behavior she's describing also shows that many people have an infantile level of intellectual development where they can’t deal with complex topics like actual adults.
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in reply to sergeyfomkin

America is under attack and the news media is severely downplaying it. They should be reporting the way they would if America were under attack from any other nation. In fact they should have emphasized the threat long ago, in hopes of preventing it
in reply to sergeyfomkin

None of them are getting paid right now, right? I hope they take notice of how that are being treated by this "President".




Who Benefits from Haiti’s Violence? - Haiti Liberte




'I was kidnapped by Russia at 16': Thousands of children in Ukraine have been abducted during the war and sent by Russia for ‘re-education’. A new documentary film reveals the horrors they face.


cross-posted from: scribe.disroot.org/post/493125…

Archived version

Here you can see a trailer (3 min, scroll to the bottom of the page)

More about the film and upcoming events to watch across the globe are on the documentary's website: childreninthefire.com/

...

Children in the Fire [is] a new documentary directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, a Russian-born, US-based film-maker whose previous works include Cries from Syria, about the Syrian civil war, and the Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire, which covered the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine. Along with horrifying stories of abduction and forced adoption, the new film also features children who have endured extensive burns, injuries and amputations since February 2022.

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The film includes footage of Putin stating that, “Wars are not won by generals, but rather by schoolteachers and priests.”

“He is saying that re-education is the key element of winning the war. And it applies not only to Ukrainian kids; it applies to the entirety of Russia. He is trying to create a sort of Hitler Youth movement.”

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in reply to FreeMindFreeAss

+1, I get it.

I don't know how to say this inoffensively, but I think China (speaking broadly) has a cultural victim complex, which is understandable given their history.

And I think China and Russia governments stoke this victimization for political benefit, kinda like the US convervative movement is doing now.

Anyway, I think that leads to reflexive denial of their own atrocities as if its an abuser blaming a more enlightened victim. And as for the tankies actually outside of those countries, well... I don't really know.

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in reply to brucethemoose

I think part of it is younger people waking up to how propagandized our government has made them, and then swinging to the opposite side. Like "All that stuff the soviets or ccp said must have been true if so much of what our government said was a lie". I did something like that after leaving the evangelical church when I was 18. Strong to atheism before adopting a more open-minded approach with room for the fact that I can be very mistaken.

I understand the cultural victimization thing, and it is completely understandable. China is a very unique case, we can learn a lot from them, I just hope that we can come to respect each-other enough to learn from our advantages instead of one-upping our destructive tendencies. Chinese people are awesome, Americans are cool too. And each nation has an equal amount of uncool people. Progress could be easier if we could all be nationalistically humble. Course it would help if we didn't have a millenia-long history of just killing and taking what we want, that is a big phase to get out of.



EFF and Five Human Rights Organizations Urge Action Around Microsoft’s Role in Israel’s War on Gaza


cross-posted from: lazysoci.al/post/35741152


EFF and Five Human Rights Organizations Urge Action Around Microsoft’s Role in Israel’s War on Gaza




EFF and Five Human Rights Organizations Urge Action Around Microsoft’s Role in Israel’s War on Gaza


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French government collapses in 14 hours, deepening political crisis


PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country's political crisis.

The unexpected resignation came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new government, with Lecornu saying that meant he could not do his job. The announcement drove stocks and the euro sharply lower.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-socialist-leader-will-vote-against-pm-lecornu-things-stand-2025-10-06/

in reply to empireOfLove2

To give a bit of context :

  • the previous government (prime minister and the other ministers) drafted a budget proposal last summer that was widely unpopular among the population and most deputies in the national assembly.
  • the previous prime minister asked for a vote of confidence, lost the vote of confidence so the whole government resigned
  • Macron appoints a new prime minister, this new prime minister promises a new policy line that will break with the old government.
  • After 26 days, the new prime minister reveals the name of the new ministers that will form the new government. It's mostly the same names as before.
  • 15 hours later he resigned, so the new government is dissolved.


DIY YouTuber builds cheap VR headset and makes it open-source


in reply to Tony Bark

I wonder how this compares to Mañolo's HadesVR/PersephoneVR setup... I think they have 6DoF and use lights embedded in golf balls to act as PS Move sensors
in reply to Yttra

It's more or less two little screens behind fresnel lenses attached to an IMU. It's really cool, but no golf balls or anything like that. He seems to only use it for a racing rig.
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in reply to Tony Bark

While this is awesome and the tinkerer in me appreciates and respects the effort, a Quest Go/1/2/3 is significantly better than this with far more functionality and would be able to be purchased for the same price, or less, and with zero work or skill required to put together.
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in reply to FreedomAdvocate

Because you pay with data. Quest is the first device, where meta has full control over the Operation System, and even beyond.

You are forced to have a meta account to use it, IRCC

in reply to Petter1

You did but not anymore :

  • Go can be rooted officially
  • Quest 1/2/3/3s can be used without account thanks to PrivateQuest
  • Quest 3 v78 (not newer OS version) can be rooted via a hack

So yes, by default you are paying with data. In fact IMHO if possible one should not rely on Meta hardware. That being said if you get e.g. a 2nd hand Quest 2 or 3 and use it without an account then you might be providing little to no money to Meta and no data. It's not trivial but it's feasible. Arguably it's even easy for somebody who seriously consider such an endeavor of assembling their own HMD.

PS: Meta has access to the whole device but... they are not owning the OS itself, it's still an Android device. The OS is very much driven by Google. In fact it's quite interesting to consider that Meta failed to develop their own OS and that Google is shipping soon AndroidXR.

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in reply to Petter1

You know you can make throwaway meta accounts, don’t you? You don’t have to give it your real details and add all your friends.


Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?


Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it
in reply to LadyButterfly she/her

Agree with everything here.... but this isnt news

Half of the posts in this community are just opinion pieces...

We need to have some community standards.

in reply to LadyButterfly she/her

We only use Amazon when its the only fulfillment option available. What I've noticed about amazon over the last 5+ years is that it feels like cable/broadcast TV ads do now.

In the rare case I end up watching TV with ads I find them so obnoxious and/or off-putting that I can't believe they actually sell anything. If anything they put me off the product. And that's how Amazon feels too.



How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines


  • China hired Philippine firm that ran fake social media accounts.
  • Accounts posted content aiming to disparage Western vaccines, Philippine maritime claims and its U.S. alliance
  • Chinese embassy gave out cash awards to prominent Filipino officials and media personalities
  • Beijing says it doesn't interfere in internal affairs of other countries

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-china-waged-an-infowar-against-us-interests-philippines-2025-10-06/


in reply to Interstellar_1

When my partner "came out" to me, they didn't really do much of anything to follow through and begin making changes. I think because there's so much to do and no guide to do it.

So one day we were at a loose end I said "let's just goto the hair dresser and you can ask them for an appropriate haircut"

And so our very lovely hairdresser became the 2nd person to learn their real name and did a fantastic job sorting out an appropriate hairstyle. Something that is still important to my partner now.

From being the first person they told about their transition IRL, to all the little times I've nudged and supported them taking the next step, it's been a joy and privilege to do that. I feel blessed by their trust and by being close to such beautiful change towards authenticity.



Inside China’s gigantic iPhone factory: long hours, discrimination and pay delays


Cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/43530586

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Chinese factory staff assembling Apple’s latest iPhone continue to face precarious conditions, working many hours of overtime, suffering wage delays and discrimination against ethnic minorities, according to a leading labour rights group.

China Labor Watch (CLW) found that more than half of the estimated 200,000 workers employed during peak season at the world’s largest iPhone factory run by Foxconn in Zhengzhou are seasonal staff known as “dispatch workers”. This is despite a Chinese law capping the use of such staff at 10 per cent of a company’s workforce.

US-based CLW, which specialises in undercover investigations of Chinese factories, also found that dispatch workers faced staggered payment schedules that withhold part of their wages to deter them from quitting during peak production.

These staff were not entitled to the same benefits as full-time employees, such as paid sick leave, paid holiday and social insurance that includes medical coverage and pension contributions. CLW also claimed that there is systematic discrimination in hiring certain ethnic minorities and pregnant women.

[...]

"Despite Apple’s repeated pledges to improve conditions over the past decade, our investigation finds that core labour issues remain,” said Li Qiang, founder of CLW and author of the report released on Thursday.

"Apple’s supply chain continues to depend on a vast, disposable workforce.”

[...]

Many of the workers interviewed added that conditions compared favourably with those of other local manufacturers, citing air conditioning, hot water, recreational facilities and canteen subsidies.

An economic downturn in China and rising youth unemployment have narrowed options for jobseekers. A 23-year-old who trained as a Chinese teacher said she had worked at Foxconn for two months: “If I can’t find another job, I might come back.”

But two of the people who spoke said Foxconn’s recruitment platform, which the agencies use to upload CVs, rejects applications from ethnic minorities, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Huis, who are not local to Henan.

[...]

One worker who had been at the plant for more than a month said that she typically worked two and a half hours of overtime each day, six or seven days a week. “Some managers have bad attitudes,” she said. “We work hard, but they keep pushing and squeezing us.”

in reply to Severus_Snape

This is a major reason why the company produces in China. There are practically no workers' rights.
in reply to Hotznplotzn

Maybe 20 years ago, but that hasn't been the case for awhile now. There's a reason textile manufacturing moved most of their operations to countries like Bangladesh where you can shove 1000 workers and 1000 sewing machines into an un-airconditioned building, and then skip town instead of paying your workers.

Manufacturing stays here because while unskilled labor is only very cheap instead of dirt cheap, China has cheaper inputs like electricity, materials, machinery, skilled labor, and access to the Chinese market.

Of course they still have a long way to go, but a median wage of 124K RMB (17K USD) isn't terrible when you can get a good meal for 10 RMB and rent a 2bd in most cities that aren't Beijing and Shanghai for 2000RMB/mo.

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in reply to Alcoholicorn

The report is about much more than 'only' the pay, but as you mention it: We must distinguish per capita disposable income from GDP per capita. GDP per capita calculates the total value of all goods and services produced in a country divided by the population, which doesn't reflect the income available to individual citizens and households.

For this reason we must look at the disposable income per capita, which measures the amount of money people can actually use, and we see a completely different picture.

In 2024, China’s national per capita disposable income reached RMB 41,314 (US$5,800 at the current rate), according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. Income disparities between urban and rural areas remain significant as already mentioned.

If it's true that you can "rent a 2bd in most cities that aren’t Beijing and Shanghai for 2000RMB/mo", you'd spend half of your disposable income on the rent (except in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, where you spend considerably more).

It is noteworthy that this data comes from official Chinese sources.

But again, the linked report clearly suggests that workers suffer wage delays, discrimination of minorities, are work overly long hours, and things like these. It's a devastating report on both Chinese working conditions and a U.S. company exploiting the local policy.

in reply to Hotznplotzn

Median disposable income in Canada is CAD $39K. Avg rent is $2.1K. That's 64% of disposable income. Disposable income is a nice metric but it requires price levels to be useful.
in reply to Avid Amoeba

Median and average is not the same, the comparison doesn't make sense as you say yourself.

And it has nothing to do with the linked report. This is not only about pay. It's is essentially about poor workers' rights in China.

in reply to Hotznplotzn

Of course I know they're differrent and I was wondering whether you'd go for that gotcha. I provided a very quick back-of-the-napkin context for how things look in Canada while taking a break from work. If I had more time I would have ideally found median for both. Do you honestly think median and average rent in this context are so wildly differrnt to make the conparison "not make sense?" Do you think the median rent would be so much lower (or higher) than 64% of disposable income as to make the picture invalid?
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in reply to Avid Amoeba

These are measures. What I 'think' they are is simply irrelevant.

But I think the linked report has nothing to do with this. It clearly suggests that Chinese workers suffer wage delays, discrimination of minorities, work overly long hours, and things like that. It’s a devastating report on both Chinese working conditions and a U.S. company exploiting the local policy.

in reply to Hotznplotzn

You clearly are providing your thoughts on these and the other measures you highlight. There's no point saying it's not relevant. If it wasn't, posting or commenting on the topic would be pointless.
in reply to Alcoholicorn

I get 404 not found at that link.

That would be a HUGE median income jump. Which is sure is true although I'm very skeptical that the CCP is actually giving the real number instead of an inflated number (granted, the #s 10 years ago were probably similarly inflated so the increase % is probably close)

in reply to ripcord

I think there's a good reason for them to present realistic numbers for wages, especially in manufacturing. It's because western companies need this data when they decide whether to move production to China. If the bean counters made projections based on a set of numbers, then in reality thigs were significantly different, that would be a problem. If PRC inflated say the wage numbers, it would have a negative effect on offshoring, fewer firms would decide to do the move or would move elsewhere. That's why I think these topline numbers are likely not far from reality.
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in reply to Avid Amoeba

I doubt they use this data to make that decision. It's more real world data from companies like FoxConn on how much it will cost to do X.


Blizzard strands 1,000 climbers on Mount Everest



in reply to Sahwa

I don’t give a fuck. Gooooooooooooood. It’s mainly overly wealthy people doing this. They shit and leave crap all over the mountain. Literal shit everywhere.
in reply to PissingIntoTheWind

It is 100% overly wealthy, selfish people and the service workers they’ve trapped with them.

Spending thousands on gear, then going all the way to Nepal (a less developed country) to climb a mountain is the very definition of “overly wealthy.”

Nothing says “I don’t care about anyone else” like insisting on being the millionth tough guy to climb a mountain, just to say they did.

I think this should be part of the risk. Leave them up there and clean the bodies up when it thaws.

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in reply to calliope

Come on with those absolutes… first hit on google for a commercial top of the line expedition ranges between 100k for the crazy short-track « climb the whole thing » to a relatively affordable 3k to go to the base camp…. Which is less than a whole lot of families apparently spend on vacation.
Additionally those are very important source of revenues for Nepalis…
in reply to a4ng3l

Oh, that includes all of the equipment, flights, and transportation?

For one person, right? Comparing it to a family vacation proves my point. A douchebag insisting on going to a big mountain seems a little different than a family vacation…

I will never mind speaking in absolutes about this. If you care about going to Everest, you are a selfish asshole. Full stop. I don’t care that it’s affordable for you, that’s part of the problem.

I don’t care if the locals rely on the abuse, it’s still abuse.

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in reply to calliope

Dude you have very weird and specific perspectives. To each their own doesn’t ring a bell? Is it an Everest specific issue or do you sell wholesale for other destinations as well?

Take that hait energy and make something positive out of it instead…

in reply to a4ng3l

It’s actually ok to not like harmful things! It’s called having integrity.

Your arrogance is astounding.

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in reply to calliope

My arrogance ? Sure is.. I’m the one judging everyone….

where do you draw the line of harmful things? We are by nature harmful things to a degree with all our activities…

in reply to a4ng3l

This is not a valuable conversation, because I’ve already told you where I draw the line: somewhere BEFORE “I want to climb Everest.”

The fact that you can’t tell the difference between people traveling all the way to Everest and “everyone” makes me think you’re a bot or a troll.

Again, being judgmental is valuable, this conversation is not.

Billionaires shouldn’t exist, people shouldn’t go to Everest because they are insecure.

Not hard to understand. “But—” nothing.

Ok, you’re not even reading. Pathetic. I’ll block you now, bye!

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in reply to calliope

Now take this exact line of reasoning to you owning a phone or having any hobbies and actually try to find a material difference.
in reply to spacesatan

Oh yeah there’s totally no difference between having a phone and going to Nepal to climb a mountain…

Genuinely: how fucking stupid are you?

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in reply to calliope

I almost said computer but realized that couldn't be assumed. Fine, a phone is closer to a necessity.

There is still basically no difference between this and any other hobby that involves something manufactured by people in poor countries other than proximity to the people doing the labor. You are just mad that people who have either a bit or a lot more money for their hobbies have a hobby that doesn't appeal to you personally.

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in reply to a4ng3l

Oh, the "locals depend on the revenue" argument. Haven't seen that in a while.
in reply to non_burglar

That’s tangential but worth mentioning. At the very least I have an adopted brother over there that depends on tourists so yeah, I feel it’s a sensible argument.
My whole point is that it is such a specific and hateful position… the guy should really chill down a bit.
in reply to a4ng3l

At the very least I have an adopted brother over there that depends on tourists


That's the point, and that's why the guy is not "chill" about it.

Tourism is very much a colonial economy when there is income inequity. I am sorry that your adopted brother depends on tourists for income, but that does not justify the inequity.

If you were to hire a Sherpa in the Alps or Canada, you'd be paying a hell of a lot more for the privilege of the climb. So tell us again why these rich folks get away with paying so little...

When you make the argument that the locals depend on the income, you are also implying that it's OK the locals earn so little without these rich folks.

in reply to non_burglar

Nope, I’m not saying any of that. I’m just happy that he -specifically he who I very much know- can eat because some tourists pay him for his art. So in that frame it is not all negative.
Whatever the price is really, he comes from living in a monastery in India to going back to his home country and being able to sustain himself with that money.
System is not perfect but at least he eats.

If you worry about that you’ll have to consider all other inequalities in manufacturing as well… or in IT…. So why just that one example ?

in reply to a4ng3l

Id like to sneak in and offer an opposing argument here. I see what you are saying, but imagine if someone said poachers in Africa depend on the revenue from selling illegal wildlife goods. The idea is that even if its a reality now, it really isn't a good one, and if they COULD work away from it, it'd likely be better overall.
in reply to Frigidlollipop

I would argue that poachers are criminals by definition…. Sherpas must less so.
in reply to non_burglar

I invite you to go to Nepal and educate the people on taking a moral stand and cutting off their revenue. I'm sure they'd be very receptive.
in reply to shalafi

You got that fucking backwards, sir.

One does not ask the oppressed to change the abusive relationship, one speaks to the pricks paying 50k to leave their actual feces and trash on a mountain to check a box.

in reply to Tollana1234567

You wouldn’t believe the number of people who think owning a phone and traveling to Nepal to climb Everest are the same thing.
in reply to PissingIntoTheWind

Money alone won't get you up there. No matter how many Sherpa's you hire, it's brutal. People spends weeks and weeks at the various base camps just to acclimate, and that does nothing to add to their strength.

And yes they leave literal shit and O2 bottles. Carrying a few extra pounds on the way down could kill you. You have to give it nearly all you got to summit, then the descent is even more dangerous.

We could argue shutting down the mountain, but I've never heard of a solution to remove the trash. You have to carry it up, you can't carry it down.

Read Into Thin Air if you want to know more. I won't read it again, too brutal.

in reply to PissingIntoTheWind

yea its like 50-200k per person i believe. Some idiots even tried K2 mountain, which is more deadly.
in reply to Sahwa

I read another headline earlier, something like "Blizzard strands 1000 people on Mt Everest."

And my early morning brain went "ugh Blizzard really is an awful company, going way too overboard with their promotional material." I wasn't even that surprised.

Now I see this headline and that earlier one makes more sense 😂

in reply to Blubber28

While it's tragic that the mountain is going to add to its death toll on this, the idea of people queued up on the world's tallest peak just for limited-time virtual merch, made me chuckle a bit.

After that all those years ago, I'm feel like stunts like that are far more plausible than ever.

Edit: I also keep forgetting about the stuff RedBull does these days...

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in reply to dejected_warp_core

Yeah that's the thing. It would be outragiously stupid way to advertise their things, but sadly that does not make it impossible...


Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office


Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.

The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site.

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in reply to themachinestops

Why are the US and UK governments so against anti -Israel priests? It seems like more than generic "down with democracy and liberals," or fascist ruler buddies looking out for each other, or the IDF training police. Is there a direct line of profit and/or power from Israel to the US and UK?
in reply to pageflight

  1. Until recently any word against Israel was met with the antisemitism hammer. I don't think they realise how outdated that view is.
  2. Their hands are deep in the cookie jar. They've been supplying arms for 50+ years. "You weren't meant to kill people with them!"
  3. Trump in particular doesn't really care. All he sees is an opportunity to make money rebuilding Gaza.
  4. U.K. leadership has a real problem standing in opposition to Trump. They'll insult him in private, but whisper sweet nothings into his ear when in person. They think they're being clever. They're not.

in reply to Cryptagionismisogynist

What do you think harassment means on .world? Are you sure you're right? Go check, l'll wait.


niente gaming attraverso nintendo se si sta senza la u (non si può giocare quasi a niente su WiiU senza Gamepad)


So che forse non dovrei farmi questo tipo di domande, perché con Nintendo da un lato è inutile, e dall’altro è pericoloso, lo sappiamo, la mafia, i ninja, wewe tu devi solo aggiocare non sia mai che ti preoccupi di qualcosa… però, dall’altra sera questa cosa non la riesco a mandare giù. Per quale cavolo […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…


niente gaming attraverso nintendo se si sta senza la u (non si può giocare quasi a niente su WiiU senza Gamepad)


So che forse non dovrei farmi questo tipo di domande, perché con Nintendo da un lato è inutile, e dall’altro è pericoloso, lo sappiamo, la mafia, i ninja, wewe tu devi solo aggiocare non sia mai che ti preoccupi di qualcosa… però, dall’altra sera questa cosa non la riesco a mandare giù. Per quale cavolo di motivo su Wii U, se non si vuole usare il Gamepad, si può praticamente fare appena un decimo del gaming altrimenti possibile, a giudicare a occhio? 😐

Putiamo il caso, giusto per fare un esempio, che voi siate me… ok, no, non serve andare così in là. Putiamo magari il caso che il Gamepad sia scarico — situazione plausibile, visto che tutti i controller Nintendo wireless drenano malamente da spenti se hanno batterie collegate, e con il Gamepad una carica dura poco gaming, quindi in pochi anni la batteria si degrada parecchio con questo giochetto di scarica e ricarica, finendo per durare sempre di meno — e non si voglia sclerare per ricaricarlo in quel momento. Oppure, ancora, magari si vorrebbe giocare con un comando più compatto e leggero in quel momento, per comodità o quel che è… ma no. 🥱

Oh, io posso accettare che non si possano usare le impostazioni della console, o il browser web, o il che cavolo ne so, senza il Gamepad (nonostante non ci sia alcuna ragione tecnica per cui quei malati di Nintendo non potessero implementare il supporto completo a qualsiasi controller nelle app e nei menu…), ma il punto è che un sacco di giochi sono completamente inagibili! E non solo quei giochi gnammy basati interamente attorno al Gamepad, come per esempio Nintendo Land (che io possiedo in copia fisica, supergnammy), ma anche altri che proprio non capisco perché siano in questa situazione.🎳

Non posso dare troppi esempi specifici, perché non ho provato ogni singolo gioco immaginabile, bensì ho provato giusto ad aprire vari titoli alla bene e meglio, ma di cose assurde ce n’è una varietà infinita. Molti giochi che semplicemente non partono proprio senza il Gamepad collegato, facendo comparire un popup nel menu home… altri che si avviano, ma subito chiedono che sia collegato il Gamepad; giusto qualcuno concede almeno il Pro Controller, ma il Wiimote quasi mai… e altri ancora, principalmente quelli di terze parti (ma non solo eh, anche Nintendo ha cagato qui), che sembrano partire normalmente, ma poi non rispondono a nessun comando; di nuovo, almeno non con i Wiimote, al massimo con il Pro Controller. Poteva andare anche peggio di così, a pensarci, eh… ma ciò non significa che la situazione non sia brutta. 😾
Da qui in poi devi usareil Wii U GamePad.Accendi il GamePad....Per avviare questo gioco,sincronizza un Wii U GamePad,un Wii U Pro controller oun controller tradizionale.Impossibile comunicare conil Wii U GamePad. Controllanelo schermo.Se la batteria del Wii U GamePadè quasi scarica, ricaricala.
La cosa veramente peggiore poi è che, quando una app finisce in questo stato per cui internamente, e non al menu home, chiede che il Gamepad sia collegato per proseguire, oppure semplicemente non dice niente, i controller alternativi non supportati sono spesso disconnessi e non si ricollegano più… quindi, in tal caso, l’unico modo per chiudere cosa si è avviato è spegnere la console col tastino, da vicino (o, se, come nel mio caso, il tastino è stronzino, scollegare e riattaccare il cavo di alimentazione… sigh). Se invece il controller non supportato è il Wiimote, e rimane collegato, collegando il Pro Controller ovviamente questo finirà come G2… ma diversi giochi così non lo leggono, quindi va pure cambiato a mano l’ordine. C’è da impazzire nello sperare di semplicemente giocare alla mordi e fuggi, insomma!!! ☠️

I giochi ufficiali che ho visto sicuramente funzionare almeno col solo Wiimote, per ora, sono meno di 10… wow, che palle. Li metto qui, assieme ad un’altra lista che ho trovato, ed eventualmente quelli che non funzionano che ugualmente segnerò, poi, se non mi secco: memos.octt.eu.org/m/eBqVHkeFgE…. Poi, a intuito, credo ci siano i giochi Virtual Console NES che funzionano, ma non ne ho nessuno, mentre SNES e GBA vogliono almeno il Pro Controller, e quelli DS il Gamepad; e i giochi originali Wii ovviamente fanno testo a parte. 🔪

Vabbè, basta: a questo punto non si gioca, si rotta. Anche perché poi al Wii U piace in generale dare comunque sempre le sue rogne che rubano tempo e fanno incazzare, come tutti i freeze e i softlock che a caso capitano per via di glitch software (anche su console non moddate, figurarsi), e non c’è niente da fare. (Però… semmai questo rottame non mi muore, ed eventualmente non muore neanche il vostro, ricordo che qui ci sono i miei codici amico per fare il gaming attraverso la rete… magari è meno miserabile.) 💥

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II Semana do Software Livre no Brasil 2025


Entre os dias 13 e 18/10 o Movimento Software Livre brasileiro promove a II Semana do Software Livre no Brasil, evento que trará uma programação totalmente online, debatendo os diversos aspectos do desenvolvimento, manutenção e usos do software livre no Brasil, ainda com ênfase na governança das ações do movimento, em busca por incidência política mais efetiva e pela sustentabilidade dos produtos e projetos que tendem a ser fortalecidas e ganharem escalabilidade através das ações em Rede.

As atividades passaram pela pauta do uso de softwares públicos ao se usar dinheiro público na aquisição de softwares, compartilhamento de ferramentas de mapeamento, debate sobre questões de autonomia e infraestruturas sociotécnicas soberanas, além da governança do Movimento Software Livre no Brasil. Diante do contexto geopolítico atual, a Semana do Software Livre no Brasil traz pautas não só de interesse das comunidades interessadas em tecnologias livres, mas da sociedade como um todo.

Todas as atividades terão online e transmitidas em plataformas do Fediverso. Saiba tudo visitando semana.softwarelivre.tec.br/

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I thought it was George Santos in the thumbnail for a moment. And was not surprised.


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Looking more like insider trading scam than AI bubble: Open AI raises commitments/partnerships to 36GW with new 10gw Broadcom deal


An AI bubble requires actual AI capabilities to be built and to fail to be called that. A stock trading scam on AI stocks is just a stock trading scam.

36GW is 36 times current US corporate owned AI datacenter capacity. All of it made at TSMC which runs full tilt as it is. TSMC's current plans is to 2x (over 3nm today) 2nm node by 2028. 4x by 2031 would still mean 2038ish to satisfy just OpenAI demand.

A big problem with having so many partners that OpenAI has no actual money to pay, is that no one has the confidence to place big TSMC capacity unless they are sure OpenAI actually buy from them, with money they get on time to buy from them. There are definitely consumer AI/gaming capabilities that can have more certain demand than the datacenter impossibilities.

Each additional announcement makes the joke more impossible to believe. CISCO did not do this during 1999 bubble. People just assumed its growth would continue.

Fine, OpenAI revenue growth may reach 3x at end of this year. At losses equal to its revenue number in 2024. OpenAI already has the most expensive models.

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Oh yeah.

Knowing that it's just seven companies propping up the US economy, and the private ones don't have to publicly report if they just lost half a trillion dollars, it gives one pause. I'm definitely reevaluating if and when I want to move my investments to cash.

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I guess AI is best measured by how much power it consumes... ?
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that is how OpenAI measures all of its deals. the GPU providers DGAF about that measure, and "real deals" will be for x number of gpu's instead. OpenAI PR make stonk go up, is vagueness everyone else seems to enjoy. It makes 0 sense in any deals these companies can make. It just scares the rest of us for how much the power bill go brrrr.